Juneau Bartender Killed
by B. F. Straud of Cordo
va After Quarrel Over
a Woman of the Town
Slayer Says He Acted In
Self Defense.
(Special Dispatch to The Dally Alaskan.)
Jl'NEAf, Ian 19.? F. K. K Von
Dahmer. a<ed 23 years, was shot and
Instantly killed last ni^ht ?>>' B. F
Strand. a recent arrival from Cordova.
The trouble between the men started
through Jealousy over a woman of
the town named Kitty O'Brien.
Strand surrendered to the i>ollee
after the shooting. He claims thai ^
they were quarreliuK' ami. Vow Dah- j
mer threatened to shoot him and i
made a move to pull a revolver frotu !
his hip pocket. Straud says thai
then he drew his own revolver and
shot In self-defense.
Von Dahuicr was found in a |?ool of
blood . Ho wus shot through the fore
head. -Another bullet was found en>
bedded in the door of the hous.
where the shootiiiK took place.
Von Dahroer's parents are reputed
to be wealthy and recently purchased
a farm for him in Kansas. He wa
bartender at the Montana saloon of
Juneau.
UTAH CHOOSES
I10? Nil
(By United Press.)
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Jau 19.?
Reed Smoot was rwlwtod to the
United Statist senate today by the
statf legislature without one dissent
in* vote Smoot In a .Mormon ami a
strong effort was mad<- four yearn
aso to unseat him from the senate
because it was alleged he was a po
lygamic.
Mrs George Howard returned on
thy Prlnceiw May after a two week's
trip to Victoria ami Seattle where she
vlslt.nl friends.
OPPOSITION 10
i mm
(By United Press. >
WASHINGTON, Jan. in.? Protests
i from Juneau citizens against the con
firming of tile appointment of Roya
I A. Gunnison as Judge of the first ju
dicial district of .tlaska have beet
received by congress. The protests
have been referred to the senate sub
| committee of which Senator Knut<
Nelson of Minnesota is chairman.
The water is frozen outside the
I White Pass \thletic club and for thai
| reason it is Impossible to use the
! shower baths.
1 20% DISCOIM SALr III
1
CONflNlf
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t To give our patrons who have been un j;
T able to attend our First Discount Sale, f
V
t owing to the extremely cold weather, an *
T opportunity to take advantage of the ;j;
i generous discounts on seasonable goods j;
t we have decided to continue it for one v
T
I week longer- All d^oartments are af- X
f fected by this sale aud include our lines ol Ij!
I j
Underwear and hoeiery, woolen, silk and cotton V
dres? goods, blankets, comfortables, flannels, out- y
ing and canton, every line brought from a plenti
ful market at lowest prices. Vour money will go $
farthest and buy more from t
Cyncb and Kennedy*
I
?f The lip-to- Da teHaberdashers and Ladies1 Furnishings X
T. The Ladies Home Journal Patterns 10 and 15 cent *!?
GUGGENHEIM SUED FOR DIVORCE
(By United Pre?.)
NEW YORK. Jan. 1!' -Grace G ug
genheim, wife of William ituggen
helm, ono of the seven famous Gug
.genhcltn brothers, hns filed a second
divorce suit against her husband, also
asking for alimony. She filed a di
vorce suit eight years ago against her
husband In the Chicago courts. She
claims this suit was annulled because
she was not a resident of Chioas^
Both parties were married in th?
meantime
William QuRgenheimK attorneys
claim that he Rave his wife $1S??.<hhi
eight years aw> to nettle the case
The divorre papers which were filed
at the time were suppressed from
publication. They have now been
made public.
IS ELECTED
(By United Press.)
SALK.M, Ore.. Jan. 19.? <?ov. Ceorg-'
Chamberlain was elected to th> !
United States senate today by the
state legislature on the first ballot.
The Fulton men had no chance am!
the balloting was a land *llde for the |
former democratic governor Cham
berlain's appointment will be eon
firmed by a joint session of the two j
houses tomorrow.
Washington Elects Jones.
OLYMP1A, Wash . Jan. 19.? \Ve?t
ley 1?. Jones was today elected to th<'
United States senate. His election j
will be confirmed tomorrow.
(By United Press.)
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Jan. 19 ? Fierce
blizzards are raging throughout west
em Minnesota and North and Sonth
Dakota. In many places the snow i.
d rifted ten feet deep and the tempera
ture Is as low as 4!> degrees below
zero Manv local trails are stalled
and in some places the telegraph
wires are down.
