®he SPaiitj Alaskan
^T*f SEVENTEENTH YEAR - SKASWAY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
HOLY WAR HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY
PROCLAIMED IN CONSTANTINOPLE
Aioittluii, Not. 28 According to
the latest advices received in this
city a holy war has been officially
proclaimed in OoWtHWflt.
CAPITAL OF AUSTRIAN
1-KOVlNt'K IS EVACUATED
■.<UI<1<<U, Nov. 28—OMWawIta,
capital i»r the Austrian province
of Buskowina, has been tv*cu*tol
by the Austrian troops.
germax cruiser sink
IX THE BALTIC SEA
I *»ris, \ox. —S It was reported
here this morning that the Ger
man cruiser Wilhelm dor (Jrusse
ha«l been ton>edoed and sunk in
1 he Baltic Sen by a French sub
marine ami that the German cruis
er Herthn had been sunk near
l.iliuu.
II is utulerstood that the Kaiser
has notified General Yon Hinden
burg tliat lie will have to do the
•H-*t ho can tor the salvation of
his army in Russian-Poland.
General J off re, commander-in
chief uf the French «""y, has
been awarded the medialle niilitarie,
1 he highest honor 'hat can be be
stowed by the French government.
RECENT ARRIVALS CLAIM
AUDACIOUS BEEN RAISED
New York, Nov. US—Passengers
arriving in this city on the ocean
liners from England today claim
that the British dreadnaught Auda
< ious, recently sunk by coming in
contact with a floating mine, has
been raised, and is now in the dry
dock at Belfast, Ireland.
TURKISH ARMY REPORTED
TO BE ADVANCING ON SUEZ
Amsterdam, Nov. 2&—A Turkish
army of 70,000 men is reported by
today's dispatches to be marching
on Suez.
ARE HAVING A HOT TIME
IN VICINITY OF ZEEBURGE
Rotterdam, Nov. liS——Henvy artil
lery firing has been h«rrt almost
continuously today from the direc
tion of Zeeburge and allies' aero
planes have been seen from here
circling over the battlefield of Flan
ders, British warships are also re
iioitej to be lH>mharding the Bel
1:ium coast cities occupied by Ger
mans.
BRITISH SOL»IERS ARE
LANDING ON FRENCH SOIL
Havre, Nov. 28—Two hundred
xhipg of T*rfous sizes are in the
luirbOT today laodiDH Britisii troops.
«nroule to thq front, in this city.
THRKk GERMAN C'Hl ISEJtS
LURKING IN TRADE ROUTE '
Seattle, Nor. 38—A wireless rep
ort vwi today at <J»icago from Jai>- '
aot«e sources reports three German
cruisers lurking in the trade roate
of vessels plying from thc Pacific |
cuwt to the Orient, and changing
base frequently from the west coast1
of South America to the • Aleu
tian islands in Alaska.
YUKON GOLD GETS
READY FOR NEXT ffiAR j
TU® Yukoa Gold company is pre
paring to Bundle thousauds ct' cords
of wood this winter in pteparatiou
for thawing next summer. The most
o' th# arrangements have been mad I
and will be carried out dujing the,
winter under the direction cf E. E. J
McCarthy, acting managei.
Two thousand cords will be haul-1
ed to the forties on Bonanza, for
dredge number four. The contract
Godin, who will haul with teams
is let to Charley Stone aiid Dave
from up the Klondike.
Dredge No. 9, on 21 Eldorado, an i
N. A. T. & T. claim, will be sup
pU»^d with 3,000 cosds, which Chas.
Stone's teams will ham frcm Aus
ler creek, over the divide, west of
E'dorado.
Dredge No. S, which is pn. , 2 A
above on Bonanza and headed up
stream, will be supplied wilh wood
from the big pile which was dump
ed off at McKay gulch from the
cars. The wood there originally
was cut up the Stewart and * the
Klondike and floated to Dawson,
and picked up by the cars at Klon
dike City. No wood was hauled by
the trains, however, since last sea
son.
