No. -JW TWENTY FIRST YEAR ' SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1918 PRICE 10 CENTS
WEATHER REPORT
Yesterday: Max. 41. Mln. 23.
Today: North wifud, pait cloudy.
SUH6HIER Of WOMEN AND CHILDREN BEGINS
L ALASKA FACTIONS
PROBABLY CAUSE DELAY
CONFIRMATION OF RIGGE
Senator Pittman Has Made Announce
ment That Territorial Committee
Will Oppose Appointment
Washington .March 7. — Several
months ago Senator Pittman, chair
man cf the Senate committee on
territories, which committee must
pass on the nomination of Thomas
A. Riss;s us governor of Alaska,
served notice cn Secretary of the
interior Lane, that any nomination,
save that of J. F. A. Strong to
succeed himself as governor, would
be opposed in committee.
This fact was admitted by the
!>• la.-tment of the interior today.
Pittman, when questioned as to
his present attitude in light of the
fact that Governor Strong has re
signed. declined to reply until he
had rreceived correct information
I which be is now seeking.
There is thus a possibility o
! delay iu confirming Riggs as gov
crnor to succeed Strong ,&nd alsi
[xx-isibly an investigation into th
| charges and counter charge® tha
have peen made by rival Demoorati'
Actions in Alaska.
Washington, March. 7. — Indica
tions are no successor to Riggs oi
the Alaska Engineering Conmissioi
will be named. None has been mad'
to replace Mears. The comxnlssioi
is thus reduced to Chairman. Edes
who if is understood will be in en
tire control of the Alaska Railroa(
\\->rk hereafter.
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American Army in Franco, Mar ah.
7.—An American patrol, comprising
one officer and eight men, missing
since last night in a sector north
west of Toul, suddenly emerged
from a shell hole close to German
lines tod^v in broad daylight and
made a dash across Xo-Man's land
without a shv,t oeing fired at: them.
GERMAN RAIDS REI'lLSEP
Paris. March Heavy fighting
today took pjace in the region of
Cora icy and Rheims. German i
ra 'Is in Avocourt wood were repuls-;
ed. * 'I I
Amsterdam, March 7.—Under th<
terras of peace between Rumania
aud Germany, the former count r>
cedes the provinces of Dobrudja as
far as the Danube river ta the Cen
tral powers, probably to> be given tc
Ruigaria. This "will completely cut
Rumania off from' ports on the
B'ack S«a. i
Rumania further undertakes to
transport Teutonic troops through
Moidavi and Bessarabia to Odessa.
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Strong Demand
For Cotton
Dress Goods
Cotton Dress Goods are clearly indicated to
gain favor during this year. The increasing pre
ference shown these fabrics is due to the absence
of silks woolens.
Ginghams, Percales, Cotton Voiles and Cot
ton Crepes are being shown in many patterns and
colors and promise to be very popular for summer
dresser
We are displaying some striking patterns in
Striped Madras, Ginghams and Striped Voiles.
ALBERT 41REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth j Phone 41
I - <
Mail instructions were received by
| the loco&i draft board last night to
. begin sending out questionaires im
mediately to the men who hare
registered' in Skagway under the
selective service law. Power naa
been given to the local board to
use their own. judgment about moil
:ne; the quiestionaires, a-nd E. J.
Shaw, secretary for the Skagway
^ board, said this morning they will
" bo mailed as rapidlj- as deemed ad
' visab'e so as to prevent t. conges
* tion. Ample time will be granted
^ t? men who Ji&ve registered here
51 t who are at distant points.
Indications pyint towards the
(draft taking place before April
" j 1S, with possibly another imnied
diately afterward. It is impossible
to say when the men will be called
■but it will probably bo as ao©'n ab
navigation to all parts of Alaslca is
open. ,
Tne Juneau Empire figures the
'inal stop in the draft will not be
before June. Information, receiv
ed by the Skagway board indicates
A irll 16.
Alaska's quotta of 710 men in
'■3 first draft figures that about 1.1
percent of the population will be
(ailed. With, this as a basis Ju
neau figures 78 mea will be called
there. The same percent worked
out in Skagway will make our quota
about eight or ten mem, with
credit to be given for enlistments.
m GUIS ACTIVF
IS Hi
Rome, March 7.—Italian and j
enemy batteries ou important sec
tors of the Italian front have again,
takeu up reciprocal firing activity,
accoordlng to tday's statement from '
! the war office. Effective work byj
I Italian airships is also reported.
