1EJW EEHE
Casualties of Enemy on Italian Front
Are 30,000 Soldiers In Two
Days Fighting
Undine, Italy, Aug. 24. — Th«
war department estimates losses, by
tlx® an tiny during the first two
days o' the new Italian advance
have totaled more than 30,000 kill
ed, wounded and prisoners.
London, Aug. 24.—During | the
p&et four d^ys fighting the Allies
have captured 41,000 enemy prison
ers on the French and Italian, fronts
Paris, |Aug. 24. — Two German
airplanes Uxopued bombs on Allied
boipltals hack of the Verdun line
last night killing jthlrty wounded
soldiers, uurses and attendants.
FRENCH CAPTURE HUN
COMMANDER AND STAFF
Paris. Aug. 24.—During the se
vere fighUng of the past few days
a Hun Dattaiion commander and his
entire staff were captured by the
French forces. A i nephew of Von
Bernstorff, former German ambassa
dor to the United States, by jthe
name ol JEugent was captured
among the prisoners.
"MIGHT" DOOMED TO FALL
Berlin, Aug. 24.—"Might alone
and not right" is doomed to failure
according to Foreign Secretary
Keuhlmann in a;message to a com
mittee ol the Reichstag yesterday.
This 'a taken to mean (that the
ibreajt that seems near Kith Austria
over t>>e Pope's peace proposal jis
much more imminent than general
ly known. i.
HUNS DROP BOilBS OX
FLEEING INHABITANTS
Saloniki, Aug. 24.—A vast |fire
raging in Saloniki for the past
several |days has resulted in burn
ing half the city and destroying pro
oertv to |the value of $10,000,000.
While people were fleeing in large
band9 from the flames ;three enemy
planes circled over the masses and
dropped bombs among them.
WOMEN FORM
BATTALION
IN B.C.
Vancouvar, Aug. 24. — A bat
talion of British Columbia women is
being organized her? lor sen-ice in
the European trenches. Vancouver
women are following the e^mple of
their Russian alliet.
RED CROSS BEXEFlT DANCE
Owli'e to the unsettled weather
conditions the Red Cross Benefit
Dance,will not be held on the ten
nis court as planned but will be *a
the White Pass Athletic Club Sat
urday night. Dancing will begin at
9:30 p. m. Selmer's orchestra "will
furaijjfl the music. General I admis
sion SO cents. '
10661,16 MILLS
ARE SHUT DOWN
Seattle, Aug. 24.—Lumbermen in
the state of Washington, yesterday
asiiouuced that logging camp mills I
will j be shut down for four months' J
and that if government orders are j
receivr-d they (will get logs from J
British Columbia. No government ,
orders are on hand at j the present j
time and they have only a few pri- j
vate orders.
PLENTY TO EAT FOB
SLY WEEKS REWARD
PUT OX MATRIMONY
Berlin, Aug. 24—The municipal
food bureau of Strassburg an
nounces that newly, married couples
will be entitled to draw double the .
amount ol food indicated on their j
food cards. This privilege is ac-!
corded them for a period of six I
weeks. ' JCtlii j
J-AL-Ir ]V(IIiMNERY
NOW ON DISPLAY
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between,Third and Fourth Phone41
THIS BATHING POOL MADE BY A SHELL
< _ ^
k Photo by American Press Association. ^
A (German shell tore a great hole Inside the British lines. A severe rainstorm soon filled the excavation with wa
ter. British Tommies took advantage of the situation. Many took baths, and one man got a chance to bathe and
shave.
SHIP BOARD
10 MSIRUCI
1272 SNIPS
Washington, Aug. 24.—The fed
eral shipping board today announc
ed their plan to build and buy
1272 6hips Fitb a total of eight
million tonnage, to cost in the
neighborhood of two billiou dollars.
Washington, Aug. 24.—Secretary
ci W»r Baker announces the aban
doning |of Fremont camp in Cali
fornia bv the army because authori
ties State that;the sewarage system
in use in Palo Alto, near Fremont,
is injurious to the | health. The
forty-first national guard division,
comprised of the states of Washing
ton, Oregon, jMontana, Idaho, and
Wyoming, will be trained in Camp
Greene, North Carolina,
U HOPES
FOR PEAGE
. i I >
Washington, Aug. 24.—President
Wilson in an address | to the Jap
anese mission which arrived in this
city recently expressed hope that
at j the Dxoper time the effort now
being exerted by indignant humanitj
will lea<l to ja peace which is both
permanent and serene.
