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SEVENTEENTH YEAR ""sKAGWAY~ ALASKA, TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
GERMAN CRUISER Elf EN IS
DESTROYED III INDIAN OCEAN
London, Nov. W—It is officially
Announced here today that the Ger
man cruiser Kniden, the terror of
the inciflc, lias been driven asnore,
set afire siud destroyed on the is
land of Cocoa in the 1ml ian ocean
i»y the Australian cruiser Sydney,
in a running fight in which the
Sydney's loss WW slight.
A dispatch from Tukio to this
,-ity says that the Kmden's captain
and most of the crew were saved. J
GERMAN CIU'ISER SAID TO
15K BOTTLED VI* IN MAFIA
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Loudon, Nov. 10—Ihe (ierrnan
cruiser Koenigsberg, according to
late advices received in this city, is |
IsrttUM up in the harbor of Mafia i
Island. Africa,
KMiLAXIVS PREMIER BELIEVES
THE WAR WILL BE LOXG ONE 1
London, Nov. 1"—1'remier As- !
'l"iih and Commander-in-Chief
Kitchener have l>oUi expressed their (
belief that the European war w-Ul
i>e a long drawn out affair and
are again asking for more volun
teer from Great Britain and her
dependencies.
THE MOVEMENT OP TROOPS
MASKED 1$V HEAW FOGS
Liuilon Not. 10—It is very diffi
cult to kevp track of the move
ments of tmijis on either side
in the military operations that are
^oing on in the Afcme river region,
as heavy fogs are now prevalent
there.
TSlNGTAl' FORTRESS TURNED
OVER I"NCONDITIONALLY
Shanghai, Nov. 10—This morning,
acco nling to official announcement
made here, the German garrison at
Tsingtau turned over the fortress to
the .Japanese unconditionally.
I!1"SSIAN -ARMY IS
AGAIN NEARING CRACROW
St. I*etfrsburjjt Nov. lft—It w
|w.rTt>| that the Russians are again
neat injj tli© fortress of CVacow.
BRITISH CRUISER GLASGOW
KN* ROUTE TO FALK LANDS
Santi;iir<>, Nov. lO—The British
iruiser Glasgow, which was engag
<<1 in a hattle with German cruisers
off the Chilean coast on Sunday, is
now if IHorted in the Straits of Mag
ellan, enroute to the Falkland is
lands.
YpREs IX FLAMES FKOM
A GERMAN BOMBARDMENT
London, Nov. aril \v*s i*"
ceived hero today of the bombard
ment of Vpres by Uia Germans. The
report stated that the town is iu
flames.
The Belgian advance patrol is
now believed to be in the vicinity
of Osteud.
JAPANESE CORONATION
fete is in full swing
Tokio, Nov. 10—Thy magnificent
coronation ceremonies of the Mikado
began Saturday. The Mikado and
his consort left here that morning
for Kyoto -with the imperial
treasures. They remained over I
night a,t the Nagoya Palace and ar
rived at Kyoto Sunday ;uid visited j
the royal sanctuary.
From now until November 2S !
the empire will be busy in the mag
nificent celebration which will cost j
over two and a half million dollars.
After the actual coronation of Nov- I
9 the royal family will tour the
kingdom, visiting the various shrines
and the mausoleums of dead em-1
perors. On his return to this city
the Mikado will hold a magnifi- (
cent banquet in the palace and re
view his troops at Aoyania and the
fleet at Yokohama.
SKAGW'AY ELKS ARE TO GIYK
A "HOODOO BALL" FRIDAY
Invitations have been sent out
by Skagway Lodge No. 431, B. P.
O. E., requesting the presence of
the recipients at a "Hoodoo Bail,
which is announced to take place
at the Elks' club rooms on Friday,
November 13th, commencing at »
o'clock p. m.
Excellent music will be on hand
and a very enjoyable time may be
had by the ladies free of charge,
while the men may enjoy tile same
privilege by "coughing up" of one
simoleon tach.,
QUAKERS AND WOLVERINES
CLASH OX FERRY FIELD
Ann Harbor, Mich., Nov. 1°—,n
one of the big international contests
of the year, Michigan .and Pennsyl
vania clashed Saturday afternoon
on Ferry field. Judging from early
season records the two teams seem
ed more evenly matched than they
have been in recent years.
The Best Always the Cheapet
We Keep the Befit.
AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'
and CROSSETT SHOES f»r
men.
AMERICAN LADY Show for
Ladies and Misses.
