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No. 135 NINETEENTH YEAH
SKAtfWAY, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 12. 1916
PRICE 10 CENTS
HAYES WILL RUSH
CONSTRUCTION
Cel. W. P. Richardson It ft on the
m^ruuig's traiu for tlie interior but
before I'uing so ho held a comer- j
eitce wnii Jack Hayes, road com- |
missiouer. and authorized the Oct..
•t.uctiou t>: the Skagway road.
Mr. Hayes has wired for a fore- |
mail to leave immediately for the i
sc.u« of action. He is expected
t& reach he-re tomorrow on the City |
of Seatl e. Mr. Hayts reports that j
at least $5000 will be.spent in con
structing the ro;.d up the valley.
The w:>rtc will be commenced .at a j
point ju.-t where the bridge crosses
the riv r and the road will go up j
the vailev for at least four miles. |
it will follow the left fide of the
rlvir i.id terminate at what is .
ci'maiou'y called Liarsville or mile
tour..
When questioned about a road
Wtiirg *"ri>m Skagway over.tho Sum
m:t. Col. Richardson said that he
nau nvide an investigation of the
touditlois and whilo it might be a
possible event in the future, at the
present time it could tot be done
with the preseu» appropriation. The
oonstTUt♦ion of such ,i; road would
dei*i!d on the co-oj.eraticn given
by the Canadian government in
bui!dii:< a road to meet it.at the
summit or It would be useless as
faT as reimportation is concerned .
scout mm
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LONDON. Juy 12—The Austrian !
jcont cruiser, Navara, put iu a busy
day •his morning destroying- pa
trol t>oat<*. After the smoke of.the
naval en^vgemiut had lifttd to tiie
sky and *he roll call of the .patrol
boa'j hai been held bytiie Uiit- j
tali Admiralty offiee.s it was found
tha» five of their prize armored pa
trol boats had beea sunk by the
Austrian destroyer.
The battle occurred off the
Otrrnto roads at an.early hour t.iis
uiornhig. Assistance came to th-?
boaig aa't the si>eedy scout cruis
er steamed out to sea and was
&oi»u loe» to.sight.
ALLIES IKE BIG
DRIVE GAINS
LONDON, July 12—After a brisk
aud furious tea days offensive caiu
paign b> the Allies they are begin
u.iig >o sve the results a£ their
win s. xi is claimed that the Allies
uave made au eight mile break iu
'•he "i i fat line defense .of the Ger
uih'i army, but this has been cou
i.'Udicttd by the Germans..
The battle front of t'la Allies has
stretch* d out for a distance .of
twenty live milis and the sweep
trim a military standpoint, .has
be»n terrific. TLe Germans have
beeu the heavy losers in men and
ammunition iu this campaign. Re
iuioutmenis artf continually beiu&
addeu to the German line and a
stuonoin resists.nee is being: made
against the invasion of the Allies.
XO PLACE ox EARTH LIKE
ih:ak old skagway
Mr. at.d Mrs. Ellis .Lovejoy of
Columbus, Ohio, have returned to
'he Garden City Xot the summer
uioutbs. This will make their third
succet-.-ive summer spent in the
i>lf n»ii g surrouudings of this city
u".d thty have now announced that
they have adopted the Garden City
a tl.eir future summer home.
Air. Lovejoy has engaged tem
porary quarters in the apartments
formerly occupied by Dr. Gabie and
its is understood that he is con
templating on purchasing a sum
mer home in this city and spend
hi< future summer yrith us..
TWO 1RA1NS FOR INTERIOR
When it comes 'o the handling of
transport;; tlsu and the speedy
dispatch of passengers on their fin
al destination, none of the big rail
road ceu'ers have anything on llt-^
tie eld Skagway.
Two trains puffed out over the
broRdway tracks this morning for
the intirior. One train was.made
•j ) of &ix coaches for Whitehorse
with a special touring party aboard
for Lower Lake Learge. The other
leaving a short time after was the
r">;ular oassenger service..
