®he SJailtj ^la#han
No. 189 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1917 PRICE 10 CENTS
RUSSIA PROCLAIMS ITSELF A NEW REPUBLIC
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Navy Departmenl
Labors Under
Most Severe
Strain
Wasoington, Sept. 17.—With th«
€>af« arrival of President Wilson md
wife oe. board th§ Mayflower at
tn Atlantic port yesterday the
most serious strain which, the na
vy department has worked under
since the declaration of war has
been relieved. The President, Mrs.
Wilson, ajjd party, had been cruis
ing for hours in the very waters In
which merchant captains reported
laving seen hostile »ubmarines.
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SELECTED 81
11. 5.
Washington, Sect. 17. — Sites
bave been tentatively chosen In
19 cities throughout tho United
States for reconstruction hospi
tals in which to begin the work of
rehabilitating soldiers who return
wounded from the European battle
fronts and to fit wounded soldiers
for private life.
Citits selected are Boston, New
York. Philadelphia. Baltimore,
Washington, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Ch>
cago,, St. Paul, Seattle, San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Kansas
City, St. Louis, Memphis, Richmond,
Atlanta and Neyr Orleans.
COLLECT KKl> CROSS SACKS
Red Cross contribution sacks
will be collected tomorrow evening.
LABOR DISPUTES
SEITLEO IHIS
WEEK
Washington, Sept. 17.—Shipping
officials are confident that a basis
will be reached this week for | the
settlement of all labor disputes ta
Pacific Coa3t ship yards.
jApiii
HONORS PERRY
Newport, Sept. 17.—The Japan
ese mission to the United States,
headed by Viscount Ishii, today
placed a wreath of flowres on the
tomb ot Commodore Perry, who op
ened the door of Japan to. the en
tire Western civilization.
Kerensky
Gets a Wife
London, Sept. 17.—A dispatch,
from Stockholm today 6ays that.
President Kerensky married a Rus
sian sc'ress the day following the I
fall of Riga to the German forces. !
W. P. STONE DIES
Baltimore, Sept. 17.—Wm. F.
Stone, sergeant at arms for the Re
publi-»n National committee died In
his home here yesterday.
For School Wear, for
the boy or girl, the
Bear Skin Hos
iery is unsur
passed
Just Received a line of
Waists and Blouses for
Boys*---Coveralls for Boys
and Girls*
ALBERT REINERT
Jroadway between Third and Fourth Phone 4
GEN. ALEXIFF
KILLS HIMSELF
CHIEF OF RUSSIAN STAFF COM
MITS SCICTOE BY SHOOTING —
SECOND DEATH IN THREE
DAYS. ,
Copenhagen, Sept. 17. — General
\Ieiieff, chief of the staff of the
Russian army, committed suicide
:hia morning by shooting himself,
rhe information la contained in a
?etrograd dispatch to the Bydovon
>ka D*gbladet today.
Tills is the second suicide of
ftussl&a army; officers in the P®*t
,hreo days. ' i ) j,
DRAFT ALIENS
IK U. S. ARI
Washington, Sept. 11. — (Special
Correspondence)—Congressman Ste
phen O. Porter of Pennsylvania has
.drawn a bill that would -make use
of the military services of alien# In
thi#f country, except citizens of
the Central Powers. It proposes to
extend the provision^ of jthe draft
law to those aliens, provided the
government of which they are citi
zens shall first convey to th^ Ualt
ed States Its approval of the
terms oX the jact. Mr. Porter di
rects in his measure that the draft
ed aliens shall he 'grouped into
units nationality and he of
ficered by citizens of the same
country. The new forces are to
be known M the "American For
eign Legion." Tie application of
the act is left largely jto the dis
cretion of the President bo as not
to interfere with proper mlllttary
udmini8tratioa.|'
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT
The regular meeting of the town
council is scheduled for tonight at
8 o'clock in the City hall. No meet
ing was held two weeks ago owing
to it being Labor Day, so there
will be considerable business to
night ! ■
RELATIVE FOOD VALUES
OF CANNED SALMON
The following table (Bulletin No.
142, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture)
shows the percentage of brain,
blood, bone and muscle building
elements la CANNED SALMON as
compared with other foods:
CANNED SALMON .218 percent
Sugar cured ham .166 percent
Marcaroni .142 percent
Fresh eggs .134 percent
SpTing chicken ,126 percent
Bread .092 percent
Suhscrib® for tk« Daily Al—tmn
REPORT STRIKES
ALL ALONG
COAST
Seattle, Sept. 17—It la estimat
ed that 3000 b1U» fcarpenteara ud
helpers walked out on. a strike 1*
Seattle ste«d shipyards today.
