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No. 169 NINETEENTH YEAK
SKAUWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
FINAL DECISION
UP 10 LEADERS
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22—Hope
la being expressed lu all circles in
thia cil) that the President's plan
{}r au v-arly settlement of the rail
way cot trovers}* will be ncctpetd by
•>ie ral'.way heads.
Thf ri evident talked to the hesu i
of over 100 railroad's thin meriting.
HU talk was directed, aa front one
cl'Uen to anther, and not colored
by his high position aud command
lug Influence oat the chair. Ha
strongly appealed to thi* ir patriot
Ism aud urged them to adout the
plan ou a temporury basis. If not
•tde pted permanently.
4 committer representing the
nulway Interests will draft a re
ily »c the President some time to
day.. This reply is supposed tcj
contain the final decisdon of the
railway heads. The bfoithertioodd
have announced that >'ht»y are will
ing t<* accept the proposed plan of
Mr. W'lsOn and return to their po
sitions.
ONE MORE WEEK
FOR YOUNGSTERS
iGungsUrs in the Garden City
beginning to oh*»ck the days off
tlit calendar and look with a glea
fol strain lu their eyes to the
date of August 28th. On that
dat« the old school bell, which
baa been silent for three months,
w' 1 roll forth its message to the
youtper gentry announcing that it
la time for them to prepare for a
nine months selge of good hard
wort..
Tie Principal is expected to ar
tt*« oa any of the boats from now
aa and make h*-r preparations for
th« ensuing year. Oti^er faculty
memoers so far as is knowu are in
Tefcdliiete to return to their posts
of dut" The attendance will equal
♦bat of last year and thq school
board la looking forward to a suc
tooaful year.
NOTICE A. li.'s
Mee ing of the Arctic Brother
hood. Cnmp Skagway, tonight at
8 30. Arctic Brotherhood Hall.
Visiting brothlers welcome.
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)
1 HE AMERICAN LADY
For Ladies and Misses
SECURITY SCHOOL
SHOE
For^Girls
CROSSET
and
THE AMERICAN
GENTLEMEN
For Men
"PLA-MATE SCUFFERS
and SANDALS
For Children
tfmeucan
SHOE
The A. A. CUTTER, BERGMAN,
ZIMMERMAN & DEGAN
TENNIS and CANVAS SHOES for Hen
Women and Children
HI I \7 TVT LI THE haberdasher and
• «J • L I i\Lrl LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between ITiird and Fourth Phone 41
I
HAINES, Aug. 22 — H. Clay
Scudder, warden of fineries In the
Alaska service ntade a dean up ou
I »ue fisherman who wt're oaughS
! flsuiig illegujly lu the waters of
| ChilKoot River.
| Twenty two will be tried today.
Three were lined $25..00 aud costs
f.>r a oraaclt o£ the fi:>hlng regula.
tio.is vesteTday. l!o»» of th.ore< ar
rested were natives, however, some
prominent fishermen are also in
the citttches of the law and must
answer the charge.
OFFICMKS
ARE SLASHED
LO.\'L>t>N, Aug. 22—Figures giv
en ou' by the war office tell tlho
alarming tale of the death of 737
British officers- and the wounding
of more than twice that number
the last se<ven days la July. While
British forces have made telling
aud substantial gains on the con
tinent, the loss of life and maimed
soldiers has been terrific.
Figures on. the losses of the
Teuton side are not available but
it Is estimated by the local war
office that the British losses are
in the minority when, compared' with
the German losses. French! losses
have been hearry during recent
fignt'ug also .
aliceIeing
WITH BIG LIST
One hundred and forty passenger
are aboard the approaching) Prin
cess Alice whiohi is hooked to make
this port at 7 in the morning. Of
this number 70 are round tripfpers,
wiho will take la the sights of the
Gai I >n City and mako the trip ta
the scenic summit..
It carries 200 tons of freight and
will remain in port two days, clear
ing for the south' on Thursday;
i u.'ght at 7 p. m.
