No 954 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
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GERMANS CAUGHT BETWEEN •
• TWO MURDEROUS FIRES
Botterdam, Nov. —•">—taught !,,v~
lureii a murderous artlller)' ft' e
fruiu t!u» British batteries <>a shore
and a heavy bombardment from
the British warsldj.s in the t'han
nel, the tiermans in the vicinity
i»f \ ieu[K>rt have suffered ap
iwilliug Iunms witlii.i the past t»>i
(lays.
l.ATE HE FORTS MAGNIFY
OREAT RUSSIAN VHTORY
St. Petersburg. Nov. ;KV—Addi
tional and later reports received
here of the great 1-attie fought in
INiIand between ttie Russian ajul
(•enuatt armies only serve to mag
nify the accounts ef the victory of
the former.
KKti VlN TERRITORY IX
VUMXITi OF LABASSE
1 «a ris, \. iv. 2."V—A dvices from
ihe front state that the allies have
1 i-gained French territory from t'>»
(irniuins in the vicinity of LeBassc.
C«»I SIX OF CZAR WOUNDED
IN BAT1LE OF WARi'A
Amsterdam, Nov. -•">—Orand
I Hike Dmitri, a cousin of the t Mr
i•( ltussia is reported to have been
seriously wounded irl the battle of
the Warta.
«;i:rmaxs claim progress
at ARRAS. IV FRANt'E
Berlin. Nov. 25—Favorable pro
gress is ttMluy claimed by tho i.er
nian war office in the forward movo
ment i>f ticrnuiu tioops at An as,
France.
<; Kit MAX NAVAL BASF IS
BOMRAItDED BY THE ALLIES
London, Nov. -•>—">e t;ernmu
naval luise at Brugge. Belgium, h.»s
Uvii bombarded by tlie allies am!
destroyed. Vast quantities of mili
tary stores were lost by fire.
The pay of •'>« army officers "1
the British army has been increas
ed front 10 to 25 p»r cent.
A terrific !>altie has been started
by the Germans on the allies in the
vicinity of the Ypres river.
GERMANS ARE SAID TO
BE MICH DISHEARTENED
Loudon, Xov. -•>—Despite the
fact that it has received heavy re
inforcements tho tiej-nijui ailliy III
polium is retreating before the
victorious Russian.; ami the troop*
appear to be much disheartened 1>>
their reverses.
• AND GENERAL VILLA NOW
RUT TWEXTV MILES A WAV"'
Mexico City, Nov. 25—General
1 Villa's advance guard is now but
I twenty miles distant from this ci.y.
It is said tliat in view o£ an expect- ^
! ed attack by the redoubtable sebcl1
leader. Generals B'«nco and Obre. |
' gon, who are in command of the i
! constitutionalist foreeo in this city,
i have patched up their di&erences i
LAVs STRESS IN MESSAGE
ON THE MERCHANT MARIXK
Washington, Nov. 25—The an
nual message of President Wilsoa.}
now almost ready, lays e3pee!«l j
stress upou the necessity for c-n- J
couragiug the upbuilding cj^' tne.
American merchant marine.
WASHINGTON ADVICES STATE j
ZAPATA IS IN POSSESSION" |
Washington, D. CV, Nov. 25—
Advices received here this aiter
j noon are to the effect that Goaar- j
als Blanco and Obregon havs i
ubandoued Mexico Citj end it is hot
in the hands of Gener::l Zapata.
At President Wilson's recominci- j
datiou, Secretary of the luterlr.r j
Lane today withdraw from location
a tract of land 15 mil»-3 square i
j near tlie Riley channei of the Kn- j
i hnk river, Alaska, for use by ths :
i bureau of education for the betio- '
i fit of the natives.
i GOVERNMENT is blamed
FOR WRECK OF HAXALEI j
San Francisco, Nov. 25—Govern- ,
! nient neglect in furnishing aids t0
navigation on the Pacific coast '» j
| blamed for the wreck of the schooa-1
1 er Hanalei yesterday on Duxbury j
! reef off the coast of Marin count v,
| California, by •which 25 people lost
| their lives.
^The Best Always the Cheapet ■
We Keep tlie Best.
AMERICAN GENTLEMAN
anj CllOSSETT SHOES fur
men. *]
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AMERICAN LADV Shoes for .
Ladies and Misses. ^
l'LA-MATE, SECURITY and J
PLA-DAY Shoes for the ^
Kiddies. t!
H. J. LYNCH
ELECTB1CIAX SUFFERS A
V Kit V I'AIXrUL ACOIDKXT
W. R. Barnes, electrician f0rv the
Homo Tower Co., while oiling tiip.
shafting in the power house yes
terday afternoon had the misfor
tune to get the little finger of his
right hand caught in the machin
ery some way and badly iuangled.
Dr. Gabie dressed the wound, and
although tho finger was In br>i
shape and causing Mr. Barnes a
sood deal of pain at the time, lie
says it will be all right again In •»
short time.
