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No. 166 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAttWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
DROPS 17 TOUS PROJECTILES!
OS TEUTON MILITARY PLANTS
Paris, Aug. 20.—One hundred
and eleven airplanes participated in
a raid Saturday afternoon drop
ping seventeen 'ons of projectiles 01
tferman military establishments
Seven German machines were shol
dowu with the loss of only two ma
chines to the Allies. French aviat
ors got within 11 miles of the
.Rhine river, and it is estimated the;
pierced Teuton territory for a dist
ance of about 75 miles.
HIT NOT PLY
IH ALASKA
Seattle. Aug. 20.—Senator Jones,
of thia state, Saturday introduced
an amendment in the Senate regard
ing the operation of steamships in
Al;iska waters.
Washington, Aug. 20.—Senator
Jones, of Washington, introduced
an amendment in the Senate Satur
day afternoon to the Fletcher resolu
tion. if the amendment carries
it would bar Canadian vessels ab
solutelv from plying for trade in
Alaska waters.
SINE ARRESTED OX
(.AM1U4NU I'HAKliK
Five dozen decks of unused play
ing cards, several hundred poker
ihips, both used and unused, fif
'eeu chair.., two tables, a quart
whiskey bottle aud glass and a'oout
$-9u in real money repose under
lock and key in the L". S. marshal's
office as the resuit of a raid on
room 25 of Peterson s hotel iu An
chorage on Aug. T. C. Elvers,
known more widely as "Dutch" re
poses behind the locked gate of the
jail charged with operating the
game. Eight others who "sat in"
an alleged game of poker, were
booked and released ou their re
cognizance and will be used as
witnesses.
The narty of marshals walked in
on the game early in tho morning
ajteT visiting several places in
search of violations of the law. The
eight men jvere in thq thick of
their games and money Js said to
Kpan nnejfno- nllitA
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USE IRKIIHG
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GOilAEE
Ins'cr-d of making the hard trip
to Smuggler's cove tomorrow the
Alpine Club, under the guidance ol"
►Mrs. J. M. Keller, will give a
.house-warming in Honeymoon cot
tage. This decision wa^ reached by
the guide alter conversing with
other members of the Alpine club
who agr.eed that the trip is too
hard for many of the members and
is exceedingly wet from the heavy
rains of late.
Coffee will be served in the cot
tage r»' 6:3u p. au., which will
give ample time for everyone. ■ to
attend after the day's work is
over*. I'ersrus desiring to do so
may sne-id the afternoon at the cot
tage. Everyone is asked to bring
j his own lunch, cups, spoons, ctc.
Honeymoon coitago has been real
ed by tile Alpine club for the sum
mer for "le benefit of its members
I and has never been warmed by au
| official house wanning. Mrs. Kel
ler assures all who come a good
time, but asks all to bring plenty
I of sood "eass"J
BAB1" GIRL
A baby girl was born to Mrs.
Wm. Feero this morning at 4
o'clock. Dr. Gabie rpeorts both
mother and cLiid as doing niccl>.
LOST—Sunday evening an Ivory
and Nugget brooch, marked on
back, "Nick to Ethol, Oct. 12th,
1914." Please return to Britt's
Drug Store and receive reward.
Raynster
The New All Purpose
WEATHER COAT
Bearing the honor mark of
a great Company
The United States
Rubber Company
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between.Third and Fourth Phone 41
COLONEL ROOSEVELT GIVES FOUR SONS TO WAR
Ph.itoa 1>) American Press Association. "
Ju a recent speech Colonel Roosevelt said two of his sons had gone to Franco and two others are to follow.
Maj 'r Tl (>'(lore Junior (No. 3) and Captain Archie (picture No. 4) have pone, while Qnentln (No. 1) Is training for
the aerial service, and Kermit (No. 4) is at the I'lattsburg camp. No. 2 is the colonel himself.
.Mail coming to Skagway conveys
the information that tho Japanese
freighter Koto Sira Maru jvernt
ashore July 27 on Amiehitka isiand,
6uu miles west of Dutch Harbor,
and tuat its cargo valued M $1,
uoo.ouu is a total loss. A life
uuut in charge of th« second offic
er ;i.iU 20 men arrived in Dutch,
Harbor last Thursday; after haying
ivcou nearly a mouth on the way.
Tho captain's boat ami first of
ficer's boat are still missing. The
ship jvas owned by the Katsuba &■
Co., of Kobe, Japan.
Aimhitka Island is a little west
of lougitude ISO and between lati
tudes 51 and 52. Ships going to
and from Japan o.teu take this
northerly course and it is thought
the .Maru jvas destined for Saa
Francisco aud was perhaps blown
by storm onto Amitchitka island,
.lis valuable freight cargo, details
oi which are not known, leads one
to presume also that it may have
been bound for Siberian ports
with explosives for the Russian gov
ernment and blown out of its
course by severe storms.
Spokane, Aug. 20.—Twenty-s©v
i en Industrial World Workers, in
cluding district secrtary James How
! an were arrested at their headquart
| ers ounday afternoon by a company
I of Idaho National Guardsmen. The
j men were placed in the county
| jail and are being held as military;
j prisoners. They were told if, on
investigation, any were wrongful
ly held they would be Immediately
released.
