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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1916.
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ATHENS, Oct. 2.—A new national government, with
former Premier Yenizelos as provisional president, has been es
v tablished in Greece and its first official aat was to declare war
on the central powers and cast its lot wfitli the entente powers,
r“says a report which is published today in the Budapest Azent,
which claims its information is authentic. The same report
says that King Constantine, the queen, members of the royal
family and attendants departed from Athens yesterday ev
ening for parts unknown. Their going was not hindered by
the leaders of the new republic.
GREEK AERIAL FLEET JOINS ALLIES.
4 ATHENS, Oct. 2.—The entire flying corps of Greece has
joined the aerial fleets of the Allied forces, according to ad
vices received in Athens today.
% one of the warships of the British fleet and is now at a British !
naval station station or at llosyth, at the mouth of the Liverj
Fieth, on the coast of Scotland, according' to apparently relia-i
* hie advices received today in Washington. The Bremen is long
overdue, which lends color to the belief that the big submarine j
lias been captured or has been lost.
. AHACK BORDER CAMP
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CALEXICO, Oct. 2.—Troop B, Washington cavalry, re
• turned to camp from the desert yesterday, to find that a small
detachment left to guard the camp had been fired on by mount
ed Mexican bandits, who escaped. The bandits completely
surprised the camp and opened fire with shot guns, blazing
away in the direction of the tents. Before the detachment
^ could get ready to give battle to the bandits, they had fled the
scene. A large detachment is in pursuit today.
IN AUTO WRECK
DELAWARE, O., Oct. 2.—Governor
% Willis, Mrs. Willis and a daughter
Jof-vere injured in an auto accident yes
terday morning. The three were has
tily removed to the city hospital.
While none of the victims are fatally
W injured, the attending physicians say
that Mrs. Willis and daughter Helen
are seriously hurt. The accident oc
curred when the taxicab in which they
were riding crashed into a street car
motor truck.
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IS ON WAY HERE
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SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—The steamer
* Admiral Watson sailed for Anchorage
and way ports at 1 o’clock this fore
noon. Among the passengers for An
chorage is Mrs. S. McCullough.
SOUL MATE GETS
YEAS IN THE TAIL
SEATTLE ,Oct. 2.—Percival Allen,
convicted of unlawfully living with
the late Anna M. Danielson, has been
sentenced to serve one year in the
county jail. Relatives of the dead wo
man are still demanding that Allen be
prosecuted on the charge of murder.
They assert he is responsible for the
death of the deceased.
Double Tragedy in Portland.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 2.—Fearing
insanity, Mrs. Ella Graveen, killed
her mother, Mrs. Minnie E. Graveen,
and then snuggling down by the
corpse of her beloved parent, she sent
a ball through her own brain. Death
was instantaneous. The suicide was a
divorced woman, aged 27 years. Her
married life had been unhappy and
she sought release through the courts.
Brooding over her troubles, her mind
became unbalanced, and the awful
tragedy resulted. The Graveens were
well known and highly respected.
PUBLICITY DEPARTMENT OF THE
ENGINEERING COMMISSION TELLS
OE PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION
The Land and Industrial Depart
ment of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, which has charge of the
publicity work on the railway project,
sends The Times the following con
cerning construction in the Nenana
division and the Seward division, as
follows:
William C. Edes, chairman of the
Alaskan Engineering Commission, re
cently returned to Anchorage from
Fairbanks and other points in the in
terior of Alaska, where he inspected
the work of the railroad now being
prosecuted under the immediate super
vision of Thomas Riggs, Jr., one of
the members of the Commission. Mr.
Edes expresses himself as pleased
with the progress being made.
Clearing and grading of the right of
way from Fairbanks south to Nenana
is well under way. A construction
base has been established at Nenana
and contracts have been let for deal
ing and grading from this point north
ward to Fairbanks, and south to the
Nenana coal fields and to Broad Pass.
Over 500 men are employed in the
erection of living quarters for employ
es at Nenana, construction of ware
houses and material yards, and pre
paring for greater work next year. A
wagon road is being built along the
right of way so that material and sup
plies can be hauled to the station men.
Nenana is situated at the confluence
of the Nenana with the Tanana river,
and is in the heart of some of the best
agricultural land in the Tanana valley
It is located 57 miles southwest from
Fairbanks and 50 miles north from
the Nenana coal fields. A townsite
b?en surveyed b> the government
and 350 lots were recently sold at pub
lic auction, which brought over $132,
000. Several business houses, includ
ing general stores, restaurants, hotel.,
etc., are doing business there and have
already started the construction of
permanent buildings. The population
at the present time is approximately
500 people. A draw bridge will be con
structed across the Tanana at this
point which will cost in the neighbor
hood of $500,000. Coal bunkers will
be erected for the handling of the coal
for the use of the steamboats operat
ing on the Tanana and interior rivers
and for local consumption.
