WEATHER REPORT
Yestehlay: Max. 54. Min. 38.
No. S3 TWENTY FIRST YEAR SKAttWAY, ALASKA, IHIiRSDAY, MAY 9. 1918 PBICB 10 CENTS
EVIDENCE OF LOMTT CAUSES
IMPOSITION OF LIGHT SENIENGI
The case of the United States
jsovernment against Charles Nye, in
wh.ch he was accused with, sedition,
th® complaint charging that he did
inako, utter and publish words
tending to excite discontent, trou
ble, ill feeling and hostility against
the government of the United- States
of America, came up for trif.1 in Un
i'ed States Commissioner's court un
der K. A. Rasmuson yesterday af"
ttrnoon.
After considerable time used in
examining jurors the following men
were empanelled to try the case:
Paul McClelland, A. B. Towne, W.
B. Bledsoe, Max Gu'felt, Fred Fon
xo, Sr., Howard Ashley, J. MoBrien.
William B. Wright, Frank Feero,
Alex C. Blanchard, H. B. Flaharty,
and .J J. F. Ward.
Deputy United States District At
torney Ragan opened the case and'
nine witnesses were put on the
stand, eaeh of whom testified to the
defendant makang various state
ment which could he construed to
be of a more Or less seditious na
ture.
. lT. 5. Deputy jlarshal Hardy was
the chief witness for the governmeri,
and he testified that he heard the
det«ndant make remarks in Hera's
ciagr store, at Selmer's barber uhop
and a* the heating plant of the
Home Power company on the flats
and at other places utter words
which were of a nature to cause
discontent and ill feeing towards the
United States.
Perry Heru, cigar dealer, Mr.
Dotts. in charge of the U. S. Sig
nal station, George Rosenberg, of
the White Pass auditing department,
Osrar Selmer. barber. Mr. Curtis. |
manager for Fye-Bruhn meat com- I
puny, a. J. Baker, dairyman, smith
Reni'i-k. formerly an employee of
Uie Homo Power Company, F. .J
Vandewall. deputy collector of cus- '
ton>s for Skagway, all testified in j.
sure'.anti&tion of t>ie remarks char"*
cd to Nye.
After these witnesses had t«en
civjss examined, the government
rested its case, aaid Grover C. Winn, ,
at'orney for Nye, placed tho de* !
fendant on the witness stand, where
Mr. Nje made a eocnplete and absol
ute denial of all the accusations of
the witnesses.
He admitted that he had reiused*
t<» buv a Liberty bond, stating that
ha lid not believe that when a
man had to borrow money and pay '
intTtst that it was up to him to In* |
vest in bonds. He also admitted*
that neither he nor his wife were
members of the Red Cross society- j
Af \ Ragau only <*ross examined j
the witness on a few points, and
then proceeded to ad<dress the 5ury.
He made a most eloquent address
bringing out facts in the case.in
clear and concise manner, and hi
words were attentively listened- t
bjr the large crowd which taxed th
capacity of the court room.
Mr. Winn stated that hq admltte<
that as this was his firat case 1'
defending a charge of this nature
still he felt it his duty under hi
oath 'o use his utmost skill an<
knowledge in defending hi
client. He brought up a technica
point, claiming that the gov«rIun®n
had failed to prove that the na
tioa was then and there at war, .a:
alleged in the complaint, but h
showed throughout his address tha
hi3 sympathies were not entirel:
with nls client.
The case was given to the jury' a
9: 30 o'clock last night, and at !
o'clock this morning they reachei
aa agreement which was sealed Hint
t.^n o'clock this morning when.caur
convened fs?r. the purpose of reoeiv
ing their verdict. -
The envelope containing the ver
diet was handed by Paul'McClellant
who was forenian of the jufy t<
Judge Rasmuson, and wben openei
was found to be as folloips:
We the jury in the above namei
action do find the defendant "gujl
ty, with the recommendation o
leniency with a fine and no jai
sentence." *
District Attorney Ragan then sug
gested that in as much as the de'
f'-udant, Charles Nye,' .or his wlf<
were not members of the Americar
Red Cross society, they take oui
luc memberships ' it would hav<
weight with the court when sentenc
wag imposed-.
Shortly after two o'clock Mr. Ny<
appeared by council w^o stated . to
the court that the defendant wish
ed to state before penitence was im
posed that since he had_ been pro
nonnced guiMy by the jury he had
made application for $2,000 worth
of U. S. Liberty bonds of the third
issue, and that he had donated! -to
the Skagway branch of the Amerl"
can Red Cross $100 in cash to be
used for the purchase of supplies,
in addition to which he had taken
out for himself and wife subscrib
ing memoerships' in the local brand
of the Redt Cross, arud that .'he had
donated to the Red' Cross one
»leotric sewing machine, and would
it the earliest practicable moment
sign a food conservation card. AH
[hi? he did of his own will and ac
cord, after he had been shown that
it <vas the duty of a loyal Americfch
:itizen. T ...
District Attorney Ragan stated
that this action on the part of Mr.
\'ye was very gratifying to -him,
g —*= ~fefl
GOOD PEOPLE TO KNOW
Know the Success family.
The father of Success is Work.
The Mother of Success is Ambition.
The oldest son is Common Sense.
Some of the other boys are Perserverance,
Honesty, Thoroughness, Foresight, Enthusiasm -
and Co-operation.
The oldest daughter is Character,
Her sisters are Cheerfulness, Loyalty, Courtsey,
Care, Economy, Sincerity and Harmony.
The baby is Opportunity v .....
Get well acquainted with the "old man" and ~
you will be able to get along pretty well with all
rhe rest of the family.
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AMERICAN SCHOONER AFIRE OFF FRANCE
— f'■ ■ ■ m
l'hotojjruph of :ni .Muerfcan schooner off St. Nazaire. France, ablaze from
stem to Stern. The ships of the allies hesitate to go to tile rescue of burning
craft, for Ornian commanders have adopted the decoy of a simulated ship in
distress to hrius their prey within torpedo distance.,
[ | Washington, May 9. — It was
announced today that advice in the
Jiand-s of the: State Department
which warranto the statement that
It would not be a surprise to that j
department to learn that Kaiser
Wilheim was a raving maniac and
• confined to an asylum.
i It has- been known in inside cir* i
Hcs tor sp'me time that the German
ruli r has been suffering from all the
symptoms of incipient insanity an>l.
fh«>'t the. strain under'yrjiich he has
oeen laboring Bince the besinnin"
of the *ir has greatly aggravated'
lis trouWe. ; * j
am', that by this act'on the defend
ant reinstated-himself in his friend
ship, and he therefore a^ked the
cour' to be lenient in its sentence.
; . \fter a fey remarks by Juctee
Rasmuson,' in which the court went
over'■ We'caie. pointing out the se
, verity of the crime vrith which the
I defendant stood* convicted, and Who
i by "his actions had 'shown that his
acrions had been prompted more by
i-norance and perhaps even stub
bomess, he read that part of the
»tatutp which provides penalty of
$1,000 or imprisonment for the first
I a?;i, foT tlto-second offense a fine
{of $2,000 arid imprisonment. He
then sentenced Mr. Nye to pa;- a
fiup of $200 and the costs of the
action, which amounted to $107. I
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London, Thursday.—It wa9 UeJd- (
eJ that the Lloyd George govern- ,
nient would' stand or fall in the no
mentous debate w hie hi is on in the
British House of Commons today on,
the charges brought by Maurice that
unless the present government iJ> |,
uble to reply satisfactorily it is •
agreed that it means that the (
Prime. Minister's resignation-will iej
loreed'. Both sides are lined up
f jr the division. | I
lond-on, Thursday.—The London
Evening News declared in the alter- (
noon edition that it was uadersto: 6 ,
that General Mauiice wou'd be
court-martialed because of the ac
cusations he had made against the .
British government.
"General Maurice's action was
unprecedented," declared* Lloyd <
Geor.ee in the House of Commons to
day .during the course of his re- /
marks that he made in the debate. |
"Ho did not act fairly. He* ehould'
have made his charges before the
war cabinet."
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' ABCUNT TQ 76
Washington, Thursday. — Seventj]
isix casualties are reported from the
American headquarters in France
to the War Department today. Thir
teen were killed an<i fifty-four
wounded to action.
KETCHIKAN CL.*MS RECORD
OP AVERAGE PURCHASERS
Ketchikan, May 6. — Ketchikaa
claims the highest average of bond
buyers in th© nation, since one in
every three residents bought a bond.
Secretary Red'field has been, notified
and he has promised to tell Presi
dent Wilson. He arranged while
here to do this if this city beat the
record' of the Massachusetts town In
which every fourth resident bought
ft bond.
Ketchikan's total subscription, Is
$168,000.
The G. T. P. steamship Prince Ri*
pert will sail from Vancouver at
11 o'clock for Skagway; and1 way
ports and will arrive hero Monday
morn leg. j i [A|
BRITISH SLOWLY FORCING LIE
BUCK 10 ORIGINAL POSITION
London, Thursday. '— On a wide
front In the Flanders Bector, Gej^
man infantry launched heavy at
tacks against the British forces.
South of Dikibuah. lake, between
Yprps and Kemmel hlH, the enemy
ppuetrated our front, line between
the lake and ri<Uje running: to Kem
inel, and some parties of German
troops are reported to be In the
eastern wood itself.
Jn a» attack against the British
and French line between Lachyet'a
and Voormezeele, in the TPrwj sec
tor, German troops succeeded', after j
he»yy fighting, n entering the Al-j
lied front positions at certain points.'
At all other points of attack the
enemy met witb repulee.
With British Armies in France,
Thursday.—By carrying out a stub
bornly fought counter attack $- laft
night, British troops recaptured
their original line southwest '* of
Dielrfoush Lake. Today at t)i« ex
treme right of this point onj^K tha
Somme battle front, the British
were forced1 to retire owing to a
heavy machine gun fire.
Fighting still continues about the
Somme pocket which Germans at a ^
strong point east of Mille Kruisea.
U.S. Ml 10 BE 111 AND'
QUARTER BY JUKE FIFTH
Washington, Thursday;. — General
3rowder, U. S. Proyost Marshal an-'
■ounced today; that bj June fifth,
U3t one year aCter the first day; »et
or registration und-er the selective
draft, there wjould be one million
two hundred and? forty seven thous
and men who have been called to
the colon. - { j
BO FIRES
Washington, May 9.—Advices re*
•eived here today state that an, or*
ler has been Issued by th« Mexican
government for the expulsion from
Mexico or Robert Murray, the repre
sentative on the American commit
:ee on public information in Mexioo
?ity. In ,his capacity as represent a
ive of this emergency bnajijch. of
:he American government he vhaa
>een in charge of thq work of the
rovernment in givign publicity to
such matters as would in, a mea
ure offset such adverse publicity
is has been made through, Germain
iropoganda. j T MiMI
MSSEXGER TRAINS
CUT DOWN IN EAST
Chicago, Hay 6. — Railway offi"
:ials announc© that one-third of al!
lie Dassengej. trains running be
tween .Chicago and the Pacific coast
ivill be eliminated June 1 as a
var measure. The move will save
ipprcximately $12,000,000) annually
ind will cut off 11,728,000 miles
>' train haul. i j ij | '
DAVIDSON
FORMALLY'
CONFIRMED
Washington, D. C.,
Senate by a unanimous vote y*»er
day confirmed the piesidential noia
ination of Clias. E. Davidson a*
£urveyor general of the Territory of
Alaska. - - ! , :
General Davidson, will now Berv»"
his second term) as surveyor
of the Territory. As a result of bt»
action on the territorial canvasaiag;
board, General Davidsoa was bltterljr
opposed1 for re-appointment by the
Donohue-riulzer political machine in
the Territory.
F. C. Moore, a gude Elk of No.
92 herd, arrived in Ska^way on the
Spokane and will leave tomorrow
tor Whllehorse enroute to Tanana,
where' he will be connected with the
traffic d«partment of the Whit#
Pass Route.
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