TURKS ILL BE MM
HIT OF EH SMI
S^loniki, Oct. 5.—la a speech to
'a £reat crowd of the inhabitants
today who made a i^itriotic demon
stration In honor of General Des
iway, the commander in chief at
the -Macedonian front, the victori- j
ous senerai said: "Wo soon will j
direct our blow at Constantinople j
and the vanquished Turk will be j
thrown once and for all in Asia."
PREPARING THE
PEACE DOPE
Amsterdam, Oct. 5.—Austria-Hun
»ary has retiuestet} Holland to in
vito he belligerent nations to take
part In peace negotiations says the
Vityina correspondent of the Berlin
Tasesb'att. The correspondent add
tUat Holland has already seut out
U4 invitations.
IS WRECKED
Washington,O ct. 5.—The A
merican cargo steamship sansaba
*as sunk yesterday fifteen miles
southeast of Barnegat. The reports
do not sfate tue cause.
E
Copenhagen, Oct. 5-—The gov
ernment has just received twtice
that Kin^ Ferdinand of Bulgaria
tiad aod'icated and the Crown Prince
Boris had ascended to the throne
There was little excitement.
Fourth Liberty I<i>au Campaign
opeos September 28th.
IN
IHE NOOSE
Loudon, Oct. 5. — Despatches
tc »he war office this morning state 1
that fighting continues in thg out-!
skirts of Cambrai but the British j
1 nc arc slowly being drawn about,
< he town and it is only a question
o* time when the British will take
possession of it.
Paris, Oct. 5.—In a statement is
Bued' ty the war office today it is
announced that the French army has
taken Chardonvert, South Se"
j queslmt and many fortified woods.
( They bav» also captured Moroourt,
- where, after fierce fighting they
I took 'cur hundred German prisoners.^
ARRIVES OVERSEAS
A card received this week- by
"• uarentg of Corp. L. C. Rousseau
ot Y'hitehorse, announces his safe
1 arrival overseas, but does not give
the name of the port at -which he
: deoarfied.
There i<j no train from White
horse *oday but one will in all prob"
abilitv t-e run tomorrow as a num
ber of uassengers will arrive UP
river who want to make connections
with boat* sailing from here on
' Mondj*. 1 ,
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN FACTS
Skagway's Quota ... $25,900. '
»
Subscriptions Received to Close of
Business Last Night • • • 11,250.
Balance Still to Be Subscribed - 14,650.
Seventy people have thusfar joined the Reserve Army and
subscrihed for this loan. Are you one of them, or are you a
slacker?
B ANK OF ALASKA
L.
GEORGE MOWL, Proprietor
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
World Pictures IVesent CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG in 2
Prroduced from the famous story by Lois Owea Davies, in \
FIVE AOTS
Triargle Pitturcs Prewnt A TUGBOAT ROMANCE, in
TWO PARTS
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VIOLIN, PIANO, DRUMS.
8 30 -o-m. Sharp
Admission 25c, 10c
GERMANS MUCKING K
GET TERRIBLE REPULSE
American Army in France, sat
urday. — After forty minutes Of ]
searching barrage laBt night the ^
Germans attempted to raid the A- ,
merican linea east of Gerardmer in (
Lorraine, but were Diet with such
determined and irrlslstible resistance
that the attack was a total failure
and althp the Germans had a strong
party they were forced to retreat
leaving many of their number
etrewn about the lines dead1.
YANKS ARE
SMGOING
Paris, Oct. 5.—The JVar Office re
ported this morning that the A
jnerican Army had made two miles
advance in the Argonne region and
wf»r« still eoine.
HUKS CLAIM
TWO TOWNS
Berlin, Oct. 5—The imperial
war office announced last "night that
Beuhevoir and Monzt rehait had
both been wrested' from the Brit
FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS CAUSE
LOSS OF LIFE UNO PROPERTY
New York, Oct. 5.—After eigh
teen hours of terror a dozen towns
in northern New Jersey are In a
shatter?:! and ruined condition. This
wag caused by a munition (jHsaster
that visited this district last night.
Trains of munitions were ignit
i ed and exploded causing these j
towns to become raging furnaces. |
The fire started in a shell making
plant owned by T. A. Gillespie &
j Co., »* Morgan, New Jersey. There
ar« probably two hundred dead* and
th$ property loss is over thirty mil
lions of dollars.
