Times
PRICE TEN CENTS.
MACKENSEN ENABLE TO BREAK ALLIED LINE
JINKAC, Sept. 22. — Judge Wtck
ersliam spoke at the Coliseum theatre
last night before the largest gathering
in the history of Juneau, lie was in
troduced by Mayor Stewart, a Demo
crat. 11 is speech was confined to a
report to the people of his efforts at
Washington in their behalf. He de
clared that was increasing proof that
i he Democratic administration is
against a full territorial government,
and in favor of conserving Alaska
for lease to the corporations. He also
bitterly denounced the Alexander fish
c.ios bill.
The Daily Ditspatch, a Republican j
newspaper, announced today that it
would devote every energy at its com-,
mand to support Delegate Wickersham
for re-election to the house on his
record as a representative of all the ‘
poo; h\ Wickersham leaves here Sun- I
day for Cordova to direct his cam
paign and will then go to Fairbanks.
Do It; I, AS, Sepl. 2,r>. — Delegate
Wickersham was met at the city dock
on Saturday evening by the mayor
r.ml members of the city council, brass
hand and a crowd which overflowed
the theatre building where he spoke
for several hours, without once men
tioning Sulzer, (Irigshy or any other i
candidate, lie also failed to mention j
any other candidate in his Juneau
speech, which was listened to by 1,100 j
people. The Coliseum seats nine hull- ;
dred. Two hundred crowded the
aisles and fully that many were un- '
aide to get into the building, it was j
the largest political gathering in the
history of Juneau.
Delegate Wickersham and Congress-,,
man Johnson left here for Anchorage
W Sjiuty n lu on the Alameda. John
son said that while he would support
anyone elected by the people, he felt
that Alaska might be put back six |
years if Wickersham was defeated.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. Secre-1
tary McAdoo’s tour of tht; country
with the farm loan board is bringing |
him some first hand information re
garding tlie manner in which the peo- I
pie look upon this scheme. The;
north has no use for it. Hanks do- j
ing business under state charters, 1
banks which pay taxes, banks w hose '
resources are made out of the sav-j
ings of I he prudent and the thrifty, I
hanks whose management is in the j
hands of their depositors, banks whose 1
operations are safeguarded by wise !
laws and supervised by experienced of
ficers—there are banks like this all
- through the north. And these hanks
can, and do, lend money to farmers
at as low rales and on us good terms
as the federal government can pos- j
sihly do it—unless the plan is to take
,4^r the taxpayers’ funds and make a di
rect gift of them to the borrowing
farmer. Down south, of course, where I
enterprise and thrift have lagged
somewhat and where usurious interest
rates have been found to prevail, the
land credit scheme may he helpful.
In fact, it was probably devised to
be helpful to the south —*• which iB
most distinctly in the saddle now
adays.
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CANNERIES WILL SOON SHUT
DOWN FOR THE SEASON
The Grahum-Clarke salmon cannery
has about finished its catch for the
season, having put up a pack of 42,000
cases. The plant will continue in op
eration, however, for a time putting
up minced clams.
The Canoe Hass Company has put
up a pack of 28,000 cases of salmon,
and w ill build a large cannery for next
year.
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J. F. Dennis, wife and child, of Ken- j
necott, were atrivals in town on yes
terday's train.
LONDON, Sept. 25.—General Mackensen’s attempt to
break the Russian Roumanian main line defending the Con
stantda-Tchernaveda railway, has evidently failed, the oppos
ing forces being deadlocked from the Danube river to the Black
sea. The Roumanians, progressing along the left flank, ure
resting on the seacoast. They took 7,000 prisoners in Transyl
vania so far.
LONDON, Sept. 25.—Twelve Zeppelins attacked England
on Saturday night and killed twenty-eight men, women and
children. T wo of the Zeppelins were brought down, one of
which burned with its whole vrew of twenty-two. The other
one was captured.
ATHENS, Sept. 25.—Fully armed, the Cretan insurgents,
numbering 35,000 men, are in control of tin* islands.
\ IENNA, Sept. 25.—The bread famine which existed here for
several days, owing to transportation difficulties in the railway
service, lias been overcome since Roumania entered'the war.
LONDON, Sept. 23.—Hastily lying on a bomb in an at
tempt to smother it and save seven sleeping soldiers in French
trenches, ('apt. II. C. Kinred was blown at an angle of 30 de
' ■ s to tin* top and out of the trench, but escaped with his life
owing to a steel waistcoat. The story of his escape is one of
the most remarkable that has come from the trenches. Photo
graphs of the remainder of his tunic shown here reveal hut tat
ters. Luckily the seven men escaped with minor injuries.
PARIS, Sept. 23.—Many of the fine old trees of Belgium
are being cut down for use in the German trenches. The famous
Bois de la Cambre, near Brussels, is said to have lost 10,000 of
its trees, and lesser parks and woods are yielding their pro
portion.
BERLIN, Sept. 2f>. The business situation in Germany, ,
beginning the third year of the war, is more satisfactory than
could be ex fleeted in view of .lie long continuance of the war
and the practical stoppage of the country’s overseas trade.
Business is naturally upon a restricted basis, except where min
istering directly or indirectly to reipiirements created by the
war; but that basis appears everywhere to be a sound one. The
number of business failures has kept remarkably small, having
ranged considerably less than before the war. The employment i
>f labor is also more complete than before the war began. The j
lumber of unemployed workmen reported by about 40 labor
unions is only 2 1-2 per cent of the total, which is also the figure I
for the coorresponding time last year.
TAKES BIS LIFE BT I
SEWARD, Sept. 25: — Bert Fore
man fell into a crevass on the Port
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age glacier, near Mile 63, on the gov
ernment railroad, while on a trip from
Dope to Portage Bay. Ills companion 1 ^
went down the side of the glacier to
enter the lower end of the crevass, but
Foreman, fearing. death by freezing,!
cut his wrists and bled to death. Fore- j *
man’s wife committed suicide at An *
chorage.
FESTIVAL AT SAN.i
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TAOS, N. M., Sept. 23. — The feaBt 0
of San Geronlmo, or the ancient har- j 0
vest festival of the Pueblo Indians, is 11
held here each year on September 30. 11
On that day there usually mingle an ^11
Intensely modern civilization, in the 1
persons of spectators, from all parts 11
of the Fnited States, and one so an- ^
cient that no scientist Is known to *
have yet penetrated the veil that has P
hidden it for centuries. »
Taos is an Indian settlement that P
has existed on the same spot for so 11
many years and centuries that 11
the history of its beginning is lost in
the profoundest obscurity, except for S
i,,r iimillions ui me i aonas mem- 1
selves, whose secretive characteristics \ fi
make it impossible to gather author!- J1
tative information. j i
Aged old clay buildings, piled one on s
the other, form the cliff dwellings of!
the Taonans. Less than a day's jour-; t
ney is it from Denver, and can be! v
reached by automobile from Santa Fe r
in a comparatively short time. In spite ' 1
of this nearness, however, its civiliza- a
tion is that of a time many years be- l
fore the coming of the Spanish explor- d
er and conquistadore (conquerorl, who d
found the Pueblo Indians living in the o
same primitive way as they live to- t
day. \
Most of the celebration of the har- c
vest festival takes place on the pueblo t
plaza, but In the kiva, or ceremonial a
cave, there are held the secret rites <
which none outside the initiated has a
ever witnessed and made his know- s
ledge known. These ceremonies and ^
rites have been handed down from t
generation to generation, and declared i
to be unchanged from those practised')
in the same kivas for thousands of «
years. s
The festival of San Geronlmo, dedi- 1
c.ated ostensibly to the patron saint o
of the Pueblo, is really an annual t
thanksgiving to the sun god for the i
harvest, it is so old that none of the 1
patriarchs of the village seems to t
have any knowledge when it first was f
celebrated. It is the most important j
of the tribal feasts, and is attended k
by other Pueblo Indian tribes, the
Apaches and Navajos. It is a typical t
Indian celebration, and because of its •
ancient origin usually Is witnessed by (
scientists from eastern Institutions, ■
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. — Not
nly have "deserving Democrats" been
Iven fat government Jobs wherever
ossible by the Wilson administration
ut the "poor relations of Democratic
iblnet officers, senators and repre
jntatives have also been well taken
ire of.
Nepotism is rife In the government
srvice and at the capital.
Never before in the history of this
runtry has nepotism been so ram
ant as under Mr. Wilson's adminis
ation.
