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THE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE "ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" ~~ p Box lmt 7 , __________________ VOL. IX, NO. 1253. JUNEAU. ALASKA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER I, 1916'. PRICE TEN CENTS BANDIT VILLA MAKING ATTACK ON JUAREZ POSSE SEARCHING FOR AN ASSASSIN FIRING STARTED NEAR JUAREZ IN MORNING HOURS Villa and His Followers Are Believed to Have Begun His Attack Across Border. MEXICANS FLEE TO U. S. Refugees Report Chinese Being Slaughtered in Cfrhuahua City by Villa's Soidiers. EL PASO. Dec. 1.?It is be-, lieved that Francisco Villa and hisj forces are moving td attack Juar ez. the Mexican stronghold of the Carranza forces across the bor der from here.. At daybreak this morning firing began about four miles south of Juarez. Fifty shots were distinctly heard on the Am erican side of the border but all efforts to learn the cause have so far proved unavailing. The native residents of Juarez heard the firing and believed that the city had already been attacked by Villa and several families ran to the American side of the bridge; across the Rio Grande, panic strick en. It is known that a heavy de tachment of defacto cavalry were routed out from their quarters, jumped in the saddle and hur ried out to the trace track from Qnnrt#*!. ACTIVITY AT JUAREZ. ' j Juarez. Dec. 1.?Great activity has aroused the Carranza military forces here to defend the city in view of a possible attack by Villa. Cannon have been placed in the parks and surrounding; the cus toms house. No report has been J received as to the cause of the firing this morning four miles south of the city. VILLA SLAUGHTERING CHIHUAHUA CHINESE. El Paso. Dec. 1.?Alter his cap ture of Chihuahua City. Bandit Vil la began slaughtering the Chinese j residents of the city. Four refu gees arrived here this afternoon and they told the United States au thorities that up to the time they fled from the city. 50 chinamen had been killed by the bandits followers. 1 .. The refugees stated that Villa was I in direct command and was at the head of his forces. He has shaved his moustache, which has been one of the characteristics about him. No report has been received re garding the fleeing of Trevino forces although it is reported that they j have taken to the hills in an effort to work south. Villa has stated that he intends to capture the en tire northern part of Mexico before he is through. MARIPOSA CLEARED FROM SEATTLE FOR NORTH EARLY TODAY SEATTLE, IXc. 1. Steamer Marl-i posa sailed for the north at 10j, o'clock this m.Tning with the follow- , ing p i -ormer for Juneau: Mrs. i, Situ Freim n, G. McClerg. Sam C. j Gordon. Jam i;. Craven. S. W. Sal mon. G. \V Itutt rworth. C. S. Pierce. William Dry >rt and Finn Re?rille. S ? P. i WEATHER REPORT?24 Hrs ! Ending at 3 p. m. Today: : < f . ? ?? oo ?* Friday. December 1st. i Minimum 2S. ! ( Precipitation?.45 in. Cloudy. j | C (j? j ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ARE MARCHED AWAY Information !s Given to the United States First Hand by Ministers of the Belgians. GIRLS NOW" INVOLVED WASHINGTON*. Dec. 1.?One hun dred thousand Belgians have been deported from Belgium by the Ger man authorities according to infor mation presented to the State De partment this afternoon by .Minister Harenith. | "The deportations." the minister state!, "are now continuing at the ite of 3,000 a week." * I . I Girts and Women Deported LONDON, Dec. 1 It is reported ; from Fauquemont, says a Router \ dispatch from Amsterdam today, that : the male inhabitants of Hasselet < and Laaia, Belgium, between the ag es of seventeen and fifty, also girls t and women posse>sing a sewing ma- j chine are to be deported to Germany, f FOREMAN : IS DROPPED IN : UNITED STATES js l" i Fifty Million Dollars for Great Britain and France Is Called jj Off Today. NEW YORK. Dec. 1.?J. I*. .Morgan has issued instructions to drop the, sale of