The commission expects to reach
the Nenana coal field with rail some
time in the late fall of 1017. It is es
timated that there is now a market in
the interior for 25,000 tons of coal an
nually. The opening of this coal field
will give an impetus to the develop
ment of the low-grade placer proper
ties in the interior of Alaska.
The agricultural lands tributary to
the railroad are also being rapidly lo
cated and developed. Agricultural de
velopment in the Tanana valley is fur
ther advanced than on the coast, and
the farmers are now supplying nearly
all of the vegetables consumed in the
interior, and very little of the perish
able food supplies are being imported.
The government expects, by encourag
ing the development of the agricultu
ral lands in Alaska, that the territory
will some day be self-supporting; thus
avoiding the economic loss due to the
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importation of foodstuffs as at pres
ent.
Repairing Alaska Northern.
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion is now employing a force of 525
men and 64 station men in the reju
venation of the Alaska Northern rail
way, which was purchased by the gov
ernment, when the selection of the
route was announced by the president.
The work consists of rebuilding
bridges, elimination of high trestles
with fills, improvement in the align
ment and some slight reduction in the
grades. There will be a small reduc
tion in the maximum grades on the 12
mile and 45 mile summits. Many of
the fills have been widened and consid
erable ballasting has been done.Across
Placer River in front of Spencer gla
cier temporary trestles and fills have
been made for a distance of over 3,000
feet, which will be replaced next year
by a permanent trestle raised ten feet
above the present level of the track.
New shear and diversion dams are be
ing constructed so as to control the
waters of the river and to prevent
washouts which have been an annual
occurrence since the road was con
structed.
Seventy-five thousand new ties have
ben laid, and it is contemplated that
before the work of rejuvenation is fi
naly completed to Mile 71, over 200,
000 ties will have been laid.
A machine shop has been built at
Seward to replace the one which burn
ed early last year, and all repairs are
now being made in that shop.
The road is now in operation to mile
64 from Seward, and a freight train
j is operated over the line every Sunday
! and a passenger train on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays. It is ex
pected that the line will be opened and
i in operation to Kern creek (Mile 7.1),
' the end of the track, by October 1st.
Kern creek will be a distributing point
| for that part of the work on Turn
i again Arm, which will be done from
the Seward end as well as for points
I along the Arm, and considerable in
! crease in traffic is expected as soon as
the line is completed to that point.
The work is being prosecuted under
the immediate supervision of R. J.
Weir, engineer in charge. Mr. Weir
before being employed by the commis
sion was a locating and construction
engineer with the Southern Pacific
railroad in California. Mr. Weir has
also charge of the new construction
work along Turnagain Arm between
Kern and Glacier creek, a distance of
four miles. This is all expensive rock
work and it is estimated that it will
cost approximately $250,00'). There
are now several station gangs at work
cn this portion of the line. It is ex
pected that it will be completed by
spring, when the work along Turna
gain Arm will be prosecuted as fast as
funds and material will permit.
Altogether contracts have been let
at Seward to station men aggregating
$150,000 on work between Seward and
Glacier creek and in addition to that
1 the monthly pay roll of the Alaskan
| Engineering Commission at Seward
now amounts to between $40,000 and
$50,000.
MARIPOSA SAILS
FOR ANCHORAGE
SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—The steamer
Mariposa sailed at noon Saturday, en
route to Anchorage and way ports.
Among the passengers for Anchorage
are Mrs. A. C. Watson, J. Barrett, P.
P. Brawders, Vernon G. Meehan and
Mrs. Mehan, Mrs. H. Schwartz, John
Dunn, Mrs. C. L. Dunn, E. A. Soule,
E. H. Wolff and Mrs. J. F. Upchurch.
Lewis Speaks at Seattle.
SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—Colonel James
Hamilton Lewis, United States sena
tor from Illinois, and a former resi
dent of Seattle, addressed a 12,000 au
dience at the arena here Saturday
night. He devoted his time to a re
ply to the attacks of Candidate
Hughes on the Adamson eight-hour
law, passed at the instance of the Wil
son administration.
