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VOL. 1. NO. 297.
ANCHORAGE,
jASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1!)1G.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
LONDON, Oct. 27.—The victorious sweep of the Teuton
forces under the command of General von Mackensen in the
province of Dobradja, in Roumania, has been checked, at least
temporarily, according to dispatches received here today from
Berlin, Sofia, Petrograd and Bucharest. The Roumanians have
! blown up the 14-mile railway bridge that spans the Danube
river, at Cemavoda, thus blocking the immediate invasion of
old Roumania. This bridge is the greatest in Europe. The
German war office, in announcing the destruction of the great
bridge by the Roumanians, declares it is evidence of the fact
that the Roumanians are in fear of a Teuton sweep toward
Bucharest, the capital of Roumania.
4 PROPOSE TO AID ROUMANIA.
LONDON, Oct. 27.—Addressing the house of commons yes
terday afternoon, Premier Asquith said: “In Russia, France
and Great Britain there are concerted measures in which each
of us is doing all in his power to support Roumania in her
.straggle against a foreign foe now invading her country.”
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORIES IN
REGION TO NORTH OE VERDUN
PARIS, Oct. 27.—Three successive counter attacks last
night by the German forces under the command of the German
crown prince,in tke 'scctor aorta of Verdun, at Douaumont atur
Ilaudremont, were repulsed by the French forces, says a bul
letin issued by the French war office at midnight. The report
says that the German prisoners of war taken in this sector in
the past two days now number nearly 5,000.
BERLIN, Oct. 27.—(By wireless to Sayvilie)—The Ger
man troops under the command of the crown prince have again
repulsed the French attacks on Fort Vaux, northeast of Ver
dun, says an official statement issued by the war office today.
The report admits the fall of the fort and village of Douau
mont.
He who sins must pay the penalty.
Once more the eagle-eyed officials
have run to earth the erring and John
Mantalica will either remain a guest
of the federal jail for 125 days or pass
$250 in legal tender across the board.
This money will be placed in fund “C”
and is used for indigents and general
_ court expenses.
There are no indigents locally, but
the expenses are heavy and the court
needs the money, but up to the time
of going to press John had failed to
come across.
Marshal Anderson unearthed a rou
lette wheel in a cabin located in block
44, original townsite of Anchorage,
and it was proven that John MantaHea
was the keeper thereof. In the evi
dence before Judge Leopold David this
morning it was not proven that the
roulette wheel was surrounded by
rough-clad mining men, neither was
the table stacked high with gold nor
was the elusive ivory ball heard to
click-click in the waiting receptacle
. thus giving the coupier a chance to
* sing out in that old familiar drawl,
“17 and the black.”
Marshal Anderson should not be so
secretive as there are a number of An
chorage citizens, who would have liked
to have heard the siren’s song once
more.
- However, the law reads, and is so
| "(iterpreted, that it isn’t necessary to
Viatch the coupier red handed running
the game but if a gambling device of
this nature is found in his possession
he is subject to fine or imprisonment.
This also holds true if a roulette wheel
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—Dry Squad
Patrolman G. A. Ford has been sus
pended from the service and a charge
of larceny laid against him. He was
placed under arrest immediately after
his suspension, but is out on bail. Ford
participated in the dry squad raid on
the Washington Annex hotel and it is
alleged that while the raid was in pro
gress, Ford employed the time in pil
fering the hotel of valuables.
Times’ Challenge Accepted.
Captain Billy Maitland has accepted
the Daily Times challenge in behalf
of the Lumbermen’s bowling team and
gives the names of his team as fol
lows: Campbell, of third base fame;
Maxwell, of vocal and bridge fame.and
Master Summy, the duck hunter.
Captain Maitland doesn’t qualify in
any one particular line but really is
the only bowler in the bunch. The
match will be arranged for the first
of next week and the Times staff and
force are laughing in their sleeves
(figuratively) at the awful drubbing
they will give the lumbermen and
thereby wipe out the stain of defeat
suffered at their arch enemy’s hand on
the base ball diamond last summer
through the sublime efforts of the um
pire. Umpire Koch will not act in the
bowling match.
or any other gambling device is ap
prehended in transit.
