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No. 2Sl NINETEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1917
POLICE NOT SATISFIED THAT
SUICIDE WAS MURDERER OF GIRL
Philadelphia, Jan. 8—From evi
dence whioh was brought to light in
'he "stlk stocking murder mystery"
last Sat unlay, ii is now thought;
that Bernard Lewis, the son of the
wealthy coal merchant of Pitts
bur'", who committed suicide in his
hotel st Atlanta Saturday, was not
the murderer of the actress, Maizie
Calbert.
S Bessie Calbert, sister of tbe!
murdered girl, today testified that j
her sister had an intimate man.
friend, and tha» once while she was
Dresen* this man thireAtgned to
choke t he dead frtrl if she did not re
turn to him a diamond! ring whicM
she had belonging to the man.
As a result of this n®w evidenoe,
detectives in Chicago) are searching
for a new: susi>ect, and! it is believ
ed here that whan this man is
found, that the murderer of t&e girl
will have hoea located.
WILL MEET III
WASHINGTON
Washington, D. C., Jan. S—Fol
lowing an urgent call to participate
in a discussion of pressing national
qurs'ions now facing American busi
ness, representatives of commercial
organizations Pll over the coun
try have signified their intention of
beins present in larger numbers
than ever before, at the Fifth. An
nual Meeting of the Chamber x of
Commerce of the United States to
be held in Washington, January 31
February 1 and 2.
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Washington, Jan. S—The new
Adamsoa measure will be the fea
ture legislation to come u^> be
fore the House of Representatives
Uii4 we£k.
GERARD GALLED 1
DOVE OF PEACE
Berlin, Jan. 8—AmaJjesador Ger
ard, representing the United; States
to the German government arrived
in this city Saturday after an ajxsen
of several weeks. Upton Wa re
turn be was guest of honor at a big
banquet, at wblch anumber of prom
'jient German, officials Were pres
ent.
In a speech. Which, waa made at
th<j banquet, Mr. Gerard was
referred to as. "the dove of peace."
WASHINGTON HOUSE
SPEAKER CHOSEN
Olymplfc, Jan. 8—Tjw new Btate
I legislature convened this looming.
I for the first BesBiou after the el-ec
I ticm of new members who1 after be
ing sworn in, took their seats today
for the first time.
Guy Kelly, of Taoocma, was made
speaker of the lower body.
Nich 0®rien, a hunter and trap
per of considerable ability, who
hails from "Whitehprse and the At
liu country, has been, spending the
i>ast week visiting lu Sfragway.
10 BUILD PBTfBS FOB 17,000
SOLOIEBS HI AMERICAN LUKE
Seattle, Jan. S—By a vote of six
to one, at a special eleciotfi Jield
last Saturday, the residents of
Pierce county voted for the issu
ance of bonds in the amount of 52,
0<>u,lK)0 for the purpose of l>uying
tilo ground, and erecting the caji-1
teamen4, for a Federal Army post
near American lake.
The proposed plans for Uie new
army post provide adequate accom
modations for 17,000 men.
American Lake is near Tacoana,
Wash. '
WOOL BATS
Comforters
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LADIES
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Warren-Green Hand
Made Shoes For Men
A Shoe that is made especially for hard
wear, to fit the requirements of miners
and all classes of men requiring a first
class shoe.
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
ISIOEIli ELECTORS
JST IB K KM
PRESIDENT
^ WILSON
_ ©a«o/ov rues assccrxr/av
Washington, Jan. 8—By the ac
tion of the pnasblesn)tiai eleetort)
elected on Tuesday, November 7,
last, in appearing at the Statj^
Oanitols of each state in the Un
ited States, Coda, whereby
will deposit their tytflots in, flavor
at the men they were elected to'
support in the elodtoifij college,
Woodrow Wilson, was eledted Presi
dent of the United States to succeed
himself for a term of four yoa^rs be
ginning Sunday, Majt'h 4, and Thos
R. Marshall, of Indianapolis, Ini
"liana, was made Vice President for
the samg period of time, or until
their successors sjipll have boenj
elected.
WAR BULLETIN
Petrograd, Jan. 8—The Russian
government has started a big of
fensive movement again&t the Ger
man forces all along the Rumanian
front, and simultaneously an ag
gressive movement was begun in Ga»
itia and also on tho Northern. front.
Rome, Jan. 8—Reports from the
front state that there has only been,
desultory fighting during the past
two days, and that no gains on
either side have been made.
London, Jan, 8—Reports received
here today eta to that aft«r fierce
offensive for several days, entailing
the lose of a great many lives, the
Germans have fallen, ]>ack, being un
able to retake their lost position on
Ancre. | .
Jack Shields, who dislocated hip
knee recently, will he in the hospi
tal for three or four weeks yet.
640 ACRES NOW A HOMESTEAD
Washington, D. C. Jan. 8—Preai
dent Wilson bag signed tke Ferris
bill, which, opens 640 acres home
stead entries for stock raisins' gnd
stock grazing purposes. The bill
was Bigrned on Dec. 29.
