WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Danish
Wqpt Indies passed into possession of
the United States at 11 o’clock Satur
day morning, when an official of the
government at Washington delivered
into the hands of the Danish minister,
Constantin Brun, a treasury warrant
for $25,000,000, arid within an hour, it
was estimated, the Stars and Stripes
were floating at St. Thomas.
The Washington part of the cere-!
mony took place in the office of Secre
tary Lansing. There were present for
the^United States, Secretary Lansing,
Assistant Secretary Phillips, third As
sistant Secretary Adee, Secretary Dan
iels of the navy, Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt, Admiral Oliver, who will
be governor of the islands, and Min-!
ister Brun of Denmark.
The ceremony was simple. Secre-1
tary McAdoo handed to Secretary
Lansing the warrant of the treasury,
and the secretary of state handed it
to Minister Brun. Then four receipts
were signed in duplicate, one for the
treasury, one for the secretary of
state, one for the Danish legation and
the fourth for the Danish government.
The next step was the dispatch of
messages to St. Thomas. The secre
tary of tjie navy sent the following
to Comi|iander Pollock of the Olym
pia: “You are authorized to receive ■
the islands in the name of the United
States." The message of the Danish
minister to the Danish governor was:
“You are authorized to deliver the'
islands in the name of the king.”
The messages were dispatched to :
New York, thence to I’orto Rico, and •
wirelessed from there to St. Thomas, i
It was estimated that the entire trails- i
action was completed before noon.
The name of the islands is changed j
to “the Virgin Islands of the United i
States.” The ceremony at St. Thomas ;
consisted simply of the lowering of i
the Danish flag, either from a Danish;
ship of from a staff on land, and the
hoisting of the United States flag.
It is understood that the transfer j
of sovereignty will involve no material !
changes for the people of the islands, |
and, so far as has been reported, the
change to them is regarded as most
satisfactory. The details of govern
ment remain to be settled and will dc-i
pend largely upon reports and recom
mendations to be made by Governor
Oliver.
VIRGIN ISLANDS CEREMONY.
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands—The
transfer of the Virgin islands from
Danish rule to the United States took
place simultaneously on the three is
lands. Commander Pollock, the rank
ing American officer at the islands,
officiated at St. Thomas, while the
commander of the cruiser Olympia
acted in a similar capacity at St.
Croix.
Officer' and marines of the cruiser
Hancock and the Danish cruise \ :il
kyrien foi med guards of honor front
ing on the military barracks at S‘.
Thomas, where the ceremonies were
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witnessed by members of the local
legislature, officials, consuls and a
large concourse of citizens.
Commander Pollock landed from the
cruiser Hancock under a salu'o of
15 guns and pioceeded to the office,s’
barracks, where the transfer protocol
was signed. The Danish governor
then proclaimed the transfer and the
Danish flag was lowered amid salutes
and the singing of the Danish anthem.
After prayers by the Moravian bishop,
Greider, and the bishop of Porto Rico,
Commander Pollock announced him
self acting governor of the Virgin
islands of the United States of
America.
There were no demonstrations, but
many in the crowd wept during the;
profound and impressive silence that
followed the hoisting of the United
States flag.
ALL IN READINESS FOR
THE BIG BASEBALL DANCE
Jack Peterson and Wm. Logemann
have volunteered to decorte the front
of Robarts' hall for the big baseball
dance Saturday night. The decoration
will be in the form of a number of Chi
nese lanterns and other forms of il
lumination that will help attract the
crowd to the only social in Anchorage
on that night.
Messrs. Lankin, Watson and Ro
barts report that all arrangements
have been perfected to make the af
fair a winner; the dance flor has been
scraped and put in the smoothest kind
of shape and the orchestra furnishing
the dance music will be the best in the
city.
The affair will be entirely informal
and is given in a worthy cause—to pay
off the indebtedness on the grand
stand, which is the property of the
people of Anchorage.
Best tables at Peterson’s. 444
Fresh breakfast cheese, 3 for 'J.r>c at
Brown & Hawkins. 870
Remember the Two Girls Cafe still
excels on their home cooked dinners.
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Try a Want Ad in The Times.
