COUNTING VOTE'
(Special to Daily Times.)
JUNEAU, Jan. 20. — The canvas
sing board, consisting of Governoi
Strong, Secretary Davidson and Col
lector of Customs Pugh, began iti
work yesterday and will continue it
session until the official count of th<
returns of the recent territorial elec
tion has been completed.
That there were many irregularitiei
in the voting has already become ap
parent, atid just how far reaching ii
it will be remains to be determined
As the vote for delegate to congress
is close, the final result may not be
ascertained until the last of over 14,
0(10 ballots has been checked up.
The first change in the returns was
made in precinct number one of Doug
las, in southeastern Alaska. Here
Sulzer gained three votes under a
ruling that where the voter marked
the ballot on the right side and the
same w-as called to the attention oi
the canvassing board the ballots
would be counted.
Neither Sulzer nor Wickersham
have any representatives present at
the official count. Attorney Genera]
Grigsby is advising the board regard
ing legal questions involved. The work
will necessarily be slow, and probably
the board will have to adjourn from
day to day until the belated returns
arrive by mail.
(By Associated Pross )
BERLIN, Jan. 2U. — It is officially
announced that the steamer Yarrow
* . r dale eluded the blockade smd arrived
at a German port under a prize crew
on December 31, bringing four hun
dred and sixty-nine prisoners, crews
of the steamers sunk by the German
auxiliary cruiser in the Atlantic ocean.
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(Special to Daily Times.)
FAIRBANKS, Jan. 20. — The fed
eral authorities are getting active and
as a result C. S. Knutson, a family
man over forty years of age, was ar
rested on the charge of raping Lila
Links, a fourteen year old girl. The
case appears similar to those prose
cuted last spring, and one of which the
circuit court of appeals reversed the
verdict of the lower court.
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(Special to Daily Times.)
SEATTLE, Jan. 20. The Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce gave a luncheon at the
Arctic {Tub yesterday to Alaskans
visiting in the city. Albert J. Rhodes,
the new president of the chamber,
made an address, pledging his efforts
to promote the welfare and develop
ment of Alaska.
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NEW DRILL MASTER FOR
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, Jan. 20. — Sergeant Lee
Barker, late of the Thirty sixth Texas
Infantry, U. S. A„ has been added to
the staff of the University of Wash
ington cadet corps He has been in
the service of the United States for
IS years and will serve as drill in
structor to the cadets. The cadet
corps has this year increased its staff
of officers and non-commissioned of
lii ers to a captain, lieutenant and
three sergeants. Captain Fatten con
ducted the work last year without the
assistance of regular army men.
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There are more than $20,000 worth
of live foxes on the several fox farms
in the vielhtty of Seldovla, and ths
number is said to be Increasing rap
idly.
I MISSING AVIATORS
| ARE FINALLY RESCUED
(By Associated Press)
WELTEN, Ariz., Jan. 20. — Lieu
tenant Colonel Bishop and Lieuten
ant Robertson, the missing aviators,
were rescued from the desert unin
jured, but very weak from the lack
of food.
my Lis LIST
IN FACTORY
(Bv Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 20. — A fire slarted
last night in a munitions factory in
the east end of London, which was
followed by an explosion, resulting in
a large loss of life. Thirty-five bod
ies have already been recovered ami
several hundred persons are still miss
ing. The entire factory and its con
tents were destroyed.
GERMAN'RAID III
ONLY AFTER
CARGO BOATS
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(By Associated Press,)
PERNAMBUCO, Jan. 20. — The
members of the crews from the steam
ers captured by the (iernian raider
say that their captors treated them
courteously. The raider appears like
an ordinary cargo schooner, and when
passing neutral vessels hoists the j
British colors, but hoists the German
flag on sighting a British ship.
The captain of the raider says that
he is only after big cargo boats and
not passenger vessels, as he is not
wishing to kill women and children.
The trap doors under the bulwark
conceal the guns.
Pun.NAMttuco, Jan stu — The res
cued sailors from ships sunk say the
raider was accompanied by three
small submarines, which act as
scouts.
