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No. 165 TWENTIETH YEAK
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18. 1917 .
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FAVOR POPE'S
PEACE
Rome Aug. IS. — Germany has
assured the Pope of her moral ad
hesion to the peace proposals put
forwaid by the pontiff, according
to ilidoatches published today.
OIL COMPANIES
1
Seattle, Aug. SI—Oil companies
served notice today that delivery of
fuel til for industrial plants, apart
ment houses and public buildings
is suspended. The action is a re
sult of the government taking over
some oil fields and commandeer
ing tank vessels.
FIRES HE IN
ILL COUNTIES
WASHINGTON
Olympia, Aug. IS.—From one to
twenty fires are raging in every
Umbered county in the state of
"Washington, is the s-'tetnent made
by State Forester Fred Pape. It
is presumed this is part of the the
I. W. \V. program to destroy the
supply • t spruce in the northwest.
HtGB
HIT SHE
New York, Aug. IS.—I'nle.-s &
new wage scale is agreed upon in a
few days the international associa
tion of machinists threaten to call a
general strike throughout the coun
try in the steel and ship building
plants.
Subscribe for the Daily Alaskan.
8.C. 10 BE DRY
Victoria, Aug. IS.—Under a law
passed last night prohibition be
comes effective throughout llr.tisty
Columbia, October 1.
NAVAL BATTLE
London, Aug. IS.—British and
German scouting ships engaged in
battle Thursday, according to an
announcement today by the British
admiralty. Hun destroyers and
several Germau mine sweepers were
dajnaged in tho fight. During the!
engagement several Teuton subma-:
rines inflicted slight damage l°j
British light forces.
EXPLOSION
250 PEOPLE i
Ottawa, Aug. IS.—Two hundred '
and fifty people are reported kill
I ed today iu an explosion which '
took place iu the Curtis and Harvey j
powder plant at ltiguad, Quebec. I
This plant is one of the largest iu I
Canada and eninloys 5000 people. 1
0. S. 10 REPLY
Washington, Aug. IS.—Secretary j
of State Lansing announces today ,
the United States yill make a separ-.
ate reply to the popes peace pro- >
posal.
S. S. ALASKA NORTH
Seattle, Aug. 18.—The steamship (
Alaska, of the Alaska Steamship Co ,j
6ailed for northern ports this morn
ing at 10 o'clock bringing 10 passeu
jjers and 10 tourists for Skagway.
Raynster
The New All Purpose
WEATHER COAT
Bearing the honor mark of
a great Company
The United States
Rubber Company
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between/Third and Fourth Phone 41
"IDLE" RICH CAN NO LONGER BE CLASSED AS "IDLE"
rhoto by American Press Association.
The benches this summer will contain few of the class known as the "idle" rich. Many of these women of wealth
have earnestly tnken up Ited Cross work at the call of their country. Here are society women of Long Branch and
l»enl Uench. N. .T.. maklnj; pajamas for the wounded soldiers.
POLICE SUREST
KATE SADDLER
Seattle, Aug. IS.—Mrs. Kate Sad
dler, who yesterday called Presi
dent AYilson a traitor, and escaped
arrest, was ro-arrested last night
on a charge of disorderly conduct
One hundred soldiers Of the
drafted army entered the I. W, W.
hall in a body last night with t&a
intention of wrecking the place in
case utterances of sedition were
made bv speakers Police Induced
the soldiers to leavo th« hall.
I'iilslClANS AIDING
EVADERS OF DRAFT
St. Louis, Aug. IT.—Complaints
that several physician* hero are
placing a drug in the eyes of men |
called ior examination under the j
selective army law in prder that.
they will fail to gas^ the physical i
test wore made to me s*. .uoius
district exemption board by sev
eral surd boards. Official investi
gation was begun today. Com
plains aUo have been made that
sonic 01 tlic men have been given
mdicine to affect the heart.
1'ortland, Or., Aug. 17.—Warning
'.o bo 011 guard for nien who have
taken drugs to disable them tem
porarily so they will be rejected
for military service on the ground,
of physical disability, was sent to
.ill local draft exemption boards by
Adjt. Gen. Georgo A. White.
"Efforts may be made in some
localities to gain exemption on ac
count of physical disability by the
use of anti-typhoid vaccine or sim
ilar vaccines," 6aid Adjt. Gen.
White. "Close search for marks of
'he hypodermic needle should be
made in any suspected cases."
