No. 239 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKA WAY, ALASKA.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 191fi
PRICE 10 CENTS
101 INVENTORS III SOLVING
PERFECTION OF AERONAUTICS
New York, Not. 20—The Aeiro
club of America helil its auuuai
meeting ou November 8th, and
among the other important busi
ness transacted, a resolution was
adopted indorsing the establihing ot
the naval research and avperlment
al laboratory recommended Jjy the
Naval Consulting board of the Un
ited States, of which Thomas A.
Edison is chairman.
The fact was made plain that
such a laboratory, the construction
of whiCi has teen estimated at
onlv $5,000,001), and the operating
cos' at but $3,000,000, a year,
wouid be of inestimable value to
this country. This laboratory
could «'o much toward advancing
aeronautics in America. Mr. Haw
ley also brought out the fact that
for the past six months the aeron
autical motor makers of America
had boeu troubled by lock of ma
terial baying the qualities of Ktrupp
iteel, and also Decause of lack of
maguuos and inability to ob
taiu certain parts that heretofore
had been obtained from .Germany,
was oue of the ar^i'ments advanced
iu favor of the establishment of
such a laboratory.
These problems axe about to be
solved, but it his taken 6 months
to do it. With a laboratory. Buck as
the ouh now proposed, the solu
tion undoubtedly -would have been
quickly found by the scientists who
are now on the Naval Consulting
board.
Hundreds of inventorB and experi
menters, some of whom have inven
tions that apparently are of great
value, havo been applying to the
Aero cluh of America for advice and
assistance.
NEBRASKA G.O.P.
WANTS HALE
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 20—A peti
tion is being circulated throughout
the states petitioning that the
name of William Hale, mayor of
Chicago be placed on the -republi
can ballot for president
Seward, Nov. 1"—James Wicker
sham, the delegate from Alaska,
Chairman Edes of the government
railway commission, accompanied by
his wife, and John ruid Frank Bal
lainc, who won the recent townslte
sui* at Seward, are all passengers
on the Admiral Evans enroute to
Washington, D. C.
B^lr-sate Wiekersham intends to
stcu off ill Juneau a day or so. if
possible, and vi3it his friends
thorc, before proceodinsg to Wash
ington 'o be rea.iy when congress
convenes.
B-.th Chairmaa Edes and the
delegate aro confident that they
will get aa appropriation from con
gress Iot continuing the railroad
wor> In Alaska Uie next season.
'FOURAMERICANS
ARE MURDERED
Topolo Bamanto, Mex., Nov. 20—
Mayo Indiana belonging to Villa
troops yesterday raided Loss lo
chia and killed four Americans.
Washington, Nov. 20—The 're
port that four Americans have bee
killed by troopa under Villa will be
investigated by the Btate depart
ment.
LINDKNBERGER IS NOT
BANKRUPT SAYS GUNNISON'
Juneau, Nov. IS—Royal A Gun
nison, cf the firm of Gunnison &
Robertson, the Alaska agents and
law representatives ol the LLndeu
bergcr Packing company of Seattle,
! declares that the item "which \ ap
peared in some of the Alaska pa
pers a short tims ago, declaring the
packing firm a bankrupt, does the
firm an injustice- He Bays this
Impression was no doubt created by
ourt Droceedings which were insti
tuted in Seattle.
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seen our
stock of
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Arctics ?
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Complete Line of
Men's, Women's Miss
es' and Children's
Shoes in the city.
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WED BY A
SUBMARINE
Madrid. Nov. 20—A wireless mes
sage -was received in this city today
from th<- steamship Verona in
which it is stated that she is being
pursued by a submarine. She gave
heir position at the time of Bend
ing the aerogram as being off
Cai>e lVio.
WOULTFCROE
ENLISTWrNTS
London, Nov. .20—Lord Derby,
chief recruiter for the British
army, finds that he is unable to
get eligible single men to join the
army, and has written a letter to
1'rlmo Minister Asqulth in which he
asks that all mea who axe suitable
for service be forced to enlist. To
th.0 suggestion aa set forth by Lord
Derby, it is understood, Premier
Asquith agrees.
