FROM TUESDAY’S DAILY
RETURNS FROM EAST
Mr. Henry Wilke. Manager of the
New England Fish company, returned
on this morning's Maquinna. after
spending considerable time in the
eastern states. His' trip has been
both a pleasure and business trip.
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The power fishing boats Shamrock
and Sumner today boxed twelve and
fifteen boxes of halibut respectively
it the New England Fish company's
plant, and after taking on ice and
supplies will sail for the fishing
grounds.
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London. March 23—Word reaches
this place today that the British
steamer Concord has been torpedoed.
The crew of the steamer state how
ever that the boat was still afloat.
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Seattle. March 23—Judge James
Wiekersham. congressional delegate
from Alaska, was entertained here
today at a luncheon given by the
Chamber of Commerce. During a
short talk by Mr. Wiekersham. he
highly praised Secretary of the In
terior. Lane, for the great work he
has been doing for the good of Alas
ka. Judge Wiekersham plans to leave
here next Thursday for Juneau, and
later will visit Fairbanks.
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Washington. March 23—It has been
announced in this eity that General
Villa ha* apologized for the murder
of John McManus, at the City of
Mexico during the recent occupation
by his forces. He also states that
his family will be fuilyindemnified
for his murder.
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London. March 23—The prize courts
have ordered that the British govern
ment shall pay six hundred thousand
dollars for the American food stuffs
that has been seizen on board two
Swedish and one Norwegian stamers.
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HUMBOLDT IN' AND OUT
The steamer Humboldt arrived from
the south early this morning and after
iischargeing 25 tons of freight- left at
6:-10. She will eall in at Chomley on
her way north. The Humboldt should
reach this port on her return voyage
some time Friday.
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Rome. March 2d—It is officially
anouneed to-day that a royal decree
wili s.»n he issued in the effort to
p.r teet the country against spies, of
which the country is more than over
run at pr ~ nt. thereby making al
rr set imp'ssibl-- to keep any of the
state affairs from being given away.
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WHAT A GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
MEANS TO ALL ALASKA
There are many people who still
seem to think the Building of the
Alaska government railroad means
no more than the building of some of
the other rao-is in the territory in
the p-ast. It is hard to get them to
realize that this is a new land which
one f the greatest nations on earth
has decided to open to humanity.
The mere building of the railroad
itself is only, so to sp-eak. the cut
ting of a trail to what is fceyon-l and
around. The very opening of the
coal mines means the future employ
ment of thousands f men but that in
itself alone is as nothing to the
crowds that will be attracted.
Human beings are like pigeons and
many ther sorts of birds—they travel
in flocks. They attract each other.
Taken an undeveloped land an-i it
is harder to get the first thousand
people into it than it is to get a
hundred thousand people afterwards.
The opening of the mines and the
building of the railroad will reveal
possibilities which we cannot now
•-ereeive without comparing Alaska’s
story with the history of every ter
riforv under the sun. Tnere is no
place in the world today whose p-opa
lation is not increasing no matter
how an -lent that place might be and
ho s- much overpopulated.
Here is a virgin territory where
mea can have hundreds of acres when
*h-v couldn't get one ont«i le—-where
there are minerals and coal resourc
es. and fish and game, an*! where
■ nv man can supp ort himself a it hoot
the crowd and can gain affluence
with it- Today Alaska has a better
outlook than the state of Washington
bad about a generation ago.—.Seward
Gateway.
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An army officer’s wife writing in
an eastern publication among other
’tings says: “I never saw such an
active matrimonial market as in Alas
ka. And I cannot say too positively
t.ha; the Alaska men are the equal of
any in tbc- world. They have to be
cjue men phrsfeially and morally to
overcome the hardship-s of Alaskan
wilds.”
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] JKOKE through ice
AND FROZE TO DEATH
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One of the grjnt trage lies o' the
North was enaeted on the Johnson
river a few days ago. whereby lion
ry Thorsen, a young prospector re
turning to his ramp, lost his life
From all appeal ances young Thorsen
and his outfit went hrough the ie*.
enroute up the Johnson. He man
aged to get out in a wet condition,
and tried to start a fire but failed
Then he endeavored to make a s.
cabin five miles this side of his 00.11
camp, one oeonpied by Wesley anu
Grimsinoe. He managed to get with
in a mile of it. when he could travel
no more and frozo to death on the
trail.—Cordova Times.
