FIFTEEN FOREIGN RECRUITS
START FOR CONCENTRATION
CAMP AT BIZARDE, AFRICA.
MARCH TO STEAMSHIP DOCK
Party From This City Will Be Joined
by Others From Towns Along Coast
and Party Will Sail in Near Future
from Quebec.
Fifteen Serbians and Russians of
Aneobrage embarked on the Admiral
Watson Sunday afternoon bound for
Juneau where they will remain for
several days before continuing their
journey to Quebec from which city
they will take a Canadian steamship
for the concentration camp at Btearde,
Africa. These loyal men have enrolled
on the side of the allies in the world
war and between here and Juneau,
they will be joined by other contin
gents from Seward, Cordova and other
towns. In all, the party leaving Juneau
will total at least 100 men.
This movement is the result of the
■efforts of Danilo Mandic who accom
panied the party to Juneau. Mr. Man
dic represents the South Slavic De
fense league which organization is rec
ognized by the United States govern
ment and which stands the expenses of
the recruits’ trip from Alaska to
Africa.
f Assisted by Others.
While here Mr. Mandic was ably as
sisted in Ids work by Danilo Vucetich,
Milo Jonovich and other representa
tive foreigners in Anchorage who have
done much to arouse the patriotism
of their fellow countrymen.
Prior to embarking on the Admiral
Watson the party composed of Simo
Vracar, George ravicevich, John Ivac
anovski, Peter Barac, George Sovilj,
Milo Radoich, Peter Koprivich, Spiro
Cirovich, K. Miehanovich, George
Yujovich, V. Bacevich, M. Kraljevich,
J. Bacevick, Danilo Mandic and M.
Dabanoeich, formed in line at he Ar
cade cigar store and marched down
Fourth avenue to H street, down H to
Christensen road and then to the gov
ernment dock. As a mark of respect
and in recognition of their loyalty,
Captain Frederick Mears made a short
speech to the party and complimented
them on their patriotism.
Leaders of Parade.
The line of march was led by Danilo
Vucetieh and Milo Jonovich as stand
ard bearers and in Anchorage as pos
sibly on many a future bloody battle
field the flag of the United States and
the flag of Serbia, fluttered gracefully
side by side.
Mr. Vucetieh remarked in his short
address wishing his countrymen and
fellow patriotic farewell: “The Serbian
flag has been raised for the first time
in Anchorage.
“You are honored,” he continued “to
march behind your country's colors
and its honor and sacredness rest with
you. You are doubly honored by the
close association of the unstained and
undefeated flag of the United States,
whose enviable record should always
be a source of inspiration to you and
the soldiers now fighting for Serbia
and the other European allies.
"“Countrymen, your flag has been
raised in a worthy cause that the com
mon enemy may suffer ignominious
defeat and that you and yours may
enjoy the joys and blessings of free
dom and independence. My prayer and
prediction is that the flag raised by
you in Anchorage today will never be
lowered or surrendered but will rise to
the eminent heighth where it will lead
a free and united people and receive
just recognition from the powers of
the entire world.”
Not a sound of drum or fife marked
the unostentatious display of patriot
ism as the 15 men, born on foreign
soil, marched to the steamer which
took them on their first stage of the
trip to the battle front. They seemed
stolid, phlegmatic patriots. Nor was
there any show of feeling on the part
of citizens of Anchorage compliment
ary to these loyal sons of alien
powers. . j .
FIRSTSHIPMENT
MOON
GOAL ARRIVES
SERVICE ESTABLISHED BE
TWEEN ANCHORAGE AND
CHICKALOON, 74 MILES.
MINES CAN GET SUPPLIES.
Squatters Are Located Near Termi
nal But Government Will Permit
No More As It May Survey Town
site Next Spring.
Two carloads of coal, which arrived
this ”-«ek, constituted the first ship
ment over the government railroad
to Anchorage from the Chickaloon
fields. The quantity was sixty tons,
and it was taken from Unit No. 12,
one of the properties operated by
the Alaskan Engineering commission
under the direction of Sumner Smith.
It will be used as fuel in the com
mission’s buildings here.
When the first train on the Mata
nuska branch ran through to the end
of the line at Chickaloon, a distance
of seventy-four miles from Anchor
age, last week, it marked an
important epoch in the construction
of the government railroad and in
the opening of the Matanuska coal
fields. Machinery and supplies can
now be hauled to the mines in course
of development at Chickaloon.
Supplies Can be Hauled.
It will also enable supplies for the
mining districts beyond Chickaloon i
to be hauled nearer to the base of op
eration.
The Alaskan Enineering commis
sion is now employing twenty men in ;
the development of the mine on leas- j
ing Unit No. 12. A few squatters
have been permitted to locate tem
porarily near the terminal of the
road.
Some Business Houses.
There is now a roadhouse, a laun
dry, a general merchandise store, a
restaurant and a cigar and pool room,
which it is believed is sufficient to
take care of the persons who will
live at that point or pass through
there during the winter.
