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NOME, ALASKA, OCT. 14, 1915.
Indications that Japan is playing a|
silent hand in the great war while i
awaiting the necessity for definite ac- ]
non are again coming to the front, and ,
seemingly offering a substantiation of
tbe persistent rumors that she bg
practically pledged to Join the fray
when the opportunate moment shall
appear. To all appearances that nation
is at peace and is maintaining an atti
tude of neutrality which is at least as
neutral as that of the United States,
although theoretically it Is still at war
with Germany. In the meantime Japan
is doing probably all that is possible In
furnishing the entente allies with war
munitions and such other aid as Is
necessary aside from the actual fur
nishing of troops. All this Is not be
ing forgotten by the nations against
whom such action Is taken and Japan
Is fully aware that some day she will
be called to account In the event that
those nations are not completely suju
gated or at least rendered so helpless
that they cannot for many years de
mand redress. Knowing this, Japan Is
thus placed In a position where she
cannot view a triumph of the dual al
liance as other than a direct menace
to herself; hence there Is little doubt
that she will leave no stone unturned
to assist In their undoing. If It becomes
apparent that the Teutons are golnlng
the upper hand Japan can do no less
than lend her weight to the entente
as a measure of self protection. There
are many Indications, not the least of
which are those rumors that will not
down, that she Is holding herself In
readiness to strike when the proper
time shall come. At the present time
there Is no great need of her services
as the alllles are by no means beaten
nor Is there any definite Indication that
defeat will be their ultimate fortune [
As long as this condition persists Japan !
will doubtless hold aloof but It re- !
quires no prophetic eye to see her
amazingly efficient brown army on the
plains of France and "Russia In the
event of a decisive allied reverse.
1 !
Uncle Sam Is again taking time by
the forelock in demanding from Ger
many a further guarantee of protec
tion for the lives of Americans and
neutrals in such cases as may occur
where that nation is within its rights
in sinking ships carrying absolute con
traband. In the latest note in re the
Frye case, America asks that in all
cases where Germany finds it necessary
to sink American ships carrying goods
that are unquestionably contraband
and therefore subject to seizure, that
the passengers and crew be removed
to some safer place than small boats.
This demand is in every way just as it
is clear that the merely permitting
passengers to escape in row boats is
probably placing them in a position of
utmost danger. The Frye case is prac
tically the only one occurring where
this phase of the question of the rights
of noncombatants Inis been involved
and while on that occassion Germany
must be credited with a full adherence
to humane principle- it Is by no means
certain that such would be the case
under all conditions. It is this uncer
tainty that lias led to the demand for
| a statement from Germany as the one
nation that would be under tile neces
1 ity of sinking contraband vessels out
of hand owing to the impossibility of
taking them into port. The United
States has no quarrel with Germany
over the matter nor is likely to have,
but it is desirable that there be an
understanding in the matter in order to
avoid the possibility of friction In the
future. If Germany will give a guar
antee in tills respect it will stand as
a precedent for all the world and is
therefore eminently desirable, not only
for the present day but for the future
I as well. If Germany will make such
'guarantee there will probably' be little
excuse for other nations to refrain from
so doing and the action therefore means
t the lives of neutrals and non
combatants will be better safeguarded
in the future by all combatants. As in
previous cases, the principles of hu
manity are the animating cause of the
American action.
POETS OF VIOLENCE TAME MEN.
(Minneapolis Journal.)
I have come to distrust the poets of
violence. Their hymns of hate are, In
reality, about as violent as the songs
if the peewees at dawn. They would
riardly peck the man who was stealing
heir watch. They would not up anchor
:he shotgun at the person who was
violating their hencoop at night for
tear of hurting him. They love their
children and like to get down on the
floor and play with them at building
strange castles and viaducts out of the
nursery building blocks. They are usu
ally at home nights and strong drink
would upset their digestion. They
wear toe rubbers when it rains, vote
for the best man so far as they know,
would lie of little practical use in wag
ing war and killing off the foe. They
like to have their meals on time and
ask for their beefstake to be well done,
please.
But they do sometimes write the vio
lent stuff, marry masterful women and
if there Is a coal hole left open In the
sidewalk they sometimes write letters
of protest to the newspapers.
They are the long distance bad men
and they have their feelings. Some
times I get quite violent in my mind,
hut up to date I have avoided blood
shed and I am rather glad of It. I
would hate to think that the notches
in the wheel of the steering gear of
my motor cnr represented men I had
slain.
So when you hear my Hymn of Hate
ascending the evening air, please dis
count it a little. No harm meant.
