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Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
WARMING FOR
 PACIFIC TRADE
Japanese shipyards Working Over time Building Ships to Run to
 American Coast

Vancouver, B. C.. Jan. 24.-It there is not a big effort made by the Canadians and the people south of the international boundary, the Jap anese will secure control Of tEe Pa cific trade.
 This was the gist of the statement made by c. E. Benjamin, general pas senger agent Of the Canadian Pa cific ocean service. MT. Benjamin left Vancouver last October for a tour through the Orient to ascertain what opportunities existed for the development Of the trans-Pacific.
 While in Japan Mir. Benjamin stat ed that the shipyards were working three shifts, in other words, the en- tire 24 hours. building vessels and large ones at that, for the business that they will attempt to capture between the west Canadian and American countries and the Orient.
 Things are humming there" de- clared Mir. Benjamin when asked to give an idea of conditions obtaining in the island kingdom.
 Everybody in Japan is busy, ey- erybody is making money, and this applies to the ordinary workmen, whose wages are three times what they were a year and a half ago"
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
ARE NOW ISOLATED

Ut may be that a couple Of Swedes, H. R. Rasmussen and Ole Swanson, did not have the money or it may be that they are saving expenses, both looking like hearty eaters, but at any rate they are serving five day sentences in Hote de shafer being sent there from Magistrate Brie's court Wednesday morning and after they had been arrested in the house of a native daughter when they had a bottle Of joy oil in their posses sion. As the bottle had not been opened when the arrests were made, they escaped a more serious charge. Swanson is well-known around town and this is the first time he has come in contact with the law.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
Ills BUSINESS
 IS EXPANDING
Newly Elected Senator Shows Evi- dence of Prosperity in His
 Home Town

The J. R. Hcckman Co. concluded a deal last Saturday whereby the stock and goodwill of Che Strong Stove Co. was taken over as shown in their advertisement today.
 The J. R. Hcckman Company with its ever increasing trade was getting cramped for space. especially for its large stock of furniture With the purchase Of Mir. sroug's stock, the store will be rcmodelcd, thc furni- turc installed in part of that store and win be shown to advantage Other Improvements arc also con- tcmplated in che near future When an Che improvements arc completed and thc stock rcorrauged, Che J. R. Hcckmau Department Store will be one of the very best places of its kind north of Seattle Ketchikan Progrcssivc-Mincr
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
HARRY AGAINSKY
 IS INDICTED
Husband of Lately Murdered Babe" Brown Co Face Trial for
 Crime

On Wednesday or thls Wcch tHc grand jury in session at Juneau re- turned an indictment against Harry Againsky. charging him with the murder Of his wife. the woman known as Babe" Brown. who was found dead in her crib on upper Front street in Douglas on the l2th or last month.
 Readers of Che News are familiar with thc conditions ot and surround ing Che dead woman when found. She had been deeply cut scveal times by a knife or other sharp in- strument and she had also been brutally beaten with a hammer, the latter implement being found in the room where her body was lying on blood-soabcd bed. No knife was found. the murderer evidently hay- ing taken it away with him.
 Suspicion ot once pointed Co the woman's husband who was known Co be living in Juneau and coguizant of thc ifc of shame his wife was leading. But before he even knew that he was suspicioncd he engaged a lawyer and began laying Che fouu- dation for an alibi The day follow mg Che murder he was arrested and has since been in jail or Againsky's indictment che Juneau Dispatch Of yesterday says.
 Harry Aga.usky was yesterday indicted by the grand jury The true bin found contained two counts. one for being a pimp and macQue. in Douglas. on and prior Co the 12th day of December. 1916. in that he wufuIIy. wrougfuuy and uulawfully permitted his wife. the woman known as Babe Brown. and who was re- gently murdered on the Island. to practice prostitution; the other for being a pimp and macquc iu Doug las on and prior Co December 12th, 1916. iu that he wiltully and uu- lawfully received the earnings Of hts wife in Che practice of prostitu- t.ou
 Witnesses Lorraine Gilmore, J. h. Manning. IT. l. Lucas and Jennie Hoss appeared before thc grand jury.
 "Agaiusky is the man whom the officers arrested a few days after the murder of Babe Brown on Douglas Island last December and against whom complaint of murder was lodged"
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
TO CONSTANT READER"

We are not able to supply the in- formation you desire, namely: the reason why SO many Indians are lame. have one leg shorter than the other, and why so many of them, especially the sQuaws, are sidewheel- CTS and walk with both a port and starboard list amidships. Communi- cate with Dr. Sergeant, Dr. Ellis or any other reputable medical practi- tioner and you will probably obtain the information you seek. The Ques- tions are scientific ones and can best be answered by scientific men. An essay on the conditions and their causes will be cheerfully published in these columns.-Ed.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
ALL RECORDS
 ARE BROKEN
Year 1916 Was Most Prosperous and Prolific in History of
 Alaska

The following is from the Railway and marine News of Seattle:
 Exceeding a total Of $11O,OOO,OO0 for the calendar year ended Decem- Der 31st, 1916, the total commerce of Alaska is still soaring. The year just ended is the first twelve month period either fiscal or calendar. that the total has reached S1OO,0OO,- 900, and it is a remarkable showing, not only in the tremendous increases over 1915. 1914 and 1913, but in view of the fact that the total for 1916 is more than fifteen times tho amount the United States paid Rus sia for Alaska in 1868. thus proving for all time that Stewards "lcebox" is some producer.
 The figures for 1916 calendar year are arrived at by taking the valuations as announced by U. s. customs officials, covering the pro- ducts Of Alaska shipped south and the value Of merchandise, supplies and equipment shipped north.
 or the segregated items, the value of copper comes first, which will be represented by a total Of nearly $40, ,OOO, ,OOO. Second in importance will be the valuation Of the products of fisheries, reaching a total Of al- most SIS, 100000. and third. the gold production, which will be about nor nal, or near 6.OOO.OOO.
 In northbound shipments, iron. steel and manufactures Of, rank first. with a valuation Of more than ST.. OOO,OOO, this being accounted for in the great mineral and railroad de- velopment now going on in the North.
 There is not the slightest doubt but that the year 1917 will show an in- crease over the figures for this year as mineral, agricultural and railroad development are now going on in a systematic manner throughout the territory, and the building of the government railroad will open up a vast mineral and some agricultural areas.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
JOHN i. HE'D
 GOES TO REST
Pioneer Alaskan Lawyer and Mem Der Elect of Legislature Dies
 in California

John G. Held. well-known Juneau attorney and a pioneer Alaskan of 32 years continuous residence, died Wednesday morning in san Fran cisco for which place Inc left Juneau three weeks before on business be- fore the Circuit Court of Appeals. News of his death was cabled to his wife in Juneau and came as dis tinct shocl, Co his family and many friends. He will be buried in San Francisco.
 John C. Held came Co Alaska in 1885 and had made his home in Juneau ever since. He was married there in 1888. his three daughters were born and grew Co womanhood there. He had various mining in- tcrcsts in this portion of Alaska and. as a lawyer cxcelled in mining law. He was a member of the second Alaska legislature and was reelected member of the third legislature last November. He was a lifelong Re publican. Thoroughly posted on Alaskan history, he was a veritable oracle among old-timcrs and popular with everybody. He was past Exalted Ruler of Jmcaus lodge Of Elks and a 32nd degree Mason.
 Suitable resolutions were passed by the Juneau Bar Association of which Mir. Held waa president and court adjourned yesterday for the day in honor of his memory.
 The mild-mamercd and kindly disposed John c. Held win not soon be forgotten by those among whom he lived SO many years. He was 60 years old.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26

