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CUK FLAG
EDITORIAL
I UK VN'TIQt'ITY OF THE BRIT
ISH ARMV
(>w ins to the fact that previous I
to August 19H, the "contemptiDle
little British Army was a compara- I
lively srn^ll affajr> never designed:
:'or aggressive purposes, the inhabi-l
tants of other countries are apt
uc«v-a-days always to think of the
huge "new"' British Armies creat
ed by the exigencies of the War to
meet organized aggression upon, an
unparalleled scale, and in conse
quence to overlook the great an
't'l'Jitv and wonderful traditions of
the British army. This is exempli
fied notably in the instance of the
First Regiment of the Line, the
K-.n-U Scots, which now boasts bat
talions of its own to make a small
•irn.y of itself and was specially men
Honed t>y Field Marshal sir Douglas
for gallantry around Mont
Kt mme'i and other places during the
(ierman spring offensive.
The Royal Scots )Lothian Regi
rnei.ti go so far back into antiquity
M'.at !t is claimed that they originat
trom I'ontius Pilate'® Bodyguard.
w'aeu he was Roman Governor in
thy Xorth subsequent to the cruci
l:\ion: and at Colinton in MidlQth*
i in, which is said to haVe been
!n< headquarters, there still stands
''.mtius Pilat'e Tree." apocryphal
or otherwise. Many times in their
: and varied history of campaign
i'V they have fought against the
Germans and' with the Frenoh. so
that Mont Kemmel aud other places
•'n the present war it ha« only been
;i o.ise of history re^t-iitius iwn.
tho 17th century they spent many
years on the Continent, and, af
'• r fighting with Sweden under Gus
ttv.15 Adoiphus against the Ger
cvirg until his death, for forty-five
ytars they fought in thp French
s'-rvice as "Le Resimpnt du »Doug
JJuring that time a dispute a
r"se with the officers of the Pi
c-'-.-dy Regiment aoout the age of
rlit ir respective corps. The Scots
claimed their descent from Pontius
I'i'ate's Body&uard; but the Picardy
officers declared that they Were ac
tually on duty upon the night of
»he Crucifixion itself. Whereupon
Hie Colonel of the "Regiment du
lAniglas" broke in, scoring the hon
ors: "If we had been on guard, we
should not have slept at our posts."
<;i \S INSPECTED BY WOMEN"
Rochester, X. Y., Sept. 24.—Sev
(■ ity-three women, 20 of whom ar
engaged in the important work of
inspection, are employed with the
3,4S6 men comprising the forc^ at
'ha new Symington-Andersonj gun
bhoo in this city.
This factory is turning out com
pleted American and French 75"
uvilimeter guns and 6-inoh trench
mortars, and' has been iu operation
si-ice early spring. It is one of
♦he 1G plants constructed by the
Ordnance Department for the manu
l^ctare of mobile artillery cannon.
Women operate the machines
Hun Boots, Belgian Babes
FOURTH LIBERTY BONDS WILL HALT HIM j
which run test bars from the steel
forcings alter they have been treat
ed by aeat. They also operate
the machine in whic these bars &re
subjected to a breaking test to de
termine that texture and quality
of the product and its fitness to
go into guns.
OKKilN OF WORD "JAZZ"
How many times have y®u been
asJted the meaning ot the word jazz
We have run down the etymologi
cal derivation of the famous word.
Carry this story at the tip of your
tvrngue; you will find it of inter
est to everyon©_ There was at
oue time a trio of colored musi
cians in the south, a singer, a ban- ;
jo player and an exPert hummer on ;
»n empty lard tin. These musi
cian® were nicknamed the Jassacks
Band, an inverse arrangement of the
well-itnown denizen of southern
states, the jackass. Jassackg soon
turned into Jazzacks and' the "acks"
was finally lost leaving the de
lightful residue, "Jazz."
GEOGRAPHICAL REPORT
I W. E. Cockfield, of the Canadian I
geological survey, and his assistant, I
Mr Belu, who passed thru White- 1
orse early in the summer on their I
wav to the Mayo district, in the '
Stewart river country, were in Daw
son early in September, but doubt
les- are now in the Twelvemile,
! where they jrlll examine th© gal
ena deposits that exist there.
Regarding his. investigation into
j conditions in the Mayo district, Mr.
