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tt. 8. Uldeoa Carcross, Y. T.
B. L. Pll]ma» Atlln^ B. C.
OUR FLAG
EDITORIAL ' i
IN THE N IMF OF HUMANITY
lty Kouieth C. Kerr
Another terribly marine casualty
Is reortej from Alaska where, in
the past years. dozen of vessels, mil
lion? in property value, and number
less human lives have found a rest
li'i* place in the icy waters of those
*L'ii rst'ly li^htfd and poorly protect
ed shores.
lo the case of the Princess So"
pnli the loss of life is ™ost appall
ing, making it the most serious
* Crek of record on the Pacific. The
»e»sel strurk and held for a time on
the rocks, but later broke in two
aud sani without one survivor, in
ait 343 are said to have been lost,
and the monument over their fin
al restiug place is THE UNLIGHT
E.'J VAXDERBILT REEF IX UNIT
E'J STATES WATERS.
A fairly new steel vessel of Brit
isn build and registry, worth a mil
ilvn; possioiy another million in
go'd dust, In addition to those pre
cious human lives, mostly American
many Canadians and others—aji !os
»ita not even a trace left. And l*>s
sji>iy it could have been avoded.
1»t». the pity of It!
Without prejudice and lacking
details. With no thought of sug
gesting- criticism of the ship's of
ficers, does not this teach a les
sor.? Ig it not the opportune mo
n:unt for insisting that something b<
dc ne to at least minimize the risk
i. such tragedies in those waters
or British Columbia and Alaska?
l'he route from Seattle to Skag.
way is, roundlri 1.150 miles. The
vessels travel through waters 3f the
States of Washington, then across
fn open Strait of Juan d*e Fuca,
rhfn for some ^''O miles Or more
through British Columbia, and then
for the balance of some 500 miles o
more in the United States waters of
Alaska
For years congress has been
petitioned to build more "nd more
'ighthouses in Alaska. Brtiish Col
ombia is much better lghted, but
there is room for vast improvement.
Then the rules governing salvage
opeations are positively awful. Un
der existing laws, both of Canada
and the United States, an American
veesel cannct salve a wreck in Brit
ish Columbia -waters, nor can a
Canadian vessel do salvage work in
American waters. Often times il
Is extremely difficult to draw the linf
between -what would be consdiered
by either government as work ol
humanity and what would infringe
on salvage lawd. The masters ol
foreign ships now place their own"
ers jn Jeooardj. every time they
extend aid to a ship in distress on
Canadian or American coasts. Laws
should1 he changed and at once, or
andother and even more horrible
disaster will be recorded.
Railway and Marine News, IN
THE NAME OF HUMANITY, calls
upon the governments of the United
States and Canada to remedy this
great wrong by at on e appointing a
JOINT COMMISSION to and
g^—-daPMT'-irfVMiB ■» , iimibwi ■
ftEAOV TO START OUT TO BOMB METZ
These American *avdators*are consulting maps just prior to starting upon
a bombing tixpeilition on Metz, the Alsatian capital.
report upon i
The Coastwise Laws.
Lights and Aids to Navigation,
The Rules or Salvage,
The Dangerous Reefs,
Continuance of Geodetic Surveys.
Charting Unknown Waters.
of and pertaining to the waters of
the Inside Passage of British Col
umbia and Alaska. •
Without prejudice to either Gov
ernment let all Coastwise laws in
so far they pertain to navigation
au<'. safety at sea bt> so readjusted
and made uniform as to xn-eet the ]>e
eu;iar need-s exclusively existing in
the Inside Passage.
N'o such condition, or territori.il
boundary lines exist in other set
tlors, go law should be made
to cover this international route
exclusively..
If the salvage rules are BUch that
they are » menace rather than
help, and Promote money making on
either side of the boundary, then
let thig commission re.'onimend a
permanent International Salvage Bu
rea!. with saiavge or life saving sta
tions, six in number, between San
Juan Islands and Admiralty Islai.d
lesu-fc station to have a powerful sal
vage craft to be operated' by and for
both governments WITHOUT UN
JUST CHARGES.
