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No. 197 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1917
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GERMANY NOW READY EO EVACUATE BELGIUM
Shoot Down Two
Hun Airplanes
Launch Attack
On Ypres
Front
Londou, Sept. 2t». - Uritish na
val forces bombarded tin- German
^u'.miarii!* base ;-t Ostend last iiisht
and shot down two Teuton air
planes according to a report of
FleK' Marshal Maig this morning.
British lorees are attacking enemy
troovs on a wide front in the Ypres
region.
Geinmn I'laues Haiti l.otnh>ii
l.oudon, Sept. 2<i - Six people
weie killed and sixteen injured iu
tile southeastern outskirts of Lon
don during an air raid last night by
German forces, the second raid iu
the past two days.
Nanimw'* Kept Ii»«I«k»i-» During
Loudon, Sept. 2t>. Ono hundred
American soldiers in I.oudon sought
s on struts in thi^ city lu^t
ult;hr in order to witness the bomb
ing raid but the sergeant in com
rnai.-i of the troops ordered them
to remain in doors.
Teuton Font's l{epulse«l
Loudon, Sept. 2C. — Field Mar
shal Haig reports two powerful
German infantry attacks along the
coj>st o£ Belgium and in the dire>
tion of Ypres. Much hand to hand
fighting took i>lace and the Huns
vere finally repulsed although they
once succeeded in gaining a foot
ho!d in the British lines.
<;ek.yri> coming to sf.attle
Seattle, Sept. 26.—Former Am
bas«idor Gerard, to Germany, is ex
pf-c'ed in this city tonight.
SENTENCED HARD
LfsBOR FOR
LIFE
PctrograU, Sept. 20. — General
Soukhomlinoff, former minister of
war, was sentenced to hard labor
for life today after being found
guilt jr iu court on a charge of
liinli 'reason.
EIGHT BILLIONS
VOTED FOR
WtR ;
]
Washington, Sept'. 20.—The Sen
ate, after adding eight hundred mil
lion dollars, today passed the war
deficiency appropriation bill which
now totals the large sum of eight
Dillions.
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INCREASE IN
WAGES I
Washington, Sept. 26.—Coal min
ers throughout the country today
presented a demand for au increase
of wages from 20 to 70 percent.
Just
Received
A Shipment of
Corduroy Kimonas
Also New Sweaters, Scarf
and Cap Sets
New Serge and Woolen Goods
by the Yard
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
VALUABLE CARGO
Of GUNNIES
IN»
Seattle, Sept. 26.-4-The owners
and charterers of the steamship
Frances Skinner, now returning
from 'he orient, have offered to
sen'1 a one hundred thjousand dollar
cargo of gunnies from Calcutta to
oeattle in case the vessel makes a
second trip. The Frances Skinner
was formerly the German steam
ship Sesostris, and ViU j>robably
be commandeered as soon as it
reaches this port.
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FAVDRABLr
REPORTED
Washington, Sept. 26.—The ship
ping bill to permit foreign ships
to engage in American coast wise
trade jvlth thg exception of Alaska
has been favorably reported in
the House of Representatives.
Washington, Sept. 26.—The fed
eral shipping board announced to
dav that within a little more thau
a year the United States will liave
.in oteau going merchant fleet of
1 (! 0 0 vessels with a tonnage of
nine million two hundred thousand.
l'KCMiKKMAX X.VMKD
IXHt lHilGADIER-GEXERAL
Washington, Sept. 26.—The sen
ate military; committee today re
commended Colonel Reichman, who
has been under investigation as
to his alleged pro-German lean
ing, for brigadier general.
WAK TAX BILL IS TWO BILLION
Washington, Sept. 26. — Senate
ani House conferees today reached
an agreement deciding to place the
war tax bill at two billion dollars.
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Petrograd, Sept. 26.—The Rus
sian treasury announces subscrip
tions to the Russian liberty loam,
of three billions, nine hundred' mil- j
lion rubles.
