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Wffi COMPLETE VICTORY
OB ROUMANIAN PRONT
BERLIN, Dec. 29.—General Von Falkenhayn has
won a complete victory near Romniku Sarat over the
Russians. Von iVlackensen has attacked the Machin
bridge, Dobrudja province, in an effort to cross the
Danube, and is still hammering away at it. The Teu
tonic allies are closing m on Braila, on the Danube,
the Roumanian oil and grain center. The Germans
smashed more than ten miles of the Russian line be
fore taking Romniku SaraL
The Russians still hold Buzeo in spite of several as
saults. The Bulgarians claim a success at Monastir.
Confirmation from Russians
PETROGRAD, Dec. 28.—The Russians admit their
forces are in retreat on the Roumanian front.
British Operations in Mesopotamia and Syria
LONDON, Dec. 27.—British operations near Kut
el-Amara and in Syria are widening. The Turks hav e
been defeated in a series of attacks. A division of
the Turkish army is menaced as a result of the cap
ture of El Arish, ninety miles from the Suez canal.
Other Eastern Attacks by British
LONDON, Dec. 29.—Aeroplanes have bombarded
Galata, on the Gallipoli peninsula. The British forces
also have attacked the Bagdad railway bridge at Chic
aldar.
On the West Front
PARIS, Dec. 29.—Reports from the west front
indicate continued artillery activity. The French
troops have repulsed the Teutons at Lechenoy, on
the Somme.
LONDON, Dec. 28.—The British have shelled
the German trenches north of the Somme, doing con
siderable damage to their defenses. The Germans
have heavily attacked the British lines near Lesara.
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INFERENCE OF TRAINMEN AND MANAGERS
TO AWAIT COURT ACTION ON ADAMSON LAW
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—The conference of the
railway managers and heads of the railroad brother
hoods was resumed here yesterday, in an effort to
settle the wage dispute and to agree on terms to
jointly fight the proposed federal compulsory arbi
tration legislation. The conference ended in a big
row, and it was stated that no more meetings will
be held until the supreme court has passed upon the
constitutionality of the Adamson eight-hour law.
The representatives of the carriers deny having
made an agreement with the trainmen to oppose the
administration’s compulsory arbitration legislation.
The Brotherhoods refuse to make a statement.
MEXICANS ROUTED BY KENTUCKY REGIMENT
EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 26.—The Third Kentucky
infantry has routed the band of Mexicans who fired
on .Americans near the Rio Grande cement plant.
At least one of the snipers was killed.
Villa, en route to Tampico, has captured the town
of San Luis Potosi, southeast of Torreon.
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BLIZZARD AND TORNADO TAKE TOLL OF LIFE
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—A blizzard and tornado
raging in the Middle West have caused a loss of
twenty-five lives, according to a Chicago dispatch.
Mails from the East have been delayed by the storm
in Montana. Washington railroads are clear. A
slight fall of snow visited Seattle.
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS FROM ALL SECTIONS
MINDEN, La., Dec. 26.—John N. Reeves, his wife and two chil
dren were murdered on Christmas eve. The motive was robbery.
Three negroes have been arrested.
NANTUCKET, Mass., Dec. 27.—Radio stations have listened in
vain for news of the steamship Maryland, reported to be sinking
and sending out calls for help Tuesday. The Maryland left Phila
delphia December 24 with a cargo for London.
PARIS, Dec. 27.—General Joffre, the French commander-in
chief, has been made a marshal of France. A special law was
necessary.
SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 27.—Fifteen thousand pupils in the
public schools of this city are out on strike as a result of the re
fusal to grant a Christmas vacation.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29. Junk dealers have bought the remains of
Irondele, James A. Moore's boom town near Port Townsend.
LONDON, Dec. 29.—The British government may purchase all
the liquor interests of the nation, at a cost of more than a billion
dollars. Premier Lloyd George favors the plan.
EVERETT, Dec. 27—The trials of the I. W. W. members
charged with murder in connection with the attack on a boat here
on November 5 has begun in the superior court here.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—Franz Bopp, the German consul
at this city, who is on trial for violation of the neutrality laws,
today denied that he aided the plans of Captain Von Papen, the for
mer German military attache.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 27— This city is excited over attempts
to murder former Governor William Spry and J. E. Jennings, a
capitalist. A reward of SI,500 has been offered for the arrest of
those responsible for the nitroglycerin plots.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The farm loan board hag named
Spokane as the location of the farm loan bank for the state of
Washington.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—President Wilson was 60 years old
today. There was no celebration at the White House.
‘ OMAHA, Dec. 29.—Nine persons have been convicted in the
federal court here on the charge of using the United States mails
in furtherance of the "Phantom Mustang” swindle on a govern
ment reservation in Arizona.
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—The Standard Oil Company has raised the
wages of its Pacific coast employes 5 per cent. This means an in
creased expense to the company of a million dollars.
POLITICIAN TO EMIGRATE
SEATTLE, Dec, 23. Ed Sims a Wash
ington Republican political leader, it is re
ported, may sell out his interests in this
state and settle in Argentina.
GERMAN MVER SUNK
PARIS, Dec. 23. A dispatch from
Nantes report* that a German diver has
been sunk in the Bay of Biscay. Amster
dam confirms the report.
GOLD OUTPUT OF FAIRBANKS
BELOW THAT OF IDITAROD
Fairbanks newspapers just received give
the total mineral output of '‘Fairbanks” as
; $3,350,000, apportioned as follows:
Chatanika, Cleary and tribu
taries .-. . $ 325,000
Little Eldorado. 120,000
Dome. 175,000
Fairbanks creek. 200,000
Vault . 40,000
j Pedro and Twin. 225,000
j G'ldstream and Engineer. 300,000
i Gilmore. 40,000
j Ester, Gold 11 ill. Happy and St.
| Patrick . 250,000
Smallwood, Fish, Big Eldorado 50,000
, Quartz . 50,000
< Tenderfoot, Kantishna and out
lying districts. 75,000
! Hot Springs. 600,000
Tolovana. 700,000
Antimony and tungsten. 200,000
Total.$3,350,000
From these figures it will be seen that
the total gold output, exclusive of anti
mony and tungsten, is $3,150,000 from all
the territory included as the “Farbanks dis
trict.” But as the Tolovana, Hot Spring*,
Tenderfoot, Kantishna “and outlying dis
tricts” cannot rightfully be placed in the
Fairbanks district, the total is thus reduced
to $1,175,00*1 for the Fairbanks district
proper.
The total amount of gold shipped from
Iditarod chiring the past season was $2,056,
171.09. This included about $50,000 from
“outlying districts.” Deducting $50,000
from these figures leaves a total of $2,00ti,
171.09, which gives Iditarod a lead over
Fairbanks in the production of gold for the
year 1916 of $231,171.09.
Iditarod is, therefore, second only tc
Nome in the production of gold.
SUIT TO RESTRAIN PARTNER
FROM FORFEITING RIGHTS
A suit lias been filed in the district court
at Fairbrnks by McGowan Clark, on be
half of Greer I. C Barton oi ICagle, against
Axel Gustavson and Otto F. Kastner, which
is said to be an unusual one, in fact, the
first suit of tiie kind ever entered in an
Alaska court, so for as can be learned. In
the complaint, according to the News-Miner,
it is alleged that plaintiff and defendants ;
were co-owners in certain mining ground in
the Forty-mile country; that the defendants ;
claim to have done certain assessment work
for which they claim that the plaintiff owes j
them money ; that the defendant “advertised
him out” in a notice of forfeiture which ap ;
peared in one of the Fairbanks newspapers,
and that the defendants indicated that they j
would claim title to the property unless j
they were paid $1,9.10. The plaintiff sets j
up that the defendants have operated on !
the ground and taken out large sums of !
gold dust, and have paid for the work with
this money-, and have never made any ac
counting, so that the plaintiff claims he ;
owes nothing to the defendants, but that
defendants owe him a royalty-.
The plaintiff asks for the following relief: I
(ll Preventing the forfeiture of the un
divided six-sixteenths interest owned by
plaintiff in the claims described.
