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No. 169 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA,
GOVERNMENT IS
LEWIS
Washington, Aug. 23. — Senator
J-imos Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois,
ia a speech in favor of the war
against Germany mad? in i the Sen
ate this morning, suggested that
the French could add forty millions
of dollars to their treasury by
increasing their surtaxes. He
ch&rsed rich men in this country
with cheating the government by
I'erjury and trlcerky out of - more
than three hundred million dollars.
The matter of the income tax' re
turns ameudment was tentatively
adopted.
Washington, Aug. 23.—Secretary
RedfieH in a letter to a pacifist yes
terday characterized Germany as
being a desperado nation and added
"And this Is the time you cun
ningly lift your voice in behalf of
autociacy." |
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DEMAND OF !
VEIEflANS
Seattle, Aug. 23.—Mayor Hiram
Gill, cf this city, learning ,that a j
commission of Spanish American war
veterans of the grand army were'
about to call on him and demand \
that c?i suppress anarchists and I. j
W. went fiiMng. [
LX)L. SAVILLE GOING SOl'TH
Col. Saville will be an outgoing j
passenger on th,e i Princess Sophia |:
this evening. He has been called b>; i
tha war department and it is;tinder- <
stood he will enter the transport 1
service on the Atlantic coast.
Seattle, Aug. 23.—Local examin
ing boards for the government,
learning that many young men of
drafted age are fleeing to Canada,
today brought the attention of the
matter to the war department.
Seattle, jAug. 23.—Captain James
S. Gibson, chairman of the commit
tee of the associated chambers j,of
the Pacific Coast who was sent to
Washington in the interest of coast J
wise shipping says there is no dan
ger of any Alaskan vessels being
commandeered by the government
and (that Canadian vessels will be
kept.' ou* of the Alaska service..
A reported jstrike of rich boruite
>re in Rainy Hollow is brought to
Jkagway by Dr. Sewell, of Haines.
X ledge of this ore was discovered
some time ago by tho Col. |W. L.
Stevenson interests in charge of
Et. H. Harrington, and Professor
3ard the consulting engineer for thi>
3rm ordered a tunnel to be built
jeginuiag at the base of the moun
tain with the object of reaching
:his led^e probably after a depth
)f 400 feet. To tho surprise of
?very one the ledge was uncovered
ifter only threew eeks work and only
:omparatively a little way into the
nountain. f
The bornite ore is said to run
ligh in its test values. Strictly
ipeakiug it is called copper oro con
listing, of 14 parts of iron, 26 parts
)f sulphur and 60 parts of copper.
)n a liesh fracture it has a peculiar
bronze color, but it soon tarnishes
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The New All Purpose
WEATHER COAT
Bearing the honor mark of
a great Company
The United States
Rubber Company
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway betweenJThird and Fourth Phone 41
THEY HOPE TO WIN WAR IN AIR
Photos by American ITess Association.
Members of the Juint ariny and navy technical aircraft board who will
play a part lu the proper expenditure of tho £0-10,(100.000 aircraft fund. In the
upper row, from left to right, are Captain Edsar S. Gorreil, U. S. A.; Assist
ant Naval Constructor Jerome C. Ilunsucker, U. S. N.; Lieutenant John II.
Towers, U. S. N. Seated are, left to risht, Lieutenant Commander Arthur K.
Atkins, U. S. X.; Major Benjamin I>. Foulols, U. S. A. Inserted is the picture
of Captain Virxiuius E. Clark. U. s>. A., also a member of the board.
New Offensive Being Launched By
French, Englisli and Italians
i'atis, Aug. 2:5.—A new zenith
it destructivcuess during ll.o war
i I<c-dg luade t»«.ay l.y Fren.h ai
Lilery fun near Verdun. Sn ail vil
«gcs in which the have es
ablished themselves aic literally
elng "lound to pieces. This fire
< preceding a new offensive which
.ill lie launched simultaneously by
lie Ku.;lisl>. Fiench and Italians.
