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No. 2fi NINETEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1916
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London, March 1—That the
fighting in the Verdun battle Is
diminishing in intensity Is an
nounced in dispatches from Paris
today. This is said to be partly
due to tte fact that the French
hare assumed the offensive to the
eastward in Alsace and are at
tacking several villages and forts
held by the Germans, causing a
withdrawal of some of the attacking
force to strengthen that front.
Berlin dispatches, however, claim
that the Germans are making sat
isfactory progress.
Paris, MaT. 1—Members of the
French cabinet today express en
tire confidence in the ability of
the French forces to hold their
lines at Verdun and believe that
the Teutons cannot make any con
siderable advance.
SAILINGS w HIE SUB
LINERS TO EUfiDPE CANCELLED
New York, Mar. 1—All sailings
of the White Star line for British
ports before April 12 have boon
cancelled. While the company's of
ficial* hare not made public the
reason for this action, it is gen
erally supposed that they are wait
ing for a determination of the ne
gotiations between Germany and
the Uuited States on the sub
marine question, not caring to ex
pose their liners to submarine at
tack
London, Mar. 1—Minister of War,
Lord Robert Cecil, states that all
British merchantmen have orders to
use guns only in self defense.
Washington, March 1 — Edward
McClennan, a member of the Bran
dies law firm, today testified be
fore the senate Investigating com
mittee, facing Brandies' accusers
and defending his partner.
FOB ELASTIC
GURRENCr
Washington, Mar. 1—The first
step In carrying out the adiainsi
tratlon's **elastlc currency" pro
gram has been taken by Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo in prepar
ing for the retirement of thirty
million dollars in two per cant
bonds this year.
Boston, Mar. 1—A considerable
amount in securities and Jewelry
has been taken from registered mail
pouches enroute between this city
and New York during the past week
The thefts have been very cleverly
accomplished without leaving any
cltws, but as the number of men
having access to them is small Mio
postal inspectors think they will
scon find the guilty person. The
value ol the property stolen is said
to amount to nearly half a million
dollars.
PKU K ADVOCATE XOT
WANTED IN GERMANY
London, March 1—Louis Lock,
a German by birth, who was secre
tary of the Ford peace commission,
has been expelled from Germany.
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CONGRESS TO UNITE OK POLICY
Washington, March 1—President
Wilson has decided that he cannot
proceed with the negotiations with
Germany regarding the submarine
regulations while there is dlssen
tion in congress and has asked the
leaders to bring the isuea raised
by resolutions recently Introduced
the subject to an early vote and
determination, as he wants to show
the Kaiser a solid front and that
he has the united support of the
nation.
The result of the submarine con
troversy is awaited with grave con
cern as there is a feeling prevalent
In diplomatic circles that America
and Germany cannot agree and that
trouble of more or leas serious
nature will result
Washington, Mar. 1—That an ap
propriation of two million dollars
for equipment for the Bremerton
navy yard and to begin the construe
tlon of a new battleship will be
included In the general appropria
tion bill has been determined br the
conference committees of the house
and senate. ,
Chicago, Mar. 1—Six aldermen
antagonistic to Mayor Thompson, re
ceived votes in yesterday's primary
election high enough to constitute
an election. The three remaining
vacancies on the board "will be
filled at the election from among
those whose votes were high enough
to nominate but not elect.
nc.\l> GIVEN OX A
BROAD PASS PROPERTY
J. C. Van Orsdal, who just re
turned to Fairbanks, after having
prospected in the Broad Pass coun
try last summer, reports that sec
tion as a wonderful country. He
says there are immense bodies of
low prade ores there. Of course,
the properties are quite hard to
get to, .and as a result of the in
accessibility of the country they
have not been extensively opened
up. There were between 60 and
75 men prospecting in the country
all last summer, and everyone of
them is satisfied that the country
will be a big producer in the
near future.
One of the properties in the dis
trict, the Riverside, was bonded by
a grouj) of Spokane men. They will
stock the company this winter and
next winter will proepect it ex
tensively. Operations will be started
on a fairly large scale, the largest
scale yet attempter In Broad Pass.
The Wells boys, the discoverers of
the district, still have their hold
ings and are woll satisfied with
| them.—Ex.
IIS BLACKMAIL
ON ALASKANS
Seattle, Mar. 1—A sensation has
been created here following the ar
res< of Louis P. Sichler, who is
charged with blackmail. A prom
inent Alaskan Is cne of the many
victims whom Sichler either "got''
or tried to "set." Sichler is
charged with photographing prom
; inent Seattle and Alaskan men in
, compromising positions in the flats
of womct of loose character.
Samuel Silverman, the well knownj
, Alaska mining man, who is now in
New York City, was named by Sher
iff Robert Hodge, as one of the
1 many prominent victims sought to
be blackmailed by Sichler and oth
j ers who are alleged to have Put
I u" large sums.
SICn.CT, il is CUiirgoo, uiuru VU
I hfe operations In connection witlx
: Isabel Clayburg, now under arrest
at Los Angeles; Lillian Peters,
who has fled to Montana, and oth
] er women here. The Clayburg wo
j man is row fighting against her re
| turn here.
Sheriff Hodge is in possession of
many compromising photographs of
the various victims. Sichler, accord
| Ing to the sheriff, operated a cam
j era from clothes closets in the
homes orr flats occupied by the wo
men involved in the blackmail case
Sichler is a lawyer, private de
j toctivfc and a financial agent and
i is said to have considerable pro
. perty in Seattle and other places
of the Puget SoiuiJ district. He is
• charged with blackmail in having
threatened to connive at, and pub
lish libel in an attempt to extort
$2,100 from Mr. Silverman. The
latter is said to have refused point
blank to ray Sichler anything and
is said to have threatened to deal
, summarily with anyone who at
| tempted to force bim to.
INTERIOR WEATHER
Skagway, part cloudy, n. w. 19
J above.
Wliitelioree, clea-r, n. w. 2 above
Lower LeBarge, clear, n. w. 14
I below.
Hootalimqua, cloudy, calm, 8 bo
j low.
White River, clear, calm, 24 be
low.
Ogilvie, clear, calm.
Dawson, clear, calm, 30 below.
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CARPENTER TELLS OF THE
BEAUTIES Of ALASKA GLACIERS
Frank Q. Carpenter t&m writte*
syndicate articles for the great
newspapers of the United States,'
and putiisked books of travel and
interacting things about erery;
country in the world. Alaska was
the one exception, until he made ,
his trip to the Xonhlaad last '
summer. In an article published a
couple of weeks ago la tie maga
zine section of many metropolitan
dailies he tells about a visit to
the Takiie glacier, gol:ig to the
Mendenhall glacier in an automo
bile, and gives his views In his
usual interesting and vivid style.
The following eitracts are quoted
to give Alaskan readers an idea
of tho great good this able writer
is doing for this territory:
(Copyrighted, 1916, by Frank G.
Carpenter.)
Lynn Canal, Alaska.
1 am 'u the Iaeland of Alaska.
There aie more than. 5,000 glaciers
between here and Seward, where
our railroad is building. Hundreds
of thcui come down to the level
of the sea, and 25 are always drop
ping icebergs into the tide waters.
Alaska is the greatest glacier re
gion of tne vona, wuj uie oa<-°v
tions only of Greenland and Antarc
tica. There are many glaciers la
the souU) eastern part of the ter
ritory, aiid you can. see some of the
biggest of them by a ride of four
cr fire days from Seattle on a
comfortable steamer. You can
steam among Icebergs as big as a
ship amid masses of crystal sap
phire right up to the walls of ice,
the ends of ice riven that are
slowly flowing- down the sides of'
the mountain®. Now and then the
tide leaves icebergs on the shores, j
and the green pines bend over and j
kiss them with their branches.
I am now In the Lynn ca&al on
my way to Skagway. Looking
through my stateroom window, I
can 6te a wall of snow-capped
mountains, which are green almost
to the tops. Just opposite me is
a great fiell of Ice upheld betw®en
two lofty peaks. The field Is milefl
in width, and it slopes upward un
til lost In the clouds. That field
is a glacier.
The true glacial region of Alaska
begins a little beyond the interna
Jtionsl boundary and it runs from
| there along the coast for a distance
as great as from New York to Chi
cago. It skirts the ocoaa and «i
tends tor a hundred miles or so
back ibto the interior. The must
of the glacicrs are north and west
of .Skag'way. They are confined
within an area about 100 miles
wide and 500 miles long, compris
ing a territory perhaps as large .uj
the kUie of New York. This, all
told, does sot comprise one-tenth
of AlaMa, but It is that part or
the wnmtry most frequented by
tourists, and it is from their stories
that many hare recelrad the idea
that AlaskA is nothing but moun
tains and ice. The truth is, most
of the territory la nortl^ of these
glacial ranges which border the
coas* and a groat part of it Is as
dry as northern Dakota or Montana.
The Yukon ralley has crisp, cold
winter and short, dry summers. The
winters hare clear sklee, and tho
climate Is bearable. In summer
the whide land is covered with the
green*«t of green, and the air is
so iarirforating that one seems to
be breaking champagne.
Th interior of the country la
comparstlrelT low. The coast gla
cial reylon is rugged and high.
Many of i'a mountains are lost la
the clouds, and some of their peak*
kiss tne skies at an altitude higher
than any other part of the contin
ent. Taey are so high, so steep
and so cold, that they precipitatn
the water that rises from the warm
ocean currents that wash southern
Alaska, and give the snowfall that
has built up the glaciers and keeps
them allre.
iieiore i write uuiu ui i»>s i
gion let me show you some of the
big Ice masses of southeastern Al
aska. I have Just left the Tafcu
Inlet. It Is a fiord eighteen miles
long, vailed with steep mountains
and guarded by islands, in steam
ing ud It you can count forty-five
glaciers, and at the end of it come
to the famous Ta)m glacier, the
front wall of which, where It en
ters the sea, is a mil wide and more
than 100 feet high. The great riv
er of ice widens as it goes back
between the two mighty hills on
each side. A little distance from
the sea it Is two miles in width,
and It continues to widen for a dist
ance of eight jnile6, where it is
lost in a great ice field clcse to
the boundary of British Columbia.
The Taku glacier Is a live gla
cier—that is.it is moving down to
(Continued on Page 3.)
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