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VOL. 1. NO. 280.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
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The dismissal of Gen. von Falken
heyn and elevation of Mrashal von
y Hindenburg as supreme chief of the
German war machine indicates to the
initiate in all armies that a new spir
it has taken hold of German strate
gy. And his name is not von Hin
denburg. '
A The man who controls with a nod
the movements of mightier armies
than the world ever saw before the
present war, whose word sways the
destinies not alone of the Germanic,
but of the Hapsburg and Ottoman
empires and of the kingdom of Bul
garia, has scarcely been heard of in
the United States. His name is Gen.
von Ludendorff. His new rank, that
of “oberquartiermeister,” is in effect
tkaiof chief of staff to the new chief
» L r'e great general staff, Hinden
' burg, and ever since the great vic
tory of Tannenburg in August, 1914,
lie has been called in the Ge ’an
aimy “the brain of Hindenburg.”
The Hindenburg Legend.
The reason why the Hindenburg
legend has been so sedulously fos
tered in Germany and the name of
Ludendorff kept consistently in the
background is the pride of the mili
tary caste. Although not of great
prominence before the war, Paul von
Beneckendorff und Hindenburg be
longs to the junker caste, or the
f squireocracy, from which all the
leaders of the Prussian armies, even
the great Moltke, have been recruit
ed. No “commoners” have ever been
permitted to rise to suprime com
mand in the Prussian nrr, ,
Ludendorff, on the other hand,
comes from an obscure middle-class
family, not even remotely connected
with the nobility. He won his com
mission in the Prussian army by bril
liant work in a military school which
"f is permitted to nominate to the army
one candidate a year from the mid
de class who particularly distin
guishes himself in military studies.
in Ubscure Positions.
His ten years of army life prior to
the beginning of the war were spent
in*’ obscure berths, for his lack of
family apparently barred him for
ever from hope of high command.
His brilliance won such recognition
from his superiors, however, that the
war found him head of a minor de
partment in the German general staff
at Berlin, and when the Eighth
<jr*pan army under Von Francois
'^!„i routed in East Prussia, and des
perate measures were necessary, not
only was the retired Gen. Hinden
burg rushed to the east from Bel
gium, but some one in authority took
Ludendorff from his desk, gave him
the rank of colonel and attached him
to Hindenburg as chief of staff.
Ludendorff Given Credit.
The brilliance of the strategic com
binations which resulted in the utter
destruction of Samsonoff and all his
Russian army, the most complete vic
tory of this war, is accredited now
by military opinion all over Europe
and in Germany itself to Col. Luden
dorff. Hindenburg, it is pointed out,
passed through the German staff col
lege forty years ago, at a time when
modern strategy was in its infancy,
and has never served in the general
staff at Berlin since he attained the
rank of major, twenty-five years ago,
and the staff work which resulted in
the Tannenburg victory seems hard
ly likely to have been the product of
an old veteran who received practi
cally no trainig in modern field war
fare. The present writer has no
means of confirming the supposition
that Ludendorff, and not Hindenburg,
won the battle, but the opinion is
wide-spread.
Became Popular Idol.
Hindenburg overnight became the
idol of all the fatherland, and rose
step by step in rank, always accom
panied by the inseparable Ludendorff,
who secured a promotion every time
his chief moved up the ladder. Alrea
dy in the winter of 1915, long before
the great drive against Russia, there
ere rumors in Germany of a great
l^tary genius behind Hindenburg,
nu when former Senator Beveridge
visited the kaiser and Hindenburg at
this time, he was permitted to hint
at the existence of a “man behind" in
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.—There is wide
spread interest in the social bandits
who levied blackmail and were recent
ly rounded up by the federal officers.
Members of the gang are thought to
be even guilty of murder, but so far
the officers have been unable to prove
their suspicions in this direction.
Information that the “ syndicate ”
made a specialty of working at bath
ing beaches in Atlantic City and Chi
cago where the securing of compro
mising photographs was an easy mat
matter.
