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No. 234 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1917
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RUSSIA NOW IN IMS OF CIVIL WAR
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CLEAN UP
SKA6WAY
Skagwaj's official (Iran up be
ft*u yesterday nhen -\. O. Hardy,
I*. 8. marshal, acting upon sworn
ti>iuyiaAnt.s an*st«l five xttueo,
sal J to be of 111 repute, for sell
ing booze. Others Are thought to
have ' een. implicated in, the bootleg
giutr anil it Is undersotod that fur
ther coiuolaints will be sworn out.
i>ch of tho arrvst«il vtomro is
out on between SoOO anil $1000 bai'
paid by Essie Miller. Xo ilate has
been set as yet for the trial. It
is known that the defendants in the
c**e are endeavoring to get a, well
known lawyer fiont Juneau, in
wtiih c*«e the prosecution will tiy
to s«vure the services of prosecut
ing attorney Sniiser who is now in
Ketihikat.
Itumors have Ixvn numerous in
Ska^way for the past months regiuA
lug the sale of liquor in tills city,
prohibited by law, but no arresftt
lock place until yesterday. Two I
wen held as witnesses, and two |
defendants had previously secuml j
p*6»«ge on the Humboldt or on the j
steam tug Arctic for outside points,
but were detained yesterday by
Marshal Hardy from leaving the
city.
Each ease will be tried sepftH*te
ly. and In the court of I*. S. Com
missioner Kasmuson.
T.i< following women have t«wn
arreted and are at the present
time under bond:
"Billy" Morris, Olive Hazle Cros
by, "Birdie" Ash, Essie Miller, and
Nora Moore.
Details of the arrest and the j
manner in which the arrests were
ni*dr are being held secret by the
pro4e< ution.
.Ai the case develops the Daily
Alaskan will publish the fiaots, giv
ing all the information to the pub
lic It knows to be authentic.
Themas Dryden, "knight of the
grip," who registers from Tacoma,
is a recent arrival in Skagway.
STREET CAR MEN
GET ADVANCE
IN PAT
Seattle, Not. 9. — Pay of the
airee* railway employes o; Se
attle and Tacoma tag been ad
vanced four cents an hour by the
' arbitration board representing- both
' the employes and employers.
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SUICiDE
Seattla Not. 9.—Standing in
tfce rrave of J. F. Hall, in whose
home he had lhred for years, G. V
Griffiths, marine engineer, com
mitted suicide this mornng by
shooting himself. No word was
left by himself as to the reason
for the action.
GIRLS CAN'T SPOON
WITH U. S. SOLDIERS
Hoboken, N. J., Oct. 9.—Six so
ciety women were sworn in ag po
lice officers today, after volunteer
ing to serve without pay, for the
purpose oif keeping youug girls off
»b« fctreeu at night in companion
shtu with soldiers.
GERMAN GIRLS ARE
FORCED TO PILOT
RAIDING AIRPLANES
Helena, Mont., Not. 9.—A letter
received bere from Dr. Philip G.
Cole, of Helena, a surgeon with the
Ameilean expeditionary force at the
front In France, says a German
bombing plans recently forced to de
scend in the American sector prov
ed to be piloted by a girl of 16,
who said she was compelled under
penalty o* death first to leam to
fly and later to guide bombing
planes oyer the entente front. She
salt' many other girls were operat
ing war planes under the Bame cir
cumstancej .
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10 GEBiMfS SHEPHERD
Fate of Kerensky is Unknown, Some
Say He is Arrested, Others That
He is in Moscow
Pe'rograd, Nov. 9.—Russia is in
the tbroeg of a civil war.
Forces of the provisional gov
ernment, with Kerensky as presi
dent. including a battallpn. of wo
men, holding 'he "Winter Palace
havp been, compelled to capitu!ate
under the fire of a naval cruiser
aud from the cannonading of Stop
fer Paul fortress. Defenders used
machine gung to good advantage,
th» fight lasting four hours.
Believe Kerensky Is In Moscow
London, Nov. 9.—Russian cir
cles in this city believe Kerensky,
knowing- that Nikolai Lenine was
ambitious to grasp his power, lias
removed t'>e seat of the govern
ment to Moscow, and from there
will endeavor to unite the Mod
erates against the Maximalists, and
will also try to rally the support
or the people. The first, third
and fourteenth cossack regiments
have informed Kerensky they will
support th." provisional government
•' nroviding no compromise is entered
I into.
Kerensky Seen AVednes*laj
Petrograd, Nov. 9.—A member of
the levolutionary military commit
tee said that Wednesday Kerensky
was at Gatchina and addressed 6,
000 soldiers who were on their way
from the front to Petrograd, and
after a conference with soldiers
and delegates they decided for the
time being not to proceed to the
Capital City.
l'etrojfwul May Fall
New Ycrk, Nov. 9.—William G.
