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SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1917
No. 74 TWENTIETH YEAR
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Call of the Flag To Be
Answered at Patri
otic Meeting
Skagway's answer to the call of
the flag will given tonight at
*he patriotic rally in Elks' hall,
called under the auspices of the
Elks fcr the organization of a
home guard.
The largest attendance ever at a
w'riotic demonstration in Skag
wav is exjuected. Co-operating
with the Elks will be the other
important orders of Skagway, the ,
Eagles and the Arc'ic Brotherhood.
Major Savilie, commander of i
Firt William H. Seward, In respons
to 'he invitation sent him Satur- J
day, has sent a message stating |
'ha' he will attend the meeting.
Patriotism's Thrill
Patriotism will also give the
thrill 'hat keeps all hearts young
when 'he school children, with
fla«'s waving and singing national
a*lrs, march from the school house
to f.he hall where the rally will be I
hold, to do their bit by singing Am
erica aud the Star 9pangled Banner.
The school children <>t all grados j
ar- requested to meet at the school
pron.pt 1» at 7:45 o'clock. lluw
kiddies not yet of school age ore
also requested to meet at the same |
time and and place where they will
be formed in line of march and1 1
cared lor by older pei^ons.
Program of Rally
Th meeting will be called to
or'er promptly a' S:15 o'clock by
Mavor Howard Ashley, chairman of
the meeting. The program follows:
In'roduction — Mayor Howard
Ashley, chairman.
Declaring Alaska "probably owes
more to James Wlckers'-iam than to
any other living man," the Wash
Ionian of Hoquiam, Wash., owned
by Congressman Albert Johnson
uredicts that tho house of repre
sentatives will seat Wckersbam in
stead of Charles Sulzer as delegate
from Alaska..
"The decision of the federal court
at Juneau awarding tho certificate
pf election as delegate la Cou
gress t.« Charles Sulzer in place of
Jutljje Wickers ham, who has served
four term- iu Congress and who wa
declared elected by tho returning;
board," says the Washingtonian, "is
llt'le less than a misfortune to the
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Invocation — Fatiher P. H. Tur- !
nell.
"America"—Sung by school chil-1
dren.
Address — W. B. Ikit.son, exalt
ed ru^er of B. P. O. E.
Address — Phil Abrahams, sec
retary of the Commercial club.
Patriotic music by the band.
Address — Andrew Stevenson, !
urrsident of the Bank of Alaska.
Address —i l)i\ L. S. Keller, pub- !
lisher of the Daily Alaskan.
The Star Spangled Banner—Sun;?
by school children.
Address — Judge E. A. Kasniu- '
son.
Benediction — The Rev. L. 11.
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Washington, April 30—By Over
whelming majorities, both houses
unssed the selective conscription, fea
tures of the administration's army
bill.
Certain amendments were made
both in the house and in tho sen
ate hut these differences are
expcc'ed to bo adjusted and the
•irroy bill, it is predicted today, will
be eaac'cy,1 early this weak.
In the senate the ages of these
subject to draft was fixed at from i
21 to 27 years and in the house, j
from 21 to forty years.
T:ie war depanfcnent 13 already
wll along in its Dlans to put the
nrovisions of the measure into ef
fect in bfaildipg up tha prooloscid
war army of two million men with
in the coming two years, on© mil
lion of whom are to be available
the fir^t year.
With what ip belie'ved to be the
aporoaching passage of the army
bill the wheels of war are hum
ming faster than ever in the army
•i nd navy offices.
A way (may yjtt} bo found, it) was
snijl here today, to permit the
formation of the proposed Rosevelt
divsiou, for service in France. An
amendment to the army bill, passed
by 'he senate, is believed to open
th« way and the war department, it
w.3 reported, is preparing to put
this provision into effect.
0.5. SOLDIERS
if SOON BE
MID I
Washington, April 30.—American I
•■okliers wilt soon be bound for |
Franco to take part in the war j
' trains* Germany, if suggestions j
that are said to have come from
the allies, are fallowed out.
According to authoritativo sources
feday, the aUles are urging that
American troops be sent to Frauce
a* cnce, in pa-rties of a few hun
dred 011 every ship that sails, thus
obviating the necessity of a j
tremendous concentration of nieu |
at one time.
