Assault on Petersburg boatman leads to manhunt and arrests
Ringstad, an oiler aboard the Alpha, suffered multiple head wounds after being attacked on the gas boat and thrown overboard near Citizens Wharf. Al Simpson was arrested in Juneau on assault with a dangerous weapon and warrants were issued for two others. Ringstad remains hospitalized, while investigators extend search across the first division. A separate note mentions oil prospectors locating a million acres.
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Iy Ringsstad
Petersbig
al Simpson
Juneau
Naceny
Ringstad
Alpha Vualh
Wbh
Gar
Kingsad
Dr. Jones
Hopital
Leomaine Win San Gantrin
Kederick Sound
Simpson
Juneaud
Oil Permits Granted in Alaska Reach 28 680 Acres
The Department of the Interior reports thirteen oil leasing and prospecting limits totaling 28 680 acres in Katalla Yakataga and old Bay districts. More than 300 permit applications have been filed since new oil laws, with spring expected to bring many prospectors from Cook Inlet. Five fields are named Cold Bay Iliamna Anchorage Katalla and Aniakchak Bay with varying acre totals and several groups holding multiple claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Government Land Office
Juneau
Katalla
Yakataga
Old Bay
Alaska
Cold Bay
Jureau
Cook Inlet
Iliamna
Anchorage
Aniakhak Bay
Aniakchak
Ketchikan seeks division of Alaska's First Judicial District
Ketchikan businessmen have contributed 2500 to fund a Washington lobby effort urging the US Department of Justice to create a separate division for Alaska's First Judicial District. Currently the Panhandle region from Skagway to Cape Fox is served by a single federal court. Seattle Chamber of Commerce support is sought to back the division proposal.
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Ketchikart
Washington S
Department of Justice
First Judicial District of
Alaska
the Panhandle
Skagway
Cape Fox
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Naval collier Saturn saves Alaskans from starvation
After landing supplies and coal on the Pribilof Islands long after navigation closed, the naval collier Saturn returned to Seattle. It carried 24,000 seal skins valued at $2,000,000, 45 barrels of seal oil, and fertilize. Responding to aid requested by residents of St George and St Paul islands, Saturn sailed October 14 to land coal provisions and gasoline for 450 tons of coal 300 tons of provisions and 1600 gallons of gasoline in dams.
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Pribilof Islands
Saturn
Seattle
Bering Sea
St. George
St. Pat Islands
Natives of Kusokwim Face Starvation Amid Food Shortage
An urgent Seattle message from Geo W. Hoffman reports Kuskwim natives along the Kusko River and tributaries near starvation. The Alaska Bureau lacks funds to ship food, forcing reliance on Red Cross aid. poor fishing this season worsens conditions in the Deer River valley.
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KuskokWim Tive
Starvaton
Seattle
Alaska
U.S
Geo. W. Hoffman
U. S
Bureau of Education
Red Cross
Deer River Valley
Bitter Race War Claimes Kansans Lives
In Independence Kansas a white boy and a black man were killed and four white men were shot in a race clash triggered by the shooting of R. R. Wharton, a white grocer. The Home Guard and local American Legion Post dispersed combatants to restore order.
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Independence
Kas
R. R. Wharton
Home Guard
American Legion Post
Big Dredge Explosion Suspect Arrested in South Bend
Police arrest Fred Welch after a dynamite blast at a dredge near South Bend on December 24 killed four crewmen and injured the fifth. Welch, cited as the surviving member of the crew, faces charges linked to the explosion and a labor dispute with Frank Behnke, the dredge owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Wash
Welch
Fred Welch
Frank Behnke
Alaska Budget Requests Soar as Federal Agencies Seek Funds
The current congressional session sees Alaska receive large proposed appropriations across agencies. The Alaska Engineering Commission requests 4 million for the government railroad, while the Army seeks 955 thousand for roads and trails, and 212 thousand for telegraph and cable maintenance. The Navy aims for 1 million for mining coal. the Interior would raise the governor’s salary and cont ingent funds, and the Geological Survey seeks 190 thousand for mineral resources.
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Congress
Alaska
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Tanana River
Army
Alaska Road Commission
Washington-Alaska Telegraph and Cable Service
Navy
Department of the Interior
Governors Mansion
Geological Survey
Alaska - Am
Bureau of Mines
Fairbanks
Bueau of Education
Alaska road work plans call for Congress grant and large program
Alaska Road Commission president Col James A Steese outlined a 955000 dollar congressional appropriation and a one million dollar annual expansion program for the next eight years. The plan aims to reopen routes like Fairbanks Valdez and Hannaes Rainy Hollow and build 4000 miles of through routes plus 2500 miles of spurs and connections to support maintenance of existing systems and feeder roads.
