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No. 194 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1917 x PRICE 10 CENTS
CENTRAL POWERS READV EOR LASTING PEACE
7 i
IRir OF WOMEN
RIOT, AIM
LEADER
FcJxosrad, Sept. 22.—Riots took
placa yesterday In the ranks of
the *om«yi'3 battalion drilling at
Moscow. Enlisted girls attacked
Vera Butckkareff, twico wounded
*otaaa officer who initiated the or
ganization, and it waa only with
B.iwlx difficulty that the amall re
toll waa atopped. i
DEAD IN QUITS
COMMAND OT
ARMY
Pt'rofrad, Sept. 22.—Newspaper*
reoort General Alexieff, chief of U10
RuMiia staff, haa resigned iite po
slUoa because of difference* with
President Kerens ky.
(Moaday'« dispatches from Petro
gr*d stated that General Alexieff
tad committed suicide t>y shoot Lag
blmsalf.j
MANY^SLAOKERS
IN MONTANA
COUNTY
Butte, Sept. 22. — Half of the
Stlyed Bow county's quota of draft
ed men failed to report for entrain
mejit for Camp Lewis and police
and county authorities are co-operat
ing with army officials la rounding
ujj the miaiing men. It is thought
Oermaa agents are at work in Sil
ver Bow county Influencing men to
aTOid military- serrice.
SAMMIES WELL GET YOU,
IF YOU IX).VI WATCH OUT
Fort Wortji, Texas, Sept. 22.—
A reward o£ 110,000 li&a been
ottered by citizens of Gerard
for tbe talcing, dead or aliye,
of the German general jvho of
fered tie prize of 400 marks
for tie first American soldier
take® dead or aliye.
$25,000 WORTH
SALMON il
SEATTLE
Seattle, Sept. 22.—Within the
past few dayg many Alaska vessels
have been ia port discharging Al
aska salmon and it is estimated
that a million cases of the canned
product hare arrived, on Seattle
docks. The valua of the fish handl
ed is estimated to t>o $25,000,000.
PRICES
10 BE FIXED
L
Washington, Sept. 22.—Arrange- i
meats are rapidly reaching a con
clusion which •will enable the Fuel i
Administration to make an an
nouncement concerning the price of j
coal at the retail dealers and for!
haye relied upon "spot" coal.
small manufacturing plants which J
Before the end of the present
moath prices will be announced. It
may be aeceesary to make them
tentative, as In the case of the
prici-s fixed for coal at the mines.
Local committees w ill he asked J
•o investigate and report upon costi.
If is obriou8 that these will vary
considerably between localities and
between cltg and country districts.
Care will be taken to include all
itrms which ought to be included,
for there Is no disposition on the
part of the Fuel Administration to
deprive the local dealer of his
fair measure of profit.
In this connection, Mr. Garfield
For School Wear, for
the boy or girl, the
Bear Skin Hos
iery is unsur
passed
Just Received a line of
Waists and Blouses for
Boys*— Coveralls for Boys
and Girls*
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
MUMS CAPTURE STRONGLY
FORTIFIED POSITION AT MZUG
Experts Declare This The Greatest
Victory For British During
Past Year's Fighting
British Front in Belgium, Sept.
22.—The Australian banner today
is floating over tbe powerfully forti
fied position of Anzuc, southwest of
Zcnndbeke, situat-ed on the main
railroad line connecting Paris with
Brussels and on the Belgium boN
der.
After the most desperate fight
ing of the war, with wave after
wave of infantry attacks, Austral
ia rs yesterday wrested the Anzuc
fort away from the Germans and
raised their own lnuwr. Military
experts declare this the greatest
victory in any of the British opera
tions in years. ! | ■,
Fighting Is Intense
.British Front In Belgium, SeQt.
22.—During yesterday's fighting
over two thousand casualties wjere
inflicted on enemy forces. Against
severe odds Iiritish forces faced
concrete redoubts, well placed ma
chine guns, and tore up great
stretches of barbed wire. Marshy
grgund made tlie advance touch
more difficult, but in suite of thine
almost insurmountably difficulties
positions taken are said to be one
of tfi£ most important achievement*
of the war. L
U. 5. URGED 10
FIX PIE OK
COMMODITIES
Atlantic City, Sept. 22.—A con
vention oi American business men
meeting In this city yesterday ajopt
t,d a resolution calling upon the
government to fix the price upon
all essential commodities for the
public as well as for the government
DON'T FORCET THAT DANCE
The big Equinoxal Hop takes
t>la«e tonight at 9:30 In the Elks'
hall. Selmer's orchestra will furn
ish the music, and a good time
is promised to all who come. Ad
mission is $1.00.
