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Wo. 3 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAttWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
BRITISH LINER BROUGHT TO
AMERICAN PORT BY A
GERMAN PRIZE CREW
Sorfolk, Va., F#b. 2—The Brit
(afc lixtr jLppam, which has been
a*r«®f>rt#<l for orw ,two weolw
a *4 in coxslderod lost, arrived
&cr« jMterd&y flying th« German
fl*4 a»d U coausud of & German
priM cr«w.
Si# *14 captured at see on Jan
uary It by the German ratd«)r
Mo*w«, operating along thq *e«t
co«« at Africa.
Tlka Aj»pam ha J. on board tho |
e«n of HTei other British ■team
an, tiselr ahlpa having been auuk !
by ti|
Wublmgton, Feb. 2—The arrival
OS tha British »teamor Appam at
Norfolk yesterday li charge of a
G*rma* yrixe crew has presented
to ;h« International law experts of
th« admlntetratlon a new problem,
a« to vhether the prize ship will.
be considered «• « , merchant Tas
sel a*d allowed to intern or pro
ceed *o another fort as the com
mander may wish, or will ba con
sidered as aa auxiliary cruis
er and requtreC to conform to the
rules (OTernlng war Tassels in
neutral ports. Another question
puullng the officials la whether the
crew would h*Y« to be Interned If
the ressel Is interns* as s mer
chant ship.
Th» suggestion that one or more
German submarines may hare ac
companied the Appam across the
ocean with the lntentioa of op
erating off , the American. coast has
been advanced and la considered J
quite within the range of prohabill- J
ties by thg nary department offi
cials, who are disciiwlng with
great interest the possibilities which
might arise If sucjx has been the |
case.
CLOCKS SILENT
IH LONDON
London, Feb. 2—Under direction
from ihs aaTal and military au
UortUea tha police bare ordered
th* diacontinuaace of chimes
U public school clocks as a pre
cautionary measure, leet the Bound
of ths chime* at sight give ln
f»raat!aa of location to Zappelta
r*l4«r*. |
TWO SIE1E0S
IN COLLISION
Kattfax, Feb. 2—The steamships
Ttliti Mara and SilTOrshell met
la a head-on collision at a point a
»horl distance southeast off Cape
Eac« during a heayy fog last night.
Both Y<eaels are In a sinking con
dltios and the steamer Armonia is
ttaadlnj by, to take off the crews
a sfforta to ®aTe the Tessela fall.
OFFICERS TO FACB
OOCBT MARTIAL NOW
Washington, Jan. 88—Lieuten
ants PaytOH, Moore and Waldiroa j
who led the force of American sol
diers Into Mexico 1a an attempt to
rescue two nrirates tajcem by armod 1
Mexicans, will undoubtedly face a j
cour* martial.
By entering Mexico they violat
ed a standing order made by Gen
eral Funston that American sol
diers wits mot to sntsr Mexico no
matter ho-r grsn* night b« the
prorocatlo*.
The offlcei* will also probably j
be held responsible for tho death i
of the four soldiers who were j
drownt-il whlls crowing the Rio j
Grande riter with, the reecue party.
Th# two prtT*t«B who ware cap- j
tured asfl the object of the rescue
hare bee* returned is harmed by :
the Mexicans.
The Americas jot or* m ant at onco
took up the matt«f -with Carr&nza
and the latter Is said to hare giv
en the ord«r for their release.
The incident has created almost
as much interest along the Mexi
can border, according to advices
received, as the recent massacre of
a number of America* mining men
by Mexican bandits.
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GENERALS KILLED
BY PATRIOTS
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Paris, Feb. 2—Two Montenegro
generals are reported to ha.ye Jjeen
assassinated by patriots who op
posed capitulation tc Austria.
MORE POWDER
BLOWN OP
SheBoandoah, Pa., Feb. 2 — An
other explosion occurred last night
in tha Ferndala plant of tho Du
Pont powder works. |
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SNOWSTORM
II SEATILE
Seattle, Feb. 2 — There has
been a continued heavy Bnow
fall for the past torty-eight hour*
unj ail traffic Is at a standstill.
GERMAA" SUDS REPORTED
OFF BRITISH COAST
New fork, Feb. 2 — Numerous
submarines have been sighted in
the vrar zone around the British
islee during the last few weeks
according to commanders of steam
ships which .have arrived here
during the past few days. The
steamship California arrived from
Liverpool and the passengers all
report that several German under
sea craft were sighted on the trip
from Liverpool, j
Ml'XlTRJN BOAT STORM STRUCK
Seward, Jan. 28—The steamer
Seward enroute from Seattle to
Vladivogtok with war munition* put
Into Laiouche, with her Bteerlng
gear broken.
Her deck load of lumber was
washed away and she was oth<3rwlee
battered by the terrific storm.
WILL ENLIST FOB AVAR
John L-rury who for »ome years
past has been In charge of the
T. D. P. & Co. trading post at
Teslin and who returned early In
Decern oer from a vlsi' to the fair
at San Fraacrisco, arrived last w«ek
from a trip to the eame company#
post cu the Pelly river, brtngng
out with him a large consignment
of fur. He will leave by the firs*
train enroute to Victoria where he
will enlist for service on the front.
Mr. Drury is a brother of William
Dru'ry and of Mrs. Isaac Taylor.
Whltehorse Star.
ZEPPELINS
KILLED 54
London, Feb 2—The official an
nouncement issued today by tha
war department concerning the
Zeppelin raid through the} eastern
and northeastern counties of Eng
land Monday night, states that six
towua, were visited by the lair
craft' and two hundred bombfl were
dropped. .Fifty-four persons were
killed and slzty-oeveu injured.
COLO WEATHER
(Special .Correspondence.) j
AUln, Jan. 28—At!fa hag been
Wslte<j with the coldest blizzard on
record. The thermometer registered
30 below with the wind blowing
over forty miles an hour.
The wudding or Mr. Robert Rox
borough and Miss Simpson oocurred
on Dec. 23. Both are well known
and popular momberB of AUln bo
clety and the bride was the re
cipient of many valuable i wedding
presents. Mr. Roxborough is an
old-time sourdough and Miss Simp
son has been a resident of Atlin
for three yeare.
The Atlin lake is frozen over
and tne | mall stage Is running
across it.
Mr. 3chuitz runs the automobile
on the ice from Carcross carrying
mail and passengers.
Dan Holland left a ferw days oga
for Telegraph creek with Mr. Gold
berg, the fur buyer. (
The Telegraph mail arrived in
Atlin on the 20th through a bliz
zard and had to remain hers until
the storm was over.
Tom Michael made Discovery a
visit with a team despite the bliz
zard.
Mrs. B. Whitfield will leave in
a few days for Skagway for the
winter.
Mrs. Pearce from Birch creek
w.\s brought to the hospital and
Is now under the doctor's care.
The extreme cold weather caused
a few days shut-down of work on
the creeks.
It !b reported nero tnat uib
merchants of Telegraph.1 creek axe
going to be short ot provisions l>e
cause the freight boat did no^get
up last fall on aocount °t the
low water. There ia not aa
nor auy -kind of fruit to be fca-d
there. '•
Harry Frasor, son of ,the gold
commissioner, left a few days &g°
for th$ coast where ho expects to
enlist for the front. He will be
the third of Conimissioneil Fraaer'e
sons to go to the front,
J. Perkerson la in the hospital,
where *ie has had one toe amputat
HOT SOUP AND
HOT TAMALES
Sounds pretty good this kind of weather
We make a special price per doz. on
Cambell's soups of $1.40 per doz.
straight or assortad varieties.
We offer you I. X. L. Chicken Tamales,
the best made, at 20c per tin 3 for 50c or
$1.85 per doz I. X L. Chili Con Carne
15c per tin 2 for 25c or 1.40 per dozen.
Buy a dozen, tliey are good
things to have in the house.
P. H. GANTY
DELEGATE TO WORK FOR
HIGHEBCDURT FOR ALASKA
Judge J. L. Reed, the Valdea at
torney, who haa been actively ad
vocating the organization of a bu
preme court for tha territory of
Alaska, has enlisted the support
oi Delegate Wlckersham In the mat
ter, says the Juneau Dispatch, and
feels that he 1® making progress
towards attaining the new order
wMch would be of vital Importance
to tho people of the north.
Under the present _ system cases
appealed from the district couret of
Alaska are tried before the cir
cuit court of appeals In San Fran
cisco, ) necessitating a Jieavy and
unnecessary expense upon the liti
gants.
Judge Reed believea that If an
organized effort was made by the
oar In the different divisions [In
Alaska and endorsed by the town
councils, commercial organizations
and business men generally that
the department of justice could be
prevailed upon to establish a su
preme court In the territory.. The
additional expense to the depart
ment would be nominal In compari
son to thg burden imposed upon
the ueople of. Alaska under the
present system. |
TJhe creation of a supreme court
in Alaska would necessitate the ap
pointment of an additional judge,
who ■•vould be empowered to act as
chief [Justice, with, headquarters J
a* Juaeau. The chief justice could
name or*ociate justices to act with
him In revlewng the cases in which
appeals had been taken. For In
Btance, should a case be appealed
from the ruling of ths Judge of the
First Division, the chief Justice
could summon one of the Judges
from any of the other three di
visions to act a3 associate justice*.
The chief pustlce, would of neces
sity, be compelled to travel to the
division ■where his associate in, the
case under consideration resided bull
the expense incurred to the depart
ment would be small la comparison
to taking the case before the cir
cuit court of appeals in, San Fran
cisco.
The delegate's letter to Judge
Reed follow;:
Dec. 29, 1916.
Jos.yh L. Reed, Es<j.,
Valdez, Alaska.
My Dear Mr. Reed: I have your
letter of December 9 th and have
this day forwarded you a copy of
the compiled laws of Alaska.;
1 notice what yoq say about the
organization of a local upreme court
for the territory ot Alaska and I
am coming to the conclusion that
we must do It as soon as possible
The exoeuse of appealing to the cir
cuit court of appeals at Saa Fran
cisco is so tremendous that it to
practically a bar to the administra
tion of justice. .While I think that
couit is a superior supreme ceurt
and find no objection except the
one of cost and expense, that Is
such an obstacle that we may have
to overcome it by creating our
own aupretne court.
Very truly yours,
JAS. WICKERSHAM,
| Delegate from Alaska
601 SOUTH.
RIMES
Charles Ott who conducts a gen
eral merchandise stOTe at Eagle,
Alaska, and a Bourdough. nearly a
score ol yeans has been here for
the past ten days on his way to
Seattle and San Francisco ; on a
business and pleasure trip. Mr.
Ott is saving a difficult time get
tin* oi»t of the country, his firot
visit to the outside in seven years.
He came from Eaglo to Dawson oa
EH Verrleau's mail stage, but ow
ing to rou^h weather, nineteen
hours were required to cover the
last flftr miles. On reachLng Daw
son he was delayed four days[ 'by
• he weather—deranged Btagef sched
ule. After a very stormy trip ho
managed to reach, thla place wiero
he has since been, delayed whlla
waiting for operations ita be 're
sumed on the railroad, there tar
ing beeii no train oyer the rail
road since Tuesday of last week,
Januarv 18. Should Mr. Ott rea<eh
Skngwav today or tomorrow, he will
hare another delay there as there
la no steamer due to sail from
that port southward before Thur»
| day, FtDruary 3. Ia the meantime,
I he is bi"comiug accustomed to th#
climate by degrees as _he trar«ls
'slowly und uncertainly toward the
i land of orange blossoms and fleas.
|—White horse Star.
Mr. Ott reached Skagway on the
train Monday night and Is making
the next lap of his journey on the
Jefferson, sailing today.
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