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V()L 8. SEWAHD, ALASKA. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1914 NO. 92
AGREE TO ALL
THE CONDITIONS,
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New York, .fan. 24.—Mayor Mit
chell, who has offered the police com
missionership to Gen. Goethals, has
agreed to the conditions named bv
Goethals before he would accept the
position. _
WILL ACCEPT
NEW POSITION;
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Panama, Jan. 24 —General Goethal’s
has signified a willingness to accept
the police commissionership of New
York as soon as the Panama canal is
completed. If he is appointed to this
position he will have full control of
the police department of New York
city_
ANOTHER RUSH
IS PREDICTED
Seattle, Jan. 24.—Secretary Yandell,
of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
predicts that should the Alaska rail
road bill pass, there will be another
Klondike business for all of the coast
cities shortly.
Tried to See Crown Prince.
Berlin, Jan. 24.—An insane man was
arrested here today and placed in cus
tody. He claimed he was trying to
see the crown prince who was out
autoing. __
A mounted police patrol left Dawson
on January 3d for Fort McPherson and
Herschel island, with mail for the
StetTensen party, who are wintering
there.
Mr. F. O. Bill, father of Miss Beryl
Bill, who it was reported a few days
ago was killed by being run down by
an automobile, in Seatlle, arrived in
town from Kenai lake last night and
has cabled to Seattle for information
concerning the sad affair. Mr. Bill's
father and mother live at Auburn,
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Wash., a few miles from Seattle,
and as he has received no word from
them contirming the dispatch that con-1
veyed the news of Miss Bill’s death, i
he feels that there may be some j
mistake and that his daughter may j
not be the young lany referred to.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Co.,
has given notice that that company
will discontinue the Alaska excursion
business and will simply run their
boats on regular schedule hereafter.
Oh. those delicious Augustine &
Kyer’s chocolate butter crisps. A fresh
supply just received at Butts’.
Ladies, try a NuBone Corset. Mrs.
T. R. Needham, general manager for
Alaska. Phone 132.
Meet me at the Bruncu.
Jones-Chamberlain Railway
till Passes 44 to 16 j
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Washington, Jan. 24-The Alaska j
Railway bill passed the senate today,
by a vote of 44 to 16. The Poindexter
amendment reserving half of the coal
land to the government was defeated. |
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Washington, Jan. 24, 1914.—It is claimed that the poll of the
Senate shows a inajoriiy of twenty in favor of the bill. A long
debate on an amendment permitting trial damage suits against -
railroad without hurry resulted in defeat for the amendment.
Senator Sutherland failed to have the federal employers’j
liability law extended to Alaska. Senator Lafolette’s amendment
authorizing President Wilson to withdraw all public lands within
at least one mile of road was also defeated without roll call. Sen
ator Norris' amendment authorizing from ten to twenty ships was
defeat by a vote of fifty-seven to eleven. Amendments adopted
placing engineer drawn from civil life be placed under army engi
neers also requiring the same bookkeeping as the interstate com
merce commission requires of American railroads j
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Washington, Jan. 23, 5:15 p. ra.—Vote
on Alaska bill in the senate is im
probable today. Senators Bacon, Bur
ton and Smith protested against em
powering the president to purchase
railroads now built in Alaska without
limiting the price or designating the
road. The fear was also expressed
that the president could misuse, the
power granted him in leasing the road.
Senator Bristow proposed the reten
tion of this provision, but stipulated
that the governmont Panama Bailroad
company be made the lessee of the
Alaska railroad, Senator Cummins
favored the proposition of Senator
Bristow. Senator Vardaman an
nounced that lie had changed his mind
und would vote for the bill.
Unexpected democratic aid has de
veloped, and there is every reason to
believe that the bill will pass the sen
ate with a good safe majority,
The president has expressed the de
sire that this bill be passed as a strictly
party measure.
Washington, Jan. 23, 5:29 p. m.—The
amendment empowering the president
to lease the railroad as he sees tit to
do was put to a vote and was carried
by 44 to 17.
Senator Cummins' amendment limit
ing the leasing to the Panama railroad
was defeated by. the same vote.
An amendment permitting the pres
ident to lease the government road to
| the Panama railroad was adopted, 43
| to 12.
The amendment permitting the gov
ernment to purchase existing railroads
was defeated, 46 to 5.
After this vote had been announced
the senate took a recess until noon
Saturday.
Washington, Jan. 24.— When Secre
I tary Lane heard that General Goethals
had signified a willingness to accept
the police coraraissionership of New
York, he expressed disappointment, as
he wanted Goethals to build the
Alaska railroad.
The committee won the hardest tight
when it defeated the Cummins amend
ment. All of the republicans support
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ing the bill voted for the amendment
and its defeat was a great victory for
j the railroad bill itself.
Some of the southern members of
the house are claiming that the Alaska
railroad bill will be defeated, claiming
that enough republican support against
the measure can be secured to accom-;
plish its defeat.
Senator Chamberlain insists on a
vote on the Alaska railroad bill today, i
Washington, Jan. 24.—Democrats in
caucus have agreed to probe the Colo
rado and Michigan strikes now on and
determine a mode of procedure, should
the result require government inter
ference.
Secretary Wilson is urging that the
Hindus be excluded from the United
States.
FOOD PRICES
SOAR IN PARIS
Paris, Jan. 24.—The cold wave here
is unabated, and food prices have gone
up from fifty to six hundred per cent.
It is now twenty degrees below zero
and much suffering is the result. Un
less something is done to bring food
within the reach of the ordinary class
of people here starvation will stare
many in the face.
Will CLAIM THE
LARGE ESTATE
Boston, Jan. 24.—James Smith, of
Brooklyn, claims that he is the son o1
the late Lord Strathcona, and eiaim>
the fifty million dollar estate left b)
the Cananian statesman.
MUNDY JURY IS
NOW COMPLETE
Seattle, Jan. 24.—The jury in the
Mundy coal case is complete and the
trial is now on. The case is attracting
more than ordinary attention at this
time because of the probability that
congress will do something in the way
of opening the coal lands of Alaska,
and should this case go against the
Mundy crowd there will be a scramble
for the coal claims these people have
held from the locators.
Will Get After the Gunmen*
New York, Jan. 24.—Mayor Mit
chel has issued an order that all gun
men found in New York city be exter
minated.
Strikers All Resume Work.
Capetown, Jan. 24.—The strike that
has been on here for some time past is
now at an end, all of the strikers hav
ing gone to work.
Arrested For Celebrating.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 24..—A hundred
neople who were celebrating the an
niversary of “bloody Sunday have
been arrested.
Leo Onhauser, who is living near
Porcupine island, on the Kenai river,
came in with Al. Roberts Iasi night
from Roosevelt, to spend a few days
in town.__
Thos. Tessie, a well known Kenai
river resident, arrived in town last
night and will remain for a few days
attending to business matters.
Snow shoes and snow shoe tiling at
J. L. Graef’s. t
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graef’s. 1
Budweiser beer at the Branch.
Meet me at the Branch *