PRICE 10 CENTS
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1917
No. 133 TWENTIETH YEAR
Washington, July; 12.— President
Wilson hsus made an appeal to tho
business interests of 'th© nation to
pu' aside all selfish, considerations
of personal advancement and profit
and give their aid to the nation
frtely and to those who offer their
lives on 'the battlefield in sustain
ing the honor of the nation and
humanity of the world at large.
tusui IS
Safe ii pom
Au American Port, July 12.
One (* the American Transports
which was in the fleefc that carried
the firs" American troops to France
arrived safely in this port yester
day. This is the first of the fleet
U> arrive 'back, and she brings the
story of a fight with a submarine.
10 TEST GREAT
INVENTION
Washington, July 12.—The Pat
ents commission of the House to
dt.v recommended that a test of an
invention which has been made by
T. K. Girargossian be made at'once.
It is claimed by the inveutor that
with his contrivance an' aeroplane
will be propelled from Washington
to the European battle fields and
back again without carrying fuel,
WI1X WIND l'l» 1017
OEUEBHATIO-V BUSINESS
There will be a meeting tomor
row uight at 7:30 o'clock at the
citv hall of the 1917 Celebration
general committee, at whic time
final disposition will be made of all
matters pertaining to the affair.
Persons having accounts against
the committee are asked to'preiient
tiiern at that time or to W. R. Hill
ery, treasurer. Any person who has
subscirbed to the fund who has
r.ot paid in the money is requested
to do so.
The Colon cigar is handled by all
dealers. Try one. ' 7t.
Beginning
Monday
OUR
MID-SUMMER
SALE
STARTS
Watch Our Ad Wonderful Bargins
ALBERT REINERT
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
PLANNING BIG NAVAL BATTLES WITH TOY SHIPS
Photo by American Press Association.
Naval officers studying oat maneuvers with toy ships at Newport News, Va. Plans worked out here would b«
the ones used in actual battle If an enemy fleet attacked our coast.
SI EEL PRICES
JVashington, July 12.—The Feder j
al government has sent notice to ;
producers that tho price of steel |
must be reduced for war purposes, j
COL. SAVILLE HAS FINAL
SAY OX APPLICATIONS
According to a telegraju which
was received today by Lieut Cel.
W\ P. Davisoai from Liout. Col. >1.
A. Saville, commandant at Fort Win.
H. Seward, that official Jias the
final on the application con>s
camo at San Francisco.
Tho telegram follows:
"All applicants for officers train
ing camp submit applications on
authorized form to United States
examining officer at Fort V\*m. II.
Seward, Haines, Alaska, He then
t>asses the applications to Col. Sa
vlle as district examining officer
and he then takes final action on
them. The applications 'are not to
bo sent to tho Department.
"Something like 300 want places
' that exis' but for twenty. I liavo
j had a notice posted in t?ho Post
ofice a* Juneau that we will be
! down there the 12t]tf to explain to
1 all comer's 'and *o get everybody
headed right.
"(signed) COL. SAVILLE."
CHEER HERO IX <;ALICIA
Petrograd, July 12.—All Russia
is ringing the'name of General Koni
' iloff a? the victor in Gallcia.
The following official cable w«iu
received this morirng by Mayor Ash
lev pertaining to the 'registration
uiidfv the selective service:
••Juneau, Alaska,
July 11, 191?.
"Mayor of Skagway,
Skagway.
Vou ar0 directed to instruct reg
istration officers that all uersons
who become twenty one years of
agp on or before September second
must be registered and those who
become thirty one years of uge on
or before September second are'not
to be registered. This is the rul
ing of Provost .Marshal General at
Washington.
Davidson,
Acting Governor.
Registrar Van de Wall stated
tiiis morning about 10 o'clock that
up »o that time there had been 39
names enrolled upon tho list, and
P U McClelland, clerk of the board
requested that further publicity be
given to the fac» that all males
be', ween the ages of 21 and 31 muiit
register. This applies to aliens
and alien enemies as well as to cit
izens. And the fact that'a man ex
to be exempted from draft
for one reason or another does not
exempt or excuse him from registra
tion. He may have all the exemp
tions in the catalogue from a wood
en leg to a wife and seven "child
ren, but if he is between the ages
indicated, ho must register. . From
remarks 'which have be^n made on
the street, it is believed that the
above is 'not as well understood as
i' might be. The only males of
tlio specified ages who 'are excused
from registration are Indians. if
ycu are in doubt as to whether you
should- register or not, you had bet
[ ter call at the office of "the regis
■ tr«r and make certain.
CAXKOT STOP OVER
AT lck; cabin
In order not to conflict with pre
vious special rates *o Log Cabin,
there will 'be no stop-over privilege
on the Saturday picnic, but train
will nin through to Bennett. 2t.
