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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY, .JUNE :27 191(5.
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-HOWBTEADS ARE
* NOW 1GO ACRES
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k Washington, June 26. *
k Mayor, k
k Anchorage, Alaska. *
k Congress has just passed k
k my homestead law, giving ml- *
+ ditional homestemls in Alas- *
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* entry in the United States; it *
♦k also reduces tlie area to one k
k hundred and sixty acres, k
k House also just passed the k
k military appropriation bill, k
k carrying $300,000 for Alaska k
k roads and trails; also $2.- k
k 223,000 for Alaska railroads, k
k JAMES WICKKRSHAM, k
k Delegate from Alaska, k
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The homestead law as introduced
by Delegate Wickersham contains
two main provisions, namely:
First. Reducing the area allow
ed to be located under the home
stead law by any one person, from
320 to 160 acres.
Second. That if any person has
taken and acquired title to a home
istead in the states, it will not pre
Tvent him from locating and acquir
ing title to another homestead in
Alaska.
•l It is observed that the news dis
patch from Washington states that
the house accepted the senate
amendments. It is not possible to
state definitely what the senate
amendments adopted by the house
were, but the amendments that were
recommended were:
First: In case a homestead is lo
ated on unsurveyed land the United
States will make a survey without
^ ;ost to the homesteader. ■
Second. That the law which pro
vides for a reservation of 80 rods be
tween homsteads located on naviga
ble waters is repealed.
» It is not possible to' state just
what the terms of the bill are as
passed, until a copy is received.
HUGHES ENDORSED
BY PROGRESSIVES
♦
CHICAGO, June 26.—The progres
sive national committee, at a meet
ing held here today, decided to en
dorse the candidacy of Charles Ev
ans Hughes for the presidency. The
* vote was 32 to 6, with nine refusing
to vote on the ground that the com
mittee was excee.ding its power.
There were many advocates of a
third party name, most frequently
^ mentioned by leader Hiram Johnson,
of San Francisco.
NEW YORK, June 27.-—Justice
Hughes has sent a telegram to Sec
retary Davis, welcoming the support
of the progressive party. He also
gave out a letter he had written, in
w'hich he declared the nation was
inS'ctyted - to Theodore Roosevelt for
“quickening the national spirit and
for demafliiU- aft/lout and out hun
dred per cent Americanism.”
CHICAGO, June. 26.—Theodore
Roosevelt in a letter to the national
t committee of the progressive party,
declined the nomination for presi
dent and urged the Bull Mooserg to
support Justice Hughes.
Tlff?EE LONGSHOREMEN SHOT
IN MIXCP AT TACOMA
TACOMA, June 27.—In a clash
between the union longshoremen
^ and the strike breakers, which took
place on the docks here yesterday,
three of the longshoremen were
shot.
Tony Martin was in the city yes
terday recording claims on the
quartz property recently located by
John Rudy, D. Georgoff and himself
on the Eklutna. He says the assess
ment work has produced some prom
ising looking quartz and is optimis
tic over their prospects.
WASHINGTON, June 26.—Chairman Flood told the
house today that war seemed certain with Mexico, and that the
leaders of the senate and the house had pledged their support
to President Wilson in any action he took.
WASHINGTON, June 26.—President Wilson lias decided
to go before Congress on Wednesday to ask full informa
tion as to how to deal with the Mexican situation, unless in
the meantime Carranza releases the American prisoners and
in other respects complies with the ultimatum sent by Secre
tary of State Lansing.
The work being done by Hay C. j
Larson, chairman of the Fourth of
July committee, goes to prove that
one good, active and energetic man
is worth a carload of drones and the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
chose wisely when they selected Mr.
Larson as chairman of this import- j
ant committe,e. At a meeting last \
night Mr. Larson was appointed
marshal of the day, with full pow- j
ers to choose other members to as
sist. Fred Martin and Harry Schultz j
were appointed additional members
! of the sports committee from this
j side, but the Welfare Association
has not turned in its additional
' members, with the exception of
1 Jack Steel, who will act as official
] starter of all events. A meeting
was called for Sunday evening, but
the committee from the Welfare As
sociation failed to put in an appear
ance, and the same last night, vv.th
the exception of Mayor Moore, who
met with Mr. Larson and Secretary
Koch and outlined a definite plan
for the pulling off of, the various
sporting events and discussed the
entire program in a general way.
it was decided to hold all events
at Recreation Park, and the field
will be sprinkled and otherwise put
in shape, and there will be no ad
mission charged to the grand stand.
