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CHANCELLOR VON HERTLING ON PEACE PLANS
One Raider Returns Safely to Port
and Another Comes to Grief
in Danish Territory
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 26.—A dispatch
from Berlin says that the German
auxiliary cruiser Wolf, Captain Nerger,
haa reached the Austrian harbor of
Pola, on the Adriatic sea, after fifteen
months’ raiding In the Atlantic, In
dian and Pacific oceans.
The Wolf had on board more than
four hundred members of the crews of
sunken vessels. Besides she had many
captured guns, and raw materials. In
cluding rubber, copper and brt'ao,
valued at many millions of marks.
The raider sunk many ships, includ
ing three American vessels, and cap
tured the British cruiser Turritella,
which was rechrlstened the litis, and
she was operated as a raider in the
Gulf of Aden until she. met the British
naval forces, when she was mink by
her own German crew.
Raider Cornea to Grief
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 26.—The Span
lab steamship IgoUemendi, with a Ger
man prize crew on board, in ashore
near Skaw lighthouse. She has pris
oners aboard from six ships sunjr 'tty j
her during the past eight months,
while she crtiieed in the Pacific ocean.1
Two of the prisoners are Americans.,
A lifeboat has landed twenty-two of
the ship's company, including nine
women and two children.
The Danish authorities have intern
ed the German commander and Ger
man crew, who have refused to leave
the ship. There is an epidemic of
lieri-beri and scurvy on board the ship.
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(By Associated Press)
SAN FfcANt*!*CO, Feb. 26— Fred
Sunquist, second engineer; Hermann
Neilson, waiter, and Y. Bulgarin, a
deck hand of the steamship Alliance,
have been arrested here, accused of
mutiny.
When the Alliance arrived from
San Pedro the accused attempted to
go ashore in defiance of the orders of
the federal officials, while the vessel
was being searched for contraband.
The Alliance was held at San Pedro
in connection with rumored plots to
smuggle arms and ammunitions into
Mexico.
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(By Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb 26 — The artillery duel
In the American sector Is growing
more intense. The Germans have
fired more than a hundred shells dur
ing the past twenty-four hours, and
last night began to bombard violently
the American trenches with gas and
high explosive shells.
NEW HUN ATROCITIES AS
RESIST MARCH
PETROGRAD, Feb. 24—Blaring si
rens awoke sleeping Petrograd on
Sunday night, signifying that the Ger
mans had entered Pskov. -Small de
tachments of the invaders are moving
toward Petrograd.
The whistles summoned the people
to dig trenches for the defense of the
capital,
Boisbevilci Resisting
LONDON, Feb. 26.—A Petrograd
dispatch received y esterday said that
the Bolshevik! had captured Pskov,
which is 175 miles from Petrograd.
The Red Guards are resisting the ad
vance of the Germans everywhere.
Berlin last night announced that
the Germans had captured Pskov.
To Mow Americans
WASHINGTON, Feh. 26.—Arrange
ments are being made to move the
Americans now in Moscow to Samara,
five hundred miles east -of the Polish
capital. No immediate occupation of
Moscow by the Germans is looked for.
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ON BOARD TUSCANIA
William A. Bishop, who was aboard
the transport Tuscania, which was
sunk on February 5 by a German sub
marine, and who gave bis home ad
dress as Anchorage when he enlisted
in the Twentieth Forestry regiment,
was employed on the power boat
Islander, formerly owned by Captain
Thomas Neeley, and operated in Cook
Inlet waters.
On the sale of the Islander to the
Alaskan engineering commission dur
ing the summer of 1915 Bishop was
employed by Captain Cramer of the
power boat Traveler.
Bishop was a gasboat engineer, and
was at Anchorage during the entire
summer of 1915.
The first reports received concern
ing the sinking of the Tuscania in
cluded Bishop in the list of those miss
ing, and he was supposed to be lost,
but late reports contained the infor
mation that he was among the sur
vivors.
Bishop left Anchorage in the fall of
1915 and enlisted in the Twentieth
Forestry regiment, which was on its
way to the war zone aboard the Brit
ish transport Tuscania. The transport
was torpedoed by a German submarine
when off the coast of Ireland. The
list of drowned and missing contained
nearly 200 names.
