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The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
F09
 ALASKA RUN

s1attle, Jan. 21-It is announced at the Pacific Coast Steamship Go. offices that the Str. UmauIla, which has been on the San Francisco run from this city, will be converted into m oil burner and undergo ex- teusive interior renovation, and will in the spring replace the Str sena- tor on the Seattle-Nome run.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21

1 "Ii more boats are put on the
 run, and we are given two boats Del
 week, the company will probably op,
 crate the Princess Sophia and Prin-
 cess Royal for the regular northern
 business and will run the Princess
 Alice and Princess Adelaide to take care Of the tOurist trade
 It b evident" continued MT. Lowle, that the c. p. R. is de- termined to maintain i'm standard Of excellence of its service, and has therefore decided, so aa not to sligh' its Alaska businesg, to make this increase in service.
 Tt is quite generally understood, from the great number of inquiries that are being made relative to the ]. Alaska tour, that the trend of ! ourist travel to Alaska during he coming season will be even 'reater than t was last year. The European war will deter many from rossing the Atlantic, and the tray ling public will look to the 5 orth for recreation. Indications 1 olnt to an earlier season than the 1 .onth of June, and many inquiries slatiYe to the June schedule have ready been received"
 h closing Mr. Lowle said, q D in no position to state when e new schedule will become ef- ctiVe, but believe that 1t will be rly in the season"
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
REPORTS VILLA
 IS CAPTURED

Fl Paso, Jan. 21-AdTices were received here thls morning by prl- yate selegrams from Chihuahua, Announcing that Villa had been cap turcd at Hacieud, San Geronimo, by CarrauEa forces under command of Geueral CaYozos. The report is still unCoDtirmed but Is generally believed to be correct as it comes from the same source as did the first rsRort of the massacre.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
C0. HAS
 BIG DIVIDEND

\, Seg 5,.;2,; York Jar, 31-5Tba -Betbla- first dividend h It's history. me dividend on common stock Is thirty d,lla7s per share, amounting to four and g half million dollars. me company also announces 8 raise Of ten per cent h the wages or its emplOyes.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
SEATTLE POST OFFICE
 SHOWS HEAVY GAINS

Figures for intervals of five years since 1890 at the Seattle post office Indicate a rapid growth in the busl- mesa done. The following t@O1e shows that 1915, according to eSu- mates was a phenomenal year:
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
8lAHARAJA LOST HIS
 JEWELS ON THE PERSIA

Toadcn, Jan 4-Ths Maharata of KapturtoIa, India, lost his jewels worth four million dollars, and the members of his suite when the Per sgs sunk near Alexandria last ThuFS- day. The Maharaia himself was no' aboard at the time.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21

pounds of copper at twenty one cents pound. This Is the largest order ever placed In the United States. It is to be delivered in 1916 at the call of the buyers.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
REVENUE FROM
 TARIFF FALLS

Washington, Jan. 21-A report made public by the treasury de- paGtme9t part e6l! to-day showed that the loss n revenue is attributed to the decrease in imports occasioned Py the war.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
UNCLE SAM IS ID HAVE
 LARGEST BATTLESH|P AFL0AT

Newport News, Jan. 21-The builders of the Pennsylvania, the worlds largest battleship, which ia just beiug completed for the United
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21

With aO idea Of gaining more in-
 formation relative to the new sched.
 uIe announced by the Canadian Pa
 Siti0 railways British Columbia
 coast service, a representative of
 the Daily Alaskan conferred with Ar. F. ?. W. Lowle, IccaI agent tqE the company. He stated that hs had received no official notified tioR up to the present time of the Increased boat service, but that ha vas not at all surprised at the announcement of his company in putting on additional ships to care Tor the Alaska tourist business which ts increasing rapidly as well as to properly take care Of the northern patronage Of the company.
 Should the company increase the service, would, to a certain ez- tent, claim some of the credit for , .fg doing so, for I have advised service which would afford more accommodation for round trip pas .engers and tourists, as well as 'ur increased Alaskan trade.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
NEW SHOPS AT
 ANCHORAGE

is TS9t55i preparing sDsSificGtlOns TOT en0 equipment for new shops at An-
 cborage and a call for bids will be Issued In the near future
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
RECORD ORDER
 F0R COPPER

New York, Jan. 2l-During De- camber the British government closed contracts for l,l2O'OVo
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
CANADIAN PACIFIC ID OPERATE
 FOUR SHIPS ID SEAGWlY

