WEEKLY EDITION
AND KNIK NEWS
VOL. 1
Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, January 8, 1916
NO. 27
STEEL MAGNATE |
SEES AN EARLY
EHDOFTHEWAR
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NfciVV YORK, Jan. 8.—In a public
statement, published In the New
York newspapers this morning,
Chairman Gary, of the United States
Steel Corporation, declared that in
his opinion the world war will come
to an end much sooner than most !
people believe. The facts of the
matter arc that all belligerents are
starving for men and money, said
the steel magnate, and without these
two vital necessities in the conduct !
of war. the end is bound to come, j
“l think 1 am in a position to know;
something of the real situation with ;
respect to all the countries in
volved," he continued, “and I am
willing to make the prediction,
founded on that knowledge, that the
war will soon come to an end."
WASHINGTON; Jan. 8.-Among
the Americans logt by the submarin
ing of the steamship Persia was the
Rev. Homer R. Salisbury, of Wash
ington, D. C., superintendent for the
Seventh Day Adventists' denomina
tion in India. Rev. Salisbury sailed
on the Persia .enronte to Marseilles.
His name appeared as among those
missing and given up as lost in the
list issued by me Peninsula and Ori
ental Line, which operated the Per
sia. and forwarded to the American
embassy at London.
Today, the American embassy at
London transmitted a copy of the
steamship lines report'to the state
department. The Rev. Salisbury
stands high in the councils of the
Seventh Day Adventists.
THIS AMERICA
LONDON, Jan. 8.—Sir Edward
Grey, minister for foreign agairs in
the British cabinet, ofTers to submit
Germany's protest over the sinking
of a German submarine by a British
man-of-war to an “impartial trib
unal,” say, “otncers of the United
States navy," for settlement.
KLEpen
FEIGNING ILLNESS
EL PASO, Jan. 8.—Claiming to
be very ill, General Huerta, former
president of Mexico, has been per
mitted to go to his home and receive
treatment, where better accommoda
tions can be secured than in the jail.
Heavy guards are watching the'
home, however, as the suspicion is
strong that the wily general is
feigning illness in order to gain an
opportunity to escape and flee to
Mexico.
For Sale—One-half lot, next to
corner of Seventh and D street; lot
11, block 71; cash. Apply Lyall &
Smith Kandy Store.
Preferred Stock canned vegetables
and fruits at Brown & Hawkins'.
“Quality First.”
The Alaska Pool Room—best
lights, ‘good tables, good service.
For Rent—Northern Light Baths,
at flagpole; four tubs: other business
calls me away. Oskar Gohr Anson.
PREVAILING AT
• NOME to-day:
—
NOME, Jan. 8.—A howling bliz- j
zard is on in Nome. All day yester- |
day, and throughout the night fol
lowing, ice from Bering sea piled up
on the beach in front of the town,
in some places reaching a height of
fifty feet . The Sesnon caisson, which
has withstood all storms for years
past, was entirely destroyed and
smashed to pieces by the huge
chunks of tee. Buildings on the
beach side of the street remain in
tact, but ice is packed agninst. the
back doors. Today the storm gives
ev dence oi moderating,, but is still
very severe.
Three small malls only have
reached Nome since navigation
closed. The service is the worst in
the history of Nome.
The Nome city council hag passed
an ordinance complying with the
terms of the act passed by the terri
torial assembly with respect to the
election of a town council and mem
bers of the school board.
The annual Aksala carnival*, held
New Year’s day for the benefit of tne
Sisters' hospital, proved a huge
financial success.
I’AKMKR BROWN IS
ADJUDGED INHANK
NOMK. Jan. 8—Tyro Brown, com
monly known as farmer Brown, who
ran a roedhou.se ten miles below
Solomon, was adjudged insane in a
trial yesterday.
HARRY RIIjKY wins
IJOO RACK AT NOMK
NOME. Jan. 8.—Harry Riley’s dog
team won the von Boschen race on
New Year's day. This is the third
successive time this team has won
this race.
CA.WI, Ol’KMMJ INDEFINITE.
WASHINGTON—Colonel Goethals
has-reported that- It will be impos
sible to Indicate when the canal
slides will be qjeared sufficient for
the reopening of the waterway.
