Äwihomge Bnily Timeg .
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
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VOL. 1. NO. 262.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 16, 1916.
PRir : TEN CENTS.
AMALGAMATION
OF THREE GREAT
MINES ADVISED
MINING ENGINEERS RECOM
MEND CONSOLIDATION OF
1 THE BIG LOW GRADE
MINES ON DOUGLAS
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The consolidation of the Alaska
Treadwell, Alaska United and the
Alaskan Mexican companies, oper
ating contiguous mines on Douglas
island, has been advised ^bd will soon
be brought about by a committee of
noted mining engineers, composed of
H. C. Perkins, Hennen Jennings and
F. W. Bradley. These three big prop
erties are practically owned by the
s^'Se people, the Rothschilds inter
dy of Europe said to be in control,
but ha’
have been operated as three dis
tinct companies. The amalgamation
is advised because of the cheaper
overhead costs and the desirability of
now working the three mines from a
gre?" shaft to reach the lower levels,
the ore being pretty well mined out
in the upper levels.
The three great mines on Douglas
island have produced $62,797,459 and
have paid in dividends $21,337,651.
The committee of engineers, in
submitting a report advising amal
gamation, say:
“We have considered all the factors
bearing upon the present earning ca
pacities of the different properties,
the quantity and quality of the ore
reserves, the probabilities of more
ore and possible value; we have dis
cussed the m’ning i-rjfle^s and the
means of overcoming the difficulties
arising from working at greater
depth and the danger connected with
caving ground; and we have taken
into consideration the present and fu
ture equipment. Two of the members
of your committee had all available
reports and data before them at
Washington, D. C. for several months
before visiting the mines. They spent
three weeks at the mines and ten
clays at San Francisco in investiga
tions and deliberations. One of them,
as a member of the firm of Smith &
Perkins, visited Douglas island in
1889 and brought about a change of
ownership and initiated the plan of
management since largely followed.
The other member of the committee
has spent 16 years in the service of
thgc companies and has an intimate j
kfydedge of all their affairs.
The committee, with the facts, aid,
and study given to the consideration
of the problem, now urgently recom
mend a speedy consolidation of the
three companies in as intimate and
binding a way as possible. The legal
method of working out the consoli
dation should be left to your able
legal advisor, Judge Curtis H. Lind
ley.
The equitable basis for the consoli
dation we find to be 54 per cent Al
aska Treadwell, 34 per cent Alaska
United, and 12 per cent Alaska Mexi
can.
The dominant necessity and advan
tage of immediate consolidation seem
to us to be as follows;
The arrangement of joint manage
ment without unification of boundar
eis or ownership has been worked
with efficiency and fairness in the
past, but it is not possible for this
arrangement to take care of the fu
ture. In the past, the management
has been able to preserve the equi
ties and keep separate the ores of
each property; this is becoming a
more and more difficult problem with
depth owing to the caving of pillars.
The recent development of the
Treadwell, 700-Foot Claim, and Mexi
can mines has been disappointing,
complex and interlacing; and the low
er levels of these three mines as at
present developed are not payable as
a whole. However, the lower levels
of the Ready Bullion are, as already
stated, in a much more satisfactory
condition.
There is no certainty that the trend
of the gold-bearing dikes and of the
barren-dikes in the Treadwell, 700,
Mexican mines will continue in
depth as at present; that is, while
the ore bodies show a tendency to
unite in one great ore-chimney, we
cannot predict its trend in depth. On
the other hand, the history of the
Ready Rullion, Mexican, 700, and
SCHOOL BOARD
WIRES GOVERNOR
ABOUT SCHOOLS
TELLS EXECUTIVE THAT FOUR
TEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
NECESSARY TO CON
DUCT THE SCHOOLS.
The following is a copy of the tele
gram sent Governor Strong and is
self-explanatory:
Anchorage, Sept. 15, 1910.
J. F. A. Strong, Governor, Juneau:
Anchorage school children enrolled
the first day number 156; census gives
196; probable number November 1 will
be 250. New building is in course of
construction by the commission. We
are renting additional quarters until
it is completed, at $50 per month. We
are borrowing seats and benches for
present use. Have 32 pupils in high
school grades. Five teachers at pres
ent. Seven are absolutely necessary.
The estimate of expenses for the year j
is as follows:
Salaries $9,360; heat and light, $1,
400; seats, desks, equipment, $3,150;
rent, $150. Total, $14,060. This
amount is absolutely necessary. How
much can your office supply? The
Chamber of Commerce unanimously
endorse the above. Advise.
A. J. WENDLER,
Clerk of School Board.
Official Business
J. G. WATTS,
Townsite Manager.
Treadwell mines with an output of j
$02,797,450 from which $21,337,051 in
dividends has been paid, makes it im
perative that all these mines should
be’explored and prove*} most exhaus
tively in depth.