Wood for No. 1 dredge, near the
mouth of Bananza, will b® hauled
from near the company's "shops.
Five or six thousand cor is. f°r
dredge No. 6, which is on lower
Gold Run, will be haulod by Stone
from a nearby creek.—Dawson NewF
The Best Always the cneapet
Wa Keep tbe Best.
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*nd cROSSETT SHOES tor
men. , ' ■ • . i
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Ljuliea and Misses,
PLA-MATE, SECURITY and
PLA-DAi* SUocw for the
Kiddle*.
H. J. LYNCH
THE MISSING MAX WAS
A FORMER ALASKAN
J. I£. Van Zant, whose mysterious
disappearance in Portland caused
the arrest of two persons, at one
time was United States commission
er at Circle, Alaska, and has a
brother in business in Ketchikan.
Van Zandt, after he moved from
Alaska, located in Bollingham, and
purchased a farm in the WilUam
ette valley.
Iu Portland, Oregon last Thurs
day, ■ Van jjandt borrowed ?1,300 on
his farmr^ That night, it is said,
he and Mr. and Mrs. W. Loomis,
proprietors of a rooming house
formed a party for a visit to the
Milwaukee road house. Van Zandt
has not been seen since.
I'. S. MARSSHAL BISHOP
STRICKEX HV AI'OPI.KXV
Harry a. Bishop, united States
marshay for the first division, who
had just returned from taking an
insane prisoner to the MOrningside
sanitarium at Portland, Or., was |
stricken on Tuesday last by apo- I
plexy, followed by partial paralysis.!
Mr. Bishop recovered conscious- j
ness the fojlowiiig morning and the
physicians in attendance think hel
now has a lighting chance for re
covery.
C Al'T VIX or THE HAXALKI
BE TKIEU FOB XEULEOT ,
San Francisco, Nov. 28—Captain
Carey of tho wrecked schooner
Hanalei, which went on the Dux
bury 'reef a few days ago, causing
the loss of. 19 lives, and the total
destruction of the vessel, v. ill come
up here for trial on Monday be
fore the marine board, on charges
of neglect of duty, and unskillful
ness.
: FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF
thanksgiving collection
Receipts
From cans containing -
dollar or more, $241.82
From containing less .
less than one dollar, 8-12
"Evening collection at
Methodist church, 11.56
— I
Grand Total 261.50 1
Disbursements
Daily Alaskan printing
lables, etc. $5.40 j
Wire, 25
Haulnng chairs, 100
Cost of express orders • -85
Total expenses 7-50
Nat. American Red Cross
society, Washington, ©. C.,' $122.00 i
Geo. M. FQwles, Treas.,
150 5th Ave., N. Y., for
children in need through
war in Europe. 132.00
$261.50
The ten dollars additional sent:
the children is a special contribu-'
tion from the membeis of the |
Methodist Episcopal^ Sunday school
for the purpose. *
Any contributor desiring to sqe
itemized statement of contributors
may do so at any time ly asking
the undersigned. I hereby thank
every one who has assisted in any
.vav in raising the above amount.
L. H. PEDHaSEN
the PARIS BOURSE WILL
RE-OPEN ON DECEMBER 7TH
Paris, Nov. 28—The Bourse will
re-open in this city on December
7th for cash sales. It has been
closed for several months on account
of financial disturbances caused by
the European w;ar.
DAK AGE BY SHELLS IN N ALINES.
<T l«n. liy Amerirnn i'ro-f Assorlatlun
KIPPERED SALMON
Just received a fine lot of
this delicious fish. It is King
Salmon, mild smoked and sugar cured
Put up in choice cuts—25c per lb.
Equally good served cold or hot.
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P. H. GANTY, GROCER
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ARMY AND NAVY FOOTBALL GAME
016 PLAYED IOIS AFTERNOON
Philadelphia, Nov. 28—With
President Wilson, plenty of g°ld
lace, full dress uniforms and ail
the trappings of a spleaidid mili
tary and naval social function, the
tunual football game between the
irmy and navy began on Franklin
field this afternoon.
