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No. 207 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA,
German Sea Divers Create Panic In Atlantic—Six Merchant
Boats Torpedoed and sent To a Cold Watery Oceanic Grave
WIRELESS CALL
'LINER ON EIRE'
NORFOLK, Oct. 9—Coast guard
cutters are steaming out to ocean
uud*r full speed in response to
an S. O. S. call frosn. wireless
operating room on the Ward liner
Antilla. The clear ticks at the wire
less calls have been picked ui> by
the coast station at this point. The
operator hurriedly informed. the
sUtlot that 'he boat was at a point
abca one Hundred and fifty miles
out lo 'he sea and that the crew
and passengers had been forced to
to life boats to save their
Ure». He urged immediate assist
au t aud said that flamea were
cuttt-.*' tn so close that he would i
hftvs lo abandon his post and seek .
safety In a life boat. The message
stepped with, a jerk as if he had
suudtniy left his post and hurried
to an o»)en life boat.
TUe station informed the coast
guard and they immediately set
out to sea wi'h. provisions and sup
plK for the 111 fated crew and
pas«et*ger8. I* is reported that
tb*y should reach. 'he location to
night sometime. In the night It
win be difficult toi pick upi the
•mall life boats, so nothing can be
dQne until morning.
WASHING, Oct. 9 — Washing
loa <uardmen, who have been sta
ti oe.\ at American Lake si ace
their return from the boarder were
muttered out of service at Ta
eoau Saturday. The Seattle l»oys j
were given & rousing welcome by
tha citizens of thia city, yesterday.
A big parade was held in the busi
new# district. Company F, sta
tioned at th^ University proved tie (
popular company withj the sight
seer* who gathered to witness the
p*ra»i«.
Ait«r the narade the guardsmen
were assembled at the Armory,
whwe tba fall out command was
five*.
I I
1 NORFOLK, Oct. 9 — A German j
fighl'iie: submarine U-53, arrived j
<n '.his harbor Saturday, delivered
officio] mail to th^ German am
bassador and departed for unknown.
points three hours later. The sea |
diver came unannounced _and sprurg
a surprise on, the Un/ited States of
ficials y3 well as the* German am
bassador.
It was well stoakedl withj supplies
and showed signs of a long voyage.
Wt.ere it had obtained its stock I
of supplies no one knows. It is
uinted that possibly a German man!
of war nifght be plying off the
coast and that the submarine is j
acting as a guard for the) big boat. !
It p;^sed out of the capes under |
full steam. and disappeared in the I
darkness on the mighty Atlantic.
BOSTON TAKES
SECOND GAME
BOSTON*, Oct. 9 — Boston, took
the second game o£ the series in. a
speedv fourteen inning game here.
Briberies for Boston were Ruth, and
Tnomas, Brooklyn, opened up \vith
Smith and Miller. Meyers! scored
a h&me run for Brooklyn in the
first inning. The fielder fell
while he was running ta oover the
difficult higbi flyer.
Boston came back and scored one
in the third. Thua the game see
sawed until the fourteenth] when
Smi'b. walked Hoblitzel, Lewis came
up and sacrificed, putting) Hoblit
zel o'i second. Gainer caime to
the tiat and Jilaced a two bagger
whicli brought in Hoblitzel, winning
*he game. Brooklyn) score<D seven |
hits and made two errors. Boston
scored eight hi's and made one er
ror. Attendance a*- this game was
forfy two thousand. Reservations
are running heajvy for tomorrow's!
game.
J. \V Russel was a Vancouver
passenger on thq Prince George
Our Introductory
One-third Off Sale
Is Still In Progress
Don't miss this opportunity
of getting a supply of your
winter needs at this enor
mour saving of cash to you
Albert Reinert
Successor to
HJ | \T *T |J THE HABERDASHER AND
• J • L 1 1\ C IT LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between fhird and Fourth Phone 41
FLAMES LICK UP
SEATTLE DOCK
SEATTLE, Oc'. !) — Roaring
ffames kicked up pigrr No. 12, on
the wa'erfrcoit in this) city last
iiight. A hundred: and twenty
thousand collars worth of water
fronf property was destroyed by the
flames. The origin, of the fir© is
unknown.
