BUILD FORTY MILES OF
RAILROAD SAYS SEC. LANE
1 FIRST WORK WILL BE BUILDING OF WHARF AT SHIP CREEK
HARBOR AT SHIP CREEK IS TO BE DREDGED AND DREDGES
ARE NOW COMING NORTH FROM PANAMA—PRESIDENT OR
DERS LANE TO PROVIDE FOR HEALTH OF GOVERNMENT EM
PLOYES—EDES AND RIGGS DUE IN SEATTLE ON THE 19th
TO START THINGS MOVING.
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WASHINGTON, April 12.—Accord
ing to an announcement made today
by Secretary Lane this summer’s
work on the government railroad in
Alaska will be done by contract.
Small units will be contracted for,
thus avoiding the cost of the big
contractor to supervise the work,
which will, however, be done by the
railroad engineers, who will have
charge of the work.
If the small unit contract plan
works out as well as anticipated,
then the commission will adopt the
plan for all future work.
Ue work, as planned out by the
commission for this year, is to Build
forty miles of road from Ship Creek
as an extension of the Alaska North
ern railroad, which now reaches Mile
72.
The first work of the commission
will be to build a wharf at Ship
Creek to handle the big shipments of
freight that will be sent to that port
for construction work.
The channel to the wharf will be
dredged out at once and it is for this
purpose that the Interior Department
has secured the big dredges from
the Panama canal commission. The
dredges will be sent north at once
and the work of making a good chan
nel started.
The Secretary of the Interior has
refused to make any statement re
garding the purchase of |the Copi
per River & Northwestern railroad at
Cordova and extending to Chitina and
the Kennicott mines. It is believed
here that if the government drops
nego*iations for the purchase of the
Cordova railroad that the owners of
the line will make further extensions
of the system and will seek enough
tonnage to secure returns upon their
investments.
President Wilson has ordered the
engineering commission to take es
pecial pains to provide for the health
of the men employed on the rail
road and to provide a 'system of
compensation for those who may be
injured during the building of the
line.
Chairman Edes and Commissioner
Thomas Riggs will leave here on the
15th inst. for Seattle and will go to
Alaska in Ma^, (as the work will
start late in May or early in June.
The work of assembling the neces
sary equipment will start at once.
New storehouses will be erected at
Ship Creek for the use of the com
mission. Office buildings are also to
be erected at once.
BOMB WRECKS
CUDAHY PLANT
Loss Is Reported At $750,000.00—Ger
mans or Austrians Believed To
Have Done Job.
^KANSAS CITY. Mo., April 12.—The
big Cudahy packing plant at this
place was dynamited last night and
suffered a loss of $760,000.00. It is
believed that the bombs were placed
by German or Austrian sympathizers
because of the large amount of food
supplies which is being sent from
the plant to the British and French
field armies.
The plant was wrecked. The ex
plosion fortunately happened when
only a few watchmen were in the
buildings. The police are searching
for the men .seen about the struc
tures during the afternoon.
The fire department was on the
scene promptly and extinguished the
flames, which were started by the
explosion, and also searched for the
watchmen, none of whom, however,
were killed. The police reserves
were called to keep the crowds back.
SALMON PACK
BE VERY HEAVY
SEATTLE, April 12—The salmon
pack of Alaska for the 1915 season
is estimated at 4,000,000 cases. The
cannery interests will put up a full
pack as the demand is expected to
increase. It is believed that the war
in Europe will be over this fall and
ttfesdemand lor canned salmon, will
be exceptionally heavy, especially
from Germany, where the people
have been shut off from the canned
salmon market. v
Albert White a Notary Publllc.
JUNEAU, April 6.—Gov. Strong to
day appointed Albert A. White, of
Valdez, Alaska, notary public for the
District of Alaska.
BRITISH TRAWLERS
BELIEVED LUST
GRIMSBY, Eng., April 12.—Eight
trawlers which have been fishing in
the North sea are long overdue apd
the families here of the men who
Were on the boats have given the men
up for lost, fearing that the ships
have struck floating mines which
they were at work clearing away, or
else that German submarines have
sunk the boats.
ITALIAN PEOPLE
ALL WANT WAR
Troops Needed To Disperse Manifest
ants Who Would Enter Euro
pean Conflict.
ROME, April 12.—In almost every
city In Italy demonstrations were
hold yesterday to force the govern
ment to enter the war against Aus
tria in the hopes of securing the rich
provinces now held by Austria, but
which the Italians long to control.
Riots were reported from many
cities and troops with fixed bayonets
were needed to disperse the mani
festants who want war. Strong forces
of police and militia were on duty
at every Austrian or German con
sulate in the kingdom to prevent any
overt act against the countries with
which the government is still on
terms of peace.
The officials of the government are
glad that the day is over and that
the riots were controlled and the peo
ple prevented from forcing the hands
of the authorities.
Everybody seems to want war, but
the firm stand of the government in
supressing the leaders of the dem
onstrations and delaying the out
break until the country is better pre
pared to enter the conflict.
I. Ozlnskl returned from Solomon
basin yesterday.
