No. 2t;7 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
PRICE 10 CENTS
THE BOMBARDMENT OF L9WI0Z
IS. STILL BEING PROSECUTED
St. Petersburg, Doc. 11—Th«
buuibwdaKBt of Lwicz, Bussia, by
i h0 Germans which has been g<Jing
i'H fur Hie l>a-< two weeks, is
>Uli under way, causing a regular
inferno.
Jjitfst reports front Russian i'o
I'Uid given out officially indicate
that thf< (ici-uiaus have resumed
tiio execution of their plan to en
compass tho Russian right flank and
to force il back on the center, at
i lie same time cutting off the Rus
sians' JumimicaUon with Warsaw.
The carrying out of this plan
which began with Russian defeats
at Itipiio and at l'lock, was later
Uindered by tlie arrival of .Russian
reinforcements and the the Ger
mans for a time were thrown ou
the defensive, but now appear to
liave entirely recovered from their
reverse. |
London, Dec. 11—The German
cruiser Nuraberg was reported in
this city this afternoon to have
been sunk off the Falkland Islands
iu Soutt, America yesterday, with
loss of all on board.
Tim German crniser - Dresden is
:ilso iejK>rtcd to be cornered by a
British squadron at some {Miint in
the straits of Magellan.
There is a heavy German boni
tvu-dmenU of the cities of Ypres
•unl Fumes in Belgium going on to
day. ,
Much excitement was occasioned
at. Dover today over a threatened
raid of the harbor by (ierman sub
marines.
TI13 «llies have, according to ad
vices received hero today, captured
the Get man divisional headquarters
at KouIots in Belgium, and also
driven the Germans out of Armen
1 ieres,- France.
Parts. Dec. 11—Members of the
Trench cabinet have returned to
11iis ci'y from Bordeaux, where
the seat of ^>veminent has been
located for sometime.
ITesident l'oincaire has also ar
rived 11ml the government offices
""ill bo re-established here Immed
iately. |
Berlin, Dec. 11—Pope Benedict's
recent appeal to the warring nations j
for » truce during the Christmas
holidays lias received favorable com- .
sideration at the hands of Germany,
which nation has agreed to a three
weeks' postponement of hostilities i
commencing on Christmas, provided ;
every other warring nation will 1
agree to the same.
AVAstuagtou, D. C., Dec. 11—Setui
tur Wat. S. Kenjoo uf Iowa intro
duced « resolution in the senate
Unlay asking congress to request,
through their diplomatic represen
tatives, the warring European na
tions to declare a Christmas cessa
tion of thm> weeks in the fight
In*.
M'VEY DEFEATS
JIM JOHNSON
New York, Dec. 11—Sam McVey
the colored heavywelgnt, last night
defeated Battliug Jim Johnson in a
leu round so In this city.
HE-ElECIED for
ANOTHER TERM
phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 11—Presl- j
dent Scholz and Secretary Call- j
breath nere both re-ejected at to
day's session of the American Min-!
ing congreeg.
NEW PASSENGER STEAMERS
FOR PANAMA CANAL Hl'X j
A. S. Dautrick, traveling agent i"
Alaska, with headquarters in Juneau |
tor the Great Northern qrailway,
has reoelved the announcement that j
th« tiro sew ships built by that line,
named the Great Northern and
North era Pacific, will be placed in j
commission in March next. • The;
first one will leave Philadelphia the :
latter part of next month and the j
other a little later. They will carry j
passengers from the Atlantic side
via the Panama canal.
These vessels were built at- the j
Cramp ship yards and are the most I
modern under the American flag.
They are 624 feet long, hav© a
Ijeam of 63 feet and a depth of 60 I
and a registered tonnage of 12,000, I
and are equipped with triple screw !
propellers, with a maximum speed
of 24 knots. They have accomoja- |
tions for 500 first class passengers, j
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H. J. LYNCH
STATEMENT OF MINT OF
TAKES Pi 81 RAILROAD CO.
