Late Telegraph News
WASHINGTON, March 18—Yes
tsrdaythe President was waited upon
ky a committee from the Senate and
was consulted with reference to an
adjournment. He stated that he
was content to let his further ap.
pointments go over for confirmation
to the extra session and that he knew
of no good reason why the session
should be prolonged. As a conse
quence later in the day the Senate
adjourned for the session.
HUMBOLDT Iowa, March 18—
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Frank Gotch, the celebrated heavy
weight wrestler has just signed with
George Curich, the champion of
Europe. They will wrestle at Kans
as City on April first.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 18—A
sensation was caused by the elope
ment of two prominent men and col.
lege girls. They are Fred Drew Cami
aetti, son of State Senator Caminet
ti, and Maury I. Diggs, state archi
tect. Both men are married and
have children. They induced Lola
Morris and Marcia Washington, both
sorority girls, to elope with them.
They went to Reno and as soon as
they could be traced the men were
arrested last night for violating the
Mann act.
LONDON, March 18—The public
press thoroughtout Great Britain is
very much aroused over the speech
of Secretary of State Bryan, in which
he predicts home rule for Ireland.
The Post declares that bis utterance
is "blazing indiscreation.”
SOLONIKI. March 18—This after
noon King George of Greece was as
sassinated, upon the fiftieth anni.
versarv of his reign. He has been
here since November in personal
charge of his troops. He was a
brother of the late King of Denmark
and of the Dowager Queen of Great
Britain and the Dowager Empress of
Russia.
CALDWELL. March 18—The
house that Grover Cleveland was
horn in was today dedicated as a
permanent memorial. At the cere
monies his widow, now Mrs. Preston,
and his children, were all present.
LONDON, March 17—A large
number of Suffragettes attempted to
hold a meeting yesterday at Hyde
park. But their recent actions had
become so obnoxious that general in
dignation prevailed. As a result
arowds of rioters commenced to gath.
*r and break up the meeting until
(sally there were ten thousand men
And women who mobbed and put to
(ight the Suffragettes.
COLUMBUS, Mar. 17—Mrs. Emma
Bothwell is an attractive woman who
has succeeded in inducing many
promient and financial men to part
with considerable of their cash, by
reason of certain business proposi
tions that she was promoting. It
Aow develops that the means she
used were not always legitimate. As
a result of an investigation she has
been arrested and it is charged that
•ha mulched many thousands of
dollars from promient men.
WASHINGTON March 17—Will
iam Jennings Bryan, in addressing
the Irish-American society, predicted
that within two years there would be
home rule in Ireland, and that the
Irish all over the world could then
celebrate the freedom of Ireland.
MONTCLAIR, N. J.( March 17
Former Congressman Redfleld, a
Democrat of New York and manu
facturer of engines and heating ap
pliances, delivered an address here
on Saturday night. He made a strong
declaration as follows: "A well
a
balanced reduction in the tariff
means the birth of a new moral and
mental life to our industries."
CHICAGO, March 17—In the trial
•f the Matanuska coal defendants H.
V. Finley gave damaging testimony.
He is a court steographer, and ad
mitted that at the instance of Miss
Tuttle,, who was then an employee
•f Mr. Frost, that he signed a coal
elaim application and that he did
sot know its contents tor two years
liter.
CHICAGO, March 15—A. A. David
aon, a former employe of the Alaska
Northern railroad when Albert C.
J
Frost was president, was a witness
yesterday afternoon in the trial of
the Matanuska coal cases, before
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis. David
son testified that he, his wife, and
two friends, applied for claimes at
the request of Mr. Frost, who paid
the expense connected therewith.
SEATTLE, March 15—This morn
ing the Benjamin F. Packard sailed
for Chignik. She is the first can.
nery ship to leave for the north this
season. Others will soon follow.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15—Jim
Eesley, formerly of Nome, is willing
that his wife shall have a divorce.
However, he wants some privelege
himself. He has petitioned the
court asking to have declared as final
his wife’s interlocutory decree, "per
mitting either party to remarry."
