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No. 172 NINETEENTH YEAR ' SK.M4WAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY
JOaahan ^
AUGUST 25, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
RUSHING WORK
CONRAD MIS
A force of 14 iuem are work
ing on tue VtMiUs lli.i.<-, owe oi tue
piuuioli-g propcities ia L.-o cuaiu
vl c'uiuwii prupo, 'lei wum.1v have
rcCcUll) (jeCll Opellid OJf Opra.-U
(•'>«. J. K. AlvU' -t. liiUU, »up«ria- j
leuitll'U'. Ot luo 111 J IK- IS iV.ULll.j," 111
tUe Uui LtMi L ity 10 Wei t aia iiuu
Hjr wuoui lie w ill toci-tt ia tui» city
fur the winter. Tliey u.o expect
ed to »rnvo ou the iyokane.
Shipments lia.\o Kea W-de f,om
tb» ui ii« and they have botu
moat promising to tli^ operaiou-s.
LiuUer the preseuit working condi
tions Mr. .VluFarlanJ; reports that
sliipnitiit will be mail© at least
*»ery furtuight. The Kna which.
Ju»t recently cleared "for the south,
carried & fair siz$*d shipment from
this rn'iitt. The tumtrs aa-e. work
lug stcopa upwards i-oid downward
from the main tuuiioi wluch. iuus j
beta drifted in for 2000 feet..
Present plajis of th*j operators
call for the installation of modern
machinery and latest mining meth
ods for handling the ore. At pres
ent the ore is shipped in sacks but
later If will be p<<rsible to ship
the ore iu bulk form, thus saving
time and assuring a speedier dis
patch of the ore. All in all pros
pects are very bright for the Con
rad properties.
ATHENS. Aug. 25 — Greek
eoldiers are still resisting the pres
ence of the Bulgarian troops In
their country. Ia spile of the
King's orders that no warfare
should be waged, against tti© Bul
garians, the soldiers under the
Greeciau flag axe 'iglitlng at every
opportucity.. The last two days
bag be*u give« over to sJurmish en
gagements along ♦Jie frontier lines.
A» fast as the Bt-igariaa troops
retire from Greek soil a volunteer
army will Immediately rise and be
gin to train for battle. The King
so far has been, unable *o control
the situation. No revolutionary
movements have been reported.
Avery Appleyard is stopping at
the Pullan House.
SENATORS FI6HT
REVENUE BILL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—Senat
ors Pea rose and Sherman are pla<c
ing a stiff tight on the floor (of
tuc senate over the new revenue
bill which was passed b}' the Denio
ciatic house unci which/ slipped
turn tae Democratic Investigating
committee from the senate.
Senator Penrose is attacking1 the
bill 011 the grounds that the tax
upon the munition, business is ex
orbitant and un-Americau. Mr. I
Penrose is lining up thq Republi-1
oau senators and the future of the
bill does not look at'jr too proonls-1
ing. Senator Sherman, attacks the j
bill on all sides. Both senators
have a large party; following in the
senate.
LONDON, Aug. 25 — A pro
clamation containing peace condi
tions which might be propostd by
Germany has been, published by the
Independent Peace Committee
which Is operating in this city.
Ihe proclamation seems to meet
with 'he approval of all of the
military officials and. diplomats
and fits right In with what has al
ways been advocated by 'he Im
perial Chambers.
GLOBETROTTERS!
OFF FDR SUM
Sixty three globe trotters pur- |
chafed tickets for the famous sum- j
mi» trip this morning and enjoyed
tM» belter part of the day in the
altitudluoue parts of the Canadian
I'uited States boundary line.
Majority sentiment amongst the
sightseers has pronounced the trip
a wonder and all have ecc pressed
satisfaction in having made the
'rip.. They returned on the even
lt«g train and aTe now visiting
Skagway's noted curio shops and
pcin+s of local Inteneest. .
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 (or a number of years.
