Änrhomge Daily Timeg
AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 1. NO. 237.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1916
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PETROGRAD, August 16.—The Russian war office offi
oiallv announces the capture of Jablonitza, 15 miles south ol
Nalatyn, by the Russian troops. The report says that vicious
tighting is today progressing along the entire front in Galicia
The Russian forces are on the offensive and are slowly pushing
backward the Austro-German troops.
It is officially announced that since the big Russian offens
ive in the Volhynia-Galicia zones, the Russian commanders
under General Brussiloff have taken captive 8,000 officers anc
350,000 men. The offensive started June 4 and the total pris
oners taken is up to August 12.
4 Kaiser Goes to Eastern Front.
BERLIN, August 16.—Kaiser Wilhelm has gone to tin
eastern front, due to lull in activities in the western front.
Launch Two Big Submarines.
THE HAGUE, August 16.—Official advices from Heligo
land state that the Germans have recently launched two-sub
marine freighters, similar to the Bremen and Deutschland. I:
is understood that they will be put on the run from Bremer
to America. -
Bremen Safe, Says Report.
LONDON, August 16.—A report which reaches here fron
Berlin says that the submarine freighter Bremen is safe.
Tolimino Is in Flames.
GENEVA, Aug. 16.—The city of Tolimino is in flames, ac
cording to a dispatch received today from Buchs, Switzerland
* Tolimino is located east of Gorivia.
Germans to Seek Reprisals.
BERLIN, August 16.—Zeppelins engaged in raiding tin
English coast towns have sworn vengeance against the British
due to the failure of the British government to punish the of
fleers of the British steamer Baralog. The Baralog took cap
tive a German submarine. While the crew of the underset
craft were prisoners of war, they were killed at the instance
of officers of the steamer. In revenge, says an official repori
given out today by the war office, Zeppelins will drop bombs
on English towns, regardless of the danger to non-combatants
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NOTED FISHERIES EXPERT DE
CLARES TERRITORY’S FISH
RESOURCES ARE
ENORMOUS.
WASHINGTON, August 14.—Dr.
Hugh H. Smith, one of the leading
authorities of the United States, and
for that matter, one of the best-known
on the western hemisphere, in a com
munication to the National Geograph
ical society, places the annual value
. of the present fisheries in the United
^ States and its possessions at $76,000.
000.
The communication to the Geo
graphical society pays a glowing trib
ute to Alaska. Reference made by
Dr. Smith to the northland is as fol
lows.
“With the acquisition of Alaska,
there came to the United States ma
rine resources such a transcendent
value as to overshadow all other r.at
’’oral products and to give to the
United States fisheries the leading
place among the nations of the e?t
tire world. With pare Alaska should
furnish the greatest fish product of
any,other part of the world.”
MANAGER FOR
WEST CAMPAIGN
CHICAGO, August 8.—Republican
Chairman Wilcox announced last eve
ning that A. T. Hart, of Kentucky,
will be the campaign manager for the
western headquarters at this place.
MEENACH SAYS
MARTIN PROPERTY
IS W0NDERFU1
PIONEER MINING MAN SAYS HI
NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE
IT IN ALL HIS EXTEND
ED EXPERIENCE.
J. D. Meenach, pioneer mining raa
of Alaska, among the early stamped
ers to the Klondike, discoverer of th
Nizina placer diggings and the ma
who made the Ellamar copper min<
returned last night from the Willo\
creek gold camp, where he has bee
the guest of William Martin, a frien
of long-standing.
Mr. Meenach declares the Marti
property to be nothing less than
wonder. He says he never saw an>
thing like it in all his mining experi
ence, and he has been on the go, vis
iting mining camp after mining camf
from Alaska to Mexico, including th
bonanza districts of Nevada, Colorad
! and Arizona.
Mr. Meenach said:
j “There are four veins opened o
the Martin property, all showing' big.
grade gold values. It is well withi:
the range of possibility that thes
veins will converge into one at dept!
i in which event there is a fine pros
| pect for a veritable bonanza veil
I The formation is a quartz diorite, an
II believe the whole mountain coul
{be worked and show values far in ex
| cess of the famous Treadwell min
on Douglas island. Aside from thes
rich veins, Mr. Martin has severs
big low-grade ledges that will, i
time, be mined at a profit. ”
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♦ WASHINGTON, August 16.—It is announced ^
♦ that Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane has ^
♦ postponed liis proposed trip to Alaska, to inspect the ^
government railway project. The reason for the ^
♦ change in the secretary’s plans is on account of the
♦ probability that he will be named by President Wil ^
^ sou as one of the commissioners to sit with the Car- ^
^ ranza commision to adjust the Mexican situation. ^
♦ The president recognizes that Secretary Lane is one <$•
♦ of the biggest men in his official family. ^
^ The secretary had made all arrangements to ^
^ visit Alaska, spending the greater part of his time at ^
♦ Anchorage, the chief construction base. He also plan- ^
^ lied a brief trip to Fairbanks. ^
♦ Hon J. C. Cotton, member of the big New York ^
♦ law firm of Spooner & Cotton, who is the attorney for ^
♦ the Alaskan Engineering Commission, has been auth- ^
♦ orized by the secretary to represent him. Mr. Cotton ^
♦ is now in Alaska. ^
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« MIMK
♦ According to a census .just completed, taken un- ^
♦ der the auspices of Town-ite Manager Watts, and ^
!❖ which is considered as accurate as possible to obtain, ^
♦ in that a liouse to house canvass was made, there are ^
. now living within the townsite limits of Anchorage ^
^ 3,332 persons. This, of course, does not include the ^
. ♦ Commission side of Ship creek, nor does it embrace the ^
♦ 193 inhabitants of the free use districts or other in- ^
♦ habitants living on the verge of the town limits. There ^
^ are 14 families living oil government hill, in all 48 peo- ^
^ pie. There are (about) 120 employes of the Commis- ^
sion occupying government sleeping quarters on the ^
♦ flat.
^ If those living on the Commission side of Ship ^
♦ creek and those residing oi. the immediate outskirts of ^
■ ^ the town limits were included, the present population ^
^ would be about 3,840.
& There are some 2,500 men employed on the rail- ♦
5 ^ way work at various points in this division. Of these, ^
^ a conservative estimate suggests that at least 2,000 of ^
♦ them live, when at home, in Anchorage. This would ^
♦ increase the population and make the total 5.480. ^
♦ The census shows that, including the Commission ^
^ side and the immediate environs, there are 2,558 ad- ^
♦ ult males, 583 adult women, and 340 children, in An- ^
♦ chorage. Of the children, 193 are of school age.
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COMMITTEE NAMED TO CONFER WITH
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The Anchorage Chamber of Commerce held a
rousing, enthusiastic meeting last night, to discuss
and take up for immediate consideration matters of
consuming interest to this town and vicinity. A strong
committee composed of five members was appointed
to confer with the Hon. .1. C. Cotton, representative of
Secretary of the Interior Lane, with respect to certain
important propositions in which Anchorage is deeply
interested and concerned.
The chamber authorized the secretary to send an in
vitation to Mr. Henry 1). Reynolds, who is seeking a
site for a smelter, inviting him to come to Anchorage
and investigate the advantages of this point before
making a definite selection. This telegram is in har
mony with the suggestion contained in a message re
ceived from Dr. Frank M. Boyle, a big property own
er here.
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PARIS, August 16.—It is officially anouneed by the
French war oifice today that the French troops captured from
the opposing Germans 300 yards of trenches at the intersection
ot the Fleury and \ aux roads. The trenches were taken by
hand-to-hand encounters with the enemy.
British Recapture Trenches.
LONDON, August 10.—An official report given out by the
war office today says that nearly all the trenches taken by
the Germans in a vigorous drive Sunday, were retaken by the
British forces yesterday. This refers to the sector northwest
of Pozieres.
Germans Admit British Gains.
BERLIN, August 10.—The German war office admits that
flie British have gained a foothold in the Pozieres zone, by
the capture of trenches occupied by the German troops.
War Costs of France.
PARIS, August 10.—The war cost to France for the
month of July was eight billion dollars, according'to high au
t hority.
Spanish Steamship Submarined.
MADRID, August 10.—The sinking of the Spanish steam
ship fasarri, of 3,000 tons burden, by an Austrian submarine,
is officially announced. A vigorous protest will be made to the
Austrian government.
British Torpedo Boat Mined.
LONDON, August 10.—The British torpedo boat Lassoo
was sunk by a mine off the Dutch coast Sunday night, accord
ing to information given out by the admiralty.
British Make Big Loan.
NEW YORK, August 10.—The British government has
just closed a loan for $230,000,000, to run for a period of two
years, according to a high financial authority in New York.
Wall street supplied the money.
Lull in Western Front.
LONDON, August 10.—There is a lull in the fighting in
the western front, according to reports which reached here
today.
BIG DELEGATION
| PRESIDENT SAYS SITUATION
LOOKS WORSE THAN FOR
SEVERAL DAYS PAST,
RUT IS HOPEFUL.
NEW YORK, August 16.—Six hun
dred and four men, composing thei
general committee of the railway em-h
ployes, departed for Washington to-!
day, for a conference with President
Wilson, to be held tomorrow. They '
departed in a special train.
President Wilson today said that
the situation looked worse than it did
several days ago, but he still has
hopes that a settlement may be reach
ed between the men and the railway J
companies.
The men declare that they will hold 1
out for an eight-hour day.
80XMAKERS ARE
OUT ON STRIKE
NEW YORK, August 16.— Ten
thousand members of the paper box
makers’ union went out on strike
last night. An increase in the wage
scale is demanded.
RESTORE SIGH
TO TWO AGED
WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT OF
SAN FRANCISCO PHYSICIANS
IS SENSATION IN MED
ICAL CIRCLES.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 16 —
Dr. Green and Drs. Young, brothers,
lave achieved a wonderful feat in re
storing the sight of two aged octo
genarians, who for years past have
>een absolutely blind.
The feat is the sensation in medical
•ircles. The doctors, who make a spe
cialty of the eye, ear and nose, made
in experiment on the two aged men,
ind the success that has attended
heir efforts is considered of vast im
mrtance to medical science.
EARTHQUAKE IN
NEVADA TOWN
WINNEMUCCA, Nev., August 16.
—A severe earthquake occured here
ast night. While the earth convul
sion caused no damage, it threw a big
scare into the inhabitants, because it
vas an unusual occurrence.