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No. 241 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY
PRICE 10 CENTS
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA 10 PUT
10,000,000 TROOPS UNDER ARMS
Athens, Nov. 23—When Lord
Kitchener visited King Constantine
in this city a few days ago he In
formed his majesty that the British
Zurich, Nov. 21—As a result of
orders from the German •war coun
cil, forty-two ceutimeter guns are
being rushed to the Dardanelles for
the protection ol that stronghold.
Copenhagen, Nov. 23—The Ger
man dreadnaugm Markgraf struck
a submarine mine in the Baltic aea
this morning and sunk before she
could be run i.ito shoal water.
Only a few at the crew were
drowned as assistance was sent to
th« damaged vessel at once.
WORK SCARCE IX
ALASKA COUNTRY*
Washginton, Nor. 11—In a let
ter to Senator Caamberlain, of Ore
K3r», L. F. Proteonan, clerk of the
felt ral court for the fourth division
of the Alaska district, gives the
following Information concerning la
bor conditions In the vicinity of
Fairbanks.
' Alaska is no place at present
for any one without me"as to car
ry them through at least a year, as
there is no employment of any kind
to be had, and there are plenty of
eld timers to do 'he railroad con
struction work who depend upon
what they can pick up during the
summer to euable them to carry on
prospecting during the winter."
The T a nana valley, Mr. Protz
man says, will support 1,000,000
people when the railroad reaches it
and opens it up.
would have 4,000,000 additional
troope at the front by the first of
March and thai Russia would
place 6,000,000 more troops under
arms by that time.
Louden, Nov. 23—No answer Has
as yet beea received by the British,
cabinet to the ultimatum Bent
Greece last week.
ALLIES BOTTLE
GREECE TIGHT
Saloniki, Nov. 23—The resigna
tion of Premier Skouloudis, prime
minister of Greece is momautariiy
expected to be handed into the
Greek cabinet.
The blockade put into effect by
the Entente Allies is beginning to
be effective, and it is intended to
stop the traffic of supplies of
every dt.«cription Into Greece.
CAN AD V TO SPEND $250,000,000
Ottawa.—Canada Is preparing to !
spend $250,000,000 o>n lie war next'
year, u ringing the total war ex- j
pease oin Canada to $400,000,000.:
A $100,000,000 war bond loan will j
be issued soon and offered to j
Canadians only.
WIFE SAYS MAN
IS WHITE SLAVER j
Portland, Nov. 15—Accused by
his bride of four months and his j
own sister, Earl Slater, aged 30, j
formerly a hotel maa*ager at Seat- ;
tie and Spokane, was arrested as a j
white slaver last night at the;
Hotel D'iroy, Second and Yamhill,
streets. Slater is held without bail (
ani will be turned over to the fed-t
eral authorities on a charge of i
violating the Mann white slave act,
as he is reputed to have brought
the women from Spokane.
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PROTECTING IDE
BIG TUNNEL
Washington, Nov. 23—As a. pre
cautionary measure aud with the
aim of forestalling any possible ac
tive bomb plotters from destroying
the Union Statiou tunnel, an ex
tra force of meri have been put ou
guord.
Lea Angeles, Nov. 23 — Chief
Prosecuting Attorney Wool wine has
uked for an appropriation of $20,
000 lor the prosecution of ihe
Schmidt trial. Ha states in making
his demand that unless he is given
the money, ho will either have to
Jlsmiss the case or continue it un
til the money is raised.
SCHARSCHAUDT HOJ1E
FKOM THE FRONT
Captain JI. B. Scfcarschmidt, mem
tioned in the Vancouver Province re
cently as having returned wounded
and gassed from the front, is the
eldest Bon of Dr. P. F. Schaischmidt
und bpent much of his early life in
Whitehoree. The article eayu:
An Interesting description of his
experience while at the front with
the 7th battalion (first B. CL regi
ment), 1st C. E. F., was given by
Capi. H. B. Scharschmidt, of the
6th Duke of Coniuuiglit's Own
Rifles, at the officers' mess of
bis regiment last evening, there
being present la addition to the
officers of his own corps, a num
ber el other prominent military
leaders. He detailed the move
ments of the 7th and the other Can
adian forces, and told of the life in
the trenches, and the manner In
which modern warfare is carried on.
