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MINING IN
THEJUNEAU
GOLD BELT
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(The Empire is able today to
publish authentic resumes of the
development of Ataska-Gastineau,
Consolidated Treadwell, Alaska
Juneau, Ebner. Eagle River, Ken
sington and Jualln mines. The
review is brief, but accurate.?
The Editor.)
A summary of the work accomplish
ed during the past twelve months
shows that everything In connection
with the three divisions under de
velopment by the Alaska Gastineau
Mining Company (Alaska Gold) is
reaching the stage of completion con
templated on schedule time. The
power development is dono and in
operation, the mine development is
ready for ore shipment and during
January the great mills will com
mence operations at Thane. A sum
mary of the work is a history of In
dustrial achievement such as has never
before been equalled under similar
conditions.
Power Development.
The dam at Salmon Creek was com
pleted to its full height, namely 165
feet and 720 feet on the crest. There
are 52,000 yards of conccrete in this
dam and When finished it Impounds
19.000 acre feet. The dam was com
pleted in time so that the water began
to go to storage a nd by January first
there will be 13,000 acre feet in stor
age which Is sufficient to supply pow
er (or the ,milling plant and, mine 1
operations during the winter of 1914
15. Both power houses located in Sal
mon Creek are In successful opera- <
tion and are now supplying all the
power required by the company.
At the .vine.
At the mine all of tho outside con
struction work has been finished so
that the camp Is now completed for
tho full mining crew of 500 men. This
covers boarding houses, dining room,
club house, warehouses, machine shop,
and compressor plant. The camp is
modern and up-to-date, steam heated
with separate roomo for employees
shower baths, dry-rcoms, club and
reading rooms. The kitchen and din- ,
ninp. room are modern and have been
furnished with the beat of equipment.
In spite of the severe weather con
ditions existing at the Perseverance
camp during the winter time these im
provements have made the quarters ,
exceedingly comfortable for the men.
In fact. Just as much so as though ,
they wore in Juneau or elsewhere.
The compressor plant as now com- .
pictcd is capable of furnishing 5000 j
cubic feet of air per minute and not
alone supplies the drills but the main
manvfay hoist within the rchK, as !
Underground.
Underground, tho Sheep creek adit,
which was started in November. 1912, I
was finished and has a total length ,
from the portal to the end of tho 11,000
feet This tunnel has since been grad- .
ed and electrified and connected with
the Sheep Creek milling plant by a ]
modern 36 "guago, rock ballasted rail- I
road of 50-lb. rails. On the day before
Christmas the first train using the
trolly locomotive ran clear through ,
from the milling plant to the loadir/; J
station underneath the Perseverance
mine over the "36" guage track. This
system has been built to stand the (
transportation of at least 6000 tons in ;
(Continued on Pages three and (our.) j
MASONS KEEP OPEN
HOUSE TOMORROW :
The Scottish. Rlto Masonry bodies ?
of Juneau will keep open house In !
Masonic hall. Odd Fellows biulding,
tomorrow. New Year's day, from three j (
to live p. m. All Masons of whatso- :
ever degree are cordially invited.
MRS. GUNNISON RECEIVING
Mrs. Royal A. Gunnison will receive
tomorrow, assisted by Mrs. John R. j
Willis, Mrs. Willis E. Nowell, Mrs.!
John C. McBrldo. and Mrs. Harry J.
Fisher.
Forest Supervisor W. G, Weigle re
turned to Ketchikan this morning.
THE WEATHER TODAY.
Maximum?36.
Minimum?28.
Partly cloudy. '
ELKS HALL
NO LONGER
TORRENT"
Where will the second session of
the Alaska legislature convene?
At a meeting last night of Juneau
Lodge No. 420, B. P. 0. Elks, it was
voted that the large auditorium and
lodge room, which two years ago hous
ed the Senato and House, will hero
after be "not for rent." A loophole
was left in the motion by which the
auditorium may be donated for exor
cises or movements of a charitable
nature, and the Board of Trustees
of the Lodge will have dominion over
this proviso.
