; — Änrlxomge
Djscilg
Timeg
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
■ ■■ ■ ' ■■■■' ■■ ■ - _
VOL. 1. NO. 296.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
f
BERLIN, Oct. 26.—(By wireless to Sayville)—Cernavoda.
the eastern terminus of the great 14-mile railway bridge that
spans the Danube river into Roumania, was captured by Gen
eral von Maekensen’s forces this mornipg, following a stubborn
resistance on the part of the occupying Roumanian forces. Af
pfter several hours of heavy artillery fire by the assaulting Teu
ton forces, the lieiwuaim?as evacuated, fleeing in wild disorder.
According to German military men, the capture of this strate
gical point on the railway line is of more importance to the in
vasion of Roumania than was the capture of the seaport of
Kustendje.
All along the battle front, extending along the northern
border of Bulgaria and in the province of Dobrudja, in Rou
rnani, the Teuton forces, aided by the Bulgarian and Turkish
troops, are pushing the enemy backward. The capture of Bu
charest, the capital of Roumania, is not unexpected.
wr . * % * ;
TEUTON VICTORIES CONTINUE.
BERLIN, Oct. 26.—(By wireless to Sayville)—Later—
Vulcan Pass, on the Transylvania front, has been captured and
is in the possession of the Teuton army under the command of
\ General von Falkenhayn, says a report issued by the German
war office today. The pursuit of the Russians and Roumanians
in Dobrudja province by the Teuton forces under General
Mackensen continues unabated today, says the report. Tcher
navoda, an important railway center, was captured by the Teu
tons this morning, thus depriving the Roumanians of their
last remaining railway communication in the province of Do
brudja.
/LOUR TAKES
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—The wholesale
price of high grade family flour has
advanced to ten dollars a barrel,
reaching this topnotch figure today.
1 This is the highest price that flour
has attained since the Civil war. This
increase is at the rate of 30c in two
days.
CRAZED BULL
CORES MAN
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—Earl V. Voor
hies, aged 27 years, was gored by a
maddened Holstein bull at Juanita
yesterday and lies at death’s door in
a local hospital.
DRKSPELil
IT SEME
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—A dry spell of
unusual length is prevailing in Seat
tle. Forty-seven days have passed
with no rain. The weather has been
delightful.
/
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—A new politi
cal party in the United States is be
ing organized, according to informa
tion given out here today.
The information regarding the new
party is made in a statement issued
by the publicity department of the
prohibition party. This statement
says: “Preliminary steps have been
taken in the past 30 days looking to
the organization of a new national
political party which, its friends be
lieve, will hold the balance of power
in the Un£&d in the near fu
The new pair^y, according to this
publicity statement, will be known
either as the prohibition-progressive
party or the progressive-prohibition
party.
STEEL PUNT
NEAR SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—A quiet
movement is on foot to establish a
great steel plant near Seattle. It is
proposed to employ the ore of iron
deposits located in southeastern
Alaska, and British Columbia. Men
behind the proposed enterprise are
responsible.
ROME, Oct. 26.—Realizing that this
is a war of exhaustion, announcement
was made at the Vatican that the pope
would make no further effort to end
the war until one side or the other
shows signs of absolute exhaustion. In
this announcement, it was staated that
the pope had offered his services to all
governments several times, with the
hope of settling the troubles between
the natitons, but that in each instance
his offers proved fruitless.
The chief executives and rulers of
neutral nations came to this decision
some time ago and have not since of
fered to' act as mediators, believing
that the only way to settle the great
world war is by the utter exhaustion
of one side of the other.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Advices
from Mexico City are to the effect
that the political opponents of Pro
visional President Carranza are mak- j
ing the charge that the Mexican chief
executive is planning to leave the land
of his nativity, in the event of fail
ure to be re-elected president. In sup
port »if this charge, it is pointed out
that President Carranza is preparing
to leave Mexico City for Queretaro
and that Mrs. Carranza has already
crossed the border into the United
States, accompanied by Mrs. Obregon,
wife of Minister of War Obregon.
MILLIONS IN GOLD
IMPORTED TO U. S.
