Now V-'rk Xov. 27 —Sands was
ivoalleU by the committee which ii
invrstiKiil'BS' t!'e I". S. Shipping
IJoard sc'ndul to rviter^te the tt's[i*
mony g. v^n a t?w tlujs a«o ivgardl'4
;|ie arc<-iuuicc of a hrlbo by ®o""
lug tho brotherinlaw of resident
Wilson .
San.Is slated again that lie I litis
had rn'c-JveU a Part of the forty
thousand dollar I'ayiv. nt which was
iViiil to s,-cur0 tJie con'r'" f"r
sliii'bji'ding concern.
Was i\ fion Nov. 29— Tlr' expe'i
for national campaigns for woman
suftra-o i onducted by the National
W'oai'i s larty during Hlte lose Sev
tu yeirj hav0 amounted to sis huu
dred I'.ui'slxty four thousand two
liutidre ;.n tight dollars.
Una;.. >a I'oasta of b'ltig one of
the u -to-date towns iu Alaska
Poss,>- it"- a nint-hoI<?e golf coure.
It a2<i» i as t.unis courts aud a base
f all di >".i"i.d. It comi'laius, not
'• > f hav ing one of the
mail :«:;rvU-e in oxUtance, requir
ing 1 i il.y.-j to gvt a l»t;>r fo S^w
ant to C hginifc, only a ft>w luindr <!
railt-s This is said to be one of
it- \ it; st drawbacks to devt.lo?'
lU'Ut
Robert NWson cf Eiscov©ty w.;S
a r«io>}P.t ar?.'f.aJ in Skagway and
-v\ ill le-iv, on tLo Princj,.s B-atrke
tomor: for Vancouver where bo
will srynd the winter .
.Mr. Ni.ison is a veteran of 0.
nr>-.u -..a.- having" <\>n!ist,.d iu At.iu
in 1 ;i:-i vnd received two seriotia
owuadj *ngagted '*:1 in the big
Th■ r.-t one 5"Jt kim 'II 'U>V
Mtal f' rfc urtee" months.
: .. is a iione*<r of Atlin district
anil daring tlie ra)t ya>en was eur
H ■ 1 us H,.nry ?.;aJuin on his Ot
f r CrerS hydraulic Placer mines.
. orUauaP—A li:i" of st^ame's
Detw"et-:: Portland and Alaska, thus
•giving this Port a chance^ at the
trad" of liiat territory, is to be in
stalled >'i-ar in canneeCtion wit
the oi1' "ing anil operation of tlio old
. -
l.Hid frci.i Co:itrullLr bay. Alaska a;
cording to announcement made© yes
trd ii J. i». Ja(.ger, side"t 1 ■
th,> Ai:. .-.a CoJvt ic t'oal toniPany
r Port'ard concern, which has
hasu ou the mine. ilr. Jaegcr
said the rturk o£ operating th0 mine
would up b'gun January 1, a cord
ing to Proitnt Mans.
Thee A'uska Auihrr.eite railway,
nov. m 1:1.,' that 1 rritory, ii; to b.
cxt ndi. i to t!ie niiui'c, so that coal
cajt bo •!'.ii'iKd by this lin0 from ;
iho im:»e to tne do?k on Controller
bay, x'l .i r0 ii can be loaded into |
steam.: ... Ta0 temporary il ck on
t' > baj Ji to be uMacod by a sub
stantial structure fully t-aPable oi
handliru thie lJrg0 turgors to be
sent out. Tiii'j vvrk v.ill be mm
Plo-Cod L •• n..,\t S<- ■ :ub. r so that
adlaal t'.iPm -iUi of coal can ba
stiirt, i ijthe l-'st of S tt-nib'Ti
Oliver Wiivjn assistant manager
of tile P Burns M«. t Co. at W'h'io
hursi,> arrived today for a - . rt \is"
>• with fric.P.ds.
Cancelled Checks
Often we are called on to produce cancelled
checks which settle an accour.t in dispute.
There is no argueinp: about the evidence—the
check—its amount, endorser. .• and date arc
final.
Is it not strange that th- r till some people
who do not apply this in«utanre against a dou
ble payment to their ow n personal bills? And
it does not cost anythiag. e.ih .r.
Bank of Alaska
Cape Cod Cranberries [Eastern]
Extra Large C:isp I lead LeUuce
Florida Grape Fruit
Celery Sweet Potatoes
Grapes Bananas Oranges
Extra Fancy Eating Apples
Plum Pudding
Impotred Jordan Shelled Almonds
Fancy Packages Fligh Grade Chocolates
Layer Raisins Dates Figs
Libby's Bulk Mincemeat
Preferred Slock Cream Pumpkin
New Pop Corn in Bulk
P. li. GANTY
[L SF I. SENDING
| AiEBWES
Geneva Nov. 29—The
Nations' first armed force will leave
for Vilna on Wedne|klay.
British French and SPanisli trooi's
will comrrise the detachment wjhicb
is bcin;; sent to supervise the Web
fsoito Wtich is being taken to de
cide wlit-ther Vilna shall be assign
ed to Fohnd or Lithuania.
