No. 346 SEVENTEENTH YEAR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915 TRICE 10 CENTS
GERMAN CONSUL AT SEATTLE
ARRESTED ON CONSPffHtGY CHARGE
Seattle, March 18—Dr. Wilhelm
Mueller, Imperial German consul In
this city, who was arrested yestftr
day on a charge of b#ing implicat
ed in a conspiracy io bribe the
employes of the Seattle Construc
tion & Drydock company to give
information as to date of shipment
and number of knock-d<^wn subma
rines that had been contracted for
delivery to Great Britain, had his
preliminary examination thia mora
ine: and was released on $1,000 ball.
It is understood that the Ger
man embassy in Washington, D.
C.» first protested against the ar
:est of Dr. Mueller, and later de
dared the charge was utterly ridic
ulous.
Washington, D. C., March 18—
The arrest of Dr. WllUelm Mueller,
imperial Qerman oousul at Seattle,
on a charge of conspiracy, is one
of less than a dozen sim
ilar cases that have oc
curred in the United States since
the treaty of this country with
Germany in 1870. Tho treaty has
a provision making consuls of
either country immune from arrest
excepting in criminal cases.
The arrest of Dr. Mueller will
come under the head oi those who
are not immune, however.
GERMANS TOLD
10 LEAVE lIALri
i'aris, March 18—According to
advices received la this city this
morning, Germans residing in Italy
have been prvlately warred to leave.
OOIERiTS ARE
BEPORTEDTAKEN
London, March 18—-Th« outer
forts at Praemyal are reported to
have fallen into Russian hands.
The Kaiser, accompanied by Field
Marshal Von tVilkeuhayn it is an
vounced, has reached battle
J'-i>nt near Lillew
Copenhagen, March 18—Late ad
vices state that the German cruis
er, Karlsruhe, had been sunk by a*
explosion aboard the vessel and
that over two hundred »t the crew
had been drowned .
Newport News, Ma?ch 18—Threat*
eniag l»twri baring bwa received
by the commander of the German
cruiser Prtnae Kltel Frtdrich, pre
cautionary meuura are being tak
en again at tbe vessel being dyna
mited.
Petrograd, March 18—Tiiere were
over one hnndml and fifty cases
of inwllpy reported in t* la city
during tb« month* of January and
Mmfi
RIVER 8IKAMKR KUCORD
Portland, Ore., March 18—Afte
i>lyinx on the Columbia Tiver for
37 years. It la eetlmated that the
stern-wheel Bt earner Lurline had '
traveled 1,850,000 railee, a record :
perhape unequalled in the world (
for this clase boat I
The Lttrllne is still lr excellent i
condition, making the regular trip \
to Astoria and return, a distance of
200 miles every two days.
Sale Continued
One-Half Off
On Shoes
Our shoe sale has been continued.
We will sell shoes at one half
•price until Saturday night. March
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 Haberdashar
and Ladies' Furaiahar
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phone 41
LIKELY LODGE A
SIMMIES!
Washington, D. C., March 18—Of
the diplomatic notes, six iu number,
that have been made public in the
correspondence between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain, Ger
many and France, in rotation to the
?bandonment of the blockade, the
'tree latter claim to believe in their
right to maintain it.
The United States »\ ill likely
ledge a strong protest in reply.
SPEAKER CLARK
PRAISES WILSffH
Philadelphia, March IS — Speak
er Champ Clark, it an addre's here
last night, took the opportunity to
eulogize President Wood row Wilson
as one of the greattst executives
the country has ever had, and said
the president Is carrying the
heaviest burden that any incum
bent of the office ha3 ever been
called upon to bear.
TRYING TO HELP
RESTORE ORDER
Mexico City, March 18—Former
Provisional President Garza lias
returned to the city aim is trying to
Help restore order.
THAWAPPEALS
SUPREME COURT'
New York, March 1>'—Harry K.
rhaw, through his attorney, has
iled notice of appeal tc the Unit
(d States Supreme court agaiust
he order of the state supreme court;
'f New York ordering his return to j:
he Mattewan asylum.
THE BOTTLE CAME BACK
Virginia, Minn., March 18—A. B.
Joates has just received a bottle
illed with the product that made i
.lOuisvllle, Ky., famous. The bottle
ooked familiar. Investigation prov- :
id that It was tha same bottle that
le and a party of friends had emp
ied while dropping down the Niles :
iver. Before throw it 5 the bottle
nto the murky waters Coates slipped j
lis card into it and put in the cork.
Apparently some one picked it up
ud sent it to Louisville, where it
was originally made, and the dis
illery thought it a good enough
ioke to carry a little farther.
IN PORILMiO
Conductor Lionel Talbot of the
W. P. & Y. R. company received
tlie sad word a few days ago of the
death of his brother, Marcus Talbot,
!u Portland Ore., which took place
on the morning of February 25th.
Marcus Talbot was 52 at the
time of his death and for many
years previously had been promin
ently connected with steamboat and
railroad lines in the western and
Pacific coast states.
For four years he had been man
ager of the port at Portlaud, Ore.,
and in 1008 was manager of the Al
aska-Pacific Steamship Co., with
office in Seattle.
His family consisted of his wife
nnd one son, a youn<j man Qf 23,
both of whom survive him.
The publicity caused by the re
cent agitation of Alasltan affairs in
congress has reache-'. faraway Ja
pan, and the Shipowners' associa
tion of Tokio is sending out in
quiries for information to the vari
ous harbor masters of the terri
tory relative to tho rules and regu
lations governing the ports over
which they have control.
Supt. V. I. Hahn of the W. P. &
V. It. company is in receipt of one
of these missives dated Tokio, Feb.
10th; 1915, which reached Skagway
on the 10th of March, Enclosed in
it was a "Coupon-Reponse Interna
tional." of the value cf 25 centimes,
to be used in the payment of return
oostage on the answer.
On the back of the coupon is
printed the instruction for its use
in several different languages, the
one in English reading as follows:
"This coupon can be exchanged for
a postage stamp of the value of
25 centimes, or the equivalent of
that sum in countries which have
adopted the arrangement."
One hundred centimes is equiva
lent to one franc in Fiance or 19
;ents in the United States, and
lence the coupon senl to Mr.
-Iahn calls for 4®i cents of our
noney.
[•LENTV MONEY TO PAY
LEGISLATORS' MILEAGE
The governor's office has com
pleted the mileage computations in
•egard to the legislators, and the
imount falls well within the appro
bation of $9,781.20. The total
listance traveled by the members is
10,983 miles. At fifteen cents per
nlle, the amount due the legisla
:ors is $9,147.45, leaving a sur
plus of $30.75.
The members from the Second di
asioi., in which Nome is located,
traveled a total ol 33,671 miles,
more than half of the total dis
tance traveled by all of the legis
lators.—Empire.
SEEDS
Large varieties of seeds from
reliable growers now on sale.
Will be pleased to assist you
in making your selection. Get
before vour favorite
them
your
variety is gone
P. H. GANTY
SEEDS
FARMERS URGED 10 SUBSUME
BEANS AND PEAS EOB COTTON
Washington, March 18—Fame/s .
of the south are urged to cultivate '
beans and peas, and raise dairy cat- I
tie as a substitute for cotton in a |
statement issued by the jpublTc;
health service. It declares that by j
this means Southern farmers will;
not only profit financially but will j
aid the fight on nailagra, which lias ,
been prevalent in the south.
"By using regularly an abundance j
of fresh milk, eggs, fresh lean f
meat, beans and peas, not only may j
pallagra be cured when the disease
is not too far advanced, but pre
vented," the public health service
statement says. "This .actually hap
pened in at least one institution
where, in 1913, 75 cases of pallagra
occurred. As a result ot a change
of diet, not a single case is known j
to have developed this year.'
"This fact," the statement con-1
tinues, "suggests the advisability'
of farmers in the soutn cultivating j
beans and peas and raising dairy I
cattle, instead of cotton, at a time j
when the market for the latter j
abroad has been all but destroyed |
by foreigu wars."
Twenty per cent of our cotton I
seed meal was consumed last sea- j
son by Germany, Denmark, Switzer- j
iand, and other European countries. I
["The present war, however, lias abol- j
ished the German consumption of j
this product. This fact, together j
with the largo cotton crop produced I
this year, says the department of
agriculture, has thrown an. excess of I
cotton seed products on tlu homej
market, reducing the average price !
of cotton seed meal and hulls 20 '
to 25 per cent. The rnea! shipped-*
to Europe last year would feed
400,000 head of mature cattle for
12 months. As a result of the
largo supply on hand, the depart
ment urges extensive use of cotton
seed meal for cattle feeding.
Two natural carses this year
have apparently prevented a gen
eral outbreak of that dangerous
pest, the green bug, says the de
partment of agriculture. Present
weather conditions are mcs* favor
able for such an outbreak and the
pest appeared some tire, ago in vol
unteer oats in South Carolina.
However, one of the department's
investigators has been going over
the grain fields in Texas, where the
pest usually first makes its appear
ance whenever there is widespread
invasion. As a result, the ento
mologists see no possibility of an
outbreak in the southwest in the
coming spring. The two natural
causes which seem to have prevented
an outbreak this season axe:
First: A certain parasite develop
ing on another pest, namely, the
oat aphis, occurred in such numbers
.is to overwhelm the green bug as
well as the oat aphis. This is an
unusual occurrence which previously
has never been notice*! by the de
partment's investigators.
Second: Last fall's dry weather in
the southwest hindered the growth
of the voluntary grain in the
"ields so that almost none came
up. The grain bug, therefore, had
little opportunity to develop until
sown grain gave him a chance.
In the foot and mouth disease
egulations which bi?came efefective
Feb. 1, the federal authorities have
changed the provisions of the quar
antine in one important respect.
Live stock from both exposed and
modified area* can no longer bo
shipped to points in free area.
Formerly it was possible to do this
for the purpose ot immediate
slaughter from modified areas, and,
after federal certification and in
spection, from exposed areas as
well.
The change was determined upon
because of the fact that cattlesuf
fering with the disease were found
to have been shipped from Chicago
to Philadelphia, Richmond and
Buffalo. Under the regulations now
in forcc, cattle may only b? ship
ped from the quarantined ? re as for
the purpose of lmmc'lata slaughter
and then ouly to oiints that are
themselx es in quanmti'if't. sections.
OXK OF ALASKA'S FAMOUS
OliD-TIMEllS IX SEWARD
Seward Gateway: This whole dis
trict, taking in Matanuska, Knik,
Broad Pass and the localities around
ihem, will be the greatest part of
Alaska by far, and it is about to
have a development that will aston
ish the people of iho nation. This
is about the exact statement made
by G. C. BetHes, one- of Alaska's
old, old-timere, who arrived Satur
day night from Knik where he has
decided to settle after about twenty
tight yeaTS in the interior. Mr.
Bettles gave Bettles on the Koy
ukuk its name. He came over the
trail in 1887, and was in the inter
ior when the interior white popula
tion of the territory was 160 men.
He even printed a .paper called The
Yukon Press, on the Yufoon, and is
known as the "youngest old pion
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