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VOL. 1. NO. 213.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1916.
PIIICE 10 CENTS
IENGIAHO HAS BLACKLISTED HUNDREDS HE BUSINESS FIRMS IN AMERICA
157 WARSHIPS BE
BUILT 3 YEARS
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WASHINGTON, July 19.—The
Senate has adopted the enlarged na
val building program vlve viva vote.
It provides for the construction of
one hundred and fifty-seven war
ships of ail classes within the next
» three years. Four dreadnaughts
and four battle cruisers will be built
i®. in the next year.
The senate rejected by a vote of
4 8 to 18, the amendment requesting
that three new battleships be kept
on the Pacific coast. It was argued
that the amendment infringed on
the president’s constitutional au
thority as commander-in-chief of the
navy.
BERLIN, July 19.—The German aircraft was active last
night and bombarded the Russian naval harbor at Reval. The
shells dropped hit several warships, but it was impossible to
learn the extent of the damage done.
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Great Britain lias prepared a
| blacklist of a, hundred firms doing business in the United
States which has aroused considerable feeling. Action in mat
ter is being delayed pending reports from Ambassador Page,
but it is intimated that England's action might be construed as
friendly.
SEATTLE, July 19.—George Schloetlebefg, a wholesale
fish dealer of this city, who is also well known in Alaska, is
on England’s blacklist, because he is a German citizen.
PETROGRAD, July 19.—The Russians have crossed the
Carpathians and after a day’s march will be penetrating into
Hungary. The Austrian rear is threatened and the advances
made by the Russians is causing the enemy'considerable un
easiness.
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LONDON* July 19.—The Germans have captured a por
; tiou ol' Delville Woods and obtained a footing northwest of the
outskirts of Loudgueval.
WASHINGTON. July 19,;—The Swiss minister held a
lengthy conference with Acting Secretary of State Polk today,
I discussing the prospects of peace among the European eoun
; tries at war. Polk indicated that the talk may bring some tan
| gible results.
| BALTIMORE, July 19.—The Deutschland is ready to sail
at a moment's notice and the supposition is that the vessel is
awaiting an opportunity to slip away unnoticed. The Dorman
submarine Bremen is expected to arrive here soon and the gen
eral impression prevails that the Deutschland expects to be on
her way home before the Bremen reaches port.
BERLIN. July 19.—The strongly reinforced Russian ar
mies southwest of Riga are heavily attacking Gen. I linden -
burg's forces, but the attacks have been repulsed and tlie Rus
sians lost heavily in the battle.
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PRESIDENT URGES
PASSAGE OF BILLS
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Presi
dent Wilon went to the capitol yes
terday for the first time in three
months and conferred in the presi
dent’s room with Senator Kern. It
is understood that he urged the In
clusion of the workingmen’s com
pensation and child' labor hills in
the present legislative program. *
EPIDEMIC OF PARALYSIS
CAUSING MANY DEATHS
NEW YORK, July 19.—The infan
tile paralysis epidemic has been in
creasing and during the past 24 hours
there were 30 deaths and 142 new
cases.
COAL SHIPMENTS
ABOUT AUGUST 1
The Dick Doherty coal mine at
Moose creek has reached the stage of
development where it is ready for the
beast of burden that hauls the coal
cars. Mr. Doherty has 1,000 tons of
coal on the dump waiting for trans
portation facilities and it will not be
later than the first week in August
that the people of Anchorage will be
able to receive Moose creek coal de
livered at their back door for the low
price of $8.00 to $10.00 per ton.
The analysis show this to be a high
grade lignite coal and the test3 prove
that it is exceptionally well adapted
for cooking and heating purposes.
The Doherty mine is employing 30
men at the present time and has all
the appearances of a real camp fitted
out with comfortable living Quarters,
bams and mess house.
The main tunnel 7 by 8 feet, is
driven from the Moose creek entrance
and is in 430 feet with nine shoots in
all, 34 feet apart, and the entire work
is being carried on in a workmanlike
manner with the ultimate view of
making this a permanent coal mine.
The first air shaft is in 90 feet from
the mouth of the tunnel and it is 60
feet to the surface, while the other
air shaft at the end of the tunnel, 450
feet, rises to the distance of 300 feet
to the surface.
The bunkers with a capacity of 700
tons are being built for storage and
the Alaskan Engineering commission
is co-operating with Mr. Doherty tc
make this mine a success from the
beginning and thus add another im
portant asset to the resources of An
chorage.
