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AJSfP COOK IISTLET plOISTEER
\ol. 2. No. 2.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS *
LONDON, July 28.—1The British war office today issues
the following official report: “The British troops continue
to press the German troops in hand to-haud lighting along the
whole Somme front.”
Germans Claim Repulse of Enemy.
BERLIN, July 28.—The German official report issued by
the war office today says that the British attacks in the re
gion west of Pozieres and in the south Somme zone were re
pulsed by the defending German troops. At the Verdun front
the French attacks which have been exceedingly vicious, have
been repulsed, with heavy losses to the enemy. Fighting con
tinues at both fronts.
Russians Capture Six Thousand.
PETROGRAD, July 28.—In taking the fortified city of
Erzingen, in Turkish Armenia, the Russian army captured six
thousand Turkish troops, five large guns and 22 machine guns.
The Russians are pursuing the retreating Turks, who are
fleeing toward Caueasasa.
Austrians Retire Before Russians.
BERLIN, July 28.—It is officially announced by the Ger
man war office that the Austrian army in northeastern Galicia
is retiring before the vastly superior Russian forces. The re
treat is being well conducted.
Germans Inflict Heavy Losses on Slavs.
BERLIN, July 28.—The German war office announces
that the Russian attacks against the German positions in
northwest Baranovichi were repulsed, after vigorous fighting.
The Russian loss was exceedingly severe.
Four Norwegian Lumber Ships Sunk.
LONDON, July 28.—A German submarine sank four Nor
wegian lumber ships in the North sea recently, according to
the British official report. The crews of all the vessels were
saved.
Airship Raids Submarine Base.
BERLIN, July 28.—It is officially reported that German
airships made a successful raid Tuesday on the British and
Russian submarine base located at Mariehamn. Much damage
was done by the bombardment.
NEW YORK, July 28.—At noon
yesterday, the street car men em
ployed on street car systems in the
Bronx and Westchester cajmty went
out on strike, demanding an increase
in their wage scale. The first seri
ous outbreak since the walkout oc
curred last night when a body of;
strikers and sympathizers, numbering ]
several hundred people, attacked a
West Plains street car that was being
operated by strike breakers. In the
riot which followed, several persons
were badly hurt. The police reserves
arrived on the scene and dispersed the
rioters.
Peter Hansen, a resident of Juneau,
committed suicide a few days ago in
a cabin on the tide ats. He had tied
a string from his toe to the trigger of ■
a 25-35 rifle and holding the muzzle '
to his head pulled the trigger. He j
was 33 years of age.
OF
BLACKLISTING
IS INVASION
NEUTRAL RIGHTS
WASHINGTON, July 28. —The
American note prepared by the state
lepartment, objecting to the blacklist
ng of American firms by British
arms, declares the blacklist as an “in
vasion of the rights of neutrals.” The
aote was cabled last night to the
American embassy at London, to be
lelivered to the British foreign office.
Seward Lot Sale a Success.
SEWARD, July 29.—At the Bal
aine auction sale of lots in the
Seward townsite 46 lots were sold,
ranging in price from $200 to $2,000.
rhirty thousand dollars is the aggre
gate value of the lots that were dis
posed of. Another sale will be held
at a date yet to be announced.
A base ball game was played in
Fairbanks at midnight on the 21st of
June by the light of the midnight
sun .
❖ SECRETARY LANE WILL VISIT ANCHORAGE ^
❖ TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE RAILWAY PROJECT ^
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^ SEATTLE, July 25.—Secretary of the Interior ^
❖ Franklin K. Lane will visit Anchorage the latter part ^
^ of August, according to information given out by Bo ^
^ Sweeney, the Seattle attorney, who is now assistant ^
^ secretary of the interior. Mr. Sweeney is here on a ^
^ brief vacation trip. He says that Mr. Lane is very de- ^
^ sirous of making the trip to Anchorage and will make ^
^ it if he can possibly spare the time from his du- ^
^ ties at the capitol. Mr. Sweeney further says that ^
^ “Secretary Lane feels that if the Alaska railway is ^
^ economically constructed and operated successfully, ^
^ it will be a great and lasting monument to President ^
^ Wilson and himself.” A
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Brisk Demand
for Locations at
the Junction
GOOD PRICES ARE PAID FOR
BUSINESS LOCATIONS AT
MATANUSKA AT SALE
OF YESTERDAY.
Superintendent of Sale Christensen
yesterday conducted a very successful
sale of lots in the recently platted
townsite at Matanuska Junction. The
bidding was quite brisk and the prices
obtained for business lots was consid
ered very good indeed. Most of the
lots sold were business locations, al
though some residence lots were
bought by persons who wish to reside
at the new town.
The following is the official record
of the lots sold, the successful bid
ders and the prices paid:
BLOCK 1.
Lot Amount
1 Fred M. Polley .$400.00
2 John Pappas . 355.00
3 S$m Juvenel. 285.00
4 Mike Dvyak, Jake Wrklin 300.00
5 Ed. C. Smith . 300.00
6 Ivan Hanus . 280.00
7 Diamante Zarelli. 250.00
8 Harris B. Doulus. 280.00
9 Nick Stergus . 235.0Q
10 Harold W. Howard. 240.00
11 Davas Keran . 245.00
12 William Maitland . 250.00
13 Zeke Perovich . 225.00
14 Reuben Nicholls .210.00
15 Charles W. Allen. 170.00
16 Charles Martin . 180.00
17 Edward Johnson . 90.00
18 Reuben Nicholls. 50.00
19 Camille LaRochelle. 75.00
20 Heimo Sarkkinen . 80.00
BLOCK 2.
4 Nell Beattie . 50.00
5 Joe Lester . 65.00
6 Tom Antoniach . 50.00
7 Harry Weikert . 60.00
8 Hattie Moore . 95.00
9 Mike Soine . 260.00
10 Tony Semon . 260.00
11 George P. Jankow. 245.00
12 Ernest Ferguson . 250.00
13 L.'Goumas, Semon Samis. 280.00
14 Elen S. Horton . 275.00
15 Reuben Nidiolls . 255.00
16 R. Marcels, G. W. Mustard 25500
17 George Paropat . 285.00
18 Mike Roach . 270.00
19 Mike Roach . 255.00
20 Adolph Smith . 200.00
21 Philip H. Allen . 200.00
22 Mrs. Albert A. Church .. 225.00
23 George Kaloff . 305.00
24 Arthur A. Shonbeck. 475.00
BLOCK 3.
16 Ed. C. Smith. 75.00
BLOCK 4.
1 Charles Martin . 50.00
2 Adolphus Smith. 50.00
3 Philip H. Allen . 50.00
12 Archie Lewis . 85.00
13 Fred B. Wood . 85.00
14 A. Frank Hoffman. 70.00
BLOCK 6.
1 John L. Hughes. 50.00
2 Henry Watson . 115.00
3 Dora Hatton . 80.00
4 Henry C. Hall . 100.00
5 Thomas A. Wade .* 60.00
6 Annie E. Gordon. 85.00
7 Frank W. Maki . 65.00
8 Walter Sahl strom . 75.00
9 Fred B. Wood . 25.00
10 A. Frank Hoffman . 30.00
11 George Nylen . 25.00
12 Ralph Weiss. 25.00
14 Hugh McCoughey. 25.00
1" I* ter Lindqu u . 25.09
Alex Irvine arrived in Fairbanks
recently from Circle and reported the
finding of the skeleton of a man in a
pool of water near the Miller creek
divide. It is believed to be the re
mains of a Frenchman who waa lost
in 1904 or 1905.
An inquiry has been received by
the Cordova Chamber of Commerce
from a fertilizer manufacturing con
cern regarding the possibilities of
obtaining sufficient fish offal there to
warrant the establishment of a fac
tory at that place.
A. F. Mahaffy, a member of the
Dawson public school staff, has been
appointed a lieutenant in the Cana
dian army services and will be con
nected with the Yukon contingent
which left Dawson recently for the
front in France.
The Juneau Empire says that tour
ists visiting that section are kicking
because there has been no rain.
OLD-TIME ALASKAN IS
VISITING ANCHORAGE
C. L. Andrews, of Juneau, is stop
ping at the Crescent during his stay
in the city and is in Anchorage and
vicinity taking photographs of the
many points of interest, more parti-o
larly in connection with the govern
ment railroad.
Mr. Andrews has been in Alaska for
24 years, making all the new towns
and mining camps and is reported to
have a very large and appropriate
collection of Alaska pictures. He
was formerly connected with the gov
ernment in the customs department
but has also spent considerable time
in prospecting and mining in adition
' to making his collection of views pic
turing Alaska life.
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IT ISN'T YOUR TOWN—IT'S YOU.
If you want to iive in the kind of a town
Like>he kind of a town you like, .—
You needn't slip your clothes in a grip
And -start on a long, long hike,
For there’s nothing that’s really new.
It’s a knock at yourself when you knock your town
You’ll only find what you left behind,
It isn’t the town—it’s you.
Real towns are not made by men afraid
Lest somebody else gets ahead.
When everyone works and nobody shirks
You can raise a town from the dead,
And if while you make your personal stake
Your neighbor can make one, too.
Your town will be what you want to see.
It isn’l your town—it’s you.
—Linn Digest.
Chairman Edes
Mr. Christensen
Going to Nenana
A. Christensen, manager of the
land and industrial department of the
Alaskan Engineering commission, will
be an outgoing passenger on the Ad
miral Watson and will be joined at
Seward by Chairman Wm. C. Edes
and the two will go to Nenana where
important industrial developments
will be instituted at once in the fur
thering of the progress of the govern
ment railroad.
•Mr. Christensen will be accompa
nied by Chief Clerk W. H. Griggs,
who has so efficiently filled that of
fice in Anchorage and whose experi
ence and worth is essential in the
townsite work that is contemplated at
Nenana. s
Upon his arrival jn Nenana, Mr.
Christensen will immediately take up
the matters relative to settling right
of way questions,, put on a townsite
and sell the lots at public auction at
the new government town of Nenana.
A townsite manager will be ap
pointed and the town policy of the ad
ministration will be based on the
same satisfactory basis that has made
Anchorage the leading city in Alaska.
Nenana will be the scene of more
than ordinary activity from the fact
that it will the base of construction
from the Tanana to Fairbanks and
the Tanana to the Broad Pass.
The farming country surrounding
Nenana, especially that part known
as the Tanana valley, is in an ad
vanced state of cultivation and the
farms show better and more substan
tial development than many parts
of the states; there has been a splen
did demand for the marketable prod
ucts and the crops have been prolific.
One of the first big pieces of work
contemplated by the Commission is
the construction of a bridge across
the Tanana river at Nenana; the pro
posed railroad crosses the river at
this point and swings around to the
east on the Anchorage-Fairbanks
route. Work will be pushed from ev
ery possible angle to the completion
of the government railroad, working
out of Fairbanks, Nenana both ways
andv the Broad Pass and another 12
months will see the operation of many
miles of the first government railroad
in this country.
The Nome Nugget reports that a
considerable quantity of tungsten ore
will be mined in that vicinity this
summer.
Reports from Chittitu creek, in the
Nizina country, state that the miners
in that section are having a prosper
ous season.
Bear hunting to the westward has
taken a slump, as the bears are now
shedding and the hides are practically
worthless.
Business men in Fairbanks report
business conditions better in that city
this summer than at any time in the
past ten years.
H. W. Newton, the Healey river
trader, is in Fairbanks laying in sup
plies which he says he will ship by
steamer to his trading post.
' J. *W. Felix, a Juneau junk man,
was recently arrested for purchasing
stolen property, but was discharged
for lack of evidence.
Ed Kolanquin, while working on the
telephone line out of Seward, is suf
fering from a broxen rib as the result
of an accident.
W. W. Johnson end associates are
reported to be preparing to open up
the Lost River tin mine near Nome
on an extensive scale. /
Bishop Rowe has left Juneau for
the interior via the Yukon river route
and will return to the coast via the
FairbankB-Valdez road.
The recently completed home of
Rancher Bjeermark and family on his.
ranch near Fairbanks was completely
destroyed by fire.
German Held at
Whitehorse Gets
Away in Darkness
(Skagway Alaskan.)
Taking advantage of the cover of
darkness to mush his way over the
summit, through brush, down gullies
and up precipitous mountain sides,
resting in the day time and keeping
out of sight under the shrubbery, G.
E. Bierfrend, held since October, 1914,
in the police barracks at Whitehorse
as a prisoner of war, has made good
his escape and will leave tonight for
his home in San Francisco. He has
cabled for money to cover his fare,
and his wife and family in the Golden
City will be overjoyed when the wire
is delivered to them this morning, an
nouncing that their father and hus
band is a free man.
Mr. Bierfrend was bom in Germany.
He came to the United States and
took out his first papers. He was
working on the lower river division
when the war broke out. He was in
terned at Dawson and told to wait in
that city, pending an investigation.
He ran away and was caught in
White Horse and since that date has
been detained in the police head
quarters as a prisoner of war.
Mr. Bierfrend broke away from
police headquarters last Tuesday
night about 8 p. m. For months and
months he had been figuring a way to
make good his escape and while no
one was watching him he ducked into
the brush and commenced to hike for
the White Pass. Before leaving he
had cached a supply of beans and rice
in the brush which with a little water
made up his extensive menu on his
perilous flight across the line into
American soil.
Mr. Bierfrend represents that his
treatment was the very best and
that the officials at the barracks
treated him as a gentleman. Most of
the time he was an orderly at the sta
tion.
THIRTY-ONE DIE AND HUNDRED
AND FIFTY NEW CASES RE
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PORTED WITHIN THE
PAST 24 HOURS.
NEW YORK, July. 28.—The epi
demic of infantile paralysis continue:
without apparent cessation. Thirty
one deaths occurred yesterday and
150 new cases were reported by the
board of health within the past 24
hours. Since the epidemic began in
June, 3,000 children have been "afflict
ed. Of these 700 have died.
PARIS, July 28.—Optimism is
now crowding pessimism into the last
ditch in the French psychology of the
war.
“It will be over sooner than you
think,” says the new prophets replac
ing those that have been driven out
of business by time, ridicule, and the
course of events.
A few go so far as to say “the
boys will all be home before snow
flies”, but that is taking only local
chances, since snow rarely flies over
the bulk of France territory. The
most audacious take their courage in
both hands nad declare “every man
will be out of the trenches by Christ
mas.”
BALTIMORE, July 28.—Although the submarine freght
er Deutschland is laden and all ready to sail, German Consul
Duederitz said this morning that the vessel would not leave
for a week. No explanation is given for the delay. The sur
mise is that the Deutschland is awaiting the arrival of the
submarine freighter Bremen, expected from a German port
any day now.
U. S .Warships Patrolling.
NORFOLK, July 28.—Tin? United States cruiser North
Carolina and three destroyers are patrolling outside the Vir
ginia capes, near the allied warships, to enforce neutrality
when the submarine Deutschland ventures out from the Bal
timore harbor.
Warships Seeking Submarine Bremen.
BEAUFORT, N. C., July 28.—Two allied warships are
patrolling the coast, off of Beaufort, apparently seeking for the
German freighter Bremen, en route to the United States.
Denies Cruiser Entered Capes.
WASHINGTON, July 28.The British embassy in Wash
ington is out with an official statement denying that a British
warship entered the Virginia capes, as reported to the Amer
ican navy department by the cruiser Louisiana.
Juries Must Sit
in Criminal Cases
in Lower Courts
JUDGE JENNINGS MAKES A RUL
ING WHICH HOLDS THAT DE
FENDANTS MUST HAVE
JURY TRIALS.
JUNEAU, July 28.—In releasing
Councilman R. H. Vuch, of Haines, on
a habeas corpus warrant, Judge Jen
nings decided that, under the Alaska
code, United States commissioners in
Alaska must give a }ovy trial to all j
defendants answering to a criminal j
charge, even though the defendants j
waive a jury trial, before a con vie-1
tion can be sustained against them in
a commissioner’s court.
Immediately after Councilman Vuch
was released he was rearrested upon
the same charge, that of destroying
(wilful destruction of) a fence erect
ed by J. W. Coombs, deputy marshal
at Haines, over ground which had
been used as a public highway for
years and which had recently been lo
cated under the homestead lawrs by
Coombs as an 80-rod strip of home
stead ground.
Judge Jennings’ decision in the
Vuch habeas corpus proceedings de
clares that Section 2527 of the Com
piled T aws of Alaska passed by con
gress is void because it is a violation
of Section 2, Article 3 of the Consti
tution of the United States and of the
Sixth Amendment, and holds that nei
ther the government nor defendants
can waive juries in such cases.
About a year ago Mabel James, the
wife of Billy James, a well-known in
terior mining operator, was reported
to have been arrested and convicted
of murder in New York and had been
sentenced to life imprisonment. Re
cent advices state that she has been
living near Boston for several years
and was never arrested in New York
for murder or anything else.
Major Richardson, of the Alaska
Road commission, announced while in
Skagway a few days ago, that five
thousand dollars' would be set aside
from the road fi/nd for the construc
tion of the wagon road from Skagway
to the international boundary.
HEAT WAVE IS
PREVAILING IN
MIDDLE WEST
HOTTEST WEATHER SINCE 1901
IS REPORT AND MUCH DAM
AGE TO THE CROPS
WILL BE RESULT.
CHICAGO, July 28.—The worst
heat wave since 1901 is prevailing in
the middle west and will probably
continue until next Tuesday, accord
ing to the weather observers. The
temperature at noon today at Chicago
was 98 degrees in the shade. It is ex
pected to reach 100 before the day is
done. The excessive heat is doing
much damage to the crops throughout
the middle states.
MEAT CUTTERS
OUT ON STRIKE
EAST ST. LOUIS, July 28.—The
meat cutters employed in the big
packing houses in East St. Louis
went out on strike last night, because
some of the leaders of the meat cut
ters’ union were discharged. The
packers say that only 300 men walked
out, while the union declares that
3,000 have quit.
SULZER VISITS
INTERIOR CAMPS
FAIRBANKS, July 28.—Charles
Sulzer, democratic nominee for dele
gate to congress, is daily expected
here. He is now visiting all settle
ments on the upper Yukon, having
come via Dawson.
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^ STEAMER MARIPOSA HAS FIFTY . ^
^ EXCURSIONISTS MAKING ROUND TRIP ❖
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^ SEATTLE, July 26.—The steamer Mariposa sail
^ ed for Anchorage and way ports this morning, with ^
^ 17 first class passengers en route to the Cook inlet me- ^
^ tropolis. On board are 50 excursionists who will make ^
^ the round trip. Among the tourists is A. E. Clift, gen-, <$
^ eral superintendent of the Illinois Central and North- ^
^ western Railway company. ^
^ The steamer Northwestern sailed yesterday, di- ^
^ rect for Cordova, and will go as far as Seward only. &
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