No. 139 TWENTIETH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
Iff MOVE THE RUSSIAN
SEAT OF GOMMEflT
1'etrograd, July 19. — The Rus
sian cabinet is today in etttraord
I nary set^ion, the proposed trans
fer of the scat of government tc
Moscow being under discussion. Tc
prevent the interference of the ir
responsible section of 'the Petro
grsd arriiOn is the main reason
for a desire on the part of the gov
ernment to shift the seat of gov
ernrueut.
MORESIEELOFF
Seattle, July 19. — The Steam
ship Valdez sailed from this port
today for St. Michaels with a car
po of 2.000 tons of steel rails for
'he new government railroad. The
steel will be loaded ou barges at
St. Michaels and towed up the Yu
kon river to Nenana, the Yukon
river terminal of the railroad.
ALASKA BANKER
DIES IN SEATTLE
Seattle, July 19.—John Holmes,
vice president of the Miners and
Merchants bank at Iditarod, died at
the home of his brother, L. S. Cort
in this city at noon yesterday. Mr.
Holmts has been ill'for the past sev
eral months.
TO
00 HER BIT
Manila, July 19. —A full regi
ment of Moros is being organized
which will "be at the demand of
the allies for overfee&s if needed.
Herbert Wheeler, general mana
ger of 'the White Pass & Yukon
route returned l»st evening from
a trip to Wh.iteh.oree 'where he
speij* several days looking over the
company's business tht»ne.
»0W ON TRIAL
San Francisco, July 19. — Th^
district attorney in 'big opening ad
dress this morning charged.'Mrs. Re
na Mooney with being the slaught
erer of women and children. He
said that he would show) where Mrs.
| Mooney had 'been an. accomplice iu
the plot whereby the livee of ten
persons and the maiming and in
jury of a number of others. He
charges her with being 'a member
of "a murderous conspiracy" to
overthrow! that" government and
bring about a state of anarchy.
WILL ARRANGE
FORJDjCTATOfl
Amsterdam, July 19.—According
* news brought here by 'arrivals
from Berlin, it Is the belief in the
German capital city that Chancel
lor MicEaelis Is merely a stopgap
who will make an effort to prepare
the 'for something in the way
of dictatorship with General Luden
dorff in supreme control.'
The state of unrest iu Berlin is
very pronounced, and the'socialistic
party are gaining in strength. Ma
| ny predict outbursts of a rebell
ious aatur0 "within a very short
jaoacc of time.
Berlin, July "19. — Dr. George |
Michaelic, the newly appointed ]
chancellor, has asked the presi
dent of the Reichstag to summon
the members of that body1, this af
ternoon that they may hear a com
munication'which he will read from
the Imperial German government.
U-BOATS SINK 20 SHITS
DURING I'AST WEEK |
London, July 19.—According to
a rep or* given by the British, Ad
miralty, twenty six British, vessels
were torpedoed in the week ending
last night. Thifl is "an Increase o-1
ver the two proceeding weeks.
We are closing out the remaining
portion of our SUMMER
HATS at reduced
prices
Middy Blouses $1.00 each
Divinities, Lawns .and sammer sport goods on sale
Oxfords
and broken lines of shoes at
Greatly Reduced Prices
W
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
ONLY TWENTY, SHE FLIES FOR RED CROSS
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Miss Katherine S tin son, Just twenty, flies from Buffalo to Washington In
fhlrty-one hours to aid the Red Cr06s fund.
DEMI AND 80ETHALS
IN I DIG CONFLICT
Washington, July 19. — General
Goethals and WillianTDenman, chair
man of the federal shipping board,
continue a their big conflict and
thus bold up tbQ government's ebip
building plan.
Chairman'Denman claims that the
bes* that Me United States could
do 'in. the way of building ships
wpuld be 6,000,000 tons In 18
months, and while the amount of
tonnag© sunlj by; German U-boats
during May yv*a a decrease, ' still
h« maintains that th« U-boats were
withdrawn only temporarily so as
to prepare them for expected sail
in es of American troopu. He claims
that sinkings are again on the 'in
crease. 1 •
| While neither G-oethala nor Deu
man would "discuss the matter, it
became known tpday that an open
rupture 1s neax. Some "in close
toucn. with the situation eren pre
dic that eiher Denman or Goothsjg
would 'shortly eliminate himself
from the situation.
KIDNEY SHORT,
PLAN BENEFIT
The Nineteen. Seventeen celebra
tion committe having operated this
year to i deficit, it ha* been decld
j to give a dance at Elk's ball Sat
urday night for 'the purpose of
raising funds to meet all the re
maining obligations under whch
the committee still finds itself.
Selmer's orchestra baa donated the
music, and the dance Jsvill be In
the nature of a benefit dance.
As there has bee no dance since
the celebration, this affair should
be well 'attended, and funds suf
ficient should be raised to meet all
outstanding bills. '
The Steamfchip'Dolphin of the Al
aska Steamship line is due to ar
rive in this P°rt at crna a. m. Fri
day, .
IEXICO1ANTS
EMBARGO LIFIED
Washington, July 19. — Repre
sentatives ol Defacto President
Carrauza are now in this city; and
they are today making a'determin
ed effort to have the embargo on
arms and munitions of '-war to Mex
ico from the United States raided.
MEXICO REMOVES IMPORT DUTY
Medico City, July 18. — All im
port dutie# were removed last night
from articles of prime necessity, in
cluding foodstuffs,'to December 31.
The import duties also yere remov
ed from gasoline and the higher
derivatives of petroleum.
The Princess Alice is due to ar
rive in thjs port at 7 'o'clock Sunday
n<orn!ng, and will pail Monday ev
ening at 7 o'clock. '
: FRUIT JARS JELLY GLASSES
We offer the following good values:
[• Mason jars per dozen Pints $1.00
" " " " Qyarts 1-15
Mason Jar Caps per dozen »40
Jelly glasses per dozen -45 .50
Heavy Jar Rubbers per dozen *10
• Parowax ia 1 lb. bricks -20 3 for .50
P. H. GANTY
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GERMANS SELL Fill DISEASE
licuuiEj coin™
10
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Washington, July 19.—With New
York and Pennsylvania the only
states that have failed to complete
their lists of exemptions from the
selective draft, and with the pou
sibilty that 'these two states will
have compleed lfcts by tonight, it
is practically decided to hold the
drawings for the selective army to
morrow morning, the board of or
ganization having- 'completed all
the details for the drawings.
1
GYGLISTS Ml
Seattle, July 19.—Two 'persons
are dead and nineteen others sev
erely injured as a result of motor
cycle accidents in this city.
The accidenta are the result of
moforcycleists carrying; passengers
owing *o the street car strike, the
drivers oi th$ machines endeavor
ing ,fo sp.eed in order to make ad-1
dltional trips from outlying dis
tricts to the city.
IS
ADVANCED STEP!
London, July 19.—Winston Spen
cer Churchill was appointed yester- j
day Minister of Munitions to suc
ceed Christopher Addison, who re- ,
main* in the cabinet as ministefl •
without portfolio.
ALASKA'S GOVERNOR
ENROUTE HOME ;
Seattle, July 19. — Governor i
Strong was a passenger for hia home
in Juneau on the Steamship Alame- (
da sailing from this port yesterday ,
morning. ' 1
Kansas City. July 19. — 'Ttrrea
Germans were arrested in; nearby
Kansas towns by federal officeru,
for selling court plaster on which
it is declared, according to govern
ment tests which. haye been made,
h;;d been inoculated withi disease
germs.
It is 'claimed that the men. ar
rested had traversed a greater por
'ion of tIxo state, disposing of the
disease inftLted plaster, and that
traces of the disease has been dis
covered in some localities.
Seattle, July 19.—At a lat§ hour
yesterday the council was called in
an executive session by Mayor Gill
to discuss the revocation of the
Seattle Light and Power 'company's
franchise to operate street cars oa
tne ground that the company had
forfeited its right by reason Of the
noaoperatipn of cars for 'several
days.
Mayor Gill stated that 'every
man who was brought here from
eastern points or other cities by
the company for the operation oC
the cars could be arrested.
" Tfttumtw Jiily '^eftteCdftj_tjw
street railway company 'operated A
few cars on some of tho lines, the
cart-i being run by strike'breakers.
It is believed that a settlement
will be reached today and that, ser
vice on tho entire system will ba
resumed not later fhan Friday af
ternoon. ' .
J. A. Miller and wife of Pitta
burgh. Pa., are round trip passen
gers on the Princess Sophia. Mr.
Miller is district manager for the
Mutual Life Ins. Company, and "will
attend the annual convention of
• be ?200,000 class Which iwill be
h-Md at Yellowstone National park
August 14. *
Come in and Select Your Suit
JAMES KENNEDY
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