Oapt. Scharschmidt returned to Van
couver last. Sunday after being
wounded and badly gassed.
The veteran officer's account was
Interspersed with accounts of inci
dents c-f tho lighter side of the
grim business of war. He told how <
>n one occasion a British and Ger- •
man patrol on outpost duty in front
>f their respective trenches tumbled
uto each other in the pitchy black
Jess of the night. Each 6ide knew |
:hat machine guns and hundreds of
rifles were held in Immediate readl
i66s for action and would te fired
is soon as any disturbance was
beard, and bo ty mutual consent
ihe scouts parted company and con
tinued their recoil nafeance in op-po
sit* directions. Capt Scharschmidt's
description brought ho-me to hi3:
auditors the trying nature of ser- |
vice in the field in those days of:
high explosive shells, aeroplanes,
machine g^ins, deadly gases, and ■
the other numerous means adopted
by the unscrupulous Huns to inflict
losses on their foes. His talk
was instructive as well as entertain
ing, as a number of the officers
present are going overseas with
the new farces being formed.
BIG LINER
QUKIFIC
Seatt'e, Nov. 15 — The Great
Northern liner Minnesota, the larg
est ship sailing 011 the Pacific
ocean, left here today for Liver
pool with a. ful cargo of grain, fish
lumber. The big ship will prob
ably never be saea la Ben-ice on
tho west coast again, as she will
likely enter the Atlantic freight
service. The Minnesota was the
last American liner which, plied be
tween the coast cities and the
Orient.
BOAT SEARCHED
Wrangell, N v. 21—Wheu Ed
ward Kra use's boat at Ward Cove
near Ketchilrau was searched a
bottlo of whiskey was found aboard
which Is being sent to Juneau to
tscertain If It contains any drug.
Evidence was found aboard that
someone had beon gaged. Undoubt
edly the victim to which the cir
cumstantial evidence points was
William Christie, of Treadwell,
whom Krause is accused in the
latest warrant issued by the United
States district atorney as having
murdered.
It has beon definitely learned thafi
Krause served us n Boldier former
ly in the 14th Regiment of the
United States Infantry. Ho is al
most positively identified us having
been a deserter from the army.
MOVIES USED TO
ILLUSTRATE RESOURCES
Washington, Nov. 23—The'repub
lic of Bolivia in South America is
the first foreign country to make
use of the movies in advertising its
industries among the business men
of the United Statesi Four reals
of films have beea prepared, based
upon subjects that are intended to
give some idea of the wealth, re
sources, and business activities and
customs of that nation, and these
Save already been shown to sev
organizations of American business
men, through Ui.i courtesy of the
Bolivian Minister at Washington.
BELGIANS SENT
TO PRISON FOR
disobedience
Amsterdam, via London—A Bel
gian correspondent of the Telegraaf,
reports that the German military j
governor of the Belgian province of
Hainauli has announced that an j
engineer named Lenoir has been j
sentenced to fivo years in prison for
declining to resume -work under (
compulsory direction of the Got'- j
mans. It is a-so reported that
for the same r.Mson several other j
engineers have been sentenced to |
terms of 4 to 111 months and 87 j
workmen to s<• <-:us of from eight to ;
2G weeks.
THANKSG- VINO- SPECIALTIES
The "Humboldt" will bring us all binds of Good Things
to Eat, suitable for your Thanksgiving Dinner
X-mas Melons G-rapes Pineapples
Cranben les Persimmons
Pears Bananas
Tomatoes Cucumbers Head Lettuce
Sweet Potatoes G-reeu Peppers
Pumpkins Cauliflower
Fresh Walnuts Aimonds Brazil Nuts
laze] Nuts
Fancy Sir: lied Jordan Almonds
Pecans and Walnuts
Dromedary Dates in Packages
Layer Figs and Raisins
Preferred Stock CORN ON THE COB:—Nothing Better
P. fi. GANTY
YUKON'S GOVERNOR WILL RAISE
COMPANY AND LEAD INTO SERVICE
San Francisco, Nov. 23—Gov
ernor George Black of Yukon Ter
ritory, who has been hote In at
tendance at the Panama-Pacific ex
position, loft for the north last
night, and will at once return to
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Washington, Nov. 23—Tlie Turk
ish embassy is In receipt of advice
that a plot had been, unearthed at
Bierut whereby an attempt was to
have been made by a secret
Egyptian society to overthrow the
Turkish government and create a
protectorate under Great Britain.
A number o£ the members implicat
ed iu the plot were taken prisoners
and immediately executed.
SCOTIf ALLEN
IS
Quebec, Nov. 5—Scotty Allan,
the noted dog musher of Nome, Al
aska, who is her-3 with two hundred
Alaskan dogs waich were purchased
by Lieut. Haas, a French army offi
cer, for service in the French win
ter campaign in Lorraine, France,
will be indefinitely, detained. and
cannot accomp.my tlia dogs when
they are sent to France.
Allan has not as yet secured his
final citizenship papers and cannot
secure passports from the United
States government until his citizen
ship is established. There are sev
eral former Alaskans with Allen
handling the dogs and they will go
to France to assist Lieut Haas, who
lived at Nome for some time, and
is familiar with dog driving.
Lieut Haas believes the animals
will be of great service in the win
ter campaign aliuig the border of
Switzerland, where the snow lies
deep iu winter, preventing the trans
portation of guns, munitions ajnd
supplies to the <roops In the moun
tains by the uso of horses.
the Yukon where he states it la
his '.litentiom, to raise a company
of Canadians for service in the (war
zone. He will lead the Company
thus formed Into active service him
self.
(11.00 A HEAD
F0I1 SOMES
Seattle, Not. (» — Dr. Overton,
a psychic soothsayer with offices in
this city was arrested by the police
today charged with using the mails
to defraud, and obtaining money un
der false pretences. Overton, preyed
' upon the public by advertising to
secure soul mates for men and
1 women who were leading lonely ex
istences, and for this interesting
service charged the trifling amount
ot f 11.00 per soul mate. The doc
tor had many victims, and com
plaints .have been coming ia to po
lice headquarters about his activi
ties for some time.
ALL NEWS FROM
XOLOVANA HAS
SAME ltOSY HUB
Fairbanks, Nf v. 22 — All the
news that comes to Fairbanks from
th« Tolovaaia Is good, and the re
ports are continually getting better.
Well defined pay streaks have been
linpd up on Llvengood, Mike Hess
and Moose creeks. <)n the first
named creek pay i.'is been located
for five or six mil®3. The prospect
ing on the other creeks .has not
continued for as long as on Liven
gocd, but the indications are just
as good as far as the work has
progressed.
NEW NOME CO.
The Bangor Dredge Co. of Nome
has filed articles ot incorporation
with Secretary Davidson. The com
pany is incorporated for $120,000
and will engage in a general dredg
ing business at Nome. Tile incor
porators are: J. J. Cole, John
Brow or, Charles Mitchell, J. A
Bachelder and Arthur Cole, all of
Nome. • • . i i! ?
Let's all be thankful together
O. 0 much of the good in this world is cmiling on this big
v ' country of ours, that we all ought to be deeply thankful.
Thankful for peace and prosperity; thankful for good crops;
thankful for our ability to help the homeless ones; thankful that
a huge shell isn't going to crash into our home any minute.
We're thankful that we have so many opportunities to serve the
men in this community; we're thankful for response to our efforts.
Mart Schnffner&Marx make the kind of clothes any man ought to be
thankful for; we carry •Hirts, neckwear and other furnishings of same
class; evert hing to make you look well and happy on Thanksgiving Day
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