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IVlany People Killed While Others Flee
In Panic to Hull for Safety—Lloyds
Suspend Insurance Pending Report
Of Damage.
London, Dec. lti—I'nder the blan
ket of a thick fug two to six
cruisers this morning bonibardejl
Scarborough, Whiteby and Hartel
IHul" Knglish towns along Ihe coast
'■I' the -North Sea, and daring its
progress also engaged certain units
• r the British fleet.
Scarborough and WTulfhy are
■ushionablo watering resorts. The
]<eople were "rousd from their beds
by slu'lls from the German battle
-liij>s dropping into the town, by
"vv liii li great damage was caused and
I lie residents thrown into a panic.
Many of the inhabitants fled to
ward Hull, at which place they ar
rived this afternoon with only their
clothes on their backs. It is re
ported her© that numbers cf people
were killed during the bombard
ment.
At York the citizens were under
the impression that the sound of the
(.ennan battleships' broadsides was
iHvasioned by the Runs of the Brit
ish fleet in its maneuvres, and
were only enlightened when the
shells from the bombarding >-w
.sels l<e--ran to drop and explode
within tiie confines of the city.
Lloyds have suspended all «"*
i iiie insurance pending advices of
i lie damage already done.
It is reported that two German
cruisers were sunk during the en
-ayenient with the units of the
British fleet.
IS GIVEX CHOK E
Washington, P. O., Dee. 16—Word
reached the German consulate in
this city today that the German con
verted cruiser t'ormoran, which is
lying at Guam, Oceanic/*, had been
aiven twelve hours by the authori
ties to either leave port or be
interned.
DISCUSSING REQUEST
Washington, D. C., Dec. 16—The
cabinet last, night had under dis
cussion Col. Goethal'a request to the
ail mill Lit ral i<>a for a battleship and
two submarine d«rta"oy«^ for th0
preservation of neutrality along the
line of the canal.
WILL MKEX AT MALMO
Copenhagen, IX*-. 16—King Chris
tian of Denmark, King H**k»u uf
Norway and King (lustaf />f ^-e<W
eu will meet at Malm", Sweden,
next Friday to Wd 4 coafwm'a
R138IAS TROOPS MUTINY
Berlin, Dee. 1«—It i» reported
here that the RwsUa troojw ei*
sjaged la bertegtag Prreenimysl have
mutinied •
BOMBARDED 8EBA8TOPOL |
Berlin, Dep. 16—The Turkish j
cruiser Mldlrll, according to We j
advices, is bombarding Sebnstopol
in the Crimea. iJ
PEACE PROPOSALS
Berne, Dee. 16—It is asserted
bete tha* Austria has made tenta
tive peace prope>*j3 to Russia.
BRITISHERS ARK WAITING
Buenos Ajtw, D«f. lfr—TVo Brit
ish cmtomi are known to be Iwk
ing In the Straits of Magellan
ready to poanc« upoa the Qennaa
cruiser Drtsdm, which is <*>»•<
where in hiding along coast,
tu mrJft* her gpp<(W|i''ft
FEAR 2EPPELIX RAID
Paris, Doc. 16—The people of
this city passed a sleeplet*. time
la«t night in (w of a threatened
Zeppelin airship raid l>y the
German*.
SERVIANS IN POSSESSION
i London, Dec. 16—The Servians
are iu possession of Belgrade
«h« capital of their country, which
tha Austrians took two weeks ago,
but hare bera forced to evacuate.
Illumination of (he Pity at iiipht is
prohibited, however, for fear of
a Zeppelin mid by the enemy.
YES
There is ONE Store in Skagway
Where You can do ALL of Your Xmas
Shopping,
We Have Beautiful Gifts
Suitable For
Man, or Woman Haiti or Child
Our assortment is the largest ever
Shown in Skagway
Values to suit every purse
Bring Your packages to us,
We will gladly wrap them up and
Help You get them ready to post.
DO YOUR SHOPPING WHEN,'
MOST CONVENIENT FOR YOU.
WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU
STORE OPEN EVERY EVENING UNTIL
ten;;oclock.
