The Cordova Daily Times
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1917.
INTERNING ALIENS.
It lias been known among
government officials here,
steamship men and the press
that two months ago govern
ment secret service men were
placed on all steamers operat
ing to Alaska. Five months
ago a bomb was found in the
hold of the steamer City of
Seattle while that boat was at
Ketchikan. Two days later a
German was taken from the
steamer Mariposa at .Juneau
and sent to Seattle where he
was interned for the remaind
er of the war. Certain suspic
ious actions of this German,
who was a member of the crew
of the Mariposa, led to his ar
rest and internment.
Two weeks after the discov
ery of the bomb and the arrest
of the German member of the
Mariposa’s crew the govern
ment notified all steamship
companies operating to Alas
ka that aliens must be replaced
immediately. Federal author
ities took a hand in this order
upon the arrival at Seattle of
the different steamers.
It was believed then that
Americans or men of neutral
nations were only employed
aboard the steamers until four
weeks ago, just before the
steamer Spokane sailed from
Ketchikan for Juneau enroute
to Skagwav, the wireless oper
ator was taken from the ship,
sent south under guard and is
now interned. The wireless
operator proved to be a Ger
man sympathizer.
Stricter watch was kept and
the secret service men were
doubled on all steamers, some
working in the steward’s de
partment, others as oilers and
still others in the deck force.
A report was received in Se
ward four weeks ago that the
compasses of steamers had
been reported to be at vari
ance. Reports were also made
that sudden breaks of machin
ery, steering gear becoming
faulty and other suspicious
happenings aboard ships lead
to the belief that enemies were
working. Closer watch was
made, not only on steamers be-,
ing operated to Seward but to
ports in Southeastern Alaska.'
Then came wrecks, the Man
hattan, Al-Ki, Mariposa and
j the Spokane. It was known'
in Seward four days ago that
arrests were to be made fob]
lowing the government probe
which is now on in Seattle.!
Captain McGregor, of the
steamer Al-Ki is understood to^
have stated that his compass
was at fault, two of his heaving
lines were cut when he started
to have them used for sound
ing .just prior to his steamer
going ashore on Chicagoff Isl
and. Tt is also known that two
serious reports were made re
garding enemy operations on
the Mariposa. Nothing is.
known here regarding suspic-l
ions attached to the Manhattan
wreck.—Seward Gateway.
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LET’S GET BUSY.
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The purpose of the Pioneers
( of Alaska is to “collect ilfe liis-[
tory of Alaska, and to secure
the enrollment of Alaska pio
neers. The oldtimers of the
Territory have not been slow
to organize and secure the en
rollment of their numbers but,
after organizing, they have in
many instances neglected to
✓take up the work of “collect-.
ing Alaskan history and pre-j
serving it.” Enrollment of the
j pioneers is merely prelimipary
work to the collecting of the
] history after enrollment. An
effort is now being made to or-j
1 ganize the work and endeavor,
to get each member to do his|
j bit.
The pioneer is a natural-boni]
rover; he goes from camp to
camp prospecting on his way
and often is, for months, lost
in the primeval forest. He is a
| lover of Nature; he enjoys life
in the solitary forests, for there
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is the lure of gold to urge him
on. There is only one thing
that can call him back from his
search for the glittering sand,
and that is “a letter from
home.” When this “life line
is thrown out” by an old moth
er, or a sister or brother, “back
home,”'he shakes his shaggy
mane, and turns his face to
wards civilization again
The same force of power op
erates in the Igloo just as it
does in the home. The only
way to keep a brother in the
fold is to keep in touch with
him by letter. Don’t let him
get too far away. Throw out
the life line of brotherhood to
him. Interest yourself in his
welfare and you will, in tim°,
get an answer, and there will
be a check in the letter for his
dues.
That is the chief purpose of
this page. Tt is a kind of fra
ternal life line. Tt is a letter
from the home Igloo each week
to the brother who has gone to
some other camp; to some
brother who is wandering too
far away from his old time
friends. They are the best
friends he ever had. Why
should he lose them ?
Cooperation between the sec
retaries, or historians of the
different Igloos, and the editor
of this page will do much to
overcome this tendency to wan
der away and forsake the
home Igloo, if the officers will
only furnish to the editor the
pioneer news of each locality
such as the return of brothers
to the camp, the departure of
others for the States, or the ad
dress of those absent—in fact,
any news that will naturally
interest the pioneers.
i uere are now enrolled 4,
000 pathfinders Of Al'asW'wtio
came to the Terri toiy prior to
1900, but many of them have
gone “back home” to the
States, or to some distant camp
in the Territory, or possibly—
and in a few years we will say,
probably—gone across the
Great Divide, and are camping
on the other side.
It should be the aim of each
Igloo to have the secretary
keep the address, as best he
can, of each Igloo member. By
calling over the roll at the
meetings there is most always
some brother who can tell
where the missing brother is.
and what he is doing. This
information reported to the ed
itor of this page will furnish an
excellent directory each week
as to the whereabouts of those
who have wandered away. In
this way the history of Alaska
can be written, for all will take
an interest in the work Bet
us get busy. Don’t wait for
some one else. Do your bit. Do
it NOW!—Anchorage Times.
ADVOCATE HOME RULE FOR
IRELAND UNABLE COME ALASKA
Editor Times:
Mrs. H. S. Skeffington, the noted
Irish lecturer who has been making
a tour of Seattle, Portland, San Fran
cisco and other Pacific coast cities
has returned to New York where she
took an active part in the city elec
tion just closed. Mrs. Skeffingtor
whose husband, an Irish editor, was
shot by soldiers, has been trying tc
awaken this country t5 the need ol
the Irish people to be allowed to gov
ern themselves and one of her au
diences in Ban Francisco numbered
no less than 14000 people.
An effort was made to bring Mrs
Skeffington to Alaska but the un
certainties of the long trip caused hei
to decline the invitation.
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Resources Over $1,000,000.00
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