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No. 295 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
SENATOR ACCUSES WILSON OF
USING SENATE AS MEGAPHONE
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Washington, Jan. 24—Officials of
tho Diplomatic corjs of Washing
ton now believe that President Wil
80u was iu possession of informa
tion which prompted him to go be
fore tbe senate aud make his speech
believitg that peace might even- j
tuajly be brought about through the
l>ersistent efforts of the United I
States. If President Wilson is in
possession of such information, he
has a? yet not disclosed the na- I
ture of it.
When Senator Cummins resolu
"on, providing that the entire timei
txf the Unjted States senate be de- |
voted tc a discussion of President
Wilson's speech, urging1 peace and
that Ibis discussion be continued
from day to day until each. and
every senator had been heard on
the subject, the senate as a whole
declined to act on, the resolution,
vbertupon »he author said that he
would call it up every day.
Senator Weeks 'n talking on the
subject cf the President's speech
remarked that President Wilson had
used the United States senate as a
megaphone through whicfc. tie had
addrpssed the world, and that he
believed that In doing so Mr. Presi
dent had been very premature.
Seattle Jan. 24—Floyd Mathews,
3 shingle weaver, employed at one
of it- • large mills at Ballard for
the past several months, and Frank
Wils* n, who has worked at long
shareing here for gome time past,
were arrested last night while at
tenptin^ to hold up the Ballard
brancn of the Scandinavian Ameri
can hank.
WKtn taken fcefor§ the desk eer
gean at police headquarters, both
men made a clean confession to the
crirne for whica they were under ar
res', and were remanded to jail.
.NEW YORK DOES HALF
OF Al.l, FOREIGN TRADE
New York, Jan. 24—Of every
$100 worth of foreign trade in. the
Unite I States in 1916, $52 was
traisacted in Key York, according
to figures made public today by
the collector of the customs, show
ing fnat the foreign trade of this
port during the last calendar year
was value-d at $4,069,000,000. No
a'her harbor in til© world ever
transacted trade to such an ex
teu* la a single y.tait was stated.
Customs duties collected here
las» year amounted to $153,211,
939, or almost $500,000 for each
business day. March was the re
cord month with $14,948,478.
The Santa Rita is not making the
trip frcm Juneau this week, ijut the
launca Pacific is coming in her
place and will arrive in this port
a,bout 6 o'clock tonight.
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I San Bernardino, Jan. 24—As a
result of a shooting affray; over
who was to have the smiles and
hand of Miss Viola Munroe, Delphin
Mon^ez lies dead yith a bullet thru
his heart.
For some time Frank Jiminez and
Montez have both been paying atten
tion tQ the young lady, and when
she began to show a little preferenc
-for Delphin, hia rival followed him
to th.* lady's koine, and there,
without a word of warning shot him
in the presence of Miss Munroe.
When her sweetheart fell, she
stooped and took him in her arms
wher» he died before medical aid
could be called.
Stockholm, Jan. 24—The pinch
of v *r hag at last finally settled
dowi hard upon Sweden. The Eink
ing cl the Swedish* boats by the
German submarines, the confis
cation of steamers by thg German
government and the failure of car
goes to be delivered at the various
ports has placed the nation, upon
war rations.
Tbs government announced this
morning that bre^d °Ji<l flour tick
ets will be issued beginning with
Januaiv loth.
...Nemo Corsets...
Just received a shipment of self-reducing
Nemo Corsets
Prices $2.50 to $6.00
You will be much pleased with the
New Models
OUR CLEARANCE SALE IS STILL ON
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
SIMM ALPINE CLUB ORGANIZES
Responding to the invitation ex
tended by the Stag-way Tuesday
Wire club, through the medium of
Re?. L. H. Pedersen's article ap
pearing in yesterday's impression of
*hia paper, thirty six persons
were present at the Presbyterian
lec'ure rooms last evening when
Miss Agnes Moffatt, president of
the Tuesday Hike club, called the
mee'ing to order.