Mrs. Soenens, whose husband, ROeme sOenens, is a partner in the Butte saloon of this place, was found dead by her husband on his return to lunch today at l2:SO o'clock, her body being on the floor at the foot of the bed in the family bedroom in the SOenens home on Third street. Death evidently resulted from poison but there is nothing to indicate that 1t was taken with suicidal intent. Mr. Soenens at once gave the alarm and called officers as well as Dr. Sergeant.
 On the floor beside the body was a glass which had presumably con- tained mustard and water. An open mustard can was on a table near by. On the floor near the body was also a small vial which was empty ex- cept for one or two drops. Dr. Sar- geant could not say offhand as to what the bottle had contained nor until he has analysed what was left.
 A Six.year-old boy, the only child of the family, was on the bed sound aaleep when the father returned home. Asked about his mother, the boy said she had been very sick af- ter SOenens left The child said he did not go to tell his father about hiS mother being sick because he was not dressed.
 Mr. Soenens says his wife arose this morning and prepared his break fast as she had been in the habit of doing and that she was her natural sell and that there was no reason known to him why she should be dissatisfied with life.
 An inquest is being conducted this afternoon by U. S. Commissioner Henson as coroner
 Mrs. Soenens, who was born in Belgium, was about 32 years of age and respected and we'll liked by all who knew her.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
FIRE MEETING

At a meeting of Hose Company No. 8 of the Douglas fire department Tuesday night William Baltuff, Will liam smith and John Gillian were named a committee Co wait on the city council at its next meeting rela- tive Co Che appointment ot new fire chief No other business of impor- tancc was transacted at the meeting
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
WATER CARNIVAL
 IS COMING UP
Seattle Plans Big Things in Honor of Fiftieth Anniversary of
 Alaska's Purchase

Tho Seattle P.-L of January 16th says:
 The Seattle Water Carnival, a cel- ebration colncidental with the Alas kans' celebration of the semi-centen- nial of the purchase of Alaska, and to commemorate the opening Of the Lake Washington canal, is practi- cally assured.
 At the call of the Seattle Yacht Club board Of directors, steamship men. railroad men. hotel men, busi- ness men, bankers and publishers Of Seattle. assembled at the New Wash ington at dinner at which the yachtsmen acted as hosts last even ing and the project was launched. Every man present indicated his sup port for the big carnival. It is planned for July. and by that time the movement, if it gathers impetus as it did last night, will bring one of the greatest celebrations ever held in the West
 The celebration will be in the way of commcmorating the completion of the Lake Washington canal and the nftieth anniversary Of the pur- chase of Alaska. lt will be held un- der the auspices of the Seattle Yacht Club and, so far as the views Of the organizers at present, it will be a strictly marine event
 Capt. Gibson told Of the work of the yacht club in inviting Eastern yachtsmon and tourists to come to Seattle during the coming summer; he pointed out that a great amount of money is spent annually by East orncrs in travel in Europe and that it was time the Puget sound country came into its own by starting the Eastern travel this way.
 As it now stands the project has back of it the government, repre- scntod by Col. J. B. Cavanaugh; the strongest business and social organ izatious in the city and in the near future it is expected the city gov ernment itself will officially tender its support
 Captain Gibson added that ar engagements would be made in the twolvo-day cruise that is planned Co care for the visitors from tho South and East who come to this port in their own yachts and whose boats may not be able Co keep up with the chartered steamships which it is proposed to send north. The steamships will be chartered by the yacht club for the purpose of enter taining all of those yachtsmen and tourists who come to Seattle without their craft a well as the members of the local club. He announced that when the committee is named it will meet with the Alaska committee Of the Chamber of Commerce regarding the celebration in Alaska and the Itinerary Of the cities celebrating.
 Scott C. Bone, indorsing the pro- jccted carnival and pledging sup port to aid it in every way possible, offered a motion that the proposition of a joint celebration of the Seattle water carnival and the semi-centen- uial clebratlon of the purchase of Alaska receive the undivided support of everyone present.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
DEPUTY BACH RETURNS

Deputy United States Marshal Frank Bach returned on the steamer Mariposa Tuesday afternoon from Seattle to which place he went two weeks before for F. E. Bradley wanted on the charge of embedding funds from the Standard oil Com pany at Juneau. He landed his man safely at the latter place. Bradley has since been released on S2OOO bail and his case will come up for trial later. Mir. Bach reports his son, Frank, IT,, who is in school in &c., attle, as getting along excellently
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
FORMER DOUGLAsITEs

Beulah Gilmore and Bernico Will Hams, two former residents of Doug las who were venqulshed as a result of the mid-winter housecleaning and who located in Juneau, were each fined $50 there yesterday for con- ducting disorderly houses after plead ing guilty to the charge,
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
SOMEWHAT "wICKIsHo