Genor- Nov. 29—The Council of
tho League of Nations this morning [
approved th0 final draft o tlie
Project fo.- a. Permanent mandate |
vommlision and definitely accenting
, thp tenri)tive I'roPosal to ahve the
commiaoion comi'rlse five uon man
datory and four mandatory Power*.
Washington Nov. 29—The reorgan-j
jiins iif the army marklj a new e«ra |
iu th:. .uiliiary history of tlie Uni
ted StiUi-s declares Secrtary of th ;
Army iiascor in his annual jpl'ort l
made Miblic today.
Ca.k^r says tjiat it Provided an ef-l
! ■.'live uodel on- which great afnii^s
j.ould lie suiftly built ui> in times j
cf emergency.
BBiiiiL
ii® L'lCUWS
London Nov. 2l»—The British gov
iriunoat will insist on the Ureok ar
my being maintained at its l>rvSent. '
strength .
.■:jo"i.joog jn>>tnoonnoui:o s;u hi
of foiy^gn Affatrs Oijaon also sta-I
Ud tl..it the Ithillis cabinet shall I
mot include wen who are Mewed
with disfuvor by the allies •
CCjIC
l'LLO
I Cristob'l Nov. 29—Senator Hard
ing ha3 completed the insPed'ion of |
I the canal tdaj
| Jlrs. Hardingflew over Limon B->.y|
' 5tn a Seaplane this morning at a [
: height ft one thousand feet.
| Tli0 Hardings dinner guests ]
I of tha mrchants of Colon last night.
| Jera l;wyer, Alaska-Yukon Pioneer
: Fr<A>Peector and all round mining
| man arrived in S&agway on the jPf
ferson and will leave on the Estoo
! both tonight for Juneau.
I Anion,', his other accomplishments
i Jerry is an eXPert deg 111 us hero an
J that is 'vh» he is making this triP.
I Down ;a California at Big Cr°ok
j which isat/out one hundred miles
j eal t of ^an Francisco and high up
in 'lie mountains ther® is a Hydro
| Electric I'lant and during the win
| ter tha snows get so deeeP that
I traveling is impossible by auto, on
I teams and so they ar0 going to Put
I on do;; {(.nms and Jeclry is to be
the driver and carry the mail a
j e ther EeCessitieeS.
j A team of s^ven dogs has been se
I cured and Je^rry will go poutli on
] the first boat from Juneau and get
to work.
|. The P(.rsonell of th0 te©am ha3
| not be*n ascertained but it is <luiN>;
tfure that"Jl|o(®ey" one of E. W.
Uidion's famous team of Carcross
will b0 in it and it is a cinch* that
i".Uoos3y" will fee to it that the
other dogs to do thgir dutyt
Mr. Dwyer will return north in
the sPring but has not signified
where U<> will operat<;. ■ - - > '
15 WAREHOUSES
ME SEE 01 EI
Liverpool Nov. 29—Fifteen ware
houses in LivcrPool and Bootl© sub- J
eipbs principally cotton warehouses I
were s.t on fire last night.
lit is charged that Sinn Feinors I
did it . !j
Somo shooting occured after the
fires were started. The Constables
"we^rb fie^ on and bullets Passed |,
through the clothing of some of thop
men.
Londoii.vov. 29—The damage done
iby tji,) Sinn Feiners in their r«xnt J
att,act:s t,n English ProPerty is fig- |
ured uP in the millions of dollar*.
Today e^tra trooPs hav© been as
signed to IjverPool to guard the I
buildiijs that are being Set on fire.
is lilies
Washington Nov. 29—The fact be
came known today to a dcffSree of ,
tinality that PrcUdj,nt Wilson will !
make »i:< future home in Washington
Thus tar howevcr he has not ob
tained a residence.
JasePh Tumulty Plans to remain in
Washington after March fourth and
intends to write books about 1'res- J
idcnt Wl'scn.
Washington Nov. 29—Josei'h .Tum
ulty President Wilson's Private sec- j
retary announced today that the
PreSidnL ha<s ofr-.d him the aPoint- i
men't :o the Customs Court of aP- j
Peals.
Tumulty has not yet signified his i
intention ais to whether or not he j
will acfef tthe Position.
Soattie Nov .29—^Dartmouth de
feated Ue Washington foot ball j
te^m a crushing game on Saturday.
The s?<Te stood 2S to 7 at the
end of the time.
Over iv. enty eight thousand sPea- |
tators witnessed the game .
B EMMIE
II Will CORK^
JIc croom County Cork. Xov. 29—j
Fifteen Auxiliary Policemen cadet9 j
"wefr Ki'id today and one cadet rnor-j
tally wt.i nded ad t£ie result of am- ;
(bushes by aljout one hundred men !
near K'lmichael southeast of here- j
Cable Briefs
Washington Nor. 29—President.
Wilson Las announced that he will :
not recognize !>'La.verbs' Irish lie-1
Public.
g&attlo Xov. £9—A slight earth
quake wps felt here this mornilig.
