NOVEMBER 20, 1916
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WILSON NOW FACES VITAL
ISSUES IN WORLD'S JIFFS!
Washington, Nov. 20—President
Wilson is nohr facing the vital is
sues In the world's affagrs.
The pretentious ami complicated
international situation will occupy
his entire time. Ultima turns are
due, and canoot be postponed any
longer. These deal witl* war prob
lems, ar>d h.e states that it is his
Intention of handling them without
any embarrassment, but that his
attitude will not be changed in re
gard to his policy. -It is reported
tiia.t Mr. (Wilson, hits intimated that
| no technicaJifiics 'can, possibly- l,c
considered in the evacuation of at
l»;as* a portion of'Belgium, the >in
: terpretaUon o-f army offlicere oai the
t reported German • plan to deport
three hundred thousand Belgium
civilians to xvoints in. German linos,
probably betng the incentive far his
express .on of bis int&ndedi attitud©
I in this, matter.
Juneau, Nov. 15—The vote of j
Alaska at 'the election last week
grese of 'the Territory during the j
'ells an .edifying; tale of the pro-j
list tw, years. TheTe has been an
'uctchsc of 'approximately 40 Der '
cent in the total vote cast "When
the remrng are all in it will he i
dltcovered that the total vote 'of
the Territory was nearly or: quite i
14.000. 1 * <
This great increase has beon ■
mosJly in'the First and Thl'rd Di- t
visions. The Ffrst Division, until J
recently the 'smallest ia the Terr;- i
tory, and two years ago the sec- '
ond in 'size, has become the first, i
The Thh-dl Division, formerly the I
th'rd 'in size, has become the Sec- 1
ond *nd the Fourth, which 'leads c
at all elections before the present. ♦
is now the third in &'ze though it
actually has Increased. I The Sec
ond. which, was the pecond "in size
dirring Its palmy days, is now, as ^
two-years ago, the fourth. 1
Tfce First' Dfvslloa cast almost s
5.OC0 vote^ last week, amd'at that i
the vote wag mo-e than '1,000 t
»hort o* the possibilities. The vote *
On Gaetinea-u "channel was consid- £
erably over 2,500, find it was more
than 500 short of its full "quota. '
,There were more than 100 First i
Division voters out of the Terri- t
tory whose voting place is Gastin
eau 'channel that were on the Sul- t
zer ite's alone. . f 1
The population of iAlasfca is r
growing at a rapid rate, and Gas- <
tinea,! channel is by a long dist- '
ancc the leading center of potpuia- c
tioa 'n the Territory.—Empire. c
.Amonr the outgoing passengers ♦
o* Jetfferson was Charlie Kara- «
man, who goes to Seattle, enroute s
to Salt Lake Sprngs 'lor a six
weeks vacation.
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ftLASKfl NATIVE
BROTHERHOOD
Tl;e fourth1 annual convention of
iio Alaska Native Brotherhood -will
>e held at Wrangeil, Nov. 27-29,
1910. Native delegates will ccine
;om every village -along the coast
md will take part in the discus
sion of their own every day prob
erns. A good program is ' pre
wired, and it consists "principally
>f the present situation of' the
Llaska Indian, use of money among
he natv;es, Alaska Indian do
aestic life, agencics of the In
iaa's downfall and uplift, . pres
tit nttds of the Alaska Indian, the
eturned students, etc. For the
entf.t of the friends of the Alas
a Indian the proceedings of "the
on:*- utioii will }>e duly reported in
he papers. I
Edward Marsden, Soc'ry.
Tlu> above announcement ' con
eys in part to the white man just 1
low hard hs native brother is i
trivixi^ fcr uplift, and tells that
ot i he fourth tinus a representa- ;
Ive gathering of Alaska's natives (
rill convene for the purpose set
c-r h. ■' 1
The officers for 1915-16 of the ;
irotherhocd are Peter Simpson',
rpfi^eft, Edward Marsdtu secxe- j
ary, and Ralph Young treasure,r.
There -will be n'ne 'sessions at j
his convention, and the order of
usinesr 'for eaci. meeting with the
xception of the first two w»ill be
evoted to election 'of officers, the
Dpointinent of committees for'the
omin^ year and the Teports ot'
ommiHees appointed at last year's
ession, the topics enumerated in ,
he announcement will to the or
er of special business for each
uccfreding" session, repectivelv.
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Ladies Georgette and
Crepe de Chine Waists
House Dresses and
Bungalow Aprons
NOW ON DISPLAY
Also a New Shipment of
Kayser Silk Underwear
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 4!
