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Washington, Jan. 2—Secretary
Lane of the interior department to
day signed the regulations by. which
the Alaska coal lands outside the
coal fields of Matanuska and the
Bering River are opened in ten acre
tracts to Alaskans. In the regula
tions the government has imposed
no royalty or other charges so that
those who mine the coal for local
uses will have nothing to meet but
the expenses of getting out the
fuel. It is expected now that the
opening of the Mata-.uska and-’ ,er
ing fields will be opened without
greater delay than is necessary ior
the phopc: adjustment of matters so
that no complications may come by
the leasing of the lands to pn ate
| parties. No intimation has been
given by the government authori
ties as to when the government it
self will take steps for the operating
of the fields for naval uses.
Seattle, Jan. 2.—The Alaska field
division of the general land office is
cow on the way to Juneau to make
that city its future headquarters ac
cording to the decision recently ar
rived at by the department. An
drew Christiansen, the chief of the
division, sailed for Alaska last night
with the records of the office. Nine
men will he employed in the Juneau
office. That office will have charge
of the Alaskan cool claims investi
gations.
Up to the middle of December
Norway, Sweden, Denmark and
Holland between them lost two
ships by mines. The total value of
the ships and cargoes was ten mil
lion dollars. In the 'destruction of
the vessels eighty-seven lives were
lost.
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Washington, Dec. 31.—-J. P.
Morgan yesterday morning made a
formal offer to Secretary of the In
terior Lane to sell the Copper River
and Northwestern railroad to the
government at i s appraised physi
cal valuation. No answer was giv
en by the 'secretary and no answer
probably, was expected, but the fi
nancier wanted to make offer in
time. There is no chance what
ever apparently that any definite
statement will be made by the sec
retary or, the president about the
government railroad until the re
port of the commission is ready.
Delegate ; Wickersliam lias sent a
call to the-, members of. the three Pa
cific coast delegations to meet Fri-I
!dny nior ing to. discus* methods for1
getting .. . appropriation which was
urged by Secretary Red held tor
aids to ... .*ig..iio.> in Alas a. It is
exp etc ’ to get these appropriations
thro gh this session, file appro
priations are ow before the com
mittee.
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reward, Jan. 4.—In a letter to
the Gateway from Mrs. Flon*. Beat
son is contained the sad new., that
her husband, Andrew K. Be.itaou,
passed away at Los ' ngeles on De
ceml>er 16. Mr. Beatson was the
discoverer of the Bonanza group of
copper mines on Lafouchc Island
and was one of the most prominent
figures in the Alaska mining world.
Mr. Beatson’s death will be regard
ed as a loss by very, very many.
Suits, “Alfred Benjamin," and
“Hart, Shafncr & Marks." Qual
ity first. Brown & Hawkins.
The outside mail arrived from
Seward this evening.
The M. L. & D. club gave an
other of their delightful dances Fri
day night. The attendance was
not large but those who did attend
spent a delightful evening.
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Tokio, Dec. 31.—The Japanese
foreign office announces that no na
tion has requested that a Japanese
army be sent to Europe to take part
in the war against Germany. A
report is current in Tokio that the
Russians favor sending of the Japa
nese reinforcements,. but .. Griat
Britain hesitates because of the eco
nomical and political difficulties
which might arise. The expense
of sending the Japanese would prob
ably fall on Great Britain to a great
extent.
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London, Dec. 31.—Nothing of a
defi ute nature has arrived in the
dispatches from the front this morn
ing In the west along the entire
front from Alsace to the North Sea
the allies have exerted steady pres
sure and have made slow progress
almost everywhere. In upper Al
sace the French entered the village
of Stein bach which was occupied
after severe house to house fighting
half the community taking part in
the battle as well as the soldiers.
The defeat of the Austrians in Ga
licia is not denied but. Vienna has
se:.} .0 'onfirmation of the intelli
gence. The German forces in Po
land are finding it extreme-y hard
to continue towards Warsaw. ^et
rograd believes that the German
offensive has broken down bat it is
possible that the invaders are reor-f
ganizing their forces with a view to
another determined attempt to push
the Russians further back. The
taking of Warsaw apparently de
pends oa the success of the Ger
man forces advancing from the
north. If they can succeed in mak
ing headway the Russian center
may be compelled to fall back to
avoid being taken on the flank or
rear. Petrograd also announces
that a Turkish column has been de
feated in Transcaucasia and dis
persed by artillery after great loss.
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Washing, Dec. 29.—Charles E
Bunnell of Valdez, was appointee
district judge of the Fourh Alaska
division today by President’Wilson
to fill the place made vacant by the
voluntary, retirement of Judge Ful
ler. Although it has not been offi
cially said there is every reason to
believe that of all the candidates for
the place the claims of Mr. Bunnell
were regarded as higher than those
of the others because he is an A las
kan and because lie was the r.omi
nee of the regular democratic party
of the territory for Delegate to con
gress. Mr. 5 n nr ell’s ecu " nice;
is expected soon after the recon
vening of congress although it ii
suspected that the supporters of at
least one other nominee ih .y try to
cause a fight.
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The mail carrier arriving this
evening from Old Knik is authority
for the statement that Cnpt. Denny
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of the Buffalo, left Kern creek tor
Knik on Tuesday last with fourteen
passengers. The mail carrier was
much surprised when he learned
that the Buffalo had not reached
here. When asked whether he was
jesting he said no; that the mail
carrier that met him at Old Knik
told bim-that it was the intention to
bring the mail from Kern creel: to
Knik this trip on the Buffalo but
that the boat was gone when the
mail arrived there. It is hardly
thought that tne Buffalo has been
lost, but there is danger that she
may have gotten in an ice Hoc from
which she has been unable thus far
to free herself.