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FORTY STUDENTS
TOD MININS
COURSE
(Special to Daily TimeB.)
SEATTLE, Jan. 20. — The short
courses in mining opened last week
with an attendance of forty men from
all corners of the northwest. Fifteen
came down from Alaska, fifteen are
from the state of Washington, four
hail from Idaho, two are from Ore
gon, and one each from South Da
kota, Arizona, Missouri and British
Columbia.
The attendance this year was larger
on the opening day than in any pre
vious year. Many were attracted by
the new courses in flotation and pla
cer mining and the prominent authori
ties procured for lecture work.
The university commons has pro
vided a special lunch room where the
short course students can dine and
talk together.
The ages of the men enrolled for
the three months' course range from
21 to 50. The average age is 33 years.
W. L. 1’olson, who attended the short
course In 1894-95, is back for further
study in assaying. Mr. Poison is from
Ketchikan. Three other students have
returned for additional work in the
short courses.
SWISS SOLDIERS
CULLED TD
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan 20. — The
Swiss consulates throughout the world
have been instructed to inform the
members of the Swiss second army
division and parts of the fourth and
fifth divisions who are not already un
der arms to return to Switzerland im
mediately and join the colors.
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Dun Brice, un operator on Bear
creek, In the Kuskokwlm, arrived In
Anchorage with a team of nine husky
dogs and $30,000 in gold dust, taken
off his property during the past sea
son.
i GERMANY SAYS BLAIKIE WILL NOT BE SHOT
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Captain Charles Blaikie of the British liner Caledonia wlit.o. , .
was made a prisoner, charged with having attempted to ram it "',IS Mlli< ‘v 11 l,,,rman U laiat after the captain
Blalkle will not meet the same fate as taptaln Frvatt win “ '' ,"<‘n an,,oun«'‘i Captain
I “»«u, «no was shot on a similar charge last July.
REPORTED OUR TROOPS
ARE LEAVING MEXICO
(By Associated Press.)
EL PASO, Jan. 20. It is persist
ently reported that P.eneral Pershing
began the departure of his troops from
Mexico, but there is no official veri
fication of the rumor.
LOCAL MINGS
ABOUT PEOPLE
AND 00INES
J M. Nelson, of Chitina, Is a Cot
dova visitor.
Thar# Is every Indication of a build
ing booth here in the spring.
Fred Rapp Is booked from Seattle j
for Cordova on the Mariposa.
Henry Do Weiss left Seattle this'
morning for Cordova, after a short
trip to San Francisco.
Edward Walsh an<l wife are return
lng to Cordova on the Mariposa, after
an extended visit in the states.
Attorney R. E. Capers, who has been
on a business and pleasure trip to Se
attle, is returning on the Mariposa.
Rev. E. P. Ziegler leaves on Mon
day's train to visit his missions at
Chitina and McCarthy, returning on
Friday.
Rev. A. O. Shriver will leave Mon
day to visit Chitina and Kennecott in
the interest of the church. He will
return Friday.
C. A. Bode came down from Mc
Carthy on yesterday's train to meet
his mining engineer, who will arrive
from the states on the next boat.
The (’anisic Packing Company will
build another warehouse at its plantJ
on the dock as soon as the weather
permits. It will be 60x120 feet, three
stories high. Many other improve
ments are planned for the cannery.
Agent Hedges today received a
cablegram, announcing the sailing of
the following Alaska Steamship Com
pany vessels from Seattle: January
26, Alaska: February 1, Northwest
ern; February 8, Mariposa.
The steamer Alameda left Seward
at 5 o'clock this morning and will stop
at Ellamar long enough to load 300
tons of ore. She is due here early
tomorrow- and will be in port nine or
ten hours taking on a cargo of Ken
necott ore.
O. E. latnibert has purchased from
T. P. Stamey the lot at the corner of
Second street and Federal avenue. He
has not as yet decided what use he
will make of it, but the probabilities
are he will erect a building there in
the spring.
