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No. 241 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKA6WAY,
ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1917 PRICE 10 CENTS
BRITISH FORGES SURROUND
JERUSALEM OK THREE SIDES
Only Way Escape
Is Thru Jordan
Valley
London, Nov. 17.—General Allen
toy reports the Holy City of Jerusa
lem virtually surrounded on three
sides bx British forces jvith. only
the Valley of Jordan remaining open
for the escape o£ the Turks- The
soldiers of Allenby are today making
* flank attack on Armagedon.
Jerusalem is held by the Turks
but is regarded by the Jews as
their *acre<i city. The city stands
on an elevatiou of 2500 feet above
the sea and is surrounded by a wall
cf hewn rock 2& miles In circum
ference. Jerusalem is the seat of
th« Roman. Catholic, Greek Ortho
dox, and Anglican bishops. Its
manufactures are mostly articles of
mothei-of-pearl and olive wood for
SHgrims and tourists. Since 1892
a narrow gauge railway, 54 miles
long, connected Jerusalem with
Its por*, Jaffa, or Joffa.
DANGEROUS SPY
ARRESTED IN
SEATTLE
Seattle, Nov. 17.—Frank Krause.
ivbom authorities believe to be aa
annsually dangerous spy, was arrest
ed thla morning by federal officials
and will be Interned until the close
of the war. Krause n> accused, of
spreading German propaganda in
It* Pacific Steel Coast plant caus
iag a strike among the workmen.
CALL FOU MEN"
EXPERIENCED IN
CARRIER PIGEONS ;
Camt> Lewis, Nov. 17.—Call for
m«^i who iaye had experience in
handling carrier pigeons has been'
•ent *o unit commanders.
GENERAL STRIKE THREATENED
Hel»lngfors, Nov. 17.—A general
strike is threatened.
DRAFT WON'T
OCCUR BEFORE
JANUARY 15
WoU from Governor Strong has
been, received by E, J. Shaw, of the
Skagway exemption board, that
draft drawlngB in Alaska will not
j likely occur before January 15,
1918. At that time of the year
winter mail routes and trails to
| »he interior will have become well
j established and will be in good work
ing order so tnat little difficulty
will be found In mailing notices of
draft to- all par's of Alaska.
According to another message
from Governor Strong all army reg
istrant desiring to leave Alaska
before the drawing takes place are
required to file an application and
affidaVt setting forth their rea
sons anl must also agree to keep
in touch with tne local exemption
board. Persoms subject to call and
leaving Alaska must sign a written i
agreement with the exemption board i
that th»y -will return promptly if!
called.
The governor suggests that when-'
e.ver possible leave of absence •
should not be granted beyond June
30, 1918.
LIGHT NAVAL
FORCES IN
SEA BATTLE
| London, Nor. 17.—British light
forces today engaged German light
cruisers in battle off Heligoland, a
German submarine base, the Hun
vessels retiring. British war ves
sels are now chasing the German
cruisers.
EVERYBODY'S DOIN' IT
Pelting, Not. 17.—The cabinet
of China resigned today.
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Loudon, Nov. 17.—Petrograd ad
vices indicate in Moscow the tide
has turned and Bolsheviki forces
fl-re in. control. Troops of tlie
provisional government are be
sieged *a Kremlin.
Bolsheviki appears to be Jn con
trol of Petrograd.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 17.—One
o£ the manifold problems presented
by the war is that of furnishing
adequate office accommodations for
the thousands of additional clerks,
[ and other Federal servants who are
' pouring into Washington. The gov
| eminent is exercising its prerogative
iu this direction and has comman
deered conveniently located of
fice buildings aad apartment houses
with a free hand. In addition, It
is erecting huge temporary struc
tures for use as offices, and in
the building of these contractors
are breaking time records for con
struction work. A building to
.house the six hundred officials and
clerks of the Council of National
Defense, containing more than j
100,00.0 square feet of floor space,
was erected and fully equipped iu
fifty-three days. Similar buildings
nearby are for the use of the forc
es of tc« Food Administration, Fuel
Administration .and Army Ordnance.
Work is well under yajr on a mam
moth structure which, will cover
three city blocks to house the over
flow op >he War and Navy Depart^
ments, the contract for which calls
for completion in four months.
By these methods the. Government
keeps in advance of its actual needs.'
At the present rate of increase the
usual 35,000 Federal employees in'
Washington will be more than '
doubled if the war continues fcn-!
other year. Workers of all kinds
are being appointed, stenographers
and typewriters and draftsmen for I
the service generally, and what are
known as schedule clerks, index
|
•and ca-alogue clerks, clerks quali- >
fled in statistics or accounting, and I
clerks qualified in business a^minis-!
tration for the Ordnance Departmen
of the Army, being in great demand.
