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No. 181 TWENTIETH YEAR SKA6WAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1917
CHICAGO MAYOR
10 SUE FOR
$250100
Chicago, Sept. 7.—Mayor Thomp
son, of this city, yesterday fllec^
suit against the Chicago Herald tor
$250,000 for alleging him to be auti
American. ; .....
OECllT RICA
CAPIOREO B!
SENATORS
Minneapolis, Sept. 7.—"Riga "was
not captured by Germany. Riga wa
captured by LaFollette, Stone and
Xironna. if Petrograd is captured It
Will be by LaFollettte, Stone and
Uronna who lent their assistance t
anti-American movements." So de
clared Chas. E. Russel, Of the Root
committee, on his arrival hers yes
terday to attend the convention of
the Am er tea a democratic and la
bor alliance. s .'sjjj!
russianIroops
RUSHED 10
of troops of the Republican govern
ment are pouring through tWa city
today ©uroute to the front ia aa
effort to repel the Teuton invad
er. Meanwhile the provisional
government is making wholesale ar
rests of leaders in counter revolu
tion plots. It is hoped the ad"
vance of the enemy will soon be
checked.
SOLDIERS RETURN FROM JvE>'
XECOTT
A number of soldiers of the 14th
U. S. infantry, who did guard duty
at Kennecott while the strike was
in urrogress, returned last night on
the Mariposa on their way to the
EVERY SOLDIER MUST UNDERGO VACCINATION
.
Photo by American Press Association. . ' * t --.
Members of the "national anny," as the draft army has been named, will all be vaccinated for smallpox and aft.
erward Inoculated three times for typhoid. First a half billion germs will be given, then on* billion and lastly tw«
billion. Above soldiers are being vaccinated at a fort "somewhere In New York."
ASSOCIATION OF
BANKERS IS
~ FORMED i
Eight leading banks of Alaska
were represented in Juneau Wed
nesday at a meeting of bankers at
which the Alaska Bankers' Associa
tion was formed. Officers elected
for the year are:
B. M. Behrends, of the B. M.
Bebrendg bauk in. Juneau, president;
J. J, Cole, president of the Min
ers and Merchants Bank of Nome,
vice-jrreaident; Harold il. Post,
cashier of the Xirsf. National Bank
of Juneau, secretary; and Thomas
Scott, cashier of the Cordova bank,
treasurer.
Tie purpose of the organization
is mutual protection, and to place
the financial interests of the Terri
tory upon a firmer basis. When the
association, is perfected, and other
baiiks of the Territory have affiliat
ed, application jvill be made to the
American Bankers Association for
a charter.
BltlTISH FORCES WITH
DRAW TO PREVIOUS MNE
London, Sept. 7. — German as
saults against British, positions
north of Fresenberg, on the Fland
ers front, gained yesterday by t!le
English forces, have forced a with
drawal of the British forces to their
previous lines, according to a re
port o' Gen. Haig today.
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"Ah, But Madame,
It Is Something New"
THE JABOT--Made from
bits of lace and net. It
is very smart looking
with the tailored suit or
street costume.
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY
Pictorial Review Patterns.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
"MEN WITHOUT
A CO*"
Ottawa, Sept. 7.—Conscientious
objectors are made "men. without »
country" by a new; franchise bill
introduced before the House of Com
mons today. i
WILSON URGES
SUPPORT OF
SUFFRAGE
Bangor, Sept. 7.—In a letter to
Mrs. D. K. Livingstone President
Wilson urges all Maine democrats
to support equal suffrage in the
stato election which takes place
Monday.
MILLION VENTS
IN KATMAI
VALLEY
Washington, Sept. 7. —Professor
Griggs, head of ttie Katmai explora
tion for the National Geographic
Society, in a telegram Irom Kodialc
today says th« exploration proves
that Mt. Katmai is the greatest
volcanic crater on the of the
globe . Tne circumference of the
crater is nine miles, it is 3600 feet
deep, and Katmai valley, has mil
lions of volcanic venta.
