Liberty Campaign
Goses Tomorrow
Buy A Bond
No. £22 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917
PRICE 10 CENT
BOYS BONDS FOR
SISTER THEN
SUICIDES
Settle, Oct. 26.—Just before
committing suicide yesterday morn
ing, Charles Butcher, a resident or
Alaska visiting in Seattle, purchased
$500 iu United States Liberty Bonds
and left a note giving them to his
dlster.
Madlv infatuated over Mrs. Ber
tha Volkman, wife of John Volkman,
foreman on the Alaska railroad,
Charles Butcher, a late arrival from
Latouche, shot and killed Mrs. Volk
uiau yesterday morning. He then
toot his own life while in the Volk
uiau home, by shooting himself in
the head.
Mrs. Volkman is a siiter of Pet
er Strandridge, a well known coast
league baseball player.
FRENCH MEN
SHOWER ENEMY
WITH BULLETS
Pari*, Oct. 26.—French airmen
■during the battle north of Aisne
Wednesday flew- ov®r the enemy at
the rery low altitude of 300 feet
showering German infantry with
machine gun bullets. This method
of fighting is mew and has beea
fouud to be most effective.
KRONSMDI
EMED
Petrograd. Oct. 26.—The civil
population today began evacuating
tha Russian naval base at Kroa
atadf.
lCronstadt guardj the entrance to
Petrograd and Is considered one
of the most Important naval bases
on the Russian coast. A battle with
the German navy is expected at
«□» time.
Step over to the Rank at odco.
LEATHER FOB
IN
CoDenhagen, Oct. 26. —Berlin
newspapers print iu large headllues
this morning informatiou that the
government will shortly prohibit tie
use of leather for manufacture of
shoes except for miners, fisher
men, and the military. A large per
cei tasrf of the civil population nt
the present timo are using wooden
foot wear.
U.S. VESSEL
IS SHELLED
Pails, Oct. 2G.—An American
6t?amship arrived in a French pert
yes'erday with seven of the crew
wounded toy shell fire from German
submarines.
RUST FIGHT
IN COUNCIL
.Seattle, Oct. 26. — Councilman
Moore promptly knocked dow*i coun
cilman Heeketh when the latter in
sinuated Moore was on the pay
roli of the Puget Sound Traction,
Light & Power Company which op
erates car systems in both. Ta
comi and Seattle and owns the be
attl^Tacoma interurban. The fra
cus is thought to be an outcome of
matters pertaining to the recent
strike of car men in both cities.
HAYES SUCCEEDS GARFIELD
Indianapolis, Oct. 26.—Frank W.
Hayes has been named Xor the
presidency of the United Mine
Workers to succeed J. R. Gar"
He!'* who has been serving his
country for several months past as
fuel administrator. it Is under
stood Hayes will keep the presi
dency of the organization only
ffhile Garfield is in the service of
the government.
Wlille others lend help, don't
[ stand alono. Buy tliat bond be
I fore tomorrow noon.
EVENING GOWNS
If you are planning on having a New
Evening Gown for the Coming Season
come and make your selection early so
that we shall have time to make any
necessary alterations.
Evening slippers to match gowns.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
i
SKAGWAlf PURCHASES $33,700
III BONDS WITH ONE DAY LEFT
The second Liberty Loan cam
paign closes tomorrow noon. Xlijreo
I bllllor dollars are expected to be
I loaned to our government by that
I time. Have you done your bit?
! At two o'clock today $29,200
j liad been subscribed in| ( Skagway
| by 170 persons, in addition to
| this »e know of $4,500 which have
been loaned our government by
Skairway people who have their
monev in the states. Tlds makes
a total of $:«,700 stltecribetl by tlit
people of Skagway. Why not
make It $50,000?
Everyone should have a bond. If
you are not able to buy one in the
| usual way arrangements can be
made with the Bank of Alaska to
pwy on the installment plan,
<>5,00 down and $5.00 a month, lte
1. A loan.—You lend your mone
2. Easy payments.—A few dollar
employers everywhere arrange pa
3. Superlative safety.—The prom
promise signed by an our 110,000
ture of every multimillionaire in
mortgage on the whole United St
4. Sake keeping.—Absolutely s
sater anywhere than currency; for
you deposited In the Treasury o
C. Tax free.—No tax a^ long a
$5,000.
6. Market valu e—You can sell :
ment'a notice.
7.The Government is no richer
of the average man. AU patriot
I 8. Go over to the bank before
j Every dollar loaned the governm
member you are not giving the mon.
ej; away but simply loaning it to
the government of the United
States, the strongest government in
the world, and composed of tlie
people, 110,000,000 strong.
A complete list of all the pur
chasers of bonds In Skagway Is In
the hands of the Daily Alaskan. We
are considering publishing the
nun.es tomorrow. It is not our
plan to divulge the amount of
I bonds bought by each individual;
I but this has been done in out
side papers. Everyone ran afford
a bond In the installment plan.
It is the best means of saving
money known.
j Heie are a few facts regarding
j the liberty Loan:
r at luterest, you do not give it.
i down buys a bond. Bankers and
rment of balance out of pavings,
ise to give you your money back, a
,000 people, including the Bigna
Anierica. Your bond is like a
ItcS.
ife iu any honest banker's vault;
it is plainly a receipt for money
r 'lie United States.
s you live on any purchase not above
I
•our bond or borrow on it on a mo
t.haa ths people. We need the $50
s must help.
tomorrow noon and buy a bond.
5nt helps to save a life. Do it now.
