ANCHORAGE WEEKLY TIMES
___ _ AND ALASKA LABOR NEWS.
VoL 1, No. 42.
ANCHOBAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1917.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
GERMANS DRIVE BRITISH BACK ON COAST OF BELGIUM
JAMES J. RYAN, WELL KNOWN ALASKAN,
,s, DISCOURAGED BY LOSS, BIDS OWN LIFE
SEATTLE, July 9.—Discouraged
over the loss of several thousand dol
lars through the failure of the North
ern Bank & Trust Co., and also fear
ing blindness, James J. Ryan, book
keeper and pioneer of Nome, commit
ted suicide this afternoon by shooting
himself.
He was a brother of Richard Ryan,
of Controller Bay fame.
Deceased was well known by most
pioneer Alaskans. He had intended to
come to Alaska, and his friends state
that he thought of locating in An
chorage. He, the same as many other
Alaskans, placed their funds with Will
Collier, who run the bank, and was an
Alaskan. Mr. Ryan had been sick
for some time and the additional wor
ry of losing all his savings proved too
much for him. Richard Ryan, his
brother, was the principal in the fam
ous conservation controversy fathered
by Gifford Pinchot and others.
INTERIOR GOLD BROUGHT
BY STEAMER HUMBOLDT
SEATTLE, June 28.—The first
shipment of Alaska gold from inter
ior points reached Seattle Tuesday
morning on the steamship Humboldt,
Captain E. C. Baughman, which craft!
also brought the largest shipment of |
furs comprised in any one cargo in ;
decent years. The furs are valued at
§18,000 and the gold shipment com- j
prised $400,000 in dust, which made ;
the Humboldt’s cargo one o£,the most
valuable reaching this port in a long
time.
CLAIMS CAN RUN
AIRPLANE WITHOUT FUEL
WASHINGTON^ July 12.—The
house patents committee has recom
mended a test of T. K. Girar’s inven
tion of an aeroplane.
He claims that he can propel an!
aeroplane from Washington to the i
European battlefield and return with- j
out carrying any fuel.
Military men are greatly interested i
in the invention and it will be given a
thorough test.
GOVERNMENT PROBE OF
VALLEJO EXPLOSION STARTED
VALLEJO, Cal., July 11.—A federal
probe has begun here to determine If
the explosion which destroyed maga
zines and killed several persons at the
Mare island navy yard is the work of
spies.
OF FOOD ARE
WASHINGTON, July 12. — The
report on the food situation has been
postponed for the present by Hoov
er and Hogott.
Both the farmer and consuming
public are suffering while the food
speculators make unearned profits I
from the delay in enactment of a
food control bill, according to a state
ment given out at the white house to
day.
WASHINGTON, July 12. — The
government has notified steel pro
ducers that the United States must
have a lower price on steel for war
purposes.
It is estimated that all of the pres
ent plants will be kept running to
their full capacity to supply the in
creasing demand.
BERLIN ADMITS RETREAT
BEFORE RUSSIAN FORCES
BERLIN, July 11.—The war office
today announced that the German
forces fighting the Russian forces in
the Stanslau sector on the Galician
front have withdrawn behind the
northern end of the Russian front,
the official statement adds, fighting
has greatly increased.
Much activity is reported in the
Rainy Hollow section back of Haines, i
More men are reported to be doing;
development work there than in any j
previous season, and the number is!
constantly being added to.
LONDON, Juy 12.—The Germans have launched a power
ful offensive in West Flanders, penetrating the British posi
tions over a front of 2,400 yards and reaching the right bank
of the Yser river near th6 North sea.
British positions were entered to a depth of 600 yards.
German successes late today were admitted in an official
report issued by the war office.
It is likely that the Teutons are making another great ef
fort to break through to the English channel.
The German assault was followed by a tremendous bom
bardment of the British and Belgian positions from the North
sea to a point near Dixmude.
teutons Want Dunkirk
AMSTERDAM, July 12.—The present drive of the Ger
mans in Belgium appears to be a determined effort to break
the British flank on the Belgian coast and reach the city of
Dunkirk in France, 17 miles distance.