KATALL.1 OIL IS XOW
DISPLAClXti OTHER I I K1<
Lawrence Barrett, Jr., of Katalla^
who for tho past six years has been
developing and promoting mineral
oil resources of the Controller bay
district, gives to the Northwest Min
ing Journal an interesting account
of the petroleum industry In that
section. Mr. Barrett is very optiu.-,
istic regarding the oil situation i"
Southwestern Alask::, regardless or'
conservation and the stringei t
money market. Mr. Barrett said:
"There is no lack of coufidence 11
Uio Katalla oil fields, but there is
a lack of money, which defect will
Boon be overcome now that congress
lias passed promised favorable legi
latlon. Development is going on
steadily. Recent tests have given
the oil in our dist-lct the high -'ifi
ciency of -IS per ('ern gasoline, and
the lowest ignitiii.^ temperature of
any cruue oil so lar Known. i"
many instances, this oil in its crude
state lias been used in gas oil no
launches In and about Controller
Bay, and it has also assumed a
most Important plt.ce in tho domes
tic life of Katnlla. In nearly all
the houses, oil burners have been
installed, totally displacing coal
and wood. The people of neighbor
ing cities are also interesting them
selves in tho use of this liquid fuel,
in their efforts to solve the high
oort of living. The Copper River &
Northwestern Railway has abandon
ed tho use of coal altogether an1
is using native fuel exclusively lo
propel its trains."
RICH TJXLI KJDK SAM)
IS roiwn NKUi -NOME
R. A. Miller, who has been for
some time Investigating a mineral
deposit on Burnside creek, in the
Candle country, has a proposition
which promises large developments
in the near future, says the Nome
Nugget, la spite of the fact ihft
he was considered worse than fool
ish for wasting his time when prac
tical miners coulj not get a '.-olor
o£ gold by tho most careful panning,
Mr. Miller continued to sink hoics
and send samples to the outside
which gave him phenomenal re
turns. The first sample went very
high so he finally cent o^t 2 j
pounds and received for it $43.25.
The next shipment was of one f-nd '
cne-half tons, which gave a return |
of $3,2y0.tJ0 per ton. The depos- |
it, which has been shown to be ex- ,
tensive, by drilling, is a telluride
sand very similar to the telluride
deposits of Nevada. Mr. Miller
expects to work the ground on a '
large scale.
When it is known that one man '
can, by a" crude process, secure 1
ton of this sand per day it seems
that Mr. Miller's mine is fabulously
rich.
the JEFFERSON WAS IX
SKAGWAV THIS MORNING
Tho Steamship Jefferson of the
Alaska Steamship 'Co., arrived in
port from the south at 3:30 this
morning bringing several passengers
a«d 40 tons of freight, consisting
mostly of mining machinery for the
Canadian Klondylte Mines Co., at
Dawson. Among those to arrive
were;
Mrs. Tony Dortero, who went
down to Juneau a few days ago on
business.
Mayor Jas. Kennedy, who has
been on a visit to his parents <nt I
Juneau. Mrs. Kennedy accompanied |
him.
A. s. Bourne and B. B. Carle, who'
will be employed in the auditing d?
partment of the W. P. & Y. R. p.*
Sltagway.,
The vessel sailed at 6:15 a. in.
with Chas. Nye of the Home Pow^r
Co., as a passenger for Juneau.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. R. P. Gaudin
of AVhitehorse, enrout© for Seattle.
Miss Mina Sowerby, teacher in
the intermediate department of the
public school, -who will spend
Thanksgiving with her parents in
Juneau. I
ENTRIES ARE ALL IN FOR
THE RED CROSS HORSE SHOW
New York, Nov. 25—Entries clos
ed today for the big society event
of the year—the horse show, which
will he held on December 7 to 12
at JIadison Square Garden.
The show this year will be of
an unusual character inasmuch as
the proceeds are to be given to the
Red Cross and White cross socie
ties. It is said that this will be
the last horse show to be held in
this city for the National Horse
Show association announced some
time ago that the event -would bt
abandoned and it is only on account
of the critical situation in Europe
that the function will take place
this year.
T0 guarantee it against loss a
number of horsemen throughout
til© «ountry have come forward to
protect the show against a possible
loss. They 'are: Dr. Thomas G.
Ash ton, Philadelphia; John L.
Bushnell, Springfield, Ohio; Felix
M. Warburg, New York; William
Phelps Eno, Washington; Frederick
Pabst, Oconomowoc, Wis.; Willis
Sharp Kilmer, Binghamton, N. Y.:
Mortimore B. Sehiff, J. Horace Har(
ing, George C. Clausen, Paul Moore,
Thomas L. Watt Waters, and Sam
uel W. Taylor, editor of the Rider
and Driver.
TWO ladies overcome
1JY gasoline fumes
When the lady who recently bo
came the bride of Dr. Carmichael at
Knit landed at that Place, she and
another lady and a child had a
most unpleasant experience when
they were overcome by the fumes
of the gasoline on the launch Sea
Lion which took them ashore fiom
the steamer. As the boat was go
ing ashore a leak must have occurr
ed in the apparatus. The other lfidy
was overcome and fell over in a
faint. The lady who is now Mrs
Carmichael went to her assistance
and was also rendered unconscious.
