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Ne. 225 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1916
PRICE 10 CENT'S .
EDITOR PREDICTS
G. 0. P.
NEW YORK. Oct. 30 — Colonel
George Harvey, editor o£ the North!
American Review, predicts that
Charles Evans Hughes will be the
ae*» president of the United States.
Editor Harvey isi known to fca-ve
made only one mistake) in predict
lu® the presidential elections
throughout the country. In 1908
he missed the final -result by only
•eveuteen electoral votes. Oue state
wHJch he had counted strongly
on going Republican; returned a
Democratic electoral and threw him
off on his prediction.
Political writers the country dver |
bank on. the wisdom and ju-dgnient j
of Editor Harvey. He comes out!
uow with a bold statement say
ing faat the Republicans will Bweev;
the eastern, middle western and
extreme western fields. The Demo
era is will carry the southern, sec
tions of the country, but not with,
emcugh votes to turn he tide of
victory to the Democratic! ranks.
ARTILLERY FIRE
PARIS, Oct. SO — Vaux, the
on® rermalr<ing central fort which
U«B before the battle scarred Ver
dua ha« been practically sur
rendered by th» French forces. Ar
•illery pieces literally smashed the
Tillage to plecea which the foit( pro
toe's. Thro© sides of the fort j
hare been smashed in. by the speed
ing bi^h. grplosive ballets stormed
asalnat its etfties at the hands of j
the Teuton gunners. Little hope is
held out Cor it surviving the ter
rific rain of fire whtichj is being
poured Intel it by. the Germans.
Freuch losses w^re extremely- heavy ;
in thris artillery xch.-a.nge.
OIJ) TIME MINER RETURN'S
JUNEAU, Oct. 30 — H. P.
Gordon, old time miner of Alaska
is la this city enroutQ to the Handy
will assume the management of this |
Mine on Chicagof Island. Mr. oGr
doa. n-ill assume the management of |
this mining property. Seventeen
ye*rs a<o he was superintendent of
the Pandy Basin Mine at Sitka.
The Spokane carries) forty tons
o< freight for this port.
Only 1 Day Left
With the last days of October our In
troductory Sale will come to a close.
We have enjoyed a most liberal patronage
during the sale but we still have a large
stock from which to select and you will
benefit by 1 -3 off on all purchases up to
October 31.
New goods are arriving for every de
partment and our prices will bear the
closest comparison with others
Albert Reinert
Successor to
H| f y * T /J) |J THE HABERDASHER AND
• «J« L# I i\wrt LADIES'FURNISHER
Broadway between I"hird and Fourth Phone 41
WAR CLOUD ON
BORDER LINE
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 30 — Fun
s'or. commanding the American reg'i
ments now stationed on tUe Ameri
' c^i; border does not seem to be
wDr'k'd by the reportod border plot
The plot to raid the border at
oracMcr.llv all of the uncovered1 fcoc
tions wag unearthed! a short time
ago. Military authorities have been
i*"igeutly -working trying to ferrit
out the guilty parties in the plot.
Funston hag transmitted a yarn
ing tr all commanders on the bor
[ der. Orders calling for tho spread
t ing out of the troops have been re
leased. By nightfall companies will
be stationed at regular intervals
along the line. These companies
will oe ckxse enough, 60 that it will
be hard for tUe bandits tq make any
kind of a disastrous raid.
iGiiWr on
WATER WAGON
NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 30 — This
city will join the dry forces in: the
United States on. November 1st.
Py a tjig" vote oC the people in this
city it was decided' that it should
go dry. November 1st Is the day
set for its going on tha water wage
MILK FAMINE IN GERMANY
RERUN, Ocst. 30 — A milk
shoitage ia registered in/ practical
ly all of the big dities in the Em
pire. Geater Berlin, is Buffering
from the famine. The food; dictat
ors are study|ngi tho propositions
HEAVY TRAIN TONIGHT
Tonight's train will carry a
larev delegation from the Atlin
country. The train, carries around
half a hundred interiors, who are
anxious to make connections with
the Rupert for the outsWe.
MINE SELLS FOR BIG MINE
BAEKR CITY, Oct. 30 — A big
mining sale has been recorded in.
'he county recording offices) here.
The Tempest Mining property sold
for ?50,000. Plans call for the
immediate enlarging of the mine
and mills.
