TokJo, Oct. S*—The Russian em
hassy iu this city announces today
(hut Turkey has declared war ami
already opened hostilities with
Russia.
fhtiKlifas, ■ (iriwe, Oct. .HI—A
Turkish cruiser today 1>« mbiuiifil
this city two hours and then with
drew.
Xovogerirgievsk, Russia, Oct. ;{<►—
Tlie Turkish cruiser Handdich eu
day apjieared before this city aiul
demanded its surrender. T!>,. de
mand was denied and the cruiser
withdretr without a. further manifes
tation of hostility.
Kiertch, Oct. 30—The Russian
steamer Valta was today UirjKdu
ed by the Turkish cruiser tioeben
a»d sunk.
Rome, Oct. 30—It was announced
here this maiming that a Turkish
cruiser had been bombarding Rus
sian ixirts.
Constantinople, Oct :'M—The situ
ation between Turkey ami t.reat
Kritain is said to l>e becoming more
strained daily and has now almost
reached the breaking point.
London, Oct. 30—It is heHcve.l
here that other Balkan countries
will !h- drawn into the European
war by the notion of Turkey.
WHY TURKEY ENTERED \Y.\R
IS .«v*ll> TO IIE l\K<>\ \V\
London, Oct. :50—\Yhj Turkey de
liilwl Co enter upon war with Rus
sia is said to lie unknown. The Rus
sian ambassador at Constantinople
today demanded his passports and
Is preparing to lear« that city iiu
meUiately,
Advices have b«en received here
that t«enerai Botha has scattered
the rebellious Boer commands in
South Africa juul that General
Beyers has fled.
l*rince Iiouis <»f Battenberg, be
cause of his Austrian birth, today
resigned at> active head of the Brit
ish navy.
The aunotmcement of the annexa
tion of Belgium by Germany is ex
pected very shortly.
r.l SSlA.VS rejoicing over
Tl" It KEY'S DKOLA15ATIOX
St. Petersburg, Oct. ;?*•—There is
great rejoicing in this city oyer the
commd.cement of hostilities l>o
l ween Turkey and Russia.
It is officially reported that. the
| Austri.»us have Ixh'u beaten and
i that the Germans are in peril in J-11
the conflicts that, are now ^oinj; on
between them ami the Russians.
GERMAN' Si*IKS AliE ARRESTER
IIY HALIFAX AUTHORITIES
Halifax, Oct. SO—.v hidden wire
less outfit was discovered here lo
Jay iu a house occupied by Germans
and seized. The otcujmnls of <hc
house are now under wrest.
KREAKIXG DOWN RESISTAWE
IX GALICIA AND INLAND
St. Petersburg, Oct. ;0—it is of
ficially given out here to'.ay that
Russian armies wo breakiug down
the resistance t«» their adv-mce in
iK'th Galit-ia utid Russian-I'olaud.
PREMIER AS^I'ITU WILL
ASK FOR IMMENSE SlM
Loudon, Oct. ;$u—It was announc
<•<1 here this morning that when the
British liarlianieut assembles ou No
vember lltli. Premiers Asquith Mill
.ask for an appropriation of S300,
(HH).OOo for war purposes.
liOMRARPMEXr DESTROYS
AMERICAN PROPERTY
Washington, C>ct„ ;$<»—The state
lUj^irtment today received advices
(hat Odessa is being hombanled
by Turkish warships and that there
is great loss of American pr<n>orty
being occasioned thereby..
t'I'T THE YSER DIKES
TO FLOOD GERMAN'S OUT
Paris, Oct. :{<>—The ilikcs on the
lower Yser have l>een cut in an
attempt to flood the Germans out,
aid this is now l**ing capped by
the allies with a terrific artillery
fire.
The Best Always the Cheapet
We Keep the Best.
AMERICAN GBXTEEMAX
and CKOSSETT SHOES for
men,
AMERICAN' LADY Shoes for
Ladies and Misses.
PLA-MATE, SECURITY and
PLA-DAY Shoes for the
lviddies.
V
H. J. LYNCH
Washington, Oct. 30—Charles F.
Houston and John H. Bullock are
in til's city today trying to obtain
pardons and it is understood that
the department of justice favors
eleineucy in their cases.
The United States circuit! court
of appeals at Sati Fnycisco on Oct.
10th, denied their appeal from their
sentence in 1912 to a year in pris
on and fines of $2,000 each upon
conviction of conspiracy to defraud
'.he government in tlie sale of coal"
for Alaskan forts.
