No. m TWENTIETH YEAK
SKAtfWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
ASK SQUARE DEAL
PARCEL POST
FOR ALASKA
Ask ng a square deal for Alaska
iu parcel post rates, now th.ii same
Jbetwfen Alaskou points, far exam
ple between Skagway aad Haines,
fifteen miles apart, as they are be
tween Alaskan points and cities in
the States, thou^iidg of miles dis
tan», the Alaska bureau of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce has ad
oot»»' a resolution, appealing to the
pc-stmas'er general for a graduated
zone rate in the Territory.
In tt"■> bureau's letter to Postmas
ter General A. S. Burlelson, ac
companying- a copy of the resolu
tion. request that favorable consid
eration be gjv«i the appeal, Is
made or. tho ground that, "such reg
illations ;we essential to the devel
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l/EIIZELOSli
GREEK CABINET
A»hens, Juno 26.—Following the
resignation yesterday o£ the entire
Zlamis minijfcry, it was reported to
day that Venizelos, who had been,
head of the provisional government,
is now enroutg to Athens. It is
said Kln» Alexander intends to ap
pain* h:m head of the new cabin
et. 1 • ! _.
l.i bi'ob, June 26.—A dispatch to
the Times from Athens says that I
Venizelos, as soon as parliament
as Veen convened, will propose to i
the deputiefc that Greece join the al
lies, but does no* intend to znobil- [
ize the nation against its will.
ZIEGLEB IDS
Bait'more, Md., June 26.—H. A.
Ziegler, chief clerk of the lower
house of the Alaska legislature, and
iliss Lillian Windfohr were married
today at the wade's home n Balti
tlmore. Their honeymoon will be a
triu to Alaska. They wjll live in
Juneau.
Subscribe for the DMly Alaskan.
DRAFT PLAN IS CROWDER'S
Tho Judge Advocate General
Evolved 8y*tem of Regiatratlon.
The plan for the selective draft was
evolved by Brigadier General Crow
3er, provost marshal general as well
as Judge advocate general of the army,
and Its efficiency rests upon its sim
plicity. The scheme co-ordinated the
vast electoral machinery of every state
under one central authority. At one
step all local conditions are met in this
way.
TO COWL M
Y.'ashington, Jane 26.—The son- j
af« sub-committee decided, today
to extend the provisions in. the war j
time food bill, so that such necess
ities as iron, steel and petroleum
and thejr products should bo under
cou'rol of the federal government. i
ALASKA 11. K. SUPPLIES
Seattle, June 26.—The bajge Bar
ra Costa sailed today for Seward
with 1,600 tons of rails and mater
ials for the government railroad ia
Aiaska.
JOB FOi' PALMEIt
Paris, June 26. — Frederick
Palnier of New York, the war
cor respondent, will be at the
hea4 of the Intelligence bureau
of the American trooips in
hYance. General Perslriisg ap
pointed him to the position to
day, with the rank of major.
THE JUNE BRIDE
Is at Our Store
WATCH THE WINDOWS
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
WILL REQUIRE NO HEAD TAX
OF EXCURSIONISTS ON 7TH.
No head tax by the United States
immigration officials nor passports
bv the .Canadian lmmgration offi
cials will bo required of excu^ion
'3*b from Whitehorse and other
points beyond the Summit when 'hej^
come to Skagway to Darticipate In
the Independence day. celebration,
'Saturday, July 7.
I This announcement was made
last night at the meeting of the
Independence day committee. Chair
man James Kennedy and Secretary
Eric Telfer, who took up the mat
ter with Charles Durkee, Jr., Unit
ed States immigrant Inspector
and A. S. McColl, reliev
ing immigrant inspector for1
the Canadian government, said both
officials had issued orders reliev
ing the excursionists from the taxes.
A copy of th© letter sent by Mr.Mc
Coll to the secretary of the North
Star A'tletic club iq "Whitehorse, uu
der the auspices of which organiza
tion the excursion will be ran, fol
lows:
Exempt from Taxes
"This letter will be your author
ity to run an. excursion train from
Whltfetiorse, Y. T., to Slcagw;iy Al
aska, without having passports for
the pasfeongers, it being understood
that you will sell tickets only to
those who you know; will return to
Whlteho^e.
"Please bring me a list of the
names of the passengers which I
will >:et from you at the Summit."
This is a copy of Mr. Durkee *y
letter to Superintendent V. I. Hahn
of the White Pass railroad:
"Referring to our conversation of
sometime ago relative to the propos
ALASKAN RATES
Seattle, Wash., June 26.—Two of
the principal steamship linda oper
ating between here and Alaskan
poin's, which had been considering
t hp past month an advance in rates
aunt'iineed today that the rates
would no* bo increased.