VILLA BOTTLES
OEFAGTO TROOPS
EL PAiSO, Oct. 30 — Bandit Vll
1 la is dominating the whole north
ern parts of Mexico. The phrewd
andi wlley desperado leader haa bot
[ *led praeticaly a of the de facto
' troops up In the| Chihuahua; district.
His move is decidedly military.
Without hQldlng a single town In
the northern part he baa forced the
defaicto troops into a position from
which he can with, a tew troops
hol<" the ooun**y and. dictate to the
Inhabitants where the da facto
troot)s are not operating. Unless
United States trooipe cross aver the
oorder and release the de facto
troops therg is very little chance
o' thetir controlling the situation.
Regulars doing duty on the bor
der line have been Informed to be
alert and prepared for any attacks
wMch the bandits may lead. Oom
cuuidera operating there iare closo
ly followed, every motve made by the
rebels and de faicto troops. Ameri
can forces are held la readiness to
•lash across the line at a moments
notice. 1 • ' • ' <
HUNS MARCHING
THRU IERRITORV
BERLIN, Oct. 30 — German com
manders feel little resistance In
the advance In! the Dobrudja dis
trict. "Victory is Ja sight for the
German urmiesi unless some 6udden
milita-ii feat intervenes to check
them in their marches. Practically
every engagement h-as been won. Af-!
ter short fighting: apurts the enemy
are always forced ta give ^ arid
retr^a* to interior lines.
PR. DAMOURETTE IN COURT
JUNEAU, Oct. 30 — Dr. Damou
rctte is being trtted here today bte
fore the district court for practic
ing medicine without a lloense. H.
H. Folson la appearing for thel Doc
tor.
CONSIDERS MOTION FOR TRIAL
JUNEAU, Oct. 30 — Special to
Alaskan—Judge Jennings is con
sidering the Kraus§ motion for a
new trial. The arguments of coun
sel were closed Saturday night.
COMMISSION AFTER FUNDS
SEWARD, Oct. 30 — The En
gineering commission! taBj submitted
a report, asking for $10,000,000 for
construction of the road next fiscal
year.
DOBIES TEAM WINS GAME
SEATTLE, Oct. 30 — Dobies
fighting foot bau demons defeated
Wni'mau Collegei football players o
Univtrsity field Saturday afternoon.
The score was 37 to 6. Whitman
scored its score in the last few min
uses play. Washington! was the
superior team. '
Pumpkin Fie
is made best with
"Preferred Stock"
Cream Pumpkin
sold at 20c per tin—try it and be convinced
P. H. GANTY
SENIOR DEIS
NEWS SOURCE
NEW YORK, Oct. 30 — Iuls I
Caurera, chairman of t'he Mexican; J
comml£«|ion, denies authorizing the
issuance of a circulate^ statement
by t'ie Mexican, News Agncx i ia
Washington, which.' assailed thq Am
erican c'ficials for an alleged! lax
ity in dealing with the< Anti-Car
l-nnsa propaganda along th» border
line. Senior CaJjrera denjies the
rumor that he vast in any way con
nected with the news which! had
been circulated by the news agen
cies. Mr. Cabrra Is fiMent on the
American, attitude toward the band
Its which I hover around' thg border
tine. f
The commission is working out
the details of the proposed) Bettle
ment and at the same time, keep
ing a strict watch, of the condftiona
which exist <n their oounrtry. That
the defacto government 13 exper
iencing great difficulty; they will
no* deny. But they, eeem dublttusi
about the chances for any other
leader thanj Carran^a.
SEA PLUNGERS
RAID BUSS SHIPS
BERLIN, Oct. 30 — German sub
marines encountered a Russian, de
stroyer and an armed patrol boat
eff Spluavalok last night and de
stroyed both of the Russian,' boats.
Sninavalok is the Arctic port fOT
Russia. The subfmaTinefe had
lUtle difficulty in mastering the
situation and sJnfking the boats.
$fost of the creyr on boardJ the
boat were drowned.
WICKERSHAM TO CARRY
NOME BY BIO VOTE
NOME, Oct. 28—Special to Al
askan—Eight hundred eager voters
In this city gathered at the! Arctic
Brotherhood hall to ear Sutherland
uphold James Wickersham few the
coming election. In thg main his
speech was given over ,ta Wttok
ensham's fights) against the fish,
copper andi mining trusts. James
Wickersham will' receive practically
tho same support here thlid coming
election aa he did during the Cor
son, campaign.