No damage wa«: done and only a
fefw noticed the disturbance.
San Francisco Xor. 29—Chief of
Police Whita of this city died hera
'today a victim, of Spanish influenza.
Seattlo Nov. 29—Tlie finding of
■s. lot of lumber on amoJs Island
wlilch ilea out from Quillayiute river
indicates that the V-rg0 PIrrle has
gone dswn with all on board.
Tere were 23 PaTsons all tjold on
'iK>a'rd the ill fated ahlP which In
cludes the caPtaln his wife and baby
all of wLom are undoubtly* lost.
Seattle Nov. 30—The bodies of
CaPtam Janson and hifi wlfe and als
P*'cer Roman matiq of the Pirrie
have be-n recovered by1 the Indiai.
iThoji we e found on Cape Johnson
where th'cy hnd been washed MP by
the waves.
Two Chilean sailors who were
'found alive &y tliftt they are tjiq
,solo survivors and that the vessel
n*a»a dashed to Pi^es on! the rocfea
of James Island.
Theso two survivors clung to lum
'o<'r wrc.itage and w^e washed a,
shore mo;-e dead that alive.
At Dillingham, Wa(ah., nine men
wdra injured, some rirobably fat
ally, ty the collaPse of a bridge nea
Blaine.
Small shiPPlng at numerous Ports
hvas fiuiji'. a new steel lightJhouse
on th.j shores of Pfuget Sound wras
demoll.shid, weeather bureau build
ings at Tatoosh badly damaged
Plate g'ass windows in Mrtuall every
coast c> w<Te shattered and tele
phone and telegraph wlrep were torn
paralyzirg communications for houia
Many coast citleti re Ported floods
caused hr torrential rains high
tides ail the raging winds. At As
toria a number of dyikeb were over
whelmed and at Nbrth B!«nd Ore
gon, a lumber company and mill was
Put out of commission.'
flea iiugeji Was ikilled her® in an
auHomoL-'ifc accdent directly due to
the violence of th6 florin.
The I'matilla Reef light UhiP, 30
miles South of Flattery, was tarn
from its moorings but made Puget
Sound uuder its own steoam after a
terrific battle with 'winds and waves.
The barge Pirj-ie wHs in In tow of
the stumer Banta Rita of the Wash
♦ihjea master of the latter was for
ced to cut looBe'to save his own
vessel and the thirty seven lives in
Wf3 ca-re. The Coast Guard cuttbtf
3nohomifih, aPPrised by wireless
from is'orthhead of the Velsse's Plight
reached ieh scene after an eleven
hour dash through a eleventy-mile
gala but was unable to find tirace
of thij Pirrle- The Santk Rita was
©ived liowevar. Both vessels are
owned by W. R. Grace and Co.
* .riken Nor. 27—The highest
tidc of the year, ten feet, four inch
combined with a might? wind, last
night buciied UP water into the city
flooding streets and forcing harbor
mills to close down, the water sub
ilded c* '> today •
The Estebeth got in today before
noon with quitk a bifi of mail and
a efw 1'assengers.
L^on Simmons will be a Passenger
south" (in thePrincess Beatrice to
morrow for Vancouver where be
will join his famiiy for the winter.
JIT. and MSts ,[R. E Gault and
their throechlldren returned home o
the Jefferisbn after an absence <
about a month.
Johu Tlanning of Wrangelli has
sold n0ail/ $2,000 worth of rabbits
as tile result of importing a trio of
Siberian hares t\vo years ago. They
all can;o from the origaal trio. Ha
say's no© eet£ from $5 to $10 each
fojr tlio s tins, and they can be iWs
ed easily without) troubles as a side
lino. Tbe ^kins and meat are al
ways in de©mand he says.
KIUS IIS BRIBE
THEN HIIHSEIF
Seattle Not. 30—Aftre killing his
bride of one month by) tiir^e Pistol
shots William Buxgess, a salesman f
tle if alette MackJin Oomrany a
wholesale grocery house took his ow
life by tnc same method.
The couple ware living in tha
KnickerDCCfcer hotel .
No reuse is giren as to whyi Bur
gess committed th® rash act as
they werp considered quit® harpy in
theirn^wi; wedded life
Constantinople Nov. 27—General
Wrangell trrired here today.
1HE HIE PUSS'S
YUKON ROUTE
THE GATEWAY ROUTE OF
COMFORT SERVICE SAFETY
FOR
Yukon Territory, Atlin District and
Interior Alaska
Through Tickets to and from Dawson,
Fairbanks, and ail Interior Alaska
and Yukon River Points.
During the season of navigation eur fleet ef medern steam
ers will operate regularly the entire l«agth ef the Yukon
River and its tributaries.
Daily train service(except Sunday) between Skagway and
Whitehorse. Parlor observation care on every train
Full information regarding paos«»ger and freight rates
upon applying to
H. Wheeler, General Hanager
Skaguay, Alaska
or
510 Alaska Building, Seattle. Wash.