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VOL. 1. NO. 292.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
MAN BOARDS AUTO CONKING
CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WITH INTENT TO KILL.
■ BUT IS KNOCKED OFF AND ARRESTED
PITTSBURG, Oct. 21.—United States secret service men
• today frustrated a possible attempt to assassinate President
Woodrow Wi.'son, as the chief executive was returning to his
train, after taking an automobile ride through the city. The
secret service operatives, who accompanied the president, no
ticed the pecuilar actions of a young man, who, three different
times, attempted to board the president’s auto, as it slowly
C wended its way through the streets that were crowded with
r people anxious to get, a glimpse of the chief executive. The
third time, the man succeeded in getting a foothold on the run
ning board of the auto, whereupon one of the detectives knock
ed him off and he was taken into custody... When searched, a
knife, with a blade five inches long, and a long bottle, contain
ing a fluid of some kind, the nature of which has not been de
termined, were found concealed in a bag in his clothing.
A1 police headquarters, the man said his name was Rich
► ard Cullen, that he was a machinist by trade and that he was
twenty-two years of age. When questioned as to his intentions,
the young man said he was dissatisfied with the president’s
foreign policy in connection with the world war. He is being
held in custody and will probably be prosecuted on a charge of
attempted assassination.
The secret service men who accompanied the president say
that Cullen had chased the president’s auto for a block and had
made three attempts to board it.
RAILWAY AIDS
DEVELOPMENT OF
r
THE COUNTRY
That the construction and operation
of the government’s railway is giving
an impetus to the development of the
natural resources of the territory, is
told in a memorandum for the press,
issued at Seward, October 20, under
the auspices of the land and industrial
department of the Engineering Com
mission, as follows:
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion is operating a daily train between
Anchorage and Moose Creek on the
Matanuska branch, and three carloads
of coal are being brought to Anchor
age daily. This coal is for use of the
Commission and also for the supply
of the people at Anchorage. Material
and supplies for the construction of
, the railroad. are being hauled on the
train, as well as freight and passen
gers, to points along the line. The
commercial freight and passenger
traffic is paying for the operation of
the train, which enables the govern
ment to transport its construction ma
terials free of charge from Anchor
age to its camps on the railroad.
The population of Anchorage, which
* is the main construction base on the
railroad is between 4,000 and 5,000.
At Matanuska, the junction of the
Matanuska branch with the main line,
a townsite was recently surveyed by
the government and a town is now in
course of development. There is also
a small town at Moose creek, about 50
/^vjniles from Anchorage, where the first
t yf mine on the railroad is in operation.
At Wassilla, the name of the town
where the railroad crosses the Knik
Willow creek wagon road several peo
ple are gathering. Wassilla will be the
iistributing point for freight and sup
plies for the Willow creek mining dis
trict. The government is taking im
mediate steps to survey small town
sites at these places.
The railroad north and south from
Anchorage passes through and devel
ops a large agricultural country. There
are now between 500 and 1,000 home
steaders along the line of the railroad
in this section, and the agricultural
land is being rapidly developed. The
homesteaders are supplying a consid
erable portion of the foodstuffs for the
railroad employes and other people in
that section of the country. Recently
the Alaskan Enginering Commission
contracted for 400 tons? or over 13,000
bushels, of potatoes with the Matanus
ka farmers. Products are beftig haul
ed by the farmers to Matanuska and
shipped over the railroad to Anchor
age and other points along the line.
There is still room for a large number
of homesteaders in the vicinity of the
railroad, and the government hopes to
encourage farmers from the states to
come to Alaska and take up home
steads in the territory tributary to the
railroad in order to develop the agri
cultural lands so that the country may
some day in the future be self-sup
porting.
The building of the railroad has also
given an^mjpetus to the mining indus
try, and,r,ftiere ^is good prospect for
considerable traffic for the railroad
when it is finally completed.
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TELEPHONE LINE IS
OUT OF COMMISSION
A severe storm is raging at
the summit at the head of Ship
creek today and the telephone
line connecting Anchorage and
Seward went out of commis
sion this forenoon, before the
complete daily telegraph re
port reached this office. Line
men are out in an effort to re
pair the break and it is expect
ed that the line will be working
before the day is done.
