Washington, Dec. 29—It is ru- [
merred that preparations are now
beiti; made by the statei department
over the expected break in the di
plomatic relations with Austra-Hun
gary over the -Vncona matter.
It is said that Austria's reply to
t'ao second American, note will pos
sibly bo given to the American am
bassador at Vienna today, and it
is understood that the test o[ the
note is very unsatisfactory.
>*otv York, Dec. 29—Congress
man Buchanan, of Illinois, former
ugressmaa Fowler, of Illinois,
former Attorney General Monnett of
Ohio, and several others, have been
lr dieted by the Federal grand jury
charged with conspiring to instigate
stiikts iu various American uiuui-,
ti- » nlants.
Jt is expected that the indicted
men will return to their rsepective
states where they reside, at once,
where they will apuoar and enter
ttfclr respective pleas.
Mi ME Off
N'ew York, Dec. 29—Captain Boy-_
v.i rrcilted Uerui^n mtlftur^"
attache. Colonel House and Braad
W! lilock, American ambassador to
Bel?i;;m, all sailed for Europe sss
terday on the Liner Rotterdam.
PACIFIC COAST COMPANY
Seattle, Dec. 20—It has been an
nounced th.it the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company has just pur
chased the steamship KavalU fr< 1
the Hammond Lumber company o
San Francisco for use in Southeast- 1
er;i Alaska.
"The ttavalli is a v?s-r>l of ' DPS
grc^s ar.d T7T net tons, Is 1S6.2
f.'ii 'urg, 3S.1 beam and 14.< feet
In d prb She was J>uilt in 1305 :
at Fairhaven, California.
Bl'YS STEAM KU
LI
Tacoma, Dec. 29—The price of
umber is higher now than it has
jeen ;it any time since 1913, which
'..is a b.unior year for that Industry,
ml the opening of the new yearJ
is looked forward to hopefully by
lioth mill owners and workmen.
The anticipated reopening of
:lie .Mexican market with the advent
if peace and the resumption of
utivity in the mines of that coun
:ry, is having some influence on
;he market.
E
20 CENT MARK
Xew Vork, Dec. 29—The pricQ of
liu refined copper is still »'• ■
irc, and the metal shares continue
o ure-empt the spotlight on the
oeal stock exchange. Electrolytic
;opper ad\-anced to twenty cents
out a month ago, at which point
t has remained stationary. A
'urtiier advance in the near future )
s expected.
II..VSKA COMPANY HKINGS
BOATS 'ROl'XD HORN
St ittle, Dec. 29—Oa account of
the demands of tonnage in the Al
aska service, the Alaska Steamship
Conr-any will bring the steamers
Valdcz and Juneau around Cape
Horn, without waiting for the Pan
ima canal to be opened.
The- will sail from Philadelphia
January 15th.
HAVE Y"'U -iFEN THOSE
AT LYNCH'S STORE
9
They certainly have a fine assortment
to choose from.
Every one a new one.
Come in and ser ^hem. You'll bu sure
to get an idea for your costume.
-■ r7: j i the haberdasher and
LADIES' FURNISHER
H. J. LYN£H
Broacwav between I hurt and Fourth Phone 4
BRITISH TO GIVE POWER OF ;
' GONSGRlPTIOfl TO CABINET
London, Dec. 29—It has been
announced In government circles,
that a caucus has been mafle of
the members of the house of par
"
Constantinople, Dec. 29—An aero
plane, belonging to the enemy,
which, had been sent up tor the
evident purpose of making observa
tions ot the Turkish forces, was
brouiru* down by fire from a land
battery which directed its fire at
the air craft.
Constantinople, Dec. 29—For sev
eral hours a big British battleship,
two cruisers and eight other .boats
bombarded the Turkish position*
near uis city this morning, but
very liule damage was done. The
Turkiso land batteries returned the
frre with heavy guns and the af
taplrlno' chino worn foiVPrl ♦«
dra-v.
II. J. TURNER NAMED
DEPUTY COLLECTOR
Juneau, Dec. 29—Harley J. Turn-1
er, cashier iu tlia B. iH. Behrends |
store, has just received notice of
lus appointment as a deputy col
lector of internal revenue. Ha al
so received word that a full liue of
internal revenue Btamps have been
mailed to him and as soon as they
arrive he will be ready to supply
the demand. A stock of $4,000
worth of documentary, wine and
cordial, proprietary, cigar and beer
stamoc will be on hand. Mr. Turn
er said yesterday that he would al
so have a stock of blanks for spec
ial returns from cigar stores and
pool rooms. The appointment com<$
from D. J. Williams, collector of
Internal Revenue, at Tacoma. A
salary of $2,000 a year is allowed
for the work.
SOME WIND AT JUNEAU
A 'urious wind storm ia reported
to have occurred Jn the Gastlueau
channel towns last Sunday night,
causing considerable damage to ft I
number of small boats. John |
Saloa'pile-driver was damaged to the
exten* o' several hundred dollare,
the * h^lo upcer structure having t
been torn from the barge.
, i 1
1 lament, that next week that body
will Invest the British cabinet with
author!^- to force all unmarried
men 'o Join thp army.
BIG STIR UP
AT SING SINS
4
Albany, Dec. 29—As the outcome
»f an, investigation of the condl
tloiis surrounding the state peni
tentiary at Sing Sing, Wardea The®.
Osborne, who Is conceded to be a
millionaire. waa indicted Ujr the
Brand Jury of Westchester county.
It was announced today that u«
Joon as -i suitable man could be
round <o flU the position Warden
Oaljorne would be removed from
mice.
It is claimed that the evidence
jathered" at the time of the Inves
tigation disclosed the facts that
prisoners were allowed certain con
cessions upon payment of sums of
nonej-. Mid that these concessions
.vere eo far reaching that certain
prisoners were allowed to hire au
tomobllcej and go on joy rides to
"4ew Yor'jk city and other surTound
ng towns.
LONDON PAPER DEMANDS
GEORGE AS LEADER
London, Dec. 29—In its leading
2h"istmaa day editorial the Week
ly Observer said that "the country
,s waiting and longing for a great
fighting leader." The editorial, af
;er denouncing the leadership of
Premier Asquith, declared that Da
rid Lloyd George is "the only
possible head of a new national
government" which the strosa of
the times demands.
The Observer said that govern
mental incapacity is the most for
bidding aspect of a. Christmastide
that Is even more anxious than
tha» of last year.
WAR IS COSTING
$80,000,000 A DAY
Amsterdam, Dec. 29—Dr. Karl
Helffrlch, secretary of the German
treasury, estimates the cost of the,
war to all belligerents is $80,000,
iJOO a day, a yearly cost of $40,
000,000,000, au amount equal to
half a total valuation of public and
private wealth of Franca before the
war. Of this expense two-thirds
falls 'q the Entente allies and a
little over one-third to Germany.
FRICK GENEROUS
Pittsburgh, Dec. 29—Henry C.
Frick, tho millionaire, announced
on Christmas be would pay In full
as a Christmas gift, the amouuts
lost by echool chldren when a lo
cal savinss bank collapsed. The gift
represents $176,000,
Holly and.
Mistletoe
WE HAVE A FINE LOT OF
REAL HOLLY
With lots of red berries on it at 1.00 per lB
: MISTLETOE
THE PLANT THAT ? ? .... at 50c pkr lb
Your Xmas decoration is incomplete -without this.
P. H. GANTY
MAKING RECORD SHIPMENTS OF
COPPER FROM NEAR CORDOVA
Approximately $16,000,000 lu cop
per will be shipped from Cordova,
Alaska, this winter from the 'Ken
necott and other mines contiguous
to that port.
