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No. '229 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1917
PRICE 10 CENTS
lis. SHOWS FAITH IN RUSSIA
er LOANING $32,000,000 MORE
Washington, Nov. 3.— Secretary (
of State Lansing gave to vresa j
reporters last night a statement ia |
which he deplored any lnterpreta- j
tioa of Kerensky's speech to (
meau that Russia is out of the
war -
Secretary Lansing cited the Ua-)
lt»d States apparent faith In the ^
Russian republic was reiterted yes-,
terdar in the authorisation by Presi
dent Wilson of another loan of $32.
000,000. He further aaUl that re
Dorts received by telegraph and
ma*l show Kerenaky and his gov-:
eminent are organizing all of Rus
sia's resources so that Bhe will be
% more effective ally than since j
ihe declaration of a Republic form
?i government. !
E U.S.
SOLDIERS
Berlin, Nov. 3.—American sol
diers have been captured by a Ger
man recounoitering party, is an
usuucd by the war office today.
The statement says that on the
"Rhine and Marue canal, the re
sult of a rceouuoltering thrust.
North American soldiere S'ere
brought in."
F
AILETTE
Paris, Nov. 3.—French forces
are advancing between the Oise I
canal and the Corbeny region and J
succeeded iu reaching the south
ba. k of the Ailette river, the war
office makes public today.
TROOPS TAKE FOUR
VILLAGES—NEW OFFENSIVE
Paris, Nov. 3.—The French oc
cupation of Cerny, Ailles, Cour
teoa. sad Chevreaus is announced.
Troops of the French republio
have smashed their way forward to
wards Laon over a front thirteen
miles wide, and this afternoon are
continuing their drive.
Sergeant and Mrs. Bixby were
Skagwav vfcitors today while the
Peterson was in port.
GILL IS DEFIANT!
MAY RESULT
IH RECALL
Seattle, Nor. 3.—Mayor ' Hiram
Gill may agaiu be recalled. The
federal government, through its
representative John McCourt, form
ally demanded yesterday that the
mayor discharge Chief of Police
Beckingham. Gill flatly refused '
to do so but promised that he
would clean ud the city. Steps are
being taken that may lead to Gill's
recall.
DANCE HALLS CLOSED
Seattle, Nov. 3.—All dance halls
were closed in Seattle last night
bv order of Mayor Gill. This is
one of the first steps taken by the
mayor In an effort to clean up
the city.
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SEE j
MAYOR GILL DOES
GOOD JOB
Seattle, Nov. 3.—Attorney gen- .:
eral Tanner of Washington state,'j
ujk-u his arrival here this morning, |
Biated he hae instructions from \
Governor Lister to bsq that Mayor j
Hiram Gill does a good job at ,
cleanin? up Seattle.
ah the leading churches of this j
city are syndicating their ef- j
forts to obtain evidence against!
tax officials to submit to the I
grand Jury#
INSPECTOR POWERS
TO CLEAN UP SEATTLE I
Seattle, Nov. 3.—Because of the
demaal that Chief of Police Beck
iugham be discharged, and because
Mavor Gill refused to do bo, Gill
this morning detailed Inspector J
Power? to clean up Seattle in ac- j
cordance with the wishes of Gen- I
eral Greene of Camp Lewis. |
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SEA FiGHT-ll GERMAN
ARMED SHIPS ARE SUNK
British Navy in Battle With Hun Ves
sels Sinks 10 Armed Patrol Boats
and One Large Auxiliary Cruiser
London, Nov. 3.—Announcement
is made by the admiralty that cer
tain British naval forces have been
engaged in battle in Cattegat sound,
between, Sweden and Denmark, with
German ships and that many pris
oners have been brought in.
Ten armed patrol craft, in ad
dition to a German auxiliary cruiser
which was equipped with six inch
guns, were destroyed.
WOUNDED HEN
ARRIVE IX DENMARK
Elsincr, Denmark, Nov. 3. —
Wounded men from a German aux
iliary cruiser sunk in the North
sea were landed here today.
COPENHAGEN VERIFIES NEWS
OF BRITISH NAVAL VICTORY
Copenhagen, Nov. 3. — Sereral
J armed trawlers and the German
J commerce raider Crocodile have
j beew suuit in Scandinavian waters
: by British destroyers,
NO BRITISH CASUALTIES.
London, Nor. 3.—Official re
i dot's, still incomplete, show that
111 German vesselo were sunk dur
; i»s the naval engagement In C&tte
<?at Bound, and that 30 German
sailors were killed on the armed
bt>af Marie. Sixty-four Huns have
beeu rescued from the sea. No
1 British casualties arq reported.
ALASKAN WANTS
CUSTODY OF
CHILD
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, N'ov. 3.—L.
r. Irwin, U. S. marshal at Fair
)anks, arrived here this morning
'or the purpose of instituting pro
:eedings to recover his daughter
Mary, age nine, who is in an
icademy here by choice of her
nother. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin are
livorccd.
