i—rr.
TWENTY FIRSTYeIb SKA9WAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
PEJR8GRAD IS BURNING AND
PEOPLE ARE BEING MASSACRED
Washington, Wednesday—Accord
la* to reliable information reaching
the Department of State today. Pet
rograd is reported to he in flames.
In twelve different locations the
fire Is raging furiously and there
is indiscriminate massacre of the
oeople in the streets.
London, Wednesday. — Reports
have reached this city that Bol
sheviki have seized one thousand
Brit.'sh subjects and are holding
tnem as hostages in Petrograd and
Moscow.
Washington, Sept. 11.—Repre
sedative Albert Joanson, United
States representative from the Third
division, when notified of his re
nomination at yesterday's primaries
declared his intention of accepting
a captaincy in a flying corps in
France.
LONGEST KOLTE IX THE
WORLD FOR AVIRELESS
ToJtio. Sept. 10. —The Japanese
tfovsrument plans the construction
of a high power wireless station
for use with the United States. The
present 'system has a relay at Ha
waii.
Most likely the Japanese station
will work directly with the station
at San Francisco, which wilt be over
it. distance of 4,600 miles, one of
the 'ongeat wireless routes in the
world today.
STRINGER BEATS HODGE
AT YESTERDAY S PRIMARIES
Seattle, Sept. 11—In yesterday's
mimariea held In this city Sheriff
3trin<er was renominated, defeat
in* former Sheriff Hodge by an
overwhelming majority.
London, Wednesday. — The Ger
mans delivered a counter attack
early (his morning at Ecourt In the
re*k'fl of St. Quentin, but It was
reoulsed In stiff fighting.
Share fighting is also reported
at Gouzeacourt, and here, with the
exception of one place the enemy
was beaten off. The position wnich
still remain# in the possession of
the Germans is one of the British
poats.
Berlin, Wednesday.—The Ger~ |
man war office announcement to"
ilaj says that south of Gouaeacourt
aof around. Epehy, th« enemy- was
driven back by our counter attack.
We look three thousand prisoners.
Amsterdam, Wednesday.—Accord
ins to the Cologne Telegraf, which
i prints an account of the incident as
given by an eye witness, a Ger
msn regiment on August ~?STh mu
tinied at Cologne. The soldiers of
'his regiment on being ordered to I
entraiu for service on the western
front refused to get on board
thf train.
GO TO THE BANK AND
GET VOI R LIBERTY BOND
Mr. G. K. Betts, acting cashier
for the Bank of Alaska, announced
th's morning that all bonds of every
denomination of the Third Liberty
Loan series were now on hand &nd
a'l persons who hvae l#>ught any
of the last issue are requested to
call uud get them at their earliest
convenience.
BANK OF ALASKA
SKACWAY, ALASKA
Branches at
ANCHOR AGE- CORDOVA WRING RLL
Resources Over $850,000
—OFFICERS—
Andrew Stevenson. President E B. Anjley, Vice-Pre«., Anchorage
A. Benton, \ ice-Pres., New York
W. H. Warren. Vice-Pres., Wrangell,
W. R. Hillery, Vice-Pres., Cordova
l_». fv. Betts, Acting v,a»nier
B. A. Rom, Auditor
R. N. Moyer, Ase't Caihier
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
WEDNESDAY aad THURSDAY
THE "METRO" PLAYERS PRESENT
FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN' A M> BEVERLY BAYNE EN -
The Great Secret
CHAPTER 12.
CHARLES MURRAY and LOUISE PA ZEND A in MAID MAD. I
IN" TWO ACTS
MR. ana MRS. SIDNEY DREW. In THIER FIRST. j|
Will sliow SKAGWAY PICTURES. *£ !*Ail
r-- *'
VIOLIN, PIANO, DRUMS. -Jj*MUSIC ',r ;
8:30 -o-m. Sharp Admission 25c, 10c „
TROOP SHIP WITH 2800 MEN
TORPEDOED BUT ALL ARE SAVED
London, Wednesday. — A Unit
ed J'ates troop Bhip, with twenty
eight hundred American loldiers on
hoar-' was torpedoed by a German
submarine when neMng the English
coast. • |
The big transport was toeing con-1
voved by a number of crutoera and
submarine chasers, when she was
attacked', and after the Dig ship had
been hit by the torpedo, she was
headed for the shore under full
pressure of steam where she was
beached.
When the sh'o was struck, the
ord-,- was at once given to lower
away the life boats and when .hey
were launched1 the men oegan clam
berini down the ropes to the boats
and to the torDedo boat destroyers
•which swarmed around th© stricken
vessel. ik
Some of these came close along
side of the Mk ship, and every man
on board the transport was soon
saf on the deck of some on© or
♦he other of th© convoying battle
shins.
Not one man was lost noj- was
one of them injured, and during
the disembarking of th® men per* j
'ect order orevailed and at no
♦imt was there any signs of panic.
A number of the soldiers saw the
submarine lifted clear out of the
water after one o' the depth bomos
had exploded, then disappear be- !
neath the surface. J
EW LOSi HALF MILLION MEN
SINCE ALLIED OFFENSIVE SFM0
London, Wednesday. — A Paris
correspondent of the Exchange Tele
graph company has made a care
ful estimate of German casualties
during the P^t two months, and
from data which he ha# compiled
his figures show that the Germans
have left five hundred thousand men
on the battle fields since the be" j
ginning of the counter offensive by
the Allies on July 18.
Of this number three hundred '
thousand were killed and two hun- >
dred thousand have been taken pris-j
oners. I
FLY 1# FLAG;
LET BftHOS PUT
Washington .Sept. 11. — Presi
dent Wlleon, in speaking of the
commencement of the registration
uader the new age limits in the se
lective draft tomorrow morning, Sep
12th, said, "I want every fag
throughout the whole nation to be
fljlng and every band in the United
Stat s to be Elayinfi 011 registration
d*y."
HIGH PRICES IN PRAGUE
Par's, Sept. 11.—Very high pric
es for all neceesary articles of food1
and clothing are being paid' by the
residents of Prague, Bohemia, ac
cording to a repatriated French gov
erness, who has arlved »t the
French frontier. She Bays the fol
lowing prices obtain in Prague:
Pork, J4.80 a pound; fate and but
ter, $8 a pound; chocolate, 111
a pound; coffee, $12 a pound; co
coa and tea, $16; eggs, 40 cents
«aoh; * man's suit, $120; a yard!
of cloth, $30; a spool of cotton, $6;
a pair of ehoes, $50. Soap has
disappeared, and cheese cannot be
obtained. Bread is poor in quali
ty, but Is the only food obtainable
at record prices. Those wealthy
enourh to pay $20 for a chicken and
$40 for a small turkey can still ob
tain them. There ig almost no
meat.
BOSTON WINS
II PENNANT
I Boston, Wednesday.—The pen
nant in the World's Championship
oase ball series triumphantly waves
this afternoon over the Hub, the
Boston Americans beating the
'Chicago Cubs in the final game of
the series in this city today by a
l scorn of two to one.
CASUALTIES REPORTED
Washington, Wednesday. — The
! casualties reported to the war de"
| pa.-tment by General Pershing gives
a list o' 668 names. Of this num
ber 262 are reported to have been
I killed, or died from wounds re*
Iceived' In battle, and 242 are in
' the '1st of those who were Bevere*
11» wounded.
MEMBER SKAGWAY ELKS
DIES AT YAKIMA
A telegram w^s received this
morni» i from the secretary of B.
P. O. Elks lodge at Yakima, Wash.,
announcing the death in that city
on, Monday, Sept. 9, of C. H. M.
Gronswaid, formerly a resident Pf
Skagwsy and a member of Skagway*
Lodge No. 431, B. P. 0. Ell®.
Funeral services will be ftt
Elks Temple, Yakima on Sept. 12,
at 2 o. m.
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE
Received today on "Spokane"
Fancy Canning Peaches 1.65 per Box Special
Prunes in 20 lb. Boxes 2.00 per Box
I We believe this to be the lowest price for this season
P. H. GANTY
GEMf BEGINS BESTORATIGN
Of BELGIUM FORTIFICATIONS
SIATEPailARIES
held mm
Seattle, Sept. IX.—The primaries
yesterday were hotly contested In
some places but on the whole pass
ed o'.' quietly.
John P. Miller, ex-mayor, and
present Incumbent was renominated
for congressman In the first district.
T M. Hawthorne is the democratic
nominee in this district. In the
fourth district, LaPollette was bad
ly beaten hy John W. Summers of
Wall* Walla, and Dill, Democrat,
was renominated by an overwhelm
ing -rote in the fifth district.
In the fifth district J. Stanley
Weosttf, judge on the Suprmee
bench, who wag elected last fall,
won the Republican nomination.
Albert Johnson, Republican, the
present congressman from the third
was unanimously renominated.
XO CHICKALOON COAL TO
BE OUT FOR LONG TIME
Seward, Sept. 10. — Walter G.
Gomertz, manager of the Chicaloon
Coal Co., who was in Seward yes
terday on| his way to his coo.!
property, says that hia company
will not ready to market coal
for a year and perhapg & year and
«. half.
Mr. Gompertz stated that hia
company is now doing development
work on'two units of 1140 acr«s
with L, Netland, as the engineer in
charge,
"We have several tunnels," said
Mr Gompertz, "and our coal veins
from fourteen Inches to six feet.
The coal is a high grade bituminous.
Diamond drills are now being used<
to pro re the veins which will be
cross-rut to ascertain the tonnage
We will develop for the next six
or eight months then proper ma
chinery will l>e Installed, washing
bunkers, gridlero for assorting and
wifhin a year and a half at the out
side ,w« will he shipping coal. We
could ship some coal now, but it
would, be hignly unsatisfactory, sim
ply mih» run and. a poor advertise
ment of what we ultimately ex *
pect t'« produce."
Mr. Gompertz has interested San
Francisco capitalists in his com
Dany and has plenty of money back
ing his enterprise.
Amsterdam, Wednesday.—Accord
ing to advice which has been re
ceived from Belgium today, vast
armies of German workmen are e**
| gag"d in. restoring the fortification#
a* Liege, Bruges and Ghent
The advice also states that w«
twenty thousand inhabitants have
been removed from Maubeuge.
Paris, Wednesday. — The village
of Travecy, near the southern end
of the main Hindenburg line was
captured by tftfe French in last eve
ning's operations.
The occupation of this position,
is stated by military men to be of
great Importance as it will virtually
enable the French to outflank Le*
Fere. !
London, Wednesday. — The Brit
isb forces advanced) their line
slightlv in yesterday afternoon's op
erations in, the region of Vermand
which is northwest of St. Quentin,
is announced by the British war of
fice from reports received bjr Gen
ei*' H»ig. i
Lchdon, Wednesday. — The Brit
ish troops continue to advance clos
er to St. Quentin from the north
fodfly, and the French, meantime are
steadily moving uo to it from the
south, and the last reports Stated
*hat Trecy had been occupied.
"BILL1E" BLEDSOE NOW
FIGHTING IN FRANC®
Mrs. W. J. Bledsoe is in receipt
of a letter from her Bon William
which bears the salutation "Dear
Mother and_Father" a-nd convey#
the pews that "Slllie"' Is otfcr on
tUe Xitfng line, fighting for the free
dom o* the world. The letter W
dated July 29.
BIIHq says "Gee, I was surprised
to go over so soon, but it waa an
agreeably surprise. Its great, and1
now I am happy to think that I
am one of those who had a chance
to go over for Uncle Sam."
He says, "A cake would come in
mighty handy, but forget it for the
present, but when the Hun 4® licked,
and wq have finished: this job,
which won't take long, a do^en
cakes won't be enough whn I get
back."
Private Bledsoe says that he is
well and happy, but would like
awfully we to hear from some of
the folks in Skagway. He give*
his address as Pvt. Bledsoe, 5th
Battery, J. A. R. D., American Expe
ditionary Forces, France, via New
York.
' ' ' rfo
Who's Your Tailor?
The Autumn and Winter woolens recently sent us by]
E. V. Price & Co.
are the handsomest ever shown in this city and reasonably priced
Select
k*
Yours
Today
•
and have your Autumn clothes
made up for future delivery to suit
you—and you only
' ftiXf" oocyt^wt rf
JAMES KENNEDYj