®he ^aily Alaskan
No. 345 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1915 PRICE 10 CENTS
FUR SEALS III Old LIFE OK
THE PHLOF ISLANDS, ALASKA
Washington, D. C., March 12—On
February 17th. the secretary of
commerce transmitted to the speak
er of the house of representatives a
rc«i>or» of the scientific assistants of
tue bureau of fisheries on the Fur
•Seals and Other Life cf the Pribilof
islands in 1914, sending with ft the
following communication to the
speaker:
"I transmit herewith for l.he in
formation of congress a report of
Wilfred H. Osgood, Edward A.
iTeble and George H. Parker, scien
tific assistants of the bureau of
fisheries, on the fur seals and oth
er li:'e in the Pribilo? Islands ia
1914.
"When the present administration
took charge it found In full force
and vigor, the existing law pro
viding for a closed season for the
seal herd belonging to the United
States on the Pribilof Islands. This
law was approved August 24,
1912, effective immediately, and
will expire by its owa limitation
August 24, 1917.
"The department has felt that it
had two duties la this important
matter. The first was to enforce
the law In letter and in Bpirlt and
this has been done. The second
was to ascertain from unprejudiced
and dispassionate sources the ef
fects of the law, and to inform con
gre-.j about them as fully as pos
sible. This is now done.
"Ia view of the sharp contro
versy that has existed on the sub
ject of the Ar seal herd it was
deemed necessary that the p re
sons selected by the bureau of fish
eries as scientific assistants to
study this problem should be per
sons who were free from all pre
vious connection with the subject,
but who were qualified by training
and experience to determine and
1 resent the facts. It was require
ed also that they should be several
ly qualified to carry on as separate
individuals the particular lines of
scientific study necessary to a full
understanding of the problem.
"Under these circumstances the
president of the National Academy
of Sciences, the secretary of the
Smithsonian institute, and the sec
retary of agriculture were requested
*o make nominations of persons who
might be temporarily employed for
the purpose. The National Aca
demy of Sciences nominated Prof.
George H. Parker, of Harvard uni
versity, Cambridge, Mass.; the
secretary of the Smithsonian insti
tution, nominated Mr. Wilfred H.
Osgood, of the FI«1<1 Museum of Na
tional History, Chicago, 111., and
the secretary of agriculture nomin
ated Mr. Edward A. Preble, of the
bureau of biological survey, depart
ment of agriculture. The thrree
persons named were selected Iky the
department of commerce and em
ployed by the bureau of fisheries
as temporary scientific assistants,
and were Instructed to proceed to
the Pribllof Islands, there to ascer
tain the facts and to submit them
to the department for transmission
to congreee. Full details are found
in the attached report
"As Groat Britain, through the
Dominion of Canada, and Japan are
financially interested in the Am
erican seal Jjerd under the terms of
the treaty abolishing pelagic seal
ing, these countries also of their
own motion arranged to send rep
resentatives to the Pribllof Islands
in 1914, and two experts from Can
ada and one from Japan visited the
islands while our own Inquiry was
progressing. The facts concerning
this matter appear in full in the j
report
"The report is accompanied by
three large traced maps of the Pri
bllof Islands, of which blue prints I
have been taken for the records of j
the department, and by 21 smaller !
maps illustrating the report in do- J
tail.
"The purpose of th« edpartment j
has been to provide congress with j
an unbiased statement of the actu
al facts to assist It in the prepara
tion of such further legislation, if
any, as it may deem wise to en
act It ia my earnest hope that
this has been accomplished."
The report referred to has been
ordered printed as a state docu
ment Copies can be obtained from
the superintendent of documents at
a nominal price.
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BULL By ELKS!
The "St. Patrick's Day*' ball of
Skagway Lodge No. 431. B. P. O. ]
E., will take place as announced in
the Elks' hall tonight It gives
promise of being a well attended
affair. The grand march is scheduled
to begin at 9': 15 sharp. j
Sale Continued
One-Half Off
On Shoes
Our shoe sale has been continued.
We will sell shoes at one half
price until Saturday night. Maroh
20th. A large and varied stock.
Now is the time to outfit the
«whole family with shoes for the
summer. You get one dollar's
worth of shoes for fifty cents.
Come while we have your size.
H. J. LYNCH
Up-to-date Haberdasher
and Ladies' Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
MORE VESSELS
ARE TORPEDOED
London, March 17—The British
Steamships Atlanta and Fingul have
Oeen torpedoed and sunk by the
(■ermaiw, according to advices just
teceivtxl. The crows of both ves
sels, it is believed were saved.
The Atlanta was snnk off the
west coast of Ireland and the Fin
8*1 off the Northumberland const.
raFsi
TO OE LIMITED
Constantinople, March IT—The
activity oi the allied wuw«hi|;s is
said to be now limited ti> harmless
demonstrations, and only unimport
ant oi»eritiun» against the Dar
danelles are being undertaken.
predictsTi
SOON REACHED
Louden, March 17—Kduard Cram
inons, a prominent financial writer,
says the European war must end i
not later than next July through
the utier exhaustion of some of the
belligerent*.
THE ASSERTION
BE OISPRDVED
Valparaiso, March 17—"The tier
man assertion that the cruiser Dres
den was in neutral waters when
sunk will be disprove*! by the find
ing of the hulk," say the British of
ficers of the vessels, who were en
gaged in the fight with the Dres
den.
The Germans claim they were at
tacked while lying at anchor in
Cumberand bay.
FOREIGNERS
CLAMORING
Washington, D. C.,. March 17—It
is announced this morning that
there are' hundreds of foreigners in
Mexico City who are now clamoring
to the state department here to
famish them transportation to Vera
Cruz.
THE ALLIES AHt
NOW ADVANCING
Paris, March 17—There is an
advance being liiadn on Lille by the
allies, which is being stubbornly re- ;
slstctl by tha Germans, who are I
also reported to l>e furiously bom-1
battling N'ienport with 10-inch how-i
itzer shells, which are falling into j
the city ami demolishing the build- i
tags.
Allied warships and monitois con
tinue the bombardment of Westend,
Germany.
I'etrograil, Match 17—Active cji
cinuiteis of considerable strategic
importance are now taking place
along the six bundled mile battle
front on the eastern frontier and
mark the beginning of the spring
campaign.
Engagements spreading from the
river X lent en in the noi-tli through
Kussian Poland, and extending
through Galacia to Use river Dnies
ter, constitute an activity never lie
before seen at the front, since the
opening of the «ar.
THE REPORT
WAS NOT TRUE
The repcrt which reached here a
few days ago in regard to Capt. Sid
Harrington having lost one of his
.egs by amputation in a. Seattle
hospital, after he hud been badly
injured in an automobile accident,
was entirely without foundation,
according to Mr. H McWhorter, who
came in last night from AVhitehorse.
Upon the news of the accident
leaching AVhitehorse,• Captain P.
Martin, el that place, telegraphed
directly lo Captain Barrington at
Seattle, asking if it was true, and
received ;ui answer from that gentle
man expressing much surprise that
such a rumor should be in circula
tion in tile north.
The many friends of Captain Bar
rington, both in Skagway and the in
terior, will be exceedingly pleased
to hear that he is still in the en
joyment cf the buoyant health and
the bodily vigor for which he is
justly famed in athletic circles in
the north.
KANSAS FARMERS CONFER
Norton, Kans., March 17—More
than 500 farmers attended the agri
cultural conference for northwestern
Kansas, which opened here today.
Sneakers were furnished by the agri
cultural college. / ./
SKAQWAY EGGS
We are headquarters for fresli laid
Skagway eggs and durieg the season
can supply them in large quantites.
We sell them today at 45c per dozen
with an absolute guarantee as to
qualityv
P. H. GANTY, GROCER
r«f noMER sim m
wemr in wo mm
The McWhorter silver-lead pro
perty on Gulena creek, in the Mayc
mining district, Yukon territory, if
the indications shown by the pre>
ent arv-unt of development work ar<
to be .'fiiied upon, gives promise oi
becomin? one of the big producing
mines or. the north.