•To begin with the cabinet. When
/illiam J. Bryan was secretary of
tate he had bis seu appointed to a
osition in the department of Justice
nd his son-in-law to a position in the
-easury department. Secretary Me
doo, son-in-law of President Wilson,
ut one of his Bons in the department
f justice and one in the department
f commerce. Secretary Daniels got
place for his brother in the depart
lent of justice. Former First Assist
nt Postmaster General Daniel C. Ro
er, who recently resigned to assist
1 the Wilson campaign, at one time
ad three members of his family on
le payrolls. Secretary Rcdfield, ap
olnted U. urant Smith. uia private
scretary. Smith had one son on the
nyrol! as a house page, and his son
i-Iaw is a special agent of the depart
icnt of commerce.
In the house of representatives,
peaker (’lark's son is the parliamen
try clerk at $4,000 per annum. He
i not yet thirty, and was given this
>b by the Democratic house major
y before he had finished his law
hidipft
Numerous Democratic senators have
iken good care of their "poor kin"
ith fat jobs on the government pay
nil. Senator Overman, of North Caro
na. has his son In a $2,500 position
nd a daughter holds a $1,400 job. A
rother-in-law of Senator Kern, of In
iana, has a good place In the senate
ocument room. The wife and brother
f Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, are on
tie senate payroll. Senator Martin, of
'irgtnla, has a brother as assistant
lark to his committee. Senator Vard
lan, of Mississippi, has his son assist
nt clerk to his committee. Senator
'hamberlain, of Oregon, has his son
messenger in his committee. The
on-in law of Senator Gane, of Ore
on, acts aB his father-in-law's private
ecretary. The son of Senator Tlll
tian. of South Carolina, is the clerk
n his father's committee. Another
on is on the Alaska railroad commis
Ion Senator Thompson, of Kansas,
as his son on the payroll. A cousin
f Senator Saulsbury. of Delaware, was
Iven a good job on the trade com
nisston. Senator O'Oorman, of New
'ork, landed the job of collector of the
ort of New York for his son-in-law,
ludley Field Malone. The nephew of
Senator Robinson is a senate door
eeper.
The most glaring examples of nepo
lsin are found In the house, and more
poor relations" have been taken care
if in the house than in the senate.
Imply because there are more repre
sentatives than there are senators
Take Illinois for example. Tavenner’s
sister-in-law is his stenographer.
Stone's brother is a clerk In the house
document room. Sabath's nephew is
also in the document room. Indiana
Democrats have not overlooked ap
pointing members of their families to
good places. Gray's sister is his sec
retary; Cullop’s stepson is his secre
tary and Morrison's son is his secre
tary.
Representative Pou, of North Caro
lina, for a time had his son on the
payroll as the clerk of the committee
on claims, drawing $l,f!00 |>er annum.
Young Pou at this time was a student
in the University of North Carolina
Representative Johnson, of South
Carolina, got one of his sons in the
postofflce department and another a
house job. A nephew was made clerk
to a house committee, and the repre
sentative’s campaign manager was
made a capital policeman. Represen
tative Finley, of South Carolina, has
his son as his secretary, and another
son is a clerk on the house' roll. Rep
resentative Aiken, of South Carolina,
employs his son as his secretary; his
nephew is in the sergeant-at arms of
I fice. Representative Clark, of Flori
da, has two relatives on his commit
tee, and got a door keeper's Job for
his brother. The son of Representa
tive Padgett is the assistant clerk of
his father's committee. The son of
Representative Burnett is clerk of his
father's committee. The son of Rep
resentative Carlin, though a student
in Georgetown University, is a clerk
In the house judiciary committee. A
nephew of Representative Shackle
ford is clerk to the committee on
roads. Representative Lloyd, of Mis
souri, has m brother In the committee
on accounts, and his brother-in-law is
an assistant door keeper in the house.