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Washington, Sept. 26. — Clad
in new uniforms, and equipped |
with sweaters and helmets furnish
ed by the Navy league Comforts I
Committee, one thousand men from
the Allentown Ambulance Camp
have sailed for service at the |
frQut in France.
With their gray knitted helmets
snnggly fitting over their heads and
around their necks the thousand
bright fellows who have gone to ul
l<jviat» suffering in tho trenches
looked like so mauy"water aviat
ors" as they hung over the deck
rails of the trans-Atlantic steamer
which was to carry them into ser
vice abroad.
The Comforts Committee of the
Navy League, knowing that these
men would be exposed night and da
to the hardships of a bleak, cold
wiu'i-r of Northern France, made
three shipment^ of jvarm woolen
garments to the Commander of the
Allen town Camp.
Sweaters, helmets, mufflers, and
wri»ViOts, made by the loving hands
of mothers, sisters and sweethearts
ief' behind, were included for the
boys who volunteered to labor for
the suffering.
Tha» the Ambulance Drivers ap
preciate the patriotic labor of the
American women who unselfishly
gav« time and money to provide
them with necessary warm clothing
is demonstrated by a letter which
has been received by an, official of
the Navy League from Commander
J. **. Devereaux of the Ambulance
Corys going to France.
"We have the boxfts containing
tho sweater, helmets, etc, "wrote
Colonel Devereaux, "and t|i» final
distribution will take place today
for the thousand men who are go
ing abroad with me.
"In this connection X desire to
tlunik you sincerely for your per
sonal efforts in getting these to
use in time, and officially to thank
the League for their generosity to
wards this Corps. 1 do not believe
that a man who has received these
is not appreciative of the gift."
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Large Package 35c
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P. H. GANTY
BE
IN PLOT
Seattle, Sept. 26.—Federal At
torney Allen and agents from the|
Department of Justice began a thor
ough probe-today into the looting I
o£ the steamships Longmcon and [
Prill's Weldmar to determine if any
higher-ups are implicated, in the
robbery. A man by the name of
Bruns has been found to have tak
en par* of the ships' stuff and |
had shipped it to his father-in-law
in San Francisco.
SEA IS NEW
E
Washington, Sept. 26. — Reports
from the department of state in
dicate the main activity of the
German, submarines, ill view of
tlia approaching wijiter, lias been
transferred to the Moditerranena
sea aeaiust Southern Frauce and
Italy. ;
fergusdTnow
IS IMPEACHED
Austin, Sept. 26.—Former Gov
ernor Ferguson, of this state, is
declared removed1 from the office
of governorship and is barred from
holding any public office j within
the state. He was recently found
guilty on 10 out of 22 counts '
against him, the uature of which 1
are not made public.
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L
HE TO 111
Must Retain Right
to Develop Econ
omic Enter
prises
London, Sept. 20.—An informal
supplementary note from Germany
statos that she will agree to eva
cuate Belgium on certain conditions.
TMs news Is declared to be La
German official statements accord
in? to a disjiatch from Berne to
day, given out by wireless to the
press of the world.
^]ie message stipulates that Ger
many must have the right to de
velop her economic entei^rijpes
freely in Belgium and especially in
Anl v.erp. Bcfoie the war Belgium
was considered a neutral country
by international agreement, and this
stimulation on the |-ajt of Germany
«</neeins her r..'utiaJiry after the
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linr.
WITH TEUTON
Lima. Sept. 2G.—The government
has instructed the Peruvian, minis
ter to Berlin to present to the
German imperial government a de
mand for satisfaction, to he given,
within eight days, regarding the
sinking of the Peruvian sailing bark
Lornton. If the demand is ao*
met diplomatic relations will be
broken.
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on Display
Our Line of
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OF ALL STYLES
Drop In And Look Them Over
JAMES KENNEDY