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SKAGrWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917
No. 175 TWENTIETH YEAR
RE-APPOINTMENT
GOV. STRONG
URGED
Seattle, Aug. 30.—L. F. Shaw,
editor of the Anchorage Times, who
arrived hi this city last night, said
that the pressing needs of Alaska
are the re-appointment of Governor
J. P. A. Strong, the building of a
branch of the government railroad
from Talkeetna to Jit. McKinley,
and the opening of trade between
Siberia and America.
Seattle, Aug. 30.—President Bax
ter, of the Alaska S. S. Co., la
today touring Vancouver Island and
other colliers iu an effort to de
termine the certainty with. which, his
company will be able to secure
enough coal to fill ths various
flood orders from different sec
tions. Mr. Baxter stated this morn
ing that the mines in Alaska are
hard pressed for men and tho de
mand for coal is inerea^ilig.
WOULD 510P
BUSS. REVOLT
Moscow, Aug. 30.—M. Orekhoff,
speaking for the employes of the
railroads of Russia, assured the
state council iu session in this city
that i* a counter revolution ip at
tempted employes will tie up the
whole railway system thus spelling
failure for the revolution .
KKD CROSS WANTS PILLOW'S
AVD SHEETS
The Junior Red Cross On Sat
urday will call ftt Skagway homes
to pet old pillow cases and Bheets
/or Red Cross use. People who
have the sam.e are asked to see that
they are clean, and to notify the
Red CroiS. 8-30-2t.
Miss Hilda Alto left for Douglas
today on the Spokane.
CABINET OFFICERS TAKE PHYSICAL COURSE
Fboto by American Press Association.
f Cabinet officers and other prominent government officials have entered upon a training campaign under the di
rection of Walter Camp, the Tale coach. Facing Mr. Camp in the front row are Assistant Secretary of Commcrc*
Sweet. Judge Covington. Secretary McAdoo and Attorney General Gregory.
KEEP OUT OF THE "WOODS
Federal Marshal J. M. Miller has
Issued an order prohibiting an-v
one carrying a weapon to enter the
woods or h.ills.
"BILL" EDRIS OF
y. OF IS. GEFS
Seattle, Aug. 30.—Miss Frances
Skinner, daughter of E. Skinner
and a gTaduato of Vassar wai
married yesterday to William Edris
a law student in the University of
Washington. Mr. Edris was yell
leader in the university a year
j ago, and wais popular with the stu
dents. He was prominent in uni
versity- dramatics and also was a
member of the university gleo
club. '
At the present time Mr. Edris
is omployed as a riveter in the Skin
ner & Eddy shipyards.
ITALIAN A!!
Rome, Aug. 30. — The Italian
army reports important gains on
the heights beyond Go-rizia, and the
I taking of 1000 prisoners
fAhh iVljL-IrlNERY
NOW ON DISPLAY
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between/Third and Fourth Phone4l
BLOW UP CUFFS
« SCENE
OISASTER
Wotkmen on the W. P. Route
yesterday fired off dynamite in
crevices between large rocks and
cliffs above the scene of the rail
road accident. An engine took the
men around and across the valley
where they could see the effects
of the shots and it is said the con
cussion of the powder at that dist
ance of perhaps two miles was suf
ficient so that one had to brace
himself to keep from falling. Hugo
rocks as long as four box cars and
as high as any building on Broad
way fell off when the powder ex
ploded. The place where the track
was is now a deep ravine filled up
with gravel and boulders, and it is
estimated that a week will be neces
sary before it can be cleard and
new rails laid.
Most of the mail sacks and scat
teed mail has been recovered from
the embankment below the scene of
the accident. One car carrying mer
chandise for the interior was cut
cleanly in two parts, and the goods
have mostly been recovered.
Official pictures were taken yes
terday of the accident which shows
it to ahve been one of the steepest
and most daugerous places on the
route, and about a half mile be
yond the 15 mile poet.
V. M. C. A. WILL SI'EXD
$100,000 AT CAM1* LEWIS
That the national war work coun
cil of the Y. M. C. A. will spend
close to $100,000 on buildings and
equipment at Camp Lewis, Ameri
can lake, Wash., where the new
national army will go into training
in the West, is the assertion of
Lweist E- Haas, business administrat
or of thq war work council for the
Western department. Mr. Haas is
ou a trip through) tho Northwest dis
trict and will confer jyitk I. B.
Rhodes, district secretary for the
national war work council, regard
ing the seven buildings to be
erected at Camp Lewis.
Mr. Haas will visit the army Y.
