FARNHAM, Quebec, Oct. 27 — A
oweeo ug tire wiped out the Hos
pital i Gray Nuns in this! city lost
ul£fl'.. When the fire fcrcfce out
thtre were three hundred patients
In the big sanitarium. They weire
all saved but nineteen. Nineteen
pa'Un'ts on the tow floor perished
la the flames.
The fire ia belieived to have start
ed ' rom dafctive wiring. About
nlr.^ #'ckck the alarm, was spread.
Attendants rushed; to the patients
room and began to remove them.
The elevators were soon cloggesi up
aud it became necessary to lower
them vith rcyes from the windows.
Ambulances on hand; immediately
rus^«d them to cover and none of
them ar«* known to have suffered
by t • e exposure.
BERLIN, Oct. 27 — General
Maefcensen is pushing the Ruman
ian 'orccs back ia the Dotorudja dis
trict. Practically every maneuver
»'ag« • under the direction of Gen
eral M."«ckensenj has been eucioess
ful. Romanian generals are not
»ble -o check hjls terrific; drives
and hammerings.
MASSIVE BRIDGE
TOI DOWN
BERLIN, Oct. 27 — Rumanian
leader? hav^ destroyed the big
bridge acro6s> the Danube river. It
was the most pretentious public
•triKture in the Balkans. Fear
that the Germans would capture it
and lead their troo^is acroesi the
r'ver lead to thedestruction. Heavy
artillery has been mofcintad tlii-e«otly
opposite the crossign. Th$ bridge
cos* ♦housands of dollars to erect.
Mrs. H. S. Pullen left on the
steamer Alameda for a shortvisat
In Juneau. She will return) on the
CI* • of Seattle.
CINCINNATI, Oct 27 — Presi
dent Wilson in, a speech im th^'s
'"ty last night plead that it was
I ♦ime fer the nations to unite and
prtferve l^eaice. "The present war
, is the Iilsi one in which, t'ae Unit
led S atos will not 1)0 involved. The
j circling war eddies are strongly
j pulling the United States! into the
| buboling pot of wair an'd* chaos,"
i said Mr. Wilson.
The United States has ta>ken a
jaeuttrtl stand in this war and
j shouH naintain that stand. No
j thiur should separate us from the*
! neutral position; which' we have tajj.
en >uiltss it he to preserve our
own nnticu an-d honor," he further
I adde«'. He was waMly enchoredi by
his enthusiastic auditors.
ARTICLE TELLS
OF BUSS GARB
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
| Oct. 27—The uniform, of the Rus
sia^ soldiers at the garrison of
S! ka, Alaska, during the Russian,
occupation, consisted ef a necktie,
pants and cIo:ik. These articles
were turnjjshed by the military com
m-inder of Siberia; if th^ soldier
needed more clothea h§ had to pay
J for them. Ia contrast, the; Russian
l armies fighting on the eastern war
frour in Europe are the best
clothed soldie-s in the conflict.
This information is contained in
an article by C. L. Andrew's on
"Alaska Under the Russians," ap
pearing in the October number of
the Washington) Historical) Quart
er'*- just off the university! piress.
Proftssor Edmond S. Meany of the
history department is managing
editor of the magazine.
USE POINT FOR BASE
LONDON, Oct. 27 — French
regime-nts now occupy Dotumount.
It is being used as a base for sub
sidiary drives in that region.
AFROS OFF EAST COAST
LONDON, Oct. 27 — Two huge
aeroplanes supposed to belong to
the Teutons have been sighted off
thf- luibtern coast. They were
traveling southward.
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troductory Sale will come to a close.
We have enjoyed a most liberal patronage
during the sale but we still have a large
stock from which to select and you will
benefit by 1 -3 off on all purchases up to
October 31.
New goods are arriving for every de
partment and our prices will bear the
closed comparison with others
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Successor to
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—-Official
reports reaching thisi cltyj from the
soulheru Repuibliq informs the
Mexican ambassadors! at the White)
House that a great upheaval is ex>
prctsd at any moment. The fam
ily members of! Presfdent Carranza,
Otiegbn, Trevlno, Huerta and Ma
(!>"ro art r.oiv in San Antonio and It
is aunoumced that Federal guards
are protecting! tbemi f&mj the bandit!
dangers which exist in those com
munities.