Military men recall that the Germans have made several
desperate attempts to reach Dunkirk, with a view, it is be
lieved, of establishing a base on the Strait of Dover, at a point
nearest the English coast.
GUNS SHAKE LONDON
LONDON, July 12.—The heaviest big gun duel of the war
is raging on the Belgian coast.
It continued all day Tuesday and until midnight and was
renewed at dawn, when still fiercer sounds were heard.
In this town tremors were felt as though shaken by an
earthquake.
Even" one is anxiously awaiting news, believing that the
great artillery duel may mark an important turning point of
the war.
No official news concerning the engagement has been given
out as yet.
SHOTGUN BRIGADE KEEPS L W. ff.
DEPORTED FROM ARIZONA ON MOVE
PHOENIX, Ariz., July 12.—Activities of the I. W. W.
reached such a dangerous stage in this city that the Citizens*
Protective League resorted ’to “direct action” in self defense,
put one thousand members of the organization aboard cattle
cars this morning and deported them.
CALIFORNIANS KEEP THEM MOVING
NEEDLES, Calif., July 12. — Citizens armed with shot
guns today received sixty members of the I. W. W. upon their
arrival here from Jerome, Arizona, from whence they had been
deported, and two hours later the railroad was forced to re
turn the crowd to Arizona.
Upon learning of the expected arrival of the I. W. W. men
the word was quickly passed around and in a short time citizens
armed with loaded guns were on hand at the depot to receive
them.
The business was transacted in a quiet and orderly manner.
While some of the citizens held the workers aboard the train,
others interviewed the railway agents and persuaded them to
return the “undesirables.”
SEVERAL MAY RESIGN
AMSTERDAM, July 12.—Cologne Volks Zeitung states
that Bethmanh von Hollweg has promised the Reichstag that
he would consent to the resignations of Zimmerman, Hellferich
and five other members of the cabinet.
Cook Inlet sunsets at Sidney Lau
rence.
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Boost the union idea everywhere.
GERMAN EMPIRE IS ON EVE OF GREAT UPHEAVAL
BERLIN, July 9.—Unless all present indications fail in
the course of the next few days the German empire is on the
eve of a momentous if not a historical parliamentary up
heaval.
Developments in the last 48 hours point to a significent
realigment of various factions in favor of sweeping parlia
mentary and electoral reforms.
COPENHAGEN, July 12.—The political situation in Ger
many threatens to take on a revolutionary trend if the reports
from Berlin may be credited today.
The German censorship has been tightened.
However, enough news has sifted through to show that
the empire is shrouded with black menace.
The entire attention of the officials here is engaged with
possible developments.
OFFICIALS TO RETIRE
COPENHAGEN, July 12.—Berlin dispatches received to
day state that the #etirement of Zimmerman and Hellferich
will be gazetted next Tuesday.
It is rumored there will be other changes soon in the Ger
man cabinet.
Today will mark the inaguration of what promises to be
one of the most memorable parliamentary changes the empire
has ever witnessed.
All of the factions remained in session in individual
groups Sunday night, in order to decide what action might be
taken.
LONDON, July 12.—Chancellor Bethmann von Hollweg
has decided to fill vacancies in the German cabinet with cer
tain members of the Reichstag and to create a new ministry of
labor, to which position a leading socialist will probably be
appointed.
The government is proceeding against those responsible
for the failure of the first Mesopotamian expedition.
ELECTORAL RETURNS
ZURICH, July 12.—A Berlin dispatch of an official nature
received here announces that the Prussian government will
submit to the diet a law granting electoral reforms without
waiting until the war is over.
This law, it is said, would grant universal suffrage, with
certain limitations as to the right of voters.
SWEDEN GIVES
TEUTONS SUPPORT
WASHINGTON, July 9.—An offi
cial report just made to the govern
ment showing the extent to which
Sweden is furnishing supplies to Ger
many reveals that the central powers
are receiving enormous quantities of
materials that go directly into the
manufacture of munitions.
In exporting iron ore to Germany it
is shown that Sweden supplemented
shipments with imports from the
United States.