For many years Elks hall, as the
auditorium was known, has been the
scene of the gayest dances in Juneau,
of the political conventions and cau
cuses. and of ltinorant theatrical
shows. In tho auditorium have ap
peared at some time or another tho
most noted men in Alaska and thej
passing of it as a popular rendezvous i
for social festivity and political pro-;
gress will be genuinely regretted.
For some time the Elks have anti
cipated the action taken last night.
Although the lodge made a small sum
from the rental of the rooms to the
First Alaska Assembly, the revenue
derived for tho use of the hall for
other purposes has never balancedj
the expenses of maintenance. Here-,
after the rooms will be used exclusive-;
ly by the lodge. It is believed the
legislators will make overtures look
ing to the cental for the coming ses
sion. of either the rink, the court
WILSON'S SHIP
BIllJAVORED
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.?A favor
able report has been made by the
commerce committee, on the ship pur
chase bill, which was fostered' by
President Woodrow Wilson, as a step
todward building up the merchant ma
rine of tho United States.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.? ?
By a substantial vote the Unit- 4
v States Senate today refused to 4
4- strike tho literacy test provls- ?
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FAIRBANKS CHRISTMAS
GIFTS ARE HELD UP ,
FAIRBANKS. Dec. 19.?To get the I
accumulation of parcel post packages <
and newspapers which have accumu
lated at Cordova in excess of the limit ?
allowed under the mail contract,
Postmaster T. H. Deal, of Fairbanks
has wired to the Postoffice Depart
ment at Washington. The News-Mln- |
or says he surmises that most of the ,
parcels post is Christmas stuff and <
that without it Fairbanks and the j
creeks will have only half a Christ
mas tree.
He hopes to receivo an authoriza
tion to have this addition ton taken
in by stage right away, The depart
ment usually lots a contract in Decem
ber for extra tonnage of mail from;
Cordova in excess of the regular con
:ract. but that has not been done this
tvinter. Besides the parcels post there j
tre 3,000 pounds of advertising mat
:cr.
A. S. Dautrlck has gone to Seattle t
;o spend a few weeks. 1
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fr The Empire will not issue to- +; ?;
1* morrow. New Years Day, for *> ?
I* the reason that it is a legal ? ?
> holiday and for the further rea- -1* ?
r son that there will bo no rogu- ? ?
?? lar press service over the gov- * ?
5- crnmont cable. The next is- ? ?
:? sue of the paper will-, therefore. -1- -
:? bo Saturday, the day following. ? i
i- The Empire wishes everyone ? ?
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.?Dispatch
eo to tho state department this after
noon said the forces of "VseKeral Car
ranza had evacuated Monterey, and
that the Villa forces'had occupied the
city.
WASHINGTON'. Dec. 31.?Tho Car
ranza headquarters today received a
dispatch from Mexico City stating that
General Villa had imprisoned Gen.
Lucio Branco, military commandor of
Mexico City under tho Cnrranza re
gime.
Robbed and Killed
Another dispatch said a train had
been held up 30 miles West of Vera
Cruz, and two Cnrranza officials rob
bed and killed. Unoffioial advices
said sixtoon others were shot down
by bandits, who. then burned the
train.
The capture of Saltillo by Villa's
troops, after an all day battle is re
ported in messagos from Laredo, Tex
as. whore refugees from Ramos Arispe
had arrived.
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PROPOSAL MADE
TO JELL ROAD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.?J. P. Mor
gan hat? submitted to him a verbal
proposal to soli to the government
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railroad In Alaska, at Its appraised
physical valuation. Secretary of the
Interior Franklin K. Lane said today.!
The Secretary added that no discus
sion had been hold as to whose valua
tion would be used. In the event of
the government's acceptance of Mr.
Morgan's proposal.
BLEASE GIVES LIBERTY
TO 55 CONVICTED MEN
.COLUMBIA. S. C., Dec. 31.?Cover
nor Cole L. Bleaso yesterday granted
fifty-flvo New Year's pardons, paroles i
and commutations to convicts in the
state prison, leaving only 145 prison
ers in tho penitentiary.