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ALASKA
notes
The Alaska United 270 stamps at
Juneau crushed 32,209 tons for $39,
092. Nine hundred and forty-one
tons of concentrates yielded $36,324.
The output was $75,406 and profit
$9,247.
The Taku cannery reports that its
season pack was the largest in its
history, S2.000 cases having been put
up. The previous record of the plant
for any season was 62,000 cases.
A steamer recently sailing from
ruirbaiiKS carried two thousand sacks
'of placer tin to the slates, where there
[is an enormous demand for the metal
[since tlie iiairopean war borke out.
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1 c harles lAiidstrom, a blacksmith,*4io
has resided in the Fairbanks district a
[number of years, recently auicidei by
! blowing Ins head off with a 20-40 idle,
i lie feared tiiut lie was about to become
1 insane.
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Nome placer diggings hate enjoyed
j unusual activity during tile present
'summer owing to an almost continual
■luintuii, and it is believed the output
lot tue district will aggregate about *4,
looo.ouo for the season.-—Kxehange.
Herb Conway, of Juneau, lost SuOti
recently when ne cut off the head oi
a deer which lie had killed. The ani
mal was a pure w hite and as the lainith
sonian institute is offering $otio for a
White deer, Conway figures lie is out
just that amount.
That the government may build u
wireless plant on Kotzebue sound tor
the benefit of the residents living in
that district is the report recently re
ceived by Governor Strong from W ash
ington. An agent of the government
is now investigating tile matter and
slio.uld the need of the plant be appar
ent, it will be installed this fall.
Tiie Seward city council recently
caused the arrest of the manager ana
uii ernploje of the Set. aid Electric
Company for erecting poles before first
having received permission from the
council. The electric company had ap
plied for a franchise, but there appears
to be some hitch regarding tiie coun
cil's right to control the rates to be
charged.
Judge Bunnell has ruled that the re
ceiver of the Washington-Alaska bank
has powers to proceed against the
former stockholders of the bank who
sold to Barnette and his associates.
The receiver is suing the stockholders
of the bank for $283,675.84, and costs
of action. Judge Bunnell held that
the contract of the purchase of the
bank was null and void. The inter
ested parties are now residing in Se
attle, and Receiver Noyes will begin
action there to recover the money.
The citizens of Gastineau Channel
were recently treated to an unusual
spectacle when an enormous shooting
star passed over Treadwell and burst
like an enormous skyrocket. The shoot
ing star was followed the same even
ing by a brilliant display of northern
lights of more than unusual trailing
radiance. The residents of the chan
nel townB are as yet at a loss Just what
to label the aerial visitor, some believ
ing that it was a comet of the smaller
order, while others hold that it was
just a shooting star.
George Geiger, former superintendent
of the Copper River railroad and now
issistant superintendent of the South
ern Pacific at Sparks, Nev., w’as shot
rad dangerously wounded by a woman
if the underworld at Reno. Geiger
was hit four times one bullet passing
:hrough his hip another through his
shoulder, one through his right arm
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reported to have a chance of recover
ing. Geiger's wife died about three
| months ago under circumstances which
I ii ads the coroner to believe that she
j laid committed suicide.
The young natives of Alaska are J
celling familiar with the white man’s)
i , f getting rid of a mate which
inav have been forced upon them
Plough tribal laws; and are resorting
i lb divorce courts. Judge Jennings
t , . u i> gave a young boy who was
I only 16 years old. his freedom from a
u.imnu who was 46 years of age.
'! rough the action of the tribal laws,
n it of the younger natives are forced
t, marry women much older than
themselves, and the older generation
have heretofore refused to resort.to the
divorce courts but it is different with
tiie present genratlon.
Hesldents of Seward are wasting
'much space in the papers discussing
tiie question of whether a porcupine
Piles or not. Several columns of print
ms Ink has been wasted, but as yet no
,i,i • lias been bright enough to stick
|,i linger in one’s mouth and see.
A mad dog was shot last week by
tiie deputy marshal in Tolovana in
order that the other dogs might not
become affected by the rabies. This
; ,s i lie first case to be reported’ this
m ason, although hydrophobia Is com
mon among the dogs during the win
tor.
The Alaska Mexican company at
I Juneau reported that last month the
120-stamp mill crushed 14,245 tons of
i re for gold worth $16,231. Tiie cyan
ide plant treated 365 tons of concen
trates, yielding $10,805. Out of the
|total return of $26,036, the profit was
$3,527.
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tilled spring 1904-1905, bought in bone
snd reduced to 90 per cent, by U. 8
government by the bot*'e er patlon.
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|Cionkery, hardware at Holt’s.
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