SJailtj Jilaskan
No. 180 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY. ALASKA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
SENATE F
Washington, sept. 7—warm
words followed, on the floor of the
seua'e this morning' when the law
makers took uj> the discussion of
of 'ht Owt»a Corrupt Practices Act,
Seuatcrs Curtis of Kansas and
Aahuvs' of Arizona came nearly
having h fisUca) engagement oa
the floor. The chairman was uu- j
able to tall the meeting to order !
and a irte for all forensic battle ;
followed.
Senator Jones of Washington of
fered to make an amendment to
the bill which would make it a fel- j
oujr foe auy eudijate to accept
coutribuiicms from liquor Interests, j
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ST. PAUL, Sei't. 7—Union tele-1
graph operators have made a de- i
maud udoii their employers for
eboitcT hours. The demand was
t*cke<< U£,by thr?its of Immediate
»»rike t# tk>t conceded. The em- j
plowers ha\e taken the matter un
der consideration and placed a new i
wa^e »c-ie Into effect. The new
acalt. calls for additional money
f«r the Union opera'ors. Jt is;
believed, by the leading employers
that the new wage scale will set
tle ih« difficulty.
frenchIroops
CAPTURE CITY
LONDON", Sept. 7 — French i
troops operating in the nor'h, have ]
*ccampiifih{<d the purposes of the j 1
nortaeru campaign, that of captur- | :
lu* the Cl'y of Peroune ajul placing ;
It ui-d<*r strict FreacU fortification. '
It will be used As a military base |
from which land expeditions will j
ba made into the 9Ui rounding corni- ]
try.
Capt. Alexander and wife are re-! i
cent arrivals iu Skagway. . t
NEW GAS SHELL
PETROGRAD, Se$t. 7—A nev
invention has been placed/ into prac
tical (..peri-tion by Russiaai gunners
It is a shell containing gas. Th<
shell txvlwlea and wipes out tho**
around it with as much, force a:
an exploding higii powered dum
dum.
Teutonic gunners have not been
aide lo overcome the effects ol
fh- shell used by the Russ&ns. II
is wiping them up fast. Nothing
used byJthe Russians in the cam
paign has been as effective as this
shell.
L
E
A dance will be staged by the
*k:igway Baud tomorrow night. The
ocys 'we been practicing up for
the hoj> for the last two weeks and
ire promising a ®"ood life sized time
;o 'he Skagway people who attend
:be d-uite.
A special invitation has been
mended to all lor attendance,
rourists are welcome to the dance
md the boys wish *o have it ft
lerstood that it is a strictly inform
U dance. A spirl' of hoapitaliay
»rill reicn a* the party. The hour
je* fcr the opening dance Is 9
> clock.
LATE TONIGHT
Tht- steamer Jefferson will make
his p(,rt sometime tonight. The
atcs1 wory that E. J. Shaw, agent
or the Alaska S. S. Co., has on
hp boat is that it will pe in
tronnd the 10 o'clock hour.
1> c'iriies about 100 tons of
reigh* for this port. Its passen
;tr list includes about twenty live
or this port
C'h.is. C. Katon of Dawson, Is
e«istere<i at the Golden North.' ho
el.
A WORD
ABOUT SHOES
There may be other good shoes made, but we handle the very
best makes that we have been able to find, and we have been
looking for the best for a number of years.
WE HANDLE THE FOLLOWING MAKES
(all guaranteed)
THE AMERICAN LADY
For Ladies and Misses
The
cfmeucan
I
\ SHOE
SECURITY SCHOOL
SHOE
For" Girls
CROSSET
and
THE AMERICAN
GENTLEMEN
For Men
PLA-MATE SCUFFERS
and SANDALS
For Children
The A. A. CUTTER. BERGMAN,
ZIMMERMAN & DEQAN
TENNIS and CANVAS SHOES for Hen
Women and Children
HI | y my tj the haberdasher and
# J« L I i\Lrl LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between fhird and Fourth Phone 41
TEXf OF NEW
EIGHT HOUR LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C.t Sept. 7
—The <«*xt of the AdamsonJ eight
hour-d..v bill follows:
"Be It cuactcd oy the senate and '
house of representatives of the Un
Ved .States of America, in cougrese '
as»i mtilid:
| St'ctiou 1—Tlmt, beginning De
cember 1, 1916, eight hours shall,
in ccniructs for labor and service,
be deemed a day's work, and the
me:ts>:'i'e or standard of a day's
wcrk for the purpose of reckoning
compensation for service of all
employes who a'ie new or may here
after be employed by any railroad
which is subject to the provisions
of thf act of February 1, 1887,
"an ac* to regulate commerce," a s
amended, and who are now or may
hereafter be actually engaged in
any capacity in the operation of
trains used for »Iie transportation
of persons or property on, railroads,
frum any state or territory of the !
United States or 'he District of
Columbia, ot from one place in a
territory to another place in the
same territory, or from any place
in the I'ni'ed States to an adjacent
foreign country, or from any place
in ihe United States throiugh a for
eign country to any other place in I
the United States.
"i3*c. 2-—That *'!!• President shall
appoint a ccmnw'etion cf ihrw which
|shall observe the operation ^
I and effects of the insti- !
tutiou of *he eight-hour
standard work day us above de
riiK-J am the facts and. conditions
affecting the relations betwetin
such, cow mom carriers and em
ployes during a period of not less
than six months nor more than
nine menlha in the discretion, of I
the con?Diissdotti, and within thirty
days thereafter such commission
shall report its findings to the
Fresideu* and congress.
"That each member of the com
mission credited under the provision
of this ac' shall r<»ceive such com
pensation as may be fixed by the
President . The sum of $25,000, or
so much thereof ai may be neces
sary, be and hereby is appropriated
our ot any money in the liulted
States treasury not otherwise ap- j,
proprjattd, to be immediately avail- |
able and to continue available un- I
til Hie close of the fiscal year ! 1
emliii' Jt;ne 30, 1917, for the ne- 1
cessary and proper expenses in
curred in connection with. the i
work of such commission, Including I
.salaries, per diem, traveling! expens- 1
es of members and employes, and!<
rent, 'urniCure, office fixtures and ]
supplies, boois, salaries and oth- <
er necessary expenses, the same to I
be approved by the chairman of the
said commirsion and audited by the <
proper accounting officers of the <
treasury. * 1
"£ec. 3—That, pending the re- i
port of the commission herein) pro- i
vide'l for, and for a period of thir
ty days 'hereafter, the compensa
tion of railway employes subject to
this act foT a standard eight-hour
work day shall not be reduced be- i
lovr the present standard day's ]
(Continued on page *•)
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HID III
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—Fifteei
thousand Guardsmen, who were
rushed homo byi special orders of
the war department a fortnight ago
have been mustered into the ser
vice again and will be held in read
iness to dash) to; the border line.
The war department has informed
associated press! representatives
tint those Guardsmen who are now
patroliin>; the borderline will be
kept there for the present. Gen
etxil Funston has informed the war
department that turbulent moves
are in the air acrohe the border
line and that it wouldi be well to
keep th« troops stationed on the
southern soil
ni!n
JAN FRANCESCO, Se^it. 7 — A
passenger -reaching this city from
Hamburg has give a an Interview *o
ns He lrbts papers here, which, has
;re»*td yu'ite a 6t>- m tUe newspu
)t*r kii.gdtni. Tile passenger re
?oi«i that shortly after the bat
;le of Jutland, the wiley Germans
irraugfed a lifting machine and
•ais»rd 'wo of their cruisers which
sui.k in ♦hi* battle. The
;ruisecs were taken to drydock and
ire now in the German, squadron,
limes* as good as new.
h\ J. Shaw, agent for the Alas
ka S'^amshijn Company, is expect
ng '.he Redcwido to put in an ap
learauce sometime tonight or early
u the morning.
it carries a bijr cargo of steel
ails tor the government railroad in
h<> iutu'ior. The rails will be un
oade<! .1 uie docks, placed on flat
arg and sent over the summit,
liver boats will transport them
lowii the mighty Yukon to their
lnal destination, at Nenana.