25,000 Strike In Caglfornfai
San Franciaco, Sept. 17.—Twan
ty-firo [tnousand Iron workers and
metal trades mechanics, engaged
in war emergency construction, la
San Fi ancisco cities, went out
on a gtrika this morning. Their de
mands for higher wagea fw^re re
jected. i ,:lk
3000 Strike la Portland
Portland, Sept. 17.—About 8000
shipyard worker* quit their |obs
In some ot tha Portland ship ©lanta
this morning and "are striking tor
higher wagoa. 'j,..'
SHOWER OF TWINS !
PUZZLES DOCTORS
Vancouver, B. C., Sopt. 17.—Brit
ish Columbia hag decided to double
her birth rate. Vancouver has
been picked for the starting point.
British, casualties pa the eaet front
<n Europe are not to be permitted
to decrease the number of British
subjects In the world.
During the lagt two months there
have been, born la (Vancouver hoa
pi'tals and private homes mora than
20 pair of mal« twins. The freguen
cy of the arriraLa of these mascu
line duplicates has led a number of
Vancouver physicians to declare
that the city has been blessed with
a twin epidemic—one epidemic pro
ducing doublets.
Attention Is drawn to the fact
that during other great wars In the
world's history the rate of male
births has greatly increased. Physi
cians here beliere that the abnor
mal tlrth at male twins Is a direct
outcome of the wax. it Is stated
to be a scientific fact, borne out
by the records, that what nature
needs most she producaa. Just now
maa-pow.er is the ail-absorbing r&
Uuiremeni—and Vancouver appar
ently U the starting place for the
double production of man power for
the future < j
A peculiar feature of the situa
tion is that the boy babies are par
ticularly lusty and all are doing
well. Even incubator cases are
makisjr more than usual progress.
A party of 30 Juneau people re
cently made an excursion trip up
Taku river and report having seen
some oi the most wonderful scenery
in the world. ' , - - i
Mis* Mary Patersoa left an to
day's train on a trip to. Atlln ex
pecting to return the coming Mon
day. She will then leave on cue
Of the early boats for Vancouver.
SPECIAL
Mother's Oats
Large Package 35c
A First Clui Article at a Vary Low Price
P. H. GANTY
Headquarters French Army; la
France, Sept. 17.—The Associated
Press baa just completed tlr"res
which give approximately [the man
power of Germany in the war at
th« present time, together | with cas
ualties, as follows:'
Fixed formation on the various
fronts, employed on lines of com
munication and stationed in the inr
terioT, 6,500,000.
Division a undergoing [formation
and men in depots, 600,000.
Losses in killed, permanently dis
abled and prisoners 4,000,000.
Wounded under treatment at
hospitals, 600,000. |
Total, 10,600,000.
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Buenoa Aires, Sept. 17. — The
government of Argentina has with
drawn permission granted the Ger
man Wireless company to receive
messages from the German sta
tion at Nauen.
Any Rags, Any Sacks
Any Shoes Today
"Any rags, any sacks, any shoes,
today, the same ftld story as yes
i. U ■
Although this cry 1# not heard
by tne citizens of Skagway yet
many old shoes are {being brought
to the stores of Kennedy & Co.,
and to Dortero &. Son at fa rapid
rate. Someone has unearthed a lot
Of Old (shoes under th@ side walk
by a building itsedJ during the rush
days of Skagway for a Bhoe store
and promises to agther up the
shoes to send them to the people
of Belgium and France, f*
Shces are coming from all parts
of the town, some of them almost
new, »nd fit will only be a few
days until a shipment is made.
Havefyou done £our bit yet?
PEOPLE SELECT
KERENSKY AS
PRESIDENT
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Cabinet of Five
Chosen From Ar
my, Navy And
Masses
.V I ' i V*
Petrograd, Sept. 17.—Oa the
date cf September 14, 1917 (Fri
day) Russia proclaimed itself ft Re
public with, former Premier Keren
sky as president.
Tie affairs of the state are en
trusted to a cabinet of five mem
bers as follows:
Kereosky, president; Terestchen
ko, minister of foreign affairs;
General Verkhovsky, minister of
war; Admiral Verdervski, minister
of marine; and Nikitin, minister of
posts. j ' j) i«J i j:| f
The new cabinet is composed of
the most prominent men of Russia
and Includes representatives of
the army, navy and of the masseja
at home. i I li if
histoIgvessel
IS SOLO 10
FRANCE
Seattle, Sept. 17. — The Can
adian steamship Bowler, formerly
iiiamed Zafiro, which rendered' Buch
good service as a eoilier to Dewey's
fleet in Manila bay. during tha
Spanish American war, was sold
today through Thormdyke & Tren
holm, to the French government.
Thf» vessel is now at Vancouver.
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J1AMES KENNEDY