(Via Wirelesfl To Sitka)
Petrograd, Sept. 1!9.—It is of"
tlcially announced that the Russians
have captured Oroinaui, Caucasus.
T
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GU'LJY
MAX CHARGED WITH PERJURY
GROWING OlT OF COXVICTIOX
OF MOOXEY IS ACyi'ITTEI)
(Via Wireless to Sitka)
San Francisco, Sept. 29.—Oxman,
a juror sitting on the trial for the
Mooney case, ami charged with per
jury growing out of the convictiot
of Mooney, has been acquitted by
the court.
LBi
LOSS TO EXGLAX1) BV EX EM V
hubs makes it imperative
FOR I". S. TO yl'ltTvEX CON
STRUCTION'.
(Via Wireless to Sitka)
London, Sept. —Thq shipping
controller issued a statement this
morning that the los^ by subma
rines and mines made it imperative
that the United Staates hasten its
vihip building program.
Mrs. A. A. Rousseau, who has
been visiting in DouglaU for several
weeks past, was an incoming pass
euger on the Jefferson.
SHIP ON WHICH AMERICAN GUNNERS WERE LOST
The gun crew commanded by Lieutenant Thomas, f. S. N- »»» iQBt when the Vacuum wag torpedoed.
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IIIIM
The annual I. O. D. E. bazaar, |
held in Whitehorse Wednesday af
ternoon and evening netted approxi- \'
mately $1100. Over |200 worth of ,
comforts were sold at Mrs. Phelp's I
table and $220 was netted at the ;
close of the bazaar by an auctioa j
sale of unsold articles conducted by i
Robert Lowe. There were four raf
fles in connection with, the bazaar
and special features such as the
Parcel Post, the Killing of the
K«iser, aud the Comfort Bugs.
Quite a. varied program was giv
en in connection with the meeting
j thu chief item being the unveiliug
| of the Roll of Honor, the names of
the boys serving their King and
country at the front from the South
ern Yukon. Seventy-three names
were ou the roll, three of whom
have been killed lu action, being
H. A. 12. Newton, Jack Taylor and
Oeorge At. Chapman.
Fred McLemnan delivered an ad
dress on the war and the unslefish
devotion to the King and country
of those whose names were inscrib
ed on the Honor Roll. Mr. Mc
Lennan is known as one of the
best sreakers in the Southern Yu
kon, and his address was well re
ceived and stirred the people to a
new sense of their patriotic duty.
In the afternoon a number of
school children sang "I Love You
Canada," and in the evening Mr.
J . ' - ~ I
HAVE YOU
Your New Party Gown For j
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 uj to show
them to you.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
10
PULL THEM OUT
OF
Loudon,—Maj. Gen. Frederick B.
Maurice, director of military opera
ions at the war office, who haa
ust returned from one of his fre
luent trips to the front
u France, was asked by the Asso
:iat6d Press correspondent what
„hnse of battlefront activity had
m this occasion impressed him
nost.
"Always the same thing—the
nud," he replied. "It is the most
•emarkable mud In the world. Aa
ia enemy it is more persistent than
he German and more deadly than
lis artillery.
"1 had a remarkable object les
ion of the power of Flanders mud
luring my week in the battle area.
[ visited a hospital where the}
iiad two of our men who had been
rescued after spending 30 hours in
the grip of a Flanders mud-hole
The two men, advancing acrOS;
N'o-Man's land in the semi-darkness
had stumbled into an old shell liolf
ind found themselves inextricabi}
In the clutches of the thick miid
it the bottom. When they wer<
found, they had been there fop 3C
hours, and had been drawn waist
deep into the clay.
"All sorts of expedients weri
tried to extricate them, and i
was finally deemed necessary to fi
;i harness to them and pull then
out with a team of mules. Botl
meu had their hips and knees dis
located ia the process. That ii
Flanders mud!"
Mudie sang "The Best Old Flag oi
Earth."
Mothers who were entitled ti
pins showing that their sons wer
fighting at the front were Mrs
Frank Wilson, Mrs. Simmons,, Mr.
Lambert, Mrs. Withrow, Mrs. M. C
Watson, and Mrs. Chapman.
The program for the evening wa
concluded by singing the Nations
Anthem. !