SOMEBODY MUS>T HAVE DONE
SOMETHING TO OKLAHOMA
LONDON, July 19.—Oklahoma’s
1 * fame in England is in the primitive
stage, according to the geographica
expert of a London newspaper.
Printing an account of a cyclone
which demolished a portion of Kemi
City, Okla., the “expert” appended <
footnote to the item to tell his read
ers something about Oklahoma. Thi
footnote:
“Oklahoma is an American terri
tory, adjoining that of Kansas in the
northeast of Texas and its chief tow<
has only a population of 5,000.”
GRAND JURY IS CALLED
TO INVESTIGATE STRIKI
TACOMA, July 19.—The strike sit
uation has resulted so seriously tha
the superior court has called a gram
jury to investigate the : cts of bot!
the longshoremen and the steamshi]
companies.
Daily Times Want Ads bring quid
results.
GRADING AND LAYING STEEL ON RAILROAD, ANCHORAGE TO COAL FIELDS.
j LONDON, July 19.—Whitehall,
] Great Britain’s official governmental
| nerve center, is soon to be ruled by
j women, it was announced today.
I With conscription enacted, steps
[are being taken to clear all govern
mental departments of young men el
igible for military service. Women
are being trained to take their places.
In exceptional cases a few govern
mental offices will retain their indis
pensable males but the latter will re
main principally to train the women.
Hundreds of men who have basked
behind their official jobs for 20
months already have been given their
ten days’ grace to arrange business
and domestic affairs.
An official census for April elicited
that 1,022 single military eligibles
were employed by the admiralty
alone; 1,032 in the board of trade; 623
in the war office, 465 in the ministry
of munitions, 145 in the board of ed
ucation, 2,302 customs, 1,780 inland
revenue, and hundreds more in other
: departments in addition to the post
• office where single and married eli
, gibles numbered 31,000.
: NEARLY THREE THOUSAND
MEN EMPLOYED RAILROAD
! The number of men employed by
i the Alaskan Engineering commissior
and on the pay roll last week has
reached 2,787, divided as follows: 1,
665 Commission employes, 947 statioi
1 men and 175 station laborers.
- LONDON STREET VENDERS
ARE FAST DISAPPEARING
i LONDON, July 10.—The war ha:
) hit even London’s street venders. lh<
old men who hold little trays in from
of them along the curbs are slowly
c disappearing, “nobody knows where,
says a London poor expert.
MONTEREY, July 19.—Business
j men from over the state and other
points on the Pacific slope assembled
here today in army khaki to become
student officers for- a month in Unele
Sam’s service.
They placed themselves under the
jurisdiction of regular army officers
j appointed by the war department and
entered the camp routine of infantry
mne. This is the first civilian mili
tary training camp to be opened on
the coast under government direction.
For a month the civilians will be
crammed with military lore. They
are to have reviews, dress-parades
and camp duties, just like members of
the regular army. There also will be
j forced marches, sham battles and ma
1 neuvers. They are to be called upon
to attend lectures on military topics,
study tactics and become familiar
with the art of war.
At the end of the four weeks the
business men will leave the camp, of
ficers in the rough, much more valua
ble to the country in time of need
than green, untrained rookies would
be. The cost to each individual par
i ticipating in the encampment is nomi
nal, Uncle Sam paying most of the
I expenses.
NINETEEN DEATHS
cm BY FLOOD
ATLANTA, July 19.—Four more
deaths have resulted from the floods
hich swept several of the southern
states. The total number of deaths
i reported is nineteen, while the
property loss aggregates over $15,
000,000. Reports from all sections
indicate that the flood Is receding.
FINE
OFs
W. F. Catton has just returned
from a trip to the Susitna section
bringing some excellent samples o£
timothy hay which he found growing
wild along the banks of the Susitna
river. These samples are on exhibit
in the Chamber of Commerce display
window. Mr. Catton, who will delivec
a series of lectures throughout the
United States this fall regarding the
agricultural possibilities of the Cook
Inlet and Susitna sections, says: “1
; am most agreeably surprised with the
large area of arable land possessing
chemical and physical properties very
favorable to farming and I was as
, tonished that more farmers had not
taken advantage of the many acres oi
land waiting for cultivation. Oats
barley and hay grow abundantly in s
! wild state and I estimate this grass
will yield three tons or more of hay
; per acre.”
