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Vo,ume XL Number 74 " SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1917 Ten Cents the Copy
U.S. WILL NOT ARGUE
SUB CASE; MOVES MADE
PRELIMINARY TO WAR
WASHINGTON, Tuseday, Feb. 13—The United
States today replied to Germany’s proposal through
Switzerland* for a discussion of the submarine situation,
bv declining to enter into any negotiations.
The government made it plain that no discussion
would be "entered into or negotiations considered so long
as sub warfare continues without restriction and un
til Germany restores its pledge ot restriction on submar
ine operations given to the United States as a result of
the Sussex case.
On being informed of America’s attitude it was an
nounced by the Imperial German government today at
Berlin that time had expired for all possible exceptions in
the submarine campaign and from now on every ship
found in the barred zone would be sunk on sight.
Germany’s proposal for a re-aflifiliation of the old
Prussian-American treaties of 7779 and 1828 with a long
list of added clauses to modernize and extend provisions
relating to treatment of enemy residents in case of war
has been transmitted formally to the state department
bv the Swiss minister.
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GERARD TO COME BY CUBA
PARIS, Tuesday, Feb. 13. — Gerard will sail on a
Spanish vessel from Barcelona, Spain, to Cuba, enroute to
the United States.
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AUSTRIA WOULD AVOID BREAK
VIENNA, Monday, Feb. 12—Aust ria-Hungarian of
ficials are negotiating with American Ambassador Pen
field over the question of allowing Americans to travel
unhindered in the Mediterranean, hoping thereby to avoid
severance of diplomatic relations between the U. S. and
Austria. ,... ,*1 sAitiilJtt}
SURE HOLLAND IS PERFECTLY NEUTRAL
COPENHAGEN. Tuesday. Feb. 13 — Five German
army corps concentrated on Holland’s frontier furnish
fairly convincing explanation in default of other reasons
for the failure of the Dutch government to adopt the
policy toward Germany’s unrestricted sub warfare recom
mended by Pres. Wilson.
GERMANY STOPS BELGIUM RELIEF WORK
AMSTERDAM, Tuesday, Feb. 13. — In compliance
with an order from German authorities the American
commission for relief work in Belgium is withdrawing
from Belgium and Northern France.
KAISER HANGS ON TO
12 AMERICAN SAILORS
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Feb. 13.—Formal notifica
tion that, although Ambassadoi Gerard and his staff and
certain American civilians had been permitted to leave
Germany, 72 American sailors brought in as prisoners on
the prize ship Yarrodale would be retained in Germany,
was given to the state department today by the Swiss
minister acting for the German government.
They will be held until she has definite assurance that
German crews in American harbors will not be held or
imprisoned.
GERARD OUT
OF GERMANY
WITH STAFF
ZURICH, Switzerland, Monday.
Feb. 12.—Ambassador Gerard, the
American diplomatic staff and 100
Americans reached here Sunday
Members of the German foreign of
fice observed the formalities at the
railroad station in Berlin and “Saw
them off” in silence.
WASHINGTON, Monday, Feb. 12.
—Ambassador Bernstorff will leave
for Berlin Tuesday night
HE IS AFTER
MEMBERS OF
BANK BOARD;
WASHINGTON, Monday, Feb. 12.'
—Articles of impeachment, charging j
Harding, Warburg, Delano, Miller
and Hamlin of the federal reserve
board with administering the federal
reserve banking act with intent to co-'
ordinate with the interests of
“big business and speculation” were
placed before the house of representa- j
tives by Congressman Lindbergh to
day, and the matter was referred at
once to the Judiciary committee.
COLD STORAGE, CANNERY
AND DOCK TO BE BUILT
BY SAN JUAN FISH CO.
Construction will be commenced at once by the San
Juan Fish Company on the first unit of a cold storage
plant, fish dock and salmon cannery on the site leased by
the company from the Alaskan Engineering Commission
within the city limits near the head of the bay. '
H. 0. Roberts, superintendent of the company, while |
not desiring to discuss its plans for the future, stated that
the company proposed an investment this year in the
neighborhood of $100,000 and will be in a position to
handle all the fish which can be delivered.
