Henry Maillard, formerly of Cor
dova, died recently in Seattle.
Taul Gregoriflf, a native of Tatit
lik, recently lost hi.s life by drowning,
A new St. George’s Memorial church
will be erected in Cordova. Howard
Bartley having received the contract,
while Bishop Rowe was in the city.
Gustav Preisner, well known drug
gist and fur trader of Cordova and
McCarthy, charged with having fail
ed to register a.- an alien enemy, is
said to have been arrested in Fair
banks and on his person at the tune
was $20,000.
Mrs. J. J. Dwyer, of Fairbanks, re
cently left for hei first trip outside.
She came with her parents when a
baby to Skagway. Her maiden name
was Laura Burnette.
J. P. Parkin recently was the suc
cessful bidder in submitting charges
for erecting a relief station on the
Circle trail at the eighty mile post,
which is at the head of McManus
creek.
Jafet Lindeberg, well known Anvil
creek operator in the Nome district
has established a marine engine man
ufacturing plant in Oakland. He has
the American rights on a Norwegian
engine ,and is f iling orders for all
the big shipyards on the Pacific coast
and has more business than he can
handle.
Forty feet of ice i.- reported at F.u
reka and more is forming every day.
They are praying for rain in that sec
tion. Un'm-s the rain comes there will
be a very short mining season thi~
year because of the depth to which
the streams are glaciered. These is
plenty of gold gaiena ore and anti
mony in that section 01’ the country
but no facilities for handling it.
Engine No. 272 which was brought
to replace No. 270 was recently forced
to return to Nenaha being unable to
make the grade because of the heavy
snow drifts across the tracks. The
snow was wet and kept piling up in
front of the engine. T he engine used
up all her steam and was obliged to
return for more water. She made an
other effort to bring in the men from
out the line so that they could attend
the grand ball held that in the
evening.
Sam Escalita recently passed away
at the Kennecott hospital, interment
later taking place at Strelna.
Joe Williams, of Thane, was recent
ly taken into custody on the charge
of being unbalanced.
W. G. Tong, recently indicted by
the grand jury on the charge of re
ceiving stolen goods, recently appear
ed for arraignment at Fairbanks.
Nenana has recently organized a
camp of the Arctic Brotherhood. Suf
ficient funds were collected for a
charter.
An order was recently issued in
Washington by the president requir
ing all women alien enemies of Aus
tria-Hungarian or German birth to
register.
Dad Ingram states that he ran up
against thj toughest trail he has gone
against in many a year on his way
to the interior. He took seventeen
days to get to Ruby and it was one
continuous snowshoe hike.
A. II. Humphries recently secured
the Dauntless and the Dentist power
ecows from Dr. White and will use
them in the fishing business. He will
handle both herring and salmon.
After a spirited contest at McCarthy
the following men were elected school
directors: Director, J. B. ONeil; clerk,
Mrs. Aaron Erickson, and treasurer,
John Underwood. There were two can
i didates for every position.
Special Agent Thomas Gaffney of
Nome recently froze his fingers badly
while chopping his way out of tim
ber so thick that he couldn’t get
I through it with a sled. He had lost
the trail while going through the Nor
| ton bay section.
—
The Pioneer Packing company is
now in full operation at Cordova. The
plant has been electrified and a con
veyor 170 feet long lands the clams
from the cannery with a capacity for
handling five tons an hour. A large
force is employed by the company.
According to a recent executive or
der no one may leave the United
States with over $1000 in paper mon
ey or one hundred each of gold or
Fiver certificates. The disobeying of
lids order subjects the person to a
line of not over $10,000 or imprison
ment for not more than two years, or
both, and subjects such coin or cur
rency to seizure by the United States.
Martin Prytz, a German, was re
cently arrested at Ketchikan because
he repeatedly refused to abide by the
| regulations of the United States gov
ernment that no Germans were to he
allowed to go into machine shops,
warehouses, docks, etc. He is only 21
year- of age and has been in the
con .try the past few years. He is con
sidered harmless but he will not keep
within the law.
i Pan Callahan, a prominent figure
in Fairbanks history the pa -t several
yea and about whom considerable
inter- st was shown over the territory
in connection with his trial and im
; isonnient of grave charges, was re
ceniy defeated in runnir g for council
man th< e. Callahan claimed that his
running was to vindicate himself as
he had been persecuted. However, he
.. a.- not elected.
A night school for Eskimos, be
lieved to be the first of its kind, is be-1
ing conducted at Shismaref, a native!
\ i iag< w northeast* . n Alaska.' The
school is attended by older natives!
and has an enrollment of eighteen.
An article describing this school ap-j
neared in a recent edition of the Es
kimo, a magazine devoted to the in- j
terosts of the natives of the territory!
bordering the Bering sea. It is con
ducted by J. P. Jones and Miss Hollie
Jones, teachers of the Shismaref In-1
dian school.
Dr. M. E. Smith, of Nenana, who
holds a commission as lieutenant in I
the medical corps of the United States I
j army, was recently advised that he
would have to leave for active service
about the first of June.
During the Red Cross drive in Ko
i diak 90 members were secured and
I over ?350 given to the cause. Eleven
I of the 00 members live on Wood Island
A great deal of knitting has been done
| also.
Johnny Palm, Circle mail carrier,
was a recent arrival in Fairbanks. He
I stated that the trail was very rough
but had improved some since the last
trip.
Dan Perisich recently ran amuck at
j Garden Island, and was placed in the
detention hospital. He had a large
! pistol and a quantity of ammunition.
He has been laboring under the hal
] lucination for some time that there
I were a number of men after him. He
| saw one O’Connor crossing the bridge
j and ran and got his gun, stating that
| he was one of the men. Perisch was
j struck on the head last summer by a
j wheelbarrow loaded with muck, which
fell form a height of five feet and
since that time he has complained of
severe pains in his head.
George C. Hazelett of Cordova, re
cently received his appointment for
recruiting officer for a regiment of
27the engineers for the national army
to consist of 6 companies of 250 men
each. Not only those within draft age
but men between thirty-one and for
ty-one are wanted. The regiment is to
consist of hand and machine drillers,
muckers, trammers, timber men, pipe
men, hoistmen, electricians, machin
ists, blacksmiths and others. The new
regiment is being recruited at Fort
Mead. Men especially experiecced in
tunneling construction are particular
ly desired.
Victor Cussion, commonly known as
Spahettig, who lives at Mastodon
creek, in the Tolstoi district, recently
froze his feet severely in crossing
Wilson creek where he encountered an
overflow. It seemed sure that he would
lose part of his feet.
John Penovich and seven other men
who labored on the Meier-Pardee
property near the head of Steel creek
recently filed a lien on the property
for wages due them. They have start
ed suit to foreclose the lien which
amounts to about $1500. Meiers and
Pardee are outside at present.
Captain Williams who owns a deer
herd at Hot Springs recently made a
trip to Nome to load up with supplies,
lie stated that the heavy snow fall
was causing quite a little bit of trouble
with the deer. He had the misfortune
to slightly injure one of his legs the
other day.
The road commission headquarters
at Juneau have made public the prices
to be paid for work on the roads this
year. A foreman will receive $250 per
month and board, teamsters $7.00 per
day with $1.50 per day for board.
Cooks receive the same as teamsters,
laborers, $6.00 per day with $1.50 for
board.
Eric Eiken of Nenana was sentenced
to serve one year in the federal jail at
Nenana for seditious utterances.
While discussing the war lie said that
the kaiser was just as good as Presi
dent Wilson and was right in his war
policies. He also said that the kaiser
was no worse than the crowned heads
of the entente governments.
P. J. Rickerts of Fairbanks, claims
to be the champion Hard Luck man
for on his recent trip through the
states here was his hard luck record:
between Cordova and Seattle he was
in two steamship wrecks, on the’trip
east he hit a horse and killed it, in
Illinois; locomotive broke down in
Missouri; snowbound for 2b hours in
Iowa! and the train he was on hit a
man and killed him in Arizona.
JUNEAU, May 10.—James Collins,
a well known resident of Juneau, was
found dead near Thane yesterday aft
ernoon, with a bullet hole in the back
of his head and his .30-.30 rifle ly-'
ing across his body. He was last seen
Friday night, in the company of a
man named Cuthbert. A coroner’s
jury decided that Collins came to his
death by a bullet fired by another per-j
son. Officers believe that Cuthbeit
can explain the details of the crime
and a search is being made for him.
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YOUNG SCIENTIST DOING BIT. j
BIRMINGHAM, England, May 13. j
—When the call came in the early days
of the war for a greater supply of
high explosive, the government turned
to the chemical manuftcurers of the
country to help them out of their dif
ficulty'. In the Midlands not far from
Birmingham they found a firm which
was engaged in the manufacture of
chemicals on a fairly large scale. To
this firm was given a contract to erect
and operate a factory for the produc
tion of T. N. T. and from this factory j
today' the British army receives a j
large part of its supply' of the neces- j
sary high explosive. A day spent here
shows what the young scientist is
doing for his country, for in this fac
tory at least all the experts are young
men, many of whom before the war
w'ere dealing with the simple things of
life never dreaming that they were
destined to invent and produce a
material which was to make a sham
bles of every battlefield in Europe and
Asia.
A patent has been granted for a
keyhole saw that has four working
surfaces of varying size and cut.
Norwegian Vice-Consul at Juneau
Claims He Is Loyal American Citi
zen and Asserts Politicians Seek
His Undoing.
(Juneau Empire)
To the people of Alaska:
I am led to believe that a most dia
bolical scheme has been gotten up by
a certain politcal crowd to give peo
ple the impression that I have per
formed disloyal actions as vice-consul
of Norway and I am led to believe it
is done in order to destroy me socially
and for politcal gain. I know tele
grams have been manufactured and
rumors have been set in circulation of
such character thav an honorable
i
member of the opposition political
party told me that “the whole troupe
of those who got it up should be in
jail.”
1 know that charges have been j
made against me to the department j
of state without just reasons and
that they are wholly baseless is known
by all who are acquainted with my ac
tions in life.
It is bad enough that we have this
war on our hands, but it is still worse
that we have people who, for politi
cal gain will misuse professed loyalty
in order to ruin politcal opponents.
As to myself I have but this to say:
Every word and every action of my J
life is an open book and ready for
the most minute investigation as to
my devotion to the United States.What j
I have done as consul I have done out
of pure charity and sympathy for oth- j
er people, and according to my in- |
structions as I understand them. As j
vice-consul 1 have received about 200 i
letters from Norwegians all over the!
first and third divisions, all asking for ;
advice how to fill their questionnaires |
and how to claim exemption for vari- j
ous reasons.
1 considered it my duty to answer '•
these letters according to my under
standing of my instructions. The an- i
swers are public, in fact a copy of ev-;
ery word sent out of my office as vice |
consul is open to anybody’s inspection. !
In anewer to a number of inquiries!
from Anchorage 1 concluded my ad
vice by saying that “A person living
in America who would not become an
American citizen, should openly state
so, pack his trunk and leave the
country.
1 also wrote to Mr. J. Sutherland:
of Anchorage, who acted as repre- j
sentative for people there who were
claiming exemption, in part as fol
lows:
“From the contents of several let
ters I have received I am sorry to see
that the spirit of true Americanism
does not seem to have permeated their
minds so they understand the full
meaning of the war. They don’t seem
to understand that a Gennan victory ■
would make the world impossible to
live in for any liberty-loving person.”
At my office in Juneau I have filled
a number of questionnaires for people
who were not able to do so themselves.
Most of these men claimed exemption
for various reasons. To almost every
one I expressed my personal sentiment
that now is the time we need soldiers
and every man should do his utmost
to help win the war, to all of which
the men will testify. Some of the
men waived exemption. As stated I
considered it my duty to help them fill
their questionnaires and to fill them at 1
all times according to their own ;
wishes. i
This is what I have done, for which '
I am accused of being disloyal to a <
country whose institutions and condi- i
tions on account of my experience in
life, I love and appreciate more prob- ]
ably than most people who happened J
to be born here.
I leave it to the people of Alaska to
judge me.
WILLIAM BRITT.
Dated, Juneau, Alaska, April 8, 1918.
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FACT. s
Another fact you’re asked to heed, <
To set you right we always aim; i
The price of cat meat will not feed i
The kitty in a poker game. <
Alaska Fair Association Holds Meet
ing and Chooses Fifteen Business
and Professional Men to Handle
Next Event.
Fifteen business and professional
men were chosen directors of the Alas
ka Fair association at a meeting of
the organization last night in the Em
press club rooms. The members of
the board of directors are Sidney An
derson, vice-president of the Bank of
Anchorage; E. B. Ansley, vice-presi
dent of the Bank of Alaska; Dr. F. M.
Boyle; Andrew Christensen, manager
of the land and industrial department
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion; Leopold David, United States
commissioner; Eli Dehon, Pioneer
Laundry; Charles E. Herron, publish
er of the Daily Times; A. E. Lathrop,
owner of the Empress theatre; E. T.
Lindner, chief clerk in the land and
industrial department; F. W. Red
wood, proprietor of the Cerseent ho
tel ; F. I. Reed, proprietor of the Hotel
Anchorage; A. A. Shonbeck, mer
chant; James W. Ward, manager of
the Daily Times and A. J. Wendler,
merchant.
The board of directors will call a
meeting during the course of the next
ten days and will elect officers of the
organization who will serve during the
coming year. The date on which the
second agricultural fair is to be held
in Anchorage will be decided at this
meeting.
First Call for Crew of Workers This
Spring Is Issued by Alaskan En
gineering Commission—.Marks Be
ginning of Season.
Fifty men wanted to form an extra
crew of workers on the government
railroad near Seward is the gist of a
notice that was posted today at the
employment offices in the Anchorage
terminal yards of the ,Alaskan En
gineering commission.
This is the first call this spring for
i squad of laborers, and marks the
start of the real work of the season.
According to officials of the com
mission a large number of workmen
ivill bo required here this year, and
die employment of laborers in crews
s expected to be a matter of frequent
iccurence in the immediate future.
PROTESTS AGAINST
MOONEY SENTENCE
The Alaska Labor Union and the
Finnish club sent to Governor F.
Stephens, of California, yesterday the
"ollowing self-explanatory telegram in
•eference to Thomas Mooney, under
sentence of death on the charge of
uurder. in connection with what is
cnown as the San Francisco dynamit
ng cases:
“We herewith present our emphatic
protest against the conviction and
;xecution of Thomas Mooney. Where
is, while the whole proceedings in the
:ase show a prejudiced mind and the
jvidence is not beyond a reasonable
loubt, we demand a new trial and an
mpatrial verdict.”
FRENCH CHILDREN
SHOW GRATITUDE
PARIS, May 11.—Two hundred
md sixty thousand French school
hildren contributed 13,000 francs as
i fund to be given to the first Ameri
an orphan caused by the war, accord
ng to an announcement of those hav
ng charge of the raising of the mon
y
DAMAGE IS
Breakup of River at Dawson Destroys
Large Wharf and Nearby Villages
Are Flooded With Two Feet of
Water.
DAWON, Y. T., May 13.—The vil
lages of Bear Creek and Guggyville,
near Dawson, were flooded by two feet
of water yesterday, caused by an ice
jam in the Yukon river and a conse
quent backing up of its waters. The
ice started maving at 2:30 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, and then jammed,
causing an over-flow of the banks on
both sides. After three hours, the
jam broke, and the ice began moving
past Dawson in a majestic procession
of bergs.
During the jam, following by the
flood, one family located on the banks
of the Klondike river was forced to
abandon their home, due to rising
waters which threatened destruction
of the house. A large barge, under
| the Northern Navigation company's
i wharf, crashed through the walls of
j the Northern Commercial company’s
j steam heating plant, and stopped with
! its edge against a battery of boilers.
| The water raised so rapidly that the
! boiler fires had to be drawn. Piles were
swept from under the wharf and the
forty-foot structure collapsed. A num
ber of barges and small craft were
hurled high on the river banks and
left there.
YOU KNOW HUM!
A funny cuss is Ignatz Beans,
For you can he thinks
That taking recreation means
To take a lot of drinks.
Act crazy and you may be regarded
as a genius, but you are more apt to
be considered a darn fool.
NAMES IS NAMES.
Salmon Wall lives in Dayton, O.
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