Mr. Catton prophesies that this sec
tion will develop so rapidly that in e
short time many comfortable homes
supported largely by the products oi
the farm will be established. The
possibilities of raising stock and dai
rying will soon be recognized anc
eventually this industry will assume
a position of importance considerably
; beyond a self-supporting stage.
Mr. Catton earnestly advises the
; prospective farmer to investigate, con
! ditions along the Susitna river from
; Susitna station to Talkeetna.
RECEPTION TONIGHT IN
PRESBYTERIAN PARLORS
There will be a reception in the
parlors of the Presbyterian churcl
this evening from 8 to 10:30. The
townspeople, young and old, men anc
women, stranger and oldtimer alike
are cordially invited to com-;, insped
the new church, get acquainted, par
take of the light refreshments anc
enjoy the program.
'NEW STEAMER FORI
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TALMA RUN
During the past six weeks Parsons
and Walkenshaw have been building
| a river boat for Messrs. Wagner and
! Johnson at the Anchorage ship yards
I located at the foot of 4th avenue.
The new boat was successfully
launched at high tide this morning
and appropriately christened Mara
thon.
The Marathon is approximately 60
feet in length by 12 feet in width with
- a cabin covering the entire boat, pro
viding 18 comfortable berths, and will
be used on the Susitna and Talkeutna
j river run. The motive power is pro
Ivided for by three gasoline engines,
each driving its own propeller, mak
ing this the first river boat in Alaska
to use triple screw propellers.
This is a distinct advantage over
other boats where the power is con
centrated in one big engine and pro
peller from the fact that it will enable
the Marathon to operate in very shal
low waters.
Messrs. Wagner & Johnson have a
scow in connection that will be used
for freight transportation and will
make their first run to Talkeetna
about the 21st of this month.
They have established an up-towr
ticket office with the reliable anc
wideawake firm of Lynch and Emard
who will handle the business from
the Anchorage Realty company offi
; ces on 4th avenue.
Jeremiah Murphy, the Anchorage
wheel horse of the democratic party
in Anchorage, announces through the
columns of The Daily Times that ht
has received the cards for the Demo
cratic league and each member ma;
become possessed of one by calling
at the law office of Murphy and Aim;,
and signifying his leaning towards
democratic principles.
The steamer Admiral Farragut i:
scheduled to reach Valdez tonight am
should be here Friday.
At the meeting of the executive
committee of the Anchorage Cham
ber of Coflnmeote \i night several
matters of importance were taken tig
and other matters of interest were
discussed that can not be made pub
lic at this time. The all-important is
sue of “Good Roads” was the princi
pal topic of discussion and it was the
sense of the committee that they
I should devote more time and atten
i tion to the matter of better roads for
! this section and endeavor, through
, Colonel Richardson, to get at least a
! part of this appropriation.
It is perfectly apparent that Com
missioner Richardson’s memory is
either short or he is under the im
pression that the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission is also in the wagon
road business in addition to building
railroads. An effort will be made t>
'see John Zug, who is in this vicinity,
representing the roads commission to
day to see what definite action they
| may expect from his department.
Secretary Koch was instructed to
get together a comprehensive exhibit
to be sent to the Northwestern Prod
ucts Exposition to be held in Seattle
from October the first to the tenth
and Mr. Koch has started in on this
important work.
The matter of a city dock to be
used by the smaller crafts was under
discussion and the secretary was in
structed to look into the advisability
of the matter and confer with tire
proper authorities in regard to this
project.
Jas. O’Reilly was appointed an ad
ditional committeeman on the “Goon
Roads” committee and the $6.90 bal
ance left over from the Fourth of
July celebration turned over to the
Welfare association.
MARTIN WANTS TO MEET
PETERSON ON THE MAT
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The disciples of Frank Gotch are
anxiously looking forward to a
match between Martin and Pete:son,
and judging from the rumors in the
air this match may be pulleu off in
the very near future. In fact Andy
j Martin advised The Daily Times
i sporting editor that he is willing to
; meet Peterson at any time and for
any amount and that this should be
i considered as a challenge.
In his endeavoi to get in touch
with Peterson today the sporting edi
tor learned that Peterson had gone
out on the line to repair a boiler for
the Commission but would probably
be back within a few days, at which
time he thinks he can arrange the
match.
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