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TWENTY fFrST YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
GENERAL IE SHIS ENEMY HJIS NOW SPENT HIS SUPIHE EFFORT
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Boston, Tuesday. — The fourth
game ii the World's series was
"laved today in this city, and' by
a score of three to nothing Chi
cago put herself back into the run
ning (or the pennant.
Chicago made one run in the
third inning and two runs iu the
eighth.
HOUSEMTS
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Washington. Tuesday. — The
Hous«j Agricultural committee to
day reported favorably on the Sen"
ate bill makiu? national prohibition
effective July 1, 1919.
Al BRK" SIMMON'S
RKPORTED WOl NDKO
Word was brought to this city |
on 'agt night's train from Carcross,
that a dispatch had been received
by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Simmons of
that city advising that their oW«est
son, Auorey Simmons, had been
seriously wounded in the back by
a gun snot.
Later a telegram was received, 1
that was signed by Aubrey .and sent
by his nurse, that he was getting a- I
Ion/ o. k. i
No details were given, and the i
date of the receipt of the telegram |
would' infer that Aubrey was wound
ed in the Sunday's fighting.
Mr. Simmons left for overseas
something over two years ago, at
the t*me when the big contingent
from the Yukon went out. Since
tnat tinis he has had training in :
so ne one of the training camps in |
Eu.land, and later was assigned to i
'he heavy artillery. Some time1
ago he was promoted to the rank j
of coroorai, and for several montns
vast it is Known that he has been j
st the front in active service.
THINGS AGAIN
DOINGJNRUSSIA
Stockholm, Tuesday. — According
to a dispatch from Berlin this
morning Bolsheviki troops are flee
ing be/ore a lar*e force of re
volting peasants which are being
led t y White Guard officers. The
peasants are marching upon Petro
grad, and the dispatch Bays that
they are now within ten miles of
the captal city.
GOVT. TO DO ALL
ROAD AXD STREET WORK
Washington, Sept. 10.—The fed
eral highways council has, issued
regulations effective immediate
ly placing all road building and
street improvements under federal
control for the period of the war.
No new construction will be con
sidered save where there is mili
tary and national economic value in
cluded, or unless serious hardships
wil resut to local communities by
leaving construction •unfinished.
The purpose is to do away en
tirely- with all improvements unless
absolutely necessary, in order to
lave the expense for war purpose.
HEAVIEST SINGLE DAYS
CASUALTY LIST REPORTED
Washington, Tuesday. — The cas
ualty list from France today con
tains the names of 957 men. Of
th's number 215 names are in the
list of those killed in action, 478
are reportd to have beeen severe
ly wounded and 220 are reported to
n - missing.
GERMAN WAR REPORTERS
ADMIT DOl'AI EVACUATED
Amsterdam, Tuesday. — German
war correspondents in today's dis
patches to their papers report that
IX>u&l, the most important town
betweea Cam or"i and Lens is being
evacuated by the Germans.
BANK OF ALASKA
S K A C W A Y, ALASKA
Branches at
ASCHORAOE CORDOVA WRAN6ELL
Resource* Over $850,000
-OFFICERS
Andrew Stevenson, President
A- A. B-nton, Vice-Pres., New York
W. H. Warren, Vice-Pres.. Wrangell.
W. R. Hillery, Vice-Pres., Cordova
E. B. An»ley, Vi««-Prea., Anchorage
G. K. Betts. Acting Cashier
B. A. Rosa. Auditor
R. N. Moyer, Aas't Cashier
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GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
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CHAPTER 12.
CHARLES MURRAY and LOUISE FAZENDA In MAID MAD. \
IN TWO ACTS
MR. and MBS. SIDNEY DREW In THIER FIRST, _f
Will show SKAGWAY PICTURES. • ^ v;«i
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POSSESSIOI OF HUB
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London, Tuesday, — Field Mar* (
aha] General Haig today gays in an
orW of the day issued this morn- |
ing, "We have pressed beyornd our
1917 lines and' have made a wid®
■breach in the strongest defense of
our enemy. We have captured sev
enty five thousand prisoners in four
weeks.
