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No. 298 EIGHTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA,
BRITISH IRE BOTTLING IIP
BALTIC SEA WITH MIS
■Washington, Jan. 31—Official ad
vices received by the state d^art
ment are to the effcct that the
British nary is sowing m.iH ^9 thick
ly in the entrance to the Baltic
•ea, making it Impassable fUr ves
I sels except under guidance of an
I official pilot appointed by the
j British admfralty. The informa
tion was cabled by Consul Skin
ner, wto was officially notified of
Lhe existence of the new mine
field by the admiralty.
London, Jan. 31—The most furi
ous fighting since tho advance up
oa Yprea Is in progress in the
French theatre of war. The German
offensive pressing hard upon the
French l'nes along a front of
oyer a hundred miles. The Ger
mans are reported to have i cap
tured a small town about seventy
five miles from Pari^
Berlin, Jan. 31 — All ground
gained by the Germans in their
offensive near Neuville, Finance,
during the past week is being re
tained ,and all French counter
attacks have been repulsed.
FOOD CARGOES
CAPTURED
London, Jan. 31—Four steamers
carrying foodstuffs, three Nor
wegian and one Danish, were tak
en Into Kirkwall Saturday and Sun
day by British cruisera. Un
less tie shippers can prove that
the cargoea were not destined for
ultimate consumption In Germany,
the goods will be confiscated as
contraband, j
mora
A VICTORY
Constantinople, Jan. 31 — The
Turks hare captured from the
Russians some sfrongly defended
positions in Astatic Turkey, the
war office announced today. In
cluded in the booty captured were
one thousand cameic.
COL. HOUSE
10 LONDON
Paris, Jan. 31—Col. House, Presi-|
dent Wilson's personal envoy to ■
European courts, returned from'
Switzerland Saturday and Is pro
ceeding to London today.
0.5. LOSES II I
SUBMARINE!
Charleston, Jan. 31 — The U. |
S. submarine K-5, which, was en- •
route with lour others from New !
York to Key West is missing and
does not respond to -wireless calls.
The revenue cutters stationed at j
nearby ports along the coast have 1
ail bean called out to make a search
for it but are able to accomplish j
nothing as the whole coast is en- i
veli.ped in a heavy fog.
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PJMIOEO B? ZEPPELIN DURING
FCE-OITV NOW IN TERROR
Paris, Jan. 31—A Zeppelin , vls
i'.ed tliis city early Saturd y; niglit,
dropping many bombs. Twonty-fe-vn
persons were killed and many in
jured and several buildings were
partially wrecked. A dense fog
prevented the effective use of eith
er anti-aircraft guns or aoroplane3
in defense of tlio city. The peo
ple of the city arc almost in
panic nr fear another raid will oc
cur tonight or within a few deys.
New X<""k, Jan. SI — Former
President Roosevelt totfay flayei
in tlie severest terms those po'-i
tkiaus who refused tj i-r- "Id the
right lor fear of offerdiug the
Germau-Americau vote, iu a * L' '^'h
delivered at the auditorium of the
Institute of Art and Science. He
excoriated Germany for lier treat
ment of Belgium and for the hor
rors enacted tn submarine warfare,
and declared Germany responsible
Cor the loss of every munition plant
which Las been destroyed in this j
country.
San Llego, Jan. 31—The horrors
of the flood occasioned by the
breaking of one of the city water
works dams in the mountains back
of-the city are growing with each
new report that comes from Hie
scene of the disaster. The death
roll is now placed at over one
hundred and thu peoplo ol" the
valleys are fleeing from their lie: '.os
in file fear that the heavy rains
which have been falling , : about
two weeks will cause oth. r dams
to breaJc
WILL INS! 1'. !
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Vald.-s, Jan. 31—According to
Supt. W. Bertram Hancock, of '•
Mother Lode Copper ilincs com
pany, the property is lo bo do-;
evloped on an extensive scale and
will be equipped with modern ma
chinery.
At present fifty-seven men are
employed at this copper mine, de
veloping- en four different levels
below the mouth of the tunnel and
sloping out the high grade ore. Re
cently about 100 tons ot this raat
ai was transported over the trail
to the Copper River & Northwestern
railway to the Tacoma smelter.
This ore runs from 57 to CO
per cent copper.
Arrangements have been made to
iustall a mill on the property next
spring, with a capacity of 100 tons
' (Continued on page 4.)
Loudon, Jan. 31—The American I
liner Philadelphia, which sailed
from this port for New York last
evening suffered a collision witii
the Lee liner Kl>en in a dense fog ,
at the mouth of the Thames and ,
was forced to return to port. The
damage is said to be Blight aaid
repairs will be accomplished' with
in a week.
