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No. 2S3 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAtrWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1916
PRICK 10 CENTS
WAR CARRIED INTO GREECE
8f GERMAN AEROPLANE FLEET
London, Jan. 13—German aero
planes bombarded Salonlki last
night inflicting great damage to
the camps of the French and Brit
ish armies. A squadron of twelve
airship sailed out from the Ger
man positions in the neighborhood
of Strumnitza. The Invaders
dropped seventy-eight bombs j on
Salonikl and the marksmajiship was
generally | accurate. Two of the
airships Tvere brought down by anti
aircaf* puns, the crews In both
cases being killed by the fall of
the machine to the ground.
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Constantinople, Jan. 13 — The
war office announced today that
the Turkish forccs Iiad completely
routcd the British forcus at Sed
dul
HO L
Berlin, Jan. 13—The German
ammunition depot at Lille in nor
thtra Franca -was blown up last
night, according to an official an
nouncement girru out by the war
department, and seventy soldiers
were killod and about forty injured.
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Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 13—Dr. Sun
Yat Seu, first presideat#of the re
public o' China, has escaped from
surveillance under which he has
been said to have been held in
Tokyo, Japan, for more than two
years, and is on his Fay back to
China, according to a statement
made today by Fo Sun, son of the
fOTtner president, who is a studpnt
In the> senior class at the Univer
sity of California, following the I
receipt of a message from his fath- ]
er. I
"Sham Cheung Huen has boon
j named provisional head of the re
volutionists, as he is a military ex
I pert," said Fo Sua today.
"I do not think there is any
douV of the success of the revolu
tion, aa more than half of the pro
• vinces are la open Tevolt agaaist
, Yuaa Shi Kal I do not know ex
| actlv wher© my father is, but I
presume that he Is In China, or
on his way there. He 'left Tokyo
several days ago."
According to prominent Chinese
in San Francisco, Dr. Sua has the
j confidence of the republican fac
tion, especially those in the south
ern orovlnoes of China.
San Fianclsco, Jan. 13—Yuan Shi
Kal, head of tho Chinese govern
ment, following the example of his
predecessors, has f given the new
year the name Hung Hin, accord- i
inr ta cablegrams received here to-1
day from Fekin, China, by a Chi
nese newcpaper.j
la the oast it was the custom,
'.ha Chinese say, for each emperor,
«»n takia thf» throne, to confer up-1
on the year of his accoscion a j
name by which that year and each
succeeding one of his reign shall
be known.'
Yuaa Shi Kal has announced
that he would take the throne of
China as emperor In January, 1916
COLD WEATHER
CENTRAL STATES
Kansns City, Jan. 13—The 'mer
cury dropped from thirty-five to
sixty degrees during the last thirty
seven hours over a vast area 1 iu-.
eluding Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma,1
Nebraska and Texas. There is I
great suffering In many places on
account of tke inteaise cold, es-1
pecially where it Is accompanied by
snrvr and high wind.
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On Every Article in
Our Immence Stock
With tlio exception of Rubber Goods, E. it W. Collars,
Overalls, .Jumpers, Threads, Knox arid Stetson Hats.
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Saturday Night, Jan. 22, at 10 o'clock i
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CONGRESS AROUSED OIIER
SLAUGHTER OE AMERICANS
Washington, Jan. 13—The report
of thp murder of seventeen Ameri
cans by Mexican bandits near Chi
huahua has ,arou£ed th& members
of congress. .When the senate as
sembled this morning the republi
cans introduced a resolution pro
posing intervention iii Mexico by
tiie IJi-ited States and the six
Paii-A:uericftn nattens which have
acted w'*h this nar.ioii unless Ca»
ranza eomnlies with demands to
protect foreign lives and property.
Tiie resolution was referred to tlio
foreign relations committee.
Secretary of State Lansing is
sued a statement in which he said
tha» tlio slate department feels that
ii took every possible precaution to
prevent Americana from exposing
their lives in the regions were
gu>'iTillu warfare is in progess and
that Ids advice was not followed,
lie fur*'ier said that every step will
i>e taken to apprehend and bring
to liu'i/iiiraeut tha ooipetratora of
this dastardly crime.
Lansing telegraphed Carranza
billing for the prompt punishibent
of Hio baud its.
Through Elizo Arredondo, recent
ly apnolntei1 Mexican ambassador
here, it was arranged to have the
Indies of the victims brought from
Chihuahua to Jaurez today on
.special train. The arrangement has
received confirmation from Car
vanxa Mid he has expressed great
.egret ever the execution of the
luierltms and haa ixked for furth
er details and is gathering con
firmation from Mexican sources of
tile novices sen4 him from here.
El Paso, Jan. 13 — Dispatches
rem Chihuahua state that the Am
ericans who were killed by the
jaii'l'io near that placo wero all
•i^idcuie of Texis, Arizona and
California.
Se;ttl-\ Jan. lo—Owing to
breaks in the niaiu pipe carrying
water from Cedar river to this city,
tho use of water for commercial
and manufacturing purposes has
bjeu prohibited until further notice.
peESlPPOSES
THE HEAL 118
Washington, Jan. 13—In com
menting upon tho plans for army i
iiKTc-'se submitted to congress by
Secretary of War Garrison, Presi
dent Wilson stated that he was op
posed to compul ory military ser
vice.