Transportation of many thousands
of men at one time, it is said,!
wuld require so many ships that
tho furnishing of munitions and
food to the allies would be serious
ly handicapped ,
IMLKICAX FLAG IN PRANCE
Washington, April 30. —General
Joffre, one of tlhe membert of the
the members of *he French war com
mission, said today that Franco
hoped soon to see thfl American
flag waving beside those of France
an'' England along the fronts where
the allies are making battle against
the Germans.
Members of the Eagles are re
quested to meet at their clubhouse
at eijght o'clock tonight, so tliPjb
thej may attend in a body the pa
triotic rally In Elks' toll. J
NOTICE! EAGLES!
ALLIES TRIBUTE
Washiugtcn, April 30. — Under
neath 4he flags of America, Great
Dri'aiu and France, tributes were
paJd at the tomb of Washington in
M-. Vernon Sunday by former
Premier of France Viviana, Arthur |
J Balfour of the British. War Com
mission and Secretary of the Navy I
DaUels aud many other notables.
The gathering was without paral- I
lei iu 'he history of the three coun
tries aL-d told, as nothing else
x>uld, how the three nations are
now bound together.
Homage was paid to the "fa.th.ar
af his country," and pledges were
piven by the representatives of the
tIi'oe countries that they would de
lete themselves to the prosecution
of M,e present war with the same'
aims that gave Washington and
the men of Valley Forge the spirit
to set up liberty in America.
Chicrgo, 111., April 30.—Opera
tion of Chicago bakeries by the
fcdoral government was predicted
hero today as a solution of the
strike o£ master blakers, started
thi3 mcrning. The strike will cause
a shortage of a million loaves ofl
bread a day here. The situation
thus confronting the city is doubly
critical because of the war crisis
ard may require immediate federal
action.
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ME RELIEVED KILLED
YUKON WOMAN
HIKES POISON
Seattle, Wash., April 30. — Mrs.
Steel, wife o£ Lea Steel, owner of
exensive Yukon mining prooeries,
is In a critical condition, today from
poison she is said to hare drunk J
last night in an attempt at suioljde.
W. H. Tolln, a Butte (Mont.) busi
ness man, who is said to h-ave
been at the Steel home whan the
woman made her alleged death at
t^mot is held in jail here.
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FREE IRELAND
Washington, April] 30.—Supported
dv »wo hundred members of con- j
«ress, an appeal was today cabled
to fhe British premier, asking that
Ireland be made free.
The appeal, coming &a itj does ]
irOJB BieUlWl o vr* *K» nmro'iilny
l-3dy of the United States, is ex
pected by those who have interest
ed themselves in what they con
sider Ireland's welfare, to have
much weight in England.
SAYS 1 ,600,000 TON'S
SHIPPING SUNK BY SUBS
Perlin, April 30. — One million
six hundred thousand tons of ship
jping were sunk in the first twq
months of unrestricted submarine
warfare, according to a statement
made today before the) raichstag by
Secretary of the Interior Helferich..
The meeting of fhe Woman's
Church auxiliary, scheduled for
Wednesday, has been postponed.
Announcement of tbe new date for
f'e meeting will be made later.
Vessel Reported Tor
pedoed 140 Miles
West of Barra
London, April 39..— Struck by a
torpedo from a German submarine,
the American arme<l tanker, Vacu
um of New York, wag sunk today,
according to a report received hea"e
this afternoon.
Tbe naval lieutenant in change
of the blue jackets, three gunners,"
the captain of the boat and eigh
teen members of the crew are miss
ing and* are believed either to have
been killed by the explosion or to
have been drowned when the vas
sal sank.
The Vacuum was armed both fore
and aft. No details have been re.
crivec as to how the attack was ao
complished, but it is understood to
have been made" just about daylight
and that tlip looikout did not: de
tect the sea raider's approach.
Sinking of the Vacuum is the
first disaster that has come to
American boats since tire gover*v
meat at 'Washington began arming
American merchantmen.
CABLE TO OWNERS
N< Vork, April 30.—Owners of
the Vacuum received a cable this
afternoon stating that the ship was
torpedoed 140 miles west of Baira.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
Seattle, April 30, — Federal re
serve oanks, which are expected to
b. of great importance in war-time
finances, were established today in
Seattle, Spokane and Portland. Au
thorization for their establishment
was given last week.
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