ESSEN AND KRUPP WORKS
BOMBARDED BY ALLIES
AMSTERDAM, July 10.—The en
tente aeroplanes have bombarded the
Essen and Ki’upp works, killing five
and causing considerable damage.
ANOTHER MAY RESIGN.
AMSTERDAM, July 11.—Uncon
firmed reports from Berlin today as
sert that the kaiser has decided to ac-j
cept the resignation of Zimmerman
and Helfferch.
BE SELECTED
BERLIN, July 10.—The Lokal An
eeiger quotes Bethman von Hollweg
as saying:
“Germany must continue in the
tvar with all of the energy at her
command.
“I do not deny,” he continued^ “tliat
ive face great difficulties in our do
mestic affairs which must be over
come, but we must not forget that
our enemies have the same trouble.
“I have no doubt that we shall con
quer if we remain firm.
“Nothing was further from my in
tentions than holding on to my post
as chancellor, but now I consider it
my duty to protect my country from
threatening evils.”
A HOPEFUL SIGN.
WASHINGTON, July 11.—Ger
many’s present political upheaval is
a hopeful sign, is the view of officials
here, according to expressions heard.
Much interest is manifested and all
news of the German situation are care
fully watched.
AMSTERDAM, July 10—“We havh
many enemies- but not too many and
we shall wir> with the deeds of our
hands and not by our mouths,” de
clared General von Hindenburg in a
speech made before the reichstag, ac
cording to telegraphic advices receiv
ed here.
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•MUST FIGHT TO LAST
GASP, SAYS HOLLWEG
ZURICH, July 11.—“Germany must
fight to the last gasp,” is the quota
tion from Bethmann von Hollweg in
Taglice Rundschau at Berlin, at a
speech delivered at a secret meeting to
the main committee of the reichstag.
Ho is further quoted as declaring
that the government was unable to ac
cept the socialistic propositions thuf
there should be no annexations of ter
ritory, and no indemnities, becausc
they had proved unsuccessful in Rus
sia.
WITHDRAWAL
SLAV FORCES
PETROGRAD, July 10. — A with
drawal of the Russian forces on the
front near the border between Persia
and Mesopotamia was announced by
the war department today.
BIG OFFENSIVE BEGAN ON
THE FRONT BY RUSSIANS
PETROGRAD, July 9. — The Rus
sian war office announced Sunday
that the Russians have begun a triple
offensive stretching from the Car
pathians to the Pinsk marshes, a dis
tance of 275 miles.
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
VIGOROUS OFFENSIVE
LONDON, July 11.—Next to the
German crisis and the resignation of
the Austrian cabinet, the most im
portant news is the apparently suc
cessful offensive of the Russian drive
against the Teuton forces on the east
ern war front.
The Russians are prosecuting the
war with vigo-* and have made im
portant gains.
TWO STEAMERS BRING
BIGGEST COAST PRICE
SEATTLE, July 11. — Skinner &
Eddy, of the well known shipbuilding
plant of that name have sold the steel
freighters Martha Washington and
J. H. Fox to Mitsui & Co., for $4,
000,000, the greatest per ton price
ever paid for vessels on the Pacific
coast.
The J. H. Fox is building and the
firm started it on their own account,
owing to their belief in the approach
ing demand for steamship tonnage.
TROOPS FIRE INTO
ANTI-NEGRO RIOTERS
EAST ST. LOUIS, July 9.—A street
car bearing four members of the na
tional guard, fired into the rioters to
day.
Negroes continue to leave the city
to escape the anger of the mobs.
Incipient clashes break out continu
ally, keeping the officers busy.
MONTREAL, July 12.—The demand
that the province of Quebec secede
from Canada and set up a new re
public is made in La Ideal Catholique,
' which is generally regarded as the
semi-official spokesman for the French
Canadians and Catholic clergy.
Same goods as elsewhere, but for
less money, at Bon Marche.—Adv.
JAPAN WILL
SEND BOATS
W ASHINGTON, July 10. *— Japan
is to supply the United States with
half a million tons of steamships to
transport American soldiers to Eur
ope in return for iron and steel plates
from the L nited States, for ship con
struction, according to a message re
ceived for Japanese papers.
The departmental officials did not
make any comment upon the news
item.