H. McWhorter, the owner cf t.te
property, came out from the inter
ior laat night and is stopping at the
Golde.i North hotel He is accom
panied by C. S. Holly, and they are
both on their way dowii the coast,
where Mr. McWhorter has about a
month's work to do on other mi&ing
propei fie3 which Jie owns, after
which is done he will continue or.
to California, and take in the San
Francisco exposition before Return
ing north.
Mr. McWhorter, in a short talk
with the Daily Alaskan representa
tlva this morning, said:
"There is not much information
to give out for publication that the
papers have not already had. it
Is my intention to ship next sum
mer, when navigation opens, to a
smelter, not yet decided upon, oil
the outside, about 1300 tons of
selected, high-grade ore for reduc
tion, from which I anticipate good
returns I am now shipping the
ore from the mine to Stewart river
landing, and already have 1,000
tons there ready to put aboard the
boat. Th? rest of the shipment will
ba delivered beforo tho Ice on the
river breaks up.
^ "From the landinj; on Stewart
river, at tho mouth of Mayo creek,
the ore will be taken to the mouth
of the Stewart river by the- Side
streams Navigation Co., of which
Capt. 3id. Barrington is the mana
ger, and there transferred to ves
sels of the W. P. & Y. R., plying
between Dawson and Whitehoise,
brought up to the latter place and
from there on to the outside.
"The mine is located about 160
miles Ui) the Stewart river, Galena
creek being a tributary of the Mc
Questin river, which in turn empties
into Stewart river, a tributary of the
Yukon. Our shipments of ore from
the mine to the Stewart river land
ing will be made, however, over a
low divide into Mayo creek, and
that stream followed down to its
confluence with the Stewart.
"The winter in the interior," said
Mr. McWhorter, "has been ideal,
with a very light snowfall; in fact,
we are apprehensive there will net
be enough to allow us to make our
full shipment of ore from the mine
to the boat landing.
| "We have had nine men employed
»t the mine all winter, and they
will continue the development work
while I am away."
Mr. McWhorter says the section
of country In which his property ia
! >.:ited is a great place for game
, and the miners and prospectors who
j wintered there were able at all
times to provide themselves with
j fiesh meat.
Messrs. McWhorter and Holly Will
i leave for Juneau on the Georgia
i next Sunday.
TIE MISO
! OFF FOR SOUTH
After unloading a quantity of
freight here and a lot of ties aud
lumber for the W. P. & Y. R., the
j I'aralso, which came in at 11 a. m.
< jesterday, sailed at 10:30 last night
for Ft. \V. H. Seward, Treadwell,
•Juneau and Sheep Creek, where she
has, at the latter three places, about
>>30 tons of cargo to put off. From
i there the vessel will sail to Fun
j <er Bay and Hawks Inlet canneries.
The Paralso is in command of
| Captain Frank Landetrom, formor
| 'y on th« bridge of the freighter
i Meteor, but who left that vessel at
j Ketchikan and took hi6 present po
i sition.
| Although the Paraiso has passen
[ rW accomodations for a limited
f number, and several people in Skag
-^ay are anxious to get aivay, she was
t enable to accommodate them for th«
1 reason that she is carrying on this
voyage a large shipment of ex
plosive a:id combustibles. On her
next trlD north, however, she will
bring along cannery crews for
i ;wo dif'erent points in Alaska.
HERMANS TO HAVE ST. PATRICK
Seattle, Wash, March 17—The
I German flag will be ringled with
|flag of Erin tonight in the
i joint celebration here of St. Pat
rick's Day. The German-American
i societies met with representatives of
he Irish societies rcently, and de
(tided to participate in the cere
i monies honoring Ireland's patron
j saint. Teutons and Germans will
celebrate with, proper service dur
ing the day and tonight hold a
banquet and ball.
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