T8E ANCHORAGE WEEKLY TIMES
ANCHORAGE PUBLISHI NG CO., PUBLISHERS.
CHAS. E. HERRON.
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THEY’RE OFF.
Bravo and true, willing to face ilie dangers of tin* battle
fields of Europe in defense of their ideals of good government,
sixty-one Anchorage boys today departed for the front to do
their share in the greatest war of history.
Anchorage is proud of her hoys. At tin* station this morn
ing they were hid Bod Speed by the greatest assemblage of
people ever gathered in Anchorage. There was many a wet
eye as the train carrying the pride and hope of Anchorage
moved away from tin* station, but the hoys leaving, filled with i
courage and hope, left with high heads and brave heads.
The war now is brought home to Anchorage. We know
what it means to send the best blood of our community to laeej
the unknown dangers of a ruthless war and it is up to this j
community to hear in mind the fact that it is up to us and oth
er similar communities, that tin* hoys on the front look lor sup ;
port, and taking pattern from the brave ones who left Ibis
morning, exert every effort in our power to see that they will |
want for nothing which will tend to make their lot as sale:
and comfortable as possible.
COMPULSORY WORK.
A compulsorv work l;i\v i- announced to be in process tor
shaping for proposal in congress, designed to t’n<*i!it;it«* tin1'
w<!r and industrial work of the nation and to conserve tlit* |
wasted energy of many citizens who art* not now impressed
with tin* necessity for Labor.
Tim statt* of Maryland lia> su<‘h a law now in operation.!
and laggards art* lined or jailed for failing to work, whether
or not they have the means to support themselves. Kvery
Marylander must show that, if able bodied, lie is regularly
and eontinuously employed. or bt* p«*nali/.ed. The law was
adopted last August and is distinctively a war measure. It,
provides that whenever, because of a state of war. the gover
nor determines that its (*nforcement seems necessary, a proe i
lamation to that effect is to be issued,. There is a clause re
pairing the registration of all able-bodied men between the i
ages of IS and od; those who are assigned to work art* giv(*n
such em})loyment as tlieir particular training indicates. Tnion
labor is protected by excepting strikers from the compulsion
to work. Tin* assistant attorney general of Maryland frankly j
states that "tin* law is an attempt to wake the idle rich up to
the necessity of putting their shoulders to the wheel and help
jug to produce something of value to their country in the time
of national emergency.” However, a large number of slack
ers without riches have fallen in the net of the law.
West Virginia has passed a law requiring all able-bodied
residents between the ages of 1(> and d() to engage* in some law
ful business, occupation or employment for at least thirty-six
hours per week, whereby they may earn sufficient funds for
the maintenance of their dependents. A man that refuses to
work i- regarded as a vagrant and amenable to a sentence of
sixty days" work on the streets or county roads.
There is little likelihood that a national law will lx* needed
to procure adequate labor for war and industrial purposes. Tin*
man most keenly needed by the nation is the skilled worker.
The shipyards of the country, generally, have rim pie common
labor at their disposal, much of it awaiting the employment of
skilled mechanics. Such mechanics as art* engaged in work
not necessary to war are gradually being shifted to war indus
tries.
JAM FOR BRITAIN'S ARMY.
The fondness of the British "Tommy” as well as of Brit
ishers gen 'rally, for sweet fruit .jams and marmalades ha- ne
eessitated tin* inclusion of these sweets in the rations issued
to soldiers and -ailprmen. The importance of thi< item of war
supplies is shown by the fact, .just announced, that the minis
ter of customs in Australia, through tin* commonwealth gov
ernment, has placed a contract with the British government
for .)(),()(M),<M)0 pounds of Australian jam, involving the expen
diture of upward of sVJbO.OOi). The order was so large that
the contract was distributed throughout the Australian states
to factories equipped to manufacture tin* jam. It is predicted
that this industry will greatly stimulate the production of
small fruits, by providing a market for any excels in produc
tion.
The edict against noodles in Italy probably will lead to
enlarging the caliber of tin* macaroni from to .+4.
If you want to know on which side your bread is buttered,
get a magnifier.
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A. B. bHtU»laKA, ISlC. afept.257 CHICAGO,U.S.A.
THIS CITV HEED
SEVENTEEN ENLISTMENTS ARi
ENTERED UY THE EXEMP
TION BOARD HERE.
WILL DEPART NEXT WEEK
Recruits Designate Their Perferences
for Various Branches of Service anci
Will Report at Fort McDowell, Cali
fornia.
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* New Enlistments *
* Lars Peter Anderson, auto +
* driver, +
* J. P. Cooper,
* Albert I. Dohrmann, tinner, +
* John Samuel Dorwin,
* Harry Fletcher, printer, *
* Jens C. Jensen, axeman, sur- ■¥
* vey party, +
* Karl Kunz, clerk, +
* Robert J. Logemann, plumb- +
* er, ■*
* Robert Maxey, *
* Archie P. McLane, carpen- +
* ter, *
* Fred M. Nelson, *
* Harry Ober, clerk, *
* Morris Olson, +
* Jens Pedersen, prospector, *
+ Robert Lee Sharts, press- +
*■ man, +
* K. B. Skudis, clerk, *
*■ Jens Wold, commission em- *
+■ ploye. *
Seventeen young men enlisted at
the military exemption board's office
here in the United States army and
navy. .Many branches of the service
are designated in the applications.
Three have voluntered for submar
ine service, four for aviation, one fo»
the medical corps and the remainder
express no prefernce.
The young men will be sent from
Anchorage next week or as soon as
the exemption board is definitely mi
vised of the sailing of a steamer south
from Seward. All expenses will be
borne by the United States govern
ment from the time they leave An
chorage until the date of their arrival
at Foil McDowell which is located on
Angel island in San Francisco bay.
Transportation requisitions with
meal ticket books which will be hon
ored by railroad and steamship com
panies and all restaurants and hotels
will be given the recruits.
Upon their arrival at Fort Mc
Dowell they will be asigned to var
ious cantonments for training.
The names of the volunteers and
the branch of service preferred by
some of them are as folloXvs:
Harry Ober, clerk in Robarts’ pool
hall, perference submarine.
Harry Fletcher, printer, Anchorage
Democrat, medical corps.
K. 15. Skudis, employed in the Royal
cafe, navy.
Fred M. Nelson, submarine service,
registered at Iditarod.
Robert Lee Sharts, printer and
pressman, who was employed at the
Daily Times, aviation.
Jens C. Jensen, axeman in survey
ing party, navy.
Robert J. Logemann, plumber, sub
marine service.
James P. Cooper, aviation service.
Robert Maxey, stoker.
Jens Wold, employed by the Alas
kan Engineering commission, no pre
ference.
Jens Pederson, prospector, engi
neering corps.
Lars Peter Anderson, auto driver,
no preference.
Archie P. McLane, carpenter, nc
preference.
John Samuel Dorwin, aviation serv
ice.
Karl Kunz clerk in Anchorage Sup
ply company, infantry.
Albert I. Dohrmann, tinner, aviation
service.
Morris Olson, navy.,
OF COURSE.
“To keep a pledge is not much fun
And when,” said Mr. Hood,
“You make good resolution, son,
I want you to make good.”
OF RECOVERIES
REPORT FOR PERIOD OF FOUR
TEEN YEARS RECEIVED FROM
MORNINGSIDE ASYLUM.
TOTAL PATIENTS NUMBERED 688
Seventeen Per Cent More of Demented
Northerners Regain Reason Than
Do Similarly Afflicted Persons in
Other Parts of Country.
