Kingston Jamaica Suffering as City Sinks into Sea
A Jan 18 wireless report from Anastasia Island describes Kingston's sinking into the bay with 100 foot holes, widespread collapse, and thousands feared dead. Ships in harbor bring injured, fires burn, and US battleships reach port amid relief efforts led by US and European nations.
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Anotta Bay
Jamaica
St. Augustine
Fla
Anastasia Island
Kingson
United States
Missouri
Indiana
Kingston Harbor
Kingston
Trive
Titchfield
Richmond
Anatta Bay
Typhoon Kills 100 on Leyte in January
A January 10 typhoon swept Leyte killing about 100 people and destroying an American soldier barracks on Samar. Leyte and Lamar were cut off from telegraphic communication for six days with scant details arriving by boat. Authorities reported very large property damage and noted copper prices at 24 9/4.
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Manila
Leyte
Samar
Lamar
Trail Recommendation From Fairbanks to Council
Cable dispatch reports War Department receipt of Engineer McPherson’s survey recommending a government mail and pack trail from Fairbanks to Council via Glen Rampart Yukon Koyukuk Norton Sound and Seward Peninsula. Ketchikan Miner notes date. Judge Gunnison creates a West Coast precinct on Prince of Wales Island naming Charles A. Sulzer. Manitoba votes for provincial ownership of long distance telephone lines.
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Washington, D. C
Richardson
War Department
McPherson
Fairbanks
Council
Seward Peninsula
Glen
Yukon
Rampart
Koyukuk
Norton Sound
Gunnison
Prince of Wales Island
Charles A. Sulzer
Manitoba
Canada
House Debates Coal Land Bills Likely to Pass
House debates on coal land bills proceed with optimism for passage this winter as lawmakers weigh the proposed measures. Supporters argue projects will boost energy supply and economic development, while opponents call for stronger environmental safeguards and oversight.
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HOUSE
Commission in Little Esteem Mouse Members
A brief notice identifies a commission in Little Esteem noting participation by mouse members. The readable text emphasizes a small body with assigned duties and local governance implications.
Coal lands policy debate grips Congress and Alaska case
In Washington the House takes up three public lands bills to dispose of coal lands with long term leases favored. President urges clear policy on remaining coal lands. Alaska judge Wickersham renomination possible. Ballinger affiliate rumors clash with administration. Roads and trails report reach Tokositna creeks. 200 mushers head toward Susitna district as crews assess rich but distant claims.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
House
Lacy
Committee On Public Lands
United States
Alaska
Congre
Washington
D. C
Wickersham
Department of the Attorney General
Harry Ballinger
Hoyt
Judge Day
Nelson
Poent
Alaska coal lands reopened for preexisting applicants
Washington January 17 by direction of the president Secretary Hitchcock amended the withdrawal order on Alaska coal lands. It allows all applicants who had located and filed in good faith before the order to complete purchases and obtain title. The supplement clarifies the law to prevent uncertainty for locators.
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Washington, D.C
Hitchcock
Alaska
Pacific Coast Lumbermen Seek Federal Aid on Carshortage
Victor H. Beckman of Seattle, secretary of the Puget Sound lumbermen, urged the president to push an amendment to the interstate commerce law. He asked for a national reciprocal demurrage system to force railroads to provide cars amid a Northwest shortage, claiming ruin for Pacific coast lumbermen under current charges. Another conference was scheduled for today.
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Wasmugwna
Uv. A
Victor H. Beckman
Seattle
Puget Sound
Hold Mass Meeting to Discuss Coal Shortage
A mass meeting called by the chamber of commerce convenes this afternoon to address the ongoing coal shortage. With the thermometer at ten degrees above zero, hundreds of families suffer from fuel lack as the Steamer Dora arrived Wednesday and departed for Unalaska and nearby ports. Deputy Marshal Harmon of Unalaska was a passenger from Seward.
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Seature
Chamber of Commerce
Dora
Unalaska
Harmon
Seward
Railroad Work to Begin Soon
Outside reports indicate railroad work will start next month with a large crew. The Watson and Snow bridge gang may reach Seward by mid month, with timber and Howe trusses arriving to resume track laying after material shortages last fall. Wages are set to rise to attract many graders and station staff by April 1.
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Rivate
Watson & Snow
Seward
New Testimony Sought on Brownsville Riot
In Washington on January 1 Senate leader Foraker introduced a resolution directing the military affairs committee to take testimony and print it for general distribution to end debate on the Roosevelt Brownsville dismissal. Carmack of Tennessee charged Republican agitation aims to dethrone Roosevelt.
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Washington, D. C
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
Foraker
Senate
Committee On Military Affairs
Carmack
Tennessee
Roosevelt
Eskimos to Be Admitted to Indian Schools
Washington January 14 Delegates proposed an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill to admit Eskimos to Carlisle and other Indian schools in the United States. The report notes Eskimo communities near Coppermount Bruce Sulzer Karta Bay Mt Andrew Kasaan and mining camps plan to connect with Hadley via a new telephone system.
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Cable
Vally Wavewar
Washington, D. C
Waskey
Carlisle
United States
Coppermount
Bruce
Sulzer
Karta Bay
Mt. Andrew
Kasaan
Hadley
Valdez Creek Prospects Fueled by Steam Pump Venture
In the Susitna district efforts move ahead with a No. 2 Cameron pump and an eight horsepower steam boiler shipped from Pennsylvania. Dan Rose, Clark Duff, and R. Smith will install the gear to keep water from bedrock as prospecting aims at a rich pay streak on Valdez Creek. The Pennsylvania steamer delivered 207 tons to Seward including bridge timber and coal, with Nome miners eyeing new ventures in the Yentna district as snow shortages worsen creek water.
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Susitna
Pennsylvania
Cameron
Dan Rose
Clark Duff
R. Smith
Valdez Creek
Valdez News
Port
Seattle
Nome
L. F. Shaw
Yentna
Herndon and
Jacobs
Nugget Gulch
Nome News
Gold Mining Prospects Rise Near Unalaska Island
Deputy U.S. Marshal C C Harmon reports Unalaska on track for a rich mine at Ruby two miles from town. A 5 stamp mill from Apollo at Unga serves as development, with five more stamps due. Ore grades are modest but owners aim for a paystreak to rival Treadwell.
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Unalaska Island
U.S
C C. Harmon
Unalaska
Seward
Brown
Unga
San Francisco
Apollo
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