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No. 206 NINETEENTH YEAR SKACrWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY,
BQJTON', Oct. 7 — Boston took
th,a il^st game of the seiies by a
score o/ five to six. A mammoth
crowd turned out toi see; the open
ln« <ame. Batteries for Boston
•were Snore aud Caddy. Brooklyn
wa« represented on t&a mound by
Marquard and ba«k of the plate by
Meyers. Boston opened np by scor
ing one run in the first inning.
Brooklyn followed by one in the
four'h and Boston return,edi scoring
one in the fifth. None were scor
ed in the seventy but Boston tore
th« lid off the can and scored three
ruos In ihe seventh; and brought
ano'her man home in the eigth.
Shore was tak§n out ini the ninth
when Brooklyn scored three runs
and with bases full. Mays and
Thotrra« went in and won the game
Afterr tne new battery warmed up
only one run wasi scored by Brook
lyn. During the game Boston got
niae hits and Brooklyn tied with
♦he game number. Boston made
On# error and Brooklyn) four. En
thusiasm is running high.
GRABS REVOLVER
SHOOTS CAPTOR
8TEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLO.
Oct. 9—An, attemrt to kidinap a
mine ma&agea- and hold hiim for a
ransom of fifteen thousanj dollars
wis frustrated by the cqo! headed,
act of the manager. At anj oppor
tune time he seized, a, -revolver from
his captor and killed him.
The manager was working late
*t al">h* in Ma offices when* sud
denly tne door was pushed open
and a revolver barrel sJioVed un
der his nose. He was ordlered to
fhrcrw up his hands, pay over
fifteen thousand dollars for his
liberty or be taken away by the
bftndlt. Thie manager threw up his
hand«, then asked for permission
to oDcn the strong boot to get th^
money Suddenly he grabbedi the
revolver from his captor and pull
ed tbe trigger. Thh Wandit fell
orer deed with a bullet hole thru
his head.
E. W. Thompson,, Paramount
movie man and manager o£ the
Dream Thea're int Juneau, will leav
for th« Capitol City tonight on the
Spokane.
MAMMOTH DRIVE
IS DEVELOPING
LONDON, Oct. 7 — A mammoth
drive 's developing: on, the Somme.
livery maneuver is being pushed
forward, placing nesv ground under
tne fegt of the Allied, troops. In
fantry charges and wing maneuvers
form the chief form of action) for
♦his district. Artillery regiments
are backing up the infantry.
STOCK-™
TAKES SLUMP
XW VORK, Oct. 7 — Recent ru
mors of possibilities of peace) be
tween the Allies an4 Germany is
given credit enough) in; financial
circles of this city to! cause a
downward trend' to the stock mar
ke'. The markpt opened this moirn
ing with, a decline of from three
to five points.
Traders, bankers and financial
men are closely watchinjg thei situ
ation Washington^ correspondents
are keeping close tcb oni the devel
opments and som^thfir.g of a defin
ite nature sho>ul be known by night
fall. Meanwhile an uncertain at
mosphere has settled over the
east.
SUV HORNETS
ATTACK FRONT
LONDON, Oct. 7 — Russian sol
diers are swarming on thje eastern
frontier like bees around a honey
hive. The actions aTe more vio
lent than jut any time Bince the
starting: of the war. Thej battles
are said to resemble those of
the Somme. Like hornets the Rus
sia.us have attacked the front lines
and are piuncturingj the| strongest
places in thie firing line.
The battle fire extends all along
thn battle defense )ines„ Infantry
charges supplements by a terrific
artillery fine hasi prcfyedi disastrous
to 'he Germans. More men have
been lost to the German side in
tnis theatre than in any other cor
responding arena.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 7—Prohiiunion
ises imv ulanniug oa forming' a new
national political party. Thie ma
jority of thie leaders in the Pro
hibition party favor a new forma
tion ami a new name for the or
ganization. It will be known eith
er as ihe Prohibitionj Progressive
or the Progressive Prohibition) par
fy
Fra:ik Hanley, presidential can
didate on the Prohibition) ticket
has wired that he is favorable to
thlp n«w organisation! and belieyes
'hat under a new workirjg code
♦hey will l*e better able toi make
progress. Church; members through
out tne United Statics yUl be ask
ed to join the pau-ty and stamp
alcoho.ism from th<e n&tiion.