For the past few days there has
been considerable discussion and
1 comment by different residents of
Skagway as to the amount of taxes
annually paid by the P. & A. R. &
N. Co. (one of tho three companies
under which the W. P. Y. R. Co is
incorporated) and the amount for
which fts property within town lim
its 's assessed. , One individual,
who claimed to know all about it,
stated in our presence that the rail
road company had never paid taxes
on more than $30,000 of assessed
valuation, and that as the majority
of the town council is comprised of
its employes it was doubtful if the
town would get even that much
this year; and further, that for
the same reason it would be use
less for anyone to petition for a
raise 'n tho railway's assessment,
although it was known that it car
ries in its warehouses immense
stocks of various kinds of assessa
Me materials.
To show how httle the party to
whom W6 refer knew of what he
was talking, we have gone to the
trouble to gather Up the following
data. For the year 1914, the P
& A. R. & N. Co. raid into the
Fine Program
Is Promised
Mrs. A. Reinert, the enterprising
manager of the Nugget Movies, is
surely to be congratulated in having
obtained so wonderful a group of
j^layaro to dolight tho patrons of
dramatic art during the coming
week.
Direct from the royal theatres of
the Old World, they come from
where uiBiit after night they moved
their audiences to tears or laughter.
It remains with the people of
Skagway to respond in such a
way as to make possible more ven
tures cf this sort to break the dull
monotony of tho winter months.
Just vho these players are is
considerable of a mystery, and the
Daily Alaskan office is besieged with
inquiries. We know, because last
night w» passed the place where the
r-hearsals were baing conducted and
peeked in. Evary thing was run
ning smoothly „nd the skit, "The
Book A^ent," which was In pro
gress, was without doubt the clever
est and funniest tting that we have
seen in many a day. But we are
not going to tell who they are, just
yet.
GRIND ALL BAY, ALASKA.
FIELD OF BUNCO GAME
The Ketchikan Progiessive of last
week says; Late returning visitors
to Seattle, brought circulars descrip
tive of Grindali Bay,, on the west
coast of Prince of Wales Island,
and about which—in glowing terms
of course—a bright future is prom
ised and prosperity to those who
will purchase lots in the town of
Grindali -which is destined to be
come <he metropolis of the north.
It Is representee that hundreds
town treasury $2921, or 1 per cent,
on, $292,000. Of the amount paid
in $1376.50 was for the tonnage
tax at the wharf, $240.76 for water
and the remainder was for the pay
ment of taxes on an assessed valua
tion of nibcut $130,000 on wharf,
buildings and other railroad property
within tie town limits. An itemiz
ed statement 1s given as follows:
Personal Property .. .. $ 303 00
Whaj-f Tonnage Tax .. 1376.50
Mercantile 10.00
Terminal grounds .. .. 195.75
Side Track 108-00
Main Track 45.00
Wharf 360.00
Old Wharves 6.50
Real Estate 275.50
Water 1Six 240.75
Total . . . . 2921.00
In addition to the above the
White Pass & Yukon Route has
paid the federal government a
mileage tax of an aggregate of
$26,000 in the first thirteen years
after its construction, which tax
Has now been repealed by Act of
Congress.
of building lots have Just been put
on the market, eighty of which are
waterfront property. It is further
represented that the ground iB un
is caught by means of nets. That
it is the greatest fishing center in
Alaska. That the fish abound in
the watera adjacent to Grindall Bay.
That halibut is so plentiful that it
iB caughti by men as of nets. That
there 's a splendid harbor for the
convenience of the large steamers
that are to visit that "booming
city."
Along tho same lines, the circu
lar goes on lauding the splendid
townsite; the large timber covering
the peninsula; the exquisite cli
mate; the delightful view, etc.
The truth of the matter is, there
is nothing to Justify even the ex
istence cf the circular. Oldttmers
who are familiar with the place are
emphatic in denying every part of
the claims advanced by the pro
moters.
In the first place, there is no
harbor there to accommodate any
larg© vessels. In the eecond place,
there is no fieh there. To further
show the bungling of the promoters,
the fishermen point that halibut is
not caught with "nets" as the cir
cular says, but with hooks and lines
Furthermore, no patent for the
ground was ever even applied for,
according to the best informed
men, and who are in position to
know; which is accumulative evi
dence of fraud.
The company that is engineering
the game is called the "Grindall
Bay Deyelopmeoit Co., Incorporat
ed." Its mala office is at 230
Epler block, and the secretary's of
fice at 823 Alaska building. No
came® of the incorporator* appear
On the circular.
It is hoped that the promoters
win cieet with the same reception
that the Crescent Oil Co. of
Olympia met recently.
