No. 274 NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAttWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916
Omaha, Dec. 29 — Nine members
of the uhantom mustang swindle
w >r<j convicted in the federal court
on the ground of having1 used the
uiaiis fir fraudulent purposes, it
having been proven that the men
und«T indictment had used the
mails for obtaining money in ex
change for stcck in a company
jvhi.'h claimed to have immense
hen's of horses which, were ranged
on the government resrvation in
Arizona .
Tne crn.pany purposed to buy up,
hcrs 's from all quarters of the
rnited States, and have them
shipped io their ranges in Arizona,
ana latr-r they were to be sold to
the warring nations of Europe for
cavalry horses and other purposes..
Ill I
MID SUCCESS
I.oudcn, Dec. 29—Advices ro
ce:»el today from the Southern Bui
gariau theater states that au
ue.:.l raid has been made on the
■ci'y o; Calata oti the Galltpoll pen
insula by a British air fleet, nud
that great damage jvas dene by the
bov: >s which, were dropped into the
towa. The advice also states that
aa attack was made 011 the Bagdad
railway bridge at ChJlkatdar, and
t Kit considerable damage was done.
ST LVD Alt D OIL RAISES WAGES
^ ?att,e. Dec. 2l>-—The coast em
plc.es of the Standard Oil Corn
pan v w.ll rejoice in the advent of
the Xcw Year by reason of the fact
t.i; t their company have raised
w ~s five per cent.
uls means that lat-cr on the
I'ai .fie Coast jvill receive over
?i."t>0,000 more during the year
1:»i7 taan they did iu the year
l ;<<•;.
Seattle, Dec. 29—Logan Billings
, luy, indicted for disregarding the
Interstate Commerce laws, rela-'
tive to the shipment of intoxicat-1
ing liquors, in the State of Wash- j
• u^'iui, when brought up before
ta^> court this morning plead guil
ty to th=> charge as returned in the <
indictment. J
When lie entered iiis plea of 11
guilty, Uillingsley made a long j'
statement to District Attorney r
Ciay Allen, and the Information
thus gained may lead to the un- |'
covciing of other bootlegging eyn- j1
dicates which are Known to operat-1'
j ing in this stato.
DOrBLE MOKALS TO 1JE *\>UGHT
Cbiengo, Dec. 29—The double
mor i! code for men and women will
bo attacked in congress during the
coming st.ssion, imd legislation will
be Coinandotl which; will call fori
I one st? udard covering both the sex- I
FRENCH REPULSE TEliTOK OB j
SOIIE FRONT AFIER HARD FIGHT i
i
Paris Dec. 29—After almost
coi '.iuuous figbtiug for the j»ast
t'i y e'slit Hours, in wluch the Teu
tn-ijj have l)een the aggressors, the
Fi"!:i-h t:ooi>s stationed at Lechon
oy. on the Somme line has suc
(v. ,led i:t completely routing the
esieoiy.
I'or mere than twenty-four Jiours
vr- T to the infantry attack, artil
lery was trained on the French de
1 fens'is, but t .e ground 5v<as held,
1 and wl>en tlio infantry made an at
j tack a stubborn resistance was
maue, which lasted almost an en
, tire day. Towards the close of
yesterday's fighting, the Germans
showed a slight sign of weakening
| and the Preach troops were after
1 "hem at. once, forcing them to fall
'back in disorder.
We Close at Six
By mutual agreement with L. A.
Harrison, Will Clayscn and Dortero
& Son, we will close our store at sis
o'clock every day excepting1 Satur
day, when we will observe the usu
al hours. This to be effective from
date to Feb. 28th.
This action was taken so as to
permit of a little more leisure time
a* home to compensate for the nec
essary long hears we have to de
vo'e tr our business during the
summer season.
ALBERT RE INERT,
FIERCE BLIZZARD FORCES MIL
ROADS 10 ANNUL IRIS
Seattle, Dec. 29—The entire state
of Montana is in th© clutch, of a ;
ficrte niizzard. Far the Dast twen-1
ty four hours the storm has raged |
'n a fury that has tied' up all
trains operating) within the otate, '
and all traffic in ctes and towns j
is practically at a standstill.
