THAT THE PEOPLE OP ANCHORAGE WANT AN
OTHER UNION HALL IS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED BY
THE LIBERAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND OFFERS OF HELP
WHICH ARE BEING MADE TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE
ALASKA LABOR UNION IN CHARGE OF THE WORK.
GRAND TOTAL UP TO NOON TODAY.
$6,79930
THE BUILDING AS PROPOSED BY THE ALASKA LA
BOR UNION WILL BE 50X130 FEET, TWO STORIES AND
A BASEMENT.
IT WILL BE FINISHED IN A MANNER WHICH
WILL REFLECT CREDIT UPON THE CITY AND THE
MEN WHO AIDED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION.
DONATIONS RECEIVED AND ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE COLUMNS OF THE
ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES UP TO AND INCLUDING NOV. 3.$6,623.30
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R. Hirvela.
Charlie Howard »
E. Bjorklund
E. B. Allenbaugh
Stephen Pally ...
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5.00
Jack Bryan . 3.00
Anchor House. 5.00
Matt Mikelic. 2.00
Chas. Skinner. 5.00
Joe Parson. 5.00
Evelyn Hastings . 5.00
Myrtle Winston . 5.00
Ethel Evans . 5.00
Alice Moore. 7.00
Hazel Lawrence •. 5.00
D. Turcothe .. 5.00
Luke Cafe . 5.00
Ernest Wehncke... 5.00
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T. & C. Cigar Store. 5.00
Jas. Ryan . 5.00
D. Zemiraff . 10.00
Dan Hramoff. 5.00
Mike Chdakarovich . 5.00
D. Jurovich . 5.00
Mike Jurovich ...
Novo Radolovich
Charles Kusisto .
Oliver Larson ...
Chester Correll ..
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properly packing and mailing them to
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THOS. H. HOLLAND
Democratic Candidate.
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HARMONY THEATRE.
WASHINGTON ,Oct. 25.—Bids for
the first 58 ships to be laid down in
1917 as part of the greater navy build
ing program are being opened today at
the navy department. Congress has
authorized the beginning of 66 ships in
1917 as the first installment of the 155 i
authorized for the navy increases.
Vessels for which estimates of pri
vate bidders were examined today in
clude four battleships, four scout
cruisers, 20 destroyers, and 30 coast
submarines. Early in December bids
will be opened for four battle cruisers
and at a later date figures will be re
ceived on one ammunition ship.
Under the terms of the naval bill all
the 1917 ships must be contracted for
or work on their construction in gov
ernment yards begun before February
1st. Construction of a hospital ship,
fuel ship and a gunboat has already
been started at the navy yards at
Philadelphia, Boston and Charleston,
respectively.
1 he tour battleships will be the first
of the American navy to carry 16
inch rifles in their main batteries.
Each will be equipped with eight of
these big guns—the heaviest known
to have been placed aboard warcraft,
although it is currently reported that
Great Britain is preparing to arm an
experimental ship with 18-inch rifles.
Until names have been selected the
ships will be known as Nos. 45, 46, 47,
and 48. They will be similar in ap
pearance and general design to the
superdreadnaughts Tennessee and Cal
ifornia, now under construction, but
will be 600 tons heavier in displace
ment, totalling 32,600 tons. The addi
tional tonnage is due to more torpedo
protection and side armor.
The ships are expected to have a
cruising radius of nearly' 7,000 sea
miles without refueling. They will
make at least 21 knots..
In addition to the 16-inch rifles, the
new ships will carry 18 5-inch torpedo
defense guns, four, of the new high
range 3-inch anti-aircraft guns and
the usual equipment of torpedo tubes.
Their main batteries will be mounted
two guns to a turret, departing from
the three-gun turret construction on
the Pennsylvania and later ships.
The scout cruisers will be the first,
scouts, designed for that work alone
ham, known as scout cruisers, hive
not the speed r: sees.-ary'for a mw*-»
sea picket.
The scouts will make a sustained
speed of 35 knot an hour. They will
look like big destroyers and be nearly
six times as large as the greatest tor
pedo craft, displacing 7,100 tons and
having a length of 550 feet. The mass
of machinery necessary to drive them
Ut express train speed will be cover
ed by light armor and each will carry
eight long range 6-inch rifles, two 3
inch anti-aircraft guns and four tor
pedo tubes.
The most striking new feature of
the ships will be the installation of
catapult devices which will permit the
launching of hydro-aeroplanes in any
weather. Each scout will be fitted to
carry four aircraft to extend her
range of observation.
The twenty new destroyers will be
virtually the same in design as the
latest craft of thetype laid down ex
cept that they will have a maximum
speed under full load of 35 knots an
hour, an increase of nearly five knots
over the present high speed mark of
the American flotilla. The boats are
expected to be as fast as any destroy
ers afloat. They will carry four 4-inch
guns each, two 3-inch anti-aircraft
guns and four triple torpedo tubes,
giving each boat a broadside fire of
twelve 21-inch torpedoes, the most
deadly naval weapons ever devised.
SERVICES IN THE
VARIOUS CHURCHES
Presbyterian.
5th and F Streets.
Morning service at 11 a. m. Even
ing service at 7:30 p. m. Sunday
school at 12 m. The subject of the
morning sermon will be “The Secrets
of a Sunshiny Life." The evening ser
vice will have for its general subject,
“Election Prophecies.!’ Different
prominent business men will give their
opinions on the coming election. A
crowded house should greet these men.
Come early and get a seat in an ex
ceedingly comfortable building. In
addition a male chorus will sing.
VERY SPECIAL.
At the Presbyterian church a rather
novel program has been arranged for
Sunday evning. Inasmuch as this is
election week it was decided to ask
several of the prominent business peo
ple of Anchorage to give their opin
ions relative to the coming issue. The
following have consented to speak for'
two minutes each on Sunday evening:
Messrs. Captain Mears, Mr. Wark of
the Hotel Anchorage, Dr. Westermann
of the_ Bank of Alaska, Dr. Benedict
of the Board of Health, and Messrs.
Duggan, Ganty and Waller, prominent
attorneys of the city.
A male chorus will furnish special
music and the evening should be pleas
ant. Doors are open at 7 and the
meeting begins at 7:30.
Catholic Church.
Sunday: First mass at 9:30 o’clock
a. m., second mass 11-00 a. m. Sun
day school 12:00 a. m.-Wee-k day
mass 7:00 o’clock a. m.
Christian Science.
The Christian Scientists of Anchor
age will: tomorrow hold services for
the first time in their new church,
corner of Third and H. streets. Serv
ices will be held at 11 o’clock. Visit
ors welcome.
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ARMR.B.WORK
(Seward Post.)
After making a tour over the Turn
again Arm section of the U. S. rail
road, Chairman Edes stated that in
his opinion the difficulties from snow
slides in that section had been some
what over-estimated. He stated that
by following the survey laid out by
the commission engineers he did not
believe over 3000 or 4000 feet of snow
sheds would be necessary.
“This question of snow shedding
can only be settled by experience,"
said he. “It is possible that we may
not need that much, but I am sure we
will not need any more. The line has
been kept away from the foot of
gulches where the slides are most ser
ious, by allowing for rock fills across
the mud fiats, the material being
available from cuts which must be
made.’ ’
Chairman Edes was accompanied on ;
his trip by R. J. Weir, engineer in ;
charge at this end. They covered all j
the ground between Kern and Potter
creeks and the chairman was very j
well pleased with progress made both !
under Weir and Assistant Engineer:
Hansen, who is in charge out from
Anchorage. /
“Winter camps have been establish
ed at Potter creek, Sheep creek, Mc
Cue and Rainbow creek,” said Edes.
“The camp at Potter creek is quite
extensive and will be headquarters for
some r>00 or 600 men who will be at
work at the northern end.
“Steel has been laid eight miles out
from Anchorage and will be continued
to Potter creek so that the necessary
supplies can be sent out during the
winter.”
Over 100 men are at work on the
sled trail along the Arm by which the
interior mail will bo carried from rail
head at Kern creek and suplies dis
tributed to the various staation gangs.
This trdil is nearly complete.
—Good work by the Alaska—Road
Commission crew under Martin Lan
ning is being done between Indian
creek and Bird point, according to the
railroad officials.
Driving of piles for the Kern creek
bridge has been completed and the;
bridge iron has been landed there
from Anchorage' by barge. Lumber
for the bridge is due here on the
barge Smith and will be sent out the
line as soon as it arrives. The com
pletion of this bridge will be quite a
ing the steep pull out of Kern creek
gulch.
Over twenty station gangs are at
work along the Arm, of which ten are
working out of Kern creek.
The steam shovel at Potter creek
is busy digging through a gravel bank
at that point and supplying grade
building material for a long fill.
To provide medical aid for those
who are injured during the winter in
the hard rock section along the Arm,
a physician will be on duty at Potter
creek and a nurse to apply first aid
will be at Kern creek. It is estimated
that 200 men will ;be working between
Kern creek and Girdwood all winter
and all injury cases from this end will
be sent to Seward while those nearer
Potter creek than Kern will be taken
to the Anchorage hospital.*
Unddt present plans the gdp on
Turnagain Arm will be shortened to
less than 20 miles by spring and it ir
possible that the road will be con
nected through before the freezeup
next winter.
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Bargains in small Cook Stoves at
Pilger’s. 10-10tf
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APPLICATIONS FOB LEASE OF
ALASKA COAL LANDS.
DEPARTMENT OK THE INTERIOR,
Washington, October 4, 191*6. Notice is
hereby given that under the Act of Con
gress approved October 20, 1914 (38
Stat., 741), entitled, “An Act to provide
for the leasing of coal lands in the
Territory of Alaska” and regulations
thereunder of May 18, 1916, applications
for lease have been filed with the Com
missioner of the General Land Office as
follows:
No. 1. Leasing Block 7, Matanuska
field. 600 acres proposed investment
$60,000, or more, development work
to begin within ten days after
award of lease;
No. 2. Leasing Blocks 10 and 11, Mat
anuska field, 1,440 acres, proposed
investment $144,000, development
work to begin not later than July
1. 1917;
No. 3. Leasing Blocks 11, 12, 13, 17,
Matanuska field, 2,440 acres, pro
posed investment $200,000 to $2,
000,000, development work to begin
within 60 days from date of lease;
No. 4. Leasing Block 12, Matanuska
field, 480 acres, proposed invest
ment $100,000, development work
to begin not later than May 1, 1917;
No. 5. Leasing Blocks 18, 19. 20, 22, 23,
24, Bering River Field, 2,4 20 acres,
proposed investment $300,000, de
velopment work to begin not later
than May 1, 1917;
No. 6. Leasing Blocks 34, 35, 36, Ber
ing River field, 1,320 acres, propos
ed investment $100,000 or more.
No. 7. Leasing Block 2, Matanuska
field, 480 acres, or in the alterna
tive, leasing Blocks 18, 19, 20, Ber
ing River Field, 1,440 acres, pro
posed investment $50,000, develop
ment work to begin as soon as
railroads can handle output.
So. 8. Leaving Blocks 2 and 3, Mata
nuska 1* ield, 1,400 acres, proposed
investment $160,000, development
work to begin 60 days after date of
lease.
On November 10, 1916, the said appli
cations will be taken up and the pro
posals therein considered, subject to
any better terms that may be offered by
any other qualified applicant during the
period of publication, or by the first
qualified applicant. ALEXANDER T.
VOGELSANG, Acting Secretary.
aiuRnrF>Bip*ni
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—In a high
kicking match at their hotel the other
afternoon, in which Vance C. McCor
mick, chairman of the democratic na
tional committee, acted as referee,
Thomas A. Edison, aged 69, out
kicked Henry Ford, aged 53, by seven
inches.
Mr. McCormick tells the story of
the .two skittish young colts. It all
started over Mr. Ford guying Mr.
Edison over his milk diet. At every
meal the electrical wizard boils a
glass of milk, then when it cools off
adds sugar and drinks it. Mr. Ford is
a more substantial eater and he un
dertook to tell Mr. Edison that there
were no bone or muscle-making quali
ties in boiled milk.
“Maybe not,” said Mr. Edison calm
ly, and then pointing to a chandelier
in the middle of the room he added:
“Can you kick that?”
Mr. Ford said he would try, and did
try. In half a dozen cnances the near
est he came was seven inches from
the chandelier. Mr. Edison then rose,
shot his right toe skyward and touch
ed the chandelier with ease.
“I never saw two such men in my
life,” said Mr. McCormick. “They
act like a couple of kids. When they
weren’t kicking around and guying
one another they were making paper
aeroplanes and hurling them through
the airfl. They are just a couple of
youngsters in their' leisure moments.”
Regular Democratic Ticket
If you want to support the Reg
ular Democratic Ticket, vote for
the following men:
For Delegate to Congress,
CHARLES A. SULZER
For Attorney General,
GEORGE*
For Senator,
JOHN RONAN
For Representatives,
FRANK CANNON
THOS. H. HOLLAND
THOS. C. PRICE
CHAS. F. McCALLUM
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