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A CORRECTION
In last week’s Pioneer an error was made in stating that the work
men's compensation act as passed by the late#territorial legislature ex
empted placer miners from its operation. As finally passed the law is
made to include “all work in connection with underground workings,
underground mines, open-cut working, surface working, stamp mills,
i oiler mills, chlorination processes, cyanide processes, coke ovens, all
reduction work of any kind o'- character, and all work performed on or
for the benefit of any mine, mining claim or claims, whether quartz or j
placer, and the phrase shall be held to include development and con
struction work, as well as work carried on in connection, with actual
mining or milling.”_
THE NEW MINING LAW
A Flat City correspondent of The Pioneer, who with an excess of
modesty refrains from signing his name, writes as follows:
Will you kindly stat.1 in your paper how many claims a person can stake after the
new mining law takes effect, and how big? Can association claims be staked by out
man? If so, how many? Will yu please state the changes in the law in your own way. j
that there can lie no chance for argument ?
Under the law passed by the recent territorial legislature, and which
becomes effective on July 20 next, any person qualified under the
laws of the United States may locate two placer claims in any one
month in any one recording district, and he may also, as agent or at
torney in fact, locate a similar numbei of claims m any one district for
one other person. The presumption is that no limit is placed on the
number of recording districts he may stake in. The size of these claims
must not exceed 1,320 feet in length. An association claim cannot be
staked by one man, but one or both of the claims located by him in
any one month may be included in association claims, which must not
include more than forty acres. The final question, “Will you please
state the changes in the law in your own way, so that there can be no
chance for argument?” is a much more comprehensive commission
than The Pioneer can undertake. It appears that even after this second
attempt of the Alaska legislature to enact a mining law which shall be
understood by all, there still is “chance for argument.”
One of the principal differences between the new and old laws is the
provision which exempts association claims located prior to August 1,
1912, from the operation of th' clause requiring $100 worth of an
nual assessment work for each twenty acres or fraction thereof in
cluded in an association claim. The provision of the old law requiring
the performance of $100 worth of development work within ninety
days of location has been eliminated. Under the new law the affidavit
of assessment work must be filed not later than ninety days after th?
close of the calendar year in which such work wras done, and $100
worth of work is required annually for each twenty acres or fraction
thereof so located, including the yeai in which the claim is located.
A new provision m regard to location of excess is that such location
must be made upon that end of the claim farthest from the initial stake
post or monument.
The certificate of location need not be sworn to under the new law,
but a power of attorney under which a location is made must be ac
knowledged.
THE COMPENSATION LAW
Workmen’s compensation laws are still in the experimental stage,
They have been adopted by several of the states, and so far the indi
cation is that they are a step in the right direction. But by no means
have they yet reached a stage where they may be said to have incor
porated the principles of adequate protection to the laborer while ac
cording just recognition of the rights of the employer. It is therefore
customary when this class of legislation is under consideration to pro
ceed with the utmost caution, lending ear to the opinions and demands
of both classes interested. This does not, however, seem to have been
the idea upon which the Alaska legislature decided to proced in con
sidering the important measure which has become th‘ law of the terri
tory. The bill was drawn up by the attorney for a corporation which
is one of the largest employers of labor in the territory, and the man
ager of the concern claims credit for it. There were, moreover, some
things which transpired during its consideration by the legislature
which do not promise much for the success of the act from the work
man’s standpoint.
At a public hearing held by the senate committee on capital and
labor to hear arguments for and against the compensation act, B. L.
Thane, manager of the great mining interests at Juneau, stated that
he alone was responsible for the bill, “and I am proud of it." P. R.
Bradley, manager of the great Treadwell mine, speaking in behalf of
the bill, said: “I stand squarely between the stockholders of the
Treadwell company and the men, the deduction being that the welfare
of the men who work under me is of vital interest to me. The men
believe it, too, and they come to the door of my home in Douglas to
tell me personally of their grievances or their wants.” The “benevolent
despotism" of the Treadwell company is well known. Its employes
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are not allowed to belong to a labor organization, and the men are en
tirely at the mercy of the employers, as indicated by Mr. Bradley. From
an employer’s standpoint the conditions at Treadwell are ideal-—the
employer is spokesman in all matters concerning their welfare.
