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NENANA. ALASKA. DECEMBER 9. 1916.
NUMBER 12
* New British Cabinet Will
For e The War
LONDON David Lloyd Georg?, nim
i t r-of munitions in the ni ional minn
trv which disbanded during die weilc,
has accepted the premiership and he and
Andrew Eonar Law are now engaged in
welding together a new English govern
ment that will assure the people of ulti
ma e\ictory. Radi< a changes a-e{ lan
ned, among them being a reduction in
number of members, possibly t > fite, in
which event the membership will consist
* of the Premier, Lord Derby, Eonar Law,
Sir Edward Carson and Arthur Hender
sm. The plans of the new premier will
be made known to Parliament on Tues
day.
Premier Gtorge will command the
working majority of the house of coin
111 ms, and it is expected that he will in
augurate a more vigcrovs war policy. He
has the support of the L btral party,
which adopted a resolution of indorse
ment at a meeting held last night, with
Asquith presiding. There is 1.0 opposi
tion or bitterness among the old regime,
however, and considerable uneasiness is
manifest in the ranks of the Laborites,
who fear that the new premier will at
tempt to nationalize tJ^|^ilrGads, mines
and shipping. But the general feeling
that he would not he able to form a cabi- (
net has given way largely to one of con
fidence in his ability to direct the affairs
of the empire.
Even the capture of Pmcliarest is over
shadowed by the crisis in this country,
and it is expected that changes will take
places in consequence both in Prance
and Russia with the object of injecting
more vigor into the war policies of these
countries.
ALASKA DISCUSSED
AT ANNUAL DINNER
SEATTLE The annual dinner of the
Aliska bureau of the Seattle chamber of
commerce was held at the Arctic club
last night and was attended by many
p omi.ient residents of this city and of
Alaska. Retiring Chairman Scott C.
Bone, in reviewing the work of the com
mittee. pointed with pride to the new
government railroad in the Northern ter
titorv as the main achievement. Judge
Royal Gunnison, of Juneau, said he be
lieved the territory should be divided,
because of the differences existing be
tween the coast and the interior. Sen
ator Daly, of Nome, opposed the sugges
tion of a division. Falcon Joslin, Fair
banks railroad man, cliampioued home
gover# tnent and took a rap at bureaucracy
at Washington which, he declared, had
mismanaged the fur, oil and coal interests
o. the Northland.
RUMORS OF REVOLT
CAUSE OF ANXIETY,
EL PASO A large number of Ameri
can troops have been ordered out for duty !
alorg the border, in the vicinity of Juar- j
ez. This action was taken by General j
Funston upon receipt of advices to the 1
effect that the Carranza troops stationed
at Juarez had revolted and threatened to
cross the Rio Grahde on a raiding expe
dition.
Wilson Urges Passage
Of Pending Measures
WASHINGTON The annual message
of President Wilson was read to the law
makers assembled in joint session on
Tuesday, dealing chiefly with legislation
4 introduced during the last session. The
president arrived at the capitol shortly
after noon and was given a great ovation.
In less than an hour he was on his wav
back to the White House.
No new policies were outlined. The ,
executive confined himself principally to
demanding the enactment <f legislation
now befoie cowgress, including the rail- j
road measures, Webb corrupt practices
act. encouragement ot foreign trade, cit
izenship to tl.e iahabian's oi I’or.o Rico'
and vocational education. There was no
mention cf the rising cost of foodstuffs,
brt it is b-’ Vved that this question will
l>e dealt i it in a sptcial message later
ill the sts on.
The spec it . hs gallery was largely oc- !
cupietl hv suffragette-, and while the,
message was being read a 1 irge yellow
silk banner bearing the inscription “Pres- |
ident Wilson. Wliat Will You Do Fc r
Woman Suffrage?" was .thrown from the |
balconv, and as it flattered to the floor j
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below several pages and the sergeant at- ,
arms made a dash for it and quickly put i
it out of sight. The president stopped j
reading until the excitement was over
and smiled broadly at the women m the
gallerv, l-ut made no comment.
