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VOL. 1. NO. 2">7.
ANCHOR AUK. ALASKA, MONDAY, SKI’TKMBKR 11. l:»l(i.
PPI 'E TEN CENTS.
Reports State That Germans to Evac
X uate Belgium and France, Shorten
ing Eastern Front, and Using
Troops in Western Front.
LONDON, Sept. 11.—The outstanding feature of the world
war news today is the report, which is given much credence,
that the Germans propose to withdraw a great part of their for
ces in the eastern front and transfer them to the western fronR
particularly in the Roumanian war zone, to offset the big Rus
sian offensive movement which has been inaugurated. Lending
color to this report is the fact that General von Hindenburg,
, chief of staff of the German army and in supreme control of
military matters on all the fronts, has been in the Somme sector
for the past three days. It is generally known that von Hinden
%urg has always considered the western as the most important
front.
A dispatch from Petrograd, received here today, says that
three divisions of the German army, which have been operating
in the Verdun sector, have been transferred to the Roumanian
frontier.
Germans May Evacuate Belgium and France.
LONDON, Sept. 11.—A dispatch from Rome says that the
V German troops are preparing to evacuate positions in Belgium
and France. Berlin newspapers received here discuss the prob
ability of a shortening of the new line of defