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nTTTtWBNTY FIRST YEAR SKAOWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY i 1918 PMCE 10 0ENT8
POPE WILL ISSURE A NEW
PEACE OFFER ON mm
The Hague, Wednesday. — Ac
cording to advice® which, have been
received* here from articles "which
have appeared in the Colc^me ne*s
oaoftrs, it is the Intention of tlw.
Pooe to issue a new lHS^'e ofrer
on Whitsunday.
Tl-e Uooum-ents wUl be of a more
pressing nature than any that
have heretofore been presented *n.d
will contain concrete offers for me
diation ^>y the Poi>e.
It Is possible that the coopera
tion of neutral countries will be
asked by the Pope.
Similar information as to the
above suggesting the Pope's inten
tion has reached Berlin, whero it
is said to have been, received
pathetically. ' :
SENATE PASSES
OVERMAN BILL
Washington. May 1. — The Un
ited States Senate passed the Ov
erman bi'il a; yesterday afternoon's
session.
By the provisions of the Nil.
the President is ©mpowerd to re
organize, co-ordinate or consolidate
th^ executive agencies of the gov
ernment for the more successful
prosecution of the war.
The hill was brought forward as
a war measure—as a means oC pro* I
viding !or ihe national defense, the
successful prosecution of the war,
the support of the annv and navy, |
the better utilization of resources
and industries and more efficien ex- j
orcise by the President of his powers
as commander in. Chief of the army
and navy. It will remain in
force during the war and for oue
year after its termination.
MUUISl I
FOR AMERICANS
Washington, May 1. — The cas
ualties list as received frrrn the
American Headquarters in France
contained the names of fifty eight
men, two of whom were Wiled in
actlra and forty seven wounded. J
Washington, Wednesday. — Gen
eral Pershing in his report on the
tity's casualties to American, troops
in France give the total number as
seventy, which, includes nine killed
in action. i
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Miller and
family arrived on today's train from.
Wtiiehorse and will be passengers
f->r Vancouver on the Princess So*
i)Hin this afternoon
INS STIRRING
UP TROUBLE
IN IttO
London, May.—It has been posi
lively learned iter© by government
agents thai German intrigue i3 work
ing in Mexico in a plot attempting
to forceA merican intervention. The
information gained shows that the
situation brewing is of a, moat seri
ous nature.
London, Wednesday. — Reports
received by the War Office from the
British Headquarters in France
say that the French troops improved
the'r positions last night In tha
neighborhood of Loere on the Flan
dors front.
Washington May 1. — The Al
aska Steamship company today ap
oliei to fhe Interstate Commerce
Commission for permission to iu
ciease rates ranging fj-oni fifyt cts.
•o $15 to one way passenger fared,
and from five cents to three dollars
p?r hundred' pounds on excess bag
gage rates between Seattle and
nnints in Alaska.
Saturday Special
Sateen Petticoats $1*75
Silk Gloves at 1-2 off
Our 1 -2 Off Sale On Odds and
Ends Will Continue for Sometime
AT 1-2 OFF
ALBERT REINER
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phon
DEMOCRATS M SULZER
II PRIMARY
Casey, Connors, Sowerby and White
f
Selected For Lower Houes and
Britt For Senate
Tiie primary election hekl iu
Saagway yesierdja for tih<e purpose
of nominating' candidates for Dele
gate to Congress from Alaska, Ter
ritorial. Senator, Terriltoriai Rep
rpsentative and) Road Commission
er for t>» First Division passed
off nuietly 179 votes being cast.
Without any furor the polls were
opeued and those persons who h-'-d
TWO the legal notice that a prim
ary electiou woukl be held on April
30, between the hours of 7 a. in
and 7 p. m., and) knew who was
ssekiug the nomination for the vari
ous offices, aiui cared to do so,
wient »o the pdils and after declarin
their party affiliation, was haactad
ei'Ler the Democratic, Republican
or Socialist ballot. The result of
tLa liallots cast by the 179 citizens
who yesterday exeicised their right
of franch.se, showed as follows:
DEMOCRAT
Fc-r Delegate to Confess
William Malonev 28
Charles A. Sulzer 130
For Territorial Senator
William Britt 108
F. B. Harrison 38
Fer Territorial Kepweutative
Willis W. Batcheller 23
Grac« V. Bishop 4i3
W. W. Casey 89
E. L. Cobb 29
James J. Connors 63
E A. Heath G
£. J. Shaw 911
Isaac Sowerhy 91 j
E. J. White 130
Lto E. Young 24
For Road Com., 1st Judicial Dir.
Perry J. Wiley 96
REFUBLIQAN
For Delegate to Congress
James Wickersbam 20
William, OiimOTa 1
For Territorial Senator
Paul McClelland^ 1
R. A. Gumaiison 1
For Territorial Representative
Joan H. Davis • I2
Peter C. McCorimaclc .... — 11
P. H. McClelland ... ... — — 1
W. Q. StOUt ... — ~ 1
For Road Com., 1st Judicial IMv.
Jack Hayes ... «. •» i—i i—: 1
Ther© evidently is not one So
cialist i.i S&agway, or at least not
one who took sufficient interest in
his party to cast a ballot, for no.
Socialist ballot was oat.