(By United Prees)
BOSTON. Jan. 18.? The largest ai.
tomoblle garage was destroyed by
fire last night and more than three
hundred automobiles were absolutely
ruined by the blaze. The loss is more
than $800,000. An explosion of gaso
line started the firo.
RAINS CAUSE
HIGH FLOODS
(By United Pre?i.)
SEATTLE, Jau. 19. ? Heavy raln?|
have been falling for the pant twvnty
four hours, which with the meltlm;
Know. have cauwd floods throughout
the entire district. The river* ir<
rising rapidly aUd considerable dun,
11*0 may result.
PORTLAND, .Ian l!?.? Heavy raini
and melting Know /re causing th>
river* to rise All the low land sur
rounding Portland la tinder watei
The water Is still rlslnu
HOOT SELECTED
Fl
(By United Press.)
ALBANY, N. Y . .Ian, 19 -Ellhu
Root, secretary of state under ROose
velt, wn^ unaulmously agreed upon
today by members of the republican
legislature to succeed Piatt as I'nltod
States senator from New York Th? I
democrat# selected Chanl?*r an their
candidate.
I
ufcf"
(By United r re*?.)
NEW YORK. Jan 1! ?In honor of
the memory of William S
was responsible for the I nit
owning Alaska, the New ^>rk t< i
building at the A.-Y.-P. exp. -i?i
will be a faithful copy of his real '
dence at Auburn, N. Y.
Howard Ashley is indisposed *ltl. j
n sever*.* cold.
B0K srt
NORWAY
MACKEREL
(SALT)
Fat--^esh"Ju,cy
GANTY & FRANDSON
HUNDREDS ME KILLED BY
! EARTH QUAKES IN TURKEY
Piovince of Smyrna Shak
en Yesterday and Today
by Hard Shocks? Ameri
can War Ships in Harbor
Uninjured and Sailors
Aid in Relief of Injured
(United Pre?? T?tegraph-Cabl? ??rvlo#.)
SMYRNA. Aala Minor. Jan !?.?
The entire province of Smyrna and
moat of northern Aala Minor *m
shaken by aevere earthquake aborki
yoltcrdajr an<1 today Several rltlen
and towna have been badly damaeed
and It la feared that the Hat of dead
will mount up into the hundreda j
At Smyrna, Manlaaa and Alden the
loaa of life waa the heart eat
The rnltol State* battleship* Vlr
Klnla and Loulaiana were in ihe bar .
bor at the time of the earthquake J
No tidal wave followed the quake*
and Ihe batfleahip* are uninjured
Am?rlc*n ?allort wrr* at one* landed
and did nr?>?t aer*l<* Id meulmi the
wounded and reatortnit order.
(Note)? Smyrna la lb* northwest
prorlnc* of Tnrk??y In Aala Minor.
Ita capital at y I* Smyrna. atUrtt?d
on the Vi'in Sea The city of
Smyrna ha? a population of about
200,000 and the entire province la
thickly poulard and T*ry pro?p?c
oua
Th? city of Smyrna *a? aimoat
completely d*atroy?d by an e?rth*
quake In th? y?ar 178 A. I> Tb?
toee of life at that tlm? *a? *r?at
COTTAGE CITY
DUElTONIGHT
\
Frank Stuart, agent for the Pacific
<'oaat Steamahlp company . received
a wire from Treadwell thla mornlna
?itatlna that the Cottaaie City arrived
there at 9 o'clock Uat nlitht and left
thla mo^ttia (or Skaaway. She la
xpecto<1 to arrive hree at 7 o'clock
tonight She waa dne laat nlsht The
<"ott*(fe City ha* Ave paaaeiflrer*
n hoard and 25 ton* of package fr?H*ht
The Cottage City waa bucking a atlff
rale all the way up the roast and 1?
. n caned In Ic*.
ANARCHIST IS
ARRESTED
(By United Prm*.)
HAS FRANCI8C0. J?n 1? - Emm?
OoMimii, the notorlotw unarchlet.
itm wrested yesterday for making ?
public ?p?ech In which ?h? urged ?lo
lenc.. and anamination She
released today pending trial under
11.000 tall Dr B?n ReUman. her
companion. aometlmea known aa
Kin* of the Tramp#." *ipptt"d the
ball
SnbacTlbe for Tha Alaakan
We have just received
a new line of suits for
Winter trade, that are
I excellent in quality and
very moderately, priced,
$15.00 to $22.50, come
in and look them over.
See window display.
MAN & Cfl.n."L