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The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
JOHNSON ANXIOUS
ABOUT PALZER
SMOKE AFRAID OF O'ROURkE'S
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The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
N MAN|CAL GIVES
OTHERS AWAY

INDIANAP0HS. Jan 10 The
most impartant evidence vet oh
tanned in the Governments investi-
CATION of the dynamite consniracv
is believed TO have heen presented
TO the federal grand iurv TODAY
Tho point toward which tho 1ino
of fnuuiry was directed was said
10 pertain to the compIicity Of men
other than those already convicted
or indicted and ia have raised oues.
lions as to.
"Wbo handed Critic Mechanical
an envelopr containing st65 in chi
cage . few day. after ha had hIou,,
ND part of railroad bridge AZ
Clinton. Iowa. on February Is 1902
"Who me, him in Boston and
showed him where 70 mt the dvna-
mite which partIv DESTROYED a new
opera house there on March -
1909 and who subsenuantlv wont
with him from Roston 10 SprinqfiaId
Mass where Mechanical blau mn
mart of tho mnnicinaI hrildins,q
"Vvbo mat him in Neu, Yorl, :,
Santamher tanq ond oscortod hin,
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
ALWAYS OPPOSED
COLLEGES

CHICAGO, Jan. 10. - Richard T.
Crane, head of Crane company and
foe of universities, died at his home
tonight after a three days illness of
la grippe.
Cranes illness had not been con-
sidered serious. Casual examination
by physicians led to the belief that
he had suffered an attack of heart
disease. He had just finished a
light dinner.
Called Colleges Worthless.
Nearly eighty years old, Crane,
who had been without the advant-
age-or disadvantage, as he char
acterized it-of training in universe
ties and had worked his way to the
head of a large iron working COM
pany. contended all his life that
the college and the university We're
worthless and that the money de-
voted to higher education could be
spent more profitably in extending
industrial education and aiding per-
sons who had met with adversely
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12

The memorandum is inclosed
marked "A"
There accompanies, also, a memor
andum report prepared by the same
officer giving a compal ison of road
mileage and expenditures in Alaska
with those in various states and
territories, marked b" This mem
orandum is of interest in connec
ton with the consideration of any
expenditure for road construction ir
Alaska at amy time, exhibiting as il
does a comparison of the road mile
age per square mile of area in var
ious states and territories and in
Alaska, also giving total expendi
lures in the United States for 1911
with the amounts expended per
square mile of area, and, third
the proportion of wagon road mile,
age to that Of railroad mileage.
The memorandum states in con,
nection with this last that,
Alaska, though sadly lack
ing in the advantages of railroad
transportation, is even more sadly
lacking in the elementary necessity
of wagon transportation -
The concluding paragraph of this
memorandum is quoted, as follows
TO recapitulate, comparing Alas
ka in each case to that state ex.
hibiting the lowest figures: Arizona
had, in 1904, twenty-five times as
many miles of road per square mile
of territory as Alaska has wagon
roads and sled roads combined
and thirty-seven times as many
miles of road as Alaska has wagon
roads proper. In 1911, Nevada au
! thorized three times. and New Mex
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12

The engineer officer of the
board of road commissioners fer
Alaska. in response to a request.
prepared on December I, 1911. with
the approval of the board, a memoir
andum upon the present condition
of the road above mentioned, and
a preliminary estimate en- the prob
able cost of changing and improv-
ing the road to a cond ton suitable
for rapid travelling in automobiles
and fo- heavy traffic The follow
ing quotation as to cost is taken
from his memorandum:
An accurate estimate of the cost
of the proposed improvement would
require careful instrumental in
vestigation involving measurements
of the quality of material to be
moved, length of hauls, etc, as well
as complete designs and estimates
for the bridges. Such an axamina-
ton could be made only in the
summer and at cost of not less
than eight thousand dollars. A
careful inspection of the entire
route, made in September, consid-
ering the possibility of improving
the road to accommodate high speed
automobile travel, indicated that the
cost Of the improvement would be
approximately one million. dollars
1t should not be undertaken with
the expectation of completing it with
less sum, although smaller amounts
can be economically expended to
direct and immediate advantage
while also conforming to the scheme
of ultimate completion to the pro
nosed standard"
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
IS READY TO BE A SLAVE

= NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan s..
= One of the most unique adyer- :.
:. tisements ever published in a :.
= local newspaper appeared today. :.
= 1t is that OF man who, unable =
:. to find employment, offers to :.
:. sell his services at auction for :.
:. any period of time. The ad :.
:. vertisement follows: :.
:. Man For Sale.-On Satur- !.
:. day, January 10, on the pub :.
= lie square, at Nashville, Tenn. :.
:. | will offer for sale myself to :.
:. the highest bidder, by the hour :.
= day, week, month or year, to :.
= suit the master who makes the :.
= purchase. | am 40 years old :.
:. sound of limb and mind, good :.
= carpenter, fair machnist, or :.
:. good subject for dissection. :.
:. Sale at ) o'clock Children :.
:. must have bread :.
:. A SLAVE" :.
:. When asked where the idea :.
:. of selling himself originated :.
:. the man said that as he sat at :.
:. home thinking of what he :.
:. should do to provide for his :.
:. children the idea Topped into :.
:. his brain. !.
:. :. :. :. = : = = :: :. !. !. !. !. !. !.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
Remarks

Exp per Remarks
Nevada. of any state or ter
-" Increasing exp per sd mi
lew
New 5oeeooo sss
Entire L. 29Ll25 $o25os 1870
Alaska. Includes all expenditures
only
Alaska while New Mexico with the smallest expenditure
nearly six times much Alaska In Alaska
part
$500 day board
the labor
with
supplies comparison
construction even Nevada allowed
three times New Mexico
work per square mile of territory possible Alaska with
be further noted least
pendtures table
uated in comparatively arid and
plains which
without hndrance while Alaska
beenco
is generally ranpora
ton and the truth of the
1910 miles of railroad
1872 miles of railroad hundred
Wyoming the having the mileage
square miles
territory In Alaska there approximately 1856 miles rail
States the official infrao ., h tp ', oN '
1904 there each mile railroad
Wyoming of of
rar adj in Alaska there OF
roads sled
Alaska n
the former to The latter
n each that
in
miles of
road combined
Alaska
three and New
though Alaska notably
Alaska
(Signed GLEN EDGERTON,
OF Board
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
1HAWS Pipe, KNOCKED OUT
Farmer Holds Fire Between Frozen
Places and Steam is Generated.

Places and Steam is Generated.
WRAY, Colo, Jan. 10. - Steve
Harms, a farmer living south of
Wray, received severe injuries while
thawing out frozen pipe yesterday
afternoon.
He dug down to the frozen place
but happened to hold his fire be-
tween two points of ice The
steam generating burst the pipe, one
piece striking him on the chin cut
ting a deep cash from the point OF
the chin to the mouth and knock
ing out two teeth.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT

Trust Magnate-Is the morning
mail in?
Secretary-Yes.
T. M.-Very we'll Credit up the
checks, throw the appeals for help
indictments over to our lawyers to
be quashed.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
Automobile Road Favorably
Reported in War Department



department automobile
by Former Mcdonald
Enclosures
a memorandum of
The department second memorandum compiled by
n.
looked considered
he is
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
is So; SCORNS UNDERWEAR

:. BELLEFONTAINE, O., Jan. :.
:. S.-Henry Baumgardner, retir- :.
:. ed farmer of Shelby county, :.
:. aged sc, is proud of the fact :.
:. that he never wore undercloth- :.
:. ing. He says: Il believe if :.
:. people would get up on a win :.
:. ter morning and walk out to the :.
:. the pump in bare feet, like | :.
:. do, there would be more strong :.
:. and manly men in this coun- :.
!: try" :.
/. j.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
tAD-msmoRANOUM OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF THE
FROM CHlTINA TO FAIRBANKS, ALASKA.

