N». 190 TWENTIETH YEAR ~ SKASWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1917 PRICE 10 CENTS
CIVIL PROPER!)
RIGHTS TO BE
PROTECTEO
.Tj
SOLDIERS' PROPERTY MUST BE
HAFB — SUCH LEGISLATION
MAY BE DECIDED IJf THIS
SESSION' OF OONGRES&
Waahlogtoa, Sept. 18.—Leglsla.
tiaa to protect the cItII property
rlghta of soldiers, la effect to place
tbem lu status quo or in (aorit
orlum for the duration of the wax,
oa behalf oj the men who are
serrinx their country on the tight
ly line, may be placed upoa the
administration's program for th!a
aessioa of congreaa. Thia la con
sidered a necessary element In the
raising of a cltUen'g army. j,
truksporTsoes
AGROUND III
ORIENT
8a* Francisco, Sept. 18.—Two
thousand Americans arrived la part
IMa morning having been trans
ferred front tha transport Thomas,
which wont aground, la orlantal
waters during a severe typhoon re
cently, to another ship. The trans
port Thorn** is now undergoing re- j
pairs In Nagasaki, Japan.
10 BATTLE
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Petrograd, Sept. 18.—President
Kerenjky, accompanied by; Minister
of War General Verkhovekj a ad
Minister of Marine Admiral Ver
de rvskl, left Petrograd tltfa morn
ing with General Bolnl Brugovich
for the army kea<lqu*rter'» field.
NEW BISHOP IN
LOS ANGELES
San Francisco, Sept. 18.—Pope
Benedict XV has elevated the Rev.
John J, Cant well, of Saa Francis
co, to be bilbos of Loe Angeles.
MANy ASIATICS
ON M TO
FRANCE
Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 18.—Tbe
large traaa-Paclflc Btoamer Empress
of Russia arriving In port last
night from Hongkong brought 3200
passengers, 2800 of whom are Asia
tics bound for France where they
▼ill replace soldiers needed back
of tha linea lor routine work of the
army. Chinamen have been found
to be excellent trench diggers and
many will be used for this purpose.
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SUGAR IS
PROBLEM
„ '
Washington, Sept. 18.—A re-l
view of the sugar situation shows1
that it is not actually a lack of
sugar that emphasizes the need for
ita conservation in the United States
so much as inability to get tn^ su
gar to the places where it is need
ed. The -world's shortage is com
paratively small and confined to
Europe. With the stocks on hand
in this country and Cuba and those
novr coming from Hawaii it would
appear that with proper manage
ment, and, with speculation and
boarding eliminated, there need be
no scarcity, even in the Immediate
future while awaiting the new
crop.
The world's supply of sugar for
the present year is estimated at
18,659,792 tons, as against an aver
age production of 18,712,997 tons
for a prewar period of five years.
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LtHE SIB STATESMEN
W1HT DE||I H0ST1GES
Caesar Defeated Huns 1900 Years Ago
Demanding Peace, Reparation
And Hostages •
Atlantic City, Sept. 18.—Address
ing the opening convention of Am
erican business men and Industrial
leader# today; Secretary of the In
terior Lane paid it is now 1900
years since Julius Caesar defeated
the Hun tribes in the territory
now occupied by France and. told
them to repair the damage, to give
hostages, and to keep the peace.
Secretary Lane stated that the Al
lied statesmen of the world today
are bow trying to discover what
Jtlnd of a hostage Germany can
give that will ensure world peace;
he said that PrinceB are no longer
wanted as hostages. '
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MONTHS ,
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Professor C. C. Georgeson, agro
nomist In charge of the Alaska ex- (
perriment stations, passed through
Skyway yesterday on his fcay
back to Sitka having been In Ram
part for several weeks gathering
specimens of hybrid grains grown
in the Rampart experiment tta
tlon.
More than 160 different varieties
of barley, oats and wheat were
grown in Rampart and most of them
were hybrids, the only grain ®f |
the kind In the world. Prof. George
sou said that most of thi» grain
maturad in three months, having
been planted In May and being ripe i
In August. This Is considereed re- j
markable for Alaska and especially j |
*?U nugu IUO i/avanuiu vwdwma ~ -
this y»»ar is considered. Such was
the success of the different experi
ments with grain that it is the
plan of Prof. Georgeson to plant a
larger area oj these hybrid grains
the coming year and to use the leed
to distribute throughout Alaska.
The different grains are as big
as any matured in the United
States and many of the stocks are
longer and fuller than those of the
states.
By different experiments Prof.
Georgeson has succeeded in getting
rid of the beard on the barley, en
abling it to mature la a much quick*
er time. j 1J. 'J1
A careful indexed record is kept
of ©V6ry variety of grain which la
grown and this data is kept for fu
ture use and future experiments.