WASHINGTON, March 15—The
Democrats in the Senate have decided
that Senator Thomas S. Martin, of
Virginia, shall be the chairman of
the Appropriations committee. Sen
ator Ben Tillman, of South Carolina,
has been selected for the chairman
ship of the committe on Naval Af
fairs.
WASHINGTON, March 15—PresL
dent Wilson lias appointed former
John Burke, of North Dakota, as
Treasurer of the United States. It
was stated this afternoon that Rich
ard Olney, of Boston, had declined to
accept the post of Ambassador to
Great Britain. Fred Dennett, Com
missioner of the Land office, tendered
hta resignation.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15—A
big sensation was created in financial
and social circles by the announce
ment that Charles F. Baker, assist
ant cashier of the Crooker National
bank, was a defaulter to the extent
of two hundred thousand dollars.
President Savior intimated that the
amount would be made good by
wealthy relatives and friends, and
. that there would be no criminal pres
ectuion. It is explained that Baker
played the New York stock exchange
and got badly bitten.
NEW YORK, March 15—Last
night Gunboat Smith had an easy
victory over Bombadier Wells. He
knocked him out in the first round.
JUNEAU, March 15—The Arctic
Brotherhood proposes to have an
exclusive Alaskan organization, and
at a meeting last night the action of
the grand council at Vancouver in
permitting Seattle and other cities
to form camps was repudiated.
Representatives from the various
camps held a meeting last night and
elected new officers, subject to ratifi
cation by the subordinate camps,
cation by the subordinate camps.
They also decided that the grand
camp should convene at Juneau on
July S. The officers elected are as
follows:
Grand Arctic Chief—J. F. A.
Strong, of Juneau.
Past Grand Arctic Chief—J. M.
Tanner, of Skagway.
Vice Grand Arctic Chief—C. A.
Hopp, of Douglas.
SEATTLE, March 17—The Alas
ka Coast Company has decided to
send the steamship Yukon to Good
news bay and to Bethel on the Kus.
kokwim river via Kodiak, with pas
sengers and freight, sailing from
Seattle May 20. The coming voyage
of the Yukon through Unimak pass
and 150 mile up the Kuskokwim
takes her farther north than the ves
sel has ever been before and will de_
termine whether the company is to
extend its service to Bethel perman
ently, operating the Yukon to Good
news bay and up the Kuskokwim
river during the season of navigation.
If the Yukon is continued on this
rcute it will give the people of South,
eastern Alaska, and also Cordova,
Valdes and Seward, opportunity to
go to the Kuskokwim country with
out coming to Seattle.
Among recommendations made by
Walter E. Clark in his annual report
as governor of Alaska is one to the
effect that holders of mineral claims
be allowed to pay in lieu of assess
ment work $100 per claim per year
into a fund for highway and bridge
construction. This plan has been
followed in Tukon territory with
very satisfactory results. It often
happens in Alaka that the expense
of doing assessment work is much
less than that required to send men
to the claims to do the work. In
such cases it is thought to be to the
advantage of the claim owners to pay
the cash instead. *
•‘There is nothing Alaska needs
more than roads,” says Got. Clark,
“and it would certainly seem wise to
divert to their building money now
largely wasted in assessment work.”
The Valdez Prospector is authority
for the statement that Lieut. Edger
ton, engineer officer of the Alaska
Road Commission, has sent Lars Hoi.
land, foreman of the bridge crew to
Culkana to make preparations for the
ccnstruction of the bridge soon to be
erected across that river.
The opening of the Cordova rail
read and the sendiag in to Chitina of
the heavy timbers and 30 tons of
iron will allow the construction of
the bridge this season, but the delay
has forced the Commission to aban
don all hope of spanning the Nizina
river, this season.
The bridge at Gulkana will consist
of two spans of 150 feet sustained by
a pile pier loaded with rock. This
method has been found very success
ful by the Commission, in bridging
the many swift streams which they
have had to bridge. The approach
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to the bridge on the north side will
be 100 feet long and will be on pile
tents about 15 feet apart. The cost
of the new bridge is placed at $li,
000.