(2) Requiring the defendant Axel Gus- j
tavson to make an accounting for all ■
moneys coming into his hands out of the j
said mining claims and used and expended j
by him for the annual assessment work j
upon said claims for the years 1914 and [
1915; and that the court ascertain and de- :
termine the amount, if any, due from the
plaintiff to the defendant Axel Gustavson.
as his proportionate share of the cost of
such assessment work for said years.
(3) That this court enjoin the defendant
Axel Gustavson, his agents and attorneys,
during the pendency of this suit, from tak
mg any steps to perfect a forfeiture of the
interest of this plaintiff in and to the afore
said mining claims, and from taking any
steps to cast a cloud upon the title of
plaintiff in and to said mining claims, and
that, after full hearing of -this matter, said
temporary restraining order be made per
manent.
(41 That this plaintiff have such other
and further relief as to this court shall seem
most meet, just and equitable in the prem
ises.
Attorneys state that although this is the
first suit of the kind ever filed in an Alaska
court, one appears to have been carried
through the California courts along similar
lines.
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NO INAUGURAL BALL
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—It is announced
that at the wish of President Wilson the
usual inaugural ball will be dispensed with
when the President takes the oath of office
next March.
MISS FISHER MARRIED
The Nome Nugget of November 7, just
received, has the following:
“Mrs. W. Y. Fisher returned on the Vic
toria after a two months’ visit to Seattle.
She accompanied her daughter, Miss Ester
Fisher, Outside, and saw her happily mar
ried to an old-time Nomeite, William
Weinog. The newly-weds are now on the
way to their future home in Aurora, 111.,
via California and the Panama canal.”
Mrs. Fisher and daughter, Miss Ester,
spent several weeks in Iditarod a year ago,
prior to their departure for the Kuskokwim,
where they remained with Mr. Fisher dur
ing the winter, returning to Nome in the
spring. Mr. Fisher, who recently arrived
here from Marvel creek, will soon depart
for Nome over the trail.
SINGLE MORAL CODE WANTED
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. 'Hie committee of
women which is preparing a legislative pro
gram to present to congress is about to
launch m attack upon the double moral
code for men and women. They will insist
on one standard fer both sexes.
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LISTER GRANTS A PARDON
OLYMPIA, Dec. 23. Governor Lister to
day granted a pardon to Frank Stone, con
victed as an accomplice of Gillis in the
looting of the state industrial insurance
fund.
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TWO BURNED TO DEATH
IN FIRE AT FAIRBANKS
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. J. P
Sherman and a young girl named Mary Por
ter are dead as the result of a tire which
occurred in the Sherman home at Fairbanks
on Wednesday, November 29.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman were absent from
the house at the time, and had left their
6-year-old daughter Irene and the baby,
1 year old, in the care of Mary Porter, a
neighbor’s daughter. The fire was caused
when Irene attempted to light a fire in the
stove with coal oil. The house caught fire
and the children were unable to get out.
Irene and Mary were rescued by a passer-by,
who was not aware of the fact that the baby
was still in the house. Later Fireman Jack
Hansen and Jack O’Connor rushed through
the blazed and carried out the infant, but
it died the same night.
Thf; Porter girl died the following day,
but Irene is expected to recover, though she
will be disfigured for life.
A year ago, when the Shermans were on
the trail in the Totalanika country, another
baby of theirs was frozen to death during a
storm.
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NEW YEAR'S MASK BALL
GIVEN BY THE PIONEERS
TO BE EVENT OF SEASON
The mask be!! to be given by the Iditaroil
Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska, on Ne-.v Year's
night, bids fair to rival former affairs of
this nature given by the old-timers’ organ
ization. Reports from the creeks are to the
effect that some original and comical stunts
are in process of preparation, and an even
ing of fun and frolic is locked forward to. |
J. W. Farrell, in charge of the preparations, I
reports that everything is progressing j
-mooli ly, end that the various committees j
looking after the detail work are putting :
on the finishing touches. In answer to j
questions asked by those interested in the -
dance Mr. Farrell give- the foil wing in- j
formation:
“This is to be a mask ball, and only mask
ers will be allowed on the floor until the
unmasking. The awarding of prizes and \
unmasking will take place at about mid- j
night. The judges will be selected ear.y, !