Haines, May 1. — The vote at
the primary election held in this
city yesterday resulted as followp:
oulzer 35
Wickersham .. .. 21
COnolly — 2
P.rltt - 22
Harrison ... ... 12 I i
BatclieMor .. .. 2
nishop „ 4
Casey 23
Cobb-.. u , 9
Connors .. ... .. 27
Heath 14
Shaw 17
Sowerby . . .. ... 22
White ....... 7
Wiley „. . 29
Juneau, May 1. •— Returns from
• he primary election held through
on: the Torriotry yesterday out
of sixteen precincts of the First
Judicial ('.nvision thus far hoard
from i-'ives Sulzer 1069 and Maloney
4 59. Eighteen precincts, ineludiinff
Valdez and Granby of the Third* Ju
dicial division gives Sulzer a to
tal o? 1235 votes and Maloney 474.
The Tteums to date indicate that
the Democratic legislative ticket In
the First division is Brttt, Casey,
Connors, Sowerby and White,
FRENCH LOSE GROUND 10 ENEMY
AND RETAKE IN COUNTER ATTACK
Faris, Wednesday.—Report? from.
Fie'd Headquarters to the War of
fice here toduy state that la the sec
tor near N'oyon, the Germans at
taeKed the French troops there and
mad* some gains In the advanced
French trenches, but latfcr the
French mad'e a counter attack ; and
ilrcve the enemy hack and. reestab"
. lished their lines.
I In the region around Hangarda
! violent bombardment ha<s been in
pi ogress for several hours.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE
TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE
Pek'n, May 1. — The American
Association at Peking had) President
Wilson's recent addresses translat
ed Into the Chinese language and
.published) in pamphlet form. These
pamphlets are be"iug distributed
through the banto, at the hotels,
and at other public places to Chin
ese who ane uiwible to read) the
English language.
OI.l> TIMER PAYS
VISIT TO SKAGWAY
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bumside of
Cumberland1, Vancouver Island,
are round trip passengers on. the
Princess Soph'«.
Mr. Burnside was a resident of
Skngway in 1904-1905 holding a
position in the Canadian Bainik of
Commerce here, and during the lat
Jer oart of 1905 and well into
1906 he was with the satnee insti
tution in Atlin, B. C. He is Still
a member of the hank's forcei
COFFEE
Has not yet been affected, as far as we are con
cerned, by the war price and quaility the same.
We carry the following well brands
Hill's Vacum Packed
M. J. B. "
Alta
Schilling's "
Golden Gate "
45 ct. per lb. 2 lbs. 85 ct. ( 2 1-2 Golden Gate $1.00 )
Good bulk coffee, ground to suit you at 30 ct. per lb.
P. H. GANTY .
Store Open From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. One regular delivery a day
taking orders recaived until I p.m.
DEATH TAKES ill WHOSE ACT
PREMTEO GREAT CONFLICT
The Hague. Wednesday. — Advice
was reoeived here thla, morning tell"
lne of the death of Gabriel Principe
s>t Fortress Theresienatadt, near
Prague yesterday. Death was
caused by tuberculoeis. !
Gabriel Principe was largely1, In
strumental in, the cause of the pre
cipitation, of the great world 5W
which Is today causing the pacrlfice
of human life. 0 n June 28, 1914.
this man assassinated* Archduke
Fr»ucte Ferdinand at Senajero, Bad
it was over the complication# which
arose over a diplomatic Bettlenmnt
ot the murder that precipitated
'hit great conflict ;
WANTS ARMY OF
FIVE MILLION
Washington. May 1 — Senator
Hoke Smljh yesterday afternoon in
troduced a resolution in the United
States Senate calling on the Senate
committee on military affairs to
immediately prepare a bill providJ
iug for "the raising of an arpiy of
f've million men.
SPIES ARE HI
LAST SENTENCED
San Francisco, May 1-—Late yes
terday afternoon Von Bopp a ad
Schack, convicted of complicity W
tho Hindu plot appea-redi before tho
federal judsre for sentence. Those
f wo ex-German consuls were sen
tenced to two years each, in, the
federal penitentiary and each also
ordered to pay a fine o? ten thoua
und dollars. ">
MEXICO 70 CUI
OUT GAMBLING
'
Mf-sico City, May 1. — stringent
orders have been issued by Gov
ernor Alfredo Broceda of thje Fed*
eral Distric* (which. Includes this
city) for the closing of all es
tablishments wherein games of
chance or gambling of any kind is
carried on. The Chief of Police is
rigidly enforcing the decree.
Subscribe for Tho Dally Alaskan.
WILL OPEN BIG
ma mine
Mexico City, May 1.—Ai conces
sion has been granted by thfl Sec
retary of Industry and Commerce
for the exploitation of a deposit of
gold, uranium and radium at Gua
dalupe, in the mountains of the
State of Chihuahua. All the
machinery necessary for thorough
and extensive operation Will be
introduced. The government will
receive five per cent of the gross
outout in return fOf the permis
aion granted. This is the only die
posit of these minerals so tar dis
covered In the Republic.
OFFERS HEW
PEACE TO ITALY
Stockholm, Wednesday. — A Ro
man Catholic international Preoa
Agency dispatch from Basil recelrett
here today says that Charles 1, Em
peror of Austria and King of Hun
gary is making a freeh, peace offer
to Italy, appealing to that na
tion A° consider H la her owta in,
teres*.. [ ,.j ^
Cb cago, May 1. — William Ran
dolph Hearst has closed a
whereby he has purchase# the Chi*
cago Heralids and will nt once com
bine :t wiMi the CMcago Examiner,
the name of the combination to ba
"The Chicago Heralds Examiner."
VICTORY
WE ARE GOING TO WIN
THIS WAR
This Victory, like everything worth
while in life, will require sacrifice, self
denial and ungrudging effort in defense
of Liberty, Justice and Civilization.
We must u»e every weapon at our
command; and notjthe least of thes* is
money. Never in the history of the
world has there been • truer cause.
Invest in
LIBERTY BONDS
JAMES KENNED"