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No. 107 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
SALVADOR CITIES LAID WASTE
W EARTH'S TITANIC TREMBLE
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, Ju:.i
& —Smoking ruins today mark the
site of San Salvador and the coun
try roJiidabout for a Tadius of 30
miles, the result of the earthquake
Thursday night.
No information, is available as to
the loss of life but it believed to
Nj high into the thousands.
Ee»ities Sau Salvador, thg cai>i
tij of Salvador, with a population,
of 5'!,000, reports now state that
the towns of Quezaltlpeque, Nejapa,
£uchi<-i.o>to, Paisnal, Armenios aad
Mejicanos were also destroyed.
A telegraph operator, woh reach
ed 'he edg© of the wasted zone, re
ported today tha* flames were aris
i * fti uarently frcm a volcano In
the neighborhood of the strickeu
capital.
II BOYS, GIRLS
ME GRADUATED
Presenting a program of interest
ing variety and unusual merit, el
tvea boys and girls of the Kiighth
grade of the Skagway public school
h?ld their gradoLatiou exercises last
nigh' in Klks hall. Aii audien-ec
tha* tilled the hall enjoyed the pro
gram. ! ' •
The eight girls of the class,
wearing white gowns, cJl made by
themselves as wartime graduation
dresses. made a pretty picture ag th
l:»X7 class observed its passing- from
grammar school to high scool.
V. I. Halui, president of the board
of education introduced by Miss
Elizabeth Benthien, principal of the
sch-ol, made a short tlak to the
class and then presented the dip
lomas. Following this, h® express
ed ;Ufc thanks of the board for the
support given the schools by the
city council and citizens of Skag
way.
Music by Sclmer's orchestra was
a pleasing featuure of the exercis
es. Mrs. Fred Pedersen played the
accompaniment for the song, Alaska,
composed by Room four, and the i
Iliicji school Song, written hy Miss!
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FOR SALE
Let on Main street, good loca
tion, with two cottagee, aech in
good repair. A bargain for cash.
L. H Johnston. tf
BUTTE TWINERS
KILLED III EI
Butte, Mont., Juiie 9.—With one
hundred fifty minor® reported dead
a ad 200 hundred others undergTOual
and no hope felt for their rescue,
the Speculator cci>per mine Is today
t!i« scene of one of the Nvorst mine
di'i-'ifttrs in this district. The fire
broke cut early this mornhig. Pour
f.'tn bcdies have been, recovered.
POST BALL GAME
Leaving here at 9:30 o'clock to
morrow morning, the Quartermas
ter's harbor boat, Peterson, will car
ry the Skagway ball team fund, for
ty fans to Haines for the ball game
at For* William H. Seward. The
Peterson villi leave Hainea to re
turn to Skagway at six o'clock.
Passes for the trip, sent by
Lieutenant Davis to Capt. C. C.
Cole by the Peterson today, acre now
•at the Alaskan office, fo be dis
tributed to the first forty applying
fcr reservations.
Tie passes will be held M the
Alaskan office oaily until sis o'clock
this evening.
Seattle, ash., June 9.—LIQut. Kcrti
it. r;i ll&rcn, superintendent of th.o
iiew war work at thg Pu^et Sound
ujv;.- vard, was found dead, in tois
rwin at a Bremerton hotel. A gun
shot v\ und is believed to> Indicate
suicide.
U AMERICANS KILLED
l.ondC'ii, Juine 9. — Two A
mcrieans we. e killed whenthe
r ritish steamslvijj, .Majrcivaster
-Villcr w^e torpedoed by a Ger
man submarine yesterday, ac
cording to the report liere to
day.
WANTED—A good girl for gen
eral house work, three in family.
Majtr M. E. Saville, For* Win. H.
Seward. Inquire at Alaskan office. 4t
Men's Summer
UNDERWEAR
B. V. D. Nainsook Union Suits at $1 and $1.35
"The most comfortable and desirable
suit ever worn"
Men's 2-piece Perfection Mesh, $1.50 garment
Men's 2-piece Bal-briggan Suits
Combination lisle and silk and lisle Suits at
$1.50, $2.25 and $3.50
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
OVATIONS FOLLOW JOFFRE EVERYWHERE
yholo by American Presi Aasoclutlon.
Never has a conquering hero been received with greater enthusiasm than
Marsha) JotTre since his arrival in tills country. He is seen here leaving the
state department with his aids.
YUKON TRAFFIC OPENS TONIGHT
WITH DEPARTURE OF 5T0. OASCA
Yukon river traffic for the 1917
season will open tonight with, the
depai .ure from Whitehoroe of the
steamer, Caaca, bound for Dawson.
General Manager H.Wheeler of thp
Wbitu Pass railrJi.l left for Wnite
horse this morning *o be present
at the opening of navigation. With
him in his prvate car, were jafet
kinder berg, millionaire mine opera
tor of San Francisco and Nome, and
Mrs. Llnderberg. Mr. and Mrs Llnd
erberg will spend two months at
Dawson, near whicli town M'r. Und
erlet? baa interests, and then make i
the river triQ to St. Michael.
About forty passengers were on I
the train this moniing, bound for
interior points by the first Yukon |
boat
The steamers Yukon and White-1
horse, it waa announced at the |
White Pass offices, will leave White
horse tomorrow iUsJit, the YuJtoa f<$
Fairbanks and the Wihdtehoirsef for
Dawson. The White horse will con
Mi oct at Dawson. with the Tanaaa,
bound for St. Michael.