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WOMEN. IN A DEMONSTRATION
AfiAINST PRESIDENT, MEET ROUGH
TREATMENT FROM THE CRH)
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—A demonstration against President
Wilson by members of the National Woman’s party, culmin
ated in a riot in which many of the demonstrators were roughly
handled and some badly injured, occurred in Chicago yester
day afternoon, while the president was a guest of the city.
Hundreds of members of the woman’s organization, bearing
banners hostile and in some instances insulting to the chief ex
ecutive, marched through the streets and terminated the parade
at the hotel where President Wilson and his wife were stay
ing. A great crowd had assembled in the street in front of the
hotel and when the paraders reached the scene, bearing the
banners and placards, the trouble began. The crowd tore into
the women, raising cries of “Shame!” “Disgrace!” Banners
and placards were grabbed and torn to shreds, the demonstrat
ors being roughly handled in the melee. In many instances,
where the women made a fight to retain the banners, they were
knocked down and trampled on. Canes and umbrellas wrere
employed by the crowd against the women. When the riot
ended there was not a banner or placard in sight.
Nearly all of the demonstrators were more or less injured
in the fracas and their clothing was in a sad state. Many of
them lost their hats and they presented a sorry spectacle as
they were lead away'by friends or by the police. The crowd
i'-ered the women as they passed from view.
r Charges that the police sympathized with the rioters were
made by Mrs. Josephine Pearce,-who was the leader of the dem
onstration. The women are censured without respect to party
affiliations. Citizens of Chicago look upon t,he affair as a dis
tinct affront to the distinguished visitor, who was a guest of
the city and who. should have been treated as such.
PRESIDENT MAKES THREE . SPEECHES.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—Speaking before the Chicago Press
club yesterday afternoon, President Wilson predicted the be
ginning of a “ renaissance of the sense of patriotic responsibil
ity” and urged development and progressiveness. In his ad
dress before a gathering of women, following his speech at the
Press club, the president urged more participation, on the part
of the women, in the affairs of the nation. In the evening, the
president made a public address to the people generally. He
declar%d that the country was awakening and there was every
indication of a United America.
Aside from the hostile demonstration on the part of the
members of the National Woman’s party, the president’s re
ception here proved a huge success. Crowds thronged the
streets and throngs paraded the streets. Every appearance of
tke president brought forth prolonged cheering. The halls
where he spoke were filled to their capacity.
CONDITION OF ROAD
CLOSES THE MINES
Everyone coining in from the Wilow
creek district complains of the deplor
able condition of the Knik-Willow
creek wagon road and say that travel
is impossible. All freighting has been
abandoned until the freeze-up and
there is a great scarcity of provisions
in the mining district. One of the
principal mine operators was forced
to close down on account of being
practically out of foodstuff that was
impossible to freight into the camp.
This meant a loss of approximately
$40,000, as the mill could have been
operated successfully for at least 30
days longer. It also means that 75
hard rock miners lost their jobs from
this mine alone and the same condi
tions exist at several of the other
mines.
Seven four-horse teams have been
constantly in use freighting into the
Willow creek camp up to a few weeks
ago when the bad condition of the
roads made freighting impossible.
One instance worthy of mention was
recited yesterday to a representative
of The Anchorage Times by a reliable
party who. said that it took a heavy
four-horse team two days to haul 1,200
pounds three miles and that the horses
were thoroughly exhausted at the end
of the day’s work.
The condition of this road works a
hardship on the farmer as well as the
mine operator and while the road com
mission had a small crew working on
the road the latter part of the summer
the good accomplished has been prac
tically nil.
It is hoped that enough weight and
influence can be brought to bear on
Colonel Richardson and the road com
mission to allot this section of Alaska
its just proportion of the money ap
propriated for good roads in the terri
tory and some permanent work done
on the Knik-Willow creek wagon road
as soon as possible.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 21.—Spirited fighting between the
Russian and Teuton forces in the Volhvnia region, east of Vlad
imer and Volyneski, is in progress, says an official report is
ued by the Russian was office today. The Russians, says the
report, repulsed several Teuton attacks, with heavy losses to
the enemy.
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FIGHTING ON SOMME FRONT.
