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FRONTIER j AND FISH
THE ALASKA EVENING POST
Volume XI. Number 97 SEWARD. ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 13,1917._™ IKNTS TBIi cor''
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BIG CATCH OF
HALIBUT; NEW
BOAT ARRIVES
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San Juan Takes 176,000
Pounds; Knickerboek
erln For Repairs
STOKER WITNESSES
GOING TO VALDEZ
ON ADMIRAL EVANS
Deputy U. S. Marshal Kvans and a
| number of witnesses who were em
i ployed on the U. S. railroad at Mile
12, including K. K. Irving, who was
seriouslv wounded, will go to V aldez
i on the Kvans to appear before the
grand jury in the case of Walter
Stoker, charged with the murder of
John Hendrickson.
Among the other witnesses will bo
Dr. J. H. Romig and Officer Charles
Emsweiler, of the Seward police
force, who headed the posse sent ou*
by Kvans to round up Stoker, will
leave for Valdez on the Evans to ap
pear before the grand jury.
“CRAD” WILLIAMS
DIES AT SNOHOMISH
The power fishing boat “Pennsyl
vania." Captain Alfred Hartland and
crew of six, belonging to the Kenai
Fishing and Trading Co., arrived last
night and tied up alongside the New
England Fishing company’s schoonerj
“Knickerbocker.” The Pennsylvania!
will be fitted out at once and com
mence halibut fishing off Cape Clear.
Knickerbocker Lose* Screw
After losing a propellor ami part
of the shaft off Cape Clear, the big
schooner Knickerbocker, of the New
England Fishing company, limped in- J
to port yesterday for repairs. The
boat has twin screws but was unable*
^ to make much headway with the re
maining screw, owing to her tendancy
to spin around in a circle. She will
remain here until a new screw and
shaft are sent from Vancouver. The
Knickerbocker has 10,000 pounds of
fish aboard, the result of one set of
her lines off the cape. These fish will
be sent south on the Admiral Evans.
Craddock Williams, former partner
of l»eorge Mitchell of the Seward
Grill, died a short time ago at the
home of his sister in Snohomish,
Washington. Crad's many Seward
friends will regret to hear the sad
news.
Through an error it was reported in
Anchorage some time back that Crad
was ill there.
Crad was bom at Carborundum,
Pa., and came to Snohomish 3b years
ago. He is survived by five brothers,
Owen and James of Marshland,
Thomas of Alaska, Phil of Seattle,
and John of Everett.
ADMIRAL EVANS
CALLS; GOES WEST
Big Catch by San Juan
As she was leaving the grounds for,
Seward yesterday, the Knickerbocker
met the San Juan, of the San Juan
Fishing company enroute to Seattle
with 176,000 pounds of halibut, caught ;
within less than 50 miles of Seworti. .
Dock Work Renewed
Driving of piles for the rest of the'
San Juan Fishing company's dock at
San Juan Point was renewed today
after a delay of several days while;
h long piles were being cut.
Booth Rumors Noted
It is rumored that the Booth Fish
eries company is considering teasing
a site for a cold storage nex' to rhe:
^fan Juan company's new' plan:.
Captain Scott Optimistic
Captain Michael Scott, of the,
Knickerbocker says that this will un-!
doutedly be the most important fish
ing center in Alaska as soon as cold
storage facilities have been provided, j
The Admiral Evans arrived yester
day afternoon with the following pas
sengers for this port: Ray 0. I*ar
sen, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Johnson.
Richard Dalzell, D. R. Adams, Ivan
Buroland, J. lennen, J. Tolman, C.
Guy, Chas. Ostrom, Tom Plunkett, Al
Carey, and six third cabin passengers.
The Evans left Seattle with a full
cargo of cannery supplies for various
ports southward and sailed on to Port
Graham with the final consignment
She is due here on the return trip to
night
He ought to know for he has been
fishing off this bay for two years on
grounds that yielded from 20,000 to
25,000 pounds of halibut a day.
BELGIAN RELI ; BOAT
TORPEDO UNWARNED
(By United SUtei
LONDON. Tuesday, March 13.—The Norwegian
steamer Storstad, in the service of the American commis
sion for relief in Belgium, was torpedoed and sunk with
out warning off the Irish coast yesterday. The crew were
rescued.
CONSUL FROST REPORTS SINKING
(By United C«M*>
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 13.—U. S. Consul
Frost cabled from Queenstown today that the Belgian re
lief steamer Storstad was sunk without warning by a sub
marine, which launched a torpedo at a distance of onlj
400 yards. The Storstad carried neither a gun nor wire
less and made no attempt to escape.
John Roy Christian, of Seattle, the only American
aboard, escaped without injury.
Consul Frost also cabled that the Cunard “non-pas
senger” steamer Folio was sunk off Waterford. The
survivors, including Boat Surgeon W. C. Core, of Nash
ville. Tenn., were landed at Dungarron.
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Kaiser Again Asks
U. S. to Amend
Old Treaty
—
(By United States Cabte)
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 13.—Persistent re
ports from many sources are being received here that
Germany will reply to the arming of American vessels by
a declaration of war.
Either this or abandonment of her declared policy,
it is pointed out, are her only alternatives.
Germany renewed her efforts today, through the
Swiss embassy to have the United States sign a protocol
amending the Prussian- American treaty of 1708, so as to
“exempt all Germans in the United States from arrest or
interference during any period of war, and reserving to
all German ships in American ports rest and safe conduct
ance to their home ports.”
