No. 237 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAflWAY, ALASKA. MONDAY,
PRICE 10 CENTS
hart-do, Nov. 13—Word has
Veen received in this city of'the in
discriminate massacre ci more thau
one hundred .persons, 'including
root), women, little children and . a
d; t-icament of Carranza, soldiers.
Tho civilians were 'passengers on
a train traveling through, the state
of Morelos, and were being guard
ed by the soldiers, when tie train
w derailed, and attacked.-)>y a
; party of Z^iHa followers. Shoe
j ing ucgua the> ■ instant the lTa
stoppe*' an^i almost every llvii
b^iiig on tti-e train -was killed. A
I ter the shooting, the express, cl
was blown open, and. *the Bate Rj
exiues-ws .pouches looteid. Before tl
arrival of government troojps, wl
were rushed to the-scene,'the bai
dits fled, scattering in the hill
where 'it will be .impossibe 'to g1
at itiem.
TRIES TO BLACK
MAIL; ARRESTED
\V:'. l.ington, Nw.—Through) -tha
?fioi s ct the German embassy "h-ere.
tilo arrest of Karl Graves, a-self
.st} kj international spy, was" af
fected this morning.
The cnarges leading up to Graves
arre#. is an attempt to* blackmail
Counters Bernstorff, -lie having- at
•jmpted to 'extort three thousand
doj'.ars from her. '
•JT(t children* attend
JUNEAU SCHOOL DAILY
junoau, xav. 13—The report of
tile public schools *whichJ was pre
ren*ed to the school board, l23*
Thursday, covering the first six
woc\c of enrollment ending .Novem-!
btN- 3. shows a total enrollment in '
the high -schools of 74. .The ' to-,
tH enrollment in th© elemenjtary
school was; Boys, *130, girls 116.
with -a total average daily attend
anci of 202. 1
SAYs AMERICA SHOWS
SYMl»ATHl FOK ALLL1
I ondou, 'The Weekly Natio
in a long article iu 'its Oct. gt
numbu^ . warmly defending the u
titude of the United States -durir
t-ie -vur and regretting 'that hi
"h'lsls at mediation" haVe on
met v itii cold neglect, says -a
five iinarventiott ou tlie'sids? of t'
e allies wouLi have brougl
almost imwlubla problems for tl
United States.
The newspaper declares, howievc
tuat -the United States has show
iiz sympathy- with the entente u
lies la many ways, "especially ]
telei.iuce of our invocations <
st-a l.nv and 'trea'nient of no'
trajs.'
Agreeing that to -dictate l*>ai
would bring1 110 "real solution of th
pronlvma • fronting humanity, tl
newspaper contends 'that thq ej
try >f the United States -into
league of "pcaoe is" the only mean
fc-r insuring a -balance of force o
the side of the law-abiding nation,
"We shall be-guilty of a crin
against civilization," says the new;
pjjiE-r, "if, when the -momeiit (
settlement arrives, wie'refuse tt
?'d jif the ouly.power whSch c>a
bring a healing influence to tl
wor?d."J I
Not. 13 —'Tl^e Grfuid |
Jury convened in thie city 'this
morning. it is believed tbat
g developments 'will be made
i.i the investigations into tlie il
li' sale and barter or intoxicating!
liquor- in the st t? of "Washington,
^ud especially ia this-city.
I» h is been alleged that there is
a ring organized for the express
Diirposy of bootlegging, and
charges lave been, .drafted 'wll«
will bo substantiated by unempcoc
able pvidence which, will cause th
couvictioji .of a number of promii
on* nroprietors of drug stores, caf<
hotels and restaurants. 'It h'
bten intimated that a -number <
the prominent clubs will come n
for investigation.
! Sacrifice Sale
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SHOES and
CLOTHING
To make room for our new line of
shoes and men's clothing we have
placed certain lines on sale at a
great reduction.
Come in and look them over. Do not
delay as these bargains will be snapped
up quickly.
Albert Reinert
Successor tto
Hi * y *y^)n THE haberdasher and
• «J« L# I i\vrl LADIES' FURNISHER Z
Broadway between Third and Fourth nJ §lft'^Phone 41 ,'.'."1
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c" I Seattle, Nov. 13—A'd«al
u dosed Saturday by the Alaska, 'S
f_ o. Company, whereby the two steel
ir freijjistcrs, the Stanley Dollar and
J ' I!-nry T.-Sodtt, becomes the pro
pct fy o£ that company, the pur
clays* j,rice ctf t'he two big ships' be
one million; dollars.