A Juneau attorney, J. H. Cobb, appeared at the public, hearing, but
the printed accounts do not indicate that he was representing any body
of workmen. He said the bill was simply an act to restrict the liability
of employers in Alaska. "This bill,” be said, “is the begotten child of
a crooked and diseased brain, y*t carefully drawn and sprung on the
legislature at the last minute. It has not a single earmark of a work
men’s compensation act, and the legislature will be crucified by their
constituents if they pass it. ‘Beware of the Greeks when they come
bearing gifts.’ ’
Ex-Senator Henry Roden, “a corporation lawyer, according to his
own statement,” reports the Juneau Empire, said: “The legislatur1'
will commit the outrage of the century if they pass this bill. If you
must experiment, do it with the employer, whom all the world knows
is better able to stand being experimented upon.”
The following colloquy, which indicates the kind of influence at
work on the Alaska legislature, is reported as taking place in the senate
when the bill was under discussion:
"I believe this bill is going to pass,” remarked Senator Sutherland near the close of
the session lest night, “and 1 would like to see it put through as speediy as possible, so
the house will have four or five days in which to consider it. I am willing to forego the
trip through the Alaska-Juneau mines Sunday in order to act on it. I don't think Mr.
Bradley would be offended.”
“No,” replied Senator Gaustad, “I believe he would rather have this bill passed.”
The fear of offending Mr. Bradley would appear to have been a
factor in determining the course of the senate, and the whole proceed
ings savor of according to the employers mosl affected by the operation
of the proposed act undue deference. Mr. Bradley might be justified
in claiming to represent the Treadwell miners, but the conditions pre
vailing under his management would not serve as a recommendation
to workmen throughout Alaska of his competence to dictate legislation
for them. Nowhere in the Empire’s account of the public hearing is
there an indication that the men most vitally affected—the miners—
were consulted. Not one of them appeared before the committee.
Possibly the legislature conceded the claims of Mr. Thane and Mr. Brad
ley to act as spokesmen for the workingmen of the entire territory.
Under the circumstances the act will bear the closest scrutiny before
it receives commendation. If the measure furnishes protection to work
men engaged in mining operations, why was it restricted to that class
of labor? The employes in other industries are also entitled to similar
safeguards. Also why was it made optional with employers as to
whether or not they should accept its conditions?
A reading of the law, taken in conjunction with the circumstances
under which it was enacted, seems to confirm the statement of Mr
Cobb, that it is “an act to restrict the liability of employers in Alaska.”
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY
The vehement protests on the part of German-Americans against the
sale by United States manufacturers of war munitions to Great Britain
and her allies have been the source of much embarrassment to the ad
ministration, and to many American citizens these protests have seemed
to be justified. As the policy of the President becomes better under
stood and the true conditions are revealed, it becomes more and more
evident that to act on these protests, instead of assisting in maintaining
American neutrality, would have just the opposite effect, there is
evidence that suggests that neutrality may not have been the wish up
permost in the minds of those who have advocated closing to Great
Britain the markets which her contiol of the sea left open to her, and
thus depriving her of the benefits which her preponderance of naval
strength gave her.