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Bruno Chllinski, a 15-year-old boy,
• hu is said to have run away from
his home in Seattle, is charming the
residents of Juneau with his master
ly playing upon the violin. He was
taken off the steamer Dolphin by the
Juneau police on a telegraphic request
from bis parents.
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A. W. Clare, a well known business
man of Juneau, was taken suddenly
and seriously ill in Seattle recently
and was confined to one of the hos
pitals there.
FI DESTROY!
< 'SH.I
SEATTLE, Jan 20. — A confla
gration which resulted in the de
struction of property, loss of one
life and injuiry of eight persons
visited this city at an early hour
today.
This morning the Grand Opera
House, on Cherry street, near
Third avenue, was burned to the
ground, and Assistant Fire Chief
Fred Gillam killed and eight fire
men Injured when the roof of the
burning bui^.i kjs it* at which
time the firemen were fighting
the flames from within its walls,
and it Is miracu'ous that there
were not more victims.
The Alaska b" ‘ding and the
Hotel Rector, ad > ' g either side
of the Grand, -sere uninjured.
The Grand was (t nearly twen
ty years ago by J Cort, but has
been used lately moving pic
ture and \audev ouse.
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SPITING
(n.v Associai i ' - s i
NEW YOKE Jan The whip
ping men believe v<> Cerium
raiders are operatii i, Atlantic
The Portuguese h I’uro, lor
inerly a German ve under huh
piclon of supplying idt-rs will
munitions. Three ,ns were oi
the Yarrowdale wh l, u jlt,
on Mecember 6.
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(Special to Daii mes |
SEATTLE, Jan. 2(t he steatite
Mariposa sailed for so . stern Alar
ka at it o'clock this i rning lie
Cordova I .(Hikings Kduan
Walsh and wife, W. h alu| wift
Mrs. M. Anderson, Mr Kenned}
Miss O. Benson, Mis i. anie /-artMI
l.a. Miss 11. Kvalhein i. |.; ( .,|„,r}
Henfy l)e Weiss, Fred app, k \|,
'Donald, Charles Metsonuf, j j
Hans Berg and one sir. i la,.
It is reported that < winter mal
service to the Shushanna lias l.ee
discontinued, there being but thirl
people in that district. The people o
(he camp are making a strong proter
against this action of the postal at
thorities.
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Mudrona Kanebaik, a resident c
Scldovla, while visiting a neighbor ri
cently, was taken with a hemorrhag
and died within a few minutes.
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Seven hundred residents of Ancho
age attended a minstrel show give
there recently by the 1-oyal Order t
Moose. The show was a good one.
11 ANOTHER ROUMANIAN
TOWN IS CAPTURED
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Jan. 20. — After a battle,
the town of N'anosti, in Itoumania, on
the Sereth river, has been captured by 1
the Herman troops.
(FILM OFFERINGS
IT EMPRESS
THEATRE
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“The Social Highwayman." which
delighted a large audience at the Em
press theatre last night, will be shown
lor the last time tonight.
STRONG SUNDAY BILL,
i An all star Triangle program for
tomorrow. There will appear in the]
leading role of that famous stage sue- ]
i ess. "Old Heidelberg." the clever and |
charming actress, Dorothy dish, sup-i
ported by a good company. The per- !
formance will conclude with a two
''eel Keystone comedy. "A Favorite
Fool Both of these productions will '
i the repeated on Monday night
Tuesday the offering w ill be a mixed ]
'program of drama and comedy; also
I; a Pathe.
I "THE GOOSE GIRL."
| Marguerite ('lark, always a favor
ite here, will again delight local the
itregoers on Wednesday and Thurs
day in "The dose liirl." which Is ,
j founded on Harold McHrath's famous]
] novel of the same name, and has ■
• scored a hit wherever shown.
A STRONG DRAMA.
"The Builder of Bridges," a Froli
itian production, will hold the boards
next Friday and Saturday. This is
i a photo dramatization of the play by I
Ufrod Sutro, replete with dramatic
action and enhanced by the widened
range ot artistic sc epic effects.
EXTRAORDINARY ROMANCE.
For Sunday. January 28. there will
, j he "The t'nafraid," In which Itita Joli
| vet makes her screen debut, and |
] w hich is beyond all question one of
i j the most romantic and absorbing
photo dramas ever presented. The
| situations are as unusual as the set
. ting in which most of the events take
place the castles among the hills
! of Montenegro.
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mm honors
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WASHINGTON. Jan. .0. — General
George Dewey was buried this after- |
! noon w ith national honors The fun
j eral services were held under the i
j dome of the capitol and were attend j
I ed by President Wilson, members of
I the cabinet, supreme court, diplomatic !
corps and other notables. The body
was taken to Arlington aometery and
j. laid near the bodies of Admirals
I : Schley and Sampson A private ser
.'li-* w..» held at the home, which was
attended by the president, Secretary
Daniels and a limited company of in
i limate friends. All government bust j
^ j ness was suspended for the day and
all private business in Washington
B stopped an hour.
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McGrath & Betsch. working the El
mer Edwards ground at Marshall, are
a employing about thirty men and are
f said to have taken out about $90,000.
The ground runs about $4,50 per foot.
PEACE LEAK HEARING
BE RESUMED TUESDAY
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. — The
house rules committee has formally
retained Sherman I, Whipple, of Bos
ton, as counsel in the leak Inquiry
hearing, which will resume its ses
, slons in New York next Tuesday,
SIR. FORT WOOD
AND CADDO
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(By Associated Press.)
NEW YOHK, Jan. 20. — The Brit
ish steamer Port Wood, which left
this city on Christmas day on a voy
age across the Atlantic, carrying a
cargo valued at *750,000, was sunk by
a submarine.
(By Associated PreBs.)
TOKIO, Jan. 20. — While every
body in Tokio was awaiting news as
to the fate of Bucharest, a Rouman
ian mission arrived here to negotiate
the purchase of munitions. It in
cludes two officers, Lieutenant Colo
nel C. Felix and Colonel F. Petresco.
r>f the engineering corps. They said
the fall of Bucharest would by no I
means end the Roumanian campaign j
'Our natural line of defense lies east I
ind northeast of the capital," they!
said. “The rapid offensive of the
•entral powers may give them tern
porary advantage, bat the Rouman
ians entered In this war to stay and
»« Will htr In #t the finish." -The
speaker believed It was now a ques
tion of reinforcements arriving for,
both sides. The Russians who were,
coming to Roumania's assistance have!
an open territory to cover, while the
Germans have a difficult mountainous
country through which they must i
transport their artillery and bring re
inforeements He declared that nl
ready about 500,t)00 Russian troops
were in Roumania, and that addition
i! reinforcements were arriving daily, i
The present output of munitions in
fupan is practically all taken by Kus
sia. but it is likely that something
vill be done for the Roumanians The
ilsit of the Roumanian officers has
teen followed by a further rise in the
•rice of war supplies.
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SEEK REVISION
TAX
(Special to Dally Times )
SEATTLE, Jan. 20 — A Mileage tax
of $.009, yielding $1,777,210, is asked
of the next legislature for the main
tenance and building fund of the Uni
versity of Washington, by the regents i
of the university in their fourteenth
biennial report to the governor of the
-date. The recents also seek favor
able action by the legislature on six
teen definite educational recommen
dations listed in the report.
The report, made public by the Uni
versity of Washington last week, fur
iher recommends the renewal of ap
propriations to the building fund of
ihe university from tuition and ma
triculation fees, rentals, endowments
md earnings of university property
ind land, totaling in all $262,000.
In addition to this amount the legis
lature will be asked to include in the
building fund, the land endowment In
come for the biennium which const!
tutes the state university current
fund. This amount will approximate
$60,000. The regents also ask 5 per
cent of the mill tax. a sum approxi
mating $103,000, for building pur
ixiaes.
These two additions to the building
fund will give immediate relief.
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A four piece orchestra will furnish
the music for tonight's dance at Eagle
hall, and all are invited to come and
have a good time.
