Senate Passes Alaska Railroad Bill By Large Margin
The Senate approved the Alaska railroad bill by 46 to 16 after discarding several amendments. The measure authorizes the construction of 2000 miles of standard gauge railway in Alaska at an estimated cost of 40 million dollars. House debate featured Congressman William H. Humphrey of Washington state urging passage and condemning policies in Alaska as dangerous to the North.
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Cabinet Officials Welcome in Spirit City
Seattle January 29. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Secretary of Agriculture Houston were guests of honor at a New Chamber of Commerce banquet. They praised Alaska railway bill prospects and spoke on regional banks under the new currency law during their Pacific coast tour.
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Goethals Touted as Panama Canal Zone Governor
President Wilson issued an executive order establishing a permanent Panama Canal Zone government and relinquishing Panama region affairs to new officials. Colonel George W. Goethals is widely expected to be named the first civil governor, a nomination later sent to the Senate.
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Panama Zone Commission
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Great Canal Territory
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Old Scout Wiggins Dies Surviving Kit Carson Ranger
Oliver P. Wiggins known as Old Scout dies at 90 in Denver. He crossed to the West in 1838 as a Niagara Falls native who ran away at 15 to join Kit Carson and spent a decade with Carson’s 46 trappers. A noted Indian fighter, he carried a bullet from 1850. He stood six feet tall, weighed 200 pounds, and was called the only white man in the West never whipped. His father was a Hudson Bay trapper.
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Petruchia Wilkeshire Cancels CaliforniaTrip With Dog In Baggage
In Kansas City a 3,000 mile trip and winter stays at Catalina islands Long Beach and Santa Barbara were scrapped after Mrs Petruchia Wilkeshire and her daughter refused to accept their poodle Rags riding in a baggage car. They returned their tickets and canceled arrangements. Mutton, lightly damaged good dog, iced-0 pound. Iditarod Meat Co.
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Iditarod Meat Co
Taft Attacks Militants At University Speech
Former President Taft spoke at the University of Toronto yesterday, sharply deriding militant suffragettes. He said universal woman suffrage must eventually connect with peaceful methods, outlining his views on the suffrage movement.
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London building trades strike spreads citywide
A general strike of all London building trades began this week with higher wages demanded. Thousands of workers have quit or are being called out hourly as the dispute grinds on.
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Alaska Coastal Cities Cheer Senate Passage of Rail Bill
Seward reports broad rejoicing across Alaska coast towns after the Senate passed the railroad bill last Saturday. Impromptu celebrations erupted in Juneau, Cordova, and Valdez with parades, gatherings, and public shows of support.
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Princess Sophia Goes Aground Off Alert Bay
The Princess Sophia of the Canadian Pacific line ran aground near Alert Bay during a heavy snowstorm on a southbound trip from Skagway. Passengers were transferred to the ship and no injuries were reported. the vessel later floated.
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Ruler of German Empire Celebrates Natal Day
Berlin observes festivities as the German emperor marks his 55th birthday this week with citywide celebrations slated for Tuesday.
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Notable veteran boxers clash amid legal fights in New York
Old timer Bob Fitzsimmons fights to prove he remains a viable contender as the New York boxing commission and supreme court review his case. Wolgast defeats Rivers in Milwaukee in a 10 round affair. Anholz is kayoed by Wolgast in two rounds in Wisconsin.
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Los Angeles
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Eran Pugilist
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Floods in California Cause Great Damage
San Francisco reports the worst rain storms of years across California cause damage estimated at 4,000,000 dollars and severe disruption to railroad traffic. Many winter resorts are nearly flooded out of existence as local areas suffer from high water and disrupted transport.
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Labor Leader Gompers Celebrates 64th Birthday
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, marked his 64th birthday at his Washington home on Tuesday. He received numerous callers and a flood of congratulatory telegrams from supporters and colleagues.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Self Sacrificing Woman Near Deaths Door
New York June 30 Mrs Eva Booth Tucker daughter of the famous Salvation Army soldier and prominent in Salvation Army work in Ames condition as the result breakdown lies in a very serious nervous state at an early hour today authorities report she has been under care and is listed in critical condition in the hospital this report follows
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Eva Booth Tucker
Salvation Army
Dominion of Canada Seen as Leading Wheat Producer
Ottawa reports that Canada's grain production reached 600 million bushels in 1913, tripling from 2011 levels and signaling a rapid rise as the world’s granary. The note highlights Canada's improving quality and pace, contrasting U.S. output and hinting at vast untapped land in Congo for future wheat expansion.
