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No. 204 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, IHliRSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1916
CROWDS GREET
NATION'S HEAD
OHICAGO, Oct. 5 — Crowds ap
plauded President Wilson, on; his
westward trip at every station thru
which the train pa«ed. Mr. Wil
ton refused to make speeches, but
a speared on the rear platform of
his private care and. thanked1 them
far their hearty greetings. The
cheering and warm i reception^
which be received all along the w>ay
placed ♦hs standard bearer in
Jovial mood.
He conferred wlthi the Demo
cratic oarty leadeTs in this city
last night. The leaders have assur
ed him that the great vvest is more
than satisfactory and that the
Hughes tTi£ and; follow up speak
ers have iiot turned the people ia
their confidence In him.
A party banquet was held in this
city last night for the busy presi
dent. Mr. Wilson soojce to the
leadeot warning them o£ the work
which must be done in every Btate
if the party wlsfhedi to succeed in.
th« coming election. He then
lauded *o the skies, the work of the
84th Democratic congress, and pre
dicted that the 65 th; congress
would overwhelmingly Demo
cratic.
TROOPS HASTILY
CROSS DANUBE
BERLIN* Oct. 5 — Rumanian
forces took advantage o£ darkness
las' night and evacuated the po
sition which they have beea hold
in* for the last two days. The
forccw which crossed the Danube
have withdrwan hastily as a result
<y encircling operations begun by
Germans.
Evidently they feared that they
would be enveloped and placed be
tween two fires. The withdraw
ing of the Rumanian forces has
l« ft one side of the war arena open
f«/r General Mackensn. On the oth
er side he is preparing to rout
th« Russians and force them to
withdraw from that Gec'ion of the
eountry. Scattering skirmishes
under way with the Russians.
B. P. O. E. NOTICE
Regular meeting of the Elks
lodgf tonight at 8:30. Visiting
hrotuera welcome.
KRAUSE TO FEEL
HMBHUB KNOT
JUNEAU, Oc». 5 — Special to
Aluiikajj, — A jury of twel/ve men
luave returned oj verdict o£ guilty
«£ murder in the first degree
agaius» Edward Knause. The? jury
arrived at its decision, lasfi night.
Attorney! Krauczmuul representii.g
ti.e defendant in thg case made a
stubborn fight td save the life of
his client, but the jury, returned a
verdict against him. Lawyers be
lieve that the case will bei appealed
n£ tLt main point oij proving that
Plttntre'* is dead was not protven.
Attorney Reagan, traced; the
movements of Krause from the
*ime he left Juneau with) Plunkett,
told cf his arrival in Petersburg
alone and in the tender of the Lue,
of his return to Juneau, on the
Humboldt and his flight a<nd cap
ture i'i Seattle. Dist. Atty. Smiser
made »he closing speech,1 whichi is
believe l to have swayed the jury
and sealed the verdict.
MINES CLOSING i
FOR THE WINTER
Ge.n e T. Milton, general man
ager or the Tantalas Coal Mines,
is passing thru this ci'y enroute to
St. Paul, where he will spend the
winter month. Mr. Milton re
ports tnat they have been,1 operat
ing the coal mine all summer, tak
ing out coal enough! to supply the
needs cf the interior. Shipments
were made to St. Michael, Dawson,
Fairbanks and other points along
the Y'ikon River.
Tweiuy five men, have been em
ployed working the mine, which
has a capacity for 100 tons daily.
The mine has been closed up for
thq winter months, but unless some
thing uniorseen happens it will
open up next spring.
OUORGE IN TOMORROW
Tl e palatila steamer Prince
Georgv is scheduled to arrive in
this per* on schedule time tomor
row morning. It will remain in
port two days clearing for the
sou'li cn Saturday night at 6
o'clock. Reservations are begin
ning to pour in thickl and fast from
in'ertor points for the southern trip
Our Introductory
One-third Off Sale
Is Still In Progress
Don't miss this opportunity
of getting a supply of your
winter needs at this enor
mour saving of cash to you
Albert Reinert
Successor to
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Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Two husky prospectors, bearing
ouitwar' signs of a roughl and rug
ged life spent in the wilds of the
interior, arrived in. thia city: last
nigh* One of the young, men ia
well krowu to! Garden City resi
dents and responds toi the saluta
tion of "Bones," the other ia Elbert
Hushed. These t>vo gold) search
ers left Skagway two months ago
for a general outing and prospect
ing trip to the Teslin. Lake coun
try They were joined ai White
horse by Wilbu-r Teale and; Pritch
ar" Fitch.