PEPPER IS USED BY
HOLD-UP MAN
I. OS ANGELES The Wells Fargo j
money-wagon was held up yesterday by
a lone bandit, who overpowered the mes- 1
senger by throwing pepper in his eyes, ;
After the guard had been rendered help
less the highwayman hastily gathered
t -getlier :;20,(;0‘J in gold and currency ;
and made his escape while scores of peo- ‘
p'e looked on in amazement without at
tempting to interfere.
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Many Farmers Ask
Leans From Uncle
WASHINGTON Officials of the farm :
loan board have announced that5000 ap
plications for farm mortgage loans, ag
gregating 55,000,000, have been filed by j
farmers representing nearly every s:ate !
in the union.
Rov Lund arrived from Fairbanks last
night with Roy Frankhouser as a pas-1
senger. The latter may undergo an op
eration at the local hospital.
J. C. Duncan, a resident of Tolovana, j
lias been declared insane and was taken !
to Fairbanks during the week by Deputy
Marshall Miller and Richard Barthel.
Reports from Fairbanks indicate that ;
there is no foundation to the rumor that j
a man in the upper town had succumbed '
to tlie cold after walking in from the j
creeks.
Mr. ami Mrs. Rust were very pleas- j
antly surprised on their wedding anni
versarv by a number of their friends;
who called on them unexpectedly at 1
their home near the corner of Fourth 1
and A streets.
In an • interview granted the Junean
Empire yesterday, Delegate Wickersham
declared that lie would contest the elec
tion in case tlie final returns show Sul- j
zer elected. Sulzer's lead in the terri
tory has been reduced to twelve.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Fenton
Cramer was threatened with destruction
by fire last Sunday morning as the result
of the ignition of the flooring beneath
the heating plant in the basement. The
fire burned slowly and was easily extin
guished when finally located.
On behalf of Oscar Lindstrom, a tie
contractor who recently lost the sight of
one eye and is threatened with the loss
of the other, Steve Shuman wishes to
thank the many who assisted the unfor
tunate man to make the trip to Portland,
where he will receive treatment from an
eye specialist. The sum of 5262.50 was
subscribed, of which J165.60 has been
sent to Fairbanks to cover transportation
charges. The remainde r was turned over
to Lindstrom. _
Report Shows Gain
In Northwest Ttade
WASHINGTON The annual report
of Governor Strong, which was made
public in this city today, shows that there
has been a 35 percent increase in Alas
ka’s foreign trade during the past year.
Gold and copper shipments for the same j
period reached a total of $35,000,000.
Report cf TIios. Riggs, Jr.
Notes Progrss
While the people of Xenana realize in
a general wav that a great ileal of work
has been done in this division hv the
Alaskan Engineering commission under
the direction of Titos. Riggs, Jr., :t is
safe ta state that few are aware of ilie j
fact that the total outlay cf moneys
the first of die year has been close
million dollars. To be exact the amount j
is '975,030, which includes the original
cost of material, freight charges ami con
tracts. And there is on hand at the
present time unapplied construction ma- !
terial valued at $400,382, besides a large :
quantity ot wood, bridge timbers and
saw logs which are not included in the
amount.
ince
to a
Seventy-seven miles of wagon road
have been constructed during the year:
forty acres ot borrow pits have been
grubbed and cleared, over frozen sub
soil; twtuty-mue miles of telephone wiie
has been strung and a telephone system
installed for the use of the commission
offices and camps; one hundred and f. by
six feet of trestle has been built and 741
piles driven along the Nenana waterfrot t
and a substantial dock constructed. The
waterfront has also been filled in with
brush and logs to prevent erosion dur
ing the high water in the spring. This
work is 60 percent completed.
Approximately 60 miles of clearing has
been completed between Miles 360 and
427, and clearing is now in progress from
Mile 35S to 359, 365 to 375 anil 428 to 431.
The grading in Mile 384 is 18 percent
completed, Mile 403 is 45 percent com
plete, Miles 404 to 409 complete txcept
for culverts. Miles 411 to 413 12°0 com
plete, Mile 456 1% complete, Mile 457
70°o and 458 to 459 54®0' complete. Con
tract grading is now in progress between
Mile 410 and 415 ami oa il.* 384.
