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No. 91 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKA'iWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1916
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NAME TO BE PRESENTED
Chicago. May IS—A circulating
I'oom which promisse to have na
tion.'i! kick in its movement through
the country has been started by
politicians ia this city for the
nomination of M:'-jor Leonard Wood
fur president ou the republican tick
fc» tli U> fall.
His name will be presented to
bctb ihe republican and the pro
gressive conventions for the berth
of leadership. He is growing in
strength every hour of the day. Sev
eral leading men who have remaine
silent tn the situ'uion have now
come forward wi'h their promise to
woik aod support tte Major.
Mr Wood was born iu Winchest
er, >?. 31. in 1860 He was award
♦*tl the CongreesiDisl Medal of hon
or in \S9S for distinguished services
Against the Ap'U.he Indians in
iS<t5 while serving :is a line officer
in Capt. Yawtou's expedition. He
was a military governor of Cuba
until made a republic in 1902. He
has b"Ci; governor of Moro Province
iu the Philippines and special am
bassador to South America for the j
I'nited States. He is at present
serving on the chief staff of the
United States Army.
t.ou'Ii-u, May 18-—Advices re
ceive d here state that the Kaiser
has received the special embassy of
the Tope and that they have con
veyed the message of the bead of
the Ca'holic Church to him.
The Pope has asked that the
Kaiser abandon tis present subma
rine warfare.
KKl.tKF F\)R SHACKLETON
London, May IS — The govern
ment b u decided to organize imme
diately an expedition for the relief
of Lieutenant Sir Ernest Sbackle
ton. who with a number of bis men,
is m »r)oned in the Antarctic.
TORPEDO BOUT
Copenhagen, May 18—A German
torpedo boat lurking around the
south coast of Sweden between
Denmark and the mainland hit a
mine and was sunk.
1 Tlit, mine was planted off the
lighthouse of Falsterbo and was not
chartered or known to the German
j aavy. Its presence in this locality
is uaaccounted for by the Swedish
| authorities.
pm of air to
BEHIM
San Antonio, May 18—From the
statements given the press at army
headquarters it 1 oks as if the puni
tive expedition commanded by Col
ouel Sibley south of Boquillae will
be wi'hdrawn at an early hour.
The expedition is accomplishing
nothing. Has been 'sent on no
definite mission except to hunt Vil
la. In all probability the army will
be withdrwan to the border line
situation quiets down and then It
aud ylaced on patrol duty until the
will be distributed to the various
posts throughout, the United1 Statee
SOMETHING IN THE AIR
Baltimore, May IS—When asked
today about the peace among the
warring nations, Cardinal Gibbons
said »hut "There Is something In
the air." It would be presumption,
on his i-art, however, he added, to
attempt to state what those who
are trying too find amedium for
peace are doing.
The Cardinal said he had an Ink
ling of what'the note handed to
President Wilson by Archbishop
Bonanzo on Saturday contained, but
would not 6tate what were his con
clusions.
ARITSOCRATIC WIFE JMVORCED
.Mi.vrukee, May 18—Rev. Buell
of Wisconsin yesterday obtained a
divorce from his wife because she
was too aristrocratio to associate
with tlis ■women, of his congregation
and in addition was jealous because
his clerical duties required him to
call on women of the congregation
at their homes. Sh-o is now selling
corset® somewhere he says.
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GEM TROOPS
WITHOUT FOOD
HBO FOU RATIONS
Geneva, May 18—German sol
diers are found begging from Swiss
soldiers. They are in a daplorible
eondit'on and have gone without
meat and other accustomed foods
for weeks. Their food supply has
besn closed and 'here is not enough
in the regiment to supply the pro- 1
per w ui«ts of the men. The P°r |
ouuco jrtiona have been cftt in, half,'
accord! lie: to advices received from 1
officer* in charge
The men will not be able to 1
stand the gruellog coatesi much !
louger without footf and proper!
ncurii.bjjii nt. Aa unofficial report I
has a'eo been circulated that the |
ammunition supply is short aj*d '
tha» the men could under no cir
cumstances give battle or witHatand
any eitrome ha-rdships. The army
headquarters have been warned of ;
the precarious condition® of the
German soldiers but to date no re
lief has been sent to the ranks.
They are also without proper medi
cal .it'OUtlOQ.
BRITAIN IN BAD
WITH NEIGHBORS i
Uerl.'B, May 18—The Danish,
Swedish and Norwgelan govern
ments have decided *o take Joint
action against the British govern
ment for their illegal seliure of
mailt". , i .
POPE NAMES VICE RECTOR
Rome, May 18 — Pope Benedict
ha* anpolnted Charles A. O'Hern,
vice rT'cr of the American .College
In Rim*, as co-adjutor to Mon
slguor T. F. Kennedy, rector of
the college, with the righa. t«. suc
ceed to the rectorship.
MARIPOSA CARRIES BIG
COPPER TON NAGE j
The Mariposa came In from the
westward last night at 9:20 with
passengers and mall. It cleared
this I'ort at 11:30 for the south.
The cargo of the boat consisted
chiefly of 1200 tons of Keunicott t
copper ere. This ore, according to ,
assay la running about 70 per
cent and brings from $300 to
$400 per ton. It will be smelted at
the Taroma smelter.
PROGRAM AT
LECTURE TONIGHT
Mitb. Eva S. Gllmore will lec-1
ture before an audience at the |
Methodlrt church tonight on Hit- (
ting the Trail for Prohibition. Be- (
sides <he lecture the W. C. T. U.
have propared ft musical program.
Organ—Voluntary)
Opening Song—America.
Devotion lead by Mrs. Johnson.
Girls Chorus—Prohibition; Victory.