B/ the acquisition of these two
craf*, the fleet of fhe Alaska Steam
ship Company.js increase to a to
ti'" cJ" seventeen, s/hi(p«. -
The Stanley Dollar is a steel
suip oi' 1S3S stops* and 955 . net
tons, she is 240 feet long, has a
breadtL of beam. of-41'feet and a
depth of (hold 30 feet. -She was
built-at Seattle in 190S. Her in
dlc'Ued h. p.-is giV3n at 850'and sh<
carries a crew of 21 men.*
The Henry 'T. scott is also a
..ieei vessel, built in San Francis
co in iplS, with a gross tonnage of
155)0 and "a net tonnage of'9 45. She
is -".4 feet long, 42 'feet wide, and
ha«. a depth of hold of 14 feet. Her
nic'icated-h. p. is -1250 'and her
ciew crisists of 22 men.-'
The iwo new ships will be plac
'f , on *he-Al;iska run.
HURRICANE
IS ALAMEDA
ThM tteamer Alameda arrlived
liere at 2 o'clock and refined io
l>°i< only one hour.
Mr. Shaw, local agent >of t^e
Alaska .Steamsflijpi -Company states
Hiat th« master of the ship • re
j ports a very rough'voyage from the
westward ports to Stairway, hi®
(Ship having encountered/ a-terrific
i hurricane off Capq Hinehenbr'ook,
! which delayed her for 20 hours. 'At
itnues )h? shh'o> stood at an angleof
145 degrees, anid her *\v(histle was
J keot blowing almost continuously
during that time. -She has 1200
,*ons of copper ore from the Ken
I accott mines. 1
I ACCIDENT MAY LEAD
TO GREAT INDUSTRY
I
! From a seed dropfped from a
/ennary cago in Fairbanks a' plant
! sprung uip anjd has made a phen
J omcnnl growth during the summer
j until it reached a height of more
• than six-feet anld with, a stalk as
| thick a • a man's wrist. I Experts
j .pronounce it to be a hemp plant,
Jaiij state that its -rapfid! growth
points the way to a now industry in
the north—Ex. '
A :)iomisitig strike of antimony
.f aim fliver has been -made on the
e headwaters of the -Fortymile. -Ben
u Xorvalj was the discoverer. John
e ColvPr, who is In the city a' few
- days from the head of Fortymiile,
where he is engaged in mining on
Chickiv-creek, tells of-the' strike
Tt'e Dawson N^ws in a late issue
prints the fodlowting article relating
to the new find,, quoting colors
1 as 'ollows;. I '
J"Xorvali1 made the strik®, and
several of Us have staked, claims,
and are well pleased with them, and
intend *o hold them. Assajs made
t or the samples- which; we Bent to
h Co'orado siho^- $125 a ton in Qnti
li- mony and also a heavy percentage
e of silver.
i- "The lead is 18>feet wide on the
outcrop, and well defined. Owing to
s the remote location,'-the property
if cannot be opened now. What we
p ni-ed i< a railway running near
there.1 1 I
~ "The property is 140 miles up
j the Fortvinile:river from FOrtymile
I po;t, cn the bank of the Yukon.
That is too -long a .j>y sleigh
to ever pay for handling the mater
ial. Since Uncle Sam is building
$7,11 J 682 COLLECTED
IN TOLLS AT PANAMA
Washington, Nov. 13—A finan
cial survey at the end of the firsl
two j tars of the operation 'of the
ranama ' canal 6h.ows that t°H!
aaio.iiiting to $7,411,682 were col
lected, though) tte -waterwa;
* '.tmimuuiiuiiituu
r.iivvayg iu Alaska, he may start
on© in our direction) eomg .flay, * iu
which! event we • would'have a
chiu.'te to market tbe product of
tlie new strike and. .o/ther 'minerals
or tlie upper Fortymile. As it is
'oduy jVo confine outr -operations*'to
k. roduciiig gold, wk'ieh is not tVulky
and which-can be taken out'of the
cou.itrv at a profit. 1
"Quite a number of 'men ar0
reanining in the Chicken creek'and
other localities ©f-the 'upper Forty
mile this winter, in .coming • to
Dawson I had to cross country-200
j milis, and walked-all'the way wtitn
! the exception of th« 6ixty i miles
■ from Glacier creek • in, whichi I c°v
| Pred |>y riding in withJ 'Ferguson,
i the mail carrier. I - '
j "Snow covers the trail all tke
| way to within two miles of Dawaon.
i Fro*n Tenmile roadhouse out to
Glacis- the snow is plentiful and tM|
sleighing good. I -saw no c&ribiou
I on the- way in. In the C^tcken
j cretk district caribou, -moose and
j othep game is plentiful, and. th0
miners will not want for fresli meat
this winter. I expect to get away
for the return -triH tomorrow, and
will take'the same rout^ j>y which'
I came to 'the city." I '
; wis <lcsed from Aug. 15, -1915 to
' Aug. 14, l1916 'by slides.
