110 WARNS UNITED STATES
TO STRICTLY OBSERVE NEUTRALITY
Washington, Nov. *7—The Unit- ^
States government has been in
forrueJ by the de facto government
of Mexico that great precaution. (
should be taken to prevent the
violation o" the neutrality now ex
isting "between that Republic and.
the L'nited States in the handles
of any submarine 'feoats which the
baiidit forces may hereafter *en
ga^e in their bahal£ within the wat
ers o' Mexico. The United States
is also cautioned relative to the!
eetablfsbiment of a naval base on
the coast by the bandits, and the
British. ambassador also Bent a
uotice to this government, In which)
used most direct language,' in
which he threatened this country
wl" punitive -measures In all cas
es o* reprisals. • The position
thus asumedl by the jUexican, gov
ernment makes the situation doubly
hard to. contend; "with, and lias
caused the headsl of the various di
plomatic departments to take the
matter under serious/ consideration.
01 U-BOAT
Berlin, Nov. 7—G-oiug aground
off the coast of -Jutland last Sun
day. rather htan. see - the boat go
itito the hands'of the enemy, the
German U.boat No. 20 was de
stroyed. The crew was all taken
off in safety. 1
C UT. I'EAIIODY ACQHTTED
OF LAKCEX1' CHARGE
Valdez, Oct. 2S — The case
a^aiost Capt. C. L. Peabody, a
well knowu mining promoter, who
was indicted on tb^ charge of
larttuy of some tools and other
articles from the office uf Gecurga
F. White iu Valdecs, attracted con
siderable interest l lis past week.
Caot. Peabody was tried and
proiii'th acquitted iu the district
court. '
Tl>e chief testimony was furn
ished by E. II. Gray, jvho "admitted
tak'ng the tools, but claimed that
he had deno it under orders from
Ca-pt. Ptabcdy. Air. "Whita testified
tha* «L>e tools were taken from hia
office while he was at Ellamar;
that several months afterward,
having information 'that Gray had
takeu them he asked Capt. Pea
tcdv if he knew 'anything about
t\em; tha* Capt. Peabody ai'^w«red
th • t h- did not: that be would have
to Gray, if Gray bad taken
Gray said the "tools were
tak^-ii t" Peabody's camp at Port
ago Bay.
Tno Princess Sophia "is due to ar
rive on schedule time tomorrow
morniiig.
jlf IIEVER SEE
DOLPHiN AGAIN
Seattle. Nov. 2—It was learned
today that a party from Montreal,
Canada, was negotiating for ' tUe
[ purchase of the steamer Dolphin.
Should the deal be consummated,
the Dolpihin, will be taken: and • l>ut
In commission en the St. 'Lawrence
river. The report that negotiations
was on.'the way to that end, was
admitted by President Baxter, this
morning.
Mrs. Agnes M. 'Broughton, who
i haj been in Haines 'for the last
three weeks nursing Judge "VV. B.
j Stout through a severe attach of
[whooping cough, returned 'on the
Humboldt Sunday morning.
PLAY SI SEE
SAWJN ALPS
London, Nov.' 6—Advices from
thv baitle fronts are somewhat
: meigre today ,only two reports of
j any special fighting having been, re
Iceived.. '
Nort i of Somme, French! and
j British forws scoa-e advantage over
| the Germans, while the fighting
between the Rumanians and "Ger
mans in the Transylvania, Alps
seems t0 be a game of see-saw.
I first one side and then the' other
| having slgiht gain.
Sacrifice Sale
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 i
up quickly.
Albert Reinert
Successor to
HI f y * T (7% U THE HABERDASHER AND
• «!• Lr I i\Wrl LADIES'FURNISHER.:
Broadway between I"hird and Fourth "Phone 41
in ■ ON EMIT
nun n i. it
Vigilance Committee is Re-organized
and Await Coming of Mob at Out
skirts of City—Governor Calls Out
Guard to Preserve Order.
I ——_
Seattle, Nov. 7 — Upon,' reports
sont to Everett from thisl city Mon
day afternoon, conv&ying the intelli
gence that two{ 'hundred, Industrial
Workers o£ the World were making
ttifcir way to that city oni a freight
♦rain, the vigilance committee was
-mmediately reorganized) for the
purpose of preventing * them
eiiieriiit that .city. >It is
tlie intenion. of the conwnlttets
meet *ho train outside the'city
limits, and use fore© of arms, • if
necessary, to prevent the.'mob from
entering *he city limits. i
Tile Governor of the State ' of
Washington Jva-s| responded' to a call
for aid from the Mayor of Everett,
and has call^ out the National
Huard, whiehl is ordered to report
rt Kverett, and the officer in'com
trand of the state troops, it-is un
derstood, has* fceeni instructed, to
pre-wve order, even though, it may
t be necessary; to resort to strength.
, of ams to do go.
Th* coroner's jury, empanelled
to investigate the 'death, of those
killed in Sunday's riot, in its ver
dict, which was returned this morn
ing, that the aiahf of I. W. .W.s fir
e I »^e first shots, and that the
m-'mbers 'of the vigilance ccymmit
tcu were justified ii* using fo.-cg to
prevent the mo>{> from landing on
the wharf at Everett.
'the members of the moib weT0
arrested uponj their 'return froni
Eveiet' to this city and placed la
the county jail, are 'still confined
there.
Officers of the Industrial Work
ers organization) are making an ef
fort to secure the services) of the
most noted lawyers 'in the United
States, with'the intention of bring
ing them to "this city to defend
thos.« directly implicated in the riot
A c-nreful estimate of the total
vol's which; will be cast in. Skag
way 'relay places the number' at
350.
A' three o'clock this afternoon
14G of that number, about 50 of
whum were women, had already
cast t 'l eii ballots.
From this time up to the closing
of ti e x'olls "the voting will be
fastfr, and it 'is believed that the
full vote will be cast.
When the judges were asked as ^
to whether or not there had been
anything of ai* exciting nature hap
pened during -the day, they said
Ithot everything ha<J been very |
| quiet and pleasant.
Taj advocatesi o£ prohibition hava
' bee;j vf-ry busy, and are urging ail'
friends of the movement to'go to
th rolls and cast their votes. •
The ballot is a ne^- form, and
Th° ballot is a new'form, and
no party is designated thereon. In
the 'jucbtion of "wet" and'"dry,"
and the "eight hour" law, the bal
lot in very simple, but if one wish
es io vote a 'straight ballot for
some particular party, they; would
have to know the candidates' by J
nam# or they might be misled.'
The matter of Road 'Supervisor i
seems to be one of Indifference to
tha neople of Skagrway, a® there has,
besn very little, if any, electioneer
ing J"; either name which'is to be !
found on the official ballot.
IESIING
TOURIST SPOI
The Washington, D. 'C., Star of
Oct. 26, contains a 'proclamation.
Issued by President Wilson, making
Kasaan a reserve. The Star says:
President Wilson has issued a
proclamation, uponi recommenda
tioms of the Secretaries of Agricul
ture and'Intarior and the Smith
sonian, Institution, establishing 'the
"Old Kasaaax National Monument,"
situated on PrinCe ofl Wales Island,
A! lska. The 38.3 acres put aside
for a national monument is part of
the Tongass national forest.
The action; of the President is
taken for the purpose oif preserving
a dir-blnct type of aboriginal 'Indian
civilizaton that isi fast disappearing,
the Haida Indans having maintained ■
a viilage there for hundreds ' of
years. It was knoHvn' 'as "Old Ka
saan." The land includes Tfifty In
dian tptem poles, some of them ex
cellent specimens, and eight 'large
buildings, constructed according to
the peculiar'plans of the JHaida In
dians. They ^represent the best of
the Indian architecture of that type
Vandals and the ravages of
time have wrcughtj mu h dest uction
among the Indan specimens left on
the Island, but the action'of the
President is expected 'to preserve
•what is left 1
Election returns, ' basketball,
dancing, tonight at the White Pass
Club. |___ j
Pumpkin Tie
is made best with
"Preferred Stock"
Cream Pumpkin
sold at 20c per tin—try it and be convinced
After Nov. 1 we will be open from 8 a. m. until
6; excepting Saturday—from 8 until 8
P. H. GANTY
EACH SIDE CM VICM Nf
HUNDRED ElECfOBUL VOTES
New York, Nov. 7—At the head
quarters of foOUiJ the Republican,
and- Democratic parties tnj this city
at noon today, victory folr their re
spective candidates wasi 'claimed,
each one claiming the election by
over 100 electoral votes.
Reports from thousands of pre
cincts throughout the United Statu*
repoit heavy voting; from the very
opening of the polls, which <l4
claimed as an indication,-that thera
will t>r- a heavy vots cast.
LATELY M
London, NoV. 7—In "a counter at
tack bv the Germans against 'the
Allies cn the Somme'frpnt late yes
terday afternoon; 'considerable
ground was lost t® the latter whicl*
had only recently tseen; "won. The
lofs of life on b'othj sides was con
siderable.
New York, 'Nov. 7—Coal prices
ypst«rday leaped to '$12.50 a ton,
wh.cli is without precedent here.
Re'ailere announced that «. coal
famine is imminent. They have lim
itej their ojdera to one; ton to
each customer. '
The labor* shortage, car ' short
age arid enormous coal consump
tion by-munition and otfoejri factor
ies are 'responsible for the threat
ened famine andsharp* rise in nrioe.
PAY HUGE SOI
Washington, Nov. 6—From sta
tistics just compiled and made pub
lic today, the United States! re
ceived from the Allies now en
gaged in the war in; round num
bers over one million dollars per j
day ever since the beginning: of the J
strife, for arms and ammunition.
OKI OH
iii v. p. cm
Everything1 is im readiness for
the election returns at the W. P.
CInt) tonight. Arrangements) h" vo
been made far tibe installation, of :
projecting machine, which, fc.a^ Jje a.
kinrlly loaned to* th§ Clutt by; Mr.
Albert IKinert, and as fast as t io
returns a-ro received, they; will b
flas.ied upon a large screen. "in
some icspetts t!hds is the most' -•
oort.an' election in many years, urI
the yecQle olf Ala-Ska are fopti :iato
that tht U. S. Sinagl Corrpsi'
made it possible tc* get the i aw»
fully and promptly. Everyone iff
urged to attend tonight. During ji>
termis-eioi.s, informal 'dancing will
take place. The admission, 'a$ 'in
nnunced vesterday, will tie 50 cnets
fur m^u, and 25 cents'eacfli fo~ it
Warsaw, Nov. *7—On, Sunday, as
the result of 'a manifesto issued
by Kaiser William, restoring " by
proclamation, the Kingdom of Yo
land'to the people. Empe.cr
Francis Joseph,' called the ancie t
nationality into existence l>y re 1
ing the proclamation to. represent i
♦ ivea Sunday noon. 1
OPERATION* PERFORMED
Juntr.u, Nov. 4 — Mrs. J. i .
Pugh, wife of Collector of Custon .
J. F Pugh, is at St. Ann's ho
tal recovering from an operati >i
oer formed by I>r. L. O. Sloane, i r
appendicitis.
We Have On
Display Our
Fall and Winter
Line Of
Ladies Coats
Come In And\Look
Them Over
WILL CLA YSON