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No. 206 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1917
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P. S. S. EMIT
IN OHAl
TRADE
A. F. Haines, mauager for the
Pacific Steamship Co., announces a
new trans-Pacific steamship i ser
vice by his line. A pamphlet issued'
by the Pacific Steamship company
says:
"Extending the service inaugurat
ed by the S. S. Senator, now on a
voyage to Singapore, the following
Trans-Pacific sailings from Puget
Sound have been fixed on the fol-1
lowing approximate dates: Novembffl
15th, 1917, American steamer Uma
tllla, freight and passengers. De- j
comber 15th, 1917, American steam-I
er Senator, freight and passengers, j
"Continuous service, subject at'
*11 times to Governmental interfer- j
ence, to all Oriental Ports will be (
maintained, and augmented by char-l
tered steamers as promptly as pos
sible. Subsequent sailings will be,
ftunouneed as they are scheduled.
Oriental ports of call in each case
to be determined b£ cargo accept
ances.
"Inquiries for passeuger accommc*
datlons, freight space and rates will
be appreciated.
Rl'SSIA MAY SELL
LAND TO UNITED STATES
Petrograd, Oct.6.—The Viola says
a strong rumor is circulated that j
the Russian government intends to
sell the peninsula of Kamchatka,
on the northeastern coast of Si
beria, to the United States for sev
eral billion roubels. The project
Is prompted by financial difficul
ties of the treasury and the de
sire of the governmut uot to in
crease the national debt.
EDITOR TAKES SHORT TRIP
Ralph Pedersen, who for the
several months has held down the
editor's desk of this paper, will
be a Daso-enger south on the Prince
John for Seattle tonight, where he
will undergo a physical examina
tion by a specialist.
Mr. Pedersen has taken hold of
his work in a thorough manner, and
bas made good, making many
friends for the Alaskan, a^ well as
creating some good business. He
will be gone from his duties for
about 20 days, and while away Will
visit relatives in Seattle and Ta
coma, an.d will call on his Alma
Mater, The University of Washing
ton, where he will mingle with
his old class mates.
There has been considerable ac
| tivity In fraternal circles of latf
and the Arctic Brotherhood ha
com0 In for a fair share of sucl
interest .
Camp Skagway No. 1, will xnee
Tuesday evening for the first res
ular meeting in October, and a
this meeting the nominations am
election of officers for the ensuinj
term jvill be held. I
The Skagway Arctics are deter
mined to have a real old time win
ter season, with daaces, smokers an
other entertainments, and as th<
success of the same devolve large
ly upon the officers of the Bro
therhood, much good natured ri'
valry is manifest for the various
chairs. In order to bring out th<
members of the Camp, the Record
er has mailed personal appeals tc
all resident members to be on hand
and do their bit. A committee "will
arrange an old fashioned Sourdougt
supper which will be served after
the meeting has adjourned, and
it will l>e in the nature of a ban
quet, as various members will be
called upon for toasts and speeches,
and there will be a musical pro
gram rendered.
NOTIFIED OP COMMISSION'
WHILE LN DAWSON
Dawson, Oct. 6.—Allen Edward
Ransom, mining and electrical en
gineer, jrho is here from Seattle as
an expert witness in the big law
suit of the Yukon Gold company
igaiast the Canadian Klondyke Pow
?r company, has received notice
»f his appointment as a captain
>f engineers in* the United States
irmy. The commission is dated
June 23, 1917. But for the fact
lie wag neededd here to give evi
dence, Mr. Ransom would have
started training seme time ago. He
expects to begin training soon
iifter his return to the coast. He
will leave here in October for Se
attle. Classes of new officrs are
:alled for training every third
month, and Mr .Ransom hopes to be
imong those responding in the
:hird call.
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■5* The military cable is etill *
*• out of commission, having *1*
* parted in another place short- +
+ ly after the repairs were made +
* yesterday. The Dominion tele- "5"
* graph line is also down and +
* the Daily Alaskan is therefore *
* unable to furnish its patrons *
■f with news from the outside *
■fr world. *
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HAVE YOU
Your New Party Gown For
The Beginning of the
Dancing Season?
If you have not you will be interested in
knowing that we have just received our
new stock. We also have Cloth o{
Gold, Cloth of Silver and Assorted
Satin Dancing Pumps.
If you call it will please us to show
them to you.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
AIRPLANES 1MMII.Il MIL
J Washington, — A3 a result of a
i ! conference between. Postmaster Gen
[ eral Burleson and Secretary; of War
Baker and with the approval of the
! President, Congress is asked to au
" J thorize the Secretary of War to
' | turn over to tha Post Office Dep&rt
' . rnent all military airplanes and
1 1 motor vehicles not serviceable for
I military purports or Which, after
{the war may be dispensed with for
military service.
' j As soon as authority of Congress
1 is secured and any airplanes are
turned over to the Post Office De
partment airplane mail routes
will be established in this country,
M ag they now are iu Italy and France.
By the provisions of this bill
airplaues which have become ob
solete for military purposes or
which for any reason are not avail
able for military use, but which
have carrying capacity and .speed,
will bp placed at the service of
the Post Office Department for mail
delivery.
| Italy and Franco hoth. make use
of airplanes not longer suitable for
military use for the purpose of
delivering mall.
Italy has an aerial mail route
from her coast to Sardinia, and is
able to deliver 500 pourndy of mail;
in two hours. France has a similar
aerial route between her coast and
Corsica.
The motor trucks procured from
the War Department at this time
or on the close of the war will be
available for the parcel-post truck?
service.
The bill authorizes the Postmast
er General to conduct experiments iq
the operation of motor vehicle
truck routes in the vicinity of such
cities in the United States as he
may select and under such rules
and regulations a« he may prescribe,
and the cost of such experiments
ouay b<i paid by the Postmaster Gen
eral out of any of the unexpended,
appropriations for the Postal Ser- j
vice, not to exceed $300,000. j
WILL DO RELIEF
WORK IN ALL
FRANCE
Washington, — (Mail)—The ap
pointment of Edward T. Devtoe, pro
fessor of Social EvcnoniiOj at Col
umbia University in New York and
one Of the leading social workers
1 of the United States, to the posi
tion of Chief of the Bureu of Re
fugees and Home Relief, under the
American Rd Cross Commission to
France, ij announced. A cable just
I received by thfll Red Cross War Coun
cil in Washington from Major Gray
son M.-P. Murphy, head of the
Commission, reports that Dr. Devine
is to be in charge of all relief
work outside the city of Paris. The
cable is as follows:
"In the various departments out
side the Seine there, are isome 850,
000 refugees embracing all classes
and ages except able bodied men.
Although employment at good wages
is genera], these refugees are
nevertheless in an unfortunate con
dition because of the complete loss
of their possessions where driven out
of the invaded territory. They
have since been living in excessive
ly. congested quarters and, necessari
ly, under very uuaanitary condi- :
tions.
"The Red Crosy hopes to aid the
authorities to lessen this congestion
by supplying furniture to those who'
in this way could move into better j
quarters, by completing buildings ,
already partly constructed, and even
by furnishing portnbel houses of
cheap construction, jvhen necessary, I
as a temporary makeshift.
"It is proposed to establish, in
connection with the French authori
ties, health centers from which
usefhil work can be don« in such a
way as fully to conserve the self
respect and independnce of those
who accept it. There are many vol
untary agencies, as well as public
relief authorities, through whom
the Red Cross can give assistance.
"Dr. Devine^ immediate task
will be to co-ordinate those agen
cies and arrange for constructive I
relief for those victims of the war J
ISitIS HUE
PLAIFUL ON
OCEAN
San Francisco, — Instead of be
comining seasick while being trans
ported to this country for menag-1
eries, snakes and monkeys often
take on new lite and appear more
sprightly than uoual, according to
bailors 011 two Dutch steamers
which have just arrivd from Java. '
The Rotti brought from the Dutch
East Indies Charles C. Classen,1
known as "The Old Animal Guy.".
We had with him nine tigers, fif
teen monkeys and twelve pythons.
There was more than a little
trouble 011 the voyage between Java
and San Francisco. One of the cub
tigers Was made a pet and behav
ed until the fog of the San Fran
cisco offing was reached.
Then "Pieter," as the 6ailors
called ljim, got snappy and tried
to take a piece out of the first of
ficer's hand. He was placed in a
cage.
Later it was found that one of
the pythons had broken loose and
was sliding over the deck. Clas
sen tried to force it back into the
cage without success. Finally they
had to make a dummy out of can
vas, supposed to look like a pig.
The python wound itself around
the dummy, when Classen's men
managed to throw a bow-line over
it and forced it back into the cage.
The menagerie on the Samarinda
included two monkeys trained to
staud on their heads when told the
"Kaiser wits coming."
