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Chicago: Wheat was quoted at the
stock exchange opening today at $2.00 a
bushel •
Nowata, Okla : John Garretson and
Marshal Bullock and a number ot the
posse were killed and Garretson’s son
probably fatally injured in a fight with
robbers near here today, who escaped
^ after the fight.
Seattle: The Alaskan Engineering com
mission today entered into contracts for
the shipping of 5,000 tons of Panama
canal construction machinery from Bal
boa to Anchorage, delivery to begin about
the last of February.
Chicago: Chief of Police Healy and a
number of henchmen have been arrested
on the charge of accepting bribes from
prostitutes amounting to a thousand dol
lars a week. Healy has been released on
$100,000 bonds.
Washington: The supreme court has
decided that Dietrich Loeue, who holds
a judgement of $350,000 againgt the Hat
ter's union, is entitled to attach $20,000
interest money which has accrued on the
savings accounts of the members of the
union since the Danbury hatters’ strike.
Frankfort, Ky.: In a fire which com
pletely destroyed the state prison here
4 last night, and caused the death of two
convicts and the serious injury of three
others, Governor Stanley organized the
convicts into a volunteer fire brigade
which did much toward keeping the fire
under control.
Bellingham, Wash.- Charles Wilson,
a mill hand, shot and killed his wife and
then committed suicide over her dead
body in their home in this city last night.
The lacerated condition of Wilson’s legs,
and the dead body of his wife’s pet bull
dog give mute evidence ot the struggle
put up by the dog in defense of his mis
tress.
' Washington: The senate-house joint
conference committee, which has the im
migration bill under consideration, after
a conference with Secretary of State Lan
sing, has agreed to accept the measure
without mentioning Japanese among the
persons excluded. This leaves the form
er gentleman’s agreement practically un
changed with regard to Japanese laborers.
Washington: Testifying before the
rules committee yesterday, Representa
tive Gardner said that Dow Jones, of the
Ticker Service company of New York,
forcasted by ten hours the contents of the
Wilson peace note. Representative Chip
erfield accused Thomas Lawson of being
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1 one of the chief beneficiaries of the sup
posed leak, and nearly precipitated a fist
fight with Lawson,' w ho put his fist under
Chiperfield's nose and shouted: “I know
a fourflusher every time I see one.” lie
was cowed into his seat by Chiperfieid,
wiic is a man of powerful physique ami
| stands six feet two inches.
Nome: Martin Strand is enroute to
| Kfancisco to negotiate with dealers
for the antimony ore which is being pro
■ daced in that district.
Los Angeles: Caplan has abandoned
any farther attempt at a fight for his lib
erty and has asked to be entered on his
term of life incarceration at once.
Seattle: The whole city is in an uproai
over the revelations being made before
the grand jury which is investigating the
charges against Billingsley and the coun
ter-charges made by him against city of
ficials.
Washington: It is claimed here tlial
the Webb-Kenyon federal liquor law, in
conjunction with the prohibition laws oi
dry states, will prevent the shipment oi
liquor into a dry state. This is the opin
ion of the supreme court, handed down
today.
Washington: Thomas Lawson has prom
ised to name at least one congressman
and one member of the cabinet who ben
efited by the ‘"leak” to Wall street al
( such time as the rules committee orders
! a real investigation. He maintains the
1 meeting now being held is only prelim
; inary. and refuses to make any direct
■ accusations.
Washington: Secretary to the Presi
dent Tumulty, testifying before the rules
committee yesterday in the leak mvestig
jation, denied any knowledge of the Wil
son note or its contents. He says that
he introduced Ambassador Gerard to the
firm ot Hibbs & Co., Washington brok
ers, but denies any personal slock trans
actions, He says lurtlier that he xievex
consulted with Baruch but had met him
informally.
Washington: Thomas Lawson has ab
I solutely refused to name the parties he
claims participated in the recent Wall
street stock manipulations which are un
| der investigation by the house rules com
i mitlee. He said, in explanation of his
I present attitude: “I cannot uamj the
cabinet officer to whom I have referred
without mentioning another official of
higher position, and that would be more
serious than it I cast a cloud over the en
| tire congress and were sent to jail mysell
for life.”
Olney, 111.: Roy Hinderliter has been
placed under arrest by the authorities
here, charged with the murder of his
| sweetheart, Elizabeth Ratcliffe, who was
reported by the coroner’s jury to have
been found to be in a condition of preg
nancy. Her death is said to have beer
i cansea by the injection of air bubbles inte
j the arterial system and brain.
Seattle: Through Louis W. Hill, pres
l- ident of the Great Northern railroad, H
j F. Alexander has secured control fo:
| himself and the Pacific steamship com
i pany of the two speedy Hill liners, tin
| Great Northern and Northern Pacific
I and can take them over at any time. 1
! is rumored that they will be put on tin
| Inside Passage run to Alaska this sum
j mer in anticipation of the heavy touns
J travel to the Northern Territory.
i Seattle: According to a dictaphoni
J conversation between Logan and Mullet
the'latter said that Chief Beckingham hat
promised him five hundred dollars and <
police sergeant’s appointment if he sue
I ceeded in inducing Billingsley to flee inti
Canada.
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A new post office has been established
at Jseventy-Mile roadhouse near Eagle.
A three drill compressor was recently
i installed at the War Eagle mine near
Whitehorse.
In making the 234 mile mush from
Seward to Anchorage in 34 hours W. L.
1 Batch claims the record lor the diitatice.
Ketchikan business men are seeking
capital to establish a pulp mill company
lor southeast Alaska.
An enterprising Douglas saloon man
now sells diaught beer over the bar at
j five cents per.
S The sum ot $--38.30 was recently net
ted at an entertainment given in
Anchorage for the benefit ot the Alaska
Washington: The investigation by the
house rules committee of the alleged leak
I to Wall street may be abandoned because
of Lawson’s refusal to give names ot the
J men he claims are guilty.
Washington: The Sheppard District
j ot Columbia dry bill passed the senate
| yesterday by a vote of 55 to 32 and goes
; to the house today, where it is expected
j to pass.
j Seattle: Mavor Hi Gill announced this
morning that he expected to be indicted
by the federal grand jury on the charge
of accepting a bribe from Logan Billings
ley.
Seattle: lylward Tebbett, 21, who has
been confined to his bed for some little
time, committed suicide by shooting today
while his young wife was in the next j
room eating breakfast.
Laredo: Carranzista forces are report- |
ed to have defeated the main column of
the Villa army in a heavy engagement
seven miles north of (Juertearo. Ileavy
losses are reported on both sides.
Philadelphia: Major Smith has taken
personal charge of the Roberts silk stock
ing murder mystery and is following a
number of clues which point to several ;
suspects. Developments are expected in :
a lew davs.
Eureka, Cal,: A small boat from the j
cruiser Milwaukee, which is salvaging
I the foundered submarine H-3, was cap- j
■ sized in the surf near the submarine yes
\ terday, and the majority ot the crew are
i reported to have drowned.
Washington: . J. K. Bolton, of the U. j
S S. marine corps, was killed and a num
ber ot other marines were wounded in .
an attempt to land from the battleship '
| New Hampshire yesterday at Macoris,
Haiti.
| Washington: Before the house terri
: tones committee today the new proliibi
j tioti bill was up for discussion, and Chair
| man Houston expressed the belief that
j the bill would pass. Its effect will be to j
make Alaska bone dry.
New York: The munition plant of the '
Canadian Car & Foundry Co. near Kings
land, X. J., was destroyed by fire after a
| series of explosions had demolished the
| buildings. Seventeen persons are report
| 1 ed missing, and the urooeriv damage
amounts to ^4,000,000, in addition to the
loss of half a million big shells.
Denver: Col. Wm. F. Cody passed
, way at Glen wood Springs this morning.
’ President Wilson and other public dig
I nitaries sent messages of condolence to
j the members of his family and the body
i will repose in state for four hours in the
, | Colorado capitol building before itsinter
! ment,
ALONG THE BORDER
El Paso: Reports from the south in
| dicate that Villa dispatched a force of
j three thousand men to capture Juarez
while Gen. Murgia, the Carranzista lead
er, was engaged, at Parral.
El Paso: Reports received by the Mex
j ican consul here indicate that General
i Murgia has entered Parral. The Villis
| tas were defeated near Jimiuez and have
fled into the inontains.
