®he Alaskan
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No. 134 NINETEENTH YEAK SKAWWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1916 PRICK 10 CUNTS
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Terrific Suwu.li on. Battle Fn«W
U Made by U**!. Nations.
|y liistruiiKfite of JIuutlB War
fare in Marvelous dun
ji'iijcn. tJeniauis <;aiu <"><i Lose
At l*uiDt& ill !>'«•'
FEAR USE OF GAS
French Within Mil* of iV; tuu*-.
City is Stnm^l)' Hel«l li}" IVuloits
Ifetrlng l>e«ls of Bmverjr aixl
Military tVats Placed into Oi«era
tk-n itt thia Oaiuj<ai|pi. Atf <>
j.Imiun As&fct Finhleii on, Both.
8i<le«.
LONDON, July 31—Th© terrific
soias* oi the battlo of fhe Somme
Is ju. All sides ait* hurling their
Ustrumtnts of d-eitl' and destruc
t on a' one another. A solid mass
of German fighting maniacs are
•rying to stov the French, progress.
The main portion of the battle Is
swa> inr from one side, to the oWier.
A big gain was madt by the Ger
mans a' au .early hour this morn
lag lQ the fighting and a huge loss
*« made.at the "♦her end of the
flghtin° line. The gala and the
loss about .eivens the fighting to a
tie a the present time.
Tl»t> French..have advanced uwler
cover of darkness and at day break
began a deadly assault.upon the
Herman strong holds and trench 3
around Peronue. At the present
ti*ne i* la strongly held by the Ger
mans and well furfified. Many
caum ns and Tapld fire guns are pn*
t«vtliiF the city.. Regardless of.the
difficulties to be o\erccme la a
mammoth offensive such as the
drive has develop© 1 the French are
reported to be within a mile of the
s'ragetlcal city..
Dariox deeds of br:;very and mar
velous military t«ats have been
place 1 into operation by both
•ides In today's lighting. The
Freueh are fearing that the Ger
mans will fall back upon the use
o' poisonous gases to protect Por
onne from invasl.-u. Aeroplan-s
and dirigibles aTe i>laying a great
*»ar' In the battles.
INAIIONS PEACE
IS INVOLVED
WASHINGTON, July 11 —.A
joint resolution, has been, Introduced
into cougre&s by Cuarles l*ope| Cald
.Vcli, democratic representative
i mm me third district, which,1 would
euipi<war President Wilson to uego
isate by commission for the pur
chase of part <4 Mexico and ail
j' Lower California..'
A secret agreement has been
lUitdc between Peru aud Venezuela,
with *lie object of taking vast tracts
<>' lai.d now claimed by Columbia
and EcuadoT. Grave fearai are
expressed by leading political! cir
cles for the peace ot all of the na
t'ou*. These natiorul moves made
I within the last week ara seriously
[involving the position of the Un
' ited States aud the Monroe Doc
[ trine. I
Ol'TlNC PARTY OFF FOR HAINES
It was a merry parte that pulled
ou* on the Goldoo. Iioil this moru
iu<» for Haines to spend the day
Iu e.uismg about the canal and
plcnitiin; in that immediate vi
cinity.
Captain Ralph Young- gave the
engines a whirl and shouted cast
off. J. M. Keller as first mate
at the wheel nosed the popular
crait au*- south and soon the chug
chui; of the boat was smothered by
th? wishing waves as they rippled
along the dock. Among; those
not'-d were Mrs. Gans and Mrs. De
Eernard.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 11—Big
b isintss in this city is preparing to
fight 'he labor union? by making a
pool of their interests. The Cham
ber of Commerce h;ts taken np the
fight in behalf of business and It
propi*es to . 'raise a fund of a
million dollars to enforce the open
>hi<p policy. (
Tne million will be raised by
cfntr'butions for the business
ho .sfs that .will prosper from the
combination.. It is planned to ar
range for a monthly .contribution
ai d figh* organized labor as loug
as tat fund lasts.