The 2100-ft. level from the central
shaft is the lowest that has been ful
ly /developed and this has proved the
existence of a great mass of low
grade ore, but only parts of it are
profitable.
The 2300-ft. level from the central
shaft is only partly developed, and
while the assays from development
work thus far show ■ore that is close
to the economic limit, a bore-hole run
272 ft. in the most promising part of
the 700 mine gives an average as
say-value of $2.40, with severar as
says above $9 per ton.
There is not sufficient certainty of
the behavior of the orebodies in depth
to justify any one of the companies
in undertaking the burden of deeper
development alone, inasmuch as it
would cost over $1,000,000 for addi
tional equipment and exploration
down to the 2700-ft. level.
The most conclusive results can be
obtained most speedily and economi
cally by seeking for more orebodies
upon the lines laid down by nature
rather than upon artificial boundar
ies of ownership.
PRECAUTIONS WILL BE TAKEN TO GUARD TOWN FROM DESTRUCTIVE FIRES
Mayor J. G. Watts notifies The Dai
ly Times that he expects to make a
personal inspection of the different
business houses and residences from
the standpoint of fire protection in
the very near future. With the win
ter coming on which will necessitate
additional fires in the homes too much
attention cannot be paid to the flues
and chimneys of the residences. In
order that the citizens may more con
sistently co-operate with the city ad
ministration in regard to safeguard
ing the homes, business houses and
maybe the entire city, The- Daily
Times republishes those sections of
the fire regulations dealing with the
sections applicable at this time.
5. Stovepiping Within Fire Limits.
Where any stovepiping is used for
flues or chimneys on any lot or lots
within said fire limits, a " Lance of
at least four inches must __ left be
tween ail such- stovepiping—*r»d • any
wal', floor or ceiling of wo or other
combustible material throu rh which it
passes, and such stovepipii ' must be
guarded by a double galva...zed metal
thimble or safety flue, with air cham
The Anchorage Woman’s club will
open the season of 1916-1917 with a
reception to be given on Thursday,
Sept. 21 at 2:30 o'clock, at the Elks’
club. No cards have been sent out but
a most cordial invitation to be present
is extended to all the women of An
chorage, through the columns of The
Daily Times.
Many new families have come to the
city since the close of the last year’s
program, and without doubt there are
many women whom the club wants
and who want the club, but who are,
as yet, unknown to its members. It is
thought, therefore, that the proposed
gathering will give the women a
chance to get in touch with each other
and to determine, by a better know
ledge of the purposes and activities of
the club, whether or not they can af
ford to neglect this opportunity to
take part in its work.
The affair, moreover, promises to be
an attractive one, from a social stand
point, and we are told that not only
may a feast of reason be expected,
but that dame fashion will shake out
her skirts, of the latest autumn cut,
amid appropriate decorations, bring
ing an echo from the “outside” to
show that the Anchorage ladies are
nothing if not up-to-date,—and hu
man. Our flourish of feminine frip
pery before getting down to the grim
business of righting the wicked old
world.
Seriously speaking, though, the
W’oman’s club does not cater to the
tastes and opinions of any one kind
or set of women, but is broad enough
in 7cs scope to attract and interest all
women, of however diversified tastes.
The intellectual woman, the domestic
woman, and the woman of leisure may
all give and take something worth
while in the work of the Anchorage
Woman’s club. Two objects, however,
they all hold in common: The devel
opment of the woman and the better
ing of conditions around her, especial
ly in her home and her home town.
The first object is represented in the
work of the departments of “Art and
Literature,” and of “Education,” the
second by the departments of “Social
Service” and “Household Economics.”
It is the purpose of the executive
board to lay special emphasis upon
department work during the coming
year, dividing the membership into
the four groups according to the
tastes and talents of the members.
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Telephone Line Still Down.
The telephone line between Anchorage and Sew
ard remains down today; hence The Times is without
its usual daily report. It is expected that the line will
Re repaired by Monday. The rain storm prevailing
here is intensified in the mountains and was probably
the cause of the break.
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bers not less than four inches thick,
so perforated as to allow the free pas
sage of air and so constructed that
not less than two thicknesses of metal
shall be between the stove-piping and
the material of the wall, floor or ceil
ing through which it passes. Where
such stovepiping passes through an
enclosed attic or space above any floor
or ceiling said thimble shall continue
on, enclosing said stovepiping through
the enclosed attic or space above the
floor or ceiling until said thimble pas
ses through the roof of the building or
into a flue or chimney of brick, stone
or concrete. At the point where said
stovepiping and thimble pass through
a roof, the roof shall be protected by a
metal flashing through v''i,h the
stovepiping and thimble p; *h
a manner that the stovepi;
not at any place be nearci
inches to the wood or materia, o* said
roof and such stovepiping shatt-iv'
firmly held by such flashing.
