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A POSSIBILITY TO BE FACED,
i.Boston Record.)
In ch« tiles of the German general
staff is a theoretical plan for the In
vasion of the United States, drawn a
number of years ago and naturally
based on German control of the sea.
It assumes that In 21 days Germany
could land at undefended points alon
our eastern seaboard 240,000 fully
equipped troops. By repeating the
i-ocess nine times at 21 day Interval*
Germany .In seven months, would be
able to. oppose, to our 60,000 available
regular and 119,000 first reserve troops,
a thoroughly equipped force of 2,400.
000 soldiers, each completely trained
According to the present European
experience, this army of invasion
would have 16,000 field gun* to our
S60; 28,000 machine guns to our 670;
2.600.000. 000 rounds of rifle ammuni
tion to our present available stock of
195.000. 000 rounds: 2,500 aeroplanes
to our 21; and other supplies In pro
portion. While the German army
would presumably be thoroughly of
ficered. our supply of trained officers,
including old men dug up from the re
tired list, would fail after we had
'rovlded for the command of 165,000
soldiers. There would not even be as
many obsolete rifles In the entire
United States as one-half of this Ger
man Invading force would bring If It
bothered with small arms at all: while
na for armored motor transports,
wheeled soup dispensers, etc., they
would- have thousands to our one
Of course just at present Germany
Isn't likely to undertake this exeur
Ion, having other pressing engage
ments. But If a victory In Europe '
were to free her to seek conquest and '
Indemnities here, there seems to be nu
reason to doubt that with her naval
strength and submarines she could
successfully negotiate the seas: and.
once landed, her Invading army would
have a walk-over.
An unpleasant speculation'*
To be sure It Is.
What are we going to do about It?
ALASKAN LEGISLATURE.
(All Alaska Review.)
A Fairbanks newspaper sees in the
trouble arising in that camp from the
mining laws passed by the last leg
islature a proof of Incompetency on
the part of some of the legislators.
This Is hardly fair. The great major
ity of the men who »at In the second
and In the first session of the legis
lature were representative of the
eountry and could hardly be described
as being below the standard of Al
askan Intelligence. There Is no leg
islature on earth, from the very high
est down, which does not possess its
quota of Incompetents. That is one of
*be Inevitable drawbacks of a liberal
suffrage and it Is one of the draw
backs that will remain as long as
democratic government exists and if
mankind remains In the same general
mental status. Incompetency of some
Is, therefore, to be taken as an indica
tion *f something pleasant rather than
vf the reverse and we should not cavil
to severely The one great fault of
the Alaska legislature has been so far
that the members of It have failed
to ascertain the opinion* of the people
Interested In Its legislation. They
v passed abortive mining and other
laws without waiting to a9k the opin
ions of the men who are to suffer or
reap ben ell is and for this the elec
tors themselves are much to blame as
they have voted men again and again
Into office without a question or a
promise.
ALA8KA TRAVEL.
(Railway & Marino News.)
including the usual Nome movement,
which practically has no change from
year to year, a grand total of approx
imately’ 16,000 passengers purchased
tickets for Alaska during the four
months of April, May, June and July.
This Is by far the greatest number
over moved north during a similar
'♦period. Excluding Nome, St. Michael
and Skagway rushes, incident to the
, sailings of early Juno, the bulk of the
movement arranged a* to volume of
business was to Anchorage, Juneau,
| Ketchikan arid Seward. When it Is
I considered approximately 80,000 pas
| longer* were ticketed for northern
: ports during the entire calendar year
1 1914, four months of the year 191E
have already produced 50 per cent of
the grand tots! .;nrthbound pansen
cor movement rf lfcH. As all of these
passengers will return to Seattle In
the autumn, tin southbound move
ment, commencing in September, will
break another record
ALA8KA MURDERS.
(Dawson N<ws.)