december 1911
It is proposed 10 improve Alaska
automobiles distance be-
travelling
LocAroN-rhe location the existing with
suitable ordinary traffic and with ighc
changes would become the most desirable location for an automobile
Practically under project would
y ND be desirable if the proposed Improvement is undertaken the maxi
he reduced and maximum grades
PRESENT coNDrTloN-r intended completed
however for least opening the route with the funds Immediately
available considerable departure standards
the roadway is sometimes than eight feet wide
and not all OF the side bitches have been made nor have all the ne
where the bitches have been finished
Short about miles
Delta river have not been touched and travel ever the river bars
localities No material either
bitches has
corduroy laid covered only material the
accommodate slow Four
haul miles
frequently impossible
low inconvenience delay and sometimes danger crossing when
The practicable automobiles
BRIDGES The following bridges:
Kuna Existing bridge constructed 1900 pack trail
Rtyer-reent crossing by ferry entirely
owing 10 great variation i" depth and current
Glacier streamsTese two streams are usually foraabe but are
dangerous because velocity and bod their beds
Creek-Fordable
ferry present.
sacha Riyer-Crossed by like Gulkana satisfactory
Pile Driver
the
CONSTRUCTION
To make the suitable automobile sixteen miles
in
changed most sections the natural soil not hard enough when
foundation particularly
foundation will similar
should be wdened standard width and
be
that the bridging Tanana will be pohbte
come and a ferry will be required on that stream
The probably
if the funds made available required For
tho completion about of the original construction
should be available while
is becoming settled The
be economically managed the funds made available the
preceding January that supplies can be hauled the
PROBABLE COST.
o
require care" instrumental investigation involving
be hauls
could only be in the and
September considering the possibility of improving the road
improve.
million Ii
dtaken with the expectation completing
smaller amounts can be economically expended to direct and immediate
advantage Willie conforming the scheme ultimate completion
the proposed standard
p)-eoAR0 OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS
December 81
Memorandum President of Board
Comparison of Road Mileage
following
of
1904 With these records mileage Alaska
1, 1911 to
the period
il Is hesefi wi instruc
l mileage n
suitable
whether sleds
mileage
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12

Lady" said Meandering Mike,
would you lend me cake of
soap"
want soap!"
''YeS'm. Me partners got de
hiccups an | want to scare him."
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12

Legal blanks for every use kept
in stock at Citizen office.
The Alaska citizen., 1912-02-12
Least of any state or territory.
Remarks

The director as
with statistics
He explains that his information
amounts # local bond
corded in
my comparison have omitted
expended by
small extremely
The
largely directed toward the
the undertaking elaborate
Board From these no the
fe'aVe greatly
am endeaVong the
funds of
aoe furnished by the office public which
columns containing
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-12
KEEP UP FIGHT
on EGG CORNER
Philadelphia Women To Attack
High Cost of Other Articles

Philadelphia, Dee. l2.--The cam
raign against the alleged corner In
eggs, begun yesterday by the House
keepers League. was renewed today
with increased yigor. Every candler
that could be secured was kept busy
all night inspecting egg SUPPLIES bound
to all sections of the city. Additional
stations we're opened aud forty three
were in operation at daybreak.
Auto trucks furnished by public spir-
tied owners to aid the women in their
campaign against the high cost of
living, were kept busy carrying eggs
to the sales stations. Various set
tlemen. houses where the social work
ers are taking active part in the cam
paign were open for business in timc
10 sell the twenty-four cent eggs
Retailers, who are blamed by the
women FOR the high prices that have
capitulatng. Two large chains of
stores today offered customers eggs
at the price set by the Housckeepers'
League which is fSum six TO twenty
cents less than they had been charg-
ing.
The league also will wage warfare
against the high price of meat ana
other articles.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-12
OBJECT TO TlNKERING
WITH LIABILITY LAW
Members OF Board Declare Il y,
WORKING Well

Lansing, Mich. Dec. 12.--The indus.
trial accident board are not in favor Of
the plan OF several of the incoming
legislators TO amend the law regard
inc the number Of days that shall
elapse before an injured employe is
entitled TO compensation II IS fixed
at - at present and 1t is proposed 10
reduce il to seven
The suggestion might be all right.
says Commissioner Kennedy, but II
we start TO tinkering with the law. we
may get more than we bargain for.
The law seems 10 be working finely
and It is entitled to fair trial"
The proposed reduction in the wait
ing period is sure to raise a storm of
protest among the manufacturers who
are already complaining of the addit-
ional liability under the act They
claim IL will not only increase their
liability, but viii also open the door
TO fraud and slammed injuries on the
part Of the employc.
~ waiting period is necessary %
says Secretary Drake. who assisted
in framing the law. we decided up
on Il days because we figured that
would eliminate all shamming"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-12
100 GIRLS HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE
CAUGHT nv BURNING eulL DING
IN CHICAGO, JUMP AND
CRAWL TO SAFETY,