Reports from various parts of
tho s<ate state that telegraph j
mil telephone wires are down, and
Lhere is little hope of makign re
pairs until the storm has abated.
From some sections of the state
reports have come in telling of;
considerable damage having been
done to live stock, and in a few
instances it is reported that peo
ple are suffering.
As a result of th^ trains being
fjed up, mail service from the east
is delayed.
While the blizzard has struck
tho eastern portion, of the state
of Washington, still all trains are
beirg operated, and the railroad
lines are being kept clear.
Tijere has been a light fall of
snow in this city, but not enough
to cause any inconvenience to traf
fic.
JUNK DEALERS
BUy IflOMULE
Seattle, Dec. 29—Beginning on
f&uuPry 2, 1917, wreckers will com
uence removing to the junk pile all
hat remains of the famous boom
o.vu of lrondalfi, near Port Tlown
enJ.
Several years ago James A.
Ic-ore, a Seattle real estate man !
aid out the townsite and iinme
liately started in to sell lots. Tbe !
own was advertised far and near
luge iron smelters and roller mills, >
o tlie advertisement read, would. [
ie installed, and great numbers of
ilea employed. Tbe pay roll from
'.ie mills alone would be enormous,
•nd people bought tbe lots. They
iaid good money for the lots. Some
><-ople saw th§ lots and some took
be salesmen's words regarding1 the
leantiful view, the fin<j water sys
ern that was being installed, and
ho miles and miles of concrete side
talk that was being laid. Those
i'ho continued to pay their monthly
nstallments on the lots until they
oceived their deeds, still have the
leetis and the lots. They will al
leys fcave them if they pay the
axes. Yesterday what remains of
lie groat roller mills was pronounc
d junk, and it was sold as junk
o junk dealers who will dismantle
he mills and haul it away.
ESTMEHE DECLARED INSANE
Charles Estmere, a Juneau civil I
insineer, who wont to Anchorage I
jus' Drior to the result election,
»u the self-charged mission of
lemoustrating to the residents of
tnchoroge that Delegate Wicker
ham was only about 50 per cent ef
iciont. and who had elaborately
vorke: out tables to demonstrate
his fact, has b^en declared in
lane by a jury in th§ Qommisgiou
ir's courf at that place. Estmere,
io* long since, sent to the Secre
ary of tho Interior Lane, at Wash
ngion, charge.s against the Alaska
Engineering (Commission, alleg
,ng that they were wantonly wasting
imber and proposing remedies for
he waste- 1
The local postoffice fores has
!iad a busy time of it during the
3:1st week delivering Santa Claus
packages to the pieople of Skag
tvay. ' ' I , k hl'lffCTl
ANOTHER BIG
Seattle, Dec. 2S—The organiza
tion has been completed of the Tjo
gevin-Kennecottf Copper Company,
incorporated for $2,500,000. The
corporation reently purchased
mines near the Bonanza and Jumbo
properties, and development work
will s'art immediately. The capital
is being furnished by Spokane and
Seattle parties, although. 400,000
shares of stock were subscribed for
in New York. D. K. McDonald, of
Spokane, is president of the new
company.
RATES RAISED TO
PACIFIC COAST
Washington, Dec. 29—In the
jgroposed increase of freight rates
from eastern points to Pacific coast
points on iron, steel and other com
jr.crt.it!cs oi a like nature, the In
terstate Commercp commission has
signified that it wll make no in
terference.
Tontm HOTELS TO IiE
ltUILT IN ALASKA
lu one of the recent articles on
Alaska, Frank G. Carpenter, tlie
world renowned writer, who visited
Cordova a year ago, says that a
company ij being organized to es
tablish big hotels at Skagway, Daw
son, Fairbanks and Seward. These
will be for the purpose of accom
modative in first class style the
tourists whom theyj hope to uteer
nortaward. The plan is to adver
tise the trip down the Yukon and
lip lo Fairbanks, thence tP the
coast over the government railroad,
with a stopping of a few days in
eacn four places above mentioned,
so fhat the visitors may study con
ditions and see all the sights.
