PRICE 10 CENTS
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 17. 1918
FIRST YEAR
No. 164 TWENTY
Paris, Saturday, 9:11 a. m. The
Canadian and French tpoops made
considerable progress against the
German front penetrating three
miles between. Goyencourt and
Laucourt, west of ffcoyetwis. The
French at Deslogen five milesi Bouth
of Roye penetrated deeply the Ger
man lines gaining valuable position.
Paris, Aug. 17., 1U22 a. m. — !
The French nude important advance
today. They staxted from a point
two and a'Mialf miles west of Roye
and made, great" progress towards
iegioa of"V1Uers Lesroye. Staurin
and ArmeaJonrt. "
YE WAP4PER MAN THINKS
■
WH1TKHORSE BK LIVELY
A. M. Rousseau, publisher of i
the vVhitetwrse Sfr arrived out
from *he southern Yukon city last j
evening and will t« a visitor in j
Stag way for a few days. Whle !
here he will take advantage of the j
excursion to Fort Seward this eve* '
ning j>nd join the party po as to
indulge in the dancing at the gar
rison tonight, of which pleasure he .
is an ardent exponent.
Mr. Rousse»u states that with <
his son and partner, I.ovell, in ,
the American service, it has got* I
tea down to a "one man" proposi- ;
Hon of getting out the paper, and i
that hu daughter. Miss Henrietta, j
U operating the linotype machine, ;
"while he is doing the writinng and !
the balance of the work on the pa- j
Per am' in the job department. |
Mr. Rousseau speaks encouras- j
ingly of the winter outlook in his i
district, and believes that White* I
horae will be fairly lively all win- j
ler owin* to the continued opera- i
tloa o* several of the copper mine®
In that vicinity.
He safe that the Copper King, '
Xr, J. P.'Whitney's mine was work- j
ing about 40 men, while the War
Eagle now- has 15 men employed and
one or two other mines were work- j'
lng from 10 to 15 men. This
should make thiols quite lively in ,
Whitehoifee. i
GIVES IT ITS DEAD
la soeaking of the recovery of
Teddy Curran'a body, the "White
horse Star says:
All doubts, If any existed, of
the fate o' the late Terence F.
Curran, mining: recorder for South
ern Yukon, were dispelled, early
Wednesday afternoon when his body
was found by Jim Boss, head of the
Lake Le&arg® Indians, lodged in a
clump of willows on the east shore
of the Yukon river, opposite the
mouth of the Tahkini river, and a
bout 12 miles below Whitehoree.
As soon as the news reached
town, Capt. A. L. Bell, acting cor
aner, C. W. Cash, Chas. Eisenhauer,
Frajik Harbottle, Ike Seevers and
Coro. Clifford set out in a gas Doat j
to brine the remains to Whitehorse |
»nd reached here on their return
between 12:'30 and 1 o'clock! Thurs- !
lay morning. The body w^s tunie ' I
aver to Undertaker J. D. Drurie, '
who prepared it for buial.
At 2:30 Thursday afternoon a
:oroner's inquest was held, the !
iury's verdict being that deceased ,
lad come to his death by drown- i
ng, out whether intentionally j
)r accidentally, they were unable ;
o determine.
Ti»e funeral will be held at 2:30 ,
this a'ternoon from Christ Church.
STEAMSHIP MAN RETURN'S
FROM ANNUAL TRII' j
F. F. W. Lowle, general agent
'or Alaska and the Yukon of t&e
Canadian Pacific railway north
British coast Bervice returned last
svenine from his legular fall trip
nto Atlln, Whitehorse, Dawson and
jther interior poLats.
London, Aug. 17. 1:19 p. m-—
rhe war office gives it out that
:hroughout thu week the fighting j
n the air hag been the most formid-,
ible of the entire war. The enemy j
losses of aeroplane? have been i
:hree hundred forty elghtj destroyed
3r put out of commission. There
ire one hundred and twenty three
British machines missing.
BANK -OF ALASKA
$ ' S K A C W A Y , ALASKA
S?