The flames were discovered by
♦ htf wa'.chman about 'efl o'clock. He
promptly turned in an alarm but
before thg fire tugs and firemen I
could get their strestna! of water |
playing an the pier, it was a mass
of leaping, Toaring flame9. It
reenied to spring ut> all of a sud
den. 'lhe dcy timbers, saturated!
w'*h cils and flammable fluids made;
an easy catch' for the fire and it >
s^f Dt ihru the big dock like smoke
*hru a steamer funnel.
After battling with] the blaze for
a time 'he firemen saw that it
was useless toi attempt to save the
pier, so d®votedJ their t-ttention to
tae saving of the neighibo.ing docks
Galbraith Bacon, Company, the own
ers of the dock were not involved
in the recent longshoremen's strike
and f hey are at a losa to account
for the starting: of the onei hundred
aud twenty thousand dollar blaze.
1ST OBSERVE
NEUTRALITY
LON'G BRANCH, Oct. 9 — Presi
dent Wilson and highj governmental
officials have expressed •deepi con
cern, over •♦he pinking; of the Allied
result c«' thei wholesale) destruction
ships, Internationa^ complications
arc no*, expected, to follow! as the
result of the' wthojeaale destruction
of 11 vessels so neiir th« Ame.ican
shore An investigation is being
made sy the United; States officials
*o s e if tae de-d was* committed
w'Vh'n the thre^ mile limit and
under the spihere of American gov
ernment and activity. "Acting as
a neutral nation, the United! States
can ^o nothing if h& inlternational
laws h£«ve not beeni broken," said
President Wilson.
INSPECTS WAGON ROAD
Jack Hayes, roadi commissioner
arrived on *hd Spokane and is dic
ing soma inspection! work on the
Skagway wagon road. Mr. Hayes
will authorize! some worik to be dor4
on tiie river bridge bo( tha)t It will
te 1 trim shape for next season
when the high waters hit. He
kaiyej tomorrow for Haines to look
v-v&r the roads and will- make con
nexions withj *he Mariposa' Jfop Ju
neau.
LON'DON, Oct. 9 — (Military men.
are waiting *he outcome Qfj a drive
against the lines now held, by Gen
eral Mackensen, in Dobrudja. Ru
manian and Russia^ forces in: the .
,eaa'ern arena are centering their j
effor's onl driving this shrewd Ger- ,
man leader out of the district and !
forcing him to retreat to the open,
where they can place him under
heavy artillery fire. Sol far he
has befcu able tof out-maneuver
tnein. Sligh* gaina have been made
on his wing positions) Hut nd head
way has been made in the central
positions
Intense interest is centering in
this campaign. The original plan
was to surround th«e( general and
tran him. He outwitted them by
recircling their* lines and forced the
Rumanians to cross the river. The
wesiern side is open for his re
treat and hs has tha Rumanian
passes cohered withj heavy guns.
Russian forces are gradually closing
in.
EASTERN COAST
■ mi ey piic
BOaTON, October 9—The orqs
ence ci German subm-arinea off the
Atlantic coasfc ias thrown' the ©ast
°rn shippers in'oi a panic. The un
expected and alarming activity of
a fortign nation right at our front
door is paralyzing American,' ship
ping. All boats have beenj warned
stay in port until plroper investi
gations are made.
AMERICAN BOAT
STOPPED Oi SEA
NANTUCKET, Oct. 9 — An Am
eiicai] steamer, Kasan, bound for
with1 a cargo, of steel for the
Italian government, "was halted late
last night by a vessell built low
'own the water. It was allowed to
T>rOc.»ei on, its way after establishing
ile identity. It Is presumed to
be the German submarine U-G3
which the British cruisers are
searching for.
R. Wood of Dawson left for the
south on the Prince] George.
Chariot- Markel left fotf Seattle
where he wiH attend, school for
winter. He left on the Prince
George.
PEANUT
BUTTER
Do You Use It
on
Your Table?