POLICE PROIECT
IW W ORATOR
CHICAGO, Oct. 7 — Police
rescued anj Independent Worker erf
the World orator from the hands of
an anseredi Hebrew mob in thtis ci'y
last uipkt. The I. W. W. speak
er commenced to spetok near *hte
entrance of a building1 iu whlich; the
Hecrew-s were holding a; sacred
mec-Mug. His wild clamo/rS for
free "'cm golt pn 'lie nerves of the
devout Hebrews and they st- earn
ed out o>f the) buildii;|g. Thei speak
er was surrounded in « second.
Had i* nctt been for polfce inter
vention he would h|ave rec|eivd ser
ious injuries at tin hands of his
enraged Hebrew bro'biers.
MOUNT LASSEN
BELCHES FORTH
REODFNG, CA.L., Oct. 7 — Mount
Lassen in the northern part of the
stut of California is againi active.
Great masses of lava are belchiing
forth' from the mouth! of the vol
c-anoe. The eruptions ftre follow
ed by terrific tremblesi o£ the eaa-th
thru that section of thei country.
Inhabitants around the base of the
mountain are preparing to mate a
sppedy retreat in case it gets too
active, photographeis) representing
the biggest newspapers in, the
S-ate have been sent to snap; views
or the belching crater.
V I*. PRESIDENT BACK
President Elliot of the W. P. &
V. R., arrived on) last night's train
from interior points. He will re
main in the city for a week or ten
days before resuming! hisi journey
to the southward. Hisi trip/ to the
interior was devO'ed to in^pecMon
work in the main.
TROOPS DRIVEN
ACROSS RIVER
BUCHAREST, Oct. 7 — Gener
al Voa Falkenhaya haa dlrlven, Ru
maniau forces back over the Alt
Tiver. The jwsutlon, whictj they
now occupy la being strongly; bom
bard eue by the big guns of the Ger
mans. It is doubtful if they; can
h-.ild this place much longerr.
No advance could ]>e made In
Trtansalvanda, by thel Rumanian
ifarces. The offensive which! they
began soon crumbled) into a defens
ive md their detenaive broke, ne
cessitatii.g a rapid retreat across
th© river. Should Von Falfcen
]ia-*n decide to send aj regiment
a ss the vivelr and storm their
position, it is quite certan that
they would be compelled, to surren
der the position.
BOAT RAMMED
IH HEAVY FOG
NORFOLK, Oct. 7 — All pass
engers on board the British! vessel
Hawkshcad) were safely removed be
loj© i» sunk in Hampton Roadsl last
niehlt. The Hawksh|e<ad was slieam
injg out to sea and was1 run down
by the City of Norfolk. A dense
fojg was hanging low oYer the wat
er at the time. Both caiptains re
port that they were blowing tbelir
fag >vhistles. Passengers on the
Hawkshelad are placing th|e blame
on, capNain ot the Oity of Nor
folk The Hawsheadl was rammed
aft <;* midshijj and) sanjtf within
a art]' hour after the collisdcn.
BIG INCREASE
IN U. S. TRADE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 — Enor
mous gains have been made on
♦top east coast in the commercial
world. The report 'rade cf the Un
ited St ilea lias been made public
by tne Dept. ofi Commerce. Fig
ures foT ttoe first eight months of
the "ear exceed those of ttoe whole
of last year.
The figures show a big jump on
the east coast but the Pacifia Coast
has not fared so well. A slight in
crea.Cie is noted for the west but It
does no* correspond, with, the in
crease in th|e east.
PRINCE GEORGE OUT TONIGHT
The Prince George will Bteam
for the south] tonight; around
the six o'clock hour. It car
ries a heayv 'reservation; list! for
the south. A number of interior
passengers arriving on tonight's
train have taken reservations) for
southern points! onj the big! ship.
