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No. 293 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALxVSKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1915
PRICK 10 CENTS
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE KILLED
IN IHEIHLIIIII EARTHQUAKE
Korne, Jan. 14—By yesterday's
.•..rthquake great carnage was
liime to property here and in the
-•u-r«>undiiig country. Twelve thou
aml people are believed to have
•■en killed and twenty thousand in
•i:vd in this city aloao.
The town of Avezz.ino, with a
illation of ten thousand, was cora
"<•!. destroyed, and Pcii and Giu
,:io were partly demolished.
Troops have been sent to the
ions shock centers to render as-1
■. the king taking personal
of the relief worV.
V: three o'c.'OCk this morning a I
.rid severe shock created auother j
imong the people who were j
reeoveritig from their harrow- j
■rienres of a few hours pre
r :xe e?.rth movement extended
wide area an.1 reports are
v coming in of much damage be
, dc e 1 many deaths caused in
.••s three hundred miles dis
i.it from here.
The railway lines have suffered
• verely and the roidbeds are;
eless for transportation purposes,
".ile all the highways have been :
.. dere.I impassable by a heavy fall
i snow.
W.KD missionary arrkstkd
FOK MAKING THREATS
What is thought to be the be
-:;ning of the final innings iu the
>:ig delayed settlement o? the trou
pe between the government on the
•::e side and Father Duncan, the
.••J missionary of Muilakatla, on
other, occurred Thursday, says
. • Ketchikan Progressive of Jan. ,
A break in the waterpipes neces- i
■ ' -ted repairs, and the superin
: lent of the government school j
iered some of tho natives to
ee ! and do the necessary repair
It was not long before Fath
Duncan appeared and claimed the
:-operty as his own, anil apparent
i.. made threatening remarks. Fear
•r.g bloodshed the superintendent
appeared before the commissioner
:i:.J sworo to a warrant of arrest for
If'th Father Duncan and his main
s-ipporter, R. Heustoii, a native.
They were brought to town and en
.'•d a plea of not guilty. Fatiher
!H-.m explained that lie had made
threats other tha.i having said
that to interfere with his property,
might lead to bloodshed.
Father Duncan has exp-iessed his
oesire for a dismissal of the charge
lor the time being at least, as he
purposes taking a trip to Washing
ton, D. C. He was allowed to return
to Matakatla on his promise to ap
pear next Wednesday.
VILLA BEGINS
Washington, D. C., Jan. 14—Gen
eral Villa, commanding the entire
forces of Provisional President Gui
tierrez, today began a campaign
against Tampico, hoping to oust
General Carranza, commandcr of the
constitutionalists, from his occupa
tion of that city.
LUMBER DEALERS
TALK INSl RAXCi: I
Omaha, Neb.. Jan. 13—Opening a
three days' session, lumber dealers
from over the state fathered here
today to attend the annua; conven
tion of the Nebraska Lumber deal- j
ers' association.
Leaders of the orgarizrtion say
that the association will probably
throw its Influence on thp side of
an anti-discrimination insurance law
such as agents in some sections of j
the state are planning to bring for-i
ward for the cons'.deiation of the
state legislature.
MRS. O. L. DICKESON SI CCUMBS
AT PASADENA, RARV LIVES
From the Seattle P.-T. of .Taun- j
ary Sth: Mrs. Dickeson, wife of O.
L. Dickeson, who recently resigned
his position as president of t'up
White Pass & Yukon railway, died
In Pasadena, Cal., Wednesday night,
according to word received yester
day by her sister Mrs. Frank J.
Marvin, 524 Maiden avenue, Seattle.
Mrs. Dickeson is survived by her
husband and a two-day-old baby
girl. Mr. and Mrs. l ickeson were
spending the wWter a' Pysadena.
Mrs. Dickeson was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. TV". IT. Schoemaker,
of Spokane.
Ten Days' Annual
Inventory
33i Sale |j3i
One = Third Off
On Every Article in
Our Immense Stock
With the exceptions of Rubber Goods, E. 6c 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
TODAY'S WAR
DISPATCHES
STORIES OP MASSACRE
St. Petersburg, Jan. 14—Harrow
ing stories of massacres of chris
tians by the Turks tiuU are now
over-running Pei'sbv, have been
brought out to Tiflls bjr refugees
who have escaped and succeeded in
reaching there.
