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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916.
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WASHINGTON, August 24.—The committee of eight j
railway presidents, representing the railway companies of the i
country, met in session yesterday afternoon and are again in
* conference this forenoon. The committee is sounding the re
nfaining railway magnates and Wall street and it assumed that
some sort of an agreement will be reached, looking toward a
settlement of the strike situation. The railway magnates are
not inclined to favor President Wilson’s plan for a settlement
of the difficulty and are expected to formulate another scheme
to adjust the trouble.
Wilson Confers With Solons.
President Wilson called into conference yesterday Chair
man Newlands, of the senate committee on interstate com
merce, and Chairman Adamson, of the same committee in the
house, to discuss the strike situation and the advisability of
enacting special legislation covering the subject. After the
conference, Senator Newlands said that there was no need lor
special legislation at this time to cope with the situation, but
probably a bill would be framed for the purpose of meeting
similar situations that may arise in the future. He believed
that the president’s plan, if adopted, would be fair to both
parties involved and he hoped a settlement would be reached.
Reached.
Big Interests Behind Railways.
Big interests are behind the railway companies that are re
luctant to accept the railway employes’ demands for an eight
hour day at ten hours’ pay. This is the stumbling block in the
settlement of the strike situation. It is believed that the rail
way companies will be forced to yield to the demands ot the
men and that an increase in freight rates will follow.
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BELIEVED LOST
IS HEARD IFROM
NAVAL REPRESENTATIVE LIVES
FOR YEARS AMONG ESKI
MOS ON CROCKER LAND
IN THE ARCTIC.
WASHINGTON August 24.—En
sign Green, who represented the navy
in the Crocker Land Arctic expedition,
in the year 1913, and who was given
up for lost, has arrived at Copenha
gen, according to dispatches received
by the navy department. Ensign
Green was lost from the remainder of
fche expedition, which came away from
Crocker Land in the belief that he was
dead. He reached a native settlement
and had been living with the Eskimos
up to the time he joined a whaling
vessel that happened to pass by
Crocker Land.
42 DEATHS AND
131 NEW CASES
NEW YORK, August 24.—Forty
two deaths from infantile paralysis
have occurred within the past 24
hours. One hundred and thirty-one
new cases have been reported to the
health department within the same
period.
SALE OF LOIS
IN TOWNSITE AT
NENANA BEGINS
MANY FAIRBANKS PEOPLE ON
THE GROUND SEEKING
SITES FOR BUSINESS
LOCATIONS.
FAIRBANKS, August 24. — The
sale of lots at the government town
scite at the Nenana coal fields is on
today, under the auspices of Andrew
Christensen, superintendent of sale.
It is anticipated that there will be a
brisk demand for business locations.
Many Fairbanks business men are
in attendance at the sale and pro
pose to buy lots, if the prices are not
boomed too high. They will buy with
the idea of establishing branch busi
nesses at the coal town. Including the
Commission force, there are now
some 600 inhabitants of Nenana.
EVANS SAILS
FOR ANCHORAGE
SEATTLE, August 24.—The steam
er Admiral Evans sailed at 6 o’clock
yesterday morning, en route to An
chorage and way ports. Bound for
Anchorage are 21 fir3t-class and three
steerage passengers.
BRITISH
DECISIVE VBTBRY OH
GEIWNS IN HOT FIGHTINC AT THIEPVAE
*
BRITISH FRONT, August -4.—The British troops gained
a decisive victory yesterday afternoon when they captured
from the Germans one of the ridges at Thiepval. Over a thou
sand yards of the German front were taken. Trenches captur
ed by the Germans two years ago were re-taken and found to
he intact. These trenches were built In the allies at the be
ginning of the war. They were dislodged by the Germans, who
held possession until yesterday. The greatest curtain lire since
dune was engaged in by the enemy. Prisoners taken captive
by the British forces declare that the fighting eclipsed that at
Verdun.
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Counter Attacks Repulsed.
LONDON, August 24.—Counter attacks by the Germans j
during the night, in an effort to regain lost positions at Thiep !
val, were repulsed by the British forces, the enemy sustaining |
heavy losses.
Allies’ Losses Are Heaviest.
BKRLIX, August 24.—An official statement issued by thej
German admiralty today says that an accurate check up to
August 1 shows that the British and French have lost a total
of 72 warships, with a total displacement of 41 >0.0.10 tons. Din
ing the same period the German loss was 25 warships, with a*
total displacement ot' 62,0(37 tons. This list includes only those
warships definitely known to have been sunk.
Hand Grenades in Attack.
I’.Mils. August -4.—the French troops employed hand
grenades in their attacks in all the Soyecocourt sectors yester
da>. hut the Germans were prepared tor this kind of warfare,
and hut slight and unimportant gains were made by the allies.
Lone Zeppelin Raids England.
IA ).\ IH )X, August _’4. A lone Zeppelin made a raid on
the hnglish coast at an early hour this morniim, hut no dam
age resulted from the visit of the air craft.
Turks Join Teutons at Stokhod.