GERMANS GAIN IN VERDUN
PARIS, July 12—Although the
battle of Picar-iy is absorbing most
of.tne a'teution of the German com
mander, a small campaign has
as.'in been revived In the Verdun
section. .The Germans are ceord
ed with ralnoT advances in the Ver
di! u District. I
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' SEATTLE, July 12—The Cham
ber o' Commerce in this city has
protested against the excess tax
pia«-ed ou copper.by the Democratic
a iuiuiistralicu uL Washington. The
D. uiccratic revenue bill wuich was
dosigud to meet ,tli«i deficiency
aiij keen the government) running,
filiates a ;ax 011 copper.
it is the concensus of opinion
■ amongst the majority of the mem
bers of this .business organization
th t' such a class in the bill will
prove a hard.ship ou the niiniug in
dufiij of Alaska. They will bring, all
t'>e pressure .possible to gather un
tier their poiwer and try and im
ureti congress oi the fait. Wires
Lave been sen* the Washington re
presentatives for them toi work .for
the defeat of the bill..
' The tody has adopted a .resolu
Hoiv requesting the owners of build
ings now under construction in Sea;,
tie -o ravorably consider, Alaskan
piodi.cts iu the construction of their
bu'idii.?*. I
EIPLOKFOB
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 — Km.
plovers of this city have com-;
mewed active wartare against la
l:jr unions operating in this city. :
A general subscripticnt fund, of
three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for the campaign has been
rals.d to fight fox the open) shop, j
S'rikers a-re preparing to give the
ino<5. of their .attention, on fighting
against the open shop] and every
uuion in tha United States, will like~
lv be called upon to help make the
fight I
SI llMAUIXK LEAYKS tX)I{ U. 8.
AMSTERDAM, July 12—TheGer-|
aieu -!ron clad monster Bremen, a
sister to the undersea mrochant
m;m, Deutchland, which, left for
United States with a cargo of dye
stuffs. has left with a.big cargo
for America. It carries a crew of
Miiriv five and is over.three hun
dred f°et in length.
WANTS TO ADJOURX
WASHINGTON, July 12 — Both j
s'd.'s in con<gress are anxiously I
awaiting the adjournment day . so
'ha' they may enter the fall cam
paigns and prepare for the great
est political battle that has ever
sw.pt over.the country.
FIGHTING AT LUTSK
PETROGRAD, .July 12 — Both 1
sides are concentrating their ef
forts on Lutsk and lor .the time
being it is silent east of Korvel. The
Russians are reported to.l>e getting j
t».e bet:er of the fighting which, is j
mostly to platoon skirmishes and ■
small artillery engagements. i
INSIRUCTED FOR
SEN. TANNER
The Democratic Convention con
vufd at the City Hall last night
for he purpose of.selecting three
de!(-s«tet to attend the Democratic
Divisional Convention to be heljJ in
Jancau on August 1st. This Ju
neau convention will elect one
senator and four representatives
for the Territorial legsilature..
Cel.. W. L. Stevenson was the un
animous choice of the convention
f»r chairman of the meeting. Phil
Abr-in mo was selected as secretary
of tbo meeting. . Before electing
the delegates i> wus unanimously
oarritd by the convention, that the
dele^a* -s chosen be instructed to
est "uir ballot for J. M. TanneT.
who is cut in the field for re-elec
tiOU.
E. J. Shaw, H. C..Putnam and Ed.
Foreman were unanimously chosen
io be the delegates to the. con
veu iou representing Skapway. The a
written Instructions call for the
support of Senator Tanner.
WIERDCilURE
!0 DEPART
bADTlMORE, July 12—The Ger
man submarine, Deutchland, wnich
h^s bs-t-u detained in this port foi
iho days pending an Investigation
by the authorities to; ascertain
xvuelber or not it was a, marchant
niau cr sea fignter has been. Te
le^sed. Thei officials have) declared
that me iron clad monster is a mer
ciiai'tmuu and can come and go up
on tue high seas.
A number of capitalists have
re. cgnizid the marvelous .feat of
tne ciew ox the wierd sea monster
aurl have presented them with.. a
purse o: tea thousand dollars. It
nus b'.en authoritatively learned
that «lie German nation is now con
s' ruitiiig eight more of the .under
tea tueiciiantmen at Kiel to run the
jiocKueie. lu the cour^ of time
these will be loaded and sent on
tueir course for the United Btates.
