Kansas .CRy, Not. 23—Judge
Hock of the United States District
Court, in a case which camg'up for
trta! before him, this morning ren
dered a -decision, declaring ' the;
Eight Hour law- to bq unconstitu
tional. . I
lu "hauding down his decision,
J.idge Hook makes it plain • that
his decision is • necessarily a
has?^ one, and that if will require
a hearing of the Supreme Couit of
the United States '» positively de
c'Hethe TalWity or unconstitution
ality of the lay.
The heajdo o<f three big; railroads
wUl make an effort to get a quick
ru'lng from the United states Su
IE FLATS 10
BE
Juneau, Nov. 23 •— The elec
tion held Monday on the question
whether or not the so-called tide
flats saould'be annexe*! to Juneau,
resulted In one hundred and thirty
one votes being'cast—one hundred
and nine being in favor of annexa
tion and twenty-two against.
The tide-flat section. situate j
west of Juneau .embracing ■ forty
or flftv families, andl approsimately
two hundred inhabitants, j hereto
fore not -within the corporate lim- 1
its of the city of Juneau, will from
now -on come within the jurisdic
tion of the city of Juneau and he
a part of the Capitol City of the
Territory. | '
A former election was held on
thJta 'question at which it 'was de
cidcd not to annex the tide-flat
section'
Subsequently, a petition' was
s^nt in. claiming a'change of senti
ment on the part of the tide flats i
residents, and asiking that a 6ee- [
cni* election be held. It -was or- 1
d«red, and. Monday's vote settles j
♦' e quetion forever and ever."
TEi'DV GOES TO THK
1SLA1M>S OF Fill
yew York, Nov. 17 — Theodore
Roosevelt has decided to go to the
Fiji islands with his wife to recu- ;
T>frate after the campaign. They,
*•<11 be gone until February. He ;
refused to make any statement
about the Te-electiou of [Wilson
an<l at^ears to be in a ba-d humor, i
Drome court, and in the meantime
tiie> are uncertain just .what the
Wi'fert o 'tjio first ruling will have
on the situation, as the Big 'Four
Brotherhood have made it plain
l!>at they will not permit technicali
ties to juggle them out of'what the
claim as their lawful rights, and
th;" if the railways fail to recog-,
ui?e these rights as claimed -by I
fhe Adamson lajyv, they would walk
out and tie up every; railroad- in
the Uuited 'States.
'I he heads o£ th^ t railroads Btat
ej today that they would, at once
prepare to 'press the other Buits
n«w uv for trial unless -the gov
ernment would giVQ them protec
tion. (
UEICMAN MERCHANT FIXED
FOR UNIQUE OFFENSE
Berlin Nov. 23—A merchant in
Hamburg, Germany, hag been fined
2,000 marks lor 0119 ofjthe most
remarkable offenses yet recorded
agains the pure foc<l laws. A
"jiver saujjgae" sold by> him for
2 marks and 20 pfennigs a pound
was found on analysis (to contain
macerated rubber, finely ground
hair and gelatine. l There was neitli
er liver nor other £l«sh or fats In
'.he sausage.) '
Seat-le, Nov. 21—The United
States customs collectors' Octobea
report comi)leted today, shQws ex
torts of the district of'Washington
as $11,915,051, and' the imports
?13,52S,674. | The .exports fo
Alaska were valued at $2,383,995.
New York, Nov. 23—As the re
sult o£ the probe into the soaring
price of food stuffs in this city, i
made under the direction of the
Department of Commerce, a great
number of indictments wero
brcugh iik against middlemen deal
ing in the'necessities of life.
The United States attorney 'gen
era! was aided In his investiag
*icrs;by the attorney generals 01
th& various districts investigated,
ai.d he states that all those •mid
dlemen who enteresl into "gentle
man's agreements" will be brought
un under indictments charging con
s' iracy of combination with.1 in
fect to unjustly raise the price of
food stuffs.'
