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No. 215 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGrWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1915
PRICE 10 CENTS
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Loudon, Oct. 23—The British
Mediterranean squadron is now 1)001"
bardiug the Bulgarian port of Bed
enghatch, according to a dispatch
just received at the British war of
fice.
King Georgo today issued an ap
peal to the people to come forward
voluntarily and enlist in the Brit
ish army to help fight the GerJnaji
'c allies.
A regiment is being formed In
England to he known as th€> "Edith
Caveall Regimgnt," each member
of which will pledge himself to
j avenge, as far as lies 'within his
power, the execution of Edith Cav
j sail, the English trained nurse, by |
the Germans. _
General Von. Hindenburg's at-|
tempt at a drive agaiust the Rus- >
sians on the Eastern battle front
ou the Russian-Polish frontier lias j
been checked near Riga and the j
Gorman counter attacks in the re- i
gions where the Russian^ have late- |
ly been victorious have all been,
repulsed.
ITALIAN SQUADRON HELPS
BOMBARD BULGARIAN COAST
BriaJisi, Oct 23—The Italian i
squadron is taking part in the al
lies blockade and bombardment i>f'
tho Bulgarian coast along the Ae- i
sean Sen, according to a wireless
just received here.
—
Bucharest, Oct. 23—The Servian!
government today removed its capi- i
tal r.-cm Xish. to Kraliero.
BULGARIANS
ENEMY ALIENS
Vancouver, Oct. 23—Following
the declaration of war by the homo
government against Bulgaria, or
ders were received here from di
visional headquarters, that all Bul
garians are to be considered enemy j
aliens. Implicit orders were also
gtveu that all Bulgarians who have
enlisted with Canadian troops In
th? post, be dismissed forthwith.
It is said that there are nearly J
nuo hundred Bulgarians in Van--j
couver. who have become subject to
the same rules as applied to the j
Germans, Austrians and Turkish i
subjects. Most of them are in thej
fruit and candy business. The or-!
dc-r mukes it necessary for the But
Constantinople, Oct. 23—The .
Turks have sileuced the enemy's j
warships as well a the land artil
ler" cn the Gallipoli Peninsula, ac
cording to reports received in this
city today, and it is understood
that advices liave been sent,
by the allies to their re6j>ective
governments notifying them that
they must have re-inforcements at
once.
garinns to report to the chief con- i
stable tvery day, and failing bo to ,
do-, they will be interned as prison- |
era of wax. Nona ■will bo allowed :
to leave the country. Furthermore, |
it is probable that the order will J
include women.
VICTORIA HAS RICH
CARGO IX GOLl> 1>VST.
Seattle, Oct. 23 — Wednesday |
night the steamship Victoria docked j
here with $600,000 in gold dust j
and 100 tons of antimony. She
leaves today again for Nome.
FIVE GEORGIA OFFICERS
LOSE THEIR POSITION'S
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 23 — Ou,
accouut of the kidnapping of Le°
Frank from tho MiUedgeville prison
farm and his subsequent lynching
by h ba.nd of men who have never j
J-een apprehended for the crime, j
five guards aad deputy wardens j
were today discharged from their |
positions.
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GERM GOVERNMENT WILL SOON
TIE OVER ALL FOOD SUPPLIES
Berlin, Oct. 23—It was officially
announced bore this morning that
the government would eoo:i take
over all the food supplies of the
oouutry.
The German Emperor lias con
ferred the Iron Cross upou the
King of Bulgaria.
Paris, Oct. 23—Ninety four Bel
gians were today sentenced to jail
for from two months to five years
lor refusing to work for Germans
at Brussels.
Brownsville, Texas, Oct. 23—Two
of a band of Maxican bandits who
had been makiug a raid across the
American border near here, were
killed today by a posse of United
States soldiers while trying to make
1 iitir escape to their own country.
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ALASKA FLEET
Juneau Empire: The Alaska
Steamship company's Nome liner
Victoria will be placed on the Alas
kau coast run as soon as she ar
rives at Seattle on her last trip
from Nome. The Victoria was du
to arrive from Nome at Seattle yes
terday or today, and should be in
Seattle again early in November.
Tiie iuformation that corner fiom the
south is that she will sail for Ju
neau and other coast towns about
November 10th to 15th.
How long the Victoria will bo
key on tho Alaska coast run is
not stated, but it is safe to say
according to the information re
ceived that she will continue all
winter if the oro toanago continues
to be offered. Something, of
course, will depend ujiOn the length
of time that may be required to
overhaul the recently purchased
Kansas City, and the time of the
arrival of tho freight carriers Ben
nington and Burlington.
The Victoria is the largest vessel
engaged in the Alaska trade at the
present time, and one o£ the fastest.
While an old vessel, she is well
built, seaworthy and one of the
fastest American ships in the Alas
ka service.
Steamship men in Juneau say
that the Kansas City will make a
splendid addition to the Alaska
fleet. She is fast, has excellent
passenger accomodations and is
splendidly arranged to accommodate
passengers. Of recent years she
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The Hague, Oct 2?—Dr. Kou
eatantin T. Dumba, former A astro
Hungarian ambassador to the Un
ited States, left here for Vienna
this morning via Berlin.
Stockholm, Oct 23—Four more
German steamers have been 6unk
in the Baltic Sea by British sul>
marines.