Stac-piieril, war correspondent, arriv
ing in New York today direct from
Russia sail Petrograd ig very like- j
ly to fall 'o the Germans.
Mr. Shepherd said it was his I
opinion the German navy would
capture Helsingfors, Finland, with- j
j In a very short time, and then will j
cut the Finnish railway which con
nects Russia with Sweden. "The
thiiig which impresses me most,"
jsaid Mr. Shepherd, "i3 that Am
erica will have to carry the load
made by Russia's revolution."
I The greatest piece of diplomacy
! ia all the war, asserts Mr. Shep
herd, was the getting by Gremany
of Lenine and Trotsky, both of
i whom formerly were in New York,
through into Russia. Lenine and
Trotsky are the leaders in the
uew revolution.
Says Kcrensky Is Arrested
Amsterdam, Nov. 9. — A tele
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P. H. GANTY
gr? ra from Stockholm and publish
ed iu the Ehelnlschei W®stfallsche
Zeitune of Essen, Germany, saya
Kerensky lias been arrested by the
Maximalist forces.
Maximalists Holufomxl
London, Nov. 9.—A telegram
reachiu.-- Amsterdam from German
sources says the Russian army on
the northern front has joined the
.Maximalists.
Army Asked To Protect Revolution
Petrograd, Nov. 9. — Soldier's
and workingmen's delegates today,
in congressional session, appealed
to the Russian army to protect the
new revolution against the Imperial
istic attempts of different Individu
als until the new government bad
obtained a democratic peace.
MOW COLLEGE IN
ALASKA WILL BE
READY NEXT YEAR
Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 8. —
Efforts are being made to have the
now Alaska Agricultural College
and School of Mines ready for open
ing next fall. The board of re
jonls is now in correspondence
* ilh educational institutions on the
'outside" regarding the type of
buildings and courses of study far
ibe new school.
HlNESE LANGUAGE
WILL J$E TAUGHT
IN THE UNIVERSITY
Seattle, Nov. 9.—The University
jf Washington, in. thig city, to to
organize evening classes to teach
Kuan Hua, the official Pekinese
language, to merchants and others
having commercial relations with
ike Orient.
Pidgin English to said to be near
Its doom. According to Dr. Macy
M. Skinner, who vill have charge of
:he classes, business men who desire
to establish permanent trade rela
tions with China will find it to their
advantage to return to college and
Familiarize themselves with real
Chinese.
Kuan Hua, says Btudents of the
language, is no more difficult to
master than some modern Euro
pean tongues.
Dr. L. <}. Keller will return on
I ho White Pass train tonight from
Whitehorse, and tomorrow will re
sume his large dental practice in
Skagway. Dr. Keller, besides having
bis medical degree in dentistry, is
owner and publisher of the Dally
Alaskan.
ill CONDITIONS
WILL HAMPER
ALASKA M
Seattle, Nov. 9.—Chairman Edes,
of the Alaska Railroad Commis
sion, arrives here last night and
announced the completion of 245
ml!ea of road. Mr. Edes said the
war conditions, especially the
lack of ships, are likely to hamper
the work of construction next eea
sou. Nenana and Anchorage, he
said have permanent futures.
TO EXILE GRAND DUKE.
Cur's Relative Who Waa Im
plicated In Monarchist Plot.
Russia's grand dukes face exile from
Russia as the result of their plot for a
counter revolution. They are to be re
leased from Imprisonment and sent out
of the country forever. Grand Duke
Paul, whoso picture appears here, was
one of those Implicated In the plot
Rome, Nov. 9.—Italian troops
are siill holding back the Austro
German army; by rear guard ac
tions, while the main body of eol
d'ers is establishing itself in po
sitions of their choosing for furth
er resistance, says today's official
statement.
An entire Allied taMtary com
mittee has been, formulated and,
will direct the Italian, army and
Allied forces on the Southern front.
Gen. Cadorna has a prominent po-i
#Ulou on the committee. it
ae
Italian Military Zone, Friday
Botn British and French troops ar
today marching toward the front. '
British representatives had 3
two hour conference today with
King Alfonso.
Huns Advance Toward Piave River
Berlin, Nov. 9.—AustrO-German
forces in Italy are overcoming the
resistance of the Italian rear guards
and are advancing toward the Piave
river hte war office announces to
day. j
Capture 17,000
Berlin, Nov. 9.—The war office
announces the united Austro-Ger
maii army by an out-flanking move
ment cut off the retraet of the
Italian forces between Tolmezzo and
Gernona and captured 17,000 Ital
ian soldiers, making a total of one
quarter million captured to data
in the Italian campaign.
Mrs. Harry Brown, who haa been
visiting with friends in Carcrosa
for fne past week, will be a re
turning passenger on the train to
night. Mr. Brown and family will
leave in a few days for Juneau
where Mr. Brown has secured a po
sition with the First National bank.
Tuck Flaherty, of Juneau, ar
rived in Skagway on the Humboldt.
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