1). S. 10 AGT US CONTRACTOR
10 50PPLI FOOD FOR ALLIES
Wash ins ton, Juno S.—The United
States government will act as con
tractor iii this country for fumlsik
iu< toed aud other supplies to the
allies, according to the aiutouaice
iutu' today.
I' will have complete control of
prices aoid deliveries.
No further contracts, either for
the British, or French, governments,
it is said, will be signed with priv
ate contractors.
FIRST BOATS TOMORROW
General Agent F. B. Wurz
bacher of Mio Wiitq Paess rail
road, announced this afternoon
that "\V'iiteiars& bad! reported
the Yukon and Osca ready to
depart tomorrow insQit. Should
advices to tie contrary ?>o re
ceived later tonight, iw) said
the local hotels would be not
ified.
BRITISH REPORT GAINS MADE
ill MOT PRISONERS TAKEN
Reports of further succeeses of
British trooiss were issued this uf
ternoon. In. a second, drive in the
.Messines salient, they carried the
village of Stavema and captured im
oor'aut German positions for five
miles cost of tha village.
The German caaualities were
heavy. They also lost 5,000 men
tajjen prisoners, making twenty
thousand Germans captured in the
past four days.
Many heavy guns, treaahi mor
tars and machine guns also fell inr
to the hands of tliQ British.
London, Juu«, S,—Ten thousand
Germans hare becai taken prison
ers by the British, farces iu the past
three days, according to a long
official statement issued by the
war office today, Important gains
of positions by the British, we re
XK>r'.»d. ^
ELKS' SUPPORT
FOR SED CROSS
In support of tho Skagway move- j
aieui to aid the American Red f
Crosa campaign for funds, the Bits ;
will give a dance Saiiirday evening, |
Juus lt> f-t i'".lka hall.
Decision to hold the dance was
reached at ■<'- meeting of tjie lodge I
last night. Skagway yomen who:
are headiig the movement for or
ganiilza'io;: of a local Red Cross j
chapter, will liave charge of the sale
of tickets. *!*
Tae house cmmittee of the Elk3 ,
is arranging for the dan.ce.
MKETIX;; OF FIREMEN
Tiie Skagway Volunteer Fire com
pany will meet at S:30 o'clock to
morrow evening in Firemen's ha-ll, i
Fire Chief Siue announced today. |
The meeting "was postponed a w«ek I
ago On account of Empire day at
Waitehorse.
MILLIONAIRE UXCLE OF
SEATTLE BAXKEK, IS DEAD
Zanesville, O., Juno 8. — John
Hoge, multimillionaire and uncle of
James D. Hoge, Seattle banker, died
at his home here this morninp.
TOLL OF U-BOATS
London, June 8.—Fifteen British,
vessels, e^cii of more than 1,600
ions, and three vessels of less ton
age, vera sunk by submarines the
week ending yesterday, aacording- to
the official report today.
Miss Hilja Carlson and Miss El
eanor Beedher, nurses in the Pres
byterian hospital at Haines, are
visitors in Skagway. They arrived
Tuesday on the Jefferson and ex
pect to spend their vacation of a
week here. They are staying at Mrs.
Rapuzzi's home.
Choice chocolates and boa bona
a» Keller Brae. Drug Store.
Men's Summer
A 111 vx 14 / r I
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
TRYING OUT AN ARMORED CAR
Photo by American Press Association.
Maneuvering with one of the ironclad members of the First Armored
Motor batter}- of New York.
EIGHTH GRADE GLASS OF 17
WILL OF GRADUATED TONIGHT
Exit from grammar school and
entrance into high school will be
made by eleven: 1>oys aoi girlp o£ the
Eighth grade of the Skagway public
school, when they or® graduated. to
aight at Elk® hall and receivia thoir
daplomas from V. I. Hahn, president
of the board of education.
Scnool daya fair the year of 1910
17 closed this afternoon. Yester
day open house was kept at the
school and many visitors salw tho e-\
hioits of the past year's work, from
'he clay-mcdeling and drawings of
the kiddies in Miss IjoIs Butt's first
grade to the woodwork and carpen
try oi tho manaul training boys un
der L. H. Pedersen and the model
kitchen of the domestic science
£i'rls under Mrs. Albert Reinert.
interesting exhibits of the* Eighth
grade and the first and second year
classes of the high, school under
Miss Eliarbeth M. Benthien, tho
principal, were illustrated, reviews
of United States history and neat
ly kept books of the students in
book-keeping.
