PRICE 10 CENTS
SKACtWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1917
No. 291 NINETEENTH YEAR
SWISS PRESS PREDICT EABLV
INVASION FOR DASH AGAINST PARIS
Loudon, Jan. 19 — Ad-rices from
Zurich., Switzerland, received in this
city today state that editors of
orcminent pajyers published there
continue to assert that Germany is
stil eonceotraUng' gTeat numbers
of trooos near Basel, and that the
piedicticvn that Switzerland was to
be invaded is now alnioet an as
sured fact.
The Swiss General Staff is cou
' vinced that the plans for the early
invasion of the republic as con
templated is now perfected. The in
vasion will be madQ for the purpose
0«f freeing Alsace from the French,
and when this is accomplished the
Teutons will make a desperate dash
for Paris.
1 IRE SHIPS
SUMMER
London, Jan. 19—Authentic in
formation received at the war of
fice today state that seven addi
tional vessels, laden with food sup
plies had been sunk by the German
raider on the south Atlantic ocean,
off the eastern coast of Brazil.
According to corrected reports to
hand, »his will bring the t?tal num
ber of ships sent to the bottom by
the nameless black raider up to
nineteen .
RUSSIAN'S CUT IRK
42Ji.tXK> TEUTONS DUR
ING PAST YEAR
London, Jan. 19—Iu an official
announcement received from Petro
grad, it is stated that during the
y-ar ending December 31, 1916,
'he Russian army had taken pris
oners a total of 428,000 Teutons.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 19 — Miss
Nellie M. Dunn and Rowland D.
Williams, both teachers in the pub
lic schools of this city, were yes
terday shot and both instantly kill
ed Ly John M. Couch, who is a bno
'■ her—in—law of the former.
Couch persisted in paying atten
tions to the young woman, but Bhe
spurned his attentions and accepted
♦hose of Williams, who was ac
knowledged to be the suitor for her
hand . Growing iusanely jealous of
♦he two people when he Was re
peatedly and persistently refused by
Miss Dunn, he waylaid th« two peo
ple and drawing a pistol without a
word of warning, shot them down
in cold blood.
Couch was immediately arrseted
and is now held on a double mur
dor charge.
The Jefferson took nine passen
gers from this port, all booked for
Jimr au.
COIPIHf MURDER CASES HOW
ON IlLJjl FRANCISCO
Sau Francisco, Jan. 19—The jury
in the case of the Government vs. J
Thomas J. Mooney, who is charged |
with murder, and is alleged to have J
been the moving spirit iu a conspir
acy tc explode th.e suitcase bomb
which killed ten persons and injur- |
ed fifty others here, July 22 last,
when President Wilson paid this
C4,y a visit, has been secured, and
is now ready to hear the case.
Assistant District Attorney Cunha
in his opening statement to the
jury which is to try Mooney on the
charge of murder, said that Mooney
Berknian and others ware the
rinji'eaders jux an anarchist conspir
acy which had been planned to> take
the life of President Wilson.
W. Bourke Cochran, New York
criminal lawyer is chief defence
counsel, and his presence is draw
ing as much attention to> the case
as Clarence Darrow drew to the
JlcXamara cases.
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Valdez, Jan. 17 — Otto Kanitz,
jjropertv owner arnseted here on
January 1th, was yesterday bound
| over *o the grand jury on five
charges of arson in connection with
J : fire here on January 2nd, which,
j destroyed the chief business section
of t>>e city.
Bonds w«re placed at ? 17,000 but
Kau.'tz has been unable to raise J
them so far.
The Federal authorities working j
on the case refuse to make any
statement but claim that tbey have i
conclusive evidence tjiat Kanitz is!
responsible in several ways for the
in cen diary fires which caused the
I couflogration.
The citizens raised over $2,000
by popular subscription for the ar- ■
rest and convJcUon of the incen
diary fiends.
The Valdez Prospector referring
to Mie fire, la the issue of January
2nd said:
A -leliberate and diabolical at
tempt to burn, out the business dis
trict cf the town was made early
this morning-, when Bonie xierson or
persons set lire to buildings in Jour j
separate places ou MeKinley street,
and that the ulan did not uucceed j
in wiping out the ©afire }>usiuess
soctiou of the city is due to the j
efficiency of the fire department J
a'ld the accumulation of snow on
the buildings.
The first alarm came from the j
Golden North Hotel when the guests
a' that place discovered flames
coming up past their windows from
the .Arcade Cafe, next door. Hardly
had the alarm been given before it
was discovered 'hat the rear of
.Max Schmidt's s'ore was also afire,
aud instantly came, the news that
t've Alameda House And the Ellis
'■lock were also afire.
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Washington ,Jan. 19 — Senator
Pitt man of the committee on Terri
tories, Representative Houston,
Delegate James "Wickersham, IS. C.
Hughes and Falcon Joslin have in
augurated a movement which teems
likely to beiUT fruit that will bring
the attention of the government to
Alaska in a more intelligent num
ber than anything that has been
done oi late years.
