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MEET TOMORROW
CHICAGO. June 6.—Former Post
* master General Hitchcock issued a
statement yesterday claiming Justice
Hughes would be nominated on the
first ballot and that he would get
more votes than the combined 345
ballots for favorite sons.
CHICAGO, June 6.,—On the first
ballot tomorrow the Alaska dele
gates will divide their vote. Shackle
ford, of Juneau, will cast his ballot
^ for Weeks, and Gilmore, of Nome,
will support Hughes. If either of
these candidates drops out of the
race both Alaskans will stick to the
survivor. It is reported that Lodge
is ready to drop out of the race, and
Weeks’ supporters will go to Roose
velt.
CHICAGO. June 6.—The Progres
sive national committeemen have de
cided to withhold the nominating of
the presidential candidate of the
Progressive convention until Satur
day, awaiting the action of the Re
publican convention. This decision
was reached by the Progressive com
m'tteemen following a speech made
by Chairman Murdock, in which he ■
declared he was in favor of Roose
velt’s nomination and would not be
“for ai* non-committal candidate at
this time.”
CHICAGO, June 6.—Scott Bone,
in wiring the Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer, says: "A weqk^ago it was
Hughes vs. Roosevelt. Today it
seems clearly Hughes against the
^ field, but Roosevelt continues to be
the biggest factor for equation.
1 The fault on the part of Roose
velt seems to be that he will not de
clare himself a Republican. The
fault with Hughes is that he will not
declare himself on national ques
tions. These are the patent objec
tions to the candidacy of both, the
greatest of which comes from New
Cork. Had Roosevelt, s^x months
ago, announced his return to the
party and advised his followers to do
• likewise in the nation's interests, his
selection as the Republican standard !
bearer would now be a foregone con- j
. , CHICAGO, June 6.—Chairman
■' Hilles, of the Republican national
committee, and Geo. W. Perkins, a
personal friend of Roosevelt’s, con
ferrel in Perkins' room, but Hilles
refused to discuss the object of the
meeting. Late today Senator Lodge,
• who expects to place the name of
Senator Weeks in nomination, went
into conference with Perkins at the
Progressive headquarters. Perkins
said the purpose of the conference
was to discuss conditions upon which
the two parties might agree.
AUTOMOBILE CAPSIZES;
OWNER IS KILLED
SEATTLE, June 6.—A. N. Forbes,
president of the Forbes "Supply Com
pany, was instantly killed yesterday
afternoon when his automobile cap
sized at Marysville. California.
SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSIONARY
ON WAY TO ANCHORAGE
Mr. and Mrs. Forbes, of Seattle,
are passengers on the steamship
Alaska, bound for Anchorage. Dr.
Forbes is Pacific ocast Sunday school
missionary and will spend consider
able lime visiting in Anchorage and
the neighboring towns and camps
along the coast.
Japanese Premier Assassinated.
SHANGHAI, June 6.—Okuma, the
Japanese premier, has been assassin
ated. according to advices received
here today.
At the time of going to press one
* of the Daily Times newsboys rushed
in and reported a hare and hound
chase was on in full cry, the hare
t being an escaped prisoner from the
federal jail.
FUEL CAN BE MINED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES
WASHINGTON, June G.—The regulations governing the
leasing of coal lands in Alaska, as promulgated by the Secre
tary of the Interior, are as follows:
Area open to lease in Matanuska valley, 13.420 acres; in
Tiering river fields, 33,370. Number of leasing units in Mata
nuska 19. and Bering river 60, each unit ranging in size from
200 to 1280 acres, subject to a combination lease not exceeding
2500 acres.
The terms of the lease are to run fifty years on a royalty
basis, which is two cents per ton for the first five years; five
"ents per ton for the succeeding twenty years, and after that
not to exceed five per cent of the selling price of the coal. Also
twenty-five cents per acre for the land the first year; fifty cents
per acre for the next four years, and one dollar an acre there
after.
The form of lease is similar in a large part to the private
leases obtaining in the West Virginia coal fields. It has been
passed upon by a board of practical coal operators, who have
approved it as a working lease. The method of applications
will be received on a form provided for thirty days, from .Tune
1 at the general land office, in Washington, I). Thereafter
it is to be advertised for thirty days in the leading trade jour
nals and in one newspaper each in Seattle, San Francisco and
Juneau, following which proposals of applicants will be con
sidered subject to any better terms bv any other qualified ap
plicant or by first applicant.
Those qualified to apply for any portion of the coal lands
must be above the age of 21 years and who is a citizen of the
TTnited States; any association of such citizens, any corpora
tion organized under the laws of any state or territory, pro
"ided the majority of stock is held by citizens.
The government’s plan is to receive proposals for leases
without delay. Preference will be given, it is said, to those
who will make the largest investments and promise the earli
est development of the coal fields for commercial purposes.
KITCHENER IS DROWNED
BflTISH CRUISER HAMPSHIRE SUNK If GERMANS
BERLIN, June 6.—The British cruiser Hampshire was sunk
by the Germans off the coast of Scotland and so far as known
all aboard were drowned. It is reported that Kitchener and
other English naval officials were among those lost.
LONDON, June 6.—Sir J. Jellicoe, commander of the Brit
ish. fleet, has reported to the A dmiralty that the British
cruiser Hampshire, with Lord Earle Kitchener and his stall
aboard, have been lost off the West Orkneys, north of Scot
land.
Four boats were seen to leave the Hampshi -e, but a heavy
se?. was running at the time, an~ onlv a capsized boat and
some bodies have been found.
Lord Kitchener was on his way to Russia, and Jellicoe re
ports there is little hope that there were any survivors of the
Hampshire.
T ONDON, June 6.—Accompanying Kitchener and his staff
were Hugh James O'Brien, former councillor of the British
embassy at Petrograd and former minister at Sofia; 0. A.
Fitzgerald, Kitchener’s private military secretary; Brigadier
General Ellershaw and Sir Frederick Donaldson.
COUNT DE ROMANONES.
Spanish Premier Protests to
Germany For Sinking Ship.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Watts gave a
delightful dinner party last evening
at their home on Bungalow Hill in
honor of Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Dries
bach. Covers were laid for eight
guests.
Through the courtesy of R. E. Mc
Donald, of the moving picture com
pany, all of the newsboys and car
riers cf the Daily Times will be
guests of a specially prepared pro
gram at the moving picture show
Saturday night. They will attend
under the chaperonage of Messrs.
Smith and Bedell, of the Times.
C. Reed, a recent arrival in An
chorage from San Francisco, has
opened dp a nobby tailor shop on C
street, back of the Crescent hotel,
and has a complete line of the latest
suit'ng ' samples of woolens,
worsteds and serges. Mr, Reed is a
finished tailor and an expert cutter,
and will cater to both ladies’ and
gentlemen's trade.
PLACER STRIKE
Felix Brown, one of our prominent
merchants, received a letter Monday,
dated March 2 8th, from John Nestor,
of Nome, Alaska. As there are a
great many Nome people around
; here there are parts of the letter
which will no doubt, interest them.
In speaking of the new strike on
. Dime creek be says that Louis Stev
enron, of the Pioneer company, and
Dr. Kittilson have just returned
from that section and report that
! seven claims are producing good pay.
j Stevenson says they have better pay
than anv ground worked around
Nom» in the winter time. Curley
I Lovell has the best claim of any of
i them and will make some good
! money this winter. Nick Butler,
from Dexter creek, reports that all
I the boys on the head of Dexter are
making good money and if Nick had
j v-ater'he would make a fortune out
I of that ground. George Lomen has
t a store in Felix's old place and doing
well. Mr. Nestor seems to think
| that tne old crowd left the best dig
The city administration has a
force of men cleaning, clearing and
burning the brush and roots on
Eighth street from one end to the
other for the purpose of making a
fire brake or guard for the southern
exposure of the city.
A new set of sanitary regulations
are being drawn by Health Inspector
Benedict, governing the city, and the
same wjll be rigidly enforced. A
ropy of the regulations will appear in
the Daily Times later in the week.
As about 800 votes were cast a*
the Alaska Labor Tnion election yes
terday, the official canvas of the bal
lots will not be completed until this
afternoon. Voting paces were opened
at all of the larger camps up the
line, as well as in Anchorage. The
vote in Anchorage was light.
Lieut. F. Mears left Monday morn
ing on tlie B. and B. for Talkeetna
to make a thorough inspection of
that neighborhood. While there has
been nothing of an authen ic nature
given out. it. is the general opinion
that Talkeetna will be a place of
considerable importance in the rail
road building in this country. Tal
keetna is situated at the confluence
of the Talkeetna, Chulitna and Su
sitna rivers and is so situated as to
be the key to this field as a forward
ing point for the Broad Pass country
and easily accessible to the Mata
nuska jun tion. It is possible that
permanent headjuarters will be es
tablished here, making Talkeetna a
base of construction, a townsite laid
oni, platted and sold at some future
date.
