NoTiSS TWENTIETH~YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1917 PRICE 10 CENTS
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Yesterday: Max. 40. Min. 87.
Prec. 1(J Inches. [ |
Today: Part cloudy. South wlad.
HUNDREDS Of GERMANS SURRENDER IN WES I
SIBERIAN INDEPENDENCE IS
DECLARED-NICHOLAS RULES
I —■
Report Comes In
Round About
Manner
Copenhagen, Nov. 15.—Siberia
haa declared its Independence and
proclaimed former Czar Nicholas as
its emperor, according to a dis
patch from the correspondent of
the Berllngske Tidendes Harapran
da who got his information from of
ficers at Tornea, Finland. Siberia
is a larg< Russian. province in
Northern Asia extending from the
Chinese empire to the Arctic ocean.
The distance from Northeastern Si
beria across the Bering Straits to
Seward Peninsula, in Alaska, 1a
less than 30 miles.
Cossacks Take Kiev
Copenhagen, Nov. 15.—Cossack
forces, followers of Kerensky and
th» provisional government, have oc
cupied Kiev, an important center
on th« Dnieper river and directly
north of Odessa on. the Black sea.
Koreiloff's forces, also fighting
for the provisional government
have taken the famous Kremlin
fortress guarding Moscojr.
fetrogml In Flames
London, Nor. 15. — Dispatches i
from Stockholm say reports rceelv
there are to the effect that Pet- '
rograd is in flames. i
Boisbeviki Claims Victory
Stockholm, Nov. 15.—Boleviki
troops have conquered Gatchina and
Kerenskytroops are today re
tiring to the south, according to
dispatches from jHelsingfors.
Two Thon&and Killed
London, Nov. 15.—Two> thousand
Russians have been killed In street
lighting iu Moscow up to noon to
<isyt according to reports brought
t>7 travelers arriving at the Pmsso
■Swedish frontier. The dispatches
were »ent to Stockholm and for
warded from there to London.
BRITISH WIN IN
HAND 10 HAND
MING
British Front la Belgium, Nov.
15.—Hindenburg's order that Pass
chaendale be retaken at any cost
hag resulted in some of the hardest
hand to hand fighting of the wart
»nd la the utter failure of the
Dlcked Bavarian troops to accom
plish the order.
PLOfiLEO 10
DESTROY 100
CONCERNS j
Cleveland, Nov, 15.—"Warning has
>een seat to 100 firms In this city j
vhich manufacture clothing and
oca stuffs that Germans wid I. W.
tV.'a jjlaa to degtroj their concerns. |
["he United States government Itself j
lent the warning •which was gath- j
sred during the various raids on
W. W. headquarter.
-fKST FOOD EXPORT
GOES TO NORTH POLK ,
Washington, Nov. 15—shipment
>f foodstuffs to the North pole was |
mthorized by the first license is
lued by the exports administrative
>pard, it was announced last week.
Che license was granted to Capt.
rtaoul Amundsen, tho explorer, who
s preparing for another trip to the
VrcMc regions. Among the nine
>r*aches established and the agents |
kre: Portland, Ore., Henry L. Cor
>ett; Seattle, J. MacPhee Fergu-j
ion. —
Cold Weather
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be the ideal thing for warmth and comfort—they are
as light as a feather and warm as toast. We are of
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Jacquard Silk Covered Comforts, $10.00, Now $8.00
We also offer at our special discount a wonderful line
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blue and white, pink and white checks.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
JOHN
TOTAL
LOSS
(LATE)—A cable message \v«s
received by tie Golden North Ho
tel late tills afternoon to the ef
fect that the Prince John, of the
(•rand Trunk Steamship) company,
is a total loss in the waters of the
Queen Chaj-lotte Islands. No par
ticulars. i i I i ! 11! ? I! f
OrNjiTFUSE
SEIZED FROM
1.1 n
Seattle Nov. 15.—Six thousand
feet of dynamite fuse aiid a lot of
official documents belonging to In
dustrial World Workers were seized
this morning by federal officials
who raided tho Alaska Hotel in
this city. The hostelry is conduct
ed by Peter Densmore, a radical
socialist.
VILLA TAKES
OJISIGA CITY
Presidio, Nov. 15.—In the battle
y»sierday at Ojinaga between Villa
forces and the Mexican govrenmeut
forces Villa was victorious and cap
tared the city. Orranza troops fled
in terror to the American side of
the river where they surrendered
to American officials.