Judge David was lenient with the
defendent and the result of this arrest
and conviction only goes to prove that
the officials are doing their duty and
that “the way of the transgressor is
hard.”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Conditions in the northern part
of Mexico, revolving on the new ascendency of General Villa
as military leader, are commanding more attention in official
circles at Washington now than at any time since the border
raids were inaugurated. Alarm in this direction is founded on
reports that Villa and his bandit gang have made another suc
cessful raid on the city of Chihuahua, although the reports
are merely rumors. The situation is complex, because the
American-Mexican Commission, sitting at New London, Con
necticut, cannot be expected to reach a satisfactory solution
of the border troubles until the situation at Chihuahua City
is clarified. The withdrawal of the American troops of inva
sion, under the command of General Pershing, is considered
out of the question, in the circumstances, and there is little
possibility that the regular or national guard troops on the
border will be reduced. While administration officials are
seeking to disguise and minimize the situation, it is learned on
high authority that official Washington views with alarm the
military movements of the Villistas and regard the bandit’s
activities as distinctly menacing to the Mexican de facto gov
ernment’s control of northern Mexico.
TREVINO DENIES ATTACK ON CHIHUAHUA.
EL PASO, Oct. 27.—General Gonzales, commander of the
government troops at Juarez, announces the receipt of a mes
sage from General Trevino, commander of the de facto govern
ment troops at Chihuahua City, stating that all is quiet in that
city and authorizing hhn to deny, in the most vigorous terms,
the report that the city had fallen before an attack on the part
of the Villistas.
ELM KILLED
FARNHAM, Quebec, Oct. 26—Elev
en children are dead and 20 are mis
sing and believed lost as a result of a
Ore that wholly consumed St. Eliza
beth’s hospital for children at a late
hour last night. Three hundred and
fifty children were sleeping in the
hospital when the fire started. The
attendants hustled about and with
good order succeeded in getting most
of the little ones out of the burning
structure. Five children were injur
ed by jumping from second story
windows to the ground below. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
SEATTLE, Oct. 26.—County Game
Warden Henry Rief was placed un
der arrest here today on Hie charge-of
falsifying the election returns from
the Snoqualmie precincts in the late
primary election. Rief furnished
bail and was released. He denies his
guilt, declaring that it is a frameup
on the part of his political enemies.
S1.8G ABUSHEL
• CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—Wheat jump
ed to a dollar and eighty-six cents a
bushel here yesterday, but it dropped
back to a dollar and eighty cents the
bushel when agents of foreign coun
tries began to unload their holdings
at the high figure.
The Alaska Order of Pioneers will
hold its regular weekly meeting to
night at the Moose hall. All Pioneers
are requested to be present.
COVER IRE BET
They usually go in pairs, these
highbinders, and are often referred to
in the physical description as the
short and the tall. Two gentlemen
invaded the counting room of the
Times yesterday afternoon, one about
six feet tall, well proportioned, with
blue eyes and a square chin and orig
inally hailed from the Pan-Handle of
Texas, the other one was equally as
tall, but went more to the averdupois
with a round cherry face and his na
tive habitat was the Empire state and
his forefathers came from the Emer
ald Isles. They carried yellow gold in
their hands to the amount of $100.00
and said they believed unequivocally
that President Wilson would be re
tained and were willing to back their
judgment to this extent. The $100.00
Hughes’ money posted with the Times
has been called.
KITE SIDLER
Postively the last appearance, how
often we have heard this expression
and possibly with as much regret as
in the present case. Mrs. Kate Sad
ler speaks tonight at Roberts’ hall
and while her address will naturally
be the feature there will be other at
tractions for the music lover, the epi
cure and the lover of dancing. This
affair is the spontaneous outburst of
her many Anchorage friends who feel
that in this manner they can partially
show their appreciation and esteem.