Seventeen per cent more of the
Alaskan patients at the Morningside
sanitarium in Oregon, to which insti
tution, under the federal law, all de
mented persons from Alaska are com
mitted, recover than the average for
asylums throughout the United States
according to the report sent to the of
fice of Governor J. F. A. Strong of j
Juneau, from the Morningside sani-!
tarium, covering the past fourteen |
years.
The average recovering from asy- ;
lums in the United State is 24 per!
cent, but those from Alaska recover ;
to the number of 41.7 per cent. It is :
also stated that more than half of;
the Alaskans sent to the asylum are -
merely despondent or mentally de- ;
pressed.
I he total number ot Alaskan pa-1
tients admitted between the dates of
1;>0-1 and 1!) 18 is (588, and the present
number of Alaskan patients is 213.!
Out of the total number of Alaskans
j sent to the asylum during these four
tcm years, 813 have been discharged,
! and ICO have died at the asylum.
Those escaping are enumerated,
with the sum total of those discharg- !
ed, vet the actual number of Alas- ,
' . i
kar.s who made their escape and were <
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not recaptured is forty-two. : ]
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! According to information reaching c
Walter Shields, superintendent of the ! |
i bureau of education at Nome, thir-j c
teen polar bears have been killed by /
! the native hunters of the Cape Prince 2
'of Wales district up to the present ,
time. Three of the huge animals were t
bagged by one man. This is a great-1 ^
I er number than were killed during the g
tntire winter of 1916-17 and indicates £
■ that the animals are unusually prev- ^
i alent along the upper coast. * g
in response to a call for bids is- ]
j sued by Road Overseer H. H. Ross, (
of Fairbanks, some time ago for the x
construction of a relief cabin on the ,
Circle trail at the eighty-three mile |
post, which is at the head of the Me- j
Manus river, a few bids were turned j ^
j in. The successful bidder was J. R. ]
; Parkin, of the twelve-mile road house ^
ion the Circle trail, who was awarded
i the contract for the sum of $275. The
establishment of this cabin will mean x
nuch to the mushers making the trip (
over to the Circle country and to oth- (
er places in that vicinity. It has long ,,
been the custom for the miners and j t
prospectors who have occasion to j
I travel in the isolated districts to erect t
| cabins or other means of shelter on ^
I the route of travel. Owing to the long j
| distance between shelter on the Chat- {
; anika-Circle trail it was deemed ad- ,
jvisable by the road overseer to have (
a cabin built at eighty-three mile post i
1 for the accommodation of those who
travel that route. j
For the city election to be held ^
| April 2 at Seward J. L. Graef, hard-! c
| ware merchant, has announced his ‘ v
j candidacy for councilman, and Julian
; H. Reed, assistant cashier of the Har- i
| riman National bank, and Dr. Romig, | ]
i have announced their candidacies for ;.
! treasurer. I j
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! Only one shift is working now in 1 j
i the Alaska-Juneau mine near JuneauJ,
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| as those employed on the night shift j j
have been given work on the day shift. I |
Some of the contractors are said to '.
be working more than one shift in j
the mine, but these, too, are expected j
to be put on a one-shift basis in the ! 1
near future. ! i
Tillie Martin, Indian of Juneau, has ]
entered suit in the district coyrt at (
Juneau against Billy George, of that (
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HARDWOOD PLANKS FOR SLEDS.
HOCKEY SKATES, ASH AND PINE SKIIS
SIMONDS SAWS AND BROAD AXES.
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t is alleged that he accused her of
laving stolen $120, stating that his in
ormant was a fortune teller. TilMe
illeges George said to her: “You
ire the one who took the money. The
ortune teller has named you to us.”
The largest selective conscription
nilitary district in Alaska has the
ewest registrants. It is district No.
6 and comprises a territory that in
ludes the town of Fort Lukon, Cir
le and Eagle, together with the out
ying mining localities of Chicken
reek. Jack Wade creek, Woodchopper
in the Eagle precinct), Deadwood
nd Miller house. The number of
egistrants is only nineteen. While
he population is comparatively large,
he great majority of the men are
bove military age. The registrants
re Anton Johansen, Amund Hagen,
Charles W. McDowell, Engbret Johan
en, of Chicken; Lawrence Fox, Cas
ilis F. Jones, Dwight Fox, of Circle;
'rank S. Buck, Everett P. Frohock,
f Eagle; Roland A. Steck, of Dead
rood; Frank C. Jones, James A. Car
oil, of Fort Yukon; Tony Abramson,
Carl A. F. Petterson, of Jack Wade;
larold Wick, Ingwald Anderson, Ing
cald K. Sather, of Miller House;
7rank Rossbach, George McGregor, of
Voodchopper (Eagle).
Dr. J. A. Silverman, at Valdez,
crites that the codfish and clams had
lisappeared from the locality of Ko
liak island entirely, and that their
carcity would work a hardship upon
he residents of the island, who de
icnd upon both to a more or less ex
ent for a living. No reason is
mown for their disappearance, and
Codiak fishermen are puzzled to at
ount for it. Large codfish banks are
lear the island, and many thousand
lounds have been shipped monthly.
Two hotels at Chitina have changed
lands. Fred Handy has leased the
)verland, which he has renovated and
.ill conduct. Charles Spangler pur
hased the Commercial, and will
hortly open a restaurant and bakery.
The fishing boat Puritan, of the
looth Fisheries company, is hard
.ground at Cape Cleare, on Montague
sland, and if a southeaster springs
ip will be a total loss. The Puritan
an aground during a wind and snow
form. The1 Puritan is one of the
argest fishing boats on the Pacific,
icing 90 tons burden, 125 feet long,
md lifted up in regular steamer style.
Fred Leach, of Nome, died there
ecently of paralysis. He was born
n 1870 in Nevada county, California.
Ie arrived at Nome in the summer of
900, where he had resided continu
lusly since. He followed the vocation
if a miner and prospector in partner
! ship with his brother, and father, who
j also recently passed away. The de
| ceased is survived by his mother and
j sister, both of whom are at present
j residing at Sacramento, Cal; also by
I a brother, John Leach, who is at pres
ent living in Nome, and was with him
j at the time of his death. The funeral
; was held from the Pioneer igloo, of
which lodge the deceased was a mera
1 her in good standing at the time of his
death.
Cecil Barcroft, a former resident
of Nome, died recently in Portland,
Oregon. Mr. Barcroft was a clerk in
the post office at Nome, under Frank
S wanton.
Two weddings recently occurred at
Fairbanks, Sam Samson and Miss
Eva Berlin and Isaac Taylor and Miss
Laura Lewis, being the two contract
ing couples.
Kobert Sheldon, of Fairbanks, own
; er of a stage line, has announced his
candidacy as a democrat for road sup
; erintendent in the Fourth division.
! Louis K. Pratt, of Fairbanks, has an
nounced his candidacy as a republican
! for territorial senator from the fourth
division.
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AUSTRIAN FACTIONS
ENGAGE IN FIGHT
CZECHS CONTEND THAT GER
MANS ARE WITHHOLDING UN
FAIR AMOUNT OF FOOD.
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COPENHAGEN, March 16.—Czech
■ and German members of the Austrian
I lower house of parliament engaged in
■ a wild sculfle in which several persons
I were injured Thursday night. The
disorder occurred during a speech of
a Czech deputy when he declared the
city of Prague had been without food
for several days and that the Germans
were withholding from the Czech peo
ple their proportionate provisions.
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MEASURE PROVIDES T H A T
CLOCKS SHALL* BE SET ONE
HOUR AHEAD THIS MONTH.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 16.—
With the acceptance by the senate of
the house amendments to the daylight
savings bill today the measure has
I been passed by congress and now
1 awaits only the signature of the presi
j dent to become a law.
| The bill requires all time pieces in
| the country to be advanced one hour
| on the last Sunday in March.