Cockfield has given out the follow
ing for publication:
j "During the last summer the writ
er has carried on an investigation
<** th° economic possibilities of the
Mayo Area, Upper Stewart river dis
trict, with particular reference to
led* mining. It is manifestly im
possible to give the full results of
'hat investigation here. In fact, {
the work will not be completed un
' til returns from the assays of sam
ples are received and some time
devoted to a study of the speci
mens.
"There are, however, several
prospects of high grade argeir
ifeTous alena. These are situated
on Lookout mountain. Rampart hill,
Mount Cameron, and a few other
.localities. The Lookout property,
owned by Messrs. Pickering, McLen
nan, Greenfield and Anderson, is
situated about thirty miles from
Mayo, on a tributary to the south
fork of th© McQuesten river. De
velopment work has been pushed
with a view to opening Up the pro
perty as soon as posible. and it
seemg likely to be placed upon a
shipping basis before long. Thg ore
is an argentiferious galena in a
gangue of quartz with associated iro
and manganese oxides. The work
ings are stll in the oxidized «>iie| of
the deposit. Besides th^ Vein on
which the development work is be
ins: done, two and possibly three
other veins as yet undeveloped have
been discovered on the property. Mo:J|
of the ore go far discovered is of
a milling grade.
"Manv other veins occur in the
vicinity and Lookout mountain
seems in a fair way to become the
center of a small mining industry.
"The veins situated on Rambler
hill and- Mount Cameron, whll® fur
ther from Mayo, ®re giving their
owners encouragement.
"In addition to th<> silver-lead
veins, a great number of arsenopy
r!te-gold veins occur chiefly in the
vicinity of Dublin gulch; others be*
Ing located at Crystal creek and
Lookout mountain. Most of these
are low grade and will have to be
concentrated, but in aome cases suf
f:cieut tonnage is in sight to war*
rant the erection of a small mill.
"Antimony occurs on Highet
creek and the properties there have '
barely been touched, so that little ca j
be said of them, They can be re
yarded, however, as a potential
source of this metal.
"Scheelite is being mined on Dub
lin gulch, and is ajso known oa
Highet and Johnson creeks. The
latter, however, are not so favorably
situated with regards to water sup-1
oly, as on Dublin gulch.
"All told the Upper Stewart river
district gives signs of promise as a
lode minins camp. It must be re*
memoered that the overburden is
deep and that consequently pros
pecting is difficult, thu$ rendering
certain that only a few out of many
occurrences have been located. This
fact will retard the development of
the area, but some of thg deposits
known show great promise, and it
seem.; certaiu that, with the encour
agement these give, the prospector
win slowly but surely open up the
mineral resources of th© region.—
?tar- ! '
I KF.ASl UY DDK 1*ARTMF.NT
War Lojui Organization, Office Of
The Director of l*ub
licity.
Washington, Sept. 11, 1918.
Mr. S. Keller,
The Daily Alaskan,
Skagway, Alaska.
My dear Mr. Keller: —
1 am mighty sorry to inform you
thut your application for Liberty
Lo^n supplements for use in your
newspaper arrived after we had
closed our lists. We tried our best
»o induce the rotogravure people to
keeo this list open at least until
September 10, but they convinced us
that it would be impossible for
them to accept any orders after
Sept. 1, and therefore, we establish
ed tne first as a dead' line. Owing
to 'ho intervention of a Sunday and
» holiday your letter did not arrive
until after Sept. 1, and therefore,
it is useless for us to send it to
the rotogravure people.
Although it is impossible for us
to accept your proffer of aptriotic
cooperation, l want you to know
that we are deeply appreciative of
your willingness to aid. The news
papers aiv rallying splendidly to
the assistance of tho government in
preparing for the forthcoming Li'
bertj- Loan, and' it is a pleasure to
us to be a.able to number your pub
lication among thos@ that We may
depend upon to assist us.
Cordially yours,
LABERT ST. CLAIR,
Chief, News Division.
The above l«tter was received in
the last mail in response to a re
quest to th© Treasury department
th»t a supply of the supplements be
set t for distribution to the readerB
of this paper, and the government
evidently overlooked the fact that
it takes time for mail to reach Skag
way and an answer be gotten back
to Washington within thirty days.
