AND ALASKA LABOR HEWS
. VOL. I. NO. 47.
HORACE. ALASKA,THURSDAY, f)CTOBER
25, 1917.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
KAISER CONGRATULATES ARMY AND NAVY ON RUS
SIAN FRONT ON THEIR RECENT SUCCESSES—AD
MIRALTY AT PETROGRAD OFFICIALLY ANNOUN
CES SEVERAL TEUTON WARSHIPS WERE SUNK.
PARIS, France, Oct. 23.—General Petain, of the French
forces, today initiated operations in the Aisne region, north
east of Soissons, which may prove to be of the first importance
to the cause of the entente allies.
The French attacked along a three-mile front, which area
includes Fort Delamalmaison, the German stronghold. This
fort last spring baffled the efforts of the French to advance in
this sector. The French have moved up their big guns and
are now hammering the fort with great vigor.
Success on the part of the French in this sector would com
pel a German retirement of large proportions along a front of
probably forty miles.
SCANDINAVIANS TO PROTEST.
LONDON. Oct. 23.—A joint protest by Norway, Sweden
and Denmark is expected to be lodged against the action of
German submarines in sinking neutral steamers under convoy
in the North sea last Wednesday.
KAISER THANKS TROOPS.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 23.—After returning from Constanti
nople, Emperor William of Germany telegraphed Prince Leo
pold, commander of the German forces on the northern Russia
tjont, his own and the fatherland’s thanks for the successes
achieved, the prince’s troops capturing Moon, Dago and Osel
island" in co-operation with the German navy.
The emperor also sent congratulations to the German ad
miralty staff describing the naval operations as fresh proof of
the preparedness of the navy.
GERMANS LOSE WARSHIPS.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 23.—In the fighting around the Gulf of
Riga islands last week, the Russians put out of action two Ger
man dreadnaughts, one G^ man ‘ '•nisor. twelve German torpe
do boats and one German transport, it is officially announced.
The ultimate fate of the vessles is unknown. It has been estab
lished that at least six German torpedo boats were sunk by the
Russians; that the German battleship Slava was lost and that
a larae torpedo boat was sent to the bottom. The Russian ad
miralty said the Russians fought excellently against the supe
rior German forces.
, PREMIER OF ENGLAND SAYS HE
HAS KD HOPE DF PERCE WITH
TEUTONS IN NEAR FUTURE
LLOYD-GEORGE DECLARES SETTLEMENT WITH GER
MANY NOW WOULD ONLY BE ARMED TRUCE
SUBMARINE WARFARE NOT NEARLY SO EFFECT
IVE AT PRESENT AS IT WAS EARLY THIS SPRING.
LONDON, Oct. l’3.—‘‘I have scanned the horizon intent
ly,” said Lloyd George, premier of England, in discussing
peace prospects today, “and I can see no terms in sight which
will lead to enduring peace. The only terms now possible with
Germany mean an armed truce, which eventually would end in
even a more frightful struggle.”
The premier said Germany now would make peace only on
terms enabling her to benefit by the war. He asserted such a
peace would encourage every buccaneering empire in the fu
ture to repeat Germany’s performance. Twice as many Ger
man submarines were lost in the last ten months than all of
last year, declared the premier, while the British tonnage lost
monthly is not much more than a third of the total destroyed
last April.
NEXT SUNDAY IS PROCLAIMED
AS TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BE
SEECH SUPREME MASTER FOR
AID IN HOUR OF NATIONAL
TRIAL.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct 22.—
President Wilson has proclaimed Sun
day, October 28, a day of prayer.
He says in his proclamation that it
“behooves a great people, nutured as
we have been in the eternal principles
* of justice and right ,and obedient to
divine teachings, to cast ourselves at
the feet of the Supreme Master and
pray for aid in our hour of trial.”
Willie Ritchie Is Appointed Boxing
Instructor at American Lake,
W ash., and “Kid” McCoy at Camp
Dix, New York.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—Willie
Ritchie has been appointed boxing
instructor for the Ninety-First divi
sion of the national army at Ameri
can Lake, Wash., and “Kid” McCoy
has been named boxing instructor at
Camp Dix, New York.
A general order was issued by the
war department today authorizing
distinctive ribbons to be worn by Am
erican soldiers wounded in action.
ANDREW CHRISTENSEN GETS
ADVICES THAT ONLY $6,000
HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
AMOUNT DUE IS ABOUT $12,000
No Further Notices Will Be Sent to
Owners by Federal Authorities and
Holders Should Not Delay Their
Remittances.
