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GEMINI PLANNING REPRISALS
FOR LOSS OF SUBMARINE GREW
Berlin, Jan. 17—Germany Is be
lieved to l>e planning 'o violate al
rules of submarine warfare as laic
down by the United States, it was
Indicated when, the German govern
ment's Teplv to the British govern
ment in the Baralong cr.se was uiadi
public.
In its reply, published today, the
German government takes the
ground that Great Britain no long
er desires to observe the re
quirements of international law
in regard to submarines, as inter
preted by the state department of
■ | the United States, and breaks off
[ j negotiations on this subject.
Germany charged several mouths
ago that tha British ship Baralong
; ran down a German, submarine, \
j while the British ship flew the :
: United States colors. The Ger-1
i mans alleged further that the ma
rine irom the submarines were shot
to death as they were trying to
j save their lives.
Great Britain's reply, the German J
I government says, was an expres- j
oion of willingness to have the ques
! tion decided by U- S. naval officers, j
Newspapers in. Berlin coutain
veiled hints that stern reprisals I
will be undertaken.
AUSTRIA PRACTICALLY HAS
POSSESSION Of IMUGRO,
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Londc-u, Jan. 13—The important
war news duriug the p;:st twenty
four hours was the occupation of
Cettinje the capital of Montenegro
by the Austrian forces.
The Austrians are pressing south
ward towards the fortified port
of Antivari, and are driving the
Montenegro forces before them.
The Montenegrins are incompaased
on all sidea and military officials
momentarily expect to hear news j
o' the surrender of a good part of
the fighting forces and the occupa
tiou soon of the whole of Montene
gro by the Teutons.
I Berlin advices state that the
(Turks have occupied the fortified
t positioa of Herman Shah, the eo- |
called capital of Persia, and an j
important place for military op- j
erations and furnishing supplies to I
the forces of the Central Powers j
operating in Persia.
There was but little fighting on J
any of the other fronts during the
past twenty-four hours.
The entente fleet again yester- j
dav bombarded the Turkish po
sitions on G-allipoli Pen Insula.
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CHINA IMG
OWN WAR
San Francisco, Jan. 1"—Accord
ing to advices received here from
Canton, China, today revolutionary
troops have defeated the forces of
Yuan chi Kai, the head of the
Chinese government, iu the province
o' Szechuen.
Pelcin, Jan. 17—Cai-1 e newspa
pers favorable to the imperial
government are i:ui -t-i, that Ja
pan deport Sun Vat Sea, former
It0
president of China, and other Chi- fac
remove tho general susiaciou i" ^
valent in China that Japan is en
couraging the Tevolution. j
DEATH CALLS HUERT A,
FORMER MEXICAN LEADER
El Paso, Jan. 14—General Vic- I
toriano Huerta, former provisional '
president of Mexico, died late last,
night, surrounded by tho immediate
members of his family. D. M. P- I
Schuster, his physician said death
was caused by cirhosis of the liver, r>.
aggravated by confinement. One of B:
Huerta'6 last requests was that he to
be buried In Mexico. He was 61 ; n:i
years old, and was born in Chihua- j ve
hua. tb
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With the exception of Rubber Goods, E. & W. Collars,
Overalls, Jumpers, Threads, Knox and Stetson Hats.
SALE STARTS
Wednesday Morning Jan. 12. at 9 o'clock
as CL.05ES
Saturday Night, Jan. 12, at 10 o'clock
TERMS CASH—Store will be open until 9 o'clock every
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Washington, Jan. 17—Gen. Car
ranza, as provisional president of
Mexico, tins given to the state do-'
partment -renewed assujance that
he will make every effort to cap
ture and punish tliosi responsible1
for the murder of Americans. He
claims that the massacre was in
stigated by Villa, to force interven
tion by t,lie United States.
Washington, Jan. 17—The state'
lepartment was advised late last,
niglU that the Carranza troops hac
capture') General Joso Rodriquez
General Amieda and several othei
Villa chieftains.
General Amieda was executed a)
once.
General Rodriquez Is said to have
been in charge of the bandits which
Put to death the American raluera
last Monday,
Gensral Gaviera, commanding the
Juarez sarrison for Carranza, has
ordered Rodriquez to be executed
ihe first thing this morning.
O0f HUB
Xew York, Jan. 17—Elihu Root
a speech before *'10 New York
ir association today tidvocated a
rong program of p rot. a redness for
e L-i:itcd Statec.
tVas'ni^gton, Jan. 17—President]
lson, it is announced, lias be
1 work to put into operation the |
n outlined in bis last messago I
congress fo-r preparing mauu* ]
turiti* plants, railroaus and otb-1
\W.shlugton, Jan. 17 — 13x-Sec
ary u? State William Jennings
yan u> thought to bo maneuvering
"start a row in the democratic
tional convention when it con
nes !n St. Louis. It is expected
at lie will insist on the enforco
;nt of the one term i>!auk of tUo
tional democratic platform adopt
by the Baltimore convention,
aich would bar President Wilson
cm reanmination.
DKSTUOY 10r» GERMAN SVBS |
London, Jan. 17—The British
lmiralty estimates that at l«st
)5 German submarines have been
ipturcd or destroyed fcy the Brit
h since the war upon them began,
he campaign against the subma
ues has been conducted by aero
laues, torpedo boats and destrov
rs and by motor boat "chasers.""
The Hague Jan. 17—The Ger
uiiii ministry has refused to grant
remission to the Scandinavian, dele
gates to the peacei conference, held
in conjunction with the visit of
he Kurd peace commission, to re
turn home across German teritory,
classing them as undesirables. The
•oule homo via the North sea Is
regarded as extremely dangerous
a* •■his time and i,he delegates
■ought to return oyerlt-nd on tiia*
account.
