COOK INLET PIONEER
AND KNIK NEWS
VOL. 1
Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, October t
, 1915
NO. 18
London, Oct. 16.—A fleet of Zep
pelins bombarded London Thursday
I night. The official report on the at
p tack states that forty-one persons
were killed outright and over one
hundred were injured, including
; fourteen soldiers.
Numerous fires started in terious
’’parts of the city following the bom
bardment, but all were soon under
control. No buildings were dam
aged.
The bombardment was the most
ants were thrown into a panic when
the bombs began dropping from the
heavens. The attack was made
from above the center of London.
The assault continued for several
hours. The Zeppelins escaped In
the darkness.
i Planning
for Defenses
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j Washington, D. C., Oct. 16.—
l President Wilson, at the coming
I session of the Congress, will ask for
I an appropriation of four hundred
million dollars to be used for de
| fense purposes.
♦ The defense plans urged by the
| president comprehends an increase
1 of the standing army from 50,000
f men, the present status of the
F army, to 120,000. A reserve army
1 of 100,000 men, to be at call in the
event of war, is a feature of the
defense plan. The reserves will
serve short time enlistments.
The plans also call for the build
ing of submarines, and an aerial
fleet.
A mail poll of the members of
the senate and house of representa
tives indicates that the administra
tion’s defense plans meet with al
most unanimous approval.
♦ Germans at Ypres
Repel British Advance
Berlin, Oct. 11.— An official Ger
man report says:
“Following the Russian successes
of the past few days, the Austrian
armies are turning the tables and
driving the czar’s army before
them. They have driven the Rus
sians across the Stri^a river.
“The English troops attacked our
whole front from Ypres to Loos,
but completely failed to pierce our
lines, which stood like stone walls
and met the fierce onslaughts with
marked valor.”
Entire Crew
Has Beri-Beri
Port Townsend, Wash., Oat. 16.
The entire crew of the Peruvian
bark Stella, from Callao, who
reached here yesterday, are stricken
with the dread disease known as
beri-beri. The steward of the ves
sel died enroute. The crew has
been removed to the marine hos
pital here, and the vessel will be
placed in quarantine.
Urges Women
to Wed Heroes
London, Oct. 16.—The British
Record, in a strong editorial, makes
an appeal to women to marry crip
ples, victims of the great war. It
says these men are heroes, who will
make Infinitely better husbands
than those who decline to enlist for
their country’s cause, and declares
that such marriages will bring
about more happiness than the
■'aual manner of taking a life mate.
The editorial has created a pro
found ^ensation.
SEWARD IX PORT.
The big freighter Seward arrived
during the week with a large cargo
for the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission and local merchants. In
addition to the usual run of freight
she discharged 18 Rodger ballast
cars, 1,800 tons of 70-pound rails,
and 179,000 feet of lumber for the
sidewalks now being laid in the
business sectton of Anchorage. She
also brought approximately 30 tons
jif powder and dynamite.
There will be a dance tonight at
the new Byrne Hall. Good mtis ic,
good floor, good time. Gentlomen,
one dollar. Ladies free.
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Dance tonight, Byrne Hall. I
* Dining, folding anti k ftchen
tables, chairs and rockers, at Eck
uiann's Furniture Store, Fifth and
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Wright Sells
for Big Figure
New York, Oct. 16.—Orville
Wright, inventor ot th eaeroplane,
has disposed of his interest in the j
aeroplane company for the huge
sum of one and one-half million
dollars. A new company has been
formed to take over the Wright
company holdings. Wright be
comes consulting engineer in the
new organization.
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Explosion in
Santa Rosa, Cal.
Santa Rosa, Cal„ Oct. 16.—A gas
stove in a business block exploded
yesterday. Three persons, inmates
i of the structure, were killed out
right, and it is feared th,at others
are lost. A fire originating from
I the explosion burned nine business j
i buildings before the flames were j
i stayed by the fire department.
