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DAILY EDITION
VOL. 1
Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, ivjay 18, 1916
NO. I69
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FULLY RECOVERED FROM WOUND.
THE WILY OUTLAW IS ACTIVELY
ENGAGED IN RAISING FOLLOWERS
FIELD HEADQUARTERS, Mexico, May 18—General
Villa, the bandit leader, who was wounded in a battle between
Carranzistas and Villistas at Namiquipa some six weeks ago,
.has completely recovered fr in his injury, and is busily en
gaged in seeking to raise a new army in the state of Durango.
He is meeting with some success, as the feeling in Durango is
intensely hostile toward the American troops of invasion.
This information was obtained by General Pershing, com
mander of the American troops in Mexico, from Mexican ban
* dits that were taken captive in a recent engagement between
an American division and Villistas at O.joh Azulers. In this
engagement, Villistas were badly routed and many of them
were killed and taken captive.
General Pershing will immediately investigate the statement
writh respect to the activities, of the bandit leader, lb* has or
dered aeroplane scouts to visit Durango.
General Pershing pays a tribute to the colored troojfs under
his command, whom he declares make good soldiers. The col
ored troops engaged a band of Villistas recently and won an
easy victory.
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WASHINGTON, May IS.—George Rublee, nominated by
President Wilson as a member of the Federal'Trade Commis
sion, has been turned down by the senate, which, by a decisive
vote, rejected the nomination. The fight against Rublee was
lead by United States Senator Gallinger, republican leader in
the upper house. It appear that Rublee is personally ob
noxious to the doughty solon, who persistently fought his con
firmation, As a courtesy to the senator, the senate yesterday
• voted to reject the nomination.
Rublee is a prominent lawyer and active in democratic poli
tics. Previous to appointment as a member of the Federal
Trade Commission, Rublee was attorney in Washington for
the Alaskan Engineering Commission.
MANY PA88EN<iERR COME
ON THE ADMIRAL FARIIAGUT
The following cabin passengers
arrived here on the steamer Ad
miral Farragut. that reached port at |
a o’clock this morning:
'.i%. g. C. Barrington, C. Beed, N. N.
Jaffe, Mrs. Jaffe, John Sior, A. Hof
stad, B. D. Griffln, 0. C. Osir, A.
Iroland, E. R. Stivers, Mrs. J. T.
Coffy, C. M. Miller, M. A. Ellis, O.
Larson. E. J. Miller, If. L. Hoed,
Mrs. M. J. Wilson, Mrs. C. C. Pro
burg, Mrs. D. Sherman, R. L. Kenny,
H. Gaythes, Lena Cohen, Mrs. It.
Levin, J. H Gardenicr, I. S. Young,
James Goggins, J. W. Baer, J. J.
Lindquist, Lena Cidson, C. H. Hel
mer. L. J. England, James Coman,
Edward Angoll, A. A. Adams, B. E.
Gaskill, A. C. Sessions, Frank Ma
rino, Edward Bunger, and 15 steer
age passengers.
Idltarod Election.
The following were chosen to the
city council at the April election at
* Iditarod: Joseph H. Smith, Earl
Byers, Herb Riley, Paul Laplant,
Frank Larson. H. H. Porter, O. H.
Albrecht.
J. J. Smith was elected a member
of the school board.
wnv McDonald draws
TIIKRK MONTHS’ SENTENCE
Charges were preferred against
one Andy McDonald Monday on the
grounds of “larceny by impersonat
ing another;" taking something
that did not belong to him, as it
were. Andy boarded the work train
at the Landing with the '‘full'’ in
tention of coming to Anchorage.
Andy came and became much im
bued with the city and decided to
stay a spell, it seems that Andy is
of socialistic extraction, and as the
train conductor did not handle ihe
matter of finance to suit him. espe
cially in the division of the spoils,
Andy simply made the 50-50 propo
se ton to board and then came
through with the long green. The
usual fare for this trip is $2.50, but
Andy, true to his convictions and
precepts, cut it two ways, taking
only $1.25 for himself, but refused
to recognize the Commission in any
manner whatever. I’erhapst if And/
had followed tho same ratio of di
vision earlier in the' day and used
half water, this trouble would not
hove happened. At any rate, Judge
Lavid fixed the sentence at three
months in the federal jail.
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O TELEPHONE LINE BETWEEN ANCHORAGE
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HISTORY OF RECENT REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION AT SEWARD AS TOLD
BV DELEGATE ME ATTENDED
The following well-written history [
of the Seward republican convention
was prepared by a delegate who at
tended and published in the Valdez
Prospector of recent date:
The history of the recent repub
lican territorial convention at Sow
atd and its preliminaries seems
worth embalming while it is fresh.
Everybody climbed on the band
wagon constructed last winter in
Seattle and chiefly owned there ex
cel)! about three-fourths of the dele
gates from the Third division, who
refused all overtures to make the
thing unanimous. The convention
was merely the ratification of a Se
attlo slate, framed up like this.
Numerous conferences were belli
in Seattle last winter by several men
who spend more than half their time
in the states, for the purpose of
making a slate for the republican
party of Alaska in liHfi. Long be
fore the program was complete the
understanding with some of Dele
gate Wiekersham's friends was ar
rived at providing for the nomina
tion of the delegate as the repub
lican candidate for congress. As
eary as January this program put
through at Seward In tho conven
tion was agreed upon except the
nomination for attorney-general,
which was arranged during the con
vention.
Bight Off the Slate.
When the convention met, U.
Murane, Shackleford’s new national
committeeman, or Jafet Lindebcrg’s,
as the case may be, made all the
motions for the temporary organ
ization from a paper he held in his
hand. Mr. Shackleford sat directly
behind him and issued several or
ders in a low tone. Chairman George
Irving, of Juneau, read all the com
mittee appointments from a paper.
All of the names were Shackleford
men. The protesting delegates from
the Third division were not allowed
to name anybody, although in na
tional conventions, even when
driven by steam roller process, each
state names its own members of all
committees.
Mr. Shackleford complained that
the opposition that he encountered
from the Third division had added
largely to the cost of his steam
roller campaign. He was particular
ly aggrieved becauso one proxy on
the old territorial committee had
cost him a large sum of money to
secure, when a cortain prominent
man could have obtained it for him,
he asserted, without expense, but
had refused the request that he do
so. Mr. Shackleford mentioned free
ly that the freight bill of his cam
paign had been very heavy, but lie
did not disclose the source of the
mazuma. Mayhap he considers that
the business of nobody but himself |
and the contributors.
Two Big Voting Blocks.
The sixty votes of the Second di
vision were voted by W. A. Gilmore
and George D. Schofield. Nome men
of high standing say that the repub
lican voters who gavo the proxies
are mostly anti-Slmckleford and ox
pected the votes to he cast that way.
Forty-tbree votes from the Fourth
division were east by Thomas Lloyd,
Proxy, for the band wagon. It is
notorious that tho Fourth division I
has always been overwhelmingly op- J
posed to Shackleford.
The Shackleford majority, at his ;
behest, refused to allow the three- >
fourths majority of the Third divi- j
sion, to name its own members of
the new territorial committee. No
serious attempt was made in debate |
to refute the fact that in national,
state, district and municipal conven
tions, everywhere, in all parties,
each political subdivision names its
own committee.
•til for tlie Offices.
The reason given by Mr. Shackle
ford for naming the committee mem
ber t-oni the tThird division was
that he did not intend to leave his
friends in that division, a small mi
nority, under control of the major
ity .lie made references to taking
are of theta hereafter, which
'.oemed to ind cate that he wag pro
ceeding upon the suggestion of the
mmortal Flannagan in the Chicago
convention of lKtiO, "What are we
here for if not for the ollices?’’
Tiie convention' wound up with
the bizarre proceeding of naming a
committee to pick a candidate for
delegate to congress thereafter.
Thl was duo to the failure of Judge
Wickersham to wire a stipulation
agreeing to keep his hands off the
.federal patronage. The judge seems
o have lieen too busy to comply
with Hie demands made upon him on
that matter. The Shackleford
Wickersham agreement made
through various persons last winter
had a hole in it.
Combine Deal Obscure.
The precise terms of the agree
ment for the nomination of Judge
Wickersham are disputed end un
certain. Judge Wickersham denies
that he ever made any agreement or
arrangement Kith Mr. Shackleford
or his clan. Mr. Shackleford asserts
that through mutual friends, Ed. C.
Russell of Juneau being the chief
agent of tbe delegate, it was stipu
lated that Judge Wickersham should
receive the nomination and pledge
himself not to interfere with federal
patronage, office distribution being
ipft to Mr. Shackleford as general
broker foe the republicans of Alas
ka. Mr. Russell stated on the lloor
of the convention that the arrange
ment in no way reflected upon either
Wickersham or Shackleford, but he
made no disclosure of its terms.
