Lane Seeks 8.247 Million for Alaska Railroad
Washington Dec 6 The Interior Department has prepared its congressional report on the Alaska railroad and Secretary Lane has discussed the project with Commission members Edes and Riggs. Lane asks Congress to appropriate 8 247 000 dollars for 1916 and Edes and Riggs are readying statistics for the House appropriations committee.
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Interior Department
Congress
Alaska
Lane
Edes
Thomas Riggs
Mr. Riggs
Appropriations Committee
House
Champ Clark Re-Elected Speaker of the House
The national House convened with Champ Clark of Missouri re-elected as speaker. Clark thanked the body, predicted a memorable session, urged faithful attendance, and said Congress would likely sit without a Christmas recess.
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Washington
National House
Champ Clark
Missouri
Congress
New Salmon and Clam Factory Begins Construction
A salmon and clam factory is set to start operations near Whitshed, about a mile and a half from the wireless station. The Cordova Packing Company forms the corporation, with a 20 by 80 foot two story main plant and several outbuildings. Machinery is en route from the United States.
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Whitshed
Cordova Packing Company
Ore Freighter Service Shifts Amid Canal Delays
The freighters Bennington and Burlington, recently bought by Alaska Steamship, now run between New York and Southampton to meet east coast demand. Captains Werner and McMullent moved them toward the Pacific coast but canal delays halted plans. Finkelstein family to sail Admiral Evans to Seattle for a two month stay.
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Burlington
Alaska Steamship Company
Cordova
Tacoma
New York
Southampton
Werner
McMullent
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
East
Mutiny and clashes as Chinese rebels target Shanghai harbor
Chinese rebels seize aboard the cruiser Chao Hao at Shanghai harbor forcing sailors to fire on other gunboats and the arsenal. A later report says sailors were overpowered by shore rebels, then clashes with police and troops followed leaving casualties.
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Shanghai
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Chao Hao
Chahie
Shanghat
Wilson asks 364 million for army and navy
President Wilson sends to Congress estimates for military and naval preparedness totaling 364 million dollars. The army seeks 152 million and the navy 212 million, marking a 150 million rise from the current year and surpassing last year’s appropriation. The naval plan includes 28 million for hulls and machinery for multiple ships and 8 million to build 55 submarines.
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Washington
Wilson
Army
Navy
Congress
Peace ship sail sparks Paris debate on concessions
Paris debaters weigh the Ford peace ship's New York departure. Under Secretary of War Thomas states for the cabinet that France will not seek permanent peace until Alsace Lorraine is won, Belgium freed, and German imperialism and Prussian militarism are rendered inconsequential.
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Ford
New York
Thomas
France
Alsace Lorraine
Belgium
Germany Denies Involvement In Mexican Revolt Plot
Washington dispatch reports German ambassador von Bernstorff refutes published claims that Germany and German agents helped foment a counter revolution in Mexico to draw the United States into war and disrupt Allied supply. He calls the charges false and groundless.
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Washington
von Bernstorff
Germany
Mexico
United States
America
Bernstorff
British Army Reaches Kutelamara on Tigris River
The defeated British army in Mesopotamia has reached Kutelamara on the Tigris river. No further fighting has occurred between the opposing forces.
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Tigris River
London
Mesopotamia
Kutelamara
United States Directs British Interference Protest
The American ambassador in London filed a strong protest with the British foreign office objecting to the Royal Navy requisitioning Transatlantic Company vessels without prize court proceedings. The note is described as the strongest Washington has issued on English interference with neutral commerce.
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Sador
Washington
Amba London
Foreign Office
Transatlantic Company
Washington Administration
Bulgarians Cross Into Albania Amid Balkan Front Tensions
British dispatches report Bulgarian forces entered Albania after retreating Serbs, pushing them back with no respite. Greek Roumania situation unchanged since Saturday as Greek authorities display allied friendliness while Roumania’s final moves remain uncertain. Fighting persists on the Montenegrin frontier where Austrians and King Nicholas forces clash. invaders claim small advances but penetration remains limited.
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London
Roumania
Albania
Nicholas
Serbian Troops Join French Expeditionary Force
Serbian troops arriving from Monastir have reached Gievgeli on the frontier and have allied with the French expeditionary force under General Sarrail. They were ordered to act in conjunction with French forces and to take orders from General Sarrail as part of his army.
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Salonikt
Monastir
Gievgeli
Sarrall
Sarrail
Russia calls 1917 recruits to colors in 1917 mobilization
Petrograd reports that the government issues a deferment for 1917 recruits now called to the colors. The order requires youths to serve a full year earlier, with new troops to report to headquarters by January 1.
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Russia
Petrograd
Empire
Lieut Fay and Five Germans Indicted in Bomb Plot
Robert Fay who claimed to be a lieutenant in the German army and five other Germans were indicted by the federal grand jury in New York on charges of conspiracy. The indictments allege they conspired to place bombs and explosives on ships and in American factories and to commit murder assault with deadly weapons and arson.
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New York
Robert Fay
Bernstorff Resents Withdrawal of Boy Ed and Von Papen
Ambassador Bernstorff demands reasons from the State Department for Germanys withdrawal of naval attaché Captain Boy Ed and military attaché Captain Von Papen. He will not ask the United States to grant safe conduct for the two attaches to Germany and insists Washington secure safe conduct for their successors.
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Boy-Ed
Washington
State Department
von Papen
Jstate Department
United States
Germany
United
Severe sentence for Russian naval officers
Petrograd reports a court martial has sentenced Captain Baron Teherkasoff and Lieutenant Commander Kulibin of the cruiser Jemchug, sunk by the Emden at Penang last year, for negligence. Both lose civil rights and decorations. Teherkasoff jailed three and a half years, Kulibin one and a half years.
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Petrograd
Russia
Penang
Baron Teherkasoff
Kulibin
Postoffice to Take Over Alaska Cable Lines
The Department announces the Maska cable and telegraph lines in Alaska will be operated by the postoffice in the near future. Burleson, Postmaster General, urges Congress to transfer control by July 1916 with $200,000 for appraisal and transfer. Private builders may extend lines tied to government systems, with government buyout rights preserved.
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WASHL
Maska
Postoffice Department
Army Department
Postoffice
Burleson
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alaska
Minneosta steamer reports boiler trouble at sea
Information from the steamer Minnesota bound for San Francisco says chemicals placed in the water before sailing disrupted the boilers. The disabled vessel is on the way back to port and is expected to arrive tomorrow.
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San Francisco
Minnesota
Valdez freighter brings 160 tons to Cor dova from telegraph posts
J. E. Wilson, the Valdez freighter, completed a contract delivering 160 tons of freight to telegraph stations along the trail to Donnelly's. He arrives in Cordova via the yesterday train and plans to return to Valdez for business before shipping Alaska Consolidated Copper Company supplies from Strelna to their mines.
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J. E. Wilson
Valdez
Donnelly’s
Cordova
Mr. Wilson
Alaska Consolidated Copper Company
Strelna
Pleasing Actress Miss Hazel Dawn Charms Cordova Crowd
A welcome visitor Miss Hazel Dawn toured Cordova on Sunday evening at the Empress Theatre. In the lead of One of the Girls she scored a decided hit with a capacity audience. H. W. Kirby plans to depart for Seattle to become a benedict during the holidays.
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Cordova
Hazel Dawn
Empress Theatre
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