Seattle, Nov. 20—A jury of six
men ar 1 six women has been drawn
in tut superior court to ^lear Mar
Girt' 3'. rand's $51,095 breach of
i>roniice suit. '
The defendant is Peter Melons,
a AfiiUhv mining man of Fa.'rbankPjJ
Sin; tarmerly cooJceid for Malone in
his lu'ning camp near Fairbanks.
In »he complaint filed, she j al-j
1 -ges ihat Malone tricked her 'into
coming to-Seattle, and faj;led toj
join her as he had agreed, and that
'instead he remained behind and |
matiifO another woman in 'Fair
banks. I
When asked on 'cross examina
ble why she went to Norway in
stead cf returning to'Alaska when
Maiou'. failed to keep lii& alleged
:vromle<? and join her in 'Seattle, '
she rep'ted: t
"I cM'1 not care to live. 'I was
li. pin,; something would happen to
:he bo"' all the time."
Malone testified that he ^ bad
lever intended to marry her." He
said hf had given her no reason
.'or su.'h a belief. '
Tn fiw will h« resumed today.
DEUTGHLAND DID
TIE RAMMING
Ntw London* Nov. 20 — The Bub
marire merchantman Deuteh'and
has oeen libled for tlie sum of $12,
Utio bv the owners of the tug' Scott,
wh.Yh was sunk 'nj collision; with
the bu ;und«rscn craft while the
former was malting an attempt at
a ^ei-away last Friday.
It is net known, exactly how
long the freighter will he "delayed
bul it is nlot believed that | oho
will be held, but'will he released
upon the posting of a hondl cover
ing the amount oj thfi 'indemnity
claimed, f
Note—Owiug to an 'ambiguous
message which was printed; Friday,
the paper (stated that the Deutch
laud had gotten, away safely, but
[ro.ii copies of the Juneaui papres,
ir would aptpear 'that a later mes
sage was sent in which the dam
ige of the Deutchlajid waB men
tioned, and that instead, as at
[irst reported bV these -papers al
io, 'Ik1 tug Scott being rammed by
he United "States' gunboat,-it Was
he submarine wh'ifch| didi the dam
ige, and that she was forced to re
urn to iher dock for repairs.
Xov. 20—Under coyer of
i sv.ecpink blizzard, which, raged
hrougbout allparts ofEuropeSat
irday and Sunday, the -allied ar
ny, under General Sarrail mado £>
ciii-cutrated attack upon, Monastlr
>nd succeeded In capturing the
own. ' -1
Germans in Berlin "insist that
lie ?%acuati<m of Mcnjastir was
only of local importance in the
caffiya^fii) of defense, and was aot t
worth i lie heavy; sacrifia which the
capture of the -town; cost. They ,
btlieve that General Sarrai.L will
be eucmrragejd by his success in ,
taking Momatir, but think that "he
will te unable to proceed deeper in
to ihe country, owing to lack of
proper communications ' with| his
base of supplies. {*
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dMEPj COAST
Paris, Nov. 20—A .huge tidal
rave, following up a terrific storm
. hitii swept t.he entire country Sat- ;
ii'dcy caused the sinking of many
<*ssel in the harbor. ' Just what
hs damage to. the shipping was, has
:ot a? been asic-eir'aiiied, hut it
5 ki c wu to be very heavy. Re
mits from various towns along
he ccasf report the loss of 'lives
ml great damage to shipping and
luildlDgs located along the water
ronf.s. I
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A. F. Zipf, traffic manager 'for
he White .Pass, sailed for the
outh on the Prince Rupert today,
laving come'up; on the Jefferson
ester day from Jtineau. -Mr.
Sipf aas been in attendance on the
ate investigation in Cordova and
uneau, and merely made the run to
Jkagway to see that everything was
uoiling smoothly.
Judge R. A. Gunnison, the at- 1
tjrney from Juneau, arrived) in i
port i few days ago in, -connection I
wi»h seme legal complications! j
which have arisen over .certain
busines.3 'deals connected! .-with, the
Alaska Corporation, and the W. L.
Stevtnson interests here.
Thu [name of Col. W. L. "Steven
sov'i companies hajve )>eenl erron
eously asociated with the BanJk of
Alaska's interests .' throughout
the>orth, and it is stated on, good
au'hority that there si no connec
tion between the two! whatsoever.
The W. C. T. -U. will meet 'to
rn rrrow afternoon at 3 jo'olock at
♦he headquarters 'on Broadway.
