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No. 196 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAttWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
JUNEAU, Sept. 26 — James
Wtckfrsham, Alaska's delegate to
congress) a.iui candidate for re-el
ection on an Independent ticket,
left this city Sunday for Cordova,
wb*re tie will enter Into an. active
camy&i^Q for hla re-election to
congress. From Cordova he Is
scheduled to speak to the people of
Valde* and from 'here he will go to
Fairbanks.
Sir. SVlckerBham hasi addressed
thfc pec-ple of this city and1 stirred
them up to a higty pitch of en
thusiasm for his re-election. His
dlrec' attack upon) the Democratic
administration in Alaska hag eet
the voting arena to thinking. From
fueling the public pulse In this pre
clnc* It seems that he is gaining In
strath each' day.
GALLSWiLSON
616 DICTATOR
BOSTON, Sept. 26 — Senator
Weeks in an addrera to> the people
of this city attacked) President
Wilson calling him a powerful die- |
tator He further added that
congrses did exactly as the dictat- I
or wished and that Its individuality
ha/i become absorbed by the power
of the Crfiiocraflc rul^r.
HUGHESREPLIES!
TO PRES. WILSON
DAYTON, Sept , 26 — Hu^hea
U. a .j'-echi in this city last night
a<£wered President Wilson's* .speech
oa the Adamson eight hoirr law. He
as3allf.i the Democratic administra
tion for broken promises to the j
pecp'e of tha United States and the
business interests of the country. I
AIRSHIPS ON BIG RAII)
LONDON, Sept. 26 — Six air
ships visited the north coast of
England early this morning andi did
considerable damage to property by
dropping bombe.
SEATTLE, Sept. 26 ~— Louis
Hill, presdient of the Great North
ern railway lines, is a visitor in
this city. He has informed) the
prt-ss representatives that the
eight hour law, passed by the
Democratic congress has) settled
molding and means virtually only
a postponement of the strike. In
the main it was simply a publicity
move to arflpeal for the) workers'
v-'te and waa never meant to; be of
becefit or settle the Btrike differ
ences.
It is doubtflul if the law will
ever pass muster of the highest
courts of the land. Most of the
railway lines are prepared to fight
it ihroughi the couxta .
flLLIESli 10
61CONIBLES
LONDON, Sept. 26 — The
capture of Morval by the British
ai.l a partial capture o? Fregico"urt
by the French; apparently seals the
fr-te of Combles which, the Ger
mans have determinedly held
against the violent attacks) of the
Allies .
I*OU IXG PLACE FIXED
BY CO.MMffSSIOXEIl
E. A. Rasmuson, commissioner of
Skagway, made a tiip to Haines yes
terday on the Golden Rod to tajce
evidence and place and designate a
polling place for the coming elec
tions for the Chllkit precinct. Af
ter nearing the evidence of the peo
ple of the precinct as to the most
convenient place fir polling, he
designated Chas. Anway's place and
officially entered it as the voting
place for the coming elections.
C. O. WALKER BUYS
CAKSTEN WAREHOUSE
Orsten Packing Company has by
bill ff sale transferred to C. O.
Walker their warohouset property,
located at the foot of Seecond Ave.
Mr. Walker has filled his legal
papers in the recorders office show
lug the transfer of ownership.
Store Open
Watch For Advertisement
Announcing Big Sale
Albert Reinert
Successor to
Hj | y » T /J) U THE HABERDASHER AND
t Jt L 1 l\Lrl LADIES'FURNISHER
Broadway between rhird and Fourth Phone 41
LOOKS FOR BIO
TRADE BOOM
! BALTIMORE, Sept. 26 — Presi
dfut Wilson addressed a large au
d.pnee in thia citj; last night. Ho
spoxe on trade •espanBlan in thQ Un
i'ed States bot]h( Internally an<i ex
teraully. The presldnt looks for a
new era in the trade of the na
t'.ou.' : i' i |*H
Th creation of a tariff commis
sion, federal reserve act and the
new shipping bill coupled with! oth
•fcr Democratic measure® are regard
ed bv tha President aa great in
struments for trade expansion' of
American firms.
