SECOND CONTINGENT AMERICAN
TROOPS NOW SAFELY IN FRANCE
Paris., July 2S. — Another con
tingent ot American troops safe
ly arrived in aoi American port o)
entry into France today. A repre
sentative of th.o general stiff watch
ed the disembarkation of the
trooD'i who left immediately for Jiev
nuarters situated somewhere he
hind the fighting line.
■CH LINKED
WITH BUSINESS
S°att'e, July 28. — Bishop Cri
mont, recently enthroned bifchop of
the New Alaska Diocese, in an ad
dress last night said that the
workO;gmen together with the busi
ness men of Alaska, are linked to
geth<- in common cause with the
church L a. I
SENATE PASSES
HARBOR'S BILL
Washington. D. C., July 28.—The
senato yesterday parsed the River's
and Harbor's bill carrying with it
an a,)i>ropriation of tweuty seven
million dollars. _ _
U. S. CITIZENS
LEAVE DENMARK
Copenhagen, July 28. — Maurice
Francis Egan, of the Diitrict of
Columbia, ambassador to Denmark,
says the American population in
tha* country has nearly all departed
borne. Denmark is stressed for a
waut of food supply.
C1TV OF SEATTLE IS
DIE 4 P.M. TOMORROW
lb' City of Seattle is due at
4 p. m. tomorrow, according to a
message received by Agent Weir, j
it is bringing 13 passengers for j
this port '
Bsr_ .
FOOD AT FAtt PRICES
Representative Asbury Lever
Provides Drai-t.i f.'.easuros.
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J'hoto by American Press Association.
This Is what (be momentous food
••ill. presented !>.v Representative Le
ver of South Carolina. will do:. Estab
lish government control of all neces
saries: authorize the president to en
ter into voluntary arrangements to ac
cept services without compensation, to
co-epenae with any agency or person
and to utilize and co-ordinate the ac
tivities of departments and agencies:
make It unlawful to destroy, willfully
waste, permit preventable deteriora
tion. board or monoi olize any neces
sarles: prohibit the making of unjust
charges for hum!line or dealing with
necessaries; authorize the presldeut to
license and regulate any business of
Importation, exportation, manufacture,
storage or distribution of necessaries.
IT. SEWAIiD AND SKAGWAY
TO CROSS BATS TOMORROW
A r>a*«ball game has been sched
uled ior tomorrow at 2:30 p. m.,
bt'wecu Ft. Seward and Skagway.
Skagway's boys fcave been getting
roue*! practice the past few weeks
in the different scrub game*, and
a lively time is promised tomorrow.
ANOTHER BALL GAME
The big game between the Has
Beeus and the Business glen's teams
will fe called promptly; at 1 p. m. to |
morrow aud the game will be start
ed af that time providing only a I
pitcher and catcher are there. An
exciting time is promised.
We are dosing out the remaining
portionof our SUMMER
HATS atreduced
prices
Middy Blouses $ 1.00 each
Dimities, Lawns and summer sport goods on sale
Oxfords
and broken lines of shoes at
Greatly Reduced Prices
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth* * j __ Phone 4!
TWENTY SHOTS FIRED IN SEATTLE
GAR STRIKE BUT NO ONE IS HURT
Seattle, July 28. — Twenty shots
were fired la thg Georgetown; dis
trict of Seattle yesterday between
strikers and strlkeJ>reak«u. The
latter were confined In the car
iiarus in this vicinity. No one
hurt
Citizens} la Georgetown! confirmed
the accusation of the street car
men that the strikers kindled *.
fire neaivby the toania la an " ef-1
fort to burn tho mem Inside. More
■outbreaks are oxpectod.
Seattle, July 28. — Strikers are
YOtlng today an tho proposal to re
turn to work on tie basis that all
differences except the recognition
of tie car mea's union be submit
ted to arbitration. The company
s»ya it -will never bind itself to re
cognize the union.
60V. RAILROAD
10 BE RUSHED
Washington, D. C. — Alaska ia
about to come into its own, after
loti" j'bars of stifling of individual
enterurise by. government red tape
and beaurocratic indifference.
I?. hafe taken war to yake us the
United otateB Govercimja«t to an ap
preciation of Just how valuable Al
aska's resources can ha mad# to
the rest of the country,
Now, by direct statement of a
cabinet member, Alaska la expected
to play an, important sari la oolv
iuK war problems.
Importance of the early comple
tion o' the government railroad la
Alaska la helping the United States
to meet burdens of war is sot
forth in a statement authorized by
Secretary of Interior Lane.