L. H. PETERSEN.
Th0 Steamship Prince George will
arrive in 'ths port at 7 o'clock to
morrow moruinng, bringing: round
trip passengers numbering 161. One
year a.-o this eliip arrived in Skag
way with 189 'passengers of which
170 were round trippers
This shows that Americans are
still "Seeing America Firet," 'not
witlijitandng the hue and cry that
th« tourist travel jvould be greaty
cUTtialPd by the war.
From the information received
here b«- to 'he side trips that the
passengers have arranged for, only
about 25 are making trtve trip to
Dawson, and the balance, will ei
ther spend the time here 'or will
make the trip to Bennett.
Last week when the Prince Ru
pert 3tule<d from 'this port she was
8 Mi hours behind schedule time, but
the run was made from'here to Ju
neau in the record breaking time
of fo>;r'hours and twenty minuteu
which is an average of 26 miles per
hour, and as the Rupert had pass
engers for the train which ' leaves
Prince Rupert at 9 a.m. Monday,
•notwithstanding 'he fact that she
called in at Taku glacier, which con
Burned threo-'hours of her running^
time sbe made Prince Rupert on
schedule and landed her'passengers
in Vancouver Tuefeday afternoon at
2.45 o'clock, having made the run
from okagway to Vancouver in 63
hours
The George has 78 tons of freight
for tnis uort which will be sent fl
yer ; line to various interior
points, and will remain in this port
untl after tbe 'arrival of Saturday's
I regular afternoon train.
GERMAN SUB BASE DESTROYED
Rio Janerio, July; 11.—The Ger
man submarine Tmse near Santos
>vay entirely destroyed today by the
lori>edo boat destroyer Mattogros
sos. A number ofahella were plant*
ed in Ihe midist o£ the buildings,
completely razing them to the
ground.
Try a Colon if you are looking
! for something mild/ 7t.
PURE OLIVE OIL
We sell the "Napoleon" Brand in the
following sizes:
4 oz. Bottles 35c
8 oz. Bottles 60c
Pint tins 60c
Quart tins $ l.IO
Half gallon tins 2.10
There is nothing better. It is 100 per cent
PURE
P. H. GANTY
SUB menus ■'
GROWING LESS
London, "July 12.—From a care
ful compilation of report^ and data
In the hands of the British admir
alty It'ig shown that only 17 vessels
Have been gunk by German subs
and mines during the past week.
This is the lowest number of any
one week save 0,ne, gince March.
Amsterdam, July '12.—The pres
ent drive of the Germans in Bel
glu appears to be a 'determinnod
effort to bond the British, flank
which lies along tiha Belgium coast
so as to make an entrance into the
city of Dunkirk, France. Dunkirk
lies seventeen miles from the point
gained yesterday.
SEATTLE HAS NEW
TRAINING SCHOOL
Seattle.—The States of Washing
ton has gone into the vocation 'of
training business men. A school
apart from any other state 'educa
tional institution has been estab
lished here for th0 sole purpose of
equioping men'and women in a bus
iness way. Some of the courses
are insurance, economics, the'trade
of the Pacific slope, industrial or
ganizaton and business management
and business law. The primary ob
ject of »*he school 'is to turn out
business executives, and its work
is especially designed for the big ec
onomic taskse that ar eexpected to
follor the clo^e of the war.
Amsterdam, July 12.—It 'was re
ported today that information had
been received from Berlin stating
that Chancellor Betlunan Hollwcg
had resigned. The information
statflU the Chancellor had handed
his resignation to the Kaiser.
Berlin,'July 12.—The Vesslsche
Zeitung today declares in its col
umns that Chancellor Betliman. Holl
weg has 'resigned. ■
GERIANY FACES
RESOLUTION
Copenhagen, July 12.—The* polit
ical situation in Germany now
threatens to take on a revolution
ary trend, if reports whicji were re
ceived today from Berlin can, be cred
ited.
Notwithstanding 'hat the German,
censorship on all news allowed to
pa^i ( ut of the capital has been
tightene-l and is now mora Btring
ent than ever, sufficient'information,
which is considered to be of an auth
entic source, haj ww thro gh 'to
show that the Orman empire id
shrouded v "h a black cloud which
menaces thu 'government.
London, July; '12. — Chancellor
IJethman I-Iollweg is reported to
have stated that be ha*s decided to
fill the vacancies 'in the German,
cabintC with certain, members of the
Reichstag, and'that lie would create
a new ministry of labor, to which,
post i socialist will probably be ap
I Berlin, July 12.—The war office
, announced late last night that
twelve hundred. British and Belgium
j prisoners were taken by German
| Marino corpg in the engagements
j which took place in the Yser' dis
tricts > esterday.
WOIXD STOP DEALING
WITH NATION'S ENEMIES
Washington, July 12.—The Housq
! or Representatives this morning
passed a bill "preventing manufac
turers, merchants and other per
sons of the United States trading
with any'counry which is an enemy,
of the United States. 1 ,
Oak Olson is in town boosting
' the Lovera'j and Mozarta and intro
I ducing the Colon, a new cigar on
this market, which is a mild Hava
na cigar for particular smokers. 7t.
Come in and Select Your Suit
JAMES KENNEDY