Columbus: The Pershing infantry and
artillery column will probably be brought
to the border by the Mexican Northwest
ern railway instead of overland. The
! column is ready to entrain, and is await
i ing orders from the war department,
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
Steam and Hot Water Heating Plants
Sheet Metal Work and Plumbing
Stoves and Furnaces
Gilcher & Schwendiman “A" Street
Labor union of that place.
The Nome Kennel club has published
a pamphlet which embraces the historv
of the club and the many races promoted
bv it.
According to the records, herring anil
fish products to the value of #65,000 were
exported from Nome during the present
season.
Halibut is the highest in price in the
history of the industry on the Pacific
coast, and at the present time is bringing
from 12 to 15 cents per pound, with very
tew offerings.
Cordova's workingmen have received
over #50,000 in bonuses from the Copper
River & Northwestern railroad during
the past year as a result of the high val
ues of copper.
Three separate prohibition laws may
be necessary before Alaska finally enters
the dry column, as the result of the
vagueness of the existing statutes on the
subject, in the estimation of John \V.
Troy, editor and publisher of the Alaska
Empire at Juneau.
John Borden, the Chicago sportsman
who financed and was also a member of
Capt. Louis Lane's Great Bear expedi
tion, which was wrecked on Pinnacle
Rock in Bering Sea, has sent a massive
silver cup to Nome to be raced tor under
the auspices of the Nome Kennel club.
In connection with the Kenuecott
Mines corporation the Empress circuit
will open a moving picture theater at
Latouclie for the benefit of the men em
ployed in the mine. The Ellamar Min
ing company is also preparing to open a
moving picture theater at that place in
the near future.
Fred C. Spray, formerly of Nome and
other parts of Alaska, has been perma
nently disabled at the battlefront in
France according to word received from
him by his brother, Lafe E. Spray, dep
uty clerk of the court in Juneau. He is
being sent back to England.
An order has been issued authorizing
the cliiel clerk of the mail service atCoi
dova to employ a carrier to perform emer
gency service on route No. 78261, from
Cordova to Fairbanks, one wav, for the
transportation of not to exceed 6,000
pounds of mail a month from Nov. 1,
1916, to March 31, 1917, and not exceed
ing 2,000 pounds lrom April 1 to 10,
1917.
So serious is the predicament of prom
inent pool room and billiard parlor own
ers at Anchorage as the result of arrests
that they have called Attorney L. V.
Ray from Seward, at heavy expense, to
defend them. Under the ruling of Sec
retary Lane, lot owners of Anchorage are
liable to forfeit their property if liquor is
sold thereon, or if gambling occurs.
The Alaska Labor union of Anchorage,
now engaged in the construction a new
labor temple to replace the one destroy ed
by fire some time ago, is soliciting sub
scriptions for an issue of bonds in the
sum of #15,000 to complete the struct
ure. In a circular letter sent out by the
union the bonds are offered in denominaj
Lous of #5, J10, #25, 5^0 and S100, bear
ing interest at six per cent. The build
ing will cost about 525,0U0, of which
FIRST NEW LUMBER
BOUGHT BY COONEY
The first load of lumber received 111
-town from the new Howell sawmill has
been bought by M. J. Cooney. And in
this connection it is interesting to note
that Mr. Cooney was the first to slop
lumber from Fairbanks, first to receive
lumber from the Wood river mill, and
purchaser of the first lumber sawed by
the Woolard-Lear mill in the upper part
of town. The lumber was used to erect
the first frame building in Nrnana, now
known as the Cooney hotel and store.
The structure is 24x48 feet, two and one
lialf stories high.
Mr. Cooney cached his first consign
ment of goods here in October, 1915, and
the following February he located here
permanently, bringing Mrs. Cooney with
him.
The Cooney property, at the corner of
[ Second and A streets, will be consider
! ably improved this year. There is even
the possibility that the present building
will be moved and a new and larger one
erected in its place.
amount there has been voluntarily con
tributed by the business men and resi
dents of Anchorage about $7,500.
ROLAND’S
Nenana-Fairbanks
STAGE
Leaves Nenara Sunday and
Wednesday. Leaves Fair
banks Tuesday and Friday
Carrying Freight and Passengers
Office at Cocney’s Hotel
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