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No. 181 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
BORDEN PLANS
ON ANOTHER TRIP
SEATTLE, Sept. 19—John Bor
den outfitter of *he loet power
schooner, Polar Bear, wWcJs struck
a rock la the Bering sea, arrived
lu. Seattle on the steamer Uma
tilla aud has '.ikon up quarters at
th« Arctic Club. He says that he
will try again next spring ami hov a
to make a suoce&sful trip.
The Gnat Bear, traveling in
it den&e fog, struck an, oitwt ruction
Ju*» off Pinnacle rock, whcth is 900
feet hiab and two miles long. Phil
J. Weiss, a member of thtj crow
aud a ktudeat at the University ot
\Vaching tun, way at the wheel at
the ilniw and Mr. Mou was in com
rnauu o' the dock. Both Mr. L<ane
aud Mr. Borden were below.
A a there was no particular dag
ger, -he party rwm^iueii aboard un
til the vest moruini, when a large
par of the stores was removed to
St. Mattnew island, near by, where
camp was made jrith tenia tram the
boa*. Th« men remained on St.
Matthew island fifteen days, under
going luc little nardshlp, aiMl were
taken gff by the United States rev
enue cutter MoGsillachj dispatcued
in search of the party at the in
stance ot relatives of the weu on
toard. There were no women on the
•hip at the time.
Mr. Borden, who was first officer,
had been acting as navigator and
assumed the blame for the accident.
The snip was a total loss fifteen
minutes after ahe struck, according
to members of her crew. She was
bull* at Seattle last winter.
PARI"3, S3t*. 19—Monastlr has
beeu throwm open to the Entente
Powers by th« defeat of the Bul
garia forces which, have been op
erating la thla region. A sudden
thrust over fhe Greek frontier by
tht« ASHed forces has crumbled the
right »i eg of tli© Teutons in S»r
vla. Scattering engagements ar®
reported from this district this
morning but they are small and
be<tr little weight with the re:l
campn!gn In the Br.lkans..
FRENCH AVIATOR FLEW OVER BERLIN
Photo t>> American t're^s Association from Aiodein
Anselm Marcbal, the daring French bird man who was Me first of the allied aria tors to fly over Germany on
his way to the Russian lines, was forced to descend In Poland for repairs to his machine, where be was captured
by Austrian troops. He dropped proclamations on Berlin.
COLLEGIANS IK
BIG JOLLY TIME
Cecil Cole's quarters at the
Pulleu House will bf thrown open
for the Washington Club tonigut.
Feasting in overflowing joviality
the youiig collegians will mis and
rt-uubh the old college days "" and
learn of the recent advanes of
their Alina Mater.
Kmil Hurja, the personal xejwo
seatative of i>r. <Juzzalo will ad
dress the club members and inform
them ou liio latent maneuvers at
the bump o£ knowledge. E. L.
Sweeney, chief chemist for the
Kennecott Cqpper Co., is passing
thru 'his city and will likewise
mount the rostrum and reveal the
iuuer workings of the University
Who's Who to "Mia ha-Dpy crowd. A
big »ime has been promised by Mr.
Cote.
XORTHWKSTEK.\ OUT TONKiHTJ
Tho steameT Northwestern sailed
in'o pot* Skagway this morning
arouud the seven o'clock hour and
h is 'been busy all during the day
unloading its big cargo fOT this
city. Most of the cargo is con
signed to inferior points. It 'will
clear for the westward this even
lag. Many prominent westward
personages are aboard the big bo; 6
bound lor westward terminals.
Store Closed
For a Few Days
While Taking
Inventory
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Broadway between fluid and FourtL Phone 41
ORDINANCE GETS
il
A nrw ordinance providing' for
t'ue levy, and enforcement of Per
sonal propei ty taiQS in tue Cify
oi Skatrway was introduced at the
city council meeting last night
and rei'4 for the first time. The
new ordinance wis prepared by
Counsel Faulkner of Juneau and is
iu eouformity wi'h the Territorial
Laws. It will be read again at
the next council meeting and then
voted uyon by the City Dads.
Koutine business hold. the atten
tion of the city legislators until a
late hrur. The council found that
if. was operating1 under antiquated
tax laws and authorized the draft
ing of a new 9et which, will un
doubtedly be passed at the next
session.
BELIEVE REPORT
IS tXftGGERATED
WASH IMG-TON, Sept. 19 — Dis
patches reaching the war depart
ment lead the army officials to be
lieve that the importance o£ the
engagements between the* Defajcto
frocps and Villa followers l'ast
Saturday at Chihuahua has been
greatly exaggerated .
Rumors of turbulent strife across I
the border is again beginning to'
reach the war department. A
watch Is being maintained on the
border line by the American com
manders.
TROOPS OFF FOR INTERIOR j
Eighteen of Uncle Sam's boys ar
rived on the Humbold' an-d are now
spinning over the 'rails of the scenic
White Pass Route for the interior.
They aie bound for Fort Gibbon.