H. J. LYNCH
PROMINENT CANADIAN OFFICIAL
HEBE ON HIS W OUTSIDE
A. F. Englehardt, territorial treas
urer for the Canadian Yukon, ar
rived in Skagway last night euroute
from Dawson to Vancouver, where
he will he joined by Mrs. Engelhardt!
and their son, who are now on the
outside. From there the family
will go to Victoria for several
weeks' visit and later'take 'in the
Panama-Pacific Interna^ oh a l ex
position at San Francisco, making a
vacation trip of about three months"
duration, of which Mr. Engelhardt
is certainly deserving-, after /ourteen
years spent in the interior, with
the exception of an occasional visit
to Skagway.
Mr. Engelhardt leit Dnwson ou
the morning of Nov. 30th in a Ford
auto driven by D. W. ljallentine,
whose intention it was. to^&ake a
record round trip to WhiU'hbrse, an
approximate dlstanc© of miles.
Wagers were being laid ou^the de
parture of the car from the* Yukon
capital for and against the probabili
ty of Ballentines making the fun
south in IS hours. 'V
From Dawson to Polly, the roads
>vere In excelleut shape, J> distance
of 14S miles, and the run was made
in a few minutes over 14 hours. The
four mile grade coming out of the
i'elly river bottom has » very steep
pitch at the top of the hill and
as tho machine they wora using
could only be ruu on low gear in
trying to uegli&te it tue . pinion
broke, strippng the gear, 'i.ud as
no extra parts had been brought
along the auto had' to be abandoned
there and the remainder of the
journey to' Whitehorse was-iaade by
Mr. Engelhardt on a W. P. & Y. R
stage.
In- the opinio of Mt. Kngwnartu
the round, trip from Dawson
to Whitehorse would have been
made in 36 hours easily had not the
machine broken down, as the road
to the southward from the pelly
Crossing is in fine shape, and the
only difficulty to contend with
would have been that the auto would
probably not have tracked with
the vehicles used in the mall ser
vice.
Mr. Engelhardt says he left every
thing looking prosperous in the
Canadian Yukon and that the Eu
ropean war has in nowise affected
the gold output of the terr t: ry nor
the exploitation of local industries.
In the spring of 1900 Mr. Engel
hardt and one of his brothers
were engaged in the customs bro
kerage business at Bennett. Later
lu the same year they went to
Whitehorse, > where they continued
the work. In 1901 they went to
Dawson, where Mr. Engelhardt has
remained ever since, and where he
was a few years ago appointed to
the responsible position he now oc
cupiies as territorial treasurer.
The burden of his official posi
tion as territorial treasurer does not
appear to weigh heavily on Mr..
Engelhardt, who, in appearance is
almost as youthful as he was when
we first knew him in 1900, but his
honorary duties and titles have
become so numerous that he finds
it a relief to get away from them
for a while. Here are the names
of the nine offices which he fills
in addition to hia federal position: |
Territorial secretary
Registrar Joint stock companies. I
Chief license inspector for the j
Yukon territory.
Issuer of marriage licenses.
Clerk of the Yukon council.
King's printer for Yukon territory.
City treasurer of Dawson
City clerk of Dawson.
City assessor and tax collector of
Dawson.
Do any of our readers wonder at
Mr. Engelhardt's very apparent ap
preciation and enjoyment of lib
three months' vacation?
Wimsl 13
in warn
Washington, D. C., Dec. 16—Dele
gate James Wickersbim of Alaska,
arrived in thia city today after sev
eral weeks absence in Hi at terri
tory, in which he was re-elected to
the position he now occupies by an
overwhelming majority the terri- j
torial election in November.
Mr. Wickersham ha« announced j
hia intention to immediately pre
pare a bill for ther organization oi j
u modern school system in Alaska.
NO HUMES I
IN FIVE MS
I • •
Louisvill®, Ky., D»c. l'l—Moon
light school* 'ire* taking tie place
of moonlight etllfe in Kentucky.
Members of , »he Woman's forward j
movement which has for its object |
the elimination- of Illiteracy by
means of rural or "moonlight"
schools showed in their annual re- j
I>Ort issued today how the number I
of people In Kentucky -who could !
neither read nor write was Steadily I
decreasing. Prospect® for the en
tire elimination of illiteracy-among |
the Kentucky whlt«- in 1920 are j
exceedingly bright according to the ;
report. The _ number of illiterate
is now estimated at 208,000.
