Many Killed in Explosion
Mare Island Navy Yard
VALLEJO, July 10.—The dead as
the result of the explosion which
damaged several magazines and de
stroyed the store house at the navy
yard here are Allen F. McKenzie,
chief gunner, and his wife and two
children, and two civilians employed
about the yards.
WASHINGTON, July 10.—Five i
were killed and 31 injured in Mare
island explosion, according to the ad
vices received by the navy depart- '
ment. i
Eight Missing
VALLEJO, July 10. — Eight per
50ns are missing, is the latest advice
fiven by officials as the result of the
explosion. The officers are reticenl
is to the cause of the explosion.
NOME NEWS AND DOINGS AS
TOLD IN HIE EXCHANGES JUST
RECEIVED IN ANCHORAGE
Captain Erickson of the good ship
Flyer is busy getting his battle
cruiser ready for the fray. The gen
ial skipper has made many changes
which will add to the comfort of the
passengers. He has painted his boat
throughout and has put on rolling
chocks which will assure stability. As
yet Erickson has not decided whether
he will make the regular run to Solo
mon this summer. He may take to
the lower Yukon and run from St.
Michael to Marshall City. If there is
enough business to justify a regular
route to Dime the Flyer will take up
that run.
The prospects for business with
Dime Creek are very good for the
coming season, there is every reason
to believe that as soon as conditions
permit large orders will be placed
with Nome merchants for immediate
shipment, this also will be a great
factor in the season’s work for the
mosquito fleet.
To the Bangor creek dredge goes
the honors of being the first dredge
of the season to turn over. The big
machine has been chewing up the
gravel since the 21st inst. This boat
is digging in ground close to fifty feet
deep; everything is thawed ahead of
the boat and the gold-saver is hand
ling close to her capacity of two
thousand yards a day. J. J. Keenon
is in charge.
rxepuiy xuarsnax joex ierriii win De
among the arrivals in Nome on the
first boat bringing with him H. Wag
ner the ex-soldier who is under ar
rest under a charge of grand larceny.
Wagner was arrested in the streets
in Seattle several months ago by Ter
rell who had a warrant for his ar
rest—issued here before the leaving
of the last boats.
Writing from Los Angeles, Joe
Warren, for many years extradition
officer for Alaska with headquarters
in Seattle, states that he now holds
the best position he ever had in his
life. Joe does not think it advisable to
mention the position which he occu
pies but states that he is in the em
play of the United States government.
Joe Warren will be remembered for
his connection with the famous Mid
as case. He was the officer detailed
from Alaska to clear up this mystery
and has almost been in the employ of
fce government ever since.
The following is the Powell property
that was sold to the Alaska mines
corporation: The Alaska Mines Cor
poration are ahead of their schedule
and have laid off a few men in the past
three days. At the present time there
are 28 men in the employ of the com
pany getting the hulls of the boats in
readiness for the receiving of the ma
chinery which will arrive on the first
boats.
The bucket line for the big boat on
Flat creek “will not arrive until the
second sailing of boats, however, as
it will be one of the last things to go
on it, will be here in time enough.
Thirty days after the arrival of the
first boats, both the Flat creek and
Bourbon boats will be digging. In the
meantime the power plant will have a
thorough overhauling.
The guys and trusses of the Fort
Davis bridge have been all reset and
that structure has had a thorough
overhauling which was needed.
John Olsen is in the city from Rock
creek, where he is interested in some
good ground. Olsen reports that Sep
pala, Berg & Co., are in readiness to
sluice and have some good dirt out. He
has been bothered with the surface
water and is awating the dealing off
of the snow\ John will work on Dexter
this coming summer as well as on i
Rock creek.
Under the chaperonage of Billy
Rowe twenty head of horses set out
for Flat creek this morning to move a
gas engine for Hed brothers. The
work was accomplished in quick time
arid the big engine will soon be throw
ing a couple of sluice heads of water
required to wrash up the big winter
dump.
Road Commissioner Dan Jones is
still attached to the army contingent
at Fort Davis. With him as official
aide-de-camp is Lawrence Ignatious
Kerr who is in charge of the dyna
miting squad. Lawrence has a total
disregard for all high explosives and
handles with impunity fulminite of
mercury or sixty per cent Haig &
Haig.
Letters were received from Dime
creek yesterday telling of a strike on
three tributaries of Pease river. The
letters states that there has been
nothing big uncovered yet but that
most alluring prospects and some pay
has been located near the head of this
river.
It states that the formation is Iden
tical with that of Dime creek which
is fifteen miles distant. The ground
on which pay has been located heads
up against the Sweepstakes dome
and is five miles away from that
creek.
John Bordell, Leo Pavlik and Hen
ry Ryan have made the recent discov
eries on the right limit of Pease riv
er. They have staked twenty eight
claims and made a discovery of gold
on several of the claims. The largest
prospect found was a sixteen cent col
or. These men are so confident that a
defined paystreak exists on their
claims that they are asking five hun
dred dollars for a lease. John Lind
berg, La Montague and N. Peterson
have bought portion of Ryan’s inter
est and are prospecting their hold
ings.
Yesterday afternoon one of the big
gest business deals of recent years
was consumated when D. E. Crow
ley company acquired by purchase
the entire grocery and general mer
chandise business of G. P. Goggin
The actual amount involved in the
transaction is on good authority said
to be ?50,000.
The deal speaks well for the busi
ness enterprise of Dan Crowley who
has built himself up in the grocery
line which he entered twenty years
CRUISER OLYMPIA FLOATED
AND ANCHORED SAFELY
WASHINGTON, July 8. — Word
has been received that the cruiser
Olympia has been floated and is now
anchored in a sheltered position.
Laurence makes portraits.
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On the arrival of the first boats
the complete transfer will bo mode by
G. P. Goggin personally; in the mean
time both business houses will be con
ducted as usual. Crowley will—on
the transfer—vacate the store he oc
cupies at present and then move his
entire stock under the roof of the
Goggin store. »
Speaking of his recent trip to Dime
creek Manager Sheldon of the Alas
ka bank states that it is a camp of
much promise and will produce con
siderable money this year. He states
that the greatest drawback is the lack
of timber for fuel and that man/ of
the operators are talking of shipping
oil to take the place of wood for
thawing purposes.
Owing to a handicap of this nature
much ground where pay has been lo
cated will lay idle all summer; ar
rangements are being made, however,
to offset the fuel question and Dime
creek next year should produce con
siderable money.
Cordovado & Co. have had a Key
stone drill moved out on their ground
which adjoints the Bessie and will
have considerable drilling done. Jack
Flynn is in charge of the work. rJ he
same outfit is geting ready to sluice
up their winter dumps.
Doc Kemp will not come under the
conscription law and is sorry he made
the trip to Council. He arrived here
yesterday with a whole flock of Si
berians. Of course Doc was riding
wrapped up in the sleigh and Mrs.
Kemp was on the handle bars. He is
looking about fifty years younger and
offers to wrestle any man in Nome.
Bert (Kid) Hall, well known in
Nome in the early days is one of the
American aviators on the French
front. His pictures appears in the
New York Times with other promin
ent kings of the air who are with the
foreign legion of France.
WANTED TO SEE LIFE
AND LEFT THE JAIL
Assentia Romanoff, who escaped
from the local jail, has been gather
ed in after roaming from Seward
home to Seldovia, according to word
received on the Farragut says the
Seward Gateway.
Romanoff now faces a charge of
stealing a boat from the government
in addition to the original statutory
charge referring to mistreatment of
his step-daughter. When he gave
himself up at Seldovia Romanoff
gave as his reason for escaping his
desire to “have a talk with his wife.”
When he left jail here he was in
trousers and underclothes, without
shoes, hat or coat. When he gave
himself up he was fully clothed and
armed. Romanoff stole a dory from
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
at Kern creek and sailed it down the
inlet to some point below Point Pos
session where he traded it for a
smaller boat, rifle, ammunition and
food supplies to reach home.
FIRST SUBMARINE BEEN
TAKEN FROM SCRAP HEAP
NEW YORK, July 7.—The Holland
No. 9, the first successful submarine
commissioned by any government, has
been rescued from the scrap heap bj
the Society for Establishing a Muse
um of the Peaceful Arts and loaned tc
the Bronx International Exposition
Fairbanks and Nenana, the new
railroad town, are now connected
by telephone, the line constructed bj
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
having been completed. Arrange
ments are being made to throw thd
line open to public use.
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THE
RIGHT
WAY
When you get through experimenting,
when you have tried everything in the
way of “friend’s” prescriptions, when
you have given the druggist’s patent and
private medicines a good trial, and gone
from one doctor to another, and in the
end are in worse shape than when you
began,then
COME TO ME
Better still, come to me in the first place
and save TIME, MONEY AND WORRY.
1 LET ME SHOW YOU the difference be=
| tween the WRONG AND THE RIGHT
I WAY. It is my business to treat and
cure CONTRACTED AND CHRONIC
DISEASESOFTHE BLOOD AND SKIN,
Rupture without operation. ITy system
for special and general weakness has
proven itself right.
DR. LUEDERS
SPECIALIST. MEN AND WOMEN
266 4th Ave, Anchorage, Opposite Telephone Office.
HOURS 9 A. M. to 9 P. M. SUNDAY THE SAME.
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ANCHORAGE MASONS
LEAD MEMBERSHIP
The new Anchorage Masonic lodge,
which was instituted Saturday even
ing, has the distinction of commenc
ing with one of the largest member
ships ever in attendance, close to 100
taking part. The usual membership at
an installation is about one-third as
great.
A greater distinction, however, lies
in the fact that even before chartered,
the Anchorage lodge had erected and
furnished its own home, one of the
best lodge rooms owned by any order
in the territory. The erection of a
building by a lodge even at its char
tering, is almost unprecedented, and
the step of the local organizers breaks
a record. Other lodges usually build
only after they have had a year or two
to strengthen, but the large member
ship of the local lodge made it possible
to build at once.
In the installation Saturday night
George R. Malcolm, grand master of
the state of Washington, compliment
ed the local lodge on their excellent
membership roll and upon their en
ergy and faith shown by erecting
their home. All the visiting Masons
had nothing but words of praise for
the local lodge and their entertain
ment while here. The Seward visitors
will return either on the Alaska or by
rail by way of Tumagain Arm tomor
row.
PRINCIPAL WITNESS IS
BROUGHT INTO COURT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.—Frank
C. Oxman, principal witness against
Mooney, was arraigned in the super
ir court today. He is charged with fel
ony and perjury in connection with
Mooney’s trial.
For the twelfth consecutive term,
C. B. Kegley was elected master of
the Washington state grange at the
annual convention held in Wenatchee,
last week. Fred Lewis was re-elected
secretary. This is his seventh term.
NEW TIME CARD TOMORROW
A new time card will go Into effect
on the main line between Anchorage
and King tomorrow, reducing the
running time of the northbound trip
30 minutes and on the south bound
trip 35 minutes.
The train now leaving here daily
except Sunday at 7:30 will leave at 8
a. m., and arriving time at the des
tination will be the same as present,
with corresponding changes in the lo
cal arriving time.
The departure from King will be
made at the same time, and earlier at
local points nearer Anchorage, the ar
rival here being at 8:40 instead of
9:15 as formerly. The speedier oper
ation of trains is made possible by the
better condition of the roadbed and
equipment.
BRITISH DESTROYER IS
SUNK IN THE NORTH SEA
LONDON, July 7.—A British des
troyer was sunk by an enemy submar
ine today in the North sea, the of
ficial statement says tonight. Eight of
the crew were killed by the bursting
torpedo.
HARDEN’S PUBLICATION
IS AGAIN SUPPRESSED
COPENHAGEN, July 7.—Maxmi
lian Harden’s publication, “Die Zuk
unft,” of Berlin, has again been sup
pressed by the German military au
thorities.
A traveling salesman reports con
ditions that aid in boosting the high
cost of living to be as follows:
“In this Rio Grande district in Tex
as the largest crop of spinach, onions,
cabbage, and green stuff ever raised
is now about ready for the market. At
the present time the greater propor
tion of cabbage is being fed to live
stock, as there is no transportation
railroad cars do not get back here aft
er going east.”
The Seward News Co. handles the
Alaska Labor News.
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