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AND ALASKA LABO& jTSWS.
VOL. I. NO. 50.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. THUKSDAff, NOVEMBER 15, 1917.
PRICE TEN CENT*
ADHERENTS AND MAXIIUEILISTS
ARE CHRONICLED' IN LONDON
DEPOSED PREMIES AND GENERAL KORNILOFF, WHO
RECENTLY LED UNSUCCESSFUL REVOLT, ARE
SAID TO HAVE COMBINED THEIR FORCES IN EF
FORT TO DEFEAT PRESENT GOVERNMENT.
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Contradictory
reports are received in London rela
tive to the progress of events in Rus
sia. Advices from Petrograd are to
the effect that the Maximilist party
has suppressed the uprising by adher
ents of Former Premier M. Kerensky.
Intelligence from Moscow and Copen
hagen chronicle the success of the
Kerensky adherents.
According to the news from Petro
grad the government central telephone
exchange there was seized yesterday
by cadets from the military academy.
Their initial success wras made pos
sible by deceiving the Maximilist
guard to whom the cadets presented
forged credentials purporting to be
from Leon Lenine, the Maximilist pre
mier. The cadets wei*e prompted to
undertake the vetnure in the belief
that Kerensky’s army which was re
ported to number 200,00 would soon
capture the city. The cadets nurn
berd about sixty and had very little
ammunition. Early yesterday after
' ^noorf they realized their cause was
hopeless as no news came from Ker
ensky and their ammunition was near
ly exhausted.
In taking the exchange the cadets
captured M. Anthonoff, Maximilist
minister of war whom they held pris
oner. Panic striken yesterday after
noon, they finally sent Antonoff to
parley with the Maximilist leaders who
promised the cadets they would be
spared if they surrendered.
Copenhagen dispatches declare that
M. Kerensky has gained a complete
victory over the Maximilists. Keren
sky is said to have the aid of Gen
eral Korniloff, who once attempted an
unsuccessful revolt against the Keren
sky government and of General Ivaled
ines. They have formed a triumvirate
tc^control at Petrograd, where most of
the troops have sided with Kerensky.
It is reported in Copenhagen that Len
ine has been captured by Kerensky.
A Stockholm dispatch announces the
arrival of Kerensky and KornilofF at
Petrograd. The Maximilists, it is said,
were defeated at Tsarkoe Selo, where
is situated the imperial winter palace
and then retreated to Petrograd.
Petrograd dispatches state that
Kerensky and Komiloff were signally
defeated after bitter fighting at
Tsarskoe Selo. The soldiers and work
men’s deputies it is declared have
ordered that all measures necessary
be taken for the capture of Kerensky
who is retiring before the Maximilist
offensive.
The American consul general at
Moscow, telegraphing to United States
Ambassador David R. Francis at Pet
rograd under last Sunday’s date re
ported fighting between the Maximil
jst and Kerensky forces at Moscow.
-The consul general said the Kerenskv
f
troops seemingly were winning. All
Americans in Moscow wer safe . Ru
mors were current that Cossacks fav
orable to Kerensky had already ar
rived there.
It is said at Moscow that if the pres
ent uprising in Petrograd of clergy,
businessmen and landowners against
the Maximilist government is sup
pressed, Kerensky will proceed with
| his troops to Moscow anti after tak
j ing possession of that city establish
government there.
Fighting in Petrograd.
PETROGRAD , Nov. 13.—Fighting
continues today in the streets of Pet
y^rograd between adherents of former
Premier M. Kerensky and Maximilist
infantrymen. In some places the con
tending forces fought each other fi*om
armored motor cars.
Recognition Denied.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.—
Diplomats in Washington city are con
vinced that the United States and the
other entente nations will not accord
the least official recognition to any
government that has been or may be
established by the Maximilist party in
Russia. This belief was first occasion
ed by the announcement on the part of
the Maximilist leaders that they fav
ored a separate peace with Germany,
and it was ratified by the interpreta
tion given by diplomats to remarks by
President Wilson in his address yes
terday at Buffalo, N. Y., before the
convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor. In this connection, the
president said:
“If Germany could keep the terri
tory she holds now, her power would
disturb the world.” He declared that
she controlled Austria, the Balkans,
Turkey and Asia Minor.
“Germany,” he continued, “is de
termined that the world's political
power shall belong to her. There have
been such ambitions before. They
have been in part realized, but never
before have thes ambitions ben based
upon so exact, precise and scientific
plans of domination.
“May I not say it is amazing any
group of people should be so ill
informed as to suppose, as some
groups in Russia apparently suppose,
that any reforms planned in the inter
est of the people can live in the pres
ence of Germany if she is powerful
enougho to undei’mine or overthrow
them by intrigue or force.”
CHI OBJECTS
Protest Is Filed at Washington and
Tokio Against Treaty Between Am
erica and Japan Relative to Open
Door Policy.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.—
China’s awakening to the importance
of the agreement recently entered into
between the United States and Japan
for an open door in China was regist
ered in a formal protest filed today at I
the American state department by
Chinese Minister Koo. China also fil
ed a similar protest at Tokio. It is j
expected Japan and the United States!
will reply to China, disclaiming any
design on China’s integrity or sover
eignty.
The nature of China’s protest was
not announced. The agreement be
tween Japan and the United States
was negotiated without consulting
China. The agreement recognized Jap
ans’ special interests in China but
specifically stated that Japan had no !
plans for the territorial acquisition
of any part of China.
National War Securities, Bearing 4
Per Cent Interest, Sell for Ninety
Nine and Ninety-Hundredths.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—‘Liberty
loan bonds, bearing 4 per cent inter
est, made a new low record today on
the New York stock exchange. Ten
thousand dollars’ worth of the bonds
sold for ninety nine and ninety
hundredths.
IMS HOLD
GERMANS AT
PIE RIVER
EFFORT OF AUSTRO-GERMANS
TO OUTFLANK THEIR OPPON
ENTS DOES NOT SUCCEED.
BRISK FIGHTING REPORTED.
Message From Headquarters in Field
of Roman Army Is to Effect That
Menace to its Left Wing Has Virtu
ally Pasaed.
ROME, Nov. 13.—Italian troops,
according to an official statement is
sued by the Italian war office, today
successfully resisted the Austro-Ger
man forces everywhere along the
northern front. Brisk fighting oc
curred along the Piave river line,
where the Austro-Germans attempted
to outflank the Italians.
Reports from the headquarters in
the field of the Italian forces are to
the effect that the enemy’s operations
on the north and east in an effort to
encircle the Italian army had not sue- j
ceeded and that the menace to the i
Italian left wing had virtually i
passed.
Three Members ©f Utah's Contingent
Lose Lives When One Section of
Troop Train Crashes Into Another
Section.
CkHOfi .CITY, Utah,, Nov.. 12.— j
Three Utah soldiers were killed and
sixteen were injured in a rear-end
collision between two sections of a!
troop train on the Denver-Rio Grande ;
railroad, a mile west of Cotopaxi sta- j
tion near Royal Gorge. The dead:
Sergeant Chester Preston.
Band Leader Guv Alexander.
!
Muscian Fred Whitehouse.
Over six hundred soldiers were
aboard the train which was running!
in three sections. The troops were!
bound eastward.
The third section ran into the s^cQrdf
section on a curve.
GOVERNMENT CAN
ORDER JOINT RATE!
UNITED STATES SUPREME
COURT UPHOLDS INTERSTATE j
COMMERCE COMMISSION.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.— !
The interstate commerce commission,
according to a decision handed down
by the United States supreme court
today, has the authority to compel
railroads to establish through joint
rates with another carrier.
The railroads contended that the
commission, while having the author
ity to regulate the rate of any rail- '
road, could not compel it to enter into
a rate contract with another carrier.
CONGRESSMEN ARE
UNDER SHELL FIREj
PAHRIS, Nov. 12.—The American
congressmen who visited the British,
French and American battle fronts re
turned to Paris yesterday. While near
Vimy Ridge, they were under shell j
fire. They saw the bombardment of ;
German positions on the French front.
On the American front, the con
gressmen were guests of the Ameri
can engineer corps. Several of the
congressmen chatted with the Ameri
can soldiers who had returned from
the trenches. The congressmen also
visited the American batteries at the
headquarters behind the lines.
GOUENTIS
EXPECTED T D •
tfipENS
EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO RID
COUNTRY OF SPIES TO
PREVENT SABOTAGE.
WILL REGISTER FOREIGNERS.
Withdraawl fif Bank Funds by Ger
mans Causes Announcement That
Property of Law Abiding Persons
Will Not Be Disturbed.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 14.—
It is expected the government will
soon issue a proclamation requiring
aliens to register as a step toward rid
ding the country of spies and prevent
ing sabotage.
Heavy withdrawals of money from
banks by aliens in some localities has
caused the enemy property custodian
to issue a statement that money and
property belonging to aliens will not
be touched providing they do nothing
unlawful.
Delegates tp American Federation of
Labor Convention in Buffalo Will
Confer with Federal Authorities in
Washington.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 14.—All
strikes affecting government work in
shipping, munitions and other plants
manufacturing war supplies were call
ed off today by the building trades sec
tion of the American Federation of
Labor.
A conference of building trades rep
resentatives and government officials
will be held in Washington within a
few days to go over the situation.
Pending the result of this conference
all strikers have been orderd to return
to work.
Routine business marked the pro
ceedings at today’s session here of
the American Federation of Labor.
Officer Fails to Appear in vCourt as
Witness But His Explanation That
He Was too Busy Satisfied the
Judge.
