No. 205 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTO
GERMAN RAIDER AGROUND ON SAMOA ISLANDS
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BRITISH FORCES CAPTURE 4000
HUNS IS MOTS FIOHIING
New Positions Held
Despite Heavy
Shelling
British Headquarters in France
and Belgium, Oct. 5.—The number
of prisoners taken by the British
as a result of yesterdays fighting
east of Ypres numbers 4000. Des
perate hand to band fighting! charac
terized the attacks of the opposing
forces . The newly won positions
b£ tho British forces were continu
ously shelled during the night by the
iiuns but every foot of ground was
neld. The British today dominate
greater part of the famous pass
at Chaeudale ridge.
Some of tho must desperate fight
ing of the war lias beeu going on
dring th.9 past few davg and every
inch of ground has been gained only
after an intense struggle. An of
fensive begun by British forces ten
days ago still continues und every
gain made has been held.
SKIPS DELAYED
ON TIM
Seattle, Oct. 5.—Manager Zipf
aays steamboats with 3000 tons of
rails and construction materials for
the government railroad are hied up
temporarily on account of low wat
er at the mouth, of the Tauaaa riv
er. It is expected that the ships
will not reach Nenajia before No
vtruoer 1.
FIREMEN MEET TOMORROW
M<iHT
The regular meeting of the fire
men is called for tomorrow night
at 8:30 o'clock in the Fire Hall.
A large attendance is urged.
LA FOLLETTE
SPEECH 10 BE
Washington, Oct. 5.—The Sen
ate Privileges Elections committee
today ordered a formal preliminary
inquiry into the alleged disloyal
speech of Senator LaFollette made
before a nonpartisan league in St.
Paul a fortnight ago. LaFollette
is alleged to have defended' the
sinking of the Lusitania, with the
drowning of so many American, wo
men and children, and to have said
the United States should uot be at
STATE OF
IN TURKESTAN
Petrograd, Oct. 5.—The revolu
tionary movement has gained such
headway that Russian Turkestan,
east of the Caspian sea, has declar
ed a state of war to exist.
LAST BOAT FOB
NOME OCT. 10
Seattle, Oct. 5.—The Victoria,
leaving Seattle October 10, is the
last sliip of the season to leave for
Nome.
Father Wolfe, of Whitehorse, left
on the Princses Sophia for Prince
Rupert.
HAVE YOU
Your New Party Gown For
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 us to show
them to you.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
T
ARGENTINE
PRESIDENT
MAY REIN
Buenos Aires, Oct. 5.—Th.e reeig
natioii of President Irigoyen. within
the next ten days is predicted as
a. result of claims against him on
account of his attitude towards the
German government. The people of
Argentine are demanding- stronger
and more definite action against
Germany than their president has
taken .
GAPT/WAUGH
MEMBER fid
COMMISSI
Capt. W. H. Waugh, United
States Army Engineers Reserve
Corps, received orders by tele
graph from the War Department,
directing him to relieve Capt. J.
C. Menaffey as engineer officer of
the Alaska Board of Road Comrnis
i sioners. Telegraphic advices were
' also recj&ivted by Gen. W. P. Rich
! ardsoii. President of the Alaska
Board of Road Commissioners, say
ing that a commission as Captain
iu tho Bhgineers' Corps, had been
! mailed to John Zug, who lias been
I a field engineer iu the service of
the Road Commission for many
I years. Mr. Zug will probably buc
jceed Capt. Mehaffey Us disbursing
[ agent of the road commission.
| The selection of Capt. AVaugh for
membership on the Board of Road
' Commissioners was recommended by
j Gen. Richardson some time ago,
i and his assignment to the commis
sion has been expected. Hia ap
pointment will not iuterfer with liis
I wftrk as a Senior tugnway xwieiucej
| in tlie Good Roads Bureau of the
Department of Agriculture, but
I will facilitate co-operation between
the tjyo branch.es of the Federal
road builders in Alaska.
Mr. Zug has been, field engineer
for the road commission in the
Third Division with liadquarters at
Valdez. For many years lie was in
direct charge of the work of the
commission in the Fourth Division
with headquarters at Fairbanks. He
is now on his way to Juneau and
i» expected here next Monday.
It is not known when Capt. Me
haffey will be relieved and
sever his connction with the road
commission. That jvill depend up
on whether or not Mr. Zug ia sel
ected for membership on the com
mission as disbursing agent, a posi
tion that Capt. Mehaffey has held
in addition to that of engineer of
ficer since the departure of Col. W.
P. Davidson about a month ago,
IN TERRORIZES
SEATTLE FOR
NORTHS
FIVE WOMEN WERE OUTRAGED
IN PAST 30 HR8.—100 EXTRA
POLICE REMAIN ON DUTY
DURING EARLY HOURS OP
THE NIGHT , ,
Seattle, Oct. 5.—Five women
have oeen outraged in this city dur-;
ing the past 36 hours. Seattla
has been terrorized by one man
operating intermittently for the
pa.st eight monthB.