ALASKA BISHOP
LOSES HIS SOH
Cyril Rowe Dies As Result of Burns
Received Several Weeks Ago
—Bishop In Alaska.
SEATTLE, April 12.—Cyril Rowe,
the 31-year-old son of Bishop Rowe,
of Alaska, died here today as a re
sult of the severe burns received sev
eral weeks ago when a gasoline tank
exploded, throwing burning oil upon
him. Every effort was made to save
•the life of the young man but failed.
Bishop Rowe is now in Alaska mak
ing a tour of the missions of the
Episcopal church.
The arrangements for the funeral
will await the instructions from the
father and it is expected the re
mains will be interred beside those
lof Mrs. Rowe, who died last winter
and was buried at Sitka, Alaska.
NAVAL BATTLE ON
IN NORTH SEA
British Admiralty Refused To Make
Public Announcement of Result—
Firing Heard In England.
LONDON, April 12.—The sound of
heavy firing can be heard off Scar
brough and it is generally believed
that the German fleet has found
means to evade the British blockad
ing fleet off the Holland coast and
has engaged the fleet of patrol boats
off this coast. The admiralty refuses
to make any statement regarding any
battle in the North sea and the peo
ple are frantic, crowding the streets
before the war office, the admiralty
and also in front of every newspaper
office In the city hoping to secure
news of the engagement and pray
ing for a victory for the British.
Just how many vessels are engag
ed is not known nor will it be known
until the censors lift the ban of si
lence which is now In force.
Reports reaching here indicate that
the people of the coast towns are
seeking shelter in the interior, fear
ing bombardment.
Scarborough was shelled several
months ago and several million dol
lars worth of property was destroyed
and 200 lives taken. The German
fleet later escaped to their base in
Germany without interference by the
British navy.
LINDSEY’S JOB
HANGS BY THREAD
Colorado Politicians Have Passed Bill
Removing Him, But Governor
May Veto It.
DENVER, Colo., April 12.—The
Colorado senate today passed the bill
to abolish the position now being
held by Judge Lindsey as presiding
officer of the Juvenile Court of this
city. The bill has already passed the
house and is up to the governor, who,
however, is expected to veto the
measure, because it is directed to
wards an efficient officer who has
been fighting graft and police cor
ruption.
The effort to force Judge Lindsey
from the bench has been under way
for more than two years but to date
the politicians have failed to secure
his scalp. It is doubted if the bill
can be passed over the veto of the
governor.
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ALASKA GOAL
SOON 6E MINED
Northern Fuel On Seattle Market
This Fall—Work Be Rushed
Says Seattle Dispatch.
SEATTLE, April 12.—It is report
ed here that the Alaska engineer
ing commission will rush work to
the Matanuska coal fields and will
have Alaska coal on the market this
fall. The report does not coincide
with that coming from Washington
nor with the report issued by Sec
retary Lane, yet the people here are
confident that they will receive cheap
Alaska coal this fall.
Commissioners Edes and Riggs are
expected to reach Seattle on the 19th
and are to rush work at once send
ing large quantities of freight north
and also employing the men neces
sary for the work.
S. S. MINNESOTA
ON TOE ROCKS
Jim Hill Liner Wrecked Off Coast of
Japan—Sister Ship Lost Two
Two Years Ago.
KOBE, Japan, April 12.—The big
American liner Minnesota, operated
by Jim Hill and the Great Northern
railroad, was wrecked at 9:30 last
night on the rocks in the Japan sea.
The steamer was bound to Seattle
•h a million dollar cargo and had
a large number of passengers aboard.
The passengers and crew have been
taken off the boat and landed while
several steamers are rushing to the
scene of the accident to render such
aid as may be needed.
The reports reaching here do not
indicate how bad the boat is injured
but the fact that the passengers and
crew have been landed indicates that
the boat is in a dangerous position
and the captain feared to keep them
aboard.
The sister ship of the Minnesota,
the Dakota, was wrecked several
years ago and the boat was looted by
pirates and was later broken up by
storms. The Minnesota and Dakota
were the largest American ships on
the Pacific and were the only Amer
ican ships competing for Oriental bus
iness against the Japanese and Eng
lish.
KITCHENER WANTS
MORE CANADIANS
Asks Canada To Furnish Another
Army for Service Against Em
pire’s Foes.
LONDON, April 12.—Lord Kitchen
er, secretary of state for war, today
requested the Canadian authorities to
raise a third army of Canadian troops
for service against the German gov
ernment and its allies. This will
make the third army which the peo
ple of Canada have raised. The
troops already enlisted and equipped
have been sent to the front, some
of them with the British forces in
northern Prance and part were sent
to Egypt to aid the troops guarding
the waterway.
The work of bringing the full
strength of the empire to the front
continues and Kitchener’s millions
will be raised as fast as possible,
equipped and sent against the en
emy.
