EFFECTS OF ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE
WORSE THAN MESSINA DISASTER
Avezzano, Italy, Jan. 14 King
Victor Kmanuel arrived here today
. companied by Italian soldiers who
had been detailed for relief work.
The King has just suit word to
Home that the place is nothing but
.hi immense cemetery. Of a popu
lation numbering between six and
.-even thousand at th;> last census
of this city there are now remain
ing alive only fifty.
Kome, Jan. 14—Officials of tho
Vatican claim there is a probabili
'y th;:t l'opo Benedict will go per
.'.ally to the stricken districts.
The destruction of property and
loss of life caused by the earth
quake are more appalling than was
that in .Messina, Sicily, a few years
aga when the eruption of Mt. Etna
:ook place. Structures that nave
.>;■ years boon regarded as the Mec
of tourists from all quarters of
ii? habiable globe are now ly
.. i:i ruins in all d!rections,
i'he disaster extends from Naples,
■ '.i the south, to F-»rrar ou the
. .-.•til, and tho dead aro estimated
12,000. In the various cities in
'. •< shock zone, where the first
rth wave merely tracked the
buildings, subsequent shocks late
. tho night completely demolished
Trains are constantly arriving iu
. s city bringing hundreds of in
jured. All the hotels have been
• ■ .-.verted into hospital?.
F"roin all districts within the zone
the disaster comes thp same cry
families separated, children ren
vd fatherless and motherless and
■< whl h ive been made widows.
LATER
:to:uo. Jan. 15—Ths Pope late I
•sterday afternoon vis.ted St.
rt-is hospital, which, although
exactly withiu the Vatican
.>unds, is neverthele-"s considered
;>art of the Vatican, where large
mbers of the injured are being
• k >d after.
The mortuary list of the disaster
hourly growing greater and the
<•-. i:aated number of dead is now
l ■ i at thirty thousand, while the
number of those injured will run
up possibly to more than one hun
ch d thousand.
la the ancient territory of Marsi
itio number of victims of the earth
i] :.tke Is placed at twenty thousand.
It is estimated that at Avezzano
four thousand people were buried
alive, many of them beinij children
who Avoro in attendance at a largo
school there.
Sora, with a population of twenty
thousand, is reported to be com
pletely destroyed, and all munici
pal and government officials are
thought to have perished.
Supplies of food and clothing are
being rushed to the devastated
places as fast as possible and every
thing is being donrt for tho relief
of tho suffering and destitute.
Genoa, Jan. 15—Tlio fearful
earthquake shocks of yesterday and
tho day befortj in Italy caused
scores of avalanches to take place
in tho Alps.
INDIANS OF LOWER VI KON
HOLDIN'G ANNUAL POTl.AT( liKS
Deputy Marshal John \Yo;>d who |
recently returned to Fairbanks from j
Tanana, says that the Indians are
now holding their annual pot latches :
in the lower vaKevs. The one on
tho Tanana is being heid at Cross
Jacket, midway between Hot Springs
and Tanana, and is attended by per
haps 500 natives. They have es
tablished a big camp there and are
holding their feas's, "potlatching"
with each other (exchanging gifts i
and generally having a good time.
There is a large hall similar to |
the one at Xulato, where the oth- j
er winter potlatch is being held,
built down by the river and it- serves
for all their dances. Chief Wil
liams is at the head of the big pot
latch.
At Xulato there are aiso several 1
hundred Indians gathered. The
summer potlatch is an event of sim
ilar nature during tho fishing sea
son.
DECISION IS REVERSED BV
U. S. SUPREME conn
The supreme court of tho Unite 1 j
States has reversed tho decision of I
Judge Fuller of the Fourth division
of Alaska in the case of the- Unite!
States vs. John W'lggfr. The q.:e-;
tion at issue was the validity j
of the act of the Al.iska legisla-1
ture authorizing the joining of
Indictments covering two or more
acts or transactions In the same
class of crimes or offenses. In its
decision tho supreme court holds
that the act of the territorial leg
islature is a valid one and that an
indictment thereunder may include
more than one offense of the same
character.
Ten Days' Annual
Inventory
,!,ij Sale {331
One = Third Off
On Every Article in
Our Immense Stock
With the exceptions of Rubber Goods, E. & W. Collars
Overalls, Jumpers, Threads, Knox find Stetson Hats
Sale Starts Thursday Morning, Jan=
uarv 7th at q o'clock; closes Satur=
day night, the 16th, at ten o'clock
TERMS—CASH. Store will be open until Ten o'clock
every evening during sale.
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
TODAY'S WAR
KAISER DIRECTING OPERATION'S
Paris, Jan. 1."—Tiie Kaiser is
reported to be within two hours'
motor ride of this city directing the
Uenpan military operations.