The German ambassador at Washington is said to have admitted
that Germany has made it a practice to sell munitions of war to belliger
ents during wars of the past, and confesses that she sold ammunition to
the Spanish with which to shoot Americans, to the Boers during the
war with Great Britain, to the Russians and Japanese during their great
conflict, to both Turk and Italian during the war in Tripoli, and to the
Balkan states and Turkey during the struggle of three years ago. Now
comes an interesting statement which, if true (and it bears the recom
mendation of probability), would stamp the German ambassador and
Dr. Dernberg as mtriguers^of some ability and great boldness, as it is
generally conceded that these gentlemen conducted the campaign in
America which sought to bring about the suspension of shipments of
war munitions to Great Britain. A New York dispatch of May 24
says:
It is conceded by men in well-informed quarters that Germany up to the time that
relations vvith Italy became strained, was actively importing war material from the
United States through Italian and Swiss sources. Several prominent Cincinnati works
were engaged in making projectiles and fuses and gun parts for Germany. Recent con
ditions have made it impossible to reach Germany through the former channels, and this
situation has been felt keenly by the German authorities for some time. One prominent
machine tool importing house at Cologne was the principal buyer of war material for
Germany. In addition to the Cincinnati works, it is known that until recently machine
tools from Worcester, Mass., were forwarded by way of Italy and Switzerland into Ger
many. This source of supply has now been effectually shut off, and in no instance is
Germany now receiving any war equipment from the United States.
The mind which conceived the idea of excluding the allies from the
benefits of our markets while at the same time Germany was taking ad
vantage of them by a circuitous raute through neutral countries is en
titled to recognition as both courageous and original. And the Ger
mans have been accused of lack of skill in diplomacy!
Probably not as an indication that “prohibition does not prohibit,
but as an interesting news item, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer prints the
following: “In the trial of one L. S. Menary at Bellingham, Wash., on
an assault charge the defendant caused a ripple of amusement in the
court room. Menary said his business was gathering empty bottles.
He said he had been operating in Anacortes, but was advised to shift
to Bellingham, a ‘dry’ town. He said he did so, and soon after his
arrival he made a shipment of fourteen tons of ‘dead soldiers picked
up in alleys and divers places about the city.”
IS AN EFFORT BEING MADE TO FORCE WAR UPON US?
The sinking of United States vessels by German submarines and the
loss of American lives in the destruction of the Lusitania are taken as
the basis of a suggestion that Germany is not adverse to involving the
United States in the great war. In view of the fact that the German
submarines are being so extensively used against merchant craft, in
stead of against British war vessels and transports in the English chan
nel, lends some color to the theory. The Wall Street Journal says:
It is of extreme interest to hear of the reports that have been brought to New Tork
bankers from Turkey at the end of April by an American who conversed with the German
officers who are directing the defenses of the Dardanelles and of Constantinople. The
American had stated to the German officer that the United States would under all condi
tions keep its finger out of the pie.
“Ah!” replied the high German officer, “but we do not intend that you shall stay out.
We shall force you into it. No matter who wins this war, we will all be economically
exhausted, both victor and vanquished. If America can keep out, she will when peace is
declared have the world’s trade in the palm of her hand, and all the nations of Europe
will be too exhausted to compete against her. That is the reason America must come
in, and will be forced in. We do not fear her as an opponent. It makes little difference
to us now whether there are fifty or a hundred more war vessels opposed to us, and it is
quite impossible that America can get at us with her army, or at least an army of such a
size as to be an important factor.
“But it is important to us that America must undergo an industrial and economic
paralysis such as would be brought about by her entrance into the war. She cannot
equip an army or a navy soon enough to do Germany any great amount of harm, but
when peace is declared all the nations of the world must start again after the world’s
competitive commerce on an equal footing, and we do not propose that America shall
have ten years’ start of the rest of us. We will force her in.”
This conversation took place early in April. It might possibly be the idle vaporing
of a conceited German general, but the American took the trouble to check up. lie
found that other German officers held the same view. Was the Gulflight incident inten- j
tional or accidental? Do all the reasons for the Lusitania’s sinking appear on the sur
face?
An appreciation of Russia’s immensity is indicated in an interview
with Field Marshal Von Hmdenburg, in which that popular hero said:
“Fven the occupation of Warsaw and of the Vistula line would by no
means signify the end of the campaign. The Russians, with their im
mense territories, can fall back indefinitely. Defeated at Warsaw,
they can fall back on Kiev, from Kiev to Moscow, and eventually on
to Vladivostok. Of course, we cannot follow that far.”