J11 order to handle the Increased
traffic, the Copper River railroad,
according to an announcement made
by R. W. Baxter, vice president of
the company, has purchased a large
amount of new equipment, and the
Alaska Steamship Company, of
which he is also president, will
probably buy two mora steam hsip*
to add to Its Alaskan fleet. The
company already has purchased
(oar new ships.
"Three giant locomotives left
Schenectady, N. Y., today," said
Baxter. "They wiU be shipped di
rect to Cordova as soon as they
reach Seattle. In addition we have
purchased new rolary snow plows,
fifteen box cars, thro© combination
3leepin<* and dining cars and forty
flat cars, which will be made in
Seattle.
"The mines will produce more
this winter than during the summer
mid our shipments this summer!
have far exceeded anything In Al- I
tska's history. The Bonanza andj
Jumbo mines at the head of Copper ;
river will be run at their fullest ca-'
paclty, and the LaTouche and El- j
lamnr mines, at tidewater, will be
kept in full operation."
During the past summer Cor-'
do.a's shipments of copper have
be-, n running about $1,500,000 per
month, occasionally reaching the
$2,000,000 mark. Mr. Baxter says
the shipments will be larger this
wi-ter. More ore will be broken
and the road will be equipped to
handle it. Several other properties
co i tiguous to the railroad also are
exi (x-tfcd to make some shipments
this summer.
Mr. Baxter says the company has
no present plans for extending the
ro;«d and that none will be made
un.il 'he Alaska coal land situa
tion is made clear. If the E®ring
ri\ it coal is made available, a
sm ili.er will be built at Cordova, but
whether the road from the fields to
Cordova will pe built by the com
pel i" or by the government is some
thing that hag not yet been deter
mined.
"We are unable to take any ac
ti< n or to make any plans,' Bald
Mr. Baxter, "until we find out what
th government Is going to do. We
w< aid like to have coal, and I
haven't any doutot that If it were
tn .de available, somebody would
bu !d a smelter."
Mr. Baxter looks for next year
to the biggest in the history of
th commerce of the territory. This
yeir's commerce exceeds that of last
>•0 r bv approximately forty per cent
nr. 1 it is anticipated there will be a
at; 1 greater increase next year. —
5p.i»«le Times.
WAY EXPEND $1,500,000
/
TO GET TOURISTS
Seattle. Dec. 28 — One million
five huudred thousand dollars may
be expended in the next three years
by the cities of Washington and
Or?gen and the Northern railroad
lines In an elaborate and extensive
fidvertislng campaign, to bring tour
ists tQ the Northwest.
cuch a plan was laid recently, be
fore the members of tho publicity
and industrial bureau of the
New Chamber of Commrece by Jo
seph Kathrens, a Chicago advertis
ing exoert, and William McMurray,
general passenger agent of the
Oregon-Washington railroad and
Navigation company, with head
quarters at Portland.
A discussion of the project, which
is still in tho formativo stage, fea
tured the bureau's'weekly meeting
at the ISuMer hotel. Joseph. Bleth
e.n, chairman of the bureau, who
recefitly returned from an; ex ten deed
trip East, presided.
rile campaign, aa outlined, is for
bV tes'to"'raise tfie~Bum mentioned
jo.ntly, the railroads to furnish a
la, ge oart of the money, on the
gr iund that they would be more di
rectly benefitted by the tide of
to irists the advertising is expected
to bring this way.
Kathrens is an advertising man
of long and wide experience, bis
lp;tst work having been to install
th_> Yellowstone National Park ex
hib't at San Francisco exhibition.
A similar plan was inaugurated
here about a year go "by the late
A.! den J. Blethen, as chairman of
th ? chamber's publicity bureau. At
tint time it was purposed to raise
such a fund tnrough the commer
ci"! organizations of the Northwest
and the railroads. The railroads
thin however, refused to appro
priate the required funds.—Seattle
Times.
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