No further permits to occupy land
at this point for any kind of bus
iness or for residence will be issued.
A townsite may be surveyed by the
government somewhere in the vicini
ty of Chickaloon next spring, but its
exact location has not yet been de
termined.
HACKS TO BE
ERECTED HERE
Home Guards and Loyal League
Plan to Construct Suitable Build
ing in Which to Hold Their Indoor
Drills.
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At a meeting last night of mem
, bers of the Home Guard and the Loy
al league, plans were discussed to
I erect a building here to be used as an
indoor drilling place by the two mili
tary organizations. The fact that
$100 a month will be allowed from
the territorial treasury as rent for
suitable drilling quarters will justify,
it is believed, the construction of a
building.
Committes each of five members
from the two organizations will meet
tonight in Pioneer hall to decide on
definite plans, which will be sub
mitted at a joint meeting of the
Home Guards and Loyal league to
morrow night in rioneer hall.
The Alaskan Engineering commis
] sion has offered to donate a site for
i the barracks building.
Limit Sugar Sales.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—The first
war ration went into effect today
when retailers restricted the sale of
sugar to limited quantities ranging
from two to five pounds to each con
sumer. The usual price is ten and
eleven cents a pound. The lower price
prevails with the more patriotic
dealers.
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COMMISSIONER FREDERICK
MEARS ORDERS PUBLIC TO
KEEP OFF GOVERNMENT LINE.
ORDERS SENT OFFICIALS
Freight, Mail and Dog Outfits Are Di
rected to Travel Along Roads or
Trails—Attention Called to Susitna
Valley.
Anticipating that in the winter sea
son, efforts likely would be made to
use the railroad as a highway for sled
traffic, Captain Frederick Mears,
member of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission for the Anchorage divis
ion, has issued a circular to prevent
the establishment of such practice.
The circular follows:
“All unauthorized persons are pro
hibited from using the railroad track,
completed grade or right-of-way of
the Alaska Railroad, which has been
recently constructed by the Alaskan
Engined >'ng Commission in this divis
ion, as a highway for teams or dog
sleds.
Roads and Trails.
“The public can readily find suitable
means of transportation over the
roads and trails which follow closely
along the general route of the railroad.
“All district engineers, superintend
ents, and those in authority over the
work of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission are hereby directed to
route all of their business, such as
freight teams, mail teams, dog teams,
etc, over the wagon roads referred to,
and they ai'e directed not to use the
track or grade with any sort of a con
veyance, nor to permit others to do
so.”
Susitna Valley Highway.
Commissioner Mears adds:
“In the Susitna Valley beyond the
Little Susitna river, Mile 174, the
Alaskan Engineering commission has
constructed a very good wagon road as
far as Talkeetna. This road follows
approximately the general line of the
railroad, and all persons should use
this road instead of trying to make a
highway of the railroad track and
completed grade.”
SOLDIERS BUY
Ninety-Four Men of Fourteenth In
fantry Here Subscribe $15,050 and
Members of Daily Times Staff Take
$2,100.
Fifteen thousand and fifty dollars
has been invested in the second issue
of Liberty bonds by members of the
Fourteenth United States infantry
stationed at Anchorage. The force
numbers ninety-four men.
Members of the staff of the Daily
Times have subscribed $2,100 to the
national war issue. Other business
houses here are creditably represent
ed in the list of buyers.
The countr\r-wide drive for the
sale of the bonds is scheduled to close
tomorrow night.
EXEMPTION BOARD
ENGAGES OFFICES
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GREAT AMOUNT OF BLANK LIT
ERATURE INDICATES TASK IS
ENTWINED WITH RED TAPE.
The army exemption board, com
prised of Thomas Dwyer, president,
John H. Robinson, secretary and Dr.
F. M. Boyle, has opened an office in
the Alaska building, occupying the
rooms heretofore used by District At
torney Munley. It is already evident
that there is an immense amount of
work to be done by this board. Numer
ous blanks have been received from
the governor and the many different
kinds indicate that there is consider
able red tape in connection with the
board’s duties.
FIVE THOUSAND CANVASSERS
WILL CALL AT 22,000,000
HOMES THIS WEEK.
AMERICA MUST FEED ALLIES
Canners of Fish and Vegetables Will
Be Required to Sell Products at
Reasonable Profit Regardless of
Market Conditions.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 30.—
Food pledge week, which began Sun
day, is now actively under way with
half a million canvassers throughout
the country securing pledges from
twenty-two million homes for the ob
servance of the food administration’s
direction and advice in food economy,
which President Wilson has endorsed.
W’ith the effective cooperation of ail
families to save food throughout the
war, America will be able to export
all the meat, wheat, fats and sugar her
allies in Europe need to enable them
to maintain their fighting strength.