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FAIRBANKS EXPERIENCES
AN EARTHQUAKE SHO-.*
Last week a fairly life-sized earth
quake shook the Faribsnks country,
and according to telegraphic reports
was felt ail along the Tanana valley.
At Nenana it w.13 much stronger tLan
at Fairbanks and down as far as Hot
springs it created quite a shake. No
iatuage was done. In all- the quake
lasted about 20 seconds, starting with
1 good shock and dying out in two
•r three iesser ones.
An interesting incident in connec
tion with it is the fact that the Faic
l-nnks signal corps office had informs
tion on it from ail along the divis
ion within five minutes or less after ,
it occurred.
In connection with the shocks also
might be mentioned the fact that se.
cral Faribanks people report hav- j
ing seen smoke issue from over in tL<
Mount Hayes country along the Alas
kan range. The men on duty at the
N. V. plant climbed to the roof an ,
looked at the phenomenon for so t ;
time with a powerful field glass
Then a haze settled down over C.
mountains ami nothing more was
seen.—Cordova Times.
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When railroad building was under
taken in Alaska following the dis
eovery of gold, a unique engineering'
feat was performed. At a feint eighty
miles out of .Skagway the survey ha
been made for the road along t' .
shore of a lake, but is was found t j
be so irregular and broken by so j
many coves that .a plan was a- !
ed of getting a better line by lower
ing the level of the lake. This
done by cutting an outlet eu:-.
through which fourteen feet of t
lake drained off- But presently
new channel, having cut throne'
■uandy hili. gave way. and the ec--.
:ng lake water wore an enonro «
yon through the eountrv and red-ice
[the lake level again over seven*,
j feet. A fine level roadbed was «
cure*! over what was formally the
i the lake_Argonaut.
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A peculiar condition of affairs e
isted in Fairbanks recentlv when
* 1
* arents of Jack Craig, who was -
erly bitten by vicious dogs, attempt
to secure permission to have the <! * |
killed. The Cnited States marsh-**',
office had no authority to grant to]
permission nor could the district at :
torney'. offi.-e issue the authoritv
The owTi“r of the animals solved t * i
question by sh.siting the animals i
seif. The dogs were half wolf an : i
had wandered fr -m Fairbanks out ' I
Fox. evidently hunting rabbit*. The |
were blood hungry and gave hhttle t 1
a man who came to the boy's assi«
tance.
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The new radio station to be erected 1
at Mile 13 along the Copier River o ;
Northwestern railway, will he for
commercial use ar. 1 the one at Wbit“
head will be continued for communi
cation with the ships, etc. Although
not quite enough money is available
now to complete this station, wo
is to be started in June. This mean',
that a large working force will like
be here most of the summer and that
the Buffalo or some other cruiser w1!
be in port for several months. This
of itself will mean considerable to f'
town_Cordova Times.
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Fred Raeey. steamboat man rr
turned to Fairbanks from the He-’v
river, stated that a pay«treak
been uncovered more than seve* *
feet wide which yielded between *’
and $2.00 to the foot.
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“Jim” Beasley, noted Alaskan *
mancer. whose name has furnish.*
much cop.y for the scribes on the »"
Fork p/apers during the p.ast five
years, is now fighting with the »•
ties, according to reports.
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The spprop.riat ion for addition**1
hatcheries in Alaska, a* rerommen*1 • '
by [Jr. E. Lester Jones, deprt*.
commissioner of fisheries having f-i*
ol to pass congress, the p.rospect of
having a hatchery established
Eyak lake, ha* gone a glimmering f *
thii Jtil.
i'BOM WEDNESDAY'S DAILY
London, March hi—Word reaches
here today stating that during the
recent struggle and the consequent
tall of Prieu.ysl, the Kusslaus cap
tu red twenty four hundred canon, and
numerous small anus, field guns and
ammunition. Many of the prisoners
who were captured are said to have
l-een in a most pitiful condition- many
of them being too weak to crawl
f om the trenches while hundreds of
r* had been eking out an exis
; ice 1 y eating moss and chewing
the leather straps of their knapsacks
and other equipment. On all sides
thousands of men "ere lying dead
land wounded, and hundreds of the
horses wounded and killed in the
attack and taking of the fortress are
no v being used for food for th -
a ore than half starved troops..