The freighter Redondof eteam'-d
into port and made fast at 'he
docks thid afternoon. Shortly af
ter getting ita linos out, it began
to unload/ a big cargo of freight
which. i<- carrlea in. ita holda for
the interior .
ThTee hundred tons of rails for
'ae government railroad at Nenaaa
are in the process of being un
loaded. One thousand! cases of
gasoline and other explosive^ lielp
mako up the 500 tons of caa-goi for
this port. Its clearance date has
nut been, announced .
celeberIs 10
ATTENOOPENING
EL PASO, TEXAS, Sept. 25 —
When, with; golden trowel, oa Oct.
14th, Preadient Wilson lays and ce
ments the last stone which) will
mark the completion of the
Elephant Butte dam, he will be
surrounded by many of the gveat
Di£u Oif the nation. Among them
will be the governors of states,
United States senators, congressmen
lawyers of wide reput, engineers
v.L? have spent t' c beat years of
ihc-ii lives in empire building in
the best sense of 'be term and
others having more than, a taere
curiosity in beiajs present on such
an occasion.
And the occasion will be worthy
the presence of the men who will tg|
giouped about tlie chief executive of
the nation wben he formerly dedi
cates the stupendous mase of ma
sonry, known as the Elephan*
Bu'te dam to bho service to man
kind for which, it was constructed
at such cost in the matter of time
3ad money—a cost of some $10,
000,000 for the project in money
alone.
The steamer Humboldt will make
this port Saturday- with' a full car
I
SEATTELE, Sept. 26 — Vice
Presi'ent Fairbanks will open, his
Y'ashington, campaign beginning
October 7th. Mr. Fairbanks is
swinging across *he! continent
sieakia; ini all o£ I'nn largest cities.
Taos^ who hay® heard him, speak
report ihat he is> masterful and ap
pQaiing and that his popularity is
on o increase in the west. Ha
w'«l twing thrtu the sam« territory
thru which) Mr. Hughes traveled.
SPOUSE SHOOTS
HUSBAND DEAD
It has been, reported) from, au
thentic eo.urces tnat Mr. Day, to the
em *oy of J. B. Caro and1 Company
o£ Juneau, was shot thru) the heaTt
bv his wife at Thane last Saturday
night. Contradictory reports aa to
the motive o£ the shooting are
afloat. Some report that it was
df '.e In self defense and) others
ttit it resulted from a quarrel.
It is understood that a suit had
b-'en filed in the district court for
c divorce. After the shooting Mrs.
Dav called the marshal by) phone
^ud informed him of thg shooting.
He immediately hurried to the seen
of action and placed her under ar
r«»ri .
Mr .Day was )vell known in. Ju
neau and othetr Gastineau, Channel
cities. He was bc>rn and raised in
the Channel district. The case s
attracting the attention) and inter
est of the Juneau and Douglas peo
ple. ' 1
pbincessTophia
IE TOMORROW
The Princess Sophia is scheduled
'o make this port in, the morning.
It carries three days mail from the
states to thei local pos+officei and
a heavy consignment of packages
an<< parcel post articles. It is
heavily loaded with fa-eight, the
most of which is booked thru to
interior points. Local ( merchants
have some new fall arrivals/ coming
on the Sophia.
I- will remain in port two days
and then clear for the south. Heavy
reservations from interior passen
gers have been received by the lo
cnl efficesi for the* southward,' trip
on the popular C. P. R. boat.
COPPER MARKET BRISK
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 — Mln
lug interests aire juljiiaot ovex< the
plai.'ng with American firms an or
der which calig for over two hun
dred thousand tona of ooj?!peir.
Canning Fruit and
Pickling Goods Etc.
Witb the Arrival of the "Steamer Spokane" we will receive
a complete line of Perishable Goods, including all the
necessary Fruits and Vegetables for {canning pur
poses. We have placed a large order for Peaches
Plums, Prunes, Crab Apples, Grapes and
Tomatoes, to be shipped when the Mar
ket prices for these goods have
reached the very lowest point.
