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VOL. 2. NO. 3.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
^ ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 3.—The revolution has started in
dteece. King Constantine has issued orders to his loyal troops
tee prevent the advance of the revolutionary troops into Ath
ens. One hundred and fifty loyal troopB evacuated the city of
Katerina upon the approach of 600 revolutionary troops, who
are now in control there. The insurgents are well armed, hav
ing machine guns and plenty of ammunition. A number of
Greek islands have declared their allegiance to Venizelos, pro
\ifional president of the Greek republic that has established
Headquarters at Canea, on the island of Crete. Daily the revo
lution grows in strength. The abdication of the kipg is hourly
expected. Uprisings are reported in outlying provinces of
Greece. The situation is verv grr .
NEW RUSSIAN COMMANDER IN DOBRUDJA.
LONDON, Nov. 3.—Lieutenant-General Vladimer Sayk
haroff, commander of the Russian forces in Galicia, arrived at
4 Bucharest today, and will take command of the Russian forces
operating in Dobrudja.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR BREMEN CREW,
NEW LONDON, Nov. 3.—The crew of tjie German sub
marine Deutschland, composed of 25 members, have decided
to hold memorial se v'ic^ fo« the crew Of the lost submarine
freighter Bremen, a sister ship of the Deutschland.
GLENN FALLS
GLENN FALLS, N. Y., Oct. 2.—An
earthquake shock was felt here last
night. Dishes were broken and pic
tures fell from the walls of residen
i ces. The damage was slight, but the
quake threw a scare into the inhabi
tants, as quakes are most unusual in
BOSTON, Nov. 2.—The sale of the
totfvAmerican baseball team, win
of the pennant in the recent con
is announced today, the buyers
being Harry H. Frazee- of New York
city,'and Hugh Ward, of Philadelphia.
The price paid was not made public.
UNTO HER A
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 2.—
-dphc crown' princess of Sweden gave
Dirth to h son last night. All Sweden
is rejoicing over the advent of an heir
to the Swedish throne.
THANKSGIVING
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LONG BRANCH, N J., Nov. 2.—It
«was stated today that President Wil*
- son when he issues his proclamation
for the observance of Thanksgiving
will designate Thursday, 'November
30th, as the dav.
SEATTLE, Nov. 2.—George S
Rice, chief engineer of the Unite:
States Bureau of Mines, gives it as
; his. opinion that changes in tne pres
ent leasing laws so as to permit i
combination of mines and railroads
may have to be made before ther<
will be an extensive opening of th<
Alaska coal fields.
S4.000.000
SEATTLE, Nov. ?.—A statement
has been issued which shows that th<
supplies bought for the government
railroad in Alaaka up to the present
have cost four million dollars sinc<
March . This is an average cost ol
half a million dollars a month.
To the city of Anchorage belong:
the honor of starting the great move
ment that resulted in the nominatior
of James Wickersham for Alaska’:
delegate at the Valdez convention
This city is full of tried and true
friends of Mr. Wickersham who will
not only support him at the poll:
Tuesday but are urging their friend:
and acquaintances to do likewise. The
Wickersham feeling is contagious and
the popular movement in his behali
has reached such a momentum that it
is impossible to stop. Mr. Wicker
sham made Anchorage a visit and was
received like a hero. He left, knowing
full well that his interests would be
well looked after and that this city
will give him a splendid majority.
Dr. J. L. McBride returned yester
day from a trip up the line.
CORDOVA, Nov. 3.—Special Examiner H. C. Wilson, of
the interstate commerce commission, left Seattle on the steam
er Alameda Wednesday, en route to Cordova, where he will
hold the first hearing in the Alaska rate cases, beginning No
vember 10. The hearing will be for the purpose, on the part of
the plaintiffs in the action, to compel a reduction in the freight
and passenger rates on both steamship and railway lines in
Alaska. This is the first instance in which the interstate com
merce commission has taken cognizah.ce of its jurisdiction over
railway and water transportation in Alaska, and that it is now
about to do so is due solely to the efforts of Delegate James
Wickersham, who has insisted, against stubborn opposition^
that the national rate-making body has full power and author
ity in Alaska as well as in the states that compose the union.
The case is attracting wide-spread attention. All shippers are
deeply concerned in the outcome.
The hearing is highly important in this, that it involves
the graye question of the jurisdiction pnd power of the inter
state commerce commission to establish through joint rates
over railroads in the United States via Seattle and by sea to
Alaska ports and joint rates over the White Pass and Yukon
railway system, the Copper River and Northwestern railway
system and the government railway sytem now in course of
construction.
The test case at Cordova will be that of the Sampson Hard-,
ware company, a Fairbanks concern, which is seeking a reduc
tion in the freight rates. Delegate James Wickersham filed
the petition out of which the hearing grew and is at Cordova
preparing the papers on the part of the Sampson Hardware
that will be pi-esented to Special Examiner Wilson.
* The railway and water transportation lines will be repre
sented by Attorney Bogle, of Seattle, counsel for the Copper
River and Northwestern Railway company and the Alaska
Steamship company, and Judge Grosscup, of Tacoma, repre
senting the other parties in interest, both of whom are en
route to Cordova on the Alameda.
Hearings will also be held at Juneau beginning November
20 and at Seattle beginning December 3, and then the findings
will be presented to the interstate commerce commission at
Washington.
FEARS ENTERTAINED FOR
SAFETY OF 7 HUNTERS
Wrestler Martin in Party and Young
Viking Will Take His Place Tonight
in Match With Peterson.
