The Alaska citizen., 1915-11-15
OF INTEREST
 ID ALASKANS
FIRST MAIL LEAVES.

SEWARD, Nov. S.-The first train to pass over the new goycrnmen, l railroad left here today with pas sengers and mail for Iditarod. The train will go only as far as Mile 29, at which point the passengers and mail will take the trail to the Interior
 PIONEER DIES.
 DENVER. Nov. S.-Edmond James q -'--@-~ merchant of Juneau die here today, aged 62. Death is at tributed to heart disease
 BERRY BANKRUPT.
 SAN FRANCISCO. Nov 9-Frank Gerry. well known throughout Alas la and the Yukon, has been declared bankrupt, with liabilities of s16o, 700 and assets amounting to only $50. The principal creditors are he Farmers National bank, of Los Angeles, and Clarence Berry. who nadc 8 fortune in the klondike The bankrupt owes Clarence s60, l0o. The cause of the downfall was he investment of considerable sum in an Oregon oil company which failed to find oil
 AFTER THE MONEY.
 A'iIth LII, A>ON' It, sot' ttctl pl the Interior Franklin K. Lane has summoned Chairman Edes, of the Alaskan Engineering commission, to the national capital for confer ence Advices from Washington indicate that the secretary desires to have the work on the government railroad rushed as rapidly as possi- ble, in order that the coal of the Matanuska region may be made ac- cessible. It is needed by the navy
 Secretary Lane will ask congress to appropriate from nine to twelve million dollars during the coming session of congress, and it is con sidered almost certain that work will be rushed from both ends as soon as it is possible to resume work.
 ALASKAN DIES.
 DUBUQUE, la, Nov 1O-Georg4 Perry, who was formerly engaged in the cannery business here, died 1t his residence in this city today Nr. Perry was at one time United States marshal located al Fairt4n'-e Alaska.
 TRAINS RUN NOW.
 SEWARD, Nov. 11-Trains are now running out as far as mile 4 on the railroad. They are also running from Anchorage to Eagle river. Lieutenant Nears announced today that 75 per cent of the men employed on the Alaskan railroad were Alaskans.
 WICKERsHAM THERE.
 SEWARD, Nov 11-Delegate Wickersham left here yesterday morning after he had agreed tc take up the matter of securing the appropriation for federal building or this town. He arrived at An ,horage this morning. He expects to leave for the south on Sunday morning on the Admiral Evans.
 STEAMSHIP ON ROCKS.
 SEATTLE, Nov. 12.-The steamship ity of Seattle, bound for South astern Alaska, encountered reef Granville channel yesterday and S hard aground. The fishing schoon T Albatross took all Of the passeu gers and part of the crew off the lisabled vessel and has landed them 1t Prince Rupert. The reports re 2eived here indicate that the City of Seattle is not seriously damaged and can be floated without diff. culty.
 ALASKAN DIES.
 SEATTLE, Nov. 12.-R E. Nixon, a prominent hotel man of this city and a former well known resident of Alaska and the Yukon, died here today, following an operation fol 
 POSITIONS OPEN.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 12.- Announcement is made by the post office department that there are now six postoftices in Alaska open for postmaster, of which the President has the appointing power. The of fees in which postmasters will be appointed by President Wilson are Juneau, Cordova, Nome, Seward, Skagway and Valdez.
 FIGHTING RAILROAD.
 SEWARD, Nov. 12.-E. B. Hussey, a Seattle engineer, who was for merly in the Boring coal fields, has started a campaign against the Seward Fairbanks railroad. In an at tack made upon the road by this man in Washington, he alleges that it will cost at least $125,00 900 to build the road, and that what Alaska needs is not a railroad for the few, but wagon roads for the many.