MIN BESTS FBITON
INB III) MEET 1LLIHB
(By Associated Press)
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 26—Fred Ful
ton was knocked out in the third round
here last night by Frank Moran.
Mary Meet Champion
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 26.—
Jess Willard, the heavyweight cham
pion, today stated to newspaper men
that he was ready to make a match
with Fulton if the latter will make rea
sonable terms.
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CANNON WILL NOT RUN
FOR RE ELECTION
Frank B. Cannon of Wasilla, one oi
the representatives of the Third divi
sion in the territorial legislature, will
not be a candidate this year for the
legislature, according to a statement
■made by him recently.
Mr. Cannon’s Anchorage friends are
trying to prevail upon him to announce
his candidacy as road commissioner
for this division, but he has come to
no conclusion in the matter.
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ALASKA’S PASSENGERS
FROM PORT OF CORO
The steamship Alaska left for Se
attle at 2 o’clock this morning with the
'following passengers from Cordova:
F. W. Marshall, M. Kelly, W. E. Ter
' rill, C. M. Monohan, Mrs. E. McCallis
j Joe Doran, Jack Allman, Mrs. Bracken
I Joe Most. Albert Wile, William Brod
I hagen, Frank McKanna, Mrs. O. 1
| Lambert, O. E. Lambert, Miss Jose
jyhine Bona, Miss Anna Roserwan, Bay
DeRosier, Mrs. Anna Wlhite, Mrs. 1
| Ross, B. Van Zelpel, Albert Swanson
Mrs. M. E. Smith, John Rinoff, A. Sim
son, C. W. Peterson, Gus Skykoff
j Earnest Johnson, Jim Riley, Mrs. W
i Clayson, Glen Perry, Phil Truckey, W
! H. Reynolds, Joe Miller, J. O. Behy
! mer, Aug. Johnson.
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LIQUOR CASES GO OVER
The cases of Robert Gottschalk.
Jack Terry and Ernest Fuller, charged
(with a violation of the bone dry law,
which were set for trial this afternoon,
have been continued until tomorrow
! morning at 11 o’clock.
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AMSTERDAM, Feb. 26.—The Ger
man newspapers, speaking of the great
offensive which they say Hindenberg
is going to launch in the west, say that
the army has a new poison gas of sur
passing effectiveness, “which is being
reserved as a surprise for the Ameri
cans."
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SOCIALIST CANDIDATES
FILE DECLARATIONS
Henry, of Anchorage, has filed ]
Bid- SecfnrHtiuu ut candidacy for the
territorial legislature on the Socialist
ticket to be voted on at the coming
primary election in April. Dr. E. F.
j German, also of Anchorage, has made
! a similar declaration of candidacy for
! the territorial senate on the Socialist
I ticket.
Both of these men were candidates
for the same offices at the last general
election, and received a large vote in
Anchorage, but outside of that dis
trict their vote was light and they
failed of election.
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Frank McKenna left on today's boat j
for the Outside.
SUPREME COURT GIVES RULING ON THE PERFECTING OF CITIZENSHIP
Copies of an opinion rendered by
the supreme court relative to the ques
tion of whether persons who, prior to
1906, made declarations of intention to
become citizens of the United States
could now come into court and make
application for naturalization. Here
tofore the rule followed by practically
all courts, including those in Alaska,
has been that people who declared
their intentions of citizenship prior to
1906 might come and secure their
papers at any time. Those who made
the declarations after 1906, however,
were required to live up to the statu
tory provision that they must then
make their final application within
seven years.
The decision of the supreme court,
which will now be followed in all
courts, is in part, as follows:
The circuit court of appeals, recit
ing that there are conflicting decisions
upon the construction of the act of
congress, has certified the following
questions:
“1. Is a declaration of intention
made before the naturalization act of
1906 saved by the proviso of the first
paragraph from the seven year limi
tation of the second paragraph of sec
tion 4 of the act?
“2. Is an alien who has made dec
laration of intention before the act
of 1906 required to file his petition for
citizenship at a time no more than
seven years after the date of such
declaration of intention?