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
MUST REGISTER IF WITHIN'
NEW DRAFT AGE LIMITS
Washington, Sept. 23.—The War
Department authorizes the following
from the Provost Marshal General:
Numerous inquiries received at
this office indicate that there is a
widespread impression that veterans
of 'he Spanish-American War, al
though Within the age limit of 18
to 45, inclusive, will not he re
quired to register on September 12
and are exempt from the draft.
There is no justification for this
impression, and men of this class
ara cautioned that they are requir
ed to register. , . i •
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BRITISH CAPITAL
[ ALIVE WITH SPIES
Americans Are Warned to Keep
Their Mouths Shut While
Staying in London.
GREAT WHISPERING GALLERY
N .fiij f«*»
Women Are Particularly Active In
Seeking Informatisn From Careless
Officers—Still Most CosmopolU
tan City In the World.
London.—To young American fight
ing men, as well us to English, the
same advice Is good—that It Is a wise
and patriotic soldier and sailor who
keeps his war information to himself;
because, despite repeated warnings
about the dangerous habit: of discuss
ing military and naval matters in pub
lic, London restaurants and hotels are
still full of chatterers. In the past
women have been accused of being
possessed of an uncontrollable pas
sion for gossip, but it seems that men
are even worse In this respect.
Some Idea of the danger of random
talk about matters that should be kept
confidential and never discussed In
public may be gathered from the fact
that London Is still the most cosmo
politan city In the world. The West
end Is crowded with male and female
adventurers from almost every known
country. Including Germany, and al
though every one of them would swear
by everything that Is holy that they
are longing passionately for an allied
victory, there Is little reason to doubt
that some of them are spies, and many
undoubtedly are potential spies.
To give an example:' Only recently
in one of London's biggest hotels there
was quite a little cluster of Russian
women. They were young and pretty,
had attractive manners, and were not
hampered by any chaperon. So they
soon found admirers In plenty—just
what they were after.
Confined Attention to Officer#.
Perhaps there would not have been
anything very strange about this but
for the fact that these young women
confined their attention exclusively to
officers, soldiers, sailors, and airmen.
They Invariably turned the cold shoul
der upon civilians, but no sooner did a
strange officer appear In the lounge
than somehow or other they man
aged to scrape tip an acquaintance
with hlra.
Another carious thing about these
women was that they rarely spoke to
any man for more than 20 minutes
or half an hour. Perhaps they would
have a cup of coffee with him or
smoke a cigarette, but in a few min
utes the women made some excuse and
went away.
Still more suspicious was the fact
that several of these Russian women
were seen to be constantly conversing
with a young Russian civilian. He
also was stopping In the hotel and ap
peared wherever he was seen with
them to be cross-examining the women.
Eventually their behavior attract
ed attention, and they were watched.
The next day they disappeared and
have not been seen since.
Women Probably Acted for Spies.
Of course, it Is just possible that
there is an Innocent, or, at any rate,
plausible explanation of these mys
terious women. On the other hand It
ft regarded as likely that they were
In the pay of a spy organization;
that their part of the business was to
collect Information, which they hand
ed over to a master spy, who in his
turn sifted and checked the data he
received, and then In some way or
other transmitted them to Berlin.
Only the other evening two young
pilots were dining in a restaurant
noted for its foreign clientele. They
were talking loudly and, as Is the way
sometimes with young men, somewhat
heedlessly. When, however, a woman,
a total stranger to both of them, sit
ting at the next table leaned over and
said: "I wonder If you can tell me
where the squadron Is stationed
now; I have a friend there," the
youngsters were shrewd enough to say
they did not know and started talk
ing about theaters. 1 > •— •.
lnere is, or course, me wise uiciuui
that "those who talk don't know, and
those who know don't talk." All the
same It must be remembered that
London Is one great whispering gal
lery, and the most casual remark deal
ing with operations In France or else
where may be just the final check
wanted by the Germans to verify a
vast mass of Information obtained
from a thousand and one sources.
HELLO GIRL'S ANSWER TO
KAISER IS LIBERTY BONDS
Cleveland, O.—Miss Mar
garet Hibbard, a telephone op
erator here who has not been
over from England long, lost her
brother, Lieut. E. J. Hibbard,
In action In Europe. Her an
swer was a Liberty bond pur
chased from her small salary.
Then she heard that her young
er brother had also given his
life in the battle for democracy
In the battle of PIcardy plain.
"I went right out and bought
another Liberty bond," she said.