Mickie McBrien returned to Skag
way recently after^having spent sev
eral weeks [vacation in Juneau.
Peanut Butter
Economical and Appetizing
We have it from 4 oz. jars to 5 lb. tins
Average Price 25c per lb.
P. H. GANTY
i REGiMENT Or
LUMBERJACKS
COMPLETE
Washington, Aug. 24.—The regi
ment of lumbermen, officially
known as the Tenth Engineers
(Forest), aud nicknamed the "lum
berjack regiment," has been recruit
ed to full strength, it was announc
ed recently, and the Forest Service,
which has been securing the men
has been notified by the War De
partment to list no more candi
dates for service with this regi
ment. In anticipation, however, of
| a possible call soon for another
j regiment of the game character the
listitng officers all over the coun
try have been instructed to con
tinue listing names of suitable men
who may be summoned when need
• ed.
Tho "lumberjack regiment" is
not a fighting force, but will bo
'employed in wood operations in
j France, getting out material far ar
1 my use. Tho recruits are now
! being assembled in Washington,
| where they are drilled daily by the
'officers assigned to command them.
| Col. Woodruff, of the Regular Ar
] my, who will head the regiment, is
1 in charge, and with the assistance
of a staff, made up of practical
lumbermen and foresters, is provid
ing an equipment of the most up
to-date character for tho type of
woods operations called for in
the list of the experience of the
allies. The regiment will take
with it both stationary and port
able sawmills, with everything
necessary for logging and sawmill
work and for transporting the pro
duct.
PRINCE GEORGE ARRIVES
TJie Prince George arrived in
port this morning at seven o'clock
■bringing about SO round trip pass
engers. It will sail for tho South
6 p. m. tomorrow.
The Rev. Chas. Wolfe, O. M. I.,
arrived in Skagway Jon tho train
last night. ; 1 1 1 ; |l
VOTE QUESTION
Seattle, Aug. 24.—Twelve thous
and emnloyes |of Seattle 6hip yards
and sheds began voting today on
the question of a strike to enforce
their demands tor higher wages.
The result of the vote will not jbe
announced until Monday.
Seattle, Aug. 24. — Employee
in the steel shipyards of the state
are »oday voting whether to strike
in order to enforce demands for
higher wages.
Seattle, Aug. 24.—The body of
Mrs. Jacob Miller, -wife of a
Maple Valley farmer, wag found
in the roadway within, one mile
of her home this morning- by Mail
Carrier Harris. Mrs. Miller and her
husband had ageed to separate. A
supposition of her death is suicide.
Don't forget the Red Cross
Benefit Dance Saturday night. 2t.
Your Choice of
Any Lady s or
Girl's Shoe In
Our Window
For $3
JAMES KENNEDY
NEGRO IT IN
TEXAS KILLS
WHITES
Governor Declares
JMartail Law
.For State
Houston, Aug. 24<—Because of
alleged mistreatment, the Houston
police having arrested a number of
negTo soldiers, a hundred and fifty
negro members of tho 24th in
fantry sent to guard Camp Logan
rioted last night killing 13 •whites
including several policemen. Three
of their own number were killed
during the fight. The negro troops
were prepared for rioting and hid In
rendevous before attacking tho
whites. Tho rioters havo been
l>la<?ed under guard &nd tho gov
ernor of the state has declared a
state of martial law to exist.
WILL WITHDRAW TROOPW
Washington, Aug. 24.—Secretary
of War Baker today announced that
rioting troops in Texas will be
withdrawn.
ALASKA BOOZE
SMUGGLED TO
SEfllTLE
Seattle, Aug. 24.—Harry Ohm, a
Ketchikan fisherman arriving lu
this city on the steamship North
western from the north, became so
indignant when ho discovered that
someone had stolen 17 quarts of
whiskey from him that ho confessed
to being a bootlegger. Mr. Ohm
told the police that everybody
aboard was smuggling In whiskey
from Alaska. As a result the ves
sel was interned and searched by
the Seattle police but only an Occa
sional bootlegger was found among
the crew.
Frank Wilcox returned from a
visit in the states where he «as
called by the sickness of his moth
er.