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SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA CLUB
ACTS ON MOOSE, CARIBOU
AND MOUNTAIN SHEEP.
MORE LIBERAL LAW IS URGED.
Approval Is Given Principle of Sul
zer Bill, But Longer Open Season
Is Advocated and Application to
Entire Territory Wanted.
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Approval was given the principle,
and more liberal provisions were urg
ed by the Southeastern Alaska Fish
and Game club at its recent meeting
in Juneau to the bill introduced in
congress by Delegate Charles A. Sul
zer providing for the sale during the
open season and north of latitude 62
of moose, caribou and mountain sheep
carcasses.
The bill provides, ‘‘that it shall be
lawful to kill moose, caribou and
sheep in that part of Alaska north of
latitude sixty-two degrees between
September 1 and December 31 next
following in each year, both dates in
clusive, except that no person shall
kill in any one year more than two
moose, three caribou and three moun
tain sheep. . . .”
The bill further provides that such
carcasses after being tagged by a
game warden under the provisions of
the bill might be sold in the public
market during the open season and
v penalty for the violation of the act
of a $200 fine and three months’ im
prisonment has been provided.
Moose Quite Far South.
\V. H. Babbitt, forest ranger, re
ported that moose have been seen as
far south as lower Speel river, Taka
river and at Dry bay, near the Alsec
river. Ae the sixty-second parallel
runs through Copper center, after con
siderable discussion, the meeting vot
ed to recommend that the provisions
be made applicable to all of Alaska
r w the peried of the war. This wouid
allow the killing of moose which cross
the line from Canada in southeastern
Alaska and also those on the Kenai
pemnsula which would supply a great
part of the meat used in certain sec
tions of Alaska during the open sea
son. tending greatly to conserve the
meat supply the world.
It also was recommended that the
open season be from August 1 instead
of September 1, and that instead of a
tee of ‘2’j cents for tagging carcas
ses that a fee of 25 cents be charged.
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bounty on \\ olves.
The questions of an increased boun
ty on wolves, provisions for additional
game wardens, the use of poison to
exterminate wolves, and the employ
ment of special hunters who would
receive additional compensation in ad
dition to the bounty were referred to
a special committee consisting of
Charles E. Davidson, A. J. Sprague
and W. A. Clark, wTio are to report
at the next meeting.
Other questions referred to the
same committee were the killing and
sale of deer in southeastern Alaska
during the open season, the providing
for a hunting license for every hunt
er and limiting the killing of game
and the granting of licenses strictly
to citizens of Alaska.
The committee will report on the
matters referred to at the next meet
ing of the club, which is subject to the
call of the president.
Edward Carlson, a guest of the
Richter house, left for his home at
Moose creek on the morning train.
JP F. F. Anderson came down from
the mines at Chickaloon on Saturday’s
train and while in Anchorage is stay
ing at the Morrison hotel.
John McCarthy, one of the proprie
tors of the road house at Mile 174, on
the government railroad, left on the
morning train for Seattle.
D. L. Williamson, who is employed
by the Alaskan Engineering commis
si sion at Chickaloon, came down on
Sunday’s train and will enter the gov
ernment hospital tomorrow to undergo
an operation for appendicitis.
J. M. Wilson, an employe of the
Alaskan Engineering commission in
the mechanical department at Chicka
loon, checked out from the Hotel Cres
cent this morning, returning to his |
work.
Joseph Merenda, a guest of the
Crescent hotel, checked out this morn
ing and left on the. train for his work
at the Eska creek coal mines where
he is in the employ of the Alaskan
Engineering commission.
Ernest Wellein, one of the success
ful ranchers near Eagle river, came
down from his ranch yesterday and
registered at the Wilson house. Mr.
.Wellein returned on the morning
train.
Ernest Mould, a member of a con
tracting firm, which is engaged in
rock work at Camp 81 on Turnagain
Arm, returned this morning to his
work. Mr. Mould has been a guest
of the New I nion hotel.
Charles Anderson, who for the past
six months has been engaged in a sta
tion contract near Camp 89 out on
Turnagain Arm for the Alaskan En
gineering commission, has finished the
contract and is for the time making
his home at the New Union hotel.
James Patched, who has been em
ployed at Chickaloon for the past sev
. oral months, left this morning for
Seward and the outside. Mr. Patched
will spend the remainder of the win
ter in various cities in California.
William M. Cornwall, one of the
i lilast to locate a homestead at Moose
creek and who recently disposed of
h:s right to it, has purchased a dog
team and will devote the remainder
of the wuiter to freighting in supplies
to the mining men located on Lewis
river.
Boyd Leedy, an engineer connected
with the government coal mines at
Eska creek for the Alaskan Engi
neering commission, who was regis
tered at the Crescent hotel over Sun
day, returned this morning to his du
ties.
