ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. I. NO. I7fl.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY. MAV ««, 1010.
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CUMMINS TO 10P
OUT OF TOE RACE
* WASHINGTON, May 25.—There
m is a well-founded rumor afloat that
Senator Cummins will drop out of
the race for the "Republican presi
dential nomination in favor of Jus
tice Hughes. There is a circumstan
tial story told that Cummins, Sen
atois Jones, Clapp and other party
leaders tvere to join in a public
statement, announcing that they
would support Hughes.
•PROSPECTORS LEAVE
FOR BROAD PASS
A party consisting of Captain Le
■Clere, Joe Morris and Charles P.
Lndfors left this morning for Knik,
en route for the Broad Pass coun
try, where they have quartz. Messrs,
Le Clere and Morris are interested
with the Wells boys, Jack Coffey and
Wra. Springer in seven Broad Pass
claims, and will spend the summer
in that section doing their assess
ment work and prospecting. Charles
Lindfors and Gus Peterson are in
terested in ten claims in this dis
trict, and Lindfors will prospect in
the neighborhood of Talkeetna, in
addition to doing the assessment
work on the company claims. The
property is all within seven miles of
the proposed railroad running to
Fairbanks, and the boys expect to
hold on to their claims until the road
* is built. There are several outfits In
the Broad Pass now doing their as
sessment work, and reports from
♦here are extremely favorable for a
big quartz camp as soon as the vital
• question of transportation is settled.
Kansas Endorses Roosevelt.
TOPEKA, Kansas, May 25.—At
tbe Progressive state convention,
held m this city, Theodore Roosevelt
was endorsed as their candidate for
the presidency.
To Protect Panama Canal.
WASHINGTON, May 25.—The
® plan for the' defense protection of
the Panama canal has been perfected
by the navy department and will un
doubtedly be put into effect.
v Teddy Gives Him His O. K.
WASHINGTON, May 25.—Col.
Theodore Roosevelt testified before
the investigating committee that
Presiden Glover, of the Riggs bank,
was a man of the highest character.
sue of me sow very apfalung
PARIS, May 25.—During the night the Germans gained con- I
siderable ground in the vicinity of Verdun and on both banks
of the Meuse river, and the tiring, which characterized the as
sault, was the most persistent and savage in the history of the
world, according to official announcement. As a result of this
offensive movement the battlefield is black with dead and
dying soldiers.. The struggle continued throughout the day,
without interruption, and the outcome is awaited with con
siderable anxiety. According to latest advices Fort Douament
is still being held by the French troops.
LONDON, May 24.—A dramatic surprise was sprung by the
French on the Teutons yesterday in penetrating Fort Doua
ment. This great offensive movement has been followed up by
General Nivelles driving fhe Germans back while they were
attacking on the other side of the Meuse with gas flames.
GREAT GAINS MADE BY AUSTRIANS.
VIENNA, May 25.—The Austro-Hungarians have achieved
a notable victory. By the fall, in rapid succession, of Combing
Hills, Tonneza, Parsoledla, Vena, Mont and Meliznone, they
are now in possession of the entire line from Fort Fornie, on
the river Astico, westward to the frontier. Further advances
| have also been made towards the line on the hills north of '
Valdisallighe, on the highest one of wflich the chief forts of ,
Arsiero are located. ,
From the Austro-Hungarian press headquarters comes the
information that the Austrian troops continue to reduce the
outer girdle forts protecting Arsiero.
SPECIAL ENVOY COMING FROM BERLIN.
LONDON, May 25.—Von Buelow, according to information
from German diplomatic sources, is going to the United States
on a special mission. It is rumored that he will probably later
succeed Ambassador Bernstorff.
MANY STEAMERS ARE SUNK.
LONDON, May 25.—Lloyd’s agency reports the sinking of!
Greek, British and Italian steamships, and the supposition is |
that they were victims of German submarines, although no
definite information is obtainable.
GERMANY TO MAKE ANOTHER WAR LOAN.
COPFiNHAGEN, May 25.—The German government, accord
ing to the Vissoche Zeitung, of Berlin, will propose a bill for
a war loan, early in June, of ten billion marks.