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 41
LIST DOUBT OF ISM'S
RID M HUD
New York, Nov. 23—Chairman
Wilcox today aidmitted that ' the
returns from the California) elec
tion was now sufficient to show
beyond a reasonable-doubt that
l're=ident Wilson, had carded that
state. The certififcates of the
judges of the entire state bad been
withheld 011, pending the'adjust
ment of known errors in twottcoun
ties , and when these were
straightened) out, an4 .properly re
counted, the slight change found j
through the recount dild- ^ot alter
h e result oif the state as a whole, j
London, Not. 33—'The hospital
ship Britannic, with. more, ^han
Hveive hundred sick and wounded
porsons on ■ boaffd, jvas Hunk tliis
mornin? in. the Aegean Sea. The
ship was either struck by 'a tor
oodo or mine. and it /was only ow
■y§ to the fact that she was near
the shore at the time she was hit
tha* any of thq persons aboard
were rescued. More th.au fifty were
drowned before they; could be
* alien from the sinking ship.
The Britannic was 'ho largest
vessel afloat, and was built by the
White Star Company. Upon com
p'etion, shortly after the bSeinning
of the war, she wag taken over
bv the British admiralty and used
exclusively -as a hiospital ship.
Juneau, Nov. 22—According to
addii?cual figures received l>y the
L>:spatib, Wiekershain is now 14
votes in the lead for delegate over
Sulzcr.
Wicker-sham's majority in the
(Second Division, iju 250, and in the
Third 270.
Sulzer's majority iu the First is
477 a:id 29 in the Fourth.
.Marshall City is the most im
portant precinct unreported frc.m
t.'.e Second.'
Ya^utat and Shalgann remain un
requited in the First."
Ktyukuk is the principal unre
ported precinct from tjie Fotmtb.
Unreported from the Thiid divi
sion are Nushagak, Is'izina, Talk
eettia. Illiamnia, Koggiung, San
a-K, h'bignik, Reindeer, Cliisana.
Th« law provides that the terri
torial canvassing board consisting i
Governor J. F. A. Strong, -Becre
tarv c.f the territory, Charles' David
son, and the collector of customs,
J. F. I'ugh, shall meet within' GO
days alter the date of election and
canvass -thg returns and 'give a
certificate of election to (territor
ial officials elected.
It is authoritatively itated that
the board ; will be-in no hurry'to
canvass the returns; that the law
gives the inembrs thee right to
mefct any time after the sixty days
and that they will wait'for returns
from all ef the remote precincts' in,
Alaska before making the: official
count.
Should Wickersham 'be defeated
h;s *fcrm of office will expire Mar.
4th next. Sulzer would'not take
h'o seat before j December,
1917, unless 'a special ses
sion o' congreas is held meantime.
I Flagstaff, Ariz., 'Nov. 13 — Dr.
^ Percival Lowe), founder and di
, rector of the Lowell 'Observatory
| iiore ai.d an astronomer of tnter.na-l
|"oi-al reputation, died here last
; night from a stroke of apoplexy suf
I f^rrd yesterday morning.
Several astronomical expeditions |
! were organized by him. Among
j then we re'an eclipse expedition in |
Tr.'poli in 1900 and. am-expedition
to* the Andes mountains to pboto
' graph Mans in 1907. For 10-years
I urior *o 1893 'be made a number
[of trips to Japan. In-1902 he |
was appointed non-resident' pro
fessor of astronomy of the Massa
chuett? Institute of Technology. He
was *he author of many works on
astronomical subjects and a 1 con
tributor to scientific) publications.
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 13 — Dr.
Percival Lowell wag best known, as
tile principal exponent of the
theory that Mars is inhabited.
Astronomers generally, while ex
pressing 'regard fOT his ability and
enthusiasm, regarded many of ibis
theories as radical and all of them
were not accepted. Dr. Lowell-was
a brother of A. Lawrence Lowell,
president of Harvard university.;
I* was from the observatory at
Flagstaff that ho announced bia dis
covery of vegetation, on Mare,'with
tne inference that the planet was
it.habited j,and his -observation) of
lhe canals as being.) so regular in
form as to'indicate that they 'weTe
artificial. JA colleague. of Dr.
. Lowell said today that while many
astronomers did not agree with his
theories , they were confirming his
observations very frequently.
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
JACK LONDON PASSES OVER
LAST LONELY TRAIL
Santa Rosa, Cal., Nov. 23—jack
London, th© well known author
died at |hls ranch) -near this city
at an early hour this morning.
