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The Great The Great
ALASKAN ALASKAN
DAILY DAILY
ADVERTISEMENTS BRIM: RESULTS LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
Vul to No IT * SEVVARI), ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10. 1916. Ten Cent* the Copy
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WILSON AND MARSHALL CHOSEN
CANDIDALES BY ACCLAMALION
ST. LOl’IS. June 1C.—Wilson and .Marshall were re
nominated last night by acclamation, the whole thing,
from the placing of the names to the conclusion of the
voting having taken only a few minutes. The convention
would have completed its work last night but the
platform was not ready. There had never been the slight
est doubt about the nomination of Wilson but three other
possibilities for the vice-presidential nomination brought
some opposition to Marshall until the time came to vote
when it was found that he had no opposition really. The
scenes of enthusiasm when the nominations were made
are simply indescribable.
WASHINGTON, June 16.—The Democratic national
convention had scarcelv nominated Woodrow Wilson last
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night when the President was flooded with telegrams of
congratulation from all parts of the country. His renomi
nation had been taken for an absolute certainty but sup
porters seemed to consider themselves bound anyhow to;
register their satisfaction in some manner. He has not
yet stated whether he will carry on a campaign personally j
or not but the likelihood is that he will not stump the coun
try. It iit* roniarkocl fronctevil» Ut«tt tint r>cmuctittiv i»«ti i%> J
has hardly ever in its history manifested such unanimity |
and this is regarded by leading Democrats as one more
proof of the certainty of success at the polls.
GET MERCHANTS AND
RANCHERS TOGETHER
The general agent of the United
States land office is now at work on
the preliminary arrangements to bring
homesteaders together for the advant
age of the community generally. It
was stated some tune ago in a cable
• to this paper that such a step was
about to be taken and General Agent
Christensen is now busy at work
drawing up a form containing ques-j
tions which will be submitted to the ■
local merchants ami to the local |
ranchers with a view to learning if
the products of local farms cannot be
placed as much as po*stbIe on the
home market. The question to the
ranchers will deal with the sorts of
products his farm can offer, the
amounts, prices, etc., and the ques
tions to the business men will be ask
ed to bring out the possibility of us
ing the local farm products for sale
in the stores here. The intention ap
parently is merely to bring the pro
ducers, the sellers and the consum
mers into a sort of friendly willing
ness to aid local products in every
way, all other conditions being equal.
birch and bride to sail
from SEATTLE JCLY 5T11
SEATTLE, June 8.—Stephen Birch,
who is to marry Miss Mary Rand,, of
St. Paul, June 24, has announced that
he will arrive in Seattle June 2<, and
tail for Cordova on the steamship j
Mariposa July 5.
irge staterooms of the Mari- j
posa will be drawn together to form
a suite and furnished regardless of
expense for Birch and his bride.—Kx
The Watson left Anchorage at 11
o'clock last night ami her time for the!
run here is expected to be about 22
hours.
Tom Lloyd Boosts
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For Judge Hughes
FAIRBANKS, June 10. Thomas L.
Lloyd, the man who carried all the
Fairbanks proxies at the Seward con
vention, has returned from the outside j
boosting for the Republicans and
Hughes. He has been with Shackle
ford all the way through and he now
says that all the men who were as
sociated with Shackleford have suc
ceeded in getting on the right side.
WESTERN GOLF CHAMPS
GET READY FOR
WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
OAKLAND, Cal, June 10.—Many
of the west’s foremost golfing stars
who have come to California for the
western golf championship tourna
! ment at Del Monte next month par
j ticipated in the invitational tourna
! ment which began at the Claremont
Country club today.
Jack Beville, former state cham
pion; Douglas Grant, northern Cali
fornia champion and Ervin Arm
strong. state champion, were the
favorites.
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Frank Skeen and Charley Emsweil
er have returned after having found
Lsome good ore and killed some bears:
I They brought specimens of the ore to
town.
The man who was charged with
stealing traveler’s checks was found
guilty today in the Commissioner’s
court and sentenced to ninety days
■ imprisonment. It was the hrst case
to be tried by Commissioner Frank
1 Ennis.
FIRE DESTROYS THE
FIN! TOWN OF ATLIN
SKAGWAY, June 16.—Hardly a business house is left
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in the city of Atlin after a great fire which started there
last night and demolished all the buildings in the main
rpart of the town. The blaze was started by a spark from
the Royal Hotel following which Schultze s store, livery
stable and garage went up. Some of the other places
which were destroyed were the Pillman picture show
house and store, the Kershaw hardware store, Engerth’s
jewellry store, the James drug and general merchandise!
store, the McIntosh grocery. Nothing has been left, in-!
deed, of the business district but one hotel, one general!
store, the White Pass and Yukon R. R. hotel, which was!
in course of construction, and the Masonic hall. Not manvi
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residences were burnt. The total loss is over one hundred
thousand dollars.
