No. 230 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1915
PRICE 10 CENTS
AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SINKS SHIPI
BOUND FROM NAPLES TO NEW YORK
No Warning Given Passengers or Crew
—Nearly 300 Lives Lost—New York
Agent Denounces Disaster as "Un
necessary Crime."
Rome, Nov. 10—The Italian liner
Aucona was struck by a torpedo
fired from a large submarine fly
ing I ho Austri;m flag off the ci»ast
of Tuuis. Tho boat suni in a few
minutes. No -warning "was given, the
ill-fated vessel, and it suak so
rapidly after being fired upon, that
only a small number of Iwr
seagers and a very few of her crew
were s^ved. Two hundred and
seventy survivors were picked up
and landed at the port of Tuaiia
New York, Nov. 10 — Manager
Hatfield, who represents the Italian
line operating the steamer Ancona
has made the statement that the
ship is supposed to have had oa
board nearly five hundred passen
gers and that she carried a crew of
oixty.
Ha characterizes the disaster as
an unnecessary crime. The Aiuooma
wag bound from Naples to New
York city.
Loudon, Nov. 10—Reports re
ceived hero from Tunis, gathered
from survivors of the wrecked liner
Aucona, give the number of per
sons to have perished when the
boat was torpedoed at nearly 300,
of whom were women and chil
dren.
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18.000 MEN
Rotterdam, Nov. 10—The German
losses between, the dates o£ Octo
ber two and November two, 1915,
Is given out at 78,000 men.
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Athens, Nov. 10—After terrific
fighting for the paat several days, j
French troops recaptured the city j
oi Veles in the southern part of |
Servia this morning.
ANGLO-FRLXCH ADVANCE SLOW
Solonlki, Nor. 10—The advance
of the Anglo-French armies to
ward Strumitsa is very Blojc.
HAND ONLY
talks of in;
Paris, Nov. 10—Premier wid
Minister of Foreign Affaire Aristido
Briand stated to a gathering of
newspaper crrespondents who
waited uipon him today that he had
nothing to give out in the nature of
peace t aJJc, that the only way to
success lay through the force of
arms
BRITISH TORPEDO
BOAT IS WRECKED !
London, Nov. 10—The British ;
torpedo boat Louis was wrecked in
the extreme Mediterranean, accord
Ing to advices received here today, j
BRITISH SINK TWO GERMAN
SUBMARINES AT GIBRALTAR
London, Not. 10—Reports were
received here today that two Ger
man submarines had been Buni by
a British warship at Gibraltar. No
particulars are given out.
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UNITED STATES JO INVESTIGATE
THE SIB OE LINER EH
Washington, Nov. 10—The Bank
ing of the liner Ancona has caused
a great deal of uneasinet-s in di
plomatic ctrclee in this City. If the
Ancona was warned, amd even then
did not make an attempt to escape
from the Austrian eubmajrine, the (
UnUed States will ask an explana
tion of the affair.
The president has Dignified his
intention of calling a meeting of
his cabinet for either Friday or
Tuesday for the purpose of going
into the matter In a thorough man
ner.
KEEP OUT
AtheuB, Not. 10—An. agreement
has boon reached between Bulgaria
and Greece wherein the latter agrees
*q not enter the war.
BRITISHERS MUST
Loudon, Nov. 10—OrderE have
been issued throughout Gt Britain
that hereafter all able bodied men
over the age of nineteen must first
obtain passports before they will
be allowed to leave tie country.
FIDE DESTROYS
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South Bethlehem, N. Y., Nov. 10
—Fire destroyed tho machine shop |
of the Bethlehem Steel company
in this city last night, entailing a
loss of several million dollars. Ia
idditian to the immense buildings
uid machinery contained therein,
ivar matarial which was in course
)f manufacture was destroyed. The
•ausc of the fire is a mystery.
Kioto, Nov. 10—The l>eriod of
mourning for the dead Mikado and
Empress of Japan having expired
lorne two montihs ago, the corona
tion of the present Mikado took!
ilace yeBterday.
The ceremony took place amidst
i scene of the grandest splendor,
lud for the first time in Japan's
history foreign representative
a ero allowed to be present at the J
ceremonial.