Contracts have been let for 15 miles of
clearing, 300,000 yards of excavation,
2,000 cords of wood 200,COO ties, 200,000
feet of bridge timber and 1,00(1,000 feet
of saw logs. Tlie saw logs are to be
brought to Xenana and worked into
lumber in the sawmill to be erected by
the commission in the spring.
A considerable sum of money has also
been spent in Xenana in the construc
tion of buildings needed by the commis
sion and iti the installation of an elec
tric power tdaut, with tlie details of
which the people of Xenana are already
familiar. The buildings are among the
most substantial and sightly of any in
the territory and are sufficiently large
to meet present anil future requirements.
WASHIXGTOX The department of
the interior has asked for an appropria
tion of $10,595,762 to continue railroad
construction during the coming year, i
The money is to be divided as follows: j
Along Turnagain Arm from one mile j
north of Glacier creek to four miles north
of Indian creek, $1,496.S97;in the middle
Susitna valley from Susitna river to Mon- !
tana creek, $1,462,632; along the upper
Susima river from Deadhorse Hill to
Indiau river, $745,112; from the south
end of Susitna river to the north end of
Broad Pass, $3,241,149; from Healey
fork to Fairbanks, $3,478,890. Part of
the money will be used for installing
water and sewage systems in the town
sites of Anchorage. Matanuska, Warilla
and F.ilkeetna.
Development Urged
By Secretary Lane
WASHIXGTOX The possibilities of
Alaska, commercial and agricultural,
form a feature of the annual report of
Secretary of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane, which w as made public this week.
The report points out that Alaska has
added over half a billion to the national
wealth during the past twenty years and
urges efforts in the direction ot home |
building with an object of ir.ct casing the
permanent population ot the territory
The Secretary also urges the construction
of m< re roads and trads, and the devel- i
optnent of all resources as rapidly as pot-!
sible.
FAIRBANKSAN HELD
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
FAIRBANKS George Eeurett was!
placed under arrest this week on the |
charge of living off the earnings of a fai- 1
L-n woman and his trial will take place !
before Commissioner Ilefiig on Tuesday,
cise is attracting considerable attention
and it is probable that several other ar- j
rests on similar charges will be made in !
the event of a conviction iu the Bennett
ca;e
FRENCH BATTLESHIP
SUNK BY SUBMARINE1
PARIS '1 he admiralty announces the
loss of the French battleship Snffern, re
ported to have been torpedoed by a (Ger
man undersea boat. Aside from the fact
that the vessel, together with its comple
ment of 730 men, is lost, verv little is
known here regarding tlfe disaster. Ti e |
S.ifTren was built in 19t'3, had a displace
ment of 12,750 tons and earned four 12
inch guns.
FIRST WHITE BABY
COMES TO NENANA
The st( rk made his first aopea-a ice in
the town of Nanai a yesttrd iv m >rnirg,
hrii ging a fine baby girl to Mr. and Mr .
M. V. Tyler. '1 be baby was born at
the Commission hospital and weighed
an even eight pounds. Be rides being the
first white child born in Nenana, the;
new arr.val has the distinction of being
•die daughter of the first couple married
iu the Tolovana camp. Both motlierand
daughter are getting along nicely.
Travel between Neiiaua and Fairbanks
was practically at a standstill during the
week owing to the extremely cold weath
er. The Patterson rig and a couple of
dog teams were about the only arrivals
from up the river, and travel in other di
rections was correspondingly light.
Reports from Fairbanks state that a
serious wood shortage exists there, part
ly on account of the general scarcity of;
wood but chiefly because of the cold
weather. Teamsters refuse to expose
their stock to the low- temperature.
WASHINGTON The department of
agriculture has ordered the relaxation of
the quarantine against Canadian pota
toes.
WASHINGTON The war department
has asked for an appropriation of $57,
000,000 for fortifications and other de-1
fenses.
PHOENIX, ARIZ. Thomas Campbell
has been elected governor of this state,
with a majority of 32 votes, according to
the cfficiai canvas.
