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PRICE TEN CENTS.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5. — The
United States circuit court of appeals
yesterdny denied the appeal, for a
check for F. Ci. Noyes, receiver of the
Washington-Alaska Bank at jgiirbanks
for $1,360,000. as exemplary jind com
pensatory damages ns a result of an
alleged combination between the
• Washington-Alaska, .Firsti National
Bank of Fairbanks, and thqp'alrbanks
Banking Company. ^
CONVICT BREAKS
OUT JAIL IT
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Convict Vernon Bawlf, who was be
ing taken gack from Atlin to Walla
Walla by Detective Horton, escaped
from the Skagway jail and is at large
in the hills near there. A posse of
60, after an all night search were un
able to find him. Others are still con
tlnuing the search. Bawlf is known
% to be a desperate man. All avenues
of escape are blocked and his capture
is expected at any time.
Bawlf was playing cards with the
other prisoners and had on an Oregon
boot. He arose from the card table,
took his hat and coat, pulled a floor
radiator up and jumped througli the
hole to the basement. He escaped
through the back door and no trace
has so far been found of him.
Bawlf is a strong arm man, and es
caped Trom the Walla Wall penitenti
ary last April and fled to Alaska. Lat
er he was recognized by a member of
the Northwest Mounted Police at Atlin
and was arrested. Detective Harvey
Horton passed through Juneau on his
way to Atlin after Bawlf. He was
readily Identified and was ta)cpn back
to Skagway by Hortoti and lodged In
—- the jail there waiting ft southbound
TAKEN DROP
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(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Sept. 5. — The potato
market has declined $5 a bushel on
Pudget Sound stock. Some growers
are holding for $40 a ton flat, but the
commission men refuse this crop,
which Is ripening faHt and the market
Is threatened with an oversupply, as
there is little possibility of Washing
ton stocks being shipped east. A
scarcity of boxes Is causing anxiety
among the apple growers in some
parts of eastern Washington. This
is especialy true among Yakima grow
ers, who put the box shortage at one
hundred and fifty carloads. Grapes
are beginning to arrive, but the prices
aro high owing to the demand for
grape juice. The peach and pear
prices have stiffened and a drop Is
not expected until the growers begin
to ship heavily. The egg and butter
% markets are firm and dealers say rain
is needed to bring a drop in price, as
•orage is high. Cheese is steady, and
grocery staples unchanged. Potatoes.
Puget Sound. $35 and $40; apples,
$2.25 box; Butter, 40 and 47 cents;
eggs, 48 cents; cheese, 24 cents.
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MARIPOSA SAILS SOUTH.
The steamer Mariposa arrived from
the westward about 10:30 o’clock last
night and sailed at 8 o'clock this morn
ing for Seattle, with the following
passengers from here: F. S. McCon
eghy and wife. E. F. Moore and wife.
Mrs. 11. Gordon, Craig Hazelet, B. A.
Dodge, T. Barnes, J. Fillinger, Dr.
Smith and wife, Miss Hedman. Miss
Burke, Captain E. E. Smith, C. -John
son, Robert Ashland, F. E. Pfister, F.
Hoganors, F. Senff and seventeen
soldiers.
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ITALIAN SOLDIERS READ
GOOD CLASS LITERATURE.
(By Associated Press)
ROME, Sept. 5.—“Soldiers read
mostly books of travel, historical nov
els, and romances," stated the minis
ter of public instruction in a recent
circular asking for contributions ol
books to be sent to the front.
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For light taxi work telephone the
Alaskan Hotel.
Nu PUCE FOR
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(By Associated Press)
CORFU, Sept. 5. — The little Greet
Island of Fano near here has become
known to the entente fleets and arm
ies as a place where women are for
bidden to talk. The island has nor
mally a population of 1824 persons,
but most of the men are in the Uni
ted States, where they work as
-waiters.
The custom of the island for many
years has been for the young men to
marry the girl they love best, and then
after a brief honeymoon, go to Ameri
can to make their fortunes, returning
in a few years to their brides. Dur
ing this period of the absence of the
husband, it has become a custom for
their wives, women traditional for
their beauty, never to talk to men. It
is the business of the older women
to watch over the young wives, and
when strange men approach, as has
happened frequently since the war.
they are met with a shower of stones.
NEW STEAMSHIP SOON TO BE
ADDED TO ALASKA FLEET.
At the expiration of the present
charter period, which stil has nine
months to run, the steamship Henry
T. Scott, purchased by the Alaska
Steamship Company, about two years
ago, w ill be brought to the Pacific and
operated between Seattle and Alas
kan ports, acordlng to officials of that
com pany.
The Henry T. Scott was built at San
Francisco in 1917, and is qow at a
Gulf port discharging a cargo from
Chill. She i3 under charter t<fa New
York firm. On coming to the Pacific
coast the name of the vessel will like
ly be changed, as the owning company
has adopted the policy of naming all
of their vessels after some Alaskau
point.
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Thomas G. Baker, business manager
of "The Eyes of the World," a big
film feature, was in town last night.
This big production will be shown at
the Empress theatre during the
winter.
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F. A. Sanders and wife have left for
Latouche, where the former will ac
cept a position as stewrard at the Beat
son mine.
(By. Associated Press)
BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE, Sept. 4. — "Minnie" is a
very forward young lady, who lives
as a rule in German front line
trenches. She has no pretensions at
all to beauty. She is for use, not for
ornament. She is a trench gun, and
her projectiles remind one of plum
puddings attached to sticks. They
fly very irregularly, but burHt very
regularly 1n the part of No man's Land
'furthest removed from mlnnie’s tem
porar lodging.
Just before the latest push around
Ypree, there whs a particular Minnie
located a few miles from Ypres, which
was more than usually a nuisance.
The British trench was not well sited,
nor very well protected. Consequently
when Minnie was active she made
things very uncomfortable for the oc
cupants of that British trench More
over, she had no regular habits Khe
worked on no plan, ladylike, she tfid
just about as she wished.
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The young British subalterns hated
her with a persistent, pervuding
hatred, and concocted many schemes
for her undoing, but to no avail. But
one night, chance brought into the
trench a very Irritable old artillery of
ficer just as Minnie was active. One
of Minnie's puddings soiled hlH boots
and thereby aroused in him a grim de
termination to devote himself to her
destruction.
He stayed In the trench all that
night, studying Minnie's location and
characteristics, and on the morrow ho
returned. "fdTtnwffl by his' orderly, un
coil iRg a wire as he walked. At the
trench end of the wire a temporary
telephone was fixed. The far end of
tho wire led back a mile and a half
to a battery of field artillery.
Alpng about noon Minnie opened up
for her midday strafe. Promptly the
artillery officer verified his observa
tions of the night before and spoke
a few figures Into the telephone. A
minute later a loud "boom announced
the arrival of British shell just ae-oas
on the other side of No-man's Land.
The British officer swore softly, and
spoke again into the telephone. The
first shell had been at least thirty
yards off. The second was perhaps
twenty yards on the other side. Again
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COLONEL OF THE SCOTS.
P. A. Guthrie Command! High
landers Recruiting In America.
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Photo by American press Association.
. Colonel Percy A. Guthrie, with his
hand of 200 highlanders, has been re
fruiting for the British army In the
United States
the officer spoke Into the telephone,
and for the third time the gun spoke.
“Bull's Eye" sung the officer into the
telephone, and packed up his belong
lugs In business-like fashion. Minnie
was deceased.
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ALASKA’S DRAFTED MEN
MAY NOT REPORT ’TIL SPRING.
Men drafted from Alaska may not
be called for service until the open
ing of navigation in 1918. At the of
fice of Governor Strong It Is not be
lieved it will be possible to secure the
returns from the Isolated Alaska re
gistrar precincts in time to renumber
and hold a drawing until after navi
gation closes this fall. If this is true
It will be impossible to bring the draft
ed men out over the Ice on account of
file expense and time necessary for
such an operation.
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Everything in furniture' and house
hold goods. Just call on Lambert. tf
SUMMER RESORT GUESTS
INVITED TO GO HOME.