A bill has been introduced in the
Senate which repeals all prior acts
relating to holidays and establishes
| New Year's Day, July Fourth, Wash
ington’s Birthday, Labor Day, Alaska
Day (Oct. 18) Decoration Day,
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day,
j general Territorial election day, as
i holidays.
| BLACKBURN, March 8—At the
! present there is lots of building acti.
vity in the new town of Blackburn,
■ formerly McCarthy.
A1 Jackson is busy putting up a
'neat log structure. Just along side
this there has been completed, all
save the roof, a log building for
A. V. Doze the recently appointed U.
S Commissioner. Next to that is
; the office of the deputy U. S. Marshal,
with the jail in the rear.
“Cick” Nelson has placed the
foundation for a neat log building.
Bob Isaacson Is building an ad
dition to his place.
Gus Carlson is building next to
Nelson.
R. Paluson will build on the next
lot.
Mr. Henry has almost finished a
neat, two-story log building for his
restaurant.
Theodore Wolfe, the watchmaker
is having built a 30x40 two-story log
building. It will cost at least $2,500
and be a credit to the place.
Peter Johnson is building another
large addition to his 6aloon.
Several other smaller buildings are
in course of construction. Building
logs are scattered all above the town
site and it has a busy appearance.
Harry Fagerberg is planning a
large storage warehouse for the use
of Breedman and Church, and other
buildings are talked of.
Tom McKinney will soon occupy
the building which he had erected a
short time ago for a restaurant and
bakery.
The people here are much elated
over the report of the Railroad Com.
mission and the prospect of a rail
road to the Katalla coal fields. They
declare the use of Alaska coal will
open the mines in this section as
though by magic. Many of those
who were discouraged over the long
lock-out caused by unapplied con
servation have taken a new lease of
life and feel that at last Alaska is
about to come in to its own. jp
TO THE
CITIZENS of CHITINA
Alaska is on the eve of great development.
The Railroad Commission has reported favorably, on extend,
ing the line from Chitina to Fairbanks.
Ex-President Taft has recommended favorable action by
Congress.
The New York Legislature, realizing the great injustice done
Alaska in the past ten years by withdrawing all its natural re
sources, and thus stopping railroad building has unanimously
passed a resolution, endorsing the Railroad Commission report;
Calling on President Wilson to make Alaska Legislation a special
feature of his message to the special Congress called for April 1st.
The first act passed by the Alaska Legislature was in the form
of a memorial to Congress and the President asking that Railroad
construction be begun at once in accord with the Railroad Com
missions report, and that our Coal be opened for use.
Every town Council, and every Chamber of Commerce in
Alaska has sent wires and petitions to the President and Congress
to the same effect.
The cities of Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, S.’.n Francisco—and
a great many others as far East as Denver, Colorado—have joined
in the good work and are bringing all the pressure in their power
to bear.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon has prepared * bill in line
with the Commission's report to be introduced at the Special
Session to convene April 1st.
Is there any one that doubts that something will be accom
plished, and that soon?
If so. she or he had better quit looking at the hole in the
doughnut and look at the doughnut awhile. If you keep on look
ing at that hole you will loose your chance—for here is a chance
that you will never have again in this section of the country.
I will sell you any lot in Chitina not already sold, up to
April 1st, 1913, for 100 per cent less than you can buy it 6
months from now.
The.price of all lots has been reduced in order to give all a
chance. They run from $40 up to $1000.
I will be at the Overland Hotel on or about March 20th and
will remain till the 25th. If you desire to purchase come and see
me.
The terms will be *4 cash, and the balance in six, twelve and
eighteen months.
GEO. C. HAZELET,
Agent Chitina Townsite Company.
Privation and suffering may be
caused at the far Northern stations of
the government Indian school service
of Alaska by the postponement of ac
tion on the appropriation bill for the
service until special session of Con
gress, convening April 1, according
to W. T. Loppj superintendent of
government Alaska schools, who has
recently returned from Washington
and is now at Seattle.
A term of court will be held at
Valdez starting on March 18th, to
which date court adjourned by Judge
Lyons before he departed south.
Juge Overfield will hold a term of
court at Cordova commencing April
10th.
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LONDON, March 18—An uncon.
firmed report is being published here
to the effect that foreign warships
are shelling Constantinople.
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