Recent advices received here by An
drew Christensen, head of the land and
industrial department of the Alaskan
Engineering commission from the
United States land office at Juneau in
dicates that the lot owners of Anchor
age have paid about $6,000 on the sec
ond annual installment due on lots sold
at the first sale in Anchorage, which
is considerably less than it should be
I at this time, as the total amount of
j the annual payments is between $12,
I 000 and $13,000.
The failure of the lot owners to
j make prompt payment is no doubt due
to the fact that no notices have been
received this year from the land office
at Juneau, such as were sent out last
i
! year.
The land and industrial department!
desires to invite the attention of all lot j
i owners to the fact that the United j
; States land office at Juneau will notj
send notices advising the amount due
and that these payments must be made
promptly when due.
The dates on which the payments
are «hie are shown on the copies of ap
plication to purchase, which were sent
to purchasers by the land office notify
ing them of the allowance of their ap- j
plication, and those copies should be
consulted in order to detei’mine when
payment should be made.
If payment is not made when due
the lot will be forfeited and re-sold.
GOVERNOR NAMES
BOARD MEMBERS!
DR. F. M. BOYLE AND J. H. ROB
INSON APPOINTED TO SERVE
WITH CAPT. T. D. DWYER.
Dr. F. M. Boyle and John H. Rob
inson, inspector for the Alaskan En
gineering commission, were notified
by cablegram today of their appoint
ment by Governor J. F. A. Strong
as members of the Anchorage exemp
tion board, under the selective con
scription act. The other member of
the board is Captain Thomas D.
Dwyer.
The newly appointed members of
the board took their oaths of office
this afternoon before United States
Commissioner Leopold David. The
three members will hold their first
meeting tonight to perfect their or
ganization.
GERMANY LOST
MANYZEPPELINS
FRANCE EXULTS OVER WHAT
SHE DESCRIBES AS GREATEST
AERIAL DEFEAT IN WAR.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23.—
Germany probably lost one half her to
tal effective fleet of super Zeppelins
as the result of the raid October 20
over England, according to official
cablegrams received here.
All France is exultant over what
despatches from there declare to be
the greatest defeat administered to
Germany’s air fleet since the begin
ning of the war.
COAL MEN HEAR OFFICIALS.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 23.—Coal pro
ducers from every coal field in the
country assembled in this city today
to hear addresses by fuel administra
tion officials.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
APPORTIONED ANCHORAGE
FROM TERRITORIAL FUNDS.
ORDER ISSUED BY JUDGE
Sixty Students Are Now Enrolled and
Doing Away With All Charges Is
Expected to Increase Attendance
in Immediate Future.
Fifteen hundred dollars of territor
ial funds is available for the mainten
ance of the public night school here,
according to word received today by
the educational authorities.
This money will be apportioned to
this district by reason of the action of
Judge F. M. Brown, of the third divis
ion, who at Valdez yesterday formally
granted a petition asking that he of
ficially authorize the establishment of
a public night school here. This of
ficial recognition is necessary in order
that the school may obtain funds from
the territorial treasury.
Under the law, the night school, in
accepting the territorial apportion
ment, can no longer charge a fee for
instruction in ordinary branches, and,
as a consequence, Superintendent T. R.
Me Anally announces the immediate
abrogation of tuition fee of $5 a month
that was established early in the sea
son. Among the courses required und
er the law are civics and American his
tory.
Foreign language is not a required
course ami Superintendent Me Anally
says a monthly fee will continue to be
charged for lessons in Spanish or any
other foreign language.
At present there are sixty scholars
enrolled in the night school. Nearly all
of them are married,and many are of
foreign birth.
With the doing away of the tui
tion fee, the superintendent expects a
large increase in the enrollment.
Under the law, the affairs of the
night school must be administered by
the board having charge of the regular
day school. W. Irvin, chairman, T. R.
McAnally, and Mrs. U. M. Thompson,
secretary, constitute the board for the
night school.
To Mrs. Thompson, as secretary,
was sent the telegram from Valdez
giving notice of Judge Brown’s action
giving official recognition to the night
school. The telegram read:
“Petition granting night school
granted. Fifteen hundred dollars
granted.”
ROADHOUSE LUNCH
SERVED IN SEATTLE
NORTHERNERS IN PUGET SOUND
METROPOLIS OBSERVE FLAG
IN ARCTIC CLUB.
SEATTLE, Oct. 19.—Former resi
dents of Alaska at the Arctic club last
night celebrated the fiftieth anniver
sary of the raising at Sitka of the first
American flag in Alaska. Charles E.
