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No. 209 TWENTIETH YEAK
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
GORRESPONDENT NELSON GOES
TO ANSWER TO LAST ASSIGNMENT
Settle, Oct. 10.—J. B. Nek>on,
Seattle mauager of the Associated
Presr. died at hl9 home in this city
iMt night.
The above is only a very meagre
mesaage, but tells of the passing on
of & man who, while his name was
seldom heard., and very little known
by the people of Alaska, ha« thru
h4* feforts been close to each and
every person who has read the Se
attle daily papers as well as those
who have read the Alaska paper*, J
for it was to him that all news in- »
! tended for the Associated Press was I
| sent In Seattle .
For a great many years Mr. Nel- '
son bay held his present position,
and we believe we are voicing the i
minds of all newspapermen of the
North, that in his death, Alaska!
has lost a staunch friend, and one
who has lent his best efforts to all
meritorious publicity; that lay in
his sower for the wellfare of
the great northland .
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VISITS TROOPS
Amreican Training Camp iu j
France, Oct. 10.—Tie American Am
bassador to France, William G. j
Sharp, visited the American troops :
stationed here the latter part of j
last week, aud in commenting on j
the U. S. troops said:
"A3 I watched our splendid young
eoldiers at their drill, cheerful
and determined, I could hav no
doubt of their victory with the un
ited nation behind them. In the
faces of these splendid soldiers, I
•aw the spirit of resolute America."
SEE URGENCY
Washington, Oct. 10.—Secretary,
Laus i recent efforts in securing'
larger aeroplanes for the Alaska
railroad commission was made es
pecially because of the military im
portance of getting coal from the
Alaska field* so as to establish a
coaling station in the north.
FORMER POSTMASTER GIVEN
PRISON' TERM OK 13 MONTHS
Portland, Oct. 10.—W. T. Keady,
former postmaster at Walport, yefc
terday was sentenced to 13 months'
imprisonment at McNeil's Island for
the embezzlement of postal funds.
Sentence was imposed by Federal
Judg« Bean. William Milton was
given a 60-day sentence and fined
|100 for selliug liquor to Indians
on the Klamath Indian reservation.
Washington, Oct. 10.—The ad
miu!stratiou bill permitting foreign
vessels in 'he coastwise trade ex- •
cept to Alaska during the war and
lor 120 days thereafter, and which (
was unanimously passed Oct. 5 by
th«? senate, was today ^igned by the (
president. j (
SUPPLIES™8E :
RUSHED Mi
Seattle, Oct. 10. — The Al
aska Railway Engiueering Commis
sion has completed the uego'iations
tor the charter of the liejv motor
ship Oregou, and the new ship will
be Immediately placed In the ser- '
vice between Seattle and Anchorage. |
As soon as she can be loaded,I
the Oregon will sail from this port j
with a cargo of construction ma
terial and supplies for the govern
ment railroad at Anchorage.
The transport Crook sailed last;
evening with a cargo of rails and [
supplies, and it is the intention of j
the commission to have that vessel j
make one more voyage, as the
commission is rufching in all the J
material to be used in construction |
of the road before the inlet clos
es for the winter.
Mrs. A. L. Grant, who has been j
lu charge of the mess house at th® ,
Cahoon Creek G<rld Mining com- |
pauy'a camp for the V>ast several
months returned to her home in
this city last evening .
HAVE YOU
Your New Party Gown For
The Beginning of the
Dancing Season?
If you have not you will be interested in
knowing that we have just received our
new stock. We also have Cloth of
Gold, Cloth of Silver and Assorted
Satin Dancing Pumps.
If you call it will please us to show
them to you.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Washington, Oct. 10.—A formal
preliminary inquiry into the al
leged disloyal epeecfc of Senator La
Follette, of Wisconsin, made before
the Nonpartisan league at St.
Paul, MJun., some three weeks ago,
was ordered last Friday by the
senate privileges and elections
committee.
