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®he JJaily Alaskan
"No. 244 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
THE SITUATION DESPERATE;
ASPTH WANTS MORE MEN
London, .Nov. 1J—Th^ (jei-in&us
nave succeeded in crossing the
Ysw* in a »•«!({« shape (omiatlon
notwithstanding the desperate re
twlance that was put up against
them by the allies in an (jffort to
hold them in check. The situa
tion is so serious that Premier A»
•juith today asked ]varliajnent fop a
million more men.
Acrunlinj; to official reports giv
en out today by the British war
office 57,000 British officers and
men have already fallen in the KurO>
(wan war.
h*ield Marshal Roberts ol Kanda
har is going to France.
Lieut. Mors, the German <ifficer,
who was recently sentence,! to
life imprisonment at. Alexandria,
Egypt, was convicted on a charge of
planning to destroy a British steam
er in order to block the Suez canal.
Two Austrian divisions are r<v
ported to have been annihilated
along the river l*rutz by a snuUl
force of Russians,
JAPANESE SQlADROjf IS
.\EARING CHILEAN COAST
Montevideo. Nov. 13—Dispatches
leceived here state that a Japanese
squadron of eight warships is near
ing the Chilean coast.
snl TH AMERICAN REPUBLICS
WARNED BY FOREIGN POWERS
Washington, D. C., Nov. 13—
According to official information giv
eu out here today both Ecuador and
Colombia have been warned by the
French and British governments
that a violation by them of neutrali
ty will not be countenanced.
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION
EXPRESSES ITS SYMPATHY
Philadelphia, Nov. 13—The Am
erican Federation of Labor, which
is assembled in this city in its 34th
annual session, today passed reso
lution oC sympathy for organized la
bor throughout Europe.
CHARLES E. D IN LAP DIES
FROM SF.LF-INFIilCTBD WOl Nil
Charles E. Uunlan, a pioneer of
Skagway, at one time connected with
the local -water company, afterward
emploved as pharmacist in Britt's
drug store here, but who has for
some time had charge of a drug
store on Pike street, Seattle, died
in that city last Sunday from a
■elf-inflicted wound. At the time
he caused the injury which result
ed in hi8 death, he was under ar
rest, charge with selling intoxicat
ing liquors without a license.
COLLECTOR john p. ihtgh
again IX capital citv
Collector John F. Pugb, United
States collector of customs for
Alaska, returned to Juneau Satur
day night after having attended
the conference of customs col
lectors in New York, October 14tli,
where he met Secretary of the Treas
urer Wm. G. McAdoo, and nineteen
other customs men from various
parts of the United States, who were
In attendance at the meeting. One
of the distinguished conferees was
Dudley Field Malone, collector of
the port of New York, who has of
ten been mentioned as the probable
candidate or th New York, who has
often been mentioned as the prob
able candidate for the New York
mayoralty at the next election.
« Mr. pugh returned West via the
cotton belt route, visiting in Ala
bama, Tenessee and Texas, and
stopped at Ketchikan for several
days on his way north from Seattle.
MIDDLE WEST CHARITY
WORKERS BEGIN SESSION'
Columbus, O., 13—Charity work
ers from eastern and central states
are here to attend th 2-lth annual
| state conference of charities and
corrections. sessions will eontin
ue three days. The principal speak
er8 on the program are W. T.
! Cross, of Chicago, general secretary
I o the national conference of chari
I tiee and correction and Amos W.
Butler of Indianapolis, secretary of
[the Indiana board of state chari
1 ties.
VAMPS CELEBRATE
i 40TH ANNIVERSARY
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Nov. 13—
I One hundred survivors o! the his
toric old Rescue Hook and Ladder
company volunteer firemen assem
bled here Wednesday at the im
perial hotel to celebrate the fortieth
anniversary of the company's incop
| tion. Old-timers from all parts of
| the country were here and exchang
ed reminiscences of the "good old
. days" before fighting fire by nia
1 chinery came into fashion..
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❖ The Best Always Ithe Cheapet +
We Keep the Best.
AMERICAN GENTLEMAN*
and CROSSETT SHOES for
men.
AMERICAN LADY Shoes for
Ladies and Misses.
PLA-MATE, SECURITY and
PLA-DAY Show for the
Kiddies.
