BRITISH 1111 MAKE OARING
ATTACK ON GERMAN NAVAL BASE
Londun, Dec. 28—.Assisted by
light cruisers, destroyers ami sub
marines, seven British naval air«»en
piloting seajiianes made a daring
attack on Christmas day on ibo
German naval base at Cuxhaven. Si* i
of the airmen returned safely, but j
Commander Hewlett is feared to I
iu»\o been lost as his machine was
found off Heligoland wrecked.
\\ hat damage was done has not
> et been ascertained.
The Germans are said t<j have
made a very gallant defense.
BOMBS DBOWJSU 1A JiHH5or.uo
Paris, IH-c. 28—The French avia
tor Daves has dropped twenty
bombs into various parts of the
city of Brussels during tlio past
lour days.
ITALIAN CKVISER WILL ASSIST
Rome, Dec. 28—The llaliau cruU
er Calabria has been sent to Tur
key to assist the lulled Stales
iruisep North Carolina should tho
necessity arise and an attempt
lie made by the Turks to prevent
the departure of European* from
the country.
New York, Dec. 24—At least
fifty gigantic ocean liners;
representing a total value of i
;■ billion dollars are lying idle '»
American ports Today as a result
<»£ t ho European war. The loss |
sustained each day by the various
fteaiuship companies through idle-!
ness of their costly vsesels is al- <"
mot incalculable.
Tile Atlantic coast ports of the [
United suites in nearly every in- j
stance contains 0110 or more ships |
either interned or laid up through '
laofc of trans-Atlantic travel. Bos- i
ton and New York are harboring '
tae greatest number.
When th© war first broke ol't,
many big German Uners were fore-j
*d to put back into American ports _
ho avoid raiding by British cruisers.
Others were ordered to disband
crews and lay up in our ports un- •
lil the end of hostilities.
The two great German lines, the j
North German Lloyd and the Ham-1
ourg American, own forty three ves
sels now enforcedly idle in Ameri-!
tan ports. The White Star line .
was forccd through lack of business
to discontinue the sailings of the
Cedric, the Celtic and tile Cymric, j
The White Star Dominion line dis- i
continued th© salliuss of the Laur-;
cutic, Canada and Teutonic.
The big piers fn Brooklyn present J
fome disconsolate scenes of bus- j
pended activity. At one pier are [
tie«l three big o*eau greyhounds,!
their sides dirty from lack of paint
and with winches and brass work |
rusted from disuse. They are the
Kaiser Wilhelm IT, thee Grosser,
Kurfurst and the Friederich. Der
Cross. A small crew of men are|
kept aboard to guard the big liners c
and a wisp of smoke coming from
one of the stacks on each vessel !
tells that fires are being kept to j
prevent freezing.
At another Brooklyn dock stands
the mighty Vaterland of the Ham
burg American line. At th0 time
of launching, the Vaterland was her
alded as the lost word in ocean lin
ers. Her cost was estimated at
Over $6,000,000. Her tonnage is j
greater than that of any liner afloat.
Today she is worse than useless to
the Hamburg American line because
tvery day of Idleness is piling "P :
huge costs on idle investments.
In one of the Ion,' w: ot. s
the Bush Terminal docks i '■.<
lyn, nearly one iiundio1 r.vlov-.
members of tho German e; ; :
terned there are b- ins hoi. it,
Hamburg American line and tin
Xorth German Lloyd h..s ri v«i v
the wareliouse with bunk i.nd j II
stoves, and all day the n;*n sit i«il'*j
waiting for the chance to either
work around the docks or smujtMe j
themselves out of the country. They
all want to fight for the Fatherland |
but the laws of neutrality prohibit
them leaving the Unite^ States un
less they are American citizens. To
£et around this law, a vUrivir.g trado
has sprung up among naturalized j
foreigners who sell their r.aturaliz- I,
ation papers for amounts up to 1;
$100. With these uapers, the Ciey- '
mans pass the port authorities and j1
reach the Fatherland as American J ■
citizens.
The fleet of the North German.,
Lloyd line, the protdest trans-Allan? .
Lie fleet in history, has been decimat j.
ed by the war. Tied up at docks j.
In the port of Xew Yorl: are six
f the line's biggest vessels. They 1
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The President
Will Make Tour
Washington, D. C., Dec.'28—With
in three months, it is announced
here today, President Wilson will
be gohig on a tour of the United
Suites and starting at San Francis
io, at the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional exposition, will give an ac
count directly to the people of what
i.o has accomplished during his ad
ministration.
The cold wave over the Middle
West and Eastern states was broic
• u today.
President Woodrow Wilson today
lapsed his fifty-eighth birthday.