L. Ci. Jac'.son, employed by the
Alaskan Engineering commission, be
ing in charge of the depot at Mata
: nuska, who came down Saturday on
■ official business, checked out from the
Hotel Crescent this morning and re
turned to his headquarters.
Elmer Jacobson, employed by the
Alaskan Engineering commission last
summer, with headquarters at Tal
keetna, left on the morning train for
Seward and the outside. Mr. Jacob
son will visit in Seattle for a month,
at the end of which time he will re
turn to Anchorage over the trail.
FIRE DRILL CAUSES
COMMOTION IN CITY
MERCHANT WHO INQUIRES
ABOUT RINGING OF BELL
CAUSES RUN TO HIS STORE.
A fire drill took place at the Alas
kan Enginering commission head
quarters at 1 o’clock this afternoon,
; and the firemen at the station in the
j city, hearing the alarm, thought a
! real fire was in progress and immedi
ately started the vigorous ringing of
i the fire bell at the city fire hall,
i After two minutes of bell ringing,
I. Bayles, of JafFe and Bayles, tele
I phoned the city fire station to inquire
| the reasons for the bell ringing.
| Thinking he wanted to summon the
; department the firemen and their
equipment dashed frantically to the
Jaffe and Bayles store.
Mr. Bayles rushed out, saw the fire
wagon and the efforts of the fire fight
ers to begin active operations, and
then dashed back into his own store
to see if there was a fire. Not find
ing any he told the firefighters there
was no blaze on his premises.
The city firemen then telephoned to
the commission fire department* and
ascertained there really was no confla
gration.
FEWER CHILDREN NEGLECTED.
LONDON, Jan. 14.—The number of
cases of neglect of children has shown
a remarkable decrease in England
since the beginning of the war. In
1913 the number of cases officially re
corded was 54,000. Each year since
there has been a decrease, until last
year the number was less than 42,000.
JUST SO.
“What do you mean by archaic?”
“That’s the high brow term for old
stuff.”
REGULATIONS, WKICH ARE EFFECTIVE ALL OVER
ALASKA ARE RECEIVED BY ANDREW CHRISTEN
SEN, WHO IS IN CHARGE OF ANCHORAGE DIS
TRICT, AND WHO WILL DISTRIBUTE THEM.
Restrictions limiting’ the amount of
I sugar and flour that can be bought
! by consumers from retailers and by
j retailers from wholesalers were put
into effect today by Andrew Christen
sen, food administrator for the An
i chorage district, in accordance with
j instructions received late yesterday
* from Royal A. Gunnison, federal food
administrator for Alaska.
Sales of sugar are to be limited to
five pounds daily to any consumer by
retailers and to fifty pounds, in a sin
' gle sale, to any retailer by wholesal
' ers.
Sales of wheat flour, by either re
j tailers or wholesalers, are limited to
I forty-nine pounds in any transactions.
In cases where conditions warrant
! the sale of more than the specified
amounts of sugar or flour, permits for
' such sales may be issued by Mr.
: Christensen.
; Instructions relative to limiting the
| sales of sugar and flour, as sent by
| cable by judge Gunnison to Mr. Chris
tensen, are as follows:
Meeting of Dealers,
j “Please call all wholesale and re
tail food commodity dealers in your
1 section together and urge them to pre
vent hoarding and to conserve the es
sential foods.
“Announce the following regula
tions effective forthwith, to be con
tinued until further notice.
“White sugar to be sold to consum
ers in cities and towns and their im
mediate environs in quantities not to
exceed five pounds per household per
day, and to consumers and dealers
outside of cities and towns and their
environs in quantities not to exceed
lift:* pounds, without permits from the
food administrators.
“Wheat flour must not be sold by
dealers to consumers or to dealers
! either in or out of cities or towns in
quantities exceeding forty-nine pounds
without first obtaining permits from
the food administrator.
To Prevent Duplication.
“To prcent duplication of sales
and to eliminate hoarding, request all
.dealers as far as possible to confine
' sugar and flour sales to their regular
customers.
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Jnvite an dealers to become mem
bers of the United States food admin
istration. Dealers’ pledges and post
ers will be forwarded to you shortly
for distribution among dealers. For
ward to me the names of all dealers
invited to join the United States food
administration; the name of those that
accept, and the names of those that
decline.
“Urge dealers in meat and other
food commodities to encourage cus
tomers to use substitutes for meat,
and for foods that should be con
served.
“I cannot think that any citizen
will refuse to conform to all food reg
ulations, which are for the benefit of
our country and for the common j
caus. If, however, any person should !
refuse to abide by the regulations and I
should violate the rules, wire the name
of such person and the circumstan- j
ces to me.
