GREATEST BUTTLE OFIHE WAR
NOW PROGRESSING IN POLAND
l.ondun. Feb. 3—General Vosi
Hind en berg lias begun his third
(temperate attempt against the Rus
sians in Poland and what is prob
:i lily the greatest battle of the
Kuropean war is WW proxre*du:j
west of Warsaw.
A 1'etrograd report states that
along a section of the battle
front only six miles long the Ger
mans brought ui> 84,000 troi>i>s and
1000 batteries of artillery.
England is greatly stirred over
Germany's recent marine war zone
proclamation.
ELKS HUD A
MERRY TIE
As predicted in yesterday's Daily
Alaskan, there was a good attend
ance at the Elks' lodgo last night.
William O'Connor and Gus Beeh
are now full fledged Elks.
At the close of the lodge a pleas
■>t surprise awaited the brothers.
: ..e two gentlemen initiated last
• ght are both from the Fred Story
'ne ,il Lake Bennett, and in honor
the occasion Mr. Story had pro
.ed a bouuteous oyster supper.
' .e adjective "bounteous" is here
. d advisedly. Mr. Story had in
acted the caterer to see that
•rv one had all the oysters he
•:!i eat. Jugdo -Martin Conway,
.» official booster for the bowling
;n, s"op;<ed with three dozen. Mr.
>ry's treat will be remembered by
■j Klks as one of the most pleas
eve;.?s of th© seasou. Max
■ • u Id c;"ered.
it to err ice
OX LAKE BEX.VETT
i'a;n. l.arsen, with a crew of
ur :nou composed of George Black
ok Welter, Ales Macauley, and
•; Hansen, left for Pennington, on
ike Bennett, this morning to cut
i for several business houses in
iirway as well as a large quantity
■ the W. P. & Y. R. company for
. m both Skagway and White
. .SO.
The cutting of ice on Lake Ben
t is of annual occurrence, from
It to 16 days being usually con
; :ued in the work.
The freighter Cordova got away
♦ 6 o'clock this morning for the
t ':'Ikoot cannery, back of Haines,
••' here she will take on a shipment
"t" canned salmon.
GEJS1LOSO
OFF
0
h
la a late number o'' the Ketchi
kan Mall the iditor unbosoms hint
self of a grouch which he appears
to have held for a Ions
tin: e against a section oi
Uncle Sam's domain where he spent
a good many years of his 111'©
I jsteu:
It's Sun* a lJum Sheet
"Here, you rleepy gazabos, we
want you to read this: we are In
receipt of the first number of the
Pioneer Sun, edited by E. L. Beede,
a brother of cur father in law's
bmutiful but aged daughter, and
turned out down In the sun
light of regions' desert wast—Har
ney county. Reade"-, please first
unders'and that we f-pent IS yectrr.
in the Harney country occupied in
ail the varied method? of beating
tiie public out of the wherewith to
purchase bread r.r.d butter. We
know that country as the evangel
ist knows i.i. Bible. We know wit ere
each brand of stork ranges the hll?
We know the watering places and t't
trails. We kr.'jw where the big;"' ":
rattlesnakes were ki'.led. V.'e litne
patiently lis''tied to the greatest
bull con pedeicr in thr.t rcjon of
eage brush and jack rabbits, and
we can give you the t'rue facts of
that country, if our word is any
good, which it isn't. Editor Beedo
is one of our old devils back In
the eighties, and probably picked
uo some of our slovenly habits, at
least his paper looks almost as
rotten as the .Mail, but he will live
off it. Already he has at least $7
worth of advertising patronage, and
that being a country where they
s eal range beef, he will sure make
a go—a live ot it.
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1110 HI
It CLEli OP
The Juneau city council 011 Fri
day night of last week at a special
meeting accepted the resignation
of Chief of Police William M. Mc
Ui ido, who had filled the office for
the twelve months previous, and el
ected Emery J. Sliter to fill his
1 place.
Th new chief of police took office
| last Monday and has made a clean
s-veep of the department by the sel
I oction of his own subordinates.
Chief Sliter has had experience In
police work at Nome as well as in
.Michigan. He was a stampeder in
to the Chisana country when the
news of James' rich discovery first
reached the outside world, but has
been a resident of Juneau for the
pist year. Of him Gov. J. F. A.
