JOHN KENNALLY, JR., SECRE
TARY TO COL. J. W. BOYLE,
SAW WOMEN REGIMENT.
TELLS OF GERMAN TREACHERY.
Teutons in Retreating from Any
Place Would Leave Boots, Rifles
and Other Articles, Which When
Touched Would Cause Explosions.
John Kennally, jr., field secretary
to Col. J. W. Boyle, the Klondike min
ing man, who wos detailed to Russia
to straighten out railroad difficulties
there, was In Skagway the other day
on his return to Dawson.
Mr. Kennally, says the Skagway
Alaskan, came direct from Fetrograd
to London, then across the Atlantic,
over the North American continent,
and from Seattle to Skagway. He
had many experiences while in Eur
ope.
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For one month Mr. Kennally was in
Petrograd with Col. Boyle for the
purpose of rendering assistance to the
Russian government in the installa
tion of light military railways at and
behind the Russian battle-front. For
two months Mr. Kennally was on the
Russian south and western battle
line.-. While in Russia he saw the
"Death Battalion” of women who
fought in Petrograd and other places
in an effort to shame the men into of
f r ng real resistance to Germany.
He tells of treachery on the part of
e. sating German forces who. he said,
ir. evacuating quarters and houses
would leave apparently good shoes,
: oots. rifles or other things for the
..icing army to pick up. However,
e would all be attached so that
moving of them would set off dy
.ite or bombs, blowing everything
the immediate vicinity to atoms.
Mr. Kennally tells of raids on Lon
<: n by German Taubes and dirigibles,
wk eh he says are awful in the havoc
am! terror that they create. He says
. i:: German nation will not stop such
work until the allies fly over Germany
and kill the innocent in that land.
Mr. Kennally brought back with
him many beautiful pictures of Rus
Finland, ami other places of in
tei st over there. In coming to Lon
' n lie went by rail from Petrograd to
Finland, around the Gulf of Bothnia,
and south through Sweden to Stock
holm and thence to Christiania. From
j s there he took a boat to London.
F Boyle was decorated by Gen
ii' Korniloff with the Russian order
- ' St. Stanislaus, and Mr. Kennally
• decorated with the Russian Order
« ' . Anne.
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MERCY!
Ilmma P>. Sweet is secretary of the
YfOman’s Suffrage Party of Monroe
county, N- Y. But how can Emma P>.
Sweet and be a Suff?
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Fifth St., Bet. C and D
Anchorage.
Write us for Information
ABSENCE WILL BE REGARDED
BY GOVERNMENT AS CON
STR UCTIVE RES IDENCE.
COPY OF LAW RECEIVED HERE.
Enactment, Which Will Remain in Ef
fect During Pendency of Existing
War, Does Not Excuse Entrymen
from Making Improvements.
Copies of the recently enacted con
gressional law allowing a homestead
er leave of absence from his proper
ties while engaged in faun labor else
where, have tier i received by the land
^i,». industrial department of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission.
Such absence will be construed as a
constructive residence upon the home
stead.
The text of the ’aw follows:
“During the pendency of the exist
ing war any homestead settler or en
tryman shall be entitled to a leave of
absence from his land for the put pose
of performing farm labor, and such
absence, while actually engaged in
farm labor, shall, upon compliance
with the terms of this act, be counted
as constructive residence.
“Provided, that each settler or en
ryman within fifteen days after leav
ing his claim for the purpose herein
provided, shall file notice thereof in
the United States land office, and at
the expiration of the calendar year tile
in said land office of the district
wherein his claim is situated, a writ
ten statement, under oath and corrob
orated by two witnesses, giving the
date or dates when he left his claim,
date or dates of return thereto, and
where and for whom he was engaged
in farm labor during such period or
periods of absence.
Provided, further, that nothing
herein shall excuse any homestead set
tler or entryman from making im
provements or performing the cultiva
tion required by applicable law upon
his claim or entry.
“Provided, further, that the provi
sions of this act shall apply only to
homestead settlers and entrymen who
may have tiled their application prior
to the passage of this act. The sec
retary of the interior is authorized to
provide rules and regulations for car
rying this act into effect.”
MORE FAME FOR STUTTGART.
