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No. 347 SEVENTEENTH YEAR . SKAttWAY, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 191ft TRICE 10 CENTS
FOUR DAYS'HARMONIOUS SESSION
OF GRAND ENMNPIIENf OF AO.
Juneau, Alaska, March 19—The
Grand Encampment of the Arctic
brotherhood after a four days' ses
sion In this city, commencing last
Monday, adjourned at six o'clock
lost night to meet here on the se
cond Tuesday in March, 1917.
At the first day's session it was
unanimously agreed by the delegates
of both factions to set aside all
differences and work harmoniously
together for the common welfare,
and throughout the entire four days
tue agreement was strictly lived up
to, offlcors of the two opposing fac
•ions ccupylng the seats Jointly.
The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing term:
John T. Reed, Nome, Grand Arc
tic Chief.
C. C. Georgeson, Sitka, Grand
VW Arctic Chief.
W. B. Stout, Haluee, Qraad Chap
lain.
G. Smith Harris, Ketchikan,
J rand Recorder.
H. H. Post, Juneau, Grand Keep
er of Nuggets.
A. Svlndseth, Wrangell, Grand
Camp Cook.
A. J. Achison, Skagway, Grand
Trail Guide.
O. P. Gaustad, Cleary, Grand
Trr.ll Blazer.
H. Beyer, Nome, Grand Keeper
of the Outer Toll Gata
John Noon, Seward, Grand Keep
er of the Inner Toll Gate.
A. G. Shoup, Sitka; C. A. Sulxer,
Su'ser; B. F. Millard, Taldez; E.
B. Collins, Fairbanks, and A. F.
Engelhardt, Dawson, Grand Tru«-|
tHf3. -|
Keller. Harris, Svindseth, Reed'
nnd .Marshall werj appointed a
committee to revise the constitu
tion and ritual.
Past Grand Arctic Chief J. F. A.
strong made an eloquent speech
shortly before adjournment, laud
ing Ray and Keller for their un
tiring efforts to effect a reconcilia
tion between the opposing Grand
En campments.
The representation was the larg- I
est In the history ©? the Grand En
enmpment, over SSO delegates being
hi attendance from the various su- j
bcrdinate camps. There were only
two subordinate camps un- i
represented by delegates in person,
oae being St. Michael, the proxy;
for which was held by J. F. A. |
Strcng, and the other Dawson, for
which J. M. Keller held the proxy.
On Monday night Governor and
Mrs. Strong tendered the members
of the Arctic Brotherhood a ban
quet at the executive mansion, and
on Tueead&y night Juneau Camp,
No. 32, A. B., gave a banquet.
THEY HAD TIE
TO REPAIR FORTS
Constantinople, March 19—The
recent attack upon Smyrna farts,
and the consequent withdrawal of
the British warship* from the Dar
danelles, ha* given the Turkish gar
rison* time to atxoogl/ repair all
damage* to the fortification*.
ARE BOMBARDING
A RUSSIAN TOW!
Constantinople, March 10—The
Turkish fleet i* bombarding; Theo
doe In. on the Black Sea, and the
Russian Crimean net of shipyards,
which have been used aa a nia-- j
neuvering place for Russian tor- |
pedo boats, are afire.
TRE TURKS SINK
FRENCH WARSHIP
Constantinople, March 1!>—The
allied fleet resumed its shelling of
the Dardanelles farts today and
the latter replied with a heavy ar
tillery fire in which the French bat
tleship Bouvet, with 630 men j
aboard, was sunk. It is not known
whether or not any of those on
board the Bouvet escaped.
The alliees, at last accounts,
were reported to be withdrawing.
Sale Continued
One-Half Off
On Shoes
Our shoe sale lias 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 Haberdaaher
and LadieV Furnisher
Broadway between Third and Fourth Phoae 41
PROHIBITION IS
VEIOED III UTAH
Salt Lake, March 19—After a
bill for Btate-wide prohibition had
passed both houses of the state
legislature It was today vetoed by
Governor William Spry.