At one time Lloyd had five members
of his family on the payroll. Repre
sentative Watkins has his son as
clerk to a committee. Representative
Candler hus his son-ln law as his sec
retary. Representative Alexander, of
Missouri, has his son as his secretary,
and so has Representative Hardy, of
Texas. The son of Representative
Sparkman is clerk to his father's com
mittee, and the brother of Represents
live Fields is his secretary. The
father of Representative Barkley is
one of the house door keepers. This
list might be extended at great length,
for there are scores of "poor relations”
of senators and representatives draw
ing good salaries on government pay
rolls. On August 14 the Chicago Daily
Tribune published a partial list of the
examides of nepotism described In
this story. No dental has even been
made of the Tribune's charges regard
lng the fat government jobs that have
been given to "poor relations" of the
Democratic congressmen, for the
simple reason that it is not possible
to make denial.
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“TncHORAGE, Sept 23. — "Depart
ment of the interior, Alaskan engi
neering commission, Anchorage, Alas
ka, September 23. 1916. Telegraphic
proposals confirmed by letter will be
received by above commission at An
chorage, Alaska, until 2 p. m., Sep
tember 28, 1916. for sale of pile-driver
equipment and barge of commission
now located at Katalla, Alaska. Right
reserved to reject any or all bids. F.
Mears, Commissioner."
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IX PASO, Texas, Sept. 25.—Offer
ing a prize for the most efficient wo
man motoHst in the city, the traffic
squad of the El |>aso municipal police
department reduced the number of
accidents in which women chauffeurs
participated almost twenty-five per
cent in the last month.
Members of the squad subscribed
personally to a fund, with which a
diamond pin was purchased. All of
ficers were instructed to take the
number of each car driven by a wo
man, which passed their posts and to
j estimate, on a percentage basis, the
, efficiency of the driver,
j At the end of the month, from ap
I proximately three thousand woman
drivers, the numbers of whose cars
had been recorded, Miss Helen O'Shea
! was awarded the prize, having been ,
, accorded one hundred per cent thirty- ,
two times, and having no violations j
I of ordinances charged against her. ,
Sergt H. (' Snider, In charge of the |
squad, pointed out that today with j
1 more than four times the number of ,
motors on the streets than in nor
mal times and with the number of ,
persons on the streets about doubled,
I because of the national guardsmen
stationed here, it has been necessary
io take every step to minimize traffic
accidents.
It was predicted that a similar coin
| petition for men drivers may be In
augurated shortly.
GERMANY SEEKS
I AFTER WAR
TRADE
BERLIN, Sept, 25. — That German
business met) mean to make a deted
|
; mined effort to recover lost ground
in Latln-American markets after the',
war Is over, is the conclusion that may j
; be drawn from rapid growth of the
German Economic Association for j
South and Central America. This or- j
ganization, which was only formed I
September 1, 1915, has already about
1,200 members, consisting for the most i
part of German business firms inter- ,
ested in the South and Central Am- |
erican trade.
In an interview with a correspon
dent of the Associated Press, the man-!
ager of the Berlin head office of the
association said that it is maintaining
but a quiescent existence now in view 1
of the fact that no business corres- '
pondence of Germans w-tth the coun- !
tries in question is possible. The »o- j
ciety. however, has representatives,
usually German business men, in all
(centers of trade in those countries;
I and nearly all of them have stayed
I where they were and managed, ac
j cording to laBt accounts, to keep their j
businesses going in some way. The
services of these men will be drawn !
t
upon immediately after the war closes
to give advice as to the best ways and
I
means for restoring German trade.
WHEAT REACHES!
PRICE
C HICAGO, Sept 26. — December
vheat has advanced and reached the
lighest price of the season. It is
luoted at $1.57 per bushel.
iVllson today discussed the eight hour)
aw and other campaign issues before
he Grain Dealers' Association, after j
vhlch he returned to Long Branch. j
LABOR UNIONS
VOTING ON
STRIKE
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. — The labor
rganizations, with 1,100,000 members,
re voting on the proposed strike in
rder to benefit the street car strikers.
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This evening at 8 o'clock J. H.
'obb, chief counsel for the territory, I
vll! address the people of Cordova at I
Cagle Hall at 8 o’clock. He will deal
'specially with the facts regarding the j
igbt for territorial moneys, just won !
n the court of last resort, and explain
ts tremendous importance to Alaska. I
everybody is Invited to attend, and
'specially the ladies.