IS SPElEB Iff
CONVENTION
Rochester, N, Y., Dec. 15—State
Agricultural commissioner Huson
will be one of the principal speak
I ers during the three-day joint con
vention of the New York State
Dairymen's and Breeders' associa
tion, which opens today. Commis
sioner Huson is president of the
former organization.
Special Sale of High Grade Fruit
In Gallon Cant
We offer the following varieties—
Apples, per gal. can
Apricots
Blackberries
Raspberries
Peaches
Pears
Pumpkin
50c
50c
55c
60c
50c
55c
35c
The quality of these goods give satisfaction
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN PLEASED
WITH IHE SMITH LEVER BILL
Washington, Dec. 16—Much pleas
ure was expressed today by south-1
ern congressmen over tils reports j
of the amount of trading under |
the Smith Lever bill system which I
was being done on tho New York '
cotton exchange. More of the
trading is being done under this,
system, according to the records,
than under the old plan, despite the j
fact both are optional and will be
until after February 17. '
The prime object of tile' Lever
bill was to break up tile system-In
vogue 011 the New York and other
exchanges of buying cbtton "future"
of one grade, and then settling in
another -with a difference in price
which seemed always. t» work
against the cotton seller in the
south, and for the cotton buyer on
the exchange. Under the term.s of
the bill a tax of 2 cents a pound,
Or $10 a. bale, is placed upon all
sales of cotton futures, that is cot-I
ton to be delivered at • a' certain j
specified date in the future, uii-1
iess the requirements of the bill as
to grading and other particulars are'
complied with.
One o the moat important of these
requirements is that ;he cotton
must be sold only in certain grades,
which are established by the depart
ment of agriculture, and samples of
whicb will be exhibited in every
primary cotton market in the south.
In this way the cotton raiser and
dealer iu the south will know Just
what grade the cotton he is produc
ing or selling will make, and Just
what the price of that grade is
There will be no opportunity for
any sharp practice whereby the
cotton producer may be defrauded
by clever switching of grades.
The net result of that system of
forcing a man to deliver the grade
of cotton he sells, or settle iu ac
cordance with the price of that
grade, will be that the purchaser of
cotton from the broken# -will be
willing, it' is argued by the south
erners backing the bill, to pay more,
for they will know just what they
are going to get. That Is where the
loss between producer ;.nd con
sumer will be checked, it be
lieved. - • •; ,
DREDGE THREE
SHUTS DOWN
Dawson News; Number three
dredge of the Canadian-Klondike
fleet was shut down this morning
for the season. She i3 in . the
Bonanza Basin, where she has been
working steadily ever since she
started' last spring:. Tilo dredge
DALLY WEATHER REPORT
Skagway, cloudy, s. w. 30 above-1
Whitehorse, clear, s. w. 24 above.
Lower LeBarge, cloudy, calm, 10
above.
Hootalinqua, cloudy, some ice, cm.
Hootalinqua, cloudy, some ice,
calm, 10 above.
Big Salmon, snow, calm, 10 above.
OarmackB, ice running, snow, cm
Yukon crossing, cloudy, calm, 9
above.
Selkirk, snow, calm,—.
Coffee Creek, snow, calm. 2 above.
Stewart River, cloudy, calm, 2
.bove.
Ogilvie, cloudy, calm,—.
Dawson, cloudy, calm, 5 above.
lias had a most successful season,
and during the fall established the
record for the heayiest yardage and
minimum of lost time. She also
lias been in fine pay of late. The
boat is a little below Ogilrie bridge
on the right limit of the Klondike
The company'B No. 4 dredge, a
sister to No. 3, is still working oa
the Klondike, a short distance a]>OT«
the bridge. The company 'b No. 1
dredge, on Hunker, shut dcwn some
time ago.
Tile work of endeavoring to right
the company's big «dret?pe No. 2
at Be?r continues.
Matanuska Cod
Is Good As Any
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15—Sec
retary of the Navy Joecphus Dan
iel's announcement in the city to
day that the Matanuska, Alaska,;
coal is as good as any in the world •
will be a great relief to th« peopleJ
of that territory, as it means that
Hundreds of thousands of ton* of
the coal will be mined anrt used on
the Pacific coast as booh a» the
Tields are opened, which will giT**
employment to thousands of miaet*
I and other employes.
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 Sllk: 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
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier