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No. 324 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAfcrWAY, ALASKA,
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1915 PRICE 10 CENTS
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MI BRITAIN 1
ACTS HURT
W ellington, D. O.. Feb. 19—Tho
Hrilish reply to the American note
tltnics that iuivsJ acts of Great
Britain iu relation to the confisca
tion of contraband cargoes, hurts
IcgiUmate American trade, and still
decline to allow food to go to
t.ermany on account of the German
< itemization.
President Wilson yesterday told
the committee on foreign relations
that K>r the United States to place
;m embargo on arms and munitions
"f war being shipped to belligerent
tuitions would be a most unneutral
act.
Berlin, Feb. 19—Germany's reply
to the American note is couched In
friendly terms, but the position she
h:w taken in regard to the maintain
a nee of a blockade of the waters
surrounding England and Ireland
aie firmly adhered to. In tak'ng
this stand Germany believes she is
fully within her rights, because
Great Britain has refused to raise
the food embargo against her.
It Is thought here In official cir
cles that the effects of the block
ade of English and Irish ports will
not be perceptibly felt for tea or
fifteen days.
T'ne sundry civil bill provides $80,
OOo for Alaska dragnets and $75,
000 for the Alaska fisheries eer
vice- .
Paris, Fel». 19—The premier la
a sixxvh in thU city last night said
that France would prosecute the
present war with Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary until Belgium had
l»een restored to its own and Al
sace-Lorraine had been retaken by
There are o.er one hundred Am
erican traveler marooned here on
nccount of the cancellation of
steamer sailings across the English
Channel. ■
.NEW JERSEY LAUNCHES
WILSON 1916 BOOM -
Trenton. X J., Feb. 19—Although
President Wilson may not have
imo&at to "start anything"' with re
ject to a second term when he Bald
in his Indianapolis speech that the
people might later on hare an op
portunity to render a decision on his
accomplishments, the democracy of j
N<»w Jereev certainly has started out;
with the single purpose of accom- j
plishlng that which the president |
avowed. The slate committee J
prior to the 'all election took quar- |
Cera here in a building on West
State not far from the Capitol and
past which all the politicians must
go on their way to the seat of the
state government.
The purpose of establishing these
quarters last fall was not for is
suing campaign literature and help
ing keep New Jersey in line In 1914
bo much as it was to begin the
fight that the democrat* of the
state intend making In 1916 to re
turn Wood row Wilson to the presi
dent's chair So whether or not the
presiednt's remarks at Indianapolis
1 recently bore the significance that
some gave them, New Jersey has
already taken the initiative in this
matter. Truo there is not over
much activity in the committee's
! offices here a" present, Just a
stenographer or two handling the
mall, but in the windows hang
pictures of the rresident, so that
"he who runs may read" the pur
pose of the establishment, to be
the re-nomtnaticj and re-election of
Woodrow Wilson In 1916 as presi
dent of the United Stateo.
SEC. GARRISON
SUBMITS REPORT
Washington, D ,C., Feb. 19—Sec
retary of War L. M Garrison today
submitted the report of the arrnj
board recommending larger and
longer range runs for United States
coast defenses.
The ship purchase bill will be
sent to conference on Saturday, Feb
ruary 27th.
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IDE FIRST Oil
OF THE BLOW
London, Feb. 19—A driving nun
was sweeping the coast and hai
bois of England yesterday, the Inst
Jay of tliei German blockade.
Tlie people of the British Isles
are manifesting the greatest confl
uence in tlie ability of the British
navy to protect them from the ag
grfjssions of tlie hundred German
submarines that are now reported
to be ready to proceed with their
I'latts of«blockade.
The allies hope that the noticeab<
relief from German pressure in
many places in the western ha,ttle>
front is indicative of same gains
liaving l>een made recently by the
U'tssians.
The German blockade <■!' the Biit
Ish Isles Ls now on and nil traffic
between England and Holland is
tied up.
Zeppelins ate flying over the
North Sea and the English Channel
today.
Tlie Norwegian tanker Belriddge
struck a mine off Dover today and
was badly damaged.
The French steamer Diaorah,
bound to Dunkirk, was torpedoed bj
% German submarine today and pret
ty badly damaged. She was later
towed into Dieppe harbor.
AUSTRIAN FORGE
GONGENTRATING
Geneva, Feb. 19—A largo Aus
ii jan force is reported to be cou
centra ting along tlie Italian fron
Llw.
JUDGE ORDERS COURT
TO CONVENE ON MARCH IsT
Fairbanks News-Miner: Judge
Bunnell's first official act this
morning was to make au order con
rening a term of court in Fairbanks
beginning Monday, March 1st. This
illows a few more days than uu
egal thirty daj-s required by la*\
is If that rule waa rigidly adhered
o it would bring the beginning of
the term in the middle of the last
week in February.
There is plenty of business on
head for this term and the next
five we*»ks will be utilized to good
advantage in getting ready for it.
Judge Bunnell will very shortly
name a jury commissioner wno will
meet with Clerk McBride of the
d-'strlct court for the purpose of
drawing a Jury list. From a lul
of citizens of the United States,
300 names will be drawn. The
first twenty-three will serve aa tne
grand jury. The balance will be
drawn from time to time as neces
sary for petit Jurymen, following th<
customary practice.