Representatives of the Fedreal civ
il service commission at the post |
offices in all cities are the official i
recruiting agents for the great
civilian army, an army of a half (
illion behind the men behind the
guns.
Subscribe for the Daily Alaskan. 1
Loudon, Nor. 17.—The public ot
Great Britain and the press in gen
eral fg greatly stirred by Lord
Nortncliffe's speech of yesterday
in which he declared the United
States wpuld rightly manage a great
part of tne war if England di<f not
immediately improve its methods.
The London Globe of today obs©rvefl
that the gravest statement is the
ouq in which. Northcliffe says the
American neoplg think Great Brit
ain's rulerg have muddled the war.
U.S.MERS
LEAVE FOB
El Paso, Nov. 17.—Four com
panies o' American soldiers have
been dispatched to reinforce the
cavalry troops now on the border
near Ojinaga. Yesterday a party of
American huntere on an island i u
tli« Rio Grande river -were fired up
on many times by Villa men and ouS
of the party was wounded. I
LABOR VOTES 10
TAKE PART IN
Buffalo, Nov. 17.—The American
Federation cf Labor in session here
today voted to abandon their life
long non-partisan attitude toward
politics and next year will actively
take ? part in political machinery.
INTERNAL revenue man
VISITS IN SKAGWAY
W. H. Merrit, collector of in
ternal revenue, arrived in Skag
way yesterday on a gas boat from
Haines where he has been in the in
terests of the government. Mr. Mer
rit is checking up taxes on tobacco
ajid liquor in stock in Skagway at
the time the internal revenue law
went Into effect. He is also investi
gate incomes and checking up tax
es on them. Mr. Merrit'e head
quarters are in Spokane, Washing
ton, and his Alaska trip has in
cluded all the iowns along the coast.
He will leave tonight on the Jeffer
son.
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P. H. GANTY
TEUTONS DRIVEN BACK ACROSS
PIE RIVER BY HEAVY 6UNS
ARTE ROOM
MORNING
Paris Nov. 17.—Augusta Rodin-,
noted sculptor, died today at the
grand old age of 77.
Augugie Rodin was born in Paris,
near t'> Pantheon, In 1840. As a
young man he studied sculptoring
and fir-e arts and became quite suc
cessful, so much, so that ho went
to Italy for study.
In Ms later years Rodin became
one of the world's most noted ar
tists among his works being busts
of Legros, Victor Hugo and Rocke
-sBtn lusaaj isom sjq sduqjoj -jjoj
terplece Is "The Kiss." He built a
monument to Claude Lorain in his
latter life. His busts of Victor Hu
go and Balzac show considerable
accentricity.
GERMAN AGENTS
Hume
MEETING
1 _____
Buffalo, Nov. 17.—Discussing ef
forta to drive out pro-German reso
lutions ia the labor conference
here Gompera said thia morning,
"German spies and Teutonic agents
honeycomb this convention."
* *
.Christiana, Nov. 17.—Powerful
Norwegian associations today be
gan a boycott of trading with. Ger
man citizens and will not ship any
thing^ or from Germany.
British Ships Shell
Invaders From
The Sea
Ron e Nov. 17.—Teuton forces
hay© been driven back across the
Piaye river between Santa Andrea
De Birbaralns anil Salettoul, tie
war o'fice announced thig after
noon. ; i ;
British Monitors In Fight
London, Nov. 17.—British moni
tors are acting today against Ger
mans and Austrians in th§ marshes
and swamps in tlw vicinity; of Veccia
north '?f Venice. A desperate ef
fort <9 being made by the Italian
forces and war beats ot keep the
invadera from taking the important
city of Venice, s*H of Italian, war
supplies. | _ I.*.',"
Teutonic Artillery Outranked
Italian Army Headquarters, Nov.
17, — Teutonjc artillery in the
Italian war zone is far outranged
by British guns. A wilderness of
mud along the front made a swamj
by the opening of the flood gates,
couplde with a lack of bridges across
the Livenza and Tagiiamento rivers,
has forced the enemy for the most
part t<, rely on five inch field
guns, many of which have been si
lenced "y. the British monitors.
Mother of Pope Fleas
Rome, Nov, 17.—The mother of
Pone Benedict bas fled from Treviso
to Bologna, because of the invasion
of the Austrian and German forces.
MEN IN
MACHINE GUN
RND
Britisa Front in Belgium, Nov. 17.
—Congressman Miller, of Seattle, C.
C. Dill, of Spokane, Albert John
son, of Hoaquim, and Timberlake,
of Sferling, Colorado, were caught
In a rain of machine gun shots
while inspecting Britieb trenches
and miraculously escaped- .
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