RIGGS PREPARING
TO START UP WDKK
FAIRBANKS, June Hi. - Commis
sioner Thomas Riggs has arrived here
to start construction from this end on
the government railroad and states
that activities will begin just as soon
as the sundry civil bill is passed by
congress. He will be tendered a re
ception and banquet tomorrow night
by the Commercial Club. Mr. Riggs
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is accompanied by a stall* of officers
and men and Mrs. Riggs and their
children have arrived to make their
home in the interior. Riggs has be
come exceedingly popular here with
all sorts of people and an attempt will
be made tomorrow night to give ex
pression of the appreciation on the
part of the people for his line work.
ASK REPETITION
OF LAST DANCft '
A delegation of dancers waited yes*
terday on the entertainment commit
tee of the Arctic Brotherhood and re
quested that a dance similar to that of
last Saturday be given tomorrow, Sat
urday, evening. The committee, of
course, gladly consented as nothing
they say, would please them so much
as to see so many people having a
repetition of so good a time. So,
everyone may look forward to one
more joyful experience tomorrow
evening.
KENNECOTT COPPER YIELDS
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF $1.50
NEW YORK, June S.—That the an
naul dividend of the Kennecott Cop
per Co., incorporated, will be between
four and six dollars a share was in
dicated today when a quarterly divi
dend of $1.50 was declared.—Ex.
MAYHEM CHARGED
Gust Psihas and Harry Trimis en
gaged in a fight on Front street last
night, when the former sampled the
latter by taking a bite out of his low
er lip. Trimis is in the hospital and
Psihas is in jail, a warrant for his ar
rest having been issued by U. S. Com
missioner Henson on the charge of
mayhem, which is a federal ofTcnse.
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—Douglas News.
Christian Herald
Comes to Alaska
FAIRBANKS, June 10. — Louis
Klopsch who has bought the interest
of R. (I. Southworth in the Fairbanks
Times is the son of the man who was
owner of the Christian Herald and of
the woman who is now the Christian
Herald owner. Southworth intends to
go to the coast to enter the news
paper business.
(It will be interesting to watch how
the son of the Christian Herald owner
and the right honorable W. F. Thomp
son will deal with each other. Some
time ago, by the way, it was stated
that Mr. Southworth intended to come
to Seward to start another newspap
er. There is certainly a magnificient
opening here for two or three more.)
MOFFIT'S OPINION
NOT EFFECT ALASKAN’S
Regarding the criticisms made by
Chairman Moflit of the Federal Board
of Arbitration and Conciliation against
Judge Fred M. Brown, in connection
with the lubor troubles at Anchorage,
P. H. Rings tad, Secretary of \he Al
aska Labor Union, says, in a letter
written to Charles McCallum:
“I do not think the people of this
territory should or will be influenced
by any criticism. While Judge Brown
is acquainted with the conditions and
the people of this country, Mr. Moflit
was a stranger to both. It was quite
noticeable that a more cheerful view
of the situation was assumed by all
here when it became known that
Judge Brown, an Alaskan, was to as
sist in adjusting the differences, and I
think his efforts were appreciated by
all heic.
“As regards to Mr. Moflit, judging
by his actions, he may in good faith
have intended to remain here long
enough to familiarize himself wit!i
the conditions in this country before
setting a wage scale, but if so 1 am
afraid that, like the Engineering
Commission, he would have required
quite some time to complete it, thus
working a hardship on us ail.—Valdez
Prospector. j
MEXICAN GENERAL THREATENS
UNITED STATES ONCE AGAIN
UNCLE SAM IS
INJE RED
PAY (HECKS ON GOVT. BOAT
NOW HEBE; HAVE THE
“NO FI NDS" LEGEND.
There arc many private people in
this city who can sympathize from
the heart with Uncle Sam today as a
fellow sufferer. He has no funds to
meet his checks.
The crew of the government light
house tender Kukui which is now in
this port has been threatening strike
but time checks finally came on the
Watson to pay them olL However,
there were no funds available to meet
those checks and the members of the
crew found themselves faced with the
necessity of waiting until an appropri- j
tion is made. This was particularly
difficult as ths town had not gone dry,
but the obstacle was finally surmount
ed when the men cashed their checks
in the saloons and gave the saloons
power of attorney to collect the
money when the funds come around.
The checks are not otherwise trans
ferable. All this is ducj. as railroad
national legislators have let the busi
ness of congress be disorganized by
attending the national conventions.
No appropriations have been made.
SEWARI) PEACEFUL
That Seward, the government rail
road terminal, is a perfectly peaceful
town may be concluded from the fact
that during the last three months only
six cases have come before the court
of the city magistrate, Leon Hooker.
This was brought out by the fact that
this morning a gentleman was fined a
paltry fiver for being drunk and dis
orderly.
TO SUGGEST FIXED
R. R. APPROPRIATION
H. C. Foster, former mayor of
Gloucester and member of the state
senate of Massachusetts who is now
here, will write up conditions relating
to the government railroad specially
for Congressman Gardner of the
lower house of congress by the special
Ways and Means committee at tllte
request of Gardner himself, foster
and Gardner were opponents in the
fight for the state senate of Mas
sachusetts and Gardner won by four
votes, but when Gardner went to the
national legislature Foster succeeded
him in the state senate without op
position. Congressman Gardner is a
very influential member of congress
and is a son in law of Seantor Lodge.
Before coming here Mr. Gardner ask
ed Mr. Foster, who is a civil engineer,
to examine conditions here carefully
and let him know all about them.
Gardner’s place on the Ways and
Means committee gives him, of
course, an immense influence. Mr.
Foster declares he is strongly in favor
of the railroad and everything con
nected with it but one of his chief
recommendations to Congressman
Gardner will be that a fixed annual
appropriation be decided upon so that
work on the railroad will not have
to be held up as it is this year at the
very best time of the season by lack
! of funds.
OUTING CLUB MFJBTS
The Outing Club met this afternoon
at Mrs. J. R. Hayden’s.
BROWNSVILLE, June 1G.—One thousand Carranza
soldiers have been ordered to the border to reinforce the
| Mexican patrol somewhere south of San Ignacio, Texas,
and General Recant, the Carranza commander at Matta
moras, declares that if there should be a third American
expedition sent into Mexico a clash would occur between
it and the Mexican regulars. It is taken here that Recaut
has spoken with the knowldge of Carranza and his words
are accepted as a plain threat to the United States gov
ernment.
iPETROGRAD NOW SAYS
150.000 CAPTURED
EVACUATE CZERNOWITZ
PETROGRAD, June 16.—The Austrians have evacu
ated Czernowitz, the capital of the Austrian province of
! Bukowina, according to semi-official news received
through a Petrograd news agency from Bukowina itself.
The story is fully believed as the condition of the Austrian
army was known to be most grave since the driving by
our troops for the past few days.
130.000 CAPTURED
PETROGRAD, June 16.—It was officially announced
today that more than one hundred and fifty thousand Aus
|}£cn captured by our troops since the begin
cian front. All theLla t^i1 HlJJb brwV?
are most favorable and bear out the statements issued pre
viously.
CROPS GOOD IN GERMANY
BERLIN, June 16—Chancellor Bethmann von Hol
weg reiterated in the Reichstag today the statement of
some days ago that the crops throughout Germany this
year are better than they were last year. He declares that
as the summer advances it shows that providence has
taken care that the efforts of the allied enemies to starve
Germany shall not be successful. Nothing of real import
ance was reported this morning officially from any of the
warring fronts.
WEIR GONE TO
MEET MEARS
EDES WILL PROBABLY NOT
VISIT FAIRBANKS THIS
SUMMER.
R. J. Weir went out over the line
last evening and will go all the way
to Kern creek to meet Lieutenant
Mears, it is stated. At the meeting it
is likely that steps will be decided up
on which may have an important
bearing on the work in the near
future. A rumor was heard about
town yesterday that Chairman Edes
may take a trip to Fairbanks this
spring but questions asked of officials
rather bring out the unlikelihood of
such a visit. It may be stated, how
ever, that nothing positive can yet
be told as to the chairman’s move
ments.
BURNSIDE LOST CABLE
IN VERY DEEP WATER
Word was received this morning by
Operator in Charge Murphy that tne
Burnside while trying to correct a
fault in the cable between Sitka and
Seattle lost one end of the cable in
deep water. For this reason cable
communication may be irregular to
day.
Gus GiUes, a well known traveling
man, is now in the city.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO ELECT OEEICERS
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The election of officers of the Com
mercial Club will take place this even
ing at a meeting which is expected to
be very largely attended. Plans aro
now being formulated to put more life
than ever into the organization in
view of the large developments which
are expected in the immediate future.
Every member is requested earnestly
to be present.
SURROUND ANCHORAGE
WITH LITTLE FARMS
Five acre tracts will also be sold
at Anchoarge in the new auction
which will begin in a few days. These
tracts are located at the south and
east sides of the town. Close into the
town are on acre tracts and just be
yond are the five acre ones. The idea
is said to be to give the people littfe
! farms if they want them. A similar
procedure here is said to be Impos
sible owing to the fact that all the
land is privately owned around the
city. Mr. Christensen, by the way,
stated this morning that he is not at
liberty to donate land to the Pioneer
Igloo or to any fraternal organization
or church. This statement resulted
from a request recently made by the
Igloo for donation of a piece of
ground on the government addition to
the city.