"That's my answer to the kal«
8er" -| nMlT
"WONDER SHIP" i
LAUNCHED IN 38 DAYS
California's labor power has a"
gain «hown lta mettls in the re
markable time made la tbe build
ing ot the Defiance, the "wonder
shin of the ■world," -which was one
6f four 12,000-ton cargo carriers
launched in the Alameda yards in
ono day. The Department of La
bor finds that many records are go*
lne in this war.
It was just 38 dayg from the
time the keel was started until the
vessel was launoned. These 1381 days
Included Sundays and holidays. The
Defiance was built by the Bethle
hem Shipbuilding Corporation.
The men have received" much
oraJse for their splendid effort in
turning out the Defiance in so short
a time. The record really surpass
es the 27 days require^ for the
budding of the Tuckahog by the
New York ShipbulidingC. o., ac
cording tq Pacific Coast shipping
men. It is estimated that about 30
Per cent more steel was required' for
building the efiance than for mak
ing the Tuckahoe.
SAN-TOX COUGH DROPS, Admin
istered oa sugar. Acts almost In
stantly. Th« prescription of
an eminent physician. Keller
Bro* The Htm-Tox Drug Store.
WE WANT ALL KINDSOF FURS
FOX,BEAR,BEAVER;tYNX.
feasts QmAerf. Pin Cash. PSXn&uS
QlUIi-Cftlchtllyeucka. PoUowoux lllai. TIUPPCH'HOL'IOt
ITg FRU. 8«od for U. Miki bl* xaaatj. Kr«qw<ai PtUC£>
LISTS to k*«o you posUd. TRAPS A.N D BAIT. tU klad joo
tuLOrttoku.ui. In tuiiaaw HALF A CENTl'ItY. lil/ewt
B«um. MOST CENTRAIXT LOCATEIi. Art mo» IJiok abati «*.
FtrtflaU. 8 to Mod Pru»Ll.U to Tftpjxrt. C**h tax BMm.
U"" WEIL BROS, at CO.
"Tkt Old Squiirt Deal House"
h) bit Vif«,W. U.S.A. Capital $1000.000.00 Paid
Everybody latcfoteii Write i
liiilli It Mini
Many Skagway People in TTiIa
Condition..
There's little rest for many a kid
ney Mifferer. The kltl-neya feel c6n
gested, sore and- painful.
The urinary passages are of tea
irregular and distressing.
The Bufferer, tired, wonrout and
(leDi-essed. £
Weaic kidneys need quick help.
They need a special kidney rem
edy,
Jjoan's Kidney PlUg have stood
the test.
A remedy esjwially for kldnef
ailments. 4 1 %
1 Can any Skagway reader doubt
th's statement?
| Mrs. A. M. Elliott, 589 8. Orchard
St. San Jose, Calif., says: "Several
years ag0 I suffered from kidney
1 comolaint. I had' a tired ache in
the small of my back which affected
' me most when I was on my feet dur
I in*; the day. I fait worn out and
I and run down. I had severe pains
f in the back of my head and dizzy
spells when specks came before my
eyes. One box of Doan'a Kidney
PIHs cured'm© of the attack." " •'
Price 60c, »t all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy —
get Doan's Kidney Pills—th^ same
that Mrs. Elliott had, Foster-Mil*
burn Co., Mfgrs, Buffalo, N. T.
IT ISN'T A KODAK
IP IT ISN'T AN EASTMAN
Keller Bros. theSkagway agrenta
For the Eastman Kodak compear,
have received a large shipment el
all sizes of N. C. and Autographla
Kodak film, and printing out P»"
Ders both Azo and Velox. tf.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 41,
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No
1, N. Bound
1st Glass
9:30 a. m. Leaves
12:05 jprf m. •»
13:45 1p.m. "
1:40 p. to. "
8:20 p. m. "
5:50 p. m. Aixlves
No.
BKAGWAY Arrive*
WHITE PASS Leave*
LOG CABIN "
BENNETT "
CABCR068 »
WHIHEHORSE "
Passengers must be at depot in time to have Baggage tar
•pected and checked. Inspection Is stopped SO minutes Mart
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of baggage wlU b3 checked free with each flB
fare ticket and 75 pounds wiUi each half fare ticket.
2, 8. Bound
1st C3aas
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8:20 p. mt,
2:80 p. m
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11:49 a. n
9:00 a. m.
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