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No. 176 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAtfWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1916 TRICK lot EN
CONGRESS BUSY
OK LEGISLATION
WASHINXJTXXN. Se-pt. 1 — Con
gress it, Tjiaj its In'st t® check
the rallna<i strike which rais to
t>« a certainly ud whk-h in the
i> of the leading business
ci«mi * ht. ha*«e been follow! op the
l*uefe will throw business into a
temporary >t< Nvi.
Both tuniset are ru»lvinj the
*crk cd the eight hour bill which
U to come before these bodies for
consider-1> on today or tomorrrow.
The bill tv&s an emergency claus*
at-».*•<) •« it and if pa&>e<i will
t>e"one effective !nn»ed>*tely.
l.«*ders Ui t>e houa a:id serva'e
«pre»s tte bellaftha*. the pasj»age
cf the bill would be sufficient to
briii£ .ibtu* a poatpoBfirieiil of tlu.
■*rik* Some font of Jegislatiom
embodyiug the eight hour law is
Almost a>«ured by both bouses.
GUN IN 11
LEW1STOX, ME., Sspt. 1—Theo
<k.r« K,m?(w1i is ol the groumd
fK-o.- iu •.!:* stare, campai^nanf;
Tor Cbar'ts £▼*»» Hupnes. for presi
de* ©: r.-ve loiteid States.. Mr.
R'X-nevtl: i», scheduled to dalrrer a
*ni^ c» addresses in the mt>tro
poju^a cities at tV state.
Tl« Joriiier pr>ea!dtm made a
•lri.bg adu^ee in tiu>> ci'y last
m«ht a£tooattag the election of
Air Hu^bes to the jx.-atudeait '» chair.
Hf b»"<ldly j>ociued out the reraes of
f*lluie« aii'de br Mr. Wilson by
meddllits 1l the M<*i<*n situation.
Ts»e j-pt-riL, adminis'rauoa policy
or the present incumbent » -is sh«j"p
b a«#a.ted.
OlTINti PARTY RETIRNS
*m- pending a fe1* days in the
«<ecic Atlin country, a hajn>>' Pa^-V
of tkair»&} peojile recur*ied on last
wlghta train, overflowing with
pralae and comment on their trip.
Those noted a* having returned
were Mrs. E. J.. Sha-w, Mrs, W. R.
Htllery. »rs. Gabie, V. I. Hahn.
wife tud children, Herman Miller
And wife.
LABOR LAW WILL
AVERT STRIKE
WASHINGTON. Sept.. —Presi
i Wil.-un is urging the passage
of the e-««lU hour law. He Is jrork
in* personally amongst Clve law
n aicirs and has hop**. o£ it passing
thru both bouscg by tomorrow
night.
1' is practically assured that the
bill will i«gs la its preheat form
Ti>;-> president believes tbat if the
bill is i>a®u3 that he can thee
handle 'te trainmen and avert ttoe
strike.
U.S.TO DECLARE
I
Washington. sen. i—The Un
ited Staje* is on the verge of de
cUirU.g a trade war on the Allies.
The Democratic a<tmi wist rat iaa' has
decided to adopt a policy of retal
iation for interference with United
States commerce.
Official diplomatic communica
tions bavie bean tm-velanj back and
forrh between various departments
all summer and little or ao head
way has been mode by the depart
ments in ihe aeries of communi
cui'iM The black listing of Am
erican firms by th© Allies has had
a deal of jnflucnce in the Teaching
by tne admir.istraicii d the de
. cisioii re declare a trade war.
ROMANIAATOUTS
WITH BULGARIA
Bi:ni.r\\ Sept- 1—Rumania sev
ered all retatioos with Bulgaria
! last r.igbi. Salonika and Bulgaria
have declared war upon Rumania
and are preparing to take the ac
tive field against her.
1» is expected that Rumania 'will
issue a declaration of war against
a'l of the Central Powers some
time today.
The Citv of Seattle will be in
port srmitime tomorrow with a
large passenger liBt.
A WORD
ABOUT SHOES
There may be other good shoes made. but we handle the very
hest makes that we have been able to find, and we have been
loolang for the best for a number of years.
WE HANDLE THE FOLLOWING MAKES
(at] guaranteed)
1 HE AMERICAN LADY
For Ladies and Misses
THE
\tAn&ucan
Jed*
SHOE
SCt^urvl l I
SHOE
For Girk
CROSSET
and
THE AMERICAN
GENTLEMEN
For Men
PLA-MATE SCUFFERS ,
and SANDALS
For Children
The A. A. CUTTER. BERGMAN,
ZIMMERMAN & DEGAN
TENNIS and CANVAS SHOES for Hen
Women and Children
HI | ir * T ff THE HABERDASHER AND
• J. L I i\vn LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between fhird and FourtL Phone 41
DR. DOE DEFENDS
1RKSIDE
Dr. Henry WaJdo Coe, st*x>riB
imifit ot the MomtngsMe Ho^ >
til at Portland, Otre_ >« a Ska*
way visitor J u»ui He Iff
for tbe »fjs* ar<l on the Alamf>d.»
last me lit His westward tour will
bring Mm in loach with most of tl 3
ci as' tovuf in th« sectricn of the
country. Airs. Ok* is aooampaiiying
her hl vbiujd .