(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 5. — The spec
fade, probably unique, of a popular
and much frequented summer resort
and bathing town inviting its summer
guests to leave and not return has just
been presented at Sodertalje. The
city authorities took action after a
meeting at which the scarcity of food
was discussed, which in their opinion,
made it undesirable that inroads be
made by summer visitors on the stock
available. Some 3,000 visitors are af
fected by the invitation to leave.
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EMIGRATION FROM SWEDEN
IS ON THE DECREASE
(By Associated Press)
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 5. — Enrigra
lion from Sweden in 1916 ex >ded th,
1915 figures by more than 3,000. The
total number was 7,301. against \
078 the year before. Strenuous ef
forts to discourage emigration are be
'tag made, and have for some
years been made by the National As
sedation to Oppose Emigration, the
president of which is Or. Adrian Mol
in. The association's efforts are warm
-v seconded by the government. Ei
forts are being made to find work
tor returned emigrants and to induce
them not to return to America — proc
tically the only country to which
Swedes emigrate. These efforts were
unusually successful last year, and a
8-eat number of Swedish Americans
who had returned for a visit were in
dueed to settle down here. Many of
them bought farms, and work was
found for others.
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SEWARD ATTORNEY TO
JOIN ARMY IN (-RANCE.
Attorney Leon C. Booker, former
secretary of the Seward Chamber of
Commerce, will go outside to join the
army for service In France, in the
quartermaster’s department. lu the
event that the department is full,
Booker proposes to go direct to France
and enlist in the field.
Booker’s father was an officer in
the American army in the Philippines,
where his health gave way under the
strain of service.
Mare MueDormott in "The Cats
paw," at tho Empress theatre this
evening, is one of the most wonderful
double exposure pictures yet shown.
Marc MaeDermott does everything but
shake hands with himself, ills acting
of the double role is fine. Siberia will
be shown first.
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Furnished cabins. Hee Dooley.
GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA
CAN BE MADE PRODUCTIVE
(By Associated Press)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sept. 6
—A dispatch from Windhoek states
that members of the Union of South
Africa parliament who are touring
what was formerly German Southwest
Africa, were agreeably surprised at
the prospects of the protectorate. Sir
Thomas Watt, minister of Interior and
public works, said he came expecting
to find a desert, and instead found
'and with wonderful grasses, a deal
at vegetation, fat cattle, splendid
horses and first class heep, and he
gained the impression that IP only re
quired money and energy under Itrit
Ish occupation to make it a land of
milk amt honey.
FRENCH HISTORIC
STlT HOME
(By Associated Press)
PARIS. Sept. 5. — Senator Guill
aume Chastened has Introduced a bill
into the senate which, if it becomes
law, will have a certain interest for
American art collectors. The object
of the bill is to protect "France’s his
toric and artistic treasures," which
the senator thinks will be in greater
danger than ever after the war.
An article iu the bill proposes a
progressive export tax on all works
of art leaving the country. The son
ator suggests a 10 per cent tax on the
first $1,000, 15 per cent on the second
and 20 per cent on the third. The
value of the work of art is to be es
tablished by a declaration of the ex
porter, as checked by the exisirtation
bureaus, a committee of experts to
decide when there is a disagreement.
The ther provisions of the bill arc
drawn up on the lines of Italian logis
lation for the preservation of artistic
treasures and aimed at preventing ex
portation.
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EAGLES, ATTENTION!
It is Important that all members ol
Cordova Aerie, F. O. E-, attend th<
meeting tonight. See that you art
there.
GEORGE DOOLEY, Secretary
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If you want a good tailored suit «i
one well cleaned see Tom ilubbul, op
posite Blum. O'Neill's. 3
.SEWER SYSTEM
BE INSTALLED
AT ...
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At a regular meeting of the city
council, held last night, the building
of a sewer system was discassed at
length, and the street committee au
thorized to employ a competent engi
neer to survey the town for the pur
pose of establishing street grades and
laying out a system of sewerage. II
was also decided to instal new electric
lights wherever needed, and also to
put fire plugs on the Thirten Acre
Tract.
| An ordinance was passed, extending
. the fire limits to take iii the railway
[addition and an ordinance giving the
[ municipal court authority to try civil
j oases. In an amount not exceeding
$100. wgs read and referred to the ju
diciary committee.
