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n7i»3 TWENTIETH YEAK SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1917 PRFCK 10 CENT*
NEUlllTf OF
SWEDEN IS
VIOLATED
Washington, Sept. 8.—A plot in
which. Sweden violated her neutrali
ty by carrying sinister messages
between Count Luxburg, "charge de
affairs" for Germany in Argentine,
and Berlin, is revealed by the
state department today.
Count Luxburg insolently advised
hig home office that it need not
heed Argentine's demands in the U
boat situation, lie counselled Ger
many to refuse Argentine's plea,
and necessary he would call in
the .Spanish legation for protec
'ion.T he most daring recommenda
tion was that Germany compel Ar
gentine ships to turn back or she
would sink them without leaving
any trace whatsoever of their fate.
PETROGBAD HAS
COMIITIEE OF
DEFENSE
Washington, Sept. S.—Advices re
garding the Russian situation re
ceived today state that General
Korniloff ha$ taken personal com
mand of the Petrograd garrison,
and that civil authorities are now
subject to the mandates of a special
defense committee. Wages of the
workers in navy yards and arsenals
throughout the country will short
ly be increased.
Seattle, Sept. 8—Louise 01
iyerau, stenographer, and member
of the Industrial World Workers,
was arrested this morrnlng and con
fessed to having mailed 200 cir
culars urging resistance to the mili
tary draft. !
PUNCTURING DUMMY ENEMY AT PLATTSBURt
Photo by American Press Association. * j-w . . jl - VPUfc>-»l<r "**•"* *■ ;
Demonstrating bayonet drill on a dummy at the officers' training camp at Plattjbnrg. N. T.
Washington, Sept. 8.:—Tonight
the manufacture c£ whiske}* and dis
tilled liquors throughout the na
tion ceases at 11 p. 111. The law
comes into effect tonight, rather
than on the nigbt of Sept. U as
specified in the act, tomorrow being
Sunday and a legal holiday.
Beginning tonight at midnight'
the manufacture and. importation of1
all distilled spirits will bo pro-1
hibited in the United States and i
ita territories. This is a federal j
law passed by congress for the pur- •
pose of conserving the grain sup-:
iply of the country. Liquor which ;
dealers have on hand may be sold, ■
but such places will be carefully!
watched by government agents to !
gee that no distilled spirits are I
being manufactured or imported. ;
Beer and wines will continue to be
manufactured or importe.
TWO STEAMERS ON WAY NORTH
Seattle, Sept. 8.—The steamer
Spokane sailed £rom Seattle for |
Skagway and way ports Friday morn
ing at 2 a. m. aud the Dolphoa
left Thursday night. The total ■
passenger list for Skagway ig IS. [
"Ah, But Madame,
It Is Something New"
THE JABOT--Made from
bits of lace and net It
is very smart looking
with the tailored suit or
street costume*
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY
Pictorial Review Patterns.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
ELECT GOBPEHS
PRESIDENT
Minneapolis, Sept. 8. — Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, was yesterday
elected prseident of the American
^Alliance for Labor and Democracy.
New York, Sept. 8. — Collector |
of .Customs for ttu& port, Dudley
Field Hal one, has tendered his res- j
ignation, as customs collector to,
President Wilson, paying a salary of !
$12,00U, the highest paid custom's 1
salary in the United States, and |
lias offered his services to work
for woman suffrage.
Josh Henthorn, soprting editor of I
the Calgary News Telegram, and ,
wife, are round trip passengerg on j
the Prince George. Mr, Henthorn
expressed himself as being] delight- j
ed with Skagway, and js returning J
to his home city a booster for the
nirrthland. Mr. Henthorn wears j
a G. \V. V. button, which signifies I
that he is a great war veteran. This
is the official button worn by the |
Canadians who have volunteered and
not been accepted, or men who
have served their time at the front,
or who have been returned from the
war disabled. "Many men who
come back seem perfectly good and
sound in body," says Mr. Henthorn,
"but may drop dead at any time be
cause of having been gassed. They
are as useless for fighting purposes
as a piece of wood."
PIONEERS MEET MONDAY
Pioneers of Alaska Iglop No. 12,
meet in A, B. hall Monday night
at 8:30 p. m. All ploengrs are re
quested to bo present.
RELIEF IRK
FOR SERBIA
i -i
The War Council of the Ameri
can Red Cross announce® the send
ing of a commission to Serbia to
begin Immediately relief work In
that stricken country and to help
its scattered population in the
sttrugglg against privation and dis
ease. Two hundred thousand dol
lars hag been appropriated by the
War Council to buy medical and
other supplies for use among re
fugees on the Macedonia^ front.
