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• No. 261 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1915
PRICE 10 CENTS
SIR RICHARD MGBRIDE NUDE
PROVINCIAL GENERAL AGENT
Victoria, Dec. 16—Sir Richard
McRride, premier of British Col
umbia, and conservative leader i-a
the house of parliament, resigned
from his office today, and has ac
cepted the position of provincial
general agent at London, England,
for tho Province ot British Col
umbia. J. W. BowBer, attorney
general for British Columbia is
named as the successor of Sir Rich
ard.
SIR RICHARD McBUIDE
.NO CHAXtiK ALOXG
Kt'SSIAX FROXT
LOiid&n, Dec. 1G—The Russian,
German and Austrian official cotn
muni-atioits today all state that
"th^re is no change-' or "there are
no important events" along the
great Russian war front. The Aus
tiian communication contains an
additional statement, as follows:—
"The forces on the northeastern
front, under Austro-Hungarian com
mand, captured during November,
TS officers, 12,000 men and 32 ma
chine guns.
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Vienna, Dec. 16—The entire Aus
tria-Hungary admiralty have en
(loiso'J the actions of the command
er ol the submarine which Bunk I
the steamship Ancona. They claim
that the submarine was in danger
herself, and that tliere was no oth
er course for the commander pi th®
l)oa» »o pursue thau to BluJc the
ship. Members, ot the foreign of
fice, however, are maintaining a con
ciliatory atiituue toward the tenor
of th«$ note from America,
London, Dec. 16—Advice was re
ceived here today that the American
ambassador at Vienna has been no
tified that the Austria-Hungarfa na
tions, in reply to the note from
the state department of the Unit
ed Statifl, relative to the sinking of
the liner Ancocia, that a thorough
(investigation would be made. Ia
an exchange of opinions gi'-at criti
cism is attached ta the stai-d taken
| by America, and it is deci;^ red that
the evidence submitted in substan
tiation of the oliiim that the sink
ing of the vessel was b;t -barious,
! brutal and unwarranted, is
considered \ei \ weak.
WILL START
HOME TOE-BAY
New York, Dec. 16—Military A*"
taclie Van. Papen ar.d Naval At
tache Boy-Ed, the two German di
plomats whose recall was asked by
the United States, will leave Am
erica next Tuesday for heme.
FIELD if SI !L
GIVES UP JOB
Loudon, Dec. 16—Field Marshal
John French, who has been in com
mand ol the British forces in
France and Flanders, has at his
own request, been relieved of the
command.
General French has bem suc
ceeded by General oil Dougl.is Haig.
FAKES
Bill EMIT
Tacoma, Dec. 1G—City Detec
tive ftecob, who permitted his
son to escape whin wanted on the
charge of '-making a criminal at
tack on a sixteen year odd girl, has
been assigned the task of recap
turing his son without pay. If he
fails he will face trial with risk
of a penitentiary term or dismis
sal.
WILL ELECT
CHIJSIMY
Tiirie, Dec. 16—Just what atti
tude Greooe w ill maintain, in lior re
lationship to the Entente power,
and the Teutons, is a matter of
conjecture with the diplomats of
this city. The Creek election, at
which a nev,' cabinet will be elected,
will take place Sunday, December
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HilfffiOF
BOili]
London, Dec. 16—Viscount Aver
sions, former chief justice of Eng
land, died af his home in this city
yesterday, after a protracted ill
ness of several mouths.
Viscount Alversiona came into
prominence beioro the Ameiic&n peo«
plo when he was appointed to re
present England on the question of
the boundary line between British
Columbia, Yukcu Territory and Al
aska.
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
SNUBS l'KACEMAKJLIi FORD
Cincinnati, Dcc. 8 — No rop^e
sontatives of the University of Cin
cinnati will accompany the Ford
peace party on thai peace &hip, al
though oppwt; nity to do bo was
presented by a telegram received
frcm Henry Fo.-d several d vys ago.
"Th* dispatch was rather vague and
wag not addrescd to anyone in par
ticular, so did not request an ans
wer," President Dabney, of the uni
versity, said today.
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La; er Figs in Bulk
Table basins in packages
Fancv Jordan Almonds
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Plun-. Pudding - in tins
Japanese Oranges—Xmas Melons—Cave Cod Cranberries
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P. hi. GANTY
UNITED STATES II WHEAT CROP
Ulffl III NATION'S HISTORY
Washington, Dec. 16—Statistic^
compiled by; the department of com
merce and labor which have J1181
been completed and made public
today bIiow the wheat crop of the
United States to be th§ largest la
ths history of the nation. The fig
urea given, out Bhow the value of
the yield to be $5,570,000,000.
HEARIMG SET
Washington, Dec. 16 — The
charges against United States Dis
trict Attorney Marshall, whose im
peachment is being sought by Re
presentative Buchanan of Illinois,
on the ground that Marshall ■while
prosecuting the neutrality cases
which came up for trial in New
York recently failed in bis d'uty, and
slandered and defamed innocent
persons, will come up lor bearing
bef< r<j the Judiciary committer Frl
day.
Ill fIGHI
DUEL IN 1
Paris, Dec 16.—Details of the
aerial duel in which a German aero
plane WS8 brought down into the
sea off the Belgian coast on Novem
ber 28 were given by the French
aviator who performed the teat.
"The German aeroplane was of
the Albatross type," bo said. "I
ma 'e for it with all haste.
"I flew straight for a hundred
yards and then drooped thirty yards
under tho Albatross, manipulating
my machlnJe so that the speed con
formed to that of the enemy. My
observer had prepared to fire on Qu
adversary when bullets from the Al
batross whizzed past our heads.
I made another defensive movement
a little to the right. Just then my
observer le* go fifty cartridges.
"The effect was immediate. I
had just time to move out of the
wav when the Alb&troee gave a
lunge. Was It hit, or was it simp
ly ano.'her maneuver?
(Continued on page 4.)
5 SUBMARINES
ARE INTERNED
Boston, Dec. 16—Five of the tea
submarines which th«* Electric Boat,
company at Quincy, Mass., built
for Great Britain have been taken
to the C.harlestown Navy Yard and
will remain until the end of the
European war, in accordance with
the stipulation under which the
contract was accepted. The other
fivo undersea boats will be sent
to the navy yard as soon as com
pleted. All of the boats will l>e
tied Uo at docks there and certain
parts of llielr machinery will be re
moved.
According to the builders, each of
the submarines has been accepted
by representatives of the| British
government, having successfully
passed various tests, including Bub
mergence to a depth of 200 feet. :
DATE FOR OPENING
CANAL UNCERTAIN
Wellington, Dec. 2 — General
Goethals, governor of the Panama
zone, will venture no prediction aa
to when the big waterway, now
closed by earth slides, will be Te
opened to navigation.
Reporting to Secretary Garrison
today. General Goethals Baid small
renewals of activities and new
breafes of a minor nature occurring
from time to time made everything
like an, accurate forecast impos
sible.
SEE?; TO EAR BR VAX AXD FORD
London, Dec. 3—Sir EdwaTd A.
Cornwall, a liberal member of par
liament, today took the lead in a
movement to prevent William J•
Bryan and Henry Ford coming to
England on a peace mission. He
asserted that the presence of either
man here would be unwelcome to
England and a sour:e of irritation.
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