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VOL. |. NO. 185.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1016.
PRICE 10 CENTS
ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 9.—Final
plans for the Democratic national
convention, opening June 14, have
been approved by the national com
mittee's committee on arrangements.
The entire seating plan, arrange
ments for more light and ventila
tion, decorations, badges and con
veniences for delegates were gone
over in detail. Next Monday the
national committee meeting here
will place its final approval on the
convention arrangements.
The arrangements committee has
determined to keep spectators off
the main floor of the convention hall.
Seven thousand five hundred seats
have been provided for spectators,
^he 3,r.00 places on the floor and
platform being reserved for dele
gates, the press and officials of the
convention. This will be the first
convention at which spectators have
been barred from the main floor.
The interior of the Coliseum has
been repainted white, so that greater
light will be reflected in the vast
hall. An emergency hospital has
been equipped and a special system
of artificial ventilation installed.
\\ omen bx'sy attending
• CONVENTIONS OF THEIR SEX
CHICAGO, June 9.—The Woman's
l’artv convention adjourned yester
day after a three-day session, hav
A'AR been largely attended by many
’V the women delegates who were on
their return from the biennial con
ference of the General Federation of
Women’s Clubs in New York.
MISSIONARY TO PREACH
IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Dr. and Mrs. W. O. Forbes were
passengers on the steamship Alaska
and will spend several weeks in An
rfcorage and vicinity. Dr. Forbes is
synodical Sunday school missionary
and he is here looking,into the situ
ation in regard to establishing Sun
day schools at various places in this
community. Dr. Forbes will occupy
tBe pulpit for Dr. McBride Sunday
night at the Presbyterian church
services, in Robarts’ half
SUPERVISOR OF SURVEYS
HERE FOR SUMMER
John P. Walker, chief of the field
division of the land office, arrived in
Anchorage this morning on the
steamship Alaska and left this af
ternoon for Knik. Mr. Walker is
assistant supervisor of surveys, with
headquarters at Juneau, and will
spend most of the summer in An
chorage and vicinity. The subdivi
sions! work in the Susitna valley
under Surveyor Otis Ross and As
sistant A. J. Bradford and the work
in the immediate vicinity of Anchor
age to the foothills under V. H. Wil
helm and Assistant C. K. Streit
comes under the supervision of Mr.
Walker, who has charge of all land
office surveys in the territory.
JENSEN LEAVER FOR
NEW PLACER STRIKE
Louie Jensen, of the Ship Creek
ATea* Market, left on the steamer
Alaska fcr Skagway, en route for
the new Tolstoi placer strike. Louie
grubstaked Harry Meehan, who went
Into Takotna last February and
later into the Innoko country, and
advises Louie that they are in the
money. There are few men better
or more favorably known in Alaska
♦han Louie Jensen, and his Anchor
age friends sincerely hope the re
ports are true. He will take a boat
from Skagway down the river, and
| expects to reach Tolstoi in about
i tlfo weeks, and will be gone away
| from Anchorage at least two months.
REfMANS CANNOT AGREE ON A CANDIDA
CHICAGO, June 9.—A conference of the committees ap
pointed by the Republicans and Progressive conventions to
discuss harmony held their first meeting last night. The Re
publican committee is composed of men who are regarded as
being opposed to the nomination of Roosevelt and are also op
posed to the elimination of Hughes. The Progressives confer j
and are regarded as men who will Insist upon the Colonel’s
nomination. In the conference the Hughes supporters report
ed that many other Republican leaders feel that they cannot
prevent the nomination of the Justice, but recent develop
ments have had the effect of holding off the expected crvstal
ization upon Hughes in the Republican convention.