SEATTLE, Nov. 14.—Chief of Po
lice Charles L. Beckingham, of Seat
tle, was arrested today for failure to
appear as a witness in a case against
a woman arrested in the recent vice
crusade. The chief explained that he
was too busy add that he forgot to ap
pear and he was dicharged by the
court.
J. E. Kellner and J. P. Larsen* min
ing men arrived here yesterday over
the trail from Iditarod. They report
the trail in good condition and the
weather very cold. October 29, the
day they left Iditarod the theremoter
registered 29 degrees below zero.
They were fiften days making the
trip, and experienced no trouble
throughout the journey. Both left to
day for Seward, where they will take
ship for the states. They will return
to the interior early next spring.
Mining conditions in the Iditarod
are reported to have been good this
year, ^nd promise to be better next
season.
f LSi TELLS FEDERATION ff
m
■ THEM IF T!
NATION’S EXECUTIVE, WHO IS INTRODUCED TO CON
VENTION AT BUFFALO AS MAN OF DESTINY, AP
PEALS TO UNION REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR
FULL SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT’S WAR POLICIES
BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 12.—President Wilson today made
a personal appeal for the full support of organized labor for
the government in its conduct of the war. He spoke before
the opening session of the annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor.
The president declared the war could not be won unless
all factions unite in the common cause and sink all their dif
ferences. '
The president paid a warm tribute to Samuel Gompers,
president of the federation, and virtually called upon the fed
I eration to give Present Gompers its united support.
President Wilson denounced pacifists and critics of the war
and appealed for general co-operation of all classes. He said
the present time was more critical than any the world had
yet known.
President Gompers introduced the president to the con
vention. The labor leader referred to the nation’s executive
as the spokesman for freedom, a man of destiny, and the lead
er of thought and action among nations.
The president, m his address to the delegates, declared
flatly Germany had started the war. He said he was willing
to await history’s verdict on that statement. He declared this
war was the last decisive issue between the old principles of
power and the new principles of freedom.
He said that he believed the spirit of freedom can get into
the hearts of Germans and can find a welcome there, but that
Activity in Sector in Which United
States Troops Ar**S*-itioned Is of
Character to Which They Are
Accustomed.
WITH AMERICAN ARMY, France,
Nov .13.—American troops in France
are rapidly becoming expert at patrol
work. The activity along the Ameri-"
can sector is virtually open warfare,
which is distinctly an American game.
A recent incident involved five pri
vates who rushed from their dugout
as the Germans charged. The Am
ericans fired so successfully, that they
prevented the Germans from ad-1
vancing.
Turkeys for Americans.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.—I
For the American armies in France a
large shipment of turkeys, mince
meat, cranberries, nuts, raisins, sweet
potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner has
arrived. Other shipments are en
route.
King Entertains House.
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Colonel E. M.
House, head of the American delega
I tion to the allied conference, and Mrs.
House were guests of the king and
queen at Buckingham palace yes
terday.
FIREOOASiONS
$2,090,000 LOSS
FLAMES START IN THREE
PLACES AT ONCE IN WAR
MUNITION PLANT.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—The factory
of the Washburn Wire company was
burned yesterday. The loss is estimat
ed at $2,000,000.
The factory was handling war ord
ers. The fire started in three separ
ate places1 simultaneously.
TWO TOWNS CAPTURED.
BERLIN, Nov. 13.—Fonzazo and
Montlongara, in northern Italy, have
been captured by the Austro-German
forces, according to the official an
nouncement today of the German war
office.
iic opuiL ux xrccuum uuto nut suit
the pan-Germans' plans of power,
which could not be used with concen
trated force against a free people if
t is used by free peoples.
“You know,” said President Wilson,
‘how many intimations have reached
is that one of the central powers is
1 \ore anxious for peace than the ehief
central power and kn-j^v that if
he war ends as it stands now the
people of this central power anxious
for peace would be vassals of Ger
many, notwithstanding they do not
wish to be absorbed and dominated by
Germany.
One statement made by the presi
dent, which ’was of prime interest ter
the delegates was when he said in
conclusion:
“I am with yo%if you are with me.”
He explained that he did not mean
he wanted their co-operation person
ally, but as representatives of the
whole United States government.
JAMES WICKERSHAM FILES PE
TITION FOR REHEARING WITH
COMMERCE COMMISSION.
EXCESSIVE RATES ALLEGED*.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Petition
for a rehearing of the excessive
freight rate charges against the Cop
per River and Northwestern railroad
was filed today with the interstate
commerce commission by James
Wickersham. The gist of the charges
is that the railroad company imposes
such high freight rates that no mines
along its route can be operated suc
cessfully except those owned by it.
The statement is made that the
Kennecott copper mines and the rail
road are dominated by the Guggen
heims.
The prevailing high freight rates,
it is declared, is greatly hampering’
the production of copper, a metal of
urgent necessity in the manufacture
of war munitions.
The charges were considered by the
interstate commerce commission sev
eral months ago, and the conclusion
of the commission at that time was
that in most instances they lacked
substantiation.