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No. 146 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAtfWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY,
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JULY 25, 1916 ' PRICE 10 CENTS
GAS EXPLOSION
IN lUiEL
One Thousand Tons of Dirt Forms
Sc«i Shutting tMouibed \Vu«k
rf From ldbett)-. Tapping
llearti on SWpl Kail. Evpio»iou
)>vtD In Tuimt-1 l udor lAke Erie
liELIKVE ALL AKE OST
>o llojie Held Out For Rescuing
Ui EutitfUbed Fourteen. Eight
Meiubt rs of Ke>cuiug rtrty Ove - ;
route With Escaping liases. Work]
ors Wtar Gas Hood Frotectois.
CLEVELAND, July 25—No hope
is h> id out by ths} rescuing party
w'io are working with, ail tiulr
might to reach the touuteen man,
iinprteMied iu a tunned which runs |
uudei Lake Erie.
Fourteen meu were working an
Ike tunnel when suddenlve a g-ts
explosion occurred, shutoing them
iu Irom any hoi>e of exit.. For a
while tapping could baluutd on. tlie
ste«« rails which are laid iu the
bottom of tlie tunnel, but the?e
ceased aTter a >aalf hour. It seem
ed ai if some one wis working
try in* to dig his way out. It is es
timated that luuo Ms of dirt taws
formed u complete seal, sdiut.iug tlie
i.'iciost.d workers off from their fne-,
dom.
Kigh' members of a recruiting
party were overcome by gas. It is
uecsca-ary »o provide the workeis on
the rescue party with g-a protecting
hoods so that they will not be
come suffocated by the e&capfing
gases. Little hope is held out
fot their recovery.
MISS CANNON GUEST OF
COL. W.. L. STEVENSON*
Miss Cannon, daughter of Uhde
Joe Cannon, the invincible figiit
er Iu the Republican party at Wash
lug ten, D. C., was a Garden Oity
visit©- this morning on the City
of Seattle. Mhs Cannon and party
were the guests of Col. W. L. Stev
nson during thir short stay, at the
White House. She is greatly im
pressed with the Garden City and
is mcs' deligihted with the entr.o
trip.
H. W. Johnson, representing Car
ter s ink Co. was a visitor in Skag
way today looking after the i'ii
tweets of his Cirrn. This is Mr.
TOLL RATES TO
BEJWEREO
The cable rates on the Alaska
service are to be reduced iu the
aear lu^ure. Th« war department
lias made the official aauouiuoeiweut
and i'Dil Abrohajns, secretary of Che
ak.igwav Commercial Club, re
ceivt d a communication from. the
iie|. ailment stating taut the Al
aska rates would be reduced1 as
6JOu aa pu-aei.ie.ubde.
Tne C( mrnemal Club, after mak
ing mv stigatione, a&peakd to tue
thief (FMoe of 'iie signal eorps and j
plnced the matter hqfOtre tiim. The
It tier was sent June 28th, 1916.
After due consideration) the signal
ca.'Us department. has prcJnsised to
m ike the reduciton.
cossiscooss
80010 M LIE
LONDON, July 25 — Frontier
tow he In Hungary were thrown, in
to a s'a«e of panic by the approach
of Cossacks who succeeded iu cross
ing the boundary line at anj early
hour »his morning. Little dam
age was done other thanj the ran
;*iekiiig cf the buslineas houses for
food and clothing. The towns
have all surrendered tq the Cos
s'lcks.
GEOfiGEltAOY
10 RESIGN
LONDON, July 25—Tie political
situation in England is becomigu
involved and conditions ana ex
centionally unsteady. It is re
oor'ed from official circles that
Lloyd George is going to resign on
a««uJt« ci the failure to push thru
the Irish negotiations -which. he
favored. The resignation of G-earg^
may carry with it the resignation
of Asquith and parli-unent.
Johnson's first trip and he is ac
oompanied by his wife. They left
on 'he Seattle fcr Sitlca and Ju
neau.
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* * exactly like you in size,
proportions and personality?
You cannot reasonably expect
to get clothes that suit you as
perfectly as those that are
S "built around" your own par
9 ticular self.
f Here it costs you nothing ex
tra to sccure clothes made to
your measure from fabrics of
your choice, exactly as you di
rect—and by the best journey
men - tailors in the country.
