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VOL. I. NO. 51.
ANCHORAGES, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, VJll.
PRICE TEN CENTS
T
IDE TO STOP PEACE TALK
AT MEETING OF SOCIALIST'
FOUCE AND TROOPS USE RIFLES AND PISTOLS ANI
CITIZENS EMPLOY KNIVES AND FIREARMS I*
SUNDAY RIOT—GERMAN NEWSPAPERS ARE FOR
BIDDEN TO PUBLISH DETAILS OF AFFRAY.
LONDON, Nov. 21.—Serious rioting occurred Sunday ii
Berlin according to Amsterdam dispatches.
It is reported fierce fighting took place between civilian:
cm one side aud police and soldiers on the other side, when th<
police attempted to stop a .socialist meeting at which speeche
were delivered advocating peace.
In the riot the police and soldiers used rifles and revolver
find the rioters firearms and knives.
German newspapers have l>een forbidden to publish an;
details of the affray.
Amsterdam dispatches also report a great movement o
German troops with artillery from the Russian to the Flander
front.
GERMANS MOVE TROOPS.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 20.—Reports from several source
in Germany assume that Germany is taking advantage of th
situation iu Russia to make heavy transfers of troops from th
Russian front. Only part of thes^ are going to Italy, when
the territory is too narrow tv> permit the use of great masse
of troops. Some of the trooi > are reported to he moving to th
western front but this is l ot necessarily significant as Gen
Haig’s pounding tactics compel frequent reliefs for the exhaust
ed German divisions.
* ATTACK MADE ON FRENCH.
PARIS, Nov. 20.—The Germans last night attacked on tin
front in the Verdun sector north of Cuarieres wood. They sue
needed ill penetrating the French advanced positions but sub
sequently were expelled except in a few places.
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BATTLE IS WAGED AGAINST
AUSTRO-GERMANS WHEREVER
THEY CROSS PIAVE RIVER.
MATERIAL LOSSES SUSTAINED.
Pope Benedict’s Mother and Sister
Leave Treviso For Fear City Will
Soon Fall Into Hands of Raiser’s
Soldiers.
ROME, Italy, Nov. 17.—On the
northern front and along the lower
Piave river plains the Germans and
Austrians today continued their ef
forts to break the Italian lines. The
Austro-German forces effected cross
ings of the Piave river at two or more
points.
The Italians at Tollin and Zenson,
however, drove back the enemy after
they crossed the river. The enemy
suffered large losses. Nearly 1,000
Austro-Germans were made prisoners.
In mountains the Italians also de
fended their positions effectively.
Pcpe Benedict’s mother and sister,
who were at Treviso, have gone to
Bologne in fear of an invasion of
Treviso by the Austro-German forces.
Warships in Action. >
LONDON, Nov. 17.—British light
sea forces this afternoon engaged sev
eral German cruisers off Heligoland.
The Germans retired and the British
are now pursuing them.
ALL AMERICANS
AT MOSCOW SAFE
CONSUL REPORTS THAT CITY IS
QUIET BUT THAT THERE HAS
BEEN MUCH FIGHTING.
LONDON, Nov. SO.—Robert Skin
ner, American consul general in Lon
don, has received a telegram dated
Saturday from the American consul at
Moscow, Russia, saying all Americans
there are safe. The message stated
‘that the city was quiet but that there
had been much fighting.
I
TRANSPORTATION MANAGER
PREFER FEDERAL CONTROL
TO STRIKE OF EMPLOYES.
PLAN SUGGESTED DURING WAF
Chiefs of Brotherhoods Offer to Med
iate Their Demands for Highe
Wages and no Tie-Up Is Expecte
by Administration.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.
Officials of American railways at cor
ference here today decided that if the
could not affect an agreement wit
their employes over the latter’s de
mand for higher wages, they woul
ask President Wilson to take charg
of the* roads and to make such die
position of them as he deemed neces
sary to prevent the interruption o
traffic during the war.
The officers of the four railroa
brotherhoods, which have made de
mands on all railroads in the Unite
| States for increased wages, have oi
fered to mediate the issue.
Administration officials believe tha
the danger of a strike on the trans
portaion lines has been eliminated.