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IjOCOMOTIVRS to remain.
The two locomotives brought
here from Panama by the S. S. Sin
aloa, which were consigned to the
Alaskan Engineering Commission at
Seward, have received a change in
their schedule, and will now be un
loaded from the barge amchored off
shore and used in connection with
other locomotives in the Anchorage
terminal yards and on construction
work between here and the Mata
| nuska.
NOTICE TO MASONS.
All Masons are notified that
there will be a meeting at the new
Byrne hall, opposite Reillys cafe,
Monday night. Business of import
ance will come up for considera
tion. W. IRWIN, Secretary.
For Sale—Cheap, No. 7 Monarch
cook stove. Inquire San Francisco
Mercantile, corner Fourth and st.
Dance tonight, Byrns Hall.
RAILWAY MAN PRAISES
WORK ACCOMPLISHED
ON RAILWAY PROJECT
"I never in my experience in rail
way work saw as good a roadbed as
that now being constructed by the
Alaskan Engineering Commission
on the government railway line
leading from Anchorage to the
Matanuska landing. It is simply
ideal. The greater part of the road
bed is composed of gravel of just
the right size for this purpose, the
gravel being obtained from the cuts
necessary to the construction. The
record of achievement in railway
construction, in the matter of time,
made by the Commission, exceeds
that of any other northern railway.
Actual construction wo began the;
latter part of May, and by the end
of this month thirty-two miles of
grade, which involves the moving
of about one million cubic yards of
material, will be completed. Of
oourse, in prairie regions, in tem
perate zones, better records have
been made, but in a virgin country,
with the handicaps incident to rail
way work, the record of the Com
mission has not been reached by
other construction forces.”
The above statement was made
to the Pioneer by G. M. Campbell,
upon his return this week from a
trip over the complctod part of tlfte
work as far as the Matanuska land
ing in the company of General Su
perintendent O'Reilly. Mr. Camp
bell has been engaged in railway
construction, in Canada and the
United States, most of the time as
a contractor, for the past fifteen
years, and i3 qualified to speak
with authority with respect to the
local project.
Mr. Campbell says the pile driver
is working on the Eagle rive,r
bridge, and the frame work for this
structure is being framed at An
chorage ready to be transported to
the place of erection when the steel
Is laid. fiy doing this framing
here, Mr. Campbell points out, con
struction is facilitated, as the
bridge can then be erected in about
twenty days. Every advantage has
been taken by the Commission, says
Mr. Campbell, of the possibility of
supplying the work from the waters
of Knik arm, thereby lessening the
cost of such supplies to the station
men. The men are living well on
about 60 cents per day. Some of
the experienced timber workers
under contract, say3 Mr. Campbell,
have made as high as $8 per day
in getting out piling for the bridges.
“To my knowledge,” he continued,
“no station men have made less
than the going wages, and some
that were experienced and good
workers, and had secured good
work, have made an high as $6 to |
$8 per day. The average work rj
has cleared, above expenses, about
$100 per month.”
“Credit should bo given the lo
cating engineer,” said M|'. Camp
bell, “who has located a line
through rough country, avoiding
difficult construction, and securintr
a four per cent grade against the
load, with a maximum curvature of
six per cent, which means an inex
pensive lino to maintain ar.d oper
ate.”
“One thing that gratified me.’
said Mr. Campbell, “was to see the
homesteaders in the Matanuska
valley busy on tie contracts, In a j
great many cases getting the ties
from their own land, thus cle.aring
their land at the same time.”
With what steel is now in the
yards and that which is now being
unloaded from the freighter Sew
ard, which arrived Wednesday,
there will be a sufficient amount to
lay track over the completed grade
from Anchorage to the Matanuska
river.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ENDORSES WORK OF THE
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS
“To the flcnoiable Franklin K.
