REIURNS ALASKA
FROM WAR ZONE
W. J Johnstone, of Seattle, was a
passenger on the steamer Alameda
ami has come to Anchorage to accept
a position with the Alaskan Engi
neering commission, in the account
ing department under H B. Wilkin
son.
Mr. Johnstone is no stranger to
Alaska life and has spent the better
part of eight years in the mining
camps of this country in the earlier
days when the interior placer min
ing camps were booming.
His account of his recent expert
ences In northern Russia is very in
teresting and he says his Alaska ex
perience stood him in good need dur
ing his six month stay in that coun
try. Mr. Johnstone was stationed at
Ekaterina harbor and was in charge
of the commissary department of the
j 00 mile railroad the Russian gov
ernment was constructing from Eka
terina harbor to the main line of the
Siberian railroad.
This connecting line was built in
order to facilitate traffic, relle’e the
congested harbor situation and move
the vast amount of var munitions to
the interior of Russia and nearer the
base of supplies.
Ekaterina harbor is situated on
the Arctic ocean about 30 miles from
the Norwegian boundary with its en
tranceilOO miles from the White sea.
Ekaterina harbor is the only open
port in that part, of Russia and is kept
open the year around on account of
the warm currents from the Gulf
Stream.
Mr. Johnstone said the harbor
was literally packed with transports
loaded with supplies and ammunl
tion hut that upon the completion or
the connecting line the Russian gov
ernment moved the supplies and mu
nitions with the rapidity of Ameri
cans
He returned to America the hrst
of April and while he said that he
did not care to discuss the present
war situation he would say that the
Russian people, of his acquaintance,
were extremely kind and courteous
and that he did not experience any
unpleasant difficulties on account of
being an American citizen.
FTLL PASSENGER LISTS
OF ADMIRAL ARRIVALS
The Dally Times is in receipt of a
letter from R. J. Ringwood, manager
; of the Pacific Alaska Navigation eom
; pany (Admiral line) to the effect
that he has instructed the pursers
: of the Admiral line vessels to fur
nish The Daily Times with a com
plete passenger list of all vessels that
enter this port This list will also
contain the names of the steerage
passengers which will ho of interest
to a large number of The Daily
| Times subscribers.
This extra passenger list will be
available as soon as the vessel
I reaches Anchorage and be the means
] of saving the accommodating ag^nt,
T. B. Watson, from making out the
copy which he has heretofore always
1 furnished this office.
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.TEST RECEIVED
On Alameda and Watson, full line
Fresh Meats and Poultry. Sausages
all kinds. Carstens Packing Co.
Saturday night. Robarts’ hall.
Best music. td
Evans & Frantzon Company
Painters and Decorators
We have on hand the largest stock of Wall Papers—a selec
tion that will please you. Our Paint stock is complete; House
Paint, Boat Paint, Shingle Stains, Roof Paint, Copper Paint,
Deck Paint . Our goods as well as our work the very best. Win
dow Shades all sizes. Linoleums in Printed and Inlaid Patterns.
B. C. NICHOLS
Watchmaker and Jeweler, Anchorage, Alaska
Watch Repairing a Specialty. Fourth Bet. D and E
Fancy White Dress Shoes
English Walking Shoes
Washable Kid Gloves
Francisco Mercantile
F ST., BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH.
ROBARTS
Billiard and Bowling Parlors
Postoffice Opposite.
North Side Lumber Co.
No Order Too Big,
No Order Too Small;
We Fill Them One and All.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR
BUSINESS
GEO. M. CAMPBELL
Yard: Old Town
Office: Corner Fourth and F Street
WINNING STREAKS
OF BASEBALL
Feats of New York Giants Re
call Such Performances.
PROVIDENCE HOLDS RECORD
Bancroft’s Old Team Sst Major Lsagus
Record In 1884—Chicago White Sox,
Giants and Washington Almost
Equaled Mark.
The winning streak of the Giants
:his season recalls the great run of
victories made by McGraw’s team of
1904, the club which won the first of
;he five pennants which came to New
fork since the little Napoleon took
•hnrge. The 1904 Giants won eighteen
•onsecutive games before they were
checked, and this record has stood dur
ng the Intervening twelve campaigns.
It is, In fact, the best run of couseeu
:ive victories made in the National
eague since 1884. when the Providence
team ran up a total of twenty con
secutive wins.
Twenty straight is the record for any
najor league club. No other team has
?ver reached the mark set by the
Providence champions of 1S84. when
:he club had on its roster such notables
if other years as Charles Radboume,
Terry Denny. Charley Sweeney. Paul
Hines and Arthur Irwin. Frank Ban
croft, now business manager of the
Cincinnati Reds, was the manager of
this club which finished the season
with eighty-four victories against twen
ty-eight defeats.
The modern record for consecutive
victories In the major leagues is owned
by the Chicago White Sox of 190(1.
This club, known in baseball history
»s the ‘'hitless wondeis,” went through
i stretch of twenty games without a
defeat from Aug. 2 to Aug. 23, but the
game of Aug. 13 was a 0 to 0 affair
with the Yankees, so they won only
nineteen games. The Sox had won
aleven games before the tie and fol
lowed with eight victories before they
were defeated.
Fielder Jones, now with the St.
Louis Browns, was the manager of
that club. The wonderful arms of Ed
Walsh stood out strongly in this long
winning streak. Walsh worked almost
every day, and alone he won seven
games, five of them being shutouts.
In the past ten years the most pro
longed winning streak in major league
baseball was that of the Washington
club In 1912. Like tills year's winning
streak of the Giants, it was started
nway from home, and practically all
of the winning was done on the fields
I of the enemy. In this respect the
Washington string of victories differs
front that of Providence in 1884. the
New York Nationals in 1904 and the
White Sox in 1900. The Senators won
sixteen straight games away from
home, then won one at home and lost
the next day at Philadelphia.
The Washington winning streak of
1912 is the only one of note which did
not carry its team into a champion
ship. Providence had won a pennant
in 1884, the Giants won a pennant in
1904, and the White Sox won the
American league pennant and world’s
championship in 1900. The Senators,
however, had to be content with sec
ond place.
Walter Johnson stood out in this
great spurt of the Senators. He won
four games and rescued two more.
In 1909 the Detroit Tigers put a win
ning streak in operation and ran it up
to fourteen victories without being
checked. The Tigers were pennant
winners that year. Bill Donovan, now
managing the Yankees, was prominent
In this run of victories.
The Giants’ great winning streak of
1904 started on June 10 at the Polo
grounds and was ended on July 5 at
the same place by the tail end I’hlllles.
While the whining streak was in prog
ress MeGlnnity won five games and
rescued another, after Wiltse wavered.
.Mathewson pitched live victories, Tay
i lor four and Wiltse three. Only once in
; eighteen games did McGraw find It
I necessary to change pitchers.
; Only five times In the history of ma
jor league baseball, dating back to
1870, has a team been able to run up
more than twelve victories In sueces
sion. In the minor leagues there have
been several Instances of long winning
streaks, ranging from twenty to twen
ty-seven games, usually by a team that
completely outclassed its league. In
the majors It Is more difficult for one
team to stand out so much over the re
mainder of the field.
Only the Washington spurt of 1912
ran into such dimensions on foreign
fields as has this year’s winning streak
of McGraw’s team. New York fans are
hoping that the Giants will follow the
rule which made peunants and win
j nlng streaks run together, as in 1884.
: 1904. 1900 and 1909.
FAVOR AMERICAN BOATS.
Harvard and Yala Oaraman Will Dm
Homemade Shelia.
There has been a radical change In
1 the feeling of American oarsmen In fa
vor of American built boats, as shown
by the attitude of Yale within two
years.
Harvard was carried away with Eng
lish built shells while Wray was coach
ing, yet, strange to say, Guy Nlckalls,
an English coach -tnd oarsman, was re
sponsible for the change to Amerloan
built boats.
FIRST SIGHT WHITE WOMAN
IN TWENTY-TWO MONTHS
Mrs. C. M. Robinson, wife of the
Indian agent at Moquaquie, old Ty
onic, accompanied by her daughter,
Doris, spent the Fourth in Anchor
age and will remain in the city sev
eral days shopping and visiting
friends. This is their first visit to
Anchorage and first sight of a white
woman in 22 months. Old Tyonic is
strictly an Indian village and Mrs.
Robinson says that the health condi
tions of the village are satisfactory
and that the Indian school situation
at that place is encouraging.
Mrs. Robinson and daughter came
to Anchorage on the tender Hero or
the Deep Sea Salmon Fishing com
pany, who will handle a large part
of the salmon catch of the Cook In
let Indians this season.
