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(tome, Jan. lb"—The meager des
•'.•tptloiis that are being received or
he death and devastation caused
>v the earthquake in italjr not only
■oafirai the earlier reports o( the
itional calamity but add greater
rrors to the harrowing data Is.
' lines c>f communication are so
ai'.Iy hampered, however, that it is ;
••v„ to impossible to get anything j
i: fragmentary and disconnected \
■counts from the survivors. ' j
hi the various cities within the s
i'i:e of the shock thousands of <
"X>l'le have been fouirl by the i
escuers buried beneath the ruins, i
lany of them were alive and will i
< cover, but the majority were dead <
. .en found. I
An unofficial estjma'o places the '
r of dead at from 25,<>t)0 to t
1
< »KI»< »V.V SCENES TO BE 1
>HO\Y\ .vr TI1E FA IK
li'Va Times: Photographer E.
.. Uegg will leave on this trip sou'.'
i the steamer Alameaa to install
exhibit a\ the Panama-Pacific
position. He will take with him j
veral hundred negative scenes in <
-.dova and throughout the Copper
.\er valley. .As many of these 1
•>vs are works of art and have «
■ . n favorably comrnei ted on by •
■■so from the states who have been i
■rtunate enough to gee them, the c
.vantage of such an est ibit is an- s
a
Mr. 11 egg is making the trip to
■ fair under the auspices of the ^
1 chamber of commerce and if 3
>i:blo it wilt be arranged so that y
• secures the necessary wall space £
the display, in ti"9 building s
houses the Alaskan exhibits, s
:. 1 .a connection witii the one SM^it j,
from Cordova. 0
Hy adding thi# rare collection of j,
• •■vs to Cordova's exhibit the Cop- |
.•r Hiver valley will be possibly I
iter represented at th« exposition
ian any other one section of Alas- j
These X'ictures will give the ;
>op!e of the states an idea of the I ,
..ntiful scenery in the north, and , i
*rrect erroneous impressions as I 1
> the climate and actjal conditions '•
revailing hero. From an educa- [
oaal standpoint alone Mr. Hegg's
^plcy will do considerable good, (
:d a: the ssime time should be the |
vans of attracting many people to!
s country during tho coming year. ,
MICH WORK BEIXti IH>\E ON
L1VIXGSTOXK THIS WINTER
J. E. Peters, the Livingstone
.•reek. Big Salmon dUtrkt mine op
?rator, lost week maJe u trii> out
,o Wliitehorse and return over an
mbroken trail with a dog team in
our days.
While in Whitehorsu .Mr. l'eters
old the Star man th.To were but
lineteen men in the Livingstone
tono district this winter but that
everyone was hard at work and that
uore gold will be produced from
here next spring, per capita, than
n any previous season in t!ie doz
>n years which have elapsed since
ho district was first worked.
-Mr. Peters thinks a num! er of
ompanies having holdings in the
•ivingstone country will operate
ext season, one of them in particu
sr, a Seattle concern, having sis
ified the intention oi" shipping in
, diamond drill for tlio purpose of
vstematic prospecting.
IM) GOOD I'OAli IX
THE RUBY IMSTRHT
What appears to be an excellent
uality of coal was recently uncov
red on Poormau creek, in tlio Ru
y district, at the botor.: of a proj
ect hole. There is a difference of
pinion as to the quality of the fuel,
)me pronounce it to be anthracite
nd others lignite. The coal is
escribed as being hard and bright,
nd when tried in a stove, gave
ery little satisfactory result.:,
eorge Bettle, the discoverer, vr.-.s
nking on the claim lor the pay
Teak, and obtained very unsatisfao
>ry results from the point of viev
' the gold miner. His coal find,
owever, may prove a valuable one.
Eyes of a Fly.
Xaluralists state that the on won .
luebottle fly posm-ss»-s li»-\ ween i.ouij
nd 5.000 little eyes when »le«j*l nil |
or a sood mioroseope nlthmmh to the
inked eye It appear* to h.iv»* only tuo
rhoy are si* sidril ami fastened tt»
etlipr like the c>lls in a Honeycomb :
Up .i*H Do»*r.
"What docs it moan wliw l He p< Hoe I
ii:iii at the civs>iin ii"id.» »tf- Hi- n in.I
»>rcmptorll> ?"
"It mean* thai -a:- li> too!
own" Kalrlinore \nn*ii»-<n
Ten Days' Annual
Inventory
331 Sale 1331
One = Third Off
On Every Article in
Our Immense Stock
With the exceptions of Rubber Goods, E. & W. Collars
Overalls, Jumpers, Threads, Knox and Stetson Hats
Sale Starts Thursday Morning, Jan=
uary 7th at 9 o'clock; closes Satur=
day night, the 16th, at ten o'clock
TERMS—CASH. Store will be open until Ten o'clock
every evening during sale.
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
V V V T ^ V
I NO AMERICANS
REPORTED LOST
Washington, J), C., Jan. 11!—Al
though diligent inquiry has been
instituted in the- Italian earthquake
zone by the United States govern
ment to ascertain whether or not
any Americans were lost, 110 one
lias so far beon reported missing.