L3 arching forth from WUiteharse
•he hunters navigated down the
mighty Yukon iu a Bmall boat pro
pelled by an Evenrude engine. At
Hootaliuqua they changed the
course and pushed up the Teslin
river. The boya report that at
times they were forced to get out
on the shore anfl pull the boat
«ip the river b*! ropes, at other
times they polled thru; the narrow
aud shallow places.
The general lay o£ the land is
mostly high! rolling prairies. Gam<»
is found In abundant quantities.
During the summer the prospectors
saw about twelve white men. Trap
ping forms the chief occupation, of
• people in the district. The
(M^rict has been prospected more
»>r less for the last ten years. When
quizzzi-d as to the results of their
prospects the boys refused to give
'ortb a statement, but reported
'hat possibly theyj might return
::«ct summer.
Mr. Bouebrake will remain in the
Uard« :i City for a fortnight or
two weeks before leaving for the
south.
lAFlliES
WILSON TRENCH
TRENTON, Oct. 5 — Howard
l'aft, former president of the Unit
ed States, has taken the stump in
this state and is making -a Baries
of speeches for the cause of Re
publicanism.
In a speech la this) city last night
he severely criticized Woodrow Wil
?or. for the manner in which he
had handled the nation's) affairs and
the changing policies! placedi Into
operation by the Democratic lead
ers. He accused Mr. Wilsoni of
io-iorinp the fundamental principles
of justice in the railroad strike is
sue just for the Bake of politcis. He
added, "The mdve will add little to
the Demicratid leader, as the peo
ple are beginning to see the light
and are realizing .that it was sim
ply a political move to gain votes
ii; the comiug elections."
C. F. Weber, wife and two chil
dren from Carmacksi will leave for
* e south, tonight on the Princess
Allcc.
E. L. Grow of Dawson hai? pur
cbastd a ticket for the south on
the Princess Alice.
LOOKS LIKE 010
GOLD STRIKES
H. F. Lewis, prominent sugar
pr'xJucei iu. thq Hawaiian! Islands
and. o vner of soma valuably min
ing claims inj the interior, is a
visitor in the Garden City until
tcuiigiit. at which time he will
leave on the Alice for the south.
Mr. Lewis is enroute to hisi sugar
pluu'atiuis oil' tjie Islands, where
liQ contemplates) spending) the win
ter months.
Mr. Letwis isi a Ctoeciiiuk.01 in the
nort bland, but has seen enough! of
the possibilities in thfej country to
wau* to become a real sourdough.
Ho u^ed thru this city early in
the spTing enrout© to Fairbanks,
where lie made connections for the
Boiiuifield district, in which distric
hir interests, commonly known as
tl, J. H. Hughes/ Association
Claims are located.
;}-r. Lewis repots that in all,
'lik j. ropertica cover an< area of
S0i»C acreai abutting- 011/ the Tatlin
akti river. Three Empire drills are
being used1 uiider thei supervision, of
a h-gb grade, experienced) mining
engineer to make tests of the
ground. Sixteen men are assisting
thr- engineer in, making the teats.
Til" final report will be made to
ths owners iu December. If the
rep011 is favorable Mr. Lewis will
oruer a dredge for the. mines. This
dredge ne estimates will cost in the
neighborhood of $225,000,000. In
dications at the present time are
very uvorable, course goldl ha6 al
ready been found in the d'rilla nad
from studying the methods employ
ed by adjacent workers it' seems
ahnos* inevitable tha* J>y the pro
per adoption of modern methods
the claims should proVe a high pay
ing proposition. One advantage is
the looation. The properties lie
w' a'.u. twenty five miles of the
l>r Closed railway line. Coal is
found in abundant quantities on
th;. land and this together with a
good sunply of water and food
nn 'ifcs its prospects most encourag
ing.
Sneaking of the general condi
tions 'n that re<ijn Mr. Lejwis re
por's that everything is swinging
aloi ^ at a rapid gait. A quartz
mill *ias been erected at St. Patrick
Creek and is crushing the) ore from
th- nearby mines in that region.