H. J. LYNCH
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J. E. OEIWPSET, Al'IIIIU btPitKflL
in FOR THE WHITE PASS
V. I. Hahn and Herb Wheeler to Retain
f heir Present Positions
; Seattle, Nov. 13—lu th0 re-or
| ganization of th© W. P. & Y. R.
t:ompany"s affaire, and the change
ill the personnel of the working
force that lias been under way in
this city for the past two weeks
uuder the direction of W. D. Close,
who represents the English stock
holders, the entire office force of
j the company now located in Vau
! couver, B. C., will be removed to
Seattle, with the exception of P°s
: sibly two clerk# who will remain
in the Canadian city.
The report that W. B. King woul<
return to the employ o£ tho W. P
& Y. R. company is untrue. J. B.
Detiipsej^ will be acting general mi an
ager, while Herb Wheeler will re
main in charge of the river division
and the winter mail service.
V. I Hahn still retains his posi
tion as superintendent, and will
leave on his return to Skagway on
the northward Bailing of the Prin
cess May from Vancouver Saturday
night.
■GOV. SffiflSG MB
I FOB GBflND ARCTIC CUFF
Seattle, Nov. 13—Before the ad
journment yesterday of the annua
session of the Grand Eucanipmen
of the Arctic Brotherhood in tht
city, Governor J. F. A. Strong o
Alaska was nominated for Grani
Arctic Chief, but by a vnnnlmou
vote the election of officers wa
postponed until the convening of th
adjourned meeting in Juneau 01
I the 14th of next March.
Other nominations were:
Grand Vice Arctic Chief, \V. -A
Gilmore, Nome.
Grand* Chaplain, Joseph Mat
thews, St. Michael.
Grand Keeper* of Nuggets, ROy«
A. Gunnison, Juneau.
Grand Camp Cook, Chrs. Settle
j aieir, Dawson.
Grand Trail Guide, O. P. Gaus
tad, Clearv.
| Grand Trf-il Blazer, George Bey
ier, Jr., Fairbanks.
j Grand Keeper Inner Gate, J. J
McCarthy, valdez.
Grand Keeper Outer Gate, Wn
Delahenty, Council.
Grand Recorder, J. M. Kellei
I Skagway, renominated artcr deciii;
ling nomination as Grand Arc#
Chief.
Grand Trustees; Charles Hopi
Tread well; Chas. Taylor, Iditaroc!
George Black, Dawson; Rcbert She
I don, (,'hitina; J. M, Sloan, Nome
Joseph Morrow, Fairbanks; Georg
Goshaw, Chitna.
| All the old officers will hoi
over until the meeting of the Gran
Camp in Juneau on March 14th o
| next year.
j BAY STATE CHARITY
WORKERS DISCUSS \VA1
Boston, Nov. 13—The exact el
I ffct of tho war upon the desti
tu© of Massachusetts was one o
the many topics discussed at th
State Conference of Charities, whic]
opened a three day session her
Wednesday.- This, tho annual con
ference, was well attended by we
fare workers from all parts of tbi
Bay State.
I H •¥• »*« •% >]* »r« »% A •¥•
I BENEFIT PERFORMANCE
FOR RED CROSS SOCIETY
I;
l! All the preparations have beer
j completed for the giving of a bane
s' fit performanse at the Popular Pic
e (ture Palace on the night of Monday
^November 16th, the proceeds o|
| which are to be ant to the keadquar
J 'ers of the American braucji of the
. j lied Cross society for the relief ol
I the dstitut in the zone of war in Eu
. rope.
Manager George Mowl, witli
I ; commendable public «p»rit, several
days ago offered the use of his
. I picture apparatus, films and build'
ing free of charge to the local re
. j lief committee for the benefit yer
i formanse for the purpose above
. '• specified, and his offer was grate
I fully accepted.
j In addition to the exhibition ol
: some extra good ilms there will b<
' other attractions, including th<
I followong;
I Quartette—Mrs. H. O. Kinase
.! Mrs. Weldon Warren, Messrs. A. C
5 ' Ulanchard and Cleon Ask.
Vocal Solo—Mrs. H. 0. Kirmse.
Orchestra—O. selemer, P. H
. Ganty and W. C. Blanchard..
II The time of commencement wil
be at the usual hour and the pric<
3 | of admission will also be as usual
j | GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE
1 | MEETING AT MADISON
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Madison, Nov. 13—Appointmem
! of paid official press agents foi
I states and cities will be recommend
I ] ed to the governors' conference
which began here Wednesday anc
- will continue for the rest of th<
- week. T. S. Adams will make i
I plea for better publicity experts
- who know how to prepare readabh
i stories for newspapers that, will in
s struct readers in the operations o
- governmental affairs, Adams wll
- recount the successes that have at
> , tended the experlmnt in several in
, stances.