Subscribe for the Dsily Alaskat
Washington, Sept. 2".—Consul
Oncral Georg© A. Chamberlain at
•Mexico City lias sent the following
advice 'o the Secretary of Com
merce:
The sceretary of commerce and
industries, according io an an
nouncement In El Universal, has ad
tlrosstd to the chambers of com
merce throughout the Mexican re
j public a circular letter requesting
iliem to send to his office samples
[ oj such products as might, be sold
abroad. Accompanying the circular
is a questionaire for information
oil the subject, svhich may accom
pany the articles when they are
gent to the permanent expositions
that have been established abroad
I "for the purpose of conducting a
jre»l yropaganda of our commerce,
J which has been so carelessly neglect
j ed up *o the present date."
j Tno permanent executive commit
(tqe r.t the National Congress of Mer
| chants has decided to open a ua
| tlonal subscription for the purpose
| of receiving articles of first ne
j cessit^ for the relief of thq poor,
j Press reports state that the Invita
tion to subscribe will be extended
J to all of the chambers of commerce
throughout the Republic, industrial
companies, manufacturers, and
and mining companies as well as
other corporations and individuals.
The central executive committee
is prepared to receive such amounts
direct from the producers, and- to
distribute them at cost.
It is stated tha in recommend
ing to the committee the carrying
out of the present plan the First
National Congress of Merchants has
been governed by a, disinterested
spirit and that every suspicion of
private gain should be eliminated,
inasmuch as its labors are to be
given free of charge and impartially
for all concerned.
E. A. Rasmuson, U. S. Commis
sioner, returned on the train lwt
night from a business trip to Atlin
and Whitehorse.
SPECIAL
Mother's Oats
Large Package 35c
A First Class Article at a Very Low Price
P. H. GANTY
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PRESIDENT WILSON ORGANIZES
PEACE INFORMATION BUREAU
———■———————— t _ _
DRAFT APPEALS
GO TO DISTRICT
BOARD
Washington, Sept. 29. — Th<
Provost Marshal General has sen I
the following telegram to tfce gov
ernors of all States:
Please communicate to an loca!
and district boards and give thf
widest possible newspaper pub
licity to the following:
First. By. the regulations of th<
President governoring appeals fron
the action pf district boards the
claim of appeal must be filed witl
tjhej district board and can not he
received if seat direct to the Presi
dent, the Provost Marshal General
Members of Congress, or to an)
other placg than to the district
board ltaelf.
Second. Papers, evidence, and af
fidavits not considered by the, dis
<rict board can not be considere*
on appeal from the district board.
Third. The only cases in whicl
there is an appeal to the Presi
den* are cakes in which a claim fo;
discharge on the ground Of en
gagement in agriculture or industr;
has been made in the district board
There is no appeal to the Presi
dent from the acton of the l°ca
board iu dependency or other case
whose determination is Within th,
Jurisdiction of the local board.
1 Fourth. All attempts to appes
cases other than those involving th
decision of the district board 01
agricultural or industrial exemp
Uons from whatever source receiv
ed; all affidavits, letters, argu
mentis, evidences, papers, or othe
matter not considered by the dis
trict board; all appeals made t
the President direct or tent to an
other official or person in Wash
ington will have to be returned t
jthe sender.
Another break occurred thi
morning on the Dominion wire
so that the Alaskan was unable t
get any press from that pourc<
The cable is still broken and a
though the Burnslde is searchin
for the missing strands calm weatl
er is required before it can h
fixed. What little news the Alas
kan received today came by win
less.
Has No Connection
With Peace At
This Time
(Via Wireless to Juneau)
Washington, Sept. 29—President
Wilson haa established, a peace in
formation bureau with, Col. House,
President Wilson's pertsonal ad
visor, as head, Secretary of State
Lansing stated last nigh*. The
purpose of the bureau has no con
nexion with otace mgotiatlons ®t
thib time.
RESULTS 35
SECRETARY OF THE NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION INDICTED FOR
SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY'
(Via Wireless to Sitka)
Chicago, Sept. 29. — Secretary
Haywood, of the Industrial World
Workers, and 35 I. W. W.'s. have
ijeen arrested on Indictments of
seditious conspiracy.
OBJECTORS ABE
HAYS T. R. ALSO CALLS THEM
TRAITORS. PITS CONSCIEN
TIOUS OBJECTOR AND SLACK
EH IN SAME CLASS.
(Via Wireless to Sitka)
Minneapolis, Sept. 29. — Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, in a speech in
this city last night, declared that
conscientious objectors and slack
ers are traitors and pro-Germans.
We Have
on Display
Our Line of
Ladies' Fall and
WINTER COATS
OF ALL STYLES
Drop In And Look Them Over
JAMES KENNEDY
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