j- No. •_'>4 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGTWAY, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 191ft
PRICE 10 CENTS
BRITISH ARMY ORGANIZATION
BEING FURTHER DEVELOPED
I.omlon. Jan. i—The orR»ni»lian
of the British army is being furth
er tlevelnjietl by the creation of six
•■untie*, each consMing of three
ai uiy ci>n>s.
KKI.IKVKI) to bk over
l.oinlou, Jan. 4—It is bflifrtd
1 civ m high military circles thattfoe
(milIt's along the luura anil the)
* I ■ ««'«• other rivers in Ku«i» are
o\.'r ami that thy (jet-mans will
im.»» I*- content to hold western Po-j
laiul without making any further j
asrrexive forward movement.
tiOKs lx>\\\ WITH THK SHU' i
l.omloii, .Ian. 4—Captain Lav ley,
■ oiuniuiuler of the British ba*tle»hi|>
t oiiuiilahle, which was sunk oa
i'i'iila\ morning in the Knglish
Channel from lieing torpeytoed by a
submarine, went iliwn with his
«!ii|> while calmly standing on 'he
In iilsi>, l i^.iretlo iu mouth.
\nother cutter from the wrecked
NilJl«-ln|, arrived at Dorsetshire
with filly more of the.
s<'\oral of whom have
*ii:.v died from th<j terribly ex- ;
I •••Mir.- to which they were subjected
liei< if and after being picked up. ^
VII'KMI'T IS ABVXDONKD
st. l't tersburg, Jan. -4—The at
tini(>t to take Warsaw, the capi
tal of Kiissian-PoJand, f>as been
abandoned by the (.ernians and the
ccw goal of attack is now Ivan- ,
Uorml.
Entire Staff Is
Ordered Shot
Vera Cruz, Jan.. 4—Jesus Car
.•anza, ig now being held as a
ranza, who ia now being held ae a
prisoner by General Santabanez on
the isthmus of Teauantepec. Car
auza'a entire staff was ordered •
out and shot by the traitorous gen- I
erai a*, the time Jesus Carranza i
was arrested.
ALASKA FIELD DIVISION
Sow LOCATED IX .I I NK.VI"
The Alaska field division of tho
U. S. General Land office has mov
ed from Seattle to Juneau. The
move was made Jan. 1, and the
quarters are now located on the
fifth floor of tha Goldstein build
ing. Arrangements were made
for the rooms during a recent visit
of Mr. Christewsen, chief of the
division to Juneau, enroute south
from the westward. The rooms
are four ia number and are near
the Juneau land office on the
same floor.
The working force from the Ju
keau office of the Alaska field di
vision will include nine meu in
that branch of the service.
AN ?.MY BARBER SHOP IN THE FIELD.
P!.o:o !/> .Vivrlcan Press Asioclatlon.
Ki.gli.sb Tommy Atkins la s«en keeping bl» personal appearanc*
cp :o "i-; tu'v nirnts.
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H. J. LYNCH
Up to Date Haberdasher and Ladle*'* Furnisher
Was Broken
Early last week Chas. Adams,
fireman on tie rotary of the W. P
& Y. R., fell and broke one of the
i onea la his right forearm; b"t did
not discover' the seriousness of
his injury until fo«r days afterwards
hen he went to see Dr. Palmer on
Friday to get relief from the pain
from which he was suffer
ing, but which he thought
vas caused froma bad sprain.
The doctor set the bone,
put the arm in splints and Mr. Ad- j
ams is now getting along all right. .
UOV. STRONG RECOMMENDS
a territorial institution
Governor J. F. A. Strong, after re
turning to Juneau from his recent
trip to San Francisco, stated to an
Empire representative that he was
making a special report, to 'the Sec
retary of th0 interiar in regard to
the Morningside sanitarium, Ore
gon, in reference to its treatment
of patients sent there from this
territory.
The governor further stated that
he visited the Washington ' Stitfe!
asylum at Steliacoom for the pur
pose of making a comparison of
the two institutions and their
methods of treatment for the in
sane. The comparison he says is
unfavorable to the institution at
Morningside.
In his annual iepOrt to Secretary
Franklin K. Lane, of the interior
department, Governor Strong speak
ing of the system of earing for Al
aska's insane, said;
"The contract system is noif an 1
Ideal one, and at all times is open i
to criticism whether deserved or
not. There are r. number of hot I
springs on the Alaska coast) and in'
the interior suitable in ©very way |
for sanitarium purposes, and where J
the necessary,, buildings to house
the Insane could b$ erected' at com
paratively modernta cost. Were
such, an institution located in Alas
ka, more direct supervision over it
could be exercised by this office
and patients confined therein would
be more generally visited by friends
and relatives, thus contributing to
the mental and perhaps physical
comfert of the patients. Speaking
generally, the cost of maintenance of
the insane would be no greateer
than that now incurred and the
costs of transportation of patients
would be materially lessened. I have
theretofore to recommend that an
investigation of sites suitable for
the construction of a sanitarium in
Alaska for the caje oi its insane be
made with a view to an immediate
erection of buildings and ^heir
equipment."
A Conspiracy
Is Discovered
New York, Jan. 4—Six alleged
conspirator^ have been arrested in
this city upon a charge of
furnishing fraudulent passports to
German reservist^ who were de
sirous of returning to their native
land to take active part in the
war now going on in Europe.
