NEW YORK, Xov. 7—BctU the
Republican; and Democratic parties
uu.imbgred their big'guns in this
city last night, beginning tlitir fin
al smash against the votes of the
opposite parties l'or th^ final stirug
{ile which will take place through
out the United States on. Tuesday,
Xov. 7. From this time on'tho big
guns o' the contending parties will
belch fcrth fact and fancy, telling
tho voters what ths> others have
net dene or watt th-ev have done, 1
and what they, themselves will do
or will t.ot do.
The Republican leaders, who
claim tl at they know all about it, j
say thert is nothing to it but vic
tory for their side, while the Deuio
cratic wise-acres claim that it is
merely r. matter of counting the '
votes- in order to find out just how ,
great their majorities will be.
From this time cn there will be
parades each nigh*, and, hundreds
of thousands of men will turn'out
and demonstrate ®)y torch and rock
et what their polities are.
Presiu-ent Wood-row Wilson ap
peared in his own behalf in particu
lar and the Democratic "party in
geneia! on the stump in this city
tor the first time last night in the
"li> campaign. lie nent ovar" his
rcct rd and Uiat of tig 'party at
great length, dwelling on his effort!
to keep the country out 'of th<
World's war, as wtl. as war witi
Mexico.
Jl* touched ubcu the tariff re
t jrmc which had been, instgurttted
under K's able leadership, and
dwel*. at sOinQ length upon his pre
paredness plan. He claimed thai
through the Democratic po-rty onlj
can tjxe "United States be kept out
of war, and that the same party If
the panacea for all the Ills which
now infect the nation and If th.<
Democratic party is given another
i hance at administrating the na
tion's affairs, it. will'be bo inocu
lated with bright and1 business-like
methods that all the ailments will
vanish as does the dew from the
flowers' as the bright gun9hine
comes forth in the rosy morn. .
Tim Murphy, who is the politioa]
bo?s of New York city, and who
ciu'ms to held each and; evorv
Democratic ballot iu the p^lm of
his l ig right hand, will'have charge
of all parade demonstrations, and
will head the gigantic Wilson pTO
cessicn which) will take place Sat
urday night. I |
PETROGRAD, Nov. 2 '—A J', ices
were received in this city this
moriiin stating that after a. con
tei'trutid attack on the villagers of
Racovitza and Titeshiti by Austro
vieruiait forces, the Rumanians who
were defending the villages were
forced to retire and that both Jtlse
villages Lad -'alien Into the "hands
of the attacking forces. The rout
ej forces retired towards the south.
W. E. Burford amd wife will go
to Juneau on'ihe Str. Spokane to
il*} .
Mrs. Willard R. Hillery and lit
tle son will be passengers an the
Princess Alice, when that'boat saGls
this ;veiling, enronte to Seattle,
where tbere they will meet Mr.
Ilillery, who hasi been at the Pugct
Sound city oh business: connected
wi'h hit duties as casMer of the
Bai.k cf Alaska for the vast few
weeks. 4
PARIS, Nov. 2 — 'Once more
fierce fighting has teen resumed
iloi:i; the entire Sornrne front, and
ii r two days heavy guns have been
hammering away on both 'sides
iht other. The French are
d"ii)vj some hard fighting, and j-es
t.'id:i.v two trenches on the north
east irout were taken from the
Tea^oas. On the western, outskirts
ft thv long battle field the Germai
fort-Ps. htld a strongly organised
system of trenches, t>ut after ham
mer} ui; away with heavy shells,
shnpnells and with the "use of
h i'.4 grenades and other modern
ftshlin? machinees, the' trenche*
were captured, and the German fori
e« put to rout.
Tfv Tacific' Coast Str. Spokane,
arrived in port this afternoon, at 2
o'c irk and had about fifty tons of
frei?l;t for this port, At the tini«
of »oing to press her Bailing hour
had :io* been made known.
Sacrifice Sale
To make room for our new line of
shoes and men's clothing we have
placed certain lines on sale at a
great reduction.
Come in and look them over. Do not
delay as these bargains will be snapped
up quickly.
Albert Reinert
Successor to
HI I VMOO THE haberdasher and
• «i • L 1 itL'H LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
Hi PARTY
BUI FROM S1U
11 Air. usid Mrs. Jack A. Quick, Mr. I
and .Uio. Frank Breeze and Mr. ui.d
1 Mrs. Pi»ul Greyer, an . ved in Sh- s
way ftc-xu th© Atlin miirtng (itstri t
last Monday, and will leave for the
south 011 the Princess Alice to
night.
