Änrhomge Daili Timeg
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
, VOL. 1. No. 288.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY, <)(TOP.Elf
17, 1!M<;.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
LONDON, Oct. 17.—Official announcement is made today
that the allied powers have united in formally recognizing the
provisional government established in Greece, headed by
« former Premier Venizelos, who is the provisional president of
the new republic of Greece. The headquarters of the new gov
ernment is at Canea, on the island of Crete. The provisional
government agrees to enter the world war on the side of the al
lied powers.
SEATTLE, Oet. 17.—As a counter move to the consolida
tion of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and the Alaska
Pacific Navigation Company, now operated under the name of
the latter-company, the Alaska Steamship Company is negoti
^ ating for the purchase or charter, from the Great Northern
Railway Company, of the steamships Great Northern and
Northern Pacific. If the big vessels are acquired by the Alaska
Steamship Company, they will immediately be placed on the :
route between Seattle a«(S Sail; Eranciseo. Negotiations look
ing to a consummation of this big deal began last.wWk- Presi
dent Baxter, of the Alaska Steamship Company* is' now in
Portland, conferring with W. C. Gilman, president, and If. A.
Jacksou, .general manager of the Great‘Northern Steamship
Company*".
* The -Alaska Steamship Company, it is asserted by those
familiar, with transportation affairs, does not view with favor
the consolidation of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and
the Pacific-Alaska Steamship Company, because the consolida
tion makes this concern the stronger of the competing lines.
Hence, the effort to augment the fleet of the Alaska Steamship
Company,
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CHARGES ARE
SEATTLE, Oct. 17.—That liquor reaching Seattle under
a proper permit was confiscated illegally by Sheriff Hodge;
that Sheriff Hodge later was authority for the statement that
* the liquor had been destroyed; that part, or all of the liquor
shipment later was sold to a Second avenue druggist by a de
tective of the Seattle police department—such are the startling
allegations against the county and city authorities contained
in a letter from the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
way Company to the board of county commissioners of King
county. The letter from the railway company demands re-im
Ibursement from the county in the sum of one hundred and
seventy-nine dollars, alleged to have been the J value of the
liquor illegally seized. This letter will be qrnjp^yed, and is one
of the chief reasons, for calling a grand jmty-todnvestigate the
V sheriff’s office and the city police department;
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JUNEAU, Oct. 17.—The contest for attorney-general of
the territory has narrowed down to a fight between George B.
G-t’gsby, the democratic candidate, and George B. Schofield,
nominee of the alleged republican convention at Seward.
Cobb, the independent candidate, is not in the race. His home
district is not supporting him. Indications point to the elec
tion of Grigsby, who is campaigning in this division, and who
is making hundreds of votes.
The .palatial Seattle home and the Seattle law offices of C. D. Ivlurane, the Seattle attbrney who was named
“ republican ” national committeeman for Alaska at the alleged republican convention at Seward. In the event
of the (flection of the republican candidate for president, Mr. Murane, it is asserted, will seek to gain an Alaska
judgeship. ‘George B. Schofield, another Seattle attorney who has a handsome home in Seattle, is the candidate
of the Seward convehtion for attorney-general of Alaska. If elected, it is presumed that Mr. Schofield will con
sent to live' in the tefritary. The Seward convention, as is will known, was dominated by Boss Shackleford, an al
leged republican, who is supporting the candidacy of Sulzer for delegate, Us opposed to the re-election of Judge
Wickehsham.- Murane and Schofield belong to the Shackleford crowd that will seek to control the political patron
age, if Mr. Hughes is elected. W. A. Gilmore, another Shackleford man, it is. no secret, will make an effort to
land the governorship. Do the people of Alaska require the political services of these Seattle attorneys, or will
they demand that Alaska offices shall be filled by bona fide Alaskans ?
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Department of the Interior, Alaskar
Enginering Commission, Anchorage
. Alaska, October 13, 1916:
CIRCULAR -NO. 125,
TO ALL CONCERNED:
The Commis^on has decided thai
the sales commissary at Anchorage
will be closed on the 30th of June
1917.
Married employes who are keep
ing house will be required to make
their own private arrangements foi
subsistence supplies.
The Commission will continue te
operate the mess house for the bene
fit of employes under the present plan
charging $1.00 per day for board.
F. MEARS, Commissioner.
The purport and fulfillment of the
above circular means much to the mer
chants of Anchorage. This definite];
decides a question that has been seri
ously agitated for some time and ha:
been the cause of considerable feeling
between the merchants and the com
mission. The original establishmen1
of the government commissary in con
nection with the railroad constructor
was really a necessity and its purpon
was just and strictly in accordant
with similar undertakings, but its con
tinuance unquestionably worked i
hardship on the local business houses
On the other hand, the more fact thai
the commissary was in existence pos
sibly saved an advance in prices anc
relieved the situation as far as short
age in merchandise last winter wa:
concerned. The new ruling possibl;
will not meet with the approval of th<
government employes, who are able a'
the present time to purchase supplie:
at Seattle prices, but is fair and equit
able toward the Anchorage merchants
Mrs. J. E. Robarts returned on th<
Evans yesterday from Seattle where
she has been for the past month visit
ing friends and establishing hei
daughter, Miss Mona, in school.
J. C. Murray, J. B. McAllister anc
M. A. Elis, operators in the Cache
creek placer district, left for the out
side on the Admiral Evans that sailec
for Seattle this morning.
SEATTLE, Oct. -17.—Seattle and
Everett officials co-operating, resulted
in the seizure last night of a car on
the Great Northern Railway system,
which contained 197 dozen quarts of
whiskey, in bottles, and two barrels of
Avhiskey. The seizure was made at a
point near Richmond Beach. The ship
ment came from Butte, Montana, and
was consigned to Hans Vittish, of Ket
chikan, Alaska.
HASTINGS, Minn., Oct. 17.—Can
didate Hughes, in a speech before a
crowded house here last night, answer
ed the charges made by President Wil
son with respect to an invisible gov
ernment in the event of republican
success at the polls, then turned his
attention to an attack on the adminis
tration for the failure to consider the
pleas of the farmers who objected to
the Adamson eight-hour law because
of the certain increase in freight rates.
AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 16.—Secretary of
i j Labor William Wilson reached here
i j yesterday and will deliver a political
! speech today. He will support the
■ Wilson administration and urge the
laboring men to vote for the presi
dent’s re-election.
Gaston Hardy, vice-president of the
Harriman National Bank of Seward,
arrived in Anchorage on the Admiral
Evans for a few days’ business visit.
The committee elected by the Alas
ka Labor union, for the purpose of
establishing a new home for the orga
nization, held a meeting this morning
at the office of the Alaska Labor
News.
The committee has decided upon the
erection of a large tw»-story building,
50 x 140 feet, with a concrete base
ment, and a partial third story. The
first floor is to be occupied by two
stores and the second floor by a large
hall, 90 by 50 feet in the clear, with
maple floor and inclined gallery; part
of the second floor and the third floor
is to be reserved for the daily use of
the members and union offices. It is
the purpose of the committee to erect
a building that will be a credit to the
town of Anchorage and a proof of the
vitality of the Alaska Labor union and
of the esteem in which the organiza
tion is held by our fellow citizens. The
committee feels confident that with
the support already pledged by the
townspeople and with the united push
and backing of its membership, the
union will have no difficulty in rais
ing the $20,000 which if is estTrhht^d
will be necessary to purchase a««uiitd
ble lot and erect the building. Sub
committees have been appointed to
take up contributions and all of the
friends who make donations towards
the building are requested to secure
an official receipt for the amount of
their contribution, a full list of the
names of all donors together with
the amount gfven will be published ev
ery week in the Anchorage Daily
Times and Alaska Labor News and
the committe will appreciate it if any
parties whose names are omitted will
notify H. P. Ringstead, the secretary
of the union. The question of a site
has not yet been decided upon but will
be settled shortly and an early start
made towards the rearing of a Labov
Temple second to none in Alaska.
H. P. RINGSTEAD, Sec.
Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffman
came down from Matanuska yesterday
and will be in the city several days on
official business.
SEATTLE, Oct. 17.—E. E. Blanker,
of Marshall, Alaska, was found in
dazed condition at a bootlegging
looming house on First avenue late
last night, following a search conduct
ed by his brother, W. C. Blanker, aid
ed by Seattle police, which has been
going on for the past two weks. The
victim had been robbed of some $10,
000. He was removed to a sanitarium
for treatment.
The Blanker brothers arrived here
from Marshall, Alaska, over two
weeks ago, and registered at a local
hotel. One night, E. E. Blanker fail
ed to return to his lodgings and had
been missing since that time, until
found last night. The brothers brought
about ten thousand dollars each from
the northern mining camp.
DELEGATE TO THE
Juneau, Ala'ska. Ocf ‘.4, 1916.
Sir. C. E. Herron,
• Anchorage Alaska.
Dear Sir: I beg to advise you that
in pursuance of a request of the Ara
erican Mining Congress, you. have
been appointed a delegate to attend
the Nineteenth annual session of that
body, to be held at the La Salle Hotel,
I Chicago, November 13 to 16, both
dates inclusive.
i Trusting that you may be able to
accept this appointment and attend
the meeting, I am,
Very truly yours,
(Signed) J. F. A. STRONG,
Governor.
—
In connection with the foregoing,
I The Times will state that Mr. Herron,
who is the publisher of this newspa
per, has been advised by wire of his
appointment as a delegate to the
i American Mining Congress, and will
attend the convention.
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NORTHWESTERN
COMES AND DEPARTS
The steamer Northwestern reached
this port yesterday morning with the
following passengers for Anchorage:
Mrs. P. Johnson, Mrs. H. Shimento,
Miss K. J. McFate, Wm. Ray, Nina
Richmond, Olof Olsen, H. Matheson,
Miss E. Danvers, Marins Meyer, Mrs.
O. E. Kary, E. J. Boyle, Jas. Morrhe,
Mrs. P. L. Phillips, Jack Ronan, Fred
B. Tracy, Mrs. Fred B. Tracy, C. J.
Keating, Mrs. S. V. Poulston, Mrs. B.
Brailey, Wm. H. Munley, Harry J.
1 Schultz, Mrs. Harry J. Schultz, W. E.
Tiee, J. T. Westermann, S. J. Kennedy,
iV. M. Bean, H. H. Lawrence, J. M.
Ehner.
Following is the outgoing passenger
list of the Northwestern that sailed
last night for Seattle and way ports:
Mrs. Plowman, J. A. Brassel, Mrs.
H. Hughes, Mrs. L. Edlund, Chas. J.
Johnson, W. T. Lopp, A. H. Miller,
W. Dirckson, Mrs. J. A. Holstad, Mrs.
C. Olson, H. E. Spear, R. Anderson,
B. McDonald, L. Broadwell, Geo. De
Lion, R. E. McCarthy, L. Damplung,
Ralph Thoms, J. Cadwell, J. E.
Schreibner, J. D. Buchanan, Fred Cole,
and 12 steerage.
Dr. J. T. Westermann, vice-presi
dent of the Bank of Alaska, returned
from Valdez on the Northwestern and
has resumed management of the bank.
The doctor was called to Valdez on a
case before the district court and says
that Anchorage is the best town in
Alaska and that he was certainly glad
to get back home.