Victoria, Jan. 21-It was an- nounced here today by officials of the c. P. R. that that company would during the coming season op- crate two steamers Der week be- tween Victoria and Skagway.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21

States government, announced that the official trial run would be made during the week beginning February 20.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-21
WORTHLESS IRON ORE OF EARLY DAYS PROVED
 VALUABLE

pebver-some thirty-odd years ago tn, camp of HugesTille' Co.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-11

to recognize him in a signal way. And
the appointment was applauded by the
democracy Of the state, and even else
where.
In New York Tammany is no longer
under the democratic harrow. On the
strength of a tip from some quarter, the
movement for organizing the opposi-
ton to Tammany within the party has
been suspended. The day is near when
Leader Murphy and his lieutenants will
be very necessary to the party. Why
chill them by further threats and criti-
cisms' And so they are getting rest.
If Mr.. Roosevelt is nominated by the
republicans, nothing is likelier than
that Mr.. Barnes will support him and
Mr.. Roosevelt welcome the support. They
have worked together, and could easily
arrange to do so again. The Barnes
bossism never struck Mr.. Roosevelt I'M
favorably until it ceased to serve him.
Then it became anathema. But switched
back to Roosevelt it would lose all of its
obiectionablencss.
If straight-any straight-republl-
can is nominated at Chicago, Mr.. Barnes
will, of course, be in line, and in the
humor to do his best in the campaign.
And the candidate. whoever he may be,
will not look Mr.. Barnes or his friends
in the mouth, but be disposed to ac-
cept their gifts and be thankful.
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The Sussex Problem.

A difficult situation is developing as
regards the Sussex affair, which will
seriously tax the wisdom of the admin
istration. If the evidence which is re-
ported to have been obtained abroad is
trustworthy there is no doubt that the
steamer was sunk by submarine with
out warning. She was an unarmed pas
senger ship, and in the explosion Ameri
injured. Germany, it is now reported,
denies specifically that German sub
marine was responsible for the attack
upon the vessel. If submarine was
the agency of destruction it could con-
ceivably have been none other than
German craft, for submarines of no
other nation are operating in the waters
where the Sussex was struck.
If this government is convinced that
a German submarine sank the Sussex it
must meet the German governments de-
NAL of responsibility with fiat re-
lection. This would precipitate an I'M
mediate issue. If it is not convinced
that the steamer was sunk by sub
marine it must reject the evidence sub
mitted by the French and English au
thorities, accepting the German denial in
preference to their presentations.
The German denial, however, may not
be specific and sweeping. 1t may be
qualified, as in terms of deduction from
the reports received from submarine
commanders. This would possibly leave
a way out of an otherwise greatly en-
barrassing situation. Or the evidence
of the circumstances of the Susse1's
sinking may not be conclusive on the
point of submarine attack, which
would also serve to afford solution
without directly challenging the good
faith of Germany.
If the United States is convinced, from
the evidence, that the Sussex was sunk
by submarine, and if it feels that the
circumstances leave no other conclu-
sion than that it was German craft,
it cannot we'll allow the case to rest sim
DIV upon the German denial of respon-
sibility. The Sussex affair will in that
event fall squarely within the range of
the American protest against the at
lacking of unarmed merchantmen with
out warming.
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Bosses and Their Uses.

William Barnes got the worst of it
in the encounter in New York last week.
The victors claim that he is headed for
the down -and-out club. Their glee is
pronounced. But it might he well for
them to moderate it, on the score both
Of good taste and of party considcra-
tions. Though disfgured, Mr.. Barnes is
still in the ring, and his assistance after
the Chicago nomination has been made
may be important. This is going to be
a warm year in politics, and New York
a warm state in the great contest.
The boss problem we have always
with US. Hammering bosses is an indus
try. well enough when pursued in sea-
son, but not so we'll pursued out of sea-
son. There is a closed season, recog-
nized by the shrewder of even the re.
formers.
The closed season is at hand. This
was shown in the appointment of
Thomas Taggart to the Senate. At an
other time Gov. Ralston might have
.hesitated. But at this time, with a
presidential campaign approaching and
Mr.. Taggart the most powerful organi.
zation man in the state, it was con-
sidered not only safe but good politics
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International Photography.

If the device that is reported to have
been planned to eyade the law against
the display of imported prize fight mo-
ton pictures in this country succeeds,
science and strategy will have scored
decided victory over the statutes. By
setting up the original films on one
side of the international boundary be-
tween the United States and Canada
and a reproducing camera fifteen inches
away on this side of the line, it is
claimed that there is no importation in
the eye of the law in respect to the
reproduced Photographic image record
ed by the camera planted on American
soil. The case ought to be tested to de-
termine whether this ingenious method of
evasion is permissible. A boundary line
is presumably of infnitesimal width,
and there is no appreGable margin of
neutrality between two countries sep
arated by an artificial or imaginary line
of division. So that the space through
which the Photographic process is con-
Quoted may be reduced to practically
nothing. 1t may be argued before a
court, if this case is brought to trial,
that there is an actual importation in
the sending Of light rays from Canada
into the United States, and their recep-
ton on this side by a special device.
The fact that the importation is not
tangible may or may not have a bear
ing, according, as the court views the
matter, strictly or literally. Ordinarily
courts rule in such questions with ref
erence to the general intent Of the
statute as determined by considerations
of public welfare. The purpose Of the
statute prohibiting the importation of
prize fight films is to prevent the dis
play in the United States of pictures
of this character, tending to inflame race
prejudice and to stimulate an interest
in brutalizing sport. Certainly the
photographing of the films across the
border line effects the bringing in of
these pictures, and it would seem that
under a proper construction Of the law
this subterfuge would be rejected as un-
availing.
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The Siege of Kut-el-Amara.

From London come reports of a feel
ing of great uneasiness regarding the
fate of Gen. Townshend's force at Kut-
el-Amara, besieged there by the Turks
for 124 days. For many weeks efforts
have been made by the British under
Gen. Lake to force way up the Tigris
to the relief of Gen. Townshend, but
without success. The latest report from
him tells of a repulse in an attack upon
the Turkish lines, the operations being
much hampered by floods. Memories of
Ladysmith and Mafeking are revived
by the Tigris campaign. The garrisons
of both of those cities were relieved
after long sieges and naturally British
optimism holds to the belief that there
will be no change in the course of events
and that Kut-el-Amara will be similar
" relieved. Yet this optimism is now
described as tagging as the days pass
without success on the part of Gen.
Lake to push his way up the Tigris. A
few weeks ago the hope was entertained
that the Russian advance toward Bag
dad would compel the Turks to with
draw from in front of Kut-el-Amara,
but this advance appears to have been
checked, possibly on account of the
weather conditions, or perhaps, as sug-
gested by recent dispatches, by the ar
rival at the Turkish front of reinforce
ments. The capture of the garrison at
Kut-el-Amara would not be of any mill
tary advantage, as the Turks already
occupy strong positions to the south Of
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Mr.. Choate's Letter.

Joseph H. Choatc advocates the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Root for President, on
the score that he is the best qualified
man in the country for the office, and
that the times are such, and will con-
tinue so for several years, that we should
this appraisement Mr.. Choate voices the
Root sentiment wherever it exists. And
regard for Mr.. Root is nowhere stronger
than in Washington, where he is known
so well.
But in the same deliverance-which is
signed-Mr. Choate makes this aston
ishing observation:
1T should, as think. be regarded as
fatal drawback to Justice Hughes
nomination that he is justice of the
Supreme Court, a court which must be
Kept forever inviolate from without or
from within. Its spotless ermine should
never be smirehed in the muddy tur-
moil of politics.
Mr.. Choate, who is lawyer Of the
first class, should point out how the
.spotless ermine" of the Supreme Court
would be "smirched in the muddy tur-
moil of politics. by the nomination at
Chicago of Justice Hughes. The Su-
preme Court is not, and cannot be, con-
nected in any way with the suggestion
Of Justice Hughes for the presidency.
1t is not because the boomee is mem
Der of that court, but in spite of the
fact, that there is Hughes boom. That
boom does not rest upon any decision
which Justice Hughes has rendered, but
entirely upon the talents he revealed
and the reputation he made before he
took his seat on the bench. He has been
brought into the equation, not because
he has shown himself to be sound and
Just judge of the Law, but because at an
earlier day he showed himself to be
thoroughly capable executive in u pO-
iitical Office.
Before there was a Justice Hughes
there was Gov. Hughes; and Gov.
Hughes gave the state of New York
most excellent administration of its af-
fairs. He had two terms, and might
have had third. He retired from poll
tics of his own accord.
While in politics he exhibited leader
ship that won great applause. He took
rank as one of his party's best speakers.
He opened the Taft campaign in 1908
with an appeal which, though all the re-
publican orators were on the stump
that year, was not eclipsed for matter
or effect. At Youngstown, Ohio, he
sounded the republican keynote; and
hundreds of speakers who followed as the
campaign progressed were glad to avail
themselves Of points he had suggested
A number of strong and capable men
are competing for the Chicago prize.
Justice Hughes is not on the list. His
attitude in the premises is without flaw.
But if in the end his name, by general
demand, should be written there, and it
should lead all the rest, resulting in his
nomination, his party will not have Sc
leeted an unknown or untried man, or
committed any offense against the Su-
preme Court of the United States.
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that point. Yet it would be a serious
moral blow which the English people
would feel heavily. Tho loss of q be-
leaguered garrison is always depressing,
and the British pride themselves on
their ability to rescue invested forces.
1t is not to be believed that the effort
to reach Kut-el-Amara with relief col
umn will be slackened.
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Eliminate the "Masher."