Branches at
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Resources Over $850,000
-OFFICERS
Andrew Stevenson, President
A. A. Benton, Vice-Pres., iNew Yorlc
W.^H. Warren, Vice-Pres., Wrangell,
W:*R. Hillery. Vice-Pres., Cordova
JL
E. B. Ansley, Vice-Pres., Arfchora*e
C. K. Betts, Acting Cashier
B. A. Ross, Asa't Cashier 6c Auditor
R. N. Moyer, Ass't Cashier
Pku picih Pue
GEORGE MOWL. Proprietor
Saturday and Sunday
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I ALLIES ME SLOW
UK 101 ■
London, Aug. 17. 11:22 a. m. —•
Field Marshal Haig indicated j
day tnat the British are Blowly en* I
circling the town of Albert. They j
are menacing the town from the ,
west end on the south and have
crossed the Ancre. On a wide
front t'r> the northward further pro
gress has been made to the osuth
toward Albert is. also reported.
OUT
BET ON FIRE
Beaufort, N. C., Aug- 16. 9:11
a. m.—Word was received here by
■wireless that a shell from a Ger
man .ubmarlne has set fire to one
oil tanker off Cape Hatteras yes
terday and before the fire was e**
tlagulshed considerable damage wai
done the ship. There Vere no cas
ualties reported and the sub sub
merged and was seen no more.
AMERICAN RED CROSS GIVES
SWISS RED CROSS $125,000
Washington, Aug. 17.—The war
oounc.il of the American Red Cross
has ppprporiated the sum of $125,
000 as a contribution to the Swiss
Red Cross for activities incident
to the war. This ^Ift was prompted
by the humane and effective work
which theS wiss Red Cross has been
doins' since the outbreak of" the
European war, and the services it
has performed in behalf of allied
troops, "both interned and prisoners.
CASUALTIES
. W UGH!
Washington, Aug. 17— Casualties'!
today number ninety with eighteen (
killed and thirty one severely
I wounded.
\Va3hingt0n, Aug. 17.—Casualties
reported yesterday were eighteen
killed and twenty five severely
I wounded.
OLD TIMER OP CAMP
CROSSES THE DIVIDE
John Niven, one of the pioneer
miners o£ the Dawson camp, passed
away on tho morning of Aug. 9th
at ?t. Mary's hospital, after an I
illness of about a week. He had >
lhed for a lonsr time at Gold j
Bottom, and was brought in from
there only- a few days ago. He
was 82 years of age, and a native
of Scotland.
Hand your contribution for Ar- 1
menian Relief to Howard Ashley,
G, H Miller, W. C. Blanchard,
Perry Hern, Keller^ Bros, or Post- 1
master Conway. ' tS,
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC Mitt !
STEAMSHIP SERVICE DISCONTINUED
The Prince Rupert of the Grand
Trunk Pacific steamship arrived 1"
Skagway at 6 p. m. last evening,
bavin; been delayed with heavy
freight cargo for interior points, j
The next sailing of the G. T. P. ;
will be the Prince George, arriv- j
ing the 23rd and sailing the 24th,
following this sailing the Prince Ru
pert will arrive on Friday the 30th
and sail south Saturday, Aug. 31,
which will the last sailing from
Skagway of the Grand Trunk Pa
cific »teamship for the present, ••
G. a. McNicnoll, Assistant Gen
eral Freight and Passenger Agent
of the company fa making the trip
to Skagway in regard to the dis
continuance of the G. T. P. service
and on being interview by this pa
per said in part, "It is with deep
regret that our Company is forced
to announce tint Its service to
Alaska must b0 discontinued for
the present. While the tourist traf
fic has been very light this year it
is not for business reasons that
the company is taking the steamers
Prince Rupert and Prince George
off this run but it is being done
as a Tar measure and as the muni
tion Foard of Canada has made
such demands on us for the move
ment of war supplies we find it,
necessary to leave both the Prince •
John and the Prince Albert on |
the Queen Charlotte Island run; j
consequently they are not available
for the Alaska service. Our of- j
ficiala have every faith that the
Alaska trip la one of the finest to
be had in the world and it is not
the intention of the Grand Trunk
Pacific to discontisue this service
Permanently and wq hope that we
will be able to place both our
steamers back In service early next
spring, and render to Alaska a
service that, if possible, will be
higher than, that maintained dur
ing the past three uummers."
It is understood that the Skagwayi
office of the company will be main
tained and only temporarily closed
for th'« coming winter. Everything
will be left her© In readinesg for
the re-opening of the G. T. P.
service to the North.
Fruit Jars,
Jelly Glass etc
WE ARE PREPARED TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOB
CANNING SUNDRIES AT FOLLOWING PRICES:
Mason Sail Sealer WIDE MOUTH, Btnta $1.25 per doz.
Masoa Soil Saaier, WIDE MOUTH, Qto., $1.45 per doz.
Uuob Self Sealing Tar Top#, 35o per doz.