The bill opens for public entry
at least 375,000,000 acres of pu>
lie land in Alaska, which, can be
utilized for stock raising purposes.
Ferris, of Oklahoma, author of
th« bill, said considerable part of
300,000,000 acres of public lands
in the west can be utilized as it
will pay to take it upi in large par
eels. The bill raises tbe homestead
unit to 640 acres on arid, semi-arid,
non-irrigation and non-timbered pub
lic landB. Improvements amounting
to $1.25 aa acre must be done by
tlyj homesteader to patent the land.
Senator Jack Bon a a has express
ed his willingness to introduce in
tne legislature a J>iU providing for
♦he creation of divisional highj
I schools out of the tarritorial funds.
The plan has been inaugurated at
'Seward. ' 1 1 1 ! !'■'
CLAM CHOWDER-OYSTER STEW
Just the Thing For This Cold Weather
Try our Maximum Little Neck Clamii and
Preferred Stock Eaitero Oyiters. [Put
up in 1 and 2 pound tins.
P. H. GANTY
STOCK MANIPULATORS PROFIT OK
"LEAK" IN FEDERAL SECRETS
Washington, Jan. 8—Thomas "W.
Lawson, the Bopton, financier, lias
given out statements which! promise
some startling and sensational re
velations when he testifies before
the Congressional committee which!
is Investigating the "leak" in Na
tional matters, whereby news is giv
en, out prematurely.
The investigation is again in
progress today, and leading Wall
Street bankers and managers of
the big telegraph' companies have
bfien summoned to appear before
the committee an-d give testimony.
It is claimed by many; thJat ow
ing to th.e "leaks" from the Na
tional government, manipulators of
stocks in Wall Street have been en
abled to benefit by either unload
ing or buying ptockfl thiat might be
affected bv movements of the Fed
eral government, and thiat such:
leaks iiaa been t&e cause of muchi
unsteadiness in "war stocks."
Berlin^ Jan. 8—In, a statement
♦hat was made today, it 13 said
that during the past eleven days,
German divers have sunk eleven
ships, most oi whichl belonged to
the French and Italian governments,
and were used as colliers.
NEW SYSTEM PLANNED
FOB ALASKA GABLE
Seattle, Dec. 8—Experiments
which' will revolutionize the meth
ods used in the operation, ot cable
telegrams through the use o£ the
type receiving instruments em
ployed in radio communication have
been conducted by the jvar depart
meat in Seattle and have proved re
markably successful, according to of
'leers of United States Signal Corps
today.
The experiments were made under
direction of Lieut. Col, George O.
Squier, who lias been seeking a
new method of receiving messages
over the govern meat cable lines. A
Series of tests were made in, Seattle
on the Seat tie-Sit ka cable, 1,086
miles long, by officers of the Un
ited States Signal Corps under the
direction of the war department.
The use of a typo of receiving in
strument employed In radio com
munication is said to permit the
reception of ordinary More Bignals
fcy ear, eliminating th§ necessity for
highly-trained1 cable-readers and
permitting tlie operation of ocean
cables under conditions that would
make comimunciation impossible un
der the present system.
It is expected: that the new ap
paratus will be installed in Seattle
and at all of the Alaska cable sta
tions in the near future a® a re
sult of the experiments just com
pleted. > < • M
Juneau, Jan. 8—Eight nrea were
•caught in a gambling game at 2
o/clcck Saturday morning during a
raid made by the Juneau police
force on. the Alaska Pool Room on
Front Street The game was run
ning in a back room and the police
$ta*e that over ?1,000 was onj the
table. Twenty-three dgcka oi carda
a gambling table, chips, empty jugs,
pint flasks and other articles were
carted to headquarters as evidence,
by the officers.
Saturday when, arraigned all of
those in the game entered pleas
of guiltj and w-eng fined. Two of
the men who were running the game
wore assessed $100 each and the
others fined $50 each. The game
was rauiea by *v. s>. nurum»
and officers Mullenbach, Harring
ton and McMuIlen.
Dawson—Frank McQuillan, old
time Klondike prospiector, passed
away Christmas Day at the. Good!
'Samaritan, hospital, this city,, af
ter an illness o£ some tiime from
heart trouble and complications.
Mr. McQuillan was a native of
Newfoundland. Several ol{U Irienda
of his boyhood Who were hero had!
charre of the funeral arrangements.
The Grand Trunk steamer Prince
John is due next Saturday, January
i3. ' M -
The Overcoat
Assortment of the Town
THE RIGHT COAT FOR EVERY MAN
THE RIGHT COAT FOR EVERY PURPOSE
The Overcoat is a law unto itself, it has big work to
do—no less than to "make the appearance of the
man" whenever he ventures out of doors.
Each season there is leading ideas in overcoats that
seem to take the nation by storm.
We pride oueselves on being students in overcoats.
We buy from houses who have not only the reputa
tion for making overcoat* right but the right overcoat
We carry several leading makes standing out con
spicuously such as Hart, Schaffner & Marx, [and the
famous waterproof Kenyon Coats.
WILL CLAYSON