Messrs. Quick, Breeze unci Grey
er are connected with the Col-1
unitici Mines Company, "v -th he d
qu,triers In Cincinnati, Ohio, and
properly cm Pir.ie (';eck and O'Doa
ue.'l River, Atlin District, B. C.,!
where they have been in charge j
of this season's operations. The
men all revert a very profitable'and
satisfactory season for their com
pany as well as the entire dis'rict.
There has been am abundance of i
water lor hydnuulicing purposes? < n
all the creeks, with the, ©xce; t i< n
of a very few, and while soma of
tiie individual miners were' rc: >
what handicapped for lack of v i r
the amount oC gold recovered in t'-u
district this season has Icru vi y
satisfactory.
Mr. and Mrs. Quick will go to j
1 .Leadon, Out., where they will j
sptnd the next few months vi
tlie termer's relatives, after «"iiich
they will come west and go to £ u
Francisco, where thtj will a ....
v.itn relatives of Mrs. Quiik's un
'il their return to tuc- north in the
«nir!y part of April.
Mr. and Mrs. Bn-czc will sipend i
»ha winter In Vancouver, i!. C., I
while .Vr. and Mrs. Greyta* will win
ter in Cincinnati.
During the past summer tue
presence of the ladies in tho
came has adoed materially to t
comfot's of the miners' life in
the north, and all of tl.e ladies r> •
poil having enjoyed th fcr sojourn
j in the far north as intere tiug
| and enjoyable. "In their conve
ti' n relative to th? mines and di
tric* in sene.al, they asp te li
cai terms when men tie a 's n '
of the operations, and "they r.ov
know the difference between . .
dirt and quartz, what a full lit a;
1 of'water is, and all abort "giant ."
"nigger-hieads," 'sluice bcxis, .if
fles and the like.
Las* evening the party, iacludi
C'apt&in and Mrs. Jr.:' Ale>: nd
of Taku Arm, were tho guestj of ■
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Keller at >j
K!ks c ub, where they all prove
♦hemselves to be'in fit form by,
lolling- the 1G-pound balls d< n
the bowling alleys.
R. J. Kirkwood of Atlin, will
i arrive en tonight's train and ill
Isaij ior the south on the Alice.
Mrs. Louis Schultz and two c'.il
drm v. ill arrive in Skagway to i ■ i
a.id will sail for the south on the
Princess Alice.
Harry B. Flaliarty. better known
■to his friends in Skagway as "Flick
arrived in town last night f.cn:
Whitehorse, where he hrs spent ti t.
pas summer in the employ 'of the i
W. P. & Y. R. When asked to-!
day by a representative of thL< pa
per, as to his: intentions for t'ae
whiter, Mr. Flaliarty stated th: t 1 .
Intended to remain in Skagway, min
ing life easy for the time being, and
'ha* in all probability ne would ca
ter the business field heTe.'
| BAROi'J SftKATAKI.
Japanese a"; Altos' Commercial
Conference Q.iv 3 Y/o'H Banefit.
i! a? -*■ -- ■ t -• » i f - -
t'-'l tain 'and Mrs. J a ires Alexan
Si i (-■ Knsi;.cwv ?i.ii;es, Taku Arm,
*' • -li Lalce, urrivi 1 iu Skagvay
f..'. day evening aarl will leave for
!!u »»u? 1; on the Prints 3 Alice to
uight. C-'-it. Alexander ij going
t.i i'ur t..e pa.pjso o£ pUich si: g
iicw ore crushing mill which lie
wiil Lung "nortli a»ni i^stfli at tuo
mil.Of. He will put iu a ,,jiall"
u-.jj), v ita '& cJpaci \ of 100 tons
ii ill-, sud the l^ill will probably be
: in Deuvca1, Co)?.ado.
'i.lio iu ill, v biic finale.-, will bo
. the tame type as that which has
t
it-It its installation, t. 0 Engineer
.
L'e iu ad to be among the heavy
.i.'ciluurs tx tile entire northland.
it is Capt. Alexander's intention to
t r.o time in sOctrring the mill,
d- d tue installation will be rushed
C:=: t. and Mrs. Alexander willVe
lurn to th© north at the earliest
date.
W. J. McRae, an employe of the
W. P. at W'hitehorse,* during the
pas* summer arrived in Skagway
Oil last night's 'train, enroute to
Vancouver, from where he will hit
tug Iron trail fcr his old home in
Michigan, where be will spend the
win'Pr, returning to tie north in
tU? spring.
