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m GERMAN SUBMARINES
The British
rived here
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the vessel
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Lusitonia
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.1 warning to the nations
war oil the question oi peace.
Washington, Keb» 8—The federal
•i}n>rities can find no law pro
the misuse of the Ameriiin
, by foreign vessels.
ri SMILE II
London, Feb. 8—Dispatches just
eived here from the eastern bat
front indicate that an en
^emer.J of equally great impote
nce as that going on at Warsaw
developing in the Carpathians,
here tbe AustroGerman armies
e receiving enormous reinforee
• '::ts. hut with the Russians on
•:h battlefields meeting their at
•ks.
Premier Asquith, in speaking be
•re the House of Commons today,
ud tlie British casualties for all
i '.nks on the western frontier since
:.e beginning of the war up to
. i-bruary 4th had been 104.000 kill
wounded and missing.
1SGHS WANT
10 STOP SHE
San Autonio, Texas, Feb. S—At
the Mexican peace conference which
is being held here a. resolution was
i.dopted today calling upon the Mexl
tan military leaders to terminate
the strife now going on In Mexico
and to unite In peace for the good
of the country.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 8—The
census report just Issued shows
that Seattle is the healthiest city
in the stae of Washington, and
'hat Washington is the healthiest
s ate in the union.
EXHIBITION' AT CLUB
STOPPED BY AUTHORITIES
The Juneau Athletic club had a
smoker and boxing contest arrang
ed for one night last week, but the
strong arm of the law, in the guise
of Deputy United States Marshals
Hector McLean and Frank R. Cook,
stepped in and spoiled the sport,
those officers declaring that the ex
hibition was against the law, for
the reason that an admission fee
had been charged. The main event
announced to take place was be
tween Fr;:nk Ross of Thane and Ale
Cooper of Juneau, to bo preceded by
bouts between Jack Emerson and
Merrello, Mort Klaber and Taschelr,
Mattson and an Unknown and a
wres'ling contest between Fied Pave
of Douglas and John Ross of Juneau
The money paid in for admission,
amounting to quite a sum, was re
funded.
OPEM.VC SEASON' MUCH
EARLIER THAN" USUAL
|
According to a s'atement made
iu Juneau last week by C. M. Mc
Grath of Sitka thi fishing season is
already beginning there, which is
i several weeks earlier than usual.
The demand now Is mostly for her
ring, several fishing vessels having
called in there recently for bait for
halibut,
j Just before McGratli left Sitka
for Juneau, the Booth Fisheries
company, owning the cold storage
plant at Sitka, let a contract to
W. J. Hanlon for herring that will
be kept to sell as bait to the hali
but fishermen.
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THEf DEPLORE ■
EXTRAVAGANCE
Washington, D. C., Feb. 8—Rep
resentatives Underwood and Fitzger
ald delivered speeches in. the house
today deploring the tendency toward
extravagance as shown In the mat
ter of appropriations by congress.
The senate committee today cut
the postal appropriation bill which
bad passed the house, two million
dollars.
SMISER APPOINTMENT
REPAYS OLD DEBT
A Washington dispatch in the Se
attle Times gives an account of
how Attorney-General Thomas W.
Gregory repaid an old debt of grati
tude when he caused the appoint
ment of James A Smiser to be Un
ited States District Attorney ln
Alaska. The Waahlngtou correspon
dent was confused over the location
of the office 'or which Mr. Smiser
was appointed, referring to it u a
Fairbanks, instead of Juneau. How
ever, here is the story as It ap
peared In the Times:
"When the nomination of James
A. Smiser to be United States at
torney for the Fairbanks district of
Alaska was submitted to the Sen
ate, Attorney-General Gregory paid
a debt cf gratitude for favors done
ia his struggling youth.
"Smiser is a lawyer, residing in
Columbia, Tenn. He and Gregory at
tended the Webb school, at what
was called Kuleoka, Tenn., and
while there Smlsev's parents showed
Gregory- many kindnesses.