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Washington. March 1—tonfirma
tion of a reported uprising in Persia
was received here tod- ' from Ann ri
e -a Consul Smith. " o is now .- t
Tiflis. It i* stated t it-:' :
n issionaries in that vicinity a
making preparations t ' leave imme-'.i
ately. At I'rumiah, the feeling
• inst the mi**; "iari- s is hi v in
t-’nsa and grave fear* re he'.
their safety.
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Juneau. March -4—It i* : in; ■
ere today that John Sulims. an Italia
-aho recently committed soei-ie he. •
- 'cording to the verdict of a cor
tor's jury, may have met death at a
r* suit of foul play, an.l it is eertait
that further investigations will 1 ••
-ado tv the authorities in an effoii
to find some clue v.t i-.-h will throw
: ore tight upon the case. Two or
' i:„a's countrymen have left fo:
- ■> Francisco where they will take
- • matter up with his relatives.
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Washington. March J !—b r • •- ding*
against the Ameriean-Haw•• iian steam
,-r O ienwald which recently attemj t
e , to leave port at San Juan after
' cing refused her clearance papers ! y
cr.atoms officials, was ordered today
ty government authorities. It i
stated that henceforth all coast har
l or* will be closed and guarded.
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'Vr 1a M ' TV.-■ K :
dav cancelled the centenary cele? m
ti-n • hieh was ti he he'd April 1
of the 1 irt'.s of Bismarck
. • ; • • ? c ‘e, sc; for tl:!-'
ital ic.
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A tro rad. M'r” £?—One of the
,s; ^ 11’ ? ~ ■
i Vt is re arte 1 t ’ 1 e now in t
ss in the Carpathian mountains
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s c iC e f* tio 'm -
.'■ *»e th't ha "net? -'re '•>’ f
effort to gain ground The B".
,-s •. . • ■ • ring a st ty strean
shells -nto t:. Austrian ranks sv
-* led in forcing them hacE to
■ int where they ere reinforced It
fresh Austrian tro - Thi» •' it,
of men seemed to instill new tile *‘
the men slowly retreating, n a;
•crorts the hatt.e I c;n ‘ w-* . - i
tip determination that there will lr
to srrrendein on either
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ALKI SOUTH Tins MDEXTX"
The Alki reached ^port earl; thi
irning oq her vra y sarth, and a
taking n 12 - f sal mot
Ketchikan Cold -Storage j h at an
hoses at the New England, - i -
'or the south. S. Bergman, s :4rtn
; adent of the Roe Point car.n"r
't for the south, being the onl;
sen er tolling the vessel at »’ i"
- art. "
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hfter trying to dismantle !-<e v
- the old Behrenls bank in June;-:
■ r/ a 1 ottering ram. t : ■* ■''ntra*-1o-•
-re eorr.pel'ed to i:s» dyna; !*•- Xin
n *5 of shots did the work.
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Par is reported to have been Jocni
• ! on Wilbur creek- :t tributary of
the Tolovana, which average, sixty
cents per square foot. The ground
i, s hallow and is said to present
i cal conditions for open-cut work.
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“Two Step” Louis Schmidt, or,e of
the best known pro?: * "or? of e ■
tprior Alaska recently made the long
trip from the Beaver country to
•'hataniita. near * Eairl anks. to rej *rt
t..e guieide of Wr: Mi'.ler, miner.
-i Reaver creek.
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. li-ju McLco*l a miner working
j lintr.ii.ond river. Koykuk district,
g '.*1 a narrow escape from death when
t e shaft in which he wa? working
, e,l. He suffered a fracture
odder ~,n his escape from death
is considered by the miners little
?'art of a miracle.
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,... rjf igaK-Tx
FROM WEDNESDAY o DAILY
Athens. March 21—In a movement
1 started today to join in a land
sea attack against the Dardanelles,
j thousands of troops are being landed
, the liallipoli peninsula by the
Allies, and within the next few days
; it is eon tain that the Dardanelles
i will be the objective target of the
| combined guns of both ships and land
; forces.
