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No. 168 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKA14WAY, ALASKA. MONDAY. AUGUST 21, 1916
PRICK 10 CENTS
WASRHINGTON, Aug. 21—PraU
dtikl Wilson adJ-rec^td thirty three
nulrrad presidents in this city
I a j* aborning. He somiued a fin
al ultimatum to liio railway nu-u
ilu-1 demanded that tin.1}- accept Uis
p.i-posed i-lxu and place it ou trial..
'lt>« ouly way in which, a general
ttrike caai be averted is by the iin
iu«duni,( action of tiie railway men.
in placing Into oiKuatui^ an abso
lute night iioor day working shift
for It* employes.
Leading; transport at ion men ha\ e
refund to five in to the Presi
deai They insist that the prin
ciple! cf arbitration are at stake
oy heeding the ultimatum and de
maud* ot the nation's leader. Au
nt ttr meeting haa been scheduled
for tt morrow- morning. 0\er oue
hu*d.~«d presidents of the leading
railway lluee throughout the laud
ftr«« expected to be at this meet
in*'. DetUdve developments aie
expected within th^ next few days.
BANK RECORDS
RAPID GROWTH
A holiday was declared; at the
boiut ot AJi4»ica ou Saturday after
noon. TUo «aiire working fores
i f rh# financial Institution joined
witk the president in. ceilebratiug
th# record set by the ibe Bauk tor
ta« o»-riod ending. which, covered
t»>• mantis oI itd rapid devel
tfrinol t.
WiK'u the books were closed the
lor the period yvre balauc
•4 off a* $304,806.01. This is an
Jiicrtaw of $44,38!*.01 o\er to*
m >nth'» record which, closed on Ju
ly 20th. The opening day the
<l*f>G»lU began at $9,151..61, uiak
tag au liHrtxu-tj of $295,754.40
ti uoe the open ins ttie liiuik on
March 20th.
JfKYV ARMY BILL IXTRODl"CED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 — Re
I»ie»«TJtotlve Hay has in trod uo d a
uew innr bill whiah. included prac
tically all of the features of the
troy bill which was vetoed by Wil
■c ■ and In addition carries court
mir'taJ features which, the Presi
dent fayor».
NSW YORK, Aug. 21—The Ital
ian steamship "Stampalia," travel
ing frcm New York to London, has
betn sunk by a German submarine.
The steamer left the l>oi-t of New
York fur Londoai with a cargo of
valuable supplies and munitions of
war. If was uearing its final des
tination when it was sighted by
the enemy cruiser and sunk. De
finite details as to the saving of
the lives of the orew and passen
gers is lacking at the war office..
WOULD FLOAT
SUNKEN SHIP
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.. 21 —
Another project is afloat in this
city which has as lta purpose the
raising ol the sunken treasuresbip
BriAner Jonathan. This shipi was
sunk off Crescent City some fifty
years ago. It carried a valuable
shipment of gold and silver. Num
erous attempts have been made to
float the sunken ship but all have j
failed. Its location is known by |
the salvage company which, sieks
to float it.
LONDON", Aug. 21—The Kaisers
hoM on French territory is seri
ously threatened by the stinging
defeats rendered him by the Brit
ish operating in the Somme re
gions. Terrific blows have been
<l<Mit the Teutons within the last
two 'lays in this region. A big bat
tle is now lu progress with t 'e
Bri'lsh flag advancing into new
terri* ry.
.A number of Garden City peo
ple scaled the heights of A. B.
ni'.ur.tain Saturday. They r port
a sordid olinib filled wih all of
tha wonders of outdoor life.
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SEATTLE, Aug. 21—A contract
has btru let la tills city to the
Dry Doc'- Construction Company
tor the building of steel cargo
steamers. The first contract calls
for :u, outlay of two and a half
million dollars ou the steamers.
Other contracts are pending whioh
if lot to this company will place
this city on the map- for ship build
ing.
Tn»> officers of the company re
port ti.i.t work will be commenced
on ttie building of th.e ships im
mediately. Th© subsidiary con
tracts tor materials and finishing
work has already been let and the
m.itejial is expected to be in tKe
yarts shortly.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21 — I
Striking longsJu>remen have accept
ed the entire compromise program
offered by tuo waterfront employers
aud art; now buck at their former
jobs, loading and unloading the
ships which come and go thru the
Golden Gate.
>Jmplo}er» consider it a victory
as the men are returning to >ork
under practically the same condi
tions at before the strike. Strict
closed shop policy will be main
tained by the employers. It is
deiinitelj- known that the dt*ision
reached by the San Francisco Un
!ou men will have little or no in
fluence ou the Seattle or San Pe
dro union stevadoies..
HEADS ASK FOR MOKE
TIME TO CONSIDER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 — De
layed—Railroad, heaus in confer
ence wltu President Wilson have
asked for additional time to con
sider tb» ^lan which has been pro
posed by i ho President for averting j
i.he railway strike. It is now
til-ugh t that it Is quite likly that
they may reject the proposed! plan.
Ia tliat event the issues will l>e
cltariy formed and a strike will in
all probabilities be called.
SKA1TLE MAKES THIS PORT
The City of Seattle steamed In
to port Skagway yesterday after
uoon around the 3:45 hour and
clearcd for the south via Sitka at
11:15 p. m. It carried 40 round
'rippers and 30 one way passengers.
Over 100 tons of ireight cargo were
unloaded from the Jiolds of the
snip. V. C. Under and wife. Prof.
H. S. Hering and wife were noted
as having left on this boat for the
B'JU'h..
H. Molyneaux of Atlin was reg
istered at the Dewey Hotel.