OIL COMPETES
WITH ALASKA
COAL FIELDS
I Washington, Oct. 26. — Secretary
of the Interior Lane in a letter to
iSenato' McNary said the reason -why
j bis operators are slow to Invest in
.Matanuska coal fields 19 because of
a doubt a3 to whether Alaska coal
can compete with coal from the
Staret> or can successfully compete
| on tne coast with California oil.
I Secretary Lane said if plana
! materialize the government will
| have completed ample transporta
! Uon, from the Matanuska fields to
I tid6 water before the cloee of
next season.
ALL RUM IN ENGLAND
TO BE CONFISCATED
London, Oct. 26.—Beginning to
day, the admiralty announces it
wiil commandeer all rum in the
United Kingdom. No one owning
stock* of rum shall, without the
crusent of the admiralty,buy, sell
or remove it.
Ceo. Miller, custom collector for
Skagway, was a passenger on the
Princess Alice bound for Seattle
where he expects to visit for a
stor* time.
FOUND—Bracelet with small lockel
attached. Owner may have 8am{
by describing article and paying
for this ad. tf.
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THIS STORE OPENS 8 A. M.
CLOSES 6 P. M. — SATURDAY, 8 P. M.
P. H. GANTY
1ST BE GLEAN
Boston, Oct. 26.—Secretary ol
War Baker in an address last nigh
warned the xieople that communities
adjoinii-2 war camps must be kept
morally clean, for the better protec
tion of the soldier. Cities sltuat
j ed close to training camps must
j take even more vigorous means to
I clean up the community than has
been doi.e thus far.
j STATE PLAN'S TO CONTROL
SEATTLE VICE OONDTIONS
Olyiupia. Oct. 2C.—Following a
conference between General Greene
in command of .Camp Lwis at Am
erUan Lake, and Attorney Genera
Tanner, plans for the state con
trol of vice conditions in Seat
tle arc believed to be under way
The conference took place at Camj
Lewis.
ENTRY INTO AVAR IS
EXPECTED RY SWISS
I ,
Brere, Oct. 26.—la answer t<
■proposals that a special furlougl
I Be granted to Swiss soldiers wh<
are agriculturists, General Ulricl
WJlle, commander of the Swiss ar
my, replied: "America's entry in
to the war greatly Increases th<
possibility that the war will r«
1 ceive a new and final impetus i'
the spring. If so, the danger tha
w3 will be d»awn into the war be
comes greater than ever."
IRISH 511 ill
Si 10 BE
SERIOUS
London, Oct. 20. — Seriousness
of t'>e situation in Ireland is in
sisted upon by the correspondent o£
the London Daily Mail who hag been
following the Sinn Fein doings for
several wc-eks. He says the
w^o'e west of Ireland is on the
verg» of armed rebellion and that
Geitnau spies have managed to
inflame the people. Promises of
arms and ammunition have been
•made by Hun agencies.
WILSON IN FAVOR!
fiF VOTE FOR
WOMEN
Washington, Oct. 26.—Presidenl
Wilson, in. addressing one hundred
New York women, leaders in the
suffrage movement, last night fully
endorsed woman, suffrage as an im
mediate Issue.
It la known that President Wil
60ii has always been personally
more or less in favor of the wo
men's cause but it is his belief the t
matter should rest with each state
rather than with the national gov- ]
cri'iueut. I j
HOIOSUPM
| BANOiyillED
Edison, Wash, Oct. 26.—Patrick
i Halloran, former treasurer of Skag
jit company, was killed this morn
I iug when he attempted to hold up
j the Farmers and Merchants Na
tional Bank of this city. Earl Spur
geui, of Bellingham, one of the
bau(' s, killed his brotheij Ray Spur
goon. The other bandit was cap
tuied. t i p
The safest invesmtcnt in! the
world, a Liberty Loan Bond. Caiu
! naimi closes tomorrow.
IN SIGHT
OF
Forces Take Thn
Villages and
Stragetic
Points
WITH THE FRENCH ARMI
IN TRANCE, Oct. 26.—Tils moi
Iru after most severe fighti
French forces eucceeded In reat
in?; the Aisn« canal, and Lac
eight miles away, is iu sight. La>
was tlie objective of the Freu
army last spring when they Jaunc
ed thfir great offensive, and
seems now as if victory is
sight.
Following up Tuesday's succe;
ea the French today took Monk
mountain east of Valalllon, Pln<
village, Pinon forest, Pargny, ai
Filaln village.
FRENCH LOSS IS SLIGHT
Paris, Oct. 26.—General Siebei
of the. American forces, next
command to General Pershing, w!
for the past several days has bee
at the front witnessing the Aisne c
feiuive, said this morning that lo^
in casualties to the French trooi
was very light. He also reporte
that the British and French for<
es were jointly attacking the ei
emy in tlie Ypres .jection today.
BRITISH ON OFFENSIVE
British Front In Belgium, Oct
26.—Field Marshal Haig today i
attacking the enmey northeast o
th" Ypres sector and also on botl
sides of the Ypres Minin hlghwa
alonir »he Cheluvelt ridge.
PRESIDENT MENOCAL
MAKES EVERY EFFORT
TO PRODUCE Sl'GAF
Havana, Oct. 26— President Men
ocal has Issued a proclama-tion thai
he will expel from the country all
persons, regardless of their na
tionality, who interfere with the
production of sugar.
Do it now.
We Have
on Display
Our Line of
Ladies' Fall and
WINTER COATS
OF ALL STYLES
Drop In And Look Them Over
JAMES KENNEDY