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London March 24—A successful
id was made today on the torpedo
ords near Antwerp by British ari
men. The advices states that sever
.1 bombs were dropped, but the ex
tent of the damage is not known.
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Seattle, March 24—Addressing the
cutlers of the Commercial Club at
tinner given here today in his lion
Delegate Wiekershain stated that
t: o Alaskan fisheries were badly in
■■cod i protection. At the conclusion
bis sneeeh the Chamber of Com
meree issued a warning to all person
■> are ■ reraring to go north tn th*
- -f finding employment with
'.'"ski railroad- which stated that
t1 ••time is not yet ripe -for snel
- -i • oves " and that Chair
•a "des. f the Alaska Railroad
■ i-sion 'as made it known that
- -coral men will be sent north next
for the purpose of reeuiting
• i si. Ini orers for the railroad, there
1 v giving the preference in the mat
ter of employment. Mr. Wiekershnn
id leave for .Juneau tonight.
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-Juneau March 24—At a mass meet
in; held here last night, seventeen
were nominated for eouncilmen, in
’tiding the names of all present eoun
i'm.en, and that of ex-Mayor Emen
''dentine. So far little interest is
■ il - mil g election
--teent in the downtown districts
•here the registration is heavy.
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s ttle. March 24—A hat .which
- i 'notified as that belonging to
| t tain J. Edwards, a veteran Alas
• iner. was found on the shore of
T ke Washington here today. It is
1 ■ lieve.l th’t Captain Edwards, while
in a state f despondency, committed
- idle by drowning himself in the
Ike.
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Indianapolis March 24—Sheriff
S’ ec Citv .Tr ice Smith, and three
■-fenrBnta in the Terre Haute fr-ind
were arrested today on a chari'o
t mi'erine with witnesses.
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7 TY DIES EEOM
GUNSHOT WOUNDS
r irtankst,_Instead of eeleoratinj
e * vent] birthday on March 4
iving a party as he had planned
Kt.it'-. a. Fair! "nit* toy. was
ie th-t day. He accidently shot
, -• If while out hunting near tin
• and .lie ! front the effects of the
i:rd lefore rea hir.g the hospital,
i no Kt ith was born In Dawson
v. s one of the charter member;
of the Juvenile Arctic Brotherhood
. - of that order attended
funeral in a body. The school
iMren also attended the funeral am.
t • pall earsrs were the little friend
•>..! he ’ d invited to attend hi
i tl day party.
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Joe I ve- of Valdez, found guilty
if taking *1.000 from his wife, was
iae i *23 an-1 costs.
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M s. Emma Dalqtiist was caught in
■ blizzard 1 etween Safety and Nome
nd froze to death.
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The Juneau police rounded up what
‘ v cull ‘•undesirables" to the num
■ ' of tv elve in one night.
The real estate.alers of Seward
have organize.] a real estate exchange.
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Archdeacon Stuck has returned to
Fairbanks, after an absence of two
y ears.
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T lir.on cannery at Canoe Pass
i I operate again after two years of
idleness.—Ex.
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William Pvne was arrested at Cor
charged vith stealing, abstract
irg and taking other matter from the
' sited .States mails.
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Canada’s mines ranked third a
ong her resources. Agriculture
'• •airi.' first and her forests second.
Fisheries rank fourth and furs fith.
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The Elks will organize a lodge at
fi'-ward.
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Wm. G. Thomas. I". 8. commisioner
;*t Wrangell, is making motions and
threatening to collect the poll tax
t" is year.
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Tl ree preachers and a fish eon
\
r- a 'oner visited ‘ ro]g ca the same
day.
j FROM WEDNESDAY’S DAILY
The poen. ‘•We're With You I'nel
I Sam, ” written by l’at OVonuor, on
Seward poet, has found its way to th.
Atlantic and it lias been publishc
and republished by mimerous oastori
! newspapers. The Baltimore Sun. afte
having republished the poem wide)
apcared in a recent issue of tin
New York World, has the followin'
'to sav in an editorial:
Our Neglected Sister
'We are inclined to think that tin
poem of Pat OVonuor on Alaska, re
I published in yesterday's Sun from th.
New York World, will help on
young sister of the frozen North a
i much as any plea which has recently
j been made for her. There is it rung!