the British-French treasury notes. No explanation was made with the announcement which was ? issued today. MINNEAPOLIS. Deo. 1. In ?vfor- " ence to the desire of the Fc serai M Reserve Board, the proposed $30,- 111 OOO.OOO loon to Great Britain and *1' France, has been called off. oi PRESIDENT WILSON ? GOES TO ATTEND A * FETE IN NEW YORK ; I Ol WASHINGTON'. Dec. 1.?President tl Wilson and Mrs. Wilson will leave ^ lomorro*.v morning for New York 1B City to be present at the inaiitfura-; tion of the new lighting system ofi|r the Statue of Liberty. Elaborate! ceremonies are planned, ending with|Ir a big fete. jt, CAPITALIST^ KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT TODAYI" " SEATTLE. Dec. 1. ? Alfred 'Van a Fleet, an aged man. capitalist of | Toiiet. 111., was killed in an auto-: mobile accident here today. Mr. j11 Van Fleet was visiting relatives. . , . Jt AIRMEN KILL SIXTY WOMFN. ^ ROME, Dec. 1.?Sixty women and children were killed in an air raid carried out by an Austrian squa dron, the War Office announced today. The raid was at Wcadova. Italy. ir CANNED GOODS SCARCE. n' S NEW YORK, Dec. 1.?Retail gro- ni ccrs complain of a shortage of canned goods, and some predict that pi only one-third of the normal supply ra will be available in New York this T winter. ?-?-? T NO MORE WHITE BREAD IN NEW YORK PRISONS A NEW YORK. Dec. 1.?Inmates c-f New York state prisons and re formatories will cat corn bread in stead of white broad, beginning to day. because of the. high cost of living, it was announced. Turnips N ind beets already have been substi- si tutcd for potatoes. pi FIGURES WITH FACTS GIVEN ON WATER SYSTEM Mayor Stewart Prepares An Article Setting Forth Details of Juneau Company PROFITS ARE SHOWN Estimated That Earnings of Company Would Give l\!eat Profit if City Purchased System. Tonight Mayor 15. D. Stewart will present an array of facts and figures o the city councllmen regarding the luneau Water System. Today the Mayor has furnished the following, vhlch Is a statement of the revenues in:! expenditures of the company and ither details as follows: The following Is a statement of he revenues and expenditures of the luneau Water Company, complied rom the books of the company, and irepared upon such a basis as to how what may reasonably be ?xpccted in the way of net returns: Receipts The statement of receipts is based pon the actual receipt , for the ten lonths of 1916 ending October 31, 916. tern 1. Power $ 1,105.00 tern 2. Connections 416.00 lem 3. Domestic service 14,186.95 lem 4. Miscellaneous ... 254.25 Total $ 15.962.20 Average per month, $1,595.22. The receipts for the months from uly 1 to Oct 31 inclusive have been s follows: July $2,071.25 August 1.674.00 September 1,667.50 October 1,618.00 Total $7,V30.tit> Average per month. $1757.69. The figures covering the past four lonths may be more reasonably as lined as representing those which lay be expected as improved man sement has resulted in bringing | 10 receipts to the amount given , r approximately $1750 per month. Expenditures The statement of expenditures has fen made up in the following man er: The items covering salaries, liscelianeous operating expense, and; ffiee expense have been taken as ] ie average for the plast ten months.. alarics are of fixed amount from lonth to month an 1 the other two re small and arc fairly constant j i amount. The item of repairs and renewals] icludes all expense of maintaining ie condition of the system and rc- j lacing such parts of the plant as < ive needed it. The average per lonth for this item has been ar ved at by including all repair and inewal charges from June 1, 1914 > October 31, 1916. The amounts re as follows: em 1. Salaries and super intendence. per month $350.00 em 2. .Miscellaneous oper ating expenses per month.. 44.6Si em 3. Office expense per month 24.00! em 4. Repairs and renewals per month 108.00 Total operating cost per month $526.68 The Item of miscellaneous operat ig expense includes the running of ie pump supplying the small tun pl reservoir supplying residents on eventh street. Office expense is lade up largely of stationery etc. Assuming the receipts to be $1,700 ?r month a recapitulation may be iade a3 follows: otal receipts per month $1,700 otal operating cost per month $526.6S dd general deprec iation over and above renewal 3. (This item is high) permonth $125.00 Total expense .. $651.00 et return avilablo for meeting in ailments and interest ? $l,04S.32i er month or $12,579.S4, during the! ? i.?? ... ?p. Jk w ?? SULZER PICKING UP STEADILY IN RETURNS I SEWARD. Dec. 1. ? A wireless received here from I the steamer Dora giveH the election returns from Chlg | nik as follow^: Sulzer 10 . I Wlckershaatn .. 0 ?: Acording to the tabula tion of The Empire Charles A. Sulzer iH now In a lead with 71 votes. .1 J. I ?* - ... I ? purchase of the system a net prof it when the system Is owned by the I city. ' The Ability o* the City to Take Over the Juneau Water Sy*tem at this Time A very carefully prepared financial ! statement of the City of Juneau for ! the year ending April 1. 1017 has i been furnished by the City Clerk dated November 17, 1010. In general ;terms this Is as follows: Total receipts to date $112.303.8-1 , Eestimated receipts for re mainder of council year. 15,702.67 Total $128,006.21 Total disbursements to date $ 74,673.81 , Estimated disbursements balance of council year.. 33,161.00 ! Unpaid bills on hand ....$ 1,403.20! Total $109,328.10: Balance subject to dis bursement $ 1S.678.41 'i It Ir no be noted that the estlmat : ed expenditures tCr the remainder of the year Includes, besides all ordin ary expenses such as the running j expenses of the various departments the sum of $4,000.00 for extra work on the streets and nu additional $2. 000.00 to cover unforseen incidental ' 1 expenses. It will readily be seen that considering the season of the j year, the allowance for street work j is very excessive. I confidently believe that the pres J ent council, with reasonable econ ! omy. could go out of office with a net balance to the credit of the city of $20,000.00. I Method Proposed For Leagiiy Acquir ing the Water Works The following method has been proposed to be used in taking over the water system: The present option held by the mayor would be assigned to a trus tee company which would pay Mr. Lewis the initial installment of $28, 000.00. Simultaneously with the assign-) ment of the option to this company the said company would execute in favor of the city an option to pur chase the system from time to time i as funds were in hand to pay for j, fractional interests. The company would a!?b execute a lease of the' system, whereby the city would be come Into immediate control 'of the plant and its funds. It would also sell to the city at once a 28 per cent. Interest in the works for $28,000.00. Such a company, composed of some 1 of the best local buslnes" men, ' would act as a directorate on behalf'' of the city insuring good business ?' management and would 3ervc with-; 1 out compensation until such timej( the city had acquireu full ownership.' There is in the city treasury at '"! the present time a cash balance of J approximately $37,000.00 out of which could be paid the sum of $28,000.00 needed for acquiring full ownership 5 of ^8 per cent, of the cost of the ?' system. As soon as this initial pay- ( ment is made, under the terms of 1 the Icaso drawn, the city would at JJ once receive the full revenue of the j1 plant amounting to approximatly $1,-11 700.00 per month. The net return j from this Income could bo used to i' avoid payment of interest on the ^ part of the city. ft will bo seen that on the basis; of the foregoing statement as to the! financial condition of the water sys- ? tern under its present ownership the Initial payment of $28,000.00 made 1 out of the funds at present on hand , in the city treasury would In all probability be the last which would t have to be made out of