"We have passed through many I
dark -weeks, but praise God, these
•will never return.
"The enemy has now Bpent his ef
Marshal Haig, further paid, "The|
allied armies are everywhere ad
vancing victoriously side by side |
over the same battlefields.'*
London, Tuesday. — In an ef
fort to halt the Americans, who
together with the French forces are
making a flanking movement on, the
enemy at Chemin des Daes from
the westward, the Germans are
throwing in fresh troops into their
Jjnes between the Ailett© and the
Ais. e rivers battle front today.
Tne advice from the French field
headquarters say that the enemy
madn a furious counter attack at
Cell© sur Aiste.
During the past four weeks the |
Biitish ha^ captured seven hun
dred and fifty guns.
Paris, Tuesday. — Th$ French
w*r oftice announced' thisl atfernoon |
ti.a* the French forces have cap
DEATH SHADOWS
SONNI'SSIE
Little Lawrence Achiso®, known ;
to all his little and big friends as
"Soany" passed away shortly after
noon today at the White Pass hos
D'tal.
The •'♦tie lad hurt hla leg some
fp.v wee'r ago, and although Jt re"
ceived ordinary attention, no par
ticular thought was given to It un
til a few days ago when it showed,
•isne of inflammation. The at
tention of Dr. Gabie waa then giv
es to the affected member and Dr.
Oabie immediately ordered the lit
tle chap ♦o thg hospital, where a
portion of *he infected* flesh was re
moved. ,'
From the time the little chaj* en
tered the hospital' hia condition be
came steadily worse, although Dr.
GaMg devoted much time to tne
case. The bone waa scraped, and
*11 that oould be done di<} not
seem to avail, and although at
times it seemed' that he waa out of
danger, his temperature rose »te«d
ily and shortly after noon, today
tured the Liez fort northeast of
t1' ♦own of Liez and also the wood
ed region to the southeast of Leiz,
which is within two miles of LeFere,
In the region north of LeFere
the French forces have pressed far
in to the enemy lines, capturing
the towns of Montescourt and Lis
erolles, Clastres, Serai Court le
Grand, Roupy and Etreillers. The
last two towns being within, three
and one-fourth miles of St. Quentta.
Paris, Tuasday. — Advice from
the oattle front this morning says
tha» the French forces hay^ cap
tured Servias station and the wood
ed area in 3t. Gobaln sector today.
The advice also Btates that the
Germans continue to shell the towns
behind the American lines in the
Woevre sector.
With the British Armies in
France, Tuesday. — British forces j
operating below Epehy attacked
the enemy at five o'clock this
morning. The assault made
On a front extending for3,000 yards
despit# a sweeping rain which made
t.he battlefield almost impassable
on account of the mud.
Although the weather conditions
has somewhat impeded the progress
of the advance the operations have
Deem successful, in sp far that the
enemy has be^n driven back for a
considerable,distance.
death claimed tli© little felow for
its own.
For some three years "Sonny"
Aehison together with his little twin
sister Florence, has daily carried the
Alasnan to its patrons, and he has
been fai"< "ul to his task, doing his
'i'.tle bit to lessen his mother's
load, which was made heavy by the
death of her husband some two
years ago. He has been a "boy"
a Skagway boy, born here, and dur
ing his ten short years of life, he
has Known no other place, save
perhap Haines, or out along the
White Pass.
We w**' all miss the little chap,
and our sympathy goes out to his.
bereaved mother and his brothers
and sist. rs who will miss the
"Sonny" "mile of the little chap.
Harry Aehison, a brother of the
little lad, who is in the employ of
the Bank . f Alaska ,and' who hag
been visiting with his folks here
for the oast week, left this morn
ing on the Alameda for Cordova,
♦o which city he has been trans
ferred fr m his former post of du
tv at Wrangell.
