SKAUWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1916
816-4 MILMIf BROTHERHOODS
ASK OO-OPERATION OF A. F. L.
Baltimore, Nov., 22 — Speeches
were n>ad-e at yesterday's sesion of
the convention of the American
Fed«"retlc«i oX Labor yvhich! is now
being held ?n this city by the presi
dents of the four railway brother
hoods and Samuel Gompers, presi
des. of the organization.
The general subject | discussed
la 'he speeches -were of'a nature
tending towards effecting am affilia-,
♦leu between t&e American Federa
tion of Labor and the »BJg Four
RaHway Brotherhoods. {President
Goin^r-? • expressed himself as ba
jK.z iu favor of euefy work being
done ,in congress as youltli ' have
a tendency of twinging ubout legis
lation providing for a universal
eigh*-hour law.
The tpeaJters -were all received
wlthi enthusiastic demonstrations, I
and i* is believed here that re
nt-wed efforts will be niade to bring
about the desired! end at the next
session of congress./ 1
SULZER NOT SURE OF ELECTION
UNTIL OFflCI RETURN IS MADE
Territorial Senator and! Delegate
eiei'. Charles A. Sulzer, "accorn
MmfKi ■- by Mrs. Sulzer passed
througn Juneau last night on the
Admiral Evans returning to theiT
home In Sulzer, after -bavin? spent
oast several weejes at Anchor
-where tbe Senator wag on the
ol election.
5'^»i»«tor Sulzer was greeted ' at
doc5; fey a large number of en
thusiastjc friends and Democrats
and congratulations on his elec
tion fle-w *bick and fast.' Senator
''Snizer had intended to Btop off in
.Juneau for several days but'ehang
•'^ed his mind and will return here at
& later datgu
In J an interview published in
the Empire for Nov. 19, Mr. Sul
*er is quoted as follows:
"1 have been away from home
for five mantha and my business
suffered. I must get i>acK there
and straighten my affairs out be
fore I return to Jumeau, but I cer
tainly rhall return before very loaig.
• *h*s section. I am also grateful to
the friends and Democrats on Gas
tin«au chaamel who gave me sucb
loycl support and who rolled up
such a large majority foT me in
this section. I amalso grateful to
my Renubljcan friendsl yho assisted
me with their votes and in otber
yays.
"The'people ocf Alaska have been
more than generous in, their -support
of my candidajcy and I appreciate
their efforts. The election is! close
but I do not think the results 'are
in douM at all. The precincts re
maining to-be beard from will'in
crease my majority almost withbut
exception, but I shall not actual
ly consider 'myself elected until
the canvassslr.g- boardl has1 made
♦be official returns. '
r "The precliictg yet to lie heard,
from in Second are Barrow, Ki
an>, Haycock and Kobuc with about
100 votes all told an<L Dime wfth
bctveen 75 and 100 and Marshall,
or Fort ana. Ledge, with about 175
vote-s. All of these precincts will
increasp my majority;.1
"In the Thlrdf Division there are
still 12 i>recincts missing-, and two
in »he First. "All precincts in th«\
Fourth are in except the Kosjco
kwim and Koyukuk 'bothl o£ which
I snail carry. J 1
"If the final 'returns otf the can
vi-sia" board should, show-that I
am elected you> can rest assure^
tha* all statements made by me in
niv cam4«iign will 'be lived Up to
and especially the one.that Alaska
shali be first and what effects all
o* Alaska shall be -before what ef
fects any single part of Alaska*'
Mrs. Eartt and Miss Mabel Ad
amton arrived in Skagway this
morninr on the Frlnceps enroute
to their homg In Whitehorse.
Tbe ,C. -P. R. steamer Princess
Son'r ia arrived in Skagway this
moinin«r at an early hour, bring-,
•aig to the Garden City several pas-!
scngers destined for interior pofcnt»j
and reveral home comers. I !Shel
will sail for the 60uthj tQmonrow!
night at 7 o'clock. ' | I
FreH ;j. .Vandewall, deputy 'col
lector o* U. S. Customs for | the
ocrt -rf Skagway, was a home-com
ire passenger on the Princess So
p'-'afh'*"morning from Seattle,'and
other coast towns, "where he has
been enjoying a vacation extending
overtthe past 9evera] weeks.'