J'!\K Sl lMM.V OK FII.Mtt
Kf>H MOTION PUTURJ5 SHOW
A fine lot cf films, su(ticlent to run
the.motion picture show'1 for a month,
reached here '> ith the mail team this
forenoon, and there will be Tie
usual show this evening, a thrilling
war scene being the feature. Here
after ,the shows will begin at 7:4*
o clock, instead of 8 o’clock, as here
fofore, atiu patrons are requested to
bear the change of time in mind. To
morrow there will be three shows,
one at 3:30, another at 6:30, and
tne last one at 8 o’clock.
TO KAI8K FINDS FOR
THK SUFFERING SK.RItS
Milo Janovich wishes to join otner
Serbians in tnis community in or
ganizing a Red Cross Society for
the purpose of raising funds for the
relief of suffering Serbians in his
home country. The Serbians have
been sorely stricken as a result of
the war, and many of them are In
actual want, according to the In
formation of Janovich. A meeting
will be held at 2 o’clock at the
home of Janovich, in lot 11, block
45, between B and C streets, tomor
row (Sunday). All interested are
urged to attend.
Skates of all kinds at the Mata
| ntiska Hardware Company’s.
Stamps at all hours and at govern
ment prices at Robarts’.
Bring your films to McCain’s
Studio, Third and H street, for devel
opment and be sure of good work.
FRED! TO ALL.
Writing material for everybody at
Robarts’.
Choicest cigars, candies, fruits
grape juice, at tht. Alaska Poo1
Under tli? provisions of theconstt
tution of then United States, the
congress has the sole power to make
appropriations of the public moneys,
and no public moneys can be used
for any purpose until such appropria
tion has been definitely made.
In the early days of the republic,
it soon became evident that s.faTe
matic methods would have to be
adopted in order that proper bal
ances would be maintained betw£'v>*
the revenues and the appropriations,
and various laws have been made
from time to time in regard to thali
subject. The present method may be
said to be an evolution, rather than
a scientific solution of the fiscal op
erations of the nation. As the law
now stands, the secretary of the
treasury Is required to submit to
congress, on the first day of eatch
session, each year (the first Monday
in December), an estimate of the
amounts which will be required to
carry on the activities of the govern
ment for the next fiscal year, which
commences on tne .July 1st, follow
ing. These estimates originate in
the various departments and inde
pendent establishments wnich are
not under departments, and are In
quired to be in the hands of the sec
j retary of the treasury by October
1st of each year. All the various
Items are compiled and classified,
and the entire estimate is published
in a book called the ‘‘Book of Esti
mates," a vo.ume of four or five hun
dred pages. Necessarily, a number
of matters can not be foreseen when
the original estimates are first pre
pared, and these are submitted as
“supplemental estimates,” in the
form of a letter from the secretary
of the particular department for
i which the estimate is made to the
secretary of tne treasury, which he,
in turn, refers to congress for its
consideration.
In considering appropriations, it is
j the practice of congress to have all
j appropriations originate in the house
of representatives, and frequently
I before congress has formally con
vened, some of the committees of
the house, caving appropriation mat
ters under their jurisdiction, are at
work framing up their particular ap
propriation bills in order that they
may be ready early in the session to
present to tlie house. The organiza
tion of the house includes a number
of committees which report appro
priation bills. F'or instance, the
committee on naval affairs prepares
all naval appropriation bills, the
committee on agriculture the agri
cultural appropriations. The com
mittee on appropriations, having
charge of all matters not covered by
the other committees, has the broad,
eat authority. Each of the commit
tees is assigned its particular items
in the estimates and takes them
under consideration. The public of
ficers who nave control of the ex
penditure of appropriations are re
quired to appear before the commit
tees and convince the committee ol
the necessity for the appropriation
estimated t'or the next year. After
the committee reaches a conclusion
as to the amount of the estimates it
will approve, it prepares a bill,
which is reported to the house by
the chairman of the committee. Tn
taking the bill up, the house consid
ers it item by item, amendments are
considered, and after its passage it
is sent to the senate, where the pro
cedure Is practically the same a3 in
the house of representatives. Amend
ments or changes may have been
made to the bill in the senate, which
must be concurred in by the house
before the bill can become a law
This is solved by the appointment
A full line of candies, soft drinks
fruits, nuts, cigars, tobaccos, etc.
across the street from the skating
rink, at Carlson & Nelson Grocery
Everything in hardware at the
Matauuska Hardware Company’s.