BQTHSIDE5USE
DEM GASES
LONDON, Aug. 22 — Both.
s.ides aro falling back upon the use
' of poisonous gases iu a terrific and
death deaiMng battle which; is now
in progress on the Somme between
thL- British ;uid the Germans. Th,e
strcng German assaults coming like
bulitts irom a rapid fire aUillery
cor^s i-a\e f<WC«d the Eritish to re
tire to their secondary lines. A
strong defence h;ia been thirown up,
and tae battle now hangs* In a bal
ance. With, the use of gas the
Uritish have succeeded in clearing
parts of thie bat'l® fSald.
This morning a rtent flank en
gagemei't went to the Germans..
Many riecea of valuable cannon and
war supplies were captured in this
engagement..
THIROSTSTWN
MU
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 — An
nouncements to the effect that
Sea .tie law hetoi ohoson as one
of the three mining exprimnt sta
i ions is erroneous. So far only
two experiment stations have been
I sol cted, one at Taconia, one at
Fa|rb:>i.ks and the location of tiho
other is- indefinite. Several cen
ters aro fgihting hard to get a lo
cation in their midst, but no in
frrm-'tlcn is being given out on
the location. Evert those in closest
touch withi th.e committees have
failed \.o obtain information.
DETMSNA8
FAMOUS CROOKS
SEATTLE, Aug. 22 — Detectiv'!
ebfiaic^X on the force of Seattle's
secret service d parlmeait havo
landed behind the ba;u of the cdty
bustile five arooiks with a national
pydigr'-c. They will be bound
over to the State and appear for ar
rai0ament today..
The arrests ot the pickpiockets ia
the wcrk of some clever detective
schemes, followed out by the city
| plain cl'Jtjlus men. The police
department was forewarned to be
ou the lookout for pickpockets wh,oi
were supposed to be following
Hughes on his speech, making jour
ney . Up to the time thiijr struck
this c»ty. thiey have suacessifully
covered up their tracks but the net
wag laid for them and they fell in
to It.
" I
Thj Spokane la steaming thru
Srymour Narrows headed for Skag
way. it will make the last trip of
I I _i.» Oltlrfl
BEGINS ACTIVE
1 CAMPAIGN
The city dads sat around th<*
municipal table last night discuss
in^ tht welfare of thie city and go
ing thru the regular routine of
municipal business. A sentiment
has been growing among the coun
cilman to strictly enforce the city
ordinance which places an extra tax
on those ho are negligent audi be
lli uu lu their water payments.
A campaign Is being waged by
the city treasurer to collect ail
tax«a due the city. Treasurer
Abrahams 'reports that in oil over
$120u is due the city on. delinquent
•axes. After due notification aid
delli.quency follows the city will
use lis legal rights and 'oreclose
on tl.c property of those who are
delinquent.
JIJNEAU FAVORED
Bt LEGISLATION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 — The
senate has passed a bill which, per
mits Juneau, the capital of Alaska,
to vote schools bonds by special
election. Tlie bill is now before
the house committee Mid so far no
o'.ipo^'tion has been waged against
the bill. It will undoubtedly carry
a id place itself on 'he statute
books.
Delegate Wickersham, ever watefc
in^ the interests of the people of
the noTtli is orking for the bill and
has things lined up tu the house
'o assure its early passage.
BERLIN, Aug. 22—German and
I Hungarian forces are on the aotitv®
I offensive in the BaLkan front.. The
tide of military feats seem to be
turning. SO ferocious has been
the onrush! tihat the Serbs have
been fc reed to fall bock to second
ary positions.
A summons has been sent out
from tr>e Greek capitol for a con
ference to disouss the Impending
crisis which, htfvers around the
Greek kingdom. The offender^
are reported to be sweeping the
field, leaving death and destruction,
in heir wake.
NEW REVENUE MLIi
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 — The
party revenue bill of Senator Bolt
has been pushed a's'de by the law
gjafeers and ancrtiber will be intro
duced.
Ed J. McfKenzle of Dawson Is a
rfVonl arrival In this city.