Chicago. Dec. l2.-More than on.
hundred aud fifty girls narrowly cs-
capped death today when hvc-story
brick building at North Fifth avenue
ana West Lake street, occupied by
several manufacturing concerns
caught hrc Girls were al work in all
parts OF the building when the fire
broke out, and filled the structure with
smoke. \ panic resulted and many
girls tainted or were overcome with
smoke, and were rescued with difficult
tS. Fifty girls on the fifth noOr
crawlcd out of windows on to a narrow
ledge and climbed TO a room In an ad-
Joining structure, where they were
rescued by iiremen. Two girls escaped
by jumping through a skylight in the
roofing Of an adjoining structure.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-12
PROGRESSIVE LEADERS
WILL HELP MCDONALD
HENRY r. CoCHEMS OF MlLWAU.
kEE MAY PRESENT CASE
TO HOUSE.

Dispatches from Chicago indicate
that Progressive leaders throughout
the country have interested them
selyeG in support of w J. Macdonald,
whose defeat for the Office of con-
gresham from this district. as report
ed by the state board of canyassers,
was based on a techncality. Profters
of assistance have come from all
points I'm Michigan as wei. as outsid }
the state.
II Is probable the decision will be
appealed TO the House of Representa-
tives and In this event, it is not un
likely that Henry L. Cochems ol
Milwaukee will represent Mr.. Mac
Donald before the national body. Mr..
Cochems was formerly a football
player on the University of Wisconsin
team and Is now recognized as one of
the most prominent attorneys in Mil
waukee. He is a Progressive leader
and member of the national COM
mittee. The appeal likely will DO basel
Oh the assertion that Mr.. Macdonald
anu NHt tltNtoio w tilt hNthth N'97
trict have been done a great injustice
BY the decision.
II now appears certain the mistake
in Ontonagon county was due 10 tel
egram received by County Clerk Gar
vim from the secretary of the Pro-
gressive state central committee
Charles +. Hoffman. which read.
Congressman 12th district should be
Sheldon William j. Macdonald II
is claimed the telegram sent out by
Mr.. Hoffman and which was received
in other counties in the upper PENN
sula read, Congressman 18th district
Donald"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-12
AIDS MAN, GETS $4,000.
Doctor Received Unexpected Legacy
Will Teach the Blind


Philadelphia, Dec. t2.--Dr william
Nealun who has just learned that hc
had been left $4,000 by q man he be
friended fourteen years ago, will de-
vote half the money to the establish
ment Of a school TO teach blind men &c
be masseurs. Philip Sheridan. of Cali.
rornia. was the man who left the mon
ey to Or. Nealou.
DR. Nealon is = graduate Of JeGel
son Medical college. I'm the summer OF
1898, while a student, he obtained a
position as clerk in an Atlantic city
hotel. Sheridan. q guest, who register
ed from Susiyou county, California
became attached to him. Sheridan
had trouble with his eyes and Nealou
brought him TO an cyo surgeon in this
city.
An opcratio was performed which
was successful When Sheridan left
the hospital he could not find Ncalou
and hc went back To California. Nealon
heard nothing more from him until o
few weeks ago, when a letter camc 10
the surgeon who had performed the
operation from a law firm IN CalitOr-
mia Saynk Sheridan mad left $780, 900
TO young man named Nealon
Tho surgeon communicated with DR..
Nealon. who. i'm the interval since he
met Sheridan, had himself become
hind
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-12
PLAN FOR DISSOLUTION OF
POWDER TRUST SUBMITTED

Wilmington, Del. Dec. 12.-ln com.
pliance with the order of the federal
court plan for the dissolution of the
Du Pont Powder company common
ly known as the powder trust" was
submitted to the court here today fer
its approval According to the plan,
the old combination is to be replaced
by three newly formed corporations, 20
bc known as the f.. !. du Pont de Ne
mours company. the Hercules Powder
company and the Atlas Powder COM
pany. All three of the companies are
to have their general offices in this
city. but the business of each is to be
conducted Independently Of the others
and no one person will be permitted
to act as an officer or director Of more
than one of the corporations.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-12
is MADE BASIS OF THE RATES
Witnesses Tell Money Probe
Committee of Transactions
Which Take Place
BIG LOANS IN FEW MINUTES

