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No. 99 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
100,000 AIHS FIGURING
SOON IN Ffl^CE, S/irS LONDON
London, May 29.—'With the Amer
icaa destroyers already doing- val
iant service for the allies la help
ing t ■ sweep the waters round the
British isles of German submarines,
further aid against Germany Is ex
pec'ed soou to be given by Ameri
can soldiers on laud.
According to an official report
issued here today, 100,000 Americaa
will, within a short time, he bear
ing the Stars and Stripes against
the enemy ou the Freuch and Britis
fronts in France.
Th'g total includes Americans
who are now at the front, several
rhousands of them, fighting with
French and British commands.
DEHOEUGT M
SIAKE-BALFOUR
O'tawa. Canada May 29. — That
Great Britain has staked her last
oI!ar ou democracy's winning the
war and that she will be bankrupt
it democracy loses, was declared
today by Arthur J. Balfour, head
of tie British war commission, in
an address before parliament.
Tb^j outcome of the war, Mr. Bal
four said, will determine whether
th« government of the world is to
be democratic or autocratic.
BILIMD
III FOOD CAUSE
.Washington, May 29.—An appro
priation of $15,000,000 for meas
ures to stimulate the production, of
wartime food and to make a survey
of the food situation, is provided
in a bill passed by the house to
dar. , ' i
BANDSMEN
There will be practice tonight at
8 o'clock in the Firemen's Hall,
Fourth Ave., All are very earnest
ly requested to be present
SPAIN SUFFERS
Mj-eoms
London, May 29.—Ong hundred
tbir'y-three lives were lost when a
German submarine yesterday torped
oed 'he Spanish steamship, C. D'Er
zaguirre. according to a dispatch re
ceived here today.
pacificIms
10 BUILD SHIPS
[ Seattle, Wash., May 29. «— Pre
parations yvero started today fry Se
attle, Tacoma and Aberdeen ship
buil ?in? firms for the construction
of twenty wooden, ships, contracts
for which they received yesterday
from the United States government.
Aberdeen is on Gray's harbor on the
coas'.
T.^e ships will be part of the
rreat fleet the government is build
ing *o carry supplies to the allies.
They are in addition to the six
ste» freighters for which Skinner
and Eddy, a local concern, received
a contract yesterday.
Stable, May 29— Hulet M. Wells I
a prominent socialist, and Samuel j
Sadler -were arrested here today on
the charge of circulating seditious :
litera'uro against conscription. j
CHAMBERS GLIDES PARTY
ON DENVER GLACIER TRIP
With Col. Jack Chambers as
guide, M. and Mrs. J. D. Oliver, Jr.
of South Bend, ln<L, who have come
to the land of the midnight eunj
ou their honeymoon, yesterday vis
i'ed Denver glacier. Chambers re
ported that the trail was la £°°d
condition from the White Pass rail
road and that the glacier, with the i
snow nearly off, can now be seen
to good advantage. Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver are staying at the Pullen
house.
Suits
Coats
Waists
Street
Dresses
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
EMPIRE OAr HI ilfEHOfiSE
EXPECTED10 OBI CROWDS
I That Empire Day June 2 at Wilts
I lioisa will attract tho biggest
crowd from Lynn canal and Gastln
ctui channel in the history of the
WiilteUorse celebration, is Indicat
ed *oday from the WJlito Pass Ath
loMc culb'a reports.
Not only is much, interest being
shown locally, but Tread well, Doug
las Jsand and Juneau, it is said,
will send an unusually large num
1 ber of excursionists. To provide for
: their arrival here Friday night, bo
that they will bo ready for the do
parture of the excursion train Sat- J
nrday morning, efforts are now be
ins made to charter a, boat for the j
tr.'i'. up from Juneau.
Skagway's baseball team is round
lus into shape for tho baseball tour
1 nameot which Will be a principal
feature of the progratn of sports.
The first prize is .$.100 and botly
contes'ed games are expected. Some
o* the best local playera will also»
be entered In the tennis matches.
Since the 'receipt of the Empire
Dav committee's invitation to Skag
way t' join, 'with. Whltehorse In the
celebration as "brothers," the White
I'ase Athletic club's committee! In
(Charge of the excursion has been
b «y on plans to help make 1917
Empire Day "the biggest ever." i
Tickets for the excursion will go
on sa.e Friday. It was announced
todev that no sale will be made
Saturday morning. The early hour
of departure, it is said makes this
rule necessary.
The excursion will leave Satur
day nioniing at 6:30 p'ciock and
will arrive iu Wh.iteh.orse at eleven
o'clock. Two sections will J)9 run
for the return, one leaving White
joraa at seven o'clock Saturday ev
ening, the other, Sunday morning.
Iho round trip fare will be $5.
Dominated by the same spirit of
patriotism that made heroines of
American women in '76 and '61, wo
men of Skagway are preparing to do
♦heir bit in helping- the America^
Rod Cross campaign, proclaimed by
President Wilson to be held the
wee.; June 19-25. A meeting *-o
organize a Red Cross auxiliary here j
is expected tc he caJied soon.
Acting under tha authority giv
en a* the meeting last Friday of
th- Skagway chapter of the Alaska
Women's Patriotic league, Mrs. W.I
C. Itlanchard sent this cablegram
to Mrs. Strong, wife of Governor j
Strong:
"Number of Skagway women wish
to organize Red Cross auxiliary. 1
Appreciate it if you can advise if
there is a Red Cross chapter In :
Juneau to which wo may; apply."