PACKING HOUSE MEN
; WANT HIGHER PA1
FORTY-TWO THOUSAND UNION
ISTS ASK TEN HOURS’ WAGES
FOR EIGHT HOURS’ WORK.
SIOUX CITY, la., Nov. 17.—Tei
: hours’ pay for eight hours’ work am
: other concessions are demanded b;
42,000 union employes in tKe mea
| packing plants of the United States.
The demands already have beei
' presented to the packers in Chicago
according to the announcement mad
by officers of the Sioux City union£
The refusal of the packers to gran
the demands probably will not resul
in a strike owing to conditions creat
ed by the war, but quite likely wil
; compel the reference of the issue ti
a federal arbitration board.
11 DUST FROM IDITAROD BELONG
f ING TO JERRY FORD COMES
OUT BY DOG TEAM.
EN ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO
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Caravan of Six Sleds Will Reach An
chorage Next Week With Annua*
j Shipment Worth More Thai
$700,000.
. Three sacks of gold dust valued al
more than $100,000 arrived here b>
; dog team from Iditarod and was taker
on the train Monday to Seward or
f its way to the mint at San Francisco
. Jerry Ford a well known operator ir
the interior brought the shipment.
Mr. Ford who has made many trip;
from the interior with valuable gok
* shipments handled the dust a*; if ii
i were so many pounds of dross. Tht
i gold was carted in gunny sacks and tc
^ all appearance was nothing more thar
. so many sacks of potatoes.
? The shipment represents the royal
i ties from Mr. Ford’s holdings on Flal
. and Willow creeks near Iditarod.
Mr. Ford will spend a few weeks ii
Seattle and will then proceed to Sar
Francisco with the dust. He will re
i main during the winter in Caliofrnit
and will return to the interior by
the way of Anchorage in the spring*
i A gold shipment amounting to more
than $700,000 will arrive here from
the interior next week providing the
trail is in good traveling condition, ac
cording to Mr. Ford. The gold team
is in the personal charge of the veter
an, Bob Griffiths. There are five teams
besides Griffiths’ team and all of them
I are loaded to capacity with the dust
j from the interior.
The shipment comes from the Mer
,, chants 'and Miners’ Bank, of Iditarod
and from the Guggenheim properties
It represents the annual shipment oi
gold to the outside and is the autheh
| tic method of gaging the success d
j the mining industry in the districl
contiguous to Iditarod.
Last vear, Griffiths came through
r
, Anchorage with only four teams load
1
ed with the dust and while here num
erous picture* of the outfit £vere taken
The gold whs placed in the sthofcj
vaults of the post office and as the
teams were leaving the post office ev
' ery amateur photographer in the towr
was out on the streets in the hope oi
^ getting a good snap of the valuable
cargo for the outside.
Reports from the interior are to the
effect that the trail is in good travel
j. ing condition in which case the famouf
| caravan should reach Anchorage late
I next week.
; ARMED AMERICANS
. SEEN IN MONTREAL
UNITED STATES SOLDIERS TAKE
PART IN VICTORY LOAN PAR
ADE IN CANADIAN CITY.
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MONTREAL, Can., Nov. 20.—Foi
the first time in the history of the
present generation, if not since the
declaration of American independence,
armed American troops were seen in
Montreal yesterday. They participat
ed in the victory loan paarde.
FIVE SUBMARINES
LOST IN ONE DAV
LLOYD GEORGE ANNOUNCES
DESTRUCTION OF U-BOATS
TOOK PLACE SATURDAY.
LONDON, Nov. 20.—Lloyd George,
premier of Great 'Britain, announced
late yesterday in the house of com
mons that five German submarines
were destroyed Saturday.
ROMAN FORCES ASSUME OFFEN
IVE ON AISAGO PLATEAU
AND SCORE SUCCESSES.
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FIGHTING WEST OF PIAVE. i
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Austro-Germans West of Piave River
Launch Heavy Attack Which Is Suc
cessfully Met by Artillery and In
fantry.
ROME, Nov. 20.—Italian, troops to
j day began an offensive movement on
I the Aisago plateau and occupied the
!! first line trenches of the Austro
| Germans.
