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?L ? ? ?? ? MINING IN THEJUNEAU GOLD BELT * (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. <? -I- -J- -I- ?*- -J- -J- -!? ??- v> ?> -I- <(? -J- -J- -J -> * v "LITERACY TEST" ? ' TO GO IN BILL 4 {? ? ? WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.? ? By a substantial vote the Unit- 4 v States Senate today refused to 4 4- strike tho literacy test provls- ? ?> ion from the immigration bill. 4- 1 > -i ! 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- ?> ?> 4* 4- ?> ? ?> ? ?> < -t I m ? m 4 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 > NO EMPIRE TOMORROW ? ? > 4> h 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 ? ? > a Happy New Year. -> - > * ?< v 4 ?> ?> -J- 4 ? <? 'I ou INI 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. ? 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 v?? 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 ' ?+? 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. > ?> -> <? .> ?> <. .j. .j. < :?* 4 : JUNEAU WILL OBSERVE * < i- NEW YEARS DAY ? ' :? :? 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. ?:? .;. J, 4, .j, | 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. : 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. I Dl! :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 ?????????? ( * PROTEST ENTERED % * ?I'? ?> < * 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. * ( * ? 1 V '/ V K.4 *Z* V *?* V *1* ?;? *%* 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. t 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. .... 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 ? 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. | c 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 I (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 ?v? 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