6 Chimneys and Flues WiUuu F***?
Limits.
All brick, stone or concrete flues or
chimneys within said fire limits must
UB TO
These groups or departments will
hold each one meeting a month, on the
last Thursday, for the pursuance of
their several kinds of work. They are
to be led by their respective chairmen,
as follows:
Art and Literature—Mrs. Koch.
Education—Mrs. McCullough.
Social Service—Mrs. R. D. Chase.
Household Economics—Mrs. Fitz
gerald.
These meetings will in no wise in
terfere with the general meetings of
the club, which will be held on the first
and third Tuesdays of each month, as
they were last year. The program on
the first Thursday will as a rule con
sist of an address by a prominent cit
izen of the town, and a musical num
ber and the meeting will be open to
guests. On the third Thursday the
regular business meeting, for mem
bers only, will occur, and then will fol
low a paper by a member, the subject
usually supplementing that of the ad
dress last given.
This is the second year in the life of
the Anchorage Woman’s club and ev
ery effort will be made by the officers
and chairmen of departments to make
this year twice as successful as the
first. That is setting the standard
pretty high, for the club was a sur
prisingly healthy infant, all things
considered. That it has already be
come a factor in the life of Anchorage
is beyond dispute. In the future it
will be still more effective because of
strengthened membership, settled
ideas, and a more stable condition of
affairs generally.
The present membership is 50 and
this stands a good chance of being
doubled if all the women who ought to
join will come forward. It is hoped,
therefore that those desiring mem
bership will make themselves known
at the opening reception. Opportuni
ty will be given to everyone to regis
ter application for membership.
The officers of the Woman’s club
are as follows:
Mrs. Frederick Mears—President.
Mrs. J. G. Watts—First Vice-Presi
dent.
Mrs. H. W. Stoughton—Second Vice
President.
Mrs. E. S. Reedy—Corresponding!
Secretary.
Mrs. F. B. Standiford—Recording
Secretary.
Mrs. P. J. MacDonald—Treasurer.
Mrs. W. R. Manning—Chairman of
House and Social committee.
be well constructed, with walls four
inches or more in thickness, and must
be well plastered on the inside. The
materials used must be of such quali
ty as will prevent such chimneys or
flues from softening or crumbling.
Any chimney or flue constructed on a
flat roof must extend at least four
feet above the roof through which it
passes and the top of such chimney
or flue must be higher than any point
of any building within 12 feet of
such chimney or flue. Any chimney
or flue constructed upon a pitch roof
must extend at least six feet above
said roof at the point through which
it passes, except where any chimney
or flue on a pitch roof extends at least
two feet above the highest point of
said roof and except that the top of
any such chimney or flue must be
higher than any point of any building
within eight feet of such chimney or
flue
7. 1 alders. Trap Doors and Fire Es
capes Within Fire Limits.
All buildings within said Are limits
of two ore more stories in height shall
have a strong permanent ladder at
LOCAL PEOPLE
FORM COMPANY
10 OPEN CLAIMS
TO DEVELOP IN COMPREHENS
IVE MANNER MILO KELLY
PROPERTIES IN WIL
LOW CREEK.
Articles of incorporation were filed
yesterday with the territorial secre
tary by the Kelly-Willow Creek Min
ing company. This company is cap
italized at $100,000 with Milo Kelly,
Leopold David, T. D. Corlew and G.
Corlew as officers and directors.
This company owns ten valuable
claims in the Willow creek district,
and are on the same series of veins
on Fishhook creek that have made
the Alaska and Free Gold and the
Independence Mining companies fam
ous and dividend payers. The claims
join the north end of the Indepen
dence’s property and lie between the
Independence and the Gold Bullion
properties.
Milo Kelly, the founder, has been
working the property for the past
three years and has opened up four
well defined veins of exceptional high
grade ore; three of these are identi
cal to the ore the Alaska and Free
Gold and the Independence are work
ing this season.
Mr. Kelly stated yesterday that the
company will put in an air compres
sor and run air drills next season
for the purpose of blocking out more
ore.
While the result of the present de
velopment would amply justify the
immediate installation of a stamp
mill the company does not anticipate
putting one in next season but will
spend their time and money in run
ning the compressor.
In speaking of the Kelly-Willow
Creek Min»<g company, of which Mr.
Kelly is the principal owner, VVm.
Martin, the noted Willow creek op
erator, said yesterday to a represen
tative of this paper, that “It is one
of the richest veins ever struck in
our country and the right man found
it and there is no question in my judg
ment but that this will make one of
the richest mines in the Willow creek
district.”