Several clean-uys were made during
th- season in that district. Gus
tatson Bros, operating next to> Mr.
Lewis rropeiti<s are cleaning, up
about $15,000 every year and using
antiquated methods in their mining
1>AU AMOUNT FEATURE
Movie fans will haive the oppor
tunity to witness Johnj Barrymore
in action on the screen of the Po
pular Picture Palacetonight1 and
tomomw night. He is starring
in a Paramount feature, "The in
corrigible Dukane." The picture has
attracted wide attention throughout
the east and middle west.
The gas mail boat made this
port yesterday afternoon withj mall
and supplies! from the capital city.
It cal'ed at the subsidiary points
along the route .
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ROME, Oct. 6—Repeated at
tacks hayft been launched) by the
T utons on the north. The entire
northern from* is Qna belching line
of artillery fire and; smoke. Gigan
tic charges have been met and par
tially overcome by th-e Italians in
this rfls'rict. Central Power forces
are trying to break thru! the lines
and circle around the advance Ital
ian: forces. A battle is now freak
ing between the opposing armies.
The Italians are otf the defensive
and fighting hard to save their
ground.
Big ••.oles have been made by ar
tillery fire in the Italian line.
Those holes have been bacjked up
and jtrengthened by mounted can
non so it Id very doubtful if tne
offenders can enter +hrui the holes
which their batteries have opened i
n r them.
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 5 — That a
breach between Sweden and thq Al
lies is liable to happen within,1 the
next few weeks is the opinion, of
several of the nation's leading
statesmen. The Prime Minister in
an address to the) ruling members of
'he private council has hinted that
:he pressure being brought to bear
untn the nation by the Allies will
force a breach.
Swedish representatives insist
that neutrality hasl been, Sweden's
guiding, principle. Neutrality1, has
guided every move made by the
nation since the war broke out.
The Prime Minister is reported to
ha»o said "that the needs) of the
Kingdom must receive the first con
sideration of our people and after
^hat has been supplied we can. then
well afford to watch; our! ground
and protect our interests on the
seas and insist, thatj our commerce
be not in'erfered with; by foreign
notions."
ENA COMING NORTH
Tne Princess Ena, C. P. R
freighter, will leave Vancouver Mon
day night for the northern waters.
It carries a heavy diSpatchment of
freight for this and other ports
along the lino. ^^
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SEATTLE, Oct. 5 — Peace has
been, declared be'ween the union,
stevedores and the Waterfron Em
ployers Union. Thej longshomen's
strike wiasi called off last night. Aa
Informal statement issued by Wm.
Blaciman and Henry White, fed
eral commissioneisi setting forth
that .a peace pact was on the verge,
Jf oeing signed b'- the- warring par
ries has< been confirmed by Captain
aiber.n, president of the Waterfront
Employers Association.
The reace terms are reported to
^ satisfactory to all sides involved
In the strike. The substance of
the new agreemnt has not been
made nubile but it is pretty well
understood that the Waterfront
rCmployers Association, have agreed
:o hire Union men and maintain a
strict closed shop policy.
The settlement of the strike will
mean a cleaning up of the tremen
loua transportation business on
the Seattle docks. Freight will bo
aoved with better dispatch) and
boats will clear with their holds
:arrying more freight. Details of
hhp| agreement should be made pub
lic bv tonight.
SLAVS HAMMER
. DEFENSE LINE
LONDON, Oct. 5 — Dispatches
roachine »Lis city inform the pre s
a consistent gain, by the Rus
sians southeast of Lemberg. Over
tfoo yards were placed une'er Rus
3iai occpa-ncy late yesterday af
ternoon. The! battle continued
well thru the night and when
moriiin.o- broke the Russians open
ed up with a terrific fire. A
steady E;ain of ground has beem ac
corded them in, that district.
KILLED IX ACTION
News was reichedi Whitehorse of
the kiiling of one of their boys in
action on the continent. George M.
Chapman, fighting under the colors
of the 67 Battalion; was shct and
killed 11 one of the recent charges.
He was the son of Henry Chap
man «nd has a host of friends in
Wbjitenorea and this city.
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BUT It's a Crime To Be
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