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Ladies Georgette and
Crepe de Chine Waists
House Dresses and
Bungalow Aprons
NOW ON DISPLAY
<g)E>
Also a New Shipment of
Kayser Silk Underwear
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
MANY KILLED
BY EXPLOSION
Pet.rogra4, Nor. 22 — (Advice
has been received here that an «x
X>1osiol, killing' three hundred and
fourieen people and1 wounding over
six hundred mora had) occurred at
Bakaritza. T-h«! cause or nature
of he explott.'om to njot known, or
it Is being withheld.
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NO LIMIT AT BEUFF EVENT
Jjneau, |Noy. 15—Charlie Brnff,
one of the beet known 'of the old
time AiaskajiB, intends to hold
a "reguJar" birthday ©arty at San
Frauc'sco oa December 9 th. At thiB
big jcy-feaet only old and new Al
askan friends will bg gathered
around the feast board. According
to ivord received in, 'Juneau, Bruff
is ?:■ Dg toi irip upi the riffles in the
slu'.j hoxea and let every particle
of tl'e yellow metal trtfckLe 'down
in'o *hJ one big."get It" The lid
of :>.& game iB'to be olff and) the
limit U to be. like in -the olden
days 'hfl 'sky. j
Tne. Bruff btir'hiiay efvent is to
be ih* biggest affair of its jkind
ev' r pulled off. There will be tiwo
events in one, and the 'sldei issjuea
will be innumerable. I The first
thrill will be the'dinner. This!-will
be given at Saugenetti'B.," That
sounds like spaghetti'or Bome
thinw — "but the plates costing
around the fifty mark, means that
there will be some tijcklera served
for the 'palate. The second1 event
wi i at midnight and this will
be lit "Frisco's famous Flor
d'ltaJlenne. The third event will
be the home-going1—sometime.
Fevfcial oU the } Juneau "boys"
nave received! • their invites and—
t»> .t will be theT.—Empire.
willIryTo
RUSH HEARINGS
Washington,'Nor. 22—In an ef
fort to get a puling. on; the con
stitutionality of the Adamson 8
hour law, a plan, has-been formu
la'td whereby the hearings WlU be
ru&be" 60 as to have -it come up
before January 1st.
This morning a conference was
held between attorneys representing
a ui amber of th§ (big -cistern rail-|
roads and government officials tor,
the Durpose at laying the plan ibe-,
fore them.
Mrs. C. Field to a round ;trlp
passenger-to Skagway from' Van
couver on tUe Prlncgaa Sophia,
FIRST JOINT
SESSION HELO
Washington, (Not. 21 — Yester
day ihe joint ' congressional I com
mittee, appointed to| look jinto the
increased costs of transportation,
held its tiret -session, b<4 t.Wle ^
was i accomplished, asi the routine |
business of organization' took the i
greatest portion of the time. The'
second session Is being held today. I
WIDOW WOULD W!ED
Portland, Ore., Not. 16, .1916.
Editor Dally Alaska®,
Skagway, Alaska, I I
• I am tired of being "unattached"
as It were, and living (the Mfe of
a lore lorn; widow, go ami going
to ;&k your'beln in. finding ma a
husband among the fine mankood
for which ;Alaska .is famed. I am
a widow,' 42 years oif age,' five
seven JncheB In height, weigh
165 DOdmds, havejjwown, hair and
eyes fair comiplexlon| and am call
ed handsome [by my friends.
Bv nature I am veryi domestic,
preferring hom§ life-above every
thing else thisi world can) offer. Am
of genial optimistic temperament
A good cook audi housekeeper."
I would prefer a real manly man
between the age of 45 and 60, fair
ly educated, with. & certain amount
of refinement, who h*as enough! of
»his world's goods to< jkeepj • the
well at ajdiatance. I
I will |ask -you as a favor 'to
Bupnress my name, o-nly giving it
to worthy parties who would 'ap
preciate a true woman. I J will
adm;t euch a Letter la rather extra
ordinary, but I am going to i take
advantage of Leap Year.'
Tnamking you, 1 am | '
Very truly,
Ed. note—The above letter ! is
hona fid* and the name oX the writ
er will be giren *o'any man who,
In cur opinion, is off-good' charac
ter and who also has the approval
of th<* |"vice .president,' who has
latelv proven a good Judge in such
matters. ' ' '
Berlin ,Nov. 2—The war office
today announced the 'capture • of
Craiova by a comblnjeed attack °n
the oar*, f German, Austro-HungarjJ
forces. This is. considered'an im
portant victory ae the towa la[ a
railroad center, and will greatly
facilitate the movement ofi troops
and munition^ throuch! the province
Qf Rumania.
