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No. 265 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY,
Siu°- Sing, Dec. IS—Stanley J.
Millsto.n, jvl.ose aj;e 13 iiiuteen
and Charles Kirow, twenty years of
a*e. condemned to die in the elec
tric chair either Friday or Sat
urday ot this week, have asked that
the dat© of their death be put
ahead so that their reliatives
Chr.stmas celebration might not i
be spoiled. They aslc that they
i>av :he jjeualty an Tuesday. The
author'tles have not stated as to
whether ct not the request of the
two men will be granted, but it is
believed that the sentence will
bo carried out three days earlier
thau cruered by the court.
GERMANS NOW
01 DEFENSIVE
Berlin, Dec. 18—It is reported
htr?a 'hat Germany's campaign of
offea3ive operations in Rumania
hare ended and thai with the cap
ture last wgek of Baizure, which is
the last important railway ^oint in.
Wallaohia, the Central Powers now
control two-thirds of the railway
lines in Rumania.
It- capturing the various railway
poin's along the Rumanian rail
road, it is claimed that the Teu
tons seized sixty million bushels of
whta* which had been stored in
elevators, a great deal of which
s'i'l belonged to farmers and pri
vate firms. i
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Washington, Dec. IS—President j
Wilson stated today that he did not
expect that there would be xnuch
business accomplished by congress
in the way of passing legislation.
bei.ore the Christmas recess.
While he has repeatedly asked"
hoth branches of congress to take
uo the questions that have been
bn. «ght before them which the
President deems of immediate im
portance, there seems to be little
likelihood that they will be dealt
wi h at this session.
Christmas Ribbons
Ivory Finished Work Baskets
and Tea Wagons
Suit Cases Bags
New Cretonnes Growing Ferns
Flowering Cyclamen
NOW ON DISPLAY
1-3 OFF Men9s and Boy's Suits
ALBERT REINERT
—Succe«ac,r to H. J. Lynck
Broadway between Third :and Fourth Phone 41
RUSSIA TO GET
London, Dec. IS—Premier Tre
DOi*1 or Russia, ivhile addressing the
duma, said that Constantinople a.nd
♦he control of the Dardanelles will
go 'o Russia after tue war, and
• na» this arrangement has been
micle \\ i'h consent of the allies.
This puts a quietus to the kaiser's
dreams for peace With, Russia.
HIE PASS 10
(Juneau Empire)
Seattle, Dec. 9—As a result,
it is said, of higher passenger fares
- put into effec* by the steamship
lines w.thi vessels plying from Seat
. tie tc Alaska, and increased cost
of operation, traffic officials of the
; W'Jlite Pass & Yukon Route have
i decide ♦» advance all round-trip
S tourist rates effective wit J; the
I opening of navigation, on the Yu
: J'Wi river next year, says tine Times.
The advance announced today by
A. r. Zipf, traffic manager of he
'line, follows: Seatt'e to Atlin and
I return from $100 to .$.110; Seattle
.10 Dawson and return from $160 to
■$170, Seattle to Fort Yukon and
return, from $200 <o $215; Seat
! lb to Fairbanks and return from
' $250 to $255. The excursion known
&S H'.e Grand Tour, which includes
]a trip down the Yukon and to St.
-Michael and Nome will cost $305,
;;compared with $33 this year.
ZipE sai-' that the plans nave i
been completed for the two steam
ers to I)© l>ujlt by the White Pass
•& Yukon during the coming year.
One of the vessels will be a stem
(wheel craft 165 feet in length and
35 feet beam -with; accommodations
to berth eighty passengers. The
'boat will be christened the Atlinto
sin* will be operated from Caribou
to Taku. The other vessel for
wilicih a name has not been selected
•will be 90 feet in length and "18
.fee* beam and will have accommo
dations for 100 passengers. She
"will be constructed for daylight
travel ajid will be a twin-screw
craft, built for operation om Lake
Atlln .
The vessels will be built at Van
couver, B. C., and shipped to Cari
bou kn-eked doyn. Zipf also an
nounce! that the steamboats Daw
son and Selkirk will be remodeled |
and made more suitable for tour- i
1st travel on the Yukon rive.r
INTERFERENCE WITH PLANS
LIKELY TO CAUSE TROUBLE
Washington, Dec. 18 — Repre
sentative* Adamsan, who framed the
Adam son S-hour law, resents the
action of the managers of the Am
erican railroads, and the presidents
and representatives of the Broth
erhoods of Railway Trainmen' in
making an attempt to settle their
differences out of court.
j Mr. Adamson does not like tha
i idei of having the Railroads and
t^e Trainmen take the power un
to themselves to settle their dl&
DU*r, aqd issued a warning that
tjiev were l;a lie to place them
selves in a position that mglht suh
jec* them to a severe spanking;.