Last,Tuesday, attending -to the
farm duties incident to farm life,
Mr. London, wasi atricikenj with par
alysis, and from thai; date he never
show. I any signs of rallying. His
ohysfcianfe were in, constant at
' cndance, but despite; every j effort
ou their .part hie passed away with
out again regaining consciousness.
Jack London, J was born, .in, Ban
Francisco on January 12, 1876, and
was educated at thfl University of
California. In April, 1900, at
Oakland, he married' Bessie jMad
dern, and-his second- marriage' oc
curred in Chicago on Nov. 19,
1905, (when h© ^was wedded 'to
Ch'?rmaan Kilt red go. Ha lgXt col
lege *o go toi.thg Klondik©, ' and'
iipver completedl bis course. 'Lat
c-r he shipped (before) tbqmaut, lat
or i-ngaged in seal hunting in Ber
ioe sea. He traveled a great deal,
r ramping tlrrougfcj th§ UnltedJ'Statca
and Canada for social and econ
omical study. He -we a war" cor
rp . >ondent during tbei Russo-Japan,
war, and later , lectured pnj i tjwt
subject. He was a Socialist. Hi»
writing* embraced a j number -of
Alaska stories, among "which! are:
A Daughter of the Smxwb, The
Dauphfer oif the. Frost, | The-Call
of th"jWild. Thq Falthi of Men,
Tbe Sea Wolf, ;The People -o£ the?
Abvss , War of thg Classes, and a
r«.umber o^otha-. I
He will be burled at Jiiis ranch'
at Glen Ellen, Cal.:
JILTED WOMAN GETS A
VERDICT FOR A BIG SUM
SeatMe, Nov. 20—The ' sealed
verdict in the breach! of promise
case brought by Miss Margaret
Strand against Peter Malone, the
Fairbanks miner, Was opened
In *he Superior Court this morning.
The jury awarded $20,000 to Miss
Strand. Despite the verdict,) Ma-J
lcne's attorneys made amotion that J
♦h* verdict be set aside ,and one
rendered In favor oil the defendant.
The court is taking the matter un
der'advisement.
Miss Margaret Strand.-is quite
well know.n in Skagway, having fill
ed positions as table waitress a*
ihe Golden North hotel and the
Pullen House several differert sea
sons. During the past summer she
has been [at Atlin, i where she was
employed by Louis Schultz as wait
ress a* his hotel.)
Berlin, Nov. J 23 — ^It has
tfen claimed here at th^ German
war office that the German) torces,
under General •Falkenhayn, had
roached the gates o£ jOrsovas and
tr ey are making a'sweeping d\ ive
thro neb. Wallachlia. Railways liavQ
been seized, and. cavalry* and. ' in
fantry havg been used to fatter
down !the combined resistance of
fered by the Rumanian anid Russian
?crc«s in, a momentous battle. i
FROST PEOPLE
ARE ACQUITTED
Chicago, Nov^ 21—Albert Frost,
Oliver Bordeaux and. Bert Wing,
ciiaryed witli conspiracy la i con
nection wittt tha allege^ bribery
cf a juror 'in, the AlasGsa ooal l&nd
c» &« were j acquitted b}i 1 the
scaled verdict o4 the Jury; made
oublic yesterday, j
7he mem were acquitted'by a
jurv in 1913 on the charge 'Of try
ing to secure coal lands through,
'raud, and one of the jurymen* af
terwards claimed he was given a
large sum touring in.^ verdict of
acquittal. , , . ■»
Through! an error in^he press
dispatch received | on 'the above
datt, 1 the verdict was 6tated
»o have been against the defendants,
wbiie the,abov^ dispatch, • taken,
£rom tUe Juneau, Empire states that
the jury returned a Jvewlict -of
"do* guilty.'1 '
VANQUISHED CANDIDATE ]
SEND COXQRATULATIONS
Lakywood, N. J., Not. [23—ChAS.
E. Hughes, the defeated Republi
can candidate for the presidency of
the United .States last -night sent
a tele?Tarn 'to President Woodrow
Wilson, conveying! the congratula
tions ot -the former for the lat
ter. I
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Display Our
Fall and Winter
Line Of
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Come In And Look
Them Over
WILL CLAYSON