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RAILROAD APPROPRIATION IS PASSED
Special to The Times By Associated Press. I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—The House today
passed the Sundry Civil bill carrying appropriations
totaling $125,000,000, and including 82,000,000 for1
the Alaska railroad. As the report of the Alaska
Railway Commission was held back pending dispo j
sition of this bill and allowance of the appropriation
asked for by Secretary Lane, with which to perform
the work absolutely necessary this year, it is expect
ed the secretary will submit the report with his re
commendations to President Wilson before he de
parts for California on Monday
The administration desired an appropriation
of at least $5,000,000 to carry out the original plans
for work during the summer of 1915, but opposi
tion of those interests which believe government
operation of railroads is a damnable heresy neces
sitated a revision of these plans and a reduction in
the amount of the first instalment of the $35,000,000
which Congress authorized for this work.
Construction will be under the direction of the |
Department of the Interior. It is claimed that Sec
retary Lane favors having thi3 work done by day
labor and that he may so recommend; but several
contracting firms are anxious to be given a chance to
bid for the work, the Pearsons Construction Co., I
which recently completed a contract for the Mil
waukee road covering a distance of about 25 miles
out of Port Angeles on the first section of the Olym
pic Peninsula line, being one of them.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—Included in the Sun
dry Civil bill, which was passed by the House today,
carrying appropriations totaling $125,000,000, was
$60,00,000 for pensions, the amount originally con
templated for pensions being $160,000,000. Among
the largest items for Alaska are: $2,000,000 for
railroad construction and $289,000 for construction
of two vessels for the coast survey. The total for
the teritory is $2,868,000 and in addition to the
items above named includes the following:
Continuing public building at Juneau. $ 75,000
Seal Regulation. 65,000
Alaska Fisheries Service. 29,000
Investigation Mineral Resources.100,000
Care of Insane. 75,000
Education of Natives .200,000
Regulation of Liquor Traffic.15,000
Protection of Game. 20,000
WASHINGTON, Feb.1 3—The item of $2,000,
OOO for fli<> Alaska railways was today retained in
tlic Sundry Civil bill after a hard light in the House.
Representative Tribble, a democrat who is out of
step with the administration on this and several
other measures in which the South is not directly
interested, lead the fight to eliminate the item. Dav
enport, ol Oklahoma, supported and encouraged the
obstructionists bv parading an old bugaboo and al
leging that the money was intended for purehus
ing the Guggenheim road. James Fitzgerald, of
New York, chairman of the committee, denied this
; charge, while Delegate James Wickersham, Of Alas
ka, suggested that the House, and especially those
<>t the majority party, should have confidence in the
president and trust his decision. Wickersham dial
bilged anyone to say lie knew President Wilson
would buy the Guggenheim road.
This $2,000,(M)0 item will also be attacked' in th
Senate by the interests which are opposed to the
government engaging in the operation of railroads.
The administration desires $r>,000,(MMI for the Alaska
railway projects this year, not $2,000,(MX); but the
appropriations committee has pronounced in favor
of more economy and the territory of Alaska is to
he made to bear the burden of a policy which does
not reach all sections of the Union where votes are
more numerous
MADRID, Feb. 13 -The expulsion
from Mexico by General Carranza of
Jose (taro, the Spanish minister, has
created a profound impression here
and throughout Spain. The minis
ter had been, in the opinion of Car
ranza, offensively partizan and had in
terfered witli Mexican matters tw
'J" which as a minister he had no con
cern.
THE CHINESE
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VANCOUVER, Feb. 13—Three Chi
nese were killed in a Chinatown lodg
ing house last night after an all-night
celebration of the Chinese New Year,
during which much drinking of Ori
ental and Occidental liquors was in
dulged in. The gunman killed two
of his companions, wounded three
others and then killed himself.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—The-House
Democrats will hold a caucus Mon
day for the purpose of binding mem
bers to support the rule for the con
sideration of the administration pro
posal to pass the Ship Purchase bill
as an amendment to the Weeks Nav
al auxiliary bill.
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Harry Cavanaugh, an old pioneer of
Cordova, has taken the contract to
carry the mail between Uiamna lake
and the Naknek country during the
remainder of the winter. The for
mer mail carrier was drowned sever
al weeks ago while attempting to
■cross the lake.
By yesterday's mail from Naknek
C. M. Kosswog received a letter from
Wm. Fursman, dated at Naknek, Dec.
1, In which the writer stated that the
people of that part of the country
had just heard of the world's base
ball championship by the Boston
team, the mail for the interior hav
ing been delayed by the fatal acci
dent above referred to.
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Hub Bollinger is confined to his
home with a severe case of tonsilitis,
following a severe cold. He has been
on the sick list for three days.
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Today's news in today’s Daily Times
REIGN OF ANARCHY IN MEXICO
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Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.1—An official report re
ceived tit the State Department says that the Zapa
tii forces have destroyed the waterworks tit Mexico
city and that the food famine has reached alarming
proportions. Carranza troops may evacuate tIn
city soon
•lose Caro, the Spanish minister to Mexico ex
polled from the capital on General Carranza’s ei
ders, tor sheltering an accused Spaniard, took ref
Utfo today on an American battleship, the Delaware,
where he will remain awaiting departure of one
of the regular steamers for Havana.
MADRID, Feb. 13-It is unofficially reported
that the Spanish government has made application
to the [lowers to obtain joint action with the view
of ending anarchy in Mexico.
TO ENFORCE SUBMARINE POILCY
BERLIN, FV1>. 13—The )>111 »1 Ic generally throughout Ger
many insists that the government pursue its submarine pol
icy relentlessly despite protests from Washington and possi
hie consequences. The official statement is made that the
neutral powers have been sufficiently warned to avoid the
military area prescribed by Germany and' that as Germany is
facing starvation at the hands of Great Britain no other course
can be pursued.
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HAVRE, FRANCE, Feb. 13—The British trading steam
ers Oriole and London undoubtedly wore torpedoed and sunk
by German submarines. The vessels were last seen January
30, near Duugoness. They carried small crews.
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MARKETS OF ALLIES TO BE CLOSED
PARIS, FV1>. 13—Russia’s minister of finance, M. Hark,
said'at a recent meeting of the finance ministers that the Triph
Entente was not merely organized for economic victory aftei
the war is ended, hut that the markets of the allies will h<
closed to Germany forever.
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LONDON, Feb. 1.3—The Kaiser is still at the front ii
East Prussia personally directing the German movements a
gainst the Russians, while the Czar has just visited Sebastopol
MARIPOSA DUE HERE
TOMORROW 1 P. M
The steamer Mariposa arrived at
Juneau at an early hour this morn
ing and is due here at 1 p. m. tomor
row. She is bringing 110 tons of
freight for this port, of which 75 tons
goes out to points along the railroad.
She will be in port about three lioure.
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BRIDGEPORT, Feb. 13—Mrs. Fran
ces. Jane Van Alstyne, known through
out the Christian world as Fanny Cros
by, the hymn writer, died at her home
here Thursday night at the age of
D5 years.
Fanny Crosby was rendered blind
when only six weeks old by the appli
cation of hot poultices to her eyes
which destroyed the optic nerve. She
was educated In the Institute for the
Blink in New York City, and after
graduating taught in the school for
many years.
Many of the hymns of which she was
the author have been sung by mil
lions of Christian people in all parts
of the world who never knew that the
composer was blind. During her long
years of darkness she has composed
more than six thousand hymns. "Safe
In the Arms of Jesus," “Jesus Keep
Me Near the Cross," ntid “Jesus the
Water of Life Will Give," are among
her favorite hymns. Her favorite
song of her own composition was “Ha
zel Dell.” She was aUo the author
of "There's Music in the Air.”
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LONDON, Feb. 13—Tlu* Germans bail their advance in
Last Prussia as a great victory and Berlin is profusely deco
rated with flags because of favorable reports from the fron
tier in the northeast.
Rpeorts from I'etrograd declare that the Russians are
deliberately relining their forces on their own territory where
they "Can now be supported by Russian forts.
The Carpathian contest remains undecided, with losses
enormous on both sides.
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BOMBARDING BELGIAN CIVILIANS
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BFRLIN, Feb. 13—The war office announced today that
British aviators have again dropped bombs at several points
along the Belgian coast, causing regrettable damage to the
civilian population but slight military losses.
LONDON, Feb. 13 Successful British raids over Belgium,
when* thirty-live machines dropped bombs yesterday, is to
be immediately followed by other visits of the aircraft. Great
Britain is building many new planes and training a large num
ber of pilots.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13-Norway, Sweden ami Denmark
have joined in a protest to Germany against establishing of
f a sea war zone off the North Sea coast, as announced in
a warning issued by Germany yesterday. The mining of
these waters will cause a suspension of fishing rind shipping
operations of the three neutrals which will seriously affect
their industries.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—Republi
can senators resumed filibustering
when gore, of Oklahoma tried to
have the commerce commission dis
charged as a consideration for his ship
substitute bill. Senator Burton then
gan a speech which is likely to con
tinue all day.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13--Democrat§
in the Senate met in conference early
today to consider the advisability of
continuing the fight for the cloture
rule to force an end to the determined
Republican filibuster against the ad
ministration ship purchase bill, or giv
ing it up and returning to a direct con
test for the measure. Tire bill, blocked
by opposiaion of the Republicans, had
heen displaced as unfinished business
before the senate.
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SEATTLE, Peb. 13—Several of the
brewing companies of this state are
preparing to transform their plants
and engage in other lines of industry
as soon as the prohibition law goes
into effect in 1916. The Aberdeen
brewery will engage in the canning of
salmon, while the plant of the Belling
ham Brewing Company will be trans
formed into an immense dairy, butter
and cheese factory, for which it is
well adapted.
Stockholders of the latter company
are preparing to establish dairy farms
and be ready to furnish supplies to the
remodeled brewery when the “dry”
period arrives. The change, it is
claimed, will give direct employment
to as many persops as are now kept
on the payrolls of the breweries,
while indirectly a larger number of
residents of the state will be given
employment on the dairy farms and in
the taking of salmon.
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ARCHIE HANCOCK WILL
TAKE IN FRISCO FAIR
P. A. Hancock, better known to res
idents of Seward, Valdez and Cordo
va as “Archie," expects to leave Ken
necott about the first of March for a
trip to the Pair. He has been em
ployed by the Kennecott Mines Co. for
the past three years as master me
chanic. Mrs. Hancock and baby
daughter, Virginia, are now in Taco
ma, w here Mr. Hancock will join them.
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Robert D. Gray, U. S. Commission
er at Katalla, who has been on a bus
iness trip to Valdez, returned last
night and will be a passenger on the
Waif when that boat returns to her
home port.