Sufficient flags and bunting have
been wired for, and the streets, pub
! lie buildings and grand stand will
[ be appropriately decorated, with
Joseph Horrock as chairman of tlie
decorating committee. Jim Burns,
of the stentorian voice, will 'act as
official announcer. Walter de Long,
W. T. Normile and Dr. J. T. Wester
mann will act as judges of the dif
ferent events, and E. L. Bedell, to
gether with some member of the
Welfare Association, will be official
timekeepers.
Judge Leopold David will read
the Declaration of Independence,
and Attorney John M. Reid will he
orator of the day.
Reports from all of the surround
ing towns are to the effect that they
will all srtid their quota of visitors,
and the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission will run a special train for
the benefit of the employees along
the line, so we are certain of a big
crowd and equally certain of a suc
cessful celebration under the man
agement of the Anchorage Chamber
of Commerce and the. Welfare As
sociation.
The Fourth of July committee is
having lithograph posters printed
advertising the, big Fourth of July
doings in Anchorage, and these will
be sent to every town and mining
camp in the country. The sporting
events decided upon by the com
mittees are good and the contest
ants are already entering for the
different events. The 100-yard dash
promises to be a great race, and
many of the local athletes have en
tered for the five-mile Marathon
and other events. Knik, Sunrise,
Hope and other Turnagain Arm
points a.l have their favorites, and
the Matanuska people promise a
si rprise in the dashes. The two
ball games will furnish a great
source of entertainment, and to cap
the climax the firemen are making
preparations for a grand ball to be
given the night of the Fourth.
The Alaska Packing company has
opened a hamburger eating place in
j the space recently occupied by the
shooting gallery on 4th avenue.
They will serve Coney Islands, Ham
burger sandwiches and make a spe
cialty of “red hots,” with Miss Ber
tha Stelberg in charge during the
day time.
CONGES 10 APPROPRIATE
1500,000 FOR ALASKA TRAILS
WASHINGTON, June —Senators Jones and Poindex
ter have secured amendments to the sundry civil bill reported
hv the senate committee on appropriations, which will insure
a continuation of the wire drag and other Alaska surveys by
amendments from the floor, and hope to get all the money that
is needed for this purpose.
The senate lias accepted the amendment of $500,000 for
road and trail work in Alaska, as contained in the army bill.
The house has adopted the senate amendment to the WTele
er sham bill, which provides that the taking up of homesteads
in the states is no bar to making filings in Alaska.
LYING STILL OR STILL LYING?
Rieger in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Pete Iverson is down from the
hills after working for the past,
| ten months for the Alaska and Free
Gold m ne In the. Willow creek dis
| trict and will leave in a few days
for t’hicaloon to spend the balance
of the summer prospecting in that t
vicinity.
BROWNSVILLE, June 27.—In
failing to stop when commanded to
do so an armed Mexican was shot
and killed and another wounded
near Progressive, 41 miles west of
here. The wounded man escaped in
i the brush and is being pursued by a
! detachment of the Third cavalry.
Judge and Mrs. F M. Brown and
S United States Marshal Brenneman
■ spent yesterday in Knik as the guest
of Deputy Marshal Harry Brown, re.
turning to Anchorage early this
morning in time to open court.
ITTLK PHYSICIAN SI !< IIH.S
IN LONDON I’ll I SON
SEATTLE, June 26.—Dr. Walter
S. G. Kllhorn, a Seattle physician,
who was taken from a vessel at
Kirkwall on his way to join the Ger
man army, committed suicide in a
British prison, according to a cable
received by Dr. G. S. Peterkin.
A report was current today that!
the little steamer Dora owned by the
Alaska Steamship company, and
which operates from Seward to the.
westward, was wrecked near ITyak, a i
short distance from Kodiak. The j
passengers are said to be safe and
the boat a total wreck, although no
authentic information could be se
cured up to the hour of going to
press.
Mrs. Chas. Spaulding came over
from Knik yesterday to visit An
chorage friends for a few days.
“You can say for me that it is the '
best newspaper in the best town I
have seen in my Alaska experience,"
said W, A. Ransom, representing
Roberts, Johnson & Rand, of St.
Louis, and a guest of the Crescent
this morning, and “ you can add my
name to the list, ’’said Mr. Reed, a
mining man from Nevada. Here is
the same opinion of two diversified
business men, one representing one
of the largest shoe, manufacturers in
the country and the other a mine op
erator.
These gentlemen are ultra enthu
siastic over their first impressions of
Anchorage and .Mr. Ransom partic
ularly mentioned that his ideas of
Alaska were agreeably erroneous
and that he was sorry he had left his
blue serve suit and R. V. TVs in Se
attle.