LAST DYNAMITER
MKT
Sea.tie, Feb. 19—David Caplan,
the last of the Los Angeles Tlme3
gang oX dynamiters, for whom the
Burns detective agency has been
looking ever since the outrage oc
curred until now without success,
was arrested yesterday by adetec
tive from that agency on Baiubridge
island, where he has been running
a baruer shop and chicken ranch.
MM DIES
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Excelsior Springs, Mo., Feb. 19 j
Fi ank James, cx-bandit, whose name
at one time was a household word
in the Middle West for all that was
desperate and spectacular in the
hold-up line, died today at the home
l'arm near here.
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Washington, D, C., Fob. 19—
I President Wilson, when seen by a
I correspondent today, said jin extra
! session of congress would, in his
j opinion, be wholly unnecessary.
The department of agriculture de
nies there^is any possibility of a
food shortage in. the United States.
IS PURCHASED
'STEAMSGHOONER
Seattle, Feb. 19—The Alaska
Steamship Co. has purchased the
steam schooner "Redocdo" for the
Southeastern Alaska trade.
NEW FA15MING INVENTION"
Taylor, X. D., Feb. 19—A ma
chine that will shock bundles from
' the reaper, thus doing away with
the help formerly needed to fol
low the reaper, has been invented
by Erland Paulson, according to
the claims of his friends.
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CLIFF DWELLER'S
SKELETON FOUND
Boulder, Cclo., Feb. 19—The
skeleton of a cliff dweller, at least
700 years old, was 'rec«ntly brought
to the University of Colorado from
Farmington, New Mexico, where it
i was found in an almost perfect state
| of preservation.
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P. H. GANTY, GROCER
THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT
TO HOLD GERMANY RESPONSIBLE
BISHOP P. T. ROWF ON
annual visit to interior
Bishop P. T. Rowo, of the Epis
copal church, was a passenger on
the Alameda a few days ago, en
route to Valdez.
He is on his annual tour of the
missions in Ills charge in Alaska,
and will leave Valdez shortly after
his arrival here on his * long jour
ney across the territory. He will
first visit the missions at Tanana
Crossing, and at Ketchumstock
and wilt also visit Fairbanks and
down river points, making if pos
sible, Ihe Koyukuk river missions
Defore the break-up comes.
If conditions penr.it the bisho;
will extend his journey to the Arc
tic shore, striking overland from th<
Koyukuk to the heed waters of th<
Noatak and down that s'ream to
ward the coast, and thence again ov
erlanu to the mission at* Point Hope
a. journey of hundreds of miles
through an Arctic wilderness.
SIX CONVENTION'S A DAY
DURING THE 'FRISCO FAIR
San Francisco, Feb. 19—An av
erage of six big conventions daily
will be held in San Francisco dur
ing the life of the Panama-Paciii;
International exposition, which w'l'
cpen here February 20, and rur
until December 4.
James A. Barr, director of con
gresses of the exposition, makes this
estimate on the basis of advices re
ceived by him and he gives assur
ance that 500 conventions will hold
their sessions here. He estimates
'hat these gatherings will bring tc
the city and the fair between 800,
000 and 1,000,000 persons.
Delegates will represent nearly
every quarter of the globe and prac
tically every field of human en
deavor will be covered. Barr clas
sifies the conventions aa follows:
Womens congresses, 44; agricultural
34; business, 47; educational,. 38,
fraternal, 60; college fraternities, 4 |
governmental and civic 24; laooi'
and industrial, 30; professional, 28;
religious, 29; scIantifU', 2G; social
and charitable, 20; geneological,
15; historical and literary, 5.
The conventions will remain in
session from three days to two
weeks. i' B} |
The Hague, Feb. 19—Official an
nouncement was made here today
that notice had been served on
Germany that If any Dutch ship
was sunk within the war zone re
cently proclaimed in the waters of
the British Isles, through the in
strumentality of German mines or
submarines, The Netherlands gov
ernment will l:old Germany re
sponsible.
Washington, Feb. 10—Germany's
disclaimer of any responsibility as
to what, may happen to neutral ves
sels in the danger areas in the wat
ers wherein the war zone has been
declared is arousing grave concern,
in administrative circles in this city.
' Rome, Feb. 10—The leading Ital
ian papers this morning declare
Oejniany's talk about a war zone iu
. the vicinity of the British Isles is
| a bluff. i
WOULD HAVE DEAN FOR
GIRLS IN HIGH SCHOOL
Denver, Feb. 19—To off-set the
tendency of high scnool girls to
wear their blouses cut too low
in the neck, their skirts too short
and their hair too high, a Deuvor
school teacher believes a dean for
girls should be provided for every
high school. Tho teacher is Miss
B. Schmitz.
•'Mothers to a certain extent lose
the control and confidence of their
daughters after chey reach the
high school age," said Miss Schmitz
recently. "A motherly woman who
unedrstands how to edal with grow
ing young girls should be placed in
each high school to advise the joung
women. <
"The tight skirts and the split
rldrts have gone, but other evils
have appeared. The girls are be
ginning to wear their skirts too
short, their hair too high and their
blouses too low in the neck. If
mothers fall to detect these as well
as other offensive things, there
' should be a woman provided by the
school board to help thg girls
! along."
• The Spokane, which has taken
the place of the Oity of Seattle on
• ho run between Seattle and Skag
way while the latter is undergoing
an overhauling, left Seattle for
the north last night.
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