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No. 177 NINETEENTH YEAH
SKAGWAY. ALASKA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1916
PRICE 10 CENTS
ENGINEER MINE
WANTS MEN
A eall for hard rock miners has I
bucu issued from the Euginevr mine'
iu rhe AUia -district. A telegram
was received from the operators
yesterday stating, '"Wanted' first
elfins machine miners, ivoihj but
ttK>rou.,Ji.y competent men need
apply. Wages five fifty per day of
eight hours."
The KugiiHter mine has been, shir*
ping ore all summer and it is un
derstood that work is plentiful to
competent rneui at the mine. Opera
tions will contluue during the win
ter. |
Equipped with all the uscessaries
along the fishing line and making j
promises to their friends of a nice j
mess of trout and greyling, J. M. I
KclUr and Mr. Alexander got to- I
gerher all of their paraphernalia |
la#» night left on the morning's
tra'u for a gaue<ral outing in the I
bills around the Log Cabi.nl coun- I
try
I* the fish; are there they are j
•ur« to get them as th<?y took au
ample supply ot flies, hooks and <
fishing apparatus. No time limit I
hus been for their return, J. I
M. Keller -statiuz tha» their return J
would all d expend on how long their j
grub supply lasted and how the fiah
were bl'ing.
STORKS CLOSE HALF DAY
By mutual consent the storekeep
ers in Skagway have agreed to
clrso their places of business at
uoon on Monday. The rest of the ,
di>y wlil be a lioliday for the stores.
M RSES PET K\EE
XV. 0. Powell is nursdng a PP*
knee. It was necessary for Dr.
Cfible t lance It yesterday. It is
giving the transportation man con
siderable pain but it Is only of a
temporary nature ajid will soon be
bacr to lis normal condition.
Dr. Hawes left for the Interior
011 the morning's train.
TURKS SHIFT !
THEIR ATTACKS,
I'ETROGRAD, Sept. 2—Advices i
reacning 'his city tell of the shift-!
irg of the Turkish' attacks t» a po
sition west of Tretxizoad. Accurate ;
dfti'jiji oai the shift and. battles j
wnlcb are being fought there are
lacking.
The Turks claim that they have j
added ground to their command by j
tijo shift. Infantry charges com
prise the main part of the fighting.
TEUTOilSTER
ALLIED LINES
LONDON, Sept. 2 — German
troops have penetrated Allied
trenches on the Somme river. Brisk
fightirg carried on this morning be
tween tne British and German
forces was, disastrousi to the Brit
ish iorces. The Germans) plowed
thru the British, mdvanoq encum
brances and entered the t.'enches
and are now holding them.
The war office admits the loss of
two important positions to the
Gerirans. -Teuton charges came
thick ajid furious this morning. All
charges were repulsed except at
the two places wher^f they] succeeded
in cutting thru the lines and mas
tering the trenches.
E0RCESNEA1G
STRATEGIC CITY
TETROGRAD, Sept. 2—Offensive
movements have been, reopened by
tilt Russian forces in VoJhy.nia on
the Galician front. Teuton, reports
tell of the capture of 16,000
troops in the Lemberg campaign.
Russian forces are nearing Lem
berg and i* is expected to fall at
any moment. The Austriana have
•brown a central division around
the city and are prepared to fight
with all of their might to save
the city from capture at the hands
of the Russian troops.
A WORD
ABOUT SHOES
There may be other good shoes made, but we handle the very
j best makes that we have been able to find, and we have been
looking for the best for a number of years.
WE HANDLE THE FOLLOWING MAKES
(all guaranteed)
j THE AMERICAN LADY
For Ladies and Misses
itfm&ikan
SHOE
SECURITY 5CHUUL
SHOE
For Girls
CROSSET
and
THE AMERICAN
GENTLEMEN
For Men
PLA-MATE SCUFFERS
and SANDALS
For Children
The A. A. CUTTER, BERGMAN,
ZIMMERMAN & DEQAN
TENNIS and CANVAS SHOES for Hen
Women and Children
H| * IT *T /J) || THE HABERDASHER AND
• «J« L* I l\ V fl LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between I"hird and Fourth Phone 41
GLOBE TROTTER
OH LAS! LAP
Miss Celeste J. Miller, famed
gl >be trotter from Chicago, la on
the las* Uujj of her 6500 mile
<ia*fc tii.ru the great Alaska Terri
tory. W heni she reaches Seattle
and wends her way to her home in
Chicago she will have terminated
what pbc calls, "a little Jaunt
across the continent," having coy- j
o.'od over 17,000 miles in her Jour
iiey
Miss Miller is a remarkable wo- j
man. v ith a personalityt that lm- I
presses o.ie as havin** been and seen
the s-.-uit *lghts of the world. The j
globe trollerr left Chicago last
J iuuary and touredthru the south- I
ern states, then across the con- j
tiufnt >f Los Angeles, saw the
sights there.boaTded a train! for up
'.he cons', landing- in Seattle! in the
la'ter tart of the spring. The Bcen
ic Aliili e mountains, waters and
ici fields of Alaska^ allured her
and «Li secured! transportation to
Ncmc, \ia the outside passage
That was not enough;: she deter
mined do tJhe johi up right so ex
pended her Journey ta practically :
all' of the towns In the Interior.