Further attempts by the Austro
! Germans to cross the Piave river were
i frustrated.
1; On the front west of the Piave river
’ and south of Quero, great numbers of
Austro-German troops are attacking
1 the Italian lines at Monte Monfenera
and Montetomba. Italian artillery and
infantry are successfully meeting
| these attacks. In this sector, the
wounded Italians are so numerous that
| the ambulance corps are unable to
give speedy succor.
I
METLAKATLA NATIVE CLINGS
TO LEDGE FOR SIXTEEN DAYS
j AND TIDES SUBMERGE HIM.
PRINCE RUPERT, Canada, Nov.
; 17.—Stephen Ryan, a Metlakatla In
dian, who was believed to have been
; drowned, was rescued yesterday after
having been sixteen days on a small
ledge of open sea, following the
wrecking of his launch. At every tide
he was almost submerged, but man
aged by means of a rope with which
he tied himself to the ledge.
Before his terrible experience Ryan
was a big and powerful man. When
rescued he weighed less than 100
pounds. He existed during the sixteen
days on two raw potatoes and rain
water.
WRECKED MARIPOSA
MAY BE FLOATED
CAPTAIN AND SIX OF CREW ARE
CAMPED ON BEACH GUARD
ING GROUNDED CRAFT.
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—If a storm
does not arise, there is a possibility of
patching and floating the Mariposa,
which struck a rock at Strait island
Sunday. The captain and six of the
crew are camping on the beach guard
ing the wreck. The Mariposa is sub
merged at high tide but her deck and
between decks are dry at low tide.
Charles A. Sulzer, Alaska’s delegate
in congress, who was aboard the Mari
posa has arrived in Seattle. He says
he will urge congress to dredge Dry
Strait in order to give vessels plying
►IAN WARS FOR
LIFE AGAINST SEA
PUBLISHER CHARGED
i . WITH ESPIONAGE
I
MAX EASTMAN, OF MASSES1
I MAGAZINE, INDICTED FOR CON- !
j SPIRAC'Y UNDER WAR ACT. !
—
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Max East-;
! man, publisher of the Masses maga- j
j zine, which recently was denied second;
I class mail privileges, was indicted latej
j yesterday with six other persons, all!
of whom’ are connected with the pub
!
lication. They are charged with con- ^
'< spiracy in violation of the espionage
act.
Bench warrants for the arrests of
the indicted persons have been issued.
ENDS!STEEL
TO BE TIM
MILESflPflRT
TRACKLAYERS NEXT WEEK
WILL QUIT WORK FOR WIN
TER AT MILE 91.
GRADING WILL BE CONTINUED
Regular Train Service Will Be Main
tained Between Here and Mile 91
and Between Mile 71, or Kern Creek
and Seward.
Twenty miles will intervene thi;
winter between the ends of steel oi
the route of the government railroac
between Anchorage and Seward. Th<
Anchorage traeklaying crew ha:
reached Mile 93.2 on the main* lin<
south of here, and by next week th(
workers will have put down rails t<
Mile 91. Trains will then be operatec
between here and there. The tracklay
ers, after reaching Mile 91, will sus
pend work for the winter.
Grading operations will be prosecut
ed during the winter on the right-of
way between Mile 91 and Mile 71
which is Kern creek and from whicl
there is a continuous stretch of stee
to Seward. This gap will be closer
by the laying of rails early nex1
summer.
The Aiaskan Engineering commis
sion has provided for regular and effi
cient train service this winter betweer
Anchorage and Mile- 91 and betweer
Mile 71, or Kern creek, and Seward.
Dog team stages will be operatec
by several parties for the convenience
of travelers over the twenty-mile
stretch between Mile 91 and Mile 71.
MAN SURVIVES
BULLET IN STOMACH
JOSEPH DORAN, WHO SHOT HIM
SELF, IS DISCHARGED FROM
HOSPITAL AS CURED.
Joseph Doran, who was found or
the sidewalk at the corner of K streel
and Fifth avenue on the night o1
October 31 with a bullet wound in the
abdomen and who was taken immed
iately to the government hospital, has
been discharged as completely recov
ered. Doran’s intestines were perfor
ated in four places. As soon as lie
reached the hospital a successful sur
gical operation was performed on hirr
by Dr. J. B. Beeson. Doran at the
time of the shooting declared that he
had shot himself.