RUPERT OUT TONIGHT
The Rupert steamed up Lynn,
cf.nal this morning and docked be
fore the hands on the clock had
j'ivun? around to the sevenj o'clock
hour. It brought at light cargo
for Skagway merchants and small
allotments of freight for White
horse merchants. Two round trip
oers are noted la the] passenger
list, it will clear for the south)
toi igh* upon the arrival of the
night's train. A number of inter
ior passengers have made reserva
tions for tha southward journey.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 —Sec
retary Lansing has admitted that hq
has received the British! reply to
♦he America^ black list pro teat.
Mr. Lansing refuses to make pub
lic the nature of the reply until It
Is discussed in Becret by; the Presi
dent's cabinet.
Olficlals be'iere that the note is
sdmply a reiteration of the stand
taken by the Britons and! that It is
decidedly unfavorable to the Am-,
erican viewpdtfnt. The next step
to be taikn by. th/ United1 States will
not be koown: until the cabinet
threshes out the reply niote from
Britain.
lis"push
THOU PASSES
BERLIN, Oct. 30 — Rumanian
force* which, were shot t<> the front
to oiotect the* lines and chiecfc the
German invasion) are reported! to
be in a general retreat. The Hue
has beeri broken at practically all of
♦he natural passes and the Ger
mans are streamings thru onto the
Rumanian plains.
CLOSING HOUR AT 7 O'CLOCK
LONDON, Oct. >30 — TcK save
fuei and prevent lights Ini thisl city
the authorities h.av.e placed the
closing hour for all shops at seven
o'clock. Onj Saturdays the closing
ho.»ir will be sight o'clock.
ANDREWS WINS SHOOT
JACKSONVILLE. Oct. 30—Sergt.
J. J. Andrews o£ the! United States
Marino CoTfte, has won. the Wim
bledon cup by; storing 99 points out
of a possible 100. Six hundred and
♦wen*./ nine competitors joined iu
the shoot.
PROSPERITY WILL END
O.GDENBIBURG, Oct. 30-nCharles
Evans Hughes toldi thfi Voters in
this city that, "Wg ore cherishing a
nation of proaipierity] suddenly cre
ated and! destined! tol suddenly cease
when the war ends." .
Geo.'Knapp will l>e a southobund
passenger tonight on, the Rupert.
We Have On
Display Our
Fall and Winter
Line Of
Ladies Coats
Come In And Look
Them Over
WILL CLA YSON
HI BORDER
PLOT ONEARTHEO
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NOG ALES, Oct. 30 — Two Am erf
cans and three Mexicans have bead<
arrested on charges far conspi ring
to violate the neutrality laws be
tween Mexico and the United State®.
It will go hard wfith thei allesed
conspirators. The authorities b®»
lieve that they have the convicting
evidenice which will at least plaea
life sentences over the heads cf all
of the men forming the plot tq
break the neutrality laws. i
Secretary Baker says that it la
the first arrest to be made Id
connection with' the border plct toi
discredit the administration., TU9
officials have gathered rumors oi
the wnolesale plot to create tyranujj
on! the boTder line ju&t before elec
tion and this arrest follows tkO
tracing down ofl some of those rU*
miors. Other arrests ar§ eppectqd to
Boonj follow.
N0RWAYFR0WI8
AI GERMAN/
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 — Optai
hostilities between Norway and Gcr»
many hangs by a very, elen.de c
thread. The thread is ilable tui
break at any moment and in
event Norway will plunge into ttq
war, taking the side of the Allies.
Her neutral stand in. the war 13
gradually shifting to that of ex-»
♦reme enemity towards the Teu«
tons.
Sinking of Norwegian, ships wheul
she is maintaining a neutral posi*
tJon iu the war has lead to tii'1
drastic ultimatum and decision ofl
the Norwegians to dither fight oC
have her ships steam thru the oce>B
waters unharmed.
VINCENT RELEASED FROM AJIfJ
JUNEAU, Oct. 30 — Paul Vin
cent, held on a charge of selling
liqjor to the natives, hag been re
leased from, jail conditionally, thsti
he never sell liquor to thg native*
again. He plead guilty to thM
charge. 4 !
RUSSIAN FORCES LOSE !
BERLIN, Oct. 30 — Russian!
positions have been, taken by A'H
tro-Huugary forces on both sides o£
the Dorna "Watra. 1