Let the world know why, in the
iasf month, an American vessel
with nearly 300 on board, when in
dire trouble in British Columbia
waters, was compelled to receive per
mission ef officials of that pro
vince before her passengers <ou!d
be transferred to another vessel of
[the same fleet.
i-et it ascertain if it is not a iaci
tliat iu the more recent and heart
rending- case, the 'wreck being in U.
S. waters, the Canadian owners
would have to have permission of
the United States before one of
its own vessels could attach a line
to th? wreck, or a Canadian salvage
vessel could have performed its
proper duties.
Think of thi?, citizens of Canada
and the United States. Let the
two illustrations, each of occur
rence in October, 1918, Prov-e the
i caso in point.'
NEARLY 700 HUMAN' LIVES IN
PERIL IN* ON'E WEEK. HALF
OF THEM LOST!
The existing Coastwise laws
should not in either case be allowed
to apply to the route specified, and
this should be the chief w-ork of tne
commission in its suggested inves
tigation. This refers to navigation
and "safety first" only.
Let us forget all the >;ears of
salvage overcharges and graft. Let
iany ugly scandal of the past be bur
fied in oblivion. But let the commis
sion make it impossible for any fu
I 'ure overcharge or salvage graft to
jbe consummated.
Ad-mit that the conditions of this
' route are unique and demand an
j exclusive law regulating the iMvi
j nation of shipe and their safety at
! sea and call for an INTERNATION
AL navigation or salvage bu
reau without hardship or preju
I dico to the owners, the employees,
j the passengrg or thee ships of
' either country. Do not allow poli
tics to delay the move. Do not per
mi' traffic, immigration, customs o
other important atters to be inter
jected into the argument, but hold
it down absolutely to the protection
! of those who must travel back and
i forth incessantly between the States
' anthe Canadian territory of Yu
! kon and tap. United States territory !
■ of Alaska, the illtreated step-chil-j
dren of those great governments.
Aud In the name of GOD AND
I HUMANITY let us appeal to the pro
per authorities of each, govern
ment to show their Pr3mptneso and
! patriotism In getting quick anfl fa
vorable action.
Finally, may we not plead, in be
half of the hundreds of dead men,
women and' children; of the thous
ands sorrowing in desolate homes
from the Arctic circle to the coasi
of California—
"LET THERE! BE LIGHT."
HKKJX OP TERKOR
Russia is fast bleeding to death
through a reign of terror, which Is
worse than that of the French Re
volution, and it is time the nations
of 'he earth came here to put down
one of the world's greatest evils,
President Nicholas Tschaikovsky of
the provisional government of north
Russia, told a correspnndent of the
Associated Press.
It is no longer a question of
politics.
Inside the Rolshevik lines the
situation is worse than the French
reign of terror. Victims' executed
now must ho counted by the tens of
thousands. All hair-splitting politi
cal reasons aside, the worid must
know that 'he Bolsheviks are no
longrr even a party, but are now
merely a -;roup of men determined
to ho'd • whPt they have seized by
the merciless slaughter of those who
oppose them.
It is now only the question of
putting down an evil. Persons es
caping from Moscow, I'etrOgrad nnd
Vologda and reaching Archangel
bring indisputable Stories of the exe
cutions. The situation seems be
yond the control of some Bolshevik
leaders, who themselves are re
volting at 'he bloodshed.
Nothing can bring Russia out of
thin chaos until the Ro'sheviki ter
ror has been quashed by the force
ef arms, sa>d Tschaikovsky. The
force here ir unable to do this
quickly. Meanwhile hundreds are
dying daily.
The world must understand tha
Uoishevikism, like imperialism, is
a foe to democracy. It is in Rus
sii a mere dictatorship, a group Df
men holding sway by force of
arms. They seize every straw,
falsifying logic to justify them
selevs. As an example they now
declare that the proposed league
of nations is only another scheme
to aive power to the bourgeoise a*
giiins* the working men.
