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VOLUME XV. NO. 104. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 7. 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 46 PRICE 25 CENTS
M'GANN, ALDRICH DEFEND RODEN MINING LAW
40,000 ENGAGED IN DECISIVE MEXICAN BATTLE
COMMISSION WILL
CONSTRUCT ALASKA R1
WASHINGTON, April 7. Definite
information that the* work of construe
lion on the Alaska railroad would la
carried on t>> the Alusku engineering
Commission was given out bv Secre
tary Dane following Hie cabinet meet
ing yesterday. The Secretary states
that it wits the general view of the
cabinet that tlie work could la- better
carried out by the men who bad sm
veyed the several routes than was pns
stblc under the engineering corps of l
the army who knew nothing of t lie'
local conditions. Lam also said that
the announcement of the route selected
h\ the President would he made within
the next few days and will include a
definite statement as to the intentions*
of the government in tin* matter of
purchasing either tin* Alaska Northern
or the Copper River and Northwestern
! lines.
Strictly fresh eggs $1.25 per dozen,
| at Prosser’s Harness Shop. Prone
9lack 5.
CITY ELECTION PASSED
OFF VERY PEACEFULLY
The annual battle for count ilmanio
honors yesterday was marked by an
unusually peaceful exterior, and a gen
ernl air of contented placidity pre
vailed throughout at least on the sur
face. Behind the scenes, however, the
knife and tomahawk were freely used
and, as the results attest, many a
doughty political warrior lost his scalp
--and don’t know how it happened.
But unn of the councllmnnic candi
dates of the old council succeeded in
retaining his Job, tbo sole survivor of
the ancient regime being (louneilmnn
Burgh who landed in sixth place by a
wte of 427, exactly forty votes behind
his total of last year.
Wthnugh it had been stated that
there would lie no tickets, the dawn of
election day found two, at least, in the
field and sundry and divers others were
brought into being during the day. The
\y rkers for the various candidates
were also early in evidence and were
most industrious in championing the]
cause of their favorite*.
Although more voters were registered
titan in the previous year the total
I number of ballots cast was slightl\
less, 97ll votes in all being recorded as
against 993 last year. In several other
respects there was a great similaritt
between the results of I lie present and
of last year, and notabh In the ease
of the leader, there being bill a differ
ence of one between the vote of lien.
Diamond and Geo GrigsLn. who headed
the list last year With the i \ceplion
of the last man on tic mw list ofj
rouncllmen, (lie earliest count presaged
the final result and beyond a few
; slight changes in position the winners
I were apparent front ilie tirst
Tho ladies wore much in evidence at
the polling place and cast their ballots
with a sangfroid equal to that of tile
most sophisticated old political war
horse. As was the case test year a
considerable number of voters who had
failed to register were sworn in at the
polls. 75 in all voting through that
men ns
The following is tile result
Geo. A. Diamond 619
Ralph Lomen 558
Chas. Thompson 551
A. G. Blake 505
Chas. Ross 471
Henry Burgh 427
Thorulf Lehmann 387
Win. 11. Webb. .. . .386
]'. Al. Kiesole...357
Lawrence Kerr.311
Gus Lynell .381
.1 A. Harry. 368:
A W. Orland .. 30U
H .1 Aliolke 350
i: I.. Holt. 318
H C. Kelling.311
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FREDRICK BLOWS
HER WHISTLE
FREDRICK HAS STEAM UP;
EXPECTED TO DEPART SOON
NEWPORT NEWS, April 7. The
German cruiser Eitel Frederick is
musing much speculation and it is
possible that the ship may leave port
at any hour. The wldstlo Mas blown
shortly after noon today and smoke is
pouring forth from both funnels but at
three-fifty this afternoon she was still
tied to the wharf.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
LUMBER MILL
BURNS
VANCOUVER, April 7.—Fourteen
million feet of lumber went up in
smoko yesterday when the Conmplix
lumber mill at Kootenay was destroyed
by fire. The fire raged with unabated
fury for the greater part of the day in
spite of all preventative.
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BIG BATTLE
IN MEXICO
WASHINGTON, April 7.—A battle i
which may ho tho deciding action of i
the Mexican war is now impending ni
ls already in progress between the
Carranza and Villa forces near Ira
huato in tho State of GuanaJutn, ac
cording to advices received from the
[American consul at Vera Cruz. The
combined armies of (lie rival leaders
are said to number over forty thou
sand men.