From the Baltimore SIM.
Justice Supplee is doing a public serv-
ice in rounding up the Washers" in
the moving picture zone in his district,
and we hope other police magistrates
will follow his example. There are
too many Of them hanging around the
retail shopping centers. and the sooner
themselves the better it will be.
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MOVING.

We's got to keep a-movin',
Both de sinner an de saint.
Sometimes we is improvin'
An some other times we amt.
Yoh feet gifts mighty weary
An de road is long an rough,
But you might as we'll be CHEEKY,
Cause dar's grouchiness enough.
On yoh way you kin keep goin',
Or slip backward, if you will;
But you might as well be knowin'
Dat dar amt no standin' still.
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Japan is evidently disposed to let the
Chinese deal with Yuan in their own
way before suggesting that the mikado
would be serviceable as friend and
adviser to the Orient in general.
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If the L. S. troops can arrange con-
certs SO as to win the regard of the
Mexican musicians, large and rather
influential element of the public will be
on our side.
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The suggestion that Elihu Root has
too many years to his credit to be presi-
dentially considered is now regarded as
another Of those cases in which statistics
prove misleading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-11

The submarine commander is SO stu
ated that he finds it difficult to keep
accurately in touch with the diplomatic
developments.
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Engineer Holmes of the New Haven
railroad, who ditched his engine and
thereby saved his train, ought to be in
vestigated without delay in order to
give the public an opportunity to admire
some real heroism.
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The hints from Carranzist sources that
Villa has been sufficiently punished
show the readiness so often manifested
in human nature to forgive the in
juries that have been suffered by an
other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-11

The automobile has removed from at
tention the man with the spirited trot-
ting horse and the youthful bicycle
scorcher. 1t remains for aviation to de-
velop some form of popular terror that
will relegate the motor car to obscure
conventionality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-11

Shakespeare's birthday brings the
usual reflections on the lack of atten
ton to his works. Why lament William
Shakespeare when we have Billy Sun
day:
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Recent discussions have brought for
ward a surprising number Of ways in
which ship can go to the bottom with
OFT being torpedoed.
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England does not show much enthu-
siasm over discussion of peace terms
before she has had an opportunity to
distinguish herself as a decisive factor
in the war.
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The trouble with a man who has a
gift of language is that he's always too
liberal in dividing it around among his
friends.
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Demonstration.

Johnny, don't you know it's wrong
for little boy to tight!"
'Yes'm. But Willie doesn't know it
and I'm proving it to him."
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1t may be assumed that there will not
be any political libel suits between now
and the fall election
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The capture of Villa is an enterprise
which cannot be hurried, but whose pur-
pose justifes the time required.
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Those Carranza OBJECTIONS,

From the Springfield Republican.
If Villa had been Joined by all the
Carranzistas reported as revolving it
would be time to look after the de-
lenses of Washington.
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Have the Get There" Spirit.

From the Chicago News.
Evidently the American soldiers in
Mexico have not been inoculated with
the manana spirit.
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America First.

From the Chicago Tribune.
In a world SO ordered-and we can
not change 1.-THE only defense is for
Americans to think first, YES. exclu-
sively, Of the United States.
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Variability,

as your boy Josh athletica"
"Yep," replied Farmer Corntossel
"'ceptin' when he's got his regular
workin' clothes on"
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T. r. would rather be an elephant
trainer than a bull moose puncher.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDEn JOHNSON.
The Modern Moses.

whats your idea Of party leader?"
"a party leader" replied Senator
Sorghum, sis a man who finds out what
the people want"
"And then gives it to themp
"No; promises it."
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Announcement Du,

Announcement Due.
Another year has slipped away
And April skies we hail,
And once again we're due to say
The fruit crops going to fail.
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