"When" £he-tin\e camo to dis
tribute lederal Datrouage lh Tennes
see, Gregory wanted to appoint Smis
er attorney for the middle district
of that state. Senator Luke Lea
had another man for the place and
landed nls man.
"Gregory, however, did not con
sent to this appointment until he
had found a plare for Smiser. The
i ltce was the Fairbanks district of
Alaska. This suited Smiser and he
was appointed."
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF
ALASKA BUREAU NAMED
Seattle Post Intelligencer.—The
executive committee of the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle chamber of
commerce, as announced by Chair
man Scott C. Bone, of the bureau,
includes besides former President
Chilberg, the following: James A.
Haight, John P. Hartman, Falcon
Joslln, Maurice Leehy, A. H.
Soelberg, Charles G. Helfner, E. B.
Burwell, J. H. Edwards, A. W. Leon
ard, L. B. Peoples, William Pigott,
E. G. Anderson, J. C.Ford, T. J. Gor
man, S. H. Hedges, E. L. Webster.
The above, with J. C. Lang, vice
chairman, and J. L. McPherson, sec
retary, elective officers, will constl
tue the executive committee.
Ralph, the littla son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. F. W. Lowle, who had been
suffering with his tonsils for some
time, was relieved by Dr. Gabie yes
terday and is now getting along
vory nicely.
SWEET
CIDER
We have just tapped another barrel
and it is exceptionally good. Price
50c per Gallon
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
WOMEN STORM
FACTORY GATES
Roosevelt, N. J.. Feb. 8—Women
today stormed the gates of the fac
tory where nineteen strikers were
shot yesterday, badly beating El
mer Osborne, chief engineer, and
Prank Davis, a clerk.
MISS MARY BERNHOFER
GETS RECOGNITION1
Miss Mary Bernhofer, distinguish
ed young soprano, who charmed an
audience in Elks' hall at a eong-re
cital, given two weeks ago, has
been seut a contract to sing for
the Stadt theatre, located at Essen,
Germanv, where the Krupp gun
works is located.
Miss Bernhofer is undecided
whether to accept the offer. The
contract calls for an engagement of
three years from Sept. 1, until May,
1918.—Juneau Empire.
THE GRAND JURY WIUL
INVESTIGATE SITKA AFFAIRS
[ Since Sitka went dry last fall
the authorities have had much
trouble with bootleggers and dis
pensers ol "near beer," and the
matter has been brought to the at
tention of the grand Jury, now in
session at Juneau, with a good
chance ol having the% complaints
thoroughly investigated.
j Tho wask ball grveu Saturday
I night by Skagway Aerie No. 25, F.
! O. E., at the W. P, A. club was a
| great success In everyway—In the
i number of participants and specta
tors who were In attendance as well
j us in the really delightful time ex
perienced by all. The prizes award
I id were valuable, and Intended
more for usefulness than for orna
j mentation. They were:
Best Sustained Character—Lady,
"The Harem Dancer," Miss Martha
Friedenthal; prize, sweater. Gentle
man, "Chinaman," W. B. Batson;
prize, bath robe.
Most Comical Character—Lady,
"Washerwoman," Wm. Bledsoe;
prize, pair shoes. Gentleman,
"Dutch Soldier," V. L. Sparks;
prize, box cigars.
Most Original Character—Lady,
"1920," Mrs, M. Sundeen; prize,
3-piece China set. Gentleman,
"Bear," Mrs. Weldon Warren:
prize, fishing pole.
Best Couple—"Swell Coons," La
dy, Mrs. Fanny Baker; prize party
case; gentleman, Miss Rosa Dor
tero; prtee, shaving set.
Best Group—"Tambourine Girls,
the Misses Lela Malen, Gertrude
Liddicoat and Verna Miller; prize,
order groceries.
The door prize, a half ton of coal,
went to Mrs. M. Sundeen.
Excellent music was furnished un
der tho leadership of Prof O. Sel
mer.
i° iNsiire
Washington, D. C., Feb. 8—The
govermeiit today instituted legal
proceedings to make the directors of
six national banks in New York
personally liable for losses hereto
fore sustained by the ins itutions
with which they are connected by
investments they had authorized
which were not within the law.
MAJOK "ZACH"' \YOOI>
DIES IN* THE SOUTH
Word has been received of the
I death of Major Zachary Taylor
| Wood, assistant commissioner of the
j North-west Mounted Police, of Can
I ada, at Ashvllle, N. C., January
I 15, says the Juneau Empire.
Of all the officers of the North
west police that were connected with
that very importan and exceedingly
' useful brunch of the Canadian gov
1 eminent in the oar.'y Klondike days
none was probably so widely known
las Major Wood, and none more gen
erally rc-spected.
Major Wood was a grandson of
President Zachary Taylor. His fath
Capt. Wood, of <Jhe Confederate na
vy, commanded the Confederate
cruiser 'Mississipui, which, probably,
ranked next to Jie Alabama as a
commerce destroyer. After the war
. he was one of those of the South
I who fled to Canada, locating at Hall
fax with his young Southern wife.
Their son, named for his distinguish
ed grandfather, the hero of Buena
Vista and 12th President of the Un
ited States, was raised in Canada,
iind became an officer in the Can
adian Northwest Mounted Police. He
lived an active life in the service
in the Northwest Territories and
' the Yukon, dying last month
in the Southland where 8o\-2S£7--2j
his kinsmen had lived and added to
the glory of their States and coun
try.
At the time of his death Major
Wood's command was at Regina.
Major Wood uossesseed many of
the brusque and direct character
istics and mannerisms that made
"Old Rough and Ready'" a popular
hero in the United Spates during
the midway portion of the last
century. Always honest and honor
able, efficient and capable, Major
Wood will be sorely missed by many
friends and admirers.
Mrs. Robert Shelly will leave on
the train tomorrow for Pennington
where she will visit with her moth
er for a few days.
Pekin, Feb. 8—Lang Chi Chlso,
former minister of Justice to China,
in a newspaper article published
here today, asserts that the paper
upon which Japan recently made cor
I tain demands of China relative to
the granting of concessions in
J Manchuria, is watermarked with war
ships and cannon.
TAKE KEYSTONE DRILL
TO VALDEZ PROPERTY
J. F. Snow, of tie Valdez Creek
Mining company, passed through Ju
neau Friday night on the steamship
Alameda, with Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Soule, N. F. Sias and Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Allen, who also are Interest
ed in the company. .
The party is talcing a large car
go of supplies to Valdez, and has a
Keystone drill, air compressor and
other machinery for the season's
work.
Fred Bryan, the mining superin
tendent for the company, is naw in
Seattle, and will come north In
about a month, bringing the crew
tnat will be employed this season.
—Juneau Empire.
A BIG CROWD . AT'
THE NUGGET MOVIES
There was a big crowd at the #
Nugget movies last night to hear
O. P. Askam sing, his performance
being so well received that the man
agement has made arrangements for
iiis reappearance tonight and to
morrow night. This, in addition to
the excellent moving pictures that
are being shown, will certainly trove
a strong drawing card for the dates
mentioned.
WANT EDWARD JANSSON
Inquiry has "*«ved
governor's office for infon?0,1*011 63
to the whereabouts of Edward J&IP"
son, last heard from in 1905, wao
is supposed to bo iu Alaska, pro11*
ably in the northern part. Whs®
last heard of he was working ift
a mine. Janssou is described
six feet in height, a blonde, about \
33 years of age. His aged mother
and a sister, who live in Elmhurst,
California, are very anxious to hear
from him. Information should be
sent to the governor's office: at Ju
neau.
Charles Ottereen, steward of the
Georgia, is at St. Ann's hospital in
Juneau with an attack of erysipelas.
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'Ready When You
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