One hundred police have been or
dered to remain on duty during the
early hours of the evening when j
women and girls are forced to be I
outside their homes. The resisdence
districts Of the city will be thor- j
oughly watched and protected by j
p\ain clothes men and detectives in
automobiles and on motorcycles. I
Exaggerations o£ the exact facts I
havo been numerous, but it is«
known that the same man is re- j
sponsible for most of the outrages
that have occurred in the city.
CABLE REPAIRED TODAY
The government cable to Alaska
was temporarily repaired last
night and a few messages made
their way to the Alaskan. This
morning the cable was out of com
missign but wag being permanently
repaired, the work to b(> completed
during the day .
The Dominion wires have been
up a nets down for the past week
and vesterday were in operation
but the service was so jammed
that the Alaskan was unable to
pet any news. This morning the
wires wero down again.
Tomorrow we hope to be able to
supply our many readres and sub
scribers with the usual amount of
cable news. I
and ij- to, when tlie selection shall
be made. Capt. Mehaffey hag been
working on. his reports and other
matter in order to have them out
of tho way whenever he can be re
lieved here and assigned to other
work. j ;
It way understood by the mem
berg of tho Alaska Board of Road
Commissioners last spring that Ihls
would bo Cant. Mehaffey's laist sea
eon with the commission, and that
his services were wanted by the
War Departmnt in matters closer
connected with the war and war
preparations than his work In Alas
ka.
Capt. Waugh only recently re
ceived his appointment as a Cap
tain in the Engineers Reserve
Corns, and this week took his oath
of office. The War Department was
immediately advised of the fact,
and the orders to relieve Capt. Me
haffey as engineer officer of tlio
road commission were immediately
wired from Washington. ,
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P. H. GANTY
The Astoria ond Puget Sound
cannery, at Excursion Inlet wa^ en
tirely destroyed by fire early Sun
day morning. The loss is estimat
ed at about $300,000. 40,000 cases
of canned salmon were lost in addi
tion to the cannery buildings, ware
houses, net storage houses and
large Quantities of equipment and
supplies.
J. C. F. Edwards, superintendent
of the cannery, arrived in Juneau
Monday morning on one of the can
nerv tenders and at once wired the
details of the loss of the cannery
to the owners.
When seen Mr. Edwards said that
'ho fire started in the boiler room,
at 7:30 o'clock, exact cause un
known, and that whon discovered
had pained considerable headway.
Every possible means was used by
the cannery to combat the flames,
but with the headway already gained
and: fanned by a heavy southeast
gale which was raging att the time,
building after building went up in
smoke in spite of the best efforts of
those fighting the biaze. Within
less than two hours the entire plant
was consumed.
The destroyed cannery was built
is 1908 and contained three lines of
canning machinery. It was rated
with a capacity of 90,000 cases.,
This season 95,000 cases had been
packed, and 65,000 of the.,«
had been shipped south. On
account of the inability
to secure boats to move the pack
about 40,000 cases were left at the
cannery, most of which were already
labeled or boxed. It is estimated
that the salmon destroyed was
worth more than $250,000 alone,
not counting the cost of the build
ings. machinery and other equip
ment lost.
Mr. Edwards stated that the can
ngry will be rebuilt and be in
readiness for operation next ispring,
if machinery and material can be
secured. '
OFFICERS TAKEI
CAPTIVE BY
n
Several American
Craft Sunk by
Pirate Ships
Washington, Oct. 5.—America*
ficiais in tins Samoa island# re
port Uerman raiders operating La
tiiu Southern Pacific. The aiatrtw
of the schooner R. C. Slads ar
rived ia Samoa yesterday in. tut
open boat, his owu vessel and
eral other American craft i*Tlag
been sunk by the raider Seeadlw
which later -stranded and the of
ficers cauf * r, Tho French »cJlO«*
er V
ia still rv ^ ^
clfic waters," •, . **
The Samoa isU ads are located
about latitude 15 degrees and
longitude 170 degrees. Thejr »rg •
little south west of thfie Hawaiian
islands and just 10 degrees - «a«*
of the Fiji islands.
Warning SoiuuleU 00 Day» Ajjj.1
San Francisco, Oct. 5.—Marl
underwriters sounded a not#
warning regarding the presence i
raiders in the Pacific sixty d*J
ago when certain vessels becaw
definitely overdue.
Nine Hailing Ship* Overdue
San Francisco, Oct. 5.—Nin« tub
er American, sailing vessels, ail loaf
overdue on either eMe of the
ciflc, are now thought tp havi
sunk by the German raider S«eaG
ler.
RESIDENT OF ALASKA 30 YEARI
Seattle, Oct. 5.—Max Lohbruaax
'a resident of Alaska for 30 y«ari
a pioneer of Nome and a mlM
well kuown through all parts o
the northland, arrived in BaaJtl
j last night on the Victoria.
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