Many desirable models and
hundreds of tasteful fabrics
await your selection.
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New York
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Broadway between fhird and Fourth Phone 41
$14,000 REWARD
FOR CAPTURE
FRESNO, July 25 — Fourteen
thousand dolli'-rs is the standing re
ward otftsred by the State of OUI
fornia tor the oajrture o£ th-q fanntio
who o laced a boiiii) iu u suit c«se
and lfct't it amongst the) gpoctk'ut
foi> wlio wulV> wattihinjj tlie
pareduLte parade iu Saol Fvanjcxsn'-o.
O.-wcnU Jacobs hua been) aiiresud
in this city and Is beijug held by
♦lie police as a, suspect, connected
with the crime. The clue is warm
anil everything iH.iii'e ta his being
connected with the plot.
REFORM SI!
. !lf CAUCUS
The Republican) Territorial Di
visional Convention for the Flrot
District will be held at Junecm on,
August 9th. A' this convention
tire party will nominate one senate
or and four repre&ejiturfivea to- re
present the paa-ty at the coming ter
ritorial elections.
The local caucus for th«) selection
of Delegates to attend this conven
tion will be held in this city fco
mniTOw night to tho CSty Hall. How
ard Ashley as committeeman of
the SKagway precinct hsaa issued th«
call for the meeting, and ppfltitiuians
and narty workers aire busily en
gaged arranging th«| oig^Uiz^ion.
woulTmodify
PRANK
NEW YORK, July 25—Federal
stat« and city health authorities
are combined in an effort to have
the quarantine against thig state
modified. The federal authorities
state that the strict quarantine
which is beir^j malntadned is use
less and at the same time is work
ing an undue hardaluip on the busi
ness Interests of the state..
iSIMOUi
GERMAN GRAFT
BALTIMORE, July 25—The Ger
man undersea; meroiwutftman carrier,
Deuicluand, is still Ued to th* t»iar,
silent as dearth and myBt&ry oom
tinaeis to surrotand its d«tt>arture. A
drlzzljbg raia jrey-aiils, making con
ditions favoralble foir ltd departure.
Cruiser scouts are lytag to wait for
it off the three mtila limit.
MAIL SERVICE
REESTABLISHED
An, official communication! from
the Postal Deportment has bean, re
ceived by Martin Coniwiay, p«stmiajB.t
ta o i Ska £ way, announcing £b|U.t
tibe deparLm«uit baa inside arrauge
mentg for conveying mail 'between,
Ska way, Haines and Juneau oupe
every week. Tine aurvice -wtill
extend to, and weekly calls will be
maiiu at the following poits: Ju
neau, Skagwoy, Haines, Jualin,
Court, Eldred Rock and Sentinai 1m
laud.
A gag boat will leave Juneau on
Tuesday morning of every week at
eigh« o'clock. Tbiis same boat will
leave 'be Gairdea City at eight a.
m. on Wednesday moaning; of eveiy
week, making tije south'ward trip..
Advices received, inform us th^ft
tbe boat has left Juneau) on flchiod
uled time this morning and is
expected in tit is port sometime to
nii'bt. It will clear for tibe south
a/, sight in the morning. As to tbie
length ol' the boat and! accommoda
tions for pas&eaig'er conveyance, in
to; uia'Jon is lacking. It is under
stood. however, that the boat is
servicpLJo and can be relied upom
au i is under the catre and custody
of a lesponediblq pKVrty.
HAIHESSELECTS
IIS DELEGATES
HAINES, July 25—A Rapftiblioan
Club has been oromiztd in this
city and is busily at work laying th
foundation for a suooeasful cam
liaignign year. H. O. Baryta, heads
the organization, cs president, R.
R. Odell was elected uK aeorotary
aud treasurer..
A. F. McLean, H. O. Banta and
K. O Johnacnn ware selected as
the Haines delegates to represent
this preciuct at the Juneaui conven.
tion. All delegates have fceenj in
structed and pledged to the siuippoit
of James WiakerahAin.
CASEMENfDIES
AUGUST 3
LONDON, July 25—The death ce
is slowly drawing airound the life of
Sir Roger Casement. He is doomed
to dio on Auguit third and nothing
but a pardon from the King will
be able to save hia life. Thek leg
doe® not seem disposed to use hiss
rardonicg power in this case.