F T. Hamshaw of Seattle, ac
cording *o friends in Slcagway! wher
he is well known, has the Dewey
•property under bond at Clearwater,
Idaho and will operate there this
summer. It is understood the mill
machinery has been Installed and
that sixty men will be employed in
the mill and mine.
■ed excursion from Whltehcree July
7, 1917, in view of the cimcumstanc
these excursionists will be ex
empted from the payment of the 5 8
•head tax and consequently It will
not be necessary for your agents to
onake such, collections."
Committees Report
The report of the finanoa commit
tee last night, made toy W. R. Hiill
ery, chairman, was that the funds,
conservatively estimated, would be
£700. Some of the collections are
ye* to bo made. ; j %| j
Authority was given the fcjports
committee, W. C. Bianchard, chair
man, to proceed with the program
{ for the children's sports on the
Fourth and the baseball tournament
| and otner sports on the following
Saturday, when delegations from o
ther tow«a will be here to join in
' tHe celebration.
The Fourth of July dance, for
which tickets will be one dollar
each, will be given in Elk's hall,
it was announced at the meeting,
and the dance Saturday night, July
1, which will be free/will ba given
at the "White Pass club.
RED CROSS DAY
at city hall
THURSDAYS M 2 p. a
All women of Skagway we •
urged to come aiul help In tills '
uork. '
YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU
GUARDS 10 MEET
Organization of the Skagway
Hom« Guards is eruected to bo com
oleted at their meeting: at 7:45 o'
clock tonight in. the armory.
H. 13. Eckensteln ol the commit
tee on organization, today said by
laws had been drafted arid would be
submitted with a view to perfecting
*he i.rganization.
Formation of a rifle club aa a
branch of tie National Rifle a^jo
ciation, will be discussed.
Mrs. Rosenberg, wife of George
Rosenberg of the White P&ss rail
road, is expected home Tirurfcday on
the Alameda from tho States, where
she has been visiting.
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TEACHES AERO SIGNALS.
Captain Culver, Cavalry
Officar, Aaaiatlng Racruita.
Photo by American Presa Asaociatlon.
The war department has ordered
Captain Culver of Hampton, Va., to
assist In radio and photographic work
with aeroplanes there, lie is assist
ing recruits In use of wireless while
flying and also In use of the telescopic
photographic apparatus now common
ly applied In aeronautic operations.
WAR ISJVERTE!)
Pekin, June 26.—Civil war, which
had threatened China for ) several
weeks, is now "believed to have been
averted. All the seceding provinces
are 'reported today W> have ceased
war preparations ami. tohave de
clared their wtfUngifWB-.ta^ooinjEso*
mise 'he differences.
Washington, June 26. — Advices
were received today at the Chinese
legation tha a new Chinese minis
try had been organized and that
the civil war crisis was past.
EXPORT COUNCIL
Washington, Jung 26.—President
Wilacn, after signing the exports
control bill yesterday, Issued an ex
ecutive order, creating an exports
embargo council. It Will be compos
ed o' 'he secretaries of agricultur
al and commerce and Food Adminis
trator Hoover.
U-BOAT IS SUNK
Of BRITISH
STEAMER
An Atlantic Port, June 26.—Tha
des'ruc1 ion of a Germaa submarine
was reported by a British, steamship
which arrived here today.
Tht liner was off the Irish coast
according to her officers, when tha
submarine came up to attack her.
A shell, immediately tired by tha
British ship, pierced the U-boat'a
armor and, explodinsr in. iher maga
zine, moke her amidships. She sank
instantly. ;
An English Port, June 26..—A
merican naval gunners successfully
fought off a big German submarine
wnicU attacked an American passen
ger 11 live off the coast of Ireland
la:>t night, according to the report
here today.
Amsterdam, Juno 26. — Three
Ofceeh regiments have deserted and
joined the Russian, forces, accord
ing to a statement made to the dep
uties of Southern Austria by F.
Vp.» Oeorgei, minister of defense,
upon his retirement from the Aus
trian cabinet, as published in the
Lokal Anzeiger and tlie Tageblat of
Berlin. i
SeatOe, Wash., June 26—Paul H.
Ortman, editor of the Seattle Ger
man Press, was summoned to the
fedeiai building today; by the Unit
ed St-a-es district attorney; to explain
ut'rrances made by his paper re
garding President, Wilson.
l'OKTLAXD HANKER DEAD
Port and, Ore., June 26.—Henry;
J. Failing, banker, died at hia borne
iiere tbn morning.
"THE GLORIOUS FOURTH"
Come in and Select Your Suit For That Day
JAMES KENNEDY