the city's receipts aside from those desired from the water works system lt3elf. 13. D. STEWART, Mayor. JEFFERSON ARRIVES The stenmer Jefferson arrived from 1 the south this afternoon with only one passenger, M. F. Howe, for Ju neau. The Jefferson brought IS tons of freight for Juneau, 5 tons for Thane and 10 tons for Douglas. TEUTONS NEAR BUCHAREST IN LARGE FORCES Von Mackensen and Army Approaching the City from Direction of Argeshu River. VIOLENT ATTACKS MADE Germans Claim Russians and Rumanians Are Only Wasting Their Lives. BERLIN, Dec. 1.?Tlie Teutonic I advance on Bucharest, the capital of Rumania continues notwith standing the resistance of the Ru manians. Gen. von Mackcnsen's forces arc today reported to be approaching the Argeshu river in the direction of Bucharest. The Russians and the Rumanians late today made violent attacks ov er a front 200 miles, the war office announces. Their efforts are char acterized as a waste of lives and ammunition. Yesterday the Rumanians suf fered heavy losses. The Teutonic forces took BOO prisoners and 21 cannon. An offensive movement in the Do-: brudja was begun yesterday by j the Russians and the Rumanians i who made massed attacks on the Bulgarian left wing. The attack was broken down under the Bul garian lire. GERMAN U BOATS AGAIN REPORTED IN TRAFFIC LANE BOSTON, Dec. 1.?German U-boats are again menacing shipping on the Atlantic Iane3 of travel according to a wireless report received here. Warnings have been sent broadcast. No reports of torpedoing have been received. EMPEROR'S BODY IS GUARDED BY GERMAN SOLDIERS! BERLIN, Doc. The royal sop ulchor at Curtea tie Arses, la West ern Rumania. In which the body of the dead Emperor Francis Joseph has Seen placed, Is under protection of ihe German troops. Emperor Wil liam ordered this protection. AIRPLANE PIONEER DEAD. LONDON, Dec. 1.?Sir George tyhltc is dead. Ho established the Irst airplane manufactory in Eng land, and was a pioneer of electric itreet traction, being the first to ntroduce It in London. lie was 52 years old and received the title ( >f baron in 1904. I ? ? - ? ? ? rOUNG BANK MESSENGER SLUGGED; $1,040 STOLEN CHICAGO, Dec. 1.?Two negroes dugged D. C. Warner, 15 years old, 1 i bank messenger, and robbed him i >f $1,040 today and escaped. War- i ler was returning from the First \ National Bank of Englewood to a i jranch office of the Borden Dairy ] Company with the payroll money. < rhc negroes nttacked him from be hind, he said. 5N0W TWO FEET DEEP IN PARTS OF WISCONSIN , GREEN BAY, Wis., Dec. 1?Snow ' las been falling in Center and Up- ! >er Wisconsin thirty-six hours and , oday had reached a depth of two , teet in drifted spots in Green Bay. - 1 N . JUST THINK? There Are Only 24 DAYS Until Christmas! -?.?' GERMANY WANTS TO SETTLE THE MARINA AFFAIR Desires United States to Make a Statement Upon which to Have a Settlement. COMMANDER'S REPORT WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.?The Ma rina case was discussed today at a conference between German Am bassador von Rernstorff, Secretary of State Lansing. Germany in a communication in reply to the in quiries of the United States, has j asked for any information in pos 1 session of this government that will j lead to a settlement. "SUB" COMMANDER'S REPORT WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.?The Ger | man submarine commander, who sunk the British horse ship Marina j with a loss of six Americans, has ! reported to his government that ' lie took the vessel for a transport. Germany has asked the United States for information regarding the status cf the ship and is ready to offer amends if the Marina was entitled to immunity. FRANCIS HENEY IS CALLED TO WHITE HOUSE President Wilson Sends California Man Wire to Be in the East Next Week. LOS ANTILLES, Dec. 1.?President i Wilson has Invited by wire, Francis J. Honey to be at a White House . dinner on Dec. 7th," to meet Mr. ' Vance McOormlck." There la some speculation rife here that Mr. Honey