The shocking murder near Fair- j
banks of a prominent i eslness woman
of that camp should stir somebody
This is on© of a diztr or so of mur
ders in ti.e boundary <f Alaska with
in the loot few years, and not one of (
the offenders has been hanged, and It j
is ch ubiful If any hate been appre
hended. The policing of Alaska Is
notoriously a travesty. The hands of
the executive and the marshals are
tied. Officials are provided, but have
no allowance for expense of chasing
murderers or other criminals. Mes
snires have to be sent to the natlontl
<;-pitel the other aide of the contl
m-nt, 5,000 miles away, for authority.
The tesult Is, murderers have all the i
i:ni8 they want to escape, and by |
such looseness the criminal la encour- !
aged rather than suppressed. The j
Canadian territory has had but thlr
teen murders, and all the offenders,
thanks to an efficient police force,
have been apprehended, and every one
with one exception hanged The thir
teenth was sentenced to life. Mur
dering Is not looked on by crooks as a
profitable vocation In Yukon. In Al
aska It seems quite different. The
marshal system Is quite a farce when
ibe marshals have no means for op
eration.
FIR8T DIVISION JUSTIFIED.
(Juneau Empire.)
• First division got everything
hot the money from Judge Jennings
in the forest reserve suit which he
decided yesterday. The court plainly
intimated that the position of the First
division members of the legislature
who contended that the judicial divis
ions of Alaska are the equivalent of
counties, was well taken. Xo less
plainly did he intimate that it was
the intent of congress that the money
from the Tongass national forest
should bo expended for the benefit of
the First division. To use the words
of the court: "Congress virtually said:
'We grant this money to the territory
of Alaska for the benefit of roads and
schools In that part of the territory
which produces the money, and we
trust you so apply it.' "
Judge Jennings held, however, that
when congress turned the money over
'u the legislature the United States
became the donor of a personal trust,
•<! if the “legislature had flouted and
betrayed the trust reposed" a suit to
correct the injury resulting from the
betrayal would have to bo brought by
and in the name of the United States.
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NOTICE OF MARSHAL’8 8ALE.
Public notice ie hereby given. That
under and by virtue of a writ of exe
cution Issued out of the District Court
for the District of Alaska, Second Di
vision. upon a certain Judgment therein
rendered on the 10th day of September
1918, and entered In favor of Edward
Benson and B a Flodln, plaintiffs, and
-gainst th« Salomon River Hydraulic
Mining Company, a corporation, the
Solomon Mines and Water Power Com
pany. a corporation, E, W. Quigley, sued
ns John Doe, and Richard Roe and
Peter Coe. defendants, for the sum ol
forty-six thousand, stxty-two and
30-100 ($46,062.50) dollars, with Interest
from the date of said Judgment at the
rate of twelve (12 per cent) per cent
per annum, together with five hundred
■ $500.00) dollars attorneys fee, and the
|9um of thirty-six and 80-100 ($89.80)
dollars coat and aoorulng oosts. Upon
which execution there has been applied 1
thirty-nine hundred, sixty and 60-10C
($8990.50) dollars. I will on the 19th
clay of October. 1915. at 12:80 o'clock
p. m. of said sold at the front door ol
the United States Court House at
Nome. Alaska, aa commanded In said
Wirt of Execution, offer for sale and
-ell to the highest and beet bidder foi |
ash. all of the light, title, and Interest
which the defendants had on the 10th
lay of September. 1911, or at any tlim
ince In and to certain placer mining
iaim known as No. 2 Above Discovery
■ >n Big Hurrah Creek, situated In the
■’ape Nome Recording Precinct. DIs
trlct of Alaska. Second Division.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 18th da\
of September, 1915.
E R. JORDAN.
United States Marshal. Second Divis
ion. District of Alaska.
Sept 18. 25. Oct. 2. 9. 18
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
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Notice is hereby given that on tin
23rd day of September, 1910, Frank ii
Waskey conveyed and assigned to th
i undersigned cerium real iml personal
property in trusl t , apply the same o.
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