She
atlu
laskan
No. 170 TWENTIETH YEAK
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. F1RDAY. AUGUST 31. 19i:
GOV T. ANNOUNCES ANTI-SUBMARINE DEVICE
WILSON'S REPLY IS PRACTICAL
ANSWER TO DREAMING VATICAN
1 -
Press of England
Hails President
New Leader
Allies
Loudon, Aug. 31.—The London
Times in commenting upon the re
ply of President Wilson to the
Pope's peace proposal saj-s:
"It is the answer of a practical
statesman to a peace dreaming Vati
can and it may be to their courts
as well. The press of Kngland gen
erally halls Wilson as the new lead
er of the Allies. President Wil
son's reply was virtually aa appeal
to the German people to free thaA
selve« from the control of the Hun
military and to prepare to deal with
the democracies of the world."
JNOiB REs'OLT
PREDICTED IN
RUSSIA
Copenhagen, Aug- 31.—Another
attempt at a revolution in Russia I
of the Majcimilist factions which, will |
bring them into power is predicted
by X. H. Krrkoff, a Bulgarian so
cialist, iu an interview yesterday
in the Vossisthe Zeitung, of Ber
lin.
PS. WALSH DIES
Washington, Aug. 31.—Mrs. Thos.
J. Walsh, wife of the Montana
senator, died yesterday at her home j
in Baltimore.
Washington, Aug. 31.—Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo submitted
estimate® to th» House of Repre
sentatives yesterday afternoon ask
ing 915 million dollars for the fed
eral shipping board.
urn
CHEER GUARDS
New York, Aug. 31.—Two million
people cheered twenty-five thous
and members of tlie National Guard
gathered from all parts of the state
as they marched in procession
through the streets of this city yes
terday. Fifth, avenue was the
scene of the big dmeonstration and
.was crowded with millions of cheer
ing people.
PRINT PAPER
NT BE LOWER
Washington, Aug. 31. — Publish
ers throughout the United States
predict that the President's action
in fixing the price of print paper on
•which official bulletins are print
ed to be 2%c per pound paves the
way for a much lower rate for news
paper print in general.
W. H. Aldrich and party arrived
cn the Prince George and »re mak
ing the trip to the Engineer mine
near Atlin.
J A I.I. JtlJItltlNERY
NOW ON DISPLAY
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between'Third and Fourth Phone41
PLEDGES FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN
IDE UNITED SHIES AND JAPAN
Washington, Aug. 31.—The Unit
ed States senate yesterday receiv
the Japaneso Mission headed by
Viscount Isliii who made an address
lis which, he expressed the good
■will of Japan for America and her
attitude toward the Allies and Ger
many.
Viscount Ishii pledged a new
continuance of friendship between
the land of the Rising Sun and
America, and said that trouble mak
ers of the earth had done their be^t
to disrupt the food friendship that
did exist, speatins for Japan Vis
count Ishii saJd:
"Japan entered Into the **ar
against Germany without a solfish
interest ana without any ambi'don I
to gTatify. Only by a complete Tic- J
tory can the world be made safe for
all men to live in and all nations
be permitted to work out their des- '
tinies untrammeled by feaT."
Loud applause by the senators fol- j
lowed the words of the Viscount.
Hi DEATH
PEWIT IS
RESTORED
London, Aug. 31.—According to
a dispatdh from lloacow the Rus
sian provisional government has de
cided on a partial re-establishment
of the death penalty. This be
comes effective Immediately! and is
for the purpose of restoring discip
line in the army. Premier Kerensky
is quoted as saying.
"Thifi hurts us to the very soul
but for the salvation of the coun
try wo will kill with all our soul."
CONVICT STILL
M LARGE
Although special deputies are
still searching for the escaped con
vict nothing ruore defenitely has
been hoard from him. Some of the
men on the Santa Rita claim to
have talked with the convict yester
day morning while he under
the wharf, but Marshal J. M. Miller
says tnis must have been a mistake
far the wharf and Fater front is
carefully guarded.
Last night several special depu
ties were sworn in for the search
«ud a systematic hunt was made
in the neighborhood of the bridge
at Mile 4, but no trace of the man
could be found. Guards have been
stationed on the Dyea water front.
Skagway water front, wharf, and
along the White Pass. All the sma
row boats have been cliected and
are fastened to the ship Dauntless,
anchored out in the waters of
JLynn canal, and a close watch kept
on them.
It is expected that the escaped
convict will come to town for food
or for tools with whicii to take off
the Oregon boot.
Washington, Aug. 31.—Shipyard
| .workers in Pacific Coast rwts *"ill
i not go on. a strike, A. J. Berres
secretary and treasurer of the metal
I trades department of th^ American
Federation of Labor announced yes ]
terday. Monday it wag announced
that three of the largest shipyards
in Seattle would be the scene of
strikes, and the government then
cent its federal adjustment board
to the coast and it is through thoir
efforts that the men will not strike.
COAL SITUATION I
IS HUME
J I
Seattle Aug. 31.—The Seattle L
Chamber of Commerce ha# sent a ;,
wire to former Secretary Garfield,
stating that the coal situation in
Seattle is alarming in view of the
discontinuance of the delivery of
oil.
Washington. Aug. 31.—CAjes of
condensed milk, billed to the Allies,
have been discovered in Germany.
DENVER GLACIER
MONDAY
The last sch.edu ed outing; this sra- j
eon by the Skag-way Alpine club
will be to DenTer Glacier next Mon
day. Campfire supper at LAirsviille
Monday 6:30 p. m.
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Secure Your Groceries Saturday
This Store Will Be Closed All
Day Monday, Labor Day
P. H. GANTY
LOCATES PRESENCE BF SUB
ON SURFACE OB SUBMERGED
TEUTON PLOTS
INJEMILE
Seattle, Auj. 31.—Assistant FW
;-Bl Attorney McDonald is here nn
pirtiing evident* of the work of
Teutonic tpies an<3 *sr*nU in a
?lot to divert to Germany ship
ments of goods bound for the A1IJ»«
SUB TORPEDOES
AMERICAN SHIP
London, Aug. 31. — The America
schooner Laura C. Anderson
orpedoed yesterday by an enemy
submarine, aocordlnc to an an
nouncement made public today. The
•rew hare >een picked up by an
inpltsh torpedo boat And landed at
i port in England. The Ander^n
»as a vessel of 960 tons burden
NEW MERCHANT
London. Aug. 31. — The fin*
>f many hundreds of government
itandardized merchant ship* to
■eplare the tonnage lost through the
•ubmarine activities bfia be*>n corn
iced and commissioned by the Eng
Uh government.
WHEAT is SS2.20
Chicago, Aug. 31.—Former <s«c
•etars of the Interior J. R. Gar
ield today fixed the prir<. of wheat
* $2.20.
All Naval Ships To
Be Fitted With
New Weapon
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DF PEOPLE IN
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