may succeed i Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane, the latter going to the Supreme , Hejich of the United States to take the place left vacant by the reslg-j1 nation of Charles E. Hughes. prominent/Ten are lying today ! close to death ! i NEW YORK, Dec. 1.?John Hayes j Hammond, the International engineer < and prominent man Is very low at ' Ills residence here of Intestinal trou bles. ] f NEW YORK. Dec. L ? John D. Archibald, of the Standard Oil, op- ^ prorated upon a week ngo for ap pendicitis, Is dangerously ill at his 1 home at Tarrytown. I DEMAND FOR CAULIFLOWER. I RIVERHEAD, N. Y.. Dec. 1. ? There Is such a shortage of all ar ticles that can be used for pickles this year that agents of pickle man ufacturers paid as high as $100 a ton for cauliflower to farmers here. Early in the season many growers were glad to get $20 a ton. BLOODHOUNDS ARE USED. LEXINGTON, Tcnn., Dec. 1. ? Posses with bloodhounds began a search today for the slayer of Mrs. Callle Havener, 22 years old, and Mrs. Rebecca Boatright, 20, who wore found shot to death at the liorne of the latter late yesterday. The authorities believe robbery was the motive of the crime. j * I STOCK QUOTATIONS I f * NEW YORK. Dec. 1.?Alaska Gold closed today at 12%. Alaska-Juneau at 7%. American Zinc at 56%. Rutto and Superior at 68%. Ray at 32%. Utah Copper at 121%. Chino at 67%. Copper metal was quoted at 33. . ONE MAN DEAD TWO WOUNDED NEAR SEWARD Assassin Makes Escape and Marshal and a Body of Men Are in Pursuit CHIEFS SON IS KILLED Former Ketchikan Man Is Held for Killing Son of Former Chief of Wrangell Tribe. SEWARD, Dec. 1.?This section of the country had a tragedy yes terday and as a result one man is dead, one is perhaps fatally in jured and a third man has been shot, but how seriously, is unknown and a posse is pursuing the assassin. A man by the name of Stoker, a tie contractor for the Alaska En gineering Commission, building the government railroad, shot and kill ed John Hendricks at Mile Twelve late yesterday. Stoker then shot and wounded, perhaps fatally, E. Irving. Marshall Evans was notified and with a posse went to the scene. Stoker had left and the posse start ed in pursuit. A subsequent report was received that Stoker, whose arrest was at tempted at Mile Fourteen, shot an other man and escaped. MAN KILLED AT WRANGELL. Wrangell, Dec. 1.?E. R. Bing ham, recently of Ketchikan, this morning shot and killed John Shakes, son of the late chief of the Thlinket tribe. The killing oc curred over Bingham's wife, a na tive woman, whom he brought here from Ketchikan. Bingham was arrested immediate ly following the committing of the crime and is held here in jail. John Shakes was one of the best known natives in Southeastern Al aska. TRAGEDY AT FAIRBANKS. Fairbanks. Dec. 1?Early Thanks giving morning the home of Mrs. T. Porter was destroyed by fire, in ler absence, and James Porter aged :en months, and Mary Porter, aged rour years, are dead, and Irene iherman, aged 6, is so badly burned :hat deatli is practically certain. Little Irene rescued two from the lames. Jack Hansen and Jack O'Connor, wo firemen were overcome fighting he fire but were pulled from the mrning building by comrades. r i* H ' '"" ? 4? I I STEAMER MOVEMENTS and Mail Information NOW BOUND NORTH | Prince Rupert sailed last night | Will be due here Sunday night. Admiral Watson sailed last night. Will be duo Sunday ' night. Has mail. Mariposa sailed at 10 a. m. today. Will be due Monday. SCHEDULED SAILINGS Ai-Ki Is scheduled to sail from | Seattle Sunday. Humboldt is scheduled to sail ' | from Seattle Tuesday. Princess Sophia Is scheduled to sail from Vancouver tomorrow night. SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS I City of Seattle is scheduled to sail southbound tomorrow morning. I Jefferson should be southbound | tomorrow. j Admiral Evans Is scheduled to ( sail southbound next Monday. 1 Northwestern Is scheduled to sail southbound next Wed | nesday. * " L* I*