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STAR URGED 10
SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—Norman Hap
good, of New York, wires the Seattle
Star as ■follows:
“George Turner, democratic candi
date for United States senator from
Washington, telegraphs that he has
convincing reasons why you should
support him, instead of Poindexter,
and would like to present them.”
The Star today invited Turner to
present his claim for its support.
Parker to Talk for Wilson.
LONG BRANCH, N. J„ Sept. 30.—
John M. Parker, candidate for vice
president on the progressive national
ticket, called on President Wilson at
Shadow Lawn yesterday afternoon
and offered to speak in behalf of the
president for re-election. The offer
was accepted.
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FAIRBANKS TIMES WIRES DELEGATE OF
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Honorable James Wickersham is gradually get- ^
ting the support of the Alaska newspapers who are ^
boosting him at every conceivable opportunity. The ^
latest to come in is the Fairbanks Daily Times, whose ^
editor, Louis Klopsch, has wired Mr. Wickersham as ^
follows: ^
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, Sept. 30, 1916. ❖
James Wickersham, Anchorage, Alaska. ^
The Times, straight republican daily, has unquali- ^
fiedly endorsed you and hereby offers you its columns ^
and editorial page to do with as you see fit in the inter- ^
est of your campaign. This unsolicited offer is made ^
because we believe the best interests of the territory ^
demands your return to Washington. Allow me to per- ^
sonally extend ray services in your behalf as well as ^
that of the paper I control. You should carry the ^
Fourth 3 to 1. LOUIS KLOPSCH, Editor.
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IN S. E. ALASKA SCARES
JUNEAU, Oct. 2.—Alarmed at the growing strength of
Delegate Wiekersham in the First division of Alaska, Charles
| Sulzer ,the democratic candidate for delegate to congress, re
turned last night from 11 is interior campaign and immediately
! went into conference with the party leaders. The democrats
| tear that the republicans in all of the divisions of the territory
are swinging into line for Delegate Wiekersham. The republi
j can legislative ticket in this division, it is reported, will suit
port the delegate, ft is rumored that the Valentine faction i>
i supporting the republican legislative ticket. The Juneau Em
pire, which is making a bitter personal fight against the dele
gate, sent a message to Fairbanks piloting Wiekersham as
I saying that he had lost the First division. The delegate mad ■
j no such statement. It is conceded that Wiekersham’s majori
ty in this division will be between two and three hundred. He
will get / .) per cent, of the Gastineau channel vote and the bet
ting is two to one that he will carry the division. The Demo
cratic Club is issuing pamphlets for distribution throughout
southeastern Alaska which are replete with lies aid misrepre
sentations about the delegate. Emory Valentine, the delegate’s
| manager in this division, says, “We haven’t time to answer
all the lies that are being published about the delegate; the
j people know the delegate and hence these lies and wilful mis
representations are unheeded. We are going to carry the First
division for the delegate and it would not surprise me if he
earned the district by five hundred votes. Every day I am
encouraged by the gaining strength of the delegate’s candi
dacy. ’ ’
The Juneau Dispatch, the Skagway Alaskan, the Wran
gell Sentinel and the Petersburg Report are loyally support
ing the delegate, as well as the republican legislative ticket.
The Democratic Club, largely composed of federal and
state office holders and lawyers, and the Juneau Empire and
Ketchikan Progressive-Miner are supporting the candidacy of
Sulzer.
ROOSEVaT FlAYS
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Oct. 2.—Col. Roosevelt opened
his campaign in the west at Battle Creek Saturday afternoon,
making a ringing appeal to the voters of the nation for the
election of Candidate Hughes, and urging them to repudiate
Wilson, and “thereby gain the substitution of actions for
meaningless phrasemongery.” The colonel flatly charged
Wilson's action in the labor controversy ,which lead to the
passage of the Adamson eight-hour law, as a desire to gain
votes in the coming election. The speech was replete with
bitter, intense and scathing denunciation and biting sarcasm
toward the Wilson administration.
Two Seattle Schools Closed.
SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—Following the
discovery by the health department of
two cases of infantile paralysis -in
two of the public schools of Seattle,
the two schools have been ordered
closed for a period of ten days. If no
more cases develop, they will be re
opened at the end of the ten days’ en
forced vacation.
JOHNNY AITKINS BREAKS
ALL FORMER AUTO RECORDS
NEW YORK. Oct. 2.—Johnnie Ait
ken broke the world’s record in the
Astor cup race here Saturday. He
accomplished the course, 250 miles, in
two hours, 23 minutes and 4.2 seconds.
The auto race was a huge success and
was largely attended.