SKAliWAY,
ALASKA. SATURDAY, FEBURARY 6, 1915 PRICK 10 CENTS
OF! CAMPAIGN OF STARVATION
London, Feb. 6—Great Britain
l.as accepted Germany's challenge
lor the inauguration of a campaign
-r starvation, and British warships
I ave bi tu ordered to immediately
< ommerice a seartb of the seas for
Gorman submarines.
I'he members of the Canadian
. >>ut Indent now In training at Sals
I • •»i->" lMain, are suffering severely
:i>in tl.e change in weather here
. in 11 tat to which they have been
customed.
fivt Uo thousand Turks, who have
•u l-in Harding Tusun and Sera
; '.mi, Kgypt, have been finally driv
• • ba> v by an advance of the Brit
i-'i feu; Suez.
ftlusM BI
IDE AUSIRIMS
ViiLsteM^tui, Feo. 0.—The Aus
.uis ate reported today to have
' • :icuated Tarnuw, Galicia, after a
rifle battle in which they suffer
• severe losses.
;;frm
mm allies
I'aris, Feb. 6—Squadrons of fler
iikuis Are tvuuibarding tlie allied
. null's' trenches from Nieuport to
. ix.iut south of the l'pres river.
St. Petersburg, Feb. (V—Accord
ing to reports received here the
Kussiaus tvave abandoned the sie^e
i f Ivo iiusburg, East Prussia.
Offk ial announcement was made
here today that the Russians luul
captured several important cities
in Eastern Poland.
The Czar left this city for the
front yesterday.
All Poland, from Warsaw to the
West Prussian frontier, is said to
be nothing but a blood-stained bat
tlefield.
HIES I OFFER
10 BUILD RON
Washington, D. C., Feb. C—Dick
Ryan, the Alaskan promoter, in his
e.igerucss to prevent the purchase
of thj Morgan roail at Seward, has
submitted to Secretary Lane a pro
position to build the government
railway line from Foity Mile, Cop
per river, to the coal fields and
thence down to tide-water at Con
troller Bay.
The stenographic report of Sec
retary Lane's testimony before the
appropriations committee was madt>
public today anil contains the fol
lowing. "What we want to do is to
be in a position to beg'n operations
in June of this year to whatever
point we are going, atd we want
leeway, so that on whatever road
we may determine to purchase, if
we determine to purchase any, we
will have some kind of a deposit to
make on it."
Washington, D. ~C., Fob. 6
Whether or not there will be an ex
tra session of congress in tho event
of the defeat of the ship purchaso
bill well be decided at t conference
of President Wilson and tho demo
cratic leade'i-s next week.
The German embassy today Issu
ed a statement regarding the war
zone proclamation of the German
Admiralty yesterday, in which it is
claimed that no American vessels
will be seized even though they are
found within the prescribed boun
daries.
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I IS BELIEVED HE
Whitehorse Star: George Scott,
the Livingstone an<i Hootalinqua
mail carrier, was in town the early
part of the week, and from his ac
count relative to the missing of
.\Jarion ("Tennessee") Davis, the
vounj man mentioned in last week's
paper as having disappeared from
where he was engaged at wood cut
! ting twelve miles down the Thirty
j mile river, there is little doubt but
that he was accidentally drowned.
Scott called at Davis' cabin and
found it just as it had been left by
the occupant. The clothes of the
bed were neatly turned down as
though the young man had been
about to retire. The fact that the
waterbucket is missing leads Scott
;o believe that he, Davis, went for
a bucket of water the last thing
at night and fell from the shore
ice into the open channel of the
river which is both swift and deep
at that point.
W. E. Williams roadhouse keeper
at Lower Lebarge where Davis visit (I
on December 24th, since which date
I'e nns not been seen, believes he
was either drowned or lost in the
woods on the opposite side of the
river from his cabin, the young man
not being an experienced woodsman.
If ihe theory that the young man
was drowned Is correct, there is no
hope of his body being recovered be
:ore the breaking up of the ice next
spring, and very little then.
SKATERS RACE TEX MILES
New York, Feb. 6—An amateur
ten mile roller skating race through
the streets with the-finish at Grand
Central Palace, was viewed by hun
dreds of spectators today.
H\Yl>OIIXG TEAMS COMPETE
New York, Feb. 6—Columbia and
Yale swimming teams will compete
hete tonight.
S\VE* THEARTS SLAYER
TO DIE FOK CRIME
Trillion, N. J., Feb. 6—If Edgar
C. Murphy, convicted of the murder
of Herman Fisher at Taylor's sta
tion, Is not granted a stay of exe
cution he will die fli the electric
chair, at the State prison here dur
ing the week of February 8.
MuroJiy shot and killed Fisher on
the night of July 11, after the lat
ter had visited his sweetheart's
home. Murphy had been calling on
the girl's sister, but was told to
discontinue his visits when it be
came known he was a married man.
According to the testimony, Mur
phy blamed Fisher for the telling
of his marriage. The shooting oc
curred along a corn field. Two da: 9
later Murphy was arrested, and In
a confession, which he afterward re
pudiated, Murphy admitted the
crime.
When Murphy was sentenced to
death by Justice Kalisch, in the
Mount Holly court house, he acted
like a raving maniac. He fought
and struggled with court officers un
til they had to resort to chaining
his wrists and ankles in order to
remove him fr^m court.