Probability that the four remaining
prisoners, Henry “Slick” Russell, Ed
ward Dononue and Mrs. Helen Evers
will be admitted to $25,000 bail. Jas.
Christian was released on half of that
amount last night.
Mrs. Noel Loeb, wife of a wealthy
Little Rock, Ark., man, who had been
marked for a “ contribution ” of $30,
uuu was closely guarded by the gov
ernment. Her husband arrived today
to assist her.
Chief interest centered in the arriv
al of Mrs. Klipper. From the sullen
lips of “ Boston Punk,” who played the
chief role in leading her into the trap
where she was despoiled of her money
and jewelry, came a detailed story of
how the ruse was worked. It is upon
his evidence and that of Mrs. Klipper
that the government hopes to fasten
the case.
“ Boston Punk ” is otherwise known
as Frank Crocker. In various cities he
is also kno vn as “ Alvin Collins,” the
“Boston Count,” the “Boston Kid,’J
and “ Frank Jones.” His arrest ear
ly last spring for robbing an eastern
society woman of her diamonds at
Tampa, Fla., put him in the clutches
of the federal officials and by apply
ing the screws they obtained from him
much about the inside works of the
gang.
oiieny, Dusion i uuk worsen into
the good graces of Mrs. Klipper and
eventually contrived to be in the same
hotel with her. Under pretext of an
errand he got into her apartments in
a New York hotel and was in the bath
room partially disrobed, when two of
the gang posing as secret service men,
burst in and arrested him and Mrs.
Klipper under the Mann act. There
was a fight. Tears and talk of brib
ery followed and the secret service
men emerged with Mrs. Klipper’s
money and diamonds. Croker receiv
ed a lot of paste jewelry for his share
and this made him willing to “squeal.”
Mrs. Klipper also realized that she
had been made the victim of an un
scrupulous conspiracy and she is will
ing to telL the entire story.
an article printed in America, though
at the time Ludendorff’s name was not
divulged.
When Hindenburg became com
mander-in-chief of the northern group
of German armies in Russia the kaiser
tasked the “von,” which denotes nobil
ity, on Ludendorff’s name, in an en
deavor to conceal his plebian origin,
at the same time that he raised Lu
dendorff to the rank of lieutenant-gen
eral.
Became Generalissimo.
Hindenburg became in turn general
issimo on the eastern front and su
preme German war chief under the
kaiser when last month he took over
the direction of the great general
staff. And still Ludendorff is with
him, now a full general, his name
with the new “von” emerged a little
from the shadows, since the kaiser
publicly wrote to him: “My heartiest
thanks for the excellent services which
you have rendered to me and the army
during the last two years of war.” If
there was any doubt, French and Brit
ish military men say, whether Hinden
burg or Ludendorff won the battle of
Tannenburg, there can be done now
about which man is directing the ar
mies of central Europe. No man with
out the modem staff training which
Ludendorff has and Hindenburg lacks,
could face such a task, they say. Hin
denburg’s name inspires confidence in
the public and upholds the prestige of
the military caste. The lowly-born
Ludendorff, in the background, does
the work.
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ANCHORAGE-SEWARD TELEPHONE LINE
DOWN, INTERRUPTING COMMUNICATION
The telephone line connecting Anchorage and.
Seward went down yesterday forenoon and up to the
hour of going to press today, is still out of commis
sion. Hence, the usual telegraph report is not availa
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W. J. STEWART GOES 10 STATES
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LANE
W. J. Stewart, who has been in
Alaska for the past three years, will
leave tomorrow on the steamer Mari
posa for Seattle and the outside for
the purpose of entering a school for
aviation and securing an aeroplane,
which he will operate in this country.
Mr. Stewart came to Alaska from
Florida, and after three years in the
mining game, with fair success, has
turned to his first love and hobby—av
iation. That there is a splendid open
ing in this section of Alaska for an
aeroplane is conceded, but until Mr.
