ANCHORAGE
TIMES
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VOL. 2. NO 7.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 19Hi.
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Twenty Thousand Roumanians Taken
BERLIN, Sept. S.—The German-Unitarian troops have
captured inon1 than 20,000 Roumanian soldiers, including two
generals, within the past few days. The dates and places of
the battles resulting in the captures are withheld. The Ger
man official report says the Roumanian town of Tutrakan was
stormed by the German-Bulgarian troops, 100 big guns being
employed in the engagement. Following a terrific bombard
ment which lasted several hours, the town capitulated yester
day and is in possession of tin1 Bulgurs. The German-Bulgar
ian troops are advancing into Koumania.
Allies Admit Retreat of Roumanians
PKTROGliAD, Sept. 8.—Government officials admit that
under pressure from flit* German Bulgarian army, the Rouma
nian army has evacuated the town of Turtukai, in Koumania.
Allies Take Mile of First Line Trenches
PARIS, Sept. 8.—The French official communique today
reports the capture by the allied troops of a mile of first-line
tienches in the Yaux-Chapitre-Ohenois front, following a des
perate engagement with the German forces.
Russians Take Six Thousand Prisoners
PETROGRAD, Sept. 8.—General Brussiloff’s troops have
captured the important railway center of Galacia, in Ga
licia, following a desperate engagement that continued
throughout yesterday. The city was fired by the Russians,
caused by the heavy bombardment. Six thousand prisoners
were taken by the Russians.
British Fleet Drives Enemy Back to Base
LONDON, Sept. 8.—The British fleet was successful in a
naval engagement that occurred near Necholi yesterday, the
German fleet returning to its base with all possible baste. So
far as known, no vessels were lost on either side, the enemy
fleeing upon the approach of the British fleet. It was a run
ning tight, at long range.
Greek Troops Are Joining With Allies
ATHENS, Sept. 8.—All Greek soldiers stationed here have
joined the allied armies and are fighting against the Bulgar
ian-German armies. In other parts of Greece, the Greek troops
are going over to the allies. While no official declaration of
war has been made by the Greek government, the country has,
to all intents and purposes, joined with the allies and is as
sisting them in every way possible.
Many Americans Lost on British Ship
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—American Consul-General Mc
Coon, stationed at Glasgow, cables the American state depart
ment that an investigation conducted by his office reveals that
28 American citizens were on board the British steamer Kel
vinia, which was torpedoed or sunk by a mine near Glasgow
September 2. .
British Win in Hand to Hand Fighting
LONDON, Sept. 8.—In desperate haud-to-Vand fighting in
I the Meuse Wood sector yesterday a brilliant victory is claimed
by the British troops in a British report issued today. The
; British made a dash on the German trenches, and after vicious
I hand-to-hand fighting, forced the enemy to retire, the British
occupving the abandoned trenches.
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BERLIN, Sept. 8.—The German official report today re
; ports the withdrawal of the German lines at the Lipa and Ze
I lota fronts and admits that the French have gained a strong
; foothold in the Vermand and Ovilliars sectors.,
Russian Armies Make General Advance
PETROGRAD, Sept. 8.—The Russian report today says
the Russian army is making a general advance in the Galician
and Carpathian sectors. Three villages were taken in Galicia.
German Sympathizers Are Apprehended
SALONIKA, Sept. 7.—Greek revolutionists continue to
apprehend German sympathizers throughout Greece. Hun
dreds of Pro-Germans have been taken into custody. German
citizens will be placed in internment camps until the war is
<. ver.
Capture of Clery Village Is Admitted
BERLIN, Sept. 7.—The capture of Clery, south of Somme,
by the French forces, is officially admitted by the German offi
cial report issued today.
British Steamer Torridge Is Destroyed
LONDON, Sept. 8.—The British steamer Torridge was
sunk by a mine or was torpedoed yesterday, according to an
announcement made by Lloyd’s today. All aboard are report
ed lost.
British Aeroplanes Bombard Zeebrugge
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 7.—A fleet of British aeroplanes
bombarded Zeebrugge last night, destroying a German subma
rine'in the harbor there.
Queen of Sweden Lies at Death’s Door
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 8.—Victoria, queen of Sweden, is se
riously ill and her recovery is doubtful. She is confined to her
apartments in the palace at Stockholm. Attending physicians
admit that the queen’s condition is very precarious.
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—The strike of the street ear men is
on, although the ears, for the most part, are running. Hourly,
hundreds of men are quitting-. Small riots are occurring in
various parts of the city. Four shots were lired on the Ninth
Avenue Elevated ear system this morning, but no one was in
jured. nor were the persons who fired the shots apprehended.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 8 —
The Mexican and American commis
sioners were occupied yesterday in
making a study of the situation and
the formal opening of the sessions be
gan today, with Secretary of the In
terior Lane presiding.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—The con
gress today plans to adjourn tomor
row night, if it is possible to rush
through all the work that is mapped
for this session.