CHICAGO, June 9.—Scott Bone wired the political situa
tion to the Seattle Post Intelligencer as follows: “New York
is divided in allegiance as between Hughes and Root and has
been unable to give appreciable support to either principal,
although their present following is presenting a more compact
front. It is estimated by Brumbaugh that Massachusetts has
big men whose ambitions clash. Weeks lacks some support
that he should receive in the state’s duty to him. The stead
fastness to Burton is important in equation, while Illinois ard
Indiana are pursuing a forlorn hope with favorite sons, who
are unable to contribute by an initial effort to the solution of
the paramount problems of the party. It is a small wonder
in view of all this that Hitchcock succeeded in keeping the
Hughes propaganda alive over Cummings for a time at least,
although there is an obvious objection to a silent jurist candi
dacy.
CHICAGO, June 8.—Col. Roosevelt, in a lengthy telegram
to Congressman Jackson, said: “I very earnestly hope that j
the Republicans and Progressives, assembled at Chicago, will j
keep steadily in mind the gravity of the crisis, not only for;
America, but the world, and proceed to their action in dignity'
find will] a foresight and patriot]'-m that shall rise to the level
of the crisis.”
Roosevelt also telegraphed Jackson that he would come to
Chicago and address the Republican convention if that body
desired him to do so, but no such invitation has been extended.
CHICAGO, June 8.—Following a conference at headquar
ters Perkins said it was decided to ask the Progressive con
vention to propose a resolution requesting a peace conference
with tl;e Republicans. It was further agreed that every effort
should be made to phrase the resolution in a way most likely
to he acceptable to tlie Republican leaders.
CHICAGO, June 8.—The Republican committee on resolu
tions, by a vote of 2<> to 21, decided to incorporate in the plat
form a plank endorsing in principle woman suffrage. The
committee voted against the inclusion of a prohibition plank
ir the platform, and added one athrming that the United States
should maintain a perfect navy.
CHICAGO, June 8.—The sub committee of the Republican
convention, to which had been entrusted the task of drawing
up a tentative platform for submission to the full committee
oil resolutions, completed its work early today.
CHICAGO, June 8.—Senator Cliauncey Depew and “Uncle
Toe" Cannon addressed the convention today. The former
stated he had been a party man for a period of sixty years.
Cannon said: “I have been asked very often who would be
nominated by the convention. AIv answer is that we name a
Rfpublican on a Republican platfona and what is more he
would ho elected.”
CHICAGO. June 8.—Robert Bacon, who declared for Root
a month ago, arrived here today to work for the nomination
of Roosevelt by the Republicans.
ELKS ENTERTAIN FRIENDS
AT ENJOYABLE SMOKER
The members of the Elk’s club
held their semi-monthly smoker
last night at their club room.
The usual gentleman of color was
there and entertained in a de
cidedly versatile manner from
guitar accompaiment to his own
version of several popular songs,
a few stunts copied from Herman
the Great, and climaxed by an
extraordinary athletic exhibition.
Old songs were sung enmasse,
old stories were retold with all
the aplomb of novices. The re
freshments met with the ap
proval of all and the athletic
events proved a success. The
pleasure of the evening was
grealy augmented by the pres
ence of several of the Commis
sion boys and a few invited
friends.
FLAGSHIP BRINGS MANY
PASSENGERS FOR HERE
The steamship Alaska reached
Anchorage with 4 7 first-class pas
sengers and 33 steerage passengers
at S.30 this morning. Following is
the list of first-class passengers out
of Seattle for Anchorage: J. H.
Crook, C. M. Clough, R. Wr Orr, H.
P. Ricike, J. W. Hamburger, F. H.
Slrohm, George Osborne, G. B. Fra
sier, Miss Jessie Wilcox. Miss Jessie
Hoy, Mrs. M. S. Reinhardt, Mrs. N.
E Heiland, Mrs. J. A. Hazelet, W.
F. Rohrback, H. T. Frick. E. Cog
gins, T. W. Ross, Otis Ross, A.
Baumberger, W. A. McDonald, John
Dahl, E, Swanson, Miss Ollie Gray,
Sumner Smith, A. Anderson, John
P. Walker, A. E. Speer, E. A. Funa
her, J. McDonald, Mrs. V. Mathews.
C. O'Connor, Eva S. Gilmour, F.
Gillissey, Mrs. W. W. Butts, J. S.