Th'a railroad, it la pointed out,
will hasten development of Alaska's
vast resources; will encourage the
oroduction of foodfetuffg, thus re
ducing the Terrilory'a dependence
upon the United States foil supplies;
will furnish coal in unlimited quan
tity for the Navy, obviating *eoefe
Bity for transcontinental shipment
to the Pacific of fuel for Govern
ment vessels, and at the same
time release thousands of care for
the transportation of jvar materials
and foodstuffs. — Business Chron
lcle. ( ^
Fittsburg, July 28. — "Teddy"
Roosevelt, ia an address to & large
gathering of Moose in this city last
night, urged that America begin
now to prepare for the next na^
tionai emergency. He declared
that in the present war Aimerlcans
are showing themselves to be
miraculously inefficient.
CiKORGE NAUD NOW
WITH V. 8. GOVERNMENT
George Naud, known la Skagway
for his wark in connection with
the t>ooWeggliig cases, sailed
from Juneau recently for Bremreton«
where he had been called for duty
by the government.
Subscribe for the Dally Alaakatt.
BIG EQUIPMENT
SUPPLIES SENT
FOR RAILROAD
Seattle, July 28. — Twenty one
hundred tons of rails, fittings,
hardware and a million feet of
lumber, all for the A^ka Engi
neering commission, were shipped
this morning on the freighter Ju
neau and the barge JHenry leaving
from Seattle and Everett respective
ly.
With theecxception oJB 600 tons the
rails -will be used to complete the
construction of the road connecting
Anchorage with Seward. The rest
of the equipment will be shipped to
Nenana, to complete the construc
tion of th« Fairbanks-Tanana rail
road recently purchased by thei gov
ernment. ji !i
Bremerton, July 28. — E. A.
Erickson, a wealthy farmer of this
vicinity was murdered in his own
home last night. • The crime is sup
posed to have been done in an ef
fort to secure money which was se
creted in his house.
Berlin, July 28.—Emperor .Wil
helin, stationed upon a promintory
near Tarnapol, yesterday watched
the German troops extend their
gains over the Russians at the
Sereth bridgehead, the war office
announces today.
German troops are rapidly ad
vancing on both side °f the Dnei
8ter> according to the same report.
Seattle, July 28. — A collision
between two autos this morning
killed the 18 year old eon of
Mrs. M. P. Burke.
FRUIT JARS JElLLY GLASSES
We offer the following good values:
Mason jars per dozen Pints
" " " H Qyarts
Mason Jar Caps per dozen
Jelly glasses per dozen
Heavy Jar Rubbers per dozen
Parowax in 1 lb. brick*
$1.00
1.15
.40
.45 .50
.10
" .20 3 for .50
P. H. GANTY
REVERSES RAVE STRENGTHENED
POWER Of R1ISS GOVERNMENT
HE'LL TRAIN 22,000 MEN.
Colonel Ker.non Commanding
Officer at Gyracusa (N. Y.) Camp.
After long service it the Indian. Cu
ban and Philippine campaigns aud a
year's command of :: brigade on the
Itorder Colonel L. W. V. Ivennon is
now in charge of one of the biggest
training cunips in the country—that at
the state fair grounds at Syracuse, N.
Y. lie has made [■revisions for over
22,000 men. T^he v field i.artillqry at
Plattsbung, 1,150 strong, and three
more battalions of untrained student*!,
3,450 in all. recently arrived at the
camp. To furnish the "horse power"
necessary at this mobilization camp
18,000 mules were recently shipped
from Missouri.
STEAMSHIP DOLPHIN*
SAILS FOR SKAGWAY
Seattle, July 28, —Tka steam*
er Dolphin sailed for Skagway and
way oorts at one yesterday after
noon.
JUNEAU GOING DRY?
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Juneau "drinks" took a motion,
upward Thursday when the liquor
dealers agreed to advance the' price
on all booze to 25 cents straigM
per glass with the exception of
beer and American whiskeys.
—_— —— —
Washington, 0. C., July 28. —
Russian military; reverses during
the past week have greatly; strength
ened the hands of the government
I in Petrograd according to a" di»
j patch received from Ambassador
i Frances of the state department to
! day.
Defeat of the Russian troops la
the Eastern section, of the GaU
cian front have led to a universal
demand in. governmental circles for
stronger discipline, asserts th$ am
bai^gador, and have shown to the
masses the impossibility; of con
trolling the army by a committee
Of soldiers.
London, July 28. — Dispatches
from Petrograd today; indicate thai
Russia is quieter today; than it has
been for several months.
Petrograd, July 28. — Former
Czar Nicholas fell this morning
while cycling in the gardens about
Sa-rskoebelo palace and bfoke hifl
leg. Nicholas is virtually a pris
oner in the Sarskoeselo palace.
lorn*
FROM GREECE
Paris, July 2S —The Allied pow
ers, iii conference in this city re
garding the Balkan states, agreed
to withdraw their troops from An
cient Greece, The&aly and Bpirua
I as soon as possible.
AiiiesiiE
Chicago, July 28. — Switchmen
on all the railroads entering thid
city walked out on a strike today.
The Alaska, of the Alaska S. S.
Co., sailed ljjgt night at 9 p. m.
for ice westward.
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JAMES KENNEDY,*