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The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21
DREDeE CEASES WORK.

Dawson News: Number three dredge of the Canadiap.Klondike fleet was shut down this morning for the sea. son. She is in the Bonanza Basin, where abe has been working steadily ever since she started last spring. Tho dredgo has had a most success, ful season, and during the fan es- tablished the record for the heaviest yardage and minimum of lost time. She also has been in fine pay Of late. The boat is a little below ogilvie bridge on the right limit of the Klon. dike.
 The company's No 4 dredge. Q sic. ter to No. 3. is still working on the Klondike. Q short distance above the bridge The company'a No. dredgo, on Bunker. shut down some time ago
 The work of endeayoring to right Che company's big dredge No. 2 at tne Bear Creek continues,
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21
ATLR TRAPpER
DRoWNs IN LAKI

ATLIN. B. C.. Dec. 1l.-Information was brought Into town yesterday by manteam that Charley FairbanlSs, who had been out on a hunting trip, had broken through the ice half Q mile south of the boundary iino on Atlin lake and been drowned.
 Early in the month Fairbanks shot 8 moose on Mount Mlnto. and on .be 4th of December started out to bring in the meat with a dog team. Owing Co his prolonged absence men ln otbor camps, who wero expecting him, fol- lowed his tracks across the lake and found where he had broken through
 Marks on the ice Indicated that the dogs had broken through first and that the unfortunate man had crawled around the edge of tho Ice with tbe intention of saving them, but the added strain had caused the ice to give way under him and he as well as the dogs were lost.
 Constable Webster left today for tho scene of the accident and win ondeayor to recover Fairbanks' body although he has not much faith In tho quest proving successful, for at tho place whore Fairbanks and the dogs went iD the water is 60 feet deep in places.
 Fairbanks was formerly well known  In Skagway, having at one time been an enginoor on the w. ?. G Y. R.. and later engaged in the cigar and tobacco business in Q little place on the east side of Broadway. between Second and Third avenues.
 He left Skagway in 1905 and has, since been hunting and trapping around Atlin and TagIsh lakes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21
TALK OF HAVING
WRANGELL BANK

INTANGIBLE, Dee. 17-F. Matheaon who has just returned from a trir to Seattle, brings back newo that lr .all probability there will be bank established In Wrangen next summer
 Matheson states that while in Seat tie. he was interviewed by R. " Courtney in regard to the bank Court. new states that there is Q possibility of raising the money but asked as to the WrangelI business men taking half of tho stock
 Under the present banking laws there must be twenty-five thousand doilars on hand before bank Is possible and it is assured that this amount win be raised easily once Che town site survey is settled for good. -(The sentinel)
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21
IoIM IHE - U. -oI0-

lNQoieiy FroVontIcn uelol9 lIVInq.l
 rbcro aro mnny people who would appreciate more than anything else reasonable, en cxtra pair of glas5ca. This you can give thom aaaily by pur- chasing ono Of our $500 to $20.o0 or ders fer examination and delivery ai- ter ehriatmas. Come In and talk it over with us Alosln Optical Co. 11-d
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

stoney siivens has araneea wlth Win. Ger e Pond to handle hia chri1lmae ordero for fiowero, having decided not 10 open 2 floria. shop mr Bllv- ems ieaves for the South on tho Ad. mirai Evana. f2.is.6.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21
WAR slDELloHTs

General Barnardiston, who was in charge of tho British contingent in Kiaochow, is returning to England by way Of San Francisco. Be left Yoko- homa December 19.
 -e--
 Austrian monitors on che Danube and Save are said to have proved Of great service in preventing servian raids into Hungary and Slayonia.
 -
 1t is reported from Basle and also from Munich that the kaiser may have to submit to an operation in the throat before being permitted to return to tho field
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

For the Weak ending November SO, lh6 casueitiea Of 2ritihh officers in' cluded 7s killed, l41 wounded and Ss misaing The total eausaltloa to dato number 2,416
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

Ketedikan Mail: Miss Helen Mercer was 3 passenger North on the Mari posa for hmoau
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

o, ,hc Gorman chancellor pr. von Bethman-Bolweg has boen serlopaly wounded in plotkow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21
RIahl ln aa Inl..mn1lalsll

Austrian newspapere aay shaf when negotiationa Ter peace begin sbe Unit cd States 7ih have earned the righr to get aa intefmeQietary.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

Most attractive end nePest line Of useful Holiday gifts- -BuHerMauro 6 Co., 9s Front st. 12-l5-a.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

The contingent to the British ag- mics from Newfoundland has been dis- covered to Do surprisingly large in view of the smallness of the popuia- ton and the absence of all military organizations.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

According to Berlin advices more aeroplanes have visited Frieburg. in -he Black forest throwing bombs.
 It is reported in Paris, that 2 son
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

Xmas gifts of tho lasting kind ln Edison, Victor md columbia Phono-
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

Beautiful. practical gifts. all hand made. At THE VOGUE, SIT Seward Street 12-17-tf.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

Illinois ls planning to send g heavy contribution in wheat to tho Bolglon sufferers
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

mo EmDlro aas moro roado15 than any other AAaRa paper. @'
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

TOR P g-Threo room apart. meats with range and bath. Franklin Street Phane 274 Wettrick- 1o-S1.1t
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21
sKAeTowN HAn A
GOOD TIME, Too

@.--
 sKAGWAY, Dec. 12.-The "97 Carnt val and Dance" held in Elks' hall last night under Che auspices Of tho local club of that order was Q successful and remuncratiye affair. there being "a large attendance from nearby towns in addition to an unusual turnout of home people.
 Everything was conducted as an. nounced previously that lt would be and tho spirit of tho occasion ID. parenty seemed to Deryade every one.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21
Ladlns Prlzea-

First-A s1O gold piece. awarded to Miss Della Rapuz7i Of skagway for having tho largest accumulation ot phony money amounting to $5s5.O0O. Second-Pair of euede dancing pumps, Miss Madeline Hockett. of Haines. $l275OO.
 Third-Box of linen handkorchiefa Mrs. Walter McBrien. of slagway, $414,450.
 eentieman's Prize.
 A pair Of $7 shoes, Chos. Brock miller Of Skagway.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

e ( 9a so . 4e e.s 2 2 . . s
 WANTED-Girl for cook and gener. al houBeworh Mis8 charon, ES5 Main s. 1l-2s-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

.s' JUNEAU MUSIC HOUSE.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

NJ. Merunovitch, an influential Pol fish member of the Austrian parlia- ment, has printed an appeal in Lem berg papers asking all Poles to en- deayor to conclude peace between Austria and Russia, irrespective or Germany.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

chrIstmss .sraaentn sanl.

Christmas presents to the soldiers at the front in France and Flanders arc reported to average 100 freight cars 9 day
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

There are reiterated rumors ae to mutiny among the Bayarion garrlsons at Antwerp.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-21

2 z % % , . . s.e , 2 2 ! . clAeelFiEp ADV
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
A RARE FRIENDSHIP
A Page of New England's Lit,
erary History.

HAWTHORNE AND HIS PUBLISHER.
By Caroline TicknOr. Illustrated. Svo'
pp. 339 Houghton Mifiin Company.
Few recent volumes OF ana are COM
parable with this one, considered from
any Of several points Of view. 1t ar
fords us a peculiarly intimate and au-
thentic view Of Hawthorne, as revealed
chiefly by himself; and view OF
George Ticknor equally authentic and
only less intimate because Of the essen
tally different ego Of the man. II the
smile be not too hackneyed and banal,
we may say that It Is sometimes easier
TO secure an intimate view Of a vine
than Of the tree by which 1t is support
ed. 1t is. moreover, 20 be observed that
Hawthorne realized the same paradox
that others have displayed, in that,
while he was morbldly shy and retiring,
he did. in fact, in various ways reveal
IL not exploit himself to a really greater
degree than many who have incurred
the reproach of being persistent self
advertisers. Even beyond these things
in interest IS the books intimate dis
closure Of the relationship, both psyche
| logical and commercial, between the
two meni which We are inclined 10
think was entirely unique. Strong
/ friendships and high mutual esteem
have in other well known cases existed
between authors and publishers. But
we should doubt If ever there was an
/ other quite like this. either in its inti-
macy or In the helpfulness Of the man
of business to the man Of letters.
1t is scarcely too much to say that
TO adapt an epigram of Erasmus-if
Ticknor had not printed. Hawthorne
would not have written. Indeed, Haw-
thorne himself wrote to his publisher:
MY literary success, whatever 1t has
been or may be, is the result OF my
connection with you. Somehow or
other, you smote the rock OF public
sympathy on my behalf, and a stream
gushed forth In sufficient quantity 10
ouench my thirst, though not to drown
me. | think no author can ever have
had publisher that he valued as dc
mine" 1t was not. however. in Haw-
thorne's adaptation Of Webster's words
merely that Ticknor "smote the rock OF
public sympathy" He did much more
He sustained. encouraged and inspired
Hawthorne, and relieved him Of a thou
sand and one major and minor cares
with which as publisher he had no
concern whatever. We can scarcely
imagine Byron writing TO Murray 70
purchase a new court suit Of clothes for
him; or Scott telling all his tradesmen
10 send their bills against him 10 Con =
stable. Yet precisely such things were
commonplace OF the relations between
Hawthorne and Ticknor.
Nothing more Characteristic OF Haw-
thorne has ever been disclosed than
some Of the judgments Of men aud
women. and especially women. which
he gave In his letters 10 Ticknor. Thus.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
PLOT AND ACTION
IN NEW NOVELS
Mostly Adventure and Deeds
Of Derring Do on Sea
and Land.
RAJPUT CHIVALRY.

RUNG HO, BY Talbot Mundy. l2mo.
PIP. 81. Charles Scribner's Sons
Mr.. Mundy gives us in this book a
notable addition to the romance of the
Indian Mutiny. Here are true men,
Anglo Saxons and Mahometans, men
of honor. loyalty and bravery. II is,
indeed, in these strongly drawn fig
ures that the interest of the story CEN
tres even more than in it's tense stu
atoms and the rapid unfolding of its
drama. "Chotah" Cunningham, the son
and grandson of commanders of these
proud men of a fighting race, is 10 be
tested before they will acknowledge
him their leader, worthy of their un-
questioning allegiance. And so they
test him in many ways ON the eve
of the outbreak, against the chief of
a marauding hill tribe, in the mys
ferrous dark of a breathess Indian
night, with all the tests that mark a
true man, West or East. There is as
fine a note of chivalry in all this as
in the most romantic tales of mediaval
knighthood, and the Oriental setting
gives it a glamour of its own.
The story is strikingly original no.
where in It's pages has its author had
recourse TO the conventions and ira
ditions the obvious properties Of the
fiction of its kind. And as Cunningham
passes his ordeals and wins his spurs,
there is awaiting him elsewhere the
daughter OF Scotch missionary,
alone and undefended with her father
in a hotbed Of Hindu intrigue and
treachery, ready TO strike. The at
mosphere of place and time Is wildly
reflected. Here is a piece of work that
deserves hearty welcome from those
who love a stirring story, admirably
well told.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

THE WOMAN'S LAW. BY Maravene
Thompson Illustrated by w. ID. Gold
beck 12mo pp 299. The Frederick A.
Stokes Company
Opening with all the appearance OF
novel with a feminist mission. this
story rapidly develops into one Of
situation and plot. man commits
murder. His wife, for the sake Of her
child, helps him TO escape the disgrace
Of arrest and conviction. She finds his
"double"-a man who has lost all mem
DRY of his own past. Here coincidence
reaches very far, indeed, but the re-
suit justifies the means, so far as the
reader is concerned. No possible de-
yelopment and complication inherent
in the plot has been neglected by the
author. There Is the puzzled alienist.
He, of course, works on the theory OF
double personality, but as the man un-
der his care gradually RECEIVERS his
mental balance, though not the recol-
lection of his past, science Is baff1ed by
the unprecedented contradictions of a
case which offers not a single point of
contact between the two personalities.
Naturally the doctor grows suspicious.
The cured patient returns to his sup
posed wife, and the woman, who had
sent away faithless drunkard, finds
herself face TO face with high minded.
cultured gentleman, who believes that
the love he feels for her dates from
beyond that blank in his memory.
Herein lies the tense interest Of the
story--in the woman's sense Of guilt,
in her anomalous position. and In the
approaching exposure Of her plot.
There is a note Of deeper feeling. Of
course; in short, the book is capital
reading. the interest being kept alive
until the very last page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
THE SPANISH MAIN.

TIE WASP. BY Theodore Goodridge
Roberts. Illustrations by Il. NJ Ashe
12mo. PIP 1852. The G. w. Dillingham;
Company
1t is a long time since good new
tale Of piracy has come our way, where
fore The Wasp" IS doubly welcome. 1t
is the real stuff" which means, for one
thing, that the author has taken the
trouble TO familiarize himself with the
historic facts. And, in the second place,
he tells so convincing a story that 1t
may we'll be that he found among these
facts the record Of the younger son Of a
Berkshire baronet who is his hero. Fur
thermore, there is here plenty Of action
and fighting and duelling, of gambling
and drinking, but it is all kept within
the bounds Of good taste; and the in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
| LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
AMexican Statesman on His Country Tangled
Afars-A Fine Page Of New Englands
Literary 1istory-Other Reviews

death in a way which Mr.. Zayas does
not admit to have been murder, but
which he Is quite unable to explain, ana
concerning which the best that he can
ask is a suspension OF judgment.
Mr.. Zayas does not approve President
Wilson'S policy In refusing to recognize
General Huerta as President, and he
has materially changed his original
opinion Of Mr.. Wilson himself, whom
he at first thought to be a pure idealist:
There are in Mr.. Wilson two very we'll
defined personalities: The phhosopher'
who in his speculauons arrives az i1eaI-
istic conclusions. and the posluMstlc
politician energetic, unyieldlng. II seems
as though his political creed was that II
is better TO be difficult TO dlSSuade than
easy TO persuade. lie has the aDlllty 70
impart to his policy an appearance OF
idealism and TO convince his friends as
we'll as mis- enemies that they are deal
ing with the most stubborn schoolmaS-
ter instead of with the most astute poll
ifician that the United States has ever
bred. If you care to trace his carrier
record as Governor Of New Jersey the
conviction will grow upon you Una
Machiavelli would have been clay in VII
sons hands, and, what is more, that
Another interesting characterization
is found in a contrast Of Felix Daz
with Huerta as rival aspirants TO the
Presidency and as, in Mr.. Zayas's
opinion, the only two men At for It:
Felix Diaz was the theorist, Huerta
the practical man. Felix Diaz knew
what he wanted Huerta wanted what
he wanted. Felix Dlaz was hesitating;
Huerta never vacillated. Felix Diaz
proved to be a real man, Victoriano
Huerta a sterling character"
Mr. Zayas admits that Huerta has
been a dictator, but he seeks to justify
him with Bonaparte's saying: In saw
ing the country one does not violate
any law" How Huerta has saved the
country is not, however, apparent. not
even in Mr.. Zayas's luminous apologize
Exactly what Mr.. Wilson is aiming at
in his extraordinary policy is as much
a puzzle TO Mr.. Zayas as to the av-
erage American. He cannot belleVe
that he actually wants war, and yet
he thinks that he IS surely drifting In
that direction. He can scarcely THINK
that he wishes the triumph OF the revo-
lutionists, in view OF some Of his own
statements as to what that would en-
tail. But the author is very positive
in the expression of one sentiment, in
which every American must join: COD
preserve the United States and Mexico
from a war. 1t would be a scandal
for humanity, a disaster for everybody
concerned; for Mexico 1t would spell
ruin. for the United States disgrace.
Mr.. Wilson cannot drag his country
into such an abyss"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
Books go AUTHORS Q QENEWS 90 COMMEND

dinance of that period and the Ike
and IT, at times, his enthusiasm leahs
him rather far. his book is, as wnoie'
reliable historically in the older literary
rather than in the modern scientific
spirit
A history of Alexander the Great is
always timely, but this one has ac-
uuired an increased measure OF that
quality from recent events in the Near
East. Whether the world conqueror
was a Greek, as Mr.. kirkman proves
to his own satisfaction, Macedonian
or an Albanian, does not matter-the
timely interest is there. But one can
not help sympathizing with the claim
OF the Albanians that he was son OF
their race, which had dwelt In its pres
ent home ages before the Slavs invaded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
LOTUS EATING.

FELLCIDAD. The Romantic Adventures
of an Enthusiastic Young Pessmist.
By Rowland Thomas. Illustrations by
Henry Roth. l2mo, pp. 5l3 boston
Little, Brown & Co.
Life without effort or care under
smiling sky, among simple happy
people-this is what Mr.. Thomas
brings to US from an island in tho Pa
cifc. to help us forget for q while the
worries and stress OF this workaday
world. It is pure fancy, but II -
fancy we'll sustained. "Felicidad'
the Isle OF Happiness-the title merely
suggests the genuine poetic charm or
this tale, the more charming because
there is no purpose underlying it all
no effort at new Utopia TO make us
wiser and better. We ere always wise
enough and good enough to enter such
a dream as this of res, and content
ment, Of goodwill toward our fellow
beings and dawning happiness for our
selves. The story is gossamer Of
course shot with pink and gold. whose
wool one cannot unrsvel without
breaking the threads. And so what
plot there is must be left TO the
reader; It is the felicitous manner OF
the telling that counts. The life and
the atmosphere Of this island IN the
Great South Sea are mostly Spanish
the indolent life and atmosphere Ct
Mexico before the Gringo came and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
HuERTA'S BEST CHAMPION.

=
-BE .CAsB OF MEXICO AND THE
Policy or PRESIDENT WILSON,
Nv Rafael de Zayas Enriquez. Author
of THE Rise and Fall OF Presldert
Diaz." Translated from the Spanish py
Andre Tridon 12mo, PIP 2U9 New Aorh'
Albert and Charles Boni
This is a highly interesting little
book. which may be commended TO all
who feel concern in the troubled prop
ems Of Mexico and the relations OF
he United States thereto. Many VIII
dissent from some Of the authors Judg-
nents. but even they will find the book
Well worth reading because OF the COM
handing rank of its writer, who Is one
IF the foremost men OF letters ana
oublicists in Mexico, and because OF
he unconventional and refreshing
,rankness with which he discusses ana
,haracterizes men and affairs. MT.
Zayas was long an admirer ana sup
porter Of Porfirio Diaz, but In 1906 part
ID company with him through dlsap-
prevail OF his policies and regarded him
az responsible for the revolution whlch
expelled him from power. Mr.. Zayas
did not approve that revolution
though he recognized that 1t was neces-
sary to get rid Of Diaz, and when IL
was effected he accepted 1t and hoped
for the best.
But the best did not come. On the
contrary, under De la Barra things
went from bad to worse, and then
under Madero they went. IN his own
opinion, from worse to worst VI
Madero he writes:
He was merely an irresponsible indi-
yidual lacking in balance, harmless as
long as he remained in the obscurlty OF
priyate life: dangerous, however, When
ne took an active part In pohtlcs. anu
positively harmful when ne ASSUME
control OF the government. lie personal
Nv did little harm, but he allowed others
70 do an appalling amount. IL his ego
tism he imagined himself to be an apos'
tie a prophet, a heroic warrior anu
social redeemer, although he lacked the
ability TO perfect any plans, 70 estaDIisn q
a system, TO fight battle. TO govern
country, even TO carry out ORDERS.
The harm that he allowed others to
do must have been appalling, II Mr..
Zayas's figures are true. For we are
told that while before 1901 the la
bility account of the nation amounted
10 from s3O0.OO0 TO 100000 year, on
June 80. 1912, it had jumped up to s19,-
0O1.951 81. Where had all those mill
ions gone TO? To this day that mystery
remains unravelled." The result was
that in a short time the deposition OF
AIadero was seen to be even more
necessary than that OF Diaz had been,
and revolutionary groups arose In many
parts Of the country. The Madero ad-
ministration was. moreover, according
10 Mr.. Zayas, marked with the tyranny
and cruelty which often accompany
weakness Of rule. The revolution that
deposed him was also stained with
atrocities on both sides. When mes
senger fom the Senate approached Ma
dero TO present the request for his res
ignation, the Presidents answer was to
draw a pistol and shoot him dead. On
the other hand. Madero himself met
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
PICTURESQUE HISTORY
A Spirited Story of the Greatest
Hero of Antiquity.

HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE
GREAT. HIS PERSONALITY AND
DEEDS. BY Marshall Monroe Kirk
man, illustrated by August Petryl. Svo,
pp. S61. Chicago: The Cropley Phillips
Company.
Mr.. Kirkman has testified 10 his
headong admiration Of Alexander in a
trio Of excellent historical ,romances,
which may be heartily recommended to
those who have not read them already.
He calls Alexander divine" and
praises him above Napoleon and Caesar,
not only as a conqueror, but as an or
ganizer and administrator OF conquered
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11
EDUCATIONAL DRAMA.

Henry Holt q Co. have just arranged
with Alice tombstone Walker, OF New
Haven, for the publication. early In
the fall, OF her Little Plays from
American History for Young Folks"
The book Will contain: THE Hiding
Of the Regicides" lin seven scenes).
Mrs. Murray's Dinner Party" Qn
three acts), and -Four Scenes from th5
Time OF Lincoln" In which. however,
'hc martyred President does not him
self appear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-11

humanity. the appalling wholesale muir
ders committed by the pirates are not
unduly insisted upon. There rs novel
complication i'm the plot. moreover. in
British navy and that both love the
that the pirates brother serves in the
same woman. For the eternal feminine
is not lacking. We get more than a
glimpse Of one OF those queens of the
freebooters who held their uncertain
courts in rowdy ports Of call: and there
is here an attractive adventures, q
humble tailor's daughter. The end.
again. IN the service of Queen Anne
under the great Lord Benbow, once
more suggests that Mr.. Roberts has
told US a story based on romantic TACT