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Rev. G. G. Bruce, of Fairbanks, has
received a call from the First Pres
byterian church at Juneau, which he
will accept.
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Anchorage is preparing for a big
agricultural and mineral exposition in
1917
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Dr. R. R. Myers, who is th., efn
eietit and popular mayor of Fair yanks
is a Cordova visitor. He is on 8 trip
to California, where his wife Is gponri
j ing the winter. In discussing the tax
levied upon the bachelors of hiu cl tv.
Dr. Myers said that he felt that ev.-r.
body should contribute their mite t
w-ards the maintenance of the me
pallty. and he knew of no good .
son why single men should t.c ev
einpt. When risked what action the
council would take on the petUi-r.s
that certain • l'-l-vi* imv, d
his town were a: ■ t > , ’ Tj
slsting that the bachelor r*rl
taxed, he simply smilea and ;j,j
"Hod bless the dear glrb
H 1’. Curtis, storekeeper for the
glneering commission at Nen-ttn. is
here and will leave on the Hunted.i
for Seattle to spend sever.il weeks
purchasing merchandise and general
supplies for the interior railroad con
struction work, lie also expects t .
make a trip to New York and Wash
Ington On his return he goes direct
to Anchorage, spending a few days
there, and will then come bar k to Cor
dova, where he expects to arrive about
Aprll 15, en route to Fairbanks and
Nenana.
John Barrack, veteran hardware
man of the interior metropolis, and
president of the Samson Hardware
Company, made the trip out on the
Sheldon auto line and reports a fine
trip. The night before his departure
he was tendered a banquet, at which
he was presented with a handsome
gold twenty-three jewel Hamilton
watch ns a testimonial of the esteem
In which he was held by his
employees. Mr. Barrack is on his way
u> Seattle. San Francisco, New York,
Chicago and St Paul
W B Reaburn, packmaster of the
\iaskan engineering commission, with
headquarters at Nenana, is here on his
way to the states, where he will pur
chase over a hundred head of horses,
which he will ship to the interior for
use on the railroad Mr. Reaburn is
figuring on sending his stock in via
Ska gw ay and over the Canadian trail,
but may change his mind and ship it
to Cordova and over the all-American
route to the interior.
Ben Simson, the John Wanamaker
of the Tatiana valley, who with hi*
brothers conduct clothing stores at
Fairbanks and Nenana, is on his way
to the outside on a purchasing trip,
tie reports that there w ill be , onsid
era hie activity this spring at N’enana,
where the government plans on doing
of a great deal of work, and w ill em
ploy a large force of men
W F. Whitely, of the firm of White
ly & Woodward, came out from Fair
banks yesterday and will sail south
on a business trip He intends visit
ing San Francisco, Chicago and Yew
York, and may also attend the inau
guration of Pro ident Wilson before
returning north.
Harry Warren, a I cirt. i.ks fu-;. t
er. is greeting local friend.!. Ho n il
be a passenger on the. Alameda for
Seattle, where he is going to purchase
several head of horses and arrange
for freighting a quantity of supplies
from Chitina to Fairbanks, over the
government trail
William Ahlmark is here from Fair
banks, awaiting the arrival of some
horses he expects from Seattle on the
next boat. These he will use freight
ing supplies to the interior.
W. T. Pinkerton, of the Pioneer Ex
press and Ereighting Company, trav
elled from Fairbanks to Chitina with
a doubl-ender This is his first trip
to Cordova in many years
Prank Eisher, a Tolovana mining
operator, is among the interiorites in
Cordova He is en route to the states
and will return before the break-up
In the spring
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At Mile 34 on the government rail
road the thermometer recently regls
tered 45 degrees below /.ero, and work
was suspended until the weather mo
derated.
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The salt water fire mains at Juneau
will deliver water to the hydrants un
der 140 pounds pressure. The roser
voir on the hill, which will contain
150,000 gallons. Is practically filled
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A horse to pull the fire apparatus
to the scene of conflagrations, has
been added to the fire fighting eculp
ment at Seward during the winter
months.
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