The White aPsa will run a train
tomorrow, leaving here at nine o'
clock, to carry to Whiteharse pass
engers with reservations on, the
boats leaving here tomorrow night.
RKD CROSS MEETING
A meeting to organize a
Skagway chapter of the Amer
ican Red Cross, it vras announc
ed tod-ay, will he held at three
o'clock Monday afternoon in
the lecture room of the Presby
terian chiUroh. All are invited.
EV1NRUDINC—
u howsqaI naTOtiNa
EVlHfttJDE
DETACHABLE ROWBOAT & CANOE MOTOR
There's no thought of a long row
home to mar the pleasure of your
outings, when there's an EVIN
RUDE on the stern of your rowboat
A pull of the flywheel and away you
go at a clip that gets you there
quickly. Portable, easy to attach,
simple to operate, dependable.
Evinrude Magneto—Built-in Flywheel
Type—Automatic Reverse. More power
and speed.
Sold by
P. H. GANTY
Or*t 80.000 sold—used by 25 Government*. --
BRITISH CONTINUE 10 FORCE
SERMflN LIS TO FALL BUCK
RIFLE RANGE IS
PLANNED HERE
A movement to organize a Skag
Wsiy branch of the National Rifle
association and to build a local
range for rifle practice! this summer,
will be Bet oil foot Tuesday uight j
ait the dflfll meeting of the home
■guard. Announcement to this ef
Xec' was made today; by the guard
officers. It Is desired that an
members attend.
NEW LAKE BOAT
Adding to the lake fleet what is
considered the finest boat In the
Careross-Atltn service, the steamer
Tut ski will be launched at Oarcross
the first of next yreek. General
Manager H. Wheeler of the White
Pass railroad, who left today for
Whitehorse, expects to stop at Car
cross on his return to witness the
launching. He expects dt to bo held
Monday or Tuesday.
LAND OFFICE ENGINEERS
HERE ON WAY TO NENANA
Engineers of the general land
office, whose winter headquarters
are at Juneau, are In Skagway, a/
waiting the departure of tho Yukon
tomorrow Jiight from Whitehorse.
They are bound for Nenaim, to con
tinue the au-Wirieiaa work which is
expected to be completed this sum
m<er to the Nenana coal fields.
Woodbury AWb^y is in charge of
the carty. Others are C. E. Guerin,
H. A. Kell, h E. Longfellow and
G. B. Abbey, a nephew of Woodbury
Abbey.
Mrs. Woodbury Abbey, with her
young daughter, is accompanying} he
husband.
C. R. Arundel, chief of the Al
aska field division of the general
land office, bound for Fairbanks,
and G. L. Harrington of the Geolo
gical survey, bound for Ruby, are
also here tiwaitjng the departure of
the first boat.
Wanted — By trained nurse,
nursing, children to care for,
housekeeping or cooking for email
camp crew P.O.Box 362,Skagway.3tx
London, June 9—Inflicting heavy
losses, the British troops are stead
ily pounding fcjio German lines and
forcing them out of their famous
impregnable trenches.
Last night, the War office report
today states, the JJritish troops penr
e'ratPd the enemy's lines along a
two mile front south of the Sou
chez river, to the depth £>f half a
mile. : ;
Germain in the Belgium district
this morning were repulsed. At
5t. Taverne in the Messinee sector,
0,500 prisoners were counted tftroug
the collecting gates.
PRESSMAN
3.S. HEAD HERE
On his way to interior points to
organize Presbyterian, Sunday school
w'*rk, Dr. F. L. Forbes, formerly as
sistant to Dr. M. A- Matthews of
the First Presbyterian church, Se
attle, and now in charge of Sunday
School extention in Alaska under
the Presbyterian Board of Sunday
School work, arrived in SkcgwayJ last
night. He expects to be here until
Tuesday as the guest of the Rev,
L. H. Pederssn and will preach at
eigh o'clock tomorrow night In the
Presbyterian church.
Dr. Forbes had been with the
First church in Seatrle twelve years
previously to his appointment to his
new position last month. He waa
formerly principal of Pendleton Ac
ademy, Pendleton, Ora
Juneau and Skagway will be Dr.
Forbes' headquarters in his new
work. His daughter, Miss Ethel
Forbes is now in Juneau where they
will have their home.
FIRST A. li. SUMMER DANCE
WILL BE GIVEN TONIGHT
The fi'rst summer dance of the
Arctic Brotherhood will be given Sat
urday night at A. B. hall. Th® ar
rangements committee ,is planning
an affair which, will fittingly inau
gurate tlie Brotherhoods summef
social season. Selmcr's orchestra
will play for the dancers.
STEAMER GLEANER
The staamor Gleaner will leave
Carercss at seven o'clock tomorrw
evening for Atlin and, returning will
leave Atlin at nine o'clockk Tues
day morning.
THINK OP IT!
The Price Hasn't Gone Up For
These Fine Clothes
Styleplus
Clothing
YES I THINK OF IT I It will pay you to look into
this, 8»e the fine clothes, try them on and then be as
tonished that such fine style and sturdy wearing quali
ties can still be bought for $ 1 7.
A great demand centered on this suit of one nationally
known price has enabled the makers to effect great
economies and keep the price $ I 7 as before.
GET YOUR SUIT TODAY
JAMES KENNEDY