Mrs. Strong- cabled this answer
today; .
"Have wired Red Cross head
quarters San Francisco to forward
organisation forms, literature, etc.,
to you. Juneau president will' write
full informatino for organization
Skagsvay Red Cross."
As soon as the organization, blanks
have been received, a meeting will
be cabled.
For a full understanding of the
Red Cross wor^ and the organiza
tion of auxiliaries and chapters, it
was suggested today that women whoj
a^e interested read the Red Cross
pa"6 edited by William H. Taft In th
Jan* number of the Ladies Home
Journal,
WILL POST BULLETINS
The Daily Alaskan, la obser
vance of Memorial day, will
nut publish tomorrow Its ca
ble service will be received,
nowever, and bulletins will b9
posted at the Alaskan, office.
KAISER'S HO
SEEN II PLOTS
"Washington, May 29.—German in*
fluenco to encourage resistance to
tho registration June 5 under the
selective draft lajv -was uncovered
here today; in an investigationn by
the Jederal grand jury. Most of
the alleged conspiracies are said to
have been made in. Texas. Eleven
indictments have been returned.
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Peiregrad, May 29.—With soci
alist ministers plotting to bring the
war to a close, Russia is on the
verge of a collapse as regards ef-1
fort» for national defense, accord
ing to statements tore today. The
crisis In industrial affairs is said
to be acute.
New York, May 29.—Benny Leon
ard won the lightweight! champion
shiD of the wotW here last night by
knocking out Freddie Welsh in the
ninth round. The new champion is
a New Yorker, 21 years old. The
Englishman, now ex-champion, Is
31. ' ! '
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P. ii. GANTY
MUST DEFEND BRAZIL AGIST
GERMAN SUBS SAYS PRESIDENT
WILL OBSERVE
MEMORIAL DAY
la observance of Memorial Day,
business louses of Skagway will
generally be closed tomorrow and;
the public schools will have a holi
day.
Among the places of business
which will be close all day wll be
tho Bank of Aaska, United, States
commissioner's office, the stores
of James Kennedy, L. A. Harrison
Albert Re inert, Vincent Dortero,
and Fred Tanner.
The postoffice, Postmaster Con
way announced, will be closed ex
cept from noon until ouq o'clock.
The United States cable office
will have holiday hours, being o
pen only from, ten to eleven o'clock
iu tbfi morning and from six until
aev<?u o'clock in the evening.
Except for such forces as will
be needed for th oeperation of
trains and to carefor any incoming
boats Superintendent V. I. Hahn
said the holiday would be observed
iu a), departments of the White
Pass railroad.
The I>aily Alaskan will not pub
is!) tomorrow.
SHIPPING NEWS
Tho steamship, Northwestern of
the Alaska Steamship line, which
sailed Sunday from Seattle far the
Wes* coast, Is expected to arrive
here tomorrow night. She has ten
passengers for Skgajvay and inter
ior points.
The Dolphin of the Alaska Steam
ship company, according to the re
port to the local office today from
Ketchikan, will arrive here at 9
o'clock tomorrojv nigjit.
Making her last trip this season
to Skagway, the Prince John of the
On* . Trunk line was reported to
day by the local office to be due
here Friday afternoon. She will
sail south at ten o'clock Saturday
morning. The Prince George, whitti
with the Prince Rupert, will be the
Grand Trunk's boats to Skagway
this summer, will arrive here June
15.
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I Rio Janeiro, Brazil, May 29. —
Sinking of Brazilian merchantmen b
German submarines has brought Bra
zii to the point where action against
Germany cannot longer be put off,
according to the message of Presi
dent Gcmoz to congress today,
i The President's message Informed
congress that "measures must ba
taken at once to defend Brazil a
gainst the German U-boats.
Last Thursday President Gomea
advised that war to maintain neu
•ralit/ be declared. It it bellered
that Ihe message today will quick
ly be followed by definite actios,
toward war.
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Santiago, Chile, May 29.—Chili
will support Brazil in measures a
, s&.iiirt Germany, according to offi
cial announcements made here to
id&y- I l!a!;sJ
IS. LOVEJOY
IK U.S. SERVICE
T' do her bit for America, Mrs.
Estner Fohl Lovejoy of Portland, a
sister of Mrs. W. C. Blanchard of
Skagwajr, has offered to the United
States her services Kith a hospital
uni* at the front.
Mrs. Blanchard learned yesterday
of htr sister's offer to her country.
By t\is iim$ she may have been ac
cepted for the service.
Mrs. Love joy, who is remembered
by many friends she made in Skag
way when she visited her sister here
four years ago, was formerly health,
officer of Portland. Sh® held that
officc when the late United StateB
Senator Harry Lane was mayor and
at Itfi time, had the distinction
of being tlio ouly woman hQalth of
ficer in the United Statea She Is
among the best known women phys
icians of the northwest.
Sldll "GUILTY"
Leavenworth, Kan., May 29. —
Robert T. Stroud, who is serving
a term in the federal penitentiary
here for murder committed In Al
aska, was found guilty today of the
murder, by stabbing, of A. F. Tur
ner, a guard in the prison. Mercy]
was recommended.
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