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Evening star., 1916-01-02

Jesse Watt, members of the executive
committee; James A. Kehoe. R1charo
Grace and J. F. Hardie, trustees; n. 5
Jones. Thomas J. McQuade, ID. NJ. Has
sett, f. Q. Wood and F. ]. Mckenna
delegates to the Central Labor Union
and S. Edward Beach. H. E. Alexander
C. T. Smith, Charles B. Cameron and
Louis Nichols. committee to revise con-
stitution
James II Sullivan. pressman in the
surface division, is spending his Christ
mas holidays at his home. in Boston
Mrs. Bessie l.. Reed and Mrs. Il. A
Malone of the surface division are en-
joying a portion of their leave.
Misses Katherine urtaugh and Mary
Shehan have been absent from the sur
face division for the past week owing
to a death in theft families.
Miss Mollie F.. Fifer of the surface di-
vision is on two weeks leave at her
home. in Dayton. Va.
Mrs F. l.. Huntington of the surface
division has been absent ten days on
account of sickness in her family.
Miss Ora T. Redd of the surface di-
vision is at Culpeper. Va, for a week
stay.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
INTERIOR.

The following changes in the person.
mel of the Department of Interior were
announced:
land office-Axel F.. Johnson, North Da-
kota. copyist. 5000. Patent office
Delozier Davidson, New Jersey. fourth
assistant examiner. $500; Merrill F..
Phillips, Georgia. laborer tclassified),
$40: Jeny w. Ward. Mississippi. laborer
(classified), $40; Jesse A. Green. Texas,
laborer tclassified), $40. Bureau Of
mines-William A Read, Massachu-
setts. under clerk, $3.50
Temporary appointments: Secretary's
off1ce-Miss Carrie e. Kern, District Of
Columbia: telephone switchboard oper-
ator. $120. Geological survey-Miss
Rosa L. MacGregor. District of Column
bia, stenographer and typewriter. So
per day when actually employed. Rec
lamation service-James w. Painter.
District of Columbia. photographer. sS5
per month.
Reinstatement: General land Office
Philip S. Stebbins, Maryland. copyist,
$720
Promotion: Geological survey-Miss
Agnes l.. PIaskett, Virginia, copyist,
s720 to clerk. 5000.
designations: Secretary's office-Miss
Mary A. Redden, New York, telephone
switchboard operator, S7e0. General
land office-George l.. Dovel. Virginia.
messenger boy. 5000. Patent office
fourth assistant examiner. l.5O0; John
II. Cannon. District of Columbia, mes
senger boy. S420. Geological survey
Thomas L. Taylor. Texas. resident hy-
drographer, 81 per day when actually
employed.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

| Lieut.. Col Charles G. Long of the
Marine Corps. who has been on duty
as acting chief of staff of the com
mander of the 1st Brigade of Marine:
| in Haiti, has arrived in this city or
leave of absetce and has been placee
temporarily on a duty status so that
he may be available for consultation
| by officers of the State and Navy de-
partments in respect to general condi'
| tons in Haiti and the proposed or
ganization of Haitian constabulary
officers in charge.
The Navy Department has accepted
! the resignation of Midshipman Paul l.
Boehme. member of the second class
at the Naval Academy.
Lieut. Commander Myles Joyce
executive officer of the Birmingham
who has been ordered to take com
mand of the battleship Alabama. in
was an enlisted man before being COM
missioned an ensign some years ago
He was in the ranks for sixteen years
seven months and sixteen days--te1
years and four months as an enlisted
man and the remainder as gunner
I
pointment as an ensign in the summer
of 1908. he was appointed to that rank
July 80. in that year. being promoted
to lieutenant July 80. 1906. and lieu
tenant commander in 1915. Lieut.
Commander Joyce has sea service OF
nine years and eight months to his
credit since becoming Il commissioned ed
officer. and in the last twelve years
has been unemployed two months. He
is in his forty-SeVenth year
Lieut.. Commander c. +. Snyder of the
I. S. S. Delaware reported at the Navy
Department last week.
Lieut. r. f. Hammes of the Tennes-
see is visiting friends at 2S27 18th
street
Lieut. J. w Wilcox of the Virginia
was at the Army and Navy Club last
week on leave of absence
Ensign H. L. Parmelee of the Louis
lana is at the Beverly Court on leave
Naval Constructor q. c. Westervelt
who has been on duty at Seattle
to join the north Atlantic fleet
Lieut. w. c. Barker. jr. engineer Of
ficer of the Chattanooga. has been sen.
fenced by court-martial to lose five
numbers in his grade for being absent
without leave.
Among the naval officers who re-
ported at the Navy Department last
week on leave of absence are Com
mander John W. Robson of the torpedo
station. Newport: Surgeon John D.
Manchester at Portsmouth " H., and
Ensign j. c. BromweIl of the Dubuque
Evening star., 1916-01-02
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Charles p. Smith. who resigned from
government service some time ago. has
been reinstated on his own application.
under the civil service rules. He has
been assigned to the corporation tax
division of the bureau of internal
revenue.
Miss Marie White, Miss Mary f. Nc
Mahon and Miss Mary 4. y. Pagan have
been given temporary appointments and
have been assigned to the corporation
tax division of the internal revenue
bureau. Mrs. Harriet F.. F'lenner and
Mrs. +. +. Wanless. under temporary
appointment, have been assigned to the
law division, and Miss Mabel NJ. owen
to the claims division.
Evening star., 1916-01-02
kXR2z IN M9 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS d1[I6

company last week was on the sick list
Private Angelo Schneider OF NO.
truck company who was seriously
burned at a fire several weeks ago and
who returned to duty last month. has
not fully recovered. although he Is In
active service. One foot gives him con-
sidera BILE trouble.
Evening star., 1916-01-02

Among the naval officers who re-
ported at the Navy Department last
week on leave of absence are Com
mander John W. Robson of the torpedo
station. Newport: Surgeon John D.
Manchester at Portsmouth, " H., and
Ensign ]. c. Bromwen of the Dubuque
The Gleam., 1916-12-03
MUNICIPAL XMAS TREE

It was agreed by the Council at least Fridays meeting to ave muni- cipal Christina stree they being large ly featured in all towns and cities for the past few years
 The Council will ask the Woman's Club to affiliate with them in the plan and with such an efficient band as we have big lighted tree down on the street and band playing little while through the evenings of holiday week will make for a Christ massy Christmas Such beautiful strains as Adesto Fieles of the old English carol "This night shall be born our Heavenly King" together with our National Airs will make the town seem festive and be of little cost. It was Mrs. J. D. Hickey who suggeste this plan to the Woman's Club last year and she will be, no doubt, placed on a committee by that organization to help the Council car ry out the success, of the scheme.
 Councilman King has very gener-
The Gleam., 1916-12-03
WATER WRANCLE
 IN COUNCIL

On the evening of the 24th ut. the City Council had meeting to discuss the purchase of the waterworks. That all the opponents were ready with their arguments evidenced not only a great deal of thought on the subject but showed concerted action on the part of those opposed that was re- markable for community as num- icipally moribund as Juneau.
 Mayor Stewart after opening the meeting called for expressions of op- inion and John Reck representing the water owner as we'll as we'll as him. self thought now was the time to buy. Mir. Cbarles.Goldstein announced that he was in favor of the city owning the water works but that the price asked by the present owner was entirely too much to pay. Mr. Rastgard thought that if we bought the water at this particular time we might make the mistake of getting that remote contin- gency knoun to the medical world as typhoid carrier in charge of the wa ter plant and in that case we would all be stricken with typhoid fever.
 Allen Shattuck put on an official look and asked to know more about the physical condition of the plant. Mayor Stewart assured MT. Shattuck that he had great deal of data and that Ii the gentleman wished to see 1t the same was available.
 Attorney Faulkner said that Mir. Tripp was delegated to express sthe views of C. W. Young Company and that he endorsed Mr. Tr!pp's expres- sion. MT. Tripp expressed through his remarks that the mines about Juneau might close down and if they did Where would we be with the water works on our hands?''
 George McKanna came in at this z juncture and his speach was sure the ( price of admission. He asked John l Reck many questions pertinent to MT. Lewis,s money making policies and I brought the house down with his Irish $ retort. Reck took it good naturedly l but Reck does mt care whether Lewis l sells or not as Reck or Reck's interests pull down $2OO per for handling the t business and of course the city would ( not give Reck snap like that if it $ should become the possessor of the system. After much discussion which { was most scintillating and inspiring, ( for those who understood 1t between , the Mayor and Hugh Crowther as to
 Cnntinuod on pnno 4
The Gleam., 1916-12-03
WILL WE GET THE
 NEW SCHOOL HOUSE?