RIG BALL fiAMF, FOR
NEXT SATURDAY' AFTERNOON'
Much interest is being taken in
the big tail game Sunday, June 11.
Arrangements have been made to
make this day one to be remem
bered, as it will be the opening of
Recreation Park and the first ball
game to be played on the new dia
mond. Both teams are practicing
daily and each are determined to
carry off the honors of winning the
first game played at Recreation Park
and on the new field. The grand
stand will be completed by that time, j
and as the trustees will let the priv- j
ilege contracts this week there will !
be plenty of soda pop, popcorn, pea- ,
nuts, chewing gum and candy.
George W. Palmer yesterday sold
10,000 feet of two-by fours to the
lumber firm of McNally & Maitland.
Cant. Nick, of the launch Swan, will
bring this lumber to Anchorage to
night, which will for a short time re.
lieve the shortage of this particular
kind of lumber.
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STEVEN MAC GORDON.
Made New American Altitude Rec
ord With Passenger, 14,800 Feet.
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NEW POWER BOAT FOR
SUSITNA RIVER RUN
J. A. Johnson came in yester
day with his new power boat, the
J. J., from SusitnaStation. Mr.
Johnson built this boat last win
ter at the Station and she is a
hummer, being fotry-six feet
long, three feet deep and with a
ten-foot beam. She was built
from the model of the “Stan
dard,” the boat that Dr. Cook
brought to this country when he i
made his questionable ascent of
Mount McKinley, and is known
as a twin screw tunnel boat, be
ing propelled by two eighteen
horse power enginer. Mr. John
son made the trip to Knik Sunday j
and he left last evening for Susit- j
na Station with passengers and a!
cargo of freight for H. W. Nag
ley, the merchant. He will make
the river run this summer be
tween Anchorage and points on
the main Susitna and the Yentna
rivers.
DIES AT PEKING
TOKIO, June 6.—President Yuan,
of China, is dead, according to in
formation received here today from
Peking. His death occurred Mon
day, after a protracted illness. Prime
Minister Tuan Chi Jin and Foreign
Minister Lue Chen Hsiang are men
tioned as his most probable succes
sors.
PEKING, June 6.—The premier
immediately advised Li Fuan Hung,
vice president, of his succession to
the presidency. Kai had been suffer
ing 'rnm stomach trouble, followed
by a nervous breakdown.
TORNADOES PLAY
LITTLE ROCK, June 6.—A series
of tornadoes swept the state of Ar
kansas this afternoon, doing consid
erable damage and resulting in the
loss of many lives. Fifty-nine per
sons were killed and one hundred in
jured here, and a number killed at
Hot Springs.
INCOMING STEAMERS ARE
RELAYED REACHING HERE
Chief Operator Stine reports that
the Admiral Farragut, due in Seward
late last night, will not reach there
until 5 o'clock this afternoon. The
steamer Alaska, due in Valdez last
night, did sot reach there until 2
o'clock this morning, but did not
learn what had caused the delay.
Sl’RVKYS MARK FOR
GRAVITY WATER SYSTEM
Preliminary surveys for a gravity
water system are being made to sup
ply water both for the terminal and
the city There is no appropriation
forthcoming at the present time, but
should the Commission decide to
put in a gravity system of water
works it will do away with the pres
ent pumping system. The pipe line
w ould be five and one-half miles long
and have its intake about half a mile
above Bud Whitney's homestead on
Ship creek.
MARTIN MINE TO START
SECONR MILL JUNE 10
Superintendent H. C. Emory, of
the Martin mine, advises Anchorage
friends that the water is now run
ning in the flume and that the sec
ond mill will be started the tenth of
this mouth. He predicts a banner
year for the Martin mine, and will
probably be down next week with
the bullion taken out since the first
mill was put put in operation, on the
20th of May.
The Independence Gold Mining
Company started its stamp mill on
the 31st of May, and Mr. L. S. Rohe
is exceptionally optimistic over the
outlook for the coming season.
AYll.Ii APPEAL CASE TO
THE DISTRICT COURT
A notice of appeal has been taken
in the case of J. Casey McDannel.
plainttiff, vs. E. M. Culbertson and
R. M. Lynch, defendants. This case
was tried before Judge David in the
commissioner’s court and grew out
of a claim for the conversion of per
sonal property. Judgment was ren
lerod in favor of the defendants for
costs. From this Judgment Mc
Dannel, through his attorneys, Mur
phy and Aimy, has appealed the acse
to the district court. E. M. Culbert
son was TPpresented in the former
trial by Attorney Arthur Frame, who
will also appear for him in the dis
trict court before Judge Brown.