Pupils of the third and fourth
grades, taught by Mrs. Fred Peder
sen who has been substituting the
{Kis> few weeks for Mrc. Williaau
Banting, had tUo walls of their
rocm irrettiljr decora-tod with. fliglitB
of swallows and butterflies, cut
from pax or and colored. In the
'room o<" the fifth and sixth grades,
taught by Mis^ Martlia Magillic- ddy,
the visitors found mtieCi to interest
tUoc., especially iu the display ol
the sewing class.
According to the report of Miss\
Hon'hien, the maximum attendance
*he past year was 102 and the av
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Gl'ARD 1)KLLL TOXlGHT
Drill will be hold tonigiht in. the
ar.aory by the Skagway ihome guard.
Drill wall start at 7:30 o'clock.
FOR SALE—The following des
cribed irroftorty in, Skagway:—Lota
1-2-^4-5-6, block 119. Th<>se( lots'
•will be sold singly; or together ta
suit the purchaser. Noi reasonable
offer refused as the)- mugt be sold.
Address owaier, E. S. Moore, 410
west 10 th. street, Argenta., Ark. 4t
f HVINRUDE
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and gets you there fresh and smiling—with
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Evinrude Magneto—Built-in Flywheel Type,
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Over 80,000 sold—used by 25 Governments
SAN SALVADOR IS DESTROYED
B* EARTHQUAKE, SAYS REPORT
GEN. PERSHING IN ENGLAND
London, Jiune 8. — General
Pershing of the American awr y
arrived liu a British port.1 today.
General Perehimg amd offic
era of lUs staff, accordiing to
plans announced from W®sli
iii?ton, were to precede the
force of 25,000 American sol
diers w(hic5il he will lead into
Prance.
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua., J uil«I
3.-—Sau Salvador, capital of Salva
dor, a city of sixty; thousand peo
ple, was totally; destroyed lagt night
by an earthquake.
Information, to this effect "W&9 re
ceived iu dispatches today from
San Miguel, Salvador. No details
were given as to the loss of life,
cwiflkj, it ia said, to the stricter^
city's having been, cut off entirely;
from wire communication.
Paris, June 8.—After sending! a
torpedo through an) American steam->
ship in the English channel, a Ger
man submarine turned its guns on
♦he small boats in. which the crew
tried t<> escape, and sent them ail
to the bottom, according to the
Bfcrv tcld today by auryivore o£
the French, sailing vessel, leauaq
Cordoaies, w'hicfc wag destroyed, tie
same day.
The French, sailors, who were pick
ed up and brought to a French port,
said the American ship, a bis one«
was suntc ilay 31.
FIRST A. B. SUMMER. DANCE
WILL BE GIVEN SATURDAY
The ffcret summer dance of the
Arctic Brotluerhood -will be given, Sat
urday night at A. B. hall. The ar
rangements committee is planning
aa affair which will fittingly inau
gurate the Brotherhoods summer
social season. Selmer's orchestra
will play for the dancers.
PLAN SUMP 1
Washington, June 8. — That a
fit amp tax of two cents shall be
placed on all tonic chocks and. drafts
is provided in a clause written into
the war tax bill today by the sen
ate iinanmce committee.
OLD SIGN COMES DOWN
An old landmark in Skagway was
removed yesterday wihen the sign of
Clayson, first put up in Skagway
twfinfy years ago, was taken down
from ths building at Broadway and
Fourth avenue and replaced by the
6ign of Kennedy the Clothier. Mr.
Kennedy took over tjie store Jan
uary 1.
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Paris, June 8.—Adding to *-h.a
grievances of Argentine against the
j Central powers, the Argentine ship
Oriama, was torpedoed and sank in
| the .Mediterranean by either a Ger
man or an Austrian submarine, ac
cording to dispatches receivedi here
today. A French vessel rescued
the crew.
JUPITER IS SHE
Washington, June 8. — The safe
arrival of the United States collier,
Juliter, at a French port with pro
visions for American troops, as re
ported yesterday from Paris, waa
confirmed today by Secreta<ry ofl
thf> Navy Daniels. She carried tea
t;irusand tou of wheat and supplies.
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THINK OF IT!
The Price Hasn't Gone Up For
These Fine Clothes
Styleplus
Clothing
YES! THINK OF IT! It will pay you to look into
thi», see 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 $17.
A great demand centered on this suit of one nationally
known price has enabled the makers to effect great
economies and keep the price $1 7 as before.
GET YOUR SUIT TODAY
JAMES KENNEDY