SEEK TO ANNUL DRY
MEASURE IN ARIZONA
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PHOENIX. Ariz., Dec. 31.?Sulta to
have the Arlscna Stato prohibition
law declared invalid have been filed in
tho United States District Court both
here anti in Tucson. Injunctions wore
isked by a priest of the Catholic
church and by drug0l3ts. and whole- 1
sale and retail liquor dealers, to pre
vent the dry amondomnt going Into
effect January 1st, under tho provis- 1
Ions of tho measure, as approved by
the people of tho Stato election Nov
ember 3rd.
TOLOVANA OUTLOOK
PLEASES FAIRBANKS '
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FAIRBANKS, Dec. 19.?Consigned
to the Tolovana district Jim Dubuque
shipped a new boiler and prospecting
jutfit yesterday. The boiler was built
;n the shops of the Northern Com- [
nercial company and is similar to
many that have been sent to the now
Jtriko within the last tow days. Du- J
>uquo intends to leave for the Tolo
rana within a few days, and will spend
:he greater part of the winter i pros- ;
jectlng. He returned from the dis
rict a few days ago. and Is well
pleased with the outlook there.?(Fair- 1
janks Times.)
TEACHER IS VISITOR.
Miss Catherine Malonoy, a teacher -
n the public schools of Skagway, is 1
:he guest of friends at Thane.
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JUNEAU WILL OBSERVE * <
i- NEW YEARS DAY ? '
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:? New Years day will be gen- * 1
> orally observed by the people ? 1
of Juneau tomorrow. Practic- ?> <
ally all of the business houses 4 I
> will bo closed as well as all of v 1
> the public offices and tho offtc- i
> es of professional people gener- '
!? ally. A largo number of Ju- 4 1
:? neau ladies will be at homo to- ?> !
I* morrow. ?:?
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SEATTLE. Dec. :!1.?-Tho Steam
ships Al-Ki and Nbrtliiand, owned by
the Northland. Steamship Company
and' operated in tie Alaska trade, to
day were sold to the Border Line
Transportation Company, of which
Dodwcll & Company aro managing
agents. Tho deal was consummated
by H. C. Strong, of Ketchikan, Alas
ka, who has been hero sovcral days,
and A. F. Haines, Seattle manager, of
Dodwell & Company, who now be
comes manuger of tho Border Line
Transportation Company.
Mr. Haines announced tho company
would Immediately add the steamship
Dispatch to tho vessels purchased,
and operate them to Southeastern Al
aska.
The Border Line Transportation
Company heretofore operated only as
far north as Powell River,'B. C., and
Texada Island.
Dodwell & Company formerly oper
ated the Washington-Alaska Steam
ship Company.
Mr. Strong will 'withdraw entirely
from tho transportation business. It
is said he hns made a fortune with
tho Al-Ki and Northland, since putting
thorn on the Northern run over two ,
years ago.
CAMERON DAM OUTLAW
HAS SENTENCE REDUCED
BERKELEY. CaliL. Dec. 31.? Gov
enter Francis K. MeCovrrn today com
muted' the life sentence of John P.;
Dlctz. tho Cameron Dam outlaw to
twenty year's imprisonment.
Diets' case was one of tho most sen
sational in the history of Wisconsin.
"ACCIDENTALLY SHOT" 1
BY THREE MILITIAMEN
BUFFALO. N. Y.. Dec. 31.?A cor
oner's jury at Fore Eric, Ont? last 1
night returned a verdict, declaring that
Walter Smith, an American, was "ac
cidentally killed Sunday by Canadian
militiamen, by the accidental discharge '
of the rifles of three milltiamn."
The jury qualified their verdict by 1
stating that Smith, and Dorseh, who !
was wounded, were evading arrest.
