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No. 214 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
WAR IS COSTING
U. S, HUGE SUM
OF MONEY
N#w York, Oct. 16.—The Mechan
ics National Bank of this city to
day Uaued a statement in vhch it
id declared that the United ,States
la uaylug more than one fourth
of t»e entire bill for carrying on
the war, and that this amounts to
.more thau six and one half mil
lion dollars per hour.
SMUGGLME
FROM ALASKA
Seattle, Oct. 16.—The police de
partment stated jhis morning to the
federal authorities that more whis
*fjf la being smuggled into Seattle
from Alaska than from California.
As a result of this statement all
vewels arriving from northern ports
»rs closely searched and when the
Alaska Steamship company's S. S.
Alameda arrived from the north a
big quantity of liquor seized,
and half a dozen, of the crew of the
vessel; were arrested oa the charge
o' beiu^ implicated in the at
temp. to smuggle, whsikey into this
city.
lastshipIf
FOR NOME
Seattle, Oct. 16.—The steamship
Umatilla cleared from this port
this morning for Nome with four
passengers, among whom were In
cluded Judge Holtzheimer, anil a
large cargo of winter supplies. Thi3
will t)« the last steamer sailing for |
the Northern port this season.
YOUNGEST MAJOR IX THK
ITALIAN ARMY IS AMERICAN
Rome, Oct. 16. —The youngest!
major in the Italian army is a
twenty-three year old American 1
citizen, born in Boston. He is Ma- J
Jor Amilcare Paolucci, who volun-1
te«r«d at the Hub City at the begin- j
ulag of the war a ad rose from the )
ranks "through merit of war." 1
Deficit, Oct. 16.—Donald McDon
ald Dickinson, former postmaster
general under j President Cleveland,
and urominent in many national af
fairs, died at bis home in this city
at an early hour this morning.
Judj,e Dickinson | was senior
counsel for the United States in
tbs international High Commission
on Bering Sea claims, under the
fur sear arbitration in 1896-7. He
wak ?. member with KightjHon. Sir
Henry Strong of the British Privy
council and Senior Don Pacag of
Salvador j of the Court of Arbitral
tiou to adjust the [controversy be
tween the United States j and Salva
dor. lie was & member of a num
ber of prominent clubu and fra
terna' societies and civic organiza
tions and (besides being a trustee
for the Detroit Museum of Arts and
vice (president of the Jefferson
Memorial association.
HIGHER COST
FOR INSANE
Portland,O ct. 16.—As Alaska has
no insane asylum, ail jthe insane
of the northern territory are com
mitted to the Morningsid« Hospi
tal at Portland. Recently Secre
tary of the Interior Lane at the
request of Governor Strong of Al
aska, recommended Congress that
the oompensaiton paid by the gov
ernment to [the hospital be in
creased from $330 to $420 a year
i*r patient, to meet the increased
cost of living .
will¥To
OUS! S1R0N0
Seattle, Oct. 1C.—It has been
definitely decided by the Ministers'
Federation of this city to take ac
tion tending towards the expulsion
of Rev. Sydney Strong from that
bodv for the remarks that he made
in bis addrefcs delivered in Colum
bus last Sunday, in which he liken
ed the I, W. W. to the early chris
tians, aLd stated that in his esti
mation the former were not one
tenth as bad as the latter.
Unconsciously
People take you at your own
estimate
Feel Sure You Appear Well
You Always Will in
STEIN-BLOCH
Smart Clothes
JUST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fdtirth Phone 41
i .., a
j Seattle, Oct. 16.—Jasper W. Ba
1 sia, who for more than ja year
[ has frequently acted escort to
'..Miss Ruth Demerette, whose mur
I dered body w»p found on the out
' skirts of this city, in the direction
'of Kirkland. was arrested this
I -
morning on suspicion of being guil
ty of th» crime.
Persons |who know th man, state
that since the discovery of the
body of th© girl heJU3^ acted In
an unusual manner, and has shown
groat signs of uneasiness and rest
lessness. • !
1000 CITIZENS
PAROL cm
Seattle, Oct. 16.—It Is estimated
at police headquarter^ today that
over one thousand citizens acted
as a patrol last night and that
this numhen will [continue to patrol
the city in an effort to apprehend
the manjwho has been slugging and
assaulting women and thus causing
a reign of terror to [exist here.
MUM
FOB ALASKA
William T. Lopp, head of the Al
aska division ol the United States
bureau of education, and Miss Ju
lia Kendell, a teacher, went on a
shopping tour in Seattle, last week,
says the Seattle Times of Septem
ber 16. They were on a mission
for the budding natives of Alaska,
—tVejwee Eskimos, Indians and the
Aleuts who have not yet reached th«
age where they'can respond to the
grammar school bells.
Kludergarten, Authorized by the
department of,education at Wash
ington, D. C., will soon be estab
lished (a the remote native villages
throughout the northland The first
schools of this kind will be opened
at Klawock on the J west side of
Prince of Wales island and at
Metlakahtla. jThe department
eventually plans to cover all Alaska
with a chain of kindergartens. j
Fitting out kindergartens for the
native children of Alaska is no
email task. (Equipment is necessary
to interest the eye of the wee tots
and to hol4 their interest. How
ever. the government in spreading
the seeds of) American education
in Alaska, plans to use a$ much
the same educational facilities in
the native'schools as In the institu
tions in the states.
