President Fights For His Railway Law Sum Asked For Channel Bridge
Washington dispatch reports appropriations submitted to Congress include 100000 for the Gastineau Channel bridge at Juneau connecting to Douglas Island, part of a 9000000 bridge project, plus broader Alaska requests: railway relief, surveys, native education, and various service funding totals.
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Washington
Congress
Gastineau Channel
Juneau
Douglas Island
Alaska
Lane
Alagoa
Fur
Afognak
Yes Bay
Forest Service
War Department
Pacific Coast
Army
Navy
Canadian potatoes allowed into United States after quarantine relief
Washington December 5 Department of Agriculture relaxes quarantine on Canadian potatoes with no public explanation given. The order was sent to all government agents handling the matter.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Canada
Lumber Tied Up in Oregon Warehouses
Portland December 5. Ten thousand seven hundred seventy nine car loads of manufactured lumber products sit in Oregon warehouses sold to Eastern customers but blocked from shipment due to a car shortage.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Alaska Government railroad funds split for construction
Secretary Lane asks Congress for 10,590,762 for the Alaska Government railroad with allocations across Turnagain Arm to Indian Creek 21,496,897 Little Susitna to Montana Creek 1,462,532 upper Susitna River to Indian River 746,172 south end of Susitna to Broad Pass 3,241,149 plus water and sewer systems for Anchorage Matanuska Wariffa and Talkeetna and Healy Fork to Fairbanks 3,447,799.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Lane
Alaska Government
Turnagain Arm
Glacier Creek
Indian Creek
Susitna Valley
Little Susitna River
Montana Creek
Suasitna
Deadhorse Hill
Indian River
Susitna River
Broad Pass
Anchorage
Matanuska
Wariffa
Talkeetna
Healy Fork
Fairbanks
Everett Riot Heirs Sue Seattle for 175000
Heirs of Everett residents killed in the Industrial Workers of the World riot filed a $175,000 lawsuit against the city of Seattle. The complaint argues the city failed to prevent rioters from departing Seattle despite awareness their mission violated city law.
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Seattle
Everett
Industrial Workers of the World
Sest- We
Marines Wounded in Santo Domingo Battle
Captain Knapp, in Santo Domingo, reported ten U S Marines wounded and several natives killed after a clash arising from Governor Perez resisting an American military government. The fight followed efforts to establish U S authority in the city.
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U. S
Santo Domingo
Washington
Knapp
Navy Department
Santo
Sub-treasuries in United States to be abolished
Washington December 5 Officials at the Treasury report to Congress on abolishing sub-treasuries have reached the conclusion that abolition would follow Secretary McAdoo's recommendation. There are nine subtreasuries in as many states prompting 18 Senators to oppose the move. The final report may describe functions without a firm recommendation.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Senate
Williams to lead no federal gun tote prohibition crusade
Representative S. H. Williams says he will not push a nationwide gun toting ban. Former Ohio lawmaker who authored the state anti gun toting statute plans a similar bill in Congress this month.
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Washington
S. H. Williams
Ohio
Congress
President of Standard Oil Passes Away
John D. Archbold, president of Standard Oil of New Jersey, died at his Tarrytown home after an appendicitis operation. A relapse followed surgery, despite transfusion efforts. Mrs Archbold collapsed and remains in serious condition as John D Rockefeller and others head to Tarrytown.
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John D. Archbold
Great Oil Concern
Tarrytown
N. Y
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Ol
Archbold
John D. Rockefeller
Woman Shot on Bridge as Bootleg Chase Proceeds
Seattle December 5 Mrs John Mitchell of Seattle was shot three times on the Black River bridge when Deputy Marshal Peter Dullahunt of Renton fired on an auto truck whose driver Charles McCoy refused to stop. No liquor was found. The wounded woman was rushed to Renton hospital where Dr Adolph Bronson attends her.
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Seattle
John Mitchell
Black River Bridge
Peter Dullahunt
Renton
Charles McCoy
Renton Hospital
Adolph Bronson
Emperor Joseph I leaves Schratt $90000 legacy in will
A wireless dispatch from Berne reports Emperor Joseph I left Katharina Schratt a $5000 testing legacy in his will with Princess Elizabeth inheriting the same amount. Schratt, once intimate with the emperor, faced earlier criticism as their relationship drew notice at Schoenbrunn and Vienna estates.