Fire Chief Dooley reported having
I examined all the flubs and fire plugs
[ and found them in a satisfactory con
dition. The chief of police reported
$205 as collected In fines last month.
Health Officer Chase stated that
while contagious diseases were preva
i lent in some of the neighboring towns,
the health of Cordova was never
' better.
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(By BAssociated Press)
LONDON, Sept. 5. — Ten thousand
j Serbian girls from ten to fourteen
years old have been kidnapped and de
ported from Serbia to the harems of
Constantinople, to Bulgaria and Asia
Minor, says advices received by M.
Pashitch, the Serbian premier, who Is
now in London.
“These deportations," <-iid }j. Prv-h
i itch, "have been going on Mince y,'eb
ruary, but the number was very
limited until a few weeks ago. Now
It has been systematized under Bul
garian controllers, and it is impos
sible to predict how far it will go.
“Eight thousand girls have ben sent
to Constantinople, and two thousand
more to Bulgaria ami Asia Minor.
Prisoners whom we have taken on the
Saloniki front tell us that the traffic
in our girlhood has grown to lie a by
word in Bulgaria and Turkey.
“The girls are kidnapped and taken
away secretly, particularly from the
smaller villages, until at present doz
ens of small towns have been quite
denuded of the young female populu
tion.
1 “1 do not think that the Turks are
I the actual instigators of this gross
violation of the rules of civilized wel
fare. All our information Indicates
that the Bulgarians are the prime
movers and the Turks only incider
tal beneficiaries of the traffic.
“The girls are too young to be of
any use for laboring purposes, besides
neither Turkey nor Bulgaria is seri
ously handicapped for labor, and in
Turkey the use of young women for
I outdoor work is practically unknown.
“It is very difficult for us to do any
thing to help these unfortunate \ ic
tims. Our affairs in Constantinople
and Sofia are now in the hands of the
Dutch government, and we have made
most earnest possible protests through
that government. But you kno v how
difficult it is to get any action from
Turkey. We have suggested, for In
, stance, that some scheme of repatria
tion be put into effeet immediately,
that the girls should be sent back to
some place beyond the war zone. But
1 fear 4t Is too late to save them, and
that we can only wait in patience until
peace comes."
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WOMAN SUING STEAMSHIP
COMPANY FOR $10000.
With the federal district court in
session at Seward, suit was filed by
Thora lteed against the Pacific Steam
ship Company for damages amounting
to $10,000. She alleges that while she
was a passenger on one of the com
pany's vessels, she was attacked by a
cabin boy on the ship. Her atorney
is 1,. V. Ray, of Seward. The attorney
for the company is K. K. Ritchie, of
Valdez.
ITALY HAS LOWERED
ITS MILITARY HEIGHT.
(By Associated Press)
HOME, Sept. 5. — The decree which
goes into effect this month, lowering
the military height from 5 feet 2
Inches to 4 feet t! Inches, includes all
the men born between 1870 and 1888. ,
who had been excused from duty pre
viously because of their short statute.
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CAVERNS PACKED WITH AUSTRIAN DEAD
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FDINE, Sept. f».—An immense quantity of •
♦ booty was captured in the Italian advance.
* The materials taken show the precipitation of
* Austrian flight along the whole line on the
* Bainsizza plateau. Whole convoys of arms
* and munitions were abandoned and tliou
♦ sands of boxes of projectiles, hand grenades,
• rockets, shoes, rifles and helmets were strewn
I* about. Some of the caverns are still packed
* with the Austrian dead.
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* HOME, Sept. 5.—The Italian troops cap
* tured Monte San Gabriel and a thousand pris
* oners, including thirty officers. The Italians
* now possess the entire chain of mountains
; * dominating Gorizia.
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AUSTRIAN ARMY DEMORALIZED
l DINE, Sept. f>. — Field Marshal Arz,chief of
staff of flu* Austrian army, went to the Italian front
to reorganize the troops, which have beou demoral
ized by their many defeats. Meanwhile the Italians
continue a steady advance and are spreading over a
larger tract <>f country and are daily gaining ground.