While Mr. Carpenter's article j
does not state definitely as to
when this plan is to be put into
execution, the intimation is that
the ho'els will be establshed as
soi>n as the railroad is completed.
The company is to work in con
juuct'on with the transportation
companies and even induce the
government to advertise the beau
ties cf the trip over the railroad
from the interior to the coast. —
Cordoa Times. v
We Wish 5 rou a
HAPPY and PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR
I P. H. GANTY
New York, Dec. 29—TJie confer
ence between the managers of tlie
railroads and th« Big-4 Trainmen
Brotherhoods has come to an end,
and the result of the meeting of the
two factions is a disagreement over
the question of wages.
There will be no meetings held
between the managrs and the train
men until after the supreme court
•has passed uj>on the constitu- J
ticwality of the elghit-hour law.
The manager of the railways deny;
that there has t>een any agreement
entered in^o btween the carriers
and the brotherhoods, wherby op
position to the administration's
compulsory arbitration legislatioi
will te made.
When the presidents of the Four
Brotherhoods were questioned on
the subject, they refused to make y
any statement.
Washington, Dec. 28—Provision
al President Carranza, of Mexico,
has teen given to understand, that
he must sign or repudiate the bor
der protocol by midnight. Secretary
of the Interior Franklin K. Lane,
one of the members of the Ameri
can-Mexican peace commission said
earJv this forenoon,:
"The administration is tired of
the fruitless discussions with, the
Mexican representatives and the
United States will wait no longer
for a decision. The members of
the Mexican commission were in
formed this morning that at mid
nigh* a reply, either accepting or
rejecting the protocol must be re
ceived. Not content wit.h! serving
this notice on the Mexican mem
bers a short, terse statement, or
rather demand, jvas sent to Car
ranza at Mexico City.
Kellers' liave just (received! a
shipment of disc rocoids. All the
latest Hawaiian pieces, vocal and)
instrumental, good one steps, fox
trots, waltzes, and a big lot of tl*o
newest song lilts. tf.
RUSSIANS FAIL
10110 RIMNIK
Berlin, Dec. 29—Advice from th9
Eastern Rumanian front states that
General Von Falkenbayn, aftre sev
eral days of persistent fighting
lias completely; won a v'ctoTy at
Rimnicfc Sarat, and that the Rus
Biana who were ppposing him were
defeated there.
MYSTERY VEIL LIFTED
Washington, Dec. 28—The veil
of mystery whichi has surrounded
much of the discussion of the re
cent negotiations in Philadelphia
between the American and Mexican
commission regarding the Mexican
border situation wag lifted today.
It Jjaa been learned that the Mex
ican Secretary of the Commission
was told a week ago that the
modified protocol submitted by Car
ranza recently would not be ac
cented under any circumstanoes.
The Mexican secretary was told that
the protocol signed by the lull com
mission at Atlantic City a few days
ago is the only one the United
States intends to agree to and this
is the one that must be acoepted
or rejected by midnight.
ENGLAND MOT BUY OUT ALL
OIK INTERESTS AT BIO PRICE
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London, Dec. 29—From debates
wtiich. occurred in the British,
house of commons yesterday, it is
nc* at all improbable that the
British government will take over
all drir.k interests. It is estimat
ed that suck a move an the part
of the government would cost one
billion dollars. It is said that
Premier Lloyd George is heartily in
favrr of tho move.
iiWnttahl? CSmtntga
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<1 It gives us genuine pleasure at this time of good
cheer to send you our greetings and seasonable
good wishes.
CJ The sincere desire of the management of this
firm is that the New Year will bring you and
your fami[y much happiness.
^ We have counted it a very great privilege to have
you as a customer during the past year.
The New Year comes to us laden with promises
of good business and continued prosperity, and
we assure you of our continued efforts of your
business welfare.
Yours respectfully,
WILL CLAYSON
By James Kennedy CLOTHIER