Or yesterday's train there were
fourteen foreign oars. This ig per
haps the first time th$ W. P. &
Y. Route has ever handled any.
Ther were from the J. C. D. line
and were consigned to the Alaska
En^'neering Commission at Nenana.
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE;
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' Received today on "Spokane" I
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; Fancy Canning Peaches 1.65 per Box Special I
I Prunes in 20 lb. Boxes 2.00 per Box «
I We believe thi» to be the lowest price for this season |
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WILL GALL 32-38
AND 19-20 FIRST
Washington, Tuesday. — Provost |
Marshal Genera] Crowder announced
today that men between the agea j
of 32 and 36 Inclusive and 19 years |
and 20 years Inclusive would be
the first registrants under the new
droft law to b« called to the col*
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MATANUSKA TURNIPS
FIND ALASKA MARKETS
Anchorage, Sept. 10.—Turnips,
as well as potatoes, growm in the
Matayuska valley thirty-six miles
north of Anchorage on the line of
thj government railroad*, are find
ing- favor in commercial markets a
lon°; the Alaska coast.
One ton of turnips, put up in
twenty-two sacks was shipped to
trie Blum, O'Neill Company, of Cor
dova, and the Kennecott Copper
C 'rporatlon, of Kennecott. To the
B'um, O'Neill Company were Bent
te' of the sacks and to the Ken
necott Copper Corporation, the re
maining twelve.
' oth the purcna«era of the tur
nips have been heavy buyers of
Matanuska potatoes.
GERMAN CRIMINALS
ACT? AS OFFICERS
Amsterdam, Sept. 10.—The pos
session of a policeman's or officer's
uniform, combined with cool assur
ance and a harsh commanding voice,
has often enabled criminals and
swindlers in Germany to carry °ut
the r designs in a way that would
be impossi >le in any other country.
A man named) Jaster, wearing a
uniform with sergeant's stripes, stop
ped i» cart n charge of two soldiers,
who were conveying parcels of
bread cards from a printing office
to the municipal food bureau in Ber
lin. Representing that he was "act
ing on orders," he calmly took pos
session of 20,000 cards and made
of* while the soldier? stood »tiff
ly at attention. Recaptured by a
mere chance afterward, Jaster was
sentenced to nineteen months in
jail.
SUGGEST Hl-YU
EXCHANGE VIEWS
Amsterdam, Tuesday. — Foreign
Minister Burian of Austria-Hungary,
in an address which he mad<e to
vtaitinc newspaper men, accord
ing tjj a Vienna dispatch today, ten
tatively suggests an exchange of
views between tb® Oentral Powers
and Entente powers.
CEiM'
BRITISH FAILED
Berlin, Tuesday.—The German
war office today reported that many
British attacks south of the Peroone
Cambrai road have failed and that
the euemy sustained heavy losses.
anchorage suspends
PAIRS UNTIL AFTER WAR
Anchorage, Sept. 10.—No indus
trial nor agricultural fair will
be held in Anchorage during the
period of the war. Thi« i« th«
unanimous decision of stockholders
and officers of the Alaska F&ir As:
socistlon, which had charge of
last year's exposition and* which
wad formed for the purpose of di
recting annual exhibitions here.
Whllo no fair will b« held during
the war, tho association will main
' in its organization so as to be
reaiv to resume its activities after
th conclusion of peace,
The officers and stockholders at
their recent meeting decided on the
immdeiate purchase from the Land
-nd Indnistriai Department of the
Alaska Engineering commission, of
a site tor a fair grounds, and or*
deied the appropriation of $275
from ♦he asociation'p treasury to
defray the purchase price. The site,
which is on the southern boundary
o* Anchorage, contains sixty-five
acres.
Wi'llam Flynn, who was called' to
Juneau o serve on the petit jury,
wes excused by the court, Bind re
turned home on *he Alanieda this
mr.-ning.
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