VOL. 2. NO. 64. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1917.
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PRICE TEN CENTS
SEATTLE, Jan. 15.—Logan Billingsley, the self-confessed
bootlegger, in an unsparing interview in the local newspapers,
tells of his meeting with Mayor Hi Gill and Chief of Police
Beckingham, in the latter’s office, and how they entered into
the deal. In the interview, Billingsley makes no mention of
money paid to the officials, as revealed in his confession to Dis
trict Attorney Allen, but his inference is plain. It was at this
meeting that damaging papers, secured in the raid on his day
and-night drug store, were secured by Gill, and by the latter
returned to Billingsley. In the interview Billingsley savsj in
part:
“I saw the mayor twice in the chief’s office. August 29,
|the first time, I had my brother Fred with me. I wanted to get
back certain papers that were seized in the raid on my drug
sttyr, so that I might destroy them. I didn’t get them. The
mayor wouldn’t talk. Later, I returned to the chief’s office
alone. The chief left the room. The mayor and I were alone.
After a little talk, I walked to the window and gazed at the
scenery. When I returned to the desk, the mayor called the
chief in and told him to give me the papers. The mayor and
chief say I am a crook and a liar. They say I didn’t give them
anything. Well, we won’t argue that point now. The import
ant thing to me is that then I was their acknowledged friend
and from thence on I frequently visited them without fear of
arrest. The police records show that I wasn’t arrested from
that day to this by the Seattle police authorities and the rec
ords of the Jesse Moore-IIunt company and those of the rail
<|wav companies show that I imported more booze than ever. 1
' frequently called on the mayor and chief and asked them to i
have the sergeant move his men so they would not be in my
way. while I was getting; tionor shipments stowed away. The
records of Sergeant PtRhamJwtiia diary, ought to show wheth
er or not he was sent to places where I phoned the mayor and
chief he should be sent. I had witnesses to many of my tele
phonic requests to have Putnam where he couldn’t interfere
with me. Putnam knew weeks and weeks ago that he was be
ing tipped off and hampered by his superior officers.”
It was during the scene in the chief of police’s office, de
scribed by Billingsley in his formal confession to-District At
•tluuey Clay Allen, that he alleged that he had paid Gill $4,000
for the return of certain papers.
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There is no sporting event on the
Anchorage calendar that has caused
so much local interest as the Martin
Jepson wrestling match. In every
\ pool room, hotel, barber shop, restau
rant fn<t bank this is the common
topic of conversation. Betting is free
and easy with the Martin money in
predominance and Martin a slight fa
vorite, although this may change at
any time. Both men are in the pink
of condition and realize that this is
the match of their lives. Martin and
Jepson will weigh in at about the
same and are trained to put up a
sslendid exhibition. Jack Robarts
sjfrs that ringside seats are selling
rapidly and from present indications
the men will perform before a record
<*tTowd.
CORDOVA, Jan. 15.—Dr. Council
has many important cases at present,
jifeut is willing to meet Nels Jepson, as
per challenge, any time after March 1,
and preferably July 4.
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H. G. STEEL.
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trial of Mike Roche has been
postponed until tomorrow morning
and will be held in the Moose hall.
REVEAL NAMES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Clothed
with new powers for forcing witness
es to testify, the house rules commit
tee has summoned Thomas W. Law
son before it this afternoon and de
mand that he name the congressman
whom, he says, told him a cabinet of
ficer, a member of congress and a
stock broker were in a conspiracy to.
make money out of the stock market
by the use of official secrets. If Law
son again refuses to reveal the names
of those involved in his story of leaks,
the rules committee will report him
either to the house or the district court
and contempt proceedings will ensue.
THAW IS AT
DEATH'S DOOR.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.—Harry
K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White,
and who sought to take his own life
upon the eve of his arrest for a
crime against nature, lies at death’s
door in a local hospital in this city.
Attending physicians hold out no
hope for his recovery.
The executive board of the Chamber
of Commerce will hold its regular
meeting tomorrow night and Secre
tary Koch desires the full membership
to be present.
II 50,000 HOE TO
BE BOLT IF HIM
Anchorage is to have a $150,000 concrete hotel. The mon
ey fa in the banks for the purpose. Construction work on this
bwrMtef improvement will begin in the spring—if the govem
9f5»t st rts work on the proposed harborage facilities at this
point, l delay in the beginning of the harbor improvements—
and there need be no skepticism on that score—will delay the
construction of the hotel, for the parties concerned in this
contemplated enterprise—the biggest undertaking by private
capital in the town—do not propose to expend such a vast
amount until positively assured with respect to adequate liar
1 orag'e facilities for Anchorage. The Times is not at liberty
t<£-.publish the names of the people concerned in this big pro
j“t at this time. Suffice it to say, that they are men of affairs
who do things and who have the financial ability to make good.
With the coming of spring, when work will undoubtedly be
started on the harbor improvements, other substantial build
ings will be erected and improvements to old ones made. The
Times is informed that the owner of tlie lot on the corner of
Fourth avenue and H street plans thgi rection of a concrete
block. A. Frodenberg yesterday told Tlle Times man that lie
planned the building of a two-story structure, to take the place
of his present quarters. Dr. Kyvig is not waiting for spring to
begin his improvements on the lot he purchased from Newt.
Pilger, but has a force employed now on' the construction of a
two-storv building. In the same block, the Dohrman-IIerning
Hardware company plan the erection of a concrete block. On
the corner now occupied by Baxter’s News Stand, Dr. Frank Ivl.
Boyle plans the building of a two-storv concrete block. Boyle
bus refused several flattering offers for this property, but savsl
jit is not on the market, as he wishes to erect a building there
bijuself.
Let the harbor improvements begin, and there will be a
building boom here of no mean proportions.
CUV WINS OVER UNCLE SAM'S
BOYS IN BEST BASKETBALL GAME
OF SERIES VESTERBAV AFTERNOON
Fordtown places Ty Cobb among
the household Gods; Princeton alumni
teach their sons to emulate Poe; the
Commission claims Costellc and Sew
ard has an umpire by the name of
Ellsworth but they needn’t get so
cocky, for Anchorage has Captain
jinunie Powery. With the basketball
score 18 to 16 in favor of the artillery
men and one more minute to play,
Captain Veach put in Powery to re
place Trachael. Jimmie delivered and
virtually won the game, scoring the
two point's necessary to tie and
made another * basket just after
the final whistle, too late to win the
game in the required time. With the
score then 18 all the captains and
management decided to play an extra
five minutes. Powery made one bas
ket during that time and Veach two,
the latter’s second basket being on a
ball shot clear across the court from
Powery. The game ended City 24, 14tii
Infantry 18.
The game started at 3:30 o’clock
and only a fair-sized crowd of specta
tors witnessed the match. Manager
Wilford announced the contestants
and handled the new score board.
Veach piloted the City and Gubert
the 14th. Leahy and Camp acted as
officials on the court, Scott and Mag
nus kept score and Engle the time.
The 14th were weakened by the loss
of Henkle whose place was filled by
Steller. Had Henkle been in the
game the chances are that the game
would not have gone to a tie nor
would Powery have had the oppor
tunity to Btar, although Steller played
a splendid game for his first appear
ance.
The City started off with a rush
and Veach made the first basket, re
ceiving the ball from Knutson and
Sherwin, who played in great form for
the soldiers throughout the entire
game, evened the score on the next
few plays.
City were playing careless and mis
sed several easy baskets while the
14th were getting in their team work
with Gubert as the pivot. On a “two
men” foul Gubert missed free trial
and Veach duplicated, but came -back
with a field basket after passing the
ball the length of the field with the
aid of Knutson and Mills. The 14th
were guarding well and broke up sev
eral City passes, Sherwin and Gu
bert especially playing a great defen
sive game. The ball changed hands
repeatedly and was rushed back and
forth on the court, repeatedly going
out of bounds. The passing of Sher
win to Gubert again made a basket
possible and evened the score. Veach
unaided scored for the City and Rielly
to Gubert scored for the 14th on a
remarkable shot.
Veach playing a wonderful game,
shot a basket from a difficult side
line angle and on the next few plays
it was anybody’s ball but hovering
around the City's goal until Sherwin
recovered and though blocked and
guarded shot for two points. First
half ended City 10, 14th 8. Henning
went in for Bush and Nicholls for
Mills while the soldiers stood pat.
Again the game started with a rush
and Sherwin missed free trial on tech
nical foul. Nicholls distinguished
himself by catching the ball and pass
ing accurately to Trachael who made
a field basket. Once more Veach scor
ed for his team and. Henning followed
suit after receiving the ball for Knut
son. Sherwin missed free trial as a
ALLIES SEND
FLAT REFUSAL
10 PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The entente allies’ reply to the
president’s peace proposal is virtually a flat refusal to partici
pate in any conference with this end in view. In the allies'
note, they declare that peace, which shall be adequate, will be
impossible under the present conditions, and insist that vic
tory must precede any talk of a cessation of hostilities. The
allies virtually demand from the central powers full reparation
and restitution and that the Turks shall be expelled from
Europe.
PRESIDENT STILL OPTIMISTIC.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—President Wilson declines to
believe that all possibility of the ending of the war has disap
peared with the advent of the reply of the entente allies and the
German declarations that her enmies have spurned peace. The
president will continue his efforts in this direction, but from
now on they will be carefully guarded from all publicity.
result of Nich’s foul but doubled on
the next play, Sullinger to Sherwin.
The soldier boys were playing the
better game at this stage and kept
the ball in the City's territory most of
the time. Rielly shot a field basket
and Gubert made a hard shot from
the side lines on the next play.
Sheets went in for Henning. On a
double foul Sherwin and Veach both
drew a blank. Sherwin made up on
the next two tries and scored two
free ones as a result of overanxiety on
the City’s part. With the score a tie
the 14th led by Gubert and Sherwin
played the City oft' their feet and by
great team work and accurate passing
put Gubert in a position to win the
game by two points—if—the whistle
had blown at that time. Engle’s watch
is correct and Mr. Engle especially so.
Waterloo and Bluecher, Hughes and
the Woman’s vote; Merkle and first
base, etc., on down the line where IFS
have played an important part in oth
er contests. With the one minute to
play heady Veach called on Jimmie
Powery who arose in his strength
and knowledge; shedding his coat of
mere fabric to later assume the man
tle of athletic heroes Powery rushed
into the game, relieving Trachael.
The crowd was wild and the large ma
jority were as wildly rooting for the
Uncle Sam’s boys who seemed to
have the crowd with them.
Gloom, dark gloom, settled in the
camp of the 14th; they knew Powery
from other games; neither could they
stop his mighty rushes nor dampen
the renewed fighting spirit his advent
created among his own men. With
one minute to play and his team
practically defeated, Powery alone,
unaided and unassisted simply rushed,
squirmed and plowed his way to a po
sition on the side lines where he shot
an easy basket; tied the score and
paved the way to a later victory.
From the center of the court on the
toss-up Jimmie again got the ball
from Veach and shot another basket
which was not allowed as the referee
claimed he had blown the whistle be
fore the shot was made. There was
some question about this decision but
was amicably settled and the half end
ed a tie 18 to 18.
As previously mentioned the cap
tains and managements agreed to
play the tie olf and set five minutes
as the limit. This was too loag. For
when the ball was put in play again,
Fowery to Veach; Veach to Powery
and Powery to Veach proved too much
for the 14th. The three passes re
sulted in three baskets^nd ended the
excitement and agony. Powery and
Veach left the court amid the cheers
of the crowd, covered with sweat,
dust and glory. Nor were Sherwin
and Gubert forgotten and received
just recognition of their skill and
prowess.
The game was exceptionally excit
ing and interesting and Labor Union
hall should have been packed, for the
game certainly deserved a better
patronage. Individually the City
team is the best but the soldiers have
by far the better team work. The
next match is between the City and
Commission Tuesday night and unless
the City develops better team work
Captain Mangus’ team should pull
out a victory.
The teams lined up as follows:
City 14th
Trachael .R. F.Sullinger
Bush .L. F. Gubert
Veach .C. Sherwin
Knutson.R. G. Steller
Mills.L. G.Rielly
Substitutes: City—Henning, Nich
olls, Sheets and Powery.
Field goals, Veach 8, Powery 2.
Trachael 1, Henning 1, Gubert 4,
Sherwin 3 and Rielly 1. Free bas
kets, Sherwin 2. Fouls, City 7, 14th 3.
Next game Tuesday night at Labor
Union hall between the City and Com
mission. Game called at 7;30 o’clock,'
to be followed by a dance. Admis
sion HBOC.
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•'Standing of the Anchorage Basket
ball league:
City ... 1 o 1,000
A. E. C. 1 0 1,000
14th Infantry .0 2 ....
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The young ladies of the City and
Commission have got the bug and are
going to organize basketball teams.
The Anchorage young ladies met yes
terday with Mrs. J. E. Robarts and
will form their organization this week.
It is understood that they will prac
tice at the very first open date of the
court and under the tutelage of Jim
mie Powery and Roy Veach. The
school girls have already organized
and are being coached by Prof. Sheets
and the first game will probably be
between the school team and the Com
mission.