A eenerai wave of relbellsm seems
to hare swept all owr the Repub
lic. It Is noticeable even in' the
extreme southern) portions pf the
-Mexican domain. Tjie torch! bf re
bellion is liable tot be applied1 to
the iuflammafylg rfle oj revolution
at ar.< moment. Villa la the mov
ing force b^hjndi the movement.
PARIS, Oct. 27 — Fallune has j
marked the flouT'h1 consecutive at- (
Lt'iact of the Germans to storm and
tafep ♦he trenches in the Verdun;' re- 1
§4ons. The attacks were sharp and
n'olent. French rapid fire giuns j
mowed the attacking columns dawn j
n::til 'here va$ not emougW men
le'f iu the opposing regimjents to
charge the lines. Quietness pre
vails along the Verdunj firont this
tncming but the Germans are mak
ing ^reparation to launch; forth) on :
ithcr attacks in that 'region.
imoFlmr
HURTS BUSINESS
WASHINGTON-, Oct. 26 — Big
business all elver the country is be
ginning to feel the effects! of the
trad?, agreement entered! into be
tween the Allies. Thq agreement
is Hurting the Ameiticanj business
man. Protest and inquiries have
been filed w'Mj! the departments! of |
commerce and foreign, affairs in
this city.
Washington) officials! seem sud
denly to have awakened to the fact
tha* tne pact can be enforced af
ter t'.e war closes anjl that Am
erican goodsj will be prajctfcaaiy
foiced off the market. The situa
tion is indeed, a seriofue and grave
oii» yi'h the Unjited) States com
merce. |
BREMEN BELIEVED LOST
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 — No
wot*1 of the German submarine
Bremen has been picked up in the
oceanic messages which; have been
passing to and fro. Practically all
hope of ever seeing the under
sea frightT hasi been giv£iv up.
SURVEYORS FIND
JAGGED PEAKS
SEATTLE, Oct. 27 — Captain,
Colber^ of the coast geodetld sur
vey ope raiding la AlasUco,' waters,
nag arrived In) this city, after spend
ing *'ve months of steady: wort In
the northern; waters.
Daring the summer months he
and his men located elelyeaij ptinnaclej
rocks off the southwestern,1 coast of
A!mr':i whichj aire dangerous men
aces to safe navigation. "It is a
wonder that boats plying in: those
waters have not hit some of those
jaggc a peaks," said Mr. Colbert
wh^n telllngi j}nass| representatives
of their location.
Ca^ rain Colbert will reoom'nuentd
to the ligbf house settee that' the
pinnacles be martaed with) buoys,
over 'he locations. They are* dan
gerou' to shipping and Mlves in that
country,'" he said.
ALLIES RUSHING
10 ROUMANIA
LONDON, Oct. 27 — AiMl is be
ing rushed to the war stricken Ru
manians by thse Allies. Russian
regiments are marching as fast
as they, can fo»r the scene of action.
Threy big transports of British
tiKxps have passed thru the
Straights of Gibraltar and are,
ing frr the war zone. If Rumania
oar. hoid out another two weeks the
Allks hotoe to have sufficient men
on tte field to stem the tide of
battle in their ifavor.
AMERICA BREAKS
NEUTRAL LAWS
LONDON, Oct. 27 — The ques
tion o* saving the victims of the
U-53 ay Americans off the coast of
Nantucket a short time ago has
been hotly debated in the House of
Cnmmons. It was the majority
opt:, ion of the Britishl lawj makers
that tLe United States committed
tin act chichi broke the aeurality
laws by thefrr aiding the 111-fortun
e-' v'ctims of the British* and Nor
wei^iau ships.
DEPUTIES GIVE UP SEARCH
OSSJNING, Oct. 27 — Deputies'
have given up the search) for sis
convicts whQ made a successful! get
away from the state prison; here
a few days ago. No trace of their
whereabouts can; l>e picked up. A
discarded shirt was picked upl in
the road, shawling that one of th0111
had succeeded in getting civiU8^
clothes.