I'LA-MATE, SECURITY and
I'LA-DAY Shoes for the
Kiddles,
* "MAKES LIFES WALK EASY*
" TftAOE. MAR**"
H. J. LYNCH
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commissioner kdes
T.VL K S mUiKOAD
Wm. C. Kdes and Thos. Riggu,
Jr., members o£ th© Alaska Kngin
ing Commission, reached Seattle
about a week ago. Mr. Riggs Is
still ju that city but Mr. Kdes has
gone to Sau Francisco, expectlug
to return shortly to Seattle, 'where
the work of compiling tieir data is
going on. L,ieut. Mears is still at
Ship creek, but will be out short
ly. la referring to Ms work,
Chairman Kdes is quoted ;is fol
lows;
"The building of a railroad from
the coast to the interior presents no
unusual difficulties. In fact it is
rather an c.isy country for construc
tion engineers," said Commissioner
Kdes. "The coal fields can be reach
ed by water grades, and there are
lo lieaav* grades between the coast
and the Tanana river in the in
terior.
"Ther© are yet some details to
be worked out and this will be done
in Seattle. The season was short
and there was much 'rain in Alas
ka this summer. Therefore every
thing was concentrated on getting
the field work finished and the of
fice work was temporarily allowed
to run behind.
"We have gathered a tremen
dous amount of data in regard to
the resources of the country. Off
hand I would say that Alaska has
abundant resources, but the coun
try must be developed and built up.
The proposed railroad wilj be like
ll pioneer roads in this respect, j
If necessary, we could begin con-1
struction this winter on the rock
work, but I liarly think it would be
advisable to begin general con
struction before next spring."
Commissioner Edes refused to
discuss the terminal situation. He
said it was not the province of the
commission to choose a route or a
terminal, but to gather all the in
formation available and to make
surveys of the different routes. Un
dop the law, the president is in
structed to select the route aud
lo take full charge of the construc
tion of the road. The detail work of
the proposed railroad practically
has been turned Over to Secretary
of the luterior Franklin K. Lane,
who was largely instrumental in
bringing about the passage of the j
hill. The road is to cost $35.
000,000, but so far only $1,000,000
has been appropriated by congress
for the work.
"Some rather big bridges will be
required," continued Commission
er Kdes, "but these will not prove
an obstacle. 1 can't give details,
as all of tho parties have just come
in from the field, and the maps and
profiles have not yet been gone
over by tho commission.
"I don't know anything about
farming myself, hut I think the
country will prove a good one for
agriculturists. The experts have
been getting a lot of Information on
that subject, which, of course, will
he embodied in the various reports.
We planted oats at Ship Creek for
our horses and tho crop came out
fine.
"We didu't have any use for
doctors. The country Is very health
ful. I gained about ten pounds,
and I think Commissioner Mears
must have gaiued about fifteen or
twenty pounds. Apart from some
minor accidents, where men cut
their hands or something of that
kind, there waas no sickness, ex
cept seasickness, and there surely
wag plenty of that ailment on
Turnagain Arm."
CANADA 18 GOING AFTElt
ALASKA FISH TRADE
While in Seattle, United States
Eeputy Fish Commissioner Jones
told the commercial club a few
things about Aalska and the danger
of Seattle losing the Alaska fish
trade. He said;
"Prlncei Rupert today is offering
every inducement to the fishing in
terests to come there and establish
their plants and make it their home.
You cannot blame the fishermen.
They can ship their fish into Prince
Rupert for $1.50 a ton. It costs
them, with the wharfage, ?4 a ton
to deliver the fish at Seattle. Just
think of it! Sites are being offered
for the fishing interests to go there |
and establish themselves. One
of the best ways of overcoming
this great difficulty before us, is
to ask congress to pass a law re
quiring all American bottoms to de-j
liver their fish at American ports
That is all right, as far as it goes. \
but you cannot blame a business
man for delivering his fish at the
cheapest port.
"Another way is up to the rail
roads. They must offer to the
people of Alaska, the people who
are shipping from Alaska, terminal
rates, especially to Souteastern Al
aaska, or they cannot expect to
compete with the Grand Trunk Pa
cific or any Canadian railroads. By
way of example, can you conceive
of the Canadian government allow
ing a Montreal concern to come
nown 10 aeu.wn.io, t»wiuiis>a iwu,
its Canadian boats, Canadian fish
ermen, and sending them up into
Canadian waters to fish and come
back here to Seattle and pack the
fish and ship them over an Ameri
can railroad to eastern points in
Canada. That is just what you are
going to allow the Canadians to
do if you do not take notice and
iustitute some drastic action. When
you lose th6 fisheries of Alaskaa,
or the bulk of it, and become mere
ly a distributing point, you will rea
lize what they meant to you before."
The doctor called attention to
the immediate need of the bureau
of fisheries for more boats, more
men, and more money, in order to
properly conserve the great fisher
ies of Alaska. At present the
bureau has but one small steamer
and five men to patrol 25,000 miles
of coast line of Alaska.
OFF OX HUNTING TTCIP TO
HEAD OF THE EAST FORK
"Stormy" Black and A. J Baker,
two of Skagway's huskiest young
men, left on foot this forenoon with
big packs of blankets, provisions
and cooking utensils on their backs
for a week's outing ou the head
waters of east fork of tho Skagway
river, where it is their intention to
put in their time in tracking the
wild and elusive mountain goat to
his feeding grounds on the almost
inacacessible reaches of the glacier.