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It is not too much to say in truth, and not less than should be said in
fairness and grateful appreciation, that the guidance of our ship of
state by Woodrow Wilson and Robert Lansing through the whirling
pools of this European conflict has never, in essential sagacity, resolu
tion and patience, been surpassed in the history of the republic.—
George Harvey, in May North American Review.
The redhgrit boulevard of Cripple Creek, Colo., has had its name
changed by city ordinance to Julian street, a somewhat dubious honor
conferred upon Julian Street, a writer for Collier’s Weekly. It was
the only part of the mining camp described by Street m his write-up
of Cripple Creek for Colliers’.
—."
A German-Amencan was arrested in Berlin for virulent abuse of
President Wilson. For safety he should come back to the United 1
Stales and work for “true neutrality,” when his remarks will pass un
noticed,” says the Seattle Post-Intefhgencer.
WAS PACIFICISM THE CAUSE?
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The question to what extent the pacific
ism of the British ministry was responsible
foi the present war is not purely academic.
I; may have a practical value for the future.
The singular thing about the discussion is
thai the same view of responsibility of the
British ministry is taken both by some of
those friendly to the allies and by the Ger
mans themselves.
For example, it has been argued that if
the British government, from the very start,
had taken the position, squarely and un
equivocally, that it would stand with France
and Russia, and that it would consider the
invasion of the neutrality of Belgium as a
warrant for war on its part, this would
have held Germany back, and that country
would have found means to compel Austria
to moderate its demands upon Serbia, which
were the ostensible cause of the war.
Arriving at the same conclusion by dif
ferent reasoning. Ilerr Bilim states that
“We honestly believe that isir Edward Gray
could have stopped it. If on the first day.
when danger came up. he had said, ‘England
dees not go to war because of the internal
I'wrstions between Serbia and Austria,’ then
Russia and France would have found a way
to compromise with Austria; and if Sir Ed
ward Grey had said that England was ready
tn g > to war for the sake of Serbia, then
Austria might have been more willing to
compromise.”
In the view of both schools, it was Eng
land’s desnerate attempts to preserve peace,
it:- unwillingness to take a strong tone or
t«> show a determination to fight, if need be,
that was responsible for the war. It was
the reliance of Germany upon the strength
- f the pacificist sentiment in England, and
the belief that England in no circumsta nee.',
would take an active part, which was in
tact responsible for the war. The great
diplomatic efforts which England was mak
ing for the preservation of peace were re
sponsible for the German belief that Eng
land would keep out of it. There is an air
of plausibility about the theory.
AMBASSADOR GERARD
James Watson Gerard, United States am
bassador to Germany, was born in Geneseo,
N. Y.. in 1867. In 1892. after his gradua
tion from the New York law school, he en
tered the law office of Bowers <fc Sands,
noted New York firm, and after seven years
was admitted to partnership. In 1890 he
enlisted in the national guard of New York
state as second lieutenant of Company F.
Twelfth infantry, and in 1892 he attained
the position of captain. With that rank
he served as aid on the staff of General Mc
Croskey Butt during the Spanish war. In
June, 1900, he was appointed a quartermas
ter, with the rank of major, in the First
brigade. In the election which resulted in
his winning a place on the supreme court
bench of New York he led his ticket, polling
148,899, his plurality over his opponent be
ing 25,229. He is a member of the Union,
Tuxedo, Country, University, New York
Athletic, Riding, Fencers’ and Democratic
clubs, as well as of the Bar Association and
the Sons of the American Revolution. He
was married in 1901 to Miss Marv Daly,
uaugnier ol the late Marcus Daly of Butte.
He was appointed ambassador to Germany
on July 28, 1913.
LEO FRANK’S CASE
The latest contribution in the ease of
Frank, sentenced to be hanged on the 20th
ol next month, comes in the form of a
letter published by the New York Times
from Judge A. G. Powell, formerly a mem
ber of the appellate court of Georgia. In
this letter Judge Powell recites that he was
an intimate friend of Judge Roan, who pre
side dat the trial of Frank, and was con
sided at the trial of Frank, and was con
of the trial.