I h 1 Id hiRAI*, August -4. Official Russian reports to
da\ tell of the failure of the Teuton offensive in the Stokhod
war zone. The fighting revealed that Turkish troops are fight
ing with the Teutons in the eastern zone, many of the Turks
having been captured in the atack at Stokhod yesterday.
Russians Take Two Heights.
I F I ROGRAI), August 24.—The Russian official reports'
today say that the Russian troops have captured from the Aus
trians two heights on the Hungarian frontier, north and south
of the Keverla mountains.
AT A GERMAN PORT
LONDON, August 24.—The submarine freight it Deutsch
land reached Bremen yesterday. The submarine was in a
-lightly damaged condition, which delayed its passage across
the ocean, but is not seriously damaged. Captain Koenig, the
commander of the Deutschland, is being hailed as a national
hero by the German empire. He is being feted and dined at
Bremen and has been commanded to appear before the kaiser,
that the monarch may convey his personal felicitations and
compliment him on his big achievement.
In an interview with correspondents of a Berlin newspa
per, Captain Koenig praises the American people and the Am
erican government, which, he declares, treated him with every
consideration and gave him and his ship a square deal in all
particulars.
The submarine freighter Bremen did not leave the port of
Bremen until a week ago, after the owners had learned that the
Deutschland was well on the way homeward bound.
All Well on Deutschland.
BERLIN, August '24.—A wireless message received at
Savville, tells of the arrival of (lie Deutschland at the mouth of
the Weiser river early yesterday morning. All are well on
board, said the message.
NOUSE PASSES
APP80PHTI0N
BILE EOR NAVY
WASHINGTON, August 24.—'The
house yesterday passed the army ap
propriation bill, without the articles
of war appended, as passed in the
first instance. It is expected that the
senate will restore the articles of war
provision, eliminating, however, the
clause making exempt from duty re
tired officers of the United States ar
my. This is the clause that caused
President Wilson to veto the army ap
propriation bill.
BY
SALES
NEW YORK, August 24.—As an
indication of boom times throughout
the country, resulting in a plethora of
money, the stock market established
its record sale at the exchange yester
day. The record is for this year and
4,27o shares of stock changed hands.
Railway, traction and steel stocks
composed the biggest part of the
sales.
The steamer Mariposa brought in
80 sacks of mail for Anchorage, and
the mail was ready for delivery at 1
o’clock this afternoon.
COMMISSIONERS
10 MEET EARLY
IN SEPTEMBER
SECRETARY LANE, CHAIRMAN,
AND JUDGE GRAY, OF DEL
AWARE AND DR. MOTT
OF N. Y„ MEMBERS.
WASHINGTON', August 24.—Sec
retary of State Lansing and Mexican
Ambassador Arredondo have decided,
after an extended conference yester
day afternoon, that the American
Mexican commission for the settle
ment of the trouble between the re
spective countries shall convene dur
ing the first week of September, at
some point, not yet publicly designat
ed, on the northeast coast of Mexico,
near the border.
Secretary Lansing officially an
nounces that the American commis
sioners will be Sewetary of the Inte
rior Lane, chairman • J. G. Gra}, a no
ted jurist of Wilmington, Delaware,
and Dr. John Mott, secretary of the
Young Men’s Christian association,
New Y'ork city.
PRESIDENT VETOES
IMPORTANT BILE
WASHINGTON, August 24.—Pres
ident Wilson has vetoed the bill au
thorizing incorporated cities to ap
propriate certain designated sections
of the national forests for community
uses.
A rifle club under the name of the
Anchorage Kifle club has been formed
with 28 members. August Cohen is
president, G. A. Starton, vice. Car!
Pollock treasurer, and O. A. Kenyon,
-.secretary. A rifle range has been se
cured about one-half mile from the
Commision grounds and rifles and am
munition have been ordered
AGITATORS ARE
COMPELLED TO
LEAVE EVERETT
CITIZENS EN MASSE LOAD
TWENTY I. AY. W.’S ON
BOAT FOR SEATTLE—
WERE AGITATORS.
EVERETT, August 24.—Angered
at the activities of members of the
Industrial Workers, who were seek
ing to foment trouble among the shin
gle weavers in this vicinity, in an ef
fort to get them to strike, the citizens
of Everett, en masse, rounded up 20
of the agitators, forcibly loaded them
on garbage wagons and unceremoni
ously dumped them on a boat bound
for Seattle. The agitators were warn
ed that if they returned to Everett,
more heroic action would be taken.
CONVENTION IS
NEARING iEND
a
NEW YORK, August 20.—Consid
erable discord at the convention of
the Federation of Catholic societies
prevailed at yesterday’s session when
an effort was made to separate wom
en’s societies from other organisa
tions. The matter was up in the form
of a motion, which was defeated aft
er a lengthy and heated debate.
Due to the excessive heat prevail
ing in New York city, the convention
is rushing its work as rapidly as pos
sible. The next annual convention
will be held at Kansas City in 1917.
Otis B. Kent, attorney for the In
terstate Commerce commission, who
is in Cordova at present, is on a leave
of absence from Washington and
spending his vacation in Alaska,
which he says he is tl noughly enjoy
ing.—Cordova Times.