4. J. 4. A n A A A
iSweet Cider
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* Just opened our second barrel; i'ts good ]
* 50 cents a gallon :
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* Beginning November 9tly until fur- •
j * ther notice store opens at 8 a. m.> ]
I4* closes 6 p. m.. Saturday 8 p m. h
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I P. H. GANTY, GROCER •
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mm WnUilUKT HtSULIS
FROM O'DONNELL RIVEF
Actual mining for tho precious
metai as well as development work
of properties has been going steadi
ly forward in 4he O'Don
neli river placer tamp in
the Atlin district during the
past summer 011 a more exten
sive scale, in a more systematic
! manner and with far better results
than have ever before been experi
enced in that section of country,
which is now coming to be recogniz
ed by mining men as one of the
most promising fields for invest
ment in the north.
S. P. Fitzgerald, who lejt here on
the City of Seattle yesterday for
the outside, where he is going for
the purpose of buying a big hydraul
ic plant, lie intends to install next
spring on the two 40-acro leases he
represents, has done much work in
prospecting and developing the
property which he controls, and has
now reached, a point where l'e is
fully satisfied that values lie hidden
within his possessions that are well
worth the time, labor and expendi
ture of large sums for improved
machinery that are necessary for
its recovery.
During the past season he has
prospected in various places dur- j
ing progress of development w.ork
and in every instance has received
additional encouragement to proceed
with his undertaking.
The principal work done for the
actual opening up of the property
has been the runnjng of -an open
■ cut drain 25 feet wide and of an
average depth of the same number
of feet, from the O'Donnell river to
tap the old river channel 011 the
bench on -bedrock. Tire drain is
now in over 400 feet and all the
dirt and gravel removed in the
work have carried values fronr th®
grass roots down to bedrock.
The installation of the hydraulic j
plant will be an easy matter as
there is plenty of water with which
to work and an abundance of room
for dumping purposes.
From the other claims' on t'ie
O'Donnell river also come flattering
reports. The Prescott outfit, whos
clean-ups last summer received
much publicity through the press,
and caused the eves of
mining men In other sec
tions to turn tward Atlin
district, is still in big par, ihe
output being mostly good sized nug
gets and coarse g°ld.
The O'Donnell River Piacer Mln
iug Co. has done extensive develop
ment work, installed a big hydraul
ic plant and is now ready as soon
as spring opens to start gluiciuf..
W. b. Hood is working a crew o
five men in drifts be is running <y]
his claim, and from all account® (
doing exceedingly well. He tatesd
to work all winter.
Titus is working a lay on a clalB
and will take out a dump tshi
winter. —
Carpenter & RasmusseB, who *r
laymen of the O'Donnell Rirer Pl«
er. Mining Co., are reported to bav
(lone well last summer and will tak
out a dump this winter.
On the opposite side o the O'Don
nell river from the Prescott work
ings there are four different out
fits drifting into the old rirer chan
iiel in the bench, viz.: Bill McDou
aid and Ralph Heimbaugh, Johi
Cunningham and Jack Maloy, Ha
inan Miller, Axel and Nelson aM<
Chas. Miller and John Ling.
MIXERS GET TOGETHER
IX IMPORTANT CONFAI
Denver, Nov. 13—A meeting o
vital interest to the metal and coa
miners of the country will be be!
here the middle of November wha
the joint committees of the Unite
Minei Workers and Western Federi
tion of Miners begin final consider'
tion of plans for absorption of th
Western Federation by the Unite*
Mine Workers. The Joint commit
tee met in Butte last month, bu
adjourned to meet here the middli
of November.
While the Butte conference in
'licated that the absorption -syouli
probably be recommended by tb
United Miners, the United Miner
committee wanted tc come here t
investigate personally the membei
ship claims of the federation as
inquire into the details of its meitl
ods of administration.
A member of the United Miner
committee recently expressed th
opinion that, in the event of ah
sorption, it would be a year befor
the Western Federation would
its indentity and become merely
department of the United Miners.
TESTIMONY IX KATALLA COAL
CASES REACHES JUXEA1
Sixteen volumes of testimony tali
Qii in the coal cases involving th
Christopher and Greene-Youa
groups of coal claims in the Ks
talla coal fields, was received b
Register C. B. Walker and Receiv*
Frank A. Boyle of the Juneau lan
office early this week.
OUR STOCK OF
"UTZ & DUNN'S
; SHOES AND POMPS
FOR LADIES
Are now on display, ancLa large
stook] ol O'Donnell Slioes for Men.
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See Our Window Display of
LADIES' FUR SETS
A New Stock—Something We Have Never
Carried Before. Look Them Over.
WILL CLAYSON-Clothier