It is appetising and nourishing. Es
pecially good for children. We have
the "Maximum" brand in following
sizes: 4-oz. jars 15c. 10-oz. jars 30c
1-lb. tins 40c 5-lb. tins $1.00
P. H. GANTY
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 7 — George
Scnofield cloeedi his campaign. in
tnis city last night by delivering a
rwworful addTete in the city audit
orium. A big rally meeting drew
practically every voter in) town to
hear the campaigner speak. He at
tacked the public Tecords of both
Grigsby and Cob. A number of
h!d« bound' Democrats have an
uouuct-l tbeir intention, of voting
for him in the fall elections.
Republicans [ are gaining in
strength every day. They are plac
'ng *heir confidence in( Schofield by
hotting threg to one that he will be
elected. He v *11 leave) Chitlna for
Cordova oni Sunday. From Cor
dova h" will go tof Aocboraga and
oieu his coast campaign. Wlcker
sham has been] granto^ the) victory
in thi? precinct. He will carry tbe
fourth division three to one.
VOTERS FIOCK
TO WICKERSH1
ANCHORAG, Oct. 9 — Eighteen
hundred enthusiastic! supporter® of
James Wickersham gathered at the
Labor Unloa, Hall la this city
l!»ursday night to. hear the dele
sate epeak oni the political ques
iions confronting the people of
Vlaska. Many of the citizena Were
tinned a^vay as the frail "was jaon
nod long before the deflegategi ar
rived to take hial place on; the plat
,'orm.
It wa^ the biggest political rally
.'ver held in this city. Widkersham
ivill get seventy five percent of
he Anchorage vote. A bSgi feature
if the evening, was the) unveiling
)' an oil portrait of Mr. Wicker
ihau> painted by KolLm Spoke.
B. Duuk»p, interior man, left for
runeau on the Spokane.
A. D Hughes), Atlini mining man,
e*' for the Capitol Cityi on; the
Spokane.
NANTUCKET, Oct. 9 — Allied
vessels nearing the shores o£ tha
United Statse> were destroyed Sun
day night by a German submarine.
The submarine is supposed to bo
the cne that darted into the port
of Norfolk an>d then, steamed out
short' afterwards. Officials ara
trying to connect up its appearance
iu American waters with; the de
3fiuction of the Allied boats.
Un.c- cover of darkness four
I British, one Dutch, and a Nor
I wegian merchant craft, were skim
j ming oTer the waters surface, inak
'ing for United States ports. They
J were nearing the three mile limit
when suddenly, without a word of
warning, the periscope of the diver
, snot out of the water a short
[distance off the starboard side of
the boats. Strong electric search,
light wasi played ujpon, the boats,
night signals passed, telling the of
ficers ajid crew to immediately take
to fhe boats. Least any; of tho
crew should doubt the sincerity of
purpose of the wierd monster, a
light shot was sent across the bow
of each boat. The officers sounded
the alarm and all took to' the life
boats.
As soon as they w&rq cleared
from the vessels, the destroyer
commenced its work. A torpedo
was sent thru the hulls of the -Brit
ish b iats and they sanlk immediate
ly. It then turned upon the: other
two and they likewise found a
watery grave. So far as is known
none of the creW lost their lives.
NANTUCKET, Oct. 9 — T'Tee
Bri'lsh cruisers arrived at Nantuck
et early this morning after having
SCO lire-3 the seas or a trace cj thi?
German submarine that sent tho Al
lied boats to the bottom of the
rct>an Sunday- night. Very little
information is given out by the of
ficers 011 tho cruisers.
SCHOOL SUITS
for the boys
We Have Just Re
ceived a Shipment
LADIES'
FALL and
WINTER
COATS
Saturday next, October 14,
we will have on display a
large line of Ladies' Fall and
Winter Coats direct from
New York
WiiEMSMI
."The Nation^ Bo> s Sult"
1 Guarantee Label
2 National Club Button
3 Silk Pocket Kerchief *
14 Three Piece Detachable Belt
1st Ivory Buttons' •
6~ Pencil Pocket
'i7WOOLWEAR Patent Buckle
*8' Souvenir Curt Linlu/^
;9 Full Lined KnickersV.
10 Non-sagging Stitched Bottom
11 "Rip-Proof" Taped Seams
12 "Safety. First* Watch Pockct
U Cloth Faced Pockets^
14 "Orderly" Pant Hanger"
' IS "Indestructo" Lining ®
THE SUIT FOR? YOUR BOY*
WILL CLA YSON