No. 46 TWENTIETH YEAR
SKACJWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY
MARCH 28, 1917 PRICE 10 CENTS
WHOLE REGIMENT OF GERMAN
SOLDIERS TAKEN INTO CAMP
Atlanta, Georgia, March 28—Cap
tain Ttaierfeldt, at the head' of 750
Germans. w©re brought to the Fed
eral tort here and placed in a
s'rekade which is guarded by a
strong tore© of United States in
fantry .
Caotaia Thierfeldt announced thatl
ho and his men wera military men,
and they declined to make any
pledge as to their conduc.t
By reason of their refusal to
pledge themselves as friends of the
government of the United States,
these men will be treated as pris
oners ot war, and will be closely
watched to prevent any attempt on
their oart to liberate themselves or
to commit some hostile act to the
United states.
Washington, March 2S—Secretary
War Baker and Secretary of tho
Ints'i'u- Lane are devising a plau to
employ all interned Gerir.n . sub
jects. numbering several thousand,
it is likely will be arrested
the moment war breaks out between
| Germany and tb.o United States.
Both secretaries are working on a
plan whereby the interned men can
)• ■> 'jut to work on government ir
rigation projects, and will be pa-id
the wages of a United States soldier.
Guards will be stationed oveT the
men and they will be treated as
prisoners, except that they will re
ceive pay for their labor.
Howard Turner, auditor for the
N, C. Company was an arrival on
tile Princess this morning.
FRENCH STILL
MAKE GAINS
Paris, March 2S—The report was
given out at the War Office this
morning that ail of the lower for
est at Coney had fallen into the
bauds of the French, army, together
wKh the villages of Petit Barllis.
Verueuil and Coucy Laville. This
report is official, and indicates that
the French are driving! the Ger
man forces from the strongholds in
.taut vicinity which have been oc
cupied ever since the beginning of
the war.
LUMBERMEN
WILL are AID
Washington, -March 28—President
Donnman, of the National Lumber
Manufacturers Association, met
with the Federal Shipping Board
yes'erdav and in a discussion of the
lumber situation brought up the
■matter of the lumber industry in
Alaska, and stated that the Asso
ciation of which he had the honor
to be piesident, would do anyhting
In p.s power to helo the government
In case of war being declared be
tween the United States and Ger
many.
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Sea'tle, March 27—In response]
a request made by Secretary
Daniels of the United States navy,
the National Shipbuiling Company j
of this city today submitteed a bid
to construct ont hundred wooden
hull submarines, and agreed to de
Pver "-e first ten divers complete |
;n iwo months.
Washington, March 27—President |
Wilson had a lengthy conference
w'th Senator Hitchcock, chairman
of the Senate foreign affairs com
mittee, the cause of the meeting be- j
mg a discussion of the president's
forthcoming message which will be |
delivered to congress at the extra
rrdinary session.
The Princess Sophia arrived In
t"-.:s ijori at 11:30 o'clock this morn
.fao- and will sail for the south at
12 oV;'i-ck midnight. F. £. Allen
o* Whitehorse to Vancouver, Otto
ilarn to Seattle, John Olson to Van
couver and Port Angelus, and Mrs.
McPherson and child to Seattle
will *>e the passengers out.
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Birmingham, Ala., Mureh 27—Th«
'own of Fetrey, which ig in Gretf
shaw county, in the southern part
of the state, according to tele
graphic advices received here thfs
afternoon, was almost entirely wip
ed oif fhe map by a terrific cyclone
which swept that section of the
state. According to the advice
received fourteen persons were
Jellied outright end many more in
jured. •
GILL QUOTES
DR. IB
Seattle, Marcb 2S—Mayor Gill
tcck the stand yesterday af
ternoon, and the prosecuting at
torney started In questioning: the
official about his early life, while
residing in the state of Wisconsin.
While the accused mayor was
takit.g his seat on the jyitness stand,
his a'tomey M1", Fulton, cautioned
bim not to get Into a jangle but
t' just answer the questions that
were put, to him.
Gil! was on the witness stand un
.vas kept on the witness stand un
til court took a recess yesterday
afternoon, and when court convened
'his morning he again took the
witness chair, where he defended
himself against the charges for
which he was indicted by the feder
al Grand Jury.
John Evans, the rceently deposed
newspaper man, and Jsoepb. Bleth
eii, editor of the Times, his em
ployer, were both accused by Gill
as beic? the instigators of the
rumcrs which resulted in his in
dictment.
What started the investigation,
iGll slated, was a rumor which
Evans sfarted that Gill had accept
ed a bribe from Eogan Billingsley.
This rumor, Mayor Gill, while on
the stand, termed as "falser than
hell ever thought of being."
Mayor Gill said that it was the
activity of Dr. Mtthews that cul
minated in the indictments being
returned against him, and concluded
by saying, "And Matthews told me
that he nad gotten his information
from John Evans, the recently de
posed newspaper man, and Joseph
Blttflpn, editor of the Times. Dr.
Matthews said that be bad asked
Evans show him bis proof, and
teat the latter had stated that he
mus1 get it from Blethen. He said
that he would get this evidence
frcm Blethen and be back the next
day. Matthews told me that he
had never returned."
Washington, March, 28—Because
Germ!) 11 v. Holland, .Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden will all be under
tils necessity of restocking with
•hardware when the war is over, tjie
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic J
Commerce, of the Department of j
Commerce, lias just published u re
port on the character of goods re
quired in those countries and the
pos&ibiii'jes of yetting some of the
"Usine^s for American manufactur
ers.
Befors the war Germany was able |
not c-nly to supply domestic demand
for nardware, but to carry on a
most flourishing foreign trade. The j
uroD&bilities are that, with the ex
ception of a few lines that America |
his always supplied she will again
be a'de to supply her own markets
when the war is over. The Scan
dinavian couutries, however, which
have always purchased certain lines
of hardware in the United States,
will be promising fields for pushing
American trade. The report is
nade up of discussions of general
conu'tioiis governing the hardware j
trade of each of the countries men
">nod end of detailed descriptions |
of each article successfully slod in
the markets.
In connection with the investiga
tion by the American commercial
aUarJie at Berlin, upon which the
report i.- based, an extensve col
lection of samples was purchased, j
These samples will be exhibited In
'he principal manufacturing centers I
of this country and then added to]
the Bureau's permanent exhibit at
the New York Custom house.
R. E. Haws, chief engineer on
t'.e B. Y. N. steamer Whitehorse
arrived from the south on the So
phia this morning and will contin
ue ou to Whitehorse on the next
train to take np his summer's work.
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15,000 MEN HAVE BEEN A00E0
10 FEDERAL POLICE FORCE
Washington, March 28 — Fifteen
thousand men have been added, to
the availblQ federl police force thus
far, and many more are helng se
cured and assigned to duty every
hour.
By an order issued by the War
Department suspending the must#r
'n" out of the National Guard regi
ments which have been on duty at
the Mexican border, the organiza
tions are still retained in the Fed
eral service.
This gives the government a
tore® of forty five thousand fairly
well trained men which may be
used for the protection of Ameri
can industries against possible de
struction by enemies who might he
in the country at the Jpresent time.
These men will at anc^ be sta
''oned at various points throughout
tl.e United States where Industries
which a-re in any way associated
w th. thf- supply of war munitions,
arms, or army supplies are located.
IvAISER MAY HAVE
STOCK CONFISCATED
Washington, March 27—In case
the United States becomes involved
in a war wjth Germany, stocks to
t'ie value of tea million dollars,
which aro owned by. Kaiser William
end his family may be confiscated
bv the United States.
New York, March. 27—By reason
of the purchase recently by the
Ivennicott Copper corporation, of
heavy blocks of stocks of the Utah
CcpQ-er Company, it ig said to he
an indication that the Guggenheim
Interests are making an attempt to
rain control over the Utah, company
WOULD HAVE PIONEERS
HOME AT CAPITOL CITY
Juneau, March 27—The Casey
Li!l, providing for the purchase of
& site and the erection, of suitable
'luildiiiga for a Pioneer's home in.
Juneau, and several amendments to
tee eight hour law, relative to the
underground workings, especially,
and one which makes it become ef
fective on May First, parsed the
house tcday.
Representative Luther G. Hess of
the Fourth division called the com
mittee *c account for being slow in
reporting bills back for the second
reading.
PRIZE SHIP APPAM
AWARDED TO BRITISH
Washington, March 27—By an
ordei handed down by the United
States Supreme court 'his morning,
the authorities were directed to im
mediately transfer the German ship
Am am to the British owner.
A. II. Finlayaon, Canadian Cus
tom officer at Dawson, arrived in
Skagway on the Sophia.
10 DECIDE
ON IDE DATE
Juneau, March. 25—The Grand
Igloo of the Pioneer of iAJaska
which will meet here tomorrow after
nfion a*. 4 o'clock iu the Moose Hall
, will decide whether membership in
future will be confined to men who
i camp hero on or before 1900 or will
bo opened to all men who have
been, fifteen years in the territory.
Delega'es Hess, Nerland and Gau
jsta-l from Fairbanks will lay be
fore fbe Grand Igloo a proposal to
have the membershiD opened to men
who camo since that year but a
s'rong fight is expected to be put
un against such a proposal.
Representative Day will preside
and almost every Igloo in the ter
ritory will be represented.
Washington, March 28—American
exooris fell off $147,032,659 iu
February the total being $466,532,
03« ar compared with the correct
ed total of $613,555,693 in Janu
ary, according to a statement is
sued today by the Burqau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce, D&
nartment of Comerce.
Imports fell off $42,239,685,
<he total purchases abroad in Feb
ruary being valued at $199,576,597,
as againrt $241,S16,2S2 in January.
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