Ridgeway's Teas at Brown & Haw.
kins'. “Quality First.”
of a conference committee, constst
ing generally of three members of
each house, who meet and agree
upon the final shape of the bill and
report back to their respective
houses. Each of the houses adopts
or rejects the report of the confer
ence committee. If adopted, it is
then ready tor presentation to the
president for his (signature to make
it a law; If rejected, another confer
ence committee may be appointed or
a new bill prepared. There have been
instances where the two houses have
been deadlocked for months over
some provision of an appropriation
, bill. It should be borne in mind
U'net as a general thing the money
appropriated is not immediately
available for use a3 soon as the bill
becomes a law. For instance, under
normal conditions, most of the ap
propriation bills are finally passed
by both bouses some time in the
spring or early summer, but they
provide only for the needs of the
coming fiscal year, which does not
commence util the first day of July,
following, and the law expressly
prohibits the expenditure of that ap
propriation until that date.
As the estimates are prepared so
far in advance of the time when the
money will be needed, new condi
tions may arise and additional
! money is needed to carry on some
j work, the necessity for which could
! not be foreseen at the time when the
original estimates were prepared. To
i meet this, a supplemental estimate.
I asking congress to pass a "deficiency
appropriation." is prepared and suh
t raitted. Under the organization of
j the house ot representatives, the
j committee on appropriations has
I charge of all deficiency approprla
I tious, whether or not the original
appropriation came under that com
mittee. Ordinarily there are but two
i deficiency appropriation hills. One
is known as the “urgent deficiency
! bill." generally considered and
I passed early in tlie session, ami the
j other is the "general deficiency bill.
| Their names indicate the nature of
j the matters included in them. These
i bills, of course, do not include ap
! _* l...
: year, but are for additional or sup
plemental appropriations for the
I current fiscal year and are to meet
i immediate needs.
i There is some little confusion lie
tween what Vis known as an author
ization bill"^ and an "appropriation
bill.” A bill may authorize a public
officer to undertake some large pub
lic work, but may not make an ap
propriation toward the work. With
no money avaitable. no actual work
can be done on the project until the
appropriation is made. An appro
priation may, however, for the needs
of the first year's work be Included
in the bill authorizing the project,
but subsequent appropriations each
year for that project are covered in
the appropriation bills. The Alaska
railroad bill is a notable example of
this. The organic act authorized the
president to locate, construct and
operate a railroad in Alaska to cost
not exceeding $35,000,000. and the
same bill appropriated $1,000,000
to be immediately available toward
the carrying out of that project. In
other words. $1,000,000 was defi
nitely set aside from the public
funds at that time to carry on the
work. Each year the president must
submit, through the secretary of the
treasury, an estimate of the amount
which will be needed during the
coming fiscal year for Isjat work
The organic act, carrying the au
thority for tne $35,000,000 project
and appropriating $1,000,000, was
reported to the house of represents
Anchorage Laundry under new
management. All work guaranteed
Fourth and B east.
Don’t forget, WILKES make:
DESKS as well as other furniture
We have the material. Shop oppo
site Alaska Transfer Co., on H St.
OH trails lead to Robarts'.
NAVAL STATION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—There is
only one thoroughly dependable
deep-water naval station in the
United States, according to the opin
ion of Admiral Homer R. Stanford,
chief of the bureau of yards aud
docks, who testified yesterday after
noon before the house committee on
naval affairs, the subject under dis
cussion being preparedness.
That station, declared Admiral
Standford, is the Puget sound navy
yard at Hremerton, Washington. The
great battleships afloat, said the ad
miral, found no difficulty ta entering
I'uget sound and reaching the paval
station. “On tne olner hand," he
, said. “I regard the situation at the
| New York naval station as rather
| serious, because of inadequate iiar
| borage facilities.
MUNITIONS FOR U. S.
SBATTLK—Orders were received
by the Puget Sound Navy Yard today
to begin the manufacture of 12,500
shells of 3 and ti-tnch diameter, on
March l.
tives by the committee on territories.
The next appropriation for this work,
which was for the current fiscal
year, ending June 30, 1916, was in
j eluded in what is known as the "sun.
dry civil appropriation bill" from
the committee on appropriations,
! and all subsequent appropriations
for the work will come from the
same committee. For the fiscal year
1917, it is understood that $8,000,
000 has been asked in the "hook of
estimates." In view of the progress
i that has been made, an additional or
supplemental estimate has been sub
mitted asking congress for a defl
j clency appropriation of $2,000,000
for the current fiscal year, which it
is believed will be carried in the
“urgent deficiency bill" expected to
be reported by the bouse committee
on appropriations early in .January.