Permission wa3 granted the Ford
•arty to cross German territory conn
»g to The Hague only- on condition
-hat the cars should 1m sealed and
io member of the party w-is allowed
o step foot outside cl the train
>u German soil.
ftTROiiEX PLANTS IX
Washington, Jan. 17—The Unit
id states is dependent for its
jowder manufacture npon Chile,
n time of war, therefore, unless
liis country controlled the Be3®,
lie powder supply would soon be
jxliauhted. For that reason. It la
>elie\fcd the United States may
.ake steps to provide either g°v
■rnnient of private plants for the
manufacture of nitrogeu from the
Ur, according to exprtsslona In the
trio use o<: Representatives.
rHICAGO BOYS TLOT
murder of father
Chisago, Jan. 17 — Irving and j
Herbert Updike, sons of millionaire
Farnam D. Upd'.kc, weve overheard
by Chief of Folice Lee rehoaraing
details cf a nlot to murder their
parents last night and were Im
mediately arrested. The reason as
signed for their T>lot is that the
elder Updike intended 'o change hla
will to disinherit his sons on ac
coun' cf a family quarrel. The po
lice chief says that the boya liv
tended to use a rife equipped with
•i Maxim silencer in order to ac
; oinplhh their purpose without do
' icction.
"PREFERRED STOCK"!
:
Means the verj best in canned goods
IJiisoliced testimon:aIs from many sat«
isfied customers give evidence of the
good quality of thsse goods. We are
the Skagway agents for "PREFERRED
STOCK" brand and are authorized to
guarantee every can—This means that
should there happen to be a can not up
to standard, all you have to do is. to let
us know and another one will be sent
you in place of it, or money refunded.
P. H. GANTY
BUSINESS MAKES RECORDS
NEVER BEFORE EULED
Seattle, Jan. 17—Optimism and
confidence is the dominant note oi
the January 'Digest of Trade Con
ditions" of the First National Bank
of Seattle, from which these ex
cerpts are taken;
"Record operations in most man
ufacturing lines, heavy increases to
building operations cn-d railroad ton
nags and unusual wholesale and
retail business generally is, in
brief, the story of the present busi
ness situation in this country. The
total volume of commercial op
erations being rccordod each day
has never before b<f\n equaled.
"Bank clearingB for November
were orer |19,0Q0,000,000 com
pared with |11,000,000,000 a year
ago. The gala for New York City
alone was 119 per cent and for
the country outside of New York
City the increase was 33 per cent.,
making the increase average for the
entire country 75 per cent. Out
3f 610 principal cities otly thirteen
showed smaller clearings than a
rear ago. while 111 cities set eu
;irely new high records.
"sioct transfers on the New
York Exchange during Novembei
totaled nearly; 13,000,000 shares
compaied with less than 4,000,000
shares in November, 1913 (the ex
changed was closed iu November,
1914), Stock Bales for the first
eleven months of the year were
159,000,000 shares compared with
16,000,000 shares last year and 76,
)0,000 shares the previous year.
The average^ price of a selected list
>f sixty-two investment stocks is
03 compared with 83 a year ago.
"November bond sales totaled
1130,000,000 against ?32,000,000 in
fovember, 1913. For the first
leven months of the year bond
aleo were nearly $841,000,000 corn
ered with 88 a year ago. i*™
iverage pTice of 25 selected ra»
■oad bonds is nearly 84 com
>ared with 77 a year ago.
" Dividend and interest disburse
nents for December amounted to
$147,000,000 compared witb $133,
000,000 a year ago.
"Maturities for January will
amount to $66,000,000. the total
maturit.cs for the coming year be
ing less than $501,000,000, com
pared with maturities for 1915
amounting to $3 76,000,000. The
major part of the maturities in
January aro railroad securities.
"Fiiiiiicing by corporations dur
ing November totaled $178,000,000,
compared with $31,000,000 last
year, and $87,000,000 two years
ago.
"The total amount of money la
circulation on the 1st of December
wag $3,859,000,000, compared with
$3,630,000,000 a year ago. The
per capita circulation is $38-04,
compared with $36.40 a year ago,
the present per capita circulation
being the largest ever recorded. The
federal government estimates the
preseut population of the United
States ftt 101,435,000 persons, com
pared with 99,733,000 a year ago.
"Gross earnings of all steam rail
roads for October were $311,000,
)00 compared with S274.ooo.nnn for
the same month last jear, an in
crease ot $37,000,000, or uearly 14
per cent. Net earnings were $119,
000,000, compared with. 889,000,000
a year ago, a gain Qf $30,000,000,
or nearly 34 per cent. An in
crease of not quite 4 per cent was
shown in operating expenses. Bo
far as reported, gross earnings for
November show an increase of 30
per cent oyer last year, with a
very slight increase in operating ex
penses, so that when all re
turns are in net earnings, for No
vember will probably show an in
crease of between 35 and 40 per
cent over the correSDOEding month
a year ago. 'i'ne increased earn
ings of the Western roads are larg
Southern roads were able to mSlce
a better showing, which promises
well foT earnings of the Southern
lines when the cotton movement in
creases.
KAISER OUT AGAIN,
NEWS AGENCY SAYS
Berlin. Jan. 15—Emperor Wil
liam made several public appear
ances la Berlin today, according to
the Overseas News Ageccy.
FRANCE WANTS COAIj
New York. Jan. 17—France is in
the market for 25,000,000 tons of
American coal. As there arfl no
sels ready to carry the coal, it is
! believed that a fleet of French war
j craft will be sent to the United
I States for it
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