Robert Walkley, chief engineer of
the S. S. Peterson was up town
today jvhile his boat -was in port
and mixed around with liis many
friends.
who cannot yet be returned to
their own homes. Later it is hop
ed that there yrill be abundant op
portunity for them to be re-estab
lished ,in the busy; and fruitful re
gions in which they liv®d before
thQ War." ' '
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GOV'T FARM
The Canadian government has de
cided on an important departure for
the Northland looking to agricul
tural development, and has just no
tified James Farr, well known lo
cal farmer, that he has been ap
pointed the government experiment
al farmer for the region. Mr. Farr
lives at Swede creek, where he de
vots his time throughout the sum*
mer to farming.
Mr. Fair's appointment is the
result of the visit to Yukon last
year by Mr. Malte, agristologiut
of the Dominion government staff.
Dr. Malte visited farms in all parts
of the territory, and devoted much
time to investiations in particular
in and about Dawson. He was
greatly pleased with a series of
experiments which Mr. Farr had
made in growing grains and veget
ables, and liis earnest interest in
the^e matters led to his selection.
Mr. Farr is busy just now liarvest*
ing his potato and other crops at
his farm at the mouth, of Swede
creek, facing the Yukon river.
When seen recently he stated that
ho is unable to announce as yet
any details as to plans for the ex
perimental farm for this district, as
he has no further instructions from
Ottawa than a telegram to the ef
fect lie has been appointed to the
charge of the farm. Mr. Farr is
enthusiastic over the experimental
iarni worK, ana pays mat 110 aouut.
it will prove of great benefit to the
Yukon. He Is confident that with
the systematic experiments which he
can carry on, and the data which
can he obtained from other farmers
in the territory with their eo-opera
tion and that of the scientists of
the agrciultural department at Ot
tawa that the farming industry in
this territory will be benefited ap
preciably. Distribution of seeds,
and the handling of fertilizer, the
systematic gathering of data from
each farmer, a ad the trying out of
new. crops likely will be a part of
the work to be followed up in
this region.—Dawson News.
CITS NEW TKAIL
TO A. B. BERRY PATCH
S. H. Yeomans and George Ded
man have completed cutting out a
trail to the berry patch on A. B.
mountain through the gorge back
of the honeymoon cottage, thereby
shortening the route to the berries i
as well as making it much more ac- i
cessible, as the new trail is not i
as steep as the old one which was
also more circuitous. Skagway owes '
these two men a vote o£ thanks.
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| San Francisco, Oct. 5.—Attorney
Daniel O'Connell was sentenced to
seven years In the McNeil's l9land
federal penitentiary by Unitecd
States District J.udge Van Fleet
•here recently for conspiring to
obstruct the selective drift law.
"The act for which, you stand
convicted was very close to trea
son," declared Judge Van Fleet in
sentencing O'Connell. "Unquestion
ably the things you have done were
directly intended to stab your
countdry in the back."
Judge Van Fleet declared that
all men are entitled to the right of
free soeech. If the exercise Of such,
right does not obstruct the laws of
the country.
Others indicted ftnd convicted
with O'Connell were sentenced as
follows: Dr. E. Hoffman, three
years; Carl Wacker, 18 months and
a fine of $250; Thos Carey, two
years; Herman D. Smith and David
J. Smith, brothers, one year. They
were all of San Francisco.
O'Connell filed notice that he
will appeal all of the sentences.
SLACKER COLONY
IS IN THE TOILS
San Diego, Cal.,—An American
warship, convoying the little gaso
line schooner Anvil, on which a
colony of American slackers was
attempting to reach Mazatlan, Mexi
co, was due here today. According
to reports from Ensenada, the war
ship. overhauled the Anvil last Sun
day* 160 miles south of Ensenada.
Since June 1 a small colony of
draft evaders has lived in fancied
security and extreme ennui at En
senada. Stories of this "colony"
have reached San Diego through re
turning Americans. Nothing to do
but twiddle their thumbs, they
chartered the Anvil to go to Ma
zatlan.
The navy department was told .
tt.at the slackers \vere switching
their base, and a patrol vessel
was awaiting them outside the
three-mile limit.
THANKSGIVING DAY
Ottawa, Oct. 3.—Tlie Governor
General of Canada ha3 appointed
and set apart Monday, October 8,
us Thanksgiving Day throughout the
Dominion.
We Have
on Display
Our Line of
Ladies' Fall and
WINTER COATS
OF ALL STYLES
Drop In And Look Them Over
JAMES KENNEDY