Conley Finds Big Nugget.
SEWARD, Sept. 8.—Mike Conley,
who owns a bench claim on Six-Mile
river, near Sunrise, picked up a $57
nugget the other day.
FOREST FIRES
ON PUGET SOUND
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—Millions of
feet of standing timber in the Sno
qualmie national forest are menaced
by the first serious forest fire of the
season. Over 12o men were sent out
late last night by the Northern Pacific
and Milwaukee railroads and the gov
ernment forestry service. At noon to
day word came that the men were in
a losing fight against the flames which
were sweeping through vast sections
of the forests in all directions. This
afternoon a wind sprung up and only
a heavy fall of rain will now aid the
fighters in extinguishing the flames.
If the fires continue approaching the
inhabited districts dynamite will be
used in cutting an open path so that
the flames will have nothing to catch
to on the other side.
J. E. Busch, prominently connected
with the land department left on this
morning’s train for the Junction and
will make the trip of several days in
to the Willow creek district in connec
! tion with the recent land entries in
this vicinity.
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THE TIMES DESIGNATED OFFICIAL PAPER
FOR PUBLICATION OF COAL LAND LEASES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 6, 1916.
Chamber of Commerce,
Anchorage, Alaska.
I have this day designated the Anchorage Daily
Times as one of the newspapers in which the coal leas
es will be published.
ALEXANDER T. VOGELSANG,
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
W VSIIINGTON, Sept. 8.—President Wilson yesterday
signed the Liftv-million-doiiar shipping bill, designed to aid
Ameilean shipping1 interest?. The measure provides for the
government operation of American mereliantmen, under the
direction of a board composed of five member-, to be named
by the president. Those in favor of the bill declare that u
will tend to provide transportation facilities for American
firms doing business with foreign countries.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—The British ambassador,
Spring-Rice, and Secretary of State Lansing, held an extended
conference yesterday forenoon, with respect to the provision
in the emergency revenue bill that deals with ret: iiat vy meas
ures on the blacklist imposed by the British governm: it under
the “trading with the enemy act.” The British, ambassador
strongly objects to the provision. Following the conference
with the secretary of state the secretary and ambassador called
upon the president, where another conference was held. The
outcome of the conference was not made public.
PLOT 10 ABDUCT
SON OF HAINAN
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j BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 8.—Three men
were arrested here early this morning
in connection with a plot to abduct
Roland Harriman, the 16-year-old son
of the late E. H. Harriman, railway
magnate.
Young Roland Harriman, is a mem
ber of a party enjoying their vacation
near here. He is a lively chap and has
made many friends. Last Tuesday the
police and federal authorities were
tipped olf to a plot whereby three
men, who arrived from New York
about the time the Harriman party
reached here, had completed plans for
the abduction of Roland Harriman
and were only awaiting a favorable
opportunity to carry out their scheme.
The police made their arrests early
today and according to a statement
one of the conspirators stated that
they intended to hold young Harriman
for $25,000 ransom.
PASSENGER RATES
TO ALASKA TO GET
SLASH BY HUMBOLDT
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—Manager Ma*
Kalish has announced that the steam
er Humboldt will cut the passengei
rates to all points in southeasterr
Alaska with the sailing of the
steamer for the north next Saturday
Mr. Kalish also intimated that the
freight rates would also be reduced.
The cut in passenger rates will be
to the old rates prevailing before the
increase was made. The first class
fare to Juneau will be $25 and the
second class $16. The old rate of $3(
first class and $20 second class wil
be this Skagway rate. The Ketchi
kan, Wrangell and etersburg rates
will be the same as were in vogue
before the raise.
WASHINGTON’, Sept. 8.—The provision designed to pre
vent the importation to Canada of halibut and salmon and the
| Phelps provision prohibiting mail, telegraph, cable or wireless
communication with any nation discriminating against Amor
ican firms or individuals in the matter of commerce, have been
stricken from the emergency revenue bill.
WASHINGTON, Kept. 8.—Proposals for a world’s labor
congress, to act in conjunction with the world’s peace congress,
in an effort to bring an end to the world-war, have been re
newed by the American Federation of Labor.
i Young Straud,
Alaska Prisoner,
Doomed to Die
(Juneau Dispatch)
Robent E. Straud, the Juneau boy
onvict at Leavenworth, Kansas, fed
ral prison, has been condemned to
hang for the slaying of a prison
guard. However, relatives are confi-:
dent he will be cleared if the appeal'
to a higher court sends the case back
for a re-trial. An appeal has been
nade on error by the presiding judge
in instructing the jury, and a promi
ent firm of Kansas City criminal
lawyers employed by the mother be
lieve the appeal will be successful.
Marcus Strand, brother of the con
demned boy, has returned to Juneau
from Kansas City. Mrs. E. J. Straud,
mother of the two boys, remains at
Kansas City to fight the conviction of
her boy.