BERLIN, Oct. 21.—(By wireless to Sayville.)—Desperate
lighting occurred yesterday on the Somme front, says an of
ficial German report today. Continuing, the report says that
the allied forces made desperate efforts to pierce the German
lines at Lesars and at Morval. In these sectors, the enemy
made repeated assaults on the German lines, which continued
from daybreak until noon yesterday. At some points, the
enemy gained ground, but in the main the attacks were re
pulsed, the enemy retiring before the heavy artillery fire of
the Teutons.
ITALIANS MARCH ON TRIESTE.
ROME, Oct. 21.—The main Italian army operating in the
Sarso plateau region is gradually forcing its way toward
Trieste, the Austrian seacoast city, the present objective. Stub
born resistance is being given by the Austrian forces, but the
Italians are making gradual gains. '
PUSHING TEUTONS BACKWARD.
BUCHAREST, Oct. 21.—The combined Roumanian-Rus
sian offensive movement against the Austrian-German-Bulgar
ian-Turkish forces in Hungarian Transylvania is meeting with
success on the entire battle front. It is understood in Bucha
rest that heavy re-inforcements are being sent from the west
ern front to aid the Teutons in Transylvania.
CONSTRUCTION
MOVING ALONG
VERY SMOOTHLY
The Land and Industrial depart
ment of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, in its memorandum for
the press, under date of Seward, Oc
tober 20, tells of the excellent pro
gress being made in construction of
the government’s Alaska railyway, as
follows:
Wm. C. Edes, chairman of the Alas
kan Engineering Commission, recently
returned from Anchorage and reports
excellent progress on the construction
of therailroad.
Fifty-nine miles of track have been
laid from Anchorage. With the sev
enty-one moles of the Alaska Nor^h
trn Railway that is now in operation
to Kern Creek, there have been, ^com
pleted 130 miles of the 470 that will
connect Seward and Fairbanks. The
track so far laid from Anchorage
consists of six miles south toward
Seward, thirty-eight miles of main
line northward to Fairbanks, and
fifteen miles on the Matanuska branch
into the Matanuska coal fields.
The right-of-way has been cleared
from Potter Creek on Tumagain Arm
to Kings river in the Matanuska coal
field, a distance of seventy-seven
miles, and on the main line from Mat
anuska to the Little Susitna river.
Rail will be laid this fall as far as
Kings river on the Matanuska branch,
a distance of sixty-two miles from
Anchorage, and to Wassilla on the
main line, approximately fifteen miles
from Matanuska. On the main line in
the Susitna valley, between Montana
creek and Indian river, a distance of
fifty-five miles, the right-of-way is 70
per cent cleared and a number of
grading contracts have been let. Grad
ing of the right-of-way will proceed
in this section from Talkeetna to Wil
low Creek and north to Broad Pass.
At Willow Creek it will connect with •
the work under the Matanuska dis
trict, and at Broad Pass with the work
from the Nenana division.
Rail will be laid in the near future
as far as Potter Creek, which is fif
teen miles southeast of Anchorage on
Tumagain Arm, and from which point
the rock work on Turnagain Arm will
be attacked during the winter.
For the week ending September 9th,
3,568 men were employed on the An
chorage division, which includes com
mission employees, stationmen and la
borers, the August payroll being
$258,330.00.
The work at Anchorage is under the
immediate supervision of Lieut. Fred
erick Mears, one of the members of
the Alaskan Engineering Commission,
and is divided into four separate dis
tricts, all of which report to the head
office at Anchorage. These are: The
Terminal district at Anchorage, which
has charge of the construction and
maintenance of all terminal facilities,
such as machine shops, roundhouses,
watersupply, material yeards, electric
light and telephone, construcion of
quarters for employes, office build
ings and the ballasting and mainten
ance of the right-of-way of the con
structed line as well as the operation
of thetrains; the Matanuska district,
with headquartters at Matanuska
Junction, has charge of the construc
tion of the line from Matanuska to
Chickaloon on the Matanuska branch,
and from Matanuska Junction to Wil
low Creek on the main line; the Turn
again Arm district has charge of the
construction from Anchorage south to
Kern Creek, the north terminus of the
Alaska Northern Railway, with head
quarters at Anchorage; and the Tal
keetna district, with headquarters at
Talkeetna, has charge of the construc
tion of the main line from Willow
Creek to Broad Pass.