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No. 2S7 .EIGHTEENTH YEAR SKAtfWAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1916
PRICE 10 CENTS
MONTENEGRO SURRENDERS
UNCONDITIONALLY TO AUSTRIA
Berlin, Jan. IS—Montenegro has
surrendered unconditionally to Aus
tria ia order to save the capital,
Cetiage, from destruction by bom
bardment and avoid the devasta
tion suffered by Belgium and Ser
bia,
Rome, Jan. IS—The Serbian j
government offices -were removed I
frcm Scutari, la Montenegro, to i
Brindfsi, Italy, in order to pre
vent the capture of the record's and
treasure by the Austriuns when the
eubjugatioa of Montenegro was j
completed by the Teutons.
WANT L110
INCLUDE IIM
London, Jan. IS—The Irish mem
i>ers of parliament this morning ap
pealed to the house of commons tu
imend the military service bill to
uclude Ireland in its operation.
Washington, Jan. It — Letters
mnd in Captain Franz von Papen's
.:ecfs and seized by British naval
Jficers Thursday at Falsmouth,
hile Von Papen. w.is proceeding
jm*» reveal ugly reference to and
itlcism of Presidnt Wilson and
s administration.
The disclosures inyp!y« Severn!
srman consuls in the Lniteu Statei'
me of whom may be requested1
■ hit the trail for home, as a re
lit
Tha state departme.it Saturday
orning received cabled copies of
ie correspondence takan from tho
called German military attache,
ntries In von Papon's notes show
lat he paid money to persons now
largtd with conspiracy to dyna
,ito munitions plants and cripple
lipping in the United States. One
station showed the payment of
>00 to the German co:.sul at soat
e just prior to the dynamite ex
losion there.
Ambassador von Bernstorff di3
aimed yesterday any knowledge of
in Papen's alleged ac's in connec
on with the dynamite plots.
El Paso, Jan. IS—The bullet "rid- v
died body of General Kodriquez, I
former member of Villa's staff, p
who is said to have beeen ia com- j i
maud of the bandits who massacred p
the seventeen Americans in Chihua
hua, is being exhibited in the cus
tom house yard at Jaurez, just
across the international boundary
from this city. A placard dis
played beside the bod}] declares that
| all enemies of the government will,
meet a like fate. The todies of
our other Villa generals have beeu
' brought to Jaurez. It is said that i
soldiers of the thirteenth cavalry
aided the Carranza forces in the
capture of the bandit leaders.
IXCO.UK TAX SWEEPING
Amsterdam, Jan. 17—Tho in
come las in Germany has been so
extended that every persor. who
has an earning capacity of 53.75
per week pays soma portion of the
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SEES DAXGElt OF
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Boston, Jan. IS—Hudson Max- • fo
iiu, inventor of the Maxim gun af- j
ter whirh the big German Rrupp j
guus are modeled, ia reported to ^
have said: "I predict that the!
war will last from three to seven '
years longer if the Germans win In I
the Balkans and attack Egypt. The ! ,
^ar is liable to resolvo itself into!
a condition where neither side will ,l.
bo able to get at the other. Eng- j
land will be supreme on the sea ;
and Germany will command on j
land."
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TEN DAYS' ANNUAL
Inventory
jH Sale jH
One-Third Off
On Every Article in
Our Immence Stock
With the exception of Rubber Goods, E. & W. Collars,
Overalls, Jumpers, Threads, Knox and Stetson Hats.
; — SALE STARTS
Wednesday Morning Jan. 12, at 9 o'clock
j 5===™^ CLOSES
Saturday Night, Jan. 22, at 10 o'clock
TERMS CASH— Store will be open until 9 o'clock every
evening during sale.
HI ¥ yr * T /J) II THE HABERDASHER AND
• vl» L I i\ V* H LADIES' FURNISHER
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
OPPOSES GAMING INDEPENDENCE
10 HE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Washington, Jan. IS — Senator
Miles Poindexter, of the state of
Washington, this morning addressed
the Semite, speaking in opposition
to the bill introduced by the ad
miufstratlon for the granting of
| independence to the Philippine Is
lands He claimed that the re
linquishment of the islands would
cause posterity to be plunged into
war »o maintain their neutrality.
10 EXTEND IDE
11 LAW
Washington, Jan. 18—A bill ex
sudiii£ the operation of the Mann
'hite clave law to Alaska, the
anama canal zone nd the Insular
osstsslons of the United States,
icludiix; Hawaii and the Phlllp
ines, %;is introduced In congress
>day l»y Senator Loe S. Overman
' -North Carolina.
LOSES LIQUOR;
Seattle, Jan. 18 — The Rainier
ib, rxognized everywhere as tho
lalthidit and the most exclusive
:ial organization in tho northwest,
,s raided last night by, the sheriff
d a force of deputies under au
Jrity of a search warrant issued
the district attorney on lnforma
n that a large stock of liquor1
s Ueiug kept by the club in viola- I,
■sa jjtuiwuo v. j
uio wines were founa and con-|
uited.
A eeneral raiding campaign is in
agrcss, the advocates of tha pro
milieu law being determined to
ne t'le lid down tigh*.
IMS EMBARGO
maim: BY SPAIN
Madr.'J, Jan. 18—A prohibition of
e exportation of arms has caused
suriou* industrial situation among
e manufacturers at Ebiar, Elgoi
ir and Geurnica, who fear that
erir ousiness will be captured by
rnerican and Japanese arms mak
>01,000.000 COST TO
1IAIA FOlt WAR THIS FAR
Rome, Jan. 18—The sum of
4«l,5u0,000 is, according to ela
stics Just made public, the ex
euse sustained by Italy for her
rmy and navy from June 1 to No
ember 80. Adding $120,000,000
pent In May and December, the
_,tal cost of war to Italy is moro
ban $661,000,000, without in
ludlng the expenses of the mili
ary preparations before the open
tig of hostilities.
Seattle, Jan. 18—Bishop Rowg,
pioneer Episcopal missionary of Al
aska, who has spent over twenty
years In the scrvlce of the church
In the nortbland, and Col. W. 1*
Stevenson, president ot tho Skagway
Commercial Club, were guests of
honor at a luncheon given yester
day by the Alaska Bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Both
ayailrd themselves of the opportuni
ty afforded to address the business
men present on the importance of
Alaskan commerce at the present
time and tho vastnoGu of thg unde
veloped wealth of the territory.
RUSSIA PREVENTS
M ARCH ON EG I P' ,
London, Jan. IS—The plana of 1
the central powens for an invasion (
nl Saloniki and Egypt have j»«ou 11
:ompletely upset by the Russian of- I
ensive is the claim, made in the i
.•apitale 0f the entente allies.
Tho area of Russian success
>rer the Austro-Germaa forces in J
he east continues to widen. Al- I
hough the situation around Czerno- I
'rom Kuaaiau »—— iij( '
lustr.'aus are hard pressed over a
iOng line of defense and are throw
ing hU£9 reinforcements into the
district.
The Russians here airo expected
to strike at the Kolomea-Stanis
lau-Halicz line, where powerful de- •
tensive works have been In pre- i
paraticn for some time by the Aua- ,
t re-Germans. v » t 1
Meanwhile the Russian position
250 milt* further north, on the mid- (
dlo Styr river has been greatly (
strengthened by successful op
erations in the region of the great
marshes, where the Russians are
beginning to emerge from, the
marshes with prospects of being
able to use the roads leading eith
er northwest, west or southwest.
Their advance here has not
been the result of an Isolated bat
tle, but of a serie of engagements
lasting over a considerable period.
SUGGESTS NEUTRAL ZONE
Washington, Jan. 18 —" Tb-Ofi.
P. Gore, the blind senator from
Oklahoma, this morniug introduced
a resolution in the senate to au
thorize the establishment of ^
neutral zona along the southern
ternational boundary, to be policed
Jointly by Mexican and American
forces.
"PREFERRED STOCK"
Means the very best In canned goods
Unsoliced 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.
P. H. GANTY
.Murphy Brothers & Cook have
sold their big fox ranch, on Monu
ment Point, oa the Tanaiia river
and will engage in miuing in the
Totatlanika district.
The Treadweil company; is pre
paring •• spend $4,000,000 in the
development and equipment of the
Alaska Juneau mine during the
next twenty four mouths.
The Ruby Record-Citizen, reports
that a rich find has been made on
Spruce creek by Ernest Neihoff and
Knute Idengrad. The minora re
cently bed-rocked a hole and drift
ed 30 feet in pay which ranged
from 10 cents to J 3 per pan.
Whatever may be said of the
town of Petersburg, its residents
are good to pay their taxes. A re
cent copy of the Report BayB that
all of the 1915 personal tax has
been paid with the exception of
$26.50.
Good pay has been found on
Easter creek, a tributary of the
Tolovana river, pay running $2 to
;he foot having be3u uncovered.
Easter flows into the Tolovana river
frora the right limit about four
Biles upstream from the mouth of
Liivingood creek.
1
The total number of lots sold at 1
Anchorage during the past summer 1
iy! tfie government through the a
and office officials w-ns 887, with i
, total valuo of $165,4 50, of which t
mount one-third of the purchase t
rice, or $63,643.85, has been paid c
ito th« United States treasury. 0
I
| Jack Curry, who la running tun
nela on. his claim a* the extreme
head of Livengood cr9ek, is report
ed to have ground which will yield
$3 per foot. Two-Step Louia
Schmidt is reported to have located
piy at tho bottom of a-?«haft on
Duncan creek which yielded 60 eta
to the pan.
The Ruby RecorcUCitlzen, reporta
tha* a shaft, ha« been bodrocked
on Novlkaket river in gravel that
will yield $3.50 to the* foot. Mid
night creek, in the Eame district, la
also responding to deyedopment
work good pay having been struck
bv B. J. Bower while doing as
sessment work.
A snowslide that swept down
the mountainside, at terrific speed
demolished the blacksmith, shop
*nd the change house and dryroom
J' the) 'Alaska Gold Belt Mining
company on the beach seven, miles
louth of Juneau. No one was in
lured, the blacksmith fortunately
laving Just left his shop when the
ivalauche descended.
The holdings of Duncan Mo
Jormick, Fred Getchell, Odin A. 01
on and J. B. Palmer, which com
irises practically the whol® of Al
iert creek, in the Nelchina distrlcti
ave been taken over under lease
nd option by prominent mining
len, wintering at Seattle. Under
tie terms of the deal which has
een consummated but recently, the
laim ownere are to receive $120,*
00, or $30,000 each.
One ot the passengere for White
lo-ree on this morning's train was
ames Powell of San Diego, Cal.,
v-ho> la part owner of the Ne
rada group in the Wheatoa district
iear Robeeon Station, Y. T. Mr.
?owell intends to haul over the
mow to the railroad and ehiv a
jarload of ore which n°w on
he dump at the mine, having been
lug out In the process of develop
ment work. Two men have been
it work on the claims during the
winter, but it is the Intention of
the owners to increase the force to
sixteen in the near future. The
equipment for the bunlt house and
ether accommodations for the
tnrna haa already been pur
ACCUbED OF ACCEFflKU
bribe IN COAL LAND fravd
Chicago, Jan. M—O.W.Bourke,
former mayor of Blue Island, aad
a prominent business man, Jxaa been
aj-rested here and ia defaufc °t a
| ten thousand dollar tond, was
taken to Jail.
I Bourke is charge "with having ac
cepted a bribe of «T® thousand
dollars while one c4 the Jaroi
who heard and decided th9 caee in
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