“3. Is an alien who has made a
declaration of intention before the act
of 1906 required to file his petition for
citizenship at a time not more than
I seven years after the date of the act?”
I The question in the case th'en, to
! state it succinctly, is whether the act
of 1906 is applicable to declarations
of intention made prior to its passage
and to what extent applicable, if at I
all.
That the question is susceptible of j
different answers is indicated by the!
diversity of views of the courts which •
have passed upon it.
Matter of Intention
, The cases that have answered it in
the negative have invoked in support ■
of their view the presumption that J
statutes have prospective operation
unless controlled by contrary inten
I tion clearly expressed and certain pro
visions of the act indicate, it was said, j
'that it was not the intention of con-!
gress to invalidate a declaration of
| intention made prior to the act “at any
j future time.” And one case adduces
j the contemptuous construction of an j
[administrative board
The words especially relied upon
j are those of the proviso in the first j
j paragraph of section four and those
of section 8. The latter may be dis
i regarded. It prohibits the naturaliza
i tion of aliens who cannot spealc the
| English language, if physically able to
j do so, but prior declarations if made
in conformity with the law in force at
their date. The proviso of section 4
deserves more notice. It is that no
alien whose declara ion conformed to
law when made “shall be required to
renew such declaration.” To this pro
vision the cases wc have summarized
—and we refer to them because there
is no brief on file for Morena—have
ascribed the direct influence of exclud
ing declarations theretofore made.
We cannot assent to the view that
if a limitation be put upon the time
to complete the declaration by the
application for citizenship it can be
construed as invalidating the declar
ation. It is no destruction of a right,
or privilege to limit the time for its
assertion, and the cited provision does
no more. Section 4 prescribes a time
for completing the declaration, a time
so liberal, regarding the privilege;
granted and the reason for granting j
and seeking it, as not to be considered !
in any just appreciation of words or1
even a limitation of it. And there was j
appealing purpose. There were reasons I
for giving to all declarations the same
duration.
As To Elapsed Time
It is to be remembered that the
resolution of the alien to change his
allegiance is expressed in his declara
tion The interval of time between it
and admission to citizenship is the i
precaution of the law to assure quali-1
fication. In the old law this inter
val could not be less than two years,
and so in the new law. Aside from J
this there was no other prescription in j
the old law of the time that should j
elapse between the declaration and j
the final petition. The minimum of
time was preserved in the new law,
but there was a maximum time pre- j
scribed for the completion of the dec-!
laration, and unless this was made ap
plicable to “old-law declarations” as
well as to “new-law declarations,” the
act of 1906 would not do what its title
declares it was intended to do—“pro
vide a uniform rule for the naturaliza
tion of aliens throughout the United
States."
A limitation of time even upon the
assertion of right theretofore having;
no limitation upon its assertion, or a
different limitation, is not infrequent
and its legality is unquestionable if
a time reasonable, in view of the sub
ject matter, be given. Wilson v. Ise- 1
minger, 185 IT. S. 55; Soper v. Ander -
son, 201, U. S. 359; Blinn v. Nelson 1
222 U. S. 1. See also Sohn v. Water- 1
son, 17 Wall. 595; Union Pacific rail- s
road company v. Laramie stockyards t
Co., 231 U. S. 190. This being the i
power of congress, there were, as :
we have seen, promptings to its exer- (
cise. I
The act, therefore, does not invali- I
date old declarations. It only specifies i
a time for their realization, a time s
ample to consider and estimate the
value of realization, the extent of its •
duty and responsibilty, a time deter
mined, and applied, therefore, upon
full consideration; and we are not im-!
pressed with the argument that would
assign an eternity of duration to prior 1
declarations. , p
The first question certified would I
seem to be addressed to the view that t
the act of 190C made nugatory decla- n
rations theretofore filed. This, how- i
Bver, is not urged by the government \1
ttnd we consider it untenable for the c
reasons which we have already ex- p
pressed. Such has been the ruling i
3f the cases. s
We therefore answer the first and c
second questions in the negative and s
third in the affirmative. a
Germany Would Accept President
Wilson’s Conditions on Terms
Favored by Kaiser
(By United Press)
EtATBLESS.—Germany, through
Chancellor Von Hertllng,- declared to
day that a general peace can be dis
cussed on the basis of the four prin
ciples recently laid down by President
Wilson.