AI. C. A. building at Vancouver bar
racks, Clackamup, Bremerton, Camp
Lewis, and look over the proposed
site st Fort Stevens.
CANDY WORKERS
IS SEATTLE
SHE
Seattle, Aug, 30—Five hundred
candy and biscuit workers, mainly
girls and women, went out on a
strike this morning. Th>e workers
are demanding higher wages and
the recognition of the union. Seattle
has several big candy and biscuit
factories.
U. S. IS 343,141
VOLUNTEERS '
Washington, Aug. 29.—There axe
today 943,141 men in thel armed
forces of the United States—all
volunteers.
Since the declaration of war, ap
proximately 1,300,000 men hav
offered themselves for service 'in
tho fighting forces of tho country.
During the time this country has
been a belligerent 121,514 men
have volunteered for service in the
Navy and Marine Corps and been
accepted. In, the Regular Army the
increase since April 1 by volunteer
enlistment has been 190,347, and
in the National CJuard 136,998, a
total of 327,345 enlistments in the
Army branches, and a grand total
of 448,859 in both Army and Navy.
Even this figure does not include all
wh.o have been accented for service
since the United States entered the
war, for there have been additions
to the various reserve corps, but
these figures are not ail available.
The largest single item is that of
th<3 27,341 men recently commis
sioned from the officers' training
camps.
| These fgiureg were gathered from
the most recent official returns of
the Army and Navy which are avail
I able but, especially in the cage of
i the Army figures, accuracy down to
' the last unit is not possible.
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TWO DEPUTIES Si CONVICT ON
MILE FOUR BRIDGE LAST NIGHT
23 VESSELS SUNK
London, Aug. 30.—Twenty-three
British! vessels were sunk by hos
tile submarines during the week
ending last night. This is a slight
increase over the previous iwoek.
MliESif HOI
IB PERMIT
COUNCIL
Minneapolis, Aug. 30.—Governor
J. A. A. Burnquist of Minnesota, an
nounced last evening that the peo
ple's council of America, scheduled
to meet here September 1st, will
not be permitted to hold session
anywhere in the state. The rea
son for the action, according ta
the governor, is that such a coun
cil would have the effect of aid
ing tha enemies of America.
Tacoma, Aug. 30.—One thousand
newly commissioned officers arriv
ed in Camp Lewis yesterday and
will begin their active duties Sep
tember 5 when tliq drafted men are
mobilized in camp. Camp L©wi-s Is
at American lake, about 15 miles
from this city.
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER
City Clerk McClelland announces
that the last chance to register
for military service will be Sat
urday night from 7:30 to 9 p. m.
in the City Hall. He will be
there at those houTs, and all who
have not registered and are sub
ject to draft must do so then or
suffer imprisonment.
Father Wolfe, of Whitehorse, was
a passenger today for Douglas wher
he is taking two native girls who
never have been farther south than
Whitehorse.
Cable Is Sent To
Ft. Seward For
Soldiers
A cabla ha^ been sent to Ft.
Wm. H. Seward for soldiers to aid
in the search, and It la expected
that 15 or more will be la Skag
way. before the day is out.
Two deputies from the court
house refiort seeing Vernon. Bwalf,
escaped convict last night about 9
p. m. on the bridge at Mile 4. One
of them spoke to the man and said
"stop" whereupon the convict dash
ed into the bushes and was Been
no more. One guard then Jired his
pistol at what ho thought was the
fleeing man but for some reason
the gun failed to work. The men
then came back to the city; and no
tified Marshal Miller, got a better
gun, and went back, but no further
trace ha& been found of the jail
breaker.
Col. Chambers is guarding Rocky
point, and several men went out
on the train this afternoon to
watch other places. Deputies yere
■hunting all night and all avenuee of
escape have been blocked .
Marshal Miller, who had been on
duty for 48 hours without sleep,
had a short rest last night and arose
this morning to hunt again but took
ill and had to have special care.
He has not been able to do any hunt
ing today.
All deputies express the convic
tion that the convict will be caught
and brought to justice. He will
have to seek food and the Oregon
I boot on his foot will cut so badly
into his ankle causing it to sweJl
that he will have to seek help.
CONSCRIPTION IS
LAW IN CANADA
Ottawa, Aug. 30.—Conscript! on.
is law in Canada today. The mili
tary service bill adopting con
scription lor an men between the
ages of twenty and thirty-four
was signed yesterday by the gov
ernor general. The law is effect
ive iQ a11 tb-e provinces of Canada,
and goes into operation immediate
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