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SKAUWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY.
No. 174 NINETEENTH YEAR
SEATTLE. Aus.. 2S — James
Wickersn-anj, Alaska's progressive,
euterpiiNH^j aiwl Jileri. dtltgate ti>
cougrt-K, arrived in this <-i..y la**
night i'lom Washington. lie will
k-ave by first b>^t for Alaska,
where in> will riro tii« first gun
in nis campaign fo4> re-olvction t»
cougrttu this (all.
lie will run upon ills u:ifiiiu.-h
able chara.itt*r uih! hus record of
a*-ccior tlie Ataskcin
people. Mr. Wickersli^iu has re
ruswi to accept tliO nomination of
the Republican part)- because It
was hid honest opinion- that boss
rule wa» running tbu pa.ty. He
hus unuounctnl bis c:«ndid;My on an
independent tiik<t aiw! Hist beliof
In Charges Evans Hiuhis an-d Fair
banks as tha only logical 1 uders to
h<Md i be nation and pilot it thru
the eusu.'ug political term.
ALLIESSTEA01LY
Dili AHEAD
LONDON, Aug. 2S — After the
eigu' * <.cKa of llie Allied oXt'etevye
c-taipiiij:.u ou tUq w eHeru front, the
Allies find that tuey aro iu-<-kiu&
tk w but stt-ady progress. and have
cupturcd uupor'aut ground! whioii
will rit; ve aa a stragetio military
base from which to operate* when
t:it» lava* km u£ Germany is begun.
A continuous strong offensive
has been placed into operation, by
French aini BrituJ* forces. They
are steadily driving ahead. The
fighting lines have been extended
by b^lh forces until i»ow they are
sweeping a stretch of country 100
unlet iu width..
SEARCH FOR TKOOI'KR
tti'mor has it tha* officials along
the way have beta warned to keep
a clore watch fw a s-oldier who
Is supposed to be m.'klng for tli«
Interior. It is understood that he
deserted from his company station
ed Port Seward.
Paul McClelland, Alec Bfctncbard, |
Robert EckeniUia ;tnd Mr. Farwe'l i
•pent 'he wt>ek ond at Log Cabit>i J
where tU-ej- caught a nice string or
fish.: ' I
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 — J
strike is im the verge of being tie
clared by the members of th
brotherhoods' organizations. Thi
members of the orgauizatins ar<
becoming impatient over the lorn;
delay (.md leaders are fearing tha
they w'i not be able to hold mauj
more days.
W. G.. Lee, bead of thQ Broth
erhood Trainmen, la a stroni
speech to the attending delegate;
lias urged the mem^ere to go ou
ou a strike. He baiievess tha» thf
time is ripe for labor to demanc
its just rewards and advocates tht
calling of a strike immediately. H<
toid th« members that tha brother
hood Mid goue more th-an half way
conceded poimts and were now
read* for action.
NIUUU HIKES
ALLIED SIDE
BERLIN. Aug. 28—War h<<i
been dtvlare\JL upon Austria by tin
Rumanians. Tiiq Official declara
•iou was made Sunday morning. It
Uaj bf eu served upon, 'he Austrian
officials and it is announced that
a s'aie of war exists between the
Aus'ri&u and Rumanian govern
nituts.
Austria has Bought counsel with
the governing officials o£ Germany
over the declaration* and it is ex
pected that before aightiall thai
Austria and Germany will both is
sue war declarations against Ru
mania. Officials lootk for this re
cant move on the part of the
tious to involve Turkey and Bul
garia. They are likewise) expect
ed to follow the lea<l of Germany
au.l iu ike declarations of war.
LIGHTING SYSTEM INSTALLED
A perfect lighting system has
been installed aver the construc
tion works of the Haigraves En
gineering Company, at the cornet
of t>*h aud Broadway. A night
shift w'!l be ai>Ie to work all nfeht
aud old Sol will not be able to hin
der the speedy work of the day
crew by shutting off his glinimer in
t.ie early afternoon..]
A WORD
ABOUT SHOES
There may be other good shoes made, but we handle the very
best makes that we have been able to find, and we have been
looking for the best for a number of years.