Hl'XS OFF FOR PETRCXJItAD
I<ondon, Au};. 23.—With the
Liiglo-I'Vencli-Italian offensive in
reasiij> in l'uiy constantly the
iermuns are simultaneously under
uking a new offensive and entirely
e\v drive along the extreme North
cm ;ut(l Eastern front. Pctrofjract
may foe the object of this drive.
mU iiSH FOlit KS si cciossri L
London, Auj;. 2:{. — Field Mar
sh::l lor the llritisli foiws,
today rcjioits deiiiiitc successes In
the oj'ciatioKs on the section east
and northeast ot Vines ou tlic Bel
gian. front,
i'i;UL' SKMiS ULTIMATUM
Amsterdam, -Aug. 'Si.—The Bor
Jjin Yossiclie Zeitung announces to
day that lYru sent an tdtuuatum to
(iernianj over the toriitxloin}* of
the bark Loiton. Peru has a to
tal available army of !)01 ,."G0 men.
nd miv become a purple color or
ariegated.
The Grauby Bay Smelter Company
3 also operating in the Rainy; Hol
o\v country and ais a result ot the
ecent findings by the Stevenson iin
crests have decided to operate
hreo weeks longer this season than
hey bad planned.
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DOLPHIN' HAS BIG
LIST FOR HALVES
Seattle, -Aug. 23. — The Dol
phin. left Seattle for jSkagway this
afternoon at fivo o'clock and is
bringing 50 passengers for Haines
and two for Skagway.
Choice chocolates and J>on tons
ftt Keller Bros. Drug Store.
Peanut Butter
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Economical and Appetizing
We have it from 4 oz. jars to 5 lb. tins
Average Price 25c per lb.
P. H. GANTY
San Francisco, Aug.! 23.—Serious
rioting occurred Jiero yesterday af
ternoon between striking street
car men and others. Twenyt-flv©
cars were wrecked, and 2G0 extra
policemen were put on duty. 1
Seattle, Aug. 23.—Skinner and
Eddy, one of the largest shipping |
concerns cf the world, are figur
ing on a thirty million dollar con-1
tract lr-r the construction of 41
woodiu vessels of 2600 tons l'or the
French government. In all prob
ability they will secure the con
tract. Two shipyards will be es
tablished on the Fraser river near !
Vancouver, i B. C.
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Seattle, Aug 23.—Chief of Po- j
lice Beekingham this morning be-,
sun on investigation into reports,
made fly the dry squad that men]
are smuggling liquor into Seattle;
from Vancouver. ) ' '
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Spokane, Aug. 23.—The Spokane i
Central labor council today issue
a statement demanding the ve- j
lease of all I. W. W. prisoners and
the impeachment of Governor Lister.
Mrs. J. jr. (Olsen, mother of the1
Rev. L. H. Pedcrcen, returned o;i
the Sophia yesterday from a short
visit w'tn friends in Seattle.
Gl« KILLED
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Atlantic Port, Au^ 23.—Captain
Albert Oliver of the steamer Cam
i>ana ;'.r d crew, renorted taken pris
oners the German U boat No.
3, which torpedoed tho Campana
last week, went to their death when
a Froiich destroyer sank tho sub
marine. According to the story;
brought by the survivors of | tho
Campana the U boat fell prey to
a French warship or patrol boat
which,was oil duty in that zona
at the time ar.il shot* the subma
rine shortly after it had sunk the
Campana. . ^
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Seattle, Aug. 23.—R. L. Fromme,
of tae Olympic National Forest Re
serve, vas today assigned to tako
ciiargo af the Alaska National for
es s r'°r the period of the yar. Ha
succeeds Supt. Weigle who has
been assigned for duty in France.
HEARST ur BE
HEW YORK
P-i
New York, Aug. 23.'— Petitions
designating Hearst :>s candidate
for mayor under the democratic
ticket have not been filed as jet.
MAKII'OS.V XOUTHHOl'NI)
Seattle. Aug. 23.—The Mariposa
sailed :'o: Skagway and westward
portj tnis afternoon at one o'clock.
Skagway passengers are Miss Mar
tan Magillicuddy, J. K. Hyle, Rob
ert Lovell and ten tourists.
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