Halibut will be put through froezn for shipment to
the eastern market, as will some of the salmon, black cod
and red snapper.
Salmon of all runs will be canned.
From the Alaskan engineering commission it was
iearned that the comapny has been granted, through the
•.and and industrial department, a 20 year lease on 300 feet j
frontage along the beach, covering the ground tide line
and the main line right of way at “Powder House point.”;
Work will be started at once on the dock which will
extend 240 feet out from shore with a T at the end 140
feet in length,
Timber for this dock is now enroute here on the
freighter Juneau, which left Seattle Sunday.
Piling for the dock is being cut by the Alaska Trans
fer company, the contract being let several days ago.
The salmon cannery will be located on the dock, while
the cold storage plant will be built on the beach adjacent
to dock approach. Only one unit of the cold storage plant
will be erected now, but it will be so constructed that an
other unit doubling the capacity of the plant can be built
without delay.
While the San Juan Fish company buys fish from in
dependent fishermen and expects many small fishing boats
to make this port headquarters during the coming sum
mer, it will operate its own boats to insure a supply.
Three purse seine boats will be operated in the salmon
industry, and two company haiibut boats will be in opera
tion on the banks outside.
After considerable prospecting, fishermen in touch
with conditions of this bay, are convinced that king sal
mon run in large numbers in the vicinity of seal rocks,
off Ailik Cape, and if this fact is borne out by the trawlers
this will become a salmon canning point of great import
ance.
Roberts, who came here less than two weeks ago,
made special mention of the courteous treatment he has
received, both from the people of Seward and the officials
.if the Alaskan engineering commission,
of the Alaskan engineering commission. As representa
tive of one of the large fishing corporations of the coun
try, he was not sure what might be the attitude of the of
ficials as this is the first move of private capital to make a
large investment here directly connected with the govern
ment railroad.
“I find that it is the policy of U. S. railroad officials to
encourage private capital in legitimate development here,
and this is most gratifying," said Reborts. “The engineer
in charge, Mr. Weir, has extended every courtesy and we
• ‘e indebted to him and Chairman Edes at Washington,
for the fact that we are able to commence construction
work at once."
IMMIGRATION
BILL PASSED
OVERWILSON
WASHINGTON.—The Senate pass
ed the Immigrant bill, vetoed by the
president, over his head on Feb. 6, by
a vote of 62 to 19. The measure had
already been passed by the house and j
now becomes a law. The literacy test i
embodied in the bill was the bone of
contention between the congress and
the President and the bill had been
four times vetoed, twice by President
Wilson.
SIX VESSELS CALL
HERE IN_ FOUR DAYS
Seward has been quite a busy port
during the past four days, arrivals
including the S. S. Cordova, and La
touche and schooner Harold Blekurn
with freight, and the passenger
steamers Admiral Evans, Admiral
Watson and Northwestern. This
compares quite favorably with Feb
ruary traffic two years ago when
there was only ten day service
Capt. newlands to
BE DORA’S SKIPPER
On her return from the westward,
the mail steamer Dora will again
change captains, Capt. Sawson having
resigned. The new skipper will be
Capt. Newlands, formerly mate on
the Cordova.
Swanson sent in his resignation
several weeks ago after one of the
Dora's little adventures to the west
ward. The captain's wife was burned
to death two months ago in Seattle.
THE WEATHER
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Yesterday.
i Maximum . 38
Minimum .;-..... 28
Current . 28
Weather . Cloudy
Wind . South
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WEATHER TOMORROW
Unsettled and warm.
DRAW GRAND
JURY NAMES;
ALSO PETIT
VALDEZ.—(Special)—Gram! and
petit juries for the March term of
court have been drawn, the grand
jury to meet March 8th and the petit
jury to report March 14th.