CORDOVA WETS WIN
BY LARGE MAJORITY
CORDOVA, May 26.—A census of
the vote to determine the wishes of
the people here in refernc to a con
tinuance of the saloons showed that
423 favored a wet town, 191 voted
dry, and 39 had no opinion to ex
press. The enumerators were George
Mosser and C. M. Rosswog. Under
the ruling of the district court it is
necessary for a majority of the resi
dents of a community to vote in
favor of a saloon before he will con
sider any licenses.
KMK COUPEE AMAZED
AT GROWTH ANCHORAGE
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They couldn’t resist the tempta
tion, and it is only natural, with so
many Knik people going back home
telling about the wonders of An
chorage that they came and they,
too, were convinced. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Palmer, relatives of the
Knik merchant, came over this morn
ing on the Swan to spend the day in
Anchorage on a business and pleas
ure trip. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have
spent the winter in Knik, where he ;
is employed in the Palmer store, and
this is their first visit to the city.
While they both were very much im
pressed w;ith Anchorage, Mr. Pal
mer’s remark that “somebody has
to stay in the smaller towns” was
apropoi and then, again, Knik is
really a suburb of Anchorage.
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS REORGANIZED
AND IS NOW READY FOR ACTION
The volunteer fire department of
Anchorage held its first meeting last
night in the business room of Ray
C. barBon's store. The meeting was
not largely attended, but what it
kicked in numbers it certainly made
up in enthusiasm, and the proper
spirit evinced guarantees a fire de
partmentworthy of Anchorage. Thos.
C. Price was elected temporary
chairman and Ray C. Larrfon tem
porary secretary, with full power to
gathers together a force of fire fight
ers of some experience in this line, if
possible.
It is the intention of the depart
* ment to organize two hose cart com
panies or teams, with separate cap
tains, and pull off a series of races
between the teams and otherwise
create enthusiasm and interest that
will rival the palmy days of Virginia
City as made famous in Mark
Twain’s "Roughing It." This will
tend to get enough fire fighters to
gether to complete an organization
that will at once be a real fire fight
ing company, as well as a source of
entertainment. ThiB, of course, fol
lows the perfection of the organiza
tion, and is secondary to the real
!'-sue of such an organization, but,
as elsewhere, is customary. Who
ever heard of a' town that did not
look forward to the firemen’s ball?
Upon perfection of the organiza
t on, with proof of its efficiency, the
business men will be solicited for
finneial assistance, the money in the
main to be used for prizes in com
petitions of various kinds.
In order to start off right, ar
rangements are being made to hold
a miniature production of the burn
ing of Rome tonight at 8 o'clock, and
prospective members and those who
care to associate themselves with
this organization will please be on
hand promptly at 7 :Z0 o’clock at the
fire house in the municipal block on
Fourth avenue.
This organization is another stride
Towards making a real city of An
chorage, and deserves the hearty
support of every business man and
property owner in the city. This is
no time to sit back and wait for the
other fellow to go ahead and do all
the work, but get behind this move
ment whifh means so much to prop
erty owners for fire protection and
lower insurance rates.
BRYAN UKELY BE
CANDIDATE OF DRYS
CHICAGO. May 25.—If he will
consent to make th'e race, William
Jennings Bryan may be selected as
the candidate for president of the
Prohibition party. In the statements
made by Bryan before the general
conference of the Methodist Epis
copal church, he was quoted as de
clining to longer follow a political
party which refused lo endorse na
tional prohibition. This declaration
the prohibition leaders construe to
mean that Bryan is at least a recep
tive candidate as the nominee of
their party.
FIRED BY EXPLOSION,
FOUR MINERS PERISH
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev., May 25.—
An explosion of black damp caused
a Pre to spread in the underground
workings at the Yellow Jacket mine,
which is still raging. Four of th4
workmen are unaccounted for and
are supposed to have perished in the
tames.
EXTENDING CAIII/E LINE FROM
SEWARD TO ANCHORAGE
Superintendent E. R. McFarland,
of the telegraph and telephone de
partment, has a force of men push
ing the work on a line from the
3ignnl corps cable terminal at Sew
ard to Anchorage with all possible
speed. The line is being provided
with a standard six-pin cross-arm.
and will be one of the most substan
tially built telegraph and telephone
lines in Alaska.
Will Observe Memorial Day.
V. D. Stine, the accommodating
and courteous chief operator of the
telephone and telegraph, wishes to
announce that his office will be open
only between the hours of 9 and 10
Tuesday morning, May 30th, Me
morial Day.
Polley Bros, have remodeled the
building occupied as a barber shop
adjoining their store on Fourth ave
nue and have materially improved
the looks by putting in large plate
windows and an attractive door of
"ye olden times” pattern. In addi
tion to this the building has been ex
tended and room made for two
porcelain bath tubs in the rear, a
necessary adjunct to a first class bar
ber shop of this kind.
The city administration is putting
down a six-foot board sidewalk on
E street to the top of the hill on
Christensen road.
LOCAL JOTTINGS
Captain Lee Rice brought the
steamer Capella in from Turnagain
Arm this morning, and leaves for
Hops, Sunrise and Glacier creek at
i o'clock tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Wolf, of Hope, came to An
chorage on the Capella to visit her
sou, who is in the government hos
pital under medical treatment.
James T. Coulton, of Juneau, who
has been in Anchorage for several
weeks, has opened an office next to
the Central Market, in Henry Le
nardio’s express office, and will act
as public stenographer and type
writer and do general accounting.
The Aeroline, of the Admiral line,
reached this port at 1 o'clock today.
Ed. Buehler, of Cordova, made
this office a pleasant call this morn
■ng, and said he expected to make
another prospecting trip into the in
terior this summer.
The Terminal Lodging has been
opened on Fourth avenue, near C
street, by Mrs. A. E. Lee.
The proper authorities are doing
splendid wcrk in beautifying and
fixing up the cemetery grounds on
Seventh avenue and East C street.
S. M. Duggan has opened a public
stenographer’s office in the law office
of .lames & Wooley. on F street.
For the information of the public,
Postmaster Wood wishes to make
the fina' announcement that the
Aeroline does not carry mail.
Charles Peters and Jack Suther
land, merchant princes of Moose
creek, came down yesterday for a
few days’ business and pleasure trip.
The boys have finished their store
building and feel very well satisfied
the way business is starting up, but
are always glad to get back to An
chorage to see their many friends.
Will all G. A. R. and Woman’s Re
lief members and Spanish American
Veterans and members of auxiliary
to United Spanish War Veterans and
Sons of Veterans and D. A. R. report
at the school house tomorrow even
ing at 7: SO o’clock.
HALL GAME TO TAKE PLACE
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Much interest is being taken in
the baseball game that is scheduled
for Sunday afternoon between Ro
barts’ Shamrocks and the Commis
sion on the Commission diamond. In
order to make this game auspicious
the two teams will line up in front
of the postofBce and march to the
ball ground, led by the Anchorage
biass band. The umpires have not
yet been selected, nor has either
ride handed in its lineup, but they
have both promised to give the
Daily Times the line-up. so that it
will be published in tomorrow’s
is^ue.
CARRANZA TO PURSUE
CHIHUAHUA OUTLAWS
WASHINGTON, May 25.—Reports
to file state and war departments in
dicate that it is the plan of the Car
ranza government to vigorously
prosecute the pursuit of the Chihua
hua outlaw bandits, while the Amer
ican troops remain quiet.
VINCENT S1EFFERT IMPROVING,
MOTHER RETURNING HOME
Word has been received from Mrs.
Gustav Sieffert that she will leave
Juneau on the steamer Mariposa for
.Anchorage. Mrs. Sieffert has been
in Juneau about two weeks, where
she took her son Vincent for an op
eration to remove a piece of steel
from his eye. The operation was
successful, and Vincent is getting
along nicely, ami Mrs. Sieffert was
called to Anchorage to be with an
other son. John Brockman Sieffert.
six vearg old, who is in the govern
ment hospital under the care of Drs.
Reedy and Beeson.
Ranks to Observe Holiday.
The Daily Times has authority to
announce that the Bank of Anchor
age and the Bank of Alaska will he
closed all day Tuesday, May 30th. on
account of that day being a legal
holiday.
ALASKA'S INSANE
.SEWARD, May 26,—The local
Chamber of Commerce hag joined
with Nome in demanding that a
change be made in the method of
handling the insane sent from Alas
ka to the states. The resolutions
adopted denounce the treatment ac
corded these patients at the Morn
’ngside asylum, near Portland, and
demand that the contract with that
institution be abrogated.
PLACER STRIKE AT
TOLSTOI PROMISING
Under date of April 20th, Arthur
Nelson, of Anchorage, received an
interesting letter from his old side
kick, J. C. Nollett. of Ophir. The
letter, after mentioning the ups and
downs of several mutual friends,
gives a good description of the late
strike in the Innoko district. Ac
cording to Nollett, the new town of
Cooper is established at Cooper’s old
roadhouse and named in honor of
the owner. The town is growing
rapidly and showing all the ear
marks of a real live placer camp of
rhe olden days. The rush of people
into that section is similar to the
earlier days of the Yukon.
Nollett reports the original strike
was made on the Tolstoi on the old
trail between Dishkaket and Innoko
rivers and about 20 miles from
Ophir. Boob creek is showing up
well, and he mentions one particular
bole of 30 feet that panned 14 per
square foot on bedrock, and one hole
on Mastodon panned $1.50 on bed
toek of 11 feet. The only drawback,
as leported by Nollett. is the scarcity
of women, and he asks his old friend
Ar.hur to send him one from An
chorage.
Hi" Consignment of Freight.
Francis Rotch. purser on the Ad
miral line steamer Aeroline, was on
sin re for a short visit this afternoon
anti reports the Aeroline brought in
1 200 tons of material and equip
ment for the Alaska Engineering
C. .omission and 100 tons of freight
for the Deep Sea Salmon Company,
located at Goose Bay.
A Ketchikan man is reported to
have taken some insect powder for
headache powder, and has been
“bugs” ever since.
I.ieut. F. Mears has issued the fol
lowing proclamation:,
"To All Concerned: Decoration
Day (May 30) will he observed as a
holiday at headquarters and as far
as.possible on all work in the field.”
Tn this connection it may be well
fcr the Daily Times to make mention
of the fact that a committee will
visit all business men in Anchorage,
portioning them to observe this day
by at least closing their places of
business from the hour of 10 in the
morning until 6 in the afternoon.
This really should not be necessary,
as Memorial Day is entitled to the j
same respect in Alaska as it com
mands in the states, but in order to ,
make certain that this national day 1
will be observed at Anchirage a pe- ;
tition will be circulated tomorrow
and all names of the signers will be
published. Several of the larger
concerns have already signified their
wil.tngness to act in accord with ,
the committee in charge of the pro- ;
gram.
The arrangements have about
been perfected for the exercises, j
which will take place Tuesday morn,
ing at 11 o’clock in front of the Elks
Club room on Fourth avenue. Rev.
McBride will be master of cere
monies, Judge J. L. Waller will de
liver the address, the school children
w'll have a chorus, and some one of
them will deliver that masterpiece of
the English language, the immortal
Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address.” Mr.
,t. Steele, of the Cimmission. is mak
ing arrangements for additional fea
tures which will be part of the pro
gram. Th7 Spanish War Veterans,
the Sons of Veterans, the Grand
Array of the Republic, the Women’s
Relief Corps and the Confederate
Veterans will be represented The
band has signifld its willingness to
furnish the martial music, and it is
the intention to form a line of
march and have a parade, in which
the veterans of both fhe North and
Siuth and the Spanish war, together
with the school Children, the digni
taries of both Anchorage and the
Commission, the Elks and all other
fraternal organizations expressing a
willingness, will participate.
If is a relief to know that so much
interest is being manifested in the
observance of this national holiday
and to know that the same spirit of
patriotism exists in Alaska as does
in the states and that the first Me
mor'al Day of Anchorage will not
pass unnoticed and unseen* but will
be observed and respected in an ap
propriate manner and in keeping
with the .patriotic American spirit of
the city.