Dr. C(f it lookup op some of
his former patients mho have re
turned to Alaafc* and also looking
up friend* And raU.uves ot p9r
ac 11s now con filial in the Sanitari
um. In defense of tUe Sanitarium
and reUittint statesnscts and af
fidavits circulated thrxagboct the
Treritory it regard to the manage
ment and ca«> of patients the doc
tor said, "1 hive had these patients
for nearly thirteen yeans, altog'eth.
er some 600 patiemta have been
sen* to the S*iMt*rauiE from Alas
ka.. We i»re for the government
maris* Insane froaa Pacific Co*"*
stares and AlaAa. a clauj* in the
governments reply to tiie recant
chargcs frc«n Nome, states 'That
in the long service maintained at
Morn Upside, and th* frequent erv
aminaticiis made by Interior and
Public Health i>epa. tnun:*. n< t a,
single authenticated case of cruelty
had ever teen discover^ hj the j
gc.vernniei v
"The iac* thft is some ftve ye*r>
there hat- tot betn a case of ty
phoid fever, erysipelas. (wntugdous
skin erupt k'at or «ny other of th»
so called fvllh diseases, t^lls it*
own story as *> the clewline**, food
and care ol the patients in the in
stitution.
"We are subject to the close**
inspection a* a.ny time aod aU times
a:ic it is iidicuk>«s thai statement*
are made ficm time to time trying
to reflet- upon us. We have re
turned over 200 patients as reporer
ed. and cur rate of recoveries is
the largest of any institution in
the Viift«d STates.*'
Dr Ccc exjvre'ved himself as
bei:4g chained with Sk-agw ay and
every town in which he had visited
in Alaska.
BT BIG SLIDE
WASHINGTON". Sept. 1—Advices
received in this city inform the
Panama CamU commission oi a big
slide iii I'ucle Sato's ditch. The
slide ha* blocked over 200 feet of
tho cams!.
Boats are waiting for passage,
and it is unknown at what time the
canal will be cleared so that boats
can pa SB thru to the Pacific.
XIt. H. A Harris of Dawson has
socurt d reservations oc the Grand
Truck steamer for the southward
voyage.
ATL1N DISTRICT
L
Herbert Young, returning effloer
lor the Atlin Electoral district, Is
a T«ncr in tie Garden Cfcy. for a
Tew d»va Vr. Young Is a practic
ing h^rrlt-er in U»e Atlin district,
*# ' if familiar wth. aiU the meve
and rewent ierelopments if
and around tt*t city..
He iiibft&iUiat<« the statements
of te«rrii*j and traveling Den who
nmrji J rem that diArict, saying,
"Atlit U eijo; :ng as era of h««lihy
prosperity and that :i» future pros
pcrtt are blooming brighter each
day_"
Numerous tourist*, bailing from
ali pxru of the globe bare be«i
into A Ilia this season and seem
well pleased with <he oooetry. Its
prMDt»rBc« as a tourist city is on
tbe high wave of popularity. Busi
ness honsci whkJi wtna destroyed
b\ fire daring tbe summer are
He* under construction. L. 9efcul:i
i» erecting a 22 room hotel and
when completed it will be a beauty.
This structures will a bo house a
bu'efcer sbor> and general mercban
d;<*- store operated bv Mr. Schulu j
Jules Ergert, Tie pioneer Jeweler
cf Atlin, if erecting a new build
ing tc tease his ever growing busi
ness,. Jure* B.. Kershaw * ill re
's,*n with a complete line of hard
mare and supplies in his new build
ing wh.ch it being ruahrd to <x>m
pte-'iffc.
The mining industry is more than
hoidug it* own. Th« Engineer;
mine, under the abl* supervisor^ of 1
C apt ale A.esander, is operating
with a fort* of 26 men, Ore »hlp
mvi.ts trt being made right alotg
tnd operations will eonunce all
*in*er.
1 he Telegraph Creek dtatrlet 1j
showing SvCne wonderful pojrtbili- j
ties. The Devils Elbow is begin
ning tc l:veo up and already pros- |
pect or* are on the froued looting i
it OTer. A party o! capitalists i
tre new on their way from Wrwn j
pell via f'ickine river, with the |
Idea of looting over the Devil* El- j
bow. Development work is being (
carried on in numerous place* and
they all sbow good product*.
Merchants ar.d bosin«* men look '
for a gooi brisk business ibis fall
land winter. Next summer *houW
see A?iin fT.joying an unusual per i
i:»d of j.r«**rity.
IT
SULZER MEETING
FORBANKS. Aug. IT—By ®ail
—In ansaer to the call for a meet- •
in? of d?mcc:ats foe tbe purpose of
forming a Wilson-Snlzer club, on- j
ly ten peopel attended and fonr of j
those arc federal office holdesw. !
The dis'rict Attorney's office was re
presented bJ Mr. Ro'h; tbe clerk |
of the court's office by L. F. Prot*
mar.: there was no one there
from ihe marshal's office, but two
of the jailers were ia at'endanae.. j
! Full Line of
|| Perishables \
i o n Humboldt
IpEAOiEsmcmIAP
If ■** P. H. GANTY
:
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im»»nmminrmnTOii»tWH>nnn»nwi
LONDON*. Sept. 1—Kin* Oomstan
tlue of Grte<ce b« abdicated hi*
tlrrcj)* Advices reaching rhia city
Indicate that Vealiok* *111 be the]
power behind the ikRme and di
rect the ifdicj of t^e Greectan na
tion iurtnj the war .
It 5* ar>f*rer>t that Greece will
Join the AlliflB la the war. Sever
al garrison* feave already been tak
rti erfr bv tbe central committee
at>d Gretee 1* preparing for war.
I
LIMA, i^ept. 1—The only daugh
ter of the sheriff of the county
In which ihts oSty H> located dhnd
laj-t night from the effect* of a
shock t-usaakied by a mob making
au ot'en attack -upon her father.
A mofc »a* trying to get p«**s*- [
sricn of a oeiTro prtisonnr confined {
in the county bastile. The aheriff j
put ni a fight and wu attacked In
the procedure. He w*« badly beat
en ab<>«t tbe face and chest. HI*
daughter »** a *ilnoH» to the ecesie
and fa'.ultd when they attacked
her father. She died a few hours
afterward* fro® the shock.
I'ETKOGRAD, Sept. 1 Rus- j
sian force* repeilid the hurling at
tacks of the Turks In yesterday's
eucagcment'- and are new pre*inje
south on a central railway artery
whlca lt«U to Bagdad.
The lurks sprung the offensive
e*rly ki the afternoon. For *
while the tide of battle Pee-sawed,
but t^i* wv brought to a smdden
«toi> b* a brilliant charge of tbe
central forcts of the Russians
which cu* thru the lines of the
Turks and put tbetn to rout.
5-EATI-E. Sept. 1 — Jam*,
Wickeraham, AtaMas deU-gate to
coogres*., Is Jn this city gathering
dat* aud statistics to •>« »M In
bis parn^iipn Tor re-rtertlon to con
{ir» at the hands of t-ie Alaska
votei*.
He wfll address the Oommercia!
dob of tt>ls citjr tomorrow noon.
His sabjtct wll] deal with Alaaka
&od Seattle. Mr. Wicker-sham I*
looking for a battle this coming fall
bat b*lievee that the Alaekan peo
pli- are b<oind him in bin effort'
to brli:g A!»aka before the eyes of
the lav makers in a true repre
wi.tative light.
lb sp«*king oT th« pr<«itier,t!'< 1
eler-Uon he Mid, "'Mr. Hogbes
wcrns to be the logical candidate
for the presidency. Hi* Idea* and
plans Icr a better government for
the American people sre readily
taking every place In which he has
npoken and tbf-re seems to be *
geiural swli^rttig j«ae.k to the Re
publican fold throughout the l*n
It^d States.
RAILWAr HEADS
10 FIGHI BILL
CHICAGO, S«pt. 1—While the
le^diig rtilroad pn*id«ni* bare
agreed tbrt the passage tbe elg»t
hour bill which is now before oon
gr«i. will avert & national utrtke
ol all trainmen, yet the majority
of them have refueod to acorpt the
law without a contest before the
supreme court of the United States.
Kailreal attorneys are aK-wtdj
working ou the legal ride *nd pre
i>srinc fo send the court
of the land In ca.«e It artxould pans.
ALASKA NAVIGATOR
DROWNS IX WKK<"K
The Juneau Empire contain* *
:pl(*T«i n»c dl*p*Uh uUing of
the death of Captain James mniols
In a wreck, which occurred In the
Gulf of Mexico on Augu* l6tb.
t'apt- D-Uiiclm waj» one of tl>*
be>t kuowu navigators in AUokan
waters. He was master of the
Pacific Alette. Navogaticn Com
pany's tteamcr Admiral Clark.
T
Who's Your Tailor?
YOU can arrange [to have [your
tailored to order suit and J ov
ercoat for Autumn delivered
whenever you want them--but we'ad
vise you to
Come inland Se
lect Your Pat
tern 7 oday I
Get first choice of the ffy
handsome and exclu
sive woolens from Ed.
V. Price & Co.'s line
and have us send them
your measure.
\Reasonable
Pticp q
WILL CLA YSON