The Alaska citizen., 1916-03-13
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l company, to succeed W. R. Rust. 1 who recently resigned his post to accept position with the Guggen- | helms in Alaska.
 RECOMMENDS GOOD ROADS. N WASHINGTON, D. C., March T. That Brig. Gen. Hugh L. Scott. who Is at present serving the govern .nent in the dual capacity of chief 5f staff and secretary of war has 'iVen considerable thought to Alas rtter sent to congress this week -etter sen to congress this week, i which he asks 1.r an appropll ion of half a million dollars for the construction and repair of Wa roads in the north.
 NOME WANTS SLICE.
 NOME, March S.-Following the announcement that Brig Gen. Scott
 i'd asked congress to appropriate
 af million dollars for road work n Alaska, the Seward Peninsu4 Chamber of Commerce inauguratc, l campaign to assist the war de. partment in securing the needed ad ,itiOnal funds It is the hope ot the Nome organization that all of the chambers of commerce and other public bodies throughout Alaska will cooperate ill the movement, which has as it's object the betterment of road conditions in the territOry
 DAWSON FOR PROHIBITION.
 DAWSON, March 9.-The British Empire club, whose membership comprises three hundred of the most prominent British citizens and tax payers of Dawson, has adopted resolution, practically unanimously indorsing the Stevens resolution now before the Dominion parliament, which provides for prohibition until the end of the war and for the three years immediately following the cessation ot hostilities, during the reconstruction period and re, ferendum to the people thereafter
 The prohibition question, if put to vote in Yukon territory today, would carry Dy a large majOriy
 COMING HOME
 DAWSON, March 9.-The Royal Northwest Mounted police expedi- last January, will reach this city Jn the return trip tomorrow, the party having arrived at the Twelve mile power station yesterday, from which point Corporal Ward teIe- phoned the news of their arrival there.
 The expedition will bring the first advices of the winter from Herschel island and Fort McPherson The mushers went as far as the latter place, where they connected with a police patrol from Herschel island and Fort Good Hope, on the Me henZie river.
 Corporal Ward. who is in charge of the party, reports that all of the members of the expedition are re, turning in good health, despite the unusually hard rip Heavy storms and exceptional snows were en countered, but good time was made notwithstanding. The expedition left here on January 90 with dog teams and Indian guides. They crossed the Rockies via Seeley pass and mushed down the Peel river 0 the Mckenzie.
 It is expected that late news will be brought by the party of the Stefansson expedition.
 GAGOFF TO HANG.
 WHITEHORSE March 9.-AleX- ander Gagoff, who is under sen tence of death for the murder of four section mon near this place last September, will be hanged to- morrow morning at seven o'clock, every means of escaping the death penalty having been exhausted. The final appeal which was made to the governor-general of Canada, at Ottawa, has been turned down by that official and everything is in readiness to carry out the terms ot the sentence. The trap will be sprung by the official hangman from Ottawa, who will perform his unpleasant duty under the direction of Sheriff Brimston, who recently arrived here for the purpose of making the final arrangements.
 Tom Gagoff, a cousin of the con demned man, arrived here from the coast yesterday and is now in jail seryng a sentence of three months on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. When met at the depot by mounted police and searched, his pockets were filled with cart ridges and a Colt revolver, and 1t is the belief of the police that it was his intention to provide his rousin with the means of commit ing suicide in order to escape the stigma of hanging.
 TO MEET IN JUNE.
 DAWSON. March 9.-According to an announcement made today, the Yukon legislature will assemble in June.
 ENGINEERS BUY TUGS.
 SEATTLE, March 9.-The Alaskan Engineering commission has pur- chased the tugs Anne and w. L. Roscoe for use in the north in con- nection with the work of the com mission in Alaska.
 HELPING HOMEsTEADERs.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10. Delegate Wickersham expresses the belief that his bill for the relief of prospective homesteaders ln Alaska will be passed during the present session of congress. The measure provides for the granting of half-sized homesteads to those who have exhausted their rights in the States.
 MURDERER HANGED.
 WHITEHORSE, Y. T., March 10. Alexander Gagoff, the Russian convicted of the murder of four section hands near this city last September, died on the gallows at seven o'clock this morning, calmly, unrepenting and silent to the last, When asked by Sheriff Brimston if he had anything to say before the trap was sprung, he replied through an interpreter that he had not.
 The condemned man slept sound
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