JAPANESE PREMIER SAYS
GERMANY COMPLICATED
IN ORIENTAL SITUATION
TOKYO, April 7. Premier Okumu
in an address to the Japanese Diet de
clared that Germany was the chief ob
stacle to tile settlement of the Chinn
|Japanese difficulty. Tho Premier de
clared that Germany had complicated)
the Chinese situation by attempting to
make China believe that Japan sought
to annex China as n part of a supposed
scheme to dominate the Orient.
Army Corps of Indians for Allies.
PORT SAID, April 7 A fleet of
English transports passed through the
canal today with a whole army corps)
of Indian infantry for duty in the great
campaign which will open In May.
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COMPLETES
CHARTS OF
KUSKOKWIM
i
WASHINGTON, April 7.—The De
partment of Commerce has announced
the completion of charts of Kuskokwim
hay and Kuskokwim river. The de
partment statement says that the. Kus
kokwim river valley will now heroine
accessible to development.
REPUBLICANS
WINS CHICAGO
CHICAGO. April T. William Hale
Thompson, republican, was elected as
mayor of Chicago by a plurality of one
hundred and forty thousand. The en
tire republican ticket was elected.
j Expect Smyrna to Fall Within Week.
LONDON, April 7. -The total ab
sence of reports from the allied fleet
which has been bombarding Smyrna
was broken today when the admiralty
Is advised that a naval seige is being
systematically conducted. The fall of
the city is expected this week.
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LANE WILL
VISIT ALASKA
WASHINGTON. April 7.—Secretary
lame mude the announcement that he
is planning to make a visit to Alaska
some time during the coming suinuuu
probably In Julj The Seorelari de
clined to state what sections lie would
visit.
MINING MAN MARRIED.
SAN FRANCISCO, April .1 l>
■Jackllng a prominent mining man and
one of the owners of the Alaska-,Jualin
mines near funeau. was married to
■Miss Virginia Jollffe, tlie sister of Mis
Rudolpti Spreckles, today
BIG FIGHT IN SENATE
OVER STATEHOOO MEMORIAL
JI'NKAt’, April “.--The heated de
bate between Senators Hubbard, Tan
ner and Sutherland over the Hubbard
Statehood memorial yesterday, devel
oped Into quite a fight between the
Hubbard and Tanner forces, the latter
putting up a stiff opposition and seek
lug bv every means to kill the measure
The Tannerites contended that the
! statehood matter should be left to h
i vote of the people Senator MoGann
i saved the day for statehood by lining
up with Senators Sutherland, Hubbard
■Hi Gastaud to fight the motion of
Tanner to indefinitely postpone action
pending the submission of the matte:
to a popular vote.
Senator MoOann toda> forcibly ar
raigned the new House mining hill.
H It 48 Mi’Oann defended the Roden
law and declared that the new House
measure would require the bona tide
individual claim holder to do eight
times ns much assessment work is the
land holding or association claim man
I Senator Aldrich ably supported the
I efforts of McGnnn In his defense of
'the Roden law
.Senator Prank Aldrich's amend
tnent to the proposed mining law call
ing for the performance of one hundred
dollars worth of assessment work on
every twenty acres was Inst In the
Senate tills afternoon hv a vote of font
to three.
The Paly bill providing for th>
monthly payment of employees and
providing penalties for defrauding
laborers passed Its second reading in
the House yesterday.
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NEWSY BULLETINS
New Offensive Plan for th# British.
LONDON, April 7. It is reported
that the admiralty will on May first
put into effect a naval offensive plan
which includes hunting out the Ger
mans in their own waters and ports In
.con function with a great scheme of
oiTensive campaigns on land.
Carpathian Advance Continues.
CHRISTIANA. April 7 Russian ^
advices indicate that their Carpathian
advance continues though more slowly
i>ie to hoavj reinforcements having
reached the Austrians
Aeroplanes Attack Belgrade.
BELGRADE April 7—The Austrian j
aeroplane flotilla attacked the city Iasi
night and did considerable damage lie 1
fore being driven off hy the Serb arlli
lery.
German Lines Exhibiting Unrest
PETROURAD, April 7—The Ger
man lines are exhibiting- unrest along
their entire length between the Polish
center and Prussian frontier showing
that the Russians must soon repell an
other great advance by von Itinden
bors’s masses
Bulgarian Government Not Response
bis for Outrages.
ROME, April 7.—Tlio Bulgarian dis-j
patches do not comment on the re- ,
ported anti-Serbian and Greek outrages 1
further than (o suv that the govern
ment disclaims all responsibility and (
is now endeavoring to capture and;
punish the culprits who committed tlir ,
outrageous acts.