Appointment of a subcommittee
of live members was directed with
authority limited first to in
quire into the correctness of the
report of Senator La Follette's
speech, and second into the cor
rectness of his statements made
therein.
The limited scope of the in
julry was regarded a# temporary
ictioa upon the numerous petitions
presented to the senate for the Wis
consin senator's expulsion. The sub
:ommittee beaded by Senator Pom
jrene, of Ohio, wafc ordered to re
port at the December session of con
fess. . |
Tlie senate commmee iook up
>etitions charging Senator Stone,
>f Missouri, chairman of the sen
it-e foreign relations committee,
vith disloyal statements and acts,
uid decided that the charges made
lid not warrant any investigation
if the Missouri senator .
The sub-committee expected to be
fln its inquiry this week.
Senator Pomerene made it plain
hat the sub-committee's authority
s limited solely to the St. Paul
peech and does not extend to any
>ther actions or charges against the
Visconsin senator .
A letter from Senator Stone de
ouncing imputations and reflec
ions iu the petitions and other com
tiunicatlons on file was presented
o th» committee and made the basi9
or its action as to him. senator
Hone offered to appear before the
ommittee, but it was held that in
stigation was unwarranted and
iso that:
"The record discloses that though
enator Stone opposed the declara
ion of war, he has since it was
dopted voted for all such meas
ires considered by the senate on
/hlch a record vote was taken."
The sub-committee also proposes
o call William J. Bryan to ques
ion him on Senator La Follette's
tatement that Mr. Bryan several (
imes urged President Wilson to
irevent the sailing of the Lusitania
ecause it was alleged an ammuni- j
ion cargo was aboard.
Senator La Follette's firoposed
peech caused Senate leaders to de-1
er action on the formal resolution
or adjournment of congress at 3 p. j
a., Saturday, so as to insure an
pportunity for other senators to
aake a reply.
A few more petitions demanding
Ir. La Follette's expulsion were
(resented to the senate last Friday,
ind a great many more have been
eceived each day since then.
Kiles, O., Oct. 6.—A memorial to
William McKinley was dedicated j
oday. The memorial is a building I
>f Georgia marble, situated near
he spot where McKinley was
>orn, containing a statu© of the
ormer president and busts of many
>f his associates. Former Presi
lent Taft in a speech declared that
r McKinley were alive today lie
vould support the government war
irogram.
Amsterdam, Oct. 10.—Iu a speech
which he made recently in the
Reichstag, Minister of Marines
Von Capelle disclosed that there
had recently; been discovered a re
volutionary plot in the German
navy similar to that which, broke
out in the Russian Baltic fleet.
This was told to lenil force to the
statement that there vag a feeling
of unrest beginning to manifest it
self by the fighting force of the
Gorman government. i
GOV'T 10 LAY
Washington, Oct. 10. — Evident
it is the intention of the ogvernment
to lay bare all of Bernstorffs in
trigue and it is expected that these
will be made public as fast as they
are iearned. Secretary Lansing
has the facts in a number of the
cages, and it has be*»n brought out
that many prominent bankers thru
out the United States were used
in transmitting vast sumis of mon
ey used for furthering Germany's
machinations in this country.
That Count Von Bernstorff while
ambassador to the United States
plotted the destruction of the en
tire Canadian Pacific Railroad sys
tem so that it would be entirely
tied up wag made known here to
da^. The state . department haa
made public three telegrams which
the German ambassador exchanged
with the German foreign office oni
subjects in jvlxiih details of plans
were given and also suggesting a
general sabotage in the United
States, the telegrams even going
io far as to mention the name of
an American who might be used for
such a purpose. Three Irish Am
ericans are suggested by the case
ment.
HUNS FORGE
BRITISH BACK
Lend on, Oct. 10.—According to
reports received at Ueadquaiters
today from Field Marshal Halg, the
British forces were forced back a
;short distance along a front of
about 2,00 yards south of Ypres
along the Staden railway, the Ger
mans attacking in powerful forces.
