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No. 79 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
MUST FIGHT FOR MANKIND, SAVS BALFOUR
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IRK ON R.R.
10 PROCEED
m EOES
S«?aitle, Wash., May 5 — Presi
dent Edes of 'he Alaska Engineer
ing commission, ou his arrival here
to 'ay, said the work on the Alas
kan railroad "would proceed and
would not be hampered by the
war."
President Edos did not announce
his olans while in the States.
Summer work on the railroad is
well under way, and Mr. Edes state
men^ will relieve many fears that
the war crisis might cause a halt
in the work.
*. LCOLUEB
GIVES SELF UP
Seattle, Wash., May 5.—W. L.
Collier former president of the Nor
thern Bank and Trust Co., Which
closed Its doors Jan. 30, owing a
million and a half dollars to its
deoositcrs, as then reported, today
surnvndered to the police after hav
ing been misssing three days.
When Collier, sometime ago con
fessed to embezzlement of $30,000
of the bank's funds, he was sen
tenced to from one to ten years in
the penitentiary at Walla Walla.
He wa3 paroled to help work on the
bank's books. While still on
pa roe, the discovery is alleged to
have been made that he had
embezzled an additional $65,000.
When officers went Wednesday to
arrest him, he could not be found.
Collier was formerly with min
lne companies at Nome.
ESPIONAGE BIIJj PASSED
HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, May 5.. — The es
Dionaso bill, with certain modifica
•ious in the censorship clause, was
passed today by the house of re
presentatives.
BRIEVE SUBMARINE MENACE
THWARTED HI YANKEE GENIUS
New York, May 5. — The menace
of the (iranian submarine, which
has been declared by both British
and American leaders in the past
few days, to be overshadowing all
other efforts of the Germany
against the allies, will be overcome
bv American, genius if plans sub
mitted today to Washington prove
what is expected of them.
Chairman Saunders of the naval
consulting board, which forwarded
the plans to the navy department,
■said the board hollered tlio way
had been found successfully to
combat the U-boats.
Xo details were nwlo public
out It Is said that the plans will
prove tliat Yankee genius has again
tome up to the mark to save the
na< iot»
VERDICT, TRACY
IS 101 GUILTY
Seattle, Wash.., May 5. — Thomas
W. Tracy, one of the seventyj-thxee
Industrial Workers of the World,
held for murder as the sequel to
thp baftle between members off the or
ganization. and citizen deputies Sun
day, Nov.. 5, was today found not
guilty.
The trial of Tracy began ten
weeks ago. The defense was that
the I. W. W. did not go armed to
the dock and did not resist arrest.
i BILLION'S SUBSCRIBED
BV AMERICAN CITIZEN'S
TO LIBERTY WAR LOAN'
Washington, May 5. —Four bil
lion dollars have already been
subscribed to the big liberty war
loan, according to an official state
ment here today. The loan is be
ing l a Ken up even more quickly tha ,
»he most optimistic believers in |
American patriotism had expected. |
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v REDUCE HIGH COST LIVING *\
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* I have been requested to *
4* call a meeting for Monday ♦
* evening, May. 7th., to consider *
•> >vays and means to reduce the *
* high cost of living.. All In- *
* teiested are invited to attend. *
<• Hie meeting will be held at *
•> 8:30 o'clock in the city hall. *
* V. I. HAHN. *
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P. 0. RECEIPTS
SNOW INCREASE
Receipts at the Slcagway postof- j
fice, according to figures obtained I
today from Postmagter M. Conway, j
s'iow an increase for the month, of J
April of nearly a hundred dollars |
over the same month a year ago.
Gains have also been recorded In
the roceipts since the beginning of
1917. The total for the four month
of this ytear, ending April 30, is
$1,413, against a total for the same
period lu 1916 of $1,012.
The receipts for April Just eaided
were *406, the highest monthly re
coiuts so far this year. A year
a?o in April the receipts were $310.
DRILL TONIGHT
By HOME GUM
The Skagway home guard will
have Its first drill tonight, accord
ing to the notice Issued today.
The guards will meet at 7:30
oc'lcck in Firemen's hall. Thq of
ficers desire a full attendance, so
tna* the members may learn the
drill squads to which, they 'will be
assigned.
Up to late this afternoon, no
word had been received from Fort
William H. Seward as to whether
or not an officer would be able to
be present tonight. It wag announc
ed, However, that drill would begin
[ anyway.
Mrs.. William -Bunting, teacher
of the third and fourth grades in
the Skagway schools, left this morn
ing on the Prince John for Van
couver, Wash., in response to a
message informing her of the ill
ness of her father, Mr. Lalonde.
During Mrs. Bunting's absence, her
work in the schools will be la
charge of Mrs.. Fred Pedersen.
We have spoken lately about the sharp Tisa of leather
The newss columns of the Press also have noted that
fact. ; ; : j , 1 ] ; ,
But the gravity of the s iuation has not beau realiz
ed by the public—wlio took it as part of the general
rise in the cost of living. The matter is more Berious.
The p-rico of the better grades of leathier has tripled
over the prices before the war and is still on its sky
rocket course. Sold leather is sold by the pound—it
is now quoted at $1.50—tjhe price of select sol-*1
stock used to be about 32c a pound. Fine calf and kid
are being sold by the square foot. They are now $1.00
to $1.20. Against a former 20c to 30c, and in white
and light colors practically unobtainable. Shoes as
a result jump in p*ce over night often $1.00 a pair, and
no one can predict he end.
The truth is, our lea her and hides have gone to for
eign countries by the millions of dollars worth, while
all Europe has an embargo against us on leather, and
South America can get no shipping. So these normal
sources of supply of much of our lather are cut off
and our domestic leather—not enough under ordinary
conditions is being exported. • ;
So we consider it proper to speak of this to the
public. They can frm as good an opinion of the out
come as any shoe man.