; Kiplingesque swing in the lines and :
;nly sentiment in the worlds that at
ttaet attetntion and make us sit u
and take notice. Alaska and adjn
cent regions, since the gold exeitemn
j subsided, have had little everyday
I interest for us. We have grown sligh
j ly excited occasionally with regan
to political and public issues connect?
■ with it, but most of us have give
• cry little thought to its. needs, il
development, or to the question of liov
far the average man up there wn
getting a square deal. Wo hav
taken it for granted that he was get
ting on all right, or if we had a vagui
notion that he was not, we have won
dcred why he was such a fool as t
stay there. At intervals church work
ers and church missionaries have de
scribed the hard conditions of Ilf'
iu that Territory, l ut there has heei
no general realization of the fae>
that there are many grievances o
which Alaska can justly complain.
After we read he poem of the Alas
ka Kipling we begin to feel that
somethingshould be done. We hav
been treating our little sister mud
worse than nature treats her. Natur.
put her out in the cold, but we hav
been keeping her there in the matte:
of legislation and protection. W<
have been colder to her even thar
the ice and snow, which occassiionally
relaxes their grip. It appears that
we have been meaner to her than ii
she had been an orphan, whose sup
port was a hardship and for wiion
we were underno moral obligation t.
provide. The O'Connor poem wakes
up to a sense of shame and delinquen
cy. it ought to be recited in the next
Congress and printed in the Congres
stonal Record. It puts the ease muel
more effectively • than the averagr
speec' and appeals much more strongly
to national justice and obligation
When we have been spending million;
'n our adopted and dusky child, thi
Philippines, we have left otir youth
ful white relative, Alaska, to suffei
or the most ordinary convenience;
nd to be exploited at everybody’s
least re it seems. It is time to stop
this sort of thing and give her at
•even break.” If Alaska is “with
Uncle Sam in spite of liis neglect
nd unkindn.-ss. Uncle Sam sboub
show that he is with her and slioub
hasten to make amends for is in
iiffcrcnce.”
Yes we are With You Uncle Sam
\nd now is the time we are in nee.
1 of some of your help. We can ove
| look a lot of the past grievances am
l wrongs. We know v have adde
millions to vour exchequer and v.il
• continue to do so for all time t" come
; 1 ut if von ..o not want it eortaile
nan.v tfc .sane. a yt. r v wi.l h v.
to gej busy anl save the fishing in
'••try to Aivki an! the Uii’.c
I States ns well.
The costal part of this great Kn.
i pire produces millions of dollars yearly
, from the halibut industry’, and nov
I it is in danger of going to a foreign
! country. Not only will It mean
: great los. to the people of this North
| ern country but to the whole nation
While the words of the poem o
“We’re With You Uncle Sam” >
fresh in your memory, get busy am
make it “We’re.with You Alaska.'
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Seattle. March 24—Fourteen thons
and pounds of halibut sold for eight
cents plus twenty today. Thirty fiv
thousand pounds were offered at eight
'ml one half plus twenty five. T:
j hundred and eighty four boxes wen;'
at eight and one quarter cents. Nim
•teen boxes of salmon were sold at
twelve cents for the reds and fiv<
•'or the whites.
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Providing that •!. Plnviits will
| harken to the hopes of his fandoti
freinds, Ketchikan will usher in the
I 1915 baseball season next Sunday
• when a game is scheduled to be played
let ween the swat,ers • •: the Ketchikan
Baseball Association and a fast local
team. The players of each team tin
' oraeticing earnestly and should be in
fine shape for the “opener” Sunday
The lineups will be announced in thi*
4r.-i-.er within the next two or three
j days.
I FROM WEDNESDAY’S DAILY
FIGTH TO KILL CLOSED
SUNDAY BILL UNSUCCESSFUL
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By a vote of 9 to 7, an amendment
to kill the law providing Sunday
closing, now in force in Alaska, was
| lost in the House today. Representa
tives Britt, Burns, Driscoll, lleid.
Holland. Moran, Shoup, Snow and
ITansey voted 'against repealing the
] law while Representatives Coombs,
Daly, Day, Getehell. Heckman Noon
and Spearek Collins voted to repeal.
The action emtio up on the judie
I iary committee's substitute for the
Coombs’ Sunday-closing repeal bill.