Strong is quoted as saying. "You
could comb Alaska with a fine-tooth
comb, and you would not find n
more honest or a more competent
men than Sliter."
545,0111
TO LEGISLATURE
There will be 110 "deficiency ap
liropriatlon" necessary this year to
pay members of the Alaska legisla
ture their full mileage, says tho Ju
noau Empire, as the recommendatio
of Gov. J. F. A. Strong for an in
crease in the mileage item has been
fulfilled by the appropriations com
mittee at AVashington. The mileage
this year will bo $9,17$.20. For
the 1913 session the mileage paid
ro members was $6,500.
The legislative expenses this year
v.ill be nearly $-15.000. The bud
set, as approved at AVashington is
as follows:
Salaries of members . . . $21,600.00
Mileage of members . . . 9,178.20 ,
Sp.larie; of employes . . . 0,160.00
Printing of laws . . . . 3,500.00 :
Rent of legislative balls
atid commit'ee rooms . 2,000.00 !
Sntionery, supplies, print
ing of bills, reports,
etc 3,500.00
Total $44,938.20
JUDGE BUXXELL POSTPONES j
MAKIXG APPOIXTMEXTS
Fairbanks, Jan. 30—Judge Chas. 1
K. Bunnell, who arrived here Mon-1
day, Ins postponed the appointment
ct the officers of his court and mak
ing other appointments for a time.
He will open court here March
1st for the purpose of clearing up
the court docket.
MEETJXG IS GALLED FOR
MEMBERS TOMORROW XIGHT
The members of the Skagwav
Volunteer Fire department are here
by notified that their presence Is |
desired at a meeting to be held In
Hose House No. 2 tomorrow (Sat
urday) night, Feb. 6th at 8 o'clock.
Business of importance will come up
for consideration.
JOHN BEXDER, Firo Chief.
L
The government boat Peterson
will arrive In Skagway either to
night or tomorrow morning with
three days' local mall from Juneau,
according to Postmaster Klndell.
The Peterson was in Juneau yes
terday. when the steamship Ala
meda of the Alaska Steamship Co.
arrived from the south on her way
to the westward, and Postmaster
Klndell learning of the Peterson's
being there and the Alameda's ar
rival immediately made arrange
ments to have the Skagway mail far
warded, thereby advancing the time
of delivery here by at least 24
hours. The three days' accumula
tion of interior mail at Juneau will
not be sent to Skagway until the
departure for this place of the
Georgia on her regular weekly run,
and will reach here Sunday.
As the Georgia will make close
connections on her nest return voy
age from Skagway to Juneau with
southbound boats from the west
ward all mail from here destined for
the outside will be forwarded at
that time to Juneau.
K. Yamaguchi, a Japanese, con
victed of the manslaughter of T.
Kajita, at Sitkoh Bay cannery last
April, was sentenced by Jugde Rob
ert W. Jennings Saturday morning
in the district court, to Berve
twenty years in the federal peniten
tiary at McNeil's island, Wash. The
defendant had nothing to say when
Jugde Jennings asked if he wished
to make a statement before Bentence
was pronounced. When he was taken
back to his cell he appeared more
cheerful than he has for several
weeks, and told his guard he was
glad the suspense of waiting sen
tence was over, I
Rev. George E. Howard of Sitka 1
was a visitor in Juneau this week,
and on Wednesday morning, was
OTriained to the priesthood by Bish
op P. T. Rowe of the Episcopal dio- |
cese of Alaska, the ceremony tak- |
ir.g place in the Trinity Episcopal
caurch.
Rev. Howard in speaking of his I
home town to a Juneau Empire [
reporter, said:
"Business conditions are good In
Sitka. The new hydro-electric pow
er company has made a success;
the whites and natives are all at j
work when they want to work, and j
the business men of the city have
good trade."
SWEET
CIDER
We have just tapped another barrel
and it is exceptionally good. Price
50c per Gallon
P. ti. GANTY, GROCER
Washington, Feb. 5—Senator Har
ry Lane of Oregon, has offered a
solution for the blind pig problem.
In as fur as it relate? to gentle
men from other states finding liquor
In states that have gone ary. His
experience in Alaska furnished the
nspiration.
