AND ALASKA LABOR NEWS
VOL. 2. NO. 24.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1018.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
Selling Company Owned Seventy Lode
and Placer Claims in Copper River
Valley Section of Alaska—Lack of
Money Forced Sale.
NEW YORK ,May 21.—Control of
the Motherlode Copper Company,
whose property in Alaska adjoins the
Bonanza mines of the Kennecott Cop
per Corporation, has been acquired by
interests connected with the latter
company. The Motherlode Company
has $5,230,000 stock outstanding and
$254,500 convertible 6 per cent gold
bond.'. It is understood that a new
company will be formed, with the ap
proval of the Capital Issues Commit
tee, whose stock will be exchanged for
the shares and bonds of the Mother
lode.
The company owns seventy lode and
placer claims, on approximately 1,400
acres of land in the Copper river dis
trict. Engineering reports have told of
valuable deposits of copper, but lack of
sufficient capital has heretofore held,
back development work. The new own
er.'. it is said, are planning to push
operations. Rumors heard of late in
regard to the transaction have had it
that the property would ultimately be
turned over to the Kennecott Corpora
tion. but confirmation has so far been
lacking. Details of the Motherlode
plans are expected in a few days.
Most of Fur-Bearing Animals Either
Forced to Migrate or Resort to
Cannibalism to Maintain Life.
The past winter was so severe and
snow so deep in the Snug Harbor
country, on the west side of the in
let. that most of the fur-bearing an
imals were either forced to emigrate
or resort to cannibalism, according
to a statement by D. R. Burton, the
veteran trapper of that section, who
arrived in Anchorage Sunday with a
small catch of furs. All of the mink
seem to have been destroyed by larg
er animals, such as lynx, wolverine
and marten, while he found evidence
that lynx and wolverine killed and
ate starving marten; wolverine and
lynx fought, killed and devoured each
other, and at one place lynx resorted
to cannibalism, he said.
There is usually a heavy rainfall
at the harbor, but this winter was
dry and the coldest ever known. Mr.
Burton’s record shows the tempera
ture as low as 20 to 40 degrees below
zero, the former figure being record
ed several days in March. This is
10 to 20 degrees colder than record
ed at Chinita bay, 15 miles farther
south, and at Kenai, across the inlet,
Four to six feet of snow remained on
the ground at the beach when Mr.
Burton left the harbor May 15, and
a party of half a dozen prospectors
who were induced to stampede down
there from Anchorage early in April
were beginning to wonder what they
were there for, as they have been un
able because of snow and ice to do
any real prospecting and perhaps can
not do any for another month.
FAIRBANKS!
SERIOUSLY ILL
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 22.
Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, a form
er vice-president of the United States
is seriousil ill at his home in this city
Due to advancing years, little hope is
entertained for his recovery.
CALIFORNIA TO
HAVE AIR SERVICE
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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 17.—
An aerial postal service is to be es
tablished in California, according to a
statement made today by Postmaster
Fay of San Francisco. The mail will
be carried up to a thousand miles be
tween military camps. Only important
military mail will be carried at first.
iSHIP ABNER
COBURN ASHORE
Cannery Packet, Laden With Supplies
For Packing Concern, Driven on
Beach by Ice Flows—Vessel May
Prove a Total Loss.
UGASHIK, Bristol Bay, May 21.—
(via Anchorage radio)—The cannery
' ship Abner Coburn went ashore yes
; terday, off Ugashik, Bristol bay, Ber
ing sea. The vessel sprang a leak and
is badly damaged. Aid has been dis
patched to the scene, but it is not be
lieved the rescue boats will be able to
reach the wreck on account of the
heavv ice flows in the bav, and it is
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thought the ship will prove a total
| loss. The vessel was driven ashore by
\ the ice flows.
The captain and officers are still
l aboard the Coburn, but members of
| the crew are encamped on the beach
j near at hand. The Coburn is a can
nery packet and is laden with sup
plies for one of the big cannery con
cerns operating in the Bristol bay
section.
CACHE CREEK
| CASTS 5! VOTES
CACHE CREEK, May 5.— (Special
j Correspondence)—rihe primary elec
; tion was held at the dredge Apiil 30
I when 51 votes were cast. Owing to
: the big snow storm many of the pros
pectors failed to vote. There was a
fall of four feet of snow in two days
making mushing next to impossible.
The weather has failed to show the
least sign of a break up so far and
j we have fully 11 feet of snow on the
1 level ground.
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The Cache Creek Dredging company
is still busy freighting in supplies and
I is using three horses on the work.
Mrs. Anna Bub who owns the Anna
Bub mine on Dollar creek is working
three eight hour crews getting the
flume and ditches in shape to start
sluicing as soon as the weather
! permits.
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A. Taggart expects to run a pack
team from Talkeetna to the diggings
in this section and will also carry the
United States mail.
About twenty prospectors from the
i Nenana country arrived here during
the past two weeks. Charles Harris
expects to leave within the next few
days for a brief business trip to Tal
keetna. Casper Seiling made a trip to
Talkeetna last week in two days and
reports the new trail in splendid con
dition. James Murray arrived at
Peters creek and will begin active op
erations as soon as possible.
ALASKA PACKERS’
LOST SHIP TACOMA
PORTLAND, Or., May 22.—The
Alaska Packers’ association ship Ta
c.'ma sank after being wrecked by ice
in Bering sea, off Ugashik, Bristol
bay. It is reported that the crew
1 reached shoi i in safety.
TORNADO SWEEPS KANSAS.
HAYS, Kansas, May 22.—A torna
do visited Kansas yesterday and con
siderable damage is reported. In this
town five persons were killed and a
number injured.
TWENTY-TWO GERMAN AEROPLANES DESTROYED
AND TWO DISABLED—BRITISH LOSE EIGHT MA
CHINES —RAIDERS DROP RAIN OF BOMBS ON
RAILWAY STATIONS, AIRDROMES, MUNITION
DUMPS AND BILLETS.
LONDON, May 21.—The British yesterday made another
raid on the German submarine base at Zeebmgge, aeroplanes
being employed exclusively in the operations. A desperate
aerial encounter occurred, in which twenty-one German planes
were destroyed and two are disabled. Eight British aeroplanes
that participated in the great aerial raid are missing and be
lieved lost. The raiding aerial fleet virtually rained bombs
on the railway stations, airdromes, munition dumps and bil
lets located at the important naval base of the enemy. Details
are lacking as to the damage inflicted, but it is conservative!;'
figured that it must have been enormous.
The raiding fleet swooped down on the unsuspecting naval
base at a late hour last night. The German aeroplanes were
quick to ascend and give battle. They were aided by anti-air
craft guns on the ground. The result of the fight was a dis
tinct victorv for the British raiders.
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GERMAN DIVERS ATTACK NORWEGIAN SHIPS.
CHRISTTAX1A, Norway, May 21.—German submarines
have resumed an unrestricted warfare on Norwegian fishing
boats in the Arctic ocean. The Teuton E-boats are shelling
vessels without warning, especially directing their fire against
lifeboats that set out from the sinking vessels. The Germans
! assert that Norway is sending fish and seal oil to England.
SEVEN ENEMY PLANES LOST.
LONDON, May 21.—Five enemy aeroplanes, which par
ticipated in the raid on London Sunday night, were downed by
British gunners during the raid, says an oficial report issued
j bv the war office today. Two other aeroplanes that took part
in the raid tel! into the ocean and were lost, according to un
i confirmed reports.
FRENCH FLYER DAMAGES U-BOAT.
PARIS. May 21.—According to a dispatch from ('arta
j gena. Spain, the German submarine 1 flb, which put info that
port in a disabled condition, was damaged in an encounter
with a French hydro-aeroplane, off Gibraltar. The submarine1,
which was on patrol duty at tin* entrance* to the* Mediterranean
sea, was spotted by the aeroplane, which dropped bombs. Sev
eral hits were made and the submarine was compelled to sub
merge to avoid destruction. It was with difficulty, due* to
the damage, that the diver again reached the* surface*. It was
joined by another submarine and escorted to Cartagena.
SHOOT DOWN GERMAN MACHINE.
PARIS, May 21.—A Frenedi communique today says that
American gunners shot de>wn a German aerial machine thi>
morning.
ALLIES NOT PERMITTING HUNS
HERE AND THERE ALONG THE LINES ALLIES MAK
ING SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED BLOWS ON EN
EMY POSITIONS, PREVENTING GERMANS FROM
BEGINNING MAJOR ACTIVITIES AGAINST THEM
OPERATIONS ON ITALIAN FRONTS. '
SUMMARY—The allies are not permitting the Germans
to get set for a serious blow on the western front. Here and
there along the line there have been sudden and unexpected
blows at the German positions, preventing the enemy from
starting a big offensive movement. In all of these attacks,
minor in themselves but major in importance as concerning
the entire situation, the allies have gained ground and put
their forces in better lighting positions. Most of this work has
been done by the French forces, although the Australian troops
on the Amiens sector have improved their positions.
The Italian front shows lighting in the mountainous region
to the east of the Brenta river. Fierce struggles between the
Italian and Austrian-Hungarian troops are occurring on the
mountain lopes. In the Macedonian sector, the French forces
took the initiative and advanced their lines more than twelve
miles near Lake Ochrida.
FRENCH CAPTURE 400 GERMANS.
LONDON, May 21.—General Haig today reports that
sharp operations are in progress around Locre, in which
French troops have made an important advance on a two-mile
front and have taken captive 400 Hun prisoners.
HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE CONTINUES.
LONDON, May 18.—Heavy artillery fire on both sides is
going on in the sector between Givenchy and Robecq, on the
south side of Flanders, says a British official report issued last
night.
GERMANY GIVES
SOVIET ASSURANCES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 17.—
A dispatch from Moscow, received by
the state department today, states
that the Russian government has re
ceived assurance from the German
government that the German army
will attempt no further advances into
Russian territory.
ROOSEVELT
URGESNATION
TB SPEED BP
Former President, in Red Cross
Speech, Decrys “Broomstick” Pre
paredness—Lauds Senator Cham
berlain and General Wood.
BOSTON, Mass., May 21.—No man
is a good citizen at this time unless,
in some way, he is helping in the wai,
declared Theodore Roosevelt in a Red
Cross address here tonight. Decrying
“broomstick preparedness” and urg
ing a speeding-up of all activities that
will make for the peace of complete
victory, the ex-president hailed “men
like Senator Chamberlain and General
Wood” as “tme patriots at this time”
because they “have fearlessly told the
truth—the truth which every German
knew, but of which our own people
had been kept in ignorance.
“During the last few weeks—since
the great battle actually began—our
government has partially waked,” said
Colonel Roosevelt. “There has been a
real effort to put competent men at
work in at least some of the more im
portant departments or bureaus, a real
effort to hurry up the shipbuilding, a
real effort to hasten the shipment of
troops abroad.
“I say solemnly, unless we hurry the
preparation, we may be too late,” con
tinued the speaker. He condemned as
“absurdly inadequate” and as “child’s
play” the announcement from Wash
ington of the impending calling of
150,000 more men by draft.
“Make it a million and a half now
and announce that we intend to put
five million troops in the field,” he
urged. “We have fatuously waited
I until the eleventh hour; yel the clev
1 min hour is not too late if we realize
the need of haste, awake, and use our
giant but lazy strength.”
The speaker made a concluding re
ference to citizens of “fifty-fifty” al
legiance, saying any effort to keep
alive different nationalities and differ
ent tongues in this country merely
means an effort to turn us from a na
tion into a polyglot boarding house.
CANNERY PACKET
PROBABLY LOST
UGASHIK, Bristol Bay, May 22.—
(Via Radio)—One hundred and forty
five men are camped on the ice here as
a result of abandoning the cannery
tender Abner Coburn, which was driv
en ashore yesterday. Owing to the
great floes of ice in Bristol Bay the
work of taking the men off will be
impossible for four or five days.
Ample provisions were taken from
the wrecked vessel before being aban
doned and there is no immediate dan
ger. High winds are blowing and
driving the ice on the shore. The
Abner Coburn is owned by Libby, Mc
Neill & Libby.
PRESIDENT SIGNS
THE SEDITION BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22.—
President Wilson today signed the
sedition bill giving the government
wide powers to punish disloyal utter
ances.
WORRY, SAYS
J.F. UPCHURCH
“Wish I Could Tell You All the Inside
Dope About War, But Regulations
Forbid,” Writes Former Anchorage
ite to Friend.
“Wish that I could tell you all the
inside dope, but the regulations forbid.
Don’t worry about the war because we
have the Huns going our way now,"
writes J. F. Upchurch who is in charge
of the radio station on Goat island in
San Francisco bay in a letter to John
J. Longacre of the telegraph and tele
phone department.
Mr. Upchurch left Anchorage on
March 20 with the sixty other recruits
and enrolled in the naval reserves
upon his arrival in Seattle. He was
sent to San Francisco and on April
13 was appointed chief electrician for
the island barracks.
He has plenty of time for shows and
other sources of entertainment and is
off duty Saturdays and Sundays and
Wednesday afternoons. He makes his
home in San Francisco and goes back
and forth each day to his work on the
island.
Law Provides That Those Attaining
Age of Twenty-One Since June 5,
1917, Are Subject to Draft Meas
ure of United States.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 21.—
President Wilson has approved of
the bill which brings under the Unit
ed States draft law young men who
have attained the age of twenty-one
years since June 5, 1917. June 5 is
the date set for new eligibles to ap
pear before local boards. Eight hun
dred thousand men will be made
available to the service by next regis
tration date.
Alaska. Hawaii and Porto Rico are
not named in today’s proclamation
fixing the date of registration. Their
registration date will be fixed later.
loose to
| Judge Griffiths Iie-Sentences Dyna
mite Suspect to Hang May 28—
I Overrules Motion to Set Aside
Death Penalty Formerly Imposed.
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I SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 22.—
| Mooney has been re-sentenced to hang
j May 28. The motion of his attorneys
I to have the former death sentence
j imposed removed and asking for the
setting aside of all previous court pro
ceedings and granting the defendant a
new trial, all on the ground of fraud,
malfeanance and nonfeasance on the
part of the district attorney, was de
nied yesterday by Judge Franklin A.
Griffiths, in the superior court here.
It is said that the defendant’s attor
neys will make further effort to save
him from the gallows, but they have
not announced their plans.
NEW AUSTRO-GERMAN TARIFF.
NEW YORK, May 10.—The secre
tary of the German imperial economic
board has sent to German industrial
and commercial bodies copies of the
draft of a new tentative Austro-Ger
man joint commercial tariff, says Ber
lin newspapers.