It will be remembered the committee
amended the Coombs bill to repeal the
law as it applied to everything ex
cept saloons.
Three of the Second division dele
gation wanted the law repealed be
cause they declared that the “car
pet-bagging officials sent to Nome
: nad discriminated against general bus
; iness at Nome, by allowing only
! drug stores, bakeries and an under
taking establishment to remain open.’’
Representative Daly said that the dis
| trict attorney and judge at Nome 1m 1
allowed the moving picture shows to
remain open on Sunday. In direct vi
olation of the law. He said the peo
ple in liis division viewed tlie “dis
criminatory tactics’’ with a great
deal of suspicion.
Will Bill Passed
Representative lleid's bill provid
ing olographic wills, passed the House
i by unanimous vote. The act will
amend Section it) t of the compiled
laws of Alaska. Mr. lleid cited in
dances where heirs were denied be
quests because the instructions • •
assignment of property had not b.-ci
made in the presence of wit no?
and subscribed to as required under
the existing law. “For instance."
Mr. Heid said: “A man is about to
undergo an operation that may cause
his death. All he will have to do is
to sign a scrap of paper assigning
I property to this or that person, and
j tlie validity of the instrument cannot
he attacked.’’ He spoke of deaths
[that had occurred in outlying dis
tricts, where the last instructions of
dying meu had not been carried out,
in regard to the disposition of money
and property.
The bill will now go the the Senate
Uniform Schools Asked
Representative Burns introduced H.
B. 33, an act modifying the session
school system in Alaska, with the
Governor of the territory as head of
the system. The bill provides the
Governor shall appoint a school su
perintendent and an assistant, to com
prise the “Territorial Board of Ed
ucation,’’ which shall consist of three
members. The bill referred to the
education committee.
Representative Britt introduced II.
B. .33 an act odifving the session
f ' -
law of 1913 relating to tlie practice
and regulation of pharmacy.
The municipal affairs committed
favorably recommended I). B. 21. re
lating to the assessment, levy and col
lection of taxes for school and muni
eipal purposes, and II. B. 7, same.
H. J. Resolution No. 6, empowerin •
the Governor to take funds from tIt
fund for the relief of destitution, t
apply to maintaining the Sitka Eton
I »rs ’ Homo, also was favoreb'v ■■■ •
: lumen.led for passage.
H. B. 19, marriage licenses, and 11
B. 13, eight-hour law for all unde
ground mining, will come up for sec
ond reading Monday.
Woif Bounty in House
; After resolving itself into tt con
j mittee of the whole, with Represen
! tativc Driscoll in the chair, the lions,
, deferred taking up Senate Bill 11, pi
! 'riding a bounty of $10 on wolves
( because copies of the bill as amcno
j ed in tiie Senate had not been delivet
ed to the House. The bill comes up
I Monday.
Mr. Slump made a plea that tin
House do not amend the bill. “It
vou alter this measure,” he said, “the
Senate will kill it; and it is an ini
pertant bill, especially In the first
] division. The Senate went into it
i carefully and the bill should pass a -
it came to the House.”
After the passage, by acclamation
| of the joint memorial to President
I Woodrow Wilson, urging the necessity
j of starting work on the government
•railroad this spring, the House mi
Mourned until Hi o’clock Monday.
Sulzer Memorial Passe
The Senate today passed the ineiu
| orial to Congress asking for wireless
stations at Craig, Tokecn and Sulzer,
j after the memorial had t een favor
I ablv reported ly the jtidu-iary com
I mittee.
With Senator Tanner in the chair
the committee of the whole took lip
Senate Bill 17 fixing a penalty and
making it a misdemeanor to ,!,-fraud
inkeepers. The bill was ordered en
dorsed. Notice was given ly Senator
Hubbard that he would on Monday,
move tile re-consideration of the vote
on the engrossment of the bill.
Senate iloiut Memorial No. by
Senator Millard asking for a full ter
ritorial form of government, was re
ferred to the commit too on federal
relations, for amendment.
The Senate received 11. H. Iby
Mr. Noon, extending tho time for til
ing mechanics’ lien.
The Senate adjourned to meet Mon
day at 10 o 'clock_.lunenti Kinplre.
