PRICE 10 CENTS
London, I>ec. 23—The oppt>siii!
irmies iu Ituwian-Poland are t<:
lay fighting in dwp snow, while ii
['landers tho moviticntg of the «1
it's are hampered by fields <>i uiui
hr«U£h which il i* illmi si im
inssibi,. tt> make headway.
M I.IKS «• 1 \ K (.1 VKA.VJ 1-1:
f.cndoit, Dec. 22—According t.
ii official announcement uiade hen
inLiy the triple entente ponen
ave given a guarantee to tireeic
liat ia the event of her cont iniiei!
euirulity Bulgaria will not he al
mvtl to enter ino «ar with licr.
t '/Vi; is AT >K>SrO\\
S;. Petersburg, Dec. --—Ail life*
wived this morning from >1 "■ 1
mitain tho news that the (Var
ivcd iu that city yesterday.
\r.KI\Ks WITU l'KISONEBs
Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec. 2-— V
dral Sturdee of the British South
acific fleet arrived in this poit on
ie dreadnaught liiviueilile Unlay
ith i ne hundred German prison
's the survivors of the recent n:u
>1 i'i^ht near the Falkland Is
nds, off the nw< of South Atr
•ica, in which three German c'1'' —
— were sunk and two other* il
Med and forced to fl«*e. The
risoners will be sent to Kr.ul '"id.
Vdiuiral Stunlee »|»eaks very hig"
in praise of the men for their
ili uit fight.
MAKING DESdUATE TBI II.
raris. Dec. 22—The (i'TWn :»'•
lies ill Belgium are again '"a
desperate effort to force their
ay through the ranks of 'lie al
es to the Knglish Channel.
IDZIMO IN t'AI I.Ao
Calluo, Dec. -J*-—Hie .lajia'iese
miser Id/nnio. which has been
•itiiiin^ on 'he l*aiific const f<;r
• \ i r:i| months, having jione -<s "ir
•ii!i as Dixon's F.*: trance on the
earner rout© to Alaska, aiiived
pre today.
I.'.NMN'd SOW FOK
THK "SAFE AM) SANK"
S 'fboygan, Wis., Dec. 22—1Only
u: 'e ot hundred more il.-iys he
re tho Fourth of July, hut S-6
:s doing Us independence
|,;.;:iuins; early.
"J" - Business Men's association
; hud a large surplus loft f»om the
- fund for the Star Spangled Banner
i centennial celebration last Scptpm
• ber. Nobody knew just what to do
I with it. until a foresighted citizen
. suggested that it be used as the
nucleus i'or the Fourth of July fund.
The idea was enthusiastically adopt
ed. and furthermore a committee
was appointed to begin laying plans
> for obtaining prominent speakers
• snd making other arrangements for
; a program.
San Diego, Dfcc. 22—Government
Aviator Gerstner was dro-.vned near
here today when his machine, while
he was making a tlight, became un-J
manageable and f--U with him into
the ocean.
110 C01IBT
Manchester, lje<\ 22—Harry K. j
Thaw when apprised by his ••at--'
torney today of the decision of the;
United States supreme cou-rt that j
he should be returned to New Yorki
state to answer *o a charge. _of (
conspiracy, made uo comment.
the GI.OBK UIKJXMNU
AERO ItACR !S OFF j
S„a Francisco, Dee. 22—Arnold J
:inin i s returned 10 San Fran,
i isco, after ha via™ completed • a ;
totir of the world. He was e:i- i
- - i by the Panaiaa-Pacific Inter-.
; ..Uonal Exposition to arrange for
; a aerial race around the world in
as one of th.» big features of
the exposition.
Owing to the existing conditions
in Europe and parts of the Orieut,
as a result of the world-wide war,
the exposition maungement was
forced to abandon t"°e race, as the
creater part of the course was
through the countries engaged in '
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Our assortment is the largest ever +
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IWHEAT GOES TO
Oil
Portland, Or., Dec. 22—Whea
i went up in this city today to $1.2*
| per busliel, a gain over last week's
quotations of tic to 7c per bushel
Th© sharp advance is supposed tc
have been caused Crom an upturi
in prices at Liverpool, where sup
plica are said to be Insufficient tc
meet requirements. Advices are a I
.hand also that there have been re
cent unreported breadstuff ship
ments t0 the British g!>>ernmenl
from Montreal equal to ::.S75.00C
bushels of wheat It is :isserted, in
addition, that North American ex
I'Orts to Italy last wetok aggregated
:«s much :is 3,031,000 bushels.
Navigation on the Columbia river
is still hampered.
Body of Woman
Found on Beach
Cordova Alaskan; The body of
.Mrs. Jack Shepard, a native of Al
aska and pioneer of Ccn'ova, who
had been missing sine© last Satur
day, was found on the beach a
lew rods north of the dock l>.v N.