MISDOINGS
AT KAKE
II. S. DeWitt, Fred Friday and
Ft auk Booth, who) holdi the po
sitions respectively of town clerk,
member of town council, and police
ju-lgo in the native village of Kake
came in from that village Thursday
morning, their particular errnd be
ing t? bring to trial before the U.
S. Commissioner Ta&u Billie and
John Peterson, says the Petersburg
Report for Dec. 9.
I* is charged that Peterson pro
cured and furnished to Taku Billi.e
a couple of cases of beer and about
teu gallons of whiskey. The latter
uroeeeded to dispose of his wares
to thirsty friends. Imbibing free
of the'r purchases, the friends be
came quarrelsome, aaid one of
th<>m — David Kake — was bad
l£ bruised and cut during the re
sultant "scrap."
Taku Billie and Peterson were
taken into custody by the native
authorities.
Deputy Marshal Kildall left on
t>ie America, Thursday afternoon,
to bring the men tn for trial.
Halibut Ts the highest in, price in
the history of the industry on the
Pacific Coast and at the present
t'ne is bringing from 12 to 15
ceats uer pound in Seattle, with,
but ver~ little offered.
The present stormy weather
nii'kes i' impossible for the larger
beats co fishl cn the ocean banks
oif the Alaskan coast, and the
smalltr boats are also greatly han
d;capped on the inside waters of
Scu'heastenn Alaska by the freez
ing: weather encountered. The lo
cal halibut dealers do not expect
much tish to be caught until about
the " rst of February. Iu the mean,
tone it is likely that the mice will
raure around 15 cents per pound.
With haliibut at Its present high
prjc-. the fishermen would reap a
harvest 'f the weather would break
si ♦hey could fish beoausa they op
erate on shares and1 the higher the
price the larger tha share paid to
erch fisherman.
There will be a meeting of the
Skagway Common, Cottncllj tonight
at the city hall at 8 o'clock ,
Fruit Cakes Mincemeat
Plum Puddings
ARE GOOD IF THE INGREDIENTS ARE
Our stock of Citron, Lemon and Orange Peel, Seeded
Raisins, Sultana Raisins, Currants, Spices and Extracts is
the best and absolutely fresh. No time like the present.
PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR YOUR REQUIREMENTS
P. H. GANTY
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Washington, Dec. 18 — Senator
Bcrah of Idaho comes out in am In
terview whichi is today publsihed
in a number of the eastern newspa^
perg in which the Western Senator
severely criticises President Wilson i
in his plans for compulsory arbitra
tion. Senator Boraty states that
he considers such suggested or de
manded legislation to be unconstitu
tional.
if HJCE
SIZE OF STEINS
Berlin, Dec. IS—Owing to the
curtailment of farming, caused by
lack of labor to carry on the in
dustry, other than in an intensified
manner, by fhich only the abso
lutely essentials to life were rais
ed, ttie hop amd barley crop is Very
small.this year. As a result of
this shortage, the German empire
is threatened with a beer shortage.
SLEEP DENIED
MONGOLIAN
pan Francisoo, D$c. 18—When,
a Chinese student of the Stanford
University was assigned to a bed
in the men's general dormitory Sat
urday evening, the students made a
vigorous protest. The faculty; re
fused to listen to the objection
thai a Chinaman be allowed to aleeg
in tne main dormitory, and the stu
dents tcck unto themselves the
authority of Keeping the unwelcome
Mongolian out of the room, by se
curely barring the doors and the
faculty notified that they would
keep him out .
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GAS BOAT SOLD
Juneau, Dec. 13—According to a
bill of sale filed today in the lo
cal customs house, the gas boat
Golden Rod has been sold- 1)1 W. L.
Stevenson to Martin W- Nolan. The
Golden P.od is a boat of 10 net tons
—Empire. ___
TO INAUGURATE
TRI ANGLE RUN
Wynne Goddard, sou of Dr, P. L.
Goddard, of Sitka Hot Springs Sana
torium, arrived In Skagway yester
day morning on the steamer Prince
of Wales, and saent the day here
with friends. He is acting purs
er of the little steamer during the
absence of the regular purser who
is enjoying a avcation at the
snrings. ' '!
