REGISTRATION GERMAN ALIEN
FEMALES IN ALASKA WILL BE
HELD DURING AUGUST 5 TO 14
In accordance with the proclamation
of President Wilson issued April 19,
1918, providing Tor the registration o
German alien females, the marshal s
office has been notified by Attorney
General T. W. Gregory that the date
6et for such registration in Alaska
will be during the period existing be
tween August 5 and August 14.
The local postmaster, who by virtue
of his office, will act as the registrar
for this district, and to him those who
•will be required to register under the
provisions of the proclamation must
appear during the days named for the
purpose of such registration.
Owing to the complex status caused
bv the marriage of a woman to a for
eigner the complete rulings refeiiing
to those required to register is here
with given and any lemale who
conies within these provisions should
read carefully the following:
“All natives, citizens, denizens, or
subjects of the German empire or of
the imperial German government, be
ing females of the age of 14 years and
upwards, who are within the United
Suites and not actually naturalized as
American citizens are required to reg
ister as German alien females.
“Female natives, citizens, denizens,
or subjects of the Austro-Hungarian
empire are not required to register
under the president’s proclamation of
Apri 119, 1918. nor under these regu
lations unless they come within the
provisions of the preceding par.-graph.
{Arti !e 1. paragraph 1).
“This registration shall extend and
apply to all land and water, continent
al or insular, in any within the juris
diction of the United States.
“A German alien female required
to register who fails to complete her
registration within the time fixed
therefor or wro violates or attempts
to violate or of whom there ;s reasona
ble ground to believe that she is about
to violate any regulation duly promul
gated by the president of the United
States or thes regulations, in addition
to an outer penalties piescuueu
law, is liable to restraint, imprison
ment, and detention for the duration
of the war, or to give security, or to
removal and departure from the Unit
ed States in the manner prescribed by
sections 1067, 4060, and 4070 of the
United States revised statutes, and to
all other penalties prescribed in the
seevral proclamations of the president
of the United States and in the regu
lations duly promulgated by or unde’1
the authority of the president.
“A German alien female required to
register, who shall, after the date
fixed for the issuance to her of a reg
istration card, be found within the
limits of the United States, its terri
tories, or possessions, without having
her registration card on her person
is liable to the aforesaid penalties.
Definitions of Alien Enemies.
“Under section 4067, United States
revised statutes, as amended by act of
congress approved April 16, 1918, en
titled “An act to amend section 4067
of the revised statutes by extending
its scope to include women,’ the statu
tory definition of the term, ‘alien ene
my’ includes all natives, citizens, den
izens, or subjects of a foreign nation
or government with which war has
been declared, of the age of 14 and
upwards, who are within the United
States and not actually naturalized as
American citizens. The term, there
fore, includes females as well as
males.
“The following applications of this
definition are made for the purpose of
the present Registration of German
alien females:
“1. A female, irrespective of the
citizenship of her parents, born in the
United States, and subject to the jur
isdiction thereof, is an American cit
izen, and is not a German alien re
quired to register hereunder, unless
“(a) She has become naturalized in
or taken an oath of allegiance to Ger
many; or
“(b) She has married a citizen or
subject of Germany who has not ac
quired naturalization in the United
States and the marital relation has not
been terminated by death or absolute
divorce; or such marital relation has
| Ween terminated by death or absolute
Id' crce and he has .not resumed her
I American citizenship in the manner
| hereinbelow stated. (See paragraph
j
| “2. A female originally a native,
| citizen, denizen, or subject of Ger
many is not if she has become natural
! ized in the United States a German
; alien required to register hereunder,
' unless
“(a) Subsequent to her naturaliza
tion in the United States, she has be
come naturalized in or taken an oath
of allegiance to Germany, or has oth
erwise resumed her German national
ity; or
“(b) Subsequent to her naturaliza
tion in the United States, she has man
ned a citizen or subject of Germany
who has not acquired naturalization
in the United States, and the marital
relation has not been terminated by
death or absolute divorce; or such
marital relation has been terminated
by death or absolute divorce, and she
has not resumed her American citizen
ship in the manner hereinbelow stated
(see paragraph 3); or .
“(c) Subsequent to her naturaliza
tion in the United States, she has be
come naturalized in or sworn aliegi
1 ance to any other country.
“3. Any American woman who
marries a foreigner takes the nation
ality of her husband. At the termina
tion of the marital relation she njay
v.. ume her American citizenship, if
abroad, by registering as an Ameri
can citizen within one year with a
consul of the United States, or by re
turning to reside within the United
States; or, if residing in the United
States as the termination of the mar
ital relation by continuing to vesicle
therein. Act of March 2, 1!)07, 34
Stat, L., Part I, p. 1228.) The marital
relation is terminated by death or
absolute divorce, not by mere judicial
or voluntary separation.
“4. The naturalization of a male
alien as a citizen of the United States
naturalizes as American citizens his
I wife (if she might herself be lawfully
naturalized) and their foreign-born
minor children residing permanently
in the United States at the time of
such naturalization, and also those of
their minor children so born who be
come permanent residents of the Unit
ed States before reaching their . ma
jority.
The wife of a citizen or subject
of Germany who has not acquired nat
uralization in the United States and
their foreign-born female children of
the age of 14 years and upward now
within the United States are German
alien females and are required to reg
ister hereunder, except those of such
foreign-born children as have separ
ately acquired naturalization in the
United States or, prior to April G,
1917, have married American citizens.
“6. The marriage, prior to April
6, 1917, of a German alien female to
a citizen of the United States natur
alized her as an American citizen.
“7. A female native, citizen, deni
zen, or subject of Germany, who has
acquired American citizenship by mar
riage to an American, as stated in
paragraph 6 above, is presumed to re
tain the same, after the termination
of the marital relation by death or ab
solute divorce, if she continues to re
side in the United States, unless she
makes formal renunciation thereof
before a court having jurisdiction to
naturalize aliens; or ,if she resides
abroad, she may retain her American
citizenship by registering as such be
fore a United States consul within one
year after the termination of such
marital relation.
“8. The marriage of a German alien
widow to an American citizen prior
to April 6, 1917, naturalized as Amer
ican citizens herself and such of her
foreign-born minor children as were
dwelling within the United States at
the time of such marriage vor who be
came permanent residents of the Unit
ed States before reaching their ma
jority.
“9. If the second or subsequent hus
band of a German alien widow be
comes naturalized as an American
citizen, such widow (if she might her
sell be lawfully naturalized) and her
foreign-born minor children residing
permanently in the United States at
the time of the naturalization of suer*
husband, or who become permanent
residents of the United States before
reaching their majority, arc thereby
naturalized as American citizens.
“10. A female native, citizen, deni
zen, or subject of Germany, who has
not become an American citizen by
marriage, remains a German alien re
quired to register hereunder although
she has declared her intention to be
come a citizen of the United States by
taking out first papers of naturaliza
tion, or has been partly or completely
naturalized in any country other than
the United States.
“11. The naturalization as an Am
erican citizen of the widow of an
alien naturalizes as American citizens
her foreign born minor children who
reside permanently within the United
States at the time of her naturaliza- j
tion and also those of her minor chil
dren so born who become permanent
residents of the United States before
reaching their majority.
“12. A female child born in Germa
ny of a father at the time of such
child’s birth a native, citizen, denizen
or subject of Germany but subse
i quer.tly naturalized as an American
citizen while such child was a minor,
is not a German alien required to reg
i ister hereunder, provided such child
began permanently to reside in the
United States before reaching her
majority.
“13. A female child bom in Germa
ny of a father who was at the time of
such child’s birth an American citizen
is not unless she has herself acquired
German nationality a German alien
required to register hereunder. The
rights of American citizenship, how
ever, do not descend to a child so born j
whose father never resided m the;
United States.
“14. Females born in or residing as
German subjects in Alsace-Lorraine j
subsequent to May 10, 1871, and now |
dwelling within the United Stairs are |
unless naturalized as, or married prior
to April 6, 1017 to, American citizens,
required to register.
“15. Females born in or residing as
i German subjects in Schlesv ig-Hol
stein subsequent to August 2 ;, 1806,
I and now dwelling within the United
! States are uni ess naturalized as, or
married prior to April 6, 1917 to, Am
erican citizens, required to register.”
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LABOR UNI ON
REJECTS SCALE
AT MEETING LAST NIGHT MEM- j
HERS- REFUSE TO ACCEPT
WAGE SCALE.
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About twenty-five members of the
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Alaska Labor union met last night at
the Labor Temple and unanimously
refused to accept the wage scale as j
revised by the government railroad of- j
ficials. According to a prominent mem
ber of the organization the revised
wage scale meets with general dissat
isfaction among all classes of labor.
At last night’s meeting a committee
was appointed to confer with the car
penters’ and mechanics’ unions in ref
erence to their attitude. It was decid
ed to call a public mass meeting for
Wednesday night to be held in the La
bor temple at 8 o’clock. In addition
to the members of the union the public
is invited to attend. This meeting
will be open to a full discussion on the
wage scale subject and resolutions
will be introduced, that upon adoption,
will be submitted to the Alaskan Engi
neering commission in Anchorage, the
secretary of labor and the board of
mediation.
CORDOVA LAWYER
GETS IMPORTANT
OFFICE AT SEATTLE
R. E. Capers, an attorney at law at
Cordova, has been appointed assistant
to Special Assistant United States At
torney General Clarence L. Reames.
with headquarters at Seattle. Mr. Ca
pers will assist in the prosecution of
espionage cases during the progress of
the war.
Assistant Attorney General Reames
was formerly United States district
attorney for the district of Oregon.
Mr. Capers is a native of Texas, 38
/ears of age and a democrat.
WILLIAM MALONEY, TERRITORIAL
MINE INSPECTOR, SUBMITS ANNUAL
REPORT ON MINING ACTIVITIES
William Maloney, territorial mine c
inspector, has just issued his annual
report for the-year 1917, and a copy c
reached The Times on the last mail. (
That part of the report which deals a
with the Cook inlet country is pro-{r
rluced herewith: T
KENAI PENINSULA.
The lode and placer mines of the
Kenai peninsula yielded a smaller U
output than in the previous year.' f
There was very little activity in the' r
lode mines. The larger placer opera- ■ r
tions were on Resurrection and Crow 1 e
creeks. Preliminary steps were’ taken c
toward commencing placer mining or: ^
a large scale on Canyon creek. Large r
shipments of chromic iron ore were
made from Port Chatham. j
SUSITNA DISTRICT. | s
In the Willow creek district four;
lode mines were operated in 1917, and ! j
a small mill was being erected on a*a
fifth. A promising new quartz vein ^
was opened at the head of Fishook y
creek and the vein has already been: a
traced for several claim lengths. i f
The Alaska Free Gold Mining Co. | s
The property of the Alaska Free: ]
Gold Co., under lease to William Mar- {]
tin of Seattle, situated oh Fishook l
creek, suspended operations for a e
short period during the summer on ac- j j
count of labor troubles, but resumed i s
operations for a short period in the t
fall, closing down for the winter about a
the first of October. j
The Willow Creek Mines. 1
The Willow Creek Mines company's
operated the Gold Bullion mine, situ-! i
ited on the divide between Willow and c
Cragie creeks, during the summer 2
season, closing down October 25. Win- i
ter work, usually consisting of (level-O
opmer.t work (the mill being idle dur-| 1
mg the winter months), was resumed ! c
December 1. This mine was inspect- i
cd June 17. |t
Mable Mining, Milling & Power Co. t
The Mable Mining, Milling & Power t
company’s property, situated on Arch- i
angel creek, a tributary of the Little |c
Susitna river, was operated through- ^ t
out the mining season. The ore is j C
treated in a 15-ton Denver mill, which t
was erected during 1916, about 1,200 1
feet below the mine. The ore is con- i 1
veyed from the mine to the mill over t
a 3,500-foot tramway. This mine was s
inspected June 17 also.. !t
The Talkeetna Mining Company. I
This company is developing a prop- f
erty on Archangel creek above the
Mable Mining company’s property. A t
15-ton Denver mill was installed below c
the mine and operated a short period c
during the mining season of 11)17. 1
The Cache Creek District. i v
The Cache creek district was not t
visited, but the Geological .survey re- t
port for 1917 is as follows: ja
The Cache creek district continued
the principal source of placer gold in
the Yentna basin. The inaccessibility
nf placers on Cache creek has made
mining there very expensive, but a
new wagon road from Talkeetna, on
the government railroad, to Cache
creek, which is now under construc
tion, will soon afford a quick and easy
approach to the district. A dredge
burning local coal was operated on
Cache creek and fifteen hydraulic
plants are working on Cache and Pet
ers creeks during the summer. Over
LOO men were employed, producing
placer gold valued at between $125,000
and $150,000. Operations at the end
nf the season were hampered by pro
tracted rains and serious floods, which
caused considerable damage to several
mining plants. Late in the fall a
Hudson dry dredge was installed on
:he ground along the north side of the
Kichatna river, at the mouth of Na
kochna river, to begin mining in the
spring of 1918. Some prospecting and
mining were done in the camp and
Lake creek basin. Along the lower
[vahlitna river, prospecting for plati
num was carried on by one company
n two localities, one about three miles
nelow the mouth of Peters ci'eek and
;he other a short distance up-stream
from the mouth of the river. A hand
Irill and two power drills were used
n prospecting the river bars, about
;welve men having been employed in
his work. The prospecting is to be
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Platinum occurs at many other pla
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lache, Peters Camp and Lake creek,
s well as on the Kichatna and Chulit
a river, and commercial platinum
lacers may ultimately be found.
Coal Output During 1917.
The following report on coal opera
ions in the territory of Alaska was
urnished by Sumner S. Smith, federal
line inspector and residental engi
eer in charge of the coal mining op
rations for the Alaskan Engineering
ommission and the development of
ne properties reserved by the govern
lent for naval purposes.
The Eska and Doherty mines were
ispected by the territorial mine in
pector in June.
The past year has witnessed a grovv
lg activity in the Alaskan coal holds
nd an increased, production of up
roximately 500 per cent over last
ear’s output. A number of new oper
tors produced small amounts of coal
rom ten-acree free use permits and
everal of the former operators gieat
y increased their outputs. Several
casing units in the Matanuska field
ave been leased and are now under
xploration. In the Bering river field
rivate interests have continued con
truction of a standard gauge road t«
heir holdings on Canyon creek and
re reported to have the mine opened
i such a manner that shipments can
e started at an early date. The Mat
nuska branch of the government rail
oad has been completed to unit 12
n the Chickaloon river, with a spui
.7 miles up Eska creek and a preiim
nary survey on Moose creek, some
ve miles to Units 2 and 3. Unit No.
2, in the Matanuska field, was with
rawn last year for the use of the
ilaskan Engineering commission, al
hough work was not commenced at
hat point till this summer, owing to
he difficulties of getting in. supplies
efore the completion of that portion
f the railroad. Unit No. 7 was leased
arly this spring to the Eska Creek
loal company, which shipped 7,783
ons, one-sixth of which went to the
acal market and the balance to the
flaskan Engineering commission. As
his corporation was not financially
trong, it transferred its holdings to
roperty to insure a regular supply of
uel. :
The largest producers from the ten
cre permits were the Doherty Coal
ompany, the Cache Creek Dredging
ompany and John A. Herbert. The
rst produced about 19,500 tons, ot'
,'hich 500 tons were sold to the local
rade in Anchorage and the balance to
he commission. The second mined
bout 5,000 tons, which was used dur
ig the active season on the company’s
redge on Cache creek. The last-nam
d produced 4,300 tons at Bluff point,
n Cook inlet, which was sold to the
anneries and towns along the inlet,
'hose figures are all in long tons,
leorge Wallin, of Candle, mined about
00 tons on his ten-acre lease near
hat point. The commission produced
pproximately 18,500 short tons from
he Eska creek mine and 300 short
5ns from the Chickaloon property,
hich has been taken out in develop -
lent work.
The total output from the entire
mritory probably approximates 60,
00 tons, as there were some two doz
n operators on the free-use ten-acre
reas who mined small amounts for
leir own use.
In the Matanuska field a group of
len headed by Henry Baxter, of An
horage, have commenced development
n Units 2 and 3, w'hile another group
ave started work on Units 10 and 11,
nder the management of Lars Net
ind of San Francisco.
[emorandum of Operations in the
Matanuska Coal Field.
Doherty Mine.
This property is situated about
iree-quarters of a mile from the
lilroad right-of-way at Moose creek,
he bed strikes in a general easterly
nd westerly direction and has a dip
arying from 42 to 46 degrees toward
le south. The upper level was diiven
1,200 feet on the ben ana the coal
worked out between this and the sur
face. A slope was then sunk 140 feet
and a level driven 1,600 feet from
this point.' The ccal was worked out
by the room and pillar method and
work was suspended on the property
in the fall of 1017, when the company
failed to receive a new contract from
the Engineering commission.
Alaskan Engineering Commission.
During the previous winter the offi
cials of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission realized that considerable
i time might elapse before the private
! interests, who had applied for leases
in the Matanuska field, would be able
to produce coal for the commission's
needs. Therefore, they requested that
leasing Unit 12 be set aside for their
use and executive order was issued on
June 18, 1917, reserving this unit.
During the month of April, 1917, the
engineering commission had engi
neers investigate the amount of avail
able fuel from the mines in operation
and found that there was liable to be
a shortage for construction purposes
unless these properties were opened
on a larger scale. As the lessees on
I the only property which was situat
! ed on an operating branch of the road
did not have sufficient capital to fi
nance for increased operation, it vvas^
decided that the commission shoudl
purchase this property and supply its
own fuel. Leasing Unit 7 was, there
fore, taken over, and control assumed
on June 18, 1917. This lease lies 2.7
miles from/the railroad right of way
on the Matanuska branch. The gener
al structure is synclinal. There are
several faults parallel to the main ax
is of the syncline and numerous smal
ler faults at almost right angles to it.
There are, however, a series of coal
beds from which a considerable
amount of coal may he taken above
the water level, and the ground ex
plored until development warrants
diamond drilling the property. / 0.
The commission is at present min
ing on three beds, the Maitland, Eska
and Shaw. The latter two have been
opened on the east and west side of
the creek. The entries on both sides
of the creek have been driven approx
imately 800 feet. The beds vary from
two and a half to three and a half feet
in thickness, have a general east and
westerly dip to the south at angles
from 8 to 45 degree# and are worked
by the room and pillar method. Some
18,000 short tons were produced from
Lino mint; uuiiiig ii/ii.
j The development of Unit 12 has not
been extensive as on Unit 7, as the
railroad was not completed to that
point until late in the fall. However,
substantial office building, warehouse
and bunk houses have been erected and ^
hoist installed. A slope has also been
j started on a bed of coal which cross
section shows to be twelve feet in
thickness, with one foot of rock, four
feet from the foot wall. A cross-cut
has been started at the westerly end
| of the lease to intersect this bed and
drifts have been started near the slope
both in an easterly and westerly direc
tion. The work at the present time is
insufficient to show the exact strike or
dip of the bed or how many other beds
in the series are of commercial value,
although there are several varying
from three to five feet in thickness.
Chiekaloon Coal Company.
Mr. Lars Netland is manager of this
company and it has commenced the
development of leasing Units 10 and ' ^
11. Several small prospect shafts
have been sunk through the gravel to
bedrock and outcrops of several coal
seams have been found. Cross-cuts to
intersect the coal-bearing series are
now being driven at several points.
Matanuska Coal Company.
This company has been working on
leasing Units 2 and 3 and are now
shipping to Anchorage from 30 to 50
tons per day. The coal is hauled
about four and one-half miles from the
mine to the railroad right-of-way. At
this point4 it is transferred to railroad
cars and shipped to Anchorage. The
work done at present is insufficient
to make a definite statement as to the
extent of the coal bed. The outcrop
at one point measured eleven feet in
thickness.
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Mrs. Ward Estey, wife of the form
er school director and deputy clerk at
Nome, died recently in Seattle after
an extended illness.