The government believes that the
annexation of Belgium by Germany
will take place very shortly.
are the Kaiser Willielm II, the
Georgo Washington, tlie Grosser Ku
furst, Friederich I>er Grosso, Bar
barossa, and Princcss Irene. Many
of the North German Lloyd and
Hamburg American vessels have al
been taken over by the Ger
man government and are converted
into scouts and cruisers.
At Itoslon lies tl'c Kronprinzes
>in Cecilie, whoso palatial equip
ment is known to thousands of
Americans. Alongside her is the
Wittekind, (lie W'illenad and the
i^oln, vessels of terser size.
The idleness of Hie big liners
it::s increased the business of the
•Her neuti.il lines tremendously,
he freight department of the Ur&ni
i:a line, the Iluss::ni Norwegian and
■ French line are working night
■ el day bar llitt-r their Increased
MSill"-S. i
England having control of the
\ , e;- bi 1 11.- - A. 1-! nt Ic lines
i doing , I U| travel
le • e dim he,] to such
e\'(Mt t'.at nil ar> suffering.
line Is operating all of
v • o4l!:cr in crmmercial
•nmcnt of
t Bri;;.: The White Star
i . -.erti.llg all of its
OKTl.AXDKi: TO RUSK
STOCK IN MATAMSKA
The Knik News ol Dec. 12, says:
" F. Kreuger, of Poj tland, who came
u'fj a short time ago to investi
:ate the land in the .Matanuska val
e.v with a view of becoming a
)ermanent resident should lie de
;idc tl.a* the land is suitable for
igricultural purposes, returned
roni a trip up the Matanuska on
riiu'sday last and is more than
•leased with what he has seen and
earned of the valley. Mr. Krue
:<;r, who is an expert on things ag
ricultural, says without hesitation
hat the land in the Matanuska wl'.l
iroduee anything that can be raised
n tile middle states. Mr. Krue
:er tiled on a homestead of 320
teres and will arrange to make it
lis permanent home.
\ ATI\'K GARNETS THAT WILL
MAKE ATTRACTIVE SETTINGS
W. E. C'athcart, one of the well
tnown Copper river railway eem
iloyes, is the proud possessor of a
lumber of very prettily cut garnets, (
rixese stones he dug out of one i
he hills near Chitina and as they j
ire of exceptionally fine quality he
sent them outside and had them
•at and intends 1o have them j
nounted in a new Elk pin.—Cordo\«!
rimes. '
Many Citizens
Are in Jail
: Terre Haute, Dec. 28—Mayor Rob
' ertfi of ttla city and a hundred and
j twenty others were arrested and
| jailed here today and have been
! placed under heavy bonds -on a
j charge of having perpetrated elec
tion frauds on the 3d of last No
] vember.
TIlAFFic MANAGEH DEMPSEY
LEAVES FOIt CHICA<«Q
J. E. Dempsey, formerly trafac
manager of the White Pass & V u
kon railroad, with headquarters in
Seattle left last week for Chicago,
where he will take a position with
another transportation company.
: HIES NEWS
Haines, Dec. 27—On Wednesday
evening, the church held Christ
mas trae exercises for the white
Sunday school, under the auspices
(•£ Dr. Craig, superintendent, Rev.
\Vinterberger and .Mrs. Winterber^
'T. The exercises by the school
children were especially good, and
many little hearts were made gl<»d
by the presents brought them by
Stnta Claus.
The Presbyterian hospital had a
Christinas tree for the inmates and
this relative to the number of 68
The nurse headed by Matron Ray
and assisted by Dr. Oraig did every
thing possible to make this a hap
py occasion, and the presents yiort
pretty and useful.
On Thursday evening the natives
iiad their Christmas tree exercises,
also in the church, and the recita
tions and songs by the children wer
very good indeed and showed care
ful and thorough training by Mrs.
\Valter Alexander and Mrs. Winter
berger. The house was crowded
tn both Wednesday and Thursday
evenings.
The Christmas exercises in the
Arctic Brotherhood hall on Thurs
Jay evening by the public school
children was a feast for those for
tunate enough tc be present. Tiis
primary department, under the man
agement of Mrs. A. F. McLean,
teacher, showed thorough care and
training, and one of the remarkable
features was that every child knew
its part and performed it without
i hitch. The higher grades tin
ier the management of Professor
Dgden, also showed the same care
ful training as the primary depart
ment. The play entitled "Waiting
for the Trolly," was particularly
sood, and demonstrated to a cer
tainty that we have good local tal
ent and do not have to go away from
tiome for entertainment. Thia play
also went through without any mis
takes being made, each one per-1
forming his or her part with credit
to themselves. Where they all did
so well it is impossible to say who
did the best. The writer thinks
they all did the best. The hall was
crowded and standing room was at
a premium. Homer Banta, the
present Arctic chief was master of
ceremonies, and it Is needless to
3ay that he was fully equal to the
occasion,
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New Year Dinner Hints
Preferred Stock Corn on Cob
Preferred Stock Asparagus Tips
Preferred Stock Pumpkins
Sweet Potatoes
Large Head Lettuce
Tomatoes G-reen Peppers
Pineapples Winter Melons
Johnston's Chocolates
Atmore's Mincemeat
Hills Bros. Cofiee
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
lis HIVES ARE FACING
I A VERY SERIOUS CHARGE
'Archbishop is
Dead in Frisco
San Francisco, Dee. 28—Patrick
Riordan, second Catholic archbishop
■ of San Francisco is dead here today.
