The Alaska citizen., 1915-01-11
OF INTEREST
 ID ALASkANS
TO HELP ALASKA.

I TO HELP ALASKA WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. i-
 Secretary of Commerce Redlield an nounced this afternoon that he has | made canvass of the lower house
 Of congress and finds that many of
 the members are favorably disposed
 toward the proposed legislation for
 the survey of Pacific and Alaska
 coast waters. The secretary declares that one branch of congress, at least,
 is wiling to grant liberal appro- pTidtions.
 BUNNELL IS JUDGE. SEATTLE. Jan. 5.-A Washington dispatch received in this city late
 this afternoon announces the con tiruation of Charles E. BunnelI. whose nomination for the position Of federal judge of the Fourth judicial division of Alaska was sent to tho senate several days ago by President
 Wilson. Valdez reports state that
 MT. Bunnell is prepared to leave for the Interior almost immediately,
 in order to relieve the congestion of court business which has accu- mulated since the departure of Judge
 fuller.
 oH C N CH M U fO N eO. l VALDEZ, Jan. 5.-The marshars i office has been advised of the mur- der of Louis Shornborn, storekeep- CT at Bonanza, a small settlement | II miles from Chisana, on the White 1 river side. The report received by | the local officials states that the
 body of Shornborn was found with a bullet hole through the heart, the discovery having been made not more than 24 hours after the commission | of the crime.
 Deputy Marshal Brenneman has wired to the department of justice i for permission to spend money ln anasins several suspects who left ne camp suddenly.
 l The murdered man formerly re- l sided in the Dawson country and was Mason He is well known througDo out the new digginGs.
 ALL TO AID ALASKA. WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. D. The congressiona delegations of | Oregon, Washington and California
 are pulling together with Delegate 1 VI ickersham for the passage of bills providing needed appropriations for Alaska. The delegate has the as surance of the Western members that they will give him their united
 upport for the improvement of con 4itions in the North.
 LOST ALASKAN FOUND.
 SEATTLE, Jan. 7.-Edward Coop CT, the Alaska suuruouel 04o ..
 appeared last March and who was i discovered by a strange coincidence In Tacoma hospital, is now i'll this | -ty with h WAe. TOT ten mOnIns Cooper was in Tacoma, where he ,aa huuWn d. t.e .u uJ-- tery." He spent most of the time | tn the hospital, and could give no | information about himself, his mem Jry being gone. Finally his mind
 feared and he told the attendants | who he was, and the mystery ended
 The spell came over him again today, however, and several experts are now trying to restore his mem | Jry.
 ALASKA BILL CONSIDERED. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. T. | The Wickersham bill providing for he wit drawal of sections 16 and 1 36 for the benefit of schools and ! colleges in Alaska. was considered by the house committee on public lands today, but no action was talk en by the committeeman.
 OFFERS TO SELL ROAD | WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. S. | The James Silliman company, New | York bankers, has made an offer to the government, through Secretary of the Interior Lane, for the sale of the Alaska Northern railroad. The secretary is informed that the government can have the road for the actual physical valuation. The offer was discussed today by 1 Secretary Lane and the Alaska en- 1 gineerng commission, together with other matters pertaining to the pro l posed government railroad in Alaska. 1 The conference lasted the greater | part of the day.
 TRAIL MONEY WANTED.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan, B. In his annual report to congress, Lieutenant Colonel Wilds P Richard son, president of the Alaska road commission will require three-quar- CTS of a million dollars during the next three years to carry out the road program which has been out lined. The report states that the pltStllt Stdlly app ldtloilS dlV sufficient for repair work only and that more money is needed for the building of new roads and trails to erye as feeders for the railroad. MONEY FOR ALASKA. The bill providing frr [ F "@7~ ! priaton of s525 000 for [ e chartins f Pacific coast and Alaska waters and for the purchase of six new yes sells for the use of the geOdetic sur vey, was passed by the lower house of congress this afternoon. The measure had the support of the en- tire Pacific coast delegation, POSTMASTER NAMED WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. S. Hugh McGlashan has been appoint ed postmaster for Akutan, Alaska small settlement on Akutan is land, northeast of Unalaska.