Stuttgart, which French aviator.'
bombed recently, is the original home
of the aircraft engine. It was in Stutt
gart that Daimler evolved the inter
nal combustion engine which a French
man, with an eye to utility, quickly
turned to account in the first practical
motor car, says the Christian Science
Monitor. Here, too, Count Zeppeline
evolved his monster airships, making
use of the knowledge which trials and
experiments in the big Daimier works
had served to bring to light. Facts
such as these seem more pertinent at
these times than the other reasons for
Stuttgart’s fame. She has, as every
one knows, a famous music academy,
and her reputation for music is cer
tainly far older than that which she
has acquired by her machinery; also,
it is unspoiled by anything of the na
ture which has made the very word
Zeppeline a byword in civilized coun
tries.
CALVES.
“The government contends that the
standards for judging calves are all
wrong,” said the Old Fogy, as he look
ed up from his newspaper.
“Oh, I don’t know,” replied the
Grouch. “All the men I ever knew lik
ed to see calves that were plump and
well-rounded. You never see men
turning around to rubber after calves
that are shaped like knitting needles,
do you.”
YOU KNOW HIM.
He lost his job did Oswald Huff,
And now the poor boob is in dutch;
Not that he didn’t know enough,
The blame fool thought he knew too
much.
RAISING OF ANIMALS FOR THEIR
PELTS REQUIRES CONSID
ERABLE HARD WORK.
CAPITAL IS ALSO REQUIRED.
Review of Industry Is Given by Val
dez Paper Which Says That Efforts
of Those Engaged in Business
Bring Good Returns.
While fur farming is till in its
infancy, those who have invested in
fur-bearing animals and are propa
gating them on a scientific basis are
reaping a rich reward for their indus
try, says the Valdez Miner. Prince
William sound s an ideal location for
the fur farmer, as there are thousands
of islands, both large and small, which
may be leased from the government
at a nominal yearly sum, and which
are especially adapted for fur ani
mals on account , of the great variety
of food to be easily obtained, and the
good shelter afforded the animals.
Many Valdezans are at the present
time engaged in raising foxes for
market, the largest farms being those
•onducted by Wagner & Lillig en on
Naked island; J. D. Jefferson, on Bald
Head Chris island; C. L. Hoyt, on
Olsen Island; Andy Grosvold, of Sand
point, and a number of others.
All have a large number of pelts
already or have a number ready to
Sixty-Five Blue Foxes.
Wagner & Lilligren have sixtv
five fine blue foxes ready for market,
a fur farmer on (Ireen island, near
Cordova, is reported to have nearly
500 prime blue foxes ready for kill
ing.
Fur farming is a matter of patience
and hard work. The foxes are either
bought or captured when very young,
and carefully bred. A red fox may
have a litter of cross foxes which in
turn may breed a black or a blue fox.
They grow very tame and come
around the homes of the farmers like
so many dogs. They pick up a great
deal of food on the beaches, and the
proprietors feed them all kinds of
meat and fishes, including old horses
bought and killed for food. It takes
some capital to successfully engage
in fur farming, and the foxes cost
from $50 to $250 each to start with.
One must have a good boat, lumber
for a comfortable home, supplies and
household furniture. Many of the
farmers have their wives and families
with them, while others batch alone,
and converse with their pets to keep
in lingualistie practice.
Plenty of Fuel.
There is generally plenty of fuel
on these islands, as all are heavily
wooded, huge beds of clams are found
in nearly every cove; the waters teem
with cod and halibut, as well as sal
mon and herring, and the life is one
of independence and while hard has
many charms for those who like a
wild country. Hunting is good on the
adjacent mainlands, and the waters in
season, swarm with geese and ducks.
For the man who loves animals and is
willing to work there is a great fu
ture in fur farming. While the prac
tice is confined nearly entirely to fox
es at the present time mink could be
raised very successfully. They are
greater foragers than foxes and get
their food from the shores, while fox
es must be fed.
mirrow in around.
The foxes burrow in the ground and
raise their young in litters. Each spe
cies is kept together. If a man de
sires to raise blue foxes he places
them on one island, the cross foxes
on another and the red on another,
soi’ting out the young as they develop.
They are generally hardy and grow
rapidly.
Foxes take readily to artificial bur
rows constructed of stones and earth
to facilitate readily the digging out
of the young. Their food consists of
rabbits, hares, game-birds, although
when these are lacking they will eat
mice, rats and even insects. The fox
also feeds on crustaceans and shell
fish of any kind. The fox will sel
dom eat the flesh of birds of prey
and prefers its meat ripe, in which it
resembles the dog.
Young Born in Spring.
I he female produces her young in
the spring, the period of gestation
being from sixty to sixty-five days.