In 'he two years' -period a total
' f'° 2,097 "skips passed- through .the
'canal and last J.uly thie 'aggregate
length of the Ht9 ships passing
tLru the canal was 10.2 miles.
T.ie heaviest draft vessel .was the
1 0'iioan, drawing 29 feet 4 Inches.
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•1 (Subscribe far the Dally A^a£fean)
HUUiUI
(<P Pumpkin Fie |
is made best with 2
"Preferred Stock"
! i .2
Cream Pumpkin {
sold at 20c per tin—try it and be convinced jj
After Nov. 1 we will be open from 8 a. m. until !
6; excepting Saturday—from 8 until 8 «
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P. H. GANTY j
Seattle, Nov. -13—As tHua result
of a meeting of the stockholders of
tiie Mother-Lad a CoOTer Minea Com
pany held liii t!his city 'last Satur
day the .companyj 'will push the
development of thelir claims which!
are situated a, efliort distance north.
.1 the famous Keunecott copper
properties oil th'a Oopper River and
Northwestern/ Railway." A/uthority
foi the expenditure of one miiHion
dollar? was-voted! for the develop
m»nt and improving of'the pro
perty next year. 1 '
j Tmo improvements provided! for
includes the 'building of a twelve
' mile wagon road from the mines to
11! railway, Vhichi will, nece^itate
I tiie construction of'several bridges.
ji complete concentrating plant
\'h also included In the list of im
prove menta'provided, lor, and) this
, w ill mean tlx© >omploymen; of an
additional force of "men.
I Tl'e caipital stuck ha« 'been in
! ceased to two and one balf mil
lion dollars, and-authority; wag al
| so given for the issue of bonds to
, the value'Of one million! dollars.
GERMANY COLLECTING GOLD
B^r.'in.—iq a great effort to
replenish, • tta.Q national gold) .reserve
th.o collection) of gold all over the
country ia making rapujj «progress
end all classes of the population
aro competing. I
Recently- omi the !annjversary of
Naioleon'a defeat at LeSpsic, the
Crown princess' chamberlain» ap
peared at the depot in the Prus
sian diet Building -with -a large
quantity of gold and jewels among
which w^rei beautiful bracelets,
chMus and; brooches, whicbj he
handed-to the officials as bis unis
tress' • contribution. Many band
8ume trinietsi have been offered by
the wcrnen io the hcusehjold of the
Crown Princess. '
Even the public schools 'have
taken up a ■collection'through.' pu
pils wlo will be rewarded-with- iron
medals audi lother decorations ac
cording to their zeal.
B'rmingham, Ala., Nov. 13—Next
cascn a player .'n the .Southern
A.vf>ociation will be .automaticall;
fined $10 whenever put out of toe
gauie by -nm umpire, Robert 1 H.
Rau^h, president, announce^ re
Cf.utiv. ii ; i
Petrograd, Nov. 13—Newspapers
published!,throughout the Empire
i are very reserved thgir ' com*
| men's yegardiiig the 're-election, of
I Woodrow Wilson. In. speaking of
I his return -to office they -looik 'for
I a more determined attitude In, the
| future legarding the foreign policy
of the United States.
WlLfj BRING OVER
300 BELGIAN KIDDIES
I New York, 'Nov. 13—Rev. John
i B. iieville,'delegate in Belgium for
1 the Belgian-American ollian.ee, naa
Failed for Belgium to !arrange 'for
sending Were 300 Belgian fcoys and
. girls under -15 years of .age, '
! Tony Dortero, whoi has-heen'Con
*fred "o the hospital with! a sev
! ere oo) * is up and at>out agaiin.
Washington, Ivov. 13—New com
plications, arising out of the report
ed sinking of the American-Hawaii
an steamer Columbia, off the coast
of Spain, have arisen in the subma
rine 'controversy.
Secretary Lansing lias signified,
his intention oJ laying Jjefore Presi
dent Wilson, a summary of the ftad
lr r - '
lags in tlie recent-developments'of
tliis disaster. Preident Wilson bas
ui&de perfectly clear *bisi policy; to
wards submarine* warfare, as ia<id
do-,vn in the notes sent t® Germany
in tbe Sussex 'incident. The; policy,
a-, indicated in tbe notes-will
strictly followed! .in 'tfre present
We Have On
Display Our
Fall and Winter
Line Of
Ladies Coats
Come In And\Look
Them Over
WILhCLAYSON