WE HANDLE THE FOLLOWING MAKES
(all guaranteed)
THE AMERICAN LADY
For Ladies and Misses
THE
Jmeiic&n
J&dtf,
SHOE
SECURITY SCHOOL
SHOE
For^GiHs
CROSSET
and
THE AMERICAN
GENTLEMEN
For Men
PLA-MATE SCUFFERS
and SANDALS
For Children
The A. A. CUTTER, BERGMAN,
ZIMMERMAN & DEQAN
TENNIS and CANVAS SH0E5 for Hen
Women and Children
H| I \7 \T/ «> fl THE haberdasher and
• «J • L 1 i\ W M LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between ITiird and Fourth Phone 41
i The doors of the Skag«-ay pub
lic rtbools, after bJug closed ,for
three oMMKt/hs were thrown oi>en
this morning at nine o'clock and
enrclliut-nt of pupils for the ensu
ing term was begun by the teach
ers.
| The enrollment will be be-1
low !l»«t of last year on account
o* the restriction placed upon at- j
tendance by the health authorities
from tnose families where measles!
•have bten rei«o,rted. This will, |
however readjuit itslf hj the end
of the wek.
Miss E. M. Benthien, che urw
princiiKil for the Skyway schools |
arrived uii the Spokane and left
for 'he school house bright and
early «h i«; montkif to lock o-ver the j
lay of the land, meet with' the j
teachers and pupils.
Miss Benthien comes higtojy
recommended to 'ho sotwol board.
She ba« been teaching and super
vising educational Institutions for j
ever a quarter of a century. Miss
Benthien holds a Bachelors Decree
from Chicago and a Master Degree |
tri m 'he University of Washington.
She also has a life diploma from J
the University of Washington.
Hill DECLARES
! ROME, Aug.. 2S — Italy has
, declared upon warfare against Ger
many. While she has been fight
ing Austria a.nd winning imi>ortant
ground she lias net until yesterday |
declared war upcu all of the Cen
tral Powers^
The declaration of war conies
as the result of li-asitisf.ictioai with'
the 6i>ecial agreement nia<;e by
Italy's ministers and Von Beulov.
Mllita-rv critics da not look for
the declaration of yrar to change
the status of conditions to a/ny
apprecii'l.Io extent. Italy will con
Maue with her Austrian campaign.
hiEiiiisE i
! T(t AID GREECE:
ATHliNS, Aug. 28—Bulgarian
raids and marchings upon Greeeian
soil ha« thrown the kingdom into
a s&uic. The Allies refuse . to
defend Thesscily oti aooount of it
being useless tlie campaign
| plans in the BalkaiiB.. A general
Invasion of Greece by the Bulgars
is feared.
Voluateer armies have been call
ed for and a fight will be waged
against any invasion oC Greeclan
'soil. Greece is handicapped great
j ly by Inadequate fighting apparatus
BILLIE BURKE
SLIPS. ONE OVER
Billie Burke, th$ noted and far
famed actress slipped one over on
the press, transportation men and
genial public in the Garden City
this .'ast Saturday. TChe leading
stag* aitist was ,a g*uest in this
city, but very few people knew it
Tliat does not go to say that sbjm«
people did not have a hunch how
ever.
H.. A. Weir, agent for the Pa
cific Coast Steamship Company, a
follower of the latert plays and up
to the minute an stage gossip got
ihe Hp. He rounded up an Al
ai-kan reporter and together they in
terviewed Gordon Powell, the Grand
Trunk igent in this city. No name
of Burke appeared on the list—
Weir plead with I^owell that the
l'Klv with whom he had been talk
ing during the the day was she—
bnt Howell couldn't pee it that way
so the raporter dropped) the clu».
Lalw . it developed that she was
'ravlinr under t-'e name of Mrs.
Wends, and had cleared for the
south jn the Prince George. Powell
bought the cigars for Weir and be
prcmisd not to say anything about
it. The news loakid out.
SPEEOMS
KILLED IN RAGE
KALAMAZOO, Aug. 2S — Two
tptrfcd icings were dashed to the
earth "-wi killed here yesterday
wupn ihe car in whioh. they were
driving skidded across the track
and smashed Into the runner
gjnrd.e. Eight others were seri
ously mounded by colliding with
the car as it skidded across the
riKh*. 01 way.