OF
HE $100 ION
J. E. McFarlaud, superintendent
of the Venus mine, reports notice
of the first hundred tons of Venus
(pre having reached the Trail smel
| tsr and as having value above $100
jper ton. In all, 1300 tons of ore
I have been shipped this season,
jamon* whioh Is one car of high
I grade ore expected to show fancy
I valuta.
Under the management of Mr.
'ilcFarland the concentrator was
renovated and put into commission,
artcr having added a flotation ad
junct. A small boiler was leased
with which the mill was put into
■ operation producing 75 tons of con
centrate in a Taluo in excess of all
| vxyfetation, also demonstrating that
a satisfactory mill saying on the
or- could be had.
As a result a new and larger boil
. er is in transit of 150 h. p. capacity
and will be immediately installed
| for thr continuous operation of the
j mill and will also run a compressor
for mine uss of power drills.
The mine is now equipped with
hoists, pipe lines and drills. Larg
er crews will be employed as soon
as more commodious quarters are
preoared and the hum of successful
activity will be louder oa Windy
.Aim. iiihuu^Liiii
Mr, Thomag Landers of Dillon,
| Montana, has arrived ftt the Venus
mice and 5111 ba connected with
its ooeratlona. i • i •• I •. 11 •''
Mr. Landers is an experienced
mining operator, well known Itt
Moatan*. and his identification with
the Southern Yukon, after first
'carefully looking Over that district,
is in, his fayor, f ;,| i- !
COUNCEL MEETS TONIGHT
The regular meeting of tie Skag
way town council is scheduled for
8 o'clock tonight in the the city
ball. I .-I'-MfclwCWW
Peanut Butter
Economical and Appetizing
We have it from 4 oz. jars to 5 lb. tin»
Average Price 25c per lb.
P. H. GANTY
[0 SELL ALASKA
COAL HERE AT
$3 PERJON
Walter A. Gompertz and Lars
fetland, representing California,
apitallats, are recent arrivals in
un^au and say they plan to work
wo tracfe of coal lands In the Mat
nusita and begin shipping as soon
3 uie railroad reaches the fields,
t Is the intention of these ex
erienced miners to place MatanuBka
oal on the Alaska market by this
tme nest year and at a price with
it the reach of all. Mr. Gompertz
aid:
"It la our intention to start de
Ivering coal along the coast from
Lnchorage to Ketchikan, as soon as
ossiHle after the railroad reaches
►ur proiperty. The railroad will
each us about the mid-die of Octo
ar. We will either put In a line
f barges and tugs, or if we find
t. necessary, will run a line of
teamers to handle our product. It
s our belief that M&tanuska coal
an be sold at the dock at Juneau
ot $.8 per ton, and at the same
ime make a good profit. W e will
ither retail to the local dealers
if /fitabllsh an agency of our own."
3upg<rlbe for the Daily Alaskan.
TUFT IS MAJOR
GENERAL RED
GROSS
Washington, Aug. 20—Reorganka
tlon of the American Bed Cros,, ou
a military basis was announced re
cently by Secretary o£ War Newton,
Baker. .William H, Taft, chairman
of the central commltX.ee and di
recting head 0£ the Red Cross, be
comes a major general, and other
officials takg ranks grading down
tQ first lieutenant.
In explaining the reorganization,
Secretary Baker made this state
ment:!
"These commissions confer no
military authority, oblgiatlon or
other incident tp. rani or office, cor
any right to pay or allowances of
similarly; described grades.
"They aerv^ as certificates of
identity, authorized by the Presi
dent, indicating to members of the
land and naval forces that officials
of the ranks indicated are porsona
whom the commander 1a chief and
the American National Red Cross
have confidence and tor yhoni the
above authority enjoina cooperation
in the dispatch, o£ their function
and with thq courtesy and respect
due to persons designated for im
portaat duty to humanity."
Each, Bed Cross omcer win jt w
proper military iasigaia. Regular
lions T.or uniforms, equipment, etc.,
are worked jsit for their guidance.
Only on© other major general is
designated with Mr. Taft. He is
Henr^ PA Davidson of New York,
chairman of the war council. Mem
bers o£ the council become briga
dier t'enerals as follows: Charles
1). Morton, Granison T. Murphy,
noW iir change of the Bed Cross un
its in France; E. N. Hurley, Cor
nelius N. Bliss and Elliot Wads
worth. Harry D. Gibson, direct
or-general of th© Bed Cross, be
comes a colonel with the assistant
director-generals ranking as lieuten
ant colonels.
TWENTY KILLED IN
CURTIS HARVEY EXPLOSION'
Ottawa, Aug. 20 — Late reports
regarding the explosion in the Cur
tis Harvey plant are that* only 20
people are known to be killed.
RETIRED OFFICERS CALLED
INTO ACTIVE SERVICE
Washington, Aug. 20. — Eigh
teen retired major-generals and
brigadier generals ware called back
into active service Saturday.
Fearless in The
Sight of Men
No man can be at parOif ashmed T°f
his clothes.DTo be well dressed and
know it gives one the courage. His
personality is at its best. He is a
HUNDRED PERCENT.
EFFICIENT
FEELS MORE SO
Styleplus Clothes
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JAMES KENNEDY
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