Masoa Self Sellnag Cipa, 20o doz. 3 for 50c.
Muon Porcela'a Lined J>ir Caps, 40c per doz.
Jar Rubbei*—Best Grade—Iieavy, 10c per doi.
Parowax in 1 lb. brlcka, 20c eaoh.
Permits are now obtainable tram ocal Food Administrator foi
as lb. lota of sugar for canaing purposes. _ •
Telly Glaaaea With Tope
Mason Self 8ealer Pints
Masoa Self Sealer, Quarts
$1.10 per doz.
11.25 per doz.
50c per doz.
P. H. GANTY
Washington, Aug. 17.—Chief of
Staff March announced today that
there at the present moment
one million four hundred and fifty
thousand American soldiers now
fighting overseas and there *ra
under arms altogether orerae**
and In the United States orer three,
million. Tnia includes ewy
branch of the army.
ORDER ON THE USE OP RIFLES
MODIFIED
Washington, Aug. 17. — Upon j
recommendation of the Ordnance De
partment the order o? Tne Adjutant
General, "that the quota of arms
for each State would be first Issued
to National Guard units, and any
remaining- surplus to Horn© Guard
organizations," has been modified.
Ia ts changed form the order will
permit the issue of rifles for use
of Horn© Guard organization when '
such rifles are not required for j
National Guard unite already or
ganized. This would be don© pend
ing the organization of such Na
tional Guard units, and upon agree
ment of the governor of the State,
in each cas©, to transfer the rifles
to the National Guard units when
needed for that purpose. Under
the old order Home Guard
units already organized could not
hay© the use of any rifles issued
by the Government until all ne^dg of
the National Guard of the Btate
had first been met, even though
the National Guard units were not
organized.
It must be understood, however,
that 't is impossMIe at tlife time
to say when ayn rifles will be avail
able for th© use of Home Guards
iftider this change. This is due
to the fact that the department
must first determine how much of
the available r'fles will be needed
for future draft quotas, and how
much can be spared from the BUppiy
held in reserve to allow for any flue
tuations in the production of new
rifles. Steps to determin© these
questions will be taken. I
TRANSFER OP REGISTERED
FOR COUPON LIBERTY BONDS
Washington, Aug. 17.—Secretary
.McAdoo on July 24 announced that
the 'ssue of Teglstered bonds of
the third Liberty .loan has so far
progressed that the department frill j
be prepared to ma*e transfers there-"
of and exchanges of registered for
coupon bondh on, and after August
1 and until August 15, inclusive.
As th© first interest payment a
rises on Septmeber 15, it will be
necessary to close the registry books
of the third Liberty loan at the
close of business August 15 in or
d«r to prepare checks for such in
terest payment.
SUCCESSFUL
1 BIS
f. „
Washington, Saturday 911: &. m.
—General Pershing reported to the
war office • today that one complete
squadron of eighteen American
aeroplanes' equipped with Liberty
motors had made » successful flight
behind the German lines yesterday
and did a great deal of damage to
the enemy besides demonstrating
the efficiency of the late aeroplanes
and the skill of the American aviat
ors.
Sir SCHOOLS SEND TEACHERS
Washington, Aug. 17. — Three
hundred and seventeen schools and
universities have responded to the
offer of the War Department to
give special military training la the
officers' training camps at Platts
burg, Fort Sheridan, and the Pre
Bidio at San Francisco to a picked
group of instructors and students*
No commisssion will be given. Mem*
bers o* this group wll assist of
ficers assigned by the War Depart
ment to the colleges in the train*
lag of Students' Army Corps. ThM*
unit o* the National Army will be
recruited from among registered
college students between the
of 18 and 21 years.
Th.9 camps are now in session.
The camps for the teachers ara be
ing conducted on the same basia
ag the officers' training pamps. Of
fleers are appointed from, the rank*
to Berve during the session. ThM
training will be followed by an In*
tensive recruiting campaign oa th»
part of the univerlsties co-operat
ing to prevent premature enlist
ment and also to kedp the boyg la
college until they are fitted by
sipecial training for pecial Got*
eminent service.
Help the suffering Armenians.
It takes the united efforts of all to
make this humanitariau drive a
success. tt
Who's Your Tailor?
The Autumn and Winter woolens recently sent^s by
E. V. Price & Co.
are the handsomest ever shown in this city and reasonably priced
Select
Yours
Today
and have your Autumn clothes
\
made up for future delivery to suit
you—and you only
f
JAMES KENNEDY