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The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

overland to Fairbanks. Owing to the fact that winter will have Set in when Bhe arrives in Skagway She will have to make the overland trip by sledge from the end Of the railroad line, which Is partly built from Skagway to Fairbanks. When she arrives at her destination she will be within about 60 miles of the Arctic Circle. Fairbanks Is situat- ed on the Panama river, an import ant branch of the great Yukon, and the region has well developed placer gold mines.
 Capt. Young does not know how long he will be stationed at Fair banks, and life at the far distant army post will be Drightened i'm measuraDly by the arrival of his young wife who expects to reach her destination by the middle or October.
 "The entire trip will cover about $500 miles," .i. .i
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
COPPER CLAIMS
 ARE PATENTED

Notice has been received at the Juneau land office that the forfei- ture of two claims has enabled the Knights Island Copper company to secure patent to five other claims in connection with which they made application for patent in October of 1913. The application was first re- fused for the whole group and then when it was proved that the necessary work had been done on five Of the claims, the company was informed that they would be able to secure patent on that group but not on two of the groups covered by the original application.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
JUNEAU MAN
 NEARLY DROWNS

Juneau Dispatch, Sept. 19: Re porting a narrow escape from drowning and death from exposure, as well as g narrow escape from a rock slide, J. Homer, Of Juneau, who has been spending the summer i'll tho White river section, returned to Juneau yesterday.
 Homer says that while foTding the Donjek river on horseback the horses of both he and his partner were forced into the deep and swift part of the river to avoid a bed of Quicksand, His partner was washeI free from his horse, which swan to shore, as he did also. Homer was unable to free his feet from the stirrups and was rolled
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

over and over in the swift water. Finally the horse and rider were washed out on an island sand bar more dead than alive. Homer was unable to rise for nearly an hour, and the horse was out for an hour longer. Homer nearly died from exposure in the meantime, as no fuel could be obtaind on the is land.
 At another time while going through a deep canyon a sudden slide of rock narrowly missed them. Homer says some of the rocks were as big as buildings. He is on his way to Argentine Republic, where he will join his brother in the cat tie business.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
AM ATuN SOURDOUGH MINER
 Is NOW ON EASY STREET"

get $E0,000 at the least before the ground is worked out.
 Mir. Marshall came over to Skag- way yesterday end Is stopping at the Dewey hotel, where he will re- main until the sailing of the Prtn- cess Sophia tomorrow night, when he will proceed to Seattle to make arrangements for getting machinery for tbe working of his claim, for it must be remembered that 15 foot pay bedrock on Spruce creek Is a thing never before heard of, the depth ranging all the way from 50 foet down to 100 feet and requiring more than hand labor to operate at A profit
 MT. Marshall IS very modest over his find" and reluctant to make any statement as to what be considers it's importance. He is known to everyone in the Atlin dis trict as a sober, hardworking man whose word is to be implicitly re- lied upon. For thepast seven years, when not engaged in prospecting he has been employd by Hugh Aoly- neaux, superintendent of roads for Northern B. c. He will return from the outside at the earliest date possible and make the aec- essary preparations for installing machinery to open up hds property early next spring. ,.....; n:
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

For the seventeen years since the discovery of placer gold in the Atlin, B. C., district, James Mar shall, one of the first Of the stanpeders who went in from Skag- way to that now famous camp, has delVed in the earth for the greater part of the time in a search for the metal that rules the finances of the world and shapes the destin- ies of nations, but with meager suc- cess until the other day when he made a strike that promises to put :hjm on "easy street" for the remainder of his life.
 Two weeks ago, while prospect tug his fractional claim, No. be- low; discovery on Spruce creek' Marshall struck bedrock in a fifty foot section of his claim at a depth os about fifteen feet, and the amount of gold dust be re- covered therefrom has satisfied shim that , fortune aWaits him ,Whenever. he gets ready to take 1t from the paystreak in the aurifer- ous gravel and from the creVices of bedrock. Mir. Marshall did not tell the representative of the Daily AL askan himself, but we have been informed by others that he has al- ready been offered, and refused to take, $1O,O0O for the claim, hay ing full confidence that he will
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
RESCUED PASSENGERS
 ARRIVE IN NEW YORK

New York, Sept. 22-The steam sh'G Tuscania arrived in this port today with the passengers of the Greek steamer Animal, which was burned in mid-ocean on Sunday night while on her way from here to Piraeus.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
TEN NEW INDICTMENTS
 IN EASTLAND INQUIRY

Chicago, Sept. 22-In the in quiry today into the Eastland steamship disaster ten new indict- ments were returned against the captain, engineer, heads of the com pauy and two government steamer inspectors.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

 VOTED WET"

Petersburg Report: At the sec ond election on the license ques- tion, held last Saturday, the vote was again in favor of the selling of liquor within the town of Petersburg by licensed dealers.
 Thirty-fiYe votes were cast. Twenty-fOur of these favored H. censes and eleven were opposed. Sitxeen of the ballots were cast by voters who had been registered for
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

New York, Sept. 22-Seven peo- pie are known to have been killed and fifty others seriously injured today when a dynamite explosion oo' cured in the Seventh avenue sub- way, causing a caye-in which en- gulfed a passing surface car load ed with passengers as well as num- erous pedestrians passing along the street. The force of the eX-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
DON'T KNOW WHEN HE
 WILL GO TO WASHINGTON

Brooklyn, Sept 22-James Archi- bald, the American correspondent mixed up h the affair of AmbasSa- dor Dumba, said today that he did not know when he would go to Washington City to state to the government his side of the case.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
SPECIAL TRAIN
 NORTH TONIGHT

A special passenger, freight, ex- press and mail train Of the w. P. & Y. R. will leave Skagway at ten o'clock tonight for WhitehOrse and way stations, The regular northbOund train a 9:S0 tomor- row morning has been cancelled.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION IN SUBWAY
 THE CAUSE OF MANY DEATHS

pIcsion broke the gas mains and the oyerpowering fumes from these werc added to the other appalling features of the disaster. Two hun dred police reserves as well as a large number of firemen are now on the scene engaged in the work Of rescue.
 It is believed the death list will reach twenty and probably more.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

Washington, D. C., Sept. 22-O Decision upon the action to be talk ea by the government in the James Archibald case awaits the return of Secretary of State Robert Lansing from his vacation trip.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
PERMITTED TO ESCAPE
 IN CASE OF DOUBT

Berlin, Sept. 22-Commanders of German submarines have been in strUcted by the war department that in the event of their being a doubt as to the intention of ocean liners when overhauled by a sub marine they must permit them to escape.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
SESSION
 GREEK CABINET

London, Sept. PA special ses- Sion of the Greek cabinet has been called for the purpose of making prvparatious for the mobilization of troops for instant service.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

(Mrs. Young reached Skag;#ay safely on the Jefferson Monday af- ternoon at 3:30 o'clock and left on the train yesterday for White horse on her way to destination. We are happy to state. however, that when she gets to the interior ter
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

Former Secretary of State VII lam Jennings Bryan at his own request was granted a conference this afternoon by President wilson It IS supposed to be in relation to the proposed peace mission of the former to Europe.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

London, Sept 22-The Balkans are reported today to be aflame with the war spirit, and 1t is said that Serbia has demanded an explain ation of the maSsing of Bulgarian troops on the border. Bulgaria, 1t is stated, expects to declare war On Serbia within the next two days.
 Berlin, Sept. 22-Bulgaria has ordered a general mobilization of troops on the Serbo-Bulgarian frontier and declarei that district war zone.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

London, Sept 22-The Chancel- Tor Of the Exchequer anticipates a dead weight of war debt at the end of 1915 of Sl1,OOO,OOO,OOO, and
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

James Archibald, the American newspaper correspondent, seventeen were of insufficient importance to warrant his arrest and the oth- CTS have already been published.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

Of the thirty-four Austro-German papers found in the possession of
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
BALKANS AFLAME WITH WAR SPIRIT
 --SERB|A DEMANDS EXPLANATION

An imperial decree ratifying the urco-Bulgarian accord will be issued Sept 26, according to Con- st&ntinople advices received at Athens and transmitted by the cor respondent of the Reuter- Telegraph company. The new iron tier, it is said, will be traced by German staff officers.
 Athens, Sept. 22-Bulgaria IS reported this morning to have al ready mobilized an army of 16O,- coo men, who will be ready for war at q moments notice.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22