Perhaps tile world will naturally
ask what Russia is doing to help
herself, said Tschaikovsky, and I
ca« only answer that we are doing
our best. A recent example is
the reorganization of the govern
tneui o the north. Now every party
and every class is represented. For
getting politics they are turning
their efforts toward putting down
the Bolshevik evil. We are mobi'iz
inir our forces, but the Allies must
INCREASING AMERICAN
TROOP SHIP ESCORTS
London. — In three months, fromj
one American base. U. !3. destroy-1
er« escorted 121 troopship convoys |
—773 ships. In the same period
they escorted 171 merchant con-1
voys of 1763 ships to all. Total fori
three months from oI)€ base 2536 |
ships. While American destroyers j
h»ve convoyed only 27 per cent of i
all the troops brought across, the |
percentage £°r the sing'e month of
August for example 'was 34—going
uu There are 155 British ships i
now exclusievly engaged in bring-,
iug over American troops.
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War debts of the allies should be
canceled by the United States, and
their financial obligations should oe
wiped oft the s^te by way of help
ing the nations who gave bo many
Uvea. This is the statement of U
nited States Senator George E.
Chamberlain, in an article publish
ed in the monthly bulletin of the
Lcyal Legioji of Loggers andi Lum
bermen and the Spruce Production
Division of the amy.
The money, he aays, wen to buy
bullets and oread for fellow belUger
ents who fought with «b to defend
our tiomes. Senator Chamberlain |s
chairman of the military affairs coiG
mittee of the senate. His artic le
follows:
"The war is not yet over; nor in
deed are our obligations ended wher
formal peace is declared. America
has a colossal debt still to pay to
the mute British army that has
fought fro doggedly through these
oitter four years; to Italy, that has
broken Austria wth only one regi
ment of American troops to ajd
her; to pitiful, sublime Serbia and
Beleium, *hat have endured martyr
dcjn and devastation for a holy
cause; and last but not least to
Fracce, the chief target of all Hun
n?sh hate.
"These men have fought our bat
tles as well as their own; they have
paid in blood and tears and' in the
lives of thein women and children,
dearer to them than life, for the
privilege of a free worlld. We, too,
aa a nation, have made maony sac
rifices in blood and treasure in
order to do our part in this geal
■truggle for noerty and for civiliza
tion.
»v e «re uuut»i juC,l •» •—
triotic nation and are willing: to bea
our full share of the land. Though
our sacrifices have not Deen ec
great a« those of our allies, we
can heir tind up the wounds ol
thoie 'who bled for and with us;
wipe out their petty financial ob
ligations to us and give them a hell
ing hand in reconstruction.
"Shall America fear the business
competition of those crippled allies
who have made our fight while we
have continued to grow rich, not
withstanding the ravages of war!
We stayat-home soldiers who hav<
not been privileged to face th<
bullet and bayonet and bomb stii:
owe our biggest debt; surely w<
shall be brave eno»tgh to assist it
paying the bills incurred In our be
half for food and powder and hos
pitals wheh tnesse people wo now cal
our debtors paid 10,000,000 lives t(
save us!
"Our morai integrity, our devotioi
to humanity, i» to be tested i'
what we (Jo aftei peat© is declared.
PRESTON RECOVERING " "
AFTER ELECTRIC SHOCJ
Juneau.—At noon Charles Pres
ton, who received a 2300-volt shocl
at the Alaska Juneau electric Bta
tlon ou. Thanksgiving day, wag <*>n
scioua aad It iai believed he wll
fully recovered.
Prestoti wu working; at the n1^1
station witt a native assistant, wbe
a sudden flaafc warmed Operato
Bauamann that Bomlething wa
wrong. He pulled, th^ plugs quid
as a flash and, rushing to the up
Per platform, found tlfcfl chief electr!
cian unconscious, ba*dly ourned os
the shoulder and Jiis feet. It fc
supposed he accidentally touchc
the high tension wires with hi
shoulder In working among- , th
wires.
Preston is chief eJe<trlcian fo
Dcth the Alaska JuBeaai'and Tread
well companies, and is a young- maj
thoroughly conversant iwith his pro
fession .and very popular.
hurley responsible
Th® two steel surveying steam
ships to b» built by tbe Emeirgenc:
Fleet Corporation "will b® cons truct
ed at Manitowoc, Wis., la Or^ter ti
utilize B^ocial^equlpment at tba
yard, but th® wire-drag laimche
will be built oh the Pacific Coast
and before long- will be "busily dra
gin$ the dangeroug waters, of A'as
ka for hidden ohetruc:ion» wliicl
bate already caused so ranch loss'
according to a letter received tod*;
by J. L. McPherson, manager of tHi
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Ciham
ber of Commerce and' Comercia
Club. i .
Secretary Redfield sayst. "ThiB
fectiTe actiOB la due to tlie suggeia
tlon of the President anir tha el
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Sophia Wreck Aroused
TJiq Washington authoritis were
stirred to action by; the appalling
lf-ss of Ufa in the wreck of the |
steamship Sophia.
On OctODer 28 the Alaska Bu
reau telegraphed the following to
the President, the chairman of the
Ssnate and House committee on ap- J
proprlations, ooast and insular sur- I
vey, merchant marine and fisheries i
and territories: '
"The appalling loss of 343 lives,
including mere than fifty women
and children, ia the wreck of the
' steamship Princess Sophia, in Alas
kau waters, shockingly emphasized
the unsurveyed condition of Alas
1 k«n waters and lack of proper aids
to navigation.
"For many years this deplorable
neglect has been repeatedly brought
1 to attention of cangress and all
1 possible arguments used' to further
this crying need.
' "Two yeara ago the Alaska bu
■ reau of the Seattle Chamber of Con.*
merce prepared data illustrated by
mao covering wrecks of 491 vessels
in Alaskan waters. A copy was sent
to every member of Congress. Since
! then eighteen vessels have been add
ed to th9 list. This yar United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey is
sued pamphlet entitled 'Safeguard
: the Gateways of Alaska, Her Water
ways,' in which lack of aids to navi
• ga'Jon and necessary- surveys are
[ shown and illustrated in startling
manner.
( "It ia earnest prayer of all friends
l Of Alaska tnat Congress take im
. mediate cognizance of these condi
! tioua and without further delay fur
; njsh means to hasten important
. work that more human lives may nfct
- be sacrificed, in surveying Alaska
i waters and in supplying- essential
, aids to navigation."—Seattle Times,
I Not, 21, 1918.
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IT ISN'T A KODAK
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for the Eastman Kodak company,
haye received a large shipment of
all sizes of N. C. and Autographic
Kodak film, and printing out pa
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NOTICE OP SALE OF REAL ES
TATE
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
DIVISION NO. 1, AT SKAG
WAY, BEFORE HON. E. A. RAS
MUSON, U. S. COMMISSIONER
AND EX-OFFICIO PROBATE
JUDGE.
In tte matter of the estate of
Thomas A. McDonald, deceasfd.
Notice Is hereby given that in
pursuance of an order of sale.
duly made and entered bv the pro
bate iourt for the Territory of Al
asska. sitting ia probate at Skag
way precinct, on the 13th day of
November, A. D. 1918, in the nat*
ter of the estate of Thomaa A. Mc
Donald, deceased; th© unders'gned
executor of said' estate, will Bell at
public auction, subject to confirma
tion of sale by sai^ court, the fol
lowing described real ©state belong
ing to said estate; To-wit; Lota
One (1), two (2) and three (3) la
Block sixty-five, and Lot twelve
(12) in B'oek One hundred and
twenty (120) of the City of Skag
way( »s shown by the official pia-t
thereof:
Said sale will be made on the
13th day of December, 1918, at
the hour of 2 o'clock in the after
noon o* said day at th<j front door
of the court house in the sal# City
of Skagway; terms of sal0 as follow
for cash. ,
Dated this 13 th day of November,
1918. —
L. S. KELLER ,
Executor of the estate of Thomas A.
McDonald, deceased.
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