Rampart Is in latitude 65 de
grees 30 minutes and it ia consid
ered remarkable that grains can be
matured In three months so far
north. ! • .» li 1.1
MEETING OF PRESBYTERY
The Presbytery of Alaska will
meet in the Presbyterian. Church
will arrive on the mission launch
tomorrow. A number of ministers
Lois, and remain over Thursday.
Announcement of services will ap
pear in tomorrow's issue of this
paper, ! ' '■! ?3| !ft(
GOUPERS if
SlOP SUES
Washington, Sept. 18.—Cliairmaa
lurley, of the federal shipping
>oard today- appealed to President
iomoers of the American Federa
tion of Labor, to use his utmost
ifforta to 8top the Pacific shipyard
strikes.
j.s.SIll'1
PffiJOUSE
Washington, Sept. 18.—The b«v- '
>u billion dollar war deficiency
jillunauimously passed the House
oday.
I
WHUFF
IN_PRISON
Petrograd, Sept. 18. — Former
jommander in chief of the Russian,
armies, General Korniloff, la in a
lotel at Molillev, imprisoned, and
s 'writing a statement of his case.
JOLPHIN SAILS FOR 8KAGWAY
Seattle, Sept. 18.—The steamer
Dolphin sailed from Seattle for
Skagway last night at 9 o'clock,
passengers for Skagwaj; are "W. H.
Stevens and Earl H. McWhinter,
the latter person, after being in
Skagway a few days, will continue
»n hla trip to T&nana. Passen
gers for Haines are Beauford i&n
lersoo. Hugo J. Carlson sad
Oriville E. Holmfcemg.
Fifty thousand revolutions per
minute, 800 revolutionsper second,
is trie remarkaMe speed of ft 5P«o
lal type of electric grinder used
for fine machine work.
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MARINES RUSH
10 CALIFORNIA
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Saij Francisco, Bept. 18.—Tw<
companies of ftia-rg Island marine!
wora called thia morning to guard
th.g Ualoa Iron Works of tils city
All metal trades men are out on «
blrUte Mid damage to the huge
Riant U feared. i.
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900 GERMANS
Bf NWS
Amsterdam! Sept, 18 — British
airmea this morning dropped bombs
on tie Belgian town of Roulers,
occupied by; the German forces,
and killed tad grounded 900 Teu
tons, according to the Maastricht,
Holland, newspaper. , .
FLOOD IN 8EWABD
WASHES AWAY MORE
THAN 20 BUILDINGS
Lowell creek, which sweeps down
from a ralley between two of Sew
ard's big mountains, flooded over
Its basks and dams Sept. 9 and did
considerable damage washing more
than 20 buildings away.
The Community Christian Church
containing a free Ubrarb, six resi
dences, a small railroad bridge
a ear the water front, and much
trackage was washed away. The
large electric plant near the mouth
of the glacier stream was put
out of commission, and candles and
kerosene lamps We being used by
tha people of Beward for lighting
purposes. I : ft 4
Were It not for th$ efforts 0)
IL V. Hoben, transfer man, as
sisted by the people of Seward,
much greater damage would have
been done.
Lowell creek hag flooded many
times, and the citjr had built a
wing dam along a good part of It
to protect the town from further
damage. It is presumed this dam
broke a way, allowing the stream
to wastt through the heart of the
city following its former courso.
A teat gold lettered sign "Post
Office'1 has been placed pn an
upright la front of the post office
door la the Bank of Alaska build
ing I ,
DRUNK MONARCH
CAST EUROPE
INTO WAR
VICE-PRESIDEN T MARSHAL SAVS
PRESENT WAR IS SO AWFUL
IT OVERSHADOWS ALL FORM
ER CONFLICTS.
Nwo York, Sept. 18.—Vice-Presi
dent Marshal, addressing the Scot
tish rite of Masons here last night,
said that a mad monarch, drunk
with military power and With Ihe
crazei idea that ho yas divinely or
dained to rule the world, plunged
Europe into a war so awful that
all wars which, preceded it have
passed into insignificance.
PRESIDENT is
TO ADJUST
STIES
Washington, Sept. 18.—President
Wilson la personally using all his
e'forts for a prompt adjustment of
the shipyard strike on the Pacific
I Coast and will soon sanction the
(dispatch of a labor commission to
! Russia to clarify; this country's at
! titude toward the War.
| Bota eteps are regarded as neces
jaary bv the president and his cab
inet because th$ labor unrest in
the West is being-used in Russia,
! according to diplomatic reports, to
create dissatisfaction witfc the war
I among the laboring men.
| Seattle, Sept. 18.—John Borden,
| a great bear hunter, writing friends
! in this city says hunting submarines
• is his present occupation and it
j is just as exciting as hunting Al
j aska whales.
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