Full Line of
Perishables
on Humboldt
PEACHES ARE CHEAP
P. H. GANTY
RELIEF HUSHED
10 YORK SHIRE
LONDON, Aug. 22 — AssSstajv*.
la being rusftied to Yorkshire from
tne neighboring towns. Suffering
a l.ufcuse. Numerous* lives havt
beeu lost and ttoe wounded are be
ing cared for by Teldef corps which,
irrired this mora lug.
At un early hour this morning
\ munition factory employing hun
ireds of men, women and children,
exploded. The plant was wrecked
xmpletely. Th'e origin has* not
[>een cUsco«vered but Is believed to
je the work of Central Power sjpies.
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 — Re
Dorts i>ave been, circulated lu of
riclal i.Tclea of this cdty that the
Japaue.se government has purchased
.hru Spanish agents a land conees
»ou of over sixty thousand acres
3u the Atlantic seaboard near the
Panama Canal . It Is presumed to
be for military purposes only.
Secret service officials are mak
ing a close investigation of the ru
mor and wlil report tot the Preai
2eiu ag soon as> authentic infori'ma
tic/n cau be obtained. Advocates
3t preparedness axe somewhat con
;erned by the report and are
:losely following It to detail.
SEWARD LOTS 10
BE SOLD SEPT. 11
SEATTLE, Aug. 22—Government
Mile of lots in Seward has been an
nounced by the Alaska Engineer
ing commission. The sale will
take kilace on September 11th. No
bids under twenty five dollars will
ba accepted by the auctioneer.
The announcement has caused
ieAji"einoe<l3 seel 10 ej<vnj
to mak-» an Investigation of condi
tions in Seward. It is expected
that some Seattleitee will go to
Seward to bid in properties
SALOONS CLOSE
LAST NIGHT
The death, knell of the Skagway
saloon was rung last, night. They
took the count at nine o'clock and
the referee proclaimed thiem out
of existencr for tlue ensuing year.
A cablegram was received by Frank
Cork, deputy marshal for th.e Skag
way precinct, announcing tlyit
Rober* W. Jennings, Judge of Che
u'niK-d States District Court for
fhe First Division, had refused to
issue licenses to thq Garden City,
liquor dealers and further instruc'
Jne iLe Skagway, official to close
'herr up Immediately.
Th« oflicial communication; ends
.1 controversy which) has been wag^d
fcv 'he wets and drys in this city
over the election which was held a
short time ago to determine wihertiv
er or not a majority of tluj resi
<deoil3 w-ero favo.ra.blo to the issu
anoc of licenses. The election,
returned a verdict in favor of the
drys, this ws contested by tliei
liquor interests and an open forum
ct.u'} procedure held in this city,
w'fj Judge Jennings on the bench,
upheld the election returns.
D is believed by tho&q wiho
are ii close touci, wiflh) ccmdiiotns
and this has beon substantiated by
rumors of various sorts, that the
jueu formerly engaged in liquor
truffi# in this city, will re-invest
their money in other lines of busi
ness in this city. It has been re
peat aiy and forcefully imprased
i pen the minds of all residents of
Skagway during the campaign that
the light was made upon the in
stitution of liquor and not the men
engaged in the business. Major
ity sentiment favors and,1 welcomes
the re-investment of capital along
ottieT lines in this city and it has
been expressed that this program
will be followed by the mem. whfy
nave been closed out of business.
ASSAILS ADMINISTRATION
NEW YORK, Aug. 22—The Am
erican Confederation of catholiq
Societ'efl in a convention
wnich is meeting in this city are
on record as opposing thie policies
of the dreseat political administra
tion. They bitterly arsailed the
! administration for recognizing
jPiesideflt Carranaa, despite Ch0
I millions who favored this recogni
tion.
Carl Logan has returned to his
homa in this city after a fortnight"^
visit in Haines.
Who's Your Tailor?
YOU can arrange to have fyour
tailored to order suit and ov
ercoat for Autumn delivered
• whenever you want them-but we ad
vise you to
Come in and Se
lect Your Pat
tern Today
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 CLAYSON