A party of 16 miners and work
ingmen left on the morning's train
for Whitehorse from where they will
go to the Pueblo mine. It is tho
intention of the owners of the
mine to operate on a big scale as
eoon as possible, and these men
iiave been hired for the work.
URGE CROWD
REARS LECTURE
if STRICKIER
"Listen and I will mi you the
great a6t thing you ever heard. H
is the .Christ, truth that Jesus
taught. Te eatablisment of the
connection between the human mind
and the Divine Principle is the
truth that will makg you free. It
is the law that U -continually operat
ing regardless of our axtitude to
wards it, and if wg reach out and
take hold of this law it has power
to heal." These wer® a few of the
marts bj Virgil O. StHckler in i
hig lecture on Christian Science de
livered in Elks' hall last night be
fore a large audience.
Mr. Strickler stated that the
truth <-augh by Jesus ■when properly
understood ajid applied heals sick
uess and disease wunou; jae use ui .
drugs. He argued that if God, or |
the Divine Principle, in all powerful
He must hare power over 6ickness
as well as spiritual matters and it,
ig only necessary for the human be- j
ing to properly understand and
grasp this power in order to util- j
ize it. He compared the Dirine
Princiole to thQ ever-shining rays
of the sun, and disease to the |
shadow of 6ome object in the way |
of the rays. To remove disease it I
is only necessary to remove the!
cause or object, which Mt. Strickler
says in disease is error.
A printed synopsis of the lecture
will be published In Monday's issue
of the Alaskan.
YOSHIOKA POENA GUILTY
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED
"Hanged by the neck until dead,"
is tne sentence pronounced by the
Territorial court at Dayson against
Roy Yoshioka, the Japanese who
was being tried in Dawson last week
l on the charge of murdering his
I wife. H" was convicted of the
crime on Saturday and sentenced
to be hanged November 30. Roy
Yoshioka was a resident of White
horse five years ago.
Peanut Butter
Economical and Appetizing
We have it from 4 oz. jars to 5 lb. tins
Average Price 25c per lb.
P. H. GANTY
Cm OF SEATTLE SAILS
Seattle, Aug. IS.—The City of
Seattle, ol the Pacific Steamship Co,'
sailed for SkagTrav and war ports
at fire this afternoon. She has |
fire passengers for Skagway and 20
round trippere. The Seattle will I
coma north bj t&j of Chatham
Strait ports, Sitka and Sfcag-«-a},|
and *"111 return direct via Juneau.
Havana, Cuba, Aug. IS.—Plans
were undertakes here today for
the construction of a mobilization
trainieg camp for American forces.
BANK OF ALASKA OPENS
MONDAY IN CORDOVA
News received from Cordova
6tates that the Bank of Alaska has
taken its temporary quarters ia
the Borden building, and will be
ready for business August 20. The
property formerly occupied by the
Horseshoe saloon has been purchas
ed by the bank from Robert Ash
land and will be occupied after Jan
i uary 1. Robert Ashland, former
lv of Cordova, and now of Seattle,
j is one of th© new stockholders.
Mrs. C. R. Dolan, of Dawson, will
| be an outbound passenger tonight
i for San Francisco.
Fearless in The
Sight of Men
No man can be at pari.if askmed vof
his clothes. To be well dressed and
know it gives one the courage. His
personality is at its best. He is a
HUNDRED PERCENT.
EFFICIENT
FEELS MORE SO
Styleplus
Clothes
SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY
JAMES KENNEDY
F
POPE'S PEflGE
L
Ams'wda.m, Aug. 18.—Dispatch
es from Vienna incicate Austria is
disposed to support Pope Benedict's
proposal for peace.
STRIKE CALLED
III
But*e, Aug. IS. — Industrial
Workers ol tie World are preparing
lor a general walk out la all Mon
tana 10 day.
ISJOil IS
RELEASED ON
. BAIL
Sen Francisco, Aug. 18.—Super
ior Judges Griffin and Oba-riuso an
nounced today, alter jointly hear
ing her appeal, that Mrs. Mooney,
who has been arrested on a new
charge, will be released on bail.
VIGILANCE
COMMITTEES
ORGANIZED
Spokane, Aug. IS. — Vigilante
committees are being organized
it-rough out the Sanke river district
and valley to guard against the do
predationa of I. W. W.'s. who are
threatening to bum the grain fields
bj; the use of phosphorous.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil O. St-rickler
are outgoing passengers bound for
Vancouver on the Rupert tonight.