"For the benefit of those Btates,"
ae declared, "I would suggest they
ulopt the method cf the Eskimos to
protect their food supplies from the
ever-hungry malamute dog, which is
to cache it upon a platform about
20 feet above the ground. By do
ng this they would compel enter
prising and thirsty gentlemen from
>tLer states to seek their solace
in the open air by means of a lad
ler."
Alaska, by the way, has funiish
Senator Lane with considerable nr
,'iunent against liquor.
"In the Interior of Alaska," lie
Mid, "where the temperature goes
iown to 70 and 80 below zero, they
lo not allow anyone to go; out upon
i lng <rlp and take whiskey with
Mm. If a man is met on the trail
md it is ascertained he has whis
key with him it is taken away from
Mm and the bottles broken. They
lo not do that out of any feeling
>" kindliness toward him particular
ly, but they have found, and from
sxperience, that it is necessary to
lo so, for the reason that under I
•he influence of liquor a man on th
•rail take chances that he other
vise would not take. If his feet
>r hands become frozen, the whole
expedition is tied . up taking care
>f him. So they go right through
lis pack and if he has whiskey or
ilcohol they take it away from hiin
md break the bottle."
Other views of the Oregon isena- :
■or, who is a physician are not I
exactly on this same subject.
"I do not think alcohol is a dir- !
«t cause of a large proportion of j
nsanlty," he flays "I do not think
hat large tables of statistics if
arefully analyzed wil! show that
t is the old alcohlic, the chonlc
Irunk, who, as a rule, goes insane,
tfe becomes a hobo; lie becomes a
misance; he is the cr.use of misery
o his children, he makes his wife
inhappy and is the cause of hi3
kildren not having enough to eat
nd to wear; he may become shatter
d physically but, as a rule, he does
lot go insane. After he quits drink
ng, as a rule he resumes his nor
nal mental condition and lives
ilong without becoming insane. I
lo not think much of ntatistics
vhich try to stow that he furnishes
the largest proportion of the in
mates of insane asylums, for the
reason that my experience is to t.he
contrary."
Bu,t if you are goin^j to drink,
says ihe senator, drink straight
"booze."'
"X think my friend from Missis
sippi, Senator Williams, is mis
taken if he thinks that alcoholic
(lrlnk derived from the grape, the
fermented liquors in contradistinc
tion to those that are distilled,
are less harmful. It is my opin
ion that he is decidcdly mistaken.
The Englishman and the Scotchman
and those people of Europe who
drink heavy port, wines are, I
think, klllei off as quickly, and I
think more quickly, than those who
confine themselves to the use of
pure whiskey.
"If a person is going «> anxuc ax
all, if he wants to get drunk, if hq
desires a stimulant, as a physician
who has practiced for 40 years I
would say to tim, 'Get good pure
whiskey.' Leave wine and beers
out. You will last longer and
do yourself less harm and the re
sult will come cheaper In the long
run. It is a matter of economy. If
you really wish to use alcohol and
get the effects from it without
any subterfuge or fooling about it.
It is the safest drink ol all."
"I say this in order that those
who are <?oing to continue the use
<fi it may have the advantage of my
study on the subject. If they want
straight, unadulterated liquor up
on which to get drunk, let them use
pure alcohol, cologne spirits, the
alcohol itself diluted with water.
You will all do better to stick to
pure whiskey rather than to go
fooling around high wines."
OLD TIMER IS DROWNED
Frank Ros3, an old timer, and
will known resident iu this locali
ty, was drowned in the bay in front
of this city lest evening. Three
men from Ketchikan, on their way
o\er to Pinnock island saw a boat
bottom up, and upon investigation
found a trolling line fast to the
Loat, and hanging down with some
liiKivy weight attached. On draw
ing it up they found Rose entangled
in the line. The boat was broken
iu on one side, showing indications
oi having been rammed by some
other craft during the fog that cov
ered the water at the time. Ross
was an extremely large man and
cculd not swim.
Who's Your Tailor?
J^ever mind if the robins haven't
arrived yet—Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise to leave
your measure for your custom tail
ored clothes today—then they'll be
Ready When You
Need 'Em
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& Co.'s exclusive woolens and have
the clothes delivered when you want
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The Clothier