DURING TEN MONTHS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Gold im
ported to the United States from Jan
uary 1 to Septemb r 22 amounted to
$384,450,000, the federal reserve
board announced today, while in the
same period the exports were $93,
000,000.
Business conditions throughout the
country are described as good in re
ports from 12 federal reserve dis
tricts.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—An
nouncement was made today by the
chairWian of the naval general board
that it would visit many of the 126
cities which had made application for
the armor plate plants which are to
be constructed by the government.
The round of these cities will be start
ed within a few weeks, in order that
no time may be lost in getting the
construction work under way. The
chairman stated also thaat some of the
cities which had made applicaation
would not be visited or considered, ow
ing to their geographical position.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26—The Wo
man’s Hughes special train, bearing a
bevy of beautiful, handsomely gowned
ladies, reached Los Angeles yesterday
afternoon. A vast crowd had assem
bled at the depot to greet the women,
among whom are some of the fore
most leaders of the woman suffrage
league. Those on the special were:
Miss Frances A. Kellor, social writ
er and author; Miss Mary Antin, writ
er and lecturer; Miss Helen Boswell,
clubwoman and speaker; Dr. Katherin
Belmont Davis, socialogical student
and worker; Mrs. Rheta Child Rorr,
writer and suffragette; Miss Mary E.
Drier, former president of New York
Women’s Trade Union League; Mrs.
Katherine Philips Edson, head of the ;
Califorina State .Welfare Commission; i
Mrs. Maude Howe Elliott, daughter of |
Julia Ward Howe; Miss Maud E. Min- j
er, head of probation work in New
York courts; Mrs. Mary Moskowitz, i
formerly in charge of social work in
New York dance halls; Mrs. Nelson
O’Shaughnessey, wife of the former
charge ‘affairs in Mexico; Mrs. Ray
mond Robbins, wife of a prominent
progressive who recently came out for
Hughes; Miss Helen Todd, suffrage
speaker; Miss Harriett E. Vittum, j
chairman of the womans’ division
Hughes Alliance of Illinois.
SELECTS SITE FOR BUM
The question of the site for the pro
posed Alaska Labor Union hall has
been settled and the transfer made
this afternoon. As announced in yes
terday’s Daily Times (scoop) the com
mittee have selected lot 6, in block
40, on the comer of Fourth avenue
and H street, and work will be started
as soon as the lessors can be persuad
ed to move. So all that stands in the
way of the song of the hammer and
saw at the hands of hundreds of work
men is a shoemaker, a locksmith and
a plasterer. All essentials in the life
of trade.
The original deed to this lot was
made out to a Mr. Miller, considera
tion (775.00; the second transfer bears
the name of A. E. Lathrop as pur
chaser, consideration $3,560, and the
generous hearted captain signed the
necessary papers vesting all rights
and privileges in the name of the
Alaska Labor Union, of Anchorage;
consideration, $1.00 and other valuable
considerations.
The acumen of the committee in
charge of affairs has been proven as
has the business judgment and gener
osity of Captain Lathrop. It was
through the efforts of Captain Lath
rop that the deal was closed. In this
matter he was financially assisted by
other adjoining property owners, but
he bore the brunt of the purchase
price. The committee, going on the
supposition that there was a dividing
line in Anohorage, have been playing
one side of Anchorage against the
other, when in reality there is not even
the semblance of a chalk mark for
this is a united Anchorage with a citi
zenship composed of broadminded peo
ple, who ever look to the best interests
of the city as a whole.
While there really has been no
doubt but that the union boys would
rebuild, the matter of the real estate
transfer, giving them one of the choice
comers of the city, makes the issue
« certainty. The popular subscription
list totals approximately $5,000.00 and
the solicitors continue to solicit and
wilt continue until the rag is dry.
According to the plans, the new
building will be a credit to Anchorage
and to the people who have materially
backed the proposition financially. The
business men of the city did not fail
but came across gracefully and gener
ously and it was not solely to the
members of the Alaska Labor Union
that the new building is assured.
The new building will be pretentious
and adequate for all intended pur
poses and its completion will be anx
iously awaited by the people so they
can again say, “The best and most
Substantial conventional hall in the
territory." The members of the union
will not forget the aid received from
citizens outside of their organisation
and this building will further bind the
present friendly feeling existing in the
class conditions of Anchorage, the eity
that has neither a real estate dividing
line nor a line dividing community in
terests.
Following a suggestion made by the
Daily Times, arrangements will be
made for an appropriate ceremony
laying the corner stone, at which time
the names of the donors will be buried
in concrete together with all past an
tagonistic feeling. Upon completion,
to Captain A. E. Lathrop should be
tendered the honor of driving the
golden nail.
PARIS, Oct. 2(5.—In a series of powerful attacks on the
Verdun front yesterday, the allied forces gained a great vic
tory over the opposing German army. The French forces, af
ter repeated attacks, entered the German lines and captured
the village and fort of Douamont, driving the Germans before
them. Following the capture of Douamont, which has long
been an objective point in this sector of the western front, the
h rench troops advanced to a point beyond Thiamount. Other
divisions of the French army a Ivanced and took possession of
the Haudremont quarries, the Germans evacuating after giv
ing a stubborn resistance to the last. The Haudremont quar
ries are located north of Verdun and were captured from the
French when the Germans began their great offensive last
March. Official French reports today state that the French ar
my took captive over 3,500 prisoners of war, several big guns
and great stores of provisions.
SEVEN VESSELS SUNK YESTERDAY.
LONDON, Oct. 26.—The German submarine campaign is
on in full force and the undersea craft are dealing destruction
to commerce. Yesterday, says an announcement of Lloyd’s to
day, German submarines destroyed seven vessels, three of
which were British and the remaining four flying neutrad
flags.
GERMAN PRIESTS RELEASED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. ihi.—Thirteen German priests of
tiie Roman Catholic church arrived here from Australia yester
day. Since October 1914, until the time of their release, the
priests have been confined in Australian concentration camps.
It is planned to send the priests to Germany.
TO HUSTLE FOR
The executive meeting of the An
chorage Chamber of Commerce Tues
day night was well attended and sev
eral matters of vital importance to
the future of Anchorage were thresh
ed out. Principally was the question
of discontinuing for the winter
months decisively settled and the
Chamber of Commerce will continue
management. A campaign will be
started at ence to enlist more business
men to join the organization and dp
their part in all matters pertaining
to the good of the community ‘from
which they receive their quoto of bene
fits without taxation.
The matter of raising the dues was
discussed and it was the sense of the
meeting that Secretary Koch person
ally visit the members and get their
views on the question.
A special meeting of the members
will be called for Tuesday night, Oc
tober Slst.
i: -
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
WAR LOAN PROBABLY
ABOVE $150,000,000
- *
OTTAWA, Oct. 26.—The subscrip
tion lists for the second Canadian war
loan have closed, but it will be some
time before the returns are all in and
the total announced. It is believed
that when all the applications have
been received from the Yukon and oth
er outlying parts of the Dominion it
will be found that considerably more
than $160,000,000 has been subscribed.
A. E. Kirk, who has been success
fully operating on Candle creek in the
Ophir district, arrived in Anchorage
yesterday afternoon on the power
boat J. and J. and is stopping at the
Crescent. Mr. Kirk reports a good
season for the placer miners on Can
dle and says that the creek affords
one of the best dredging possibilities
in the territory. The big dredge that
is being installed under the direction
of Walter Johnson, of the Union Con
struction Company of San Francisco,
will be in operation next season and
the delay was caused by the failure
of the gas boat to deliver the balance
of the shipment, as was announced in
The Times severs lweeks ago.
Mr. Kirk says that the Tolstoi dis
trict was rather a disappointment and
that only two of the claims where pay
was first discovered have been worked
successfully this season. However, he
says that there are still a bunch of
prospectors sinking holes about a
mile below discovery with varying
success.
Mr. Kirk" will take passage on the
Admiral Farragut for the outside for
the winter and return in the spring
via Anchorage for another season on
Candle.
In another column of this paper ap
pears the announcement of a box sup
per and social entertainment, given in
honor of Mrs. Kate Sadler by her
Anchorage friends.