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THURSDAY
Mrs. H. O. Schaleben and daughtei
are guests at the Crescent for a few
days.
President Baxter, of the Alaska
Steamship company, wired Fred Tra
cy this morning that the steamei
Alaska would take the outside pass
age from Cordova to Seattle on the
return trip.
The members of the City baseball
team had a line workout at Athletic
park last evening.
Jack Hyland, of Wasilla, is a guest
at the White house and will leave in
a few days for Seldovia. Jack is the
king pin lumber man of the \\ illow
creek district and for the past several
years had large contracts getting out
mining timbers for the various mines.
He is going to Seldovia with the in
tention of looking over the lumber
situation at that place and will prob
ably locate in the neighborhood.
F R 1 D A l
Major W. H. Waugh left this morn
ing for Seward, en route for his head
quarters in Juneau.
Walter De Long, Marshall Field of
the Alaskan Engineering commission,
is visiting the different points up the
line in the interest of the government.
The many friends of D. B. YanDer
lip will be pleased to learn that his
condition was considerably improved
this morning and is on the rapid road
to recovery.
Anton Eide. of the Alaska Road
commission, returned to Seward this
morning after spending the past week
in the neighborhood of Anchorage on
business connected with “good roads.’
Mrs. Edna Hargood has sufficiently
recovered from a recent operation for
appendicitis to be removed from the
government hospital to her home at
53o Eighth avenue.
Anchorage will he one waving mass
of flags and bunting on the Fourth of
July if Ray C. Larson, chairman of
the committee, can get the proper as
sistance to help him. Mr. Larson is
asking the women of Anchorage to
assist in the decoration as they so
creditably did last year. He prom
ises a gang of hard working men
will do the heavy work but does need
the femining touch to insure the prop
er effect.
Bob Hunter, journalist-fisherman,
in from the company’s plant located
at Moose point. Mr. Hunter says that
the king salmon run is on in full
force and they have put up over fifty
barrels to date. The company in which
he is interested has a trap site at
Moose point and one at Frenchman
creek, and are well equipped to han
dle the run. Mr. Hunter is in Anchor
age for supplies and will return or
the launch Margaret C, which hat
been undergoing repairs for a new
engine.
S A T U R D A Y
F. Marten is registered at the
White house from Sunrise and will be
in Anchorage over Sunday.
Work fast, for commencing with to
day the days are getting shorter;
however, the change is hardly percep
tible.
Among the guests registered at the
White house today from Chickaloon
are X. T. Gilbertson and Win. Lan
don. Mr. Gilbertson was called in the
present draft and is here to report foi
service.
Glacier is still on the map, accord
ing to G. 1). Hitchcock, who checked
out at the \\ bite house this morning
after spending a few days in Anchor
age on business. Mr. Hitchcock is a
business man at Glacier and says that
while there is very little mining ac
tivity in the district this year condi
tions are otherwise practically the
same as last year.
J. Day, of the Martin mine, is down
from the Willow creek district for i
few days’ visit with friends.
Among the recent arrivals at th<
Crist house are J. 15. Arisman, ol
Seattle, J. W. Downing, of lvnik, am
Tod Williams, of Turnagain Arm.
M. B. Lanning and E. Egtvet arc
stopping at the White house.
John Collins and J. W. McCIeod
were each fined $500 and costs yester
day for selling hard cider, which is
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under the ban of Alaska laws. The
officials seized ten barrels of cider
from the two places that ran from
3 to 12 per cent alcohol when tested.
S UNDAY
J. F. Kenney has been duly appomt
j ed asistant postmaster at Chickaioon.
Mrs. Beattie, who conducts the bath
! house at Matanuska, is a Sunday
1 guest at the Hotel Anchorage.
Fred Parsons delivered four fishing
scows of his own handiwork to the
Kachemak Canning company last
week.
Fred Spengler, local mining engin
eer, has accepted a responsible posi
tion with the Alaskan Engineering j
| Commission at the Chickaioon coal
i company.
Dan Leech, superintendent of the
I Turnagain Arm division, is a week
j ender at the Crescent hotel. Dan re
ports the railroad work is progressing
satisfactory on the Arm.
Chas. M. Johnston and Lee Harrt- I
son, who are interested in valuable j
placer property on Alfred creek, are
in Anchorage for supplies and provis- j
ions for the summer’s work.
C. L. Johnson, formerly with the B
and B gang No. 5, is one of the latest
draftees to arrive in Anchorage pre
paratory to going to Fort William H.
Seward with the Anchorage con- j
tingent.
Fred Daniels is registered at the
Hotel Anchorage from Mile 83 on the
Turnagain Arm division.
MONO A Y
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Welch died early this morning.
The Council of Defense meets to
night at 7:30 in the Lathrop club
: rooms over the Empress theatre.
I Eighty-eight out of a possible nine
ty-nine draftees reported to the local|
i exemption ooaru rms morning ior
military service.
The boys who reported for service'
at the local exemption board today are
now under the jurisdiction of Uncle;
Sam, who is paying all expenses.
Lake Spenard was the popular re
sort yesterday and several different
parties from Anchorage spent the day
there.
Robert Courtnay, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, returned the j
last of the week from a trip to Mon
; tona creek. Mr. Courtnay did much
to advertise the Fourth of July cele-;
l bration and reports that he was able
to arouse considerable interest along
the line in this respect.
Sixty-three people enjoyed the
Scandinavian club picnic at Fire isl
and yesterday and all report a pleas
ant day and no mosquitoes. The par
ty made the trip in the launch J. J.,
under command of Captain J. A.
Johnson. The club expects to give
other affairs of this nature during the
i summer.
Ray C. Larson and Danilo Vucetich
have been appointed the committee
from the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce in regard to a fitting demon
stration for the Anchorage boys who
; are called to the colors. This com
mittee will act in conjunction with the
one from the Home Guards and other
organizations and due recognition will
be made of the event.
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TUBS I) A Y
The following draftees are register- |
ed at the Crescent: A. Daniellson, J.
Daniellson, IX Gagula, H. Heer, G. IX
Fish, G. Ketenil, S. Bradland, F. Con
ley, E. W. Carlson, S. Merando, A.
Orema and G. Takoff.
The draftees stopping at the Hotel
Anchorage are: A. Verna, N. Croce,
F. Fleckenstein, E. Zineth, G. Malo
coerne, G. Nosil, -J. F. Pampamiri, M.
Gibbon, A. Kupoff, A. Baroff, H. Gra
ham, T. Cesare, F. Augusto, M. Lar
! sen, A. Sagoff, A. Gustofosen, S. Mal
off, A. Nelson and G. Piccalo.
Billy Martin and Harry Landers re
| turned to the Willow creek district j
this morning.
j A number of laborers left for the j
j Talkeetna district recently and morej
are needed.
Mrs. C. M. Murphy has accepted a!
clerical positon in the timekeeping de
partment of the Alaskan Engineering
commission.
Ray Larson, chairman of the
Fourth of July committee, is working
avertime on the program which will
be worthy of the day.
Olaf Johnson, who was brought here
several days ago, died at the govern
ment hospital yesterdap. D. H. Wil
liams, the undertaker, has charge of
the body, which will be shipped to the
states on the steamer Alaska.
The “Smileage Books” made thou
sands of soldier bqys happy in the
states and helped pass many an idle
hour. Something on the same order
would be a good plan for the home
boys while waiting for the steamer.
WEDNESDAY
J. R. Farrell, of Ivnik, is stopping
at the Hotel Parsons.
C. Anoroire, member of the draft,
is a guest at the Hotel Parsons.
The flags of the allies will all be
represented in Anchorage’s send-off
to the boys leaving for the war.
Clarence Allerson, Pat McDermott,
Earl Clark and Jack Byrne, of Cache
meek, are recent arrivals at the Hotel
Morrison.
Mack Foster, who is stopping at the
Hotel Parsons, is down from the up
aer country waiting the arrival of one
af the next steamers. Foster speaks
mcouragingly of the quartz strike he
md Bill Whittridge made last sum
ner in the Talkeetna range.
