CARNEGIE IS
REGARDED AS
THRONED BY WORRY OVER
CONFLICT IN EUROPE.
AGED AND HEARTBROKEN NOW.
All Power to Spend His Great For
tune or to Give it Away Has Been
Taken From Him and His Business
Is Conducted by Old Friend.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Recently a
New York paper contained the follow
ing account of the pathetic condition
of Andrew Carnegie, the erstwhile
“Iron Master,” whose acquisition of
untold weath has been one of the mir
acles of American industrialism:
“Andrew Carnegie known interna
tionally as ‘the apostle of peace,’ is a
war casualty, bereft of reason and
money, it became known the other
•day when it was learned that Dr. Hen
ry Smith Pritchett, president of the
Carnegie Foundation, and one of Car
negie’s closest frineds, had been ap
pointed conservator of the vast Car
negia funds.
“Carnegie's reason has been civ inch
ing since the war began, but the con
dition of the old ironmaker has been
guarded jealously. Quickly, but cau
tiously, the power to give away mon
ey was taken from him. The appoint
ment of Dr. Pritchet was without pub
licity.
Waits for Great Armistice.
“Aged, penniless and heartbroken,
the once powerful industrial monarch
and apostle of peace sits in his castle
home awaiting the great armistice.
“Closest friends no longer are rec
ognized by Carnegie. Only now and
then does he know Dr. Pritchett. Em
perors, master of finance, steel kings
— these are but shadows now to the
'man who once mingled with them as
a power. New York, pulsing around
his palace, is unobserved. The once
enjoyed beauties of his Highland
cattle are forgotten.
“ *Wife,’ wails the weary old voice,
over and over again, as Mrs. Carnegie
tries to soothe him, ‘has the war end
ed yet ? When — when will peace
come ?’
Worked for World Peace.
“No man tried to do more for inter
national peace than Carnegie. After
the commission which he had financed
had reported on Balkan war atrocities
he pledged himself to a world cam
paign against war. When in the last
days of July, 1914 Europe faced Arm
aggeddon, Carnegie toiled like a Ti
tan. As ultimatums flashed back and
forth, Carnegie worried, tense with
anxiety. He was sending cable to min
isters of state when Britain’s midnight
declaration of war against Germany
reached him. Stricken to the heart,
the veteran’s pen dropped from his
hand. An hour later Mrs. Carnegie
knelt by his side trying to comfort
him. ‘My great dream gone; my great
dream gone,’ he moaned endlessly,, ‘If
I could weep.’
“Weeks passed, with their invasion
rapine, atrocities, each falling upon
him as a physical blow. The dream
of my life is ended,’ sobbed Carnegie.
“ ‘General paralysis,’ said the scien
tists, ordering no word of war spoken
to the old ironmaker. They ordered
quiet and change of scene. Tenderly
they brought Carnegie back home,
bowed down with years and sorrow.
But almost from day to day his con
dition changed for the worse. Sel
dom did he show an interest in money
getting or gift-giving. War was the
great burden of his brain.
“ ‘How long will the.war continue?’
he pleaded constantly and pitifully. ‘I
would give all I have—my last dollar
—to shorten hostilities by a week.’
“But the great fortune of the mas
ter of Bethlehem has slipped from his
grasp. He is the man who was An
drew Carnegie, wailing now and then
out of shadowland, ‘Wife, when will
the war end?”’
The Anchorage Daily Times is the
largest paper published in Alaska.
ADVERTISER IN BERLIN PAPER
OFFERS TO HIRE TWENTY
MEN AND THIRTY GIRLS.
INQUIRY MADE IN REICHSTAG.
I Socialist Asks Government Officials
for Information in Reference to
Forcible Deportations from Poland
to Germany.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Nov. 16.
! —Conditions of semi-slavery, which
i obtain among Polish laborers in Ger
i many, is illustrated by an advertise
ment in a recent issue of the Deutsche
Tages Zeitung, of Berlin, offering to
hire the services of fifty Polish la
borers, twenty men and thirty girls.
The advei*tisement occasioned an
interpellation in the reichstag from a
socialist member, who asked for in
formation relative to the forcible de
portation of laborers from Poland to
Germany.
British Win Successes.
LONDON, Nov. 16.—Owing to the
pressure of British troops, Turkish
forces in Mesopotamia have been
compelled to withdraw from thirty to
thirty-live miles north of Tekrit.
In Palestine, the British have at
tacked the new posilions recently oc
cupied by the Turks and compelled
them to fall back seven miles.
Near Pass Chendael, on the French
front, the British today defeated at
tempts by the Germans to regain
ground recently taken from them.
Lloyd-George, premier of England,
returned to London today from his
visit to Athens. He was accompanied
to England by M. Venizelos, premier
of Greece, who, it is expected, will at
tend the conference of entente repre
sentatives in Paris.
Cadorna Won’t Attend.
PARIS, Nov. 16.—Word has been
received here that General Cadorna,
who was the commander of the Ital- i
ian forces recently defeated and now j
retreating before the German ad
vance in northern Italy, will not at
tend the approaching inter-allies con- '
ference in Paris. Before his recent
defeat General Cadorna had been
designated as one of Italy’s represen
tatives at the conference.
MEXICANS FIREON
AMERICAN HUNTERS
i -
MEMBER OF EL PASO FIRE DE
PARTMENT SHOT THROUGH
BOTH OF HIS LEGS.
EL PASO, Nov. 17.—A party of
Americans, including a number of El
Paso city firemen, wTere fired on to
day by armed Mexicans while hunting
on an island in the Rio Grande river,
near Fabens.
Jeff Glaves, a member of the El
Paso fire department, was shot
through both legs.
Another Villa Report.
PRESIDIO, Tex., Nov. 17.—Pancho
Villa’s mysterious disappearance fol
lowing the battle of Parral last Aug
ust was explained here today by Cap
tain Jaurretta, Villa’s secretary. Juar
i retta declared he accompanied Villa
on a three-thousand-mile trip through
Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Poto
si and other Mexican states to confer
with various chieftains regarding a
new revolutionary movement.
NEW STEAMSHIP
WILL COME NORTH
WOODEN VESSEL WILL BRING
RAILROAD SUPPLIES FROM
SEATTLE TO SEWARD.
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—The freighter
Anyox, recently built at Winslow,
Wash., is ready to take a cargo of
Alaska government railroad supplies
to Seward. The vessel is of 800 tons
burden and is built of wood.
ITALIANS OPEN FLOOD GATES
AND WIDE STRETCH OF WATER
FORMS BARRIER T 0 GERMANS
KAISER’S TROOPS ARE WITHIN SEVENTEEN MILES
OF FAMOUS ADRIATIC SEAPORT, POPULATION OF
WHICH HAS BEEN DECREASED FROM 160,000 TO
20,000 — MUNICIPALITY WILL CAPITULATE TO
SAVE ART TREAURES.
VENICE, Italy, Nov. 16.—Italian engineers last night
opened the flood gates of the Piave and Sile rivers, northeast
of Venice. The country around Venice is below sea level and
its inundation interposes a barrier of water twelve miles v ide
and seven feet deep between the Austro-German forces and
Venice. The enemy faces another Yser.
The main forces of the Teutons crossed the Piave river al
Urisolera.
Venice’s population has been reduced from 160,000 to 20,
000. The city will not be defended, in order to save her mon
uments and art treasures from damage. The mayor of Venice
says he will remain. The Austro-German vanguard is seven
teen miles from the city.
TEUTONS CAPTURE CISMON.
BERLIN, Nov. 16.—Austro-German forces have captured
the town of Cismon, Italy. Austrian troops on the west bank
of the Piave river captured 1,000 Italians.
FORMER PREIt/HERWINSSIGNAL
VICIDRYINBATTLEAGfllNST
1XI1USTS FOR PETRDGRAO
DEFEAT OF RADICAL ELEMENT, WHICH INTENDED
TO NEGOTIATE SEPARATE PEACE WITH GERMA
NY, IS DISPATCH TO LONDON FROM COPENHAGEN
AND FROM FINNISH NEWS BUREAU.
LONDON, Nov. 15.—The Russian legation at Stockholm
Sweden, reports the arrival in Petrograd of M. Kerensky, form
er premier of Russia, accompanied by troops.
A Finnish telegraph bureau says that all of Russia except
a small part of Petrograd is now in Kerensky’s hands.
It is reported that he signally defeated the Maximilists in
the battle at Tsarkoe-Selo, a suburb of Petrograd.
With the restoration of Kerensky to power, the hope of
Germany for a separate peace with Russia will come to naught.
Leon Lenine, the leader of the ousted Maximilist government,
had pledged himslf to make peace with Germany.
The Finnish news bureau says that from the Moscow head
juarters of the Kerensky government Gen. Kaledines, the Cos
sack leader has been appointed director of southern Russia.
The provisional government’s order is signed by Kerensky Kal
dines and Korniloff.
Korniloff was formerly Cossack leader and afterward min
ister of war in Kerensky’s cabinet, When War Minister Korn
iloff led an unsuccessful revolt against Kerensky, but now the
two are co-operating together.
Travelers from Finland arriving in Sweden report that Pet
rograd is burning.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 15.—Austrian newspapers print a
statement from an official news agency pointing out that neith
er Vienna nor Berlin has received any actual peace or armistice
proposal from the Russian government and that so long as the
rulers of Russia do not submit proposals the central powers do
not feel warranted in making any advances. According to a
Vienna dispatch the official news agency’s statement adds that
the Austrians would consider proposals from Russia.
FORMER SENATOR
FACES WAR CHARGE
R. F. PETTIGREW, OF SOUTH DA
KOTA, ACCUSED OF VIOLAT
ING ESPIONAGE ACT.
ABERDEEN, S. D., Nov. 16.—Rob
ert P. Steward, United States district
attorney for South Dakota, announced
late today that a warrant for the ar
rest of former United States Senator
R. F. Pettigrew, of South Dakota, on
an indictment charging him with vio
lation of the espionage act, would be
served immediately on Mr. Pettigrew,
who is in Chicago.
Diplomat’s Cousin Jailed.
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—Hans von
Breckendorf, cousin of Count von
Bernstorff, former German ambassa
dor to the United States, was arrested
while working in a logging camp at
Lake Tapps, Wash., yesterday. He is
suspected of spying on activities at
the military cantonment at Camp
Lewis, at American lake, near Ta
coma, and along the Mexican border.
He was arrested on a presidential war
rant which directed his internment un
til after the war. He is now in jail at
Tacoma. He probably will be intern
ed at Fort Douglas, Utah.
SAILOR LOSES LIFE
IN STREET BRAWL
OLE NEVRICK KILLED WHEN HE
OFFERS TO WHIP ANYONE
IN SEATTLE CROWD.
SEATTLE, Nov. 16.—Ole Nevrick,
a sailor, was killed in a street brawl
here last night. S. E. Cook, a com
panion of Nevrick’s, was arrested as
a witness. The police are searching
for two other witnesses. It is said
the fight started when Nevrick offered
to whip anyone in tne crowd.
I PARIS MAY HAVE
AMERICAN THEATRE
jNEW YORKER SUGGESTS PLAY
HOUSE TO AMUSE UNITED
STATES TROOPS ON LEAVE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—George
Blumenthal, of New York, today laid
plans before the war department for
an American theatre in Paris, to en
tertain American soldiers on leave.
He proposes to produce American
plays with American actors.
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DEMANDS GOODS
HEAVY BUSINESS IS OFFERED
IN EVERY PORT FROM SINGA
PORE TO VLADIVOSTOK.
CASH ACCOMPANIES ORDER.