PEANUT Do You Use It
SB .w.V
It is appetising and nourishing. Es
pecially good for children. We have
the "Maximum" brand in following
sizes: 4-oz. jars 15c. 10-oz. jars 30c
1-lb. tins 40c 5-lb. tins $1.00
P. H. GANTY
GALICIAN FRONT
IS WEAKENING
PETROGRiAD, Oat. 7 — Big
gnus haye been, made on ibe Gall
elan front by thq Slavs. Russian
commanders seem confident tbat
they will be able to pierce the
11a whlchf bay© drawn up
for 'he defense of Lambrg. Con
tinued success the last fort/ eight
hours marks the) Ru.saian( offenlye.
In The L em berg district.
iGMNS
IN STRENGTH
SEATTLE, Oct. 7 — Carles
Fairbanks, Republican candidate
for vice president of tile United
States, arrived in. thJia city; this
morning and is a guest at th» N|ew
Washington; Hotel. Mr. Fairbanks
wiJl speak before the Seattle vot
ers tonight la the armory In; behMf
or Mr. Hughes and hla campaign £o
'h* presidency.
He will be thje guest of th© Re
publican duty at a luncheon) this
noon at the New Washington. A
brief in'er'vfe'w obtainpdi by the
press shortly aftem his arrival in
dicates that he. has all ofl the con
fidence in ttve world in; the Re
publican party and dts leaders.
"Mr. Huighes is gaining in, strength
in overy section of »he country thru
which I have passed," jvas hia re
mark. 1
l^OI VDEXTER BIG LEADER
OLYMPIA, Oct. 6 — The of
ficial coun* oC the votes in this
state 3how that) Mosqb Poindextar
load Will E. Humphrey hy 7.839
votes.
ALASKA HERE SUNDAY
The Btearner Alaska; has been
chaiked up] on the boardg of the
Alaska S. S. Company) to make
♦his port on ttg Bouthibound trip,
Sunday ofternbon, at 4 p. m. The
cable announcing thfeif would ar
rive here at that tlm$ "was Bent
from. Cordova. Agent Shaiwi looks
far toi tie up at the docjcs later
tliau the time announced.
Jim Wallace, chlej elorjr at the
docks, will be a Seattle passenger
tonight on the Pr.jnce Ceorge.
WA3HINTG0N, Oct. 7 — It Is
unofficially rumored in; circles at
the White House that James Wat
sou, Gerard, American am.bass.idor
located in Germany, has left Ber
lin and is on, hig way to. America.
It is likewise rmiioded that h#j is
bringing a personal message) from
Kaiser Wilhelm to President Wil
son. The mjesejage In t"e main is
fiup^ofitd to be an appeal to the
United States powers for interven
tion Icf peace.
It is knjoiwn that the American
ambassador has left his offices at
Berlin, but it was flashed: across
the ocean that he was on a vaca
tion dud that he would return in
a 'ortnlght. Mr. _ Gerard, the
Kaiser and the) Imperial Chancellor
nave been having secret sessions for
the uas» few days up to the time
that Mr. Gerard left his offices.
Nothing diefinfte can be learned
abou* the supposed mission. All
that th? press .have been abla to
gather is rumor, information bas
ed Ou that rumor has been sent
broadcas*, and has/ influenced! the
stoc1- and financial market through
the fitted States .
Th'w^e in, closest touch) with) the
situation bielieva that President Wil
son wall use all of his abilities and
energ*in, suing for peace and
bringing an; early cessation o£ the
hostilities on the continent, if it be
wi'hin his polwer. Cover up mes
sages hajve been sent to| Berlin* to
conf m the repo-rt. Nothing defin
ite w'll be knofwn until Associated
Press representatives in Berlin) no
tify the press.
LONDON, 0c*". 7 — Intense fight
ing is characteristic! of tile activi
ties on the wes'era front. The Al
lies ar" making headway oa the
P^oni.e front and at Bapaunie. Of
fensive fighting and' charging is
winning ground slowly- for the Al
lied Powers throughout this> sec
tion of the fighting arena.
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