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No. 72 SIXTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. WENESDAY, MAY 7, 1918 PRICE 10 CENT
Fire On Strikers
Twenty-five Are Injured in Riot When
Officers and Striking Workmen Clash
Syracuse, N. Y., May 7 ? In il
rl. t betweec the police of this city
mid members of the striking Bulld
lig Trades Union, which occured
yesterday, the policemen fired upon
'hi striking workmen, and as a re
sult twenty-five were Injured.
It "s believed that It is tho Ital
'm ellment that is stirring up the
trouble, as they are very quarrelsome
.?ud bitter In .their fight for recog
nition of their demands.
The city is In u state of turmoil, ,
..nd It Is hellevcil that should anoth
. r riot occur the Governor will be
called upon to order out the state
troops to preserve ordor. Much
d mage 's being done to property,
hundreds of doputy marshals have
b? en sworn in and the police force
1 a? been Increased by the addition
r,f over ft hundred special offlcors.
NEW COMPANY
TD CUT RATES
Itarringtoii Says lln Will Keep
Hunt On The I'ppor Yukon ? Hum
ISoU&lil The Evelyn.
rington, president, and manager of
th> Side .Streams Navigation com
pany, who arrived last week from
the outside, states that his company
lu.i bought the steamer Evelyn,
now at tne mouth of the Tanana
river, and will run her oil the Daw
!.on-\Vhitehorso route this season.
"Our company Is out for tho bus
i-.'tts. Wo have arranged for somi'
traffic, but :an take a good deal
more. We will cut the freight and
tho passenger rates &0 per cent.
This will apply to all buslnes3 be
tween Whiteliorse and Dawson und
all way business. We mean to put
the rates down from the beginning,
i-nd to keep them down. Our quo
tations are not temporary.
'The Evelyn is one of the most
powerful boats on tho Yukon- for her
size, and we are having her remod
eled to accommodate 73 passengers
first class and fully as many second
"The company will continue it*
service ud the Stewart with the VI
dftte, and, since it stood by the
Stewart river people when they
could get no other service, wo ex
pect them to stand by us now.
"We bought the Evelyn from the
Merchants A Yukon Transporta
tion company, which has been oper
ating on the lower Yukon, and whic
acquired the boat some tlnio ago
trora the N. A. T. & T. Tho Kvelyn
ivi)I be able to make a round trip
between Dawson and Whltehorso
about every flvo or six days. She Is
1 30 feel long and 27 feot beam.
Vlth tho added cabins she will be
i neat and corafortablo craft, and
>ril| havo good freight accommoda
tions. Sho Is a comparatively now
boat, and 3uitable for all round ser
"Captaln Cowley Is nt Indian riv
er, getting the Vldott? ready for
tarly spring service. I expect to
leave for Indian with a number of
i it n tomorrow. Hill will coino ov
er tho lake and down from LaBarge
by water. Mrs. Barrington and
Vork are in Seattle, and will bo
here In the summer."
General Agent Edwards, of the
White Pass company, which has cov
ered tho Dawson-Whltehoree run for
several years, was asked today what
attitude his company would assume
f< r the coming season against the
! r rospectlve opposition. Mr. Edward
' said he has not been advised from
headquarters regarding the matter,
1 but that his company Is In the field
:o-day. and that it certainly will be
In the game and will be serving the
vukon for years to como, and that
Ur may havo something of Interest
, to announce before long.
SENATE MINORITY FILES
PROTEST TO FREE M8T
Washington, May 7 ? The minor
It} In the Senate have filed their re
port, objecting to tho freo list. Oth
er minor changes are made.
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The Leading Ladies Furnisher and Haberdasher of Skagway
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VACATE THRONE
Says That Humiliation Over S?'^
render of Scutnrl lit More Than
Ho Can Hear. Prince Hanllo
Would be Successor.
Berlin, May 7 ? Advices have
been recelvod In this city that King
Nicholas, of Montenegro has stated
UN Intention of abdicating the
th one lu the noar future. He state
as his reason for doing so Is hU
humiliation over the forced surren
doi of Scutari.
London, (ljxter) It is reported
In diplomatic circles In this city,
that if King Nicholas abdicates tho
throne of Montenegro, Prince Ban
Uo will be chosen as his successor.
Tho freighter Joanle arrived In
port at 8 o'clock last evening with
HO tons of general cargo for Skag
way and Inside points. She will
take a conalgnment of copper ore
fr>m -ho White Pass bunkers to the
Tacoraa smelter.