Petrcgrad, Oct 23—General Ben
neukenipf, one of the ablest offi
cers at the front, has been placed
on th& retired list.
1H HIS
MEN MAGI!
We have been. requested to
state that Chas. Bender, who is
to construct the government wagon
bridge at Skagway, will be hero in j
a few days to commence work, and
that it is his intention to get all
the help here, instead of bringing
men with him from Juneau, as he
believes the people in Skagway
should have the preference.
Thos» desiring work are request
ed to leave their names with Tuck
j Flaherty.
CHINA NOW OX VERGE
OF A REVOLUTION
Manila, Oct. 23—It is rumored
here that China is now on. the verge
of a new revolutionary movement.
THROUGH TICKETS ISSUED
BIT LOCAL C. P. R. OFFICE
| The following through aand round
trip tickets were issued by the
local C. P. R. office prior to the
sailing cI the Princess Sophia on
Thursday night: Frank Reynolds to
London, England, crossing the At
lantic by steamship Sicilian of the
Allan Line.
! R. S. Gould to Halifax, Nova
Scotia and return.
Mr. Taylor through to Paris, On
tario, via Chicago.
Mr. Armstrong through to To
ronto, Ontario, via Chicago.
DOLI'HIX SEARCHED FOR
LIEUTENANT'S BAGGAGE |
Juneau Empire, Oct. 21: While j
in port at Douglas last night the
steamer Dolphin -was searched by
Deputy Marshal Frank Bach, who,
acting on information received in a
telegram from Haines, made an ef
fort to locate a suitcase and cam
era- belonging to Lieutenant McCaf
ferty.
When Lieut. McCafferty boarded
the Dolphin at Haines he left his
suitcase and camera on one of the
dock benches for a moment and
turned to Dpeak to some friends.
When he vent to get his belong
ings they had disappeared. The po
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FEU! DIAZ HAS NOW JOINED
!HE ZAP* IN MEXICO
El Ptiso, Texas, Oct. 23 — Felix
Diaz, nephew of the late Porfirio
Diaz, former president of Mexico,
is reported to have joined the Za
pataists and Is now said to bo at
the head of forty thousand BOldiere
who are menacing the City of Mexi
co.
Juneau Empire: Dispatches re
ceived from Washington today con
firmed statements that have been '
made on tho streets by Edward I. J
Wade, who was a stenographer and
clerk in the Governor's office from
early in August until tho 18th of
the present month, that he had
filed charges against Gov. J. F. A
Strong.
The Seattle Times' correspond-!
eut, according to the Seattle dis
patches, said iu today's Times:
"Formal charges were filed against
Gov. J. F. A.. Strong with President
Woodrow Wilson late yesterday af-1
ternoon.. The Alaskan executive is i
charged with retaining a republi-1
can in office, the said republican
being William W. Shorthill, the Gov
ernor's private secretary.
"The charges against the Gov
vcrnor are written on stationery
from the executive office and are
signed by William (Edward) iJ
Wade, who, it is presumed at Wash
ington, is a former clerk in the Gov
ernor's office. On plain paper Wade
informs the President that he has I
resigned in order to be free to
l'llo charges against the Governor.
The charges against the Governor
aver that Shorthill manifests *a
partisanship of a particularly offen
sive and radical .type, and that his
incumbency of this important confi
dential and lucrative office is in de
fiance of democratic protests of the
most vigorous and trenchant char
acter.'
11 lb U1IUOIlUttk I.UM ~ o —
will be laid before Secretary Lane,
of the department of the interior,
today and that he will determine
what action will be taken."
After resigning his position iu
the Governor's office, llr. Wade
stated that it was due to friction
between himself and Mr. Shorthill,
and for several days he has been
conducting a more or less vocifer
ous campaign against the Governor
for retaining Shorthill in his of
fice. Ha has stated that he had
filed charges against the Governor
for doing so, and alleged that Short
hill is a bitter partisan republican.
The incipient campaign against the
Governor was not regarded serious
ly in Juneau.
When questioned regarding the
charges this afternoon Gov. Strong
•replied:
"1 have nothing to say Jn regard
to the matter, as I consider the
charges too absolutely foolish to
pay any attention to them. I shall
make my answer to the Seecretary
of the Interior if I am called up
on to do so."
William W. Sharthill, in a state
ment ijiven to The Empire today,
said that he <ls not a republican
and never has been one; that he
hag voted only once for president,
ai|d thai was for William J. Bryan
in 1896, and that he has taken lit
tle part in politics in Alaska ex
cept to vote.
Mr. Shorthill'g statement follows:
"I have never been actives in
politics since coming to Alaska,
nor, for that matter, before that
time. In the campaign of 1896 I
worked and voted f~r William Jen
nings Bryan. I ame to Alaska la
February, 1898, and have lived here
continuously ever since. 1 have
been more or less non-partisan in
Alaska politics, voting for Ronan,
the democratic candidate for dele
gate in 1910, and for Gilmore the
republican candidate, in 1912,
while in 1914 I voted for Mr. Bun
nell, the democratic candidate, aaid
worked in a quiet way for him. as
well, and made small contributions
toward the campaign expenses of
the local democratic committee. I
have never allied mvslf with any
political organization, but have for
many years leaned strongly toward
the principles of the democratic
party, especially since coming to
Alaska, it being more and more ap
parent to me that these principles
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