MORE MEN FOR
CAMP LEWIS
Seattle. Nov. 3.—Four hundred
Jieht young men, representing the
Eourtb and final contingent of select
ve service soldiers from Seattle
m d King County, left today for
Jamp Lewis. i ,
UAI.LOU TO COMMAND
NEGRO REGIMENT
Washington, Nov. 3.—Brigadier
Bdiera) Ballou lias been selected
by the war dep artment to command
th» 92ud division of the national
»rmy which will be composed of Ne
ftroes.
FIREMEN MEET TONIGHT
Fire Chief Sime requests a
meeting of the firemen tonight at
8:30 o'clock In the Fire hall. A
full attendance Is urged.
DISiMTlf IS
CHARGE OF
JOUBNAL
New York, Nor. 3.—Dudley Field
Maloi:e, now supporting Socialist
Hillquit for mayor of New Yorfc
City, soys he Is going to sue the
R-ovidence Journal which charged
that, while collector of customs, he
employed seventy German aliens In
online rooms of ships after they
had been seized by the government
ol the United States. Many of the
vessels were maliciously disabled.
I
EIGHT KILLED
Washington, Nov. 3.—Eight pec*. I
pie were killed when, the transport |
FinlJ'n I was torpedoed in foreign
waters Thursday. The first re- I
port slated there >vas no loss of ]
life and that the vessel made har
bor safely.
CHAIRMAN' OF RED CROSS
REACHES SEATTLE TODAY
Seattle, Nov. 3.—Henry P. Da
vidson, chairman of tha Red Cross I
War Council, ifl expected to arrive
in Seattle today on a tour of in- |
spection of Red Cross work tn the
West. 1
Seattle, Nov. 3.—Chairman Da
vidson, of the American Red Cross
arrived this morning,
MINCE-MEA T
Fancy BtilR at 25c Per lb«
Guaranteed to contain nothing but the very best ingredients
Clt ha: the right flavor
P. H. GANTY
GERMAN PATROLS REPULSED III
TABLI/LIIEHTO—ITALIANS REAOT
Rome, Nov. 8. — Austro-German
patrols, which hay© advanced to
t .e banks of tha Tagliamento river
along whlcli the Italian and Allied
forces are making their stand, have
foe»n repulsed with severe loss
es the war offices announced today.
Rome. Nov. 3. — Cadorna's ar
my Is now fully prepared to meet
the onslaught of the Auatro-Hun
garian and German forces, accord
ing tc advices received today from
the front. The Italian and Al
lied armies have made their stand
aloi'g th«i Tagliamento river.
Geneva, Nov. 3.—German and
Austrian forces already are prepar
in to ontrencU on the Tagliamento
river as they; did on the Marne
in the event of failure in their
forward movement, according to re
ports of Swiss soldiers stationed
on Alpine heights. Endless troop
movements and heavy artillery,
trains are seen to be headed for
♦he direction of Trent.
Mil
ML
LOSS
Juneau, Noy. 3.—During a blind
US' snowstorm and with a strong
lorthwest gale blowing, the steamer
Uki, of the Seattle S. 6. Co., went
«) ore on point Gustavus at 12:30
►'clock Thursday afternoon. Pass
tnyers were immediately put into
he lifeboat* and after a few hours
rere picked up by the San Juan and
iter were transferred to the gov-j
Tiiment boat Burnsld© and brought i
0 Juneau. The ship began to sag |
ind settle badly and was abandon-'
id bv the captain a£ a total loss
Thursday night.
The Alki struck a rock near point
lustayus, longitude 138 decrees
md latitude about 68 degrees 20
nlnutffl, at the entrance to Gla
ier bay and about 80 miles from
une&u. A terrific wind, which was
o*rJn? from the uortkwest, swept
he ship sideways and caused the
ocident. i j
When abandoned the Alki waa sit
ing on a pinnacle o[ rock amld
hii) with the bow and stern in
leep water. The backbone of the
hip was broken and the boat was
aggiug so badly it waa unsafe for
■njrone to stay on. board.
The Alki had 21 tons of coal and
>ther general merchandise for Sit
ca which were lost. She was one
>f the oldest ships on the >i*un in
Southeastern Alaska, and has been
1 money makar f>r «-er owners.
NO AGREEMENT
IN TELEPHONE
STRIKE
i i 1
Sail Francisco, Nov. 3.—Recognl
:i 11 of the telephone and electri
cal operators unions was urged yes
terday by federal mediator Reed as
i means of settling the gbrikt
throughout '"lie coast. The Pacifi
relephone Company again refuse
to recongize the unions.
INTERNATIONAL UNION
URGES RETURN TO WORI
3an Franciscoo, Nov. 3.—The
frnationai union today ordered the
striking telephone and electrical
jperators of the Pacific Coast to
retur« to work immediately pending
efforts of the federal mediator tQ
»rin? the company to terms.
u. s. pigkeTboat
FOUNDERS, 12
PERISH
Washington, Nov. 3.—The gov
ernment announces that a picket
boat of the Battleship
has foundered somewhere in home
waters and it is believed the crew
of 12 perished.
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