The Great L^ASKAN
DAILY 1
-™ I PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY __LARGEST ALASKAN CIRCULATION
-- WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7. 1916. _Ten Cent, ft. Q»p,
ROOSEVELT CHEERED FOR. AN HOUR AND A HALt1
ALL ARE STILL UP IN AIR ABOUT G. 0. P NOMINEE
PEEROGRAD CLAIMS BIG GAINS
OVER LONG ERONE IN RUSSIA
RUSSIANS CLAIM BIG GAINS
PETROGRAD, June 7.—A communique of the war
office this morning says: “On a front stretching from the
Pripet river to the Roumanian border we continue to de
velops successes, lhus far we haw captuied Jut) officos,
twenty-five thousand men, twenty-seven guns and tift.v
machine guns.”
NO MORE ABOUT KITCHENER
SEATTLE. June 7.—No further news regarding the
' death of Lord Kitchener had reached this country at noon
today. The newspapers generally agree that the Hamp
shire must have been alone when torpedoed as otherwise,
they point out. some of the men would have been saved.
LONDON. June 7.—Premier Asquith has taken
charge temporarily of the war office until a successoi is
appointed to Kitchener. The whole country is in mourn
ing and the feeling against Germany has become fat mote
bitter than ever. The.announcement of Asquiths taking
the war portfolio did not come as a surpiise as ne acted as
war minister before the appointment of Kitchener at the
beginning of the war.
FRENCH REPULSED
BERLIN, Jim 7—Two strong attacks of the French
on Deadman's Hill have been repulsed. Our troops now
hold that position firmly, the war office says, and are or
ganizing it. In the region of Fort \ aux and other points
on the east bank of the Meuse only artillery fighting has
been reported since yesterday. I he British have failed to
recapture the lost ground at Zillebeke.
GREEKS VERY INDIGNANT
ATHENS, June 7.—Indignation is growing to a dang
erous pitch in this country since the Bulgarians crossed
the frontier and give every indication that they intend to
fortify themselves at Struma Gorge and at both sides of
the Rupel Pass. A request was made to the Bulgarian
minister of war to explain this action and the answer
which arrived yesterday is to the effect that Bulgaria has
no unfriendly designs on the sovereignty of Greece but
that the Bulgarian army deemed it necessary for its own
protection to occupy strong positions to let the allied army
at Saloniki understand that Bulgaria is determined to
fight on Greek territory, which was first invaded by the
allies, if necessary. All Greek forces have withdrawn
from the positions occupied by the Bulgarians.
BERLIN, June 7.—This city is still celebrating the
victory of the German fleet over the British and flags are
flying everywhere. Not since the battle of Tannenburg
have the rejoicings been so elaborately demonstrated, the
people having accepted without question the official Ger
man account of the battle. Some of the papers, in what
are apparently inspired articles, declare that the British
army is being scattered into Egypt, India and other places
and that the forces available for sen-ice in France are
consequently only a fraction of the full strength. It is
also confidently believed that Verdun will fall before the
time fixed which was August 1.
BRITISH BELIEVE OTHERWISE
DEVON PORT. England, June 7.—Small units of the
battle fleet which was engaged off the coast of Jutland
have returned here with wounded men for the hospitals
and the concensus of opinion amongst the crews is that
the losses of the Germans were greater than Germany ad
mits. Bombs from Zeppelins are believed to have wound
ed many British sailors but did not sink any vessels, they
' -believe. ..nh&XJ&h
MEXICAN QUESTION
BECOMING SERIOUS
WASHINGTON, June 7.—Reports have reached the
state department that Carranza lias taken still more ex
traordinary steps for the reinforcement of his army in
northern Mexico and, although no official statement has.
been issued here, there is a decided pessimism apparent j
in official circles. The most reliable information is to the;
effect that President Wilson has completely refused to
comply with the request of Carranza for the withdrawal
of the American troops, and that Carranza just as de
terminedly insists.
DEATHS REACH 1<><)
MEMPHIS, June 7.—More than a hundred and sixty
people were killed by the series of cyclones that have
swept a large area in Mississippi, northwest Missouri, Ar
kansas and Western Kentucky. Twenty night reports
show that over a thousand people were injured. The loss
to property is expected to be very great.
