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EDITORIAL
'OLD GLORY"
America For Americans"
ihe public spmiT
The uast two years have brought
.mere "oig" news of national con
cern than any since the civil war;
a;:d iu this period, the past month,
and the past 'wo weeks have
brought to public notice matters of
increasing importance, yet the pub
lic. as a whole, has betrayed only a
I assing interest. Whether citizens
have become callous to crisis by
their multiplicity, ot the national
siir;f be lacking, is a matter for
conjecture. Possibly there are man
w: j feel that we have negotiated so
nai.y crises successfully that the
sense of national peril is lost. At
•ai.v rate the public, as a body, re
ceives "l>ig" news quietly, absorbs
it with interest and goes ou about
its common concerns without any
Jdence of excitement.
Here and there, among exchanges
w._ find citizens about the country
. >ii:j£ and formulating conclu
0:1s in the following projects.
'Ie installation and beautifica
ticu o£ a dog cemetery; the enlarge
of local zool gical gardens by
'he addition o£ many strange and
''.a isuui wild animals; the licens
of cats and the belling of the
same during the bird seasou; a dis
n between poultrymen as to
t ;e l*es* variety of hens for egg
i: purposes; a new propaganda
!>v a Chicago doctor, setting forth
<1 systematic procedure for living,
with a minimum of labor, on a diet
of frui's, nu's. herbs, raw grain
and uncooked foods: the approval
«>■' various ordinances, in a dozen lo
calities, for the suppression of
tews that now run at large. These
nr" not topics suggested by ne»'S
papers, but by citizens who write
letters to newspapers suggesting
what they conceive to be matters
of public interest at this time.
No doubt, when occasion demand%
the national spiri* will respond to
America's needs. Just now the
vub'ic mind is in a twilight zone
between an idle and an active in
ttrrst in the national concerns.—
Seattle P.-I.
XO ALAsKAX TOWN HAS KYER
DIED ENTIRELY
In +lie first year of the rush to
Alaska cne constantly heard it said
that such-and-suci. a place would,
"go back to the Indians'' and it '
io interesting now after nearly a 1
score of years to remember that
•not one of these predictions was 1
fulfilled. You see, every dis
trict jiaa some potential resources '
that may not be seen in. the be
ginning. Atlin was a camp which '
people, even in 1S99, were 6aying '
was on its last less. The sentence '
cf death, has beea pronounced oo
Wrangell a thousand times. Nome
wag dead and gene in 1902 altho'
they had no* then, discovered its
real wealth in the third beach line.
Such examples could be enumerated
aa often aa there are towns in this
northern land. Our neighbor Skag
way has probably a better future
than It seemed to have t<>u years
Ago, And while talking of Skagway
it occui a that the only exception to
rule would be a place like the
classic White Pass City, which
flourished for a few months while
the rajiroad was in course of
construction, but which could
be called nothing more than a tem
porary settlement at any time.
What is proven by all this is
the old faci that people will find
resources anywhere. The govern
ment really made a mistake In
warning crowds of people from
ccmin» to Alaska "when the railroad
constuction began. Lots of them of
ccure, would go broke wherever
they were but they would eventually
find a means of making a living.
This city like all the rest of them
only had its chief resources dis
covered when people came for some
thing else, and the same is true
of all of them—Juneau Dispatch.
p. isS
PASS EXAMS
Washington, March, 7—Postmas
ter General Burleson announced to
day tha* after the first of next
month, April, all postmasters of
tho first, second and htird class in
the United States and its posses
sions will be appointed by competi
tive examination. After such com
petitive examinations the President
will submit to the Seaiate the names
a* the head of the list of the can
didates who went through the ex
aminations instead x>f appointing as
heretofore men for party services.
All the present postmasters now in
office in the classes named will
>>3 allowed to serve out their four
year terms but they will have to
take the examination like all oth
er candidates if they want re-ap- j
pointment. Many Democratic men*
bers of Congress denounce the plan
and a hot fight is looked for when
the question is discussed.
NAfiRiESCAPE
FOR KETCHIKAN
The distress call of the sawmill
whistle about ten thirty last even
ing, says the Ketchikan Miner for
March 6, was 1he signal for a gen
eral turn out led by th§ ever alert
fire department The fire alarm
called for help at the sawmill and
as it was early, everybody turned
out to witness the blaze coming out
of the machine shop room adjoining
the engine room of ths Ketchikan
Power Company's sawmill. The
t>cys who compose the fire depart
ment, apparently know their busi
aess as in lees than it takes to
Cell it they -were deep in the midst
>f the trouble fighting, not only to
save the company's property, but
the town property as well, fOT ,
had the fire been allowed a little
headway, nothing could have saved
iny part of the business section of
Lhe town. The boys got control of
the destructive element, and the
jompan? is to be congrautlated for
the comparative small loss sustain
ed. Due entirely to the efficiency
if the fire department and the
ip lend id water system. Ketchikan
nay well be proud of its fighting
facilities.