The body of Ben Alex was brought i
n from Mile 83 on the Tumagain
;\rm division yesterday afternoon and |
placed in the morgue. It is a supposed,
:ase of suicide and a coroner’s jury
trill be held this afternoon to deter-;
mine the cause of death.
0. Lund, J. Dahl, I. Meur, P. Gag-j
aff, G. Radish, S. Svilar and J. Sapolf,;
members of the last draft, are stop
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ping at the Hotel Crist during the j
time they are in Anchorage, waiting;
for the Admiral Farragut to take
them to Fort William Henry Seward. ;
There were ten men who got a,
slice of the $13,800 paid out yester
day by G. C. Hammond, special dis
bursing agent, for contracting work
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tract was in the name of T. McCor
mick & Co., and consisted of grading
work on the Turnagain Arm division.
Ernie Moulds, one of the best pros
pectors and miners in this section,
leaves Anchorage tomorrow for a
prospecting trip on Montana creek.
He expects to be gone about one '
month and upon his return will make
i tiip into the Willow creek district *
in the interests of a syndicate of An- :
diorage business men.
Thos. Kennedy is in receipt of a !
post card from E. G. Hinde, who
writes that he is on his way to France, i
Hinde says he is more than satisfied '
with army life, but is anxious to seel
foreign service. He requests Mr. ]
Kennedy to send the Anchorage Daily '
Times to France, as there are a num- i
her of the home boys in his division
who are always anxious for Alaska ;
news.
The hunting party composed of Dr.
F. A. Ross, Dr. E. F. German and
Keith McCullough returned yesterday
afternoon from a two weeks’ hunting
trip in the vicinity of Snug Harbor.
They report a delightful trip and
brought back one brown bear, killed
by Keith McCullough. Neither of the
doctors had an opportunity to shoot
a bear although they had fleeting
glimpses of several.
GREAT LACK OF FLOUR.
NEW \ORK, June 25.—So great is!
the shortage of flour in Austria that
the government has been empowered
to take from the peasants the supplies!
which were to cover their own re
quirements, says a Vienna dispatch to
the Berlin Tageblatt, a copy of which ,
has been received here.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVERTED.
LONDON, June 25.—If there had j
been in England 200 educated men j
who knew the Russian language, the
debacle on the eastern front, accord
ing to Herbert A. L. Fisher, minister
of education, might have been pre
vented. Mr. Fisher made this state
ment to the commercial committee of
the house of commons, adding:
“Wherever there was an Englishman
in Russia who spoke the language, he
had public opinion with him, but the
British government could find none to
send out.
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Daily—The Anchorage Times.
Henry Shattuck of Juneau has leas
ed a sawmill and is cutting spruce
lumber for the government.
The Alaska Fish company of Doug
las is shipping about 40 boxes of fish
per week from the island city.
The Cordova Yacht club was recent
y organized at the copper city with
i large membership. A. J. MacCon
lell is commodore.
The bunk house at the Bonanza
nine was destroyed by fire this week.
It was a large structure and had been
completed but a few months.
Mrs. Harry Moore, an aged native
voman was murdered in her cabin
it Wrangell recently, and officers
vorking on the case have found no
■lew to the murderer.
The Home Guard at Cordova and
he newly organized band will take
)art in a monster Fourth of July cele
)ration to be held at the cannery city
>n the country’s natal day.
One hundred and sixty-five men
started to work on the Valdez-Fair
ranks trail June 1, and will make that
irtery to the interior one of the best
mads in the territory by the end of
he summer.
J. T. Kuthbert, who recently was
n rested at Cordova for the alleged
nurder of James Collins, was ar
■aigned and answered all questions
n a cool and collected manner. He
daims his innocence of the charge.
A gas boat, the hull of which was
jattered to pieces, was found last
veek on the south side of Duke island,
lear Metlakahtla, by a native. A tin
jox in the boat had naturalization
uipers, tax notices, etc., all addressed
:o Japs in British Columbia, and it is
relieved that the crew of the boat was
ost. It belonged to the Nippon Fish
■ompany, of Vancouver. Heavy
dorms have swept over southeastern
\laska recently, wrecking many fish
ng craft.
Wm. Soberg, a native of Norway,
iged 39 years of age, fell overboard
Tom the rail of the halibut boat No
nad, near Ketchikan recently and was
lrowned. He apparently had a fit as
ie made no attempt to catch on to
oose oars, a rope or driftwood about
rim, but threw up his hands and sank.
John Reed, who was accused of the
nurder of Raymond Alvarez at Ju
~.enu last November was acquitted of
;he charge by a Juneau jury recently,
rhe evidence showed that Alvarez,
,vho was of a quarelsome nature had
:hreatened the life of Reed repeatea
y on the day he was killed and had
dso abused his slayer unmercifully.
A fire in a large bunk house at Ju
leau damaged the building to the ex
:ent of several thousand dollars re
:ently. An explosion from a cook
dove is supposed to have caused the
Ire. Thirty minutes after the alarm
,vas sounded the fire was out, owing
;o extraordinaryily quick work on the
part of the fiermen. The building
,vas occupied by six men without fami
lies.
A young boy in the Treadwell
school thoughtlessly hung a picture
:>f the kaiser intertwined wit!) the
Stars and Stripes and came in for a
^reat deal of censure from the pupils
ind teacher until he explained that
:ie had made the picture for a tar
get with the idea of using the eyes to
shoot at, with a .22 rifle his father had
recently purchased him. The young
ad shed bitter tears when his target
tvas misconstrued by his mates.
Struck on the head by an aerial
propeller, which was on a boat he was
ising, George Powers, a young lad
>f about 20 years of age, was brought
:o St. Ann’s hospital at Juneau with
one ear gone, one eye knocked out,
and his skull so injured the brain was
exposed. The young man was un
conscious over 36 hours but is ex
pected to recover. Young Powers is
an employe of the Northwestern Fish
eries company, and his home is in
Anacortes, Washington.
Two hundred fishermen nave quit
work at Wrangell and say they will
leave Alaska and go to work in the
states on account of the low price for
fish recently fixed by the government.
The men claim they have been jobbed
by the packing companies and that the
price established is lower than for
previous years and that in view of
the high price for gasoline, gear and
supplies they can make more money
working ashore. It is feared that the
refusal of the fishermen to work may
tie up the fishing industry in the
southern part of the territory".
Three hundred drafted men will be
assembled at Fort Liscum at Vladez,
June tenth, being the contingent call
ed to the colors from the Third Divi
sion. Every occupation and profes- j
I sion is represented in the gathering
I of recruits, and salaries left behind
| range from $15,000 per year for min-j
! ing superintendents to $150 per month
I for miners.
District Attorney" J. A. Smiser of j
the first division has issued warning j
through the press to all steamship |
companies against selling any tickets ;
to women of ill fame from any point
to Haines or Fort Seward. Under the
| war regulations anyone who trans
ports, causes to be transported or as
! sists in any way whatsover any wom
| an of this class to any" point with
| in five miles of any military reserva-:
tion or encampment shall be deemed
guilty under the regulation. Under
the regulations no women may prac
tice her trade within five miles of any
post or reservation. The defined lim
it may at any time be extended to
! any definite distance at the option of
j the commander of the post.
Just as the midnight sun sank slow- ;
I ly to rest behind a war-colored cloud!
at Ketchikan recently, Abundio Her-j
nadez, a native son of Mexico and
Cimeon Quimpo, a native of the Phil
ippines, declared that a state of war
existed and the Filipino used a crow
bar to break through the first line de
fense. So successfully did the scion
of the Philippines go over the top that
the Mexican is lodged in the hospital
with is arm and his head broken,
while the Filipino is meditating over
the broken scrap of paper in the fed
eral jail. An amistice now prevails be
tween the two combatants.
The news of the low prices fixed by
the government has spread like wild
j fire among the fishermen in southeast
ern Alaska, and at a mass meeting'
of fishermen and buyers held at Wran
gell the fishermen refused to fish for
king salmon at the price offei’ed. A
strike was threatened unless immedi
ate action was taken and a telegram j
was sent to the food administrator at
Juneau asking him to take immediate
steps to make the price more reason
able. The king salmon run is at its
height and the country will lose about
150,000 pounds of fine fish a week un- I
less some deal is made. The telegram
asked that the price for king salmon
be set at five cents for whites and
nine for reds. It further recommend
ed that one cent be allowed for deliv
ery. The cannerymen are urging im
; mdiate action, as the contemplated
I strike would cause a great loss in the!