Lane, Secretary of the Interior:
“At a regular meeting of the
Anchorago Chamber of Commercee
and Commercial Club, held at An
chorage, Alaska, on the 12th day of
October, A. D. 1915, the following
resolution was unanimously adopt
ed:
“Whereas, certain communities
and persons have initiated and cir
culated reports containing deroga
tory statements relative to Anchor
age and the work of constructing
the government railroad thereat;
and
“Whereas, we, the members of
the Anchorage Chamber of Com
meroe and Commercial Cl lb, being
in touch with and having actual
knowledge of conditions in and
about Anchorage and the work ac
complished by the Alaskan En
gineering Commission; now there
fore,
“Be ^ Resolved, That the Cham
ber of Commerce and Commercial
DEATH OF AtJHl) MAX.
John Johnson, aged 72, died Sun
day evening, Oct. 10, of old age.
He arrived in Alaska some five
months ago, coming from the state
of Washington. For the past sev
eral weeks he had been working on
a farm a short distance from An
chorage. A few days before his
death he same into town for sup
plies, and shortly a'ter his arrival
he complained about feeling unwell.
Dr. Kyvig was called and gave the
old gentleman every attention pos
sible, but owing to extremely hard
work during the summer his physi
cal condition was such that medical
attention was unable to help. He
wasyborn »n Finland. Two sons
and^ daughter are said to be living
near Warsaw. Burial took place in
the Anchorage cemetery.
They are ready—Crawford Flats.
Nifty office rooms. 5th and 1 Sts.
I
' Club of Anchorage, Alaska, In reg
ular meeting assembled, do hereby
endorse the work pel ’ornied by thi
said Alaskan Engineering Cornmis
: sion, and that it is our belief that
all money expended by said Com
mission has been judiciously ex
pended in railroad construction and
al’ied work in connection with the
building of said railroad in Alaska,
and that we commend the said
Commission for its valuable ser
vices to Alaska: and that we recom
mend that the full amount of
mrncy requested by said Commis
sion for the ensuing year be ob
tained from Congress, in order that
the said road may return interest
on the investment at the earliest
possible time and also to expedite
the opening of the vast resources of
the country through which the pro
posed railroad is to be built.
“J. H. SMITH,
"President.
"Attest: A. S. KOCH,
“Secretary.”
IjATOI'CHK is k.\route.
The freighter Latouche, which
l cleared Port Angeles Oct. 11 for
I Anchorage, has one of the largest
, cargoes aboard that was ever
shipped into this part of Alaska on
: o«e boat. Most of the shipment is
consigned to tho Alaskan Engineer
ing Commission. It includes 833
tons of 7(l-pound rails, one Brown
ing locomotive crane, structural
and plate iron complete for a 100,
000-gallon water tank, and 30 3,000
feet of lumber for general con
struction.
Sterling felt mattress?s, 40-lb.,
guaranteed, at Brown & Hawkins’.
"Quality First.”
Dance tonight, Byrne Hall.
How about that photo you have
been promising yourself all sum
mer? Get it this month and yffu
get one 10x16 enlargement free.
McCain studio.
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Teutons and
Serbs Meet
Vienna, Oct. 10.—The advance
of the Teuton army into Serbia con
tinues unabated, despite terrilic re
sistance on the part of the Serb
army. A terrific battle occurred at
Lipa, following a counter attack
made by the Serbs against the in
vaders. The battlefield is strewn
with Teuton corpses, and the Serb
loss was almost equally great. Both
contestants claim the victory. The
Teutons were unable to advance,
for the time being, due to heavy
losses, but are again renewing the
invasion of Serbian soil.
Adequate Funds
for Local School
A message from Chairman Edes,
of the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission, to Townsite Manager
Moore, received Thursday evening,
conveys the very gratifying in
formation that the sum of $5,000 !
is available for the ensuing term of
the public schools of Anchorage.
Governor Strong wired Chairman
Edes to t'rs effect.
