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No. 223 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1915
PRICE 10 CENTS
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EM IIRIN SHIPS
Halifax, Nov. 1—(Delayed)—A
British warship brought into this
port yesterday two American steam
ships, the Hamborn and the Hock
ing with, prize crews on, board. The
action of the British haa caused
great indignation ajnong Americans
here, who term the seizure of the
6h5ps as being high handed and il
legal.
New York, Nov. 2—The owners
of the steamships Hamborn and
Hockiug, which -were Boized and
taken into Halifax with prize crews
aboard have entered a protest
against the seizure of their shipa.
Bucharest, Nov. 1—(Delayed) —
Russian warships are today bom
barding Varna, one of the fortified
seaport towns on the Blacjc Sea
iu Bulgaria. The bombardment is
fur tho purpose of preparing a
way for the landing of troops who
will inarch on Sofia.
At an early hour this morning
the bombardment of the farts -which
surround and defend Nish was be
gun.
GERMANS HT
FM NEVER IS
Berlin, Xov. 2—The German gov
ernment has made a denial that
Fay was ever an officer in the Ger
man army.
GERMANS GET
ARSENAL TOWN
London, Nov. 2—Official informa
tion was received at headquarters
today that the Germans tad suc
ceeded in occupying Kruguyevatz,
ono of the biggest arsenal towns in
Serbia. It is looked upon as a hwl
blow to the allies.
TURKS SIK
SUBMARINE
Berlin, Nov. 1—(Delayed)—Re- !
j ports have been received here that'
! the French submarine Turquoise
' had been sunk by Turkish artillery
1 fire from the forts at Gallipoli and
I the entire crew drowned.
BAHorrewiLL
Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 28 — The I
outlaws who held ujp and robbed j
the passenger train, yesterday on
the Missouri-Texas railroad, haye
[ been surrounded in, the hills near |
the sc^ne of the holdup.
Blocdhounds, used by the sheriff, |
have followed the scent from the
scene of the robbery to the hills,
and posses of citizens have formed
a cordon to prevent their escape.
It Is reported that there are eight
men in the band of outlaws and ,
as they are heavily armed it is be- |
lieved they will fight to the death
before being captured and the Bhor- :
iff has issued warnings against
citizens engaging in the hunt unless j
attached to a posse of sufficient i
streugth to overpower the bandits.
The officials of the Missouri
Texas railroad have offered a re
ward of $5,000 for the capture of
the bandits and have admitted that
$•10,000 was taken from the express
company in addition to the regis
tered mail and loot gathered from
the passengers.
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FIERCE MULE ON MEXICAN
BORDER«FOUGHT TODAY
Douglas, Arizona, Nov. 2—La3ti
night just beforo Bun-down the :
forces of General Villa and General
| Carranza started battling for the !
possession! of the town Agunprieta.
All night long the battle TOgod.
Many ol the balls from tho rifloa
and machine guns falling on Ameri
can soil, two Americans being ser
iously hurt by the flying projectiles.
Villa is leading his own forces,
and when day broke, the battle in
creased in fury. From the violence
o! the fighting the loss on botli
sides must be considerable.
Seward, Alaska, Not. 2—The con- j
te3t over tho townsito of Seward ■
between the Alaska Central rail
road company versus the Ballaines,
fcndeed in the district cou'it ycster- .
day afternoon, when the defendants
In the action were given a verdict
in their favor.
It was at once given out by the
attorneys for the plaintiffs that
an appeal would bo taken to a
higher court.
CD CLU8S AND SOCIAL 00015
flUSI PUT FULL SALOON LICENSE
Sail Francisco, Nov. 2—The cir
cuit court ol appeals yesterday de
nied a rehearing to tha action
brought by a number of the clubs,
lodges and soial halls of Alaska,
iu which relief was sought from the
imposing of the regular $1,000 sa
loon license, and ordered that all
card, fraternal and social club
rooms, where liquor was sold would
have to pay the same license as
the saloons, as preescribed by; the
laws.
London, Nov. 2—King George re- i
turned hist night from liis triy to ;
France, and his condition is report
ed to be favorable.
WEDDING 10 BE
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(Wireless via Juneau)
Washington, D. C., Nov. 1—(Do-j
layed)—An official announcement■
was made at the 'White House
early this morning that the mar
riage of President Woodrow Wilson |
and Mrs. Norman Gait would take.
place near the close of December,!