This will be [the last meeting of
t'e local branch) | until afteT the
lirs* of -til© year and aill members
are urgently requested ,ta be pres
ent. ' I '
MILD CURED SALMON
(KIPPERED)
Just received another shihment from Juneau
of Kippered King Salmon — This is an
Alaska product we are pleased to recommend
..Price 20c Per Pound..
P. H. GANTY
El Paso, [Nov. 20—When, a band
of Vi la bands tg took the town of
Jlm.'nez, tley kill-ed-1 one American,
whc could not be identified. Whoa,
Carranza troops were sent -after
the fcaudits, th-ey; foiindi the bodies
of thirty-five Gypsies who Ji.ad been
slaughtered' alongside oC tbe road
leading into the town. Reports
were made by people in the ■ town
ttta' women and1 children! Jiad been
bullied alive, and that 'murder and
rapk'fi was rampant whan the^Villa
followers were in the town.' Thq
Carra/iza forces Immediately Bet
out in pursuit of the bandits, but
were forced to return! owing' to the
fact that the former badi Bepa-rated
and had taken-to the hills an-d
mountain 1 fastnesses, where it
1 was j impossible to follow, with, a«y
! hope of taking-them.
SHIPS MUSI IE
Victoria, B. C., Nov. 16—Warn
ngs to look out for German sub
marines are'being flashed today all
;ver the Pacific Ocean to -British
*nd Japanese transpacific' liners.
Late last night the military au
;hcrit'es received word from an
unknown source, it comllng 1^ wire
ess frem [ the ocean from Eome
?'htre, that two and probably more]
jarm^u submarines were off the
:oast of British! Columbia in the
jath of steamers from Japan and
\ustra)ia. 1 f 1
Imm°diately upon receipt of the
nformation, word was wired to Ot
awa and a reply was received au
^ciizing that all transpacific liners j
>e warned Immediately.
It Is beliiefved here, aJso in Van
:ouver, that -tie undersea divers I
.-i«ht have been shipped to some
>ai» of the Pacific Coast, knociked
iov.n, and then set up and are now
encaged in submarine warfare.
FK. T17RNELL MISSES BOAT
P"'ieving -that he could make
onnectiOTis w'itM the Jefferson at
iai'iies sa as to get to Skagway in
Ime to fhold services here yester
lay eTening, Fr. Turnell left Ju
leau on |the Humboldt Saturday
ind stopped o*° there. Being unable
o get into communication I with
he Jefferson, the boat 'was in and
lut between the hours of one and
wo o'clock yesterday'morni ng) be
ore hfl knew it, and he was there
ore ccmpelied to< remain in, Haines
mtil today, when he returned; on
h-3 City of Seattle. 'While at the
ios' Fr. Turrjell he'd services.
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GEIS A FEW
Ketchikan, Nov. 15—Special cor
respondence—Th§ following are
the election, returns from Charcoal
Point, (just outside of Ketchijksm)
whi. h have not heretofore been
correctly published in^any newspa
per. 1
For Delegate
Lena Morrow Lewis'.. 23
C. A. Sulzer f M5
J.ames Wickersham J 4t
Senator From FSrsfc Division
J. F. Green.1 f.. 17
J. A. Heckman .. 'i ... 45
J. M. Tanner f '40
T'-rritoi'ial Rcjn«esemfcative|s
Nela Anderson 29
Carl Arola ' 18
X Z. Bayless . . . .. I.. .. 30
Mo-nip Benson! ,.'33
W. W. Casey .. [._ — 34
J J. Connors .. 39
J. Fahey .. 1 17
J. Frieoum .. .. | 25
J. G. Heid .. 3 I.. 23
Charles Helsin® .. ' 1 20
P. C. MeCormacfc ...1 39
For Road Commissioner
Pe'.er S. Early 46
E C. Hu.rlbui .. ..f 31
FoV Attorney Geperal
J. II. Cobb 38
G. B. Gr<gsby ... 41
G. D. Schofield . . . . 1 12
Liquor Question
Dry .. ... I... „. «. f.„ 72
Wet ..." ... 34
Eiglit»Hcfiifc Law
P:,r ... f„. 84
Against . ... — ...'7
The City o£ Seattle'arrived in
port this afternoon, from the south,
ani sailed at 4:30 o'cloci; talcing
a sma'l list jof passenger from thi
a smaL list of passengers from
this port. | '
We Have On
Display Our
Fall and Winter
Line Of
Ladies Coats
Come In And Look
Them Over
WILL CLA YSON