MAKES DAYLIGHT START FOR NOME
New I London•,Not. 22—Tho Ger-I
man submarine freighter Deutch-1
land made I a-daylight dSaBli/ £or" the i
opwi sea yesterday afternoon., lear- j
ing thit port •wttU flag) flying, and
passed the tea mile line, without
ajcouYoy.' • t
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v3ub#«rii>« far tko 1*117: Alafi^'Va)
MILD CURED SALMON
(KIPPERED)
Just received another shihment from Juneau
of Kippered King Salmon — This is an
Alaska product we are pleased to recommend
..Price 20c Per Pound..
P. H. GANTY
MEXICAN COMMISSIONER ASKS
FREE HAND TO PUNISH BANDITS
Atlantic City, Nov. 22—Far the
fir.i* j*ime-during the Bessicai ' of
•the A.merican-Mexican, commission
wniih has-been, 'n session for sev
eral days 'in an, effort to draw up
articles of'agreement relative »o
the Unitedi States punative expedi
tion now on, the Mexicam, border,
Senor C&brea ,c£ the Mexican com
mission got | rattled, I He showed
great disfavor over the drastic de
mands made by members of ' the
Ameiican oommissioni and losing
his, Mtherta perfect) poise, got
excised and demanded1 that his
govprnment be given a free- band
to ouiWi'h. "the Vlllaites and tho
band», of outlaws jwWch/! were
'causinp so'much disorder oa the
' southern side of the border line.
Tb American: commissioners
' have signified the willingness • of
the Unitfd States government to
| withdraw the troops from | Mexico,
| t>ul in the agreement'(submitted le
,seivps| tli<v right to chase b.and
"<z anywhere across/ ,thgi .border
whenever it is deemed; necessary
• i fho proper protection o£ tho
'lives ai:d property of ^Americans,
j 'n or 'er to "bring the bandits to
[justice. |
I.ondon ,Nov. 22—Advice was
received here today; conveying! the
news o* the death of, Emperor Fran
cis JC6tjih ofi Austria-Hungary.
His death) is reported 'to have
occurred last night, and.' he is
succeeded t>y Charles Francis.
Emperor Francis Joseph: 1, was !
bc.ru August 18, 1830, and was
proclaimed Emperor of Austria af
ter t!*e abdication' of Jiia uncle.
Ferdinand, and the renunciation
of ♦he crown by b-is father on Dec
2, 184 8. fie. was crowned King- of
Hungary June 8, 1867. His reign
expended over 68 years, and is
the longest in, history. [
Seattle, Not. j 20—The twentieth
annual short session of the col
lege of mhies of the University: of
Washirgton, will open January 2,
1H17, and-confl.nue to April 1. This
course is offered for the'benefit of
persons interested in, prospecting,
mining, 1 milling, assaying- and
smelting who are not able 'to en
roll for regular college wo.rk.;
Twelve instructors in minLng'en
gineering -will -conduct the various
classes. Usually most of the Stu
dents desire to/register for mining,
milling, mineralogy, gieoltgy, min
ing ia-Tr and the fi&Jdi trips incident
'•> the class work.!
The [quartz miners study, in ad
difion *o subjects .mentioned, are
assaying and general chemi try,
whjle the • placer men, substitute
mining and j surveying. Men who
batisfactorily complete the course
aire given certificates stating the
amount and character of wo-rk done.
The total deposits required' of
quartz miners amount to about $40,
par* of which; is returnable at "'he
uiifi of tix^ course. Placer miners
pay-a total of $20. [These fees
cover laboratory; expense 'and. the
special university fee of $10. j All
studerts will pay the latter fee.
The of her -charges cover the cost
of materials used.
A ucbtal eardi addressed to Dean
M.luor Roberts, College of Mines,
Seattle, Wash., will bring full par
ticuars.'
Rev. and Sirs. Winterbergcr of
Haines, who-fra-ve been, spending
th". vast 'several weejts in. Seat
tle arrived in port this morning on.
the Princess Sophia., and will con
tinue their home on the 'first
beat going south and making a call
there. Mrs.. W inter fee rggr -was in
Seattle at the time of the election,
and she states;that the result of
tiio vote on the liquor question was
received there wi'hi much! gratifica
tion. She expressed regret at not
having taken a part in the Haines
vietcry, as it would have increased
the "dry" vote by'tWOi had Mr.
Winterberger and herself been
home. I
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Display Our
Fall and Winter
Line Of
Ladies Coats
Come In And Look
Them Over
\WILL CLA YSON