BURS P1PHIEIS
FROM THE MILS
San Francisco, Nor. 10—Pam
phlets printed in til© Hindu Lan
guage -which is addressed to thous
ands of Hindus residing in America,
have been excluded from the Unit
ed States mails.
The text of the panrpfalet Is cou
strued as Inflammatory, asnd pur
ports <o be attracts £ro<m a speech
delivered by Bryau wherein he de
iin nces the British rul« in India.
VILLA AGAIN OFF
FOR AQUA PfllETA
No gales, Nov. 10—General Villa
started with liifl army lor Agua
Prieta this morning after establish
ing a base of supplies here.
It is believed that Villa lias suc
ceeded in securing all arms and
ammunition for his men and that
ho is well stocked with supplies.
He is minus forty-four jrenerais,
which is looked upon as a sign that
Villa is leading a forlorn hope.
According to the Juneau papers,
a warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Ed. ICrause, of Peters
burg, on the charge of impersonat
ing an officer of the peace. The
story is that Krause served a fako
Bubpaena on Wm. Christie, em
ployed in the "700" mine at Tread
well, and disappeared with him.
A launch believed by the authori
ties to belong to Krausc, but of
which mo description la given, .has
been found at Salmon cieek, four
miles up the channel from Juneau,
bu' no one was in It. Officers were
watching the boat at last report,
Thursday evening.
As. motive for tho kidnapping, it
is alleged that Krauoe was an ad
mirer of Mrs. Christie crior to her
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Final Curtain Will Be Rung Down on
Greatest International Exhibition in
the History of the World.
San Francisco, Nov, 10 — The
Panama-Pacific Intemaitional Expo
sition will close oa December 4th,
but It has mora than fulfilled Ha
mission. With half the world at
war i* stands today as the largest
and most comprehensive 'world-ex
hibition la history.
Despite the greai* spar, the na
tions ure wgll 'represented, and the
exposition has lost nothing of its
international character. Foirty one
countries are taking official part
and every civilized portion of the
world Is represented either by of
ficial displays or by private exhi
bitors and associations of ex
hibi'ore.
Hero I3 a list of the participating
countries, a most remarkable evi
dence of the high regard the na
tions fool toward America: AuBtria,
Australia, Denmark, Prance, Greece,
Guatemala, Bolivia, Belgium, can
a da, Cuba, Ciilaa, Great Britain,
Germany, Honduras, Holland, Italy,
India, Japan, Luxemburg, New Zea
land, Norway, Panama, Persia, Por
tugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Siam,
Spam, Turkey and Urguay. All of
these countries have buildings ex
cept Austria, Belgium, Germany,
Great Br'tain, India, Luxemburg,
Persia, Spain, Switzerland and Uru
guay.
The following states and terri
tories aie represented: Alaska,
Arkansas, California, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Minnesota. Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota, Ohio, Okla
homa, Oregon, Pennsylvania, the
Philippines, Porto Rico, Soutli Da
kota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West
Virginia, ■Wisconsin and Washing
ton.
BIG DEAL Oil
CI® IS IDE
Luther Hese, who l«ft for the
Outafde this morning, closed, or
practically closed, one of the big
gest and most important mining
deals that has been made in this
territory.
Mr. Hees mid his partners oe
cured options on all of the ground
less than 60 feet deeip on Cleary
creek, from 11 above to 15 be
low, with the exception of a few
pieces of ground which could not
b& oytloned owing to the fact
that the owners thereof were not
in the interior at this time.
l! is the intemtion of Mr. Hese
to sell the ground to some Out
side capitalists. The option will
not expire until December 31, 1917,
but. according to the agreement the
owners caa work the ground until
the purchase price on it is paid in
full.
Tile average price paid for the
grQund will be about $1,500 par
acre. The area covered by the op
tions occupy an area of approxi
mately 700 acres, and it is esti
mated that tho gold contained in
the ground will run about $40,000
to the acre.
Cleary has been a wonderful pro
ducer. Authoritative figures esti
mat<> that the creek has produced
up to date from the head to the
mouth of the Cliatanika river in
the neighborhood cf $23,000,000.
And conservative estimates state
that If theBe options are taken up
and the ground worked in the man
ner that it will be worked. Cleary
will produce uot less than $30,000,
000 more.
If the deal goes through, and
there 'a every reason to believe that
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