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Nenana. Alaska. Feb. 3, 1917.
Governor Strong, in his annual
report to the secretary of the in
terior. again urges that steps be
taken to provide for the care of
Alaska's insane within the terri
tory. There are numerous hot
springs, the governor points out
on the coast of Alaska and in the
Interior where a hospital for the
insane might be located, and main
tained at a cost not to exceed the
present cost of caring for those un
fortunates under the unpopular
contract system. The additional
argument is advanced that such an
institution, were one established
in Alaska, would be visited more
frequently by the relatives and
friends of the inmates than is pos
sible under the present arrange
ment: and that the cost of trans
porting insane patients would be
very materially reduced.
There is one phase of the ques
tion. however, that the governor
does not discuss. It is assumed,
apparently, that the percentage of
cures in an Alaskan institution
would compare favorably with that
of any other: that an unbalanced
sourdough, who had spent the best
part of his life in the North, would
have as much chance to recover in
a local asylum as he would have
in an Outside institution. Perhaps
he would: but we are inclined to
the belief that the close confine
ment necessitated by the severity
of our long Northern winters would
be less conducive to recovery than
the change of climate and surround
ings made possible under the pres
ent arrangement.
Alaskans will admire the mo
tives which prompt the governor
to advocate territorial control of
territorial institutions, but we ques
tion if there are many in the North
who would choose to be confined
in an Alaskan asylum in prefer-;
ence to one so pleasantly situated
as is the Morning side or any of the
state institutions on the Pacific
coast where the inmates have the
opportunity to benefit from an all
year open air treatment The time
will come when Alaskans will be
called upon to care for their insane,
but we do not believe that the ter
ritory is prepared at present to of
fer to the mentally unwell the same
advantages that are obtainable out
side of Alaska.
Whatever may come of the pres
ent strained relations with Germany
it must be said of President Wilson
that he has gone the limit in his
endeavors to keep the United States
out of war. If it is found impos
sible now to continue on friendly
terms with the Central powers be
cause of the threat to limit the
movements of our ships of com
merce on the high seas, the presi
dent will take such steps as may
be deemed necessary by him to
safeguard the interests of a neutral
nation. If diplomatic relations are
broken. Americans can restassured
that there was no other honorable
way out of the difficulty.
Let us hope, however, that the
situation is not as grave as reports
have pictured it: let us hope that
diplomacy can be made to sene
us in this crisis as it has in all
others since the commencement
of the war. But if the break must
come, let us be prepared to stand
squarely behind the man we have
chosen to pilot our ship of state.
The Wickersham "bone dry”
bill which has been passed by the
senate and favorably reported by
the house territorial committee, is
intended to become operative on
the first of next year, and is one of
the most drastic measures of that
nature ever introduced in congress.
It prohibits the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors, and
makes it a misdemeanor to trans
port or to have intoxicants in
one's possession, except by special
permission of the court. The term
"intoxicating liquor." as used in
the fcilL includes whiskey, rum.
gin. ale. porter, beer, cordials,
hard or fermented cider, alcoholic
bitters, ethyl, alcohol, all malt li
quors and all other alcoholic
liouors.
An amusing feature of the run
which occurred this week on num
erous Seattle banks is the fact that
many of those who withdrew’ their
funds immediately deposited the
money in Postal savings banks,
thereby assisting the federal re
serve bank, which receives all
Postal receipts, to come to the aid
of the banks which timid deposit
ors had crippled.
Nenana has a decided advantage
over the coast towns of Alaska.
Our townsite is level When the
wind blows at Valdez. Cordova or
Juneau, as it does a large part of
the time, there is always the dan
ger of tailing off the town into the
bay.
Clyde Kenvon. who was recentiv re
ported to have been killed by his own
Can at Intnachuck. near Nome, was de
clared by the coroner's jury to have com
mitted suicide. An unexplainable dread
of mak-.ng the overland trip from Candle
to Nome is said to have been the cause of
the rash act.
C. H. Calhoun arrived Irotn Cbena
yesterdav with nrst-clirs mail. He left
sp-river this morning.
PROGRESS OF THE BIG STRUGGLE IN EUROPE
MONDAY ]
London: Miss Ruth Law. American
aviatnx. lias arrived in this city enroute
to France, where she will join the French
aviation corps.
London: An official report from the
war office this morning states that the
British forces have captured important
positions six miles southeast of Baupaume
and have successfully withstood three
desperate German counter attacks at that
point.
Paris: The arrival here in the near
future of a large force of Japanese troops
for service in the Western theater, which
was semiofficially announced today, is
taken to indicate that the Japanese are
retaliating because of the recent long dis
tance submarine warfare of Germany.
TUESDAY
Berlin: A report received bv the mil
itarv staff here this morning states that
the Turkish forces have repulsed tile
Russians near the Zlota Lipa river.
Washington: The state department
admitted tins morning that no reply has
been received to their inquiry regarding
the capture bv the Germans recently of
the Yarrowdale. an American freighter.
London: Much activity in the admir
aitv is taken as an indication that an at
tempt is to he made soon to test the sea
strength ot England and Germany with
a naval engagement. t
London: According to an undated ar
ticle published in the Times this morn
ing. and reputed to be from a correspon
dent in Fetrograd. Russia is virtually in
the grip of famine, although surrounded
with unlimited quantities of foodstuffs.
Inadequate rail transportation facilities
are making it practically impossible to
bring up food supplies to the main dis
tributing centers.