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ora JiEADY POH SHIPMENT
I Thc oid Venus Mine, dormant to
a number of years, Is notw respond
ing <o the tune of the busy pic]
an' shovel. A moderate) crew o
miners are busily a* work re-open
li),; the Col. ConraU projperties oi
Wii.dv Arm. Already at consider
allt amount of ore basi been brolk
en oiwl sacked for shipment to th<
smelter.
An assay office has oeen, opened
i to permit extensive assaying: of th«
ere laken from the mine and othei
; propt-rtles being d^veltuped by th<
• romp my which bas taken oven
• he Conrad properties. ( Indications
i points to a successful career for
the Windy Arm property.
WASHINGTON, July 11 — The
house has passed the new Demo
cratic monibu8 revenue bill which
imposes a pro'active tariff on all
dytVuffs. The! bill whkhf.seems to
mee4 with.' the favor of practically
all oi" the Democratic legislators
places a new income tax on incomes
a'in inheritances. Munitions are
als-, taxed. It Is hoptd by the
l>re3eu* adminislrat.cn to.be able to
nUse enough revenue under the
iu w bill to make up the deficiency
bv the differences in tariff sched
ules between the *wo parties.
The present stamp taxeB have
! ch<„ repealed. A tariff commis
sion has been .created by the new
bill and harmony seems to reign
'H,ce more with the Democratic lead
ers in this city.
VILLA HEADED FOR
BIG BEND COUNTRY
W'.\SH I.N'GTON, July 11 — The
Mexieaa ambaseador has sound: d
a second warning 'o the Stare De
pai'ment and ask&J that the war
deiaitment mora to cheek a con
templated rid by Villa and his
gau • of desperadoes.
Tnij r»mbaj®ador reporter that Vil
la and his men are beaded for the
Big Rc-ird Country in Texas with
the pilmary object of making a raid
upor fhe American settlements in
"iaf district. The war department
has wired to eommandeie on the
bor'er but has taken no further ac
♦ion (han notifying the army corps
of the condition. ,
ARTILLERY FIRE AT VERDUN
LONDON, July 11—The fighting
iu awd around Verdun 1b now con
fined mostly to artillery. No pro
gress worthy .of note has been ac
corded either side within] tha last
forty eight hours iu this section..
Most of the maneuvers seem to be
centered in the Somme.-reglon.
LULL IN FIGHTING
LONDON, July 11 — The fight
ins.' operations in Galicia show a de
cided lull during the last twenty
fear hours. The Russians bave
cut the Austrians off from .their
base o' supplies and all transporta
tion is under the control of .the
R.issian army officers.
EXTENDS INTO
NORTHLAND TERRITORY
■ j The Pacific Building and Loan
; j Association, with, headquarters in
! j Tacoma, Wn., is extending' ita arm
[ into the northiand. L. W. Hab
' son as manager of the.financial in
stitution. is making a trip thru Al
aska, appointing agents, to. work in
everv community ot importance in
Alaska.
Cnarles Brockmiller has ibecn
appointed agent for Skag^ay and
1 has started the ball to rolling in
1 true business like faehlon for his
company in this community. Mr.
Brockmiller has a large circle of
frie.ids in 'he Garden City and the
comnany Is counting on him as a
winner.
FI6IMCE
10 CROSS HUE
KL PASO, July 11—The war de
j parimeu" has given out the in
! tarnation to the effect that the
firs' expeditionary force will, ia all
probability recioss the border line
within the .next few days and give
all of the aid possible to Carianza
and his troops in the weeding out
process.
Stiict censorFhip is being main
tained by the military circles on
Mie border line, but from the brief
wire service that is being trans
mitted from that cone it is evident
that Villa is getting the bebt of
this fighting. Carranza has i -
pealed to .the United 6tates .0
ai-> him in ex'erminating the many
lawless bands of .desperadoes' which
are roaming around the country and
who are in the main responsible
for all of the raids upoit American
property.
FRENCH IN NEW CAMPAIGN
LONDON, July 11—A new at
tack was launched by the Freach
offenders iu the Champagne ills
trie last night. The French
have been preparing to storm the
trenches for a fortnight hut Verdun
has kept them busy. With., the
cessation of the activity around Ve .
dun 'hey have launched forth on
thti- utfensive and smashed into
tl'° Get mans with a terrific force.
