Änrhomge Dzailg Timeg
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 1. NO. 261.
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HOR AGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
DETAILS OF THE
CAPTAIN LANE’S WIFE, WHO
WAS IN NOME, HAI> HUNCH
VESSEL WAS IN DIS
TRESS; SENDS CUTTER.
NOME ,Sept. 1.—The story of the
wreck of the ^ane-Borden power boat
Great Bear, given by a survivor, is as
follows:
“At 1:40 on the morning of August
8 we departed from St. Paul island,
where we had stopped to leave Mrs.
Hanna, wife of a government natural
ist, and also to inspect the seal rook
eries. From Mr. Fassett, government
agent at St. Pauls, we learned that
the vessel of a man named Letter had
bef*h reported wrecked on St. Mat
tJk rs island, 215 miles north, and we
decided to visit St. Matthews to inves
tigate the report, little expecting to
be ship, ked there ourselves 48
hours later.
“From the moment of leaving St.
^ Pauls until we struck a pinnacle rock
about seven miles north of St. Mat
thews we sailed through dense fogs
against moderate fresh northerly
winds, and consequently were unable
at any time to determine our positions
by observations, and were obliged to
rely entirely upon dead reckoning. At
10 o’clock Wednesday, August 9, I
went off watch, turning the vessel
over to the second mate and instruct
ing him to keep the ship on a course
west northwest until the log read 80
and then to put abe t on the port
and. steer novtkfc.* >. .«! . north,
#which, according to dead reckoning
should have placed us 15 miles south
east of St. Matthews at 3 o’clock
Thursday morning, when there would
be daylight.
No Fear or Confusion.
“At 12:50 a. m. I heard the lookout
forward sing out, ‘Hard a starboard!’
and the bell in the engine room ring
full speed astern. Almost simultane
ously the ship struck a rock, slid
over it and fetched up hard on anoth
er. All hands immediately came on
deck and were ordered to take in can
vas. None of the twenty-one persons
on the Great Bear showed the slight
est fear or confusion.
“We could see nothing except oc
casional glimpses of breakers almost
under our bow. We could feel rather
than see a sheer wall of rock only a
f^lyards from the bowsprit. As soon
a^.ie canvas was in we began to take
V
l M. C. A.
Commissioner Mears has appointed i
a committee consisting of Messrs.
Warren, Kenyon and Kobely to inves
tigate, report upon, and make recom
mendations regarding the most advis
able plan for the establishment of
* Y. M. C. A. facilities on this division.
The plan is to place the first floor
of the present hospital building at the
disposal of the organization when the
new hospital is finished, which will be
some time early in November. It is
estimated that $600 will cover the
cost of alterations and improvements
which will consist of a passageway be
between the hospital and the present
social hall, together with such neces
sary improvements to make the place
attractive.
According to the origjnal plans a
nominal membership fee will be
charged and the issue is being well
received by the employes of the Alas
kan Engineering Commission.
An effort will be made to organize
^'east one football team in Anchor
■%e and one- from the government em
ployes and arrange for a series of
games to be played at Recreation
. park.
out provisions, tents, guns, ammuni
tion and personal belongings, prepar
atory to abandoning the ship after
daylight. Just before daylight the
water stopped the main and electric
light engines, but shortly after 3
o’clock we could see well enough to
lower the dory launch and four whale
boats. We loaded one boat at a time
on the lee side, paying the others out
astern while loading. Capt. Lane took
one whaleboat and crew and circum
navigated the rock to determine its
character. The rock proved to be a
pinnacle island two miles long and
200 yards wide, rising sheer from the
water to a height of 1)00 feet and af
fording a landing for boats even in
calm weather, but alive with murres,
crowbills and sea parrots.
Survivors Find Land.
“At 9 o’clock the boats were all
loaded, and we abandoned the ship
and headed north for St. Matthews,
with the launch towing the four
whaleboats. At 10:30 we were within
a few hundred yards of St. Matthews,
and about noon we discovered a beach
with fresh water and driftwood, j
where we landed and pitched our four
tents. Every day for the next three
days we made trips to the Great Bear,
bringing off provisions of all kinds,
two stoves and four tons of coal. Thus
we were supplied with everything
needed in the way of food and cloth
ing for a year’s stay. Never was a
shipwrecked party better equipped.
We were beginning to congratulate
ourselves on our good fortune, when
one night a southeast gale blew down
the tents and made us thoroughly
miserable again. However, we sur
vived the gale and after placing sig
nal flags at conspicuous points on the
island we amused ourselves by fishing
for trout, which were abundant, and
shooting plover. The i. land also con
tained a few blue and white foxes.
During our fifteen days on the island
there were only nine hours of sun
light.
“On the morning of August 25
Capt. Lane and I were sitting on the
bench talking over the advisability of
leaving for Nome in a small boat,
when we saw the coastguard cutter
McCulloch round Capo Uprifthf *;)N
anchor in a bight off one of our sig
nal Hags. The cutter sent a boat
ashore, and we dispatched two men of
our party to meet the McCulloch’s
boat.
Captain’s Wife Alarmed.
“A short time later the McCulloch
anchore doff our camp and we went
aboard to visit Captain Reed. He in
formed us that Mrs. Lane, at Nome,
had become alarmed over our nonap
pearance, and had telegraphed to Cap
tain Broadbent, of the Bering sea
fleet, with the result that Captain
Broadbent dispatched the McCulloch
to seek us.
“Capt. Reed was most solicitous and
offered to do everything in his power
to relieve us. He took all our boats
and provisions aboard, and about 1
o’clock on the morning of the 26th
got away for Nome, where we arrived
today, all in good health.”
WEIGLE CONFIRMS
REPORT OF RAISE
(Juneai- Empire)
W. G. Weigle, supervisor of forests
for Alaska, passed through Juneau
yesterday on the Alameda, returning
to his headquarters in Ketchikan aft
e rhaving spent the past three months
in the Chugach national forest on
Prince William sound. Mr. Weigle al
so visited Anchorage and other west
ward cities while to the west. He
only has words of praise for those in
charge of the construction of the
Alaska government railroad and re
ports that the work is being rushed
as fast as possible.
When asked about the raise in the
stumpage value of trees in the Alas
kan forests Mr. Weigle confirmed the
report.
“All Alaskan spruce and cedar ly
ing within a distance of 2,000 feet of
the shore line of salt water has been
raised from $1.00 to $1.50 per thou
sand feet, board measure,” he said.
“The forestry officials contemplated
making the raise several years ago,
but on account ol Hr falling oiT of the
prices of lumln > \ot do so. Now
that lumber has gone up the order
has been issued from Washington
raising the price.
MIL HUGHES
IS IN FAVOR OF
DEVELOPMENT
TELLS SEATTLE AUDIENCE HE
BELIEVES IN RIGHT DE
VELOPMENT OF NA
TION’S RESOURCES.
In his speech at Seattle, Charles
Evans Hughes, republican candidate
for President, referring to Alaska,
said, in part, as follows:
“We have got to have a new spirit
in our business life. I talked a min
ute ago of co-operation. I would not
have much confidence in speaking of
a new spirit in American life if I did
not believe in it. I believe that we
can do things right in this country and
develop our resources. You have got
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The telephone line connecting Anchorage and Sew
ard lias been down since yesterday noon, hence no tel
egraphic news is available for today’s issue of The
Times.
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It is no longer a secret and The Dai
ly Times is authorized to announce
that through the influence of the Alas
kan Engineering commission the city
of Anchorage is to have a new $12,
000.00 school house. Under the super
vision of District Engineer II. P. War
ren work commenced yesterday morn
ing to excavate for the foundation
and Mr. Warren said yesterday that
he figured that the building would be
ready for occupancy within two
months. The plans for the new school
COm DRILLS
As an echo of the recent and de
termined action of the Anchorage
Chamber of Commerce, the people in
general and The Daily Times the
Alaskan Engineering Commission has
started a movement that it is hoped
will eventually develop into a real
harbor and the fulfilment of a promise
given.
In this the Alaskan Engineering
Commission does not deserve any par
ticular credit and it has the unanimous
consent of every citizen within the
broad limits of Anchorage to rush the
work as rapidly as possible.
The work that was started yester
day by the government is simply the
preliminary work of drilling for depth
and determine the character of the
soil. Some work of a minor nature
was done last year and the present
work is along the same lines.
F. U. Mayhew is in charge of the
drilling that is being done with what
is known as a wash drill machine cap
able of reaching a 'depth of lbOTeet.
Mr. Mayhew is drilling about 300
feet south of the present dick and it
an empire here in Alaska. I want to
see it developed right.
“I think the time has come when
we have got to be sure of ourselves,
sure of our integrity, confident and
''qual to our emergencies.