The Cache Creek Gold may prove to be
one of the Best and biggest Quartz
MINES IN ALASKA.
The property consists of nine quartz claims of 20 acres
each, or 180 acres, located at the head of Nugget Creek, Cache
Creek country, Susitna Mining District, Alaska.
The company owns over one mile of the Mother Lode ledge.
< in the camp. This ledge shows in width from .‘>0 to 100 feel
and can be easily traced for seven miles, and assays in gold
from a few dollars up. and into the thousands to the ton. Xug
gets are found in the quartz which are worth from 2a cents up
to as high as $5.00. The company also owns a mile in length
of another parallel ledge, one-half mile from the Mother Lode
that shows an average width of 30 feet. The rock on this ledge
pans from 20 cents and up, as high as $1.00 or more to the pan.
Some of the rich ore can be seen in the display window of the
Chamber of Commerce, Anchorage, Alaska.
As soon as the snow is gone, the ground will he thoroughly
prospected by practical mining men to ascertain the amount
of ore tonnage available for a milling plant; also the actual
value of the ore per ton, and the character of the ore treatment
required.
For a short time you may purchase Treasury Shares in the
Cache Creek Gold Mines Company at the ground floor price of
10 cents per share, 10 per cent discount for cash.
You may buy the shares on the installment plan, by paying
10 per cent down and 10 per'cent monthly, for nine months.
Five hundred shares is the smallest allotment sold.
This may be your only and last chance to get in and get
some of the 10 cent shares, so don’t delay. Send in your order
I at once.
i YOURS FOR THE ASKING.
If you haven’t the cash to spare .just nrtnv, write me a letter,
-dating how many shares you wish to subscribe for, and what
1 time you think you will be in a position to pay for the stock in
full, and the shares will be reserved for you.
Should you wish to purchase the stock on the installment
plan, let me know how many shares you wish and what time
yon think you will be in a position to make your first payment,
ami the stock will be reserved for you.
Don’t delay if you feel like taking a chance with us. About
.lane 1 1 will leave for Nugget Creek to inspect the mining prop
ert v, and will stigy on the ground at least a month.
Orders for Cache Creek Gold Shares should be mailed not
later than May 20, in order to get the shares reserved and book
ed before I leave.
Detailed information appealed in full pages m the Anchor
:u-e Daily Times from April 1 to April 20.
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PEACE PARLEY
ACCEPTABLE HI
AMSTERDAM, Holland.—The Vi
enna Fremdenblatt publishes an inter
view with Count Czernin, who declar
ed the entente could conclude an
honorable peace with the central em
pires at any time. The latter were
not going to be destroyed nor wished
to destroy. Their fronts were strong
er than ever and their economic situ
ation assured.
Meanwhile, their proposal for a
peace conference still held good. If
that conference showed agreement im
possible the tight, which would not
have been interrupted, could continue;
but the central empire’s sole aim was
to guarantee their existence and un
disturbed development, and once “the
enemy abandoned the unrealizable
idea of smashing them up and were
ready to negotiate a peace honorable
for both parties, theie would he noth
ing in the way of negotiations.”
A semi-official Berlin telegram says
political circles welcome the Austro
Hungarian foreign minister’s frank
utterances which will doubtless con
tribute to destroy the industriously
circulated rumors that the central
powers are interested in a Russian re
action and willing to assist its return
power.
Count Czernin’s views are in close
agreement with the German chancel*
loir’s reichstag speech, and it now re
mains for Russia to reply to these
clear and unmistakable utterances.
'’ount Czernin’s statement concern
ing his general readiness to negotiate
as soon as the “enemy abandons the
destruction idea” is in fundamental
agreemnt with the general wishes of
the German states. .
“ he whole Austro-Hungarian press
comments sympathetically on the
Count Czernin interview, which is re
garded as formulating a positive pro
gram implying an honorable settle
ment for ■■! 1 belligerents and destroy
ing all doubt regarding the sioei rity
and loyalty of the central power...
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Pole Bakery. 881
The eating question: Have you
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Dr. IV. A. Rystrom, dentist, over
Harmony theatre. Prices reasonable.
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