The chancellor's acceptance, of the
President's basis of peace terms was
followed by the statement that the
principles must be recognized by ail
states and all peoples, which stage
has not yet been reached.
Von Hertllng said that a court of
arbitration lacking the attribute* ol
a world tribunal is projected against
Germany, which declines to be judged
by it. -
He threw out a hint to Belgium to
confer on separate peace terms.
KNIGHTS Of COHOS
EFFECT OOGINIZITION
That Cordova means to keep at the
forefront in every worthy movement
for the betterment of Our Boys, who ,
are representing and fighting for us.
was clearly evinced by an unusual j
well attended and enthusiastic meet-j
ing held last night. An organization,
was effected in the election of Mrs.
Jas. L. Galin, as chairman; P. A. Jones,
secretary and John Muller, treasurer.
The following committees were ap- j
pointed: Publicity, H I. O’Neill and F.
A. Jones; Membership, Mrs. J. 'r,i
l.ydick, H. I. O'Neill, Jas. Mac/..;ormac,
Walter Gaffney, Tom Tiecfley, Patrick
Cannon, John Muller and F. A. Jones, ^
The next meeting will be held on|
Wednesday evening when plans will'
be formulated to raise a fund that will,
be a credit to the generosity and pa !
triotism of Cordova.
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DEPUTY MOSSMAN ~r'
ARRESTS ALIEN
Albert Styre, who conducts a photo
graph studies at Anchorage, was taken
into custody by Deputy Marshal Moss
man as a German alien enemy, and is
being held to await trial on the charge
of sedition. It is alleged that Styre
has been actively engaged in urging re
sistance to the draft law and otherwise ,
making seditious utterances.
PEOPLE ILL BE i
REPRESENTEDBY
EX-PRES. TUFT
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WASHINGTON _ ' ' T <
.. , ■% Feb 26.—Repres
entatives of , .. ,
, capital at the conference
being
here between capital ami
-*d‘ have named former President \Y
H. Taft as the representative of f :
public in the joint conference wh i
is to establish a basis for relati.)
during the war.
The representatives of labor a'
will name a man to represent th
public. There are five representatives
each of capital and labor \ttending
the conference. ^
FOX FARMER ASKS
$25,000 FOR 24 SKINS
Twenty-five thousand dollars is the
price asked by E. Schuler or Anchor
Point, near Seldovia. on Cook Inlet,
for twenty-four black and silver fox
'kins which were taken in December
by him from his fox farm at Anchor
Point to eastern fur markets, accord
ing to Mason B:. Leming, special
igent for the United States land of
ice with headquarters in Juneau, who.
ecently visited Seldovia.
Mr. Schuler left Seldovia during the
holidays with the furs intending to
risit eastern markets and dispose of
he pelt to individual fur buyers. He
las twenty-five foxes on the farm at
he present time.
CODFISH AND CLAMS
ARE SCARCE AT KODIAK
(n a letter received on the last boat
>y Dr. J. A. Silverman the statement
vas made that the codfish and clams
md disappeared from the locality of
Codiak island entirely, and that their
carcity would work a hardship upon
he residents of the island, who depend
ipon both to a more or less extent for
living. No reason is known for their
isappearance, and local fishermen are
mzzled to account for it. Large cod
ish banks are near the island, and
nany thousand pounds have been
hipped monthly.—Valdez Prospector
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EPIDEMIC ATTACKS
CANINES AT KODIAK
A slaughter of dogs at Kodiak has
een in progress for some time past,
ccordlng to a communication from
>eputy Marshal Karl Armstrong of
hat place, who states that he has
lready killed twenty-five of the can
le population. The animals appear
> have been seized with an epidemic
f some sort, which in instances ap
ears to be hydrophobia, with a froth
:ig of the mouth, running wildly and
napping at everything, while in other
ases the animals are attacked with a
tupor, accompanied by convulsions,
s though they had been poisoned.