RESUME INVASION OK PRUSSIA
London, Jan. 14—The Russians
have again assumbed the offensive
and resumed their invasion of East
ern Prussia, while the Germans
still continue their attack on Rus
sian-Poland.
The renewed activity of the Rus
sians seemingly proves that the
Mazurian lakes are frozen over so
that large bodies of troops can
move across them on the he.
AUTHORITIES DENY Rt'MOR
Dover, Jan. 14—The i«iit au
thorities here deny the reported
sinking yesterday by the land bat
teries of two German submarines
which were said to have been at
tempting to raid the vessels in this
harbor.
REFUSING PASSENGERS
Amsterdam, Jan. 14—The mil
toads in Germany are reported to
be refusing to take passengers on
account of the transportation of
immense bodies of troops
AKE EXPELLING GERMANS
St. Petersburg, Jan. 14—All Gei*- '
mails between tlie nges ui' sixteen
and sixty years of njje are being ex
pelled from tliis city l»y the au
thorities by direction of the war de
partment. The same order is being
enforced in the Russian provinces
bordering on the Gulf ol Finland,
the Gulf ,'>f Riga and the shores of
the Baltic Sea.
FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGXS
Vienna, Jan. 14—Count Von Bere
stold, the Austrian foreign minister,
today tendered his resignation ai;d
it was accepted.
SXOWSLIDE CARRIES
MEX DOWN" MOI XTAIX
Mike Sherry and Robert Smith, -
two well known miners and pros
pectors of Valdez had a narrow es
cape from death recently at Portage
bay, by being caught In a snow
slide.
They were carried down the
mountain side for several hundred
feet, rolled and tumbled about by
the mass of snow, but fortunate
ly were not buried. Smith caught! in
some alder bushes at the top of a ]
700-foot bluff, while Sherry went
over the bluff with tho Enow to the
foot of the mountain. Smith, after
the slide had passed, made his way
to tho base of the cliff, where he
found Sherry had already dug him
self out of the snow. They managed
to make their way to Dunk Smith's
place, where they were placed on
a launch and taken to Valdez.
Both men were seriously bruised by
their rough journey.
Breakfast Helps
Albers' Flap Jack Flour- per pkg. 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
APPROVED BY
COMMITTEE
Washington, D. C., Jan 14—The
senata naval committee today re
ported its approval or the building
of two dreadnaught3. seventeen
submarines and eix destroyers by
the United States government.
BRINGS VIVIDLY TO MINI)
THE CONTRASTS OP WAR
Iu Leslie's Illustrate J Weekly of
January 7th appears a reproduc
tion of two photographs recently
sent to the office of that publica
tion from widely separated quarters
of the globe, which brings vividly to
mind the contrasts of war. The
first is a sign displayed by a busi
ness house in London. Patriotism
comes first, represented by the Un
ion Jack and the legend, "Keep
this Flag Plying," but tri'de, al
though iu a secondary position, moa
opollzes most of the placard, with
the inscription, "Bush.ess as Us
ual During Alterations to the Map
of Europe."
The second photograph is of a
view taken in Skagn'ay, where the
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Rev. L. H. Pedersen, was
very active last fall iu the collec
tion of funds for the American
^branch of the Red Cross society.
Tin cans had been provided and
placed in various business
houses around town in which to
drop the contributions, and above
each one was a placard on which
appeared the following : "War is
Hell for the Kiddies. Won't You |
Help Them? Drop a Piece of Sil- j
ver in the Can. Half will be Sent
to the American Rod Cross Society; j
Half Will be Sent to Relieve the j
European Children Xow Suffering
Through the War." The contribu
tions collected here amounted to ,
$261.50.
Ralph Pedersen, son of Rev. L.
H. and Mrs. Pedersen, who is tak
ing a course in journalism in the
University of Wasliin^toc at Seat
tle, sent the photographs and the
account of the Skagway relief move-,
ment to Leslie's Weekly.
STATE OP OHIO HO!,DS
A SAFETY i: \POSITIO,
Columbus, O., Jan. J "---With ex-1
hibits from nearly a scoro of states, |
the industrial safety exhibition
opened here today under the direc
tion of the state industrial commis
sion. It is the first exhibition of
Its kind to bo held under state
direction,
New York is represented by
twelve of its largest manufacturing
concerns, Illinois by nine and Penn
sylvania by four. Among other
states represented are: Connecti
cut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Colorado, Missouri, Michigan, New
Jersey, Wisconsin and West. Virginia
Safety appliance on railroads are
shown by several railroad companies
The bureau of safety and efficiency
of the Alcohol league of the United
States is demonstrating the relation
of alcohol to accidents. Prevention
of disease is shown by life insur
ance companies.
SUCCUMBS 10 INJURIES UE
RECEIVED OK ICARTHY TRAIL
Word has just readier the coast
that Fred Young, who wc& with Ira
Hurd, of McCarthy, and A. S. John
ston, of Chisana, on hi3 to
Chisana, lost his life jttsi a few
miles this side of the summit of
Rohn glacier. The men were travel
ing after dark aud could not see the
stakes of the trail because of a
blizzard.
W. G. Spencer, who was 011 his
way; to McCarthy, me-t the party
about seven and one-half miles on
the McCarthy side of the summit
and warned the men not to travel
further, but make back to the last
camp.
The trail along this part of the
glacier is extremely dangerous on
account of the deep crevasses which
it crosses by means of snow bridg
es packed down solid. It makes
right angle turns and at limes runs
parallel with these crevasses, aud
extreme caution is necessary.
Notwithstanding Mr. spencers
warning the party continued on its
way, hoping to make the relief
camp, which was about eleven
miles beyond the summit. It be
came dark about half an hour after
they passed Spencer, making it nec
essary to light lanterns, but the
snow was shifting and the party,
even with this help, was unable to
keep the trail.
Young, going ahead of the dog
team to look for the trail stakes,
called back that he thought they
were off the road and while
searching around with his walking
in an effort to get-baok into it he
lost his balance and fell into Hie
crevasse.
Hurd, coming up to ascertain
what had become of Young, also
stepped too close to the edge and
fell into the crevasse, landing on a
sort of shelf, about eighteen feet
down.
Johnston moved cautiously to
make sure of his fooling and
succeeded in getting Hurd out by j
means of lashing ropes from the
sled, after several efforts lasting
from 6 o'clock that evening until 11
o'clock that niglit.
Exhausted, and receiving no ans
wer to their calls to Young, they
rolled into their robes and lay
down until daylight. Hearing a
noise, they got up to ascertain what
it was and discovered Young had
climbed out and v/as on the
further side of the crevasse about
150 feet from where he went down.
He was apparently exhausted, cold,
almost unconscious ami badly bruis
ed.
Hurd and Johnston crossed the
crevasse, by means of the trail
they had lost the night before and
brought Young to the dog sled and
made him as comfortable as pos
sible. The storm, had not abated
enough to allow them to undertake
travel, so they -were forced to lie
there in the snow for several hours
more until it was safe to make the
journey back to the tent. Reaching
it they attended Young the best
they could under the r.ircumsances.
Exhausted from their all night
exposure, they were net able to
travel any further ovor the trail
heavy from the fall of fnow. They
«'Iso had been without food all this
time.
Next morning they scarted on their
return o McCarthy with Young,
and were overtaken by two freight
ers, who were relaying supplies
over the summit. Hurd decided to
continue his journey to Chisana with
one of them and tho other man
joined Johnston to bring Young in
to McCarthy. On the way Young
weakened and died December 18
before they reached there.
Young had previously made a
trip from Chisana with F. T. Ham
shaw, by whom he was employed, a
few days before undertaking the
trip which ended fatally. Unable to
locate his family, the body was
buried here.
The coroner's jury condemned
the practice of traveling on the
glacier after dark and during storms,
and recommended that the govern
ment take steps to safeguard the
travelers on these trails.
TO ENCOURAGE SHOOTING
AMONG HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
Washington, Jan. 12—Promotion
of rifle practice among high school
students and other American youths,
and also their elders will be discuss
ed tonight at the annual meeting of
the board of directors of the Na
tional Rifle association, which of
fers several prizes annually of
various rifle competitions
SPECIAL SESSION TO
REVISE TAX LAWS
Richmond, Va., .Tan j3—The Vir
ginia legislature assembled in spec
ial session today, upon call by Gov.
Stuart. The only business is to
revise completely the tax laws of
the "Old Dominion."
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