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WASHINUTO.N, Jan. 13.—secre
tary'of thfe Interior ^»ane, following
a conference with J. P. Morgan, said
today that a decision regarding the
Alaska railroad question might be
expected by the middle of February.
He said that no more could be paid
for existing lines than the appraised
The engineering commission will
make no recommendations as to the
route, but will merely submit data
and facts to the President, who will
select the route.
‘ ROOSEVELT, N. Y„ Jan. 19.—
•Fourteen men were shot and four
mortally wounded in a battle today
between 250 striking laborers and
60 deputy sheriffs at the plant of the;
American Agricultural Chemical Co. |
JUNEAU, Jan. 16.—The city!
,council last night unanimously j
passed a resolution to invite Presi-i
dent Wilson to extend his western
trip in the spring to Alaska at the!
■time he visits the San Francisco:
fair. Other towns of the coast par-]
ticularlv were, urged to follow
Juneau’s lead in this matter.
—SEATTLE,”jan. 15.—Word comes!
from Washington that Secretary.
Lane’s remarks in his recent annual'
report condemnatory of the evils of
bureaucracy in the federal govern-:
ment are already finding their re-j
flection in some other arms of the;
federal service. The complaint of;
the west, described by the secistary.j
against an excess of federal control;
in western matters, is beginning to;
be understood and appreciated ini
Washington. ' I
Thus, when Dr. George Otis
Smith, director of the geological
survey, was testifying before the
Sneate committee on public lands
tha other day on the water power
bills, he said:
think sometimes that-the con
servation view of development has
been defective, in that too much em-j
Iphasis has been put on the future.]
We cannot save things for our chil ]
dren at too much expense to our-:
selves. But i think that in many
cases we can absolutely co-ordinate
the future uses with the_present
uses.”
NACO. Art*., Jan. 14.—Border,
town snlo.'ns cannot escape Ari
zona’s prohibition law, as some!
’had hop^-d. by moving across the line,
•'into wherever the Carranza;
faction cor*rols. Military orders:
have been issued enforcing the em-.
bargo on all liquor in Naco, Sonora,
Agua, Prieta, Nacoz&rf ddd Wherever
the Carranza troops • control; ■ Gen
eral Hill says the1 order ’Is' "for his
troops’ protection.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—»Promo
tion of rifle practice among high
school students and other American
youths, and also their elders w-ill be
discussed tonight at they annual
meeting of the beard of directors of
the National Rifle Association,
which offers several prizes annually
for various rifle competitions.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. — The
plan to have an international fleet
participate at the official opening of
the Panama Canal has been aban*
doned, because of foreign compl^ca#
tions. Secretary Daniels announced
today that instead of the proposed
international rendezvous at Hampton
Roads, tie'vessels which'Will par
ticipate in the celebration would pro
ceed directly to the. Cristobal en
trance of the canal and pass through
to the Pacific.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—An offi
cial dispatch from Mexico City indi
cates that Qeneral Villa is in
supreme command of all the militia
,ef the Guiterrez administration and
i has set out to crush the forces of
General Carranza, his former col
leaeue and superior officer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Appli
cation was made today for a char
ter for a new national bank at
Seward, Alaska, to be known as the
Harriman National Bank of Alaska,
with a capitalization of $25,000.
The application was made by J. H.
Sears, who gave his address as
“care Harriman National Bank, New
York;” J. W. Harriman, C. Vander
bilt, W. A. Harriman and J. A.
Noble.
SEATTLE, Jan. 13.—The Electric
Boat Company of New Jersey will
build three submarines for the
United States navy at the yards of
the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock
Company. The vessels are to cost
$1,300,000 and are part of a con
tract recently awarded the eastern
company with the understanding
that these were to be constructed on
the Pacific coast.
ROME, Jan. 13.—A terrific earth
quake, the most severe ever felt
here, occurred this morning. Many
buildings were damaged but no
fatalities have been reported. Great
panic in some sections of Italy was
occasioned by the earthquake. The
famous column of Marcus Aurelius
and also many churches weTe
damaged.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Chas.
Houston and H. W. Bullock of
Seattle have presented a petition for
a writ of certiorari to tne federal
court of the ninth district. Bullock
and Houston were convicted of con
spiracy to defraud the government
through the sale of coal at Nome,
Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Chair
man Fitzgerald, of the appropriation
committee, today denied the charge
that he would fight a large appro
priation for the Alaska railroad
While the interior department de
dines to make public the figure a
which the Alaska Northern was of
fered, it is reported on excellen
authority that the offer was to tak
over bonds aggregating between $4,
000,000 and $5,000,000 and paj
$350,000 cash to wipe out existing
claims.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.—Mrs
Dodge, wife of Captain Dodge, late
commander of the revenue cutter
Manning, has formally complained
to the government that the captain
is- being ill treated at the marine
hospital here.
SEATTLE. Jan. 13.—Ike Cohn
the pugilist fro mthe San Francisc,
Athletic Club, who inflicted such
severe injuries on L. Anderson dur
ing their match here last Friday
that the latter died a few hours
later, is under arrest on the charge
of manslaughter. Anderson was
known in boxing circles as Jack
Newton.
DENVER. “Jan. 13.—Governor
Ammons wept as he retired from
the governor’s chair at the inaugura
tion today of Geofge A. Carlson, hi
successor. ‘‘God bless you George,’
he said as the new executive took
his place.
SEATTLE, Jan. 14.—James A.
Moore, the former Seattle real estate
plunger and promoter of large busi
ness buildings, is now engaged in
promoting a railroad through the
everglades of Florida which will
open to settlement large tracts of
lkud owned or on which options are
held by himsejf and associates.