WE HANDLE THE FOLLOWING MAKES
(all guaranteed)
THE AMERICAN LADY
For Ladies and Misses
The
tfmeiicm
J&dtf,
SHOE
SECURITY SCHOOL
SHOE
For"|Girls
CROSSET
and
THE AMERICAN
GENTLEMEN
For Men
PLA-MATE SCUFFERS
and SANDALS
For Children
The A. A. CUTTER, BERGMAN,
ZIMMERMAN & DEGAN
TENNIS and CANVAS SHOES for Hen
Women and Children
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Mi WIS ON
SENATE FLOOR
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25--Senat
or Owen, Damocratlq senator,
bust out with a vindictive flow of
fwensics on the floor of the sen
ate yesterday afternoon. He open
ly chuiped the Republican, senators
clogging up the whtels of progress
of tue Democratic congvess. He
charged the Repiuiblciansi with sand
bagging the Corrupt Practices act
so 'hat it would not come beforq
the law makers this session.
The Corrupt P. act ice si act would
place a limit oai 'he amount of
money <lwit a national senatoir or
representative could spend in his
ctmpa;gu. a st. i't account of all
expenditures are filed with the
federal clerk. A h?avy penalty fol
lows a Preach' of Lh9 law.
Hot and heavy words followed
and for a time It looked as if a
general rough' and tumble fight
might occur on the floor of th*
senate Democratic supporters
finally got tihe senator quiet, how
ever, only after he had said all
that there was to be said on the
subject, and his> motloai for .in
vestigation wag tabled.
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PARJS, Aug.. 25 — Forced'
to throw every ma« available be
fore the miglity sweep of the Al- |
lies, the Germans have called, out |
the veterans and are using them
In an eudeavor *0 check the smash
ftbich is directed agains*. the Ger-|
man ilnes..
British and French forces have
advanced their Unci and! complete
ly o'.CUfy Maurepas. Tbie brings
them within two miles of Commies.
\ terrific Untie is now in pro- [
?re?s for the occup-incy of this
sily. Reports coming to the war J
3ffite, while meaggr, tell of the as-]
surancev of Allied success Im 'Jhis
:ampa,^n.
LONDON, Aug." 25—T!he Rus
sians are concentrating a large
force of men on the Rumanian
frontier. It is presumed that a
general invasion of Bulgaria will
be under full swing besfore many
days i>uss.
At least 12 regiments are mass
ing on the frontier. Bach' r«gi
tnenf is equipped for fight tag »er
vice and is amply backed up by
strong artillery corps.
F.. Estes is a round tripper mak
ing the Skagway tour..
115 COAST
LONDON, Aug. 25 — Raiding
the eas* coast of England Is be
coming a daily occurrence with the
Germane. German airships again
raided the e.iet awl south
east coast late last night and
early this morning. The aeria.1
squadron was divided into two
separate fleets.. Tl'e first flett
began Its raid on the east coast
alonp about serven o'clock.. A half
hf.ur later reports came to the war
office telling of the raid on, the
southeastern, coast.
Both tleets departed around: the
nine o'clock hour and were headed
eas-t. No damage was done to the
raiding aerial oraft. Several towns
and hamlets were razed to the
ground by dropping bombs thrown
from the air.
LONDON, Aug. 25 — Brave
German airmen wared the city of
London in the raid whiclh was stag
ed on the coast o£ England last
night and early this morning.
So near were the air men to the
ci'y that the exploding bombs
shook the city and threw the in
habitant into a panic.
The war office announces that
it will take preventive methods
and us* aerial forttficatons the
same as Paris and 'he larger cities
of France are doing.
GERMAN LINER
OAIIS MEN
NEW LONDON, Aug. 25 — That
the Bremen will eooii put in its ap
pearance is substantiated by tue
report of the captain o£ thg North
German Lloyd liner "WiLlohad"
which arrived in this port today.
This mammoth liner is tied
up at the docks waiting for the
Bremen. The caption, hag orders
to houst the crew on board the
Willehad until it <s ready to clear
for across the Atlantic.
The captain of the Gorman lin
br is expected to pick up a wire
less call at almost any time. It
has had ample timo to get across
the ocean if -weather conditions
were favorable. When questioned
as to the possibility of the British
scouts picking- it up, the captain
only smiled and said, "Nefer."
