GREEKS ARE
' LOYAL 10 THE
UNITEOSMS
(New York Herald)
.If Greek had met Greek in any con
derable numbers about midway be
^’een Carnegie hall and Terrace Gar
An yesterday afternoon undoubtedly
,%tug of war would have come which
iould have made things lively for the
Jjlice reserves. There was a meeting
| Carnegie hall of American citizens
£' Greek origin, and there was a meet
fug in Terrace Garden of Greeks who
t#ere all for Elutherios Venizelos and
against King Constantine.
The meeting in Carnegie Hall and
the meeting in Terrace Garden were
both in celebration of the Greek na
tional holiday, the independence of
Greece in 1821, and both meetings
were crowded to the doors by exceed
ingly enthusiastic Greeks and men of
Greek origin, but the purposes of the
two meetings were not the same. The
one at Carnegie hall was all pro-Am
erican and the Greek national hymn
and “The Star Spangled Banner” were
sung with equal fervor, but the latter
song called out the greatest applause.
The Terrace Garden meeting was
not un-American, but it was first of
all a Venizelos meeting, and the name
of the one time premier of Greece, now
in rebellion against King Constantine,
was cheered much more enthusiastic
4 ally than was the name of Woodrow
Wilson.
Sol«i J. Vlasto, editor of Atlantis,
presided at the Carnegie hall meeting,
and was cheered with great vigor
when he stepped to the front of the
platform. Then a string orchestra
played ‘‘The Star Spangled Banner,”
while the audience stood and a detach
ment of boy scouts on the stage pre
sented arms. The Greek national
hymn cave next, and then, before Mr.
Vlasto could address the meeting, a
church choir sang “The Star Spangled
Banner” again. That was lustily
cheered too, and Mr. Vlasto opened
his mouth to make a speech when a
brass band suddenly broke in with Un
familiar strains of "The Star Span
gled Banner.” It was greeted with
ripping cheers.
Mr. Vlasto finally obtained silence
and made his address. He spoke feel
ingly of the great debt of gratitude
owed by all Greeks to the United
States, especially for the help which
was given to the cause of Greek in
dependence by the American nation in
1821. He told how money and pro
visions an<^ clothing were sent to
Greece then from America, and how
in other years since whenever Greece
needed help the people of the United
Stats had responded most generous
ly
“The time has came now,” he chied,
“when we Greeks can show some meas
ure of our gratitude to this great na
tion. The time has come when we can
act, and I call upon every man of
Greek birth or Greek origin who is
in this great country now to offer his
.firvices to the United States and
Mbvt his readiness to enlist to tight
glider the Stars and Stripes.”
“America Above All.”
A. mighty cheer followed that sen
tence and was repeated again and
again as the audience rose and yelled
its approval.
“We would be lacking in our duty if
we did not fight for America—every
man who is able to bear arms,” con
tinued Mr. Vlasto, and again the
cheering swept through the great hall.
' Be true to America above all,” he
went on, “and be true to your native
lan^and her noble traditions and of
fer your services to light under the
American flag for honor and for the
liberty of the world.”
Again and again and again the
cheers came in mighty volume and
would have kept on indefinitely had
not the band struck up “The Star
Spangled Banner” once more.
In a box in the first gallery was
Alexander Vouros, charge d’affaires of
the Greek legation at Washington, and
other members of the legation. Their
b*^Nwas decorated with a Greek flag
and two big American flags on either
side of it. The members of the lega
tion were cheered when they entered
and were recognized, hut the greatest
enthusiasm was shown at the mention
of the name of President Wilson by
Mr. Vlasto in his speech. The men
tion of Mr.^fheodore Roosevelt w'as
greeted with hearty cheers, too, but
the president carried off the honors.
Says King Is for the Allies.
Paxton Hibben, formerly of the
American diplomatic service and for
two years the Associated press corre
spondent at Athens, and Professor T.
Lathrop Stoddard, of Harvard uni
versity, delivered stirring addresses
and were applauded quite as noisily as
had been Mr. Vlasto.
