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SKAUWAY ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBEK 23, 1914 PRICE 10 CENTS
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London, Oct. 23—It is reported
today that villas*" IU>ar Schoolen
in northern Belgium, are afire •nd
that indications jx»uit ta prepara
tions being made by the Germans
• <>r an early desertion of the coast
limns.
The German general staff left
Ghent today and there *re rumors
in circulation of a severe defeat
having been sustained by the Ger
>"an army.
It is reported here today that the
German cruiser Karlrushe has sunk
• 3 British merchantmen in the At
lantic within the past few days.
Advices just received from France
are to the effect tliat new regi
ments of French troops are all
ready to join General Joffre.
Vessels front the French navy
are now creeping around the coast
and assisting the British monitors,
which are hurling shells landward
onto Ostend. This is the first
time since the war started that air
craft with warships aiding them
have acted simultaneously and in
conjunction with the land forces.
Lille is said to now be only a
mass of smouldering ruins.
Fresh (ierman troops nj-e report
ed to l>e again delivering atacks on
the French right wing.
ENGLISH AND FRENCH ARE
ORDERED TO LEAVE OSTEND
Rotterdam, Oct. —5—Both the
English anil French residents of
l W«nd were today ordered to leave
ilie city within two hours and the
mandate is being obeyed. The)'
«re crossing over lh« frontier into
Holland.
ANAHCHIST Ol'UBREAKS ARE
SUPPRESSED BY WOOPS
Lisbon, Oct. —Anarchist oat
breaks which have been taking
place for the past few days tlirough
«.iu Portugal have been overcome
a n,l suppressed by the troops.
WILL NOT HE NECESSARY
TO CALL VOLUNTEERS
Berlin, Oct. 2a—It was officially
announced here today than it will be
unnecessary to call for volunteers.
The report in circulation here to
day that a Danish submarine had
been fired upon by German warship*,
is denied by the war department.
GERMAN RETREAT SAID TO
UK A VERITABLE ROIT
St. Petersburg, Oct. ii:t—The
German retreat from the vicinity <it
Warsaw in Russian-Poland is said
to hare developed in many places
into a veritable rout, the Germans
throwing their acoountrenients away
and eeoVing safety in unhampered
flight.
CONGRESS MAY CONTINUE IX
SESSION* INDEFINITELY
Washington, Oct. 23—The fili
bustering of Southern democrats,
who are trying to secure legislation
relieving the financial stress that
low prevails in the south on ac
count of the European war, pre
vented the contemplated adjourn
ment of congress last night, and
unless an agreement is reached be
tween them today it is more than
probable that the present session
will continue indefinitely.
TRAINED NURSE SAYS
MRS. CARMAN JEAI-Ol'S
Miueola, Oct. 23—The prosecu
tion expected to complete its ease
Tuesday against Mrs. Florence Car
man, charged with the murder ef
Mrs. Louise Bailey.
Many witnesses were examined
for the prosecution and testified re
garding the jealousy of Mrs. Car
man towards woman patients of her
husband, thereby furnishing a
motive for the crime.
Mrs. Elizabeth Varanee, a train
ed nurse, testified that Mrs. Carman
slapped her face when she saw Dr.
Carman give her money and ki*s
her.
The negro maid ,o Mrs. Carman
testified that the doctor's wife came
hurriedly into the honse shortly
after the shooting.
The physician who performed an
autopsy on Mrs. Bailey, the murder
ed woman. testlfWd that s'.ie would
hare becom« a mother had she liv
ed.
The beet of attorneys have been
employed by the defense and a
fierce legal battle will be waged for
the life of the accused. Tho court
house has been unable to accomo
date the throngs that have been
trying to gain admittance during the
progress of the trial.
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! BOYLE YUKON CONTINGENT
GOT AWAY LAST NIGHT
The Boyle Yukou contingent of
I Canadian volunteers for service In
tlio British army iu the European
war left Skagway on their way for
their point of departure for the
front from eastern Canada on the
Princess May last night at 7 o'clock
There were 4 3 of them, all in the
vigor of young manhood, full of
enthusiasm for the Mother country
and with courage and determination
to help in her defense to the full
measure of their strength.
Some of them are ex-members of
that efficient semi-military organiza
tion known throughout the world as
the Royal North West Mounted Po
lice of the Dominion of
Canada, which has since it
\\!is brought Into existence
a few years ago, become such a
tower .of strength in the preserva
tion of law and order, and
such a potent factor for the
detection aud punishment of crime,
t-hat the territory over which it has
jurisdiction is shunned bv criminals
of all degrees, except in isolated in
stances.