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Alaska
James A. Seee
Alaska Road Conmission
Steese
Esent
Wasnken
Commission
Col
Fairbanks-Valdez
Huaines
Rainy Hollow
Talkeetna
Cache Creek
Raimey Pass
Macetaa
Ophir
Longana
Kantishna
Roosevelt Road
Davidson's Landing
Kugarok
Candle Road
Faibanks
Chatanika
Miller House
Circle Road
Bagley Forty Mile
Dawson
Alaska Establishes Separate National Forest District
The Department of Agriculture approves a new Alaska National Forest District to be headquartered in Juneau with Charles H. Flory as District Forester. The Tongass and Chugach forests will be managed from Alaska while remaining under federal oversight, bringing administration closer to local conditions.
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Meridith
Department of Agricure
National Forest
Alaska
Juneau
Chage
Charles H. Flory
Distr
Flory
Alaska Forests
Ketchikan
W. B.k. Greeley
Natonal
Portland
Waha
Forest Service
Washington
Harding to open talks on international association
Marion dispatch says President elect will press for negotiations with foreign nations to form an association after inauguration. Provisions toward the plan are being completed to aid the effort.
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Marion
Harding
Associaw
Atlas Oil Tanker Grounds In Alaskan Waters
The Standard Oil tanker Atlas ran aground on rocks in Snow Pass and the crew was rescued. It later broke free at high tide and steered to Ketchikan. The ship leaked oil and portions of the cargo were pumped overboard while the crew faced a hazardous situation.
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Seattle
Atlas
Snow Pass
Ketchikan
Four Coal Miners Killed in Black Diamond Mine Blast
Four miners were killed when an explosion rocked the Black Diamond Coal mine near Seattle on December 24. Rescue teams battled fires as officials investigated the cause of the disaster.
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Seattle
Black Diamond
House Committee May Hold Alaska Development Bill
A Washington despatch says the House Committee on Territories may drop the Alaska Development Board Bill for the present session and forego hearings until the new Congress convenes. The move aims to avoid a possible President Wilson veto and to spare fresh committee members from re hearings when the measure returns.
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Washington
House Committee On Territories
Alaska Development Board
Congress
Wilson
Secetary Payne
Committee On Territories
Efforts to Fortify Dutch Harbor Face Congressional Pressure
The Navy Commerce and Interior secretaries push Congress to fortify Dutch Harbor as a government supply station. They seek a naval and mercantile coaling base, arguing security and strategic value.
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Washington
Navy, Commerce, and the Interior
Dutch
YSI
King Constan Returns to Greek Throne After Recall
Athens December 24 King Constan of Greece was recalled to the throne after a plebiscite and arrived home Sunday. There was no marked demonstration by the populace.
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Athens
Constan
Greece
Tine
Alaska Transport Plan Sparks Government Aid Debate
Secretary of the Interior Joan Barton Payne urges the government to run Alaska steamship lines at a loss if needed to restart development, while Gov. Thomas Riggs Jr. supports a tonnage tax solution. Payne favors a departmental committee instead of a governing board to oversee Alaska affairs.
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Alaska
Joan Barton Payne
The
Integor
Thomas Riggs Jr
Alaskan
Payne
Lane
Beieves
British Boat Confiscated for Whiskey Smuggling
Seattle December 24 The British fishing steamer Canada was seized today by U S authorities for smuggling whiskey from Vancouver to Seattle. The seizure followed officers boarding the vessel as it attempted entry into U S waters near Seattle.
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Seattle
Canada
United States
Vancouver
Treasury Forecast Sees Large Federal Deficit
Washington reports a deficit of 2.11 billion dollars for the current year with an estimated 150 million for the next, as Secretary of the Treasury indicates in testimony before the Senate Finance Committee.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Stuysten
Senate
Financ
War Rages as Adriatic Shore Keeps Guard
Rifles fire from crags and promontories along the eastern Adriatic shore as civil strife continues between the Leronnanies of Fiume and the regular Italian Army.
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Rome
Adriatic Sea
Fiume
November exports show Alaska customs figures
November commerce in the Juneau Alaska district totaled 6,546,457 dollars as salmon shipments declined. Copper led value with copper shipments at 2,168,584 dollars, about twelve thousand pounds shipped south. Tin and concentrates reached near 10,000 dollars.
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U. S. Collector of Customs
Juneau
Alaska
Escaped convict killed after standoff near Astoria
Frank Wagner who escaped from the Oregon state penitentiary was killed near Astoria after a battle in which he faced off against Superintendent Compton and nine officers. Wagner had entrenched himself in the woods when the confrontation occurred.
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Astoria
Frank Wagner
Oregon State Penitentiary
Compton
Wagner
British Government calls mass emigration to colonies
Lloyd George told the House of Commons that the critical labor situation and widespread unemployment in Britain require many Britons to emigrate to the colonies at once.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
British Isles
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