New York: The Deutschland, which
sailed from Bremen on January second
and was scheduled to report in New Lon
don several days ago. has not been re
ported as yet and it is feared that she
has been either sank or captured.
Berlin: The military staff announces
the submarining of an enemy transport
in tiie Mediterranean vesterday. The
transport was fully loaded with troops,
all ot which are reported to have been
either killed or drowned. A French tor
pedo boat destrover, which was actingas
a convoy to the transport, and two other
vessels in the immediate vicinity were
also sunk by the U-boat.
WEDNESDAY
Amsterdam: Reports received at the
state department this morning state that
Germany has issued a warning to ail
neutral shipping to keep clear oi her
merchantmen, which will hereafter be
armed.
Paris: Intermittent artillery bombard
ment along the entire front in Northern
France and Belgium, and intense artil
lery activity in Upper Alsace are report
ed in dispatches received at military
headquarters this morning.
Berlin: An announcement bv the mil
itary staff this morning states that all ef
forts of the French to recapture Hill 3C4
have been fruitless. The Crown Prince's
troops are defending the position.
Copenhagen: The first authentic de
tails of the depradations of the German
raider which has been preying on ship
ping off the South American coast for the
past few weeks, was received in this city
tins morning. Captain Anderson, of the
Norwegian steamship Halbjerg, wired in
code the following message, from a point
in Brazil: "The Halbjerg first vessel to
be sank by German raider off the Brazil
ian coast. Raider is Moewe. Took off
crew, provisions and fuel and opened sea
cocks. Have been aboard Mot-we ever
since, during which time a number of
merchantmen were held up, crews put
aboard Moewe. cargo jettisoned and boat
sunk. If resistance made, torpedoed im
mediately. One American seaman killed.
When Moewe became crowded with pris
oners all landed on Brazil coast. Moewe
new trying lo get back to Germane.” ,
Washington: ^President Wilson’s latest
suggestions anent a world peace provoked
a lively three-hour debate in the senate .
yesterday afternoon. Senator Cummins
asserted that peace on the lines oi the ■
president's suggestions would mean the j
loss of national sovereign tv, and would
involve America in constant warfare or
rebellion. Senator Hitchcock contended 1
that such an interpretation was unfair to
the president, and declared that peace,
along the suggested lines, would mean
the alolishing of the armies and navies;
of the world, and the establishment of a ;
"rule of reason."
THURSDAY
Washington: The reception of the1
note from Germany yesterday in which
she announces the inauguration of an
unrestricted naval warfare program, has
created intense act:vitv in mili'arv and
diplomatic circles here. I*re- dent Wil
son and Secretary Lansing have denied
themselves to all visitor-, but it is per
sistently rumored that Count Bernsiorff
will receive his passports during the day
and that diplomatic relations with Germ
any will !>e severed. The President lias
ordered the placing in service ot twenty- j
two destrovers on the Atlantic seaboard ,
to preserve the neutrality of the United !
Stales, it being known that there are a;
large numher of German submarines
scattered along that coast at the present
time, and their presence is considered a
menace.
Washington: Count von Bernstorff vis
ited Secretary Lansing vesterdav after
noon and handed him a note from tile
Imperial German government to the
United States government in which the
Kaiser formally notifies the latter that
he has deciaied, and will immediately
put into effect, an unrestricted warfare
ot the -eas. It is maintained that the
efforts of the Kaiser to make pe. ee have
proved fruitless, and the present status
ot maratnne warfare is intolerable to his
government.
Petrograd: German fortifications on
the Rumanian front in the Katnpoluni
Jaketem sector were captured bv the
Russian forces yesterday, according to
advices received here this morning.
Chicago: The board of trade was the '
scene of a wild scramble to sell wheat,
upon receipt of the first intimation ot an
open rupture with Germany, this morn
ing. Prices tumbled fifteen cents at the
opening and had not recovered at the
close ot the day’s trading.
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Paris: The war office announces this
morning that three separate hand gre
nade attacks by the Germans in the re
gion ot Badonvilliers were repulsed this
morning, the attacking force suffering
heavy losses in killed and captured.
FRIDAY
Washington: Details of the Kaiser's
note, in which he announces his inten
tion of launching an unrestricted naval
warfare program, are. in substance, as
tollows: Beginning February 1, 1917, an
unrestricted naval warfare against En
tente shipping and all neutral shipping
carrving supplies to Entente powers, w ill
be inaugurated; a txmndarv twenty miles
offshore and extending along the entire
coast lines of England, France and Italy
and in the Eastern Mediterranean will be
established, and all shipping in the rt -
stricted areas will lie considered as eti
emv ships; neutral ships on their wav to,
or at present in. the restricted zones will
be given until Februarv fifth to get out;
exception is made to American ships de
voted exclusiveiv to passenger carrying,
and these can enter Falmouth, England,
on Sundays and leave on Wednesdays; in
addition, all American vessels must have
their superstructures painted in vertical
stripes, must display the American flag
prominently at all times, and must be
brilliantly illuminated after dark; the
I American government is warned to per
mit no boat but those of American own
ership and registry to leave her ports
protected in this manner, ar.d is also
cautioned against allowing her boats oil
the high seas without the above prescrib
ed marks of identification.
London: The arrest of three women
and one man in this citv this morning
has revealed a plot to assasinate David
Lloyd George. The trial of the suspects
liegan in the Derby street police court
immediately following their apprehen
sion and is being held in secret.
Berlin: Germany notified the Entente
powers yesterday that in the future she
would not consider hospital ships as such.
This action is taken, it is asserted, be
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