Expect Bulgaria to Stand by Promises.
LONDON, April ".—Premier Asquith
expresses the belief that Bulgaria will
stand by her tenative promises made
two months ago which indicated that
she would take the field against both
Tinker and Austria.
Deadlock on Vistula Being Forced.
COPENHAGEN, April 7—Berlin dis
patches indicate that the deadlock
.along the lower Vistula is again being
j forced by von Ilindenbcrg who has
lately been reinforced by fresh reser
vist's from Germany.
Reims Again Bombarded by Germans.
PARKIS, April 7. The northwestern
quarter of Reims has again been sub
jected to a big gunfire by the Germans
and the French have been compelled to
swing around but ate now occupying
the hetter positions
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OLD COUNCIL IS
REELECTED IN JUNEAU
II'N'EAI'. April 7 The ■'iI••lection
held here yesterday was in the nature
•• I-.-the am .•mint il being re
elected by an average plurality of two
hundred over the Valentine ticket
John Reck led the old council ticket
with ttati Valentine lead his own
ticket with 410 which was If polls lie
hind the lowest man on the old coun
cil ticket The Socialist vote did not
develop as strong as was generalh ex
pected and hut fifty votes were oust
for the candidates on that ticket The
following compose the future council
I"lin Reck, b>hn H Willis, Oen I'
Miller, William Mttndes, (’, W Fries
Wlllium Mritt nnd l\ Wolland,
TUP SCnnui Duai u m x ..
untested, the public displaying ill
must as milch interest as was mam
fisted in the ceuncilmn nlc contest
The huice of the people fell on Ornvei
• "lev eland Winn who defeated his op
piinent. former Senator Tripp, by j
smtill majority.
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ANNIVERSARY OF NORTH
POLE CELEBRATED
WASHINGTON April 7 Hoar Art
mi nil l’oor\ celebrated the anniversary
of his attainment of the North Pole by
giving an Alaska dinner in honor of
Seeretai \ Rod field. Many notable per
sonalities including the lending army
and navy officials and members of the
diplomatic body were present Peary
: announced that tho discovery ship
Roosevelt with which he made the
Journey to the Polo will soon sail from
Now York to tho Alaska coast by wav
of the Panama canal
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Crown Prince Confers With Kaiser.
AMSTERDAM. Vpril 7. The Ger
man Crown Prince is reported to have
conferred Sunday with the Kaiser and
staff at Mainz after which is it bo*
Loved that a new offensive will he be
gun about May 1st which will he in -,
tended as a counter move (gainst
Kitchr.er’.s May first threats
Want Many Soldiers in Trenches
FUNDIN' April 7 The government j
is straining every source in the effort j
to get a maximum number of soldiers
into the trenches in northeastern
France before the first of the month
when it is predicted that weather con
ditions will permit the ■ ommenroment
of a campaign which is expected will
carry the allied lines through Belgium
.and into Germany by October.
Peace Proposals by Next Fall.
LONDON. April 7 Chancellor
. Lloyd-George expresses the belief that
next fall will Ije a ripe time for the
peace proposers He thinks by that
time fighting will be carried into Ger
many on all sides, while the entrance
of Italy, Roumanla and Bulgaria and
possibly Greece will he sufficient to
i convince tho most stubborn Germans
I that they cannot win
Franz Joseph to tho Carpathians
HOME, April 7. A Vienna wire sav
that Emperor Franz Joseph has son*
t > the Carpathians where he will mak ••
a desperate effort to restore the morale
of his soldiers and thus dam the great
j Hood of tlie Czar’s soldiers who at pre
j sent number a million and a quarter
Grand Duke Boair Wounded.
I’ETROGHAI>, April 7. The Grand
jDuko Hosir Is reported wounded by a
shrapnel shell on tho tiring line neai
Flock It is now known that His High
ness most narrowly escaped capture
by a desperate sortie of a squadron of
German cavalry, who thought the
Duke's staff was that of Czar Nicholas
i Asia Minor Coast Towns Deserted
VTIUCNS. April 7—A Greek cruiser
has visited Asia Minor coast points on
the .Vegan sea for the purpose of In
> "stignting the reported Musselmeu
of nettles against the Greek Christian*
1 as discovered that most of the towns
u ti villages are deserted. The people
are said to have lied to the Interior
following a general bombarding along
the roast by tho alllod fleets
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