No. 240 NINETEENTH YEAR
Alashan v
, NOVEMBER 16, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS*** *
Wa&biugton., Nov. 16—By a ile
elsku made today t>y the State De
pailnifciit Presld«nt Wilson jvill
taVe the oath of office for his sec
ond term 011 Sunday, March, Fourth.
TIi_- ruling of the -State Depart
mtnt ;i'so carries with it'the order
'li< t there will be no lays© ill the
service remitted, anil that the "in
auguration;-services "Wilt be just the
•same as though the date was oil a
week day and not on, a Sunday.
SULZER LEADS
WITH 52 VOTES
Still 121 I'ltiiiw ts to Hear Frunu, I
Vhut. May I'luuige Result 1"
!'a\ in of Wiikiislliiai"
J.meau, Nov. 16—Sulzer now'
li.a-'s Wickersham '.u the territory
by only 52 votes.
There 'aro four unreported pre
cipes ill the First tlfvision, • 'and
about twenty precincts iu the other
divis.oiis to be heard.'from, which,
according to th^ law of percentage
so far maintained "in the present
coutest, will put Wickersham in thq
lead. 1
In any event, as the Dispatch
first announced, the contest • "will
undoubtedly be so "close that it will
roquiie the -canvassing, board' and
its official report to determine the
result.
The revUed figiri ps are now as j
follows:
Firs' division, Sulzer majority 470 j
Second division, Wickersham
major.tj* -15 S J
Third division, Wickereham
major ty .. .. ■ 250
Fourth ilMsion, Wkkarshanj
majority .. • 10
KKiUT VERSONS AKK DliOWXED
Vancouver, Nov. 16—Eight per- J
so s were 'irowneid on the north j
arm cf 'he Frasttr rO'etr last night, j
whsm »h3 Vancouver Ladnor stage
plunged through, the opeu draw'
in : lie bridge joining the 'mainland
with 'he island. •
Po,:c- are working witl* grap-'
■pling irons to rec over'the bodies. '
TURKISH PRISONERS
Kieff, Nov. 16—The first batch 1
of TurKish off cers recently taken
prisoners-in'Bukowina anil Galicia
has been brought to Kieff. Before
the wut a-great number of these
prisoners were bakers and shopkeep
er and had -never 'received nny (
regular military training.
10PS HIT
BE Ml
Atlantic, City, Nov. "16—Unless
jci"c i.ew ami unexpected. opposi
'Icu develops before the end of this
wctk, it is believed that the
numbers of *he Mexican-American
sicul "\vhtich was appointed
fcr ' :.e pu'rpcse of drawing up an
iigictujent providing for the"\vith
tl'-p'val of the American punitive ex
ve.lifen across the Mexican, border,
ma- bt ready for submission; with
in »ht next fejv days.
It KILLED EACH MONTH
Visuiii, Cal.—One 'hundred and
thirty cue persons met their do iths
iti California durdrnr July, Augu.st
and September as tae result of auto
mobile accidents, according to 11. A.
French, superintendent of the state
motor vehicle department, who ad
dressed the League of California
Municipalities here recently
There were 1.103 accidents in the
same leriod, he said, w hie hi caused
inurit'c; to 1,545 \ ensons. He said
the average dailv deaths for the
three months from automobile 'ac
cidents was 1.42.
The blame for the aocidents and
the Ii? percentage ' ©£ fatiilitiea
were assigned by Superintendent
French to the following causes:
Fault o* opperator, 403; speed
ing, 269; confusion of pedestrians.
104; iutoxkation, 26; and to other
causes, 301.
The larpets numVer of accidents,
he said, occurred ou city streets,
and 'tie fewest on the state high
way.
Pi"sb'.irg, 'Nov. "16—Knockout
Brown or ChUcago, defe t^ d Buck
Crouse 'i Pittsburg in a fast* 'six
round i.o-decisi'on bout Monday
night. Brow a showed his "super
io:*.ty fcr six rounds. ■ Crouse took
one round and the honors -were
even in another round. !
We Have On j
Display Our
Fall and Winter 1
Line Of
Ladies Coats
Come In And\Look
Them Over
WILL CLAYSON
SEVENTY FOUR MEMBERS OF
I I.W.W FACE MURDER CHARGE
As Result of Battle Between Industrial
Workers and Sheriffs Posse Members
Must Stand triai for Killing which
Follows
Everett, Nov. 16—As a Tesult (
o" tlie raid made on this city on i
Sunday, November 5, by-a mob'
composed of the Industrial Workers:
cl lie World, and the battle which j
to^k jKaee between them and do- j
pi.ity *heitTfs and citizens-who or-j
I ganhcd for the puiTCse of pre- j
serving law and'order, causing thf i
di-afu of a number on both Bides,.
I mnrtlt'r charges • have been filed ,
|against seventy four members' 'of,
I th" I. W. W.
It is believed that the trial of
I iicse men will be one o£ tlie 'great
est criminal trials ever lieUl in
lie fiitted' Stales. The 'I. W. W.
have secured some of the most
luotf! criminal lawyers iu America
to defend tlie. accused, and from in
•lLcuinRS braught 'to 'light by in
vestigations thus far made, the
ci:?eB will -bo 'stubbornly fought
stei by step.
Ne w York, Nov. 10 — Charles M.
■Scinvab, chafrmau of "the Bethlehem
Corporation, lias just order
ed :i new x>rivate car'from the Pull
in:..! Co.- The car -Mr. Schwab lias
bc - ti ning was'Until now the most
fxp- i five piece cf rolling stock
ever built'by the Pullmau Co.- It
cost approximately $45,000. Thp
new 12-wheel palace, 6urpassl ng its
prodeeoscr in its luxurious appoint
ments. decorations, hanging's •-and
equirment, is believed to • havo
cos* nearly $00,000.
(.UASKI) 2,(>()(> MILKS;
IS THKX AltliKSlKl)
Pnil;:de^hia, Nov. 16—Alter a
chase of move than 2,000 'miles,
lasting more than two years, dotec
'ivs have arrested Fred Vau Bur
en. 25 years old- He was found in
one v' t ie powder plants-at Penn's
Grove, N. J., -and brought to this
e »y to await u -hearing on next
Monday. t
It is understood the 'arrest was
made on instigation of tli<3 Ameri
can Bankers' Protective Asso
ciation. 1
According to the story Van Bur
ial told after his arrest, lie original
ly came from-Germantown and was
a graduate of a civ1:! engineer*ng
school. The detectives say -charg
es bavt- been made against ham in
various towns in Ohio, Indiana, No
b: aska .and ■Western States.
For a time he was in • Alaska,
and i* was upon lilis return from
the north a few months-ago that
the detetcivcs picked up the trail.
The steamer'Humboldt is due in
this pert lata Friday night or Sat
urday morning, according to advice
receved by Vincent Dortero, local
agent for'the Humboldt S. S. Co.
I.: ndon, Nov. 1G—Tlie -British
| admiralty'has issued a bulletin* in
! u lift.-11 they ttate that 'thirty-three |
I bliU's nave been, sunk ]jy German
su-.marjnep without first -giving
j .v.ir:iii:g oF theJr intention of doing
! so since May 15th. The loss of life
that ir.tallcsl the sinkLng o£ thes<a j
| shins -i.-s said to have lieeu one
j *ut:i!lied and forty parsons.1 Great]
U in is claimed to be the heavi
est Ks*-r in -ships,that nation? hav
ing Eiitaincd a loss of twenty-six
ves&e's. »
NATIVE COAL RELIEVES
FAMINE AT ANCHORAGE
Anchorage, Nov. 15—The coal
famine wlccli was immfinent here
for tlie past two weeks 'haa been
averted by increasing the' out
put of Dick Dougherty's coal mine
tit .Moose creek. '
FifV tons of coal from the mine
urit'ved a few days ago and more
will iollow.
Prior to this the'entire loutput
of the mine has been taken -by the |
railroad, Dougherty being under
contract to supply a large amount
of fuel to the construction ' and j
maintenance departments.
Jam6s O'Reilly now owns ft half
uteres! with'Dougherty in the pro
perty.
i
\VTLL TRY* TO RAISE
STEAMER NORTHLAND
Ancherage, Nov. 15—A Tapor t
comes from Seattle that another at
tempt will be made to raise the
steamer -Northland, which 'sank nt
the wh-Jrf at Kake sveeral months
ago. A former -attemirt to 'raise
the s'e-uiier -was abandoned after
several weeks of'liard work. 1
MILD CURED SALMON
(KIPPERED)
Just received another shihment from Juneau
of Kippered King Salmon — This is an
Alaska product we are pleased to recommend
..Price 20c Per Pound..