Viewing the midnight Bun from the
k.ioll avove Fort Yukon on June
2-nd, she bade adieu to the In
terior 'Kir's and resumed her jour
n^v uo i.'ie mighty Yukon.. White
horse, A.lin and other scenic places
of Interest were visited by our lady
traveler..
The Garden Cl'y of Alaska, has
especially attracted her. Miss
Miller certainly has a warm spot
for our little city and would love
to remain longer with us hut she
fiudi it necessary to leave for the
<*outh tonight on the Prlne Rupert.
Pre bably there- is no woman lu
the world1 who has traveled more
tear Miss Miller. She has toured
extensively in every- country in the
world withi the exception of Ice
land and Greeuland. Africa, the
Desert of Sanara, India, China, Ja
1—n, South Sea. Islands and hun
dre's of other countries have been
vis'ted by her. Royalty ha® enter
tained the no'ed traveler.
3ha gets Teal plaesure from
traveling. Early In life she fell
heir to a big1 fortune left by her
father and shtj has decided that the
best way to pfnd It is to travel,
see and learn.
CITY SHTTTe
IN PORT SUNDAY
The City of Seattle will make
this port sometime tomorrow. Ideal
sunny weather has hovered around
the boat during t' »t day time but
fog banks have been encountered
during the night time. The cap
tain of the Seattle Is a careful
us vlgator and takes extreme pre
caution when traveling thru fog.
It. carries a light passenger and
freight list for this port. Its car
go and passenger list for Gastin^u
PROHi. DELEGATE
REPORTS WORK
Mrs. L. H. Pedersen and.' Mrs. j
G. V. Zinkan, Skagway'a Tapreseuta- j
tivt® at the* Second Territorial Pro- I
hibpion convention, which, was held
in Juueau ou August 24 to 27 in- j
elusive, returned to tills city on the!
Alameda and arts preparing to re
peat to the Skagway association ou
thq work accomplished by the con
vau*ion.
both ladies are enthusiastic ova1
tlie work done at! the convention :
an/ express a world of praise for
the> kind and! courteous treatment
rtweivedi at the hands of the Ju
neau, j eople. "Nothing was left
undone to seo that our stay in
the Capitol City, wac oai&e of com
fort and. wie certainly aippireciUq the
manner in which; thes Juueau people
treated the attending delegates,"
said' Mrs. Zihkan.
The convention was under the
leadership* of Mrs. Cornelius T.
Hatcher, Territorial) President of
lhe NY. C. T. U. and Mrs.. Ella A
tJoo.p, vice president of the Nation
al Prohibition Association. The
meeting was held in the Methodist
church and was well attends by
tiie leading people of Juneau.
Plans were laid by the delegates
to launch a successful, campaign
this fall ou the wet and dry is
sues- It will oe vote^upon' at the
uleci..on held on November 7th, at
which time the peoplei of Alaska
will vote as to whether or not the
Territory will permit tlie liquor
irafiic to' continue. Publicity will
lorin the chief avenue for the cam
paign. The leaders recognize; the
l»ower and influence of th§ press
and wnl ase publicity articles and
advertising extensively. It is their
opiuicu that the press will reach
more people than lecturers.
Representative educational facts
will l>e published in the papers.. An
educational program, has been, ar
ranged. Comparative statistics
will form a big part of the publicity
used in the campaign. It is
the idea of the debates that per
sonalities be dropedi from the cam
paign and that it be waged) simpjy
or. moral and educational) branches.
The publicity will be under the di
rect ■ of Mrs. Cornelius; Temple
tou Hatcher. She isl now preparing
her da a ajnd will be ready in a
few weeks to commence on the cam
paig . The general feeling amongst
• he delegets was decidedly optim
istic ab -ut tbie coming election.