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TONS MI lit
Seattle, Jan. 13—The American j
Yukon Navigation Co., has closed a
contract wHh. Robert Taylor!
and Eugene L. Scrafford, both as
sociated with the Northern Com- j
mercial Cc., of Fairbanks, for the l
shiprccr.i- from their mines in the'
Kantlshna district, via St. Jlichael,
of three thousand tons of antimony
during tho coming season. Tho
ore will be taken for treatment to
San Pedro, California.
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II 2 DAYS
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 13—An
explosion occurred in the Duponl
Powder Works at Ilagley, near
here, early this morning. This is
the third explosion in the plant
within, two days.
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Seattle, Jan. f 13—Dr. Rufus
Smith, while in New York attending
the wedding of his daughter Mar
garet to John Davis, of Seattle,
speculated in copper and other war
sticks, and cleaned up a million
dollars in a few day3' time.
Washington, Jan. 12—Tho Ameri
can uaw should ho "equal to the
most powerful maintained by any
other nation of the vrorld'" not lat
er than 1925 is tho opinion of tho
Navy General board headed by Ad
miral Dewey.
The annual report of the board
discloses that thia naval policy was
formulated by tho body in Jnly
las* in answer to the following pro
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"PREFERRED STOCK"
Means the very b;st in canned goods
Unsoliced testimonials from many sat*
isfied customers jiive evidence of the
good quality of these goods. We are
the Skagvvay 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
Washington, Jan. 13—The Alas
ka mining Industry as a whole was
more prosperous in 1915 than In
any previous year. This is indicat
ed by the value of the total min
eral output, which is estimated to
have. Deeu $32,000,000, compared
with $19,064,963 for 1914. The
highest Value for any urevious year
was in 1906, when Alaska produced
$23,378,428 worth of minerals, but
this was at a time when the bon
anza Dlacers of Fairbanks and Nome
were yielding their greatest re
turns.
The high value of the mineral
output in 1915 was due in large
measure to the extraoridnary amount
of copper that -was mined. Prelim
inary estimates indicate this to be
83.850.U00 pounds valued at $14,
400,000. In 1914 21.450.62S
pouuds of copper were mined, val
ued at $2,852,934. The gold pro
duction also increased in 1915,
whoa the value was about $16,900,
000, against $15,626,813, for the
output of 1914. This is the larg
est gold production since 1912,
when the output was valued at $17,
145,951, As the production of
silver is Incidental to gold and
copper mining, this also increased.
It is estimated that $400,000 worth
of silver was mined in 1915, as
compared with $218,327 worth in
1914. The output of other minerals,
including tin, antimony, marble,
gypsum, coal, and petroleum, in
1915 ha-l a value of about $300,000,
compared with $222,802 in 1914.
The developments made during
the year give assurance of continued
large operations in both copfper and
gold '.ode mining, Placer mining
lias been loss prosperous, for this
iiulus:"j; has not yet reacted to the
stimulus ot the government rail
way, which will make available for
profitable exploitation large bodies
C low-grade gravels. The same is
true of the coal-mining industry,
which also must await railway
transportation.
The annual report on mineral re
sources and production in Alaska
for Id 15 is now in preparation un
der the idrectioc of Alfred H.
Brooks, of the United States Geo
logical survey.
The first gold mining in Alaska
was done in 1880, and since Cflat
time gold to the value of about
?2t)l,050,000 has been produced. Of
this about $186,200,000 has been
won frcm th§ gold placers. Cop
per mining began in 1901, and
the total copper output of Alaska
is uo\v about 217,250,000 pounds,
valued at $34,150,000. The value
of the total silver production to
date is about $2,650,000. Coal,
petroleum, tin, lead, quicksilver,
antimony, marble, gypsum, and
other minerals have been produced
<o the value of about $2,150,000.
Therefore, the value of the total
mineral production during 36 yeaTs
of mining in Alaska has been $300,
000,000.
10 BEGIN BIG
IMPROVEMENTS
Seattle, Jan. 13—Clark Davis,
manager of the Alaska Petroleum
& Coal Co., announced today that
the company had decided to buld
a railway from Goose City to the
company's property, a distance of
seventeen miles, and to spend $75,
000 at once In the construction of
coal bunkers and the completing .of
it3 wella.
IT IS NOT A TYPO
GRAPHICAL ERROR
Skagway, cloudy, calm, 29 aboys
[ Whitehorse, clear, n. w. 4 above.
Lower LeBarge, cloudy, c. w. zero,
lloctalinqua, cloudy, calm, 2 above.
Dis; Salmon, cloudy, calm, zero,
j Yukon Crossing, cloudy, calm, 2
'above, Selkirk, cloudy, calm, zero,
j Isaac Creek, cloudy, calm zero.
Stewar* River, cloudy, calm,'4 above
Ogilvie. cloudy, calm.—, Dawson,
fog, calm, 13 ,below.
The weather report today is a
strcng contrast to that throughout
the western states, where it is re
I V-'rted to have dropped from 35
! to to degrees during the past 37
' 1^ urs.
When it is reported throughout
the sta-cs that it was 29 degrees
above zero, at Whitehorse and only
■1 below zero at Dawson on the
12th day of January it is not at all
improbable that the statement will
te made that it is "A typographi
cal error." j>
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