ALBUQUERKE, N. M , Sept. 2». —
Of considerable ethnological Interest
vill be the paintings done at the New
Mexico State Fair this fall by a party
>f Navajo sand painters, who will
nake for public display the sacred
fabecha sand paintings. These paint
ngs are related closely with the rell
tious life of the Indians, and normal
y are made only near the home of
some Navajo on the occasion of rell
[ious observance This generally is a
ribal dance whose object is to obtain
rom the deity his release from evil
spirits causing sickness.
The paintings are made with no im
plements except a brad stick, which
s used to smooth down the foundation
led of clean yellow sand. On this
:he painters strew grains of clack,
ilue, yellow, red and other colored
sands to form the pictures. The lines
ire more or less geometrical charac
ter and the subjects of the pictures
ill deal with Indian mythology. Some
>f the sands are obtained from long
iistances, and with much difficulty,
ind these are prized very highly.
Others are obtained by pounding up
the vari colored rocks of the Navajo
reservation in northwestern New
Mexico.
The Yabechi painters were at the
Fair last year and attracted much in
terest. The fair this year begins Sep
tember JS and continues to Septem
ber 30.
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Win A. Hesse, the mining engineer,
has returned from a business trip to
Keouecott.
DIC OPERATION
ON VALDEZ
CREED
N. P. Sias. of the Valdez Creek Pla
:er Mines, accompanied by his fore
nan, F. J. Perenln, is in Cordova,
work for the season having been fin
ished on their mining property.
Most of the summer was spent in
getting the ground ready for exten
Jive work next year Fifteen and
sighteen inch hydraulic pipe was In
jtailed, taking the place of the thir
teen inch pipe Three No. 6 giants
were also put up. and 3,000 pieces of
rails placed for riffles, which is one
3f the best known riffle in hydraulic
nining. A five ton derrick has been
set up to facilitate the work next
Reason. A larger reservoir was also
built for the accumulation of more
water The ditch was enlarged and
now carries 3.800 miners’ inches of
water. Instead of 3,200 Inches. The
power house, air compressor and dy
namo were moved from the dumping
ground to provide a place for the
tailings.
While practically all of these lm
provements came under the head of
dead work," It left but about thirty
days for the cleaning up of the gravel,
and the run of gold during that time
was very satisfactory. That the
ground contains good values there is
no doubt, and there should be some
big clean-ups next season
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L.ONDON, Sept. 25. —It is reported
In Petrograd advices that a well con
Bldered scheme of amnesty to political
offenders, at present under sentence
of exile to Northern and Asiatic Rus
sia, will he shortly promulgated under
the orders of Emperor Nicholas.
Acting under the extensive [>owers
granted to the minister of the inter
ior, has already seen his way to liber
ate 120 political exiles sent since 1905
by administrative order to distant
parts of the empire. As distinct from
these there are other political exiles
and prisoners who have been tried
and condemned by the courts; such
can be liberated only by the express
order of the sovereign. Hut it is said
that the minister of justice, under
whose Jurisdiction these cases come,
is with genuine sympathy preparing
a scheme of pardon, as large and free
as reasonable bounds allow, for the
consideration of His Majesty.
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29 DECLARATIONS OF
WAR SINCE 1914.
Austria Hungary declared war on
Serbia July 28, 1914, and was followed
by:
Germany on Russia Aug 1
Germany on France . Aug 3
Germany on Belgium Aug 4
Great Britain on Germany . Aug 4
France on Germany.Aug 4
Austria Hungary on Russia Aug 6
Montenegro on Austria Hun
gary . Aug 7
Montenegro on Germany . Aug 9
France on Austria Hungary Aug 10
Great Britain on Austria-Hun
gary.Aug 12
Japan on Germany.Aug. 23
Austria Hungary on Japan . Aug 27
Austria Hungary on Belgium Aug 28
Russia on Turkey.Nov. 3
France on Turkey ..Nov. 6
Great Britain on Turkey .. ., Nov. 5
1915
Italy on Austria Hungary . May 23
Bulgaria on 8erbta.Oct. 13
Great Britain on Bulgaria . Oct. IS
France on Bulgaria . Oct. 16
Russia on Bulgaria.Oct. 19
Italy on Bulgaria ... .Oct. 19
1916
Germany on Portugal March 8
Austria-Hungary on Portu
gal. March 15
Italy on Germany.Aug. 27
Roumania on Austria ... .... Aug 27
German/ on Roumania .Aug. 28