For last night's occasion the
lecture loom had been converted in
to a veritably mountain camp. The
floor w«8 covered with1 a rug which
took the place of the soft green,'
mega of the woods, and a cheerful
camo fire threw jwmth and chegri
ness over the camp. From a spunk
hugen, composed1 of three stout
alpine stalks, w^s suspended a
c&mo kettle which Bhowed unmis
takable signs of hard useage. Tal
low candles Bet around on tables
blinked a welcome to all. Improvis
ed seats were covered1 With rugs,
au.i cameras, guns, camp axes, ice
axes and ice picks were hanging
from tne boughs of suruce trees o.f
all sides. 1
After Madam President had given
a brie* summary oif the origin of
th» Tuesday club flhq afited how th
members had finally decided) upon
making an effort to make the little
club a permanent organization with
a greater membership, and then ask
fid for expression, from those pres
et which might suggest Bome
meanB whereby this result might be
trough*, about. At this time a ten
♦ft'tye constitution and. set of by
<faws were read by ,W. L. Larudsbor
tough, who Was chairman of a com
vmi'tee which hfuX been appointed to
draf' them.
This laid before those present the
<objec' of the proposed organization,
and waa accepted temporarily with,
much interest.
A membership roll was uow op
ened, and over thirty names enroll
ed on what will be known as the
Charter List. t 1
Tne question of a name for the
organization was then taken up, and
after muchJ interesting discussion, bjj
written expression of choice the
name pf the clutJ was finally adopt
ed—The Skagway Alpine Club.
The oDject of the organization as
set for'h. in the second clause of
the constitution as submitted, and
which was adopted by those pres
ent is—
To personally visit the plac
es of interest continuous to
Skagway, such as the lakes,
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AiY MAKES
PROTECTiVE Li
Tb' practice of many persons of
purchasing, when opportunity 'af
fords, of supplies or portions of
'he uniforms or oth.gr wearing ap
parel of soldiers in the United
Sta'es army, is fraught with great
iausrer botfa to the purchaser and |
seller lu the Army bill passed at,
Lhe las* session of Congress, Sec.
125 sDecifically provides for the
profection of tie uniform of the ar- j
my and navy ae follows:
"It shall be unlawful tor any
[►ersou not an officer or an enlisted
man in the United States Army,
Navy or Marine Corps to wear the
iulv prescribed uniform of the Un
ited States Army, Navy Marine
Corps or any distinctive part of
juch uniform or a uniform, any
?a.-t c' which is similar to a distint
ive feature of the duly prsecrjehd
nuiform of the United States Army,
S'avy or Marine Corps'.'
Penalties prescribed lor violation
af this law are a fine of not ex
ieed'vs ?300 or imprisonment of
no* exceeding six months or both.
In addition to the above there is
a. law making it a misdemeanor,
punishable by fine or imprisonment,
bo'h to buyer and seller, for any
person to purchase froim a soldier,
sailor or marine any article of
clothing or wearing apparel issu
ed by the government to such sol
dier sailor or marine.
In Alaska, because soldiers will
sometimes Bell articles of wearing
apparel secured, from the govern
ment at prices lower than such ar
tio'e* can be purchased at the
stores and frequently lower than
their copt, these bargains have been
eagerly snapped up, but the prac
tice ic likely to bo a costly one If
discovered.—Valdez Miner.
ELKS BOWLIHG
TOURNAMENT
There is "something doing" these
days at the Elks Club Bowling Al
leys. Six three men bowling teams
are new contesting in a series of
match games for the local Club
Pennant for the season, and inci
dentally some individual prizes. The
teams are handicapped and the
race promises to be a very close
one. » | • i I
The various teams are as fol
lows: 1 i I L|
Selmer, Fickardt, Friedenthal.
Batson, Smith, Rousseau.
Kennedy, Durkee, Vandewall.
A. C. 13tauchard, J. V. Smith C.
C. Cole.
W. C. Blanchard, Huntley, Rapuz
zt.
Black, Gault, McKay.
Substitutes — Clayson, Barry,
Stcrev, Grashel, Jack Keller, Ashley,
Huth, G. G. Miller, Suffecool, L.
S. Keller.
W. B. Batson has high average
to da'e.
Jas. Kennedy has high score to
date; wo prefer net to mention his
"average" as the subject Just now
is a rather tender one.
"Dark Horse'' Vandewall is the
"sensation" of the league at this
writing, with "Gone" Smith second,
and Lee Gault a cl.se third; ask
him.