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London
Berne
Joseph I
Katharina Schratt
Elizabeth
Katharina Schraw
Imperial Theatre
Francis Joseph
Schoenbrunn Castle
High Cost of Living Bills Move in House
Washington December reports eleven bills and resolutions on food embargoes parcel post and storage plant regulation were introduced in the House despite party leaders denying the possibility of an embargo.
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Washington
Dec
Congress
House
Alaska gold and mining stocks close mixed in New York
Stock quotations from New York show Alaska Gold closing at 14 while Alaska Juneau trades at 74. American Zinc and Copper, Butte and Superior, Ray, and Utah Copper move in narrow ranges as copper metal quotes sit at 344. China shares edge to 683-8 amid market activity.
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New York
Alaska
Alaska Juneau
Butte
Superior
Ray
Utah
China
Americans Held in Turkey by New Order
Washington reports Turkey has reversed a prior agreement to allow several hundred Americans to leave via Jaffa. The State Department says departure is forbidden for military reasons, provoking government indignation. The Des Moines, at Alexandria, had been expected to take refugees, but officers may not land to investigate.
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Washington
Worl Thay
Jaffa
State Department
Rikyy
Constantinople
Turkey
Des Moines
Alexandria
Jaffe
Plans for New Navy Yard at Norfolk to Cost 15 Million
Washington Dec 5 plans and estimates show a proposed Navy yard at Norfolk Virginia as the world’s greatest base with a total cost of 15 million dollars. It would comprise facilities for 21 capital vessels and related infrastructure.
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Washington
Norfolk
Flour Prices Fall In Juneau Market Report
Market quotations from Juneau show flour dropping 41 cents per sack. Best grade flour sold at $2.50 per sack yesterday, today listed at $3.40 in local stores.
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Juneau
Al-Ki Sailed for North with Passengers Listed
Seattle dispatch reports the steamer Al-Ki of the Border Time sailed at 10 90 o'clock last night bound for Gastineau channel with a list of passengers including Juneau bound Mrs. W K Martin Florence Stewart H Greening William Bryant and others among them John P Francis Mary James Michael Margaret and Mary Monagle from Douglas and Juneau.
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Seattle
al- Ki
Gastineau Chumnet
Juneaun
Bessie Day
William Bryant
Florence Stewart
H. Greening
W. K. Martin
Douglas
John P. Francis
Mary James
Michael Margret
Mary Monagle
Wage Raise Boosts Hundreds of Steel Workers in Sharon
More than 3,000 men employed by Independent steel concerns in Sharon Pennsylvania will receive a 10 percent wage increase effective December 16. At least 2,000 more workers are slated for a similar raise later, according to an official announcement.
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Sharon
Penn
Teutons Close On Bucharest With New Tact
Berlin dispatch reports General von Mackensen commanding four Teutonic armies closing on Bucharest while pressing to reach the rear of Russo Romanian forces. The Romanian military effort is active in the eastern Transylvanian Alps, and a capture could end the campaign in Romania.
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Berlin
von Mackensen
Bucharest
Transylvanian Alps
Rumania
Alaskan will hunt for valuable dog that escaped
Dec 5. C C Tolman plans to search for Dennis the famous Alaska wolf dog lost in California. Dennis, who twice saved Tolman’s life, escaped from a baggage car near Sacramento after being brought north from San Francisco. Tolman arrived two days ago and will not return without Dennis.
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Seattle
C. C. Tolman
Dennis
Alaska
California
Tolman
Mr. Tolman
San Francisco
Sacramento
Wilson Takes Stand Against Labor Circles
President Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session of Congress to deliver his annual message focused on domestic issues and railroad legislation. He defended proposed safeguards against nationwide strikes and urged expansion of the Interstate Commerce Commission and a strong role for mediation and public investigation in labor disputes.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Steamers and Mail Movements Report
NOW BOUND NORTH Al Ki proceeds north per schedule with no Seattle report Princess Sophia due from the south late this evening Humboldts to sail from Seattle tonight City of Seattle to sail from Seattle tomorrow Prince Rupert to sail from Vancouver on Thursday Alameda to sail from Seattle Friday Northwestern expected southbound on Thursday Admiral Evans expected from the westward southbound on Friday
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Al-Ki
Seattle
Princess Sophia
Humboldts
City of Seattle
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Alameda
Northwestern
Admiral Evans
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