anil their identity will remain unknown until [
the grand march. This is done to do away j
with the usual delay :hat occurs at affairs ,
of this kind. The supper will take place ;
soon after the unmasking, and after supper I
comes a short program of entertainment, j
after whoh dancing will be resumed and j
will continue as long as the dancers wish.’ j
During the past few days Frank Keenan, j
who has charge of the “feeding'’ arrange- j
merits for the big dance, has been busy with
his assistants preparing the feast Frank j
has requisitioned the Iditarod bakery plant, l
and most of the baking will be done there, j
All indications point to a record-breaking j
attendance next Monday ngiht.
The floor committee consists of Grant
Murdock, floor manager; Jonas Brewis and I
Ivan Wales. |
The reception committee consists of C. P.
Wood, Sarn’l Applehaum, Joseph H. Smith,
Dave Mutchler, Robert Soutar and Charles
E. Taylor.
Music will be furnished by Charles E.
Taylor and Robert Lowrie.
FORMER IDITAROD WOMAN
MARRIED IN SPIRIT CITY
Thomas Derrison, formerly of Ward,
Drake & Derrison. of the Novikaket As
sociation, and Mrs. Jeannette A. Grimes
were married in Seattle November 8, at the
home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. Colen Harri
dan. Both Derrison and his wife are well
known in this section, the former Mrs.
Grimes having spent a year at Long with
Mrs. E. C. Willis. Mrs. Derrison left Ruby
for the Outside on one of the late boats
last summer, and Derrison sailed on a later
one, the couple meeting in Seattle. Ruby
Record-Citizen, December 2.
JUNEAU EDITOR RETIRES
Sidney D. Charles, who for the past three
years has been editor of the Juneau Dis
patch, has tendered his resgination to Ed C.
Russell, owner and manager, and will enter
business for himself in Juneau, according to
the Empire. Mr. Charles, who went to Ju
neau from Cordova, has become well enough
acquainted with the needs of Juneau to feel
that a larger field exists for him through
individual effort.
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NOTED SUFFRAGIST DEAD
Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain, one of
the most noted woman suffragists, died at
Los Angeles on November 25, according to
a dispatch from that city, after two weeks
of hard fighting for life, in which her hus
band and others submitted freely to trans
fusion of blood in a vain endeavor to keep
• er alive. The body, accompanied by her
husband and sister, was shipped to New
York for burial.
TEDDY AS POLICE CHIEF?
It is rumored in Chicago that Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt has been offered the po
sition of chief of police of that city, accord
ing to a late dispatch. The report could
not be confirmed in official circles, but it
js generally believed that some such offer
■has been made to the colonel.
BUFFALO BILL BREAKS DOWN
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 23. William F.
Cody ('‘Buffalo Bill”) is differing from a
nervous breakdown. He is said to be im
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SANCTION NEW RATES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The inter
state commerce commission will not inter
fere with rate increases to the Pacific coast
on iron, steel ami other commodities.
TO MARK SEMI-CENTENNIAL
OF ALASKA’S PURCHASE
Camp Juneau No. .32, Arctic Brotherhood,
is preparing to hold an exposition in cele
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
purchase of Alaska, to be held during the
tourist season next year, extending approxi
mately from June 15 to August 15. It is ,
intended to show' as good exhibits of min
erals as can be gotten together, as well as i
an exhibit of the fishery resources of .Alaska, j
In the latter work it is expected that con- j
siderable aid will be given by the bureau
of fisheries, but so far as collecting the
mineral exhibit is concerned the promoters j
of the exposition will be dependent upon i
their own efforts, assisted by other camps j
of the Arctic Brotherhood- It is also ex 1
peeled to have a small exhibit of Alaska
curios.