This handsome sum will permit
Anchorage to have adequate school
facilities to accommodate the 150
ichool children now in Anchorage,
and thisnewspaper takes occasion j
to commend Governor Strong and
Chairman tides for their elfortg in
the matter.
it is understood that three teach
ers will compose the teaching corps
Two of these are Miss Murphy, bow
leaching temporarily ai Knik, aud
Miss Dennett. The third selection
has not been made.
The Engineering Commission is
now erecting a fine, commodious
school building on the block re
served for school purposes. Par
sons & Russell have the contract,
which calls for completion by the
first of November.
Cordova Wireless
Station Accident
Cordova, Oct. 16.—An explosion
of gasoline in the operating room ol
the radio station at Whitehead,
near Gordova, occurred Thursday
night, with the result that feur in
mates of the room were burned, one
of whom is believed to he seriously
injured. The radio apparatus was
destroyed. Details of the accident
are meagre.
The cableship Burnside picked up
on« end of the broken cable last
night, and in a day or so it is an
ticipated that the cable will be re
paired, ready for use.
Later—Additional detail* from
the Whitehead explosion tar that
the accident was cauged whan aa
aleohcf lamp exploded, igniting a
‘ark of distillate. Four men from
tne collier Promethus, in th» gor
entMent ser- ice, who were angag< d
in repair work in the room whers
the explosion occurred, were badly
burned. One may die.
The Dominion line is down, thus
completely shutting off communica
tion with the outside.
Schmitz Asks
for Recount
San Francisco, Oct. 16.—Schmidt,
the defeated candidate for mayor
against the incumbent, Rolph, de
mands a recount of the vote, on the
ground of illegal voting. He de
dares that si:; thousand illegal
rotes were cast. He was beaten,
recording to the count, by but four
housand votes.
Italy May Join
With the Allies
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Paris, Oet. 16.—A semi-official
report from Rome states:
“Italy will participate in the Pal-1
kan war on the side of the allied
forces. An open declaration to this
effect may be expected any day
now.”
JOHNSTON'S KERRY.
The seaworthy, staunch and com
modious boat Brighton will ferry
tassengers ko and from all incom
ng and outgoing boats. Yes, we
mrry trunks.
FRANKLIN* JOHNSTON', Mgr.
Offices next door Admiral S. S.
Jflice, Fourth St. and city dock.
For furniture and store fixtures
lee Wilkes. Shop on H street, be
ween Third and Fourth avenues.
Rugs and Pnolenms at Eck
nann’s, Fifth and K street.
For Rent—Two-room apartments,
■orner Fifth and F street. Ready
'or occupancy soon. Apply P. !•
VleDonald, on premises.
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’Frisco Seeks
Convention
San Francisco, Oct. 16.—A strong
effort is being made to liar# tie
Republican national convention in
this city, with bright prospect* for
success.
Attorney Seeks
to Filch Detective
Seattle, Oct. 16.—A local attor
ney, engaged by William J. Burns,
the detective, in his l'bel *ait
against the Seattle Time*, ha* •ti
tered suit to recover an attorney
fee of $25,000.
SULZER MINE PRODUCING
Seattle, Oct. 1C.—Senator Sul
zer, of the First division of Alaska,
who is here enroute Fast, eays h>
company is mining fifteen hundrid
tons of copper monthly and is em
ploying forty-five miners.
ROSTOV >VIVS PENNANT.
The Boston team of the Amer
ican League won the pennant eve*
(lie Philadelphia team of the Na
tional League. Boston we* four
games, and Philadelphia one.
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lU’OS! RUGS! RIOS!
JUST RECEIVED, A KIIIP*TEVT
OF SIXTV RUGS, SIZES FROM
27x54 INCHES TO 0x12 FWFT.
VELVETS, BRUSSELS AND AT.
MINSTERS. OUTSIDE PRICES.
CALL AND EXAMINE TIETM AND
OFT PRICES.
KCKMANN’S FURNITURE STORK,
FIFTH AVE. AND K ST.
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