The "King" still ha* hopes.
DESPERATE DASH ON RUSS.
Petrograd, Jan. 24—A statement
which was given out by the V>ra.r
Office in this city this morning
reads: "In the Riga region Ger
man. troops wearing yhite overalls
made a fierce attack upon tfre Rus
sian field posts, but were beaten
back with heavy loss.
CLAM CHOWDER-OYSTER STEW
Just the Thing For This Cold Weather
Try our Maximum Little Neck Clams and
Preferred Stock Eastern Oysters. Put
up in I and 2 pound tins.
P. H. GANTY
TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER SUNK
81GRIIHJNJMI. BATTLE
London, Jan. 24—A German tor
pedo boat destroyer was sunk, and
many other German war craft were
scatterd by a light British naval
squadron in an engagement which
occurred in the North Sea yesterday
It is officially announced that an
otler engagement took place later
in the afternoon between British,
and German torpedo ]>oat destroy
ers. In this battle one British ves
sel Bras struck J)y a torpedo which,
caused an explosion resulting in the
destruction of the vessel and the
death of three officers and forty
four of the crew of the vessel.
616 FREIGHTER
IS LAUNCHED
Seattle, Jan, 24—The Louise Neil
sen, a nine thousand ton steel
fr.eiph.ter was launched this morn
iaF at the Skinner and1 Eddy corpor
ation shifi yards this city.
Berlin, Jan. 24—The German
admiralty, in announcing the Ger
mans version of the naval enggae
ment which took place in the North
Sea between a fleet of German tor
p.edo boa* destroyers and a small
flee* of British destroyers, state
that one British destroyer wag sunk
and that another one was observed
whlc*« was in a sinking condition.
One German U boat was damaged
slightly and was forced to put in to
Ymuideu .while several other de
stroyers were slightly damaged but
that the/ were able to return to
p.ort under their own steam.
ROCKEFELLER SA1S NEW
YORK IS ALMOST GOOD
New York, Jan. 24—Vice of all
kind? in New York has been great
ly reduced during the past few
years, according to the annual re
oort 'oday of the bureau of social
hysrieng of which) John D. Rockefel
ler Jr., is the head. The Bo-call
ed "vice ring," which flourished sev
eral years ago, no longer exists,
and tho owners of vice resorts eith
er have gong into hiding or have
left the city, the repor* adds.
Cred't for this, it is said, is
due ti the mayor ,the police and
various civic organizations, as well
as the district attorney and the I
criminal courts.
GLEE CLUB if
IOUR NORTH
The University of Washington
Glee> Club may como to Alaska this
summer and give a series o£ con
certs The University of Washing
ton Daily, which wag received in
the last mail, says:
The Glee Club aud "Tango Band"
may ♦ajte a two-week trip to Al
aska next June as the result of the
favorable showing made by. the two
musical organizations on the re
cent tour of the east of the moun
tains. It is believed by the mem
bers cf both organizations and by
Manager Arthur Young that such a
trie would bo successful financially,
as it would be the first time col
lege musicians ever attempted a
tour of the northern land.
A few songsters get together in
the hack end of the coach on the
way to Davenport and somehow a
conversation of a trip to Alaska was
Started, It wag unanimously de
cided tha*. everything would he dor.q
to secure enough dates in the larg
er Alaskan cities. Whether the
musicians will manage the affair
themselves, or whether thq A. S.
U. W will arrange a trip is yet
under consideration. Manager
Younrer said last night that he
would do everything possible *o
schedule engagements. Dean Irving
Glen promised to drill the Glee Club
after the spring opera is over, al
though he will not be able to take
the tiip himself.
SNOWFALLS III
BATTLE FROSTS
Berlin, Jan. 24—For the past
few days a heavy snow fall has
prevailed on all battle fronts. Trtis
has rather been an aid instead of
a hindrance to fighting.
WHO'S YOUR TAILOR?
DON'T WAIT TO ORDER
YOUR SPRING CLOTHES
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Price & Co., our Chicago tailors, you
can order Spring clothes today and
accept delivery any time that suits
your convenience.
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with the very pattern you want by
ordering while its here. "The Wise
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JAMES KENNEDY