Washington, Jan. 4—Twenty-sev
en coal claims iu the Bering river
fields, including th© Lippy, Hunt
and Harriman groups, have been
ordered canoiled, owing to the
claimants not having complied with
the law in their location.
WORKING FOR CONSTRICTION"
WORK AT BOTH EXDS
Til® Fairbanks Citizen says: In
a letter to R. C. Wood, president of
the First National bauk. Falcon
•ToBlin writing from Washington, D.
C\, eaya that he lias been assured
by one of tha members of the Al
aska engineering commission that
every effort will be made by the
commission to get, the government
to start construction of the railroad
from both ends at the same time.
Mr. Joslia'a letter wad decidedly
optimistic about the railroad, and
it was evident that he believes
that, work will start from the Fair
banks end of the line next year.
Financial condition^ of the coun
try are improving, Mr. JoailiV start
ed, since the new federal reserve
banks have been opend. This,
however, is about the sane assur
ance that ha« beea received from
the ouiteide In telegraphic reports
or late.
Mr. C. W. Joynt, manager of the
Tanana Valloy 'railroad, who went
outride on the sam® boat with Mr.
Joslin was very sick enroute, Mr.
Joslin states, and it waa feared
that he would die before Seattle was
readied. It i* _beliey«d that he
v. Ill spend anothftr winteT in Alaska
cn account of his health.
Edward Gayson
Dies In Seattle
According to word received here
yesterday Edward Clayson, Sr., a
pioneer newspaper man Of Seattle,
who, until last Norember, published
r weekly Journai in that city call
ed the "Patriarch," died there on
Saturday at; the age oi 76 years.
Mr, Clayson was the father of
Will c. Clayson ot Skagway and
I ordova, Mrs. W. C. Blanchard of
Skagway, Mre. John W. Snook of
Boise, Idaho, and IT'S. Dr. Pohl of
Oakland, Cal, Thete wa# also an
other eon, Frod Clayson, who was
in business iu Skagway iu the
early d&yB of the town, but who meti
a tragic death at Mista on the White*
horse-Dawson trail In the winter of
1900-1 while on hla way »ut from
Dawson to this plac.%
If nothing prervaits Mr. and-Mrs.
S. H. Yeomans will leave on the
nest southward sailing of the Jef
ferson for California. It ia more
than probable Mr. Yeoman will get
a condition from tlio panama-Pac
Ific International exposition man
agement to conduct Bome kind Of a
small business within the fair
grounds during th* continuance of
the big show. ________
"Happy New Year"
We teke this occasion to thank
you for your liberal patronage
during the past year. During the
coming year we shall put forth our
best efforts to serve you in a satis
factory manner.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
They Have Chip
On Shoulder
It is really remarkable how
any one can believe that a bowling
team from Fort Seward would have
anything on our own organized
bowling squad, but we are informed
that a feeling prevails among the
officers and ladles a=t th0 post
• hat if a match can be arranaged
they will not «nly give a
good account of themselves, b'i'tl
would make certain people hustle
some to get the best of them.
A special blackboard had to be
built to accomoda'o the scores of
200 and better during the last week,
and unless the Skagwny team is-'
sues a challenge before they get (
more Dractice down there, they may i
possibly have to arrange for a
handicap.
Third Coal Claim
Goes to Patent
The U. 3. Land Office in Juneau
Saturday issued the final certificate i
tor patent to M. A. Arnold of Seat
tle, for what is commonly known as
he "McDonald" coal claim in the
Bering river fields and embracing j
ipnroximately 160 acres. This is j
(he third coal claim in Alaska to go (
(o pateliit. The land in question |
tvas located in 1903 or 1904 by A.
iv. vandevanter and transferred to
Electa K. White and thence to >!• '
Arnold.
Patent has been pending since
1908 when it was first applied for. '
Irregularities in the survey was |
the ostensible cause for holding up 1
iction on the patent application.
The claim in question is one of a
small group of allied claims. There
Freighter Gets
In With Piles
Having on. board 100 fir piles
rom Puget Sound and a donkey
engine for the pile driver, to be
used in the construction of the new
W. P. & Y. R. dock, which is to be
tuilt on the Bite of the old Moore's
wharf, destroyed by fire several
weeks ago, the freighter Cordova.
Capt.i Thomas Moore in command,
arrived in Skagway harbor yester
day evening at 6:30.
While here the vessel loaded a
7-tOu stern wheel shaft of one of
the Yukon river boa/tst at White;
horse, which she will take to Seat
tle. There were two of these
shafts on the dock at the time of
the fire, buy one of them was on a
(iart of the structure that was des
troyed and now lies at the bottom
the bay with many eet of water
above.
The Cordova sailed early this
:ifterroon for Ch'cagoff and tb«
westward.
has been 110 action taken on th«
others.
T. P. McDonald held a lease on
the claims, and spent upwards of
it 50.000 in development work and iu
opening up the property. It
-hrough his connection as lessee
'hat the claim became known
<he "McDonald" group of claims.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO.
DECLARES A DIVIDEND
The Alaska Steamship company
e' Seattle, on Dec. 31st declared a
special dividend of 2 per cent,
making the total dividend of 1914
S per cent, which is tha highest to
the history of the company.
The large quantities of supplies
usod in mining near Juneau has
been a material factor in providing
tonnage for the company this past
season.
GOING TO THE *KONI.
Photo by American Press Association.
This shows a regiment leaving Munich for the seat of war.
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