HAINES WILL
KEEP UP END
'
i
The Bank o* Alaska announced
today tMt there had arrived from
Haines subscriptions to the amount
d* aoout $1000.00 today with the
word that more is to follow.
Judge Stuot, chairman of the |
;ommittee in charge of the Fourth!
Liberly Loan in Haines stated to a j
representative of this paper to- J
lay that up to date there had been |
something,over five thousand dollars
pledged to th© committee as sub- I
scriptiom to the loan. He says every'
one town there is interested and j
ill will do their best to put Haines
>ver t&o top.
On the evening of the eighteenth
there wil] be an entertainment at
Haines in the Rialto theater on the
Fourth Liberty Loan _ drive given
princioally by the school children
and am address by A. F. McLean,
Dne of the Four Minute Men. Music
and e ther features will be given at
the entertainment.
Th« two young farmers, Clarence
and 'Cnuoby" Cartwright, came
down last night from Rocky Point'
aud went back, this morning. They
report much water runnihg down
from the mountain. .
London, Oct. 6.—Field Marshal
Hair ieported today that the Brit"
ish army had capture# eight hun
dred. Huns southeast of Beaurevoir
and north of Lecatelet thi& morn
ing. Pritish are syi pressing on.
SHIM ■ ,
SPANISH FLU;
Sealtie, Oct. 5.—Owing to the
prvaleuce of the Spanish influenza
all churches, schools, theaters and
other V'Jaceg of public meetings are
closed Indefinitely by order of the
city authorities. They will re
main closed until the epidemic has
been cnecked.
FIREMEN 'S MEETING
A meeting of the Skagwajr Vol
tcer Fire Department is called
toaight at 8:30 o'clocic.. |
All members are requested
present .
W. Sime, r
—
COOKING OIL
Weaaon Large Size $ 1.90 per can 2 Q>
M Med. "1.00 " " 1<"
" Sml. .50 " "W9
Mazola 1-2 Gal. Size $ 1.50
Quart " .85
Pint " .45 £:.
Cotton Seed Gal. Tin $ 2.85 ead i —
Ji Saladtf/C.-, u.
These oils are very palatal"
P. - H.crNTY
m ■ J. H A i
Amercan Army Northwest Ver*
djin, Saturday. — The heaviest of
the fighting since July 18, has been
in progress for the last two days
extending into the Argonne forest at
times. In the bombardment of the
enemy lines the Americana kept »
continuous rain of shells falling oa
the Germans which caused d,e»fruc- ;
♦'on to their guns and munition*.^
^**er three days of fierce
th<* Americans have captured tb#
towns of Ciergea and Geanea. JsPr
Peking, Saturday.—The sugges
tion has been made by the govern
ment that President Wilson be in
vited to mediate oetwen north and
South China. This is made in line
with the suggestion made by the
U.nited States government that
China follow its example in aligning
with the Allies against the Central
ipoweis. . Uliasr
BOMIS
FREE CDUNTRIf
" ' A
Amsterdam, Oct. 5.—TEe procla
mation of independence or Bohemi'
will b© issued shortly the
wut in the Buda-Peath agivtpf
TODAY'S J.!
WcS
r-i« e casual
WMhlBdi i'eone
« _ i .&ree severely
drgd end s&t , -p™, 1
three hundr ' &«Jf
wounded.
- ^ e ounce per per
Daily -
( Amsterdam, 0<£. '6.—"
to this morning^. Color'
a delegation of
men headed
arrived
With the
Oct. 5.—There
1^/one billion dollars »ul»
e>> the Fourth Liberty
[ to the closing of business
JBC
-!• " ' ' Si' U
HUNTEBM llEXUBN
j rng anip s^neu sareiy o er cue
Xha Hunters returned from th«
I chase in glee."
\nd they brought back a goodly
numU-r of the fathered tribe to re
oay lor any hardships that might
have t*on encountered.
W. C. Wright, skipper, Cart
Larson pilot, Eric Telfer first ol
tlnr, and Jim Kennedy deck hand,
got back last night on the JarKa
Dan after four days of delightful
sport down Lynn canal and ail 4r$
better for the trip.
Du'.ks are plentiful but wild ®o
the result will not measure up ia
quantity but is all right in quality.
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The Autumn and Winter woolens recently sent'us by]
E. V. Price & Co.
are the handsomest ever shown in this city and reasonably priced
Select
Yours
Today
* «
and have yiour Autumn clothes
made up for future delivery to suit.
you—and y«u only
r.
JAMES KENNEDY