He states squarely and unequivocally that
Judge Roan was not merely in doubt as to
the guilt of Frank, which doubt he publicly
expressed, but that he was actually con
vinced of Frank’s innocence of the crime
with which he was charged and for which
he was tried. Judge Powell himself says
that after following the trial closely and
counseling with Judge Roan during its prog
ress, he himself believes Frank to be an in
nocent man, unjustly convicted. This state
ment Judge Powell has placed before the
governor of Georgia as part of the applica
tion of Frank for a commutation of sen
tence.
Judge Roan, who presided at the trial, is
dead. There are no reasons given why, with
his conviction of the innocence of the pris
oner, he did not grant hi mthe new trial
which was asked. It is legitimate to pre '
oner, he did not grant him the np\v trial 1
for reasons precisely identical with those1
which prompted the jury to convict Frank
the mob sentiment which darned out in the
! court room at all stages of the trial, and
which demanded the conviction of Frank,
evidence or no evidence. I* is on r.rord
that the judge asked Frank’s att rn ys to
keep the prisoner out of the court room
when the verdict was rendered, because of
the certainty in the judge’s mind that,
should the verdict be of acquittal, the pris- i
oner would be taken from the custody of j
the court and lynched. The judge appar
! ently, as well as the jury, bowed to the
; mob sentiment.
At the bar of American public opinion it
is the governor and the people of Georgia
! who are now arraigned in the case. If the
sentence is carried into effect and Frank
, is hanged, the verdict of guilty against them
; will be rendered.- Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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THE ALASKA RAILROAD
(Providence Journal)
Interest in the project of a government |
railroad to "tap the boundless wealth” of
Alaska "dll be revived by the announcement
that the route has been selected. Seward
will be the coast point.
That no mistake has been made in the
choice may be believed; for the commission
is composed of experienced engineers, in
cluding reprsentatives of the army, which
has already made a wonderful record in
opening up Alaska and bringing it into com
munication with the outside world. In
! deed, the trunk line railroad, now about to
: be built, may be regarded as only a detail j
I to the splendid system of highways which I
j the army engineers have been developing, j
i The railroad itself will need feeders of wagon
roads and trails, if it is to be prosperous.
In time to come, summer tourists to
Alaska, whose itineraries are now usually
j limited to the southeastern archipelago, with j
j Sitka or Juneau as stopping off places, and J
the glittering glories of Glacier bay a.-, the
I final objectives, may voyage west across the j
expansive Gulf of Alaska, enter Resurrec- I
tion bay, disembark at Seward, and take the j
Woodrow Wilson accommodation for Fair
banks and way stations. The trip through j
and across the Alaska range to the valley
n nthe other side, where Fairbanks lies, j
will offer a spectacle grand and beautiful ;
in myriad forms. There are few mountain •
landscapes anywhere to compare with this 1
ice-clad bulwark, from which rises the lofti
est peak on American soil. Mount McKinley, j
BOSS AND LEADER
Teacher—What is the difference between
a political leader and a political boss?
Children—A leader is a man who will do
what Mr. Roosevelt wants him to do and a
boss is one who won’t.—Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer.
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KILROY GOES TO CIRCLE
From the Juneau Empire of June 1 ir is
learned that George F. Kilroy. formerly or
Nonm and Iditarod. where h" was engaged
i.i raining, and who formerly was a news
paper man in Butte. Mont., and Seattle,
was a passenger on the Jefferson arriving at
the capital city on his way to Circle. He
was accompanied by James Weller, an old
timer of the North.
Mr. Kilroy and Mr. Weller have an op
tion on twelve miles of dredging ground on
Harrison creek, situated about one hundred
miles from Circle, and about twelve mile>
fr- :n Clarence Berry’s properties, in the
Birch creek section. Mr. Kilroy and Mr.
Weller propose to prospect the property
thoroughly, and will remain on it during
the coming winter.
Mr. Kilroy sold mining property at Idita
rod about two years ag". and left for th»*
Outside, and has been in California towns
and Seattle most of the time since then. He
says he is back to Alaska to remain now.
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