PREDICTS CLOSE
ALASKA FIGHT
SEATTLE, Aug. 21—Judgo J. R
Tucker, from the Second Division
in Alaska, arrived in this city yes
terday on the shdp which, arrived
from Nome. He says that C. A.
SuWr running- on tlie Democratic
Mcket will press James Wicker
sham closely for the A'aska berth
lu CTlgrPBS.
Senator Sulzer is now finishing
a whirlwind campaign thru the in
terior and the westward. After
he finishes campaigning those sec
tions he will campaign around
Skagway, Douglas, Juneau and
Keichikat.
Nome is enjoying & steady growth
and business conditions are look
ing Detter than they have for a
number of yearn.
Among the widely known women
of New York Is Mrs. Ella A. Boole,
Ph. D. President 0( the W. C. T.
U.. cl 'ha# state, and Vic® Fre-1
dent-at-large of the N&tionnal Un
ion. Mrs. Boole, accompanied by
her daughter Floremce Boole, who
is a high school teacher in Brook
lyu, is touring the coast of Alas
ka 'or the prohibition, work. In
addrion to being an author of
not", she was recently at th« head
c' ihe Womans Board of Home
Missions In the Presbtyterttn
Church. She spoke on problhition
Sunday night at the M. E. Church.
Many years of platform work by
her lias made her a most helpful
aiH elcquent speaker, She was
pleasingly received by her audience.
PRESIDENT VETOES ARMY BILL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 — De
layed—President Wilson ha« us«d
his >etoe x'ower and has refused to
sign the army bill. He sets forth
liis reasons for not signing, that
♦he bill exempts retired, army of
ficers from court martial discipline.
The Piesident believes that re
tired as well as active officers
shouid be held to s'rict mildtary
lil *
TKOOPS SEEK SHELTER
IN COURT HOUSE
CORPUS CHRISTE, Aug. 21—De
layed—In a gale which reached a
▼elcclty of 100 miles an hour the
troops encamped at Brownsville
were forced to seek abelter in the
cour* house. The high winds cre
ated havoc with the soldlens quart
ers. Hardly a tent Is left stand
ins. The storm ihas now subsided
and the soldiers are busily rear
ranging their farmer quarters. The
storm tied up communication i»
this district for seiveral hours..
Mia? Stella Prechering of Ju
neau passed thru this city..
Full Line of
Perishables
on Humboldt
PEACHES ARE CHEAP
P. H. GANTY
ARMY MOVl
FROM GREECE
SALONIKI, Aug. 21 — Greek
mllltray officials have agreed to the
withdrawing ol! troo>Ta from 18 of
t'i& Tillages along tlie frontier. Dur
ing the summer the lavadlng fo^-cus
•rttssed the line and placed arbi
trary military rule Into operation
In tb« Ureek cities. Th« Greek
central goreniiment was for a time
in. hot water. Thisi aaaooincemeat
is expected ta be followed by the
withdrawal of piractdcally all of the
iuT<Mi:i>g forces to the border line.
13 U.S. TROOPERS
ANSWER UPS
CORPUS OHBISTE, Aug- 21 —
The ninety mile gale1 whichi swept
fills pun* of the country left in its
wai# the dead bodies of thirteen
Udltet States troopers. Communi
cation at best Is In a delayed con
dition. The exact status of con
ditions cannot! be ascertained until
better communicative methods are
established. Hundreds ot persons
in ih> pa'h of the toronada have
no* been heardi from. Smaller
towns in its path.' are believed to
have been razed to the ground.
PAHIS, Aug.. 21—French forces
stormea and carried an Impo.tant
podn' near Combles yesterday. For
orer ten hours the forces oiash^
In brilliant military maneuvers be
fore the French were able to run
»h«lr flae to the uppermost ram
part of the fort. Tl*ecaptu're of
the fort carried with it the sur
render of many rounds of muni
tions and valuable field and he:ivy
cannons.
Mrg. Dan McKay and twoi chil
dren were southward bound passen
gers with Juneau sa their final
destination. Thpy left on ♦he Ala
mfcda.
GERMAN PLANS
DEALT BLOW
LONDON, Aug. 21—Plans of the
German commanders to bombard
the coast of England or make a
brave dash thru the English1 chan
nel were dealt a crushing blow In
a u&val battle yesterday] afternoon
In tl'e Ergllsh. Channel.
Twc light British; cruisers were
sunk by German submarines in an
en»agemfeLi. The British were
searcl in» for a German fleet which
was reported to be nearing the Eng
lish. coas*. it Is believed that the
submarines were the. forerunners of
the eeneral squadron, advance.. In
the battle which follow* d one sub
marine was destroyed and another
rammed by light cruisers. It is
believed that the one which.1 iwas
rammed is a total loss and ' at
the bottom of the ocean.
Learning that the British, squ
dro& was out in fighting trim to
cut them off the German: fleet
returned to Heligoland. The exact
loss ot the Germans is not known.
The British losses can be summed
up by 1he loss of the Nottingham
and Falmouth, two light speed
cruisers.
PLANT WRECKED
B¥ EXPLOSION
MONTREAL, Aug. 21 — Five
dead, fourteen near deaths door, is
the result of a terrific explosion
wliieli occurred in a powder factory
in Mils city early this morning.
The workmen were engaged in
the manufacture of hight explosive
powder to be shipped across the
oce2n for the Allies. Without
sign anil' without warning, a smash
ing explosion wrecked the working
quarters of the factory. Not one
pane of glass is left in the build
ing. The damage done will run into
the thousands of dollars.
ACCEPT PRESIDENTS PLAN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 — De
layed—The employes have an
nounced that they are willing to
accept the proposed plan placed
forward by President Wilson. The
| eighi hour working slvift and
straight time for overtimes suits
them.
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