Work suspended on Reynolds Railroad collapse looms
Cable reports from Valdez indicate funding dried up as the Alaska Home Railway halted work for lack of funds. Five hundred workers will be paid late amid police guard, bank failure, and anticipated labor exodus to Katalla. Ministers face losses from Reynolds ventures as the Reynolds bank may pay out later.
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Valdez
Oct
Alaska Home Railway
Katalla
Katalla Company
Seward
Reynolds Bank
Reynolds
Reynolds Railroad
Receiver Fort Harriman Cuts Solomon Road Down Expenses
Jerome Godley was appointed receiver of the Council City and Solomon Railroad on Seward peninsula Alaska to prevent execution of a judgment. The receiver will seek authority to issue certificates of indebtedness to meet current demands. Harriman orders managers to cut operating forces stop new work and reduce expenses across lines.
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Fort Harriman
Solomon Road
Newark
N. J
Jerome Godley
Council City
New York
Harriman
Wien
Latouche Island copper mine activity by Sextile Alaska Copper Co
The Sextile Alaska Copper Company is developing high grade ore on Latouche Island near Tie Touche. A 40 to 50 foot wide ledge yields 20 percent copper with a four foot pay streak. A shaft has reached 25 feet as development uses compressed air drills and eight to ten workers on two shifts. About $10,000 has been spent and winter work is planned at the current pace.
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Tietouche Island
Sextile- Alaska Copper Company
Sugar Rises Twenty Cents a Barrel Coastwide
Sugar climbs twenty cents a barrel across the Pacific coast today. The report notes the price increase affecting markets from Los Angeles to the western shoreline. In other brief items, Deputy U S Marshal Lewis L Bowers of Kodiak wed Mrs Clark on September 25.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
U. S
Lewis L. Bowers
Kodiak
M. S. Clark
Charles Harper Arrested for Lake Greek Lynching Affair
Charles Harper was arrested on arrival Saturday by virtue of a warrant charging participation in an alleged attempt to lynch J. Ke Kenny at Lake. He posted $200 cash bail to Commissioner Reed awaiting bond on Tuesday. He claims no involvement with the lynching while noting a prior trip with his brother Al Harper for a river prospecting expedition.
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Charles Harper
Bho
J. KE
Kenny
Lake Ere
Reed
al Harper
Seward
Steamer Saratoga Reaches Port Then Sails Toward Seldovia
The steamer Saratoga arrived at port from Seattle on Wednesday night and departed for Seldovia at 4 in the morning. She carried ten passengers and a small freight cargo.
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Saratoga
Seattle
Seldovia
Buffalo crew fires on horses at mile 35 rail line
Report claims Buffalo crew fired on a band of horses at mile 35 believing them to be moose. It notes no animals were hit but cautions the tale may be a dream.
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Buffalo
Dance halls in the Yukon face renewed doom
Across the Yukon Territory dance halls confront renewed closure threats. Local officials argue safety and licensing concerns justify action, with operators awaiting revised rules and possible shutdowns affecting communities and entertainment options.
Tacoma Takes Alaska Coast
Seattle reports the Alaska Coast Company becomes property of Tacoma businessmen with headquarters moved there. Reynolds loses option to purchase and resigns from control. Capitalists who bought Alaska Pacific Steamship Company assume control. H F Alexander named vice president and general manager. a Tacoma man expected as president in weeks.
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Seattle
H. D. Reynolds
Alaska Coast Company
Alaska Pacific Steamship Company
H. F. Alexander
Tacoma
Hoodoo Trip Delays Sailor Yucatan Through Alaska Ports
The Yucatan after a record Seattle to Katalla run faced strong winds and a longshoremen strike at Valdez delaying 900 tons of freight. At Seward she arrived 4 50 pm Monday and sailed 9 pm Tuesday with 23 first class passengers and 75 tons of freight including nearly 40 000 feet of Alaska Central bridge timber.