ALLIES SOU
Berlin, Nov. 20—According to
high Geranan military officials, the
complete defeat of the allies in,
the Daidanelles is predicted at an
earl/ date.
Big i;ung are being Bent by way
of the Danube riveT to Gallipoli,
wli re they will be used in an at
tack against the allies.
Every attempt at an advance
movement on the part of the al
lied troops has been checked by the
Teutons.
oebsto¥ke ii
HALF A DOZEN
Terre Haute, ind., Nov. 20—Eu
gene V. Debs, five times candidate
for the presidency lias issued a
formal statement in which he de
clares his intention of again run
ning for the office ot chief execu
tive of the United States. He will
ran as a socialist.
FORMER ALASKAN IS
INJURED BY INSECT BITE
Seattle, Nov. 15—Word received
here from Los Auge'.es is that
George Shoup, con of former Unit
ed States Marshal J. M. Shoup.
now practicing law at Ketchikan, is
seriously ill at the California
city as a Tesult of an insect bite
received while iu South America.
1
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Lexington, Nov. 20—Cora fed,
dry nicked, decorated with, blue rib
bons and garnished "with, selected
parsley, a thlrty-fvie pound turkey
was today shipped by former con
gressman Trimble to> President
Woodrow Wilson at Washington,
for thQ White House Thanksgiving
dinner.
L
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10 BE RUN OUI
Salt Lake, Nov. 20—Owing to the
nunterous threatening letters that
have been received from industrial
workers by tlio governor of tills
state, ho stated yesterday that he
would start on a campaign whereby
he would clear tlio state of Utah of
lawbreakers if he was forced to
use *lie state militia in doing so.
CHICAGO TO HAVE LARGEST
OPEN' HEARTH MULL
Chicago, Nov. 15 — The Illinois
Stfcpl company, South Chicago, is
reported be planning ai $5,500,
000 open hearth mill, to be the
largest In tho country for manufac
turing steel rails.
RESERVE BANK MUST
PAY POSTAGE RATES
Washington, Nov. 15 — Federal
reserve notes cannot be Bent
through the mails under governmeit
frank, says Attorney General Greg
ory. Tho federal reserve banks will
have to stand all expesnes incident
to the shipment of such notes.
"PRINCE JOHN" TO
TAKE THE RUN*, IT
IS NOW INDICATED
That the steamship Prince John
will be olaced on the Prince Ru
pert-Skagway run shortly after the
first of January is indicated by
Captain C. H. Nicholson of Van
couver, general mnaager of the
Grand Trunk Pacific Bteamship
company. Capt. Nicholson would
not. positively state that the
Prince John would take the run,
but men with whom he talked dur
ing his visit here say that such • is
the plan of ttaa company. It is
said that next summer the Prince
George or the Prince Rupert, large
steamships operating between Prim8
Rupert and Seattle, will make the
Alaska run with oxcursionists.
Captain Nicholson and G. A. Mc
Nicnoll of Prince Rupert, B. C., the
latter being in the traffic depart
ment of the Grard Trunk railroad,
were here for several days last
week, looking o'.vr conditions. They
loft yesterday for Ketchikan on
the steamship Al-Ki, on their re
turn to Prince Rupert.—Juneau Em
pire.
THANKSG- VING- SPECIALTIES
The "Humboldt" will bring us all kinds of Good Things
to Eat, suitable for your Thanksgiving Dinner
X-mas Melons G-rapes Pineapples
Cranberries Persimmons
Pears Bananas
Tomatoes Cucumbers Head Lettuce
Sweet Potatoes G-reen Peppers
Pumpkins Cauliflower
Fresh V/alnuts Almonds Brazil Nuts
Hazel Nuts
Fancy SMled Jordan Almonds
Pecans and Walnuts
- Dromedary Dates in Packages
Layer Figs and Raisins
Preferred Stock CORN ON THE COB:—Nothing Better
P. H. GANTY
PETERSON Off
FOR 20 DAYS
Toe Peterson made a trip to
Skagway today, bringing up Beveral
enlisted men an-1 getting the mail
from the Dolphin. She will leave
Fort Seward tomorrow for Juneau
where she will ur.dergo a thorough
overhauling It Is thought that
between fifteen to twenty days will
be required. Tha work will be
done by Raymond & Van Lind, who
were awarded '* e contract.