Miss Simmonds urges the dis
patch of food, clothing, bandages,
blankets, seeds, agricultural tools,
as well as of doctors and nurses.
In her informal report to the Red
Cross, she said:
"There were only four hundred
doctors in all Servia at the begin
ning of the war, and the death
rate has been high. Sixty died
of typhus alone in January and Feb
ruary, 1915. There are die
tors now in the Army, but only
one dentist. Women doctors are j
especially needed for maternity
work in the villages. One doctor I
in a small car could furnish tnedi- !
ai supervision for several villages, i
A system of soup kitchens in the vil-.
nges is an absolute necessity if
famine is not to make good its'
threats this winter."
Tcaoma, Sept. 8.—C. W. Greene,
a prominent merchant of this city, I
committed suicide on the steamer
Indianapolis this morning. No rev,
son for the action is knoFm
Subscrib# for tlu D»Uy Alaska.
Canning Peaches
We have a fine lot of "Elberta" free-stone peaches
Price $1.40 Per Box
We advise you to buy now. This is the bottom price, and
quality of fruit is the best.
P. H.^GANTY
KATE SADDLER
FOUND GUILTY
Seattle, Sept. 8. — K*te Sad
dler was today round guilty of
disorderly conduct la calling Presi
dent Wilson a traitor. She recent
ly made several seditiou* speeches
to mobs in Seattle, and broke away
from the police jrhea ffrst arrested.
Washington. Sept. S.—Sceretary
of the Interior Lane Is advising
with the House appropriation com
mittee today on the advisability of
completing certain parts of the
Alaska railroad. Owing to the high
cost of labor and material it is a
juestioa whether to complete the
Alaska railroad through Susitna val.|
ley immediately or to merely con
nect up the Nenaaa field with T«n
ina so that the coal fields may be
available for the Fairbanks district,
ar to coaaert the Matanaska valley
rith Seward. A special committee
jow Investigating conditions *111
iooa report.
CONSCRIPTION OF
WEALTH IS
DEFEATED
Washington, Sept. S. — The "en
a-te yesterday again defeated the '
proposed LaFollett* amendment for
the conscription of wealth which!
provided for a 50 percent surtax up-.
on Incomes of $1,000,000 or more, i
LaFollette proposed to increase !
the income tax rates |o t< to j
raise J643.000.000 more than the
Finance commissions plan.
C. A. Couture, head lineman
for the Dominion. Telegraph line,
of Dgwson, and hia wife, will be
southbound passengers on the
Prince George.
HflSI AMERICAN
CASUALTY
LIS!
PtrU, Sept. 8.—Am«rtr*n« kilU.1
«rbea German* boobarded C. 3
hospital* ThvrtdAT nUtht *«r« Ftftt
Uecteoan; Wm. T. FitrsilMJOc*. of
Kacaaa City; rrlutu Las21« O.
Wood* ot Streator, IlltnoU; Ra
ti olph Rubinof, Jr., or V* Tor*?
0*car IxKiigc, oX Boatoo. la addi
tion to tboaa thar« tbrg« H«
i«duU, (j private*, and on# nur*«
iro traded.
I>ailjr a»w*Jtfc>«i HitiVkt
WMblnrtoc, Sept. Major O+a
sral Persblnc n M lodajr ordered by
.Le *tr department to wl I it. rr. rj
llatelj- raporU of tbe ca»eaJtlt*e
}f the Harvard ud St Uoeia itliii
mi tl»*t bere*ner All ca«o».Itfe«
it the bead of Ma dWlr teiecram*
KORHILOFF if
BE RUSSIAN
DICTATOR
New York, Sept. S.—A fpedal
-ajii? to the Jfornlnt &n*v f**>«n Ion
ian Mr* that General KomHoJT,
luprc-tce ro*Bicac>>r of the Ruaslai*
forces. *111 »ooa Nvoci dictator
yf Russia. Korr.itoff is »*ld to b*
~eplarin( Kereaskr a* the people's
dot; the ir.&wee of Russia ar« not
oi f*Tor of the dictatorial attitude
>f the premier Kerenslrj'e spe*«"b
it the owning of the, State Coan
:1I In which he outlined *«rm na
tures. Including the adoption of capi
tal punishment, did not m«"et f*»oc
Sj- the masses.
IVEATHKR RKPORT IX OCTWUCR
r. J. Vaadewail, who will bare
charge of the local weather record,
»aj-s instruments are expected to
irr+re in skagwaj- some time this
month, and that reiwts will prob
sbly commence in the early part of
October A record of precipitation
and temperature will be fcept here
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