GERMANS HOLD
BELGIUM AS
PAWN
(Via Dominion Line)
Copenhagen, Oct. 1.—Germany is
said to bo holding Belgium as a
pawn against the day when th<?
world powers gathgr to dlacuss
•peace. chancellor Michaelis em
phatically denies having offered to
withdraw Teuton trofips.
I Via Wireless To Sitka)
Washington, Oct. 1.—The gov
ernment announced Saturday even
ing that an American battleship is
aground somewhere in home waters.
IBM Li
FOB SHINE!
(Via Dominion Liue)
Buenos Aires, Oct. i.—Martial
la* may be proclaimed throughout
Argentina as ^ ru_,u'.t cf strikes whlelj
»r« said to be spreading at a ra^id
rate. German sympathizers are
tlig instigators of tlie uprisings.
BKIT1SH CASUALTIES! 104,598
(Via Dominion Line)
London. Oct. 1.—British, casual
ties reported during the month of
September total 104,598 of which
18,938 were killed. This means an
average of about 632 deaths per
day. ;
LONDON RAIDED AGAIN
(Via Dominion Line)
London, Oct. 1.—Hostile air
planes raided London again last
night, the third time in one
week, details of which are lacking.
EQUIPMENT FOR
ARMY NEARLY
READY
quartermaster department
DEMANDS HAVE TAXED U. S,
INDUSTRY TO UTMOST, BUT
ARE BEING MET.
The Quartermaster Department,
wit]* the approval of the Secretary
of War, announces that the task
of equipping an army; of nearly 2,
000,000 mea is progressing as ra
pidly aa the peace-time industries
Of the country can be extended to
meet war conditions.
Minor inconveniences and short
ages, which develop as the canton
ments are opened, will be tempor
ary. The Quartermaster Depart
ment and those filling equipment
orders have overcome a number of j
I handicaps, and under the circum- j
stances the response of American
industry to extraordinary demands |
has been remarkabla
With the outbreak of the war
the War Department was confronted
with the task of equipping a great
army, and the work began almost
from the ground up. More than
$3,000,000,000 must be expended
by »he Quartermaster Department of
the first year of the war. The
j department and the industries of
the country, with the machinery and
capacity of peace times, was unex- j
pectedly call-ed upon to clothe,
feed, and house an army many!
times larger than the peace strength,
army of a nonmilitarlstic nation. ,
Difficutlies arose from the outset. (
There was a shortage of wool, a
shortage of duck for tentag^ and J
leggitis, a shortage of fast dyes j
for uniforms, and a shortage of I
labor. There was no appreciable1
shortage of cotton, but a shortage 1
of looms.
These difficulties have been and
are being gradually overcome. All
along the line industrial establish
ments had to be expanded to meet
unprecedented demands.
The food situation at each can
tonment and abroad is reported as
gratifying and the Quartermaster
Department has experienced few
difficulties in the supply of food.
Such shortages as may occur in
equipment are attributable to the
causes outlined above.
BRITISH FORCED BACK
(Via Dominion Line)
Berlin, Oct. 1.—The British forc
es were driven from the Crater line
on the Ypres-Passchendael road
yest erday. 1 ;
HAVE YOU
Your New Party Gown For
The Beginning of the
Dancing Season?
If you have not you will be interested in
knowing that we have just received our
new stock. We also have Cloth of
Gold, Cloth of Silver and Assorted
Satin Dancing Pumps.
If you call it will please us to »how
them to you.
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
SURPRISE ATTACK SUCCESSFUL
ITALIANS ESTABLISH NEW LINE
Capture 224 Soldiers and Take Many
Machine Guns—Air Squadrons Raid
Naval Base at Pola and Bomb
Military Establishments
(Via Dominion Line)
Rome, Oct. 1.—A surprise attack
gainst the Austriaus |w&3 carried
tut by the Italian, forces last
light with complete success. The
talia-ns secured ,a new. line -which
hey rectified to their advantage be
ween Sella Di Dioand the northern
lopes 011 the Monte San Gabrielle.
iuriug the fighting 224 enemy sol
liers|were tajcen prisoners and a
lumber of machine guns wgtq cap
ured. |
The new line was Bonmy maintain
ed [ against several fierce counter
attacks.
Nevy air operations were [launch
ed bir 'Italian forces at the [same
time as the surprise attack and
the Austrianjnaval base at Poia was
bombed by a big air squadron. The
buge military [establishments In the
Carso zone were also euccessfully
attacked. I
SILL DESIGNED
10 PROMOTE
110
A bill introduced by United |
States Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of j
Jon tana, and pending in congress, 11
lesigned to encourage and promote ! t
he mining of coal, phosphate, oil, '
pas, potassium and sodium on the
►ublic domain, is proving a source 1
>1 interest to Alaskans.
The bill provides that any bona,
ide occupant or claimant of ofl
>r gaa-bearing lands la Alaska, who,
trior to Ms -withdrawal, had cora
)Uod with the requirements of the
ninlng laws, except as to the dis
:overy of oil or gas in wells, and
vho prior to the withdrawal expend
id not lees than $1,000 in pei^ j1
nanent improvements on or for eac I
ocatlon, may be entitled to a lease j
>f each asserted mineral location of |
160 acres or less, and that he shall
)e given a nreference claim.
Fifty per cent of all money re
vived from royalties, excepting
:hose from Alaska, the bill pro
vides, shall be paid by the secretary
)t the treasury after the expiration
of each fiscal year to the state
wherein the leased premises are ;
situate, for the support of the
public schools or educational insti
tutions, or for the construction of
other improvements as the legis- i
lature may direct. The remaining
50 per cent shall be paid into, re
served and appropriated as a part
of the reclamation fund created by
congress.
Money received from royalties
and rentals in Alaska shall be re
served aa a special fund subject to
such disposition as congress may
make for its expenditure for de
velopment improvement and better
ment in the territory and the fund
shall be particularly subject to the
application of such moneys a§ may
be provided in any bill authorizing
the construction of railroads by the
United States in Alaska.
Aiaskana see in the bill a step
to relieve not only the present oil
(Via Dominion. Line)
Chicago, Oct. 1.—Scores for the
irst two series of games in the Am
rican league are:
Detroit 4-5
Philadelphia 8-12
Cleveland j 2-3
Washington 11-4
Chicago 8-3
New York 12-1
St. Louis 5-0.
Boston 13-11
league the Bcorea
! i '<
Philadelphia 2
St. Louis 7
Boston. 8
Chicago j 5 I
(Friday's issue Of the Daily Al
iskan stated that the gate receipts
tor the first three games in the
world's series amounted to $200,
)00. Thej message was pritnedi von
for word as it came over the t "Do
minion wires, I hut prohahly| Bhoulc
In the National
•e: |
Brooklyn 3-7
Plttshurg 2-3 |
New York 4
Cincinattl 2
have said that the tickets sow mus
far for those games came jto that
amount. The first game of the
world series will not he played ua
cilfOctoher 6.) ; III
demand reaches senate
•
(Via Dominion Line)
Washington, Oct. 1.—The de
mand. on the pa-rt of citizens of Min
nesota that La Follette ^0 expelled
has reached the senate.
Scarcity, but as yell a, real attempt
to open, up the oil lands of the
territory; for tha derelopment which!
they have urged for yearn.
SPECIAL
Mother's Oats
Large Package 35c
A First Clan Article at a Very Low Price
P. H. GANTY
PLENTY DP COAL
THIS WINTER
FOR ALASKA
A recent iseue of the Juneau Em
pire aaya Alaska will be able to
Vet all the Washington .State coal
thAt she can burn this year. That
is the information brought back
from Seattle by R. R. Young, agent
in Alaska for the Pacific Coagt Coal
Company. However, there is a pos
sibility that there may bo a short
age oj British, Columbia coal,
though the coal mine operators of
that province have promised that
they will sell all the coal that they
can. spare from time to time.
| "I was offered all the coal that
Alaska may need," said Mr. Young,
"and the companies are ready to
contract for it at any time. The
J opening of the Iss&quah. mine and
the development of other mines has
made it possible to increase the
coal oroduction of Washington Stat*
enormously, and the operators are
ready to contract for the delivery of
their product in any quantities.
"On the other hAnd, on account
; of the circumstances that all Cana
jdi. ; coal mine operators have been
ins icted that their plants must be
hel to the demands of the
| Brl lralty, the best promise
■ I co /rom the British Col
| umblfc. cot. producers was that they
will sell as much coal as they can
spare to Alaskan, purchasers when
i ever the ship arrives to get the coal
iThat this is likely tg bo a liberal
quantity is#bel{eTed, but the mlnf
operators will not even guess up
on how much it will be."
I ■ ♦*
FIVE THOUSAND IS OF
I FERKD TO BAG THE KAJBEH
Seattle, — Chas. Cowen, a well
known Seattle real estate dealer
extensive land owner and donor o
Cowen Park to the city of Seattle
has posted the following offer fo
the capture, dead or alive, of ani
of these Teuton celebrities: $5,00!
for the Kaiser, $3,000 for th<
Crown Prince, $3,000 for Voi
j Tlrpitz or Hindenburg.
He declares that the capture o
these high German officers mus
come, and believe if people thru
out the nation will join hands ii
offering big rewards for the soldier
who dispose of the Kaiesr and hi
chiefs, the lnevitbale Will oome al
I the sooner.
J Mrs. Pullen and several helper
- left today for|the Dyoa ranch wher
they will dig potatoes.
100 IIW'S. HE
INDICTED BY
GRAND JURY
(Via Wireless to Sitka)
Chicago, Oct. 1.—Tie federal
grand Jury Saturday returned In
dictments against one hundred mem
bers of the Industrial World Work
ers on charges of seditious conspir
acy.
(Via Dominion Line)
Chicago, Oct. 1.—I. W. W. le&d
er,3 have been gathered in from ail
parts 0^ the state with this city as
the center and. are held [under sedi
tious charges. Cancelled checks
show German money was largely
used in the organization.
SECOND LIBERTY
LOAN BEGINS
TODAY
(Via Wirelfess to Sitka)
Washington, Oct. 1.—Secretary of
Treasury McAdoo announces today
the beginning of the second liberty
loan of three billion dollars to bear
interest at 4 percent for 25> years.
Bf
CENSORED
; (Via Dominion Line)
j London, Oct. 1.—At a late hour
! I today the (ban on p.ress dispaches
! from Fanco-Belglan front had not
been raised. The world is left to
guess the reason, but it is thought
, s, tremendous conflict is taking
; place. ' ' i ' '! i.iJj
REtXJRDS SMASHED
, (Via Dominion Line)
I Winnipeg, Oct. 1.—The movement
of grain is growing in value, and
records jfor Camada have been
smasned. The tonnage on the Do
3 minion car routes is ample and a
a! thousand cars a day are being
| shipped out from this place.
We Have
on Display
Our Line of
Ladies' Fall and
i WINTER COATS
OF ALL STYLES
Drop la And Look Them Over
\
| JAMES KENNEDY