Jack Eekhardt left on the Dol
phin today for Juneau where he
has b«ea called as a juror.
called attention to the rule govern
ing the appointment Of local com
mittee^ by the State fuel ad
ministrators now being chosen.
Leading citizens of ability will be
Dl^ctd upon the committees, but
the rule states that local coal
dealers are excluded. This Is yith
no purpose to discredit the local
dealers. They are as patriotic and
reliable as any other class of citi
zens. The rule is made rather to
save them from the kind of embar
rassment that inevitably arises when
men are called upon to pass judg
ment upon others In their own line
of business and to pass upon con
ditions 5vhich are intimately con
cerned with their own livelihood.
WAGE INCREASE
CAUSED COAST
STRIKES
Washington, Sept, 22—Chairman
Hurley, of the federal shipping
■board, announced thU morning that
tnc chief cause for strikes on. the
Pacific coast in the different ship
yards was the action of a Seattle
concern in agreeing to a 33 per
cent increase in wagei. This pre
cipitated. a movement of the heat
workingmen to that plant and a de
maud ensued for the same wage
scale in other shipyards which were
making a lower profit on their
ships.
COPPER IS 23
Washington, Sept. 22.—The gor
ernment yesterday fixed the price
of copper at 23%s to be effective
for four months.
Watch for our new serial story,
Seventeen. First installment Mon
day. You'll ilke this story.
Miss Frances Felton, who has
been working in the Golden North
hotel for some time past will be
an outgoing passenger on the Prlace
George tonight. , 4
"Over There" ends today, but be
biiuiins on Monday is our new aer
ial Seventeen. This is one of the
best stories ever written hy the
popular author, Booth Tarkington.
"A laugh in every line."
SPECIAL
Mother's Oats
Large Package 35c
A First Clas» Article at a Very Low Price
P. H. GANTY
SOLDIER HAS TWO WIVES
WHICH GETS PENSION?
Puis, Sept 22.—The military •)
authorities have had to settle 4
ft knotty question. In the 4
case of a military polygamist *i
being killed, h.ow should] the 4
widow's peasioa be allotted? •)
The question has arisen thru 4
France having brought many <1
satire soldiers from Africa, •!
who belong to tribes where *5
polygamy is the recognized 4
practice. Every polygamyist 4
widow will have a share in the <
pension, the total of which will *)
be the same as that granted ■i
to the widow of a monogamus *
soldier. *
A* FA**********-*
BOND BILL !W
IH IIS OF
Washington, Sept. 22. — The
House of Representatives lata yes
terday afternoon, adopted the con
ference report on the eleven and
on® half billion dollar bond bill.
The bill Id now in the hands of
the president for signature before
it becomes law. i ■
JURY DISAGREES
Seattle, Sept. 22.—The Jury in I
the case of Hulet Wells, charged
With sedition, last night brought in |
a verdict of disagreement.
SHOE SHIPMENT DELAYED
The shipping of the old shoes,
gathered through the efforts of the
Alaskan, to Seattle, to be trans
ferred to the people of Belgium
and France, has been delayed a
few days because the dry goods
boxes available for shipping the
shoes, were found to be extremely
water soaked from the recent rains.
As i>09n as the boxes are dry, the
committee will ship the shoes to
Seattle, and full account of the
number will be made in, the Alas
kan's columns. Shoej may still bp
left at either of the stores, Ken
nedy & Co., or Dortero. & Son, and
as soon as sufficient are on hand
another shipment will be made.
POWER OF RIGHT
10 SUPERSEDE
ARMS
No Peace While
Kaiser Rules is
U.S. Reply
Amsterdam, Sept. 22. — The
German reply to the pope's peace
proposal declares the Hun govern
ment desires to find a practical
basis for a lasting peace and that
Germany is ready to support every
peace projiosal compatible! with flie
interests of the empire and the
people. The reply further states
that the German, imperial govern
ment greets with sympathy the
leading idea in which His Holiness,
Pope Benedict XV, expresses con
viction that the future material
power of arms must be superseded
by all powers of right.
U. S. NOT PHASED
Washington, Sept. 22.—The ac
ceptaLce by Germany aiul Austria of
the pope's proffer of peace failed to
swerve the United Stats toilay in its
announced determination t<> not
make peace whilu Kaiserism lasts.
While the United States has al
ways l>een a peace loving nation it
cannot so far ignore the welfarto
of world humanity as to allow Kais
erism to exist.
SHIPPING ¥AN
LOSES POSITION
Seattle, Sept. 22.—The Pacific
Steamship Co. hag agreed to dis
pense with the services of C. D.
Dunarin, passenger and traffic man
ager, on October 1st.
Your Choice of
Any Lady's or
Girl's Shoe In
Our Window
For $3
JjAMjCS KENNEDY