TEMPERANCE FORCES WOULD
MAKE CHICAGO A SAHARA
Chicago, March 19—Temperance
forces are planning the greatest
fight they have yet undertaken.
Their plan is to make Chicago, ser
coa<l largest city in the United
Statee, as arid as Sahara. A fund
of $200,000 is being raised for the
assault in force on the Middle West
ern metropolis. ''Work of raising a
'preliminary fund," of $25,000 al
ready has started. As soon as the
$25,000 is in the handj of the gen
eral committee of church and tem
peiacce workers, every ward
in the city will be comb
ed by workers for signatures
to a petition asking thai the ques
tion of closing up every saloon in
Chicago be put to a vote in April,
1916.
Temperance workers iloclare the
will make the Chicago fight the most
cpectacular one in the history of or
ganized war on intampcn'.nce. The
hitter struggle waged at Spring
field some weeks back when a
sharply draw alignment of wets
and dryB completely disrupted party
organizations and held the lower
house deadlocked for the longest
time In the state's history, was
merely a. tortaste of the temperance
fight that is planned.
Speakers of national fame will be
brought to Chicago to aid In the
light. Thegr will be lea by G. F.
Binehart, "the man who made Ari
jona dry." "Billy" Sunday will be
called to help, and an effort will be
made to get such prominent temper
ance advocates as Secretary of
State Bryan and Secretary of the
Navy Daniels to speak at different
times.
vu CVW7 ttVOIlttUiC uioyiuj a'b"
space the committee viK paste pla
cards and erect monstor electric
signs reading, "Did Booze Ever Do
You Any Good," in IetU>rs five feet
high. These signs will be light
ed aud blazing from sundown to
sunrise. Great mass rueeting will
be held weekljr. Smallor meetings
* 111 be held mornings and after
noons every day in the week after
the real campaign <ets well under
way. A publicity staff of a half
dozen or more men aud women,
some of whom already have been ar
ranged for, will be named to keep
the newspapers of the city and all
over the state supplied with "fea
tures."
That the saloon men are admitted
ly alarmed over the fight which
they have openly bee a told was to
be waged against them, can be seen
in the marshalling of forces on that
side of the liquor question. Many
Chicagoans saw in Mayor Harrison's
defeat at the recent municipal pri
maries for re-election, the finger of
the saloon interests. Harrison dur
ing the closing montns of his in
cumbency, has closed up many of
the worst drink resorrs in the city.
The famous Hinky Dinky Kenna
OPUMA OFFICERS
COHffllJEPORT
Valparaiso, Mai*!! 11>—The of
ficers of the British cruiser Oroina,
which arrived iit this port the f<xre
jmrt of the week with the survi
vors of the German cruiser Dres
den, which they had sunk off Juan
Fernando Islaml, confirm tlie im
port that is in circulation here of
their also hating sunk the armed
Ueriuan liner Navarre, off tlie Ar
gentine coast.
THREE VESSELS
ARE TORPEDOED
Glasgow, March 11)—The British
steamer Hynford was torpedoed In
the Knglish Channel; the British
steamer Bluejacket, loaded with
wheat for Liverpool, was torpedoed
at Beachy Head, but remained
ailoat, and tlie British steamer
(Jlenarty was torpedoed near the
same place as ti;<* Bluejacket, today.
reportedToss
OF SUBMARINE
liondm, March 10—A French
•submarine is reported to have been
lost at the Dardanelles while at
tempting to sh:k the Turkish cruis- I
et Selim.
INVESTIGATION
IS TQJE IDE
Washington, I\ C., March 19—
The administration has ordered the
departments of state and justice to
ascertain the circumstances of the
a:rest of Dr. Wilhelm Mueller,
German consul h' Seattle, yesterday.
TIGHTENS MAUUI.V.K BONDS
Philadelphia, March 19—That
separation with mutual consent is
not sufficient ground ".or granting a
divorce, was the contention of Judge
John M. Patterson, in dismissing a
libel in divorce here recently. Judge
Patterson declared bfndr of matri
mony would not be dissolved by law
unless there is positive proof of the
grounds on which such actions are
tased.
