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TODAY'S EUROPEAN DISPATCHES
VERT UNPLEASANT READING
I ■**!/. I>ts\ :»l—Through w*irt
iuid misery many beautiful, hith^*
to highly i-esi-eciable girls are sell
ing iheniselTW into white slavery In
onltp to uain food and shelter, *8
all the factories of the city have
hvrn closed for lack of coal.
t <>NSIDER1\(; THE PROTEST
London, 1>w. 31—The British
cabinet is taking tiuie to consider
America's uuie of protest again»t
British interference with Valted
Malt's commerce on the high swsw
l>RKAI>\Alt.HT TORPEDOED
London, Dec. 31—A French sub
marine today torpedoed the AuntrUia
dreadiuiught Yirubus Inita at Pola
while >he was entering the harbor.
The hull of the warship wa« pisrced
but she succeeded in making her
dock.
KEPORT IS DENIED
Tokio, Dec. 31—TUo Japanese
fi»reigo office today denied the re
port of >Japau«s.e troops being land
fd at Vladivostok, enroute to Join
the allies. <
THE ITXHAvKX RAID
Geneva, Dec. 31—The recent
British airman"s raid on the G«r
man naval base at C^uibAven result
ed in the destruction of one of the
latest model super-Zeppelins.
Washington, D. C-, Dec. 31—Pa"
ctfic coast con trresamen today held
a conference with Delegate Wicker
i-ha.ni of Alaska, at which wa« dis
"ussed proposed federal legisla
tion in the interests ot the terri
tory of Alaska.
increased fury i ; fightixg
Paris, Dec. 81—Incvtasing fury
marks the fighting j.ctween the
French rijfht center mid the Ger
mans, while in Upper Alsace offi
cial announcement was made today
of the capture of OstetnUaush.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 31—J. P.
Morgan today submitte-t a verbal of
fer to Secretary of the Interior
jLiace to dispose of the Copper
Kiver railway line in southwestern
Alaska to the government for its
apparent physical valuation.
Denver, Dec. 31—Fitly five con
victs in the Colorado penitentiary
w'ere today granted pardons by Gov
ernor Blease, to become effective
Mew Year's day.
Berkeley, Cal., Dec. 31—Duncan
McKialey, former representative to
congress from this district, died
here today from a stroke of appo
plexy.
popular picture palace
wax CLOSE TILL TOMORROW
On accouut of the masquerade
ball this eveuing at the W. P. A.
club, Manager Geo. Mowl will close
th« Popular Picture Palace until
tomorrow night, at wh:h timee he
will throw upon the screen a three
reel continuation of th© "Zingo"
series, representing an adventurous
voyage of that redoubUtle individu
al and his party into t*ie wilds of
Africa. To th<%e of our readers
who witnessed Zingo'c evolution
from an ape into a au-i, these pic
tures will prove extremely enter
taining.
Greetings
The world ha* nearly pa.'w*nj mother mOestooe, The old
year has slipped away and another one, Younger. Brighter, and
Better is with us.
If the old year ha» b«en kind to YOU, we trust the new ar
rival w ill be even more kind. 12'^. j 1.!^
If it did not measure up to your desires, we sincerely hope
that the new one will be characterized by audi good for
tune that the padt will be offset a hundred fold.
With us the last twelve mouths have beeen 'he most pros
perous we have ever experienced, and while we invariably aim
to serve you well we realize that it is your fervihg us well that
permits us to increase our business. go, let us wish Yon a
happy and prosperous XEW YEAR; one which will outrank all
others in good 1" faith and good luck
H. J. LYNCH
The Haberdasher
CABLE SHIP
IS DEEDED
The urgent need of the Buxual.te
or some other cabletihip in Alaskan
waters has again been de.nc..?!rai
td, since the government c.ble wrut
out of commission, says tve Cjr
doya Times, As usual, t.ie isurn
sid© is in tho states w.e.ie\er »
break occurs in the cable, and be
i'ore she can reach the point where
the repairs are needed it is neces
sary to make the long journey north.
This is seldom done in less than a
week or ten days, which is ju»t
that much time lost. Wouldn't 'I
be a good idea for the war depa.-:
xuemt to have one of these ships -Sta
tioned in Alaska so that quick ser
vice could be rendered when th^
occasion required it. This is »
matter that the chambers of com
merce of the territory should take
up with the officials at Washington.
Wer© it not for the fact that Cor
dova has a wireless station we jyou". J
at present bo without nny means of j
fommunication with the states.
IROQUOIS THEATRE
FIRE IS RECALLED
Chicago, Bee, 30—in accordance
with annual custom, 'ueirorial »or
\ ices were held today lor victims of
the Iroquois theatr© fire, whit J
claimed 600 lives eleven years ago
today.
MRS. MARY E. HART
SENDS CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Mrs. Mary E. Hart remembered
her Skagway friends with a hand
some Christmas card on which was
printed the following greeting:'
"Loving remembrances and sincere
wishes for a bright and happy
Christmas," supplementary to which
was this inscription iu her own
handwriting "Kia-how-J ah! Hope to
see you at our BIG FAIR," with
her signature attached.
DALLAS POSTAL CI ERK IS
DESERVING OF PROMOTION
A week before Christmas, James
Welsley prichett of th3 Daily Al
askan office received a package
through the mail from a friend in
Dallas, Texas, Yesterday he got
a letter from the same party no
tifying him of the dispatch of the
package to Skagway, although the
writer was doubtful whether it
'vould get through, as the postal
clerk at Dallas had vouchsafed the
information that navigation had
f-losed at Skagway for ih( winter.