<H)|{|K»VA BUSINESS MKX
ENDORSES SEC. 1.AXE'S IM A!
The Cordova chamber of com
merce has endorsed Secretary Lane's
plan of uii Alaska development
ioard, which measure Delegate
Wickersham is supporting, and the
lollowing resolution has been for
warded to Washington:
Whereas, Alaska is on t'« eve of
.1 wonderful development due to the
coming construction ol increased
transportation facilities ;.ml the
opening of tho coal fl"!>!.-• within
the territory; and
Whoreas, this development should
he fostered in every possible
way by the national sjoveinment in
order that the American citizens
and people of Alaska may work out
their destiny here without undue'
and unnecessary hindrance; and
Whereas, the future State of
Alaska will be one of the brightest
starr. in the American fliiuament if
the country Itself is given a chance
to develop and the people here are
encouraged to labor to the end that
the latent resources of the territory
le made available for use: and
Whereas, the lack of co-or- j
dination between the various gov
ernment departments, a,id the dis-1
lance 01 tiie lerrnory ireir me st-.n i
of the natjonitl governinert, have i
resulted in vexatious delays, often !
of years, duration, whu-'.i are and j
have boon choking the industrial i
and economic prosperity of Alaskn
to death: therefore, bo i?
Resolved, that the chamber of i
(onimerce of Cordora, Alaska,
heartily endorses th? principle of I
the Alaska development board mens- !
lire, now peuding in congress, and
believes that the passage of said
measure will do much to relieve the
insufferable conditions that have
prevailed here and requests oui
delegate to congress to use hif
best efforts to secure the passage o'
the said bill: and be It
Resolved, that coi/ies of these
resolutions be sent to Secretary of
the Interior Franklin K. l ane and
to Delegate James Wlckersham.
(.oor) PAY FOUND OX
THE CHISAX I BKXCHES
Prospecting in the Chisana dur
ing the winter has been productive
of results better than was antici
pated, and this Is paricularly true
of the bench ground, where the pay
had beeu struck on saveral creeks.
It is said that some of the newly j
discovered pay dirt has run as high
as $2.SO to the pan, aa-1 from that
down, but in most instances very
satisfactory to the claim owners.
Among those who ara reported to
havo struck good ground is Dr.
Montgomery, of Cordova, who has
teen prospecting a bench claim near
Carl Whitman's ground.
THE PRESIDENT
10 BE INVITED
1
Juneau, Jan. 10—The Juneau city
council at its regular meeting last I
night passed a resolution uuani-'
mously to Invite President Woodrow>'
Wilson to extend his western trip |
in the spring to Alaska at thg time I
he visits the Panama-Pacific Inter- j
national exposition at San Francis
co.
Other towns in Alaska, particular-,
ly along the Southeastern and South
western coast, are urged to follow
suit.
. i .i
OFFICIAL RED TAPE HOLDS
MAX IX JAIL TWO MONTHS
Of all the annoyances which we'
are subject to, tho most annoying j
is the one that will hold a man in
jail while government officials go .
through a few miles of red tape. ;
A story is told from Port Townsend,
Wash., that after having been de
tained in the county jail for two
months at the instigation of the
federal immigration authorities, on 1
the ground that lie was in the Unit- '
e1 States unlawfully, o.>e Thomas j
**as finally deported 4o Victoria,';
B. C.
It appears that about two months
ago Thomas purchased a round trip I
ilcket at Victoria for Los Angeles. ;
After remaining in that city!
a few days he returned tc Victoria.
He was refused a landing and the
British immigration authorities
compelled the steamer Sol Due
to take him back to Port Townsend, |
whe-e the local immigration officers
put htm in the county jail.
Under the immigration laws a
t.erson who has been vefused a land
ing in another country is classed ;
lis au uuuesirume ana caunui uc :
lawfully landed in the United States, i
The immigration officers took the ;
matter up with the Canadian au- i
thorities for Thomas' i at urn to Vic- j:
toria.
After a volumlaous corres- i;
1'ondence between the two govern- .
ments covering a period of nearly ;
two months, during which Thomas i
was held in jail, the Canadian gov- J
rnment finally gave its consent j <
or his return to the country un- j
ier whose flag he was born.
r\YO DAVS* OUTSIDE MAIL i
DUE OX GEORGIA TOMORROW . 1
The Georgia is due in Skagway
from Juneau tomorrow afternoon,
ttod according to Pstmaster A. E. |
Kindell there should Ire two days'
mail on board. This will be wel
come news to the people of Skag
way who were flooded with a nine
days' Seattle postoffiro accumu- j
l.-tion on the last arrival of the
Jelferson here.
CAPTAIN' DAXIELS IX
COMMAND OP THE SCHLEY |
Captain Daniels, who formerly
commanded the Santa Clara, Penn
sylvania and other steamers of the
Alaska Steamship line, and one of
the best known masters on the run,
is now in command of the steamer
Admiral Schley, running between
Seattle and San Francisco.
Breakfast Helps
Albers'Flap Jack Flour- perpkg. 30c '
Albers' Buckwheat Flour " 30c
Larowe New York Buckwheat, sax 60c
Irize [Self rising flour] " 50c
Pure Maple Sap, quart tins 65c ,
Pure Maple Sap, half gal. tins $1.25
Log Cabin Syrup from 30c to $1.50 per
tin. Hills' Syrup [cane and maple] 40c
to $1.25 tin. Imported and Domestic
Jams- Marmalade- etc.
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
»?• 4* J* »l< >1* A *T< iJ« J* %
A BREAK EVEN DEAL
London, Jan. 10—The Germans
continue to push the* French back at
Soissons while the allie.; are slowly
forcing the Germans back southwest
nf Lille at Labasse.
RIVER SEINE IS RISING
Paris, Jan 1G—The river Seine is
rising steadily and in many places
is out of its banks.
DEMANDS TURKS WITHDRAWAL
Paris, Jan. 1(1—The Persian gov
'rnnieiit is demanding 11.e withdraw"
il of the Turks from the country.
XEW Itl'SSIAX \i:mv
London, Jan. Its—Ail entirely new
umy, consisting of twenty to
wenty-five army coriis. has been
rent into the field by 1'iissia against
he Germans. 'Hie scheii'c has been
juietly executed since the lirst of
he year.
The new army is to be used in
Wast Prussia, it is understood, and
f this report proves tine the Ger
uans will bo placed in a regular
.ice, from which they will have bar
vork to extricate themselves, pro
wled such a thing is -it alt possible.
HE BALL TONIGHT AT
THE WHITE PASS ( LI B
The brass band boys have com
pleted all their preparations for
bo ball they Intend giving iu the
iVhite Pass Athletic club gymnas
om tonight, For weeks past they
lave been practicing assiduously on
i number of the latest musical pro
luctions suitable for such au occa
sion and now feel they can offer
he public a really meritorious, well
•endercd program,
The net proceeds troai tonight's
iffair will be expended in procur
ng new music and new instru
nents for use by the members of
he band.
'OVER 200" SCORES AT THE
ELKS' CLUB BOWLING ALLEYS
The scores of 200 and over at
■he Elks' club bowling alleys for
he week ended Friday, January
16th are as follows:
W. C. Blanchard, r;7, 219.
G. Magee, 220.
A. C. Blanchard, 212, 219.
0. Selmcr, 209, 201, 209.
►!* •>♦$• ^ •> •> ♦> 4. $ A A A AA A A »% ,% A AAAA
GREGORY WILL
PROSECUTE
Washington, D. C., J*n. 16—At
torney General Gregoiy says that
federal prosecution will certainly fol
low the discovery of any attempts
at illegal combinations in raising
the prices of wheat and flour In the
United States.
ENGINEERS ARE MEAbtRING
THE YUKON RIVER FLOW
Whitehorse Star: .".icsers. John
A. Miller and E. P. G'iijrrass, both
assistant engineers in the depart
ment of public works of the Dom
inion, their headquaxcers being at
Prince Rupert, arrived i>y Tuesday's
train and are now engaged in
• metering" the water of the river
as it silently rolls beneath its froz
en bosom toward Bering sea.
The work of measuring the vol
ume of water 3n the river is con
ducted with delicate but accurate in
struments, one of which measures
the exact depth, another tie flow
of water and its velocity. The work
] will probably require several days.
. Two laborers are employed by -the
: engineers, their work consisting
principally in cutting bcles in the
ice through which the instruments
i are operated. Owing to the mild
ness of the winter, the ice in. the
river here is less thr>.n two feet
thick at present.
Mr. Miller has been in Whitehorse
on several former occasions in com
pany with the chief of this particu
lar branch of the department of
Public works, Mr. G. B. Hull.
While Messrs. Mil!er and Gin
grass are not talking for publica
tion, it is surmised ihat their mis
sion here at this tme is to gather
statistics for the government which
is believed to be contemplating cer
tain aids to navigation on this por
tion of the river, possibly, the con
struction of a dam at some point 011
tiie river south of Whitehorse.
NOME MERCHANT SERIOUSLY
INJURED IX AS ACCIDENT
Word comes from Nome that Wil
liam J. Maloney, the territorial mine
inspector and Tony Protopapas, a
Nome merchant, met with a serious
accident near Unalakleet, while
bound for the upper Yukon
and Tanana rivers. Protopa
pas was riding on the sled
when the accident happened and was
seriously injured. Several of the
dogs broke through the ice and
were lost.
;• *+v-i-•:• -}•+++• *++•*•
Who's Your Tailor?
|^ever mind if the robins haven't
arrived yet -Spring is on the
way, and you'll be wise to leave
your measure for your custom tail
ored clothes today—then they'll be
Ready When You
Need 'Em
Get the first choice of Ed V. Price
& Co.'s exclusive woolens and have
the clothes delivered when you want
them—at a price you'll like to pay.
Will Clayson
The Clothier