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VOL. 1. NO. 196
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 191C.
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Washington, June 24.--The House has just passed the appropriation of $6,000,000 for
the Alaska railroad in the Sundry Civil Bill.
JAMES WICKERSHAM, Delegate from Alaska
When seen this afternoon in regard to what effect the pas
sage of the $6,000,000 Alaska railway appropriation by the
hou# would have on the present status of the work-in thi> im
mediate vicinity Commissioner F. Hears was reticent but
said: “Naturally we are glad to hear of the passage of thi
bill by the house but it will have no material effect on our
, work at this time as we are working on a permanent basis and
have been doing so all the time. We are employing 2,500 men
and have a monthly pay roll of $150,000. We may put on more
men as 1!. * - work requires, but do not intend to make any par
ticular flurry or hurrah as we have never doubted the passage
of 111i> bill. Would like, however, at this time to have The
Daily Time.- do all that they can to discourage the outside la
boring men. office men and clerks from coming into this coun
try with the prospects of obtaining employ* i nt with the Alas
kan Engineering commission.”
SEATTLE, dune *J4.—'The Alaskan Engineering commis
sion has awarded contracts for 90 horses. duO.OOO tie plates.
lot of rail", braces and other construction equipment. The only
vessel loading and discharging at Seattle 1- the .steam schooner
Xortldand. which i« talcum the construction materia! for the
Alaska railroad, the longshoremen having decided not to har
ass the government in its construction work at Anchorage. The
indurations are that very soon the steamship companies will
resume full operation, as the strike breakers hope to secure an
enforcement of the open shop policy, the some U' is already
bein.u attempted at San Francisco.
COURT HOUSE IS
ASSURED FOR HERE
United States Marshal F. R. Bren
aeaaan says the department of jus
tice has recommended the erection
of a ^uilding half-way between the
present post office building and fed
eral Jail, fronting on 4th avenue.
This building will be so arranged,
under the present plans to accom
modate the commissioner and clerk
in the front offices, with the court
room in the rear. This, however,
will probably be added to when
conditions justify. Mr. Brenneman
would not state definitely when the
work would start on this building,1
but did say that the court house for
Anchorage was assured.
Rtderal block will soon be the
sew* of active work as plans have
been formulated for the immediate j
erection of a building to be occupied
by the telephone system on lot No.
2, facing 3rd avenue. This building
will lift 36 by 4 6 and work on the ex
cavatiyti will be started at once.
District Engineer Warren says
that work on the extension of the
post office will start just as soon as
the lumber arrives and while it fail
ed to arrive on the Aroline there was
no question but that it would reach
Anchorage within the next ten days.
This extension will be added to the
west end of the present post office
building and will be 46 by 32 fe.et
and the plans and blue, print have
been drawn covering same.
The. people of Anchorage have the
Alaskan Engineering commission
to thank for the relief of the present
inadequate post office accommoda
tiq^s and it is only through their ef
forts that this new improvement is
i possible. The commission will erect
I the. building and the post office de
| partment will later reimburse them
when the appropriation becomes
| available.
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ALASKA SAILED
“FRIDAY MORNING
SEATTLE. June 24.—The steamer
Alaska sailed from here at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning, with 16 passen-1
gerg for Anchorage and 900 tons or
freight, 20 hdrses and tw-o bulls for
the "Alaskan Engineering commis
sion.
The Admiral Watson leaves for
southwestern Alaska on Monday, her
sailing date being postponed one day.
SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY
ANCHORAGE WOMAN’S CLCB
A special meeting of the Anchor
agejwoman’s club will be held at the
Elks' Hall Monday. June 26, at 2:30
| P. m. to consider the purchase of a
: lot in the Anchorage townsite and
other matters of importance, The
| attendance of all members urgently
| requested.
P. H. McCue, assistant general
manager of the Northwestern Eish
eriej^/ sailed south on the steamer
Mariposa and will inspect the com
pany’s plant at Cordova and Orca on
his w;ty to Seattle.
FOR $450,000
ACTION MAY DEFER GOVERNMENT PAYMENT OF K507000 TO ROAD JULY 5
Today in the district court two ac
tions were filed by John E. Baliaine
and Frank L. Baliaine against the
Alaska Northern Railway Company,
as defendant, seeking to recover
damages from that corporation in
the total sum of $450,000.
The railway company is a corpora
tion organized under the state laws
of Washington; Chairman Edes, of
the Railway Commission, is presi
dent, Lieut Mears is vice president,
and Mr. Barndollar secretary, as
well as service agent in Alaska.
Under an agreement made with
Secretary Lane relative to the ac
quisition of the property of the Sew
ard railroad, the Canadian bond
holdholders were permitted to bring
suit in the name of the Alaska
Northern Railway Company, as
plaintiff, against John E. Baliaine.
Frank L. Baliaine and others, in the
Alaska courts.
This action, thus permitted, was
instituted shortly after the an
nouncement of the selection of Sew
ard as the terminus of the govern
ment railway, and was brought for
the purpose of establishing an al
leged claim of the railroad company
CAPT. HAMLET PASSES
A WAV IN OAKLAND
OAKLAND, Cal., June 23.—Cap
tain O C. Hamlet, a retired member
of the coast guard, and father of
Capt. H. G. Hamlet, formerly of the
fevenue cutter service, died at his
home here today.
LATEST RAILROAD CAMP
IS AT KING RIVER
Superintendent Jas. E. O'Reilly
came in from the scejies of railroad
activity on yesterday’s train on bus
iness and will remain over Sunday
to take in the ball game between the
City team'and the Shamrocks at
Recreation park.
Mr. O'Reilly says they are putting
on more, men all the time and work
in fact is going on almost too
smoothly to suit a man of his activ
ity and energy. The last camp has
been established at King river about
60 mileg from Anchorage and only
12 miles from Chicaloon. Accord
ing to the geographical report King
river is in the heart of the coal re
gion. Mr. O'Reilly says the boys
are all looking forward to the big
celebration in Anchorage on the
Fourth of July and that a large num
ber of them will attend.
The following statement was
given out this morning from the mu
nicipal building: Effective July 1.
1916, the appointment of J. G.
Watts, present towusite engineer, as
townsite manager, vice J. A. Moore. [
who has resumed his duties as spe-1
cial agent for the general land ofrtce.
is announced for the information of
all concerned.
Mrs. T. M. Hunt was an arrival
from Cordova on the steamer Mari
josa to join her husband, who is the
chief forester for this division.1
in and to the lands of the Seward
townsite, owned by the Ballaines.
The complaint in*this original action
was telegraphed from San Francisco
to Valdez at an expense, it is stated,
of nearly $500. The Ballaines were
made defendants and were charged
with wholesale and sweeping allega
tions of fraud and deceit, and it was
sought to have the Ballaines charged
a3 trustees for the, railroad company
and that their title in the Seward
townsite was held in trust for the
railroad and not the property of the
Ballaines.
A trial was had before Judge
Brown, resulting in a decision on the
merits in favor of the defendants
Ballaine and against the Alaska
Northern Railw'ay Company. The
trial at Seward last November was
a hard fought battle. T. C. West, of
San Francisecr. appearing for the
railroad, and S. O. Morford and Sen
ator L. V. Ray, of Seward, appearing
for the Ballaines. The depositions
of people, residing throughout the
Cnited States and Canada were pro
cured and read in evidence, and the
whole interesting and romantic his
tory of the organization and financ
ing of the old Alaska Central ran
WILL DRAFT STATE TROOPS
INTO THE REGULAR »
WASHINGTON, June 23.—The house lias unanimously
declared that an emergency exists, necessitating the call of
state troops and the drafting of all guardsmen who are willing
to take the oath into the regular army. A new ~ection of the
hill adopted appropriates $50 per month to dependent' ot na
tional guardsmen, with no income other than that of the
guardsman’s pay.
SAN ANTONIO, June 23.—The stragglers from the cav
alry detachment in the fight at Carrizal have arrived at Lien.
Pershing’s headquarters. They told him that the fighting be
gan from an unprovoked attack on Americans as a continua
tion of the parley with the Mexican commander and that while
the parley was ou the Mexicans were surrounding the Ameri
can troops.
EL PASO, June 23.—Reports of another battle at Oar
rizal are possibly due to the fact that General Pershing dis
patched two squadrons of the Eleventh cavalry to relieve the
Tenth.
TOKIO. June 23.—“Of course any claim that the Japan
government will assist the Mexicans with munitions and anus
is out of the question and absurd,” said Foreign Minister
fshi.
NEW YORK, June 23.—Through the war agitation with
Mexico the recruiting offices in New York and Chicago are
having a great increase in their enlistments.
PORTLAND, Or., June 23.—The United States cruiser
| South Dakota has been ordered from here to the Mexican
coast.
I
way was presented to the court. The!
decision ot Judge Brown was in j
favor of the Ballaines and their
ownership of the Seward townsite.
In addition to the action and inci
dental to it the railroad company
caused a cloud to be placed upon the
title to the Ballaine holdings by
filing a lis pendens, and no sale of
property owned by the Ballaines
could be made during all of last
summer and winter. This, too, at
a time when real estate values in
Seward had evidently largely in
creased in value.
John E. Ballaine claims that he
lias suffered damages to the extent
nf $.100,000, and so alleges in his
complaint. Frank L. Ballaine al
leges that he has sustained damages
in the sum of $1.>0,000.
Senator L. V. Ray appears for the
plaintiff in both actions filed here,
and states that service will be at
once made on Mr. Barndollar.
Another interesting feature of the,
litigation r. w instituted it- that it
may pos-.My enable the government
to with hold the payment of the sum
of $650,0(po due to tiie Canadian
bondholders on July 5th, 1916, on
the ground that the Alaska Northern
railway property is not now free and
clear from entanglements and en
cumbrances. If the July payment
was to be made out of the $2,000,
000 emergency appropriation, it is
believed extensive railroad work in
Alaska would have to await the pass
age of the civil sundry bill, which
carries either $0,000,000 or $8,000.
000 appropriation for the govern
ment railroad.
Just what effect these two law
suits will have on the proposed sale
of lots in the government tract at
Seward is problematical. It is stated
that the Ballaines have made a sin
cere effort to adjust and compromise
their claims for damages and hav»
expressed themselves as willing to
accept a sum equal to the amount
actually disbursed by them in de
fending themselves from what they
claim to have been a vexatious suit
brought maliciously and without
probable cause, and a suit which
would never have been instituted
against the.m by the Ain- a North
ern Railway Compan; 1 d Cordova.
Porta-- Bay or some other coast
point been selected a- t o termir, is1
of the governmental railway
ject.
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ST Vlt JtI VMDM) ACTORS
LINING II* LOU GAM K
Roger Summy, manager of the
Lumberman's baseball team, has is- j
sued a challenge to The Daily Times
team and Manager C ,r is organtz-;
ing his team from The Times' em
ployes to accep- h e game will
probably be played next Wednesday
evening at Recreation pan., but we
want it understood t at no admis
sion will be charge i
Mrs. W. W. Bur hard, a well
known society woman of .Seattle,
made the round trij to An borage
on tlie Admiral Evans and spe.nt a
few hours on shore visiting Anchor
age friends, among th-m S. D. Max
well, of the Anchorage Supply Com
pany, who was the recipient of a
rare treat in the shape of a basket
of hothouse tomatoes brought by
Mrs. Burchard. Mrs Burchard's
son. H. W. Burenard, made the trip
to Seattle with his mother and will
return to Anchorage on the next trip
of the Evans.
The tender A. B. Carpenter, of the
Kenai cannery rece ed a load of
supplies and building material from
the steamer Mari;-' -. at 1 o'clock,
tliis morning. The b ildlng mate
ria! will be used in the eject..on of
the new cannery now under way at
Kenai
The Christian Science meeting
place hag been changed to tho Bryne
hall and the meeting is called for 11
o'clock tomorrow morning. This be.
lief has a large following In the. city
and much interest is being manifest
ed in the meetings. All visitors in
terested in the teachings of Chris
tian Science are invited to attend.
Lieut. Frederick Mears returned
on the Mariposa from a trip to Val
dej.
RUSSIANS SOON
ME LEMBERG
MILAN, June 23.—The Vienna
and Budapest report a panic reigns
at Lemberg and that the exodus ot
the population from Bukowina and
Galicia is extending and people are
fleeing to the Austrian-Hungarian
capitals. On account of the railway
traffic being reduced refugees are
prevented from pouring into Vienna
and Budapest. In one week over
100,003) refugees have left Lemberg
LONDON, June 23—The Russians
are still advancing and are driving
the Austrians from the Czernowttz
country and are taking many prison
ers.
LONDON. June 23.—The British
steamer C'entriana, en route from
Pacific coast ports to London, has
been sunk in the English channel.
LONDON, .Tune 23.-—The kaiser is
personally condi: "inu the campaign
of the < German - at Verdi t and ' eavy
reinforcements are constantly arriv
ing. it i* expected that another at
tack will be executed all along ti e
entire battlefrot t
BERLIN. June 24.- Thf. repulse
of iieav> attacks by Russians against
General 1 ■ tLiner's for.-— north of
Przewoloka was announced today by
the war office. It is reported that
the Russians were pushed further
back on both sides of the Turia
river.
SUNDAYS GAME AT
RECREATION PARK
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The baseball game tomorrow aft
j ernoon between the City team am
I the Shamrocks will be alied prompt
j ly at 3 o'clock at Re reation park
The teams will line-up as follows
I subject to change:
j Shamrocks—- Rochon, ss; Vat
j Houten, 2b: Amundsen, c: Duncan
| lb; Levin, rf; Loudermilch, 3b.
! Agee, of; Auman. If. Dorwin am1
j Leahy, p.
City — Tiffany. 3b; Bush. If.
I Nourse, lf; Nicholls, ss; Powery, 2b
Hegtning, c: Howard, lb: Kline ann
j Gillette, rf: and Linn and Brown, p
The umpires have not been select
ed but it is the intention to have
two umpires and The Daily Time
takes this opportunity to suggest W.
i T. Normile as t te umpire for the
bases Tbe gamp has aroused con
j siderabie interest and a large crowd
, will no doubt attend. Each tear
' will have two men in charge of the
! grand stand and collect the dona
1 tions from the crowd that will n
doubt surround the, base lines. Each
player ill be entitled to one pass it
to the grand stand and both team
have been practicing daily for te
game tomorrow at Recreation par'
, ^ —
Mrs. ,T M. Montgomery, accompa
nied by her nephews, Wood ancl Law -
rence Peabody, were round-tripper
on the steamer Mariposa and spet"
several hours on shore visitirg
friends and taking in the. sights of
Anchorage.