MAW SPARKLERS ARE
BEING BOUGHT NOW ;
New York, Jan. 31—It lias been j
several years since the diamond
merchants of Maiden Lane — the j
jewc-lry centeT of the country — ;
have bc-tii so busy as they are |
this year. There seems to be an
almost unprecedented demand for
diamonds, despite the fact that
they have increased ia price. Were
it uot that the jewelers had the
foresight greatly to> increiise their
imports of cut and uncut stones ih 1
recent months, they would have;
oeen hard put to mest the unav-'
pt . ted demand. The surest sign of
ir sperGua times is the public buy
ing jewels.
GERMANY BOUGHT COPl'ER
FOR SPECULATION !
That statement about German J
buying of copper to the tune of;
200,000,000 pounds, for delivery af- 1
ter the war, went the rounds of j
the daily press without contra-1
diction. We understand that;
mos* of the metal agencies have !
3old copper to Germany for de-!
livery when the trade-route is I
ipon again. Some of the copper j
jouglit by Germans at low figures '
early in the war has been resold j
at New York on the advance in i
price.—Mining Science.
HOT SOUP AND
HOT TAMALES
Sonne! s pretty good .his kind of weatlier
We make a specie! price-per doz. on
Cambeli's sonps 'of $1.40 per doz.
straight or assortad varieties.
We offer yon I. X. L. Chicken Tamales,
the best made, at 20c per tin 3 for 50c or
$1.85 per doz I. X L. Chili Con Carne
15c per tin 2 for 25c or 1.40 per dozen.
Bny a dozen, they are good
things to have in the house.
P. H. GANTY
mi e. a mmnM
fuses ma shib she
Washington, Jan. 31—Tilt urgent
deficiency appropriation bill, in
which is included the $2,000,000
appropriation for the continuation,
of work on the Alaska railroad,1
passed the senate Satiirday after-'
noon, carrying almost a million
dollars additional to w.hat it pro*
vided ae it passed the house early
'a the week. It has now been re
turned to the house for action up
on the senate amendments.
At tl>e last meeting of the Kenne
cott Copper stockholders lield in
Boston recently for the purpose of
approving the increase in the shar«3
of >ie company from 720,000 to
3,000, )00 President Stephen Birch
said:
"\Vh"e our production and costs
are encouraging and satisfactory,
a< the same time Ave feel that it
is advantageous for the company
to lake over the properties whose
known life is much longer than is
indicated by the ore so far de
veloped at the Kcnnecott and Beat
son properties.
"In the case of the Utah Copper,
we knew that the mino has a life
of over thirty years, and the life
of the Bradeu is placcd at the
same figure. The costs at the
Utah are around seven cents, and
the ilriulen engineers estimate ;t^ie
cost at that mine at about sevfeu
cents. j
"The Copjier River & ■'Nsnhwest
srn railway is a neqesSky :to the
Kennecctt Copper -Company. Wo
depend upon it for our transporta
tion and if tho railroad passed in
to unfriendly hands, freight rates
could lio-yicreascd to exceed $2,
000,00'J a year.
"Transportation in the case of
the Konnecott company amounts to
2 !4 cents, out of a total cost
since June 1, averaging 4.58 ceuts,
so that it will bo seen that trans
portation represents nearly half the
cost of producing copper at the
mine.
"The earnings of the Alaska
Steamship company and the rail
road company are now running at
the rate of about $1,000,000 a
year. In addition to insuring fav
orable freight facilities the mine
will therefore have a paying pro
siticn.
"Tne earnings of the Kennecott
Copper Corporation, have averaged
$1,000,000 a mouth. In November
we produced 10,500,000 pounds of
copper and the costs were probably
under live cents a pound."
In response to the question of a
stockholder, Mr. Birch, explained
why a vein mine, like the Keone
cott, cannot develop its ore ahead
as far as a porphyry.
"Mining operations and develop
ment work," he said, "are carried
on through, the same shafts, so
that development work is limited By
the facilities of the mine, and its
rate ct production. For instance,
Anaconda is understood never to
have had more than two years' ore
developed in advance, and yet the
mine hag been operating for thirty
years. ' — Boston News Bureau. (
Having acquired various Pacific
coast Droperties at an approximate
cost of 8200,000,000, tha Kenn«cott
Copper Corporation, is probably; now
the biggest enterprise of the kind
in 'he world.
The aggregate purchase for 1915
of the units that form the com
pany amounted to $3,250,000. The
company expended $150,000 In sal
aries in Seattle and more than $1,
000,000 was paid to its employes In
Alaska. Since last May it has been
shipping copper to the smelter at
Tacoma at the rat© of about $1,
500,000 a month.
Because of the recent acquisition
o' the Braden copper mines J In
Chilp. the amount of purchase made
•n Seattle will be greatly increased.
As soon as arrangements can be
perfected a line of steamships will
run from Seattle to Antofagaata,
and ot.ier South American ports,
carrying cargoes from the North
(Continued on Page 3.)
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