1915, the exact date to be "-a- j
nounced within a few days. It was |
also stated, but unofficially that
full details of arrangements would
be made public within a short time.
President Wilson's yacht is be
ing put in condition for tho honey
moon trip.
HERMAN RIDOER
New York, Nov. 2—After an ill
ness oi but a few days duration,
Herman Ridder, president of the
Now York Staats-Zeitung, and
treasurer of tl>e National Demo
cratic committee, died at his home
at 22 West 72nd street this city
last night. The cause of his death
was kidney trouble.
Herman Ridder was probably the
mos' widely known newspaper man
in the United States. He was born
ia 1851 ol German parentage, and
received his education at the
New York public schools. He be-)
gan his businoss life at the age
of eleven years as orraud boy for
an insurance company aud two yeaia
later took a position as clerk and
at the age of 20 years Jie was a full
fledged insurance agent. At tho
age of 27 years he began his jour
nalistic career, establishing sev
eral Catholic papers which were
printed in the German language, in
1SS0, ho became trustee treasur
er and manager of the Staats-Zei
tuug, and seven years later be
came the president of the fore
most German daily paper of the
United States. • i
(Continued on page 4.)
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P. H. GANTY
1 PORCUPINE FLUME WILL BE
HEADY FOR WORK Of SPRING
Haines, Nov. 1—(Special corres
pondence to til3 Dally Alaskan)—
Samuel C. Huater, manager of the
Porcupine Gold Milling company, op
erating on the Porcupine, tributary
to the Kl-ehona rivor, north of
Haines, has returned to this city
from an inspection trip to the
mines, and when, interviewed by a
representative of the Alaskan said:
"Upon arriva' at the workings, I
found that the damage done by the
high water was not aa bad as at
first believed. The work of repair
ing the big flume will be completed
In about ten days, and ten daya
work la the 3prhi.g will clean up
the debris and put things in shape
bo that we can resume the work
where we were forced to abandon it
this fall wlien wo were flooded out.
We have had our saw mill running
Cor several weekB past, a.nd now
have all the lumber we need for
repairing. We would lia.ve had a
profitable season had we not met
with the washout. We shall start
a full crsw-'o work as early in the
spring <ic weather conditions "will
permit."
Mr. Hunter left for the states on
the Spokane.
mm TRUCK FROM ALASKA
SHOWN AI PANAMA EXPOSITION
S:iu Fraucisro, Nov. 2—Ou dis
play iu the Alaska exhibit in the
Palace of Transportation for the
past two weeks has 1>een an array
of vegetables of this year's growth,
brought from Tanana Valley, Alas
ka, which Is within one hundred
miles of the Arctic Circle.
The exhib't was put in by the
Pacific Coast Steamship company
for exhibition during the celebration
0/ the 4Stli anniversary of the J
Purchase of Alaska, which was held
at the exposition October 18.
Potatoes, one of which would
make a meal for a small family,
parsnips and carrots as large as Cal
ifornia grown turnips, which ordin
arily weigh sixteen pounds, and
cabbages as largo as wash-tubs were
among the shipment. If any read
er is from Missouri, and feels that
he must be shown, lie should visit
the exhibit and see the farm truck
grown beneath the Midnight sun.
10 FT.
S. J. Weitzman is in receipt of &
letter from Mrs. Weitzman, who is
iu Seattle, stating that A. II.
Mackintosh, a resident of Haines,
who was a fellow passenger on the ,
southbound trip, had been taken
seriously ill on board ship, a-ud |
upon reaching Seattle, he was Im
mediately taken to the hospital. I
B. A. Darnett and John Leslie, j
who, as grand jurors, i.ave been at
tending court at Juneau tar some
time past, returned home on the
Spokane, the grand jury baring
completed its labors.
Tim Vogel and Robert H. Ferry,
who hare been in Juneau for the
past several days where they were
witnesses in the George Green case,
returned home on the Spokane.
Roy Hearst, who was aocidently
shot a lew weeks ago, is rapidly re
covering from hi3 injury, aaid is now
able to be out on the streets again.
The "Hard Times" Hallowe'en
ball given in the Arctic Brotherhood
hall last Saturday night was well
attended and was, in every way, a
decided success.
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