SEA1TLE, Sept. 19 — Seattle
stevedores ore stubborn In their
fight , to tie up ail coastwise ship
ping and fore® the big steamship
companies to come to their de
mands. The Longshoremen'8 Un
ion is iu active communication with
all o£ 'Ihe coast unions and are
frying to get them to again throw
down the rofpes and walk out for
tor higher pay and shorter hours.
A representative from the
Seattle Union is enroute to the ©as'
whore he will confer with th© east
ern unions trying to get them to
agree net, to handle th.© cargoes
from ships which load from Pacif <J
coat* porta wliichi were loaded with
non-ui ion help.
ARMY OFFICIAL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — After
a brief illness covering a period of
uci* over fifteen hours, Brigadier-^
Ueueral Albert .Leopold. Mills, chief
coul'hsI in many oi the important
military affairs of the United
States army, died, here last night.
Army physicians were ia constant
attendance during his illness hut
could do nothing to prolong his
life.
Geu. Mills was awarded the Con
gressional medal of Honor for dis
tinguished services In Cuba in
IS98. He was superintendent of
the Ucited States military Academy
at West Point from 1898 to 1906.
R. P. Rich, knight o£ the grip,
representing a Railroad Supply^
house, is covering the Skagway_
field fcr his ho<u«e.
Full Line of
Perishables
on Humboldt
PEACHES ARE CHEAP
P. H. GANTY
MONSTER SHE
SET THURSDAY
NEW YORK, Sept. 19—A general
walk out of seven bund red thous
and workers employe la this city
is tlie result oif the failure of the
mayor of this city *a negotiate for
an immediate settlement. Thurs
day uas been set for the walkout
day aud unless the employers grant
I heir demands '•* higher wages and
shorter hours a general tie up of
many of the business firms in this
city will be complete.
The leading ladjoji representatives
repor* that they; have gone as far
as they possibly caa a ad that la
bor is desns&dlng different treat
ment. The situation La becoming
intense here and unless something
is done to relieve the situation
within, the next fortj eight hours
this city will be facinjg one at the
worst strikes that has ever been
recorded in its history.
USE II ACT,
FORWM
, CHICAGO, Sept 19—Third de
gree m-etUoda used on two of the
ring leaders connected with, the bis
black mail plot) discovery in this
■ citv hag lorced 'hem tq reveal im
[ portant cluea in," the evidence gath
ering.
According to the testimony of
one of the prisoners over a million
dollars has been obtained by the
gang within the past year. Shrewd
leaders used the Mann act as a
chief weapon to force money from
their victims.
The mysteay- of the killing of
William Turner at Mountain Re
sort in Colorado Is said to be the
result of a fight by the gang lead
ers over the opoile gotten by
their black mailing; system.
JEFFERSON IN TONIGHT
The steamer Jefferson left Ju
neau this -uarndng and i3 scheduled
ou the boards of the A. S. S. Co.
board to make this port by seven
o'clock tonight. It carries a med
ium sized crago for Skc®way. It
will clear tor the south sibout an
hour after arriving in this port.
1«
MS WILL HUM
In ano'her yPS-r, construction
rutins of the United States govern
ment railroad will be running
aciois Broad Pass from. Anchorage
to Nfinana. in ths estimation of
Kuiil Edward Hurja, former Fair
banks newsfl^jerman, who is in
Skagway gathering material for a
I series of articles tor Outside in-aga
fclues. Air. Hurja will writg far the
Busineps Chronicle, a Seattle
commercial and financial pilblica
tlou, and Mining & Scientific Press,
a mining journal in San Francisco.
Mr. Hurja made a tour of
western Alaska and tlien made a
•rio to the Interior from Valdez
over the government wagon road by
automobile, lie was present at
Anchorage at the official opening i.f
tue Matanuska coal fields .
"Tlie work on the railroad is
progreselng steadily," .Mr. Hurja
said. "Every indication, is that
the rigki of wi£ will be. cleared to
within 50 miles of Broad Pass by
this fall. One hundred miles of
rail will be laid out of Anchorage
before snow flies. The Matanuska
branch will be constructed to the
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UlUUtOl Itt I1IS1 ■
loon, coal district, the main, line
towards Fairbanks will be operat
ing for 4 distance of 15 miles from
Malanusika junction and a similar
stretch will be in operation to
wards Seward Irom Anchorage.
"The work o£ re-opening thq old
'Alaska Northern, railroad is being
'pushed under the supervision, of
Air .Edes, chairman of the comrnis
'sion, and will be open tor over 60
| nil if* Iroua Seward beiore winter
se'g Jn.
| "An<-norage is thriving, and
awaits a good business period this
tall when the laborers come in lor
the witter from tne railroad work
on the line. The government is
employing 3,500 men in the An
chorage division alone."
Air. JUurja. was the representative
of Governor J. F. A. Strong, ol Al
aska, as well as of President
Henry Suzzall© of the University of
Washington, on the European, peace
missis n of Henry Ford last wintre.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Funeial services were held this
af'ernoon at tlie Methodist Epis
copal c«.urcfo over the body of the
lute H. C. Putnam who di®d at
Burro Creek last Saturday night.
The remains will tm sent s°utb on,
the Jefterson tonight.
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