The race was on—eleven of the
fourtet»i cars entered in the race
were u-'.nch«d and wrecked by
smasVng into the leading car whicli
skidded and carried to death the
twi speed fields who we.-e leading
iu 'te race.
L
I-ONT,OX, Aug. 2S—All Englanl
i3 re'oi.'ing over tie action take:*
by the Rumanians in declaring
war upon Austria* Officials have
been poking for the declaration 'o
be entered against the Austriana
bu* it has broken ahead of the
time set by the leading critics.
England has notified the Rumanian
cfficiajs that she will aid and sis
sis' her In whatever manner she
can.
Clyde Rogers spent the week t at
Burro Creek.
Full Line of
Perishables
on Humboldt
PEACHES ARE CHEAP
P. H. GANTY
CONGRESSMEN PREPARING
; TO MEET GRAVE SITUATION
IWILSON APPLIES
Li LEASH
WASHINGTON, Aug.. 2S—The|
negotiations cawied oc, by Presi
deut Wilson tor averting the rail-'
way strike are now in the last
stages ol development.. It must
either be a direct break or an im-!
mediate settlement between the'
traiumii and managers of the
railway lines.
President Wilson seems de
termined to end this strike. He
is favoring the adoptun of aa
eign* bcur working day and if the
railway managers will not grant it
he has made it known that he will
favor the passing of a law whk-.hi
will compel them to adopt the
| eight hour working day law.
SPOKANE PLACED
ON DIRECT BUN
The Spokane reached this port I
at 2:15 Sunday morning and clear
ed lor the south, at n oi'cJock a.. |
hl It makes tUe last Sitka trip I
of the season and will be placed
back oo its regular So-Utle-Skag- •
| way schedule uj>on its arrival in
the Quten City.
Amon^ some of the passengers
uottd as having arrived on the
Spokane, are Mrs. J. i£. McFarland, ;
Mildred, Jack and Robbie McFar
land. Miss Elixa&th { Benthian,
Mrs. E. P. Short and P. Grandison. i
If picked up twenty five paasengert
at this port. Senator John McCall
and wi'e were j>asseug*rB for Ju-;
neau.
Forty of the round trippm got
un at 4 a. m. and made the trip !
to the .Summit over the rails of
the scenic White Paj® Route.
These who made *)*e trip were ex
hubera*' over the scenic^ mountaini
and Gftep gulches crossed by the
railroad. p'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S—Presi
dent YV.Ison ae a last desperate ef
fort to orerrent the railway strike
wb.ch has beta holering over the
btrdcr lor the l.ist two months
hag inaugurated plans to force
thru congress a law which requires
tte obfervatioji and adoption of an
eight hour working daj.
The President eipei-13 to address
a joint b<-J«ioa on the situation and
put ail of his political force be
hind the bill which will bq intro
duced. It is to taJte effect imme
diately and be the universal law of
the land. |
Mr. Wilson made Sunday calls
upon tbe leading members of the
senate to discuss the situation. Po
litical circles have it formulated
that tb* leading Democrat id seiz
ors and house members are with
th»» President and will also work
for the adoption ol the eight hour
principle throughout the United
States.
Congressmen a:-e prejyaring to
meet the grave situation and it is
juite generally understood that leg
islation dealing wiMi the railroads
*•111 be i>ass<>d at this session of
jongrasfi.
suivsTttempt
TO CROSS DVi
11ERUN. Aug. 28—After a long
im-iod of inactivity on the nor
thern tnd of the eastern lighting
rroc', the Russians have opened
Jp atxl are attempting to siweep
Lhru the mountain p^W-es and tip
Lhe river valleys of that scetion.
The attack on the Dvir.a was r?
jpentd yesterday. An attempt of
:he Russian forces to cross the
river at Riga was nipped by the
Jennsn fore** in that section.
Scaitemg battles of no great im
portance were fought yretreday by
Lhe defending and offensive foreos
ia tais recti on.
Miss C. M. BaithJen, the SVV
srao" wlncip&l of schools, arrived on
hhe Spokane and is Mopping "■» the
Pullen House. |
Who's Your Tailor?
YOU can arrange to have [your
tailored to order suit and 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 !
handsome and exclu
sive woolens from Ed.
V. Price & Co.'s line
and have us send them
your measure.
| Reasonable
Prices
r.r=r.O
WILL CLA YSON