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SK AtiWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBURARY 13, 191ft PRICK 10 CENTS
las hart
[ONE OF THE AMEB'GM NOTE !
IS DISPLEASING 10 GERMANS!
Berlin, Feb. 13—The American
noie protecting against the German
t n H-laniation of a war zone In the
wateis surrounding England and
■ i-eland, has bwu received here.
Several of the leading Geman p«p«
assert, in their Issues of this
nuiruing, that the tone of the note
i> not at all pleasing to Germany.
Advices received here from the
tittle front in East Prussia this
morning state that General Von
llindeuburg is driving the Russians
t.y the center wing, after making
i: 11 enveloping movement.
London. Feb. is—Thirty-four
itish aeroplanes and hydroplanes
e been engaged today in dropp
bouibs down luto Bruges, Zee
sgt- .nid lilankeuberghe, doing
siderable ('..image.
t'etrogrml. Feb. 13—There is a
i ndrawal now going on of all the
... <sian troops in the Mazurian
rc*^i ■ >n on account of the
,'vy German concentration in
:'.»t Prussia,
15e:-Uu. Feb. 13—The Kaiser has
liT-'.in ^oiie to the Eastern war
HE iilIS
iEW DEPRESSED
Paris. Feb. 13—From official let
up* r»>ceivc<l in this city it would
appear the Kaiser is. much depress
<>i over the German outlook in the
Kuropean war, and through the
same source it is reported he has
tolil liis war geneuiLs that they
must seek some way to conclude
peace.
pghiuoal wil
ENTEti If. FIGHT
Lisbon, Feb. IS—It is asserted
here that the Toi-tugcs© gov
ernment is getting ready to put
an army in the field to co-operate
with the allies.
DON'T FnlM
OSiCE TONIGHT
If you desire to pass a very
pleasant evening don't fall to at
tend the informal dance tt the W.
P. A. club gymnasium tonight. The
hand boys will furnish the musi •.
huh 13 in itself an inducement
to attend Also, remember that I'
you wish to enjoy the program to
the full you will have to go early I
as dancing is to start promptly at
9 o'clock.
LECTUIES OX AJ.ASK.V
CKKATI \IXTEKEST
Another evidence of ths intere t
that is be'ug taken la Alaska by
people in all sections of the United
States, says the Cordova Times, is
shown by the press notices given
Asa C. Baldwin, formerly ol the Al
aska boundary survey, and now lec
turing throughout the country.
Mr Baldwin is delivering a series
o* lectures regarding Alaska, in
the United States, and, according
to the press noticcs, is dissemin
ating some fnformation that is
known to out few people who have
not traveled in the north.
| In his lecture at Minneapolis the
engineer predicted a big boom for |
the interior as soon as the railroad
is started, and he assured bis audi
ence that the rush of business woul
be justified by conditions. j
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HMIU ISLANDS
j® SHAKEN OP
Tutulla, Samoan Islands, Feb. 13
—A destructive hurricane, followed
by an' earthquake shock and a
tidal wave, passed over the Manua
Islands, in the Samoan group, yes
terday, destroying a great deal of
property. |
HAD Mil !
IN C0AS1 tin;
Mr. an dMrs. C. S. Chinnery ol I
Whitehorse, who passed through
here a few weeks ago en route to j
the East to be with tha foiiuer's
aged mother during a daugerous
illness, stopped over a short time
in Vancouver, B. C., on account of
the indisposition of Mrs. Chinnery,
Mr. Chinnery finally having to leave
his wife in the coast city and go
an alone.
Mr. Chinnery has been with his
mother for some time now, and ac
cording "to -word received from him
the invalid is getting weaker daily,
not having been able to take any |
nourishment whatever for the past
three weeks.
Mr. Chinnery expects to reach
Vancouver 0:1 his return north the
l::t er part of this month.
I
Washington, D. C., Feb. 13—Ac
cording to advices received here the
Russian incursion into East Poland
is doomed to be short lived as the
Germans are believed to be rush
ing into the counry from both Po- i
land and other interior points.
Ci» Friday, the 19th inst, at 3:30
o'clock p. m. there will be held a
Mothers' meeting in the lecture
room in the tubllc school building.
Miss Patterson, of the White
Pass hospital, will give a paper on
"The Scientific Care of Children
from Birth to Second Year." to bo
followed by discussion. Mrs. Peder
sen will follow with a brief talk
about the child from the second
year to the period of adolescence.
All members requested to come pre
pared to answer roll-call with some
quotation about motherhood.
All women interested in this de
portment of school work are in
vited to be present.
SECRETARY LANE
Washington, D. C., Feb. 13—
Secretary o£ the Interior Franklin
iv. Lane will leave he're on Monday
f jr the Panama-Pacific Internation
al exposition opening, where he will
act for President Wilson, who will
not come to the coast until later.
The exposition will open next Sat
urday, February 20th. Secretary
Lane's trip '.o tho coast means that
the report of the Alaska, railroad
commission will be held up until
his return to this city.
President Wilson yesterday de-1
cided to drep the ship purchase bill
fight in congress until the- appro
priation bills are passed.
Senator Jones of Washington
state, yesterday increased the
amount of the appropriation asked
for tho construction of roads and
trails in Alaska $200,000.
Fred Sehutte, a former employe '
of the X. C. Co. at Ruby, but who
wag convicted of embezzlement In
the summer or 1912 and sentenced
to IS months imprisonment at Mc
Neils Island, Wash., was released
a few days ago. t
John P. Kelday, ex-deputy U. S. '
marshal who was stationed at
Georgetown, in the Kuskokwim dis
trict, during his lerm of office was
I<Uced under arrest In Sat, Francis
co, a few days ago, on a charge of
larceny by bailee. He furnished
bonds to appear at Fairbanks when
his case comes to trial, and was
released. Kelday Is accused of ap
projn-ia'ing for his own use $300
given him by E. Coke Hill, to deliv
er to the Kuskokwim Commer
cial company.
Fairbanks News-Miner; From
what Deputy Marshal John Wood
learned while on his trip down riv
er, from which he returned this
afternoon, JjO Roberts wor-. the pot
latch contest down at Crossjacket,
hands down. He had the edge on
tbe other natives for the reason
t'aat last fall he made a big catch
of silver gray foxes, getting between
?3.000 and $4,000 for his skins.
This gave him an opportunity to
buy heavily and he loaded up for
the potlatch. He gave away sever
al guns, blankets, clothing, food
and almost every kind o? a present
that would delight a native's heart.
When he nad finished he hadn't
anything left but the clothes ho
woTe.
In the potlatching, however, he
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things himself from hu friends.
■Jne gave him a high power 30-30
gun and another a 22-spccial rifle,
besides which ho received some
necessities of life.
A count by the native; when the
festivities were at their height
showed a total of 82C Indians pres
ent of whom 362 were men. They
came from a"1 over tho interior,
many of them traveling several hun
dred miles. One of the potlatch
ers coming out from Lake Minchu
mina, across the Kantishna divide,
ciled along the trail of tuberculosis
und John Foulier went in after the
boyd, which was given the- regular
native burial on the Tanana.
Government officials on the ground
reported that they could find no
evidence of liquor being sold to the
natives.
TflFT PiSE
WILSON POLICY
Toronto, Feb. 13—Ex-president
Taft of the United States, in a
speech here last night before the
Canadian club, took occasion to
speak in the highest terms of praise
of President Wilson's neutrality
stand in regard to the European
war.
PRETTY GIRL CUTS
A 330 POUND CAKE
New York, Feb. 12—As the clock
in the Hotel Astor banquet hall
pointed to one minute after mid
night Wednesday, aljfcf- Elhel Lovv
flourished a six fool knife and cut
Into a 350 pound birthday cake,
the centerpiece of the speakers'
table at the second annual banquet
of the Far Western Trailers' as
sociation. There were 1500 gue3ts
at the banquet
Miss Levy is assistant secre'ary
of the organization. The cake was
the gift of tho Northern Pacific
and a special attendant brought it
here in a freight car.
GOLFERS AT PI.NEHl'RST
Pineal!rst, X. C., Ftl. 12—Crack
women golfers from many cities
Wednesday teed off in the annual
three-day women's tourney here.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 13—Af
ter a vicious verbal fight, lasting
over an hour, the item of $2,000,
000 appropriation for this year's
work on the Alaska railroad, re
mains in the sundry civil bill.
Congressman S. J. Trlbble of
Georgia, assailed the J>111, claiming
'here is no necessity for BUch an
expenditure when the funds are Bo
low in the United States treasury.
Representatives Fred H. Gillette, of
Massachusetts and Chas L. Bartlett,
of Georgia, also apposed the ap
propriation.
Representatives John J. Fitzger
ald of New York, W. C. Houston
of Tennessee, J. R. Mann of Illin
ois, J. A. Falconer and J. W. Bryan
of Washington state, W. H. Stafford
of Wisconsin, Swagar Shtrlpy of
Kentucky and Delegate James Wick
ersham of Alaska, all epoko In de
fense of the measure.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 13—Un
ited States . representatives to
Mexico have informed General Car
ranza that serious complications will
follow the interference with the di
plomatic corps In Mexico.
ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
FREIGHTING IX SUPPLIES
Cordova Times: Suparinteadeat
Jack Ingram, of the Alaska road
commission, left Valdez on Saturday
with twenty head of stock for
Chltina, where he will start the
work "of distributing the supplies
for the road work from Chltina to
the Alaska divide.
Seven head of horses will be used
to take supplies from Valdez to
Tonsina for the use of the crews
that will be employed on Tepalr
work between the coast and* the
junction of the Valdez and Willow
< reek roads.
Lieutenant Kunzie, secretary of
the road commission, states that
the supplies for next season's work
will all be sent In this winter be
cause It Is cheaper to Gled them
in over the winter trail than In the
summer, as the horses of the com
mission are then needed to work on
the roads, while in winter the
' horses are idle.
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