Hickey, Wm. Koch, M. A. Hall, W.
Morgan. Jean Hunter, R. J. Wier,
Sylvia E. Wold, F. Mog, W, O.
Forbes, W. F. Barney, J. Fredericks,
Thos. McQuillan.
Andrew Christensen, chief of the
the newly created department of
lands for the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, accompanied by his
chief clerk, E. T. Linder, left Juneau
on the steamship Alaska, stopping
off a few days in Seward before com
ing to Anchorage to take up the vol
ume of business he has HSbe.
WHEN RUSSIANS CAPTURED LUTSK
THEY GATHERED IN 11,000 PRISONERS
PETROGRAD, June 9.-—On capturing Lntzk the Russians
took an additional 58 officers and 11,000 men. The offensive
movement continues to be waged with unabated fury, and the
Austrian line has been broken ir Volhyrnia and the troops
have been withdrawn for twentv miles throughout the Lutzk
section.
LONDON June 9.—One warrant officer and eleven men.
survivors of the sunken cruiser Hampshire, on which Lord
Ivitcuener lost his life, have been washed ashore on a raft.
LOCAL JOTTINGS
The popular society triumvrate
—the Misses Chandler, Walsh
and Fleming, haveengaged suites
in the new Hotel Parsons and
will be at home to their host of
friends after Monday, June 12.
W. F. Barney, of San Francis
co, representative of the Mergen
thaler Linotype company, is in
Anchorage, sent here by the
company to repair the linotype
machine in the Daily Times office.
W. T. Normile, manager of
the North Side Lumber company,
announces that they received a
big shipment of lumber on the
freight steamer Wellsley and
that it is being unloaded at their
yards today.
Miss Anna Rhein will move her
barber shop and manicure par
lors frorr the present location
one block further west on 4th
avenue between C and D streets
tonight, and she and her assist
ant will be ready for business in
, the new stand tomorrow morn
! ing.
A. H. Cloud, of San Francisco,
i was a passenger on the steamer
Alaska and will stop at the Hotel
j Parsons while in Anchorage.
F. H. Strohm, of San Francis
co, and G. W. Rumlberger, of
Phoenix. B. C., arrived in the
city this morning on the steamer
Alaska.
Mrs. W. W. Butts, accompa
nied by her niece, Miss Audrey
Phillips, came over from Seward
on the steamer Alaska for a two
weeks’ visit in Anchorage. Mrs.
Butts is the wife of W. W. Butts,
of Butts’ Parlor, and has charge
of their confectionery store in
Seward.
Miss Sylvia Wold, employed in
the Seward public schools, is
making her Anchorage friends a
short visit, coming over on the
steamer Alaska arriving this
morning.
STYLE SHOP WHICH WILL
BE MECCA FOIt THE LADIES
Mrs. Maud D. Cattle, who has
been in Anchorage for several
weeks with a line of ladies wear
ing apparel, has met with such
success that she has opened a
nobby shop on the corner of 4th
avenue and C street, in the build
ing known as the Nyberg build
ing, which she has under lease.
The name she has selected, the
“Style Shop,” is really unneces
sary after the first visit to the
new store will convince you, for
every article on display, the very
air of the place, suggests style,
and the very latest style, too.
Miss Adams, the model and New
York buyer for this Style Shop
is outside now making selections
of new wear'ng apparel and will
return about the middle of this
month.
\\< HOII U.K TO HAVE
A \V. C. T. 1'. SOCIETY
Mrs. Eva Gilmore, of Seattle, i
arrived in Anchorage on the
steamer Alaska this morning.
Mrs. Gilmore is in the city for
the pvirpose of organizing a W.
C. T. U. society and was sent to
this country on account of the
splendid record she has made in
Washington and other states in
the interests of this noble cause.
She will address the members of
the Parent Teachers Association
at the school house this afternoon
and will probably give a public
talk on this vital subject some
evening next week.
INTERNAL REYEM E Oil,
LECTOR ON VISIT HERE
C. W. Estes, collector internal
revenues, of Portland, Ore., is in
Anchorage looking into the li
censes of the various business 1
enterprises in the city. Mr.
Estes will be in Anchorage and
vicinity for two weeks, making
trips to Hope. Sunrise, Knik and
Matanuska district before his re
turn trip, at which time he will
canvas the entire coast between
here and Seattle. Mr. Estes is
also connected with the income
tax division of the government
and makes a specialty of this on
j the outside, and said that while
he will have no business in this,
connection on this trip, that judg
ing from the active development
| and growth of Anchorage that it
! was only a question of time until
i this would be necessary. The \
new war act brings several ad-1
ditional lines of business under I
this jurisdiction in the way of;
' special taxes and it is very prob
able that more men from this di- j
vision will visit Anchorage later
this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coffey will en- j
terrain Father Kern, of Ketchikan, I
and Attorney Jeremiah at a dinner ,
tonight at their home on L street.
In the civil case of Larson vs. Fro. !
denberg, tried in the commissioner’s \
conrt yesterday afternoon, Judge
David found for the plaintiff to the
amount of $10 and costs. Attorneys
Stowe and Coffey represented the
plaintiff. . |
DENVER, June 9.—Denver has
just overthrown the commission
form of government, after three
years’ trial. The city today is under
the former mayoralty scheme.
The change was made at a special
election held last month, Robert W.
Speer being elected mayor on a
charter amendment which was the
antithesis of commission govern
ment.
tVhilt the legislative power under
the new charter is vested in a coun
ciltnanic board of nine members.
Speer appointed four of them. The
otner five were chosen in a manner
novel for a city of Denver’s size. The
Denver Civic and Commercial Asso
ciation. the Trades Assembly. the
Real Estate Exchange, the Rotary
Club and the Manufacturers' Asso
ciation each elected a councilman.
This i Ian was followed to save the
cost of an election. Future boards
will be elected by popular vote.
The new charter created an indus
trial bureau to encourage industries
and thp employment of labor.
A “mayor's cabinet” was created,
consisting of the mayor, the manager
of health and charity and the man
ager of safety and excise.
Speer appointed these heads of
t'epai Intents.
Division of .-“spons'bility caused
the downfall of the local commission
government. The people wanted a
centralized authority and responsi
bility.
'I1\K INSPECTOR ON
ANNEAL visit to mines
Sumner S. Smith, federal mine in
spector for Alaska, with headquar
ters at Juneau, arrived on the steam
ship Alaska, and will leave tonight
on the launch Swan for Knik. Mr.
Smith will inspect the Martin, Gold
Bullion. Independence and possibly
the Mabel gold quartz mines, in the
Willow creek district, on this trip,
returning by the way of Moose creek
to inspect the coal fields in that vi
cinity
I.IFl T. ME \HS HELD IT
I5V A DISABLED STEAMER
The B. and B. No. 2, on which
Lieut. F. Mears and and Walter De
Long were traveling to Talkeetna,
was disabled about" twelve miles this
side of Talkeetna early Wednesday
morning by breaking a coupling on
the main shaft. Superintendent
Vause took a row boat down the
river en route for Anchorage for re
pairs. when he met the Wilhelmina
a few miles below the station, which
he pressed into service, returning
to Anchorage yesterday morning,
and left immediately with the neces
sarv repairs for Talkeetna.
HAM) WILL BE Ol'T
FOR FIREMEN'S MEETING
C D. Bacon, leader of the Anchor
age band, will have the band boys
out ♦onight for the gathering of the
fire clan which meets in Robarts'
hall for the purpose of making their
organization a permanent one by
electing a fire chief and various offi
cers. The band shows public spirit
in thus helping out an equally im
portant factor of Anchorage—ft well
organized fire department, in which
the best men of the city have affili
ated and will support. It will be an
honor to be a member of the Anchor
age fire brigade, and every one is re
quested to be presnt at the election
of officers tonight at 8 o'clock at Ro_
harts hall.
Cold weather and snow pre
vented the planting of crops by
the Tanana ranchers until later
than usual by 15 to 20 days.