PRICE 10 CENTS
SKAttWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1917
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Precipitation .53.
Setoad pAjtiKUt on Liberty Bomls
due by tomorrow.
No. 238 TWENTIETH YEAR
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Y esterday's News
Confirmed, Revolt
Lacks Support
Stockholm, Nov. 14.—Kerensky
aud his forces have entered Petro
grad, according to & correspondent
for the Swedish News Agncey at
Hararanda received this morning.
Provisional Gonrenuiient
In Power
I.oudon. Nov. 14.—With the ex
ception of a small part of Petro
grad the whole of Russia i3 now
In the hands of tha Provisional gov
ernment under the leadership of
Kereusky.
Control Telegmi»h Lines
London, Nov. 14.—According to
advices received from a cablegram
filed In Stockholm yesterday after
noon at four o'clock Premier Ker
eauky. of the Provisional forces, de
feated Bolsb.eviki at the battle of
Tsarckoeselo. Cossack forces are
reported to have destroyed the en
tire re#r guard of the revolutionary
forces. All telegraph lines are now
la Kerensky's hands, according to a
report from the exchange telegraph,
bureau. *. - '
WOMEN 6E1 SIX
DAYS 10 SIX
Washington, Nov. 14.—Jail cen
tencea, ranging from six dayS to
alx months, have teen meted out
to 31 suffragists who picketed the
White House'recently. Judge Mul
lowney pronounced sentence.
E. W. Dunn, of Tanana, is a re
ceat arrival la Skagway.
GERMANS IKE DESPERATE
EFFORT TO CROSS PiE RIVER
Italian Headquarters In Italy, j
i Wednesday—Heavy and continuous
artillery fire from the eastern bank
; of tho Piave river is constantly hani
I merlug against the Italian lines,
j but iu the main the forces of the
i Italians on. the western side of the
! Piaye are etill holding fast.
The Austro-German forces are
making a desperate effort to cross
the»Piave river, but ag yet a gen
eral movement in that direction is
uot noted. Near ZensOn several
battalions of the enemy forces have
crossed the river on pontoons.
| SOCIETY WOMEN TO THE RESCUE |
Photo by American Tress Association.
When the commissary department failed in au eastern cnmp roeutly so- '
cl»ty women who heard of it rushed to the rescue of the guardsineu with I'
a«m1 wl.'h.->a Hti.l foffiv — ——— i (
j WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY j
' IN FRANCE, Nov. 14-—American
I army aviators have participated i"
[tombing raids over Germany u,ul
1 have been doing observation duty at
' various points on the battle line. |
PAIXLEVE MINISTRY
RESIGNED LAST NIGHT
Paris, Nov. 14.—After a defeat
by the vote o£ depuites the Pain
! levo ministry resigned 1-st Dight.
Cold Weather
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JAP MPS il■
BE SENT 10
EUROPE
Tokyo, Nov. 14.—Oshima, minist
er of war informed Japanese newspa
per men today tliat tli© dispatch of
Japanese troops to Europe is an ab
solute imnossiblity owing to the
tremendous cost of transportation
and lack of tonnage.
UNDERGROUND LEAK TO
GERMANY DISCOVERED
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 14.—In the
arresf of Ernest Lehendorff govern
ment agents here blive tliey have
discovered an undrground route by j
which information has been transml j
ted between the United States and '
Mt xico City for relay to Germany. |
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Paris, Nov. 14.—Premier Pain
eve announced the British and
French commanders in, chief have
ome to an agreement lor the
xtension of th British front at
n early date. I ' \ i!'
Great Britain and France Jmra al
o reached a complete understand
nec regarding the provisioning of
he two countries which will be
>ut into effect immediately.
Washington, Nov. 14.—The Am
rican amhaseador at Rome reports
o thp Department of State that he
,as received from the Lonardo da
find Society of Florence, a. very im
ioi tant association of Italian intel
ectuais representing cuture, art, anj
atrictism of Italy, a very cordial j
nd earnest address to President
Vilson, signed by over 100 members,'
iiany of high distinction. The mem- I
•rial expresses the highest apprecia- !
ion of America's entry Into the
i'ar, and characterizes America as a I
iiost precious ally of the nations
engaged in th© struggle for lib
rty and civilization.
F
FIGHT GOV'T.
Presidio, Nov. 14.—Fighting be- |
;\veen Villa forces and the Mexi- I
:au government beagn at OJlnaga j
:liis morning at five o'clock. At
acks were made from the south,
lullets falling on the American
side of the. river.
ItKCORDED IX THE
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE]
On record in the commissioner's
office is a bill of sale, of the laundry I
automobile to Mrs. Alice Wright,
daughter o'Phil Abrahams. Power
of attorney to sell real estate has
been granted by Wm. M. Leslie, |
of Skagway, to hia wife Mary E.
Leslie. A warranty deed is on re
cor'1 from W. L. Relnich to Phil
Abrahams to the first half of lot
9, block 1. A Quit claim deed on
real estate has been filed by Jus
tiua Jackson, of Haines, to Geo. j
C. Lundy. of Juneau.
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P. H. GANTY
U.S. GETS 4,400,000 TONS OF
SHIPPING FROM NEUTRALS
Washington, Nov. 14. — Norway,
Sweden, Holland and Denmark have
igreed to turn over 4,400,000 tons
)f ahlpftlng to the United States
Ln exchange for such foodstuffs as
anly America can supply.
The Japanese empire has agreed
to sell outright a large amount of
tonnage, taking steel In payment.
Contracts "which. have been
agreed upon stipuate Sweden shall
atop selling steel to Germany; and
Holland has been given to under
stand unless she stops selling dairy
products to Germany she will get
no American feed for her cattle.
HUNS CANNOT
Mil
LOST GROUND
Seattle. Nov. 14.—The United
States war office announces the.
Jermaus have been completely de
bated in their efforts to recapture j
[round won by the British north of j
Jaachendaie in Western Flanders. :
Omaha, Nov. 14. — Sixty three
nembers of the Industrial World
iVorkers, attending a. convention in
his city and representing the
itatfcB &l Minnesota, Dakotas, and
Nebraska have been arrested by
!ederal agents and everything in
their ball confiscated.
ASKS DIVORCE FROM MAX
WHO WANTS U. S. DEFEATED
Seattle, Nov. 14.—Complaining
that her husband would not allow
tier to hang a picture of President
Wlho* ia their home, Mrs. Martha
Van Houtea la suing E. C. Van
Houtea for a divorce. The wife al
so saya that her husband would
not let her engage la Red Cross
work and that he often expressed
the wish that every soldier sent
by the United States to France
nould be killed. Van Houten, ac
cording to the complaint, is strong
ly pro-German and is most anxious
that Germany defeat this nation in
the war. ; , • i
Mrs. Vaa Houien further alleges
that her husband has failed to pro
vide for her. The couple married
[n June, 1916.
SPEECH WILL BE
IN
E
Washington, Nov. 14.—President
Wilson's sDeech. before the American
Federation, of I*abor is being printed
in various languages and will be
distributed throughout an the
countries of Europe.
PUT IK FIVE
Washington, Nov. 14,—Five class
es into which nine million men are
registered for military duty, an<^
and those who register hereafter,
are divided, and the order In. which
they will be called is officially an
nounced today In Provost Marshal
Crowder's questionairg which every
registerd man must fill out and
file. ) -
U.S.
I
Atlantic Port, Nov. 14—.Five
members of the crew of the Am
erican steamship D. N. Luckenbach.
were killed yesterday when the Bhip
was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay.
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