"We believe that the native child
ren should be ushered Into Ameri
can ways as soon as possible j bo
they will have a solid foundation
for a successful life," said Mr. Lopp,
"While [only two kindergartens are
in Immediate contemplation, there
will be others, and It i3 our [plan
to extend the system throughout
Alaska." li'H'H
Elmer E. Friend, one of the best
newspaper men! In Alaska, who has
been editor of the Juneau Empire,
is in town today enroute [to Sew
ard, where he will be editor-manag
er of the Seward Gateway, (
REDUCE TAX
LEVY 5 MILLS
The common council met j laist
night, and with only; four mem
bers of that body present, Mayor
Ashley,'and Councilmen Bunting,
Hardy, Kennedy | and Wright, the
tax levy for the current year | was
fixed a. fifteen mills, this bging a
reduction of five mills over the last
levy. |
The usual routine of city business
was transacted, the principal trans
action being the appropriation of
$1,000 for the public school [cur
rent expenses. This was to cover
the teachers salaries [aggregating
?05Q for the month and the salary
of the janitor which is $90. In'ad
ditifin to this several city bills
were allowed.
MHLE1IC5
WIN GAME
Consldreably over one hundred
•yeople | witnessed the basket ball
game last night between a team
picked from j the contingent from
the Fourteenth Infantry which is
in Skagway, and the White Pass
Athletics. The game was a very
friendly o-ne froln start to finish, as
it was immediately made| apparent
that »he boyii in khaki lacked prac
tice in team work, and were no
match for the local aggregation.
The visitors, however managed to
hold the home team down and) the
final score resulted in Athletics 20,1
Soldie:s 6.
The line up was as follows:
Athktics: Cleon ALk, Harry Ask, |
E. Fiiedenthal, Mike Hose, Judd I
Matthews,
Soldiers: [ Sergt. Wade, Pte. j
Deams, Pte- Bowers, Pte. Sparks, j
Pte. Stuart.
Louf;, Gutfeld refereed the
game, Henry Friedeuthal kept
the sccr6 aud Tom Running kept
time. J
Aftsr allowing sufficient time
for the players to change (from
their gym suits to evening dress,
the informal dance was announced
and until a,late hour those who
wished to do so enjoyed them
selves dancing.
Sevea^deer were received la Cor
dova on,'the Alameda from "Senat
or" Hill, who la In uouthasteern Al
aska securing big game with which
to stock the Islands adjacent [to
Cordova. I I ''j H i !l
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CONQUERED
London, Oct. 16.—The Germans
suffered severely in tUajBritish at
tack yesterday along the battle
front east and northeast of Ypres.
Hundreds of, bodies of soldiers were
among the debris. At many pointfe
shell craterg were filled with j the
dead. Germany's 6t«el wall is
breaking. i
Hiiidenburg's hell boxes Jare con
quer* d. The new defense on which
the kaiser's forces pinned their
faith has 'proved no better than the
old trench lines. The field has been
U-veW by the British barrage. The
sh^ll fire (played havoc with the
Prussian guard. Hun prisoner^ vere
saugiit in their own fire [curtain
and killed.
IS
SERIOUSLY ILL!
Petrograd.O ct. 16.—General Ker- |
enaky Is confined to his bed |at
grail headquarters with a (severe
att%cfc of influenza. His physicians ]
statr thai he is in a very serious
condition.
60II0S BOUGHT
Washington, Oct. 16.—From re
ports given out this morning by the
treasury department, up to date
uver one billion dollars haVe been
subscribed to the secoud Liberty |
Lo*u.
Victoria, Oct. 16. — Chairman.
Frank Billings together with eleven
members of ithe American Red
Cross nussion which Jia^ lately vis
ited various carts of Russia ar
rived in this city this 'morning
from Petrograd. I
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MANY CATTLE ARE
LOST III 1
FIDE
Kansas City, Oct. 16.—Fire broke
out at an early hour tliia morning
In the | big stock yards south of
this city, and although the fire
department responded;with prompt
nes£, the flames which were fan
ned by a high wind got intojseveral
of tne hay and teed storehouse*
and then quickly spread to the cat
tle oens. It wag impossible to lib
erate the imprisoned animals,
and when the fire was finally !ex
tinguibhed, it was found that over
ten thousand cattlq and two thou
sand hogs hadjbeen burned, their
charred carcasses being strewn
around the grounds j where the cor
rals were previously located in
imtut nso heaps.
LA FOLLETIE
ASKS CHARGES
Washington, Oct. 16.—Senator
Robprt LaFollette today 'appeared
before ;he Senate committee which
is investigating the charges of lii!i
disloyalty, to his country, 'and he
at one . peremtorily demanded that
he furnished with the full
charges which have been made
agalns' him.
IE 1 11
TO BREAKFAST
San Francisco, Oct. 10.—In line
with the | theory that has been ad
vanced that singing while on the
march tends to make the going eas
ier for the men, Captain P. B. Kyne,
commanding a battery |in the
Second California field ar
till'-rj, better known) as the
Grizzlies, has bis men sing
in order j to thoroughly wakeu them
"P..
Kyne noted the heavy eyelids
and the suppressed yawns at re
veille and concluded to appropriate
the singing idea for,his own needs.
Other battery commanders in the
regiment are following the plan.
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Our Line of
Ladies' Fall and
WINTER COATS
OF ALL STYLES
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JAMES KENNEDY