Claypool, former commissioner at
Fairbanks, presided. He hauled down
a Russian flag from a miniature flag
pole and raised the Stars and Stripes.
A roadhouse lunch was served.
CAPLAN HAS TO
SERVEJENTENCE
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23.—The con
viction of David Caplan for man
salughter in connection with the dyna
miting of the Los Angeles Times
building in 1910, which resulted in
the death of twenty men, was affirmed
today by the federal district court of
appeals. Caplan began his ten years
sentence in San Quentin penitentiary
last January.
CONTINUATION OF SUCCESSFUL GERMAN OFFENS
IVE, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN CAPTURE OF OSEL
AND MOON ISLANDS IS OFFICIALLY ADMITTED
BY CABINET MINISTER AT PETROGRAD.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 19.—Russian Minister of Public Af
fairs Kishkin announced today that the government would
soon move its offices to Moscow. Newspapers today publish an
official announcement that the evacuation by Russia of the
fortified port of Reval on the Baltic at the entrance to the Gulf
of Finland has begun. In Reval the schools are closed and the
inhabitants are fleeing to the interior. It is believed the Ger
mans ’ new offensive, which resulted in the capture of Osel and
Moon islands,, in the Baltic, has caused the Russian government
to decide to move to Moscow.
Two German torpedo boats were sunk in Moon sound by
floating mines.
Sailors of the main Baltic fleet are demanding that their
ships be sent out to meet the Germans. The government, it i3
understood, takes the position that as the enemy’s forces are
of superior size it would be disastrous to leave Petrograd ab
solutelv undefended.
GERMANS CAPTURE RUSSIANS.
BERLIN, Oct. 19.—Germans have captured two Russian
infantry regiments, totaling 5,000 men, on Moon island.
FRENCH WIN SUCCESSES.
PARIS, Oct. 19.—French troops attacked the Germans
along the Aisne and penetrated the Teutons’ positions for a
considerable distance. The French took 100 prisoners.
The Germans made an attack today on the Verdun front,
but were repulsed.
Twenty bombs were dropped by Germans in the Dunkirk
region but no victims are reported. Several German airplanes
were brought down by automobile artillery fire.
BRIEF MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY AUTHORITIES
IN WASHINGTON TELLING OF FIRST DISASTERS
EXPERIENCED BY THIS COUNTRY IN WATERS OF
EUROPEAN WAR ZONE—NO CASUALTY LISTS YET.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Loss of an American transport
with sixty-seven lives and the damaging of an American tor
pedo boat destroyer with one fatality constitute the first disas
ters experienced by the United States in the waters of the Eur
opean war zone.
The transport was homeward bound. A brief message
chronicling the fact that she had been sunk in the war zone was
received late yesterday by the war department. ^
Even if her casualty list is available in Europe it has not
yet been sent to the American authorities. The message to
the war department said that 100 persons aboard the transport
had been saved. It is believed all the sixty-seven lost were
members of her crew.
From Rear Admiral William S. Sims, in command of the
United States naval forces in European waters, the navy de
partment yesterday received a message saying that on Octo
ber 16 an American destroyer had been hit by a torpedo fired
by a German submarine.
The destroyer in a damaged condition reached port. One
man aboard of her was killed and five were injured. The name
of the destroyer is withheld by the navy department. She is
the first American vessel hit during the war.
mm to
BE AT PARIS
UNITED STATES WILL BE REP
RESENTED AT APPROACHING
CONFERENCE OF ALLIED NA
TIONS IN CAPITAL CITY OF
FRANCE.
PARIS, Oct. 22.—The Temps in its
issue today welcomes the report that
America will participate in the com
ing allied conference in Paris. It says
it is highly gratifying to know Am
erica will be represented. The task of
the allies is too great for them to dis
cuss without the United States, the
newspaper declares and says President
Wilson is so much respected among
the people of the allied nations that
the representatives of the European
powers need to listen to men who
possess his confidence.
I
T
ROBERT F IT Z SI MMONS SUC
CUMBS TO LPNEUMONIA AT
CHICAGO HOSPITAL AFTER
WAGING BATTLE FOR LIFE
FOR FIVE DAYS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.—Robert Fitz
simmons died in the hospital here to
day of pneumonia. His wife was at
his bedside when the end came. The
former champion heavyweight pugil
ist of the world was ill five days. He
fought grimly against death as he
had fought against opponents in the
ring. His remarkable vitality sus
tained him until Saturday.
Funeral exercises will be held in
the Moody tabernacle next Wednes
day. The burial will be in Graceland
cemetery.