P. H. GANTY
BETAKE LOST POINT Bill III
JERK LOSS OF LIFE
Paris, Nov.1 16—Although1' the
French succeeded) ini d'rivBngl the
German forces out of Beaucourt,
causirg a great loss to'the' latter
in killed and' prisoners taken, tho
Teutons only retreated far enougn
to reorcanize and gain, ro-C'nforce
ments, when the attack was begun
.'or the recapture of the 'position.
'Terrific fighting- tooJc place, anid thq
French withstood stubbornly the le
Deated onslaughts, resisting sorto
after sorte, until they; were forced'
tc a I and oil' the lately acquired post.
Thf- Germans gained their point but
it is reported that the loss in kill
ed ami wounded was terrific.!
Loudon, Nov. 16—Unofficial .ad
vict-s from Bucharest today reported!
Gen. Von Mackeasen's retreat in
Dcbrudja toward Tchernavoda and
'he Coisstanza rati 1 road -line as con
tinuing with fires observed in the
direction with. fLres observed in the
dirwl.'cn erf these two terminals of
•he road fn the Dobrudja. . This
•s being held tOi indicate the possi
bility that evacuation is imminent.
The- Russian bombardment of the
Rumanian Black Sea port Con stan
za is said by Renter's Petrograd
correspondent to have inflicted
gre."t damage on th§ • reservoirs'of
'Jcnzine and' naptjia wh(!ch were ex
ploded and resultant firesi spread
rabidly and burned for two days.
The* dispatch, further says that the
Bulgarian; shore batteries 'we're
silenced and that heavy losses -were
inflicted on. the garrison. A "Ger
man aeroplane,-whlich! atteniipted to
bombard the Russian squadron, was
brought down.f ' I
RUMOR DENIED BY GOVERNOR
Juneau, Nov. 16—It was rumor
ed in "official dlrclcs," yesterday
'hat John H. Cobb bad been-asked:
to resign as attorney general by
Governor Strong, and tha.t George
Grligsby was 'o'be appointed by
the governor at once to fill out-the
unexoirtd term. I
Mr. Cob^ when seen said thajt-he
ha''' nothing to Bay, and referred
the Dispatch reporter to the gov
ernor. Governor Strong when seen
stated he had nothing to say. When
asked directly if -;t was true that
he had asked for the* resignation,-of
Mr. C'ohb, he replied that he had
not. He refused to1 discus® * what
might take place between now and
when Mr. Grigsby will asslumi his
elective -office.' I
!T1
FREIGHT RATES
ARE PROBED
Cordova, Nov. 16—Federal Ex
a 111 MKr H. 'C. Wilson of tlia Inte-r
-<»a <* Commerce Commssioni held a
hearing here Saturday on the Alas
ka transportation ratejS whcch''suits
worn brought by James Wioker
^sliani « ho led the fight against the
various steamshfj) amd railroad com
panies, Judge W. H.'Bogle,'of
Seattle-, represented the Alaska S.
S. Company; Attorney B. S. Gross
cup of Tatoma and Traffia Man
ager Jones loolked after the; 'Pa
cific S S. Company^ -end' and
Judge W. H. Gorham. and Traffia
Agtnt Zipf represented the White
Paeq & Yukon Route. I. B. <Hurd
appeared in behalf of the mer
chants. 1
F. A. McCarthy testified that the
r ites tor shipments from.-the'states
were excessive and ha introduced
way tills to prove Slis 'point. James
Flynn of the Co-ojperative store of
Cordova declared thiat'tbe new tar
iff discriminated! against the small
er merchants and that special can
ned companies were g'.ven a rate
o<: ?G a toa against ?14, the rate
to the local merchant. Mr. Flynn
also testified that cooling room
charges were-levied by the transpor
tation companies when* perishahleM
were carried on'the upper decks.
Will Clayson introduced) freCght
hills to 6how >§xcesfv<? rates. Sen
ator Hubbard of Valdez, testified
regarding the excessive transpor
tation and dock charges. !
The commissioner, counsels and
representatives of the companies in
volved and-James Wickresham, left
on the Northwestern where hear
ings wlil be-resumed'at Juneau, lat
er 'n Seattle. ' '
(Sulrecribe for the. Daily Alaskan)
' —Pis
Ladies Georgette and
Crepe de Chine Waists
House Dresses and
Bungalow Aprons
NOW ON DISPLAY
Also a New Shipment of
Kayser Silk Underwear
ALBERT REINERT
—Succe»8or to H. J. Lynch—
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41