It is undisputed that after the
election of delegates to the Seward
convention on Mnrch 11. in which
many Shackleford delegates had
been. elected by the support of
Wickersham men, direct demands
were repeatedly made upon Delegate
Wickersham that he pledgo himself
in some unequivocal way to keep his
hands oft' federal patronage and to
leave that wholly to Mr. Shackle
ford. Counter demands were made
upon the delegate by supporters in
Alaska that he have no alliance with
Shackleford. Tho delegate finally
came out in an open statement de
nying any agreement with Shackle
ford.
Up in the Air.
In this situation the convention
AS CONVENTION DAY DRAWS NEAR.
INDICATIONS MORE STRONGLY POINT
TO NOMINATION OF ROOSEVELT
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CHICAGO, May 18.—This city is already taking on conven
tion airs, and big politicians from all over the country arc
daily arriving. Both the republicans and the progressives
have opened headquarters here, and these headquarters are the
meeting places of the politicians who are assembling and till
ing the city. One thing is very noticeable, and that is the
friendliness displayed as between the republicans and pro
gressives. Harmony is in the air. Prominent republican and
progressive politicians openly advocate a get together move
ment as between the two parties. Col. Roosevelt, if one may
judge by the talk among the politicians here, will gain the re
publican nomination for president, lie will not win on the
first ballot, nor on the second or third ballots, because there
are some states that have favorite sons that they wish to honor
with a complimentary vote. Then Justice Hughes and Elihu
Root have a number of delegates that are loyal to them. But
the convention will wind up by nominating Col. Roosevelt, un
less all signs fail. And if Roosevelt is nominated by the re
publicans and progressives, his election is almost a certainty.
The chief planks in both the republican and progressive
platforms will be preparedness and a condemnation of the for
eign policy of the Wilson administration. The fact that the
two platforms will be much the same, shows that there is very
little difference as between the two parties, and all that is
necessary to re unite them is the nomination of a popnlar can
didate like Col. Roosevelt.
BIG APPROPRIATION FOR ALASKA
RAILWAY PROJECT WILL PASS THE
CONGRESS WITHOUT OPPOSITION
WASHINGTON, May 18.—Despite the attitude of congress
to reduce appropriations to n minimum, at this session of con
gress, the big appropriation for continuation of construction
on the Alaska railway project will pass without any particular
opposition. The house committee on appropriations, the chair
man of which is Congressman Fitzgerald, of New York, has
had hearings on the matter and likewise has at its command
the testimony presented when the emergency appropriation
bill was up for disposal. Secretary Lane and Chairman Edes.
of the Alaskan Engineering Commission, have appeared before
the committee in support of the appropriation, and have been
assured that they will get the amount asked by them. Dele 4
gate Wickersham is also a warm advocate for the appropria
tion and is doing good work in gaining support for this item
in the sundry civil bill. Just when this bill will be presented
to congress is not known at this time, but Chairman Fitzgerald
is continually urging his colleagues in the house to take up
these appropriation bills without unnecessary delay.
Chairman Edes will remain in Washington until the appro
priation for the railway project is available.
met at Seward, April 19. lleforo
that day messages had been sent to
Judge Wickersham at Washington
by Mr. Russell, and perhaps others,
asking him to state his attitude to
ward Mr. Shackleford’s demand for
a monopoly of federal office control
in Alaska. For several dc.ys Mr.
Shackleford had publicly proclaimed
in Cordova, Valdez and Seward that
Wickersham con'd not have the
nomination unless he would sign
and deliver the office stipulation.
The convention adjourned several
times to await the answer of the
delegate. No answer came.
At 10 p. m. the convention ad
journed sine die without a nomina
tion for lelegate to congress, leaving
that trivial matter in the nominal
custody of a committee of four, one
from each judicial division, to bo de
termined hereafter or left in the
stock of unflnlshed business. It re
mains to be seen whether any man
can be found beggared enough to ac
cept such a nomination.
TWO RECENT ARRIVALS
RECEIVE GOOD NEWS
The steamship Mariposa brought
good news to M. S. Hufschmidt and
C. Schulte, of this city. They own
920 acres (over a mile and a half
square) of tide lands on San Fran
cisco bay, ncross from San Fran
cisco, which the letter says has been
sold to Eastern capitalists for a
price running well up In five figures.
The deal was partially closed before
they lert Seattle and they have been
expecting word on every steamer.
Iloth say that they are well
pleaseil with Anchorage and will re
turn late in the summer or early in
the spring, when they will open a
real estate exchange and building as.
sociation, selling small homes on the
easy payment plan. They have great
faith in the future of Anchorage and
expect to see a wonderful trans
formation on their return. They
have secured an option on a location
for their office bilding in Anchorage.