Others are men who so: ved the
Mother Country in the Soa'h Africa
war and are trained soldiers, who
may have become a little rusty by
disuse but who will, with the coach
ing they will undergo before they
are sent to the front, become as fit
for the arduous work as the most
seasoned of their comriJ-.-s.
It is expected that there will be
several more join their ranks when
they get to Vancouver, B. C., their
place of departure for the East.
A largo crowd of local people
were assembled on the do<k when
the Princess May sailed last night,
and when the vessel pulled out in
to the harbor with her docita crowd
ed, a big banner stretched along
one side on which was inscribed,
"From Dawson to Berlin, 7640
.Miles,'* and a coruetist on board
playing "It's a Long, Long Way to
Tipperary," their enthusiasm and
appreciation broko out in a spon
taneous and hearty cheer, which
was as heartily rt&ponded to toy
those on b«ard.
The vessel, gaining headway, was
soon lost to sight behind an inter
vening headland, and a Skagway inci
dent of the great European conflict
was closed.
THE SECOND "WHO WILL
MA It I! Y MAKY" SEltlES
A fiery Spaniard becomes enamor
ed of Mary and her bank account.
She refuses him in a railroad train,
and the treacherous Don uncouples
the car at the top of a grade,
down which it dashes and is stop
ped at an open draw bridge by the
courage of Captain Bradford.
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TWO CONFESSIONS ARE
MADE BY A PRISONER
I.os Angeles, Oct. 23—Pcrcy Tug
well, aged 23, confessed Tuesday to
the police that lie had murdered
Mrs. A. P. Kennedy, a wealthy
widow, on the night of Sept, 1st.
The accused was arrested in San
Francisco last Saturday.
Late Tuesday he made another
confessfon, stating that Mrs. Ken
nedy's son Philip, had committed
the murder.
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TWO OLD BATTLESHIPS
MAKE OXE DREADNOUGHT
To replace the two United States
battleships, "Idaho" and "Missis
sippi," which were sold to Greece
recently for a consideration of $12,
535,275.96, a single dreadnought of
greater displacement and far great
er strength than the two other ves
sels combined, will be constructed,
says the November * Popular Me
chanics Magazine, iu au illustrated
article.
The two vessels disposed of were
commissioned in 1908, but despite
this they were considered inadequat
for first-line service. Both ves
sels are of the same measurements
and strength. Each is 375 ft. in
length between perpendiculars, 77
ft. broad, has a normal displace
ment of 12,000 tons, a full-load dis
placement of about 14,400 tons, and
a draft of 24.8 ft. Each of them is
designed for a speed of 19.67 miles
and carries a main battery of four,
12-iu. and eight 8-in. guns in tur
rets, eight 7-in. guns broadside, and
two submerged torpedo tubes. In
contrast to this, the new ship
will have a displacement of 32,000
tons, will be 600 ft. in length be
tween perpendiculars, 97 ft. broad
and have a draft of 30 ft. Its ar
mament will consist of twelve 14-in.
guns, four submerged torpedo tubes,
a torpedo-defense battery, and
twenty-two 5 in. rapid-fire guns. The
three-gun turret arrangement will
be followed. The boat will be an
oil burner and have turbine engines.
MIGHTY HUNTERS ARE OFF
FOR THE ALASKAN WILDS
A hunting party consisting of
James Kennedy, Fred Weber, Hal
Johnston and Jack Keller, left
Skagway on a launch this afternoon
at 1 o'clock for a hunting trip to
Murphy Flats. They expect to he
absent until the middle of next
week.
Capt Turnbull ot the Yukon river
steamer "White Horse, and Copt. Bur
rows of the steamer Selkirk, also
Chief Engineers Young, Molr and
Vey, of the same fleet of steamers
to which the above two helong, went
out on the Princess May.
ALASKA COAL WILL SOON
COMPETE WITH OUTSIDE OIL
The AlasRa coal bill passed by
congress the first of the weak aud
signed by President Wilson on
Thursday provides, so far as the
Daily Alaskan is informed, for a
royalty of 2 cents per ton to be
paid by the lessee.
Lessees also pay an annual rental
of 25 cents for each acre; 50 cents
up to five acres, and $1 for all
above that. The coal land is to
be surveyed into blocks of 40 acres
each, not to exceed 2,560 acres in
any one tract, and they are subject
to strict competitive regulations.
The money derive rom the les
sees is to be paid into an Alaskan
fund to help pay for the Alaskan
railroad.
In the Matanuska coal fields is
reserved 7,680 acrea for naval pur
poses and 5,120 acres in the Ber
iug river coal fields.