Tho child of the first lady was
overcome soon afterwards and all
three had a most disagreeable ex
perience but were later brought to,
and said to be none the worse for
the occurrence.—Seward Gateway.
FOR THANKSGIVING
» —
Recieved ex "Seattle''
Fine Assortment perishables
Fresh Nuts — Pop Corn
Mincemeat — Plum Pudding
arc! other seasonable goods
F. H. GANTY, GROCER
HELPING MOTH.E li CREDITED
TO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN*
Thanks to the progressive meth
ods introduced into the Skagwav
public school by Principal Margaret
Keenan at the commencement of the
present term the pupils have many
of the advantage enjoyed by chil
dren of the great cities throughout
the country. Among these is the
crediting to pupils of merit marks
far home work of whatsoever
nature; in fact, it goes even further
than that, and gives them credits
for any kind of useful employment [
in which they may see fit to engage I
outside of school hours.
This system wa3 put into effect j
by Miss Keenan upon the opening
of school here on Oct. 19th of this
year. In looking over our exchange
list today we find that the same
system was quite recently introduc
ed into the city schools of Los
Angeles, California, by the board of
education, which on November 14th
made a ruling that "Helping mot fa
ir do dishes at home, bringing ';i
:oal, taking care of chickens and
other ''chores" must be credited tc
the children on their monthly re-1
,)ort cards."
The board further ruled;
"An music lessons taken oul of |
school and practiced at home will
3e credited as work on school j
nusic courses.
"Other home work which wi'i
'Ount on the school year records
ncludes shingling or painting the
house or barn, baking bread or
preparing one meal daily for
hree months and doing laundry
n'ork."
Playing "hookey" to catch fish
tor the family larder will not be
iredited, however.
PASTOR accused of
taking tainted coin
Akron, o., Nov. 25—Rev. James |
T. Lowe, former pastor of the First
United Evangelical church here la
being tried by a conference of I
ihurchmen on charges growing out |
Jf his acceptance of checks amount-.
ng to several hundred dollars froia
.'lie Summit County bottlers and
brewers' association.
Lowe has spent the past two weeks |
in preparing a statement of his case.
"My defense will be a plain state- j
ment of the facts," said Lowe.
"The money was used solely for
ohurch purposes and there never j
was an attempt on my part to con- j
ceal the fact that it was given, j
Brewers' money pays debts as readi
ly as any other money.."
The official board, however, j
thought it unwise to acquaint the j
board with the source of the g'ft." j
Two other Akron churches and
the Akron Y. M. c. A. have ^lsoj
confessed to accepting money from j
the liquor mens' association.
BUSINESS ANT) ARTICLES
affected by emergency tax
The commissioner of internal rev
enue, under date of November Stfc,
issued a notice that the special tax
es imposed by the emergency reven
ue law of October 22, 1914, rak«
effect November l, 1914, arid that
any person or firm liable to aay
of these special taxes must mai»
returns and payments for the re
maining portion- ®f the special lar.
ending June 30, 1915, during th«
present month or become liable to
a 50 per cent penalty (or delin
quency.
Blank forms for returns will *»e
furnished upon application to col
lectors of internal revenues. Is
the event that such forms are net
received in time for person# tw
make returns within the calendar
month thereon, a statement or
return of liability on plain paper
may be forwarded with the remit
tance and will relieve the party
making the same from any liability
to the 50 per cent penalty. Re
turns from persons in Alaska should
be made to the collector of lntera
;il revenue, Tacoma, Wash.
Persons liable to special tax*a
:ifter November 1, 1914, include;
Brokers
Pawnbrokers
Commercial brokers
Customhouse brokers
Proprietors of theaters, concert
halls, etc., including moving picture
allows.
Proprietors or agents of other ex
hibitions or shows for money.
Proprietors of bowling
and billiard rooms.
Dealers in tobacco.
Stamps on documents are requir
ed on and after December 1, 19M
Taxes on perfumery, cosmetics,
tooth paste, and other similar ar
ticles and on cbewing gum are i»
effect cm and after December 1,
1914.
C'Onx SHOW PRESENTS
VALUE OF EXSILAeli
Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 25—
•More than GOO exhibitors were com
peting for cash prizes of $500 and
numerous premiums in the corn
show lield annually under the aus
pices of the Oregon-Washington
Railroad and Navigation company
which opened here Tuesday.
The exhibitors were confined
persons living tributary to the Ore
gon-Washington company's linee.
The show, which will continue
three days, is given not so mucis
to induce the growth of corn a«
grain, but to encourage its use «
ensilage to be fed to stock in the
winter, and to interest the faxja
?rs in diversified farming.
OUR HOLIDAY STOCK
For This Season Is The
Most Attractive It Has
Ever Been Oar Good
Fortune to Offer
NOTE THE FOLLOWING-:
Silk Shirts Silk Pajamas
Silk Neckwear Silk Handkerchiefs
Silk and Wool Underwear
Silk Hosiery Bath Robes
Wool Blankets
Hart SchafFner & Marx Clothing
O'Donnell Shoes Utz & Dunn Shoes
See Window Display
LADIES' FUR SETS
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier