TWENTIETH VEAR ~ ~ " SKAGWAyT ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1917
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WORLD'S greatest battle expected hourl
DECISIVE FIGHT
if BE llf
IW
The Allied Nations
Prepare For Big
Struggle On
Plains
Loudon, Oct. 31.—The eyes of
tae world are today turned on the
Verdean plains centering on the
Tagliamento river where there is
every reason to believe the great
est batt'e iu the world's history
will soon be fought. Here the
Italian forces are consolidating
their meu. and aided by the combin
ed armies o£ the British, French,
and Americans, a decisive battle
against the invading hordes of
Hu 1:8 is Hourly expected.
ja<;liamento river
IS ROARING TORRENT
Rome Oct. 31.—Reports from
the front say the Tagliamento river
is a roaring torrent today, and the
Teutonic force which is so sorely
pressing the Italian army must
come to a halt at its banks.
The headwaters of the Tagliamen
to river are in the mountains of
the province of I'dine. The river
flows in a southerly direction and
empties into the Gulf of Venice in
tht Adriatic sea, thus making an
effectiv barrier to the invading
forces.
TEUTONS ENDEAVOR TO
OUTFLANK .ALLIED LINE
Rome. Oct. 31.—One of the re- j
lnforced Teuton armies is endeavor-,
li:g tc oreak through the Italian
defense today in the Carnic Alps iu :
au atteinvt to outflank the new ,
established Allied line on the j
Tasliamer.to river.
The Carnic Alps form the bor
der line between Northeastern
Italy and Austria and are north of
th° headwaters of the Tagliamento.
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SALE!
Our 20 per cent off sale starts temorrow. In
the face of advancing prices thi« is an oppor
tunity not to be overlooked. Call and see
what we have to offer. We are always glad
to show our goods.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Washington, Oct. 31.—Chairman
Hurley, of the federal slipping
board, aunounced today that Am
erican shipyards will Lave one mil
lion tons of shipping construct
ed by the first day of March 19IS,
and said that six million tons will
be completed in IS months.
F
London, Oct. 21.—A lone air-j
plane attempted to raid Kekiss. a
co»sr city, early this morning, but
was driven off by our coast guard
and many of its bombs fell into the
sea. f : * :i
MUCH I SE OF EX-RAY
MAIMS FRENCH DOCTOR
P^ris, Oct. 31.—Dr. X. M. Vail
laut, head of the radiographic ser
vice at the Lariboisiore hospital in
ParJs, who had already lost sever
al finders in successive operations
resulting from the use of the X- j
rays, has just undergone the ampu
tation of the left forearm from
the same cause. Dr. Vaillant per
sists in continuing his work at the
I.arlboisiere hospital, in view of
his work to the wounded.
U. S. ADMINISTRATION
SAYS EVENTS NOT DECISIVE
Washington, Oct. 31.—The ad
ministration rejects emphatically
opinions from some quarters that
events in Raly can become decis
ive in the war or even an import
ant turning point. In fact it is
considered that with the aid of
the French, British and Ameri
cans the tables will be turned on
the Germans and what first looks
lik^ a victor}- to them will become
a. complete defeat.
PRISONERS 10
AMERICA
Washington, Oct. 31.—The Unit
Mi States government is consider
ing a clan to bring many thousands
of imprisoned Germans, now a
burdfji on the Allies, to this coun
try and to place them on agricul
tural farms where they will be
able to raise enough food for them
serves and have some for the civ
ilian population also.
SHOULD EXPLORE ARCTIC
BY AIRPLANE, SAWS PEARY
Arctic exploratiou by airplane,
advt'cnied by Rear-Admiral Robert
E. Peary as a solution of the
problem of the frozen North was in
dorsed strongly by Donald B. M&cMi
la.ii, leader of the Crockerland re
lief expedition, in an address at a
dinner given in his honor by tlie Ex
plorers' Club at New York.
"Viist expanses of land and ice
whi>h now take months and years
tc cover," MacMillan said, "will
be conquered through the great
messenge rs of the air. During the |
four years which I spent in the Are
tic regions I became impressed with j
the necessity for united effort on
the nart of explorers. That which
required rnontlm of effort by
my companions and myself could
have been done in a matter of
hours from Grantland to Cape Col- .
umbia and from the latter point
back to McCormack Bay in a mat-1
tor of a day by airplane."
ELKS WILL PROVIDE
HOSPITAL AT I'ltONT
Lynchburg, Va., Oct. 31.—Frod
Harper, grand exalted ruler of
tbe Kilts, announced that the Elks'
war commission has authorized the
couinli te equipping of the Unlver- ,
sitv of Virginia hospital unit to j
«?■• abroad at a cost of $60,000. Thisj
will be the first expenditure from
th<- f 1,000,000 war relief fund au
th rized by the Elks' grand lodge
at its Boston session last July.
I'MO IF ll»EA STIMULATES
SALE OF LIBERTY BONDS
In order to stimulate the sale
o' liberty bonds the Fond Du Lac,
Wisconsin, merchants created an or
iginal idea which they mailed to
the Skagway Commercial Club. As
received by the Daily Alaskan the
iir<-*sage reads:
"Fond Du Lac, Wis, Oct. 19. '17
| "Tier* is the Fond Du Eac Idea;
"All Fond du Lac Merchants sign
I ed agreements to pay five per cent
premium on Liberty Bonds turned
in for merchandise. Every Hun
dns* Dollar Bond buys One Hun
dred and Five Dollars of merchan
dise.
"Fon du Lac Association of Com
merce.
"To Skagway Commercial Clnb,
"Skagway, Alaska."
Corn Flakes—Special
Quaker Corn Flakes
15c a Package, 3 for 40c
Fresh Stock and High Grade Goods
P. H. GANTY
"H 1.1 I I 1
GROWN PRINCE IS DEFEATED
BY BRITISH ARMY AT RUPRECHT
Rri'ish Frout In Belgium, Oct.
31. — Crown Prince Frederick
William has suffered a stinging de
fer t at Ruprecht. The British forc
es, reaching across a Bea of mud,
SV reached from him the few re
SALVING ENGINE
10. 68 NOW
FINISHED
0<: the 22d jlay of this mouth
the complete salving of engine No.
Cs, of tho White Pass &. Yukou
itou'e, was finished. The wreck
toe if nlace last August Jvhen huge
rocks on the mountain Bide above
the tr:ick in mile 15 came tumbling
duwu and carried the engine into
the valley below,
Ov.irg to the place in which the
locomotive was wrecked the salv
ing v. as most expensive and diffi
cult but was made possible only
becaute of the increased cost of
engines and all steel parts since
"le beginning of the war.
The wreck occurred August 28
and the task of salving began short
ly afterwards. The bridge gang
work.*L8 under the direction of
Jolui Hansen built a skidway down
the mountain side for a distance of
Duo feet with a grade of 80 per
cent. Heavy; rock had to be blasted
away and removed . Two heavy
sle;ls were constructed on yvhich the
large boiler aud engine parts were
hauled up the mountain gide.
The hauling was done by 750
feet of cables parsed thru blocks
wnii.h in turn were held by an
chor Lolts set into the cliffs of
the mountain. Two of the largest
loco.uotives coupled together and
pulling down Mil were necessary to
pull the large engine parts UP the
skidway.
L,u,-.siuerauiQ uuucuiiy ouu luau;
peiu'exiug problems were experi
enced by the salving crew because of
a lack of wrecking paraphernalia.
Never before had a wreck occurred
on the White Pass, other than de
railment of a car or engine, so the
road lacked in such wrecking equip
ment as the railways o£ the States
have. However even, yitk the lim
ited facilities on hand the work
ba« been successfully accomplished.
Machinists at the White Pass
shoijc are now undertaking the
arduous task of repairing and re
building the big locomotive.
.lohii JdcAuley, 5vho assisted in
the salving of the engine, was a
foirner employe of the company.
Of ]at.< he has been connectd "with
the Grand Trunk railway and came
directly from Prince Rupert to
do * e work here.
mainjng defenses guarding tbe Cher
kale pass. During the past few
weeks fighting tho Crown Prince
has been pushed back time after
time and his men are beginning to
show signs of lost morale.
APPEAL 10r
10 PMISNI
Sau Francisco, Oct. 31.—Federal
Mediator Reed, in conference here
today with the telephone union op
erators, appealed to their patriot
ism li! order to avert a strike.
San Fraucisco, Oct. 31.—Indica
tions noint to a postponment of
the coast telephone Btrike, Mediator
ReM announced late this afternoon.
HAW AII'S DRAFT COST
TO GOVERNMENT $800
Honolulu, T. H., Oct. 31.—Regiss
tra iou in Ha.waii for the selective
draft held in July cost the United
States government $600 or 2 cents a
registrant. The registration fig
ure showed an enrollment of 30,
000.
While the actual cost of the regis
fra^iou work was more than this, all
but the $600 was borne either by
tho territorial or local county gov
ernments.
FATS I EH USES CHAINS
TO CONTROL !!OV
Chicago, Oct. 31.—Ladislaw Ba
browski, a boy whose father chained
him in the cellar of their home at
263*! West Twenty-firt street, was
arraigned in the juvenile court on
complaint of his parents, John
and Catherine Babrowski, on a
charge he is incorrigible. The fath
er said he chained the boy bceause
it was the only way he could con
trol b'm. The case was continued.
3ul)scrib« for the Daily Alaskan.
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JAMES KENNEDY
GILL GIVES HA2
10
Seattle, Oct. 31.—Urging tt
the charges of General Greene !
garding the vice syndicate in £
attle be probed, Jlayor Gill tl
morning made a promise in wr
inp- and wired Gen. Greene that
would start an immediate investig
tiou i£ the "council finds I ha
been derelict in any duty in ai
resoect within tlie meang at n
command in enforcing the law."
GREENE MAKES FIRM
STATEMENT TO PUBL1
Camo Lewis, Oct. 31.—Gener
Greene said this afternoon th
be would not turn over the ev
dence of Seattle's vice ring oper.
tions to Seattle officials for fe;
it might fall into the hands '
some of those persons who ai
participants in the syndicate's pr<
fits.
Memphis, Oct. 31.—A nation widi
plot to Kill American soldiers and
sailors by poisoning vaccine serum
wPh tetanus germs is believed to
hav* been uncovered here today.
Five deaths occurred here during
th>- past few days which were all
tracable to vaccination. Credence
is given to the theory of the te
tanus germ in vaccine because of
the finding of germs in court plas
ter? sold here last summer and
which were tracable to German ac
tivity.
PRIVATE RETURN'S PROM FRONT
Halifax, Oct. 31.—Private Frank
Slavin arrived liere today from the
Europen front.