The present method of appropria
tions by congress, is generally con
i ceded to be cumbersome and most
unscientific. At various times ef
. forts have been made to place the
fiscal operations of the government
on a more nusinesslilce basis. Ltur
; ing the administration oi Pres.“etn
Taft a commission was appointed
and did considerable work in an in
j vestigationa! way, but the task was
so gigantic and involved the collec
tion. compilation and analysis of so
| much material from all the govern
ment agencies that congress did not
1 feel justified in continuing this com
| mission in its work. They, how
ever. did make suggestions in ac
counting methods which have been
I adopted In a few of tlie departments,
with more or less success. They
recommended the adoption of a
| budget system, but unfortunately
were not able in the time they were
in existence to make any specific
recommendations. Chambers of
commerce and commercial bodies all
over the country recently have been
urging the president and congress to
take this matter up. It would seem
hardly probable that congress could
give the matter the scientific treat
ment that it requires, it is not a
work that can be completed in
short time, and should not be at
tempted unless ii ts done thoroughly,
and then only by men competent,
with experience and training in that
particular class of work.
RINK OPEN AFTERNOONS.
The local ice skating rink, which
is proving a popular resort, will be
open afternoons hereafter, beginning
tomorrow. The hours are from 1 tc
5 o’clock p. m.
Clothes cleaned and pressed ai
The Model, corner Foourth and E st
For Sale—Lit on K street, be
tween Fourth and Fifth. M. H
Lynch, corner Second and East E
street. Anchorage.
McCain Studio, X^lrd and H street
Photograph gallery. That’s all.
I
HAMILTON CAUSE
SEVERE ATTACKS
LONDON. Ian. 8.—The London
newspapers are severely arraigning
the British ministry and the general
army officers in the severest terms
tor their action with respect to Gen
eral Ian Hamilton, commander of
the forces in tue Dardanelles, who
nas been relieved from his command
and retired in disgrace. Published
reports say that October It, General
Kitchener, minister of war, cabled
General Hamilton, asking him to
! make an estimate of the British loss
and seeking information as to the
advisability of w ithdrawing from the
Dardanelles Hamilton's reply to
this query with respect to evacuation
j was. ‘Such a step Is unthinkable, in
i the light of progress being made
here.'' October 16 General Ham
ilton was summarily removed from
his command.
Hamilton declares that the Suva
bay campaign, which had such an
ignominious ending, and for which
he is charged with being responsible
as commander of the British troops
in the Dardanelles, was due to the
fact that the troops sent him were
untrained and grossly incompetent.
SHIP BUILDING
COMPANY PLANS
SEATTLE PLAN!
J
SEATTLE. .Ian. 8.—G. M. Skin
ner, ot the Port Blakeley Mill Com
! pany, and G. B. Lamont, formerly
| assistant to the president of the Se
attle Construction and Dry Dock
i Company, are taking the initiative
: iu the formation of a company that
will build a great steel works and
i shipbuilding plant near Seattle, riv
i aling in importance the Seattle Con
struction and Dry Dock Company. It
is understood that Charles E. Pea
body, John T. Hetierinan and Joshua
| Green, millionaires of Seattle, are
behind the proposed company and
v ill largely (inance the organisation.
On behalf of the organization,
j Sk'nner and Lamont have taken over
the options on ihe Harbor island site,
formerly held by Captain Anderson,
where the proposed plant will be lo
cated. Anderson acquired the op
tions at Harbor island for a proposed
South American steamship line, but
failed to (inance the deal.
JIM MB
WES BORO
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8._The at
torney-general's report shows that
Judge Robert \V. Jennings, of the
district court tor the First division
of Alaska, has made the best record
of any Alaska judge in the matter of
disposal of business and economic
cost of trials.
JUNEAU POPULAR
JUNEAU, Jan. 8.—The newly
erected natatorium, built by the
local camp of the Arctic Brother
hood, was opened lest night, and two
hundred persons took a swim iu the
excellent tanks.
Come in and write your letters. S
We furnish paper, envelopes, pen
and ink free, and sell post stamps.
Robarts.