The annual Installation of officers
of White Fax M«*aonic Lodge No.
113 occurred last evening. It was
well r.ttended and was aa impressive
and happy event.
Past Maatf,i Willard R. Hil
lary acted, lu the capacity of In
stalling officer and acquitted him
self with becoming dignity.
Following i« a lfcrt Of tie new
officere.;
Worship fu] Matter—Elmer L.
Wheeler,
Senior Warden—Junes Wallace.
Juaior Warden—Harold Talbot.
Secretary—Phil Abraham*.
Treasurer—P. h. Ganty.
Chaplain—J. W. Pritehett.
Senior Dtawxn—W. R. Hillery.
Junior Deacon—James A. Iseitles.
Senior Steward—Lionel Talbot
Junior Steward—Max Guifeld.
Organist—P. h. Oaitty.
Marshal—W. g. Sparks
Tiler—Kfti*l Larson.
Following |be ceremonies the
brethren repaired to the banquet
room where a delightful spread
awaited them which had been pre
pared by Max Gutfeld.
The installing officer conducted
w-rahtpfni master -to the
head of the table and informed
him that he would act as toast
master. When the time for speech
making arrived th© master rap
ped for attention, but before
he could speak W. C. Wright,
the retiring master, arose and an
nounced that the first speaker wovl
be the new Worshipful Maater,
Brother Elmer Li Wheeler. In ap
propriate words the new master ax
pressed the hope that 1915 would
fee a successful one in thee annals
of masonry, and a!ao spoke feel
ingly of his appreciation of the
high honor conferred upon him by
his brothers.
Among others who responded to
toasts were: W. R. Hillery, W. C.
Wright, W. S. sparks, Dr. L. S. Kel
ler, A. B. Towno, P. H. Ganty, Phil
Abrahams, J. w. Pritehett.
The napkins used bore a square
and compass design embellish
ed with pomegranate.
•MUNICIPAL ECONOMIST"
is lauest crry job
Fort Smith, Ark., Dec. 30—An 01
fice to be known as the municipal
economist ha* been created Iby tin?
city board of commissioners of
Fort Smith. Tho municipal econo
mist's duties consist la daviain*
ways and means to redvoe municipal
expenses and increase municipal rev
enue.
"Happy New Year"
We take this occasion to thank
you for your liberal patronage
during the past year. During the
coming year we shall put forth our
best efforts to serve you in a satis
factory manner.
P. H. GANTY. GROCER
PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION
OPENS AT 12 O'CLOCK TO-MT
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THE HAINES NATIVE
"CHRISTMAS WAITS"
The Juneau Sunday Tost of Dec.
27th has the following to say- of
Utg Haines native brass hand, which
wag on a Visit to that city:
"Take off your hata to the In
dian boys from Haines. They
have more proletarian sense than
most white laborers and in point
of fine feelings have put all Juneau
to shame.
"On the arrival of their band
ihey avoided the main thorofares,
marching down the water front to
Ank village. First of all they drew
up and played before the door °f
a hut where lives au old blind wo
man and a crippled child. I»ng
they played, the rain oeating down
up them, to these two lonely
aod neglected boings, filling their
cheerless lives with a moment's
rapture they wdll never forget.
"Let no one say that tb« Indian
is devoid ot sentiment, in that
littlg exhibition of the other day
at the door »£ the old woman
and the twisted child, they proved
themselves fit to mount all the
hindrances of white neighbors and
as a race Burvive.
"Like the negro and all subdued
peoples, the Indian has turned to
music for his 60lace. And there
Is to his notes a plaintive weird'iess,
Just a hint of sadnes, for the usurp
ed demense where his race once
owned the tide and 'shore and all
the fruits thereof.
"It is good that the Haines boys
can make auch grand music and
have the sentiment and pride
to employ it ae they do, for the
humble laments of vythm and
song is all that is left to the In
dian. i
Sau Diego, Dec. 31—:The Pana
ma-California, exjjoeiti« n wilt op«»
here at 12 o'clock tc*igh.t. Secre
tary ot the Treasury W. O. McAdoo
arrived in the -City today and "will
officiate at. ilia opening Ja t*»«
place of President Wilson, _wh«
round It impossible to attend. - . -
The expoeitiom. jg intended — to
especially exploit the resources,
oppo.-tunltiea for development as.d
possibilities for immigration, colon
ization and commerce of the West
ern states of the United State*.
San Diego offers as a reason for
holding the exposition in 1915 the
fact that it is the first port of
entry on United State- soil north
of the Pacific opening1 of the Pana
ma canal, and she desires to dem
onstrate to the world what possi
bilities lie in the vast region tri
butary to her as a commercial sea
port. as well as wha* avenues Of
commerce may be developed, with the
countries north and south on the
Pacific coast, and with. the Orient
The exposition in Its entirety
will cost $10,000,000. .
l'KNX TEACHERS TO
HEAR MANY SPRAKERs
Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 30—Addres
ses by William M. Di'vidson, su
perintendent of schools in Pltitif
burgh; Dr. Edward II. Grigga, of
\'ew York, and Dr. W. E. Halbrook,
of Clioetaw, Ark., featured the open
ing session of the tecond day's
meeting of the State Euucatlonal atr
sociation here. Dr. O. T. Corso.i,
of Columbus, O., was to speak 'his
evening. j ' - :
On account of tomorrow betas
New Year, the regular monthy meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher aasoeia.
t>on has been postponed until the
night of Friday,. Jan. Sth, at th»"
usual place and hour.' ' ' * r^.v
We wish You a
Happy New Year
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier