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No. 13» NINETEENTH YEAR SKAtfWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
Taking advantage of the cover
of darkness to mush his way o\er
the. summit, tliru brusli, down gul
lies and up precipltou« mountain
sides. resting iu the day time uatd
keeping out of sight under the
shrubbery, G. E. Bierfren/d, held
since Octob-r, 1914, in the Police
Barrack' at Whitehorse ;ia a prison
er a' war, has made good his es
cape and will leave tonight for his
home iu San Francisco. He has
caoled tor money to cover his fare,
and his wife aad family iu the
Golden City will be overjoyed wheu
the wire ia delivered to them this
morning, announcing that their
father 4< txl husband is a free man.
Mr. Bierfrend was born in Ger
many. He came to the United
States and took out his fiist pa
pers. He was working on the low
er river division when the war
broke out. He was interned at
Ituwsou uud told to wait in that j
cily, [lending an investigation. He
ran away and was caught in White
horse and since that date has been
detained in the police headquart
ers as a prisoner of war.
Mr. Bierfrend broke away from
police headquarters la*c Tuesday
uight *t>out S p. m. For months
and months he had l>een figuring a
way to make good his escape and
while no one was watching him he
ducked into the bruihand commenc
ed to hike for the White Pass. Be
fore leaving he had cached a sup
ply of beans and rice in the brush
which with a little water made up
hi* extensive menu on hia perilous
fllgh* across the line into Ameri
can soil.
Mr. Bierfrend represents that his
treatment was the very best and
that the officials at the barracks
treated him as a gentleman. Most
of the Mme he was an orderly at
the station..
YUKON BOYS OUT FOR SKRVICJ*
Reservations have been made on |
the .Sophia for a number of Yukon '
boys who are enroute to the out
side where they will enlist for
Eutopean service. This will make
»he third allotment of interior boys
who have responded to the call of
thi mother country. It is under
stood that forty five are ou the in
coming train and willjoin the col-.
OTS.
BIG GAINS IDE
Bf RUSSIANS
LONDON, July 17—More than a
quarter million Slavs have been
killed ?ince the inauguration of the
Russian offense. Thirteen thous
and prisoners of war were taken by
tii« Russians In yesterday's fighting.
Dtcided successes have been re
poi ted to the war office by the Rus
sians in an advance in the
Volliycia district. The advance iB
most infantry and is brought up in
the Tear by companies1 of artillery
and light mountain) gunnery corps.
Nothing seems to be able to stop
tne terrific drives of the Russian
Infantry, in some of yesterday's
battles bayonet charges were made.
SAILINGDATE
A SECRET
WASHINGTON. July 17 — The
date of the sailing of the German
diver will be kept a secret. It has
finished loading its rubber and
nickel cargo and is ready to make
the star*. The big wharf haa beeu
enclcsed to keep the people from
seeing the ocean monster.
•The boat will leave without a
patrol is the latest word from the
war department. It is expected to
leave shortly. None but the com
mander of the boat knows the ex
ac' hour of its sailing. The Bri*- ■
l*h scouts are 6till playing offthe >
ccas» to pick it up..
150,OOHROOPS
ON BORDER
WASHINGTON, July 17—More
than one hundred and fifty thous
and soldiars are now guarding the
Mexican border. They have been
icaltered out along the line ftnd
are*pntioiling tho turbulent zone.
The state militia companies have
joined the regulars and have helped
to swell the federal enrollment.
David Doig is enroute to Dawson.
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GERMANS SUFFER
m OEFEAI
PLTROGRAD, July 17—The Rus
slans cave General Voa Linsingei
and his regiments a stinging de
feat in yesterday's battles in, the
Ostroff legion.. The heavy Teuton
attacks were thrown, back and the
war spirited Russians advanced, un
der the cover o£ the German trench
es.
Over 'hree thousand prisoners ol
war were tak«n In on a right wiug
rally by the Russians. The terrific
fire from the Russian rapid fire
g'uis cut the Germaa advance Mmc
afier time. When, the evening
shades had fallen and the darkness
covered the movements of the
troops the Germans ordered a hur
ried repeat falling' totheir second
ary defense lines. Thq l>atle opneec
uo this morning with long rang*
firing.
The Spokane la scheduled to
make tills port Wednesday morning
Ii carries a heavy passenger list
and cargo for tills port.
VIOIENTSTORMS
SWEEP COAST
ASHVILLE, N. C., July 17 — All
railroad seirvice is suspended and
transportation is tied up in gener
al thru thi9 section of the country.
Scores of large industrial plants are
lying idle on account of the hurri
cane which swept the eaBtern, ocats.
FlTe are known to be killed and
over flf'y are missing. The vio
lent storm has created havoc
amongst commercial enterprises and
shipping cirdCB. In places it trav
eled at the rate of 110 miles an
hour, tearing up houses, ruining
fields and killing horses and stock.
PORTUGALTO1
ALLIED All
LON'UOM, July 17—The Portu
guese government ia on the verge
i'f entering the European) conflict..
