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No. 235 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 10, 1916 PRICK 10 CENTS
is WIN MEASURE IN OREGON
VOTE LiJLOOf OF STATE
Portland, Nov. 10—'Bj- the 'will
of the-people as expresses at Tues
days eVecttou the importation of
liquor in'to the of Oregon, lias
beeu made absolute.
This is tiie result of a -measure
introduced by initiative as a"prohi
oitio.i amendment to the liquor laws
as now existing. The new amend
ment was carried by over 1500 ma
jority-Totes.
Tacctna, Nov. 10—Tlie National
Bank c' Tacoma this city 'received
In the new issue of dimes.
Many requests for the new Coiu
were uKide and the bank has'adopt
ed " • policy oof giving tfiot more
'ban ou.r to each, peirsou.
T. f. woman's face on t'^e ■ "new
fittu probably lt¥s classic than
on *! >» old. Her features are" Il°t
a3 regular. Instead of a wreath
she wears a ca,p( decorate^ with
u.ngs. Under her cnin is "Iu-God
We Ti usi." Beginning at her'chin
;Mid ».auing at the back of her neck
the word, "■Lit>®rty,,"Jn large l®t
ters v.-.th considerable space • be
twe«r& tach letter.
Ou tr.e reverse side is the Ro-1
man >x and fasces surrounded by a
clinging vine. On the-loft side of
the fasces is "E Pluribus Unuan."
"One Dime" is written at the lower |
etui of the fasces. The northern1
hemisphere of the coin is circled!
with the magic words -"United j
Stat s of America." ! ' |
CHIMSTMAs SHIP FOR
AKMKXlAN'S AND SYRIAN'S
\ w York, Nov. 10—A chirtstraas
ship, i United States-naval collier,
will oil from this port about Dec.
1, carryirg 3,ih»0 tons-of food and
I.Oim of clothing for war suf
r'tr©xin Armenia .andSyria,
atinour.ctd here bv the American
N'a'ic-nai Rf*l Cross. The de^t'na
tion ci the collier will bee Bierut,
Syri t.
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London, Nov. 10—At 'the ban
quet tfiveu l®st nijjlit in honor of
iHe MtJr Lord .Mayor "of Loudon,
Pre-Wir Asquith said, in a •speech,
which Le made, that .it 'was his
opinion that England would, refuse
all Pi c- negotiations until the Un
ited Kingdom was assured of gain
ing til the desires which! had drawn
i* <ntu the present war.
"It is the will of the .people,"
he s^id, "that the fight be «>«
tinned until they know that- the
battltg fought have not been in
vain, and that the issues 'now in
question were settled for all time.'' I
SUGGESTIONS BF
LASTI1G PEAGF
Berlin, *Xov. 10—In a state
inert which, was pointed in the pres
of tli is city yesterday, chancellor
Von bcthmann, Hollweig announced
that after the t^rminaton of the
prest-t t war, Germany would co-ov
erate in an endeavor to find a
practi^l means of procuring a last
ing t-eace "through the means of ai1
Intei national League.
1 hi., steamer Prince "Rupert sail
ed 'or this port from 'Prince Ru
pert last -night, and 'will arrive
here Monday morning early. S^e
will sail south, about 11 o'clock.
Sacrifice Sale
SHOES and
CLOTHING
To make room for our new line of
shoes and men's clothing we have
placed certain lines on sale at a
great reduction.
Come in and look them over. Do not
delay as these bargains will be snapped
up quickly.
Albert Reinert
Successor to
HI V V 1\T (O LI THE haberdasher and
• «!• L* I i\LH LADIES* FURNISHERS
Broadway between Third and Fourth ^Phone 41 ■'
California Goes Against Hughes
Giving Democrats Six Presi
dential Electoral Votes to
Spare-—Neither Candidates
! Make Public Statememt
Sv alt!• Nov. 10—California re-'
turns decided the elation, giving'
*:< Woodrow Wilson a lead ovw '
Chailes Hughes for president of the
United States six electoral vote?. I
Advlt« received from tho Repub
lican \'u*ional committee stated that
h reb uilt of the votes of all states
which resulted iu a decision, would
be demanded.
U„ i0 the time of the completa
stport ef'the r^turais from Cali
fornia, both sides -were confident
| of tl t f lection of thleir candidate.
Lc i«: Branch , Nov. 10—Presi- [
<len» Wilson, is being "deluged with (
I congratulatory telegrams from all
! p:»rta l ' th!e United States. -
' W icr. seen today, Mr. Wilson
said that hie \vould issue .no state
ment on tlie election, other ' than,
that )<e was highly gratified at the
confy.ei'Ce reposed in 'him by *he
people. I
The President said that he'w°uld
■'0w turn from politics and 'would
So to Williamstown, Ma®achusetts,
where ne would-act a godfather at
the christening 'of hlg grandchild.
New York, Nov. 10 :— 0h&rlt9
Hug1 es refuses to make'any oom
menf upon the loss of California to
the ,.au>se of Republicanism. He
ieoe!\( d the report which, lost to
• iim ■ aj highest, honor which could
be • rstcwetl upon a man at the
hands of the American, people just
before h« -retired last night.