The food administration will put
into effect special regulations to pre
vent speculation in canned goods. The
date will be either November 1, or
February 1, depending upon the needs
of the United States and her European
allies. Canners will be required to sell
products at a reasonable margin of
profit, regardless of market conditions.
All canners will be put under license
and will be forbidden to make future
sales of canned corn, salmon, sardines:
tomatoes or peas.
COAL PRICES FIXED.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—The fuel
administration announced today a
scale of coal prices for Michigan and
made changes in prices previously
announced for pai'ts of Montana, Ar
kansas, Illinois and Missouri.
’LCLELE'-ELT
JAMES HOGAN, OF JUNEAU,
MAKES POLE FROM 1800
POUND PIECE OF MARBLE.
MORE THAN SIX FEET HIGH
Frog Cain of Chilkat Tribe Will Give
Potlatch When They Erect Emblem
With Appropriate Ceremonies in
Klukwan Cemetery.
Indian totems, for centuries carved
in wood, are now being carved in mar
ble by the white man and modern
tools, says a Juneau newspaper.
What is said to be the most perfect
specimen of the Indian totem in Alas
ka has been carved from a solid block
of Alaska marble by James Hogan of
Juneau ,and plans are being made to
erect the pole in a cemetery at Ivluk
wan.
Frog Clan of Chilkats.
The totem represents the Frog clan
of the Chilkat tribe of Indians, and
five names of members of the tribe
have been carved in the stone by
Hogan.
The totem was carved from a solid
piece of marble weighing 1,800 pounds
and measuring six feet by three feet
by one foot and one-half.
Painted in Vivid Green.
The pole is painted a vivid green
with white eyes and yellow spots. It
represents the head of a large frog just
emerging from the top of an old
stump.
Natives of the Frog clan are pre
paring to give a great potlatch at the
time of the erection of the stone pole,
and it has been estimated that they
will spend something like $4,000 on
the totem and the festivities to ac
company the dedication in the Kluk
wan cemetery.
GETS S? 3c 150
IN ANCHORAGE
TWO BANKS RECEIVE SUBSCRIP
TIONS AMOUNTING TO $146,000
FOR NATIONAL SECURITIES.
COMMISSION MEN TAKE $79,600
Ninety-Nine Soldiers Forming Detach
ment in This City Invest $13,050,
Which Is Per Capital Average of
$132.
Two hundred and thirty-eight thous
and, six hundred and fifty dollars is
the amount subscribed for the second
Liberty loan by residents of the An
chorage district.
Of this sum, $146,000 was taken in
by the two banks here; $79,600 was
made up by employes of the Anchor
age division of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, and $13,050 was rais
ed by members of the detachment of
the Fourteenth United States infantry
stationed in this city. The military de
tachment is comprised of ninety-nine
men, which gives it a per capita sub
scription of $132.
The liberty loan campaign, which
was general throughout the United
States and all her territories and
possessions, closed last Saturday
night. The sum invested in the war
time securities by residents of this dis
trict is greater than was originally
estimated by managers of the loan
campaign.
At the offices of the Alaskan En
gineering commission in this city, an
nouncement is made that employes of
the Fairbanks division have taken at
least $27,000 of Liberty bond and the
employes of the Seward division
$4,200. These returns from Fairbanks
and Seward are not complete, and late
subscriptions in both places are ex
pected to augment totals materially.
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NOW!
IF YOU plan on remaining
in the city or nearby this
winter and you have an
ailment which has been trou
bling you, now is the time to
have it looked after. I have
informed you in last week’s
paper that I will be here all
winter. Why not let us get
together on this thing, you
with your ailment and I with
ifiH
Lne sKiii ana experience to
rid you of it?
WHY NOT?
It is a great opportunity for you to be able to consult and obtain treatment
from a SPECIALIST in these DISEASES, here in the midst of Alaska, at a
time of year most convenient to you.
You will have cleared your system and freed your mind of whatever ailed
you and be in the best possible condition to return to your v/ork when you are
ready to do so.
There is no need to travel 2,000 miles or more to get what you may have
right here. And besides you save money in more than one way.
I WANT YOU TO THINK
Then call on me and let us go over the case together to see what should be done.
BEAR IN MIND
I confine my practice to SPECIAL AILMENTS OF MEN AND WOMEN,
ACUTE AND CHRONIC CONTRACTED DISEASES, BLOOD POISON AND
NERVOUS DISORDERS, SKIN, KIDNEYS AND POSTATIC AILMENTS.
Or, if you need building up, if you feel that you would like to be stronger or
more vigorous, I am in a position to offer you a treatment which never fails and
what is better still,—it is permanent.
Throw your modesty overboard and bring your troubles to me. If you can
be cured, I can do it.
BUT DO IT NOW!
DR. A. W. LUEDERS
HOURS: 9 TO 9, SUNDAYS SAME
626 Fourth Ave.
Opp. Telephone Office
ANCHORAGE ALASKA
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