United States Dealers Are Getting
Customers That Formerly Were
Supplied by English and German
Merchants.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 17.— |
Salesmen of the large San Francisco j
exporting firms who have returned
from the Orient report that the mar
kets of the Far East are wide open to
American trade from Singapore to
Vladivostok. At no time has there
been a greater demand for American 1
goods than now exists, and a number
of the men have returned with orders
in excess of the capacity of their
houses to fill.
One salesman, who recntly went out
from here with two or three good
lines, cleaned up several thousand dol
lars a month for several months in
commissions.
From crackers to bathing suits and
bathtubs, all sorts of merchandise are
in demand and there seems to be little
that the energetic salesman is not cap
able of selling. Cash orders are said
to be coming in so fast that the bogey
of long time credits no longer bothers
any body. In'fact, exporting houses
have found that the cash orders are
more than sufficient to tax their out
put to capacity and they are therefore
passing up the credit orders.
Contrary to the general impression,
the goods are being forwarded in ap
preciable quantity notwithstanding
the scarcity of shipping facilities.
While a scarcity of bottoms exists,
there is sufficient available to keep the
goods moving. Much of this trade is
going to China to replace English and
German lines.
Not only is this confirmed by ship
ping men, who say also that business
is being done in entirely new lines, but
by statistical figures compiled by the
United States department of com
merce in this city.
NEW MIDDLEWEIGHT
WEAK TITLE NOW
ST. PAUL PUGILIST WINS PRE
MIER RING HONOR BY KNOCK
ING OUT AL McCOY.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16. — Mike
O’Dowd, of St. Paul, won the world’s
middleweight pugilistic championship
by knocking out A1 McCoy in the
sixth round here. 1
WILL SPEND WINTER IN TOWN. |
Chas. W. Donnally, special disburs- i
ing agent of the Alaskan Engineering
commission at Talkeetna, and Albert
Norris, stenographer in Mr. Donnal
ly’s office, arrived in town this morn- "
ing for the winter. They will be em- .
ployed until construction opens in the
spring in the local offices of the com
mission.
Minister of War Declares Lack of
Tonnage and Cost of Transporta
tion Even if Obtainable Prohibit
Land Operations.
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TOKIO, Nov. 15.—Minister of War
i Ashimai said today it was impossible
for Japan to send any troops to Eur
ope on account of the lack of tonnage
and the tremendous cost of transpor
tation, even if tonnage could be ob
tained.
Baron Takahashi, former minister
of finance; in a lengthy article in the
newspapers, declares that the Japan
ese army is deficient in ordnance and
aeroplane construction.
POPE REQUESTS
KAISER TO DIE
RULES OF WAR
BENEDICT WANTS SPECIFIC IN
STRUCTIONS GIVEN GERMAN
COMMANDERS IN ITALY.
VO VIOLENCE TO CIVILIANS.
Protection Is Urged for Women, Chil
dren, Clergy, Hospitals, Churches
and Houses of Ministers of the
Gospel.
ROME, Nov. 17.—Pope ’Benedict to
iay sent a message to Berlin asking
;he German government to instruct its
commanders operating in Italy to fol
ow the rules of international law in
respecting the lives and property of
civilians and in protecting from vio
ence women children, clergy, hospi
;als, churches and clergyman's houses.
British Ship Lost.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 17.—
rhe British steamer Kansas City is
jelieved to have been lost at sea.
Nothing has been heard of her since
>he was separated from hef- convoys in
i storm September 5. J. N. A. Muir,
i first class signal man of Roland
^ark, Maryland, was the only Ameri
*an man aboard of her.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
LEOPOLD DAVID
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
Britons Are Near JaiTe.
LONDON, Nov. 17.—The
irmy, pursuing the Turks along
:oast of Palestine, has made
,ial gains. It has reached a
hree miles south of Jaffa.
POST OFFICE CALLS FOR
The post office has called for
or the moving of mail between
ity depot and the post office. A
f the specifications are now
n the lobby of the local post
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