Lecture—Mrs. Era Gllmore.
Offering.
Vocal Solo, selected—Jas. Louttlt.
Open forum for dlecussdon of the
topic as Introduced by the speak
er. . i ji
Closing hymn—Battle Hymn of the I
Republic.
FOOD SHORTAGE
IS REGULATED
large cities suffer
"•v.
Berlin, May 18—The food short
age In Germany is becoming acute
but i hrough a special organization
which has been instructed to Invest!"
gate «.Hd make an even distribution
of the food supplies it is eucpeicted
that in a short time the situation
will be regulated.
Large cities at the present time
are experiencing some very difficult
problems, The poor sections of the
larger cities are in a deplorable
state of poverty. It is necessary
for the officers to keep a close
watch on the section to keep the
people from starving.
Food supplies are being rushed
to the cities from the outlying sec
tions whi«h is being tilled with an
ardor bv the peasants for army and
internal use.
VILLA'S men lead
ATTACK IS RELIEF
El Paso, May 17—Advices re
L-eivcd here last night state that
the a,4ack upon Glenn Springs is
believed to have been lead by
Colonel Cervantey, a Villa command
er, who lead tho attack upon Col
ambus and who after the battle
with the Americans at Santa Tomas
an Apr'l 22nd, jvent east to align
Sarrarua soldiers for another b°r
ler attack.
STEAMER HITS FLOATING MINE
Loudon, May 18—The Dutch
■teamer Batavier "V" while steam
ng up the North Sea under a full
lead of steam, ran onto a floating
nine and was blown up. None
3f the crew or paseengeft- were
laved. In the list was an Amerl
:an who found a watery grave.
The steamer was headed for the
lorth coast of Germany with food
lupplies and a small list of wound
id soldiers.
WILSON SMILEfc O.V SENATE
Washington, May IS —"Wilson
,ias ahown his attitude toward the
lenate by commenting favorably on
the acceptance by the senate of the
irmy measure wJi'eh federalizes the
lational guard and brings under fed
eral control four hundred and fifty
leven thousand men.
•ONGRKSHMEN Pl'T
IN LONG SHIFTS
Washington, May IS—Congress is
jusily at work passing legislation
.'or tbe welfare of the nation: and at
:he same time longing to close the
leeslon. Leaders hope and trust
,hat it will finish by the early
jart of the summer.
VLAMEDA ENROUTE WITH
HEAVY LOAD
The Alameda stopping at inter
nedlate points iu the Pan Handle
» scheduled to reach, this port
lomtimee Saturday. It has a heavy
onnage for Skagway. It will uu
oad and proceed to the westward.
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P. H. GANTY
London, May 18—The Austrian,
troops have gained a, big victory
over fha Italians ia the Tyrol dis
trict. Thousands of prisoners iava
been captured by the Auetrians iu
the campaign. The Italians w®re
no match for the invading Aus
trians, they walked through; the
trenches and food supplies, arms
and ammunition easily tell prey to
their maneuvers.
StlyAlUfifiOBflH
Washington, May 18—Senator
Borah in a speech .on, the floor of
congress scored the British! Emptre
for it:, treatment of the Irisli peo
V'U*. The recent executions* "of the
Irish '»:;s brought forth, severe criti
cism among the political leaders of
Washington.
He expressed himself "ThtT exe
cutions of the Irish leaders in, such
a hurried manner, without a fair
and impartial trial before their
equal ^eers, is a red bloody stain
on the hands of the English peo
ple which can never be wiped off."
He was accorded a, long and loud
ovation.
Li IDS CALLED FOB
MAIL SERVICE
The postal department has is
sued a call for bids for thp Mail
Messesper service on Route No.
27Sj<)2. The service as planned
.shall meet the can<ui lan
steam rs at Vancouver, B. C. and
Si«f,\\."y and receive and take trans
firs from Route No. 178001. Bid
deu, have until May 27th in which
to place their bids before the post
al authorities.
QUAKE SHAKES
EUROPE VIOLENTLY
Rome, May 18—An earthquake of
unusual violence has occurred along
the Adriatic Coast. Only meagre
details of the quake are Teceived
by the news agencies in this city.
COPPER
Tacoma, May 18—At twenty nine
fifty.
ASQUITH BREAKS
THE PRECEDENT
- IN IRELAND
VRIVY COUNCIL MEMBER
| Dublin, May 18—Having made a
cl«se study of the political, econ
omic and social life of Ireland,
Premier Asquith lias decided that
the old manner of rale, formerly
used by the Irish province, must
be discarded as a relic of days long
past and that a new, more repre
j sentatlve and democr/tic form of
[ government which gives the Irish
people a fuller power will hQ sub
stituted for the old.
{ Asqui a has gone beneath the sur
face of the conditions that have
presented themselves in the Em
erald Kingdom sod interviewed all
classes on the island.
He has even broken all precedent
and is now a member of the Irish
Privy Council. It is the first time
in history that an Englishman hag
been admitted to the Privy Coun
cil and allowed to shape the laws
and future welfare of the people.
Asquith will finish \hls study of
the conditions this week and return
to the city of Lc*ndon to report to
the parliament the situation and
give his opinion on matters touch
ing and concerning the province.
Seattle, May 18—Germany thru
her ambassador to the United States
has asked all German subjects In
this country to pay strict observ
ance to the laws of the United
States of the wishes of their moth
er country. It Is done in an ef
fort to end the various alleged vio
lations of neutrality.
MONEY ORDERS CONFISCATED
Berlin, Mav 18—The postmaster
general of Sweden, according to
the Overland News Agency, has
protested the British authorises
••against the illegal confiscation of
at least 15000 money orders sent
during Anril from the United States
to Sweden.
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