The Matanuska, Bering and Ne
nana coal fields are to be first sur
veyed.
Private claimants may put in thei
claims to the government and the
money paid out by them will be re
funded by the government
Leases on the coal are to be for
indeterminate periods on condition
that they are kept in operation, but
a readjustment is provided for at
the end of 20 years at the option of
the government..
Municipalities are given the right
to mine coal for their own use.
About Competitive Market
Kenneth C. Kerr in the Railway
and Marine News does not take a
very optimistic view of the govern
ment going into the coal business.
Referring to 10 years ago, lie says;
"At that time a privately owned
and operated coal mine could have
afforded to pay a larger royalty per
ton on coal because private enter
prise had provided a market for the
coal. That was in 1904, 1905 and
1906. in that period Alaska had
a bright future in this particular
commercial relation. Two great
markets which had been provided
by the Grand Trunk Pacific, then
planned and the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul, then nearing completion,
and which at that time had not de
veloped western coal fields. Vari
ous other questions came into play,
making it possible for those who
would spend their fortunes in de
veloping Alaska coal to See a great
market for same in the future.
It is not necessary to repeat all
of the mismanagement of the gov
ernment toward Alaska nor to deny
in full and without reservation all
of the articles originated by Colliers
and copied in various muck-rakin
magazines, as to the monopoly pro
posed in Alaska. The whole tiling
was purest m«#nshine."
He declares that the government
cannot possibly do all of the pre
liminary work and be ready before
the summer of 1020, and continues:
It is the summer of 1920. The
railroad is open and the coal mine
is producing; all nature is smiling;
Alaska is beaming under this great
development, expected to follow.
The traffic manager of the railroad
and the sales manager of the coal
mine happen to meet and the traf
fic manager says to the sales man
ager; "Where are you g°i"g to
ship that coal?"
And the sales manager says to the
traffic manager, "I haven't the
least idea."
And the traffic manager says to
the sales manager: "Can yau not
sent it to Seattle?"
And the sales manager says to
the traffic manager, "No, because
the eastern coal mines can supply
the Pacific navy yards and ships
and the Washington coal largely
supplies the local market and the
Canadian coal supplies the British
Columbia and part of the foreign
market, while Australian coal is
brought into Puget Sound in foreign
bottoms much more cheaply than
the American coastwise ships could
possibly handle it from Alaska to
the Sound."
And the traffic manager says to
ibe sales manager, "Why is It that
the coastwise ships of the United
States cannot operate as economical
ly and give us a better rate."
And the sales manager saya to
the traffic manager, "You ought to
know, being in the traffic depart
ment, but for your information, ow
ing to the fact that there are no
United States light-houses in Alas
ka, the insurance is excessive. The
laws governing the operation in the
United States coastwise trade are
such that the cost of operation is
twice and sometimes three times as
great as ships of foreign countries
in the overseas trade, which in this
connection meet the coastwise
ships of the United States in dir
ect competition; foreign ships can
load eastern coal and bring it
through the Panama canal to Puget
Sound at a lower rate than we can
mine, load and deliver Alaska coal
on Puget Sound."
And the trafic manager says to
the sales manager, "Why doesn't the
great Getwell mine and the Juneau
mine and all these other big plant*
.ilong the southern coast buy »oal
from you in place of this California
oil?'*
And the sales manager says to
the traffic manager, "it's becaus#
they have a contract with the S»u
Leandro Oil Co. of California, for
fuel oil delivered in Alaska at $1
per barrel, and, as you know, four
barrels of oil equals one ton of coal
at $4.00, and the beet we can do
in delivering coal to the nearest
great industries in Alaska is $4.60
a ton, and even that would not al
low for good operating expenses on
the railroad."
And the traffic manager says to
the sales manager, "Well, let'a go
fishing."
The coal claims cancelled, patent
ed, and pending are shown by the
following table;
Cancelled Alaska Coal Claim*
Bering River Coal field .. . 224
Matanuska coal field 90
Cook Inlet coal field 118
Admiralty island coal field . . 31
Alaska Pen. coal field .... 38
Nome coal field 13
Fairbanks coal field 15
.Miscellaneous 31
Total .. 560
Alaska Coal Claims Patented
Admiralty Island coal fields .. 1
Cook Inlet coal fields .... 1
Total 2
Alaska Coal Claims Pending
Rering River coal fields .. . 287
Matanuska coal fields .. .. 61
Cook Inlet coal fields .. .. 172
Admiralty island coal fields . . 10
Fairbanks coal fields .. ... 21
Nome coal fields 5
Miscellaneous 20
Total ..
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