They say forewarned is forearmed — You may con
sider it advisable to lay in, a reserve of shoes against
eventualities..
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
VAIDEZ WOMAN
DEAD, SUICIDE
AGREEMENT
Seattle, Wash., May 5. — Weary
of life that had been made hard by
financial reverses, Mt. and Mrs. J.
A. Wllkie, who came here two
months ago from VaJdez, decided
last night to let death end their
troubles.
Wi»h their suicide pact made,
tjhey tunned on the &as in tha
sleeping room of their apartments,
aud then, iu each other's arms,
iay down on the bed to await the
great adventure.
.When occupants of adjoining
rooms smelled gas this morning,
they investigated. The door of
•ho Wilkie apartments was locked.
It was broken down.
Mrs.. Wilkie was found dead.
Her husband was unconscious. At
tho hospital to which he was remov
ed, it was reported this afternoon
that he was dying.
Further than that they came here
in Feoruary from Valdez, no
facts in the life of either of them
are known.
With eleven passengers and &
considerable amount of freight for
Skagw&y and interior points, the
steamship Prince John of the G. T.
P. line, arrived here last night
at eleven o'clock.. Five passengers
sailed on her when she wont out at
ten o'clock this morning.
The Spokane of the Pacific S.
S. company is due to arrive here
at five o'clock tomorrow morning,
according to the report of the local
office.
The Humboldt was reported to
day by Agent Dortero to be due at
'he OockB at nina o'clock Sunday
ulght. She is bringing in 6everal
passengers and twenty-five tong of
freight.
Passengers who arrived on the
Prince John were Henry Larsen, 0
Hansen, Mrs. D.. Lane, I. JacobSon,
Capt. J. P. Douglas, Mr., and Mrs.
W.. Ellerton, J. G. MoKensie, Col.
E. H. Zunhorst, R. Taylor Raid W.
Bloomburst.
Those departing were B. Bates, G.
Johnson, W. Henson, J. Jordewon,
all for Vancouver, B. C., and Mrs.
William Bunting for Vancouver,
Wash.. 1
A dispatch to the Daily Alaskan
from Seattle this afternoon, re
ported that the City of Seattle
would sail north, tonight with, these
passengers for Skagway: C lifford
New fond, Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Burk
leard, Charles Jaffe and A. G. Wadq.
The steamship Dolphin of the
Alaska S. S. company, the local
office reported this afternoon, will
arrive here at midnight Monday.
ANOTHER SPECIAL
We Are Sole Agents For
"Alta" Vacuum PacKedJCoffee
40c per lb., 2 lbs. 75c
This is High Grade Coffee and sells regularly at 45c per lb.
P. H. GANTY
Ml NHS
■ SPEECH 11 HOUSE
2,000 GERMANS
ARE CAPTURED
Paris, May 5. — Nearly 2,000
Germans were captured today by
the French troops when their as
saults carried miles of the en
emy's trenches. The biggest gain
w&8 mads northwest of Rheftns,
where two and a half miles of the
German line were shattered and the
trenches occupied.
On tne Champagne front the gain
was not so great in territory but a,
thousand Germans were captured.
The official report also stated
that 600 prisoners were taken when
the Germans were driven from their
trenches on the eastern end of
Vauclerc plateau, and that 200
more prisoners were captured when
♦he French gained possession of the
village of Craonne..
PIERCE H3NDENBURG LINE
London, May 5. — Piercing the
famous Hindenburg line, the Brit
ish troopa drove ahead near Queant
today, according to dispatches re
ceived here, tools senreral Important
positions and then turned the cap
tured guns against 'he retreating
euemy.
FIRST LADY OF LAND
PRESENTS MRS. JOFFRE
WITH VIRGINIA HAM
Washington, May 6. — A Vir
ginia hkm, cured with sweet smoke
that, makes this product of "Ole Vir
giny," as succulent the roast pig
that Charles Lamb was wont to de
scribe rapturously, was added to
day 10 the ties that bind France
and America together.
The ham was presented to Mrs.
Joifre, wife of General Joffre of
the French war commission, by Mrs*
Woodrow Wilson "the first lady
of the land." I
(Sv&Mrtfe for the Dally'Ais»k«n)
British Commissioner
Says German Must
Not Dominate
Washington, May 5. — Marked
by one of the gjreatest demonstra
tions ever witnessed in the house
of l'egresen.tatives, AitJiur J. Bal
four, head of the British war com
mission, today .addressed the house
on the war against Gennany and de
L'lartd that Germany "jnust fail
In its effort to dominate civiliza
tion and mankind."
President Wilson sat in the. gaj
lery and participated in tlie ap
plause that greeted Mr. Balfour's
speech. He afterward congratulat
ed the British commissioner.
Declaring that the freedom of
nations is at stoke, Mr.. Balfoiur
said that eveiy possible effort of
the aJlijcs and of America must
exerted to insure victory over the
forces of the kaiser..
NEWHREGHIEF
TO 8E ELECTED
Election of a fire chief, to fill
the vacancy made by the resigna
tion cf former Chief John Bender,
will feature the meeting of the
Skagway volunteer fire department
to-nigh* in Firemen's hall..
Several candidates: arc* bej(ng talk
ed of by the firemen to head the
dc-Dar'ment and it was said today
that none of them had a big enough
lead to warrant any prediction as
to who would be elected.
Mr. Bender resigned when he re
cently left Skagway to go to An
chorage.
The Firemen's meeting, called by
<ho trustees, will begin afi
8:30 o clock.
WALK-OVER
SHOES—
Our stock of
LADIES'
WALK-OVER
SHOES
Are Now on Display
J*AMES KENNEDY