ALASKA MIXING MACHINERY
OX WAV TO SOUTH AFRICA
Seattle, Nov. 15.—Two hundred •
tons shipment of Alaska mining tna- |
chinery consigned to South. Africa
arrived here today from the north.
V. S. PUTS 1 MAX IN
IN FIELD AT EXPENSE
OF 14 FOR GERMANY
Washington, D. C., Nov. 15—Ger
many puts 14.3 soldiers in the
field for the money the United j
States pays for one, say govern- |
ment experts. America must raise
S.14.30 where enemy nations raise
$1 to carry on the war. This is
due to higher pay and higher cost of
supplies here, it was said.
AMERICAN ARME IN FRANCE,
' No*. 15.—Several American sol
diers were killed and a number
were wounded during the recent
shelling of the American( trendies
by the Germans. Details of the
artillery engagement are lacking.
One German soldier was killed
and two were wounded when a
| mixed foiroe of American and French
soldiers hid In atobush and opened
fire on a big, patrol of German
troops endeavoring to cross "no
mans land". " In thig engagement
there were np American or French
casualties, i ; . i |"]. 1. ) | 'j
mm hear
JERUSALEM
London, Nov. 15.—British forces
operating in the Palestine country
have driven Turkish troops back 7 1
miles further, Jerusalem, lies only
23 miles away. British troops have
crosspd 8 railroad connecting Gaza
with Hebron thence to the Holy
City.
Loudon, Nov. 15. (LATE) —;
General Allenby reported today.
British troops are approaching ,
Jerusalem from the west and are j
within five miles of the city.
E
Seattle, Nov. 15.—Striking tele-1
l>houe forces in. this city today
wired Secretary of Lahor Wilson at
San Francisco declining to send
delegates to the conference there
seeking a settlement of the coast |
wide phone strike.
MAN KILEED IN
STREET FIGHT
Seattle Nov. 15.—Olson Ner
vick, teaman, was killed in a street
fight here this morning when, he
was struck on tie head with a
bludgeon. The murderer, who was
one of the men in the general mix
up- escaped.
CLEMEN"CEAN TO
FORM NEW CABINET
Paris, Nov. 15.—Clemencean has
agreed to form a new cabinet to
take the place of the Palnleve min
istry wflich resigned Tuesday night.
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P. H. GANTY
ATTEMPT GROSS
PIAVE RIVER
FOILED
London, Nov. 15.—Austro-Qermau
attempts to cross the Piave river i
have been foiled generally by the |
Italians and the force that crossed i
Wednesday at Zenson has not been |
able to deoouch. Both the enemy j
and tbe Italian soldiers are spar-1
ring for advantageous positions. |
lowesTrecbrd
SUB CAMPAIGN
London, Nov. 15.—One vessel of j
more thaa 1600 tons and five under
that size were sunk last week by
hostile submraines. Tliis Is posi
tive evidence of the failure of the
submarine campaign, the lowest re
cord since the enemy campaign be- ■
gan. Each week fewer and. fewer
ships have been sunk, but last week
has the record.
SADDLER AXD WELLS
AGAIN" XDICTED |
SeatHe, Nov. 15.—Kate Saddler |
and .Wells, two radical socialists,;
have again been indicted by the fed
eral grand jury for seditious ton- I
epirapy. | I ., ! ! ! f {j
"REPUBLIC" If
PASSWORD
OF*
Wilson's Speeches
Showered On
Teuton
Lines
Washington, Nov. 15. — Wltl
s/houta of "Republic" as their
word hundreds of Germain troop
on the western front we surrender
Uig voluntarily to British, Frenci
and American forces.
The news has been uemi-officla;
ly sent to the American go veil:
asent,
The wholesale surrendering <
Geiman troops is said to be due t
the showering of lTesident Wiljson
speeches from Allied airtwpnes c
the Carman lines.
Captured men are reported •
be weary of the war and state th«
have not sufficient food. Many <
the men did not know America
forces were in France at all.
brimd u.s
TO CONTROL
SILVER
Washington, Nov. 15. — The I
ited States of America and Gr<
Britain have entered into an agr
ment in which, they plan to c<
trol the output of silver in ■
U.nited States for one year In
der to prevent other countries fr
raising the price to a point wh
coinage will become unprofitat
The agreement will fix the price
silver a little under the pres
rate of 86 cents.
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