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AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 1. NO. 282.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 10,1016.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
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BOSTON, Oct. 10.—A German submarine, supposed to
have been the U-53, which arrived at Newport News yesterday
morning, torpedoed and sunk six steamers on its journey
across from Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Four of the steamers
*ihat were destroyed by the German submarine were British
bottoms, one was a Dutch vessel, while the remaining one flew
the Norwegian flag. In no case, according to the report which
reached Boston, were any lives lost. An American steamer,
the Kansan, was held up and searched by the submarine, but
was allowed to proceed without further molestation.
The British steamers sunk were the Stephano, Stratsbene,
West Point and Kingston. The Dutch vessel was named the
Blgpmersdyj and the Norwegian steamer was named the Chris
ta^ Knudsen.
, Evidence which is accepted seriously by naval men is to the
effect that two German submarines are operating off the Ameri
can coast, in the Atlantic ocean. This theory is based partly
on the fact that one of the steamers destroyed was struck by
three torpedoes. So far as known, one of the vessels was sunk
by shell fire. It is stated that the British steamer Stephano
had between eighty and nintey passengers aboard, when she
was stopped by a submarine. Most of the passengers, it is re
ported, were tourists from New York city, returning from a
European trip. After the passengers were taken off, the steam
er was sunk.
It is generally believed that the U-53 is one of the subma
rines employed in patrol work on the Atlantic, in an effort to
prevent the shipment of munitions of war from the United
States to the Allied powers and to act as .commerce destroy
ers generally.
MIN GOLD QUARTZ PROPERLY IN
; WILLOW CREEK CAMP IS TAKEN
OVER BY LEINENDECKER El AL
A mining deal of unusual import
ance and involving $50,000.00 was
& closed in Anchorage a few days ago
that calls for the expenditure of sever
<1 al thousand dollars next spring. The
property involved is known as the
Ausjjf’ quartz property on Eeed
creel*, about one mile from the
§j Herron-Campbell-O’Reilly property in
.yij the famous Willow creek district and
Mr. Austin will leave for Seattle on
one of the next steamers to lay in the
H! necessary supplies and equipments to
carry on extensive development and
active work will start early next
j| spring.
Otto Leinendecker, who closed the
deal with Austin, made a special trip
fr^tn Seattle to the Willow creek dis
trict and spent several weeks in the
vicinity going over the ground thor
oughly and getting acquainted with
prevailing conditions before recom
mending the property to his wealthy
Seattle associates. It will be a pleas
ure to the people of Anchorage to
know that the popular Captain Sid
Barrington is also interested in the
deal and will probably be an Anchor
age visitor next summer.
Before leaving for the outside Lein
endecker said that was the intention
of himself and associates to drive a
850-foot tunnel in opening up the
property and the preliminary work is
ample justification for the installation
of a large mill early next season.
The Austin property is well known
to those familiar with the Willow
creek district and the deal was a good
one for all parties concerned and
will call for the expenditure of sev
eral thousand dollars next season to
get the mine on an operative basis.
Mr. Leinendecker left for Seattle on
the steamer Alaska and will return to
Anchorage on the first steamer next
spring to take active management of
the property.
Bib SEATTLE
. PIER WIPED
OUT BY FIRE
SEATTLE, Oct. 10.—Pier No. 12,
on which was located a mill, feed
warfljiouses and general freight ware
houses, all owned by the Galbraith
Bacon company, was entirely consum
ed by fire that originated at an early
hour yesterday morning. The cause
of the fire is not known, although it is
hinted that it was of an incendiary
origin. The loss is placed at $200,000,
covered by insurance.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 9.—Nine persons,
indfcding six firemen, were burned t°
death in a fire which destroyed a col
lege building here today.
SEEKS PART
OFTHERICH
DENNY ESTATE
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10.—A ra
ther unusual suit was filed in the cir
circuit court here, where a woman
sues for the setting aside of a decree
of divorce from a husband who has
been dead for some time since. Mrs.
Eva F. Richmond is the plaintiff in
the action. She is the divorced wife
of the late Orin O. Denny, of the pio
neer Denny family of Seattle. In her
complaint, site asks Judge Hunt to set
aside the decree of divorce and give
her judgment against the Denny es
tate for $96,250 and back alimony,
which the departed refused to pay.
BERLIN, Oct. 10.—Kronstadt, in Transylvania, which
was occupied by the Roumanian troops soon after the entry of
Roumania into the world wai’, has been recaptured by the Aus
tro-German forces, according to an official report given out by
the war office today.
ROUMANIAN TROOPS WITHDRAWN.
BUCHAREST, Oct. 10.—Roumanian troops, from Hermon
stadt to Prasso, in Translyvania, have been withdrawn to the
Carpathian frontier to insure better protection to the frontier
passes, according to an official announcement by the Rouman
ian war office today.
TEUTONS ROUT THE ROUMANIANS.
BERLIN, Oct. 10.—(By wireless to Sayville.)—The Teu
ton troops under General von Mackensen made a surpise attack
on the Roumanian forces and captured an island in the Dan
ube river, occupied by the enemy. The Roumanian forces on
the island, and six big guns, were taken by the Teutons. The
island is located northwest of Sislova. Roumanians in Tran
sylvania are retreating all along the line, according to German
official reports today.
GREAT BATTLE CONTINUES.
PFTROGRAD, Oct. 10.—The great battle in Volhynia,
< ast of ^ ladimer and Volynski, continues unabated today. The
tryups have pimped the-^OTrtOir fhjPP'trTsomo points,
but are meeting with a most stubborn resistance. The Russians
are pressing their attacks against the Teutons in Galicia, but
the teuton lines are holding fast. In Babaludowa sector, the
Austro-German troops under the command of Archduke
Charles Francis, gained ground from the Russians.
BRITISH REPORT PROGRESS.
< LONDON, Oct. 10.—The British troops engaged north of
Somme made progress during the night and established posi
tions east of Lesars and at Lencourt, which is one and one
half miles from the present objective—Baupaume.
BIG TRANSPORT IS SUNK.
RTS, Oct. 10. The transport Gallia, carrying two thous
and French and Serbian troops from Corsica to Salonika, was
torpedoed and sunk a few days ago. Thirteen hundred of the
troops succeded in reaching the coast of Sardinia, according tc
advices received in Paris today. The remainder are believed
lost.
WILSON SAYS HE IS WATCHING EVENTS
LOXG BRANC 11, Oct. 10.—Following the publication in
the morning newspapers of the activities of one or more Ger
man submarines off the Atlantic seaboard, President Wilson is
sued the following: “The country may rest assured that the
German government will be held responsible for a complete
fulfillment of its promises to the United States with respect to
submarine warfare. I have no right to question the German
government’s willingness to fulfill them.”
This announcement was issued just before the arrival at
Long Branch of Count von Bernstorff, German ambassador to
the United States, who came to assure the president that Ger
man submarines on the Atlantic would give due warning to all
vessels that were attacked by them, in conformity to the prom
ise given by Germany to the United States.
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 10.—Candi
date Hughes opened his third cam
paign trip in a speech here last night.
He spoke before a vast throng that
assembled to greet him and was re
ceived with marked enthusiasm. He
devoted most of his time to a discus
sion of the Adamson eight-hour law,
which he declared was forced legisla
tion.
SEATTLE, Oct. 10.—The steamer
Admiral Evans sailed for Anchorage
and way ports at 1 o’clock yesterday
morning. Among the passengers er
route to Anchorage are H. C. Dene
gris, William Geminder and Miss Ol
ive Daudett.
STRAW VOTE N THE
STATES INDICATES TIT
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—The third week in the New York
Herald’s straw vote, which comprehends a canvass of the na
tion, shows that President Wilson is making marked gains and
that Candidate Hughes is losing some of the lead he had ac
cording to the poll concluded last week. Everything is shap
ing up for a mighty close contest, with New York state, in all
probability, as the determining factor. The Empire state is
the straw vote tabulation, is for the present in the Wilson
column, but it is unquestionably a debatable state.
TRAPPER AT BELUGA RIVER MISSING
AND PARTNER BELIEVES THAT I HAS
BEEN KILLED BY A BROWN BEAR
Jack Harrison arrived in Anchorage
yesterday from Beluga and reports
that his partner, a Mr. Stockman, has
been missing since September 28. Mr.
Harrison reported the matter to the
proper authorities and left this morn
I ing in company with .-a friend to con
! tinue the search for the missing ninn.
According to Harrison, he and
Stockman left Anchorage several
weeks ago for the vicinity of Beluga
river, with the intention of spending
the winter hunting and trapping in
this neighborhood. They were nicely
located in an old cabin on Pretty
creek, about six miles from the nftmth
of Beluga, and on the 28th of Septem
ber Harrison left the cabin to go to
Theodore creek on a hunting trip,
leaving his partner in the cabin to
make bread and attend to the custo
mary duties of a trappers’ camp.
From Harrison’s report it seems that
Stockman was making bread and had
evidently left the bread to raise while
he took a 30-30 rifle and went up Pret
ty creek, a short ways from the cabin,
to investigate some caribou signs he
had seen the previous day. There was
’nothing else missing from the cabin
and aside from the rifle Stockman did
not carry an axe or any provisions
and was dressed light. The theory is
that he probably was attacked and
killed by a brown bear, as brown bear
are especially numerous in this vicini
ty this fall. Harrison spent four day3
in looking for his partner without the
slightest sign of a trail or any trace
whatever. He reported the matter to
McGill and Clyde Coleman at their
fishing camp at the mouth of Beluga
river, who sent a party on the search,
while Harrison came to Anchorage to
report to the authorities. Mr. Stock
man was about 50 years of age,
weighed 160 pounds, dark mustache
and complexion and about five feet
and nine inches in height. He was an
old-timer in Alaska and a trapper and
hunter of considerable note, but no
doubt the theory that he was killed by
a brown bear will be substantiated.
Mr. Harrison says the vegetation is
exceptionally rank and the heavy rains
probably washed away all trace and
signs of the missing man, but the
search will be continued systematical
ly and every effort made to unearth
the mystery.
TONOPAH, Nev. Oct. 10.—William
Vinsen, once a millionaire mine owner,
promoter and mill builder of this part
of Nevada, was found dead in a lone
ly cabin on the outskirts of Tonopah
this morning. Indications pointed to
the fact that he had taken poison to
end his life. Vinsen lost his fortune
several years ago and was in financial
distress at the time of his death. He
had been living alone in a cabin which
old-time friends had placed at his dis
posal and passed his time in wander
ing about the mining section, in which,
at one time in his career, he had been
a leading factor. He lost his money
in speculation. Before coming to Ton
opah, Vinsen lived at Seattle. Soon
after the discovery of the Nevada El
dorado, he moved to this place and
soon gained a position of affluence
through fortunate investments in
mining properties. He was a high-rol
ler and played the game like many of
the other wealthy operators of the
early days of Tonopah.
The pioneers of Tonopah are pre
paring to give the departed member
of their fraternity a fitting interment.
The regular meeting of the Pioneers
of Alaska will be held tonight at 8:00
o’clock at Labor Temple hall.
msrni
GAUSES ARREST
IF EMPLOYEE
The arrest yesterday of Harry
White by John H. Robinson, special
inspector and U. S. deputy marshal,
was the result of several weeks de
tective work. There have been irreg
uarities going on in the commissary
department of the commission in re
gard to meal tickets for several weeks
and young White has been under sur
veillance for some time ana yester
day he was taken into custody. In
default of $500.00 bail he was placed
in the federal jail to await his prelim
inary hearing, which is set for to
morrow before Commissioner Chase.
There are several interesting points
that are liable to arise out of this
case and probably more arrests will
be made in this connection.
There is an effort being made to
arouse enthusiasm for an indoor meet
to be held in Labor Union hall. There
are several runners of local and ter
ritorial fame who have signified their
willingness to enter if a schedule of
events can be arranged. An affair of
this kind could very easily be pulled
off during the same evening of a bas
ketball match and would be a relief
from the monotony of the ordinary
dances.