Jack Hayes, wad oomnmlssJoner,
is enruul't, to Sitka, wihiere lie will
commence road oipera-WoeB. He is
accompanied by Jack Burford the
younger son of Geo. Burford, husi 1
lue business mam of the Capital
City.
jj Quality Coffee
S We have secured the sole agency for the
1 - "ALT A"
jj VACUUM PACKED COFFEE
m)
3 Packed in one pound tins at 45c and two ,J
Jj pound tins at 85c. Also in quart fruit jars con- <g
t taining one and one-quarter pounds at 55c a jar. If ;«
jj you are dissatisfied in any way with the jj
" cofiee you are now using- give this a trial, £
You will be more than pleased.
P. H. GANTY
ENRAGED RIOTERS DRIVE
IK DOWN SHIPS HOLD
GUIil KILLED
IN DRY MID
SBA1TLE, July 25—A walahimun
wag killed in a duel with raiding
officers on the diry squad last wight.
The watchman had been, iustruet
r/1 >o guard the building and allow
no one to euvter. The ptoliioe mjaide
a raid 011 the place a'nd a fight en
sued.. The watchman was beat to
insensibility and died iiu the hos
pital a few hours later.
MAIL REPLY
V\ A8H1NGT0N, July 25 — In- |
^ructions to cabled tiuq America^
ambassadors ia Pairia and London
for them to demand an early re
ply to 'he mail uotte recently sent
Jut b/ the Unitedi State® govern
ment. The las'- arrival from Eng
land was considered! viery unsatis
factory by the foreign department
lrid no word (haa arrived from Pair is
re carding the illegal seizure of Am
arlcan malls.
LONDON, July] 25—THic Rusaiams,
md A"ies have resumed tha terrific
sw«ej> on the western, firomt and are
accorded withl a complete! victory in
every campaign whici), they have
staged wittiiu the last thirty four
hours.. The Russians have forced
themselves thru the narrow passes
of the Carpathian mountains and
occupy the chief eortts and entries
to the plains leading therefrom.
IT
SEATTLE, July 25 — Clubs,
briciss, stones and misfcles Iltsw
th.ru the air tliis mqindn£ on t.^e
Rrattrlxout in a fight wilu^ for
aver an hour looked as if it would
ilevelop into a general wabarfient
bailie. The amargauicy aHwui
ild not work tor some trea
son or other and tliw extra. squads of
[M)iice were late in arriving at the
scene of the riot, by tha time; that
■he extra guau-ds had arrived a£
^er being rutjlied thru tha cUy
streets in autumAbiley amtl police
;cnveyaucera the fight hiad been in
?rogrt£6 tor over half am houxj It
was wi'h difficulty tj*at the polioj
i. ere able to restore law and or
der on t hie docks.
Over a hundred, striking long
shorem«« armed with clubs and
Wicks rushed tha guarded entrys
)£ the docks and boajded a steam
er which was being unloaded by the
non-union men. It y,-a& their In
tention of beating tha non-union]
men and driving them £rom their
position on the boat. The alarm
ivas spread to the boat and the
lon-unlo® men took refuge in the
K)ld of the vessel. By that time
i free fcr all was in progress and
t was dangerous for a pedestrian
o be within stone throw of the
nixing masa
A police sergeant was killed In
Jhle fight while leading his men in
to the thickest ot a fisticai en
gagement. One non-union man was
seriously sibot in *he mix up, little
Dpe Is held our. too* hid recovery..
Several men are recuperating from
.heir wounds in the local hl_eti.4fcil.-i.
list Increases
10 TWENTY-FOUR
CLEVELAND, July 25—Infantile
paralysis has spread to this city
ind is baffling the medical men. iu
this city. After a careful campaign
to chtck the spread wtihin the city,
Lne authorities find that the list
has giawn to 24 within the last
twenty toUT hours. That makes one
for every hour and every known
method for checking the spread of
the scourge hAS baein apjplied.
Who's Your Tailor?
YOU can arrange to have your
tailored to order suit and ov
ercoat for Autumn delivered
whenever you want them-but we ad
vise you to
Come in and Se
lect Your Pat
tern Today 1
Get first choice of the if\
handsome and exclu
sive woolens from Ed.
V. Price & Co.'s line
and have us send them
your measure.
Reasonable
Pyicp^
WILL CLA YS ON