Fire Chief Stackpole, when asked
is to the cause of the fire, said
hat he had not been able to os
:ertain thug far. However, the
.awmill crew were called to thler
ivf-rk this morning as though no
ting had happened.
Damage to the plant is estimated
;o be between seven and eight hun
dred dollars, covered by insurance.
LESLIE FAMILY COMES
TO SEEK NEW HOME
Mr. and Mts. Frank Leslie and
herr four children, formerly of
iVhitehorse, Y. T., arrived on the
Vlaska Saturday to make their homel
n some locality along the govern-'
nent railroad, says the Seward
Jateway, of Feb. 26.
Leslie, -who was for five years
in employe of the "White Pass &
i'ukon railway, will remain here
l week and then make a tour along
he government railroad ag far as
he coal fields before locating.
Choice chocolates and bon tons
it Keller Bro-j. Drug Store, ; j
STORY OF NOTES
ABOUT U BOUTS
How Lansing and Von Born
storffCondueieJ Negotiations.
BEGAN IN FEBRUARY, 1915
Germany Then Announced Intention of
Making Zone Around British Isles the
Scene of War Operations — Crises
Arose Over Lusitania, Sussex, Per
sia and Other Vessels Attacked.
With two such masters of diplomacy
in "Washington as Count .Tohann von
BernstorfT, German ambassador to the
United States, and Robert I.anslng,
secretary of state, it was certain that
the critical situation arising out of the
SECRETARY OF STATE LANSING.
German order for unrestricted U boat
warfare would be conducted with the
utmost skill.
The negotiations conducted by the
two nations in the matter of the use of
submarines by Germany cover the fol
lowing dates:
Feb. 4, 1913.—German government
announces that on and after Feb. 18
all waters around Gr;>at I'.ritain will
constitute a war zone and merchant
vessels founJ therein will be subject
to attack.
Feb. 10. — United States formally
warns Germany sHe will be held to
"strict accountability" if American
citizens suffer as result of new policy.
May 7.—The Lusitania sunk, with
loss of 1,200 lives, including 115 Amer
icans.
May 13.—T'nited States sends note of
protest against sinking of the I.usita
nla, declaring it "will not omit any
word or act necessary to its sacred
duty of maintaining the rights of
American citizens."
May 29.—Germany replies to Amer
ican note complaining that the Lusi
tania was armed ami carried ammuni
tion for the allies.
July 24.—United States in new note
says a repetition of acts in contraven
tion of neutral rights must be regard
ed. "when they nffect American citi
zens, as deliberately unfriendly."
Sept. 1.—German ambassador deliv
COUNT VOX liEENSTOSFF.
ers to state department message stat
ing. "Liners will n-;l he sunk by our
submarines without vr.niing and with
out safety of the lives of combatants,
provided that the liners do not try to
escape or offer resistance."
Oct. 18.—United States declares Ger
many's procedure of putting passen
gers and crews of merchantmen luto
small boats on the open seas does not
satisfy the provisions of international
law.
March 24, 191G.—Channel ship Sus
sex torpedoed; eighty killed or injured.
April 10.—American note declares
unless Germany "immediately declare
and effect an abandonment of its pres
ent methods of submarine warfare
against passenger and freight carrying
vessels the government of the United
States can have no choice but to sever
diplomatic relations."
May 5.—Germany in reply says ships
shall not be sunk without warning and
without saving human lives unless the
ships attempt to escape or offer resist
ance.
* FRATERNAL ORDERS * ;
Arctic Bi-otiicihood. — \
Camp Skagwfcv No. 1, -
A. B. meris every aw:- j
ond and. fouxth.1 Tues- •
day evening at 8:30 P- 1
m. sn«rp. Visiting brothers cordial 1
ly wt'octme. W. L. Stevttnsoti, Arc- <
tic Chief. W. K. Burford, Arctic I
Kect rder.
Fraternal Ottli r ,
i —
Skagwny Aerie .
No. 25, Prater- 1
iml Oilier of ;
mouia ui€| iirsi una unni
\V eUue&lay night of each month nt ;
tni'Ji h«il on Fifth Aveaiue. Visit- j
ir.g brothers ccwdiiiilj- inviteni to '
attend. J. M. Cfreisbacu, W. 1*.
J. V. Miller, Secretory.
F. & A. M.
White Pass Lodge]
F. & A. M. -No. 113
meets 2d and 4th ;
Saturday, Evenings
01 eu-cn mourns. v issuing uremreu
are w.elcome.
HAROLD TALBOT, W. M.
J.AHES WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 481, B. P. O.
E. meets every
. Thursday night
M o : u U U ciwa.. >
Las^i Visiting brothers I
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDE.NTHAL, E. R j
' F. J. VAWDEWALL, Secretary j
PlonfU;r of Alaska I};loo, No. 12, j
uieetA in A. B. Hall first Monday in j
rvery month at 8:30 p. in. j
Vtelttag Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres. |
V. T. DORTERO, Rec. Sec
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Practice in all courts
In Territory of Alaska
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