LYNX CANAL MINES
SHOW RICH OIIE
Some very rich specimens of
i tree milling rock were taken from J
the Robert E. Lee mine near the j
Kensington mines 011 Lynn canal.
The samples were selected l>y
James Daly owner of the property, |
who has been prospecting the'
ground for a number of years. TI13
Robert E. Lee group numbering |
three of four claims is on the same
3tri.k& as the old Comet mine, now
known as the Kensington, and some
»'ery rich show pieces have bes.i
encountered while doing the devel
opment work.
The ore body has a width vary- j
ing from 10 to 30 feet and viU j
average from ?2 to $10 in milling I
value. The development this year
consisted in paj-t of tunnel work.
i'.nd open cuts. Mr. Daly says til.it :
lie is preparing to sluice n^xt
spring. The decomposed overbur
den carries good sluicing values ]
much of the same nature as that j
which was sluiced up on the Tread- I
well mine surface in early days.
Mining men who are acquainted j
with the Robert. E. Leo grouit of i
mines declare that the owner is en
tirely too conservative about the |
property and that value-: nre re illy
much higher. It is regarded as a
very fine property and continues to
show better all the time.
CAMPANILE DESIGNED TO
RESIST EAlM'liyi'AKES
A concrete-steel campanile, ?,02
ft. high, now being built on tbe
campus of the University 0f Call- (
fornia, Is remarkable not only for
its height but for the fact that it
represents a type of structure ?x- j
ceedingly rare in this country. The .
California structure, known as the
"Satlier Campanile," in honor of
one of the donors to the funds of
the university, is said to be t'10
highest memorial tower in the
country, with the exception of t lio
Washington Monument, at Washing
ton, D. C. A picture of the struc
ture is a feature of the December
Popular Mechanics Magaeine. '
Haines, Alaska, Dec, 28—On
! Thursday evening Deputy- United
! States Marshal Harding, while en
deavoring to arrest several drunk
en Indians, was set upon and bad
ly beaten, besides receiving a slight
knife wound. After the fray; the
deputy marshal was taken to the
I'Ost hospital, where it wa« found
nis wounds though painful were not
serious. He is around attending
to his duties as usual today.
The row was a lamentable af
fair and is not entirely settled by
'.lie commissioner's court yet. Jim
Kauot was sentenced to threa
months' imprisonment and his
wife was fined $100. Chas Mitchell,
the Indian who cut the deputy
marshal with a knife, was held
in $500 bonds to await the action of
'he grand jury and Frank Joe, an
other Indian, had liis examination
before Commissioner Kennedy yes
terday afternoon. He wag charg
ed with shooting with intent to
kill, wound or maim, and was
nlso held to await the action of the
grand jury, and his bail placed at
gl,000. There are two or three
other cases to examine yet.
Frank Joe is a brother-in-law of
Skookum Jim of Carcross, one of
the party who first discovered gold
in the Klondike.
W. s. Harding, the United States
marshal, is getting a great deal of
praise from the people Jiere for
the manner in which he handled the
light, for although he was cut witli
:i knife, and hammered over the
head with a stick of wood, he did
not try to injure any one more than
was necessary to make the arrests
Although he was armed and would
i-.ave been fully justified in usin-?
liis revolver, he refused to do so.
[f he had used bis pistol for his
dwii protection it would likely have
resulted in several deaths, but as
it is there is no one seriously
hurt. v
Be Presented
to Government
Seattle, Dec. 28—It is rumored
in this city that the use of the
Copper River & NOi-'.hwestern rail
way in Alaska, will be tendered to
the government for a certain speci
fied time but that when it is turn
ed back to tl»e company owning it
Ihe roadway and rolling stock must
be in as good con ''tion as wheit
received. *:£;•
DoYoii Believe This Creed?
then Act Oa It
We believe in construction, not de
struction.
We believe that only a fair price for
ciothing is fair to all concerned.
\
More than a fair price is uniair to you,
the customer.
Less than a fair price is unfair to us* the
retailer.
WILL CLAYSON—Clothier