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Seattle
Katalla
Yucatan
Seward
Moore
Valdez
Ppm
Latouche
Alaska Central
Lusitania Breaks Atlantic Passage Record From Queenstown
Cable dispatch reports the Lusitania set a new transatlantic record from Queenstown to New York, arriving in four days and twenty hours. The liner previously missed the record by thirty five minutes to the Deutschland on her last voyage.
Wellman Boat Lost with Men
Copenhagen reports the Wellman exploration boat Fridjof wrecked yesterday on Segisjord island with all crew lost. Robert Michaelsen returned Saturday night from Mills Creek where he worked his hydraulic property during the summer.
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Copenhagen
Walter Wellman
Fridjof
Segisjord
Robert Michaelsen
Mills Creek
Sunrise Trail Completion Heralds Alaska Road Work Surge
The Alaska road commission reports completion of Sunrise to Turnagain arm and Sunrise to Hope trails with bridges, corduroy, and a new six to twelve mile network. Testing of fifty tons Matanuska coal by the navy prompts winter rail and route plans via Knik and Resurrection inlet.
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Matanuska
Atlantic
Navy Department
Chickaloon
Knik
Alaska Central
Sunrise
Turnagain Arm
Sunr
Hope
Seward
Bear River
Resurrection River
Alaska Road Commission
Artillery on Seal Islands Reported by Navy
Report says U S government placing rapid fire guns on St Paul and St George islands to guard seal rookeries from Japanese poachers. Officers aboard the Buffalo confirm the move with no secrecy seen. A North American line steamer landed men last summer but guns were not mounted when the cruiser departed. Artillery described as mountain howitzers and machine guns.
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Victor
Ki. G. Get
V —Pealers
Bering Sea
United States
St. Paul
St. George Islands
Oteers
Buffalo
North American Company
Uns
Cassie Chadwick Dies While In Prison
Cassie Chadwick died last night at 10 o clock in a Columbus state prison where she served a ten year term. No relatives or friends were at her bedside and she made no confession. Earlier she was reported in serious condition after a relapse.
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Columbus
Cassie Chadwick
Columbus, O
Census records show sixty school children in Seward
Reverend L H Pedersen reports the Seward census lists 60 school age children between six and twenty. The Kodiak Orphanage News-Letter notes the death of native girl Marcia Ezewau wuk, who lived with Dr Daggett’s family as a nurse for a year and returned to Kodiak last spring. Three men were sent to work on the Fairview copper claims below Sunny Bay.
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L. H. Pedersen
Seward
Kodiak Orphanage
Marcia Ezewauwuk
Dr. Daggett
Kodiak
Fairview
Sunny Bay
Alaska Cable Working Again After Breakage
The Alaska telegraph line was reconnected Monday morning after a break caused by a reef. Gen. James Allen of the War Department signals bureau recommends laying a second cable to Alaska and urges enhancements to telegraph and cable service.
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Alaska
Sit
Seattle
James Allen
Signal Bureau
War Department
Allen
Telegraph and
San Francisco Democrats Nominate Acting Mayor Taylor
The San Francisco Democrats nominated Acting Mayor Edward R. Taylor to run in the November election. The platform calls for vigorous prosecution of grafters.
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San Francisco
Democrats
Taylor
Democrats Today
Edward R. Taylor
Fifteen Dead as German Tornado Smashes Town
Fifteen persons were killed this morning when a tornado struck Leeds Germany. The storm toppled trees and caused widespread destruction. Alfred Lowell reportedly perished in the incident. others named include Herndon Jacobs and more traveling from Nugget Falls and Cache Creek. Eva Emery Dye is mentioned in a separate Alaska yarn note.
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Leeds
Germany
Alfred Lowell
Kahilta
Herndon
Jacobs
Nugget, Falls
Cache Creek
Seldovia
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H. D. Reynolds’ Enterprises
Seattle-Alaska Company
Latouche Island
Lake
Yukon
City Bay Steamship Company
Alaska Coast
Reynold
Lusitania
Wellman
Griffith
Martin
Pennsylvania
Government Geological Survey
Capt Pond
Seal Islands
Eva
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