Besides a heavy rail cargo it
arries a big tomnage of mining ma
hiuer» consigned to the Klasoo
Jredging Company, This company
s operating extensively in, the
i.iyo district on Stewart River,
DESERTER RETURNS
I*. has been rumored that the
oldicr who deserted from the
>arracks at Fort Seward a' fort
light ago haa returned and given
iv to the commandant.
Full Line of
Perishables
on Humboldt
PEACHES ARE CHEAP
P. H. GANTY
STRIKE BREAKERS
RUSH 10 CITY
I CHICAGO, Sept. 7 — Hundreds
I of strikebreakers have rushed) from
I this city to New Yorjc to' taJce part
j 111 the street car strike which, has
i been railed in that city. Telegrams
have beiin received from Transit
Companies announcing that work
is uieniiful and that a good' wagb
I would be paid the men.
i Mo-ming traiius have been loaded
with men rushing to the strike
cily. Others are ^raidy to go. Trams.
>ortP*ion men in this city; believe
tha* th«* companies operating in
New York will experience little dif
ficulty in obtainng all of the men
'Ua» they want .
MERLIN. Sept. 7—The war of
fice admits that the German cam
paign is falling In the Somme dis
trict. It further adrni's that the
allied forces have compelled the
Teuton to retreat and that they
are Btill being closely pushed by
tha 'nvaders.
The town of Clery has been cap
ture' bv the Allied forces and car
ried with it a number of valuable
cannon and fighting: apparatus. A
battle Is now ia progress in this
district between, Uio AUte^ forces
and the Teutons.
The following White Pase1 offi
cials are on thq Prince George due |
to arrive berei tomorrow] morning: |
Mr. F. C. Elliott, President, Mr.
A. F. Zi*)f Traffic Manager, and
Mr. Alexander D. Grant of the
financial firm of Lee Higglnson,' &
Co., of Boston, member o£ the
Board of Directors. They will
probably make a trip of inspection
over the Company's lines in the in
STREET CAR MEN
NKW. YORK, Sept. 7—Street car
men la this city went on strike last
n.'gnt a> midmight. Every man, con
nected with, the Conductors and
Mctormens Union Lag refused to
go back to work unkss the demands
or 'he leaders for higher pay and
8lior«er hours is granted by the
transit companies.
Transit companies have( mobilized
n forre of four thousand1 men to run
their cars during the lal^or trouble.
Cars are running this morning but
transportation/ is in a mixed up
condition owing- to the Inexperience
of the non-union men.
Over two thousand extra po
licemen have J>eea added to the
.force and ara stationed at the sta
tion hoJiies throughout the city
for tU» purposes of nipping: any
rioting which may result from, the
strike.
LIS 10 FIGHT
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TCPEKA, Sept. 7—Officials of
the £au»a Fa Railway lines have
declartd that they will not cam
ply with the provisions of the
Adfuasoii law. They have instruct
ed their attorneys to immediately
prepare to take *he case t^efore the
Supreme Court of the United States.
Other railway linea are believed
to be preparing to fight the law
and will join, their fight, with the
San*a Fe and push it before the
nignest courts of the land.
MISS J'ATKKSON ON VACATION
Miss Mary Petersen, supervising
nurse ai the White Passi Hospital,
will leave tonight on the Aiice for
a vacation on. *ha outside. Miss
Paterswi will be gone for a month
or six weeks before returning <o
the . Garden City. During her ab
sence she will l>e rrlieved by Miss
White, a practical trained nurse
from California.
Mrs. H&Ttigan of Iiaines, was
rislUiig with fri°ndy and shopping
in this city. She returned last
night.
Old Age Isn't A Crime
BUT It's a Crime To Be
Old While Still Young
NOW TO PLEASE YOU!
We sell Hart, Schaff
ner & Marx Clothes
That includes a range j
of models Tempered (
with dignity—But not
without spirit. We have
just received a large ship
ment of Fall Models at
the same old Prices and
Guaranteed as usual.
LOOK THEM OVER
WILL CLA YSON
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