WOMEN SUFFRAGE DEFEATED IN ENGLAND
Advocates of Bill Claim the Use of Torch and Bomb
Greatly Responsible for Defeat? Opponents Jubilant
London, May 7? Only by the
l>rompt action of a Scqtland yard de
lertlve wa.? tho Grand Hotol of this
city urovented from being blown up
by a boinb which had been placed In
i tK entrance to the building and the
fust lighted. The detective saw a
woman walk Into tho entrance to
?he hotel, and drop the bomb after,
she had lighted the fuse, turn and'
mil. Ho ruslu'd In and stamped the,
fire out with the heel of his boot. ^
Hio woman was placed under arrest,
Mill upon oelng taken to the pol
ice stut Ion gave the name of Ada
W.ird. Silo Is n suffragette. Be
fore sho could bo locked up, she
innde her escape, and In the exclto
nunt, which followed, tho bomb dis
appeared.
London, May 7 ? Although tho
editorial rooms of the Standard wer
protected by police. Suffragettes
succeeded In entering tho building
yesterday, and after a fierce battle
with the officers succeeded In wreck
ing that portion of tlio antl-suffra
K*'tto newspaper. A number of the
militants were arrested.
London, May 7 ? At a lato hour
today woman suffrage was defeated
by a vote of 26C to 219. It Is claim
ea by the friends of the measure
ihat the torch and .bomb activities In
which the suffragettes have been
1-itely engaged, was largely respon
sible for the defeat of the measure.
ARCTIC KXPIiOllEH VOTED
SCUSTANTlAI. LIFE ANNUITY
Chrlstlonla, May 7 ? Yertorday th
Norwegian government voted a life
annuity to K. Amundsen of $1600
pe year In recognition of his hero
It efforts In endeavoring to find the
Northwest passage, and discovery of
tl e North Polo.
Says He's Napoleon's Grandson.
What Do You Think About It?
Photo by American Press Association.
WILLIAM GORDON of Log Angeles claims to bo a grandson of Napu
Iron Tbls I til the artist to make an Interesting composite picture,
lie took a copy of the famous painting "Napoleon on the Belter
option" ami pasted on It a photograph of Uordon. From this the
Illustration was made. It shows ttie tiro as they would appear If a century
could be bridged. What do you think of Napoleon's alleged grundaoB? Doe*
he look anything like the "Little Corporal}"
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A L B E It S ^
PROGRESSIVE"
N o \V IN 8 T O O K.
10.) pound Sack $1.00.
30 pound lots $2.23.
Small lots . . 3 cents por pound.
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P. H. GANTY, Grocer
BULL FANS
MEET TONIGHT
Tlier.' will be a meeting of tho
LlJse Hall Fans at tho White Pass
Athletic club tonight at 8 o'clock,
for tho purposo of formulating plans
to cop off tho honors nt Whltohorso
ti Ik summer.
A game has been arranged with
the Fort Seward team for Sunday
und it Is tor tho purpose of getting
a line-up on the possible timber at
hand that tho meotlng Is called to
nlf ht. Even If you don't play ball,
and couldn't hit a baloon, nor catch
a cold, come out and root.
I'OPE AGAIN FEELING
FINE AND DANDY
Rome, May 7 ? The Pope is a
(Vin enjoying perfect health, and Is
al>le to attend to the papal duties.
While his Illness has caused him to
Icto considerable In weigh', his phy
sicians stale thal'hc Is gaining it
buck rapidly and that It will not b'.1
1- ng before ho Is again iu his nor
mal condition.
TAFT WOl'LD hXPKIUMENT
WITH FREE TRADE
New Haven, May 7 ? In a speech
a vered by ox-President Taft In
t:> i city last night ho was emphat
ic in staling thai ho was In favor of
giving free trade ail opportunity to
demonstrate its virtues, if any, and
as an experiment It should be given
a trial.
Washington, May "? - At u luto
huur yostorday afternoon the , Sen
it'! confirmed *>?
tlon o? Erwln "will proWv-ijr uu re
ported on favorably on Monday next.
CONGRESSMEN* ATTACKED
Washington, May 7 ? The H0113C
of Representatives are becoming dis
contented over the delay of the Sen
ate of tho Unltod State.! In coming
to an agreement over the tariff re
Vision, and aro considering the ad
vislblllty of taking a vacation until
8"ch time as they may bo required
to take a I. and in the mutter.
Cougr' ssman Oscar W. Undo: wood
chairman of the Ways and Means
committee of tho House of Repre
sentative and leader of the Dem
ocratic majority In the House, yes
terday received the congratulation
of his follow congressmen upon hl3
fifty-first birthday.
The gasoline launch Corrlnne made
a trip up from Haines today with
Sam Guyot. Sklppt'r Bruce Brown
was at tho holm, while H. A. Gtb
8<>n acted ns 1st mate, and attend
ed to the lubrication of the spark
plug- carruberator- thing- a- may
Jig. Tho Uttlo craft left for homo
| out three o'clock.
Bob Jennings
11 e First Ju
Territory of Aiu.
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