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The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-22
OF THE EXCHEQUER
 ANTICIPATES HEAVY WAR DEBT

states that the heaviest taxes ever levied in the British Isles are now under contemplation by the government
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
T. A. WICKERSHAM DIES;
PROMINENT In FINANCE
Heart Disease Ends Life of Late
Thomas F. Walsh's Financial
and Realty Agent

Turner A. wickersham, 81. real estate
and financial agent for the Thomas +.
Walsh estate. died at his home yester-
day from heart disease.
Mr.. Wickersham was on his way TO
his once in the Colorado Building. when
he first complained of illness. He re-
manned In his office about an hour and
then went to his home. 23ol Calvert
street. about 10 o'clock. He died shortly
after arrival.
Mr.. Wickersham was born in Ander-
son, Ind. He was in the mining and
Utah for a number Of years, and seven
teen years ago became associated with
Thomas +. Walsh. He came to Washing
ton fifteen years ago as the latter's
financial and real estate representative.
and upon Mr.. Walsh's death continued
as agent under a codicil in the million
aires will
He was general land agent for the
Chesapeake Beach Railway Company.
proprietor Of the bathing beach at that
resort, and president of the Fussell Ice
Cream Company. He was a member Of
the National Press. Commercial, and
Country clubs. and the knights OF
Pythias
He is survived by his wife. a son,
Morgan w. Wickersham, OF Washing
ton, and by three sisters and a brother.
living in the West. Funeral arrange
ments have not been completed. II is
likely the ceremony will be in the home,
with only a few intimate friends and the
relatives in attendance. The body will
be cremated.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05

The Danish navy is experimenting with
the use OF American coal from the At
lantic coast
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
ARREST CLEARY
FOR Big Theft
Was Acquitted in New York
State of Killing His
Son-in-law.
FUGITIVE FOR MONTHS
Oodsed Police and Later Came Here
After Alleged Malfeasance-Charsed
with Stealing $4,000 in Funds.

William V. Cleary. former Democratic
boss" of Rocklsnd County. N. Y. who
was acquitted a year ago OF killing his
son-in-law. a youth who had secretly
married his daughter. was arrested in
Union Station yesterday. The arrest
terminated a nine months search by
New York authorities and good
time" lodging the police by Cleary.
CIeary was turned over to an attache
of Rockland County's district attor-
ney's office and taken back the Haver-
straw. N Y, his former home. TO
answer a charge of malfeasance as
town clerk. about $4,000 being in
volved.
Cleary was acquitted in December
on the charge OF killing his son-in-law'
CIeary then was town clerk in Haver-
straw and a prominent politician.
Eugene Newman. a youth, had gone to
his office to tell Cleary he had been
secretly married to his daughter for
several weeks.
Al the trial II was brought out
that before Newman could say he had
married the girl he was shot down.
fur bullets entering his body. Cleary
was acquitted on the grounds of being
temporarily insane when he shot New
man.
Shortly after the trial he and his
wife disappeared. After he had van
ished, county authorities unearthed
graft in a contract for building roads.
II is said, in which Cleary was sup
posed TO have gotten $4,000. A reward
Of $500 was offered for his arrest
Washington police learned Cleary and
his wife came here several days ago.
The New York authorities were noti-
fed and an official arrived here yester-
day with the warrant for his arrest.
Cleary and his wife were rooming
near Fifteenth and + streets north
west. During all OF Wednesday night
the house was watched by detectives.
The couple yesterday morning went to
Union Station to see a friends depar-
ture. They were arrested there by
Detective Cornwell.
We had a good time lodging the
police for nine months" Mrs. Cleary is
said to have remarked TO police.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
MUST CELEBRATE ON s4.
U. 5. Commissioners to Panama FaiI
VIII Have to Economic.

Commissioners of the United States to
the National Exposition Of Panama,
scheduled to start in Panama City jan
uary q. will not have what some might
term an orgIe-at least. on the money
furnished to them by the Treasury De-
partment- A ruling of the Comptroller
Of the Treasury says 81 a day is the
limit that will be allowed for commits
sioners to show Panamanians what sort
OF fellows the Americans are.
The exposition is designed to strengthen
the ties between Panama and Spain, as
well as to promote the interests Of the
Americas Also II will be a celebration OF
the discovery OF the Pacific by Balboa
on September %, I5l3
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
ITALIAN DEFEAT REPORTED.
IsonEo Battle n Failure, According
TO Berlin Dispatch.

Berlin wireless via SayvilleJ. Nov. A.
The following statement was issued to-
day by the semi-oficial Transocean
News Bureau:
The Isonzo battle. after two weeks
duration. has ended in an Italian break
down. owing to lack of reserves and
ammunition. Between Krn Height
CCogureto) and the sea nine army corps
took part on the Italian side. with at
least twenty-four infantry divisions and
two groups OF Alpini-that is. 81. 900
rifles, LOO cannon and $50 heavy cannon.
At the same time on the Tyrol front
there were only four Italian corps. with
at least eleven infantry divisions-that is,
10000 rifles. 100 cannon and 100 heavy
cannon.
The Austro-Hungarians took 81 off,
GERS and 800 soldiers prisoners on the
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
GERMANS NOT MISTREATED.
Clark Says They Fare Well In Brit.
ish Camps.

German prisoners in England are cared
for about as we'll as they could be were
they at home. Edward B. Clark said yes
terday at a meeting of the Twentieth
Century Club at All Souls Church. when
he described his experiences in the Euro
pean war zone. Mrs. Clark told OF work
at the hospitals in England and France
Mr. Clark was correspondent for the
Chicago Tribune at the front He and
Mrs. Clark recently returned to this
country. Mrs. G. II. Grosvenor. leader OF
the club. presided at the meeting
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
DR.. RIVES Is PRESIDENT
OF RELIEF ASSOCIATION
Board Passes Resolutions of Regret
at Deaths of M. |. Weller and
J.S.S. NEVADA.
Gen. Sternbere.

DR.. william c. Rives was elected presi-
dent Of the Citizens Relief Association
at the annual meeting of the board of
managers Wednesday in the Social Serv-
ice Building Mrs. Henry B. F. McFar-
land and Evan II. Tucker were made
vice presidents. William ]. Flather,
treasurer, and Walter S. Cfford, secre-
tary.
Resolutions of regret at the recent
deaths of President NJ. |. Weller and of
former President Geo. George NJ. Stern
berg were passed.
Rev. John Van Schaick. jr., a member
Of the board told of his experiences as
representative in Holland of the Rookie
feller Relief Commission.
Treasurer Fathers report showed re-
ce!pts of ss,23414 and expenditures OF
Sc, ,233.T9. All but SO per cent OF the
money expended had gone for food. fuel.
shoes, clothing, meals and lodgings.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
Yankee Bakers in Mercer.

New York. Nov. "A merger OF FIVE of
the largest baking companies in Massa-
and Connecticut was announced
today by the investment firm OF Max
Oscher Co. The new corporation Is
known as the New England Baking Com
pany. Its corporate units being the Mans
field Baking Company. OF Springfield,
Mass; o. X. Baking Company. of Hart
ford, Conn: L. L. Gilbert Baking Cor
poration. of New Haven, Conn: H. p.
Dixon. of New Bedford. Mass. and the
Louis E. Merry Company. of Boston.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
Kaiser Is Preparing
For Attack in West

Special cabl. to The Washington Herald.
Amsterdam. Nov. 4.-Ger-
many is preparing for another
terrific blow in the western the
alter. according to advices re-
ceived here from Berlin which
are corroborated by reports of
troop movements in Flanders.
Large veteran forces are be-
ing concentrated at Lens, Vimy
and Ypres, on the front now oc-
cupied by the British troops.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05

IZonso front between October q and -
The Italian losses are estimated at
$1,000 men
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
ITALY TO CONTINUE WAR.
VIII M No Efforts Toward sepa-
rat Peace, sys Rome.

The Italian Embassy yesterday an
nounced that 1t had been instructed by
the government at Rome to deny most
emphatically reports that the Italian
government was making any kind OF at
tempts to bring about a discussion of
peace In Europe at this time.
The issuance OF this statement by
direction OF the Italian government is
due. 1t Is believed. to the fact that Italy
did not Join her allies In the recent re-
iteration of their pledge to one another
not to make peace separately. This
pledge was renewed by Great Britain,
France and Russia on the occasion Of
Japan announcing her adhesion tn tt
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
PUTS MASSACREs UP TO U. s.
French League Asks Wilson to Tell
of Armenian Atrocities,