GERMAN CRUISER WILHELM
REACHES NEWPORT NEWS
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ANOTHER CONVERTED CRUISER ELUDES BRITISH GUARD SHIPS
AT NEWPORT NEWS AND ENTERS AMERICAN HARBOR—LEFT
NEW YORK HARBOR AUGUST 6th—SUNK NINE BRITISH, FOUR
FRENCH AND ONE NORWEGIAN MERCHANT SHIPS WORTH $7,
000,000—CUSTOMS OFFICIALS ORDER SHIP TO LEAVE PORT AF
TER MAKING REPAIRS.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 12.—
The German converted cruiser Kron
prinz Wilhelm put into port this
morning and has asked the customs
authorities for food supplies and fuel.
The German boat passed into the
harbor in spite of the fact that four
British warships were stationed at the
entrance of the harbor to capture any
German boat that might seek to en
ter or leave the port.
The Kronprinz Wilhelm has been
engaged in raiding on the high seas
for eight months, having left New
•York harbor on August 6th of last
year, and in the eight months the
former North German Lloyd steam
er has sunk nine British steamers,
four French steamers and one Nor
wegian merchant vessel. Nine hun
dred and sixty prisoners were tak
en by the ship and the property de
stroyed had a value of ?7,000,000.
The cruiser had only twenty-five
tons of coal aboard the ship when
she reached port and dropped anch
or. The collector of customs imme
diately informer the commander of
the German ship to leave port in
twenty-four hours unless he wanted
to make needed repairs.
Most of the crew of the boat are
reported sick from lack of proper
food, especially fresh vegetables.
The commander of the boat in
sists that he will not intern his ship
but will coal and make repairs and
will then go to sea, as he is confi
dent that he can elude the British
cruisers on the way out, as he did
coming in.
American naval officials, however,
believe that the boat will intern.
The same measures of precaution to
protect the neutrality of the United
States as were taken when the Prinz
Eitel Friedrich was in the harbor
and expected to run the blockade are
now being taken by the authorities
and several coast guard ships are on
duty besides which the Navy Depart
ment is rushing the Alabama back
to this port as she is faster and
laiger than any of the British boats
on duty out side of the port.
Pope’s Brother Passes Away.
ROME, April 12.—Marquis Jules
Chiesa, a brother of Pope Benedict
XV (Giacomo Della Chiesa), died at
Geneva today after a short illness.
The arrangements for the funeral ser
vice have not been announced.
Judge Wickersham came up from
Juneau on the Alameda and left the
boat at Cordova. The delegate will
go to Fairbanks for the summer.
LATOUCHE LEAVES
FORJHE NORTH
SEATTLE, April 12.—The steamer
Latouche leaves here this evening for
Alaska with a cargo of 3,000 tons.
Almost the entire cargo of freight is
consigned to Southwestern Alaska
ports. The company expects to have
all its freighters loaded on the north
bound trips during the construction
of the government railroad and will
load them with ore on the return trip.
STERNWHEELER
FOR THE INLET
Barge Leaves Seattle With Scows and
Sternwheeler To Be Operated
To the Westward.
SEATTLE, April 12.—The tug Co
lumbia, towing the big barge Sperm,
on which is loaded the stern wheel
steamer Jane and the scows Knik and
Susitna, left here today for Cook’s
Inlet, where the owners of the boats
will start a transportation company
to handle the large amount of freight
which is expected to go to the Inlet
this spring when the government
commences work on the government
railroad from Ship Creek.
Captain Omar J. Humphrey, Mc
Nally and Mecklin are the owners of
the new transportation company and
they expect to make a fortune in the
business.
The Columbia will go north via the
inside passage and expects to have
no trouble landing the outfit in the
Inlet.
The company plan to operate from
Ship Creek to all other points on the
Inlet and will operate a barge service
from the ship landing to the shore
until the Wharr is bu{lb and also
to points in the Inlet to which the
government may wish to send freight.
C. Schmidt arrived in town this
morning from Lowe river. ,
CUBA STOPS ALL
PflIZE FIGHTS
Recent Go Between Johnson and Wil
lard Causes Government To
Act At Once.
HAVANA, April 12.—The Cuban
{senate today passed a bill to pro
hibit all prize fights in this country.
The government is pushing the bill
and it is expected that the house will
concur and that the act to stop fight
ing in Cuba will be in force in a
few weeks.
The riots at the ringside'following
the defeat of Johnson when the Cu
bans who had bet upon their fa
vorite and lost thousands of dollars
to the sporting sharks, who are be
lieved to have known that the black
champion had no chance and would
go down to defeat, started the agi
tation for the law now being pushed
through congress and convinced many
that prize fights held in Cuba would
take thousands of dollars from the
country and leave nothing in return
except a bad taste and a tarnished
name for the city.
American sports will now have to
look elsewhere for a place to hold
fights and clean up the public.
WILSON TO TRY
TO VISIT FAIR
WASHINGTON, April 12—Presi
dent Wilson stated today that he
would try and make a trip to the
western coast and to visit the fair
at San Francisco. The unsettled con
ditions in Mexico, the constant need
to watch the situation in Europe and
the China-Japan quarrel has pre
vented the president making the trip
at the opening of.the fair and he still
hopes to make the trip.
Herbert L. Jaynes, the Mineral
creek mining man, returned to Val
dez from his property yesterday.