The members of the various camps
throughout Alaska ere being urged to in- i
terest themselves in helping to make the :
exposition a success by getting mineral speci- '
mens or anything else which they think ;
would be of interest to the great number of
tourists who will visit Juneau, ffhe pro- !
motors of the exposition optimistically esti- ;
mate that the number of such tourists will j
be in the neighborhood of ten thousand. j
It is hoped to make a considerable sum '
,f money out of the exposition, which will
bo apjJied on the indebtedness of the new ;
hill of the Juneau rump.
If anything sent for the purpose of ex- j
hlbition is desired to be returned the man- ;
agement promises to attend promptly to it j
after the close of the exposition.
John B. Marshall of Juneau is director of |
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BROTHER OF EMPRESS ZITA
HONORED BY THE FRENCH
The new empress of Austria, who was
Princess Zita of Parma, is an Italian, and
has two brothers fighting against the nation
r,f which her husband is the ruler. R“
entiv one of her brothers was decorated by ;
the president of France for services rendered !
by him with the Belgian army.
ALASKA EDITOR MARRIED
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John Troy, editor of the Juneau Empire, j
and Mrs. Ethel Forgy. formerly principal of j
the Seward public schools, were married \
in Seattle on November 28. After a honey- |
moon trip of ten days in California they 5
intended to return to Juneau.
TRAGEDY ON NEW RAILROAD
ACT OF SUPPOSED MANIAC
John Hendricks is dead and E. K. Irving
was seriously wounded as the result of shots
fired by Walter Stoker on the government
railroad near Mile 12 and Mile 14 on
Thanksgiving day, according to Seward 1
newspapers received in Thursday’s'mail.
Engineer Thomas Ward of the govern
ment railroad tells the story as follows: _ j
“While the train was en route, at 2:15 1
p. ro., we saw a man lying across the track
and the train was stopped at once. When j
the train crew picked up the body it was
found to be still warm, but death had taken
place. This was John Hendricks. An ex
amination showed that he had been shot
through the side. We placed the body in
the caboose and in a few moments we saw
another man, who proved to be Henry
Hanko, running up the track. He told us
that another man had been shot at the
south end of Snow river bridge, at Mile
14. According to the story of Hanko, he
and Irving had been thawing dynamite when
Walter Stoker approached and asked them
if they had his mittens. Fie carried a rifle
in his hand and looked ugly and threaten
ing. Irving said he did not have the miss
ing mittens, and continued to explain, when
stoker stepped back about tw-enty feet,
raised the rifle and fired. Irving dropped,
Hanko says, and he helped him to the fire
and then ran up the track tor belp. imme
diately after the shooting Irving, the
wounded man, saw Stoker on the north tide
of Snow river, going toward Mile 20. It
was later learned that Stoker had called in
at the roadhouse at Mils 12 about 1 20
p. in, and had asked Mrs. Stanley Schwab
if his mittens were there. He then walked
up the track toward Mile 14 and met Mr.
Schwab a short distance from the road
house. He also inquired from Schwab about
the mittens. Craddock, the section fore
man, who was working near Snow river,
was also attacked by Stoker after the shoot
ing of Irving. Stoker took a shot at Crad
dock but missed, and Craddock made his
escape. An alarm was at once sent out over
the line by telephone to warn all along the
road to watch out, both to protect them
selves and to capture Stoker if possible.
Deputy Marshal Ike Evans was at once no
tified and with a posse hastened to the scene.
Rifles were obtained at Mile 12 roadhouse
and the crew at Snow river were armed and
set out in search, accompanied by Dr. J. M.
Sloan, whose intended duty it was to ren
der aid in the event of further casualties.”
At last accounts Stoker had not been cap
tured. He is a Scotchman, something more
than 45 years of age. He left Fairbanks a
year ago and went to Chicago on a visit to
relatives. He came to Seward last summer
and was employed as a tie cutter at the time
of the shooting. Recently he said to an ac
quaintance: “This is not like Alaska used
to be; you can’t leave anything in a cabin
without someone breaking in and stealing
it.” He had been in Seward, and appeared
to be sane and to be of a sociable nature.
He did not indulge in drink.