Special Cable to The washingtoi- Herald.
Paris. Nov. +-The French League for
the Rights OF Man has addressed an open
letter to President Wilson. appealing to
him to instruct the American Ambassa-
dor at ConstantinOple to reveal to the
world the whole truth about Armenian
atrocities. The letter says:
Your nation is just as responsible as
the French and English for the protec-
tion of Armenians and will share the
guilt II it does nothing to end the atroci-
ties"
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05

Passaic. n. J., Nov. i.-Dorothy Wal
lace has run away for the third time.
Dorothy is Is. but large for her age,
and resented being put in a class in
school with girls Of her own age who
were smaller than she was.
Since the beginning of the year
Dorothy has protested against remain-
ing in the class, but her teacher and
her mother insisted that she attend the
school. To make up for some home
work she had neglected 10 do, Miss
Lees, the principal OF the school, kept
Dorothy after hours. Dorothy notified
the teacher that she was going to run
to return the next day. The teacher
sent for Dorothy's mother, but when
Mrs. Wallace arrived at the school
Dorothy had vanished and has not been
aAAn sinnA
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05

Conrad johnson, principal OF the Alex
sndria High School. has been elected first
lieutenant OF the Alexandria Light In
fantry to fill a vacancy caused by resig-
nation.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-05
Appealed to Kitchener to Enlist.

Newcastle. Nov. 4-Lord Derby, ir
speech here today. declared Lord
Kitchener had by mistake been served
with a copy of an appeal to enlist.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01

will then be taxed at 10 Or 10 per
cent of their value.
The assessors have boosted that
they intend to increase. real estate
valuations in Cook county by $780,
100000 Just when the real estate
owners begin to howl under the bur
den, they will be told that a vote for
the constitutional amendment will
bring in cash on personal property
because the milliOnaires will rush to
file schedules when they have to pay
only 10 per cent of the true value
of their stocks. The real estate as
,sessment will fall.
Hoyne knocks their explanations
in the personal property decreases
this year as a stall. The assessors
claim they have wiped a lot of non
existant firms from the records and
the difference resulted. Hoyne an
sweTs
1.-The reasons assigned by the tax
ing officials for the decrease this
year are ridiculous. The capital stock
of over 5000 corporations in Cook
county should be assessed. The as
SCISSORS this year have assessed but
$500 of them. approximately 10000
to $4,000 new assessments have been
placed upon the books.
How then can a decrease be nor
maIly possible, bearing in mind all the
time that each Of the taxing officials
has repeatedly admitted that there is
at least thirty times as much per-
sOnaI property in Cook county as is
assessed? Why, also, has the assess
ment of personal property of country
townships been increased and that of |
Chicago been decreased?
Honest taxpayers of small or |
moderate means have this year filed |
personal property schedules with |
the result that the number filed with |
the board of assessors has increased |
over 100 per cent.
The wealthy taXdodger has cIOaked /
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01

JOHN EAWSON'S CONVICTION IS
VIRTUALLY SET ASIDE
Denver, Colo, July I. - John R.
LawsOn's conviction Of murder and
sentence to life Imprisonment was
virtually set aside in the Colorado
supreme court here late yesterday, it
became known today. Judge CRANKY
Hi1yer, who presided at the strike
leaders recent trial at Trinidad, was
ordered by the court to show why he
is not disqualified from sitting in
three cases growing out of the Wal
senbUrg strike riots.
Afidavits of previous employment
by the coal companies and prejudices
against union miners, filed in the
WalsenbUrg cases, are the same as
those presented in the appeal by the
Lawson defense for new trial Hill
yer has repeatedly overruled such
charges, considering himself quail
fed to preside at former strikers
trials, despite his admitted employ
ment by the employers and his bitter
opposition to the strikers before he
was specially appointed to the bench
in the labor district.
The supreme courts putting the
burden of proof on Hillyer was inter-
preted as forecasting a favorable de-
cision on LawsOn's appear for a new
trial if it ever reaches the highest
court. Ht1yer is expected to refuse
Lawson a new trial at the hearing
scheduled for July II.
UNREALITIES
Why it is that a banker on the
stage always has muttOnchop whis-
kers?
Why does the stage lawyer always
carry his papers in his hat? A real
lawyer never does that.
Why is the stage reporter always
by a big notebook. A
real reporter never carries one
Pittsburgh Post.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-01

The taxing officials instead
alizing taXdodgers have agt
mitted their escape from payI
their just proportion of taxes
posing small assessments an
ing at evasiOns of the law.f