Licenses for Sales.
“In regard to sales of excessive
amounts of sugar or flour you are au- j
thorized in my name to issue, over j
your own signature, written permits ‘
directed to the applicant’s dealer spe
cifying the amount allowed in the par
ticular instance for the excessive pur
chase, when the applicant satisfies you
of his good faith and of the fact that
he is not hoarding.
“Hotels, restaurants and boarding j
houses will be allowed to purchase !
fifty pounds of sugar at one time
without a permit.
“Forms of applications for the pur
; chase of excessive amounts of sugar
or flour are being printed and will go
forward to you on the first mail.
Uniform Over Territory.
"The regulations regarding sales of
food stud's are the same over the en
1 entire territory and are effective to
j day. I look to you to see that these
: regulations are made effective in all
j communities tributary to your city.
“I should like your opinion regard
i ing the reasonableness or unreason
| ableness of the quantities specified for
| sugar and flour, and of the operation
| of the regulations in general to ac
' complish the desired results in your
i district.”
NEGRO WOMAN SENT TO JAIL FOR
YEAR FOR VIOLATING LIQUOR LAW
! UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER
! IN PASSING SENTENCE DE- j
CLARE!) THAT HE WAS IN
CLINED TO ADD $1,000 FINE TO
IMPRISONMENT BUT THAT BE-!
CAUSE PRISONER WAS WOM
AN AND HAD PLEADED GUIL
TY HE WOULD SHOW LEN
IENCY.
—
Anna West, a negro woman who
was arrested by Deputy Marshals
Clarence W. Mossman and Harry
Kavanaugh Tuesday night charged
with having whisky in her possession,
plead guilty to the charge and was
sentenced by United States Commis
sioner Leopold David to serve one
year in the Anchorage jail.
Y.M.C. A. LOCATED
IN FRONT TRENCH
COW SHED IS USED AT FIRST IN
WHICH TO SUPPLY COM
FORTS FOR SOLDIERS.
PARIS, Jan. 21. — Refreshments
and amusements were provided for
the first American troops stationed j
for training in the first line trenches ■
by the American Army and Navy!
Young Men’s Christian association, j
This work began in a cow shed in a
little village just behind the front
lines under the direction of Ira D.
Shaw, a former Columbia University
football player.
In passing sentence, Judge David
pointed out that the maximum punish
ment for the violation of the bone
dry law, which went into effect Janu
ary 1 was a line of $1,000 and one
year in jail and that he was inclined
to impose the maximum penalty.
In view of the fact, however, that
the accused was a woman, the judge
continued, and had pleaded guilty to
the charge he said he would limit the
sentence to imprisonment for one
year. If the fine of $1,000 had been
imposed and had not been paid, an ad
ditional 500 days, or one day for every
$2 of the fine, would have been added
to the imprisonment term of one year.
This is the first violation of tne new
bone dry law in Anchorage.
GERMAN DOCUMENTS
INVOLVE CAHLEAUX
AMERICA PUBLISHES INCRIMIN
ATING CORRESPONDENCE
OF VAN BERNSTORFF.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 17.—
The American state department, from
its mysterious stock of intercepted di
plomatic communications, today made :
public correspondence between Count
von Bernstorff, when he was German
ambassador to the United States, and
the Berlin foreign office, showing that .
Joseph Cailleaux, former premier of i
''ranee, communicated in 1915 with
Jerman agents in Argentine.
One of the communications of Count
’on Bemstorff and the Berlin foreign
fl'ice reveiwed plans for the capture
>y a German submarine of a merchant
hip on which M. Cailleaux sailed
rom France to Argentine. The cap
ure of the ship was planned for the
rnrpose of getting possession of im- !
>ortant papers carried by her captain.
The statement was made in the
:ommunication that the submarine
rew would be directed to treat M.
Cailleaux with every courtesy.
COTTER BEAR
19 BE USEO I!
MERCHANT MARINE SCHOOL TO
BE OPENED ON FAMOUS
ARCTIC CRUISER.
CRAFT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
Veteran Boat Has Patrolled All Parts
of Alaska Coasts and Bering Sea
Every Season for Period of Thirty
Two Years.
The old United States revenue cut
ter “Bear,” often called the “Good Sa
maritan of the Northern Pacific” will
not go north when the Arctic ice pack
breaks this year, as she has been con
verted into a training ship for future
officers of the American merchant ma
rine, according to advices received
from San Francisco.
For thirty-two years the Bear has
patrolled the Alaska coasts and the
Bering sea in the summer and almost
every spring has been the first steam
er from the “outside” to drop anchor
in the roadstead oft' Nome, Alaska, af
ter the ice moves and releases that
city from its winter grip.
The Bear’s duties have been numer
ous. It has gone to the aid of wreck
ed ships, has carried supplies to posts
far up on the Arctic coasts, often took
Alaska’s “floating court” to isolated
points where law was to be adminis
tered and was the vessel that brought
to the outside world the survivors of
the Karluk, the flagship of the ex
plorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson when it
was crushed in the ice in the Arctic
off Siberia.
TOBACCO SCARCE IN FRANCE.
Shops Open for Half Hour Each Week
and Mobs Form Outside.
PARIS, Jan. 22.—French tobacco
and cigarettes are now obtainable in
Paris only once each week and even
luring the space of but about thirty
minutes. During that half hour the
tobacconists’ shops present about the
same appearance as did the coal and
wood yards during the fuel famine
last winter. It takes from three to a
aalf dozen policemen for each shop to
Iceep waiting smokers orderly while
the weekly supply is being dealt out,
md to pacify those that are still in
ine when the “no more tobacco” sign
:s hung out.
SHOTS FIRED AT
RUSSIAN PREMIER
V1AXIMILIST LEADER ESCAPES
INJURY BUT COMPANION IS
WOUNDED IN LEG.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 17.—It is re
sorted that an automobile carrying
Leon Lenine, the Russian premier and
Maximilist leader, was fired upon
Monday when he was driving to a
neeting of the ministry.
Lenine was not injured, but bullets
shattered the windows of the automo
bile and a companion of Lenine was
vounded in the leg.
WOMAN HEADS LABOR UNION.
EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 14.—Because
so many members of the union have
mlisted the members found it neces
sary to elect a woman as president
)f the local cooks’ and waiters’. She
s Mrs. E. Hayatt and is the first wom
m to hold such a position in a union
n El Paso.
JOHN VV. TROY DECLARES LEAS
ING SYSTEM IS CONTRARY
TO NORTHERN IDEAS.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT WANTED.
Title Should Remain Vested in Federal
Establishment, \V h i c h Merely
Means, Newspaperman Argut s,
Control by Theorists.
Selling, rather than leasing, Alaska
coal lands should be the policy of the
federal government in the opinion of
John W. Troy, editor of the Juneau
Empire, who recently left Juneau on a
political trip to Washington city,
where he will endeavor to have Presi
dent Wilson appoint Thomas Riggs,
Jr., governor of Alaska in succession
to Governor J. F. A. Strong.
In passing Seattle, Mr. Troy was
interview by one of the leading news
papers of the Puget sound metropolis
and is quoted as having said:
“The proposal to have the coal lands
sold outright instead of leased by the
federal government is a movement in
favor of a wider measure of local self
government. Local government in
Alaska can never have any control
over federal property.
No Local Authority.
“If title to the resources of Alaska
is to remain in the federal govern
ment no territorial or state legisla
ture, or referendum to the people
within the present territory or future
state or states, can have any author
ity over them.
“Federal ownership means federal
government—government from Wash
• ington. Private property is subject
to the will and laws of the common
wealth, therefore private ownership
means control by the people who live
1 in the vicinity of the rescv”ce~ and
know what they mean and how they
should be utilized for the good of the
public.
Government by Theorists.
“Government from Washington, D.
j C., means government by those who
| are aliens as far as Alaska is con
cerned—government bv those whose
i
I interest in Alaska is a theory. Self
government means government by
those who are vitally interested in tho
territory and circumstances and condi
tions surrounding it, and who have
knowledge gained of interest and ex
perience.”
Mr. Troy said that “every year that
Alaska’s resources are kept locked up
is a year of waste.”
MOBILIZATION OF FARMERS.
Exempted Agricultural Workers
Should Aid in Producing Crops.
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 15.—A
plan of mobilization for farmers ex
empted from the selective draft, ad
vanced by J. R. Shinn, county agri
culturist of this county, has been ac
cepted by W. A. Lloyd, national di
rector of county agent work for the
government, as a model for a cam
paign throughout the west and north
west.
“I agree with you that every ex
empted farmer owes a special duty to
the government,” says Mr. Lloyd in
a letter to Mr. Shinn. “I believe every
patriotic exempted farmer will appre
ciate this obligation and will respond
to it.”
Pledges from exempted farmers to
assist in production of crops especial
ly desired by the government will be
solicited, and will be executed under
the direction of the county agents, ac
cording to the present plans.
FOOD TO BE STORED.
LONDON, Jan. 14.—The ministry
of food has formed a section charged
with the organization and encourage
ment of cold storage facilities. It is
intended to arrange that a three
months’ supply of perishable goods
shall be storable at the various ports
of the United Kingdom. The accom
modation they provide is to be in
creased by ten million cubic feet of
space.