Inasmuch as they apparently had
but a limited supply of salt with
them it is to be presumed they in
tend to refrigerate within one of
the many ice caves with which the
glacier abounds any game which
they may kill, and thug preserve it
in its natural purity and freshness
until they are ready to reura. home.
Sweet Cider
Just opened our second barrel; i'ts good
50 cents a gallon
Beginning November 9 th I until fur
ther notice store opens at 8 a. in
closes 6 p. m.; Saturday 8 p m.
P. ti. GANTY, GROCER
EULALIO GUTIERREZ IS NO!
RECOGNIZED BY GARRANZA
Mexico City, Nov. 10—-General
Carranza today issued au ultimatum
lrom his headquarters at the tow"
of Cordoba declaring himself chief
executive and head of the Mexican
republic.
Ia answer to Carranza's proclam
ation General Gutierrez has accept
ed the appointment of provisional
president tendered him by the re
cent peace convention, and has al
ready appointed his cabinet.
Of the two aspirant for the of
fice of president of Mexico, Gener
al Carranza is well known to the
reading public, having been promin
ently before the people during the
whole of the troublous times in
Mexico since Huerta's usurpation of
power and subsequent downfall.
The naming of Gutierrez as head
of the convention of chiefs and
acting chief executive of the nation
cam© as a surprise to the people
of Mexico, as he had previously not
heen mentioned as a possibility for
the office.
Gutierrez comes of the lower mid
dle classes. Before he became a
revolutionist he was a grocer.
Gen. Gutierrez is known through
out the constitutionalist army as
the "Tiger o* Conception Del Oro,"
from the little town between Sal
tillo and San Luis Potrsi, where he
made his home.
When Gutierrez allied himself
with the movement started by car
ranza against the Huerta admin
istration, he succeeded in raising I
several hundred men rom among his j
neighbors in the northern part of I
the state of San Luis Potosi, but
was unable to arm them. Only
a handful of his men had rifles |
or ammunition, l»ut in spite of this j
fact he is credited with inflicting j
severe losses and damage to the
federal troops sent to defend Mont
erey and Saltillo.
Gutierrez and his men succeed- d j
In seizing a quantity of dynamite i
from mining companies operating
south of Saltillo. With this as
his only weapon he held *r destroy- i
ed dozens of troop and supply1
trains carrying re-enforcements and j
ammunition to the federal command
ers. From these trains he armed
and equipped the force with which
he inflicted a decisive defeat on j
the federal command at Van Egas
last June.
When the division of the north
east, under Gen. Pablo Gonzales,
concentrated so strong a force about
San Luis Potosi last July that it
was apparent that the federal gar
rison could not withstand them, the
citizens of San Luis Potosi gent a
delegation to Gen. Oarranza asking
that Gen. Gutierrez be given com
mand of the consUtutioaaiiat tore*
which was to occupy the city, fray
ing the townspeople had confidence
in his ability to protect them and
preservo order.
Carraanza complied with their re
quest and later named Gutierrez
provisional governor of the state.
confederate monument
PRESENTED TO ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Nov. 10—A twenty-year
struggle by the Confederate Monu
ment association of St. Louie to
Place a shaft as a monument to
the soldiers of the Confederacy end
ed Saturday, when Mra. H. N. Spenc
er, president of the association, de
livered the completed monument to
the city of St. Louis in a presenta
tion address to Mayor Henry W.
Kiel. The mayor replied In a
speech of acceptance. General Ben
nett H. Young, of Louisville, Ky.,
made the unveiling addrese. The
shaft will stand in Forest park.
The funds for the monument were
given by three chapters of the Un
ited Daughters of the Confederacy,
and the Confederate Memorial as
sociation, comprising the Confederate
Monument association.
George W. Zolnay, a sculptor,
formerly of St. Louis designed the
monument. •
The unveiling closed the annuaJ
reunion of the Missouri members of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy, which was in session tor
three days.
"WE TAKE OUR HATS
OFF TO YOU, MR. WILSON"
The Daily Alaskan acknowledges
the receipt from the publisher, Leo
Feist of New York, of a copy of
The-Song-of-The-Hour dedicated to
The-Mau-of-The-Hour, entitled, "We
Take Our Hats Off to You, Mr.
Wilson."
The fame of our worthy president
will be sung from one end of the
country to the other through the
medium of this song, which haa
already been taken Up by many of
the leading vaudeville artists, a*d
it is also sung in "Ziegfeld'a Fol
lies" and in Sam Bernard's sh«w
"The Belle of Bond Street." Th<
sentiment and the song seem to
produce an almost electrical effect
on audiences and provokes storms
of applause.
OUR STOCK of;
"UTZ & DUNN'S
SHOES AND POMPS
FOR LADIES
Are now on display, and,a large
stook ol O'Donnell Shoes for Men.
SeeJOur Window Display of
LADIES' FUR SETS
A New Stock—Something We Have Nev#r
Carried Before. Look Them Over.
WILL CLAYSON-Clothier