WELL KNOWN LINER
BOUGHT BY RAJAH
SEATTLE, Dec. 10.?The C. P. R. :
Transpacific liner Empress of India
has been sold to tho Gackwar of Bar
roda for use as a hospital ship for In
dian troops.
"Old-time" Liner.
The Empress of Indian, one of the i
famous C. P. R. licet which has plied i
from Vancouver for neatly twenty
five years, was commandeered by the !
Admiralty for service as a transport <
She 13 commanded by Captain Ilailcy i
R. N. R., and for some weeks did
scout duty In Oriental waters. i
At Rajah's Expense.
Rumors that she was then fitted* up
is a horpital ship were received from
Bombay and confirmed by local c. t
P. R. olllciah'. today; Their under- ,
standing i3 that the ship was equipped <
it the expense of an Indian rajah .<
who ngrccd to pay all bills in this
connection. Confirmation of tho sulofi
las not been received hero. The Em
procs of India last loft this coast on
August 32 and upon arriving at Hong
kong was taken ovor.
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FATHER KASHEVAROFF
IS A REAL ALASKAN '
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Dec. 24.? t
A. real Alaskan was la Princo Rupert
'or a few days last week In tho Rev.
Andrew Kashovarrff, of Juaoau. Ho
.'?'as born In Kodlak, 53 years ago,
irid can therefore say lie lived in Al- t
mka when the great region was nn- i
lor control of the Czar, instead of 1
being a part of Uncle Sara's domain. 3
As his namo would indicate, ho is of <
ftuslan origin. Ho studied for the
niniatry, and is one of the best known
Jlergyman in the North. Ho was
much interested in seeing Princo Ru- <
?ert and noting . cvclopmont. Few <
ncn know the North Pacific coast ?
'or homo by the City of Seattle on :
Saturday night.
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:N PAIR
SAN DIEGO, Calir., Dec. 31.? The
Panama-California exposition, com- .1
momorative of the opening of tho can- :
al. will formally be oponod at mid
night, tonight, whon President Wood
row Wilson presses a silver key, In
tho White House, sotting the whcols :
In tho machinery building In motion.
A special leased wlro from Wash
ington to San Diego will be connect
ed with the President's desk. t
Thousands of people are In San I
Diego for tho opening of the "South* i
era California Exposition," which Is i
soparate and apart from tho Panama- <
Pacific fair which opcnB in San Fran- i
clsco In February. 1
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* WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.? + '
? The Pacific Mall Steamship + '
?> Company filed complaint with * 1
? tho State Department today + 1
v that Its vessel, tho Manchuria, *
? was hold up for 48 hours In tho + '
?:* Pacific, by Japanese naval ves- ? 1
? sels. * (
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WICKERSHAM TO MEET
WESTERN DELEGATION
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.?Delegate I
James Wlckcrsh&m of Alaska has call- c
ed a meeting of tho Pacific const dclo- 1
gatlon in Congress for tomorrow, to f
discuss methods of securing approp- 1
rlatlous for aids to navigation In Al- <
aska. c
COMMON LAW MARRIAGE ^
BEATS MANN ACT '
JACKSONVILLE, Fin., Dec. 31.?A
common law marriage is a valid de
fense to the charge of violating the
Mann white slave act, according to
Instructions given to a Jury by Fed
eral Judgo Call here la the case of
Gcorgo Harding, on trial under Fed
eral indictment. Harding was acquit
ted.
ARGENTINE 70 HA^E
ENORMOUS WHEAT CROP
BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 31.?Buenos
Ayrps province, Argentina, has 3,098,
250 acres sown to wheat.
NO DANGER OF
WAR WITH JAPS
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 31.?Speak- r
Ing hero, Japanese Ambassador Chin
3a touched briefly on tho relations ox- r
Isting between Japan and the United
States, deploring the frequently print- *
cd stories that war between tho two j,
nations was Inevitable.
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ONE COMPANY INCREASES
ITS WINTER DIVIDENDS t
NEW YORK. Dec. 31.?Directors of [
the Centra! Leather Company declar- t
v<! today a 3 per cent dividend on tho v
common' stock. A 2 per cent, divi- :J
lend was declared last year.