SEATTLE. Jan. 14.—Seattle coal
claimants are despondent and mos
of them have reached the conclu
sion that it is the policy of the in
terior department to refuse to gran
patents to any great number o
Alaska locators.. •• This view has
been strengthened by the recea
action of Land Commissioner Tall
man, who ordered canceled 27 cor
claims in the Bering River field.
Practically all of them were held by
Seattle residents.
Juneau land office, the commis-j
sioner holds that under the rule
laid down in the Cunningham cases
the claimants have not complied
with the law as to opening and
developing mines, also he holds
that there was unlawful combina
tlon among the claimants in the in
tejests of the Alaska Petroleum
Company.
Commissioner Tallman based his
decision on the ground that two of
the groups included the Lippy-Davis
group and the Chezum group, were
sought in the interests of corpora
tions operating in the territory. The
former was said to have been en
tered on behalf of the Alaska
Petroleum Company and the latter
jn the interest of the Northern Im
p'rovement Company.
In addition to these, the commis
sioner cancelled the P> A. Wil
loughby group of three claims and
another claim filed by G. C. Britton
former United States commissioner
Local claimants have announced
that an appeal will be taken direct
to the secretary of the interior
Franklin K. Lane, from the decision
and it was admitted that an unfav
orable ruling from the land office
had not been unexpected.
Among those interested are T. S.
Lippy, a well known local capitalist,
and Clark Davis, of Clark Davis &
Company. The Lippy-Davis group
comprises 1,639 acres, on which
more than $100,000 was spent in
improvements, including construc
tion of bunkers, cars and tunnels.
Under the law of 1908, which per
mitted the consolidation of claims,
so Alaskans Interpreted It, up to
2,500 acres, the claims were joined
in the Alaska Petroleum Company
for purposes of detSelopmenti,
The Chezum grtfup comprised
eleven claims and was named after
L. Chezum, who discovered a num
ber of coal claims in the Bering
River field.
In all of the claims the commls
sioner held that the claimants had
failed to improve their properties in
accordance with the law.
Small Tract Leasts
Temporary regulations issued by
Secretary Lane under section 10 of
the Alaska' eoal-ldasing act for free
leases in 10-acre tracts of Alaska
coal lands for local and domestic
uses, expressly exclude the Mat
anuska and Bering fields from the
benefits of free use, owing, accord
ing to the legal embarrassment oc
casioned by existing claims. How
ever, the Nenana and other smaller
fields nearer to settlements are
open to these free ten-acre leases,
and it is expected that many will be
applied for. Citizens, associations
of citizens, corporations and munici
palities, except railroads and com
mon carriers, may take these free
leases and may sell the product for
local and domestic use at a price
which represents a fair return for
the labor expended and reasonable
earning value to which the invest
ment in the enterprise is entitle!
without including any charge for
the coal itself.
Leases run two years, bat in the
discretion of the commissioner of
the general land office may be ex
tended. An applicant must first go
on the ground and mark the boun
daries. He makes application to
-.he local land oiTice on a blank pro
vided for the purpose, describing the
land by metes and- bounds, if it is
not covered by a public land sur
vey, and may begin mining as soon
as the application is filed, subject to
ejectment if the application is
denied.
Leases are issued by the local land
office and copies forwarded to the
commissioner of the general land
office, who may reject them for
cause. Leases also must be recorded
with the recorder of the local min
ing district. Regulations for th
general leasing of large areas o
coal land on a royalty basis are being
prepared.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To L. M. Price, bis heirs, adminis
trator, assigns, successors or
personal representatives, and 10
Henry Deyo or his personal repre
sentative.
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned, your co-partners, have
expended ' in labor and improve
ments for the years 1913 and 1914
the sum of twenty-four hundred
(2,400) dollars, or the sum of one
hundred dollars on each one of the
following named mining c.aims for
the years 1913-1914: The May
flower; Pacer; Slocum; Rosy No. i;
Rosy No. 2; Fairview; Lucky!
Strike; Esperanza; Webbfoot; i
Yenkee; Hercules; Samson; all sit-;
uated in the Chitina mining and
recording district. Territory ot
Alaska and which have been duly
recorded in the office of the United
States commissioner in and for the
Chitina mining district at Chitina,
Alaska.
The above amounts have been ex
pended in order to hold the said
mining claims under the provisions
of the law concerning annual labor
upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said above
named mining claims.
And you are further notified that
if within ninety (90) days after the
last publication of this notice you
fail to contribute your proportion of
said expenditures which is one-sixth
(1-6) respectively, of the whole,
your interests in said mining claims
will become the property of the
undersigned.
Your co-owners
james McConnell,
(JUS F. JOHNSON.
First publication, Jan. 12, 1915.
Last publication, April 16, 1915.
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years 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914 on
eai.h of the placer claims known as
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tribute your proportion of said ex
penditure, your Interest in said
:laims will become the property of
;he undersigned, your co-owners,
mder Section 2324. Revised Statutes
pf the United States.
ELI McQUADE,
GEORGE DEMPSEY.
Agents Dexter C. Cayouette,
Co-owners.
Date of first pub Nov. 17, 1914.
Date'of last pub., Feb. 23, 1915.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—It is
unlikely that, aside from appropria-'
tions and the ship purchase bill,
there will be any general legislation
during the remaining weeks of this
Congress. .
TACOMA, Jan. 16.—Mrs. Bertha;
Difley was placed under arrest todayj
and confined in jail on the charge
of beating to death Clarence, the|
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a contractor. The child had inno
cently offended her.
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of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
against the owners of the collier
Storstad for the sinking of the
Empress of Ireland last May began
here today.
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