The gray uniforms of the West
Pointers and the blue ot the An
japolis men furnished the back
jround for the more elaborate dress
of the regular army officers asd
(foreign dignitaries. J.';
The game itself will hare ao »t
l'oct ia determining the ea*ter«
championship for neither t«ua
lias shown first division class this
beason. To the two schools" root
ers, however, this will be discount
ed by the Tivalry between them
| find a good game Is expected.
The line-up of the teams is as
I follows;
A.rmy
Mewland
Butler
D'Hare
VIcEwan v
Meacham
iVeyan
Prichard
iliphant
-lodgson
/an Fleet
left end
le%. tackle
right guard
center
left guard
right tackle
quarterback
left halfback
right halfback
full back
iNary
... Orors«ch
McCoacli
Graf
. Perry
Mills
Joae*
Mitchell
.. Falling
Jllodgott
Bates
The army took the lead in ttie
irst quarter, making two- points; in
lie second quarter they made
welve, making the fscorc'at the end
>t th first half; army, 14; navy,
lone.
The weather is all that can be
lesired, and over 20,000 tickets
lave been sold. The soldiers en
.ered the game slightly the favorites
special trains brought thousands of
rooters. The grand stands are
iglitter with gold-tiraided uniforms
md the football contingents are
mder the same strict dicipline that
>btains at the academy.
First Period
The navy, -winning the toss, decid
ed to defend the last goal.
Coffin kicked to Bloa^.ett, who
carried the ball to the IS yard
line; Bates punted to amy's 30
rard line; on Lake's kick Van Fleet
'an 38 yards before Mitchell, the
>nly man between him and the goal,
?ut him down; with Prichard and
Merrill "at goal Coffin, Vi:n Fleet
md Hodgeson carried th0 ball to
navy's Iff yard line; Prichard's at
:empt at placement kick failed;
?unting exchange followed, ball
finally going to navy on her own
47 navy line; Failing gained 3
yards through center; a kick being
signalled, Perry passed the ball
Dver Failing's bead, b"t recovered
It on his own 15 yard line; punt
ing duel followed; navy caught
army punt on her own 5 yard
line,- Merrill at goal blocked
Hodgeson's punt from behind his
own goal, when the ball was call
ed dead and the army given two
points on safety. The period was
ended by Prichard's attempt at
placement from nay's 4S yard line.
which failed.
Second period
The second period .opened with
the ball in the navy's possession on
her oj yard line; Blodgett :uui
Hodgeson exchanged punts; Mi tell ell
■ umbled punt on navy's 30 yard line;
army recovered ball.' on forward
pass from Prichard to Newland, a*d
the latter scored a touchdown;
Prichard failed to klcjc to goal;
Blodgett kicked off to Coffin on
army's 15 yard line; Hodsenoa
punted to Mitchell, who fumbled It
and »t was recovered by Mitchell
at goal; on a forward pa« fr<*>
Prichard to Merrill at goal, ths
latter carried the ball to tlie navy's
one yard line; next play Hodgson
over the navy's line for a touch
down; Prichard again failed to
kick goal; Graves replaced Mltchsil,
Graf replaced Mills and Ciaig re
placed Failing; punting duel fol
lowed and in the kickoff the army
got possession of the ball on ths
navy's 35 yard ltne, Prichard: itojUS-""*
i"g a fair catch; Prichard failed '
at placement kick; period ended a
few seconds later.
Third Period
The navy held the arr y better iu
the third than in any other period
of the game, there being no acorea
made.
Fourth Period
In the fourth period Blodgttt
punted to army's 30 yard line;
Hodgeson punted to navy's 45 y<utf
line. The navy tried three doubls
and three triple passes, lOsi*C
ground each time. Culver replaced
Blodgett. On a forward pass" by
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