Washington, Dec. 12.--At the money
trust hearing today J. II Griesol oi
Griesel and Rogers New York, testi-
fed as TO the method Of operation OF.
The New York stock exchange. He said
the lending Of money on the exchange
did not begin ordinarily until about
II o'clock. but sometimes at 1890 If
| the market was active.
Sometimes he said. three and
half To four millions are loaned with
in fifteen or twenty minutes, this vol
ume Of transactions serving as tho
basis for rates on the renewal of loans.
I have loaned sometimes twenty 20
twenty-five millions I'm single day.
! have loaned as high as thirty-flve
millions. l represent the borrower
rather tnan the lender. and Of course l
get the benefit in the loaning transac-
tons
Griesel said that the J. p. Morg>r
CO. frequently loan al the exchange,
though sometimes SEVERAL months
may elapse between transactions. He
said the principal lenders were the Ma
tional CITY bank the Chase National
and the Bank Of Commerce
who lends for Chase" asked I'm
termeyer.
Il do" the witness said. He also
loaned for Kuhn, Loeb s. Co. and for
Speyer while Rogers and Rogers loan
ed for the Morgan CO. He said:
Millions and millions OF dollars ara
loaned over the telephone in the
course Of regular business"
c. w. Turner. a loan broker for the
National City bank said the bank ne
represents never charged more than
six per cent on loans no matter whs,
the rate on call money might be.
What would be the result IL al.
banks did that" asked Counsel Inter
meyer.
Why. money would not be attract
ed to New York" answered Turner.
He described the method Of maliins
loans on the floor and said the total
daily loans on the exchange amount to
more than forty or fifty millions.
Half a dozen members of the Con-
solidated exchange were examined by
Untermeyer. They explained that un-
der the rules of the New York stock
exchange they were absolutely pro-
hibited from doing any business with
members OF that organization, anil
charged their business was curtailed
by the prohibition.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-12
INAUGURATION AT
LANSING SIMPLE
tNpReSSED WISHES OF THE
GoVERNoR.ElECT WILL BE
CARRIED OUT.

Lansing, Mich, Dec. l2,--Plans Tor
the Inauguration of Woodbridge n.
ierris as governor of Michigan on
the first day OF the next year were
announced here today, and under them
the incoming executive will 20 to the
east porch OF the capitol at noon on
that day ami take the oath Of Office
there before Chief Justice Moore, of
thc supreme court a salute of sew
ehteen guns will be fired by the First
Battalion Field Artillery thereafter.
ana the governor elect is inviting
Gov Osborn TO join with him i'm a re-
Heption TO state officers and members
of the legislature from 1890 to [
o'clock, after which there will be q
general reception. In the evening Gov.
Ferris and his family will hold a re-
ception in the executive Office and Mr..
Ferris Is inviting the justice of the
supreme court ana the state officers
ana their wives to Join with him and
his family in this AFFAIR.
The program of events in connec-
ton with the Inauguration were pre-
pared by state Chairman Edmund H..
Shields, at the request OF the govern
or-elect and Mr. Shields has turned
over 60 Major II, g. Nandercook, ad-
Jutant, general the arrangements for
ushers and providing methods for
handling the crowds II is expected
that "A bi,. crnyd ,r n,nn,r.t. from,
all over the state viii be here for the
cay an dth" afternoon reception Is
larticularly for them. The evening
reception will last from o'clock to
$3.50 o'clock. The incoming governor
in turning the matter over to Mr.
Shields asked that the arrangements
be without ostentation and in keeping
with the office he is assuming, and
his wishes are being carried out.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-12
DEFY FRIDAY THE 18Th.
Friends OF Noted zoologist Select That
Date For Banquet

Washington, y. c. Dec. 12.-Asso-
ciates and other friends of DIR. Theo-
dore Gin, the noted zoologist Of the
Smithsonian Institution and former
Librarian Of Congress, have arranged
10 give a banquet i'm his honor tomnr-
row night at the Cosmos Club. The
affair win be in celebration Of DR.
Gill's seventy fifth birthday. The ac-
tual anniversary occurred last March,
but il was decided to defer the BAN
quet until it could be given on Fri
day, the thirteenth day Of the month.
As further evidence of their contempt
for unlucky- days and numbers the
guests at the banquet will number eX-
actly l13.