A brief while before he was fount
wounded, a man said to answer his
description had entered the Euvekc
lodging house and had shot Axel T?
Nelson, a lodger, inflicting two flesf
wounds in the leg.
Nelson subsequently said he coulc
not identify Doran as the assailant
and no arrests have been or will be
made as a result of the affray.
MARIPOSA EXPRESS
AND MAIL SAVED
SOME OF \ HooEl 3 CliE iV BE'
COME DISORDERLY AND ARE
TAKEN TO WRANGELL.
SEATTLE, Nov. 21.—All mail anc
express aboard the Mariposa, whicl
went on a rock Sunday at Strail
Island, five miles from Wrangell, were
transferred to the steamship Jefferson
which has arrived in Seattle.
Reports late yesterday reached the
offices here of the Alaska Steamship
company, owners of the Mariposa, tha1
several of the wrecked vessel’s crew
while on their way to Seattle aboard
the freight steamship Ravilli, became
so disorderly that the Ravilli put bacli
to Wxangell, where the men were
turned over to the United States
deputy marshal.
Word from Wrangell is that the
Mariposa may possibly be floated.
iram
ORDERS IRE
ROLLING STOCK
FOUR HUNDRED FREIGHT CARS
AND SIX LOCOMOTIVES TO
COME FROM PANAMA.
[NEEDED FOR HAULING COAL.
I Gauge of Canal Track Differs from
That Here Requiring Changes to
| Equipment But It Will Be Rea4jr
in Spring.
Arrangements are being made by
the Alaskan Engineering Commission
to acquire a large amount of addition
al rolling stock and equipment for use
of Anchorage division. An order has
been placed with the Panama canal for«
400 Lidgerwood fiat cars, three 601
class and three 201-class locomotives
and one McCann or Jordan spreader.
It is planned to convert 150 of the
Lidgerwoods into coal cars, to care for
the traffic between the coal fields and
tidewater.
The cars ordered from Panama will
have to be changed from their present
five*-foot gauge to that of the Alaska
railroad, which is standard, namely 4
feet 8V2 inches. If possible, most of
the alterations and repairs will be
done in the shops of the Panama Can
al at Balboa, Canal one.
The additional equipment and roll
ing stock probably will reach Anchor
age early in the spring, shortly after
the opening of navigation.
DuMiNtM mm uvt
ROADS ATTENTION
. > ' :-f i.. r • v
CHAMBER ,OF* COMMERCE ALSO
DISCUSSES SENDING MAIL
OYER RAILROAD ROUTE.
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At the luncheon meeting today at
the Frisco Grill of the chamber of
commerce it was deceided to take ev
ery available step toward stimulating
interest in the good roads movement. *
| Andrew Christensen, A. S. Shyman
and J. C. Murphy were appointed
a committee to investigate the condi
tions relative to the securing of an ap
propriation for the further construe
I tion of roads throughout the Cook In
let country.
The question of diverting the mail
route from the Fairbanks trail to the
government railroad was taken up.
The luncheon meeting next Tuesday
| will be held at 12:30 in the afternoon
at the Mint Grill.
CUBA MAY STOP
SUGAR SHIPMENTS
MENOCAL DEMANDS FOUR AND
THREE-QUARTERS CENTS
PER POUND.
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 20.—It is
understood that President Mario G.
I Menocal, of Cuba, intends to take a
1 stand in favor of the small Cuban sug
ar interests for a price of four and
! three-fourths cents instead of four and
one-half cents as proposed by Herbert
Hoover, United States food adminis
! trator.
| It is reported President Menocal
! will establish an embargo on sugar
i shipments if the small interests are
I not given consideration.
VOLCANO FREEZES
UP IN CALIFORNIA
REDDING, Cal., Nov. 21.—Lassen
I peak in California, the only active vol
cano in the United States is dying out
I according to a report made by three
men who ascended the mountain.-The
cauldron, they say, is becoming a cav
ern of ice and they were able to walk
into the crater.