There were also 15 of the natives
of Moquaquie who visited Anchorafe
for the 4th, coming over in a sloop
of their own make. Mrs Robinson
and daughter are delighted with the
city and are thoroughly enjoying
j their visit to Anchorage.
Turkish baths $1-50. Tub baths
and furnished rooms. Lady attend
j ant-for ladies at Electric Bath House
IK street. Bet. 4th and 5th. 7-6tf
BAXTER’S NEWS DEPOT
For Invoice and Leather Files, Desk
Pads, Document Fasteners. Blank
Books, Time Books, and all office ac
cessories.
Singer Sewing Machines sold on
easy terms. C. B. Wark, manufac
facturer’s agent. 6-13tf
Singer Sewing Machines sold on
easy terms. C. B. Wark, manufac
facturer's agent. 6-13tf
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s.
Ladies—Fresh green goods at
Sanitary Market .one block west of
P< stofflce.
Are you in a hurry? So am I. Take
the yellow car. 7-3tf
Watch page 7, columns 5 and 6.
Strathcona & Co., Brokers. 7-2-tf
SEE ALASKA FIRST.
Make reservations for Sunday’s
excursion to Whitney’s ranch on
Green Express. Accommodations
for ten passengers; planty space for
fishing tackle and lunch baskets.
We develop and print at The
Model, 4th, between E and F streets.
We have for sale at a very low
price one five-drawer, drophead sew
ing machine. C B. Wark, Manfgs.
Agent. 6-24tf
THE MODEL, 4TH, E AXD P STS.
Power boat offices at The Model
for Knlk and Matanuska, Kern
creek, Hope and way points.
C. F. PETERSON, Agent.
Are you there? You soon will
be if you take the yellow car. 7-3tf
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BE OX WATCH
Against those whose only recom
mendation is their cheapness.
Such cheap work may prove to be
the most expensive.
Equipment and “know how”
enables us to do superior
Dry Cleaning and Pressing.
Blanton & Murry
1 Block from P. O. S th and G sts.
Send Us Your Check
...ASSAYS...
Falkenburg & Laucks
Ore Testing and Milling
Gold and Silver $1.00
Copper - - $1.50
Lead - - - $1.00
Seattle, Wash.
“Analyse Anything."
Announcement!
We have just completed the largest
Cold Storage in Anchorage
And our new market between C and D street will be com
plete in a few days. We will open the New Market cn
arrival of the Alameda, which will bring us a fresh and
complete stock of Poultry, Meats, Vegetables, Fruits, etc.
It is our intention to make this an up-to-date Sanitary
Market, and with our Superior Cold Storage will be able
to give the people of Anchorage the very best in the meat
line at all times. Yours from the Packer to Consumer.
Carstens Packing Company
In event of Strike preventing loading of our meats on
Alameda will open new Market when first meat arrives.
J. J. HALES,
Manager Anchorage Branch.
BANKING BY MAIL
It makes no difference where you are located, you
can send us your gold dust or checks and we will place
them to your credit, acknowledging receipt and furnish
ing you with a check book so you can draw money when
needed; or, if you prefer, we will place the money on de
posit in our Savings Department where it will earn 4 per
cent interest.
We will be pleased to attend to any business you
wish transacted anywhere.
German-American Mercantile Bank
SEATTLE - - WASHINGTON.
Notice to the Public:
We Have Completed Our Line of
CLOTHING
Which has just arrived and we are ready to dress you
up with a
PRESS SHRUNK KAUFFMAN SUIT,
JOHN B. STETSON HAT, AND PACKARD SHOES.
CARROLL & CO.
Fourth and E Sts.
Carrol Building Anchorage, Alaska
Reo Auto Service
PASSENGERS AND BAGGAGE
STORAGE FIVE DAYS FREE
Night and Day Service
Stand: Front of F. J. Cotter's Store. HERMAN L. GENTSCH, Mgr.
Kootenai Inn Cigar Store
Cigars, Tobaccos, Confectionery
MRS. ALFRED Dl'NLAP Fourth, between C and D
MRS. QUINN’S
Family . Boarding . House
$1.00 per day First Class
Cor. 4th and B
TRY TONY’S CAFE
Opposite Empress Theatre
Open Day and Night
Let There Be Light
We Can Furnish It
; PRICE & BENNETT
Plumbing Our Specialty
Sheet Metal Works and n... c. i . o ir
Gasoline Lighting tilth ut., 0€t. (j & Ml