HOLDING CEREMONIES
T-ONG BRANCH, Sept 2—Bulle
tin-Ceremonies notifying President
Wi'eon of nomination are being
held here today.
J H. McMillan, British| Columbia
official, will leave for Prince Ru
pert tonight on the Rupert.
No issue of the Daily Alasika La
bcr Day.
Cha-inel cities was hetvy. It will
c ear for the south! after unloading
its tr<j.>itt and allofwing the round
trippers a chance to view the Gar
den City.
I Full Line of
1 Perishables
•t
•l
2
s o nHumboldt
I PEACHES ARE CHEAPI
P. H. GANTY
•« ft
INSPECTOR FIRES
POST MASTER
KANSAS CITY, Sept 2 — Ir
regularities in tb^ management of
ihe postoliice business In this city
was ltfspnnsible lor thg removal of 1
the postmaster hero by the postal j
lusfpetior. He was notified of Us 1
rciu'i\al last night..
Xumertos compla4nts liav§ l>een
lodged with the postal inspectors
duriiitr t!« last three months. Com
plaints fLIedi with the postal depart-!
meut Drought a special, Inspector
frcm Washington to look over and '
Investigate th$ manner in which ihe
depar-'ment was being conducted.
redfIeldoenies
HUGHES CHARGES
PORTLAND, Sept. 2 — Secre
tary KedHeld has given out an in
terview denyiin; the charges made
by Mr. Hughes that he had made
appi influents to office strictly for
political reasons..
Mr. Redfield repudiates the state
ment f ! Mr. Hughes by saying that
men have been appointed; to office
in his de./wtmeut strictly) on abili
ties and merit and not for political
reasons.
PRIMER!
OUT TOUT
The Prince Rupert will clear for
the south, tonight around the six
o'clock hour. Ideal weather condi
tion® have been prevailing in the
day time bo the returning pass
sngirs should experience a fine
journey southward on the G. T. P.
boat..
Approximately sixty five pass
eng*ig will walk across the gang
plank before the boat toots its oast
off whittle and; drifts out in the
middle of the canal, noses around
and steams for southwards ports.
The Washington Clut* will meet
tonight at the home of Paul Mc
Clelland.
HOUSE PASSES
8 HOUR BILL
Washington, sept. 2 — The
House o£ Representatives by an
ovarwl.t'icjng! majority parsed the
Adamsoa eight hour bill. It has
been rushed to the senate for con
sideration and vote. The leaders
of the senate have promised to c<ui
va&ii ut final vote 011 it by six
o'clock tonight. 1» has a strong fol
lowing in the senate and will uu
di'Ubtea'j pass that hody.
If it succeeds in, passing? the
seua'e tonight it will he immediate
ly ruthed to President Wilson for
his signature aid be placed) on
the sla'ute books as the law of
the land. One addition was made
to >he law and that was to 'he
time of its taking effect. Tha bill
makes provision for its becomiug ef
'ective ou January 1st, 1917. Rail
way interests fought tha bill but
they were not able to swing the
house and i* is known that their
influence does not extend to the
senate nearly as much as it does to
the Louie.
MAYOR RESIGNS
HIGH OFFICE
l.OS ANGELES, Sept. 2—Mayor
Charles Sebastian has resigned his
official office as mayor of this city.
Fcrr a number of months the may
or and or€f=B of the city have been
at O'US. Theipapershave been, at
tacking him both thru their edit
orial c-olumais and news write-ups.
Mr. Sebastian has filed/ criminal
libel cuarges against one of the
largest, newspapers in the city.
The case has been docketed for
trial. Local people arei watching
with, Interest the developmens of
the trial. •
A. J. ACHISOX UP AND AROl'XD
A. J. Achlson, Skagwayl laundry
man, who has been confined in the
hospital for the last week, isi up
and around. Mr. Achison met with
an accidt-ur in his laundiry and had
four of his ribs broken. He is re
cuperating rapidly..
A. W. Brlggs of Toronto has
signed the register at the Pullen
House.
Who's Your Tailor?
YOU can arrange [to have Jyour
tailored to order suit and] ov
ercoat for Autumn delivered
whenever you want them-but we [ad
vise you to
Come inland Se
lect Your Pat- ,
tern Today f
Get first choice of the iff
handsome and exclu
sive woolens from Ed.
V. Price & Co.'s line
and have us send them
your measure.
{Reasonable II # \ JMf
Pimicp^ raTl" ^
WILL CLA YSON