Mr. Hibben aroused tremendous en
thusiasm when he stated that if the
Greeks assembled in Carnegie hall
wished to follow the desires ol their
late commander, King Constantine,
they must join the entente by enlist
ing in the American army and the
American navy to fight Germany.
“The Helenic king desires a victory
for the alies,” declared Mr. Hibben,
“and he has on six different occasions
offered to join them with his army and
navy. Why his offers have not been
accepted is a i|uestion to which only
the allied diplomatists hold the an
swer. But if those of Greek extrac
tion in the United States wish to fol
low the wishes of King Constantine
they will enter the war, if not by
fighting under King Constantine as
'general in chief of the Greek army,
at least by fighting under their new
flag, the Stars and Stripes. The King
of the Hellenes stands and has always
stood for real democracy, for military
preparedness, to which he owes ...e
Greek victories of 1012 and 1013. the
Greeks in America who admire and
look up to him as a successful leader
of a democratic army can do no.better
than to join that other democratic ar
my—the army of the United .States.”
Pledge Loyalty to President.
At the close of the speaking a long
telegram was read to be sent by the
meeting to President Wilson. The
closing paragraph of the telegram
was as follows:
“We desire once more to pledge our
loyalty and our devotion to you, Mr.
President, as the supreme chief, and
to the government of the United
States, and will consider it an honor
and a privilege to uphold by word and
by deed the noblest traditions of this
glorious Republic which is about to
enter the world conflict, in support of
the rights of nationalities, the free
dom of the seas and the highest dic
tates of humanity and civilization.”
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Tersely described the baseball
dance at Ilobarts hall Saturday night
was a success financially and socially.
The hall was almost uncomfortably
filled and the promoters are well sat
isfied with the result of their efforts
to help cancel the debt on the grand
stand. The Harmon sisters orchestra
furnished splendid music, the dance
floor was in good condition, the punch
was just*the right temperature and
i there were no wall flowers. Stags
predominated but as women were not
charged this met with the approval of
the door keepers. There was a dearth
of Potter Creekers present, but the
team was represented by a blue suit
of overalls, bearing the inscription
“Potter Creek,” tacked on the wall.
To keep the Turnagain Arm suit
company were the flashy maroon and
white suits of Matanuska, adorned by
a large valley spud, the white and
blue of the A. E. C., the gray and
black of the city and occupying the
position of honor was the Shamrock
green, winners of last year’s pennat.
The other interior decorations con
sisted of a large shield of the nation
al colors, surrounded by small flags of
the allies, suspended from the center
of the hall and colored lanterns cov
ering the electric light globes.
The outside decorations were espe
cially apropos and in addition to an
abundance of bunting draped around
the supports there was a representa
ion of a baseball diamond on which
(Valdez Miner.)
This week there has been added to
the large collection at the Valdez, Mu
seum of Natural History, on display n
the lodge rooms of the Order of Alas
kan Moose, a new curio in the form
of a very ancient Manchurian rifle or
gun. The weapon is a smooth boie
and has a long, wooden stock of pecu
liar Oriental design. There is a brass
inlay on the stock of a Chinese drag
on, but the old style nipple and ham
mer of the percussion cap type might
indicate that the barrel and lock was
made in Englanad, especially as the
only identifying character on tlw bar
! rel is a Roman numeral and a lion’s
head.
The gun was first found nine years
ago, as it stood up against a large
l spruce tree on the banks of the Taz
lina river, up near the lake. It has
since been seen and commented on by
man; other prospectors and trappers,
but all were bound into the district,
and did not feel that they could add
its weight to their outfit. Hut along
this season a trapper coming down the
Tazlinta to the Copper river happened
to chance across the weapon, and
knowing that a collection of such
things was being made by Valdez par
ties brought it along and left it at
Simpson’s road house to be sent into
town.
The rare old relic has evidently
changed hands many times, its last
owner probably being a Copper river
Indian who used it until some acci
dent caused him to leave it where it
was found. It was originally made
without sights but the happy buck
who first secured it had evidently
seen sights on rifles, and felt that
this particular gun should also be so
equipped, as he had very ingeniously
chisled up two points one each end of
i the barrel to serve as sights, without
any regard to accuracy or position.
Many years before the United
Staates took possession of Alaska, a
Russian expedition consisting of
men, made an exploring and looting
trip up the Copper river from its
mouth. On the way up they seized
every full-grown male member of each
Indian village and forced them into
servitude. The natives could not rebel
as the Russians were all well armed,
and summary punishment was admin
istered to all recalcitrants. But the
native women of the various villages,
whose husbands had been eonscript
i ed, followed up the expedition with
primitive stone axes and clubs, and
keeping well hidden in the timber by
day, finally arrived at a point describ
ed by some of the oldest natives as
being a short distance above the head
, waters of the Tazlina.
The Russian invaders had had a
, very tiresome day of it and were com
pletely fagged out, leaving their In
i dian slaves to prepare the scanty meal
! and brew the inevitable brick tea. An
early camp was made and, with the
usual sentinels posted, the white men
dropped into a sound slumber. It
was the opportunity the Indians had
long waited for. The loyal native j
women slipped past the guards into ■
the Russian camp and passed their]
primitive weapons to the braves, who :
were written the words “Play Ball.”
The whole was well lighted by Chi
nese lanterns.
The decoration scheme was the
work of Peterson and Logemann, pro
fessional decorators, who<*gave their
services in the inteiest of baseball.
I The success of Saturday night’s af
fair is due to the efforts of Lankin,;
Watson, Fleishmann and Itobarts, who \
have devoted the past two weeks to
the work.
Through The Daily Times the di
rectors desire to thank the people of
Anchorage for their loyal support.
Peterson and Logemann for their as
sistance in the decorations and Jack
Robarts for the free use of the hall.
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insane with rage over the brutal
tratment administered to them by
their captors, began an indiscriminate
slaughter.
Daylight revealed twenty dead Rus
sians. but three escaping, according
to the testimony of the ancient war
riors. Later developments show that
reached the coast after a hard strug
gle, hiding in the forest anad ferns
in the daytime and traveling at night.
Two of them lived long enough to re
late their horrible experiences to the
settlers at Alganic, and the third one,
the only remaining survivor of the
once proud expedititon, was for many
years keeper of the Russian church at
Tatitlik, where he died of extreme old
age in 1903.
Many of the older residents of Val
dez may remember the little old man
who very generously showed visitors
into the church whenever they visited
the village.
It is believed by many that this
old gun is one of the weapons borne
by the little band of white men who
iirst braved the wilds of the head
waters of the Tazlina. How it came
to be under the tree where it was
found, and who has owned it since
the massacre at that spot, is unknown.
PIONEERS IN NT MISERS ATTEND
IT NERAL OK ( APT. HASTINGS
Funeral services over the remains
of Captain W .1! .Hastings were held
in the Presbyterian ehureh yesterday
afternoon, under the direction of em
ployees of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, I’ev. J. I.. McBride offi
ciating. The church was filled with
friends of the pioneer, among them
many fellow pioneers who had known
Captain Hastings at Nome and other
Alaskan points, prior to his arrival at
Anchorage. The body has been em-j
balmed and will be shipped to Seattle j
on the government transport Crook.:
where final interment will be made. (
Captain Hastings is survived by a
wife and two daughters, who are now
at Seattle. All plans had been made j
for them to join the captain at this j
point, but the untimely end of the be
loved husband and father intervened, j
Captain Hastings was one of the old
est and best known pioneers of Alas
ka and his demise is a rude shock to
those who had long known him in life.
NEW DENTIST IN TOWN.
Dr. E. J. Halford, dentist, who has
been practicing at Juneau for the past
two years, arrived in Anchorage on
one of the last boats and has an
nounced his intention of establishing
here.
I)r. Halford is a dentist of the
modern school and has brought with
him the most modern and up-to-date
equipment for his office. A distinct
ive feature of Dr. Halford’s practice
is his good work and reasonable
charges. He does not believe in exor
bitant charges, but depends upon a
large number of satisfied patients,
who iVow that when they have their
work done by him, they will get guar
anteed work and be charged only
what it actually is worth, and at
prices which will compare favorably
with the outside.
Dr. Halford has rented offices in
the Peterson building and will be
ready to receive patients in a few
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