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No. 21 NINETEENTH YEAR SKAtfWAY, ALASKA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2R, 1916 PRICK 10 CENTS
GERMANS MAINTAIN FURIOUS
ATTACK ON ALLIES AT VERDUN
London, Feb. 25—The battle rag
ing la tie environ® of Verdun con
tinue* with unabated fury. The
German* seem determined to force
tha lines of the Allies at this
point and are being Inspired to
superhuman. effort by the presence
of both the Kaiser aad the Ciwe
Prince of their country.
ARMED lERCMEl
COME IB BE PROBLEM
New Trork, Feb. 25—Tie sixth.
arm<xl Itallaa steamer, the Arus,
arrived 'oday, Intensifying the pub
lic interest in the attitude of the
government Kith regard to armed
mwTchantmen. The attitude of
Germany r«mauia unchanged, it is
understood, and there b£j> been no
modification of her announcement
tha? after March 1st she vould i
trea» all such vessels as warships
■Washington, Feb. 25—Senator
Stone today received a letter from
Pre&ident Wilson accenting his
stand on the much Texed Question
as to whether an American may ex
pact til- protection of Ms pov
erame** IX lie Insists oa traveling
on an armed merchantman. The
President indicates very strongly
that he it ill maintain th* right of
all citUens to travel he high sew
as thev see fit. Germany's reply
to this coatention of the govern
ment has as yet not been received.
W:ishington, Feb. 25—Represent?
live Jlondell of Wyoming following
the lead of Senator Gore has in
troduccd in the House of Repre
sentatives, a bill -whose lateat is
to prvvent Americans from travel
ing on armed vessels by prohibi
tion.
LYMAN ARRESTED
JN TAMPA
Tampa, Fla., Fet>. 25—JL man
ha« been arrested in this city who
answers to the description of Grant
Lyman, -who is wanted in New
York tor obtaining a half million
dollar* from the public by fraudu
lent mean*
London, Feb. 25—After landing
the prisoners whom they brought
tnu> the port of Santa Cruz yester
(lay. aboard the S. S. Weetburn, the
German prize crew took the steam
er on: to the deer> water® of tie i
harbor and sank her. The prison
ers comprised those taken from six
other vtsgeds •which the German •
raider had captured an<j 6unk.
TRAPS OX TRAILS
ARK DANGEROUS
Dawson, Feb. 25—Mu&hers who
have crossed the hills coming to
the city comrlain that 6omo of the
beaten trails are being used by un
kaowa trappers for setting steel
trars, into which any num mussing
ia the dusk or perhaps at any
ether time might step and be in
jured fewiously. Several days ago
a dew was caught in one of these
traps on the trail back of Midnight
1>« me, almost within sight of the
city. The mushers say that the
traps were not even under lops or
o*Vt obstacles that would protect j
a ciii, but right in the path, and I
covered with paper and a little
snow. —
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SENATOR CUMMINS OF IOWA
IS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Dee Mo!nee, Feb. 25—Senator Al
fred B. Cummins, former governor
of Iowa and present United SUU«
: senator has today filed bis V
fidav!* as a candidate lor preeiden;
under tae primarr elecUon la-ws of
| this state.
Senator Cummins has fceea a
5>opoJar &nd powerful figure in
t>oth state and national politics for
many years and is recognired «s
. cm o4 th* foremost leaders of the
republican party. Of the Active
candidates for the republican nom
ination, Senator Cummins will, his
fr'tndt believe, prove tbe strong
est rival ol gaoator Root of N«
York if the progressive element
does not string the convention to
former President Roosev*lt, or to
Judge Charles R. Hufrhe*, fomw
governor of X«w York and no*- as
sociates Jwtice of the C. S. supreme
court
SEM BIIBl OF 010
HAS "BEE II (IIS BflliEl"
Col ambus, Ohio, Feb. 25 —
Senator Theodor® K. Burton of this
state bas officially ajiatunwai his
candidacy for the republican nom
ination for president. Senator Bur
ton first entered congress 36 re
presentative from the 21st Ohio
district in 1SS> and has Place V*®
almost constantly in officii! public
life 1b 1SCS be iras elected to
the L'nited State* WMie As a
delegate 10 the republican nation*!
conventions in 1904 ami 1?0S he
placed William HcraTd Tafl Sa nonx
ia*iit« for the presidency.
JII5TIFT SEIZURE
Of VESSELS
Lisbon. Feb. 25 — The gorern- j
ment of Portugal has issues! &
statement ratifying- the action o;
the nival division commander tr.
sieaing thirty German Teasels 1 it
ihis harbor, reported in these
dispatches yesterday. The? deny that
this can be construed as an act
of trar and disclaim any intention
of nrocipitatinj a crista. They
claim that the action vat taken u
the interest of public policy.
HflSIUI
PROPOSED
Washington, Feb. 25—In &n it
tempt to divert the fish business of
Prince Rupert to Ketchikan, E
C. Strong ol that city has evolv^i
a plan to place a duty of two cents
a pound on all halibut salmon
shipped to the United States ,
through foreign territory. This
legislation is favored ani fathered
by at least three senators of great
influence; viz. Lodge, Gardiner and
Poindextej. Mr. Strong is a prom
inent citizen of Ketchikan, beinf
president of the Sunny Point Pack
ing Co. tod secretary of the North
land IKck Co. He is in Washing
ton in the in tar est of the halibut
Industry.
■AGO irofi
IS ACCUSES
Chicago. Feb. !4—Ma.ror Thosip
soa L|Lw. been accused of levying
prs.fi apoh tfce •alariaa of bis &p
potefYs to pay personal obligations :
made Seftre the election aad the '
civil semce board has b«3d op
the ci*v pay roll pending the oat- i
cone of aa iar«stig<uiou which was
begun itU moi-oiog
Chicago, Feb. 25—The j
closures already made in the In
vestigation by the civil Ben-ice :
comTEissioii into the charges of
graft ciaoe against Mayor Thomp
son are though* by the district at
torney to warrant a grand Jury in
vestigation and be te preparing to
take action accordingly.
Seattle, Pet. *5—Darius a'dte-j
Ctisrina relative to the merits of
the Allies versus the central pow
ers cue of the bystanders became
verv ranch enraged at a criticism
voiced by a member of the crowd
Drawing a sharp knife he attacked
the speaker and after perhrosly
woandi&c him ran amuck, stabbing
six people before be tsj overpow
ered.
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A group of staty Skagwaj clU
iem> h*ve org&tiUed tkttnpelm in
to a company ciJ!«i the Skagwaj
Dev'-loj>ment Association for tbc
purpr^e of *wllng mam of the min
ing prospect* clow to Sk*r»"*J
which bare been paseed up is
former rear* by miner* rushing paat
to secure a portion of the *«jv
poeedlr greater wealth of the re
gions fnrther on.
The ftm properties* upon which
development work will fce done by
the Association are two gTOup» of
claim» owned by W. J. Bled«o«,
near Heed falls.
The rii*t tunnel, bl<k< for the
dririnp of which hare been eaiied
for, will be driven Into the moun
tain a few feet abort the railro»d
track where the dike cweee* the
valley and the outcropping of we
I* lar^e enough to convince tfc<*
member* of the a»oct*tfon that it
U wonhy of thorong'h lnreatigation
Work two are already bu*y Mo*
Icr off th« face of the lodge pr«»
paritrarj to the r-t Ar'.lng of the tun
nel, »n<3 clearing * rp*o for the
dua>£. and If aatlefactory b!4s arn
rec«yed the coctrart for diggtnc
the first twenty-fire feet of the
tann*! will be let tomorrow.
The ore tt almoet identical la
characW with that of the gr«at
mine* at J ocean and IXKigla* and
aorfac* aaaars Indicate that it i»
■lightly richer.
The organ Ikt* of the as*ori«
tloo feel that great profit* are cer
tain, If the body of ore found is
ex'enHre enough to warrant the
installing of stamp mills of nffi
cient rapacity to work ore of this
character profitably.
NEW! SEATTLE
Fefc 25—This mom In*
two ban-dits hek. up the Northern
Pacific Limited rain res? this city
The train was stopped by dirtreai j
signcia and the bandits then
mounted into the cabin of the en
gine and orderea .Se firemen Uii
engineer to dismount and prtoede
them to the mail oar. This *w |
detached and wit?.£rswn to some
Dtp with the engine. While
on* of the bandits held the train
crew tinder the mtuxle of his re
volver the other <*rffully sifted
the mail eaclcs for oaah. H*rin*
accumulated all the money In
slfbi they both mounted the «
ginc and escaped, abandoning the
cn$;a<r some mile* away.
AMKKICA HiS
Washing-ton. Feb. 25—Cwa bu
reau experts estimate that the
population of the Tnited State* on
Jan. 1 last, wa* 101.208.S16, <u*5
tha» br July 1, It would be 101.
399,318 'Western states hare led
in crowth. Washington heading the
list wi»h Oklahoma, Nebraska, North
Dakota and New Mexico. following
in the order naan«d. The bureau's
estimates are bwod on th« rate
of itkcrsae between the 1900
1910 C«t6UF06,
BIG INCREASE IN
HUSH FLEET
Seattle, Feb 25—la preparation
for '.be frre«te*t movement of
freight and f««eaj«r( in the biz
tory cf Alaska the coming mid
naer, every ateamshlr company op
erating to the NOrtiiland ha« eitb
or Increased Its fleet or is plan
ning the purchase of additional v«
M
Polio*lug <b» ainoanoem«u ti-"-'
the Admiral LiJe had acqviVsd the
rteainrr Aroline for service Jjetwee*
Bea.lt 1? and Alaska ports, ye* to Ma
ck nw> the new* from Sew Tork that
R W. Baxter, vice president of thf
Alaska Steamsfc'p Company, had
cntfroj Into negotiation* for the
parr-base of a big freight carrier.
Mr Baxter, accompanied by R. R
Plerson, the company's superintend
ent, went to New York aerer*!
we*kt ago to Inspect alteration?
made to the steamer* Bennington
and Burlington, which the company
bought on the Great I^akos last
fall. In a teJ^gram received yes
terday by John H. Bunch, general
freight and pa»enp*r agert of
the big shipping corporation, Mr
Baxter states tha» he has begun ne
gotiating for a third freighter.
The Alaska Steamship Company
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