Germany’s requests, in view of her unrestricted war
fare in certain zones against American merchantmen
with other neutrals, her orders to German captains in
American ports to disable their vessels, and the attempt to
involve the United States in war with Japan, are not be
ing given much consideration outside of official circles.
So far the state department has made no comments on
the matter.
MAY ORDER 100 PATROL BOATS
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 13. — Preliminary
steps are being taken by the navy toward contracting for
the quick construction of one hundred high-speed coast
patrol boats of a new type, found seiwiceable in the pres
ent war, for scouting against submarines.
INTERNED SAILORS A MENACE
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 13. — Request has;
been received from the mayor of Philadelphia that crews i
of interned German raiders be removed from the city of |
Philadelphia on the ground that they present a constant!
menace to the city.
Secretary Daniels stated today that the request would
likely be granted.
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YARROWDALE PRISONERS IN SWITZERLAND j
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 13.—American
sailors brought into Germany on the prize ship Yarrow
dale and recently released, reached Zunish, Switzerland,;
today. j
RAILROAD STRIKE NOW THREATENED
(By United State* Cable)
NEW YORK, Tuesday, March 13.—Information re
ceived by the national conference committee composed of
managers of the great railroad systems and made public
today, indicate that four railroad brotherhoods of em
ployees have completed arrangements for a progressive
senes of strikes. The first is scheduled to begin at 6
o’clock Saturday night, if the conference on the eight-hour
question, to be held Thursday, fails to reach a satisfactory
agreement.
AMERICAN HELD PRISONER IN TOKYO
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(By United State* Cable)
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 13.—The state de
partment today ordered an official investigation of the
arrest and detention by Japanese at Tokyo, of Professor
Ralph Hoyt Thayer, of Utica, New York. No details of
the affair have been received other than the arrest.
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! POLITICS GOING
ON QUIETLY; EIGHT
FILE PETITIONS;
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Doinff politics in a quiet way has
become the voffue in Seward, and in
stead of announcing themselves as
candidates the office seekers file the J
necessary petition without comment, j
Some of the candidates were loath to
admit they were out even after the
petitions were tiled.
The petitions on tile are:
For mayor—W. M. Sauers.
For council—(three to be elected)—
Hufch Dougherty and Charles Craw-'
ford.
POSTMASTERS
FOR ALASKAN
TOWNS NAMED
Conrad Freeding, Ix>st At
Nome, Appointed
For Taylor
(Hr United States Cable)
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March
13.—Postmasters for Alaskan towns
named by the president yesterday, in
clude:
Alonza C. Doty, Tvee, at the new
office at Baranoff; Wm. C. Freeburn,
at Chichagoff; Max Simel, at Cripple;
G. H. Jernigan, at Dolomi; Emery B.
Morgan, at King Cove; Conrad Freed
ing, at Taylor.
It is evident that the president had
not been informed of the death of
Conrad Freeding on the Nome-Hot
Springs trail.
For clerk—Otto Poehlmann.
For treasurer—Dr. J. H. Uomig.
For city attorney—L. L. James and
J. Lindely Green.
For school board—Harry S. IJald
ers-ton.
Friends of Councilman Dougherty |
say that he does not know that his pe
tition has been *filed. When he left
for Valdex to serve on the grand jury
he said his candidacy depended upon
certain matters yet to be decided. His
friends didn't wait and his was the
first petition filed.
BOATS AND TRAINS
The Alaska left Juneau at 3:45 this,
morning.
The Admiral Farragut is due in Ju
neau today.
The S. S. Dora will sail west upon
the arrival of the Alaska which is due
Saturday.
The train will leave Thursday
morning for Mile 40 at 8:30 o'clock.
THE WEATHER
Yesterday.
Maximum . 38
Minimum . 24
Current . 28
Weather . Clear
Wind . North
WEATHER TOMORROW
Fair with fresh winds.
Trails
Trails good with a temperature of
22 at Mile 71, and 18 at Mile 34.
U. S. SAILORS ASHORE
AT FIVE PORTS IN CO IA
(By United States Cable)
SANTIAGO, Cuba, Tuesday, March 13. — From his
base at Guantanamo, Admiral Mayo, commander of the
U. S. Atlantic fleet, received reports today from live
Cuban shore stations where American sailors have been
landed to combat the rebels. (The contents of these re
ports were evidently not passed by censor.)
REBELS HOLD ABERDEEN COUPLE
SEATTLE. Tuesday, March 13.—Editor Simms, an
AWdoen nolitician and capitalist, his wife and J. D. Con
nell, an eastern capitalist, have been captured by Cuban
rebels at Camaguey City, and ar held as prisoners.
CHINA A180 BREAKS WITH KAISER
^By United States Cable)
LONDON, Tuesday, March 13.—Dispatches received
here from Tokyo today, state that China has broken off
diplomatic relations with Germany because of her sub
marine activities. '
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- SENATE AUTHORIZED BREAK
PEKING, Tuesday, March 13.—The senate approved
yesterday the measure passed by the house authorizing
a break with Germany, and the government is expected
to take action to this end.
WASHINGTON HEARS 60 SUBS GONE
(By United State* Cable)
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March 13.—Sixty German
submarines have been captured or destroyed by the allies
between January 1 and FebruarV 15 of this year, accord
ing to government reports based on official reports from
abroad. . . Mm.t