Special Sale of High Grade Fruit
In Gallon Cant
We offer the following varieties—
Apples, per gal. can 50c
Apricots 50c
Blackberries 55c
Raspberries * 60c
Peaches 50c
Pears 55c
Pumpkin 35c
The quality of these goods give satisfaction
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
RETDENCHIENT IN ODDER
IN IDE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Washington, Dec. 10—Rigid
■ economy w-ni be the regime In some
quarters in congress the next few
mouths. This -will bo irrespective
of what the administration may do
toward economy. Tiiis particular
I brand will be strictly personal, and
| for the most part will prevail on
I ho democratic side.
The answer is—the recent olec- J
tions. Quite a few of the boys are (
going bacj; to the quiet private life.
Many of . the familiar figures in
the socia] life of the capital, must j
retrench. No more can they fre
quent the tango parlors, nor do1
much entertaining oa their own ac
count.
For going back to private life I
means a fiaancihl readjustment. |
They want to hoard what they can j
of their $7500 annual salary in the j
brief time iemaining. Some of
them need a "nest egg" to carry
them over until they can re-estab
lish themselves in the ordinary
walks of life, and that's the answer
for the retrenchment that is now
going on with vengeance amoiig
legislators.
It's a gay li.'e, this being a con
gressman. More interesting even
than the proverbially interesting |
life of the newspaperman. But j
—take it from any congressman— '
it costs a pil3 of money to keep
up appearances in Washington— j
and then, too, it costs another nice
piece of change to run for office.
Statements now on fil<j show that j
the hoy3 who were beaten and the
hoys who come back victorious all j
put out a oretty penny. In every ;
case, practically, it was bound to 1
nick the ordinary congressman's J
roll—and if he .isn't ^coming back 1
for the session in the fall of litis, |
he's just simply got to put on the j
reverse action. And he—or rather
ihey—are doing it.
The congressman who used -to find
Washington's swellest hotel hardly
good enough for their heavy funds,
now are beginning to realize that
some of the quiet little restaurants
—with neither fancy menus nor
fancy prices—are just the size
for their accounts. Moreover, the
gentlemen, who were hailed as so
cial favorites, either through per
sonal populariU- or through the in
fluence of lavish entertaining, are
beginning to learn that home, swest
home, really, after all, is a nice
sort of a place—even though a
bit quiet at times.
Some of them, too, are begin
ning to feel 'hat perhaps an auto
mobile is a luxury instead of a nec
essity. Ves, it's a hard winter.
But there's another side to th$
fctory. Sorno of the best little two
fisted spendere Washington has ev«r
known are coming back to the
next session of congress. They will
loosen ud ■with their change, and
the present restricted flow of cur
rency will be again at flood tide.
In. times past, they were notable for
their free-handed liberal way of
doing things for their own enjoy
ment and that of their frienda. All
reports concerning the "Come
Back" club indicate that their de
positions have not changed..
One of the moat notable of thi»
returning coterie of good fellow*
and good spenders is; Representa
tive McKinley. His excursion* te
Xorfolk and vicinity linger in the
memory of many Washingtonians as
real liTe affairs. "The Jamestowa
Survivors" is au organization that
sprung up from the passengers on
his excursion to Jamestown. They
have congregated here since M*
Kinljy quit politics, and every one
of them is looking forward to his
return—and the "good old day*."
Then, to, there is Dau Lafeaa of.
Pennsylvania, who is coming back to
the house.
"Dan" is known as a royal good
fellow. He thinks nothing at all of
getting up a dinner for one hundred
of his friends, and they are alwaye
gay parties. They are'nt really «»
ciety functions, for Lafean is demo
cratic. He picks out newspaper
men and others for his frienda oh
bis big banquets.
among those present. Washington
among these present. Washington
lias been comparatively dead ^nd
dull since the old republican war
horse quit his favorite haunt#, The
sreen table in his private card room
will again have Its de\-otee»—aad
things will be looking up again I*
the village.
A Development
Board Urged
Washington, D. C., Doc. ll—In
his ai.nual report Secretary of the
Interior Franklin K. Lane review*
the work o£ the Alaska road com
mission as well as that of the Al
aska railroad commission and ag*lu
urges the appointment of a develop
ment board by congress to handle
the affairs of the territory.
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