./I ItV ACQUITS DEFEND AX T
I« didn't take a jury of twelve
mt.ii 1ubi£ to render the verdict of
aiQuitial ju the case of United
Stales vsa Fred Wiley in the com
missioners court this morning. Wil
ey was released on bail .pending
hie trial and Atty LoganJ presented
iu logical manner the facts be
tor« the judge and jury.
GERMAN AEROPLANES RAID
BERLIN July 12—German naval
aeroplanes made a raid upon the
coast forlificatlons .on Dover Chan
nel and succeeded in causing: con
siderable damage. Returning! scouts
were unable to report the exact
amount of destruction] but before
tiie aero guns could, find.the range
they succeeded in< dropping several
bombs u''On the defense works.
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BATTLE RAGING
OK BE
PARIS. July 12—WhJler calmness
; la prevailing in the .Somme regions
j tills morning and no battles are be
j lug fought between th-e warring.na^
tious it does not signify that that
a -me condition prevails throughout
ta'- war zone, i
Heavy fighting has teen, reported,
on the light bank of the Meuse
i-ivcr in the Verdun section. The*"
contestants are se»awing back .and
forth, neither side making any ,ap-.
I>i'f»ciable gains in this battle.
The Germans have succeeded in
g-jft.ing a foothold in Damloup. The'
ba* le of Damloup was.beegun two*
days ugo and ended thia morning
wi»h a complete German victory.
The French .were forced to' retire
before superior fighting force.
WILL KEEP CONGRESS
UNTIL SEPTEMBER
WASHINGTON, July 12—Ade
quate defense [appropriations, a
siiippirg bill, a bill relating to
child labor and a bill to cure the
•jvils of the corrupt practlcesi act,
have been doclared imperative be
fore congresB can even, thiink of ad
journing. '
The ievenue bill will take con
siderable time before it is mould
ed Into a law and receivesi the sig
nature of the Presidnet. At the
very best congress cannot hope to
adjourn before September..
CARRANZA RULES RANCHO
COLUMBUS, July 12—The Hears
ranch. a» Babiccra has been, taken
ever by the CaTranza government.
It is now operated by a manager
wiio was installed by .military au
' hority. A number of raids have
been ma'e upon this ranch in times
past. I
JAPANESE TO BUILD
HUGE NAVY
TOKIO, July 12—The navy de
paitnient is spending a hundred aud
i weniy five million .dollars for new
ships. The Japanese navy is being
reconstructed and remodeled) along
new lines.
BANKERS TO MAKE LOAN
NLW YOR, July 12—Announce
ment wi i be made.tomorrow of the
terms on which the American Bank
er1 will advance a loan.of a hun
dred million dollars ti> France.
Aoehorage Republican J'Club CX-Dc
diiims Seward Convention. Conies
Out Strong, for James WJckei
t>liani for Delegate to Congress.
Cable Sent Delegate—J> ok Fori
Early Reply..
. MEK?f^O ENDORSES ACTION
Political Bosses, Individual Inter
ests and Non-Residnete Con
tiolled Seward Convention-' Wish
es of People Thrown to Winds
To Accomplish1 Individual Inter
ests.
ANCHORAGE, "July 12 — At a
ateling of the Republican, Club la
this city last night, resolutions
were adopted condemning the mo
tion taken by tha Seward conven
tion. The Republican club.of this
city Is cn record as ,t>elng oppos
ed *o the m«thod of procedure at
Scwai d.
1 he club has reason to believe
that the Seward Convention was
nootrolW and dominated by indi
vidual interests, political bosses
*nd non-residents -who hope to
gain by controlling the Republican
=late lr. the Territory of.Alaska. It
was charged that the leaders con
trolling the convention dd not con
sider ,th» wishes of the people..
Afler Beverly criticising the con
tention they nominated James
Wicker-ham as a candidate on the
RepuDlican ticket and have . in
cited every Republican Club In the
reriitoty to .work for his re-elec
tlr,n. A mass meeting of the An
chorage citizens .was held last
Thursday to endorse the nomina
llou of Wickersham and the. action
t:iken by the Anchorage Republican
IT.ib.
The club has .cabled Delegate
Wlckerenam of its action and Is
looking for a reply at,any moment.
The general trend of opinion
Ernoitgst citizens of this community
Is strong for the reelection of the
[ire8en» incumbent and .they have
pledged themselves to work for his
re-election.
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