The appeal was made 011 techni
cal grounds, which were upheld in
one disenting opinion.
Houston and Bullock were found
guilty in the federal courts in
Washington of having combined to
exact exorbitant prices for coal de
livered to army officals in Seattle in
1908. Between them Houston and
Bullock obtained $92,041 on checks
signed by Quartermaster J. E. Bax
ter.
The government charged that they
had stiried all bidding, and that
the moneys obtained were far in ex
cess of a reasonable price for the
coal.
President Wilson is now consid
ering the question as to whether
he has authority to close the Colo
rado coal ininse if the operators re
fuse the plan of settlement recent
ly submitted to them by the ad
ministration.
ALASKA POTATOES SENT TO
PRESTOENT AMI SECRETARY
Seat It , Oct. 30—Boxes 01 Fanr
banks potatoes, consigned to Wash
ington City and addressed to Presi
dent Wilson and secretary ot the
Interior Franklin K. Lane, were
received here on the hist boat 10
arrive from Skagway and forwarded
to thoir destination today.
DEMAND IX>H SElJVU'E.S
OK TEACHERS PROIJLEM
Seaitle, Oct. 30—Lost profession
al men feel their rights arc disre
garded, u committee o£ the faculty
or the University ol' Washington i'-»!
to iavesligate the advisability of
permitting teach^is to do outside'
technical work, not alotie for pay,
but gratuitously as well.
Frequent calls are made upon
university men for aid in the solv
ing of professional problems, which
involve not only the personal ser
vices of the teachers, but at times
the use of university laboratories'
and equipment.. It is hoped the com
mittee will be able to settle the ques
tion to :Ue satisfaction of the mem
bers of the faculty, tliolr Profes
sional brothers, th© university and
the organizations or individuals ask
ing assistance.
FINE OPEN lilVElt
ALONG THE Yl'KOX
The Yukon is enjoying the most
marvelous open fall ever recorded.
Not a sign of ice -had appeared on
the river up to a few days ago, and
temperatures were as warm as
usually is the case the yast of
August. The river temperature as
well as that of the air is keeping
up.
WARNING to boys of
the town of skac.way i
The town authorities have asked j
the Daily Alaskan to warn the boys
of Skagway to be very circumspect
in their Hallawe'en pranks tomor
row night as no "rough house"
stunts wilt be tolerated, and any
youth or set of youths, regardless |
of who they are, caught, per
petrating acts that are not strict
ly within the law will bo prosecut
ed. Xut'f sed.
SIZE AND POWER OF UE11MAX
HOWITZERS ARE STAUTLIXG
The one big surprise for military
experts thus far developed iu the
European war is the effectiveness of
the heavy guns of the German field
artillery, says the November Popu
lar Mechanics Magaziue, in an il
lustrated article. Never before
have such terrible engines of anni
hihation been carried by an in
vading army as those used in the
assault upon "the forts at Liege.
It had long been realized that
more powerful guns would be need
ed in the field if modern inland
fortifications were to be made to
fall before an army, but there was
apparent security in the fact that
guns large enough for .such a pur
pose would be too large to be trans
ported JYoni point to point. E\en
were motive power available, the
enormous weight of the guns v.ould
make ail but the hardest of pav
ed highways impassable for them.
But tlu- development of the in
ternal-corn oustioa tractor solved
the transportation problem, while
that cf hauling heavy weights over
soft ground was solved by the in
vention (STa detachable tread for
the i 'nis of gun-carriage wheels.
With thise for use on bad roads,
it has Leen possible for the Ger
mans to rush to the front their en
ormous ll-ii*. howitzers, which are
nearly ;.s great as the American
i2-in. coast-defense el,ns and
weigh : 0 tons.
The ingenuity of the IO'upp en
gineers did not stop here. They
£ucce°d( d in building a gun able to
hurl projectiles through steel and
concrete walls, such as those at
Liego, almost as easily as if the
works were of laths and plaster. The
story of carnage and destruction
wrought by a single shell from
this masterpiece burdens the 'im
agination. Profound secrecy has
clothed the details of the construc
tion of the machine, which was In
vented some eight years ago, test-!
ed and for obvious reasons subse
quently pronounced a failure. It
fires a -to 5-in projectile, and when
used at Liego against Fort Loncin
was mounted on a base of concrete
having a 100-ft. radius. A tunnel
leading to a subterranean chamber
was excavated some distance at the
rear, from which the gxin was fired
by electricity.