These are usually fiom five to eight
in number and the female shows the
greatest solicitude for her young, de
fending them with the utmost cour
age when molested and exhibiting a
degree of ferocity entirely foreign to
her nature. The cubs attain their full
size in about eighteen months, and
the duration of life in the species is
from thirteen to fourteen years. The
cubs when young, like most carnivoi*a,
are extremely playful, and often am
use themselves like young dogs, in
pursuit of their brashes. When taken
young and brought in close compan
ionship to human beings the young
foxes become quite tame, but are
generaly suspicious and do not enjoy
being petted like the canine species.
Most Valuable Species.
The black fox, which is the most
valuable of its species, is generally of
a uniform black color, except the tip
of his tail, which is white. Usually
it has a hoary appearance, from the
admixture of white-topped hairs with
the black. It is exceedingly shy and
suspicious and difficult to tame, al
though not minding the presence of
its keeper. It is an exceedingly
cleanly animal and the fetid odor
common to the vulpine species is al
most absent.
About 1,G00 skins were exported
from Alaska in 1916.
Valdez, says the Miner, is a good
fur-marketing point for these farm
ers and this spot receives considera
ble furs yearly from the propagated
animals as well as a large number
from men who trap the wild animals
for a livelihood. The woods are full
of lynx and many wolverines are al
so caught, as well as mink and bears.
Marten are protected by law, as well
as beavers.
Last season some trappers made as
high as $2,000 from their trap lines,
and while no returns have been kept
on fox furs mareted, the number is
known to be large.
SHE WAS A PROUI) WAITRESS.
Girl Drafted to Meet an Emergency
Declined to Pick Up Fork
Dropped By Guest.
The pride of the average American
girl is quite as noticeable among
farmers’ daughters as any other class.
This is illustrated by the experience ;
of a resident of a neighboring state ■
who, according to Osteopathic maga
zine, with a week-end company of'
guests on his hands, was left on Sat
urday without a waitress to serve the
elaborate meals that had been plan
ned. After a good deal of persuasion
he succeeded in getting the consent of
a neighboring farmer’s daughter to
help out in the emergency, although
she had never done any thing of the
kind. He assured her she would be
well paid and that all she would have
to do would be to answer the call of
the bell, perform the required service
and leave the room.
As the company was seating itself
at the table one of the men hit a fork
with his elbow, knocking it to the
floor. The host touched the bell and
i as the girl stuck her head inquiringly
; into the room, he said: “The gentle
j man dropped a fork,” indicating the 1
location with a motion of his hand.
The girl stepped fully into the
room and with mingled astonishment;
and indignation said: “You don’t
mean ter say you rung that bell just
ter have me come in an’ pick up that
fork, do yer? Of all things! If he’s
too lazy to pick it up himself, you can
let it lay there. I won’t touch it.”
Then she made a hurried exit, bang
ing the door.
Hilarious is a mild term to apply to
the uproar that followed, and the dis
comfited host joined in the merriment.
A TESTIMONIAL.
I find this in your column:
There were censors of the drama
even in Shakespear’s time. You may
have noticed how often old Bill used
the phrase “Go to,” and didn’t get to
finish it.
For 30 years I have been trying all
kinds of quips and saws, but after
trying the “Go to” brand, I can See
no other Saw.—Ball Crank.
ALBERTI STM, PROPRIETOR
OF PHOTOGRAPH STUDIO PUT
IN JAIL FORJRATION OF HR
ARREST IS MADE BY DEPUTY MARSHAL BUT IDEN
TITY OF COMPLAINANT AND SPECIFIC NATURE OF
CHARGE ARE NOT MADE PUBLIC BY OFFICIALS
WHO HAVE REPORTED TO WASHINGTON.
PRISONER WAS BORN IN DANZIG, GERMANY
Accused Man Is Held in Custody Here Pending1 Instructions'
From Federal Authorities at National Capital—Wife De
clares That Her Husband Is Guiltless of Any Disloyal Re
marks and Declares That She Will Continue His Business
in This City.
Albert VV. Strye, a German subject, j
proprietor of a photograph studio in j
the Frodenberg building on Fourth j
avenue was interned yesterday after
noon, charged with having uttered
seditious statements and is confined in
the Anchorage jail. Strye was taken
into custody by Deputy United States
Marshal Harry Kavanaugh shortly
after noon.
Information as to the identity of the
person who swore to the affidavit ac- j
cusing the prisoner of seditious state
ments and the nature of the state
ments are withheld by the marshal’s
office on the grounds of public policy.
The affidavit will be forwarded to
officials at Washington and pending in
structions from there Strye will be
held in the Anchorage jail.
No hearing or trial is given a Ger
man subject who is charged with sedi
tious utterances according to recent
instructions promulgated by the ad
ministration at Washington.
Strye is 37 years of age and was
born in Danzig, Germany. He came to
America from Germany when eight
years of age and took out his first citi
zenship papers in San Francisco in
1913. He is married but has no living
children. Mrs. Strye was born in Cali
fornia. Strye and Mrs. Strye came to
Anchorage in May, 1916. He opened
a small studio in the Smith building
next to the Bank of Anchorage. Sev
eral months ago he moved the studio"
to its present quarters in the Froden
berg building.
Mrs. Strye, who visited her husband
in jail this afternoon says he dome's
ever having uttered any seditious re
marks. She says she will continue the
photographic business during the per
iod of his internmeht.
SNOW CRASHES DOWN MOUN
TAIN SIDE AND BARELY
MISSES MRS. ANNA BUB.
HAD STOPPED TO FIX SLED
Owner of Mines on Dollar Creek in;
Cache Creek District Will Spend
Summer With Her Two Sons on Her
Properties.
With a roar like a thousand boom
ing cannons an avalanche of snow slid
down the side of the mountain last
Sunday completely obliterating the
trail three miles south of Kern creek j
on the Seward end of the government j
railroad and missing by the narrow j
margin of ten feet Mrs. Anna Bub,
prominent mine owner and operator in I
the Cache creek district who has ar-!
rived with her children in Anchorage
from a visit to the states.
Mrs. Bub was on the trail with a
team of eleven dogs en route to An
chorage when, within three miles of
the roadhouse at Kern creek, she
stopped for a few minutes to permit
her son Casper Seiling who was driv
ing the team to make some slight re
pair to the sled.
With a grinding, deafening roar a
colossal mass of snow and ice slipped
from the side of the mountain and.
crashed to the valley below carrying
with it every vestige of the trail.
Several hours of hard toil was nec
essary to break a new trail to the road
house at Kern creek. Her escape from
death along with the loss of her two
children is regarded by her and others
at the road house, who heard the
thunderous crash, as miraculous.
Mrs. Bub will leave for her mines
on Dollar creek in the Cache creek
country this week and will spend the
summer on the properties.
She plans on extensive development
work during the coming mining sea
son and will employ about twelve men
throughout the season. Improved ma
chinery will be placed on the ground.
Mrs. Bub will take her two sons,
David Bub and Casper Seiling with
her and all three will make their home
at the mine until next fall. They are
staying for the present at their An
chorage home at 220 Seventh avenue.
GOVERNMENT AGENTS SUSPECT
NORTHERNER OF BEING IM
PLICATED IN PLOTS.
WANTED SUPPLY OF METALS.
Dr. J. L. McBride, of This City, Who
Is Now Lecturing in Eastern States
Expects to Return to Anchorage in
June.
By L. F. SHAW.
Former Editor of the Times.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—(Special
Correspondence) — According to the
statement of a United States secret
service man in New York, Germany
planned to make an effort to raid
Alaska, in order to replenish the Ger
man copper supply. The secret serv
ice men are on the track of a former
Alaskan, believing him to be an alien
enemy and active in the spreading of
German propaganda in this country.
This particular secret service man
has interviewed former Alaskans now
residing here, in an effort to get all
the information he can about the sus
pect. He told one of these Alaskans
that the government had unearthed a
well-devised plot on the part of Ger
man sea-raiders to raid Alaskan sea
ports, and he is of the opinion that
the suspect had knowledge of the
plan.
Alaskans here who know the sus
pect do not believe he was concerned
in the matter, nor do they believe he
is doing anything improper at this
time.
Mrs. Shaw and I, requiring the serv
ices of a dental surgeon, dropped into
well-appointed dental parlors on For
ty-eighth street, just off of Fifth ave
nue. The name, “Dr. W. F. Dunlap,”
appeared on the entrance door. The
doctor had gone to Chicago, but his as
sistant, upon learning that we were
from Alaska, informed us that Dr.
Dunlap had a daughter in Anchorage.
She is Mrs. Frank Polley.
Dr. J. L. McBride has just returned
from a short lecture trip in the vicin
ity of New York and plans on start
ing for Ohio within the next few days,
on a similar mission. He tells me he
expects to return to Anchorage early
in June.