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No. 20 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1916 PRICK 10 CENTS
mm GERMAN VESSELS
SEIZED B¥ THE PORTUGESE
Lisbon, Feb. 24—The commander
of the Portugese naval division here
ha* taken forcible possession of
thirtjr »U German veestfs lying
this port an J hototed the Portugese
fl»K on each. As no declaration
oi war has been announced between
the two countries, it Is presumed
tha» he has taken this action on
his own initiative.
Washington. Feb. 24—During bis
twtlmoBy before the house com
mitter oa oaTal affairs, Admiral
Albert W. Grant, commanding tho
submarine flotilla said where there
are only three submarines on the
Pacific coas* now, adequate de
fense demajhis that there should be
at least forty. Further, he testi
fied that the department had decided
that there should be establlshec
four suomarlne bases on the coast,
one at Saa Diego, one at S-'vn
Francisco, one on the Columbia riv
er and one on Puget sound, these
being shore bases to take the
place of tenders, «tch one of these
basts to cost from $300,000 to (fl,
000,000. Each base would carry
ten submarines, with a personnel of
forty officers and 2S0 men. The
department has estimated for $1.
000,000 for all submarine bases in
In the couutry, and the instruc
tions to Admiral Grant were di
rected irimarily to learn where the
money was *o be spent. His tesi
mcny revealed that apparently there
Is no o'.an of creating all the bases
a* once.
VERDUN CENTER
GERMAN ATTACK
Paris, Fefc. 24—The German
issaul* on the battle lines of the
Allies la the ricinlty of Verdun
coatlauee with. undiminished fero
city along a line tweutf five miles
long. The Ganftans hare occupied
two miles of the French treuche
Aa entire army corps of the Ger
man forces la engaged.
London. Feb. 24—The S. S. West
burn came In to the port of Santa
Cmt today nith a German prize
crew "11 board and flying the Ger
mai flag. She has two hundred
prisoners aboard taken from other
vessels which have been captured
l>y a German raider. It is not
known in what waters this Taider
is operating, but it is hoped tliat
in i short time ehe will be round
ed up by British cruisers.
Washington, Feb. 23—The bu
reau oI navigation Teports that Am
erican shipyards tare the most
work in their history.
Two hundred and thirty merchant
ships n-e now hnildiBg or are about
to l»e started.
The total tonnago Is a million
tons.
Gr- ct Britain is the only coun
try which outstrips American con
struction.
Experts hope that the United
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CONGRESS JOINS Wild 1
PRESIDENT 01 JUT PUNS
—
Washington, Fob 24 — Secretary
Garrison's resignation hM bad f*r
reaching results on congress, in
the opinion of administration load
ers. When the excitement follow
ing the unconnected development had
subsided U was apparent that It
had clarified the amosphere with
regard to national defease plajis
and had served to bring eoagra«
and the president closer together
I than they had been for maay
months.
The resignation of the secretary
finally sealed the fate of his con
tinental army plan, which chairmen
of both house and senile miliary
1 committees declared could never
have been accomplished by conjrress.
Work began at oace on preparation
for framing a plan of federaliza
tion of the rational guard to create
:i reserve defwise force for the na
■ tion.
Representative Hof, chairnvan of
; tho house committee is at work
redrafting the house bill, eliminat
ing • e continental army feature
The scum* military <-•-«& mitt«e, bar
ing cccclncod its hearing*, will pet
down to the task of framing He
bill at once, and .Senator Chamber
lain, the chairman, proposes t"
confer with members of the house
committee as the wwk progresses
An effort will b<» made by both
i'Ommut<Vf to cCM3f>pr»!c as much
U possible.
Evidence or the fact that Mr.
Garrison's withdrawal had served to
cement, the bonis of sympathy be
tween congress and the president
came Id the adoption by th« honse
militsrv affairs committee of f
rnpolotion thanking the president
for h« expression oi oonf)d«ioe In
congress disclosed in his corres
pondence with Mr. 0*rri«Mi. It
also was demonstrated In comment*
of roajiy senators and reprewrta
tires, who declared they saw tx
President Wilsew'a determination
not to stand irrevocably for any
one plsu of creating an army re
serve, a purpose to place more re
liance In the judgment of the leg
isUljiw branch of the government
than he had in the past.
SENATOR GORE PROPOSES 10
i LIMIT RIGHTS OF AMERICANS
Washington, Feb. 24—Senator
| Gore today introduced ia the sen
ate the resolution which he had an
nounced several days r-go he futed
ed doii-g, to prohibit Americans
traveling on armed merchantmen o*
either belligerent or neutral na
tions. President Wilson has op
posed the considering of such action
by congress and it te «spocted that
' the full power of the administra
lion mil be exerted to limit di»
cussku ol it tad prevent its adap
tion.
The »{1ta*iOE in congrrrB? reg-ard
iiif jke pofKiuci of forcer. fcffaii*
his rewhed & point which jreatly
■worries tbe } resilient f-ad hit sup
porters and it wns th&t sew tie
tendency to ojen &a«s severe critic
cies has become too strong to
ho)«i is cofctroi.
QUARTZ MINE
10
The Bear Creek Mining Com
pany, Limited, recently concluded
financial arrangements which en
ables the company to carry on de
velopment •work opon its property
on Bear creek, nine miles from
Dawson, on & comparatively large
scale. Considerable work 'will be
started a* the mine aE sooq a*
weather and other coaditioas *111
permit. D. A. M&theeon, of the
company, says:
"Our compajir has at Wtiteaorse
a comiiete modern ten-stamp milliiif
plant; also In£ersoll-Rand rock
drills, air comjireaBore, electric mo
tors and the like, which came there
direct from the factory. The
s'amps are of the ■weight of 1,150
pounds each fi-nd of the very t>est
quality. The capacity of th* mill
s from 4C to 56 ton? * day of £4
hoars.
"The drill* and atr compress*
»ill bt brougfct to Pawsot over
the toe withoct delay, and will be
put tc work at the mine as pocc a?
they arrive feere, tinting and tra
veling. The balance at the ^lan;
will he broaghi to I>a«<"c® hy one c
the Ism steamers in the apnns
The piaat will be operated by 'Sec
Tic power. The comj^anj- c*ns It*
nrs electric power line
"It has beea decided by the com
pany to withdraw all its tJfcasury
Mock from the market; therefore,
so nacre shares Khali be *old »'
present.
"The coicj>axT aiT^ficy lae a<wi#
crusidfcivLMe irork on the property
ic the 'w&.j- of o^en-cottlng. shait
ting. At the 221-foct level there
Is ever SCO feet of tumping
cro96 cQtUnj coat, all of ^-hich
wort demonsirates the icerlts of
the property. A small sampling
mill hi® fcee- osed for teetiaj *»<!
(Oottlcued oc P*€« * )
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Clmtnb«r of C«BBJ«rp*
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panoramic rirwm of tb# t*s*»w
torn Ms ol Ala* Ira, pr^r*d bv H O
?fe«*>lor of VaKJer.
Vr 5b«lor Mfflr lo Ala»ka or
icinaU? from GoldfieMa, Col. H» t*
fusions o* th* producer of tb»
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ALASKA HIS 10 BE
CARRIED THROUGH THE AIR
There has come to h*n^ tb« ad
vertisement inviting proposal* f*rr'
carrying ihe mail* of tb« l*alt*d
St»l« tj aeroplane, comprising *
continuous service from V*ldet to
Nome, on Mde and on an alt«r«a
tlve root* from Se»*rd to No«»
via Id'UTvd.
Tht diffNWi «*!« ar* ac foJ
low*: Trom Valdei ta ralrhanka.
including atop* at Be*v«rr patn.
Tom ta. Copper On tor, Gdlrana
i'usoii and Wast bum. ThJa (tafr
is 35>8 mtfea in length. The w>c
o-nd ti4£e is from Fairbank* tc Tan
Ana, including stop* at Tolovana,
Ho« Snrlnps and TWtv, a dlftanc*.
»U told, of 162 miles. The
^ta^e it from Tanana to KaJt*g.
3X1 miles. Including atop* • it
Koknnee, Ruby, Tukok*k*t. And
Nulato. The fourth stag* 3b front
Kaltag to Nome, a distance of X2fi
milea, with ntO|« at Oolroln, Bluff
mi Solomon The flm al
ternative rout* in from SH«ir«Td to
IditWi-d, a distance of 8F0 n>1J«w.
*ith stcj>§ si Knlk. samtna, We
Oraih, Tokotna ud Flu. Th»
:!«• stfcp* from Idltarod to
Nome, * dtotMxv of S*0 mil*,
Jiilb sTope it Holy Cro*a. St Mi
chael, Gojovin, Bluff and Solomor
Bids *:* also reqnewod for a »er
r»oe from Petard to Anchor***.
11C m!l«.
Three Wdj are a-<4r*d for on each
stafe on different sp«clftatl0a&
The firm t*c ar» for a contlnuon*
service all tbe j-»*r round aad dif
fer only In tbe amontit of mail to
'* carried «a»-h trlj> The tbiwl
bid 1* for a worrit* tc be -entered
during tbe cummer month* *T%e
hSd* contemplate thre* trip* a *-*ek
Trom T.".)dfli jo Fairbanks and from
fairharta to T&nana. From Tan
»n* to «r.4 K» to N»1R*
th» ami* will go oolf l»*» • «-*•»■*
From s*«ftr<) to l4ttaro4
IdUrrotf to Vow» tnfi fr*ni 9»»*r<1
to Anchor***, only iw trtjm «
arc c»ll»>4 for.
Bond* la Ttrrlli|
«»kp<l for, to loocrf th» prrper r*'r
tormtoc* of tbb »*rrk*. »itfc |W'
tt«>5 Rtt<vet>Ad for f«il«re *> to 4"
Of roorw# do# *Hpt»ik» ia ■*!'■
for fnurNrooco by itayoopiM"
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(be Irterfor Id wlnt«r *onl4 *fT«<'
:hf orirtf* Of Mi aprvpfenr t*
qne«4rn. ATialora b«r» fV»» n T»
arntilti *t bl*h aitiiudeo nt
dcmbtedlT, injj tfcry art op*nt in>
at the pw»e*it Umi on tbe *-e«<
«rn battle front of Europe, bnt ft
I* twt dotbtmi wbeihar tb«r b*T
operale4 a»r* bwe under condition*
)«t «0CJi a* *» bare her#. Tb«
pt»T"« of the Journey from V»M*
to Nome are rrry abort fro« lb"
standpoint of tbe *riator. jtat <m"
*t>«U think tbat if anrtbtnc »b-0*)<1
happen It would be a difficult mat
ter to rorrwt Howerer, tbe r*o*t
muster Oewra.1, or wbat erer "to
ploye tbonwbt of at* plan b*» r?T
ea evidence of a prpfpnnd xnd per
manent Intereet la Alaska en lb'
part of tbe adatatmration a!»~
a man of eucb bold Imagination *=
to be coav*tu)at«d If tbe re
»arti« are at all cosBinewuntr
w»b tbe tank KWf one will N
fonn4 equally bold In oonc<*»tlon of
t»ea«f of arrom^ltahntert And tV
world h« full of l»et rearnln* K
(-•T**TTfBi» dlfflMltlee for tbe **k
of tbe faffip Tbat 1* what toakr*
lb# htttory of A'a*ba mo fMrlnatirt
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