"Separation is not necessarily de
sertion," defined Judge Patterson.
and his able aid, Bath House John
Coughlin, feudal lords of the old
levee district, formerly were with
Mayor Harrison, foot, guns and
horse. At the recent primaries, they
"declared neutrality." Their wards
went overwhelmingly a^inst Har
rison.
SEEDS
SEEDS
SEEDS
Large varieties of seeds from
reliable growers now on sale.
Will be pleased to assist you
in making your selection. Get
them before your favorite
variety is gone
P. H. GANTY
SEEDS
SNOWSUDE ON
VALDEZ TRIAL
Sergeant Douglass anil Private
McFarland were engage*. in making
an inspection of the Valdez section
of the telegraph Jines recently when
they overtook a man with horse and
sled enroute to a littl° place called
Ruby, three miles south of Beaver
Dam, and 42 miles north of Valdez.
Douglass and McFarland went
forward to help the man who was
having some trouble with his outfit.
A moment later, with a roar, the
snow started down the—mountain
side above the trail, and instantly
swept both their sleds a hundred
feet or more below the road. The
men eescaped a similar fate by the
narrowest kind of a margin.
The horses were recovered ap
parently uninjured, the men cutting
the harness to extricate the animals.
It was a job requiring the hardest
kind of work and patience, exhaust
ing the rescuers compl'-ti'ly, and
forcing them to take a rest before
proceeding further.
This incident on the northern
telegraph line proves the work of
the signal corps is mixed with real
d.iiiger and also that occasional op
portunities arise for helping others.
DEWEY CAFE 10
BE RE-OPENED
The Dewey hotel cafe, which has
been closed for sometime, will re
open next Monday um>r the man
agement of Mrs. C. Markel who,
for the. past eight years, has run
the Robinson roadhouse on the Car
cross-Wliitehorse roa J, at the
point where the Wheaton river trail
branches off to the mines of that
district.
Mrs. Markel is one of the best
short order cooks in the north, and
for several years prior to going to
Robivson, conducted a restaurant in
White-horse, which was one of the
best patronized eatins; houses in
the town.
The Dewey cafe will be run as a
snort order house, with a regular
dinner served daily between the
hours of 12 m. and 2 o'c;ock p. m.
N'glit service will not be maintained.
Mrs. Markel's two sons, young
ms-i rearing manhood, art with her.
LOOSE FUR
II OVER
The days of loose filing upon
homestead lands are over In Alas
ka A man can no longer hold a
place by mere squattr.-r's right, no
"matter whit It cost him In the
lirct place, or what he has since
joent upon developing the land. The
United States commif.sioner of the
general land office hfs issued au
order which means: "Make proper
fillwg on your land at once or get
off."
Heretofore it has been possible
for a man to take a piece of land
and never give a thought about his
filing until he got a h"-nch that he
wanted title to it. For the lack of
a few dollars in filing fees, many a
homesteader in Alaska has post
l oned his filing, but he must now
get busy and do so quickly.
Under the new order in any sur
veyed township, the settler must
file an application for Homestead
rntry within ninety days after the
approve' plat of said oT/.iorehip has
fceen filed with the local land office.
The country is going *o settle up
rapidly this year, unless all signs
fail, and a large number of home
steads will be taken. The laws can
not be ignored and a man who is
living upon a homestead that he
lias no legal right to, should either
comply with the law at once or not
tomplain if some one else does.
Those who have la ids outside of
! surveyed townships should have pri
I rate- surveys made, or at least as
'sure themselves through the local
' land office tjiat their rights are
j protected. }
10 BECOME id
0E OH
Petrograd, March 19—Advices
have been received hero from Ber
lin stating that the Kaiser has is
sued order to liis trc-ops to burn ail
Russian estates, villages towns and
cities which fall into German hands,
leaving only a trail of devastation
In-hind them.
If the report proves to be true,
and the Kaiser's forces carry out
the threats as outlined above, the
Slavs, it is announced, will adopt
tactics equally as drastic.
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The Clothier