During the canning season
you will find our prices
are very attractive
P. H. GANTY
LOOKS LIKE HE#
GREEK REPUBLIC
LONDON, Sept. 26 — Thirty
thousand! revolutionists are up in
a'tns on the! Island of Crete. They
are awaitiag) the arrival of their
leader, Venizeloa before and defiu
' -lac'ion ia taken la dethroning
the Qreecian king .
Venizeloa has left Athens for
Cret« and will either lead the
revolutioneitd against the king and
set up a Reipublio or await the
action of the king to, abdicate the
throne.
miles
RAPID PACE
•'WramgeU has experienced a
prosj>erouq fishing season, even
f/CLgh. the catch; haa teen, a little
i.-'low normal." Baid) W. R. Hillerr,
vi< c president of the Banfc of Al
aska. "Juneaq is a busy- city; and
"'yes fo.rth( a^ atmosphere of met
ropolitan! make up, every business
man in the Capital City is onl his
toeg and! (business is going full
bbrt." he added. "Buti Slkagway
prctably has one 01] the( brightest
prospects before it of any of the
tc/\vna in( Soujtheaetern( Alaska. I
found that every one was anxious
to learn and! know aibout the move
ments in Skagjway and| the relation
that interior mining would hive
upaa ua i* tfeis city." Vhat ia th«
way that th« buay
reported our southern dtiw upo*
hi« arrival lq this «ity yeat^Bay.
Ji. A. CREPEAU BUYS
SHELLY PROPERTY
A warranty deed, baa been, f''®^
for -record in tho recordersi office,
show In.: the transfer oI ownership
to lots 11 and 12, Ini blocSc 69 of
this ci*y. Louis A. Crepeau has
purchased from Mrs. Bernice) Shel
*. 'He above property, which) will
be oroibstblyi known tot the majority
of the residents of thia city] by the
Shelly property, on NlntH and
Brcadway.
The City of Seattle cleared from
Seattle last night and will cut
ajcrOEs Queen, Charlotte Sound some
time tonight. It carries a repre
sentative cargo ?nd passenger liaf
for Alasfcan ports.
Jin this city aro disagreeing as to
I thg manner in whichi the general
I walk; out Bhall bei handled. Some
J of the leaders favor a demonstra
- tion walk out. By this method
J every union man; would, throw up
hia Job and refuse to work for a
period of forty eight hours. It is
[ believed by the union men that in
forty eight houra the moneyed in
terests would see the* necessity of
union co-operation and grant their
demands .
Nothing definite has been set
tled bv the laedera . The leaders
fayori&g a complete suspension) of
work along all lines are in the
minorit}. The majority; favor some
sort of a demonstration walk out
with a time limit attached.
NEW YORK, Sept. 26—The gov
ernor of this state will 1)©, called] up
on by a committee of legislation to
day. They will ask the. governor to
call a special se&sion of th^ state
legislature to pass arbitration laws.
Netting is being accomplished by
the manner iu which; the labor
troubles are being handled and big
business demands that it be clean
ed from th-e boards and business
allowed to progress .
PICKETS KEEP
WORKERS AWAY
.SEATTLE, Sept. 26—Picketing
of union longshoremen is reported
to be keeping union truckers away
from the waterfront. Non; union
nr.ea are refusing to report to their
work at the port commsision, ter
m.uiOs. A big salmon industry is
tareatened by the lack of labor to
handle the fish.
A Van Mavern o' Tacoma, is reg
istered at the Golden North, Hotel.
Old Age Isn't A Crime
BUT It's a Crime To Be
Old While Still Young
NOW TO PLEASE YOU!
We sell Hart, Schaff
ner & Marx Clothes
That includes a range
of models Tempered
with dignity—But not
without spirit. We have
just received a large ship
ment of Fall Models at
the same old Prices and
Guaranteed as usual.
LOOK THEM OVER
WILL CLA YSON