1\ Nelson about 11.-u this forenoon
The body was clothed in slreept cos
tume with tha exception of the
bonnet, which was mLsiug.
Mrs. Shepard was last seen alive
late Saturday evening. Sho came
from the Orca caunory in the com
pany launch earlier in the day to at
tend the fuueral of Mis. Gio, and
all trace of her was' lost after sh
left the house in Olcltown where the
funeral was held.
M*s». Shepard was- ^W^t 50 yearn
or age and the mother of six chil
<fren, all of whom rc.-'de la or near
Cordova.
Tho verdict of the coroner's jury
was that Mrs. She;;ard was ac
cidentally drowned. It is presumed
she fell overboard from the float
while attempting to get aboard tiie
launch Saturday uisjht.
-'<><> USE OXK liATHTL'li
IX THK CHICAGO sl.l MS
Chicago, Dec. 22 —It's only a
ten minute walk from the palaces of
the wealthiest of Chicago's multi
millionaires to a block of wretched
hovels that house the very dregs
of tho Windy City's slum district.
Sight-seeing "rubber-necks" auto
along Lake Shore Drive, the "swell
cst" boulevard in the second city
ia America. On the east lie green
parks and flowers and stretches of
lake shore. On the west, the mega
phone artise poiuts out the pala
tial home of Mrs. Potter Palmer,
wonder-spot for visitors, with its
conservatory, and the homes of
other of tho city's "elite."
Chicago avenue and Oak. Milton
and Cambridge streets enclose tha
"poverty-stricken plot." Most of
its inhabitants are Ialians and a
short distance away is "Death Corn
er'' where black handers and
sawed-off shotguns have claimed
nearly a score of victims in recent
years.
Swarthy-skinned, heavy-mustache(
men congregate on the stoops or
about the corner saloons; dirty,
lialf-clad children crowd sidewalks
and streets and pallid-faced women
peer out through smoky windows.
Investigators found that 357
families, numbering 1,596 persons,
805 of whom are children, occupy
134 houses in this block, of which
107 are pronounced "rickety and
dilapidated."
Children are being brought into
the world and reared in thirty-six
basement flats in this block, the
investigators reported, some of
them sleeping in closets without
any sort of ventilation. One fam
ily of eight was found in thro*}
poorly lighted rooms, the entire
; family sleeping in one small, foul
' smelling bedroom. "Only eiglu
J bathrooms were found in the whole
: block," reported the investigators,
"a rate of 200 persons to each
tub."
, Walk straight east from the tene- | i
ment district with its "one bath-, :
! tub to 200 persons" and its street j,
babies until you strike the lake |,
! shore and turn to the north f°r 11
| five blocks more. You'll encounter s
(the most luxurious apartment build- W
! iugs in Chicago—snowy marble hall | |
j ways and gilded elevators. There's j t
marble bathtubs to every bedroom
' and not a single baby playing in
the street.
PROHIBITION
Washington, I). C., Bee. 22—The j '
embers ol
nsideratio
l.ibltion bll.
I members of the house have under j
consideration todav a nation:: 1 pro- !
11
MILii
EGGS II
A late paper received rrora Boston
, contains the information that the
i recent shipment of 7,000,000 hump
1 back saiiuon eggs from Afognak,
| Alaska, had been received at Bangor
, .Me. They are to be divided equal
; ly between the United States hatcii
j eries at Greene lake and East Or
| land for development. These eggs
j were shipped across the continent in
I a federal fisheries department car
kept at a temperature of -10 degrees,
| in charge of J. P. Foley, o[ Matsa
: chusetts, the ca-r "captain," and
• several assistants. The eggs were
I not in the least affected by the
j ja-r of railroad travel. About the
first of February they will have de
veloped into fishes an inch l°»g,
and will then be ready for planting
I in Maine coast rivers, the localities
J selected being Damariscotta, Wal
dobo, Union River, Rockland and
other places eastward to the St. ]
Croix.
This is the second year of the ]
United States government experi
ment in transplanting Pacific sal
mon to Atlantic waters. The success
of the experiment . 'requires five
years for demonstration, but it is
to be noted that 95 per cent of last
year's eggs were successfully batch
ed.
v v v v v v v v v v v •{••!• *i* t t + t •?
A Few of Our Xmas Specialties
R & R Plu.n Pudding in 1 and 2 pound tins, 35c and 60c
Fresh Cluster Raisins, full weight, 1 ponnd 25c
Atmore's Mincemeat, 25c per pound
Fancy Layer Figs, 20c
Calarad Candieb Figs 30c
Persian Dates, 20c
Fresh Nuts, 20c to 30c
Imported Malaga Grapes 30c
Preferred stock corn on cob
National Biscuit Co. Fancy Biscuits in packages.
Johnson's Chocolates, unexcelled, from 50c to $1.50
Spitzenberg Golden Ortley and Delicious apples, $2 box.