Received This Week
PREFERRED STOCK Canned Goods, Vegetables, Fruit,
Fish, etc. Prices no higher than last season; in several
instances lower. Quotations cheerfully furnished on lots of
1 doz. cans or more, straight or assorted varieties.
Heinz Bulk Pickles — Dill, Plain Sweet. Mixt Sweet and
Sour Spiced.
Atmore's Fine Quality Mincemeat, in bulk.
Yarmouth Bloaters; very large size. ,
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
I. P. 811 MAKES PLANS
FOB Ml ALL-INLAND ROUTE
The line largo packet Sarah ol
the White Pass fleet, formerly
property of the Northern Naviga
tion company, which reached Daw
son recently from the lower river,
was sent there for the winter for
the particular purpose of being
ready at the openiag of navigation
to tike through passengers down
the Yukon to St. Michael for Nome.
Of the thousands who go and come
between coast cities and Nome
each year there are many who
dislike the long voyage across the
open sea, and who would much pre
fer to come via the inland waters
of southeastern Alaska and down
the beautiful Yukon to St. Michael,
thence by local boat on the short
run to Nome City. A number of
those preferring this route put the
matter iip to the White Pass man
agement, explaining that this route
could get the business if assurances
would ke given of a large steamer
being iu Dawson at tl»e opening of
the season which would take tho
crowd through to St. Michael with
out transfer or delay. Much vexation
had been caused' previous seasons
by the lack of close connections at
Dawson and' at Tanana. The White
Pass, having taken over the big
lower river fleet early in the sea
son and having established one big
system for the entire length of tho
Yukon, was quick to realize the
opportunities of diverting a new
line of business to this route by giv
ing good service, and was glad to
make the arrangements to have the
packet ready to make the through
i trip .early next summer. The Sarah
can accommodate 200 to 300 people,
i first class, and several hundred sec
ond class. She is of the Mississip
pi river packet style, aud one of the
most palatial river steamers" west
the Mississippi. The boat is
now in her winter berth at Sunny
dale, opposite the city of Dawson.
THE CHISAXA OCTPIT FOR
SEASON* WII.L UK S2T,1,000.00
Writing from Bonanza, chisana,
under date of September 22, George
R. Goshaw, a merchant of that
place, in a letter to tile Dawson
News, says that the output of the
Chisana camp this year, as closely
as he can estimate, is $251,000. A
portion of his letter says:
Bonanza creek, $140,000; Little
Eldorado, $77,500; Skookum, $21,
000; Gold Run, $1,500; Big El
dorado, $6,000; Coarse Money, fl,
000; all others, $1,000; total, $251,
000.
Although the foregoing is an
estimate, it is a very reliable one,
and will not vary $5,000.
There were about fourteen out
fits working on Bonanza creek;
three on Little Eldoraado; one oa
Skookum; three on Gold Run; one
on Coarse Money, and two on Big
Eldorado.
The sluicing season practically
closed on the fifteenth. However, on
N'os. 10, 11 and 12, Bonanza, sluic
ing was continued up to and in
cluding the twenty-second.
Much prospecting on the benches
will be done this coming winter.
About 125 persons are remaining in
the camp.
Tho United States government
has provided a winter mail service
from McCarthy. Consequently, all
mail from Dawson should be rout
ed via Skagway, Cordova and Mc
Carthy.
I. — —
BIG DITCH OX HUNKER
CREEK IS COMPLETED
One of the most extensive min
ing improvements undertaken in
the Klondike in years was complet
ed a few days ago when the con
tractors on the Boyle ditch turned
over the last shovelful of gravel,
says the Dawson News of Oct 20th.
The new ditch is four miles in
length, and extends from near the
mouth of Henry gulch up Hunker at
an elevation of 600 feet, around
Dago hill, and up the side of Last
Chance, where the water will be
used in hydraulic mining.
The ditch has a capacity of 1,000
I inches, but is be equipped at the
i start v'th pumps for Handling 500
j inches. The water will be brought
I from the Klondike river in the
i ditch dug some time ago from the
j Klondike bluff near Rock creek,
running around the base of Aus
| tralia hill. j
The men who were engaged jf on
j the ditch have gone to work near
Itl.e mouth of Uear on the emer
gency job of helping to prepare to
right the big Boyle dredge No. 2.
GOVERNOR STRONG WILL
ADDRESS U. \V, STUDENTS
Seattle, Oct. 30—The announce
ment was made today by the faculty
of the University of Washington
that Governor J. F. A. Strong of
Alaska would address the students
sometime next month.
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