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Tins men
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B. A. Ross, auditor of the Bank
of Alaska, is in receipt of a brief
cablfe from Governor Lynch, pf the
Federal Reserve bank at San Fran*
cisco. setting April 6 as a tentative
da;e for the third Liberty Loan.
The amount of the loan and the
rate of interest will be announced
later. Between the 1st of last Feb
ruaiy and the 1st of the coming
July, the government will need ten
bill1' n dollars; all of this amount,
however, will not be covered by the
loan. I
EIGHTEEN BRITISH SHIPS
SUNK DURING PAST WEEK '
London, March 7.—Eighteen, Brit
ish merchantment were sunk during
the week ending last night.
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Washington, March 7.—Secretary]
Josepnus Daniels, of the United
.Vates navy, has ordered 26 sa
loons on one street near the Mare
Island navy yard cloBed.
JUNEAU WIS
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When the International bowling
tournament was completed Tuesday J
night, 18 games haying oeenl played,
Hkagwav found Itself at the bottom I
of the list. Juneau leads with Daw-|
son second. The score stands
follows:
Juneau
Dawson
WhUeborse
Ft. Seward
Skagway
lt>593
14719
14524
14418
14380
JUSTICE MORRIS \
PASSES AWAY
Seattle, March 7.—After a linger
ing Illness of inauy days Justice
Morris, of the state supreme court
tf<pd last night. J
<;o\ KRNMENT TO USE
ANCHORAGE LIQUOR
Seattle, March 7.—Federal au
thorities report that 10,000 quarts
of ccntraband liquor seized la Au
ction1, go thq past winter will be
shipped through Seattle to Balti
tno.-e at the opening of navigation,
rhe liquor will then, be used for
making munitions.
New Goods
Added To Our Stock
Barley Flour, lO lb. Sacks, 85c
Cream of Barley in 30c Packages
A Deliciou* Breakfaat Cereal—Quickly Prepared, Eanly Dige«t«d
P. H. GANTYJ
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Continuation of Outrages Will Mean
Death of 160 Hun Barons
And Hostages
Petrograd, March 7.—Germans
advancing in Russia have shot or
hanged 200 Russian citizens at Yu
reift without mercy and apparently
wit a out provocation. Refugees
from the province o£ Esthonia re
ported to ?molny Institute today
that bodies of womeji and children
whco have been killed) were thrown
Into the river by Germ/an soldiers.
RUSSIA MAY MAKE REPRISAL
Petrograd, March 7. — Foreign
Minis'er Trotsky was directed fol
lowing report of the/ Yurieff slaugh
ter >o bury German, and Esthonian,
ofiic.als and that continuation of
German outrages would result in
the execution of 160 barons, land
owners and hostages hear Pskoff.
!
Volgoda, March 7.—Ambassador;
Francis in a statement issued today j
regarding the international situation
a- 't affects Russia said America I
does not desire the conquest of any j
part of Russia, and that, he had j
recommended to the United States I
recognition of any government in j
Russia which Would continue the |
war against the Central Powers.
RATIFIES PEACE
Petrograd, Marchi 7.—The Mos
cow 3oviet today voted overwhelm
ingly to ratify peace terms with Ger
many.
CAPTURE JAMBURG
London, March 7.—German forc
es have captured Jamburg, east of
Narva, enroute towards Petrograd
T1 e Turko-German offensive in
th° 30ut.li is continuing beyond Tre
bizond, says a Russian official ■dis
patch received here today. These
events are happening desplt^ the anr
nouncement by Germiay that hostili
ties against Russian have ceased.
HUNS ORGANIZE RUSS CORPS
Petrograd, March; 7. — Refugees
arriving from cities newly occupied
by German forces declare German
officers are forming <a corps of
Russian conscripts, organized un
der Jiun commanders, which1 will ba
sent to the French Xront. Russians
are threatened with execution If
tl»p,- refuse to join this corps.
Potrograd, Marcbj 7.—A consplr
acv of students and officers to over
threw the Bolsheviki government
resulted in a raid on a house near
Hi' Winter Palace. Six students
weie shot. I '
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