DREGON MINERS J
CLEAN UP $7,500
GRANTS PASS.'^Ore., Dec. 31.?
Fames Logan, of Waldo, has just do- J
posited Boven bricks of gold valued r
it $7,500 tho result of a partial clean
jp at his placer mine. 0
He washes 300 yards a day with 0
wo giants and a hydraulic elevator. ^
"TEN BILLION" CROPS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.?Secretary r
>f Agrlcutlturc Dayld P. Houston, an- r
jounced today that the valuo of farm 0
>roducts In the United States, for the c
enr just closing. Is ten billions of *
lollars.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
WASHINGTON?Among the Sounto
lonflrmatlons yesterday wan that of
)ryfflo T. Porter as Marshal of Ala- p
in!:. Mr. Pcrtor :3 from Oregon.?j t
;From tho Portland Orcgonlan, Dee.! 8
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ALASKA GOLD
BOSTON, Dec. 31.?Alaska Gold c
>tock Is quoted today at 25 3-4. 1
ALLIES TO
WAIT FOR
RESERVES
LONDON, Dec. 31.?There aro In
creasing indications that a serious al
Hod nijVahce against the whole Gor
man lino in the Western arena will
bo postponed until such time as the
larger contingents of Field Marshal
Sir Earl Kitchener'^ new army takes
the field in the spring.
Tho losses the Allies have sustained
up to the present time in tentative
hrusts hero and there have been heavy
in proportion to th? gains achieved i
md it is understood that the various i
military leaders have united in ,t,he i
opinion that tho sacrifices entailed by i
t general advanco at this time-would I
be too great.
Measure Gains by Yards. I
The official announcement issued
:hi8 afternoon in Paris by the French
War Offico relates a continuance of
Lho artillery duel with tho oncmy and i
loclaroB that "further advances aro I
Doing 'measured by yards' by tho
French, at several points in the bat
Jo line."
Tho German counter attacks were
lriven back and in Alsaco a certain
rtllnge is hold, half by the
3ermanc and half by the French, with
;ho troops fighting from house to
louso today.
JAYS FRENCH WILL
MAKE RAID ON GERMANY
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.?Tho French
iro building two great fleets, of air
?raft, and will arm them with can
ldmSarts and bombs, with which 'to -
nvade Germany in the Spring, accord
ng to Pedro Chapa. a Mexican aviat
?r, who arrived last night from Eur
ipo, on tho Cunard liner Carpathla. j
MOUTHFUL JAPS
WILL VOLUNTEER
TOKIO Dec. 31.?Partisans of the '
>roJect to send an army of Japanese *
o the European battle front are call
ng frequent meetings in Toklo and a
ireat movement Is on foot to awaken
public enthusiasm In this direction.
V mass meeting of Japanese youths
vlll be held tonight.
Thoro Is an active discussion In the
olumns of the newspapers supporting
ho plan to dispatch volunteers and
t has been scml-officlally learned that
France and probably Russia look fa
'orably on the project, but that Eng- c
and hesitates to ask for Japan's help, '
or diplomatic reasons.
No Troops Landed
Lato yesterday the foreign office de- *
tied the reports that Japancso troops *
tad been landed at Vladivostok, en- '
onto to the European battlo fields, [
nd included In the official statement ^
fas: "Japnn has not been approached '
iy Great Britain or any other coun- 1
ry, to send an army to tho aid of
ho Allies."