JAP CRUISER
IS WRECKED
San Diego, Feb. 6—The Japanese
cruiser Aslam was wrecked yester
day in Turtle Bay, Lower California.
The crew was rescued.
failebTopass
OMEVEIO
Washington, D. C., Feb. 6—The
vote in the house yesterday to pass
the immigration bill over the presi
dent's veto was lost by five votes
less than the necessary two-thirds.
SALMON CANNERIES FINED
BY THK DISTRICT COURT
Juneau Empire: For violation of
the Federal fisheries laws in re
gard to Sunday fishing, the Glacier
Tacking company must pay a fine
o' $100.00, which represents two
indictments, the Taku Canning i:
Cold Storage must pay a fine of
$250.00 and the Alaska-Pacific Flsn
eries company an equal anount.
Judge Robert ,W. Jennings this
morning In the United States court
Imposed the fines. Forty days
was allowed the Glacer company and
i he Alaska-Pacific company, .n
which to file a bill of exceptions,
before the fines are executed.
The action ol juage Jennings :s
believed to mark the wind-up of
the now famous fish trap cas
es, which were tried here In Novem
ber. Recently motions for retrials
lu the three cases were denied by
Judge Joaniigs.
In a plea for the mitigation of
the punishment of the Glacier Co,
their attorney presented an affda
vit of Supt. J. P. Nelson, and a
statement from H. B. Worthen, who
war foreman of the petit jury that
found the Glacier company "guilty
under the Instructions of the court,
bjf technically not guilty of In
tent to violate the law." District
Attorney Reagan approved the bid
o' Nelson for clemency.
Motion of N. L. Burton, counsel
for the Thlinsct Packing company,
supported by a brief from their at
torney, one of the owners of the
ccmpany, for a retrial of the cass
"•'s entered. Judge Jennings in
timated he would over-rule the mo
tion, but at the suggestion of Mr.
Burton, consideration of the motion
was continued over the term.
A FLOATING CANNERY
FOR THE BERING SEA
The halibut steamer Rush, form
erly of the U. S. revenue cutter ser
vice, has been sold by the U. S. mar
shal to satisfy claims brought
against her In various admir
alty actions. She was purchased by
Capt. Harry W. Crosby and F. W.
Wonn, of Seattle, for $9,050. It
is reported that the new ownera
of the vessel will place a canning
plant aboard and operate her in
Bering sea tho coming season. Purse
seines will be used in catching the
salmon needed.—Pacific Fisherman.
SWEET
CIDER
We have just tapped another barrel
and it is exceptionally good. Price
50c per Gallon
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A SPECIAL FEATURE AT
NUGGET MOVIES SUNDAY
A special feature at the Nugget
movlea tomorrow (Sunday) nlglit
will be the singing of O P.- Askam,
formerly connected with the Lom
bardy Opera Co. The price of ad- j
mission will be the same as usual, i
Washington, D. C., Feb. 6—The
sundry service bill which was pass
ed by congress yesterday ap
propriates ?35,000 for a dragnet for
the survey of Alaskan waters and
to nrovlde tw<j new cosat vessels.
The meeting of the Woman's Aux
iliary nt Mrs. L. A. Harrison's last
Wednesday was a very enjoyable af
fair, as reported by those in at
tendance.
A short business session -was
held in which it was decided that
owin^ to the large increase in
membership the past year, two
ladiee would hereafter entertain
jointly.
The enthusiasm prevalent among
members of the society was shown
by their decision to begin their work
meetings again on Feb. 10th. The
ladles hope by commencing work
earlier this year, to make it a more
successful one, if possible than that
of 1914.
Arrangements wero also made
for tae cooked food sale, which is
to br held at Harrison's store on
Feb. 13th.
Bi-slness being disposed of a
very novel and dellgh'ful luncheon
was served by the hostess, assisted
by Mrs. Frank Webster.
SECRETARY.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 0—The Ger
n-aii attempt yesterday to break
through the Russian line at Bor
jimon, west of Warsaw, consisted
or a series of the most vicious at
tacks since the battle at Lodz,
there being 105,000 men and 600
artillery guns in action.
There were 30,000 Germans to
the mile advancing in ten and
twelve lines like the waves of
the sea.
The Russians had concentrated
about tbe same number as the
Germans on the battled eld, which
was a flat plain where the trees and
houses bad been demolished in pre
vious engagements. The Russian i
met the German advance with a
deadly rifle fire and then with the
lwiyonet. in the close and desper
ate fighting whole companies oo
each side were practically ex
terminated. ' (
The battle, vhich is likened to
that or Borodino, when Napoleon
lost the Russian campaign, has
continued with unabated violence
for two days.
MANY HALIBUT
SOLD IX SEATTLE
Seattle, Feb. 6—Between Monday
and Friday noon of this week there
were 4CO,000 pounds of bulk hali
>:ut ?old In this city at 2%c. to
n&c. per pound and 270 boxes at
2%c. per pound.
BIGGEST INDOOR. MEET
RUN OFF IN BOSTON
Boston, Feb. 6—The Easit's big
gest Indoor athletic meet was to be
run off today uuder the direction
of the Boston A. A. college ath
letes and amateurs from the east
ern clubs were to compete.
TWO OF THEM ARE 52
Washington, Feb. 6—Asher C.
Hinds o£ Portland Me., and J. M. C.
Smith of Charlotte, Mich., one of the
three Smiths who represent Michigan
in congress, today celebrated their
52 birthday anniversaries.
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