-4,
The Petersburg lioport tetls of a
malicious raven that threw a soup
bone through a plate glass window
in that town. a
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Spiral o.evailae
.It is now an established fact that tho
majority of the nebulae known to as
tronomers are s| iral nebulae. Their
study is very Important, and in par
ticular a knowledge of their spectra is
capable of furnishing valuable informa
tion. The study of the spectra of
nebulae Is rendered very dillicult by
the small Intrinsic brightness they pos- -
sess. Nevertheless, some careful ex
periments made by Sllplier on the neb
ula In Andromeda render It probable
that the nebula has a radial velocity •
of about ISO miles a second, a result
which is distinctly greater than the
figures formerly obtained for other
nebulae. If this nebula In Andromeda
approaches the solar system with ibis
velocity—11,100 miles a minute—it sug
gests that the new star which appear
ed near its nucleus in lSSo had been a
dark star which was encountered.—
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Wood In Flying Machine.
Flying machines are made almost en
tirely of wood. The propellers of the
aeroplanes are in most instances made «
of selected ash. which, in addition to
being strong and light, will not split
under vibration or shock. Built up lay- •
ers'of spruce with mahogany centers *
are also in use. Spruce is used in tho
construction of the frame because of
Its markedly straight grain and free
dom from hidden defects.—Washington
Star.
Installment Plan.
Bill—Thought you said you were
going to buy a cow?
Jill—Well. I'm doing it.
Bill—Where is it?
Jill—Over at m.v neighbor’s. I’m buy
ing it on the installment plan. I’ve*
bought a lot of tin milk already.—
Yonkers Statesman.
A Recipe For Ghosts. ,
It is generally understood that ’’see
tug ghosts" is the result of indigestion.
The following notes may lie useful to
amateurs anxious to investigate psy
chological phenomena:
Lobster salad eaten after midnight,
one ordinary ghost with chains.
Two Welsh rabbits and a mince pie, -*
one mysterious gray lady emitting
groans.
Cold roast pork, mixed pickles and
strong tea taken immediately before
retiring, n genuine family specter car
rylng his bead under his arm.
A portion of cake, result of daugh
ter’s first lesson at cookery school, a
troup of fearsome blood stained hob
goblins with blue lights shining out of
empty eye sockets—New York Jour
nal
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAB
PROOF
Application No, 01731.
I nil'd Stales Land Office. *
Juneau, Alaska, Dec. 23, 1914.
•Notice is hereby given that
Erik For.sa of Ketchikan, Alas
ka, liras filed his homestead ap
piierli(in and proof in support
thereof for commutation entry
for the following described
land under the provi-dons of
le General Homestead Law and
the Act of March 3, 1903. : 1
Stats. 1028), tdwit:
!’. S. Survey No. 1080 in
Lai, 55 deg., 18 min., 50 sec.,
N. Lori. 131 deg, 35 min 20 sc*
W., about 3 miles south east
of Ihe town of Ketchikan on
Tongass Narrows mid Revil
lagigedo Island.
Beginning at Gor., No. I,
whence U, S. L. M. No. 5,
hears N. 55 deg., 50 i.iim, \V.
30,30 chs., hence due K. 25.
03 chs. in Gor. No. 2, Ihenea
due S. 10.27 chs. to Gor. No.
3, thence due W. 12.21 chs.,
lo Gor. No. 4, on line of or
'■'man high fide of Tuign-s
N.oc w's. Ihenco meanderin'
ainric sai.] line, (!) N. 21 deg.,
45 min., W. 1.00 eh-., '2) N.
02 deg., W. 3.49 chs., <3) \.
19 deg., W. 2.04. eh 1) N
47 deg,, \V. 7.48 eh 5; N.
33 deg., 45 min., \V. 2.71 chs. ,
to Gor. No. 5 M. G. conlnining
an area of 40. 58 acre . Mae.
Vnr., 29 dog. 35 min. K.
Any and all person- rimm
ing any portion rf said land op
desiring In prole.-I -. id cnlry,
are rerpi i re, | In lib I heir ad
verse claim- or profr-l . under
oath within n n per
iod, up thcrcafler adverse
claimants will In barred hv Ih,*
provision ol I lie * fa ' ill
G. |{. WALK KB. Register. '
First I’uh. Dec. 31, 1914.
Last Pub. March 4, HUB