Pumpkin Pie
a*
is made best with
"Preferred Stock"
. Cream Pumpkin
sold at 20c per tin—try it and be convinced
After Nov. 1 we will be open from S a. m. until
6; excepting Saturday—from S until 3
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Nov. 2—Presi
dent Wilson addressed a, meeting In
tills tity yesteiday afternoon and
i i going over the vayious issiues of
(present campaign, "claimed that
tho opponents ef his administration
•.•(.sorted to unfair tactics in order
•o i;n.in party advantage.
lie blames thorn severely, for
u i crotical national investigation
far furthering their ends, etatiug
fiat in his opinion we were lite
(•ne big family, an4 no matter what
the faults o£ Borne members of sal'l
fr.mi'v might be, there should bf>
the semblance of unity before th»
eyes of the world, notwithstanding
the fact that wa might "haye differ
ant opinions on, soma matters, but
thes" differences ol opinion ahoulU
not be aired to the world at large.
Ho would 'haftr© the mattere of a
home nature kept in the dark, and
have us present to the world it
large a solid united front.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2— la eoni
me wtfii the orders of Presi
: Wilson that the investigation
» ;'.o t s ca'J: c- and manner'of the
ink I.jr of <1 o steamer Marina off
ll'ft ccus-t ef Ireland he thorough,
' i* v. tj;-k of g-'theniig data was be
gun yesterday.
Ho far it has been positively a«
it inc\i that the Marina carried
gitiis and other munitions of war
o: : to the Allies armies, and
> i> single fact will greatly ' en
:;Ter the ease. It is, howeveer,
<■' : t all improbable th"4 the sup
plies were being carried for ad
raiialty work, 'in whieji case the
1 ... cf tho American. passengers
v o were on board would bring the
'!i tf ■ up iii a different light. Sec
ret-ry Lanfing stated today 'that
"• ilo it ir.lgl t look 'like campaign
! ' : i i pr ..ocutingthe inve tiga
let: at this time, it would make
no iliffereerrp to him, l>ut that
he would ca ".-c a thorough investl
:,'Ulon to be made in order to aseer
t il'i the real fiets of the case.
.U!K AFTEIt HORSES
' . TI-E, Xov. 2—Buyers from
.1 1 a are here to i-urchaee'bouses
for ■.veil.- in the Tanana district.
R. E. Murphy, representing
tile rul'ont Powder Company,
... itii headquarters i t Juneau, a.r
rl'. v:J in Skagwny ponse few days
und after making a Crip to
y. whore h'> inspected the Stor
■ ■y mines, returned here Mid took
the Spokane for the Gastineau
Channel.
NEW LONDON, Nov. 2 — fiiu
under Bea merchantman, DeutcL
land, has begun the discharge o£
its c argo at this port. Accord in
fo the master of the strange" ves
sel, Capt. Ko©nlg, the value of the
cargo is about $10,000,000. The
cargo 'consists cx£ dye stuffs and
chemicals. In speaking pf tbe'uu
der sen craft, Bremen, jvhich is
supposed to be a sister Bhip'of the
Deutchland, Capt. Koenig! ftat
ed tba' tne submarine merchantman
was lost in a storm and) bad. not
beeu captured, a® reported. When
asked as to the time of his retuih
to Germany, Caiptain, Koenlg stat d
that he wouldl proba-bly re&urn in
about a fortnight.
WAMiEROUS ROCK
IS NOW CHARTEU
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 — Dis
covery 'Vf another of th§ pinnacle
rocks wh'ifch; have sunk many of th'?
ships iu Alaskan; watery was uu -
ncunred here recently by the'coaj-t
aiul geodetic! survey. The rook is
situated in the Seymour "channel
not far from the main passage-wa\
of vebstls befcweei* Wrangell and Jt
iifcau, in waters constantly used b>
d?ep draft vessels going to Salmon
canneries.
Wher* records now existing b'icw
a depth of 288 feet, the rocjt ' at
low water is bare. Thg rofk's
ffi-lne is just that height, the pi;i
nacle sc small that surrounded oy
soundings of 4S, 44 and; 54 fa
thoms, its'presence was only mad«
known by a wire drag. ■
7 ~Z~~ |
We Have On
Display Our
Fall and Winter
Line Of
Coats
Come In And Look
Them Over
WILL CLA YSON