It was further denied that big guns 1
tave been sent "to any other nation
ixcept Russia." Russia recently ced
id an Island to tho Japanese govern
ment, in return for big guns which
ir-cro used to batter down Russian re- j
istanco at Port Arthur in 1903. |
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IAPAN WRESTLING t
WITH 1915 BUDGET i
?fr .1 r
TOKIO, Dec. 31.?Tho budget for
915, which shows an cstimatod ex- M
icndituro of 556,000,000 yen ($278,- t
100,000) and a decrease of the rovenue c
if 540,590,000, is now beforo tho House t
f Representatives for consideration, y
Considerable opposition to it has
leveloped. There is good reason to /
ollove that unless tho House passes
he budget it will bo dissolved.- The
ight of dissolving the House of Rep
osentatives is among the prerogatives t
f the Emperor. The Mikado has re- v
onsidored his action in dissolving the i
)iot s
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(AiSER'S SON IS a
IN COMMAND IN WEST V
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 31.?The ap
pointment of Prince Eitol Frederick f
o command of the First German bri
ado in the Went, has been announc
d here.
i'
Miss Hazel Studebakor left this ?
norning for the Sound, to resume\ t
icr Btudies. I
POLA IS
SHELLED
BYFLEEI
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 31.?A private
dispatch received today from Berlin
said that a fleet of thirty French and
British warships today bombarded the
Austrian naval base at Pala,*' o/? the
Adriatic Sea. The-fire from the chips
was returned by the const defense
guns, and the fleet retired, after do
ing som? damage on chore.
A dispatch this morning from Ven
ice Says that the Austrian super-dread
naught Virlbus Unitus was torpedoed
off Pola yesterday by a hostile sub
marine, but that she reached safety
under her own steam, and Ic not bad
y damaged.
RUSSIANS CLAIM
SWEEPING SUCCESS
PETROGRAD, Dec. 31.?Tho Rus
sian War Office today issued tho fol
lowing communication:
"Starting an offensive move
raont from- Ballnow, the Germans
made an assault yesterday on
Bourgadc, Borjimow, and our
trcncbcs near Gombin, under a
very intenso fire from our guns.
Our troops made a splendid coun
ter attack and with bayonets
slaughtered all of tie enemy with
tho exception of a few who laid
down their arms and wero made
prisoners.
"In this engagement we captur
ed German mncliiuc guns and in
flicted sovero losses on the nee
my, who brought into action In
this engagement regiments from -*?
several of their army corps."
BRITAIN WILL
ANSWLR SOON
LONDON, Dec. 31.?The official In
ormatlon bureau this afternoon gave
>ut the following statement:
"The answer of the British gov
ernment to the note of the Unit
ed States, protesting against the
detention of American ships, will
be drawn up as soon as possible.
It will bo in the same friendly
spirit In which the American note
is written.'"
Praises Wilson's Stand.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 31.?Thirty
mo ships, bearing 13,500 tons of
Vmerican copper worth 15,500,000, and
lestined to European nations, have
)een detained and their cnrgocs sclz
:d since the European war began,
Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Mon
ana. told the Sonate today in a speech
0viewing the interruptions of Amerl
an commerce. Senator Walsh high
y .praised tho government's recent
loto to Great Britain.
fUBES DROP
MURDEROUS BOMBS
DUNKIRK, Dec. 31.?Four German
leroplnnes, each of which was manned
>y two pilots, flew over Dunkirk at
lusk Inst evening and dropped over
hlrty shrapnel bombs. Fifteen civil
ans wore killed, and thirty-two wound
;d. Many buildings wero wrecked.
Troops fired at the noroplanes. but
is far as ascertained none of the shots
ook effect The Germans \yorc ov
[r the city but ten minutes. They ro
urned to their own lines after tholr
vork of destruction.
>kLL UNFORTUNATES
ALIKE TO CATHOLICS
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ROME, Dec. 31.?Cardinal Gasparrl,
ho papal-secretary of state, Is for
warding to the Catholic bishops In . the
diggorcnt countries the Pope's in
ductions regarding prisoners of war.
ncludcd in these Instructions is an
dmonltion that assistance mut - bo
;Iven to prisoners irrespective of their
cligion, nationality or language.
?1ARCONI IS MEMBER
OF ROMAN SENATE
ROME, Dec. 31.?King Victor Eman
icl today signed a decree making Gu
;llolmo Marconi. Invcatlr of wireless
clegraphy, a Senator iu the Italian
>arliament