DROl' BOMBS INTO ANTWEBP
Amsterdam, Jan. 15— British air
men yesterday passed ovei Antwerp
and di"opj»ed bombs Into the city. 1*
is not known whether any damage
was done.
KRKN'CH IX>nCM!» BACK
London, Jan. 15—H>e French
luivo been forced back across the
Aisua river by n violent German at
tack.
KILLING l'EBSIAN GOVBRVOBS
ViOiulon, Jan. 15—I'hc 1 iirkisli
troops, according to the latest ad
vices, have advanced into the very
heart of Persia and ruthlessly ev
ecuted the governors of the vari
ous towns which they have captured.
ANOTHER DASH « N l'ABIS
Paris, Jan. 15——Grave l'cars are
conunencing to b * ontertniued by
tlte inhabitants here that the Ger
mans are again preparing for a
dash to capture the city.
MKiHT* STRUGGLE GOlX(i ON
St. Petersburg, Jiui. !"«—The en
tire Russian left wins ls mnv saitl
to be engaged in forcing ilie Cier
11 muis back from the main defense?.
A large lot of new artillery has
just been received by the Germans.
JOBLESS IX CANADIAN' CU V
TURN* TO GOJ.n MINING
How to provide for the army ot
the unemployed, thrown otr of work
because of the busings depression
resulting from the European war, is
naturally a much more serious prob
lem in the British colonies than
anywhere else outside of the con
tinent of Europe. The city of Ed
monton, Canada, has found at least
a partial solution, and one that puts
no added burden either on the tax
payer or the charitable
The bars of the Saskatchewan
river which runs through the city,
contains much gold dust of the very
fine flour variety. With the outbreak
of the European war at>d the neces
sity to provide as much available
work for men whom war conditions
might hrow out of employment, the
city council turned to the gold-min
lng industry which ofi'ere.l returns
right within a hundred yards of
the city's main streets. A number
of experienced mining aier who had
settled In tho city after the Klon
dike rush of '9S offerel to act for
a while as instructors to the unin
itiated, and somo two hundred men
soon went to work. Th-> average
clean-up per man far the months
of August and September vas about
one dollar and a half to tv. o dollars
a day.—From the January Popu
lar Mechanics Magazine.
BLEflSE RESIGNS
I GOVERNORSHIP
I
!
! Columbia, S. C., Jan. 15—Govern- j
j or Coleman Blease of this state,
i fearing Impeachment proceedings
i would be instituted against him,
I yesterday tendered Iiis resignation
I to the senate and it wcs accepted.
JUTSHERS FROM IDITAHOD
HAVE A VALUABLE CARGO
Prom Iditarod to Tanana, J. M.
Haley recently hauled 1000 pounds
of gold bullion, or about $250,000
x.orth, enrouto to the outside, the
valuable express being turned over
to tho stage company at Tanana far
•through shipment at lC!iitiiia. Ha
ley aud his partner made the
journey from Iditarod l>y dog team.
The gold is the property of the Yu
kon Gold company and would make
' a tidy shipment from any district.
Haley is a member of. the. firm of
Griffiths & Haley, which has been
carrying the mail from Nulato to
tho Iditarod. This year, however,
the mail is going to tti" Iditarod
from Seward and heir.'e the mail
route to Nulato has been rbaiuloned
l>y the government.
HE WILL SERVE !
llll NEXT YEAH
Mexico City, Jan. 15—Provisional j
President Guiterrez, by n vote of
the Mexican national congress yes- j
terday, was confirmed in the ad- j
ministration of public affaire in j
Mexico until November, 1016.
IS CONFINED TO HliK lsEI)
HY ATTACK OF ERYSII'KI.AS \
Mrs. Theresa Rapuzzi has bean
confined to her bed for the past two
or three days bv a s-iiere attack
of erysipelas. As Mrs. Rapuzzi
will more than likely be unable to
attend to her fruit and confection
ery store for some tinio she has sent
out word to her dauguter, Miss Dei
la, and son Andrew, who ore now
visiting in Bellingham, Wash., to
return at once, and they will
probably be aboard Lhe next north
bound boat from Seattle.
Mrs. Rapuzzi was reported this
afternoon to be resting easily, with I
very favorably symptoms showing in !
the progress of the disease
THK PILE DRIVING GANG
IS PUSHING ITS WORK
Under tho direction of Foreman
Nick Hansen, the ten men in his gang
have already driven forty plies for
the new dock ol' tho W. P. & Y. R.
I company, which is beln.^ erected on
the sito of tho old Moore s wharf.
There was a heavy sea running in
I the bay this morning, caused by a
stiff south wind, and accompanied
by a driving snowstorm, causing a
| partial suspension of work, but op
erations will be resumed as soon
' as weather conditions are normal.
