i WEEKLY EDITION
Clook knlet Moneer
AND KNIK NEWS
VOL. 1
Anchorage, Alaska, Saturday, April 8. 1916
NO. 40
BRITISH NAVY OFFICERS CLAIM
RETIREMENT OF VON TIRPITZ WAS
>(1 SOP THROWN OUT TO UNCLE SAM
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. LONDON- April 7.—British naval circles in London express
the belief that the alleged forced retirement of Grand Admiral
von Tirpitz of the German navy was a sop thrown out to the
United States to allay public sentiment in that country with
respect to the submarining of passenger steamships. The Brit
■ ish navy officers say that the German policy of submarining
i passenger steamers has been continued and pursu-d with
greater vigor since von Tirpitz’ retirement than before he was
relieved.
ZEPELLINS RAID ENGLAND LAST NIGHT
AND CLAIM DESTRUCTION OF PLANTS
BERLIN, April 7.-#-A Zepellin fleet raided England last
night, according to a German official statement. The Germans
claim that the great iron works, blast furnaces and extensive
military establishments at Whitbey were destroyed by bombs
that were dropped.
LONDON, April 7.—Three persons were killed and eight in
jured in last night’s Zepellin raid of towns ion the coast of
England.
GERMANS CAPTURE VILLAGE OF HARCOURT,
AN IMPORTANT POINT HELD BY FRENCH
BERLIN, April 7.—Haucourt was captured from the French
.*■ by the German troops, according to the German official an
nouncement. The French evacuated after a most stubborn re
sistance. Ilaucourt is a village ten miles northwest of Verdun
and was a French point of support in the defenses of the
larger citv. The Germans took 542 prisoners.
TWO AGED SISTERS MURDERED AND
ROBBED OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
SEATTLE, April 7—This city is wrought up over the brutal
)murder of two sisters, Mrs. Corinne Wheeler, aged 76 years,
'‘ "and Mrs. Kate B. Swift, aged 53 years, which occurred last
night at their home on the outskirts of Seattle. Seeing no
movement in the house this morning- neighbors called and
found the women lying in their bed cold in death, their heads
crushed with a blunt instriunent. The women were known to
have had in their possession three thousand dollars in cash,
and this money was missing; hence, robbery is the assumed
cause of the murder. It is believed that the murderer entered
the home in the middle of the night, bent only on robbery, but
the women were probably awakened and, to prevent an outcry,
the horrible double murder was perpetrated. The police have
no clue as to the guilty party, but the entire detective force of
the city is employed on the case tlodav.
DR. WAITE EXPRESSES REMORSE AND
PREPARED TO PAY PENALTY FOR CRIME
NEW YORK, April 7.—Dr. Waite- the society physician
who confesses to the murder of his millionaire father-in-law,
John R. Peck, of Grand Rapids, Mich., expresses deep remorse
over his deed and declares himself ready to pay the extreme
penalty. “Of course, I had no thought of anything else on my
mind,” said Waite, tjo the reporters yesterday evening. “The
whole thing revolves around me,” he continued. “I don’t
wish to even try to justify myself for my rash and brutal
crime. Anyway, I have no dread of what lies beyond the
grave. I shall go to the new world, that is sure, and maybe
escape and get a fresh start. My only desire now is to pass on.
I want society to forget me.” '
Waite’s family are confident that he is insane, and a plea
of insanity will be entered by the attorneys when the case
comes on for trial.
PRESIDENT WILSON IGNORES PRECEDENT
AND BREAKS BREAD WITH ARMY OFFICER
WASHINGTON, April 7.—High society circles in Washing
ton are shocked at the latest breaking of the social precedents
by President Wilson, who appears to pay little attention to the
established customs with respect to the presidential office.
Last night the president motored to Fort Meyer and took din
ner with General Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the United
States army. This is considered a gross breach of the conven
tionalities, as heretofore it has been customary for presidents
to accept dinner invitations to members iof the cabinet only.
Dried Mushrooms at Brown &
Hawkins’. ‘‘Quality First.”
The Alaska Pool Room—best
lights, good tables, good service.
For Sale—Choice residence lots
overlooking Inlet on View Point.
SEE WARNER,
Corner Fourth Ave. and F St.
Leave packages at The Model for
Matanuska, Palmer Canyon and
Moose creek. Four cents a oound
per 100 pounds, and 5 cents psr
pound under that weight. Leave
Anchorage every Sunday.
A. C. McMASTER
Good house and lot, close In, for
sale at a sacrifice. SEE' WARNER.
For Sale—Cow’s milk, buttermilk,
•‘cow’g cream Ice cream," cream
chocolates, milk chocolates, at Lyall
& Smith’s, agents for Anchorage
Dairy and Supply Company.
Wanted—A position a« cook, por
ter, etc., by a Jap boy, well fitted for
position. Inquire Union Laundry, tf
For Sale—Evinrude gas engine.
Inquire Bob Small’s blacksmith shop
at toot of C street. 30-6t
PORTLAND WILL
SEEK* IN
R.R. BUSINESS
SEATTLE.—A dispatch from
Portland to the Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer states that Portland is to
make an effort to share in the im
mense government orders for the
construction of the Alaska railroad.
Articles of incorporation for the Co
lumbia River-Alaska Barge Service,
Inc., were forwarded to the secre
tary of state today, and the service
is intended to start early in the sum7
mer.
The incorporators are James W.
Crichton, formerly purser and gen
eral freight agent for the old Port
land Steamship Company; William
C. Sears and Harrison Allen. The
company is incorporated for $25,000,
all of which stock is subscribed.
The plan of the company is to op
erate a fleet of barges and tugs be
tween here and Alaskan ports as far
north as Anchorage, the terminus of
the Alaska railroad.
The northbound cargoes will be
made up of lumber, cement, steel
rails, machinery, steel goods and
other construction material. The
south-bound cargoes will be coal to
be picked up on Vancouver island.
Arrangements have been perfected
to deliver 50,000 tons of coal at San
Francisco and 35,000 tons of coal
here.
COME ACROSS! SAYS
UNCLE SAM TO THOSE
WHO WERE HELPED
NEW YORK, April 4.—The first
j of the government suits to recover
i money loaned to Americans who
1 were stranded in Europe when the
j war began was begun today at the
: instigation of Secretary of the Treas
| ury McAdoo.bv United States District
| Attorney France, of Brooklyn. He
■ has brought suit against Walter A.
; Mauniee to recover $67.83.
The money was paid to Mauniee
i out of the fund of $2,750,000 appro
priated * by congress, from which
j Americans stranded abroad could
! borrow to satisfy their immediate
needs. Many thousands of citizens
I availed themselves of the use of the
i United States fund, and notes were
taken for sums varying from $5 to
fll.OOO.
Many of the borrowers made good
their obligations soon after return
ing home, but a great number neg
lected to do so. The names of two
thousand of these, who, according to
Mr. McAdoo, were the least justified
in delinquency, were finally made
public by him, and later he an
nounced that restitution suits would
be brought.
Mrs. Lena Koslosky sold the lot on
Fourth avenue adjoining the Cres
cent hotel to Harry Hicks this mom.
ing, the consideration being $1,225.
Bill Spencer brought 635 pounds
of Iditarod mall from Knik last
evening.
Reilly’s Cafe has been remodeled,
repapered, the kitchen enlarged and
other Improvements made, prepara
tory to the accommodation of the
spring rush. The cafe presents a
most attractive appearance.
SOCIALISTS.
A socialist meeting is called for
tonight at the Union hall, 7 o'clock.
Important.
DANCE
Once a week, Saturday night. Ro
barts’ hall.
FOR SALE!
"THE CRESCENT," CORNER OF
FOURTH AVEN'HK AND C STREET,
ANCHORAGE. THAT’S ALL. SEE
OWNERS. F. W. REDWOOD & CO.
Oats, Bran, Chopped Grain, Shorts,
Whole Corn, Cracked Corn, Wheat
and Scratch Food, at Brown & Haw
kins’. "Quality First.”
P. O. SUNDBKRG.
A fine line of Family Groceries.
OLD ALASKANS
That fortune smiles on some Alas
kans wherever they go is proven by
j the fact that John McGinn, Jack
| Price, Frank Manley and E. J. Ives
are into the money in an old claim
j :r. Tuoloumne county, in California.
Mr. McGinn was offered an option
on a placer mining claim in Tuo
loumne county for a small amount
of money. Theclaim w-as immedi
ately above one from which Senator
Hearst, father of William Randolph
Hearst, took several million dollars.
It has been worked for many years,
but somehow it did not seem to yield
very much. But Mr. McGinn took
the option on the ground and asked
Jack Price to go there and investi
gate it.
Mr. Price went to the claim. He
went down in the hole and was pick
ing on bedrock. He found gravel on
the bedroek. This led him to be
lieve that the hole had never been
sunk to real bedrock, and he ordered
a couple of men to keep on picking
and sinking. Today $2 and $3 pans
are not rare finds in the claim. It
was just as Mr. Price figured it out.
They were on the rim of a boulder.
They drifted and struck the pay
streak, and are now in the money,
and in it in no uncertain way.
The gravel is hard and has to be
run through a small pebble mill.
Working two or three men for a few
weeks, Without the proper kind of a
mill to handle the gravel, the for
mer Alaskans more than paid for
their option and the expenses con
nected with the investigation of and
wofk on the mine, -and got a good
profit besides. The men are well
pleased and will install up-to-date
machinery on the ground and work
it ona large scale in the near future.
LAUNCH TRAVELER IS A
WRECK AT FIRE CREEK
“Well, the Traveler is lost, but the
ice conditions had nothing whatever
to do with the unfortunate mishap,”
said Captain Cramer, who arrived in
a dory from Knik at noon today.
“We got the launch a little too far
up on the beach, '"hree breast linHs
which were holding the launch to the
Goose bay dock parted, throwing the
launch with a vigorous lurch off into
deep water, which is very near the
shore at that place. , I was on the
launch at the time. In two minutes
the launch tilled with water. The
outgoing tide took it across, to Fire
creek.”
Two men In a row boat followed
the launch to Fire creek. They bailed
the t -aft free of water, had lunch
aboard, and thought everything was
all right. When the tide came in,
however, it was found that the
launch was leaking badly, and they
were helpless, in the situation, to
prevent it slipping into deep water,
where it sank and now lies.
Lot 8, in block 45, was purchased
by Henry Wolf from Thomas King
yesterday. The deal was made
through Lynch & Emard, of the An
chorage Realty Company.
Lot 1, in block 117, was bought
from Dawson Crawford by H. J.
Emard, of the Anchorage Realty Co.,
today.
DANCE
Saturday night. Popular dance at
Robarts' hall. Best music, and floor
speaks for Itself.
White Shoe Pacs with heels, at
Brown & Hawkins’. ‘‘Quality First.”
Residence lots, $150, $200, $225,
up to $300. Good bargains.
SEE WARNER,
Alaska Realty and Investment Co.,
Corner Fourth Ave. and F St.
List your property with the An
chorage Realty Co.
Preferred Stock canned vegetables
and fruits at Brown & Hawkins’.
‘‘Quality Firat."
The town ot Seward had a mu
nicipal election Tuesday, the follow
ing being the successful candidates:
For mayor—C. A. Myers, incum
bent.
For city attorney—C. P. Copper
noil, incumbent.
For treasurer—Dr. J. H. Romig,
incumbent.
For city clerk—Otto Poehlman.
For councilmmen—E. E. Cham
berlain, W. M. Sauers, Frank Torrey,
John Dubreuil, J. L. Graef and Hugh
Dougherty.
For school trustee—Merrill A.
Martin.
NEVER STRAIN GASOLINE
THROUGH A CHAMOIS
Garage men, beware! Autoists,
attention! Boatmen, be careful!
Whenever you filter gasoline
through chamois, you are playing
hide and seek with one of the dead
liest combinations known to man—
electricity and gasoline.
If your tank is under the seat, be
careful when you fill it. If you are
not, you are as foolish as the man
who looks for a gasoline leak with
a lighted candle.
. Never strain gasoline through a
chamois. Now, we’ll tell you why it
is dangerous.
Gasoline and chamois do not get
along. They are not “neutrals.”
Let us assume that you are about
to fill your tank. Thefunnel is the
nozzle. A chamois strainer is in the
funnel. The gasoline is turned on,
and as it pours through the chamois
it generates static electricity. Static
electricity may be defined as elec
tricity that is at rest. It is an agent
neither of construction nor destruc
tion so long as nothing is done to
unleash it. Unleash it, by brushing a
clumsy finger against a natural law,
and you have to deal with the most
diabolical physical agent known—a
fo-ce that destroys with the quick
ness of lightning.
We have seen that gasoline, a vol
atile substance, passing through
chamois forms static electricity,
which charges the funnel. When the
amount of electricity is sufficient to
produce a jump spark, that spark,
following the inevitable law' of elec
tricity attraction, jumps to the near
est ground, which is your tank. In
doing so it must pass across the
opening between the end of your
funnel and the edge of the tank
through which gasoline vapor is ris
ing. Suddenly there is a violent dis
charge, like that of lightning, which
is, after all, a gigantic Jump spark.
All those in close relation are, as it
■were, struck by lightning.
Many have been burned and
scarred for life through ignorance of
this fiend of electricity. Many more,
it is sad to relate, have been meas
ured out on their last cool bed. No
one was able to tell just why they
died.
The moral to be derdlved from
this article is: Do not put gasoline
through chamois skin. But if you
still insist on taking a chance, be
sure that you have a ground on it,
by seeing that the funnel touches
the opening of the tank. Be doubly
sure that you take this precaution.
Fire department statistics of many
cities show that an overwhelming
percentage of auto fires are caused
by using chamois with gasoline—a
fatal combination.
It might not be out of place in
this article to state that thousands
of l^iople do not know that tile vapor
arising from gasoline when mixed
with the proper proportion of air, Is
one of the most dangerous and pow
erful explosives known.—Timken
Magazine.
For Sale—Good business lot. In
quire Johnson & Nelson bakery,
Fourth avenue. 30-lw
Keith's Dried Eggs at Brown &
Hawkins’. "Quality First.”
Some nice Lutflsk, at Sundberg’s
Grocery. t 5'41
THERE ARE PLENTY
At the mass meeting last night at
Robarta' hall, called for the purpose
of nominating candidates for the
school board, there was a big turn
out of citizens, showing the interest
I being taken in the matter by locaf
| residents.
Nominations being called for, the
following were placed in nomina
tion:
For director—C. M. Eckmann, E.
J. Warner, Dr. J. H. McCallie and
Mrs. E. R Reedy.
For clerk—A. J. Wendler, incum
,bent, and C. F. Peterson.
For treasurer—L. P, Byrne, J. M.
Reid and Mrs. J. Turner.
Other nominations were made, but
those honored declined with thanks.
The election will be held Monday,
the polling place being the public
school building. «
I wish to thank my friends who
nominated me last evening for a po
sition on the school board, but I do
not feel that I could do the position
justice and have not the time to try.
I therefore hereby withdraw my
name from the ticket.
J. L. WALLER.
To the Public:
I wish to thank my friends for
nominating me for the school board,
but must decline the honor for offi
cial reasons.
I LEOPOLD DAVID,
United States Commissioner.
KENNEL CLl’B.
On account of the mass meeting
at Robarts’ hall for school election,
I the Kennel Club postponed its meet
ing until tonight. All members of
Kennel Club please be on hand to
: night at 8:30 p. m. at Robarts’ hall.
; Special business.
J. E. ROBARTS,
Vice President.
Adolph Peterson, convoyed from
| Seward by Joe Cummings, arrived
from Seward yesterday afternoon,
j and is stopping at Skookum John
j son’s. Cummings departed this
J morning for the Iditarod, convoying
; a lady passenger from Anchorage.
t The longshoremen gave testimony
before the labor commissioners at
the session last night. It is probable
that the laborers ’side of the contro
versy will be completed this week,
after which the Engineering Com
mission will present its case.
! A1 Chamberlain came in from Sew
ard yesterday afternoon, convoying
Dr. German, the dental surgeon, who
comes here to locate permanently,
and a Mr. Murphy, of the Commis
J. R. Krumm uas purchased lots
j 4, 5 and 6, in block 23. The deal
i was made by E. B. Davis. THe con
sideration is not made public.
B. B. Smith ,of the Northern Com
mercial Company at Iditarod, ar
rived from Seward last evening, on
his way to the interior camp.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Dance at Robarts’ hall. Best music.
Floor talks for itself.
E. B. Davis, contractor and builder.
Plans and specifications. Office cor
ner C and Third. tf
Wanted—Taxidermist to mount a
moose head. Inquire P. O. Sund
berg’s store. 3-St
Just received, a full line of photo
goods, and more on the way. North
ern Drug Co., Fourth and H, the
Empress building.
Pipe, fittings, water connections
aad plumbing supplies, at Kntk
Hardware Company's, Third and H.
The biggest bath tubs and the most
comfortable bath rooms can be found
at the Richter House, on Third near
E. Baths at all hours.