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AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 1. NO. 284.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
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PARIS, Oct. 12.—In the fighting in the sector south of
Somme yesterday, says the French communique today, the
French troops captured from the Germans the village of Bo
vent, located on tin outskirts of Ablaincourt, and also the great
er part of Charles wood. In the engagement, which continued
throughout yesterday in this sector, the French captured 1,200
German prisoners.
ITALIANS GAIN AUSTRIAN TRENCHES.
ROME, Oct. 12.—Five thousand Austrian prisoners were
captured by the Italian forces in yesterday’s engagement, ac
coMing to official reports given out by the Italian war office to
^ day. Yesterday, the Italian army, operating in the Carso re
gion, resumed its march toward Trieste, the objective. In the
march forward, several lines of Austrian trenches were taken,
the Austrians retreating as the Italians advanced.
ASQUITH ASKS FOR BIG WAR CREDIT.
LONDON, Oct. 12.—Premier Asquith appeared before the
house of commons yesterday afternoon and asked for a war
credit amounting to a billion and a half dollars. The credit
will be given.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—E. P. Ripley
president of tire Santa Fe railway to
day sent to the stockholders of the
company an appeal for them to work
for the passage of remedial legislation
to meet the situation by the passage
by congress of the eight-hour bill.
“ Since precedent abandoning arbi
I tration has been abolished precedent
h^'iiedly meeting the demands of the
r^Joad unions by special legislation
has been established,” the president
says in this communication to the
stockholders.
Continuing the statement concludes
with: “ Does it not behoove you now
to exercise yoyr influence in favor of
any appropriate remedial legisla
tion?”
1L. CRAWFORD
SEATTLE, Oct. 12.—S. L. Craw
ford, member of the real estate firm
of Crawford & Conover, died here last
night. He was 60 years of age. He
t was a former president of the Wash
ington State Pioneers’ association and
was a pioneer resident of Seattle. He
was a newspaper man in his earlier
years, being connected with nearly all
of the local publications, at one time
or another. He leaves an estate val
ued at a half million dollars.
I HEATH CULLS
INSANE KING
—
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 12.—King Ot
to} the demented monarch of Bavaria,
t died last night at Fuerstenrled castle
in Denmark, where he has been confin
ed for years past.
ILEEie TO
'TAKE«LEASE
in irara
JUNEAU. Oct. 12.—Maurice D.
Leehey, who went to Anchorage on a
recent boat, has made application for
a coal lease of considerable propor
tions in the Matanuska field.
So far as known, Leehey’s applica
tion is the most important yet filed
with the department of the interior.
Mr. Leehey is reticent as to his
intentions, stating that several things
had to be arranged prior to the com
pletion of plans for opening up the
coal. The most important yet to be
decided is the rate to be charged on
the government railroad from the coal
fields to tide water, and what arrange
ments are to be made for transferring
coal to boats.
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BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE, Oct. 12.—Candidate
Hughes spoke before a vast audience
in Baltimore last night. “ The United
States,” he declared, “ should not med
dle with things that do not concern us.
We should observe the rights of small
states and at all events and under all
circumstances protect the lives and
property interests of American inter
ests.”
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 12.—Rev. Dr. Al
exander Mann, of Boston, was yester
day re-elected president of the house
of deputies of the Protestant Episco
pal church, which is in session here.
Mann belongs to the conservative
wing of the Episcopal church.
LONDON, Oct. 12.—Vice-Admiral Dartige, commander of
ihe Anglo-French naval fleet, operating in the Mediterranean
sea, has presented an ultimatum to the Greek government, de
manding that it turn over to the allied powers the entire Greek
fleet, except the armored cruiser Averoff and the battleships
Lemnos and Kilkis, by 1 o’clock this afternoon. A demand is
also made on the Greek government that it place the Piraeus
Larissa railway at the disposal of the allied powers.
The reports on today’s game are
just meager enough to keep the An
chorage fans in hot water and the
flash that came from Boston read:
Every seat in the grand stand filled
early and the knot holes in the fence
were at a premium. The throng pour
ed into Boston all night long and ev
ery section of the country sent their
quota of rooters to see the pitchers’
duel between Pfeifer, of Brooklyn, and
Shore, of Boston. Chief Meyers is
working with Pfeffer and Cady is sup
porting Shore. The Dodgers took the
jump and scored in the first, but the
Red Sox came back in their half of the
second and evened the count. Score
end of second inning, Brooklyn 1, Bos
ton 1. Detailed account in tomorrow’s
paper.
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HE IN THE
Another deal was made yesterday
in Willow creek mining property and
again Fred Laubner, the Wingate of
the district, has placed his faith,
judgment and money on the future of
this great camp. The latest plunge of
Laubner’s takes in one-half interest in
the Calvin-Irwin claims on Archangle
and Sam Calvin is holding a fat check
as a result of the transfer.
Mr. Calvin will leave on one of the
early steamers for the outside where
he will spend the winter in Nevada
but will return in the spring for fur
ther prospecting in the district.
Mr. Laubner says he thinks that
this property will turn out equally as
lucrative as his other investments and
will go ahead and do the necessary de
velopment work next season.
J. H. Smith, the local real estate
man, has just closed a mining deal
whereby he becomes the owner of a
group of valuable claims in the Wil
low creek district. The property is lo
cated in the vicinity of the famous
Mabel mine and the preliminary work
this summer developed a fine body of
high-grade ore.
Mr. Smith says that he will start
in early next spring and intends to do
extensive development work on the
claims with the view of eventually in
stalling a stamp mill. Mr. Smith has
some average samples of the ore and
complete maps and charts of the en
tire Willow creek district at his real
estate office that is rapidly becoming
the headquarters for the Willow creek
operators and the Anchorage mining
center.
POLICE
IN BATTLE
BAYONNE, N. J., Oct. 12.—Strik
ing employes of the Tide Water Oil
company and a squad of special police
men engaged in a pitched battle here
last night, following the riotous activ
ities of the strikers. Eight of the
strikers were shot and four of them
will die from their wounds. Four of
the special officers were wounded in
the fray. Many of the strikers have
been taken into custody and quiet is
restored today.
BIG SEIZURE
AT SEME
SEATTLE, Oct. 12.—One hundred
cases of whiskey, shipped by a San
Francisco wholesalehouse and fraudu
lently consigned to Juneau, Alaska,
were seized by the police authorities
last night. Two hundred cases of
whiskey, shipped by the same house
and likewise fraudulently consigned
to the Alaska town, reached this city
undetected, and are now being sought
in all parts of Seattle.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—After liis return this morning
from a conference with President Wilson at Long Branch, Sec
retary of State Lansing announced that no decision had been
reached with respect to the new submarine campaign inaugur
ated by the German government. He said that there were no
precedents to guide the government in such matters, that it
would take a little time to study the situation in all its phases.
He declared, however, that no violations of international law
or policy would be tolerated by the undersea craft employed in
a patrol of the Atlantic seaboard.
SUBMARINE OFF GEORGIA COAST.
SA\ ANNAH, Oct. 12.—An unidentified submarine was
sighted off Savannah bar, on the coast of Georgia, at an early
hour this morning, by officers of a coastwise vessel that reached
here this forenoon. The navy, department at Washington, in
reply to an inquiry sent with respect to the matter, reports that
there are no American submarines in the vicinity of Savannah
bar, hence it is believed that the submarine sighted is a mem
ber of the German undersea patrol fleet, that appears to have
taken possession of the entire Atlantic seaboard.
GERARD MAKES STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—United States Ambassador to
Germany Gerard, in reply to published statements to the con
trary, today said that he brought with him from Germany no
message to the effect that that country proposed to resume its
indiscriminate submarine warfare. The ambassador also de
clared that he was not authorized to make any overtures for
peace on behalf of Germany.
VISITS CITY
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies,
Oct. 2.—A cyclone swept St. Thomas
last night, damaging every building in
the city and overturning many of
them. In the residence district par
ticularly the damage is great, hun
dreds of families being rendered
homeless.
The cyclone started about the mid
night hour and continued until late
this morning. The storm was the
most terrific that ever visited this sec
tion. Inhabitants sought safety in
cellars’. Many were killed by falling
houses and flying debris. *
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Oct. 12.—At
the republican state convention, which
is in session here, Governor Beekman
was renominated without opposition
and United States Senator Lippitt re
ceived a similar honor. The conven
tion passed resolutions condemning
the democratic administration and
praising the republican national ticket
—Hughes and Fairbanks.
M. A. Ellis came down from Mc
Dougai yesterday and will spend a few
days in the city before leaving for Se
attle. Mr. Ellis has been successfully
operating hydraulic plants on Windy
and Thunder creek this season and
will return in the spring when he in
tends to do more extensive develop
ment on his large holdings in the
Cache creek district.
STATE OFFICERS
CHICAGO, Oct. 12.—The bitter
fight that has been going on between
the state authorities and the city offi
cials of Chicago, growing out of the
alleged violation of the restrictions
with respect to gambling, culminated
in a sensational raid or, the private
offices of Mayor Thompson last night.
Armed with subpoenas authorizing
them to search the offices of the may
or and to seize such papers as might
be deemed suitable for evidence, de
tectives from State’s Attorney
Hoyne’s office made a spectacular en
try of the mayor’s office and appro
priated correspondence and other pa
pers. “ The papers were seized,” said
State’s Attorney Hoyne, “ to deter
mine if gambling exists in Chicago
with the knowledge and consent of the
mayor and other city officials. If
such is the case, and I charge that it
is the case, then steps will be taken to
oust the mayor from a seat which he
has dishonored.”
SEATTLE, Oct. 12.—having com
pleted all arrangements to depart to
morrow, en route to Norway, the land
of his nativity, where he wished to
spend his few remaining days, J. T.
Nordlund, aged 93 years, was acci
dentally asphyxiated in his room last
night.