TACOMA Secretary of War Baker
has signed an order for the stationing of
25,000 soldiers at American Lake, on con
dition that Pierce county contributes the
sum of $70,000.
WASHINGTON The department of i
the interior has asked congress for an :
appropriation of $32,000,000 for rivers i
and harbors improvements during the!
fiscal year of 191S.
WASHINGTON Continued favorable
business conditions exist throughout the
country, according to the monthly re
port submitted by the federal reserve
board. All markets are active with pric
es advancing steadily.
WASHINGTON Senator Reed. Dem
ocrat. of Missouri, failed in his attempt
to prevent the seating of Senator-elect
Watson, of Indiana, who succeeds Tom
Taggart, appointed to fill the vacancy in
the upper house caused by the death of
Senator Shively several montbsago. The
vote stood 32 lor and 44 against the me- •
lion of Senator Reed.
FALLS
Teutons New Occupying
Half of Rumania
LONDON’ Bucharest, the capital cf
Rumania, with a population of 300,000,
lias been taken bv the Teutonic armies
which are sweeping across Rumania.
The capture was effected with compara
tively little resistance anti when Mack
ensen entered the city a! the head of 1 is
troops he was received enthusiastically
by the populace. The fit hi marshal was
driven to the palace m a motor car ami
greeted with boquets of flowers. Mack
eusen also received a telegram from the
kaiser congratulating him upon his cap
ture of the “capital of a treacherous en
emy, who were the last to appear in arms
against us."
The Rumanians have lost an average
of 1000 men a day since they entered the
war 300 davs ago. Seven hundred offic
ers and 10,011 men were taken when
Bucharest fell. The Teutons now con
trol half of the kibgdotn and it is pre
dicted by military authorities that all of
Rumania will be in the hands of the en
emy within a short time. The Germans
now occupy four Kuttnte capitals—Bu
charest Brussels. Belgrade and Cettinje.
Eight thousand Rumanians and 26
guns were captured at Alt river cn the
night of the fifth, and the Allied forces
are now in retreat across the entire bat
tiefronf'from ’he TraTBtyivanian tnoun- b
tains to the Danube. To the south cf
Bucharest the Russians are covering the
flank of the retreating Rumanian arnly,
but the main line of retreat has been cut
by the Teutons at Plce.ci, to the north of
Bucharest.
Berlin dispatches also claim victories
west of I.utsk, where the Russians are
operating; on the Macedonian front, de
fended by the British; and in the Cerna
region, where the Serbs are making a
feeble struggle.
RICHARDSON MAN
AGAIN IN TOILS
RICHARDSON M. Etr.ard, the old
time resident of this place who has given
trouble to the authorities on several oc
casions, was arrested and fined this week
on the charge of indecent exposure. He
has a habit of appearing in public with
out clothing, regardless of weather con
ditions.
FAIRBANKS ITEMS
Second-class mail ariived from the
coast on Thursday.
Postmaster Deal is at St. Joseph's hos
pital with a severe cold. He is improv
ing.
Deputy Marshal Long is enroute from
Tanana with two prisoners. He reports
a hard trip.
Inbound first-class mail has reported
at Donnelley’s.
John Palm arrived at Chatar.ika from
Circle on Wednesday with mail from the
Upper Yukon.
Andrew Nerland, Herman Anderson
and Mrs. J, A. Healey left for the Out
side during the week. Mrs. Healey is
very ill and is on her way Outside for
the benefit of her health.
Judge Bunnell left for the ccast during
the week. He is to occupy the bench in
the Third division during the absence of
Judge Brown.
J. A. Fairborn, Fairbanks agent of the
White Pass, is on,his way to Washington,
D. C., to appear on behalf of his com
pany at the freight rate investigattaaMto
be held at the national capitol wiffiin a
short time by the interstate commerce
commission.
Shortage of the wood supply at Fair
banks is assuming serious proportion?,
but the indications cf a break inthecold
snap will doubtless relieve the situation.
For tv below weather has prevailed dur
ing the greater part of the wick.