The man killed and the wounded man
seem to be about 30 years of age. Both
were railroad laborers.
W ASHINGTOK ENCOURAGES
IN PROSPECTS POR PEACE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—A favorable reply to
President Wilson’s peace note was transmitted to
the state department today by the German ambassa
dor. The kaiser invites the entente allies to a dis
cussion of the proposed peace terms, and states that
Germany will co-operate with America. There is a
hopeful feeling here that the way for peace has
been opened.
Diplomats here believe that the responses to Presi
dent Wilson’s note indicate that peace is near. A
Petrograd report says that Russia is firm m her re
fusal to consider peace, however.
Note Received with Enthusiasm in Germany
BERLIN, Dec. 23.—President Wilson’s note on
peace has received an enthusiastic welcome in offi
cial and newspaper circles. Paris is still cautious.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 26.—Reports received here
state that the kaiser will confer with American Am
bassador Gerard and the Swiss minister.
Not Encouraged by London
LONDON, Dec. 27.—Reports published here are
to the effect that Sweden has sent a note to the bel
ligerent nations identical with that of President Wil
son. Newspaper forecasts say that the answer of
the entente allies will be “No.’
NEW GOVERNMENT SHIPPING BOARD
IS NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT WILSON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—President Wilson to
day named as members of the government snipping
board, created at the last session of congress, Will
iam Denman of San Francisco, Bernard D. Baker of
Baltimore and John A. Donald of New York. The
board will have supervision over water rates, and is
empowered to organize a $50,000,000 corporation
to build or buy and operate merchant ships. Forty
nine per cent of the stock will be offered for public
subscription.
Congress adojurned today until January 2, after
the usual short joint session. The supply bills have
been passed, and the bills providing for prohibition
for the District of Columbia and for equal suffrage
are expected to be taken up after the holidays.
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MACHINATIONS OF BOOTLEGGING SYNDICATE
MAY BE UNCOVERED THROUGH BILLINGSLEYS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.—Logan and Fred
Billingsley, the notorious Seattle bootleggers, were
arrested in this city today on indictments returned
by the federal grand jury in Seattle, on the charge
of shipping liquor in violation of the interstate com
merce act. William Frazier and W. H. Hielow, also
indicted at Seattle, have been arrested.
The arrests are the culmination of the war on the
bootlegging syndicate operating in Seattle. Logan
Billingsley blames his enemies.
May Implicate Others of Gang
SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—Logan Billingsley, arrested
in San Francisco on an indictment charging liquor
law violations, spent Chnstmas day in the Pierce
county jail. His bond has been fixed at $11,500,
and this may be furnished.
Federal Judge Neterer refused Billingsley an in
terview in chambers. Later the prisoner made a state
ment to Clay Allen, the district attorney. He was
arraigned in the federal court yesterday and pleaded
guilty to the indictment charging conspiracy to bring
about illegal shipments of liquor.
It is expected that Billingsley will uncover the op
erations of the bootlegging syndicate and implicate
others.
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IMMENSE RESOURCES OF NATIONAL BANKS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The comptroller of
the currency, in his annual report, states that the
national banks now hold total funds of $15,520,
000,000, which exceed by one billion dollars all
the resources of banks abroad.
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CONDEMNED DENTIST ASKS FOR NEW TRIAL
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Dr. Arthur W. Waite, the
dentist who is awaiting execution at Sing Sing
prison for the murder of his father-in-law, John E.
Peck, is to make a new fight for his life. His brother,
Frank Waite, says that the doctor is insane, and he
will endeavor to secure for him a new trial.
BIG FISHING FLEET ORDERED FOR ALASKA
SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—The Northwestern Fisheries
Company has placed orders with Wilson’s shipyard
in this city for the construction of twenty eight
thirty-foot fishing boats for use in Alaska waters,
to cost $12,000 each.
COLONEL RICHARDSON TO REMAIN IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.—Cclonel W. P. Richardson, who is
president of the Alaska road commission, has been relieved from
duty with the infantry branch of the service, to which he W3*
recently assigned. He will remain with the road commission