Milo Kelly has spent the better
part of the last ten or twelve years
in the Willow creek district and is
probably better posted on the condi
tions and formations than any other
man. Being exceptionally well in
formed in all branches of the mining
game his knowledge has done much
toward the present development of
the entire field and it was through
his efforts that several of the big
properties are on a big paying basis
at the present time.
With a strong personnel in the di
rectorship and with Milo Kelly at the
head and such a rich body of ore to
work on the ultimate success of the
Kelly-Willow Creek Mining company
as a dividend payer is assured.
tached to the outside of the wall and
so arranged as to give ready access to
the roof from the ground. All such
buildings shall be provided with suf
ficient fire escapes to insure the safe
ty of persons therein in case of fire.
8. Cloth and Paper Lining.
No wall or ceiling, or walls or ceil
ings of any buildings or rooms within
said fire limits shall be lined or ceiled
with cloth or paper, or both, except
thd cloth or paper, or both, be placed
upon a partion, wall or ceiling or wood
or other solid material.
14. Stovepiping and Stoves Outside
Fire Limits.
All stovepiping outside of the fire
limits shall be set at least 18 inches
from walls and ceilings of buildings;
a space of at least two inches shall be
left between all stovepiping and the
wall or veiling through which it pas
ses, and where any stovepiping pas
ses through a roof it must be protect
ed by a metal flashing. No stove or
grate shall be placed closer than 18
inches to any wall or partition com
posed of material other than brick,
concrete or stone.
BOMB OUTRAGE
SUSPECT NOW ON
TRIAL AT 'FBISCO
WARREN BILLINGS, EX-CONVICT,
SUPPOSED LEADER OF OUT
RAGE AGAINST PREPAR
EDNESS PARADERS.
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Warren K. Billings, an ex- +
convict. -*>
Thomas J. Mooney, who at- *
tempted early in July to fo- *
ment a strike of platform men *
of the United Railroads of *
San Francisco. *
Mrs. Rena Mooney, his *
wife, an accomplished musi- *
cian. +
Edward Nolan, delegate to ¥
to the machinists’ union to *
1916 international conven- ■»>
tion of the union in Balti- ¥
more. *
Israel Wienberg, jitney bus
driver. ¥
The crime was the explos- ¥
ion of a bomb, hidden in a *
suitcase, in the crowd watch- ♦
ing the preparedness parade *
in San Francisco July 22, *
1916. Ten lives were lost ¥
and 35 persons were injured. ¥
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.—The
first of the bomb cases resulting from
the murder of ten persons by the ex
plosion of an infernal machine in a
suitcase planted in the preparedness
parade crowd here Juty 22, begins
Sept. 11, when Warren K. Rilling ,
principal suspect goes to trial.
The theory of the prosecution is
that Billings and his confederates
were not anti-preparedness cranks,
as at first was supposed, but sought
to kill employes of the local United
Railroads, a division of which would
have been passing the bomb suitcase
'at the moment it exploded if the pa
rade hadn’t been delayed. Thomas
J. Mooney, also indicted for complici
ty in the bomb plot, unsuccessfully
tried to organize a strike among
these employes and the prosecution
will claim the bomb was used to get
even with the men.
The trials of the four other defend
ents, Mooney, his wife, Mrs. Rena
Mooney, Israel Weinberg and Ed
ward Nolan, will be held later.
Evidence of a sensational charac
ter is expected to be given.
The prosecution is based on the
theory that Billings, under instruc
tions from Mooney, planted the
bomb; that Mrs. Mooney was an ac
cessory before and after the fact;
that Nolan either manufactured or
assisted in manufacturing the bomb
anil that Weinberg was an accessory
in that he transported the conspira
tors in his jitney bus and had guilty
knowledge of the plot.
Four persons were killed outright
and the paraders panic stricken when
the bomb exploded at the intersec
tion of Steuart and Market streets,
in the crowd of 25,000 people. One
man died of heart failure and 40 per
sons were injured, of whom 5 later
died.
Among the leaden missiles, auto
mobile bearings and bits of rnetaU
that sprayed the crowd like shrap
nel, enough pieces of leather and
clockwork mechanism were picked up
to show that the bomb had been set
to explode at 2:10 p. m.
Billings served a term at Folsom
prison for dynamiting.
MISS WHALLEY MARRIED
TO JUNEAU BUSINESS MAN
(Cordova Times)
Miss Gladys Whalley, who was for
merly leader of the orchestra at the
Empress theatre, this city, but for the
past four months has been pianiste at
the Dream theatre, Juneau, was mar
ried in the latter city last week to
jCharles C. BrookSTTCgSWtor-tliWaSff^—
der Line Transportation company. In
fact there was ado able'Wedding, Wat=
lace Frodsham and Miss Margaret
woods, both members of the Dream
theatre orchestra, being joined for life
at the same time Miss Whalley be
came Mrs. Brooks.