I size of the pack.
germaTraider
PLYS ATLANTIC
NORFOLK, Va., June 26.—Arriv
; ing “vessels report sighting a fast,
i heavily armed German raider plying
off the West Indies. The raider is de
scribed as being of the cruiser type, of
rakish build and clear lines. The fact
that it made no attempt to attack two
American ships that sighted it, leads
to the belief that it is a mother ship
of the German submarines that are
operating in American waters.
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Talk isn’t so cheap when you let
j your fool mouth talk some girl into
i marrying you.
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IS EFFECTIVE
ANY TYPE IN HANDS OF EX
PERTS HAS SAME DESTRUCT
IVE EFFECT ON ENEMY.
MOST EFFICIENT OF ALL GUNS.
One Authority Declares That One
Machine Gun Is Worth Almost a
Whole Battalion of Men Armed
With Rifles—Special Machine Gun
Corps Formed.
LONDON, June 22.—“Of all the
weapons used in the present war, the
machine-gun has unquestionably prov
ed itself the most efficient,” says 3
British expert in the Daily Mail.
“Probably a majority of the casualties
in the war have been caused by this
weapon; certainly the greater pro
portion of the enormous losses during
the fighting of the past few weeks
have been so inflicted.
“Any type of machine gun in the
hands of a skillful operator has the
some destructive effect upon men
moving in mass formation that a keen
edged scythe has in a field of ripened
wheat. It cuts broad swaths; nothing
can stand against it.
“A well-served machine gun is the
most formidable thing that attacking
battalions have to face. It is not
merely the front ranks that suf
fer. At anything approaching close
ranges, the bullets will go through
the front-rank men, often through the
second rank as well, and kill or wound
those immediately behind them.” •
There are several types of machine
gun now in use in the British army,
such as the Lewis, the Maxim, the
Vickers, and the Hotchkiss. All are
very mobile. They can be moved
quickly from one place to another, ad
vantage Deing taKen oi any cover that
offers. Each class of machine gun has
v.'ith it a squad of about ten me:
Should they find themselves pressed
too closely, they pick up their weapon,
fa.ll back with it, and reopen fire upon
the enemy from the next favorable
position.
One authority has declared that in
the field one machine-gun is worth al
most a whole battalion of men armed
with rifles. Few soldiers can keep up
l'i rounds per minute rapid-fire with a
rifle, but a machine-gun can discharge ^
GOO rounds in a minute, and the Vick
ers can discharge 1,600 rounds with- *
out stopping. Bullets pour from the
muzzle in a rapid devastating stream,
end as these guns use the same kind
of ammunition as a rifle, there is lit
tle difficulty in keeping them fed.
The Lewis gun is described as the
most mobile. One man fires it, using
47 rounds in succession. Beside him
is another man who puts on fresh
trays of ammunition as required, the
change being made in two seconds.
Meanwhile other men are hard at
work filling trays and passing them
on for use. The gun has an effective
range of about 1,200 yards and can be
fired either from a stand or a parapet,
the gunner placing the piece to his
shoulder as he pulls the trigger.
The Maxim and Vickers guns are
fired from a tripod, the gunners squat
ting with legs a-straddle, and press
ing a key. As long as he keeps his
finger on the key the gun continues
streaming out bullets as the belts,
each holding 250 cartridges, fly
through it. Gripping the handles with
both hands, the gunner moves his
weapon back and forth, playing on
the advancing troops much as a fire
man plays a hose on a burning build
ing. Guns of this kind can also be
used for putting by barrages, and it
is possible to attack with them targets
one cannot see.
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H. W. NAGLEY
^ General Merchandise
’ Susitna
Branch Stores at
McDougall - . . Talkeetna
Dealer in Raw Furs, Snowshoes,
Camp Outfits. Selling Agent
—for—
Hipress Boots and Pacs.
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