The following were the names
drawn:
Grand Jury—George Long, C. P.
Topliff, Pete Layton, H. J. Harvey,
S. L. Carter of Valdez; J. R. Reeves,
W. S. Newlan, George Scott, J. D.
MacCormac, Roy DeLeo, C. H. Lam
fey, Wm. O’Laughlin, C. C. Keener,
of Cordova; Claude Fisher, W. E.
Ballinger, of Eyak; J. J. Campbell,
G. A. Mitchell, II. E. Ellsworth, Hugh
Dougherty, Nelson Steele of Seward;
Nick Meckem, Cliffe Mine; C. P. Haz
let of Latouche, and J. S. Craig of
Branby.
Petit Jury—William Egan, George
Tiffany, J. E. Wilson, R. G. Vogt and
George Madden of Valdez; J. A. NicO'
lett, H. B. Walking, J. L. Smith, 0.
E. Lambert, J. Lvdick, G. C. Hanne
mann of Cordova; V. L Woow, A. H.
Tutt, C. E. Whitney, A. H. McDonald,
J. F. Micord and Ross J. Kinney of
Seward; Frank Porter, Victor Warn
er and Hugh Gillis of Latouche; Dun
can Little of Roosevelt; J. J. Ken
neally of Eyak; George Wagner of
Granite; W. Welsh of Allen.
A. J. Lawrence, former owner of
the McKinley Electric Shop, arrived
from Anchorage and will leave on the
Mariposa for Seattle.
BOATS AND TRAINS
The Admiral Watson sailed for Se
attle and way ports Sunday morning
at 8 o'clock.
The Northwestern arrived Sunday
morning at 8 o'clock and sailed south
at noon.
j The S. S. Dora is due from the
i Westward.
j The train left yesterday morning at
j 8:30 o'clock for Mile 40.
BILL FOR HOMESTEADS
ON COAL LANDS PASS
WASHINGTON, Tuseday, Feb. 13.—The bill author
izing homestead entries on public lands in Alaska, con
taining oil and coal or gas with a limited patent to entry
men, reserving the coal, oil or gas to the United States,
was passed by the senate last night.
This will open up an immense farming district in the
Matanuska region.
LITTLE WAR SEEMS NEAR IN CUBA
WASHINGTON, Tuseday, Feb. 13.—An appeal not to
go to war over a contested presidential election in Cuba
lias been sent to the Cubans by Secretary Lansing. A re
volt has been brewing for some time.
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OFFER AID TO CUBAN GOVERNMENT
HAVANA, Tuesday, Feb. 12. — Announcement was
made today that the U. S. has offered 10,000 rifles and 5,
000,000 cartridges to the Cuban government in case of re
volt. An encounter occurred today between federal troops
and the rebels in Matanzas province.
DIVIDEND BY THE I
BANK OF SEWARD
At a meeting of the board of direct-!
ors of the Bank of Seward held today,
a 20 per cent dividend was voted on
the capital stock of that institution,!
the last dividend declared was on j
August 9th, 1916, which was on the'
same basis.
THIRTEEN DIE IN
HOTEL BLAZE
MINNEAPOLIS, Monday, Feb. 12.
_Thirteen lives were lost here last |
night when the Kenwood hotel was,
destroyed by fire._
NEW MONEY HERE
FROM THE MINT
New Dimes, quarters and half dol
lars of the vintage of 1917, were re
ceived by the Harriman National bank
yesterday, direct from the federal re
serve bank at San Francisco. The
quarters were put out by the mint
only twelve days ago, and this is the
first bank in Southwestern Alaska to •
receive them, as the first output is
sent to the federal reserve for its na
tional banke members. All who desire
may secure the new coins for old..
The new coins are after the gener
al type of the gold pieces issued un
der President Roosevelt.
BOOST EDITION SEWARD WEEKLY POST
On press next Saturday. Order now. Ten cents per
copy. Better than letters.