This is Mr. Ransom’s first trip in
to Alaska and he is exceptionally
well-pie,ased with the success he is
meeting with in his calls on the An
chorage merchants and that in the
future he would make the Anchorage |
[tripi twice a year. Mr. Rantom will
make the trip up the line tomorrow
in the interest of hs house and sail i
for Seattle on the steamship Alaska.
SEATTLE, June 27.—Chairman
Eiles, of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, wires that work on the |
Turnagain Arm will he rushed, also
the reconstruction of the Alaska
Northern railway and the Seward
docks commenced. In the opinion
of Edes the senate will pass the sun- !
dry civil hill he.fnre July 1. when the
appropriation for the railroad will
he available. An attempt will he
made to increase this appropriation
by $2,OOM0O, making it $8,247,000,
but it is doubtful if the senate will
agree to this.
ANCHOR AGE IIIJK'H \\T
-MEETS WITH ACCIDENT
Felix Brown the popular clothing
merchant and familiarly known to
his many friends as “C Me Felix,”
had the, misfortune to meet with a j
serious accident Sunday. M
Brown was a guest of the Barring
ton excursion and the party stopped
with Frank Cannon at the Pioneer
hotel while in Knlk and in coming
dowm the stairway fell and broke
one of the bones in his right wrist.
Mr. Brown is resting easily at his
residence under the care of Drs.
Reedy and Beeson with Mrs. Weber
as nurse.
ANOTHER TERM OF COCRT
HERE IN AUGUST
The district court expects to ad
journ this afternoon, having dispos
ed of all matters coming before it at
this time, and officials will return to
Valdez on the steamer Farragus to
morrow Judge Brown informed a
Daily Times representative that an
other term of court will be held at
Anchorage in August, at which time
a jury will be called if there are any
cases to be heard that require a jury.
As there was not a quorum pres
ent the Anchorage Woman’s club
did not hold their meeting at sched
uled yesterday afternoon.
WILL ORGANIZE
ALASKA MILITIA
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k JUNEAU, June 27.—Oov- k
k ernor Strong has received ad* *
* ditonal telegrams from many *
* Alaska ton ns ottering to raise k
k a company of national k
k guards. Juneau has filed its k
k application for membership *
♦ in the Alaska militia and the k
k governor has taken up the k
k question with the war depart- k
k ment witli a view to seeing k
k how the call shall lie made k
k and militia organized. Ap- k
k parently a full regiment can k
k he quickly recruited in Alas- k
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ADMIHAI, FARRAGUT DUE
HERE IN THE MORNING
The Admiral Farragut is reported
due here tomorrow morning at 11
o'clock with fiO Anchorage passen
gers aboard and 2Iin tons of com
mission freight, 128 tons for the city
merchants and 1 4 tons for towns lo
cated in the upper inlet. Captain
Fred Hickman has wired Agent
Watson to have three gangs of long
shoremen on hand ready to unload
the cargo and she will be worked
front both the port and starboard
side.
DR. WESTERMAW READY
TO START FOR THE FRONT
Dr. J. T. Westermann, vice-presi
dent of the Bank of Alaska, who is a
captain of Company C., of the Sev
enty-first regiment. New York state
militia, wired his colonel that he was
ready and anxious to, join his com
pany if a place could lie, made for
him. Today lie received a wire stat
ing that the regiment left last night
for Texas and that his services were
not required at the present time.
The, Seventy-first is known as a troop
of fighters and was the last regiment
to leave the field in the battle at Bull
Run.
PARIS. June 26 — The Germans
have been making gains and are
now within three-quarters of a mile
of the French lines, immediately in
front of Fortress Verdun. There is
also a heavy artillery duel in prog
ress west of the Meuse river.
BERLIN', June 26.—The British
troops and the north wing of the
French army is making a desperate
attempt to advance throughout the
western front.
VIENNA, June 26.—The war of
fice admits the Austrian defeat in
frcnt and between the Brent ana
Netsch rivers.
PETROGRAD, June 26.—The
Russian forces are advancing to
wards the passes leading into Tran
sylvania.
WANT NAVY APPROPRIATION
AVAILABLE NEXT ;$ YEARS
WASHINGTON. June 26.—Fol
lowing a conference with Secretary
Daniels, the navy sub-committee of
the senate, has recommended the ex
penditure of half a billion dollars
during the next three years in build
ing up the navy, instead of extend
ing the expenditure to 1922.
Geo. Reed, a prominent mining
man from Pioche, Nevada, is regis
tered at the Crescent, and in talking
in regard to general conditions. Mr.
Reed said that while there were m
new strikes in Nevada that the old
camps were experiencing good time
and the state in general was in good
financial condition. Mr. Reed ex
pects to spend the next two or three
months in Anchorage and will prob
ably take a trip into the adjacent
mining districts before returning to
Nevada.