Why do the socialists select a wo
man to carry the burden and carry
the cross of the forlorn hope? Mrs.
Lena Morrow Lewis has wired that
she will arrive in Anchorage on the S.
S. Mariposa and the followers of the
faith are arranging a big political ral
ly for Mrs. Lewis is the socialist can
didate for delegate and is making a
whirlwind campaign in the interests of
her party.
MANS BASE
HOPE OF ELECTION
ON EMPIRE STATE
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—It is to New York that the repub
licans are now turning their anxious attention, because of the*
unfavorable conditions in the middle west states. Candidate
Hughes must carry New York to win, the republicans now ad
mit, and reports from up-state polls reveal a steady drift to
ward Wilson. These old-line republican counties, showing a
Wilson tendency, have injected into the political situation,
from a republican standpoint, an element of uncertainty that
demands instant and heroic attention, to stop the growing Wil
son sentiment.
The republican campaign managers plan to have Hughes
make 18 speeches in this state, a part of which will be delivered
before his last western tour and the remainder after his return
from his final trip about the country.
Chairman Willcox, of the republican campaign commit
tee, says that Hughes will be elected, but admits that the re
publicans must get in and work.
BOTH SIDES IN TROUBLE.
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—Republican candidates for state of
fice, with few exceptions, are in revolt against State Chairman
Fred C. Harper and the republican state central committee, be
cause they have injected the referendum issue into fhe cam
paign. Democratic candidates for office, especially Governor
Lister, who seeks re-election, are also in revolt against the
democratic campaign committee. Lister has named a private
campaign manager and is ignoring the state chairman. The
difficulty arises over the liquor question, the governor being
pronounced in his advocacy of state wide prohibition, while the
state chairman leans toward the liquor element.
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PRESIDENT JOSHES WITH THEM.
CHILLICOTHE, O., Oct. 27.—Four thousand people, in
cluding 700 shopmen who marched in a body to the railway
station, greeted President Wilson when he passed through
Chillicothe at an early hour this morning. The president stood
on the rear end of the car platform and joshed with the people.
I I had lots of fun here when I was a youngster,” said the
president. The crowd laughed and many called out, “Better
stop off and look us over again.” “With you as president the
country will remain at peace,” shouted one woman whose voice
could be heard above the tumult. “I certainly hope so,” re
plied Wilson.
REPUBLICAN PARTY UNITED.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Candidate Hughes, in an address
before a vast crowd at Brooklyn last night, made a special ap
peal to the young voters. He declared that the republican par
ty had “recovered from the division of four years ago and is
ready once more to serve the people. ’ ’
HUGHES STARTS ON FINAL TOUR.
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Candidate Hughes departed on his
final campaign tour this morning. He will campaign in Con
necticut, Massachusetts and return to New York and deliver
several speeches in this state as he passes on his way to Ohio
and Indiana.
ROOSEVELT TALKS AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—Col. Roosevelt concluded Iris western
tour in a speech in Chicago last night. He evoked wild enthusi
arm from the monster crowd in attendance. He attacked the
administration’s Mexican policy, declaring it to be cowardly
and impotent, and that in consequence this country had lost the
.respect of the world at large.
WILSON TALKS AT CINCINNATI.
\ CINCINNATI* Oct. 27.—President Wilson spoke in Cin
cinnati last nipit.' He said, in part: “This is the last war that
involves practically the whole world that the United States can
kept out of. The policy of keeping neutral will not be possible
in another great world war. The present war has assumed
s\ich proportions that the position of neutrals will sooner or
later become intolerable. Nobody can hereafter be neutral, as
respects the disturbance of the world’s peace for it is a mat
ter which the world’s opinion can not sanction.”
The president referred sarcastically to those who were try
ing to throw fear into the hearts of the American business men
by predicting an economic disaster in the JJnited States fol
lowing the world war. “Europe will be so exhausted financial
ly,” declared the president, “that the entire budget of each
country now involved in the war would be barely able to pay
th? debts of the respective powers.”