M. B. Sirnms, who has been •work
ing im the White Pass auditor's of
fice since last spring, was a Seat
tle passenger on the Sophia. H$| If
returning to his school work Jnj
Seattle. ' ' '1*1^
JUNEAU f
DEALERS MUST
PAY $30,000
-
Juneau liquor dealers thought
they were cutting something over
on Uncle Sam when they withdrew
distilled liquor from the bonded
warehouses without paying the ad
ditional revenue tax. The whole
saler carefully concealed this little
Joker from the customer and en
couraged all dealers to lay in a
big stock of wet goods before Sep
tember 9, the legal date when no
more llquoT can ba distilled In the
United States.
A big surprise awaita the liquor
men. The last mall brought word}
that the Gore amendment calls tor
a |2 tax per gallon on all diatilled,
BPirlfB oyer 50 gallons. Since ev
ery dealer in Juneau has about a
thousand gallons on hand, it is esti
mated they will be forced to im
mediately pay the revenue depart
ment $30,000. This is a spot cash
proposition, and it is pinching Ju
neau wet dealere in the place where
it hurts the most, i
woulTSove
EMBARGO ON
SIEEL
Washington, Sept. 7. — Viscount
Ishii, of the Japanese mission, in a
conference with Secretary of Stati
Lansing yesterday, urged the remov
al of the United States embargo on
steel .
Mrs. J. McKettrick, of Denver
mother of Mrs. J. F. Ward, was (
Skagway passenger on the Prluci
George. Mtb. Ward had not see'
her mother lor 20 years. Mrs. Mc
JCettrick will remain in Skagway in
definitely. -
Canning Peaches
We have a fine lot of "Elberta" free-atone peaches
Price $1.40 Per Box
We advise you to buy now. This it the bottom price, and
quality of fruit ia the beat.
P. H.3GANTY
U. S. OFFICER IS KILLED
FIVE SOLDIERS WOUNDED
Birkinghead, England, 6e£t. 7. —
Lloyd George, in an address today
before a large gathering ot citizens,
said that the United States will
win the war, that she has neveif
known, defeat and will know only
yictory from the world war. He said,
the defeat of the Russian army
and the Russian revolution only de
lays the rictory.
OF
LION IN
Washington, Sept. 7.—Quarter
master General Sharpe, of the U.
3. army, yesterday stated that he is
laying in supplies on the basis of
two million Americans being over
seas ia service in France or train
ing in American camps before an
other summer.
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COS PIPES 10
Seattle, Sept. 7. —Capt. Obrien
master of the steamship Victoria,
before aailing for Nome today dis
patched one dozen corncob pipes
to Father Bernard, former Alaska
missionary, now at the French front
Father Bernard, will re-distribute
I the pipes to soldiers.
Huns Bomb Two
American Hos
pitals
Paris, Sept. 7. — One officer of
the American Army Medical OorpN
was ldlled and fire other American
soldiers wounded last night when
German. airship dropped bombq on
American hospitals occupied ty
St. Louis and Harvard medical con
tingents. The two hospitals are
•fituated somewhere on the coast
of France. I | < i j1
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BIG STEEL
PUINT
Seattle, Sept. 7. —Several engi
neers from the east arrived last
night to begia preliminary work
op. the construction of a steel
plant to be established by B. L.
Thane, Alaska Mining operator, and
associates. The plant is to be lo
cated in the outskirts of Seattle
and will have a capitalization of
$25,000,000. Mr. Thane alt ted this
morning it yould take two years to
construct thg steel plant and get it
into operation.
FOIlflLlS
FOR ALASKA
RAILWAY
Washington, Sept. 7.—The House
appropriation^ committee yesterday
reported with a favorable recom
I mendation the passage of the ur
gent deficiency bill} totaling $4,910.
1979,370, which includes $4,000,000
for the Alaska railway.
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