MB 6IVES UP
HIS OLD Si
Capt. J. C. Nord hag been select
ed to be the permanent commander
of the Alaska Steamship company's
uew liner, Kansas City, to be re
christened "Alaska," as soon as
she shall have been overhauled.
7'he Kansas City is now in Al
askan waters, having Balled from
Seattle directly to Anchorage Nov.
9. She went North via the ocean
run, and carried only freight. She
will take couth a cargo of cop
par lrom Cordova.
The Seattle Times contained the
following with reference to the
sailing of the Kansas City on
her first trip, the assignment of
Capt. Nord to command her, and
the plans for the ship.
"Capt. J. G. Nor<l, veteran master
of the company steamship Jefferson,
has been asigned to the command
of the Kansas City. He brought her
up from San Francisco, where shb
wag purchased by the Alaska Steam
ship company from the Union Iron
Works. Prior to passing into the ,
possession of the Iron Works, the
Kansas City was owned and op
erated by the San Francisco &
Portland Steamship company.
"In leaving the Jefferson, Cap
tain Nerd is giving up a command
that he has he!d for twelve years
or ever sine the vessel was '■
launched. She was built at the i
Heath yards la Tacoma prior to
tile removal of that plant to Seat-j
tie. Capt. J. S. Miller has succeed- j
ed Nord on the Jefferson.
"Lu*er the company will expend ,
$40,000 in preparing the Kansas
City for her formal entry into its
(Continued on page <•)
KUSHNICK IS
GIVEN 4 YEARS
Juueau, Not. 18—In open court
yctterday morning George Xush
Akk ot Ketchikan, was sentenced1 to
serve (our yearo In the federal pen
itentiary at McNeii Island on the
charge of assault with a deadly
weapoD.
Hansen was sentenced to serve
one jear in. the local federal jail
for selling liquor to natives.
The Jury brought in a verdict of
guilty In the cast ot Dave Collins,
charged with larceny and the value
of the coods, $209, Sentence will
be imp.osed later.
The next cases for trial, which
will be called this morning, are
the three against Matt Miller, alias
Matt I'outtu, charged with as
sault with intent to kill.
WILL PLAY FOB
SILVER CUP
The Games committee of the
White Pass Athletic club have ar
ranged a series of Basket Ball
games which will prove as Interest
ing as any that have been played
in Skagway in the past, according
U> the opLnion of the members tha
club w"io were present at the pre
liminary game which was played
last night. The series will be
playod for a silver cup which will
be donated by the local business
men; The names of the donors
will be published later.
The cud will be competed for an
nually, but will become the per
manent property of the team which
first wins it thr<-e times in succes
sion. At present only two teams
are entered and of course only
two teams can comptte this yeair.
Next season if other teams, made
up of local playevs, wish to compete
they may do so provided they re
present some known club organiza
tion.
The two organizationo represent
ed this year are the Firemen's as
sociation and the White Pass Ath
'etic club- The schedule of games
as arranged to dato Is as follows.
Fhst game—Friday, Nov. 26th,
8:30 p. m. sharp.
(Continued on page 4.)
Let's all be thankful together
OV 0 much of the good in this world is smiling on this big
country of ours, that we all ought to be deeply thankful.
Thankful for peace and prosperity; thankful for good crops;
thankful for our ability to help the homeless ones; thankful that
a huge shell isn't going to crash into our home any minute.
We're thankful that we have so many opportunities to serve the
men in this community; we're thankful for response to our effort*.
Hart Schaffner fit Marx make the kind of clothes any man ought to be
thankful for; we cany •hirt*, neckwear and other furniakinga of earn*
class; everthing to make yott look well and happy on Thanksgiving Day
WILL CLAYSON
The home of Hart Schaffner & Mar* clothei