Stewart brought the matter to promi
nent ( attention it was not seriously
considered. The government recent
ly called for bids for carrying mail in
Alaska by the means of aeroplanes be
tween the different points. Several
bids were sent in by Alaska people,
but no contracts were awarded but it
is only a question of a short time until
this method of transportation for both
passengers and freight will be uni
versally in vogue in this country. This
is an ideal country for aviation and
the needs are great; an aeroplane
Id 'unquestionably be operated here
successfully, both financially and com
I mercially and would be a splendid in
, vestment.
Mr. Stewart has familiarized him
self with existing conditions and made
j a thorough study of the country from
| the standpoint of topography, the ele
| ments, tonnage and passenger travel.
■ In addition to this he is especially well
! adapted for the business as he posses
■ ses two prime requisites to become an
expert navigator—nerve and judg
1 ment.
His acquaintance in the country is
large and he has made a favorable
impression on the people and his
I friends believe that he will make a
1 great success of the business.
Mr. £>tewart has had considerable
I experience in aviation and is familiar
j with the mechanism, being at one time
! connected with the famous Beachy.
j He will take a course in the aviation
| school at Hammondsport, New York
• to get his license and will endeavor to
1 interest capital to back him in the op
! eration of at least one machine in
this part of Alaska. The Daily Times
sees the handwriting on the wall and
realizes that the time has come f->r the
advent of aeroplanes in Alaska and
trusts .that Mr. Stewart meets with
deserved success in this undertaking.
To the sound of continuous laugh
ter, with merry jest and song, the
Spinsters’ Convention was held last
night at the Union hall. To do full
justice to this entertainment would
require a book, so replete was the eve
ning with good things. The costumes
were elaborate and should have satis
fied the most exacting cubist. Where
the old maids got their fund of in
side information from is not known,
but they were surely there with the
goods, and every participant fully de
served the uproarious applause that
greeted each brilliant sally. Bouquets
were certainly the order of the day,
some specially fine ones being handed
over the footlights to fair objects of
the donors’ admiration. Charlie Pe
ters must have ransacted the Seattle
hothouses for the beautiful floral
bunch he handed to Flossie Kissum,
and his offering so moved the conven
tion assembled that it broke into
song, to the refrain of “ Oh, You Big,
Big, Beautiful Man.” This was most
appropriate and no doubt Charlie
feels fully repaid for his devotional
offering on the altar of the fair sex.
Professor Pinkerton’s great trans
former certainly ranks as one of the
world’s latest and greatest discoveries.
It is too bad that the strain of the
evening’s work proved too much for
the mechanism. What wouldn’t some
of the local politicians give to run
some of the other fellow’s supporters
through ? The evening’s performance
will be long remembered by all, as
one of the best entertainments An
chorage has enjoyed.
Martin Sorenson, a wild and wooly
sailor, undertook to navigate a horse
through the streets of Nome at high
speed. He collided with a native and
knocked down a native child before his
wild career was checked. He forfeited
his bail of $25.
The Alaska Herring & Sardine com
pany, operating at Port Walter, Bara
noff island, has put up 30,000 cases of
kippered herring, which are reported
superior to the imported article.
And the cats came back but not of
their own volition. Judge Wicker
sham’s next speech will be taken from
the subject of “The tumultuous, toss
ing tempest at sea in a tea pot” and
this will include both his own and
George Dooley’s personal experience
in a Tumagain Arm storm. The old
timers say that these storms make the
waters of Turnagain Arm their home.
Judge Wickersham and George Doo
ley can testify that the storm of
yesterday seemed to be familiar with
the surroundings and was not at all
backward in making itself acquainted.