E. F. Purdy o£ Dawson and P.
Cullens of the earns city left last
night on the Alice. Their final
destination is California.
Full Line of
Perishables
on Humboldt
PEACHES ARE CHEAP
P. H. GANTY
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RAILWAY SHE THREATENS
LABOR LEADERS IMPATIENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 — Dlf-,
ffjri'Lctb ol opinion. amount 'tilts' |
executives of - Hi# le.uiiug railroad
lines operating tlnrou^hout the Un
ited Spates is responsibly lor Uie
lingering delay of reaching a de
finite decision in lu« tranacontin
eutal railway strike, wlilchi is break
ing on the horizon.
A strenuous olbJectio.ni has been
ru!Md by the managers to the lnigIt
er rate plan ajid the promise of
Presidtnt Wilson) for tliei passage
of favorable legislation by congress.,
altitude of "lie ghiwiers and
the interstate commerce) commis
sion, la a stumbling block to tlie
plan proposed byi tue President, to
obtain additional revenue by rais
in? the freight rates..
Organized labor has announced
that it will fight the! proposed'
plan for the creation of a per man
en* commission, which' wouJd have
f-e power to arbitrate for both
sides and fix the wage scale and
working hours. Samuel' Gonvpen-K,
president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, is working -witli) the
comm'ttee representing the brother
hoods organization.
A feverish, Impatient atmospiherq
is beginning to settle around the
labor representatives over tlio de
lay. .Leaders, who are trying to
effect a settlemei», are beginning
te tear that labor will order a
w'.iik out Jjefore, the railway heads
can reach a definite agreement.
Labor representatives hnive| agreed
to the adoption, of an eight, hour
day, straight time for over time
and a commission to arbitrate the
wage scale. Railway interests have
fought the passage of t"e> eight
hour adoption but it is practically
concoied by some of the leading
managers that they will be| forced
to grant this demand.
The threatened strike is begin
ning to effect business throughout
the country. A watchful eye is
being kept on the negotiations by
the leading business meni all oiver
♦ he country. President Wilson, la
exlremely anxious that It be set
tled Immediately and that the trans
portation tie up be averted. La
bor leaders are willing to sign
agreements but before doing so de
mand that their requests be grant
ed by the railway Hues.
511 DROPPED |
OFF SMILE
Direct srvicej between Seattle
and okagway will be maintained by
the Pacific Coast S* earns hip, Co.
and fhe Alaska St&amship Co-, af
ter this week. Th-a swing1 via
Si'ka an the southward run will be
dropped from the schedule and the
fort-going companies will drop back I
on their regular service schedule.
The Jefferson is in Juneau un
loading freight and supplks for the
mines. It is eacpectfd to make this
por sometime tomorrow) morning.
It will clear for the south via Sit
ka.
Tie Spokane pnll<?d into Ju
11M11 <cday and is scheduled to ar
rive in Sk-agway tomorrow mowning
at <i o'clock. It carries a repre
sentative cargo and passenger list
for this port. It also will clear
for the south via, Sitka, being the
last boat to make thsit run this
season..
ALLIES TO CHECK
WESTER^ DRIVE
LONDON, Aug. 25—Germany is
making plans for a treineudoug
western drive. Indications point
to an early beginning of the drive.
Concentratedj forces are being] gath
ered at tlie stragei ical points.
Arms, t nun una Moil) and fighting ap
paratus of all kinds have been
rushed to the western front.
Freiuli forces operating on. the
Soniine river are preparing to ex
tend their offensive fighting! front
southward for twenty miles In
hopes of cutting thru the lines and
forcing Germany back on a solid
defensive so that the eastern drive
will have to be abandoned.
British forces will move up and
strongly fortify all of the| ground
gained In the Bomme sw<-ep so
tha* in the event of a dashl agfl-ins*
her advance lines a solid front will
be ready to open, fire upon the ag
gressors. '
Who's Your Tailor?
YOU can arrange to have Jyour
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
WILL CLA YSON