The official counting of the ballots voted in the late election drags weari- ly along at Juneau and at the end of yesterdays work the count for the dolegateship showed Wickersham to be a dozen votes ahead Of sulzer. A number of precincts in the Fourth Division are yet to be reported on.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
GOOD WORK

Alex Nelson was the man of the hour Monday when he took one oi his big teams and a V-shaped snow plow and cleared the streets and walks of snow to a width of six feet He also plowed out st. Ann avenue
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
COUNCIL MEETING

The most unimportant council meeting yet held by the present board was that of Monday night when the session lasted less than twenty min utes. The following bills were paid: l.. W. Kilburn, S24.5O; James Wal lace, $21.lO; William stubbins. $lS.3O; St. Ann Hospital. S122.5O; John Feusi, S1l.55. All the mem bers were present except Gurr.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
A COUNTRY ROMANCE

The Douglas Dramatic Company win appear at the Lyric Theatre next Tuesday and Wednesday nights in connection with the picture shows when the one act dramatic sketch "A Country Romance" will be given. Those who have witnessed Che practicing Of the little sketch pronounce it the best thing yet at tempted here by amateur talent.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
NEW IN CALENDARS

While many beautiful calendars have been distributed among their patrons by the business men of Douglas this month, those handed out recently by T. P. Sheldon are the most complete of any yet seen, as they contain receipts. cures and prescriptions for everything from fudge making down to the cure of flea bites. Sheldons calendar is a regular household manual, guide to health and encyclopedia.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
INJURED HER ARM

A peculiar accident occurred yes- terday i'm the gymnasium of st. Ann PaIochial school whom Miss Valma Kcrkas badly injured one of her arms while exercising on the tra- pezc rings. An N-roy showed the fragments of the arm to be quite badly spraincd
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
KILLED BY
 SNOWSLIDE

News reached here late this after noon Co Che effect that two men, names not learned, were caught in a suowsllde near Che old Ebner mill near Che Perseverance road this fore noon. The bodies had not been re- covered
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26

S. S. Jacobs. of Juneau. who has Just returned witch Mrs. Jacobs from an extended trip through thc States. was on Che Island today to sec what a real live town looks like as com pared with Chicago.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
PROvIDENTIAL DIsPENsATION

While no record has been kept of the winters snowfall in this vicinity, it is certain that, but for these peri odical thaws, residents of the Island would have been driving tunnels to their coal sheds ere this.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
THAT OFFICIAL COUNT

Sulzer's plurality 13.
 Juneau Empire. Wickcrsham leads by 5G2.
 Juneau Dispatch. Both wrong as usual Lena Nor TOW Lewis has a hom-stitched edge on both Sulzcr and Wick
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
DEATH FROM
 POISONING
MRS. ROENIE sOENENS FOUND DEAD ON FLOOR OF BEDROOM OF HER HOME BY HUSBAND WHEN HE GOES TO LUNCH.

Believed That Dose from Small Vial Had Been Taken by Mistake as Mustard and Water Had Also Been Taken, Presumably as an Emetc-Sman Son Asleep in Same Room Says Mama Was Very Siok"-No Cause Known Why Woman Should Take Own Life Family Relations Pleasant-ln- quest Now Going On.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26

Alex Chisholm returned this week from a short visit to California and has resumed work as hoistman at the Ready Bullion mine.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26

A representative of this paper n- terviewed a number Of Thane em- ployes who reside here concerning the above statements and was sur prised to learn that conditions are even worse than given by the Doug las correspondent Of the Juneau po- per. While the present ferry service is bad for those living on the Island and employed at Thanc. it is very much worse for those living at Juneau and similarly employed, cs- pecially in the evenings when they are endeavoring Co get home after their days work. One man inter viewed in behalf of this paper said a number of men living in Juneau and working at Thane have quit waiting for the ferry Co crary them home in the evenings, but start on foot for Juneau at Q o'clock and, re- rardless of the hard going owing to dcep snow. usually reach their homes earlier than 1T they waited for the ferry. It is to the interests of both Douglas and Juneau, also the ferry company. that the service be improved for. in the event of the men being required to move Co Thone, the towns where they are now mak- ing their homes will lose their citi- zenshlp and their trade and the fer ry companies will lose their patron age. The request Of the petition of the Thane men is a reasonable one and that company would be acting for its own best interests if it takes steps Co give it's employees what they ask for. By SO doing both Douglas and Juneau. as we'll as the laborers themselves. would be benefited,
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26

Postoffice Inspector Wetzler of skagway, was on the Channel this week on official business.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
HARDSHIP ON
 WORKING MEN
Complaint Made That Ferry Service Operating to Thane is
 Inadequate

The following under a Douglas date line appeared in the Juneau Daily Empire Of Monday:
 Residents of Douglas employed at Thane arc in a bad way these days and things arc not improving for them. Many of the employees of the Alaska-Gastineau Company live here, but Of these employees, an unmarried men have been requested by the vari- ous department forcmcn of tho mills Co move Go Thanc and eat and sleep in the company's mess and bunk houses. While some of the single men have complied with the request, others are hanging back in the hope that the conditions which caused tho request to be mad5 may be i'm proved. The trouble seems to be with the ferry service in that the men both from Douglas and Juneau are frequently from ten Co twenty-five minutes late in arriving at their work in the mornings and corres- pondlngly late in reaching their homes after their days work has been performed. making it incon- yenlcnt for the men as well as for the company. As one result of these conditions a petition was drawn up by Douglas and Juneau employees at Thane on last Saturday and signed by upwards of fifty names request ing that the ferry Gent be permitted Co resume the Thanc run. The pct- tion was presented Co Acting Mana ger Jackson at Thanc. urging him, i'm behalf of the men, Co use his ct- forts to secure better ferry service, a service that will enable tho mon Go arrive at Thane in time Co go Co work at 8 o'clock in the morning and also enable them Co leave there for their homes as soon as their days work is done. The signcrs Of the pc- titlon are auxiously awaiting re- suits In the meantime, Douglas stau0s Co lose several Of her good citizens it they are forced Co move across the channel
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26
DEER STILL IMPROVING

Alexander, the male deer of the pair kept on Mayflower Island, mem ton of whose sickness was made last week, is still improving under the attentive care of Councilman Joe Reidl. Alexander will be able to re- turn Co his mate in a few days.
Douglas Island news., 1917-01-26

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or too often.

From every point of view, there
fore, it has seemed to be my duty to
speak these declarations of purpose.
to add these specific interpretations
to what l took the liberty Of saying
to the Senate in January. Our en-
trance into the war has not altered
our attitude toward the settlement
that must come when it is over.
When l said in January that the ma
lions of the world were entitled not
only to free pathways upon the sea
but also to assured and unmolested
access to those pathways, | was
thinking, and am thinking now, not
of the smaller and weaker nations
alone, which need our countenance
and support, but also of the great
and powerful nations, and of our
present enemies as we'll as our pres
ent associates in the war. | was
thinking, and am thinking now, OF
Austria herself, among the rest, as
we'll as of Serbia and of Poland.
Justice and equality Of rights can
be had only at a great price. We
are seeking permanent, not tempo
rary. foundations for the peace Of
the world and must seek them can
didly and fearlessly. AS always. the
right will prove to be the eNpedient
What shall we do, then, to push
this great war of freedom and JUS
tice to its righteous conclusion? We
must clear away with thorough
hand all impediments to success and
we must make every adjustment OF
law that will facilitate the full and
free use of our whole capacity and
force as a fighting unit.
One very embarrassing oh.
stacle that stands in our way is
that we are at war with Ger
many but not with her allies.
l therefore very earnestly rec
cmmend that the Congress inn
mediately declare the United
States in state of war with
Austria-Hungary.
Does it scent strange to you that
| this should be the conclusion of the
argument l have just addressed to
you? 1t is not. 1t is in fact the
inevitable logic Of what l have said
| Austria-Hungary is for the time be.
ing not her own mistress, but simp
| ly the vassal of the German govern.
ment
We must face the facts as they are
and act upon them without senti
| ment in this stern business. The
government Of Austria-Hungary i:
not acting upon its own initiative OF
in response to the wishes and feel
ings of its own peoples, but as thu
instrument of another nation. VS.
must meet its force with our owr
and regard the central powers as bu
one. The war can be successfully