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United States
Congo
Canadian
Coroners jury fails to fix responsibility in Red Jacket fire
Calumet Mich Jan 1 coroner s jury inquest into the Red Jacket Christmas panic disaster failed to fix responsibility. A labor paper denounces the in camera proceedings held in the coroner s office citing fear of public admission and accuses the Citizens Alliance and officials of Crlu wet of denying miners justice both outside and inside the courts.
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Cleveland man finally rewarded for long ago aid
In Cleveland twelve years after aiding a Chicago woman, Ed Redlin recalls receiving a letter about $2,500 from John Jenkin, the husband who died. Redlin recounts driving a dazed woman after a traffic accident on Euclid Avenue and returning her home in his carriage, a moment he says led to no further contact.
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Ed Redlin
East Sixty-sixth ‘Street
Chicago
John Jenkin
Euclid Avenue
Painesville
Redlin
Kennel Club Meeting In Iditarod This Evening
Iditarod Kennel Club meets tonight at 8 at the telephone office to discuss preliminary race arrangements. Members urged to attend and share views on the subject as directed by the President. The notice also references wartime auxiliary motor boat reserve discussions and sale of blanks for transfer of articles of value.
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Temperature readings and sale notices from early 1900s
Daily temperature notes at Budweiser corner First and Richmond include drizzle and cloud cover with unclear dates. Also advertised are dry blaze wood birch and spruce sold by the cord with delivery, plus a power of attorney blanks notice and drug store listings from Pioneer and Ansley’s.
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Pioneer Drug Store
Flat City
Jolly Stag Party Held at Uncle Tom's Cabin
A jolly stag party was hosted at the home of Postmaster Thomas J. Thurston on Tuesday evening January 28. Attendees included Chris Anthonieson, Dr Bela, Harry Watson, W. B. Thomas, and R. C. Button, with more guests noted as having enjoyed Thurston’s hospitality.
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Harry Watson
W. B. Thomas
R. C. Button
Arctic Mail Bid From Point Barrow To Kotzebue Sound
Charles D. Brower of Point Barrow Alaska bids to carry the mails 3000 miles in Arctic winter over mountains and frozen streams. If awarded the contract he must make three winter round trips by dogs and sled. Brower has lived 30 years in the Arctic and is the only white resident of that far northern community.
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Kotzebue Sound
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Washington
Investigation of Smelter Trust Signals Push for Big Business Scrutiny
Washington, Jan 30. The new administration signals a broad probe into big business and labor disruptions, with congress adopting resolutions to investigate the American Smelting & Refining Company tied to the Guggenheim financiers. The House also calls for inquiry into miners strikes near Calumet, Michigan, while Chairman Underwood says tariff tinkering will not occur this session. The Agriculture Department issues a pamphlet urging stronger protection for Alaska's reindeer industry.
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Calumet, Mich
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Alaska
Huerta Still Doing Business at Same Old Tamale Stand
Mexico City dispatch reports several high officials of Huerta’s government arrested for alleged plots to seize power. General Felix Diaz is named as leading the conspiracy, with more arrests expected soon. Washington hints a possible arms embargo move as tensions rise, while the State Department denies any crisis with foreign powers or Japanese munition shipments to Huerta.
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Burial Plans Headed For Former Senator Shelby M Cullom
Senator Shelby M. Cullom died at 85 after three weeks of illness in Springfield Illinois He passed away Tuesday preceding his funeral set for tomorrow The city attracts hundreds of visitors by special trains to attend a ceremony described as the largest held since Lincoln's 1865 interment with Cullom resting in the Lincoln era cemetery Once again the community recalls the venerable statesman and his long service in public life
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Shelby M. Cullom
Springheld
Ill
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B C Premier Favors Yukon Governance by Province
Vancouver January 23 Premier Richard McBride backed Robert L Borden's plan for British Columbia to assume governing Yukon Territory and administer it as part of the province, signaling a major shift in northern administration.
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Jakey Goes Into Commission Business In Flat City
Jacobsgaard known as Jakey, long linked with Crowley Porter’s Flat City branch, has left the firm and plans to enter the commission business in town. He has several possible locations in view and will soon make his presence felt in local business circles. New warm dog house at McDonald Hotel in Iditarod.
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Crowley & Porter
Flat City
Former Iditarod Man Married at Tacoma
Fairbanks friends learned Ed McArdle, once a well known Fairbanks resident, married Miss Emma Gleason in Tacoma on December 6. The bride, from Tacoma, wed at her parents’ home after McArdle left Fairbanks for the Iditarod, and later joined a party involved in a Dawson auto accident during the trip outside.
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Ed McArdle
Emma Gleason
Tacoma
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