yOL tS< SEWAlil>, ALASKA. SATURDAY EVEKIXi, MARCH 7, 1914_NO- lli8
HOUSE ADOPTS
RAHWAY SILL
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Washington, March 7.—The house
yesterday adopted the Alaska railway
bill as reported from the conference
committee. The senate will consider
the bill today. Senator Pittman pre
dicts the action will be similar to that
of the house.
STEAMSHIP RATE
WAR PREDICTED
Seattle, March It is predicted
here that the railroad construction in
Alaska will precipitate a >team ship
rate war. All the steamship compan
ies will make an effort to carry the
supplies.
MILWAUKEE HAS
JUGGLED BOOKS
Washington, March 7.—The inter
state commerce commission announces
that the Milwaukee —tilroad has jug
gled its book accounts in order to
create a favorable market for its
securities. All roads have been
warned that similar frauds will he
severly punished in the future.
PULP INVENTOR
DIES OF OLD AGE
New York, March 7. — Augustus
Stanwood, seventy-five years of age,
died here today. Mr. Stanwood was
the first man to make paper from wood.
He got his suggestion from watching
hornets build their hives from wood.
Paint Suffocates flan.
Chicago, March 7.—George W.
Riggs, a manufacturer, aged 52, lo-a
his life in a singular accident in his
home today. Riggs was enameling
the walls of a bathroom. He lost his
footing on the ladder, fell and was
stunned. The thick paint which he
was using flowed over his face and
suffocated him.
Washington Senators are Opposed.
Washington, March 7.—Senators
Poindexter and Jones will lead the
tight agains* the repeal of free tolls for
American bottoms through the Pana
ma canal. Jones has introduced a
resolution asking what nations have
protested against the free tolls.
Quick Work in the House.
Washington, March 7.—The house
commerce, commit tee have already re
ported favorably the Tims bill for the
repeal of the free tolls on American
bottoms passing through the Panama
canal. It is predicted that the bill
will pass the house with very little
opposition.
flariposa in Seattle,
Seattle, March 7.—The steamship
Mariposa arrived this afternoon from
Seward and way ports.
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URGES APPROPRIATION
FOR ALASKAN EXHIBIT
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In accordance with the expressed
i wish of Governor Strong that the dif
ferent commercial clubs of Alaska aid j
j him and Delegate Wickersham in,
[securing an appropriation from con
gress for an Alaskan exhibit at the
San Francisco fair, the Juneau Com
mercial Club has passed the following
resolutions:
To the Honorable,
The President of the United States,
and the Senate and the House of
Representatives in Congress as
sembled:
WE, your memorialists, the Com
mercial Club of Juneau, Alaska, rep
resenting the business interests in the
City of Juneau and vicinity, most re
; spectfully and earnestly represent that:
WHEREAS, the Panama-Pacific
Exposition will open in San Francisco,
California, in February, 1915; and
WHEREAS, no provision has been
made by the Federal Government for
the collection and maintenance of an
; Alaska exhibit to this Exposition, not
wit hstanding the precedent heretofore
established by the Government in pro
viding for an Alaskan Exhibit at other
national and international expositions;
! and
WHEREAS, the chairman of the
‘Federal Exhibit Board 1ms publicly
announced that it will be impossible,
from the appropriations made by Con
j gress for the Panama-Pacific Exposi
* tion, to obtain any funds for the col
lection and maintenance of an Alaskan
; Exhibit; and
WHEREAS, Congress in provid
ing for railroad construction
in Alaska at a 'cost of $35,000,000.00,
j has opened the door lor dovelopment
of Alaska, and
WHEREAS, with a full ana ad
equate display and a i vertisement of
I the Territory’s resources at the said
I Exposition, the development of the
j Territory will be greatly advanced; and
the success of the railroad project will
be greatly enhanced;
NOW, THEREFORE, WE, your
memorialists, hereby respectfully
urge that the Federal Government
make provision for the collection and
maintenance ot an adequate Alaskan
Exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposi- ;
tion by the appropriation of a* sum not
less than $200,000, to be used for that
purpose; and your memorialists respect
fully represent that without such ap
propriation, the great Territory of the
Northwest will not be represented at
said Exposition. And
Your memorialists will ever pray.
Juneau Commercial Club,
By John Reck, President.