RUSSIANS PRESS GERMANS
LONDON, July 11—The war .of
fice announces thjj capture of the
region crossed by the Btokliold rlv- I
or by the Russians. They have
cru3sed Ihe river and are pushing
to the westward. The retreating
Germans are being closely pushed
'»y the U-vading Russian infantry
and cavalry. Skirmish .battles have
been reported at headquarters with
a complete victory for the Russians.
HERE FOR SUMMER
The Garden City is the best
nlace in all of Alaska to spend the
summer months, at least- that Isi the
way that Ellis Lovejoy andl wife
have doped out the| si'uation. 'After
spending considerable time to the
westward, they have returned heTe
to spend their third successive Bum-'
mer..
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P. H. GANTY
RUN UPJIER VALLEY
Col. Richardson to Announce Definate
Plans for Construction of Road.
Hayes Looks Over Lay of
Land to Get Estimate
3ULZER BEGINS
CAMPAIGN
Senator Charles A. Sulzer, Demo
cralo nominee for Alaska delegate
tr> congress, is la the Garden, City
and will soon leave for Whitehorse,
where he will makei connections Tor
Fairbanks. The Senator contem
olatts spending a week or ttnj days
in '.be Falrlb&nks district in the in
terests of his campaign. His itin
erary will then call him' to( Ruby,
St. Michaels and Nome. From therj
he will visit the westward and back
to ihe Pan Handle:.
Mr. Sulzerr has adopted the cam
paign slogan of "Alaska; for Alas
kans" aud has promised his party
to work for thei accomplishment of
evtry thing that is embodied to that
slogan. He believes in more ex
1 ended powers for the self govern
ment of Alaska immediately. Senat
or Sulzer has been in Alaska for
14 years, has all of his interests
In the territory and advocates the
development ol the resources of
the country along constructive lines
WALL STREET INTERESTED
NEW YORK, Juy 11—Wall Street
sees big financial possibilities in
the German merchantman subma
rine service which was sprung on
ihe world by the arrival of the
Deutchland in Baltimore.
INDIANS ON WAR PATH
MAZATLAN .MEXICO, July 11—
The Yaqui Indians are taking ad
vantage ot the withdrawal of the
CariHnza troops from Southern Son
ira a» d are reported as having raid
ed American propei ties in, that
;ountry.
'ihp wagou road leading out of
Skagway up the valley of the Skag
wav river is to receive the im
mediate attention of the Alaska
Road Commission. Col. W..P.. Rich
ardson Is in the Garden City for
tre very purpose oi looking over
'he lav of the laajd and making cer
'ain investigations' before authoriz
ing the work to proceed. The Col
onei is determined that the road
shall be push6d ahead as far as Is
practicably with, the present ap
propriations.
Jnck Hayes, road commissioner,
left 'his morning i »>. a tour of in
spection and investigation of the
valley. He will hold a conference
with. Col. Richardson, this evening
and report the approximate cost of
constructing the road to a reason
able terminus up the valley. Mr.
Hayes will estimate the cost of
?fumpage, quantity of powder re
quired, tools, bridges, cribbing and
lumber required to construct tthe
road..
After the conference is held this
evening, Col. Richardson will be
able to make public the details of
the wagon road construction. The
annum4 of money that will be rea~
sona.ble to appropriate for the
Skagway division and the approxi
mate time of starting the work
This will be made public thru the
columns of the Daily Al"-skan after
he has a chance to bold a confer
ee, c- with Mr. Hayes, who is con
versant with the conditions in this
immediate vicinity.
Th° Road Commission for South
eastern Alaska has appropriated
$3u,<i00 in addition to the spring
maintenance fund, for extension
and development work..Roads lead
irg out of Juneau will be im
proved and extended. The Thane
ai.d Eagle river roads being the
chief arteries of travel to and from
the Capital City.
The Portage road on Princo of
Wa'es Island will come in for its
share of development and extension
(Continued on pnge 4.)
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