No. 284 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAtfWAY, ALASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1917 PRICE 10 CENTS
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Bf GAS
RESULTS IN INJURY TO 4 OTHERS
SeaUle, Jan. 11—Donald McCle!
lan, a youth. of seventeen, residing
on East Uuion Street this city, grriev
ing over the death of his sweetheart
last night attempted suicido hy
asphyxiation.
Rc'iiing to his room at an early
hour, the yoiuig man turned on
♦he gas and laid down on his bed
to await the coming of the grim
reaper.
At'er a large amount of gas had
escaped from the open gas jet, the
gas was ignited in some manner, re
sulting in an explosion, causing the
instant ceath cf the unfortunate
voun^ man and injuring four other
persons who happened to he in tit
ihouse at the time.
CIGARETTES
Seattle, Jan. 11—The Seattle
B «■*■. of Education will urge tlie
rassage of a drastic law providing
for rbe regulation of sale and the
manufacture of cigarettes in the
state of Washington at the present
session of the state legilature.
This action on the part of the
Bchocl Board is pn>mi»ted by reason
of the fact that a great percentage
of the boys now attending- the pub
lic schools are addicted to the use
of cigarettes, and it is for the pur
pose of having a law which, will as
sist them in stamping out the vice
tha* such a law is advocated.
GOVERNOR LISTER DELIVERS
MESSAGE TO LEGISLATIVE
Olympia, Jan. 11—Shortly after
the iuaugural ceremonies yesterday,
at which Ernest Lister was sworn
into *he gubernatorial chair to
succeed himself, he went before
the stale representatives and senat
ors. who were in joint assembly ajid
deliTtYed his message.
won PICKET
STILL 01 DUTY
Washington, Jan. 11—All day
yesterday wliile congress was in ses
sion, women suffragists acting ns
liick'ns stood at the gate of the
White House, holding aloft ban
ners bearing the inscription. ".Equal
righls for women."
SUPREMECOURT i
HAS 8-HOUR Li
Washington, Jan. 11—All hear
ings in the Adamsom Eight Hour la
have been closed and the constitu
tionality of the law has been taken
under advisement "by the Justices of
♦ he Supreme Court of the United
States.
Th» last evidence was given late
yesterday afternoon, amd it is ex
pected that a decision will be reach
ed iu the early part of February.
KOI FLUKE if CAUSE COM
MITTEE TO ABANDON "LEAK"PROBE
Washington, Jan. 11—Thomas ^
Lavsen has positively refused to di
aljce thev names of those whom h.e
insinuated was guilty of giving out
the "leak" news from the national
capitcl, and as a result, it is quite
nrcbable that the prole into the
alleged "leak" news will be aban
doned.
It was believed that Lawson
.would go through, ■with, his charges,
j act! not hold t>ack any iuformaticwx
which he might be in possession of,
but he has refused to tell the
name?, and as this is the important
part of his allegations, little can be
done towards solving the problem.
JANUARY
CLEARANCE SALE
ONE-HALF © OFF ON
MEN'S and BOYS' SUITS
MILLINERY and CERTAIN
LINES of SHOES
A LIBERAL DISCOUNT ON
all other lines of goods with the
exception of Contract Goods
SALE STARTS
WEDNESDAY
ALBERT REINERT
—Successor to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
liEMlGREAT Hi SCOUT
mm LAST GREAT TRAIL
Whole Nation Mourns Loss of Soldier
Who Fought in More Indian Bat
tles Than Any Other Liv- j
ing Man I
Denver, Jan. 11—Aft^r battling'
Tor life for more tlian thirty-six
.hours, Col. William P. Ccdy, known
through the Amerioaai and Kuro
Dean continents as Buffalo Bill, pas
ed awav at his home in this city
early this morniug.
The body of tho great plainsman
will lay iu state for four hours
iu 'he Colorado State cai>itol build
in;:, and there will l>e a military
guard of honor.
Pres'dent Wilscn sent a message
of condolence to the bereaved iaiu
ily of the great western scout,
expressing his deep sympathy in tiie
loss ,'f their husband and father.
Iu addition to the message irom
President Wilson, other dignitaries
and prominent peoplo throughout
tha United States have sent mes
sages by wire of condolence.
William Frederick Cody was born
in Scott, Co., Iowa, Feb. 21>, 1S46.
His father was killed in the border
wf.r in Kansas. Ho was a pony rid
er, 1S60-1. He was a government
scou* and guide and member of
the seventh Kansas cavalry IS CI to
' 05. Huring 1SU7-8 lie killed 4280
butr'aloes .earning the name of Buf
falo Bill, the meat being furnished,
to feed the laborers engaged in
the construction of the Kansas Pa
cific Railway.
Prom IStiS to 1S72 }ie was gov
ernment scout and guide serving in
'lie operations against the Sioux and
Clieycnnes Indians. He killed tjie
famous Indian chief Yellow Hand,
in a hand to Ji&nd fight near Chey
enne in 1870. He took a prominent!
iKiit iu the Sioux uprising near the
I'ine itidge Agency in 1891. He '
h ^ oarticlrated in mo-ie Indian ha'-,
tics tjian any other living man.
From 1S83 ux> to the time of his
■ioatli he bag been at the head Wf
the "Wild West Show," which. has
gher exhibitions iu every large
city of the civilized world. Colonel
Cudv was an author of some note
beinr co-author of "'The Great Salt
Lake Trail." His permanent home
was in Cody, Big Horn County, Wy
oming.
About 12 gold-lode mines, 7 cop
per mines, and 2 placer mines were
opera'ed in Southews.em Alaska dur
ing 1916. Preliminary estimates in
dicate that the value of the gold
produced in this field was about
$5 960,000. The estimated copper
production from this region (all of
it from the Ketchikan district) was
<5,S00,000 pounds, valued at about
$ 1,000,000. The principal copper
oriducers were the Rush, Brown,
Jumbo, It, Mamie, and Mount An
drew. The only other productive
mining in the Ketchikan distri. t w; 3
the operation of two small lode
gold mines and the continuation of
marble quarrying on about the
same scale as in previous years.
The four mines of the Treadweil
grouo, in the Juneau district, were
operated on a normal basis until Av>
gust 1. At that time the two
Hundred stamp mill and half the
stamps of the Three Hundred stamp
mill were shut down to avoid the
further drawing of ore from beneath
settling ground in the Treadweil,
.Mexican and Seven Hundred Foot
mines. The other Treadweil mills
were operated as in the past. The
Alaska Gastineau mill was operat
ed on 6.000-ton daily capacity. Ow
ing to th$ addition of waste from
the hanging wall of the ptopes on
the higher levels the average tenor
of *jic* ore milled fell helow the
crigfnal estimate. This caused mis
givings on the part of some as to
tiie ultimate success oi the enter
prise. However, the difficulties in
selective storing are being gradual
ly overcome, and the tenor of the
oro milled shojved a gradual im
provement during ti e summer. Jloro
over, economics were effected so
»liiit the operating costs were re
duced.
.Mine development continued on
tin Alaska-Juneau in a large way,
and much progress was made in the
construction of the mill, which, is to
have a daily capacity cf S,000 tons,
it is esxpected that the mill will
be completed in the spring of 1917.
On the Alaska-Elmer property de
velopments wore continued. The
chief activities north of Juueau we**
at the Eagle River, Juneau, and
Kersinfctoii mines. Some ore was
milled at the Jua'in, but the other
mines were not productive in 1916.
In th*1- Sitka district the Chi
chagof mine was operated on about
the same scale as in previous years.
Srme work was done on a copper de
oosit discovered about 17 miles
'north o' the Chicagof mine, near
Pinta Cove. The ore is said to
icarry seme nickel and cofoalt.
| A little beach mining was done
on Lituya Bay, and some investiga
tini c wore made as to th<? feasibility
of installing machinery. In the Ya
!kaNijra district placer mining con
Itiune] on about the game scale as
in the past .