AUSTRIAN ATTACKS ARE REPULSED
ROME, Sept. 5.—The Italian troops fought their
way forward in Rrestovizzn valley, south of Gorizia,
and repulsed Austrian counter attacks on hew posi
tions.
EPIDEMICS ALONG THE RHINE
GENEVA, Sept. 5. — The Swiss military authori
ties at Basel and along the German fronts are tak
ing measures to prevent dysentery and typhus sear
letina, which prevail at Rhine towns, from entering
Switzerland. The .-puli-inics are-due to insulticient
nourishment.
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AMERICAN SAILORS ARE ATTACKED
CORK, Sept. r>. Gangs of young m> n paraded the
streets Sunday night and attacked An Tienn sailors,
aecompanii d bv their sweet hearts, ('ne young wo
man was insult* *1 »>nd her hat town off The conduct
of the sailors was exemplary. The 'lackers sang
Sinn Fein songs and broke windows.*
DRAFTED MEN ARE ON THE.R WAY
WAXlIIN’GTt »X, Sept. 5.—-The draft d men pf the
five per cent quota who are going to lie national
army cantonments reported yesterdayPo the local
hoards in all the districts to receive iny* ructions and
railroad tickets. A majority received permission to
spend the night at Koine, under orders to report
again to the board shortly before train time today.
BRITISH CASUALTIES FOR WEEK
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LONDON, Sept. 5.- The British rnslialties last
week were 15, GOO. Three hundred and sixty-four of -
fleers and 3,900 men are dead.
GRAND DUKE AND WIFE ARRESTED
I’KTRt )GRAJ), Sept. 5. Grand Duke Michael,
brother of tin* former emperor, and wife were arrest
ed in connection with the counter revolutionary plot
recently unearthed.
REDUCE EXPORTS TO CENTRAL FOWERS
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PARIS, S< pt. 5. hi a conference with the allies,
Switzerland has agreed to greatly reduce its exports
of chocolate to the central powers.
RAIDERS KILL AND INJURE MANY
LON1X >X, Sept. 5. The first moonlight raid over
London district occurred at midnight Tuesday. One
bomb fell just outside of the hospital and another
smashed between. A third hit a retail store where a
number of girls were sleeuing. v:~- -
kdle*l and forty injured. One raider was brought
down off tlit* Slieerness.
SOLDIERS ATTACK MAYOR THOMPSON
( IIK AGO, Kept. 5.—Mayor Thompson was thr
cent.-r of a menacing demonstration by soldiers this
morning, while Thompson and a party in fifty auto
mobiles were on a trip to Kanakee, III, The banners
were torn from Thompson’s and other machines.
RUSSIANS ARE STILL RETREATING
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I M ROGItAf), Kept. 5.—It is officially announced
that the Russians are continuing their retreat along
the coast of the gulf of Riga, toward the northeast,
ami have crossed tin* Lisonian river.
M'ADOO TO TOUR THE WEST
\\ AKHINGT < )X, Kept. 5.—.Secretary McAdoo is
considering a Liberty loan tour in October to the
1'acitic coast, but will pass up the chief cities.
DEBATING WAR TAX BILL
\\ AKHINGTON, Kept. 5.—The* senate continued
to debate the war tax bill all of Labor Dav, despite
the holiday.
SENATE REJECTS TWO AMENDMENTS
\\ AKHINGT*ON, Kept. 5.—The senate yesterday
rejected two amendments designed to effect huge iii
creases in war profit taxes, against the Sixty per cent
increase amendment, by a vote of 50 to IS.
FRENCH ARTILLERY HOLDS OFF GERMANS
1 ARIK, Sept, 5 I he German attacks on the Visne
front last night were beaten off by the French heavy
artillery. The fighting occurred between Beaumont
and Knmagneux.
BERNSTORFF GIVEN IRON CROSS
BERLIN, Kept. 5.—The kaiser gave Bernstorff
the civilian iron cross at headquarters yesterday.