(Attest)
J. Sowerby, Secretary.
WHEREAS the Juneau Commer
cial Club has v this day memoralized
Congress for an appropriation of $200,
000, to be usAl for the collection and
! maintainence of an Alaskan Exhibit at
| the Panama-Pacific Exposition to be
I held at San Francisco, California, in
i 1915; and
WHEREAS, without an appropria
tion by Congress it will be impossible
to provide any exhibit whatsoever
except by private subscription; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that all
the municipal and commercial organ
izations in the Territory of Alaska
should join in requesting the President
of the United States and Congress to
make provisions for this exhibit now
therefore, be it resolved, that the
i people of Alaska as represented by
1 their commercial bodies and their
municipal organizations are hereby
requested upon receipt of this resolu
tion and the memorial hereto annexed,
which is this day being forwarded to
Washington, D. C., to telegraph their
endorsements of and join in the request
contained In said memorial and notify
the Juneau Commercial Club as soon
as possible of their action in this regard.
WE CERTIFY that the foregoing
is a true copy of a resolution adopted
by the Juneau Commercial Club on
February 19th, 1914.
Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 20th
day of February, 1914.
John Reck, President.
J. Sowerby, Secretary.
IGENERAL VILLA
WANTS RANSOM
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K1 Paso, March 7.—General Villa
demands a half million Mexican dol
j lars for the release of Luis Terra/, i jr.,
1 whom he is holding prisoner. General
Terraza, the father, is frantic. He
was formerly worth forty million and
is now unable to raise the ransom.
The General has offered himself as
hostage.
Not True Americans.
London. March 7.—Issac Siligman
and Frank Bliss, American million
aires, have become British subjucts
in order to avoid the income tax.
More are to follow.
Snow shoes and snow shoe filling at
J. L. Graef’s. t
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. *
BOLD ROBBERS
TAKE PAYROLL
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St. Louis, March 7.— A daring hold
up took place here today in broad day
light. Two men stopped John Lucas,
paymaster for the Brown Shoe com
j pany, who was coming down the
street in his automobile, robbed him
of fourteen thousand dollars in cash,
then took his machine and made their
escape.
fliners Get a Raise.
Nanaimo, B. C., March 7. — Seven
hundred miners here have received a
! raise of ten per cent, in their wages,
but the operators insist on not recog
nizing the union.
Bring your job printing to the Gate
way. We can do it right.
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel* Knik, Alaska, t
NEWS ALONG
KENAI TRAIL
It has been a quiet winter in Kenai
tliis year— the monthly mail being the
only coiitact with the outside world
we have had.
An epidemic of measles and la grippe
started here in the early winter and
played havoc with the native popula
tion—in fact about twenty per cent,
have died off.
The cannery ships will not arrive
until about May 1st this year—a month
later than usual—and from reports will
not handle any king salmon whatever.
This will hurt the local fishermen’s
season’s wage to a considerable extent.
There are a large number of moose
dying in the lower country, owing to
the severe winter and the fact that
the rabbits are devouring all the young
feed. The young and weaker moose
i are the chief sufferers from these
causes. The writer knows of several
instances where prospectors and trap
■ pers have chopped down brush and
fed the moose until they have become
quite tame around their camps.
There has been a considerable quan
tity of fur caught in the territory trib
utary to Kenai this winter. The Cook
Inlet Commercial company having
bought and stored in their loft about
twenty-five hundred muskrats, ninety
lynx, about two hundred mink and a
quantity of weasels, besides a black
fox, shot by a native on Nakiski beach.
F. Standifer, T. McFadden, W. Kais
er and H. Lucas left Skilak lake on
the 4th inst. for Seward with the bal
ance of their winter’s catch, three red
fox and one lynx.
I. Rowe and Fritz Posth are trap
ping at Russian river and have a few
lynx and mink hanging up.
Louis Bell, at Quartz creek, has also
caught several lynx and mink this
winter.
It has been announced that Mr. W.
N. Dawson, known as Sanctimonious
Bill, is engaged to marry MissLeether
Belle, one of the girls of Kenai, the
wedding wilUake place in-June and
will be officiated over by Dr. Weei
Barn, assistant priest.
Herman Stelter is still alive at his
old stand, and the weary traveler along
that road is always assured of rest and
welcome at his commodious ranch.
Clint Davis is on the road to recov
ery from his sore leg, a horse having
kicked him some time back.
Tom Tawle has built a foot bridge
over Kenai river at Schooner Bend for
the the public and his own use.
C. f. Strathcona.
NORTHERN OPEN
ALL DAY SONDAY
The Northern bowling alley, billiard
hall and cigar store will be open to
morrow as usual and everyone is cor
dially invited to make that resort their
headquarters. The bar will be closed
from 12 o'clock tonight until 12 o’clock
tomorrow night and each Sunday here
after.
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what you don’t like, when you can
order what you like at the
Commerce Cafe