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No. 2S4 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, FRIDAY,
PRICE 10 CENTS
MASSACRE OF IBS BY
MEXICAN BANDITS_CAUSES RIOTS
Texans Anxious to Avenge the Murder
and Riot in El Paso When Horrible
News is Confirmed—Gen. Carranza
Sends Troops to Capture Bandits.
El Faso, Tex., Jan. 14—Martial
law was declared here at 11
o'clock las' ni^tit by General John
Pershing, commanding th* U. S. in
ianrry btationed at Fort Bliss. The
police were unable to check the
rioting ia the streets caused by the
maggaci* of tho seventeen Am
ericans a few days a^o by Mexican
bandiis near Chihuahua. At the
first rcpor* the people of the town
H-ere stunned by the av.-fulnoss and
mar.y doubted its truth. But whem
the wore' was confirmed the rage of
Americans knew no bcunds and
evervihing- Mexican became a marie
for their hatred. Five former Villa,
officers were deported to 6.ive them
from the vengeance of the excited
populate and all Maxicaa residents
have been advised to leave for their
cwn good.
A movement has b^en started to
organize a company of a thousand
miuiny men and cowboys to run
dowu the bandits aad a proposal
askii.g his consent ii.is been teio
craphed to Carranza.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 14—Governor
'Ferguson, in jreply to a message
[ from the El Paso town authorities,
j said lhat the state was not pro
pirt'd to at' and that he would not
call the militia as it was folly to
ai.ten.pt notification by force.
Wishlneton, Jan. 14—Eliseo Ar
redoudo, .Mexican ambassador,
called upon Secretaiy Lansing at
the state department this morning
and pave assurances that Carranza i
had dispatched troops to the scene;
rf the outrage with instructions j
to kill all bandits concerned.
E
Loudon, Jail. 14—According to
private dispatches received in this
city from Berlin thg Kaiser"s ill
ness is assuming a serious aspect
and his sister. Queen Sophie of
Greece, has been summoned to his
bedside.
I
London, Jan. 14—It is reported
here that Montenegro has asked
an armistice from Ihe Austrians.
Amsterdam, Jan. 14—According
to advices received here from Ber
lin, the Luxemburg cabinet, headed
bv Or. Loutsch, has resigned.
Luxemburg is included in the
Belgian territory now under Gor
man control.
DYXLMITER IS GIVEN
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Los Angeles, Jan. 14—When Mat
thew A. Schmidt, the convicte'l
dytiaii..Her, appeared in court yes
tcrlay fcr sentence, he delivered i
tirade against rotten industrial con
ditions and declared himself a
maity:- in the war between capital
and labor. Tho sentence pro
nounced jvas life imprisonment.
«_ Sale J*
One-Third Off I
On Every Article in
Our lmmence Stock
With the exception of Rubber Goods, E. & W. Collars,
Overalls, Jumpers. Threads, Knox and Stetson Hats.
5ALE STARTS
Wednesday Morning Jan. 12, at 9 o'clock j
— CLOSES —
Saturday Night, Jan. 22, at 10 o'clock
TERMS CASH— Store will be open until 0 o'clock every
evening during sale.
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GREEK CIII ATTACKED UK TURKS,
AilSTRfAKS 11 BULGARIANS
Rome, Jan. 14—Salonika has been
attacked by a large force under
command of a Gorman general. The
army Is said to be composed of
Austrian, Turkish, and. Bulgarian
regiments. The warships of the
allies are assisting the French and
.British soldiers in the defense of
ihp town.
Paris, Jan. 14—Germany, in the
name of Austria, offered to make
peace with Italy at the time when
the latter prepared to sign the
London pact of the allied nations
against separate action in making
peace, says the Petit Journal.
.Austria, declares the newspaper,
prc-posc-d to cede to Italy the Itali
an Tiectino and the region now oc
cunied by tlio Italian forces on the
Iionzo and t'.ie Carzo plateau, with
iorizia and Grado to the south. Al
bania was to continue automoue,
. taly retaining Avlona "with the Hin
:erland. In addition, concessions
iir? declared to have been promised
:n Asia Minor and the free and
>enceable enjoyment by Italy of
icr African colonies, Tripoli, Mas
liowah and Somaliiand guaranteed.
These conditions, says the Potit
Journal, were unhesitatingly te
•ecttQ, and the engagement against
a separate peace was signed.
S. S. HiOll
IS TORPEDOED
X»iv York, Jan. 14—Dispatches
just received here from London
sta'3 that the Ley land liner Hur
onian, enroute from Galveston to
Liverpool, was turpodoe-1 on Decem
ber aytli a short distance off the
Irish coast about a hundred milej
to tlie westward of where the Lusl
tania was sunk. No details aro
yet obtainable and it is not known
whether there was any loss of
life or not. Thi} renewal of subma
rine activity in these waters comes
;is a distinct shock and surprise to
the shipping interests as the Brit
ish admiralty has recently given
repeatpd assurance that all of the
enemy's uuderwater crvJt had been
d'.iven from the English and Iri3h
COnStS.
Seattle, Jan. 14 — Three ^more
deaths occurred yesterday from
drinking wood alcohol, making sev
en' eea since Washington went dry
January 1. With the exception of
two cases, all were the results of
drinking the poison by mistaking It
fjr "rain alsohol, the popular sub
stHtite for whiskey siuie the pro
hibition law became effective.
Officers of both tho city and
sla'e government are having very
littN trouble In enforcing the pro
hibiticn regulations.
L
J.ordcn, Jan. 14—After a spirit
ed debate in the houso of commons |
yesterday, in which charges of in- j
••'■ajpetency -were hurled at the
rifuistry md tlie war department, J
tiie poverrment was vindicated and j
j, mUion to reject the military ser
vice or conscription bill was over-1
wliolmingly defeated.
LEGAL BATTLE
Washington, Jan. 14—The de
partment of justice has announced
that the government will again
prosecute William Rockefeller and
other directors of the New Haven j
Railway for violations of the Sher
man anti-trust law.
The New Haven railway run6
from New York to Boston and its
directors were recently acquitted on
charges of misappropriating funds
in buying up competing lines at an
excess valuation in order to gain
a monopoly of the transportation
business between the American/ met
ropolis and the "hub of the uni
verse."
FOKTY-FIYE THOUSAND
OFFERED FOR 10 ROUND GO j
New York, Jan. 14—Tex Rickardl
has offered Willard Moran forty-1
five thousand dollars for a tea |
round go here March 3.
l«UllUll»UlUttMil»«f UUliWUIMMlimUMM |
"PREFERRED STOCK"
Means the ven bast in canned goods
llnsollced testimonials from many sat»
isfied customers give evidence of the
good quality of these goods. We are
the Skagway agents for "PREFERRED
STOCK" brand and are authorized to
guarantee every can—This means that
should there happen to be a can not up
to standard, all you have to do is to let
us know and another one will be sent
you in place of it, or money refunded.
F. H. GANTY .
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SOUTHEASTER! ALASKA HAS
RECORD TEAR II IK
.Washington, Jan. 12—Twelve
gold lode mines and 4 copper mines
were operated in southeastern Al
aka during 1915, according to the
preliminary report of the U. S
etiological survey. Preliminary esti
mates indicate that the gold produc
tion of this region, including the
outpit of the placer mines in the
Porcupine district, had a value of
about ?5,500,000. Tae estimated
copper production from this field,
all of which came from the Ketchi
kan district, was 4,500,000 pounds,
valued at nearly $1,005,000.
The Rush & Brown was the only
copper mine operated in the Ketchi
kan district throughout the year.
Operations were resumed at the It, |
Mamie, and. Mount Andrew mines in
the spring and continued on a
large scalo for the rest of the year.
Work was resumed on the Jumbo j
mine early in the summer, and the j
mine was again put on a productive |
basis. Some o-re was shipped from j
the Goodro and Cyrnru mines, and j
developments continued on the Hig
Harbor and on other properties. The
Ready Bullion, Dutton, and Valpar- i
aiso gold quartz mines were op
erated, and some output was also
made from the Gold Standard, Goo
goo, and Snowdrift claims. Marble
quarrying continued in the Ketchi
kan district, as in previous years.
Considerable work was done on
both copper aad silver-lead proper
ties in I hp Wrangell district. Some
shipments of barite were made from
a deposit located near Wrangell.
In the Juneau district the four
mines of the Trea.dwell group were
operated on the same scale as last
year. An accident to the central
hoist curtailed the output for sev
eral weeks during the summer. The_
construction of 30 additional stamps
to tlie Ready Bullion mill is un
der way. A mill having a daily
capacity o£ about \ 6,000 tons was
completed in February at the Al
aska-Gastineau mine and operated
for the rest of the year. Power ia
furnished by" a hydroelectric plant
oil Salmon creek. Another plant,
the Am ex power project, is under
construction on Taku Arm. The
mill of the Alaska-Juneau mine
was operated during the year. The
construction of a larger mill — a
part of the original plan for the
equipment of this property — has
beui begun. This mill includes four
units, each having a daily capacity
of 2,000 tons. Hydroelectric power
is to be used, supplemented by an
oil-burning plant. Developments
were continued on the Droperties of
the Alaska Gold Belt, Alask^ Taku,
and Alaska Tresure mining com
panies, all of which are near Ju
neau.
The Eagle River mine was operat
ed during tiie year, and a little pro
ductive mining was also dene on
the Peterson properties. Develop
ments were continued on the
Yankee and Montana and other pro
perties north of Juneau and at
the Enterprise on Limestone Inlet,
scurh of Juneau.
In the Bcrners Bay region the Ju
alia mine was productive during
the year, and the installation of a
new power house was nearly com
pleted. Hydroelectric t»ower is to
be used, supplemented by an oil
burning plant. A group of claims,
including the old Kensignton, Bear,
and Comet mines, in the Bern ere
hay region, has been consolidated,
and the installation of equipment
was begun.
(Continued on page 4.)
DEIECIIIIE I
THOUGHTKILLED!
Seattle, Jan. 13—Poter Petersoin,
aa interpreter of Russian employe!
by the Burns detective agency, was
lured from his home in Sor.ttle t>>
Mount Vernon by a forced tele
gram on October 15th and is still
missing. It is believed tha* he
has been murdered.
BULGARIA IS
TRYING 10 GROW
Vienna, Jan. 13—It is reported
here that King Ferdinand of Bul
garia lias determined to claim Mace
donia as the "spoils of war' and
h:is issued a proclamation declaring
himself the Czar of Macedonia, thus
becoming again ruler of the terri
tory he had to yield to Serbia and
Greece in the second Balkan war.
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