Breakfast Helps
. Albers' Flap Jack Flour- per pkg. 30c
] Arbors' Buckwheat Flour " 30c
. Larowe New York Buckwheat, sax 60c
' Irize [Self rising flour] " 50c
. Pure Maple Sap, quart tins 65c
: Pure Maple Sap. half gal. tins $1.25
* Log Cabin Syrup from 30c to $3.50 per
1 tin. Hills' Syrup [cane and maple] 40c
* to $1.25 tin. Imported and Domestic
Jams, Marmalade, etc. >
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
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EARLY HISTORY OF RAILROADING
III TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Up to 1S98, men whs wished to
get to the gold diggings along the
Yukon river by way of the Wh'.e
Pass had two choices; to pack
their own supplies in Ircm Skag
way to Lake Bennett, or to pay
freighters' rates that ofte.ii climbed
to $1 a pound, writes Aubrey Ful
lerton in the Bellman. On this
same route, Alaskan railroading be
3an in the spring of 1898, and in
seven weeks from th^ turning of
the first sod a train was run for
four miles out of Ska^way. That
was the first of many achievements
in northern roadmak'ng wherein
time records were broken and things
done that seemed impossible. The
road was finished to Whitehorse in
the summer of 1900.
It was not only that this pion
eer railroad -ran through a moun
tain country that made its construc
tion so difficult, but tl:.".t it also
was so far north. This means that
it was a thousand miles from the
base of supplies, and every piece
of equipment and every tool had
to be taken up the coast fioin Seat
tle and Vancouver and fie'ghted in
to the hills. Moreov.v, this was
before the days of northern tele
graphs, and the isolation of the
roadbuilders was complete. The
project was declared by some to be
a piece of folly. But they didn't
know the man in charge of it, one
Hawkins.
On the way to the summit at
White Pass, the grade, which aver
ages 2.66 per cent, wa3 cut. through
solid rock. At one point a cliff
200 feet from top to bottom blocked
the way, and the whale mass of it
was cleared out with powder. Oftea
the grade went up mountain side^
so steep that Hawkins' men were
suspended by ropes while they drill
ed the holes for blasting; the like
of which had never before been seen
In the Alaskan hills.
When it came to boring a tunnel
the difficulties were multiplied al
most impossibly. Th3 machinery
and supplies were packed up a steep,
nigh grade that only mountain
climbers could make. But the hole
was made, 250 feet long, and the
road went through. A steel canti
lever bridge, costing ? 100,000, was
thrown over a V-shaped canyon a
short distance from the summit,
215 feet above the creek bed.
Notwithstanding numerous physi
cal obstacles and such difficulties as
the lure of the gold "finds," which
in one case called away 1,500 men
in a few days, the road vns built to
the summit of White Pass,3,000 feet
above the sea level. While the
gold rush was on, the traffic was
heavy, then the road began to at
tract the sighseers and now it is
a tourist road, as well as a freight
line to the gold fields.
This pioneer road, Mr. Fullertoa
®ays, was in the beginning the
Pacific & Arctic railway running
only to White Pass; today it is the
White Pass & Yukon railway, run
ning from Skagway, Alaska, to
Whitehorse, in the Canadian Yukon.
The whole system as row operated
is little more than 100 miles long,
but it is the connecting link be
tween tidewater on the Alaskan
coast and the head of navigation
on the Yukon river, and by that
strategic circumstance opens up to
freight and passenger service a
greater territory than any other
hundred-mile road ia America, or
perhaps in the world.
HOT SPRINGS WOODCHOPPER
BURNED TO DEATH IX CABIN
Fairbanks News-Miner: Word
has been received here of the
death of Joe Parant, kncwn as "Big
French Joe," Christmas night at
his cabin on Sullivan creek in
the Hot Springs country. People
returning from attending the Mooso
party at Tofty passed his cabin
and found it burned to the ground.
In the debris were the charred re
mains of the occupant. No details
will probably ever bo known of
Parant's death, but it is surmised
that he went to bed leaving the
draft of his stove wide open and
was overcome by smoke before he
awoke. Parant was an old sour
dough about 38 years of age and
well known in the lower river coun
try of both the Yukon and Tanaaa.
lie has no relatives in this terri
tory as far as known.
•THE SEATTLE SPIRIT"
AS SHOWN IV STICKERS
"The Seattle Spirit" for boosting
themselves first and then throwing
In a good word for Alaska is shown
In a sticker I%x2% inches in size
which the business men of that city
,ire placing on the envelopes of
letters they send out to their cor
respondents. The sticker bears the
following inscription on its face:
"Buy Your 1915 Railroad Tickets to
Califorrtia via Seattle, and See Al
aska."
Who's Your Tailor?
J^ever mind if the robins haven't
arrived yet -Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise to leave
your measure for your custom tail
ored clothes today—then they'll be
Ready When You
Need 'Em
Get the first choice of Ed V. Price
& Co.'s exclusive woolens and have
the clothes delivered when you want
them—at a price you'll like to pay.
Will Clayson
The Clothier