Natural Holly Wreaths
Mistletoe
Full line of everything in
Perishables on " Seattle"
P. Ii. GANTY, GROCER
A A A. 4. 4. A >J. * 4. -J
DEW PLAN Fflll HIE
ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS II CHEEKS
A system of liydraulicking alluvia;
;ravols in a creek bottom has been
utroduced on Highe' creek, in the
ippcr Stewart river country, by
Simer Middlecoff. Air. Middlecoff
leeiares it goes a long way to
vard solving the problem of hand
ing plaver gravely in the Xort'.i
and. He says;
"My system is to hvdraulic the
travel and all overburden and
whatever other mafrial is in tbe
^ay into a bedrock drain or flume,
nd to shovel out Hie tailings with
i clam-shell bucket. I had the
»lant in full operation this season,
,nd uncovered 50,000 square feet
>f bedrock in ground twenty feet
>eep. Part of this fround wag un
overed by the hydraulic and grouci
luicing system and Dart of the ma
c-rial was handled from the sur
ace. I had an average of seven to
en men employed on the job.
"The bedrock drain or flunie i3
aade entirely of sheet steel, and
: in sections. it has a total
sngth of 300 feet, and is so placed
hat i progress up-stream with the
fork. When tho lower end is
lean and the gold gathered, the
ower section of the flume is
iikcn up and placod at the head,
nd the work goe3 merrily*on. Flat
ock riffles and planks are used.
have one nozzle and 150 pounds
ressure.
"The clam-shell bucket sots at
lie lower end, and first digs a pit
jr the tailings and. the water to
low into as they pour from the
luiue or drain. As the gravel be
UMCIPAL GALI.EKY
FOli Ql'AKKU <"ITV
Philadelphia, Dcc. 22—A small
rniy of workmen are engaged in
laking excavations for the new $5,
00,000 municipal art gallery >o
e erected at 21 Mi and Spring ftur
en streets.
At the present time Philadelphia
icks a gallery that might be com
ared favorably with any of a dozen
mailer cities in this country. Such
ictures and statues of merit hons
il here are privately owned, or Hie
roperty of historical societies.
When the new structure is com
leted it is hoped that many art ob
JCts will be loaned or given to the
mnicipai gallery. O'hers will be
urchased.
Chas. Carpenter, a pioneer road
ouse keeper at Minto, Yukon ter
itory, reached Skagway today from
>awson on his way to the outside.
gins to accumulate it is picked
up from the pit by the.bucket and
hurled on a tailing pile.
I "The bucket has a capacity of
three-quarters of a yard, and will
, handle au average of a yard a
minute, which is ample for the
present workings. A thirty-horse
power engine and a twenty-horse
power boiler are hooked up for the
job. Tho bucket io known as t-h«
Haywaxd, and weighs a ton and a
half, and I am well pleased with it.
It digs the pit as "rapidly as desired,
and swings the tailings with a
seventy-five-foot boom. We dump
the tailings to one side only, and
can throw them out 150 feet from
the shovel.
"Of course there may be some
ground in the coun'ry which cannot
be worked by this system, but I
think my scheme goes a long way
toward solving the croblom of bring
ing low-grade gold-bearing gravels of
the north into the workable zone.
I hope to improve on it, and I also
hope that it will be a means of
helping to open many creeks which
hitherto have lain idle because of
heavy costs of operation under the
old system.
"All rocky and clayey material is
thoroughly washed in this process.
The silt is carried out of the pit
and swept down the creek by the
water.
"We worked this fall until No
vember 1. 1 will return in a few
days to prepare for next season's
operations, and will work up a de
vice for handling the large rocks we
encounter."
Mr. Jliddlecoff is an old-time op
erator, and worked on the creeks
near Dawson on air extensive scale
several years before going to Highet.
He is the owner of a long stretch of
ground on Highet, and plans to be
working there several seasons.
The scheme for hydraulicking in
creek bottoms was tried to some ex
lent in the interior several seasons
ago by the Yukon Gold, which
had several large steel elevators to
iioist the gravel as 't was washed to
the buckets which worked on an.
endless chain afte;- the fashion of a
dredge bucket line, and the gravel
was washed in a flume supplied by
water from a big d'tc' along the
hills. Mr. Middlecoff's system dif
fers from that of the yukon
Gold inasmuch as it puts stress
on the bedrock sluice box and has
the lighter and less expensive de
vice for handling the tailings, and
all the washing is done on bedrock
instead of having to lift the gravels
for the washing process.
OUR HOLIDAY STOCK
For This Season Is The
Most Attractive It Has
Ever Been Our Good
Fortune to Offer
NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
Silk Shirts Silk Pajamas
Silk Neckwear Silk" Handkerchiefs
Silk and Wool Underwear
Silk Hosiery Bath Robes
Wool Blankets
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing
O'Donnell Shoes Utz & Dunn Shoes
See Window Display
LADIES' FUR SETS
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