John N. Hansooj Jias filed a
pe'ition for naturalization papers
with Commissioner Rasmuson.
NEW CROP
WALNUTS
Just received our first shipment of
* Fancy Soft Shell English Walnuts
price 25c per pound
~ P. H. GANTY
SHIP TORPEDOED
BY SUBMARINE
LONDON, Oct. 27 — A torpedo
plTea1. the hull o| this British' mine
swe&p r, Gnjteta, in thS| English
Channel yes*berday afteroobn) and
sent It tQ the bottom of! the chan
nel. All of thq officers and b*»v
enteen members of the shSjjs crew
were loat 1» the sinking oif the
destroyer boat.
A German, suibmarinej O's) swppos
pd to hare flretf from beheathi the
water at the mine ew»eper anti Bent
U *o the bottom. No! word of •warn
in*' or t-lgn or signal was delay
ed b fere sending the shdpj to its
doom. • ,
TEUTONS SI
180 ALLIED SHIPS
BERLIN, Oct. 27 — Admlralty
officlals announce the( destruction
of a hundred; aad eighty Alll0(i
ships during the month! -of Septem
ber. Submarines wer§( responsible
for the sinking; of over three
fourths of the ships which.' found, a
water' grayq at the hands ofl the
German sea commanders. The s'^"
marine is proving a dangerous en
ernr to the AlUes.
CONFERS WITH AMBASSADOR
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—James
Watson Gerard, the American, am
bassador who watches the United
Stat(8 interests Iq Berlin, called
upon, fhe German ambassador here
this morning. They held a long
conference.
RUSSIA FAILS TO NOTIFY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 — Time
has passed for the final decis?°a
of the Russian government on the
stepping o(j import^ Intoj Russia.
Munitions was the only article
which wag to have beten! allowed
free entry intoi Russia. Until the
United States ls> notified, other ar
ticles will be ehi|ppe(d.
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
BERLIN, Oct, 27 — Von| Hinden
berg, in an official message to the
Kaiser Btates that in another rort
ulght all of Rumania "will be' un
der German control. '
LAYS DEEP PU
SEATTLE, Oct. 27 — Secretary
Baker lias Issfued a formal state
ment saying that definite inform-;
t'ou ha I been received by the war
department, showing that Francis
co Villa, the most dangerous o"
bandit chiefs in Mexico, is planning
*o attack American) troojws stationed
in Mexico and ojn the border line.
Tha time of the attack has betu
sot between now anld election tim*
an1' i,s done solly with! the purposo
tc creare sentiiment against the
present administration policy ifL
Mexico. Thej war department hes
been working on the information
and will strengthen Itself on tht>
border to prevent any surprises a*.
t:ie ''a.nda o£ the villianous Mexi
can desperados
SHOWS HAINES
After consulting a Haines di
rectory wq flind that a dispatcli
carried In yesterday's issue giving
the credit of winning the All Alas
ka Metiaj at a Seattle Fair to C.
H. Alvey was error. It should
have been, Charles H. Anway, the
noted strawberry raiser at Hainee.
Mr. Anway hag exiperimenteu ex
tensively in the Haines soil on!
van show the best agriculturalist.*
and lerticuKureHsts up when it
comes tr. putting a solid and perf« r
product on the market. His ex
perlments with earn in thiis bet*
has ■placed him in the limelight. Mr.
Anway supplies the Skagrvay, Ju
neau an** Gastineau, Channel citlfs
wita bis berrieg and 6hips quanti
ties tr tliie interior.
COMPANY CHANGES
NAME NOVEMBER 1ST.
On November 1st, the amalgams •
companies, Pacifio Coast S. S. an*.
Alasva Navigation Compnay will
business under the new firm nanvj
of the Padific! Steamship Company.
All boa»s operated by tthosie re
spective companies "vnHII ho knowt
ae the ptrojpertfcs o£ the. Pacific S.
S. Company.
W. Watson, store keeper for th«J
White Pass at Whitehforse left for
the interior on the morning's train.
We Have On
Display Our
Fall and Winter
Line Of
Ladies Coats
Come In And Look
Them Over
WILL CLAYSON
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