The party left Anchorage at 2 o’clock
yesterday morning in the government
| launch Alaska for Kern creek but
owing to one of the most violent
storms of the year were compelled to
return to safety and the Anchorage
harbor. The Alaska could not face
the storm and laid by at the south end
of Fire island for several hours wait
ing for the storm to abate but old
Neptune was venting his wrath and
refused to desist.
The Alaska reached the harbor of
calm at 4 o’clock and Messrs. Wicker
sham and Dooley will take the steam
er Mariposa for Seward where Judge
Wickersham will speak.
Judge Wickersham and Mr. Dooley
will attend the benefit dance at Labor
union hall tonight.
Much of the good accomplished by
the Old Maids’ Convention seems to
have settled on the force of McNally
& Maitland. In, addition to the change
of heart experienced by one of the
firm it was instrumental in being the
inspiration for Harold Howard to
•overdraw upon his poetic license with
the result that he too has entered the
field for poetical honors. Mr. How
ard’s efforts deal with hearts and
darts; houses and spouses and in a
way is suggestive of home building
and home building requires lumber.
The classic appears in another column
of this paper.
DETAILS DF
THE DELHI IF
BERTEOREMAN
Complete details of the death of
Bert Foreman are revealed in the
story told by B. G. Eaton, who accom
panied the deceased on the trip over
Portage glacier, at the inquest over
the remains of the departed, held at
Seward. The account is taken from
the Gateway:
Foreman and Eaton left Anchorage
at 2 a. m. on Saturday on the way to
Portage bay. Eaton works in the
Granite mine and Foreman was on his
way to work at Bettel’s bay. They
camped out by a fire that night at
Mile 63 and left for the glacier at day
| break next morning. Arriving at the
glacier they found it raining heavily
and as the crevices looked dangerous
they decided to go over a high butte
to the tyfft. This butte was precipitous
and rocky and they found themselves
in a serious position. The rain had
turned into sleet at that elevation and
the difficulty of making headway was
very great. Several times Foreman
expressed the belief that they could
never get out of there. After a time
he slid down a steep incline and got on
the bench below Eaton but was not in
Eaton’s sight as a rock point inter
vened. Eaton called to him when he
was probably 150 feet away but got
only one answer. Finally Eaton slid
down the same incline in 15 or 20
minutes and found Foreman crouch
ing and staring out over the edge of
the bluff while blood streamed from
his wrists and spread over the snow.
Foreman was half standing. He was
not lying down, rather, but was stoop
ed and trembling like an aspen.
“ We’re going to freeze here anyhow,”
said Foreman and afterwards he re
peated several times a request to “ tell
Ed and Henry.” Eaton exhorted him
to “buck up” and told him he would go
to seek aid. He was too far gone at
that time, Mr. Eaton says, to stop the
blood flow or save him and he started
back for aid. After coming up to
Foreman the latter offered him his
knife and asked him to “finish off the
job.” In his testimony Eaton says
Foreman seemed all right on the trip.
He was in good humor and joking on
the night before at the camp fire. He
said nothing at any time worth re
membering about his wife who had
committed suicide a few days before
at Anchorage.
-fvi ^namoeriain, wno was ar xne
head of the four men sent out to bring
in the body testified that he found the
remains lying about 40 feet away or
so from the place where the act had
apparently been committed. It lay in
a natural position on its back against
a steep decline and only ten feet away
from a frightful precipice. The heels
were dug into the ground as though
foreman were trying to prevent him
self from sliding over the brink. In
bringing the body down the mountains
they had to slide it over rocks and
gulches and all sorts of obstacles. It
was also found that the head had
been cut in places but this probably
happened after Eaton had left him.
Dr. Romig testified that the cut on
the wrist was sufficient to cause
death. Both arteries had been severed
It was shown at the inquest that the
first story about Foreman falling into
a crevice was not well founded. The
verdict of the jury was in accordance
with the evidence. The jury was com
posed of H. E. Ellsworth, John Gilpat
rick, H. H. Hildreth, Frank Skeen,
Wm. Dewitt and John Stevenson.