Dispatches h^ve reached the war
and foreign offices to the effect
that the Portuguese government
has ri;sed a fighting army and
will aid the Allies la the fight.
The army la fully equipped to
fighting strength and is held in
readiness for *he caJl. The dis
patches state that the! southern
kingdom is ready to. enter her
soldiers in the fighfi whenever
needed and stand inl instant readi
ness to embark for the scene of ac
tion. Portugal has a total war
rtrength of 260,000 soldiers..
J. E. Louttlt and wife are over
from 'he Porcupine district.
MEYER LONDON.
Socialist Caused Irritation In
Congraa* by Porto Riao Speech.
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Photo by American Press Association.
I3BRUN, July 17—Th© harvest
prospects for the coming sea-son
are looming up big before the food
dic'ators of the Empire. The fig
ures just tabu led by the agricul
tural department show that the
harvest prospects ore eaccelieait for
the coming summer.
The crops consists mostly of
rard wheats and cereals, intense
farming is being carried on by the
peasants of the Empirt and a care
ful statistical record is kept of the
crop'conditions throughout the Em
pire.
NEW YORK, July 17—The fig
ures keot by the fertera, authorities
ou the infantile scourge which has
botii sweeping this city showa that
It. has abated. Federal medical
•men hepe that it announces! the
checking of the spread of the dread
ful disease. The figures for the
last twenty four hours shows a de
cided abatement In the epidemic.
SOPHIA IN WITH TOURISTS
The Scephia steamed into this
port yesterday morning withi over
seventy five toursts aboard. It will
clear for the south tonight upon
the arrival of the train. A repre
sentative freight cargo was unload
ed at the docks. The local offices
report heavy booking fop the rest
,o* the season.
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TORPEDOED SHIP
GOES DOWN
LONDON, July 17—The Antigua,
a British steamship, was sunk off
west of Hartepool, lat^ last! night
bv a German) submarine. The sub
marine followed the steamship for
a couple of hours until It saw th^t
tl e vesbel was making good its es
cape, then It seut a trospedo<B Into
its side, it sank within fifteen min
utes.
Dispatches are lacking as to the
value ef the ship, tonnage) carried
and passengers. It Is thought that it
was ladened with, army supplies and
food for the British,' aoldieis on
the continent.
GERWFOE
OF ITALY
HOME, July 17—The Italian, cab
inet is seriously considering making
a declaration of war against Ger
many. The majority of the mem
bers of the cabinet are unanimous
In the opinion* tha* war on Austria
means war upon Germany and Bince
Italy is locked in conflict yitb Aus
tria the next step of making war
uoou Germany should be taken.
Germ;«ny is aiding andi abbot ting
Austria in its campaign1 against the
Italian Kingdom and doing every
thing within its power to spell the
deiea* of Italy.. The issue will
probably be settled by the week end
parkerTspeev'd
AT ROOSEVELT
NEW ORLEANS, July 17 —
Criticizing Theodorei Roosevelt bit
•grly for deserting his followers in
the Progressive ranks, John, M..
Parker has withdrawn bis name
f. om the Progressive party ticket.
Mr. i'arker was nominated for Vice,
President on the Progressive tick
et and deeply f?els the action of
Roosevelt in not accepting thq nom
ination for President oa the party
ticket. ! , i'
'WEAPOHS DRAWN
1 LABOR
; : RIOTS
SEATTLE, July 17—The long
shoremen's strike in, this city is as
suming a dangerous situation. In a
riot which occurred; on the docks
Saturday, two longshoremen were
shot and four others injured. What
holds true of this city also holds
true of Tacoma. Twa longshoremen
were killed in Tacoma yesterday
during a labor riot.
The local union has received the
official news of thei action of the
San •Francisco? Longshoremen's Un
ion. in Toflng for the open shop
policy. The Seattle Union has wir
ed that if will make a protest with
'he national organization and re
fuses to make any Bort of a com
promise.
Mos» of tlie. boats' are being load
ed by utrUse breakers, who are
working on a scale of fifty cents
par hour and seventy five cents
per boui for overtime. They are
housed and fed on the docks and
on boats in) the harbor. The lo
cal police force has beeni trebled
on i he water front bu$ still the
riots are occurring daily. Both
newspapers! are appearing with/ edit
orial comment on tbei situation and
advocate better protection of pro
perty and lives.
Judge Neter hag issued restrain
ine orders which, prohibit the Un
ion men from interfering with the
Alaska Steamship bpats and docks.
Tiie Alaska Steamship Co. is load
ing steel rails and government sup
plies for the Alaska Railroad, thus
giving the Federal Court power to
interfere and issue the injunction.
500 seIsboat
10 OOIlOlfl
ROME, July 17—The Italian de
stroyer, imetuozo, was sunk this
morning by an Austrian submarine
in the lower Adriatic sea. The two
warring ships met each other in the
middle of the sea and begaji to
fiobt. A torpedoe from the under
soa, craft did fhe work and is pro
claimed the victoir of the battle.
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