CLAM CHOWDER-OYSTER STEW
Just the Thing For This Cold Weather
Try our Maximum Little Neck Clams and
Preferred Stock Eastern Oysters. Put
up in 1 and 2 pound tins.
P. fi. GANTY
GERMAN CONSUL BOPP AND FOUR
EMPLOYES FOUNDGUILIf BI JURY
San Francisco, Jan. 11—Consul
General Franz Bopp, of Germany,
and his four employes, Charles C.
Crowley, German consulate! detec
tive, J. H. von KoolJjergran, Vice
Consul E. H. Shack and von Brinck
en, liave been found) guilty of con
spiracy in the destruction of Pacific
Coapt uort docks and a barge of
dynamite which was anchored. in
the harbor at Seattle, by the jury
which had beeoi selected to try the
case.
All charges in the bomb plot wer<J
sustained by the findings of the
jury.
New York, Jan. 11—Heary Ford
will leave for Europe on liis second
peace mission, within, 30 days.
This announcement was made last
night bv Robert Js'eely, one of the
business managers of the famous
Ford peace ship, at a minion of
the Vikin.7 Press Club. The Viking
Club is composed of newspaper and
magazjLe writers who were dele
gates on the peace ship.
Henry Ford sent a telegram from
■Datroit, regretting that he could
not be present, and saying that he
would reach New York possibly next
week.
Since the return of the peace-ship
delegates, Mr. Neely declared *hat
the leaders of the Ford pacifist par
ty have been, in continiuous commun
ication with high representatives of
all belligerent countries. He said
their names could not be mentioned,
for if it were known they were talk
ing peace, they wiould be ruined poll
tically.
The din era were also told that all
g' the peace-ship; delegates, except
Louis Lochner, had been "fired."
MR BULLETIN
Petroerad, Jan. 11—Russian fore-1
es. after continuous fighting along j
the Lake Babit region, which lies
west of the Riga, are reported to
have gained an advance of over a
mile forward with a front of twice
that distance.
Berlin. Jan. 11—Reports from
the Putna district claim a German |
victory on the left bank of the Put
na r'ver.
Rome. Jan. 11—A -report has
bern received here that the Aus
trian s have been driven out of the
Ledrc valley.
MY TAKES
STEAMER CROOK
Seattle, Jan 11—Advice has been
received here that the war depart
ment will take over the Army Trans
ncirt Crook, and Will place Iier in
service between this port and An
chorage. This action on the part
■of the War Department Is for the
purpose of facilitating the transpor
tation of freight to the government
•railway terminal city, which has
been greatly impeded1 during the
past season by tlhg heavy shipments
of freight to private individuals, and
to prevent the delay in the shipping
of the government's supplies for the
ue<v railway, thg steamer Orook will
be used as a freighter.
London, Jan. 11—Greece has ac
cepted the drastic ultimatum of the
British Allies, anil the work of
demobilizing and disarming her ar
my, and dismantling her ships will
at once begin.
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TAKE TRENCHES
London, Jan. 11—The British
Indian division operating near the
Tigris, made a desperate attack on
the enemy's trenches northeast of
KuteJamara, and gained over a
♦housand yards advance, capturing
manv trenches which have been
stubbornly held for several weeks.
The Overcoat
Assortment of the Town
THE RIGHT COAT FOR EVERY MAN
THE RIGHT COAT FOR EVERY PURPOSE
The Overcoat is a law unto itself, it has big work to
do—no less than to "make the appearance of the
man" whenever he ventures out of doors.
Each season there is leading ideas in overcoats that
seem to take the nation by storm.
We pride oueselvea on being students in overcoats.
We buy from houses who have not only the reputa
tion for making overeoats right but the right overcoat
We carry several leading makes standing out con
spicuously such as Hart, Schaffner & Marx, and the
famous waterproof Kenyon Coats.
WILL CLAYSON