The Skagway Common Council
w ill sit tonight at the city hall as
a board of equalization for the pur
oose of finishing the work of set
tling the question of the valuation
of taxable personal property. This
will probably bo the last meeting
of the board, and the meeting will
he called to order at 8 o'clock
eharp.
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JAPAN 10 ENTER IHS-flllWIC
SERVICE IN FAVOR OF ALLIES
Seattle, Oct. 10.—It was an.
nounced unofficially in shipping cir
cles this morning that an arrange
ment is in sight whereby Japan
will divert a great deal more of
her tonnage to trans-Atlantic ser
vice in exchange for the releage by
the United States of steel ship
plates to that country.
The Ishti commission is on the
eve ot accepting the proposal which,
is to be made by the State Depart
ment, and il thlfl i$ accepted the
problem of shipping will be solved
for the present, as it will enable
the United States to transport vast
amounfci of supplies to the war
zones, and will in a measure hasten
the desired end of the Allies .
NEW YORK
WillS 110
Polo Grounds, Nejv York, Oct.
10—The third game in the Nation
al championship Buries was played
this afternoon before a terrific
throng of ball fans, with weather
conditions fair and cold .
The batteries today were Ben-1
ton and Raridon and Cycotte and
Scbalk.
Neither team scored in thej
first Innings, Burns striking out
for second time with man on sec
ond and third base .
Chicago made one hit in each
inning, New York finding the
ball for one hit in the first and
two in second. Cycotte sent a
high foul to Raridon in the first
half of the third.
Neither scored iu the third. Ia
the fourth inning Robertson made
three bagger. Holke scored Burns
with infield hit brought Robert
son ia, Cycotte throwing wild to
first, carried Burns to second.
Herzog wJfc put out on foul fly,
which made the score the end,
of the fourth New York two, Chi
cago 0. | , 11
No runs and no hits were made
in the fifth or Bixth. In the sev
enth Jackson, Felsch and Gandil
struck out, and Weaver threw out
Burrs at first. Herzog got a Tex- i
as ieager. Kauff filed to Felsch. No
runs in the seventh .
In the final innings the New I
Yorkers pulled out with two runs, i
holding the Chlcagoans down to a j
goose egg.
Jos. Esplin, .who bag held the
position of foreman with the Ca- |
hoon Creek Gold Mining company in,
the Porcupine district during the .
past season, arrived in Skagway on ,
a chartered launch from Haines, and
is a gueut of the Dewey hotel J
where he will remain for some-;
time. ■»[
till FLEE!
IS BUILDING
Washington, Oct. 10—Actual con
struction has begun on 20,000 air
planes for use by American forces
in France. Secretary; of War Bak
er has announced that trained
aviators and machine guns will be
ready for tiie craft when they are
completed. i
Gratifying response to the call
for student airmen bad been re
ported by the war department and
thousands of youngsters have
been trained in 24 special schools.
Many more Americans are being
'rained in allied countries.
Every type of airplane needed in
battle and at the training schools
jv-ill be turned out and the ship
ment abroad will begin in a com
paratively short time.
Seattle, Oct. 10.—Secretary Mc
Adoo made several addresses last
night at various meetings which
had oeen called for the purpose of
acquainting the people of this
city with the urgency of investing
in the second Liberty Loan bonds.
In his talks, Mr. Secretary urged
that all good citizens, from a pa
triotic duty and as a good busluess
Investment buy freely of the bonds
j'fered . i . , j
Phoenix, Ariz., — Jospeh Walsey
a. cowboy, uncovered an iron chest
of Spanish gold coins and gob
lets buried in a trunk in Graham
:ouuty, presumably by priests. The
valuation set on the find is about
f.400,000. I 1 , . i if;
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on Display
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OF ALL STYLES
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JAMES KENNEDY