SHIPPING HELD UP
ALL ALONG COAST
SEATTLE, June 7.—With big earners laden offshore,
unable to unload, great cargoes are lying idle at the piers
with not a hand to put them aboard the ships that are ly
ing waiting and empty. Only coastwise and Alaska lines
are attempting at all to handle freight and they are doing
so with the aid of office men and others who were not em
ployed as longshoremen previously. Shipping may be de
clared at a standstill. Just now officials of the steamship
and stevedoring companies are disposed to await the out
come of the conference which is scheduled for today at
San Francisco between the representatives of the striking
longshoremen and the employers of water front labor. No
new developments have occurred which would tend to
modify or alter the belief as to the result of that con
ference.
CHRISTENSEN
ONALASKA
Reports from dowr\ the coast say
that Andrew Christensen, the land de
partment official who will auction the
lots here, will come on the Alaska
which, according to news received at
the cable office, is due tomorrow.
ACTIONS FILED IN
THE DISTRICT COURT
The following actions have been
filed in the district court during the
past week:
Hulda Lathrop vs. Robert Bloom
field Lathrop, action for separate
maintenance. From Anchorage.
N. J. Gaikema vs. S. S. Cramer, ac
tion for collection on note and judg
ment. From Seldovia.
G W. Palmer vs. George Roswell,
action to collect on open account and
for money loaned. From Knik.
Maris Lavor vs. Eva Williams, ac
tion to collect money loaned. From
Seward.
EXCURSION
RATESJULY 4
The two steamship lines have pro
vided special rates to bring people to
Seward for the Fourth of July cele
bration from all ports on Prince Wil
liam Sound and Cook Inlet. The rate
is one and one third of the single fare
for the round trip. The tickets are
also interchangeable, a ticket on one
line being good for use on the vessels
of the other line.
OLDTIMERS ARE OFFICERS
ON STEAMER NORTHLAND
Captain Archie McKay of the
Northland is an oldtimer in Alaska
waters, having been in command of
Admiral line boats for several years.
W. B. Hastings, the purser of the
Northland, is well known as former
deputy marshal of this division. He
was also a resident of Nome for sev
eral years.
F. J. Cox, the well known traveling
man, is onc£ more in the city on his
rounds.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IS
POSTPONED UNTIL TOMORROW
WATSON GETS
AWAY AT LAST!
SEATTLE, June 7. — The Admiral
Watson got away last night and had
the following passengers for Seward:
Edgar Wright and wife, Miss Isacke
mus, Miss Blanche Finger, R. Lloyd,
T. Mead, 1. L. Waterman, Fete Fowl
er, Mrs. F. E. Leroux and eighteen j
steerage.
GOETHALS AGAIN QFITS
JOB AS GOVERNOR
WASHINGTON, June 7. —Colonel
Goethals has renewed his resignation
as governor of the canal zone and ex
presses the belief that all danger ot
future slides has been eliminated. A
rumor has been current that he sug
gested the placing of a civilian in the
position as his successor but more re
liable information is to the effect that
he has recommended a colonel who
was his assistant in the engineering
work at the canal. It is believed that
nothing now remains in the way of
accepting the resignation of Goethals
although his retirement will be re
ceived with regret in official as well as
in private circles.
* , | |
WARD DELAYED BY
LACK OF MATERIAL
The splendid work being done by
Engineer Tom Ward on th* Resur
rection bridge has been delayed by
the failure of material to arrive.
Some of the material for the upper
structure arrived before the stuff need
ed for the underwork. The Farragui
had some of the necssary material,
however, and the work will be able to
go ahead. Mr. Ward will have the
distinction of building the first bridge
for the government on the Alaska
Northern.
SULZER AND GRIGSBY
TO COME TO SEWARD
■ m
In a letter to George Phelps, secre
tary of the Seward Democratic Club.
Tom Dimond, recently nominated na
tional committeeman, says that
Charles Sulzer, congressional candi
date, and George Grigsby, candidate
for the attorneyship, will visit Seward
in furtherance of their campaigns.
Mr. Dimond a’so thanks the Seward
Democrats for their endorsement of
himself and points out that the time
will soon come when the Democrats
of this division will have to hold a
divisional convention to select candi
dates for the local legislature and
elect new divisional committeemen.
Todd of Valdez is now chairman of
the divisional committee and Phelps
of Seward is the secretary.
COL. RICHARDSON
BE HERE SOON
VALDEZ.—In a telegram sent by
Col. Richardson from Washington to
Major Davidson, of the Alaska Road
Commission, the Colonel states that
he is confident he will be able to se
cure quite a large increase in the ap
propriation for road work in the ter
ritory. So far his request has been
favorably reported upon by the com
mittee, and the appropriation is incor
porated in the army appropriation
bill.
Col. Richardson states that he ex
pects to leave Washington for Valdez
about June 2nd.
Ben Labaree is expected back this
evening after several days’ absence
• in the country.
CHICAGO, June 7.—The trend of sentiment here to
day before the convention met and afterwards seemed to
be that the Progressives should not have any overtures at
all made to them as it now seems apparent that the Pro
gressives are not open to any compromise that would en
tail the elimination of Roosevelt. The sentiment against
the Colonel among the regular leaders appears to be grow
ing as the day wears on. A considerable change was
noticed in sentiment even last night.
CHICAGO, June 7. — After the election of Senator
Harding of Ohio as temporary chairman the Republican
convention adjourned this afternoon until tomorrow. The
Progressives elected Raymond Robins of Chicago tempor
ary chairman.
(Note:—There was evidently some mistake made in
the sending of this sentence as Victor Murdock and
Robins are both mentioned as having been elected tempor
ary chairman. It is probably meant that Murdock opened
the convention and Robins was elected chairman.)
ROOSEVELT OVATION
CHICAGO, June 7.—The first mention of the name of
Roosevelt at the Progressive convention today precipitat
ed a pandemonium that lasted for an hour and a half. The
delegates grew hoarse from cheering and the galleries
joined in. Even at the time of the postponement of the
Republican convention there was not the slightest possi
bility apparent of guessing the name of the nominee of
either party. It is supposed likely that the fate of the
two parties will be decided by caucuses before the conven
tions meet tomorrow.
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
OYSTER BAY, June 7. — Roosevelt denied today
that he had telephoned the Progressive leaders at Chicago
to nominate him anyhow if the Republican convention
nominated Hughes. He says no such message ever eman
ated from him and that the story was invented to injure
him politically.
NOMINATION SATURDAY
CHICAGO, June 7. — It is expected that the nomina
tion of the presidential candidate will take place on Sat
urday. It is admitted still by the most inner circles that
the conditions relating to the candidates are still chaotic.
All are yet in the air in spite of the fact that Hughes is the
favorite. Some people believe matters are so uncertain
that a compromise candidate may be the result.
History undoubtedly repeats itself.
On June 10, 1912, a few days before
the Republican national convention,
Justice Charles E. Hughes, on learn
ing that his name was being agitated
as a possible “compromise” candidate
in the fight between Taft and Roose
velt, sent the following message to a
political leader in New York, by a
friend:
“Any movement booming Justice
Hughes for the nomination is strictly
without his authority. It is against
his express wish.” During the last
year Justice Hughes has made almost
identical disclaimers.
By PERRY ARNOLD
CHICAGO, June 7. — Jostling
crowds on Michigan Boulevard, the
blare of bands, wriggling lines of
densely packed humanity in hotel lob
bies, beribboned and be-badged visi
tors, and the buzz, buzz of talk—this
was the opening day of the Republi
! can and Progressive National Conven
tions.
* At least, these were the outward,
manifestations of the chosen few of
two national parties meeting in
solemn conclave to name a presiden
tial ticket.
Four years ago the steam roller
stalked its Gargantuan way through
Chicago's streets, down and through
the Coliseum and back into the round
house of political history.
If the steam-roller hadn’t perform
ed, there would have been only one
national convention today. But those
who were squashed by the pancake
making wheels of the juggernaut
arose, brushed off their dusted gar
(Continued on page 2)
NORTHLAND HAS MUCH
MATERIAL FOR RAILROAD
On the steamer Northland were 100 #
piles, seventy-seven thousand feet of
lumber and a Number 40 iron steam
shovel for the Engineering Commis
sion here.
ALASKA TOMORROW
The steamer Alaska is due here at
noon tomorrow.