Mr. Goddard has a number of
fr'enus here, among whom are Dr.
and Mrs. Keller, Tony Dortero, C.
E. Shelly, James Nettles, Mr .and
Mrs. Baker, Joe I^ozamJ and Mabel
Okazaki, who havg all been guests
of tfcj papular he^lthl resort, tuid
he has been instrumental in help
in? 'c make their stay at the spring
enjoyable.
In speaking of the new buildings
at the springs, Mr. Goddardl said
that the new hotel had 35 rooms,
all equipped with new madern furnk
♦ure and! witty hot and cold water in
each room, and well heated. The
dinin? room is 24 feet wide by 36
feet long, has l&rgei windows on
♦hree aides, and a md.plq floor, and
the room can b§ used as a dance
hall by removing tables and chairs.
Tie bath houses are of the lat
est design, the plans for which
have embraced all the sanitary con
veniences used in the largest re
sort of similar character through
out th» states. The tube are all
hari wood, and:' each bath apart
men< is well lighted and thorough
ly ventilated. Owing to the medic
inal atd chemical qualities of the
water, metal tubs cannot used, and
for this reason tubs of specially
treated hard wood have been in
stalled, the treatment to which' the j
wood is subjected permitting of the
tubs being kept in a aerfectly san
itary condition.
Mr. Goddard stated that arrange
ment were under way fro tbe in
stallation of a ship for the Skag
way-Juneau-Sitka run so that pa
trons of thg springs may have ade
quate service to and from Sitka.
He was unable to state just when
the new service would go into ef
fect, nut thought that it would be
inaugurated early in the new year.
A. M. Rousseau, lessee of the
Whi1<rhcrse Star, returned1 to Jiis
horns cu yesterday's special train,
after Breeding the past few days in
Ska sway.
T1 a little steamer Prince of
Wal^s got into Doirt early Sunday
moraine; from Juneau, bringing
about 20 passer) gres from that port
au'j mail. Most o£ the passengers
were men who; were enroute to
WbitehoTse where they will be
emuloyed at the copper mines.
Here For The Holidays
It's a pleasure to introduce these smart
Winter Suits tojj the men of oar town.
We knew that nothing-would be to good
for you as a Christmas surprise, so here
they are, the best money can buy . . .
HALF HOSE
SMART WINTER CRAVATS
REAL LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS
SWEATER COA1S OF ALL WOOL
Holiday Sets of All Kinds
WILL CLAYSON
GRAND JURY 10
PROBE H.G. OF L.
f Seattle, Dec. 18—The federal
grand jury convened in this city;
fnis morning for the purpose* of
making a searching probe into the
high cost of living prcioa which\ ara
new in force in th4s section of the
United States .
For several weeks past, by
order of the district attorney, se
cret service operatives have been
making investigations and it is said
that they have secured a mass of
evidence which 'will be bard for
the merchants of commission row
to explain away. It is said that
the grand jury will be placed in.
Dossession of facts that will show
tha*. by order of the middlemen
large amounts of produce were de
stroyed last summer in order that
they might hold up the prices by
claiming that there was a shortage
in *he markets.
m TROUSERS
10 EEI WILL
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Portland, Dec. 18—Inspired to
.heroics by mystic who told tjiem
thpy were heiresses to a $150,000,
000 Dutch estate under a 200-year
o'd will alleged to be ia the pos
session of distant relatives, Misses
Pearl Horner, 30, Ambia Horner,
17, and their sister, Mrs. Ethel
Moss, 20, all of Portland, embarK
ed on a series of adventures that
caused their arrest here on a charge
o' rioting. They are accusgd of
disguising themselves as men and
of holding ug theizi relatives, Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Alumbraugh, withl
a revolver at Yamhill, Ore., on the
nisht of Nov. 20, and rummaging
their home. One harmless shot
was fired, when a roomer resisted
them.
The three sisters, with Harry Hos
foid, Portland, were arrested here.
Hosfcrd, it Is charged, drove the
glr'a to Yamhill.
Alumbraugh says no will exists
and It Is but a creation, of the
eirls' imagination. Two o£ the
girls, he said, recently dis&uised
themselves as gypsy fortune tell
ers. read his palm and told him to
£ivp uo important papers he held
♦o a Portland lawyer .
Remember that there "wrlll be a
meeting of Skagway Aerie No. 25.
Fraternal Order Eagles on Wednes
day.