Washington, Nov. 29--Chairman Houston, of the
house committee on territories, yesterday afternoon favor
ably reported the Alaska railway bill. The bill provides
for a trackage of 722 miles. Seward and Cordova, or
vicinity points, are to be coast terminals for the interior
lines, with branch roads tapping the Matanuska and
Bering river coal fields.
BIG II. $. FLEET
ORDERED TO GO
TO MEXICO
Washington, Nov. 29 -'Hie oiif Am
erican fleet now in the Mediterranean
sea has been ordered, by Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, proceed post haste
to Mexican waters. No explanation is
made of the m ve. but the postent i>
ominous.
Juarez. Mex . Nov.'Jb General Villa,
at the head of a vast army of rebels
is preparing to march on Mexico City,
in an efiort to capture the capito!.
Aiding tiie rebel commander's designs
i> the tact that a food famine exists in
Mexico City and the federal troops are
on the verife of revolt, because the\
have not been paid.
ZELAYA TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY
New York, Nov. 29 — Former Presi
dent Zela\a of Nicaragua was taken
into custody on a murder charge yes
terday afternoon. He was located in
the apartments of a millionaire friend
who was shielding him. He wili be
returned to Nicaragua, the scene of
the alleged murder, for trial.
REGULAR SESSION
BEGINS TUESDAY
Washington, Nov. 29—The regular
session of congress will convene Tues
day next at noon. President Wilson
will read his message to a joint session
of the senate and house.
Meet me at the Branch
Field glasses at J. L. Graef ’s. *
Long distance telephone booth at the !
Branch. * J
DOCTRINE OF
MONROE GOOD
London, Nov. 29.-‘T am a firm be
liever in the Monroe doctrine and a
; great admirer of the United States: its
‘stand in the Mexican situat ion is right,
; whatever the result/’ said Chancellor
Haldane, in a speech delivered before
11he American Society of London last
! night.
'flu* distinguished Hritish statesman,
recognized as the foremost orator and
lawyer in Kngland, paid a high tribute
to the l lilted States government. He
said that in l'resident Wilson the
country had a chief executive who
could he relied upon to do just what
wa> right and just, without tear of the
consequences.
A distinguished company of Ameri
cans attended, including U. S. Am
bussndor Cage. The sentiments ex
pressed by the chancellor were loudly
applauded.
GERMANS AFTER
TOBACCO TRUST
Berlin, Nov. 29—The German "ov
ermen t lias started an inquiry into the
American tobhaco trust, which has a
stion" foothold in this country; with a j
view of driving it out of business ini
the Kaiser’s domain.
RECOMMENDS 2
BATTLESHIPS
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Washington, Nov. 29—In his annual
report, Secretary of the Navy Daniels
reccormnends an appropriation for the
building of two battleships.
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Community silver, Sheriton. La Rose
and , De Luxe patterns. George the
Jeweler. ,
Sleds for boys and girls; sleds for
men. At J. L. Graef’s.
NOT ALARMED
| OVER THREATS
S SAYS PREMIER
—
Leads, Kng., Nov. 20.— “Uome rule
• will he e>tabiished in Ireland/’ said
Premier Asquith, in a speech here last
night. “The government is rot at all
alarmed at the threats of the Pnionisls
in Northern Ireland," lie continued,
i “hut. will go right ahead with it>
plans to give Ireland the form of au
tonomy vouchsafed hv the law passed
*
hv the British parliament.”
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San Diego, Nov. 2^.— A viator
Beachey, in an aeroplane, looped tlie
j loop three successive times, near the
[ground, in a demonstration here yes
j terday afternoon. An immense crowd
I that witnessed the extraordinary feat
were thrilled by the daring of the bird
man.
BIRD MAN IS
HIGH FLYER
Los Angeles, Nov. 29. — Aviator Mar
tin, in an aeroplane and carrying one
passenger, ascended to a height of
ninety-eight, hundred feet in a demon
stration here yesterday. This beats
all former American height records.
Frank Cook, agent for the Wells
Fargo Express company, is authority
for the statement that the gold output
of the Tanana valley for the year 1913
will in round numbers be $4,000,000, a
falling off from the previous year of
paactically $1,000,000.
Meet me at the Brancn.
Ice creepers and ice skates at J. L..
Graefs._
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t
Klgar Alien Forbps, a stall editor of
i Leslie’s I lust rat ed , Weekly, who was
a member of the Seattle chamber of
commence excursion party, says:
**i wish to set down here in enduring
printer’s ink, that the Alaska coast is
! one o/1he greatest scenic regions in t in*
j worhl. In calling it such, i IImg all
j modesty aside and remind you that I
j seen most of t rie romantic and p'.ctur
j esque parts of l he globe and know a
, good looking piece of landscape when
: I see it.
‘•For instance, in speaking with en
thusiasm about the sublimity of the
Alaskan coast range and urging you to
see it before you die, I do so after
hav ing been on ‘the roof of the world’
and seen the highest mountains on
j this planet. I mention the harbor of
! Sitka with no slight degree of enthus
! iam in spite of the fact that. L have
! passed through the Thousand Islands
jot the St. Lawrence and have been in
the bay of Naples several times. And
' as for gorgeous sunsets, the hall of lire
drops behind the peaks ot Alaska in a
blaze of glory that is almost as inspir
ing as when it disappears in the yellow
| s;ipus of I he Sahara.
‘•As for the beauty of the Inside Pas
sage from Seattle to Alaska, is there
| uii v place, lrom Sandy I look (o lokyo
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land from the North Cape to the Horn.
| where you may travel serein- l> for sev
leral days with snowy peaus on both
j sides of \oiiV Say all that you will
! about the far famed Inland Sea of Jap
| nan and the Palisades of to * Hudson:
j if these picturesque spots were moved
| up towaid Alaska and placed along the
i Inside Passage with their position
charted, t here is where you would sleep
in order to be awake while passing the
scenery which isaireudv there.
“And as for glaciers oi Alaska, here
is an actual e.xperit nee. After having
j seen them l returned homeward via
! the Canadian Kockies. At a station
! nomed 'Glacier* the train stopped and
'the passengers were invited to walk
| up the track anu see the wonderful
j sight. 1 went with the others until I
came within full view of the glacier
winch was so wonderful that it could
stop an overland express, 1 took one
look at it: then I sauntered hack to the
| train and waited until it was read) to
! move on.
“I would not have youthiqjv that the
j Canadian glacier is not a’ perfectly
| good glacier. The trouble with me
was that I had recently seen Columbia
glacier crumbling into the Alaskan sea
land floating away as icebergs; that 1
had stood for an hour in front of Childs
glacier, inland form Cordova, and
heard what at times sounded like the
sharp crack of a 10-inch gun and at
other times like the vibrations of dis
tant thunder. After you have seen the
glaciers of Alaska, you may pass un
without regret everything else in the
glacier line on this continent.”
The famous Yakima valley in Wash
ington has been drained of turkeys to
supply the Alaska Thanksgiving trade
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch._ *
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graefs. t
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Budweiser beer at the Branch. *