Wets Wage Furious Campaign For Mod
ification of Present Liquor Laws but
Meet With Overwhelming Defeat
Nov. 10—Returns are
icoiuulete from all precincts of this
state, and the initiative measure
voted up cm at •Tuesday's elation,
callus fcr a modification of • the
projibitiou kuv in the state ' of
Washington; is shown to have- be^ii
dcl>a*t(; by an overwhelming n>:i
Joritj-. •
Iti s^ far as the State of Wash- |
ii'gtoi, is concerned, this settles the >
matter of prohibition, ;vnd the wets j
•lOw isive no redress. The cam-1
l»ai 1? waged by the wets in- support j
of t*>e measure was a most ag-:
cressive one, mucty money, being j
spci t during the campaign, but thQ |
people of the state have (proven that
they are in favor of a "dry" state. |
PANAMA OPEXS V NEW
PORT OX AIAXD1XCJA BAV
Washington, Nov. 10—Th© re
public of .Panama has "opened a
Oiew l'flrt OH tile Atlantic • coas t, J
aboir SO miles from Colon, anil be- j
o'Un construction of a government
uuilcMug there. The port is named
Manding-a, and is located oav Madim-I
«a bay in the gulf of San Bias. It
n;;s an excellent harbor, with, .deei)
water and is only a short distance
from important Manganese Ore
minf-s owned by an American: syndi
cate. Nearby is the-site of a town
to te r-amed Nicuesa, to be de
veloped under a government conces
sion granted to an American who
has lor g resided inj Colon.
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CONGRESS DAMAGE HEAVY
Seat Iq, 'Nov. 1—It eatfimnted |
thai the damage to the fcurned. P3" j
cil'ic- Ccast' Liner Congress, whfich (
causrbt fir© off Coos bay. a couple (
of months ago is two-tb|irds. The ,
boat was Insured for $1,000,00. The
twisted-iron and Btecl and oilier de
bris is being removed from the
Congresand a survey is being madq
♦o acertaia the damage to her. She
mav be rebuilt into a 'freighter.
Fa ♦her Turaell will leave for Ju
neau on the Seattle. > There will
be no -ei-vices at the Catholic
Church next Sunday, except the
Sunday school at the usual .hour.
Father Turnell expects to return in
^ ffcw days, probably on the -Hum
boldt. :
Pumpkin Fie
is made best with
"Preferred Stock"
Cream Pumpkin
sold at 20c per tin—try it and be convinced
After Nov. 1 we will be open from 8 a. m. until
6; excepting Saturday—from 8 until 8
P. H. GANTY
OEMS CONTROL N. I SENATE
HOUSE LIKELY ILL BE REPliBL
New York, Nov. 10—The Demo-,
cnat'c majority in, the -state senate
h.is heen reduced, by twelve mem
bers, the senate now! consisting, of
fifty- four Democratic membais
against forty t\vo Repulblicam mem
bers.
T'le lower house gained tliriHJ
more Democratic members ai Utf
resu'i of Tuesday's .election, baH
* 's cues not necessarily givQ then!
control, as there are four membqT^
ieprtsp/iting other parties. 1
BACK TO THE
SCOT'S GREYS
■
Malcolm (Scottie) Morrison, who
returned "to Whitejliarse last July
after spending fifteen 'moinths with
nis oil regfiment under'Lord. Lovat
in England, having rejoined' -the ar
my shortly after the outbreak' of
war left last nligtht on, Princess-So
phia ancl was ticketed through over
the Canadian) pacfiic toi Glasgow,
Scotland, •"ScottSe's" home is at
Rotlisa^. th^ Madeira o£ tJh'e Clyde.
He will spend a short time there
beforr. li© again rejoins hig regi
men i for 'active service.
RUMANIANS j
BEffifOi;
Bucharest, Nov. 10—The war
office has made a j>ublic nnnounce
raent that Rumanian 'troops havq re
captured the town of -HirSOya, in
the province ofi Dol/rudja. The
claim is -also made, that .the Ger
man announcement of the* capture
of Rumanians between the first of
October and the twenty-first of the
same month; were greatly exaggerat
ed, and that certain unauthentic
statements "were added to look Mfc®
German victories.'
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GUT EARS FROM
IRE SOLDIERJ
I
El I'aso., Tex., Nov. I 10 ■«
ViUs bandits again are cutting t -n
ears from captured Carraaizo a:l
diers an-d then sending tliem. &
to t.ieir commanders as a warni. g I J)
the other Carranza soldiers, s d *.
Mexican civilian refugee who r<- !
ed hp?' today from Jiminez, C"i -
huanua.
lie said .he s&w 16 Carranza -f ••
diers with their ears severed fr^-a
tUPir heads. He 1 said, the sit i
was i i vciting ag the ears had <■ i
cut o"'' with, military sabres a. .
in many instances, the skin, • t
the lice had been mutilated ai I
wound* had become infected, a.; 'l
thp soldiers. were -suffering grc i
agony. I '
The refugee said: he had • be
told by one of -the 'mutilated it -
diers that a total ofS3-Carranza • -
diers had had their ears cut of. ■>?
Villa handits:at Santa Rosalia.
HUNDKED MILLION DOLLAR
LOIN FOIl MEXICO IN U.
New York, Nov. 8—Am Atlar. i>i
Ci'v ilispatcihi eavs that Louis -
hc*ra, head of the Mexican, po..:.»
delegation, has been. • asuigtaed *'
Currauza to negotiate a $100,Ot.'-',
UL'O Mexican loaai in this country
Tlif* City of Seattle 'arrived
this per' at 1:^0 o'clock thdg
i:oou. L«t at the time of going >
pre<4g her sailing hour had t
been made known.*
We Have On
Display Our
Fall and Winter
Line Of
Ladies Coats
Come In Anct\Look
Them Over
WILL CLA YSON