“I have had something to do in my
life with correcting and preventing
abuses in connection with public mat
ters, and I tell you now, my friends,
that whether I speak of Alaska or
whether I speak of the tariff, none
is going to pull anything out at the
public expense if I can prevent it.
“We can do things right in this
country if we believe in ourselves, if
we respect each other, if we have in
tegrity of motive, good sense and
some ability in dealing with facts.
That is what we need throughout the
length and breadth of this land. We
cannot afford to leave things we fear
undone. As I said a little while ago,
this twentieth cen^pry does not belong
to a nation simply because of its re
sources; it does not belong to a nation
because it is full of generous people,
with people of good intentions; victor
ies in trade and commerce of the 20th
century belong to the people who in
times of peace have got the organiza
tion and the efficiency and the far
sighted policies to take care of their
own people and face the world ask
ing nothing but justice and intent up
on its just rights.”
building call for a two-story frame
structure with five class rooms, two
smaller recitation rooms, modern toi
lets and lavatories, together with two
play rooms. The new school will be
equipped and furnished throughout
with all modern conveniences and is so
built that the third story may be add
ed as the occasion requires.
The new building is being erected
on the ground north of the present
building and will be supplied with
steam heat and wired for electricity.
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is the intention to drill the entire site
of the proposed basin.
There is a current rumor prevailing
to the effect that one of the dredges
used in the construction of the Pana
ma canal is on the way to Anchorage.
However, there is no confirmation to
this rumor. ,
But this sounds reasonable and if
true is further evidence of the bona
fide intentions of the Alaskan Engi
neering Commission to fulfill their
promise to the citizens of this city and
build an .adequate harbor and docking
facilities.
MR. VEACH TAKES
POSITION iVT FELIX BROWN’S
Roy Veach has accepted a position
with the clothing house of C Me Felix
Brown ard started on his duties as
head salesman this morning. Mr.
Veach well qualified for such a po
sition as he has been connected with
"try icliallo 1 <uses in Tacoma and
Poitland previous coming to i*.’s
'ountr;, '‘here he spent the surrmt>
with his father-in-law, Wm. Bartholf,
at the Mabel mine in the Willow creek
district,_
Mr. and Mrs. Veach have rented a
neat cabin and will remain in An
chorage-indefinitely.
DECK OF THE
ADMIRAL CLARK
IN GULF STORM
MORE DETAILS OF THIS SAD
SEA TRAGEDY CONTAINED
IN ARTICLE IN SE
ATTLE PAPER.
Details of the wreck of the steamer
Admiral Clark, of the Pacific Alaska
Navigation company fleet, en route
from New York to enter the Alaska
trade, are obtained from the Seattle
Post Intelligencer, in its issue of Aug
ust 31, as follows:
In a heavy storm, while en route to
the West Indies, the steamer Admiral
Clark, of the Pacific Alaska Naviga
tion company, foundered August 16,
with a loss of 20 men out of the crew
of 26, according to a private wire re
ceived here yesterday by H. F. Alex
ander, president of the navigation
company.
Captain James T." Daniels, of Seat
tle, master of the steamer, was among
those drowned. The six survivors
were adrift in the Caribbean sea on a
small raft for six days and 12 hours
before they were picked up by the
Tana, several days ago. They were in
a serious condition from exposure and
lack of food, but all were reported
greatly improved yesterday.
The survivors of the Admiral Clark
are Garland Rotch, chief officer, of
Seattle; Carl Johnson, second officer;
C. H. King, steward; W. Robinson,
third engineer; Peter Anderson, sailor,
and Fred Cusik, oiler.
The Admiral Clark carried a cargo
of petroleum.
The telegram was from S. T. De
Milt, of New Orleans, agent for the
New Y'ork & Porto Rico Steamship
company. The telegram follows:
Text of Telegram.
“Bark Tana reported arriving at
Port Eads this morning with six men,
members the crew of the steamer
Admiral Clark. It is reported that
the steamer sank August 16 with all
on board save the six.”
Besides Capt. Daniels, one other Se
attle man is reported among the dead.
He is Chief Engineer John Jackson.
Captain Daniels has long been in
the service of steamship companies :it
this port as officer on Pacific coast
and Alaska vessels.
He was born in New York state and
would have been 34 years of age to
day. He came to Seattle 14 years ago
and since that time has served on the
Admiral Schley, Admiral Evans, Ad
miral Clark, Santa Clara, Santa Ana,
Edith and other steamships. For ten
years he was a captain, rising from
third officer.
GEO. L GRIGSBY
10 ARRIVE HERE
ON RUST GOAT
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George B. Grigsby, democratic can
didate for attorney-general of Alaska,
is expected here on the first steamer
to arrive from Seward, probably to
night or tomorrow morning. Grigsby
is a pioneer attorney of Nome, and
the old Nomites of Anchorage will be
glad to extend greetings, regardless
of politics. Mr. Grigsby will speak
here in support of the candidacy of
Charles Sulzer, democratic nominee
for delegate to congress, and will
probably say a word in his own be
half.
Mr. Grigsby’s father, Colonel Grigs
by, was the originator of the Rough
Rider idea and was in command of a
division of the Rough Riders in the
Spanish-American war.
The Whitney brothers, well known
here, are operating a gold quartz mine
at Grant lake, Kenai peninsula, em
ploying an arastra in recovering the
gold content. They are reported do
ing well.
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For 11 years Captain Daniels was
with the Alaska Steamship company
and for the last three years with the
Admiral line.
Leaves Widow and Children.
Capt. Daniels leaves a widow and
two children, Dorothy Daniels, nine
years old, and Glenn James Daniels,
16 months old, and five brothers and
two sisters in New York. Capt. Dan
iels and Mrs. Daniels were wedded 13
years ago.
Chief Engineer Jackson was oe of
the veterans in the service of tl Pa
cific Navigation company. ad
been engineer on practically a.! the
larger steamers owned by the compa
ny and when the Admiral Clark was
purchased he was chosen, with Capt.
Daniels, to go and take charge of her,
the two men ranking high in the esti
mation of the company officials. Mr.
Jackson leaves a family of five, his
widow, one grown daughter and three
younger children. He was long a
resident of Seattle, the family address
being 6o24 East Green lake boulevard.
The Admiral Clark was purchased
last November from the Rutland
Transit company, of Rutland, Va. She
then Was called the Rutland, but on
being taken over by the Pacific-Alas
ka Navigation company, her name
was changed to Admiral Clark in line
with the policy of the company to
name its vessels after naval officers.
Ihe Admiral Clark has been engaged
since her purchase in the West In
dies track;, but would have been
brought to the North Pacific coast
this fall to enter either the Alaska or
California trade.
HUSBAND AND BROTHER
LOST IN SEA TRAGEDIES
All disasters, great or small, are
said and almost universally believed
to come in a series of three. This
thought, even in the hour of darkest
sorrow, is some slight comfort to Mrs.
John Jackson, widow of the chief en
gineer of the ill-fated steamer Adnd
ral Clark, which foundered with 20 of
the crew August 16, in a terrific gale
in the Caribbean sea. Twice widowed
by the sea and her brother also a vic
tim of its fury, Mrs. Jackson has paid
her share of the toll exacted by Nep
tune.
Her first husband, Edward Lock
wood, one of the best known of Ca
nadian, Oriental and Puget sound
steamship men, was drowned on the
Clallam in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
one stormy day in 1904.
Her brother, A. J. Noon, was chief
engineer of the Admiral Sampson and
went down at his post when that ves
sel foundered in collision the morning
of August 26, 1914, off Point No
Point. Now her husband, John Jack
son, reluctant to quit his laboring en
gines, as mountainous seas swept the
Admiral Clark fore and aft, died a
hero, when the impact of the mighty
blow of tons of water broke the hatch
es and the engine room was flooded.
W ith her four children gathered
around her at her home, 6524 East
Green Lake boulevard, she wonders
if this is the last or will more of those
dear to her be called to appease the
wrath of the waters.
(Valdez Prospector)
'Arrivals from Katalla state that
George W. Nelson, who has the con
tract for building the line of railroad
from Goose bay to the Bering river
coal fields is making excellent prog
ress with the work, despite the fact
that he has been considerably handi
capped by lack of material.
He has about 15 miles of right-of
way graded and a little more than
three miles of track laid. Owing to
the longshoremen’s strike shipment of
rails from Seattle have been very
much delayed, and as a consequence,
only a small portion of the required
amount has been received.
It is reported at Katalla that if the
material can be obtained the work
will continue through the winter
months, but if not the work will be
shut down by the time the snow falls.
J. R. McDonald is installing a hy
draulic plant on Canyon creek, on the
Kenai peninsula.