JUashan
No. 56 NINETEENTH YEAK
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, A PHIL 6, 1916 PRICE 10 CENTS
Lonodn, April 6 — Belief has
lieeu expressed iu military circles
and diplomatic chambers that the
.retirement of Von Terpitz was n»do
lo mislead the Uuitod States gov
ernment. The United States have
been firm in th?lr demand that
submarine warfare must stop on
passenger boats ami merchantmen.
Thi number of submarinea used
by Garmany haa increased steadUy
Irom the day he retired. Germany
promised to decrease the number
a ltd 'lie reason for the increase was
blam?u cn Terr-itz. No answer
hc:s bfcen received from the Ger
man government as to her
future Dolicy about submarine war
fa-"
Pai'iJ, April 6—That France has
sent practically all her trined sol
diera into the war and has but
very little recruitiug strength left
is substantiated b" her latest move.
Women are b'.ing used in g«rri
sous ;-ud for auxiliary service. Sol
diers who formerlv held down these
have been placed ou the
frontier and they have been sup
planti-d by women Boldiers. These
women it is said havo been in
training and are very adept at the
art of auxiliary service. '
The number of women enrolled. In
the French army is not known, but
from all available sources it must
be in the thousands. Those who
have not reported lor duty in the
regular army are serviug in other
capacities.
Petrog»ad, Aprii 0—The Russians
are reported to be making rapid (
progress on the frontier. They are
moving withlitt.e opposition along
t' western frontier and the south.
Here and there an encounter is' en
gaged w'h the Turks. These have
not been of a very serious nature
and thev have been easily Uisptirsed
with little loss to the invading Rus
s'au army- If successful in the ad
vance Russia will have a solid front
on the German Empire.
LA KOI.I.KVIK MEETS DEFEAT
Milwaukee, April 6—The home
puar4 have turned Robert L.aFc-1- ;
lette down. In an election here
yesterday twenty cue out of twenty !
six candidates who. enme out for
him './ere defeated. • Thus the i
miglitv little politician meets de-1
feat In his own state.
JUSiiCE HUGHES
If ENTER RACE
Washington, April 5—Justice
Hughes, member of the Supreme
('our* of the United States, has
come out iu the open and says
tha» he will accept the republican
nomination if it is tendered him,
providing it is given, without protest
He demands the united support' of
the entire republican, party before
he will consider ^running for the
presidential chair.
Mr. Hughes has been, approached
by members of the party time and
again to declare himself and each
time he has 'refused to even hear
them. Republican papers in the
bi« cities are prepared to enter the
campaign with reams and reams of
publicity for the Justice.
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Loudon, April 6 — AntUilr
| craft guns have repulsed the aero
1 trusade upon the northeast coast
, o' England. Thla attack ii sup
posed to bo the canning to comple
j lion of tho plau ado'Jtcd by Ger
many to raze the English, citi.es to
; the ground by air craft.
| At least thirty Zsppellng soared
' in the eky In the northeastern sec
tion. They seemed-to come all at
ooce. Darting from out the clouds
1 hey began to pour a "raia of fire
upon the country underneath. I The
English were prepared for the at
tack lu this part of the country as
they have followed the movement
from Scotia ad in, tts southern, flight
The machines disappeared in, the
clouds from whence they came. It
is expected that an attack will be
planned on the southern coast oi
Knglaiid. Aeroplaius are being
sent up by the British to scout for
the air raiders. If »hey attack
•he southern part of the coast they
will find the'English prepared) as
the war department has authorized
the assembling of an, aerial squad in
♦his section. Newspapers have
special correspondents on the field
primo^ to send the massage of the
fin* big battle in the ah*.
Thd Hague, April 6—The se
crecy which veils the awakening of
Ho.tand in her war preparation, has
become all the more serious by a
recent order issued by the war de
partment which suspends all fur
lmigPs of officers. Those out pn
turloughs have been ordered "back
to report for luo'ant duty. She is
.steadily gettting supplies together
and drilling her men as though she
nvas going into active service.
Today is the first official state
men' that has been made for the
press. The war department says
tUa- her preparation is for precau
tionrv purposes only. They declare
that they will be strictly neutral
but must follow the leads taken, by
other neutral nations and prepare
♦o • rotect their interests if the oc
casion should happen to airise.
Special to the Daily Alaskan
PAY DIRT IS FOUND
Jack Enrlght, Stewart ou 'the S
3. Yukon for the past three, years
and an old steam boat man of the
A Y. N. Co., returned to White
horse today from Rude Crtok, wher<
he has been prospecting his claims
during the winter months.
KUDU L'REKIv STRIKE
In .speaking of the new Btrike on
Rude Creek Mr. Enrlght said,, "I
reached there by dog teami aibout the
seventh of December, having been
outfitted at Dawson. I arrived
a* the mouth of Isaac creek, which
emoties into the Yukon about forty
miles below Selkirk and l'ound • a
settlement consisting of fifteen, or
twenty cabins and a telegraph1 sta
tion. At that time the only pay
that had been "located was at Dis
covery on Rude Creek. Tha discov
erers are Jens Rude and George
Jenson who made the find lata last
summer.
"They worked the claims and
took out aibout fifty ounces In a
shor». time, but weather conditions
were not favorable for a winter's
work and it Was necessary to cease
their operations. The discovery
made by these two men caused quit'
a fct&mpedo into the district. Tlio
whole creek was staked in a very
short time. There must have been
fifty claims staked.
Itude Greek lays l>ack of the Yu
kon about twenty two miles. It
empties into Dip Creek about ten
miles from its head. • This creek
Ju 'urn empties into the Klotassin
Jn the other side of the divide-from
Isaac Creek. Isaac Creek flows in
to the Yukon and has a number'of
tributaries, all of which have not
betfn prospected but have been
staked. At least six hundred
claims have been staked and re
corded in the district.
PAY DIRT STRUCK
"When I left they bad discover
ed pay in at least six claims 'on
Uudf Creek. Mat Noonan lepresent
i>iS Sid Barring ton's interests has
located a paystreak on number
t-lt veil below. It will run at least
$ 1.2b to the square foot. Bed
rotk is reached at forty feet. The
ground is frozen. The formation is
a granite wit.h a. porphry sand
and which lays on top of the bod
rocic. Whenever this sand is found
i» carries pay.
"On the lower end of twelve,
Stephenson and Laslie sunk a pit
I< rty feet into the rock and drift
ed in about ten f6et when they rati
ontr a strata of this porphy sand
about five • feet jn thickness. It
will average from five to. six cents
a pan. No work has been done be
low this claim. I own number 19
belnw and have refused lan offer
of one thousand dollars for it.
(Continued on page 4.)
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MEXICO MAf DEMAND WITH
DRAWAL OF AMERICAN MPS
Washington, April 6 — It Is
thought by t're war department that
Mexico is getting ready to demand
the withdrawal of the American,
troops from Mexican soli. The! ul
timatum has not been issued by
Carranza but it is expected that
it will follow in the course of a
few days.
Mexican leaders are becoming al
armed at the invasion of foreign
b • * on therr territory and tho
Mexican president Is being flooded
with a constant disapproval of the
recent action.
Pershing has asfcetf the. war d&
paatmmt for more men toy master
the situation. Because! of the Im
mense area that is necessary • to
coveir he finds it n»ext to impos
sible to mafte any headway with
the present ^rmy force in the in
terior. No sooner is one. section of
the country placed undent military
command than another one will
come out In open, rebellion.
Congress has authorized the war
department to Increase the force
under Pershing. Funston will take
immediate steps to reinforce the
American general.
W'afchlngton, April 6—Official in
formation ha® been received "at
Washington by the war department
that Diaz heads a large force of
men in the southern part of Mexi
co. He has received aid and sup
plies from Guatemala. His actions
have been under the clos3 scrutiny
of the United States war department
for the past "year. It is thought
that he may take the open field
against American troops. He does
no» bide with the Villa faction, but
1' 1b against bis poltcal belief to
have American troops trying to set
tle a difficulty which rightly be
longs to the Mexican government.
SENATE DELATS
EXCLUSION BILL
DIRECT AFFRONT TO JAPAN
SOME BELIEVE
Washington, April 6—The immi
gration liill which recently; passed
the house has been, delayed in the
Kiiiate. Most of the senators
seem to think that there is no
pressing need for such a bill.
The bill as presented to the
senate by the house has a literacy
•est. The literacy test bars, with
a few exceptions, all aliens over
1C years old, physically capable] of
reading, who cannot readth© Eng
I lish language or some other language
| or dialect It passed the house
by a vote of 225 to 82. Many
times in the past, immigration
bills have been introduced but
have always met with the presi
dent's vetoe. At the saane time
.in amendment to the bill was de
feated which provided the exclu
sion of any person coming to this
country to escape religious - or po
litical persecution.
Opponents of the bill advamce
the argument that the bill is a di
rect rebuff to the Japanese govern
ment. They insist that the Jap
anese government has loyally main
tained the gentleman's agreement
entered into with this country to
•restrict emigration. One opponent
eaid, "If gentlemen thinjr that it is
safe and prudent at a time like
•his, when United State3 soldiers
are busied "as they are and beyond
our Southern border to inflict a
slap in the face of a nation that
is building battle ships twice as
fast as we are, X do not.'"
Representative Hayes from Cali
fornia agreed that the good'faith of
the Japanese government had been
maintained, but declare;! that there
was iKJthing objectionable in • the
bill to the Japanese government.
He added, "I deem it my duty
to prevent the influx of Oriental
labor from submerging the Pacific
Coast."
TURKEY SENDS
RED CROSS CALL
New York, April 6—The Turkish
government has finally decided to
allow foreign relief workers enter
the field and care for their wound
ed soldiers. A caMe message has
been received by the Red Cross as
sociation to this effect. Aid will
be rushed to the Turkish troops
i>y the relief corps.
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