Marcus Straud says his ^mother,
Robertt^was persecuted by the prison
■ guard. Evidently to protect himself
i rom a brutal beating with a club, he
i stabbed the guard fatally.
i Robert Straud was convicted at Ju
i neau of murder, and sentenced to Mc
! <Jeil island prison. . Later he was tak
en to Leavenworth to finish his sen
; ence. He was lost track of until a
* elegram called his mother east on ac
count of the prison killing.
j Looking for Site
for Radio Station
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j Lieut. C. H. Maddox, of the naval
j department, is stopping at the Crist
| House during his visit to Anchorage
on a tour f inspection. Lieut. Mad
| dox’s ulterior motive in coming to this
I city is with the view of ultimate!;,
establishing a naval radio station and
yesterday afternoon was in confer
ence with H. P. Warren, of the Alas
kan Engineering Commission and
Mayor J. G. Watts, in regard to the
proper location.
Lieut. Maddox is at present oeou- j
pying the office of assistant superin
tendent of the nav u communication
service and was free in express ing
himself as being favorably impressed
with Anchorage and the development
of the government railroad.
MARIPOSA SAILS
FOR ANCHORAGE
SEATTLE, Sept. 8.—-The steamer
Mariposa sailed for Anchorage and
way ports yesterday. There are 21
passengers on board en route to An
chorage.
BARGE LAWRENCE
IS ENROUTE HERE
SEWARD, Sept. 8.—The commis
sion barge Lawrence reached here
yesterday, wtih considerable freight
for this port. After discharging, the
barge will proceed to Anchorage,
having on board much freight for
that port.
Lighthouse at
Cape St. Elias
Soon Be Ready
(Juneau Empire)
The lighthouse station on Cape St.
Elias, at the south end of Kayak isl
and and on the direct route of travel
from Juneau to Cordova and other
westward towns will be in commission
shortly after September 1st, accord
ing to the statements made by Cap
tain W. C. Debrell, who passed
through .Juneau southbound recently.
Captain Debrell is the superintend
ent of lighthouses for Alaska and
spent the summer in the westward
section personally inspecting the work
of installing additional aids to navi
gation in that section and making a
general inspection of the aids already
in place.
The Cape St. Elias light station will
be one of the greatest aids to naviga
tion on the northern steamer run, as
all westward boats are forced ta round
the cape twice each trip. The cape
extends several miles south of the
mainland and directly across the
route of travel, making it necessary
for the steamers to run several miles
out of a direct course. In stormy
weather or in foggy weather in the
past steamers have frequently been
forced to lay for hours off the cape
waiting for the weather to clear
enough for them to get their bearings
from the land.
A brief description of the station
prepared by Captain Debrell follows:
This station consists of a tower
supporting the lantern, direct con
nected at one comer with a fog signal
building, back of which and contigu
ous with it is a storage building for
oil, distillate, coal and water. The
buildings named are all of reinforced
concrete construction, except the su
perstructure of the tower, which is of
iron and bronze.
Other buildings located in proximi
ty to the tower, where they best
serve their several purposes are a
dwelling constructed of cement sand,
brick on concrete foundations, a boat
house, and a hoist house both of the
same construction. Carpenter and
forge shops are accommodated in the
latter two buildings. Rail trams con
nect the east and west beaches of the
cape with the various structures and
are served by oil engine hoists.
The illuminant is coal oil vaporized
and burned on a group of three man
tles, showing from a revolving lense
of the third order of modern make, a
double flash every 20 seconds. The
fog signal consists of first class air
sirens sounding a group of two blasts
every minute from double-mouthed
trumpets, the blasts being four sec
onds long with a four-second interval
between them. The air is compressed
by oil engine compressors in storage
tanks whence it is taken to the sirens.
All equipment is in duplicate to pre
clude delays in service due to possible
breakdown of machinery.
There will be three keepers resident
of this station without families. The
wireless station which has been in op
eration during the past construction
season may possibly be continued in
operation until May next year. A
regularly appointed licensed radio op
erator is in charge of the wireless in
stallation.
The station is constructed from a
special appropriation made by con
gress in the sum of $115,000. Con
struction began June 1, 1915, the pre
liminary surveys having been made in
May of the same year. It is an aid
much desired by mariners, for all ves
sels bound westward, whether from
the inside passage or direct, must
make Cape St. Elias before proceed
ing further.
As a supplementary aid and to
mark South East rock, lying between
two and three miles off Cape St. Elias,
a large gas lighted, whistling and sub
marine bell buoy has been established
in about 24 fathoms of water off the
cape. The whistle and bell are actu
ated by the sea.
WEATHER REPORT
7 a. m. Sept. 6, 1918.
Station Temp. Day Wind
Ship Creek . 49 Cloudy South
Summit .... _36 Clear Calm
Girdwood.34 Clear Calm
Mile 52 . .. 40 Clear Calm
Seward.53 Clear Cukn
Matanuska.4S Cloudy Calm
Moose Creek _48 Cloudy Calm
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