Just before the forms went to press
the wire came that Boston won the
opening game played at Boston this
afternoon; Boston 6, Brooklyn 5.
The telegraph and telephone lines are
in such state that it is almost impossi
ble to get any outside news and this
meagre report came after trying five
hours to get in connection with Sew
ard. Shore pitched for Boston and
Marquard for Brooklyn and the game
was played before a record crowd. No
other details wrere given.
Through the courtesy of Delegate
Wickersham, The Times has received
a copy df the infamous Alexander fish
eries bill, about which the delegate
spoke at length, in explaining its in
iquitous provisions, in his speech of
Thursday night. The bill goes into
detail in establishing federal control
of the Alaskan fishing business, des
ignating the licenses which are to be
paid for all canneries and appliances
used and the tax to be paid on fi.-di
canned, smoked and salted.
The most noticeable provision of the
bill is one of the last, which prohibits
territorial legislation of all kinds re
garding the fishing industry in Alas
ka.
This provision is most drastic, pro
hibiting the territory from imposing
any license fee or tax upon the busi
ness or upon the property, real or per
sonal, used in the fishing business and
revoking all acts passed by territorial
legislatures previously.
The license fee provided is, for
each canning, mild curing, salting,
smoking, fish freezing, whaling or
other fish dealing establishment, $5
per year. For each pound net $50,
for each fish wheel $25, except small
wheels on the Yukon and Copper riv
ers, which will be $2.00; for each purse
seine, $25; for each beam trawl or
other trawl net, $10; gill net boat and
equipment, $2; stake net, $2; set net,
$1; 300-foot beach sein, $3; for each
additional 500 feet, $5; each other
fishing appliance for taking food fish
or shell fish, $1.
The tax on output is red salmon, 6
cents per case; medium red salmon, 5
cents; light salmon, 4 cents; all other
food fish or shell fish, 4 cents; mild
cure, $1 per tierce; pickled salmon,
20 cents per barrel; salt salmon in
bulk, 5 cents per hundred; salmon and
trout frozen or otherwise preserved,
$1 per ton; whale or fish oil, 10 cents
per barrel; fertilizer, 50 cents per
ton; salt cod, 50 cents per ton; pickled
herring, 10 cents per barrel; salt her
ring, 25 cents per ton; all other fish
products, 25 cents per ton.
The money thus collected is to be
distributed as follows: Two-thirds of
the tax to go to the territory in the
manner provided by the act creating
the Alaskan fund, except that such
fees collected from within incorporat
ed towns are to be turned over to the
towns. The other one-third to be
placed in an Alaska fisheries fund and
held subject to appropriation by con
gress for development, preservation,
conservation and administration of
Alaska fisheries and the maintenance
of hatcheries.
Congressman Alexander, who intro
duced the bill, is from Missouri, and
has probably merely acted on request
of the secretary of Commerce, the bill
coinciding with claims made by that
official.
FOUR THOUSAND AMERICAN
BANKERS IN CONVENTION
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 25.—
Four thousand leading bankers of the
nation gathered here today for the an
nual meeting of the American Bank
ers’ association.
Prominent among the subjects to
be discussed is our financial, commer
cial and social relations with South
America. President Frank A. Van
derlip, of the National City Bank, New
York, who has been one of the most
active men in the promotion of friend
ly relations with South America, will
dwell upon the subject in his speech.
Among the other well known speak
ers who will be heard during the con
vention week are Joseph Chapman,
vice-president of the Northwestern
National bank, of Minneapolis, and
Joseph Hirch, vice-president of the
Corpus Christie National bank, Cor
pus Christie, Texas.
Alaska is represented by Sydney
Anderson, of the Bank of Anchorage,
Alaska, and of the Bank of Seward,
Alaska.
During the recent high water in
Lowell creek, at Seward, the stream
overflowed the new channel which had
been constructed at a cost of $800 to
the city, and is now running in its old
channel.