When the council has noth- ing else to do, these long winter Friday evenings, it puts on the gloves, turns to, and scraps over the school house question. Contrary to the gen. eral impression, it is by no means certain that one will be built in Juneau this sum- mer. There are those in closest touch who fear-and other we again hope - that we won't. Nobody advocates an absolute denial of the peoples wish expressed at the bond election, but there are members of the council who favor spending as. little as $35, 5,000=out. the one hun dred voted. And the council mans views run up, in an ascending zeal to the cres- cendo of $90,000.
 4 4 4 4 4 .s 4 * ss 4 !. <. <.
The Gleam., 1916-12-03
CONTENTIOUS
 COUNCIL BROILS
PAPERS
 FOR ALICE COX

x Tom Cox, husband of Alice Cox, < who was convicted of murder in the x second degree for the shooting of < Red Baker, has applied to the x President for pardon for his wife. < Alice Cox, an Indian woman, ae- < cording to the evidence, was en- x ployed by Baker to go to Aux Bay x to assist him in taking in the crop x of the Waedlich place after the death of the owner. According to < the testimony of fourteen-year-o1d half breed boy, the son of Waedlich, < who had died during the summer, < no sooner had the party arrived at the isolated ranch, than Baker at t tempted to ravish the woman Mrs. Cox fought desperately with her ad- versary, and after she had driven him off, seized a rifle and shot him. Cox, who had not lived with the women at the time, became reconcil- ed to her after the arrest, and is a E sober and hard-Working man who had F not lost a day from his work at . Treadwell except the Fourth of July 2 and Christmas for three years E Ex-Superintendent Beattie, of the Southeastern Alaska Indian Schools, . Rev. David Waggoner, Presbyterian
 missionary to the Indians at Juneau,
 and Chief of Police Sitter have writ
 ten to the President in the woman's
 behalf. ExChief Sitter, in his letter, ] says:
 '1n joining with those who are urging the pardon of Alice Cox, con- s victed of the murder of Red" Ba-
 ker at Aux Bay, Alaska, I desire to say that l was chief of police of Juneau, Alaska at the time of the
 said homicide, and for a consider
 able time thereto; that I was we'll
 acquainted with the said Baker, and
 am familiar with the facts and cir
 cumstances which led up to the said
 shooting
 To my knowledge, the said Baker
 was a worthless and vicious man:
 the said Alice Cox is native woman
 of no great intelligence; according
 to the testimony, the said Baker
 employed Alice Cox to work for him
 for few days at Aux Bay gather
 ing vegetables; that Baker took All
 ice Cox there in boat, with anAIn-
 dian boy, since deceased, about four
 teen years of age; who, bsides Alice
 Cox and Baker were the only per-
 Continued on Page
The Gleam., 1916-12-03
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 A1os sARY AND M Ierr =, :,
The Gleam., 1916-12-03

Tom Cox, husband of Alice Cox, who was convicted of murder in the second degree for the shooting Of Red Baker, has applied to the President for a pardon for his wife.
 Alice Cox an Indian woman ac-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-09-07

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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-07
JAMES L. THOMPSON DEAD

James L. Thompson, who formerly
ran saloon here, met with a sud
den death in Ogden last Tuesday
While walking on the icy pavement he
slipped and fell, his head striking the
curbing. He was picked up and carried
into business house where he expir-
ed in a few minutes. Physicians pro-
nounced the cause as heart failure due
to the shock from the fall. Mr.. Thomp-
son was past 60 years of age. He
leaves widow and two children, John
and Miss Cora H. Thompson.
Dress warmly, don't coddIe your
self, bid defiance to Jack Frost and
the chances are you will get through
the winter without having to require
the services Of either the doctor OF
the undertaken. *
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-07
TO KEEP THE WATER PIPES
FROM FREEZING

After mush experim -nting l. hit
upon the easiest and most inexpen-
sive and surest way to keep the frost
off the pipes. l have recommended
it to many persons who have tried It
and found it saves many repair bills.
Melt an equal amount of petrol
atum-vaseline-a after wiping the
pipes perfectly dry, apply with an old
brush thick coat of the mixture
while it is hot. An old lamp or torch
will easily keep it in g liquid state.
You will find that no matter how
cold the weather may get the frost
cannot penetrate this coat of grease.
have used this on water pipes that
ran along the ground unprotected and
not once during the coolest weather
did they freeze up or give me the
least trouble-J. c. Mink in Coun-
Try Gentleman.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-07
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
BUK0W|NA HEIGHTS
CLAIM TO HAVE BROKEN LINE
OF THE AUSTRlANS IN BES-
SARABIA CAMPAIGN.
German and Austrian Troops In Serbia
Reported TO Have Been Given Or
ders to Drive the Allies Out
of Greece.

London.-Russia's campaign in Bes-
sarabia continues to be the most i'm
portant visible war activity. From the
Pripet to the Roumanian frontier,
over a front of at least 800 miles, a
huge Russian force with a great ap-
pearanoe of confidence is hurting
sledgehammer blows at the opposing
force, which, according to all ac-
counts, totals at least 100000.
Petrograd still claims considerable
successes in the early stages of the
campaign and dispatches emphasize
the excellent equipment, supplies and
munitions that Russia laid up for this
purpose during period of compara-
tive passivity.
Some London observers, speculat-
Ing on the meaning of the Bessarabia
move, hail it as one of the most ambi-
tious strategic plans since the begin
ming of hostilities, and predict that it
will prove colossal attempt to break
the backbone of the Germanic allies
whole line across the Balkans.
An Athens newspaper states that
uldIlldl law VIII Dc QtEldISu Ou Jduu-
ary Is and that the chamber of depu-
ties has been summoned TO meet on
the 18th to ratify it's proclamation,
according to a dispatch received here.
A Berlin newspaper declares that
orders have been given to the German
and Austrian troops in Serbia to ad-
vance into Greece and attack the
French and British.
1t is said that Germany has COM
municated to Greece her desire to
clear Grecian territory of the entente
allied forces. The German minister
at Athens, this dispatch says, told
Premier Skouloudis the best interests
Of Greece demanded the removal of
he French and British, inasmuch as
n the existing circumstances Greece
would be exposed to danger from the
roops of the central powers, which
nave been ordered to pursue the al
les on Greek territory.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-07
THE SYSTEM

When a man has built a barn
Tax him!
When man has cleared farm
Tax himi
When he lays another roof,
When he grows another hoof,
Hustle round and get the proof,
Then tax him!
Has a man some idle earth
Don't tax him!
Tough its climbing up in worth,
Don tax him!
Let him reap what others SOW,
They are rather chumps, you know
If they were not they would go,
And tax him! Exchange
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-07
j. S. TO PROTECT
SMALL NATIONS
MONROE DOCTRINE TO BE UP.
HELD BY NAVY EQUAL TO THAT
OF ANY WORL DPOWER.
Possibility of Combined Attack in Fu-
ture by Two Foreign Powers Con-
sidered by Military Strategists
In Their Plans.

Washington-Poss of com
oined attack by two foreign powers to
freak down the new pan-American doc
rine evolved from maintenance by the
United States and acceptance by
South and Central American repub-
lies OF the Monroe doctrine is one OF
The fundamental bases for the national
iefense plans formulated by army and
navy strategists.
They believe it essential in the for
mutation of national military policy,
It is learned, to provide against the
eventuality of an assault upon the
doctrine by either an Asiatic or
European power, or even by an alli-
ance of two such powers, which might
hurl forces simultaneously at the At
Iantic and Pacific coasts.
A navy equal in strength to those
Of any two world powers, except Great
Britain, and an army prepared to fight
Tor the integrity Of the pan-American
Idea anywhere In pan-America is the
ultimate aim of the plans of the mill
tary experts.
Ten years is the time the navy gen
eral board believes the United States
has In which to prepare for readjust-
ment OF world forces which will follow
the European war. In setting 1925 as
the time when the United States navy
should equal any afoat-which means
reaching the two-power standard of
the British navy, the board estimated
that much time would elapse before
the shock of the present war passed
sufficiently to permit any of the bel
Iigerents to look to South and Central
America for colonial development or
trade aggression.
Plans of the army war college
would be consummated in six years.
The army officers take the position
that the United States must have suf-
ficient troops and troop ships to land
iorces in any threatened pan-American
country to meet an invader.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-07
RAILROAD BUILDER DEAD.
General GrenviIIe M. Dodgs Passes
Away at Iowa Home.


Council Bluffs, Icwa-General Gren-
vile M. Dodge, soldier and railroad
builder, died here Monday. General
Dodge had been in feeble health for a
long period. He was "a years of age.
General Grenville Mellen Dodge,
known throughout the west as the
builder of the Union Pacific railroad,
was born at Danvers, Mass, April IL,
1881.
Abraham Lincoln, who had done
some legal work for the company, met
Dodge and the two talked Of building
. railroad over the Rocky Mountains
and to the Pacific coast
Work on the road finally began,
when the civil war broke out and
Dodge, being an engineer and having
had some experience in Indian fight
ing, was given a colonel's commission
by his old friend, President Lincoln.
At hia own expense he raised, drilled
and equipped the Fourth Iowa infantry
regiment
Shortly before the close Of the war
General Dodge was called from the
front by President Lincoln and re-
quested to take up the work of con-
structing the long-talked-of railroad
across the mountains. The Union Pa
cific company was organized and the
road completed on May 10. 1863.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-07
DEATH SUMMONS LAMAR.
Associate Justice of Supreme Court
Succumbs After Long Illness.

Succumbs After Long Illness.
ashington.-Joseph Rucker La
mar, associate justice of the supreme
court of the United States, died at his
home here Sunday night, after an i'll
ness of several months. He was So
Fears old and had been on the supreme
bench five years.
The immediate cause of death was
gradual heart failure, FASTENED by in
flammation of one of the lungs which
had threatened to develop into pneu-
monia.
Associate Justice Joseph Rucker
Lamar had the distinction of being one
of the few members of the court ap-
pointed by a president of opposite po-
litical faith President Taft appointed
him in 1910 with only two precedents
for such action, those of Justice Jack
son and Lurton
Justice Lamar was born In Fuckers
vile, Elbert county, Ca, October IA,
1857 He attended the University of
Georgia and later Bethany college,
where he was graduated in 1877. He
attended the law school at Washing
ton and Lee university, and was ad-
mitted to the bar at Augusta, Ca, in
1878. He lived at Augusta until ap-
pointed to the supreme court bench.
In the practice of the law. he largely
represented railroads and other big
corporations, and yet in the day of
lntipathy to corporation lawyers, his
integrity was so highly regarded that
the senate without delay confirmed
his nomination.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-07
FRIDAY
FIREBUGS FAIL IN
lDASTARDLY ATTEMPT

An attempt was made Friday nigh
to burn the Gem State Lumber Com
pany property A bundle of rags was
saturated with coal oil and wrapped in
a newspaper and put into bunch ol
finishing lumber under the shed, ada
cent to the Office in which Van Gossett
sleeps, and the match applied. The
miscreant whoever he may have been
had laid his plans we'll AS he thought
no more opportune time could have
been selected. 1t was well known that
is only used in case of fire, would be
blown at midnight, as signal of the
passing of the old year, and the ush-
ering in of the new, and the people
knowing this would have no cause of
alarm from hearing it. But the best
laid plans of mice and men gang aft
glee." However, in this case it was
the plan of human brute and one
who had murder in his heart as the
setting of the fire joining the office
building in which Van Gossett sleeps
was no doubt the double purpose of
murder and arson.
Fortunately number of the people
of Richfield were attending parties,
watch meetings and social functions,
and among the number was R. E. Mills,
who had been a guest at the home of
Richfeld's Fire Chief, Owen Young
kin. He was on his way home where
he rooms with Bob Haines joining the
lumber yard on the east and discover
ed the fire. Calling Haines they pull
ed the lumber out and with the aid of
snow soon had the fire under control.
Leaving Haines he rushed UP to the
Hotel and gave the alarm then to the
power plant and followed to Lee Gar
lock to give her he'll as there was a
fire in the lumber yard. GarIock, who
was at the time blowing the whistle,
took it as a joke. Dougherty had in
the meantime sounded the fire gong
in the hotel and several of the guests
who had not retired hastened to the
scene; however the fire had been prac-
tically extinguished through the efforts
of Mills and Haines, and what might
have been a serious conflagration was
averted
1t is very evident that the same
parties made the attempt on last We'd
nesday week, but were scared away
by Van Gossett who was awakened on
hearing the party in the yard, and
next to the building looking through
small window that opened from the
office into the shed. Measures should
De taken to ferret out the guilty par
les and punishment meted out to
hem that would put a quietus on this
Kind of work. There might be some
for a man who faced
you with a gun and settled his griey-
lnce, but for a bastard Of this type
he yard arm of telegraph pole is too
rood.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-07

London.-Another storm of great
severity swept over parts Of England
Saturday, doing much damage. At
Liverpool large shop windows were
broken. Monmouthshire suffered ex-
tensively
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-01-07
KAISER FAvoRs PEACE PARTY.
Permits Ford Expedition to Pass
Through Germany.

IHfou8H 0y'
Copenhagen.-The German govern
ment has granted the Ford peace ex-
pedition permission to travel to The
Hague through Germany by special
train.
The conditions under which tho
Americans will travel are strict. Their
train will be sealed, every one being
locked within. No one will be per
mitted to touch German soil during
the journey. The members of the
mission will not be permitted TO carry
written, printed or typewriter pa
pers.