While the matter has been kept
quiet for the past few days, the safety
of the duck hunting: party that left
Anchorage two weeks ag> is very
much questioned. The party , composed
of Messrs. Martin, the wrestler, Mc
Cain, Austin, Tasher, I'lerce, Injjram
and one other Anchorage citizen
whose name could not be learned, left
the government docle in Mr. Ingram’s
open" dory for a three days’ hunt and
took only enough provisions along to
last this length of time. Their destin
ation was some point on the Kenai
peninsula below Chickaloon flats,
where the ducks and geese abound at
this time of the year.
The entire party was dressed light,
and fully expected to’ return at the
appointed time, as Martin was train
ing for his wrestling match with Pet
erson tonight and the other gentlemen
are business men who could not afford
to take this time away from then
business.
The relatives and friends of the
party are naturally worried over their
not returning and further fiom the
fact that no word has been received
nor have any of the smaller boats ply
ing these waters seen any signs of
them.
While it is barely possible that they
found safe jiarbor during the severe
weather and' have had no manner of
communicating with Anchorage, the
nutter is so serious that •» relief party
will fee formed to ascertain, if possible,
their whereabouts and bring them
back to Anchorage if they are ma
rooned.
Prom the fact that the sporting cir
cles of Anchorage are keyed up to a
wrestling match and so as not to dis
appoint the many fans who have pur
chased tickets, Jack Hobart* has se
cured Young Viking to appear against
Peterson. Young Viking is an idol
among the fans and his appearance
is guarantee of a big turnout. But
what makes the match more particu
larly interesting and exciting is the
fact Peterson agrees to throw Young
Viking twice in 30 minutes. This will
surely be a match worth witnessing
and the preliminaries are scheduled to
take place at 9 o’clock. Ths agree
ment also calls for the winner to take
the entire gate receipts and many of
Viking’s friends stand ready to bet
on their favorite and do not believe
that Peterson can throw him twice in
30 minutes. Peterson is in perfect
physical condition and ha3 trained
down toitthe minute, and also has
friends who believe he can accomplish
the feat.
The match takes place at Kobarts
hall immediately following the demo
cratic rally at the Empress and prom
ises to be the sporting event of the
season.
CONFIDENT THAT HE
Will BE OHS
BATAVIA, N. Y., Nov. 3.—Charles Evans Hughes, repub
lican candidate for president, returning from a campaign tour
in the states of Ohio and Indiana, declared himself to be en
tirely confident of the result in those states. He said that the
republican national ticket would win by handsome majorities.
The candidate is optimistic over the outcome and dec lares that
he is confident of his election.
WILSON IN NEW YORK CITY.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—President Wilson had a busy day in
New ^ ork city yesterday. He made three speeches, went
aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower and held an extended
conference with Vance McCormick, chairman of the democrat
ic national committee, which has charge of his campaign, and
Col. House, and later visited the democratic headquarters in
this city.
BIG ELECTION BET PLACED-.
SEATTLE, Nov. 3.—Steve Bailey, the veil known former
Seattle hotel man, now a prominent ranch owner, yesterday
bet $7,500 even money that President Wilson will be elected.
The money to cover Bailey’s wager was telegraphed to a local
bank by a New York broker.
WASHINGTON STATS DOUBTFUL.
SEATTLE, Nov. 3.—Seattle bill boards still cany lots of
Wilson money, with no takers, that the state of Washington
will go for the president.
GREAT CROWDS GREET HUGHES.
ALBANY, X. Y„ Nov. 3.—Great crowds arc greeting Can
didate Hughes on his campaign tour tthrough central New
York. In lps speech here last night he declared that his elec
tion to the presidency would not .paean war, but it would mean
the maintenance of American rights and respect for the Ameri
can flag.
ROOSEVELT TALKS IN TOLEDO.
TOLEDO, Nov. 3.—In his speech here last night, Col.
Roosevelt said he was not speaking as a partisan, but “I am
appealing to good citizens to save the country from ruin.” His
speech was a bitter criticism of Wilson and high praise for
Hughes.
WILSON PRACTICALLY CLOSES CAMPAIGN.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—President Wilson made three
speeches in New York city last night, practically closing his
campaign for re-election, save for a speech that he will deliver
at Shadow Lawn Saturday night. The big meeting was at
Madison Square Garden, where 14,000 people, all that the mas
sive structure could hold, greeted the president. Thousands
stood outside the doors seeking admission, but were turned
away". The crowd was still outside when the president com
pared his talk, waiting an opportunity to see him. Many wom
en fainted in the rush to gain admission. In his speech the
president appealed for principles of progress which would help
“obscure men and women of the land,” and bitterly arraigned
the magnates of Wall streeflftfr “seeking to dominate the na
tion.” ' • * '
For the housewife and the boarder
and a few of the business men this in
formation is freely given and is abso
lutely authentic, for Sir James told us
so.
Tomorrow’s train from Moose Creek
will bring 50 tons of perfectly black,
mine run, but burnable coal from the
Dougherty-0’Reilly coal mine. This
50 tons really belongs .to the govern
ment but Commissioner Means has
generously offered to turn the ship
ment over to local consumers. Mr.
O’Reilly, who has recently purchased
an undivided one-half interest in the
Dougherty coal mine, informs The
Times that they will make a special
effort to relieve the situation and in
addition to tomorrow’s shipment will
ship coal into Anchorage as fast as
possible.—ft~ is due to the urgent rc
quest of the people and to help the
situation that Messrs. O’Reilly and
Dougherty have agreed to bring the
mine run coal to the city and future
shipments will be of a much better
grade and quality, as they are instal
ling' the assorting tables and screens
at the mines today.
Mr. O’Reilly also informs The
Times that the company will establish
coal yards in the triangle at the foot
of C street and expect to have same
in operation by next Tuesday or Wed
nesday.
When asked in regard to the price of
coal Mr. O'Reilly said that the charge
would not be exorbitant and that they
would not take advantage of the mo
nopoly.