The movement suggests that a
joint congressional committee be ap
pointed to make a visit to Alaska
during the coming summer. This
comm.'-tee is to closely inspect the
work thue far done on the govern
ment railroad, examine into the
Territory's legislative requirements,
and otherwise investigate the needs
of the people o£ the north from a
legislative point of view.
As a result of this conference,
i» was proposed that Delegate Wick
ers ham draw up a joint resolution
presiding that three members from]
the United States senate and three i
members of the United States House
of Representatives, three members |
from the committee on app.roprii.-i
tirns, three members cf the ccmmit
teo cu Territories, three ivom the
nullic lands committee, three mem
bers from the merchant murine
conimiltee and three mi rubers from
•he fisheries committee shall be
peinted.
Secretary Lane is said to be in :
favor of the plan, and stated that if |
the plan meets wiMt tlie- approval of
congress, and his duties will permit
him doing so, ha will accompany
Jbe committee 011 its tour of inves
tigation and education.
George Anderson, piano expert
and factory representative for high
grade pianos and player pianos will
be in Ska^way in the near future.
Mr .and Mrs. P. H. Ganty were |
Dassengers south on the Princess So
phia sailing from this yort last
eirrout© to the eastern cities.
Mr. and Mrs. Ganty will go from
Vancouver to the east via the Can
adian Pacific system, and. will visit
Bosttji, New York, Chicago, Buffa
lo ,and other large cities before
*hey re'urn sixty day hence.
Mr. Ganty was called east to
a'teed a meeting of the stockhold
ers of th© Ruby Silver and Silver
Queen mine company whose pro
perty is at Pavy, and When seen by
a representative of this paper he
said that in all probability the
company would" be reorganized.
Mr. Ganty is thoroughly familiar
wi'h the conditions existing, and
while be is interested financially in
fhe property, it Js believed that his
word will have more weight towards
bringing about the desired end, thaa|
any other man who ever visited
fhe property. In addition to meet
ing the people interested in the
Pavy mines, Mr. Ganty will meet
other men of financial influefice,
and as he has several projects in
hand, it is safe to presume that his
visit to the east will redound to the
benefit of Skagway by directing the
attention of men with capital to
this section of the northland.
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s\ Thomas, Jan. 19—The natives j
r(I St. Thomas Island ,one of the
island? of Uncle Sam's latest ac
quired territory, the Danish! West
Indies, were lamost thrown Into a
slate of panic yesterday, yhen thirt
American warships steamed into the
harder of St. Thomas &nd began
going through the evolutions of na
val maneuvering.
However, alter the tattle ships
)iad lined up in majestic array, a
friendly saluif$ from the guns was
flied. and small boats lowered away,
whicli loot officials to tlie city.
.When the citizens of the island
learned that the big ships were
merely making a friendly call on
them as relatives by. adoption, the
si"n8 of fear at first displayed were
quickly changed to. friendly greet
ings, and tbiose fortunate enough to
be with, the landing party were ac
corded every mark of friendship and
hospitality.
Seattle, Jan. 15—The Seattle I
Yuclit Club plane to hold a three
day water carnival an-* take a 12
cruise to Alaska to commemor
ate the half century anniversary of
'lie purchase of Alaska and the
formal opening of the Lake Wash
ington canal. The plans will be
outlined at a banquet at the Hotel j
Washington this evening.
The Alaska cruise will be the i
mos*. important project to be con
sidered. The committee which has
been preparing plans for this trip,
coasisMng of Capt. James S. Gib
son N. H. Latimer and A. W. Leon
ard. will report. .
T.-te steamship Jefferson arrived
in tLis cort at 9:45 o'clock this
morning .which was about twen
• v-fcur hours ahead of the time
she was expected to arrive. Agent
Sua • not having heard to the con
trary the* she would be here before
Saturday She brought 25 tons of
freight tor Skagway ami eight pass
engers. She sailed for the south
at 11:SO o'clock.
Washington, Jan. 19—Sherman L.
Whipple, thie noted trial lawyer of
Boston, has been, invited by the
congressional committee which was
appointed to make a probe of the
allege.1 mews leak of Prsident Wil
son's peace note ,ta> come to this
city and act ag council in the in
vestigation.
SKAGWAY PEOPLE ARE
HOPEFUL ON ACCOUNT
CP TUXGSTEX ORE STRIKE
People of Skagway are hopeful
that a strike of tungsten ore made
011 the White Pass railroad line,
about tight miles from Skagway, by
Charles Cartwriglit, a citizen of
tha* place, will result in. a valuable
asset to that community. It is said
that ore running as high as $1,000
a tcu has been located . It is said
'hat the discoverers will work the
pronert> themselves if they do not
give a bond on it to Deople who
will do so.—Juneau Empire.
VESSELS CAPTURED Nf RAIDER
ARE CONVERTED ID RAIDERS
New York, Jan. 19—Authentic in
formation has been received here
that af least twoi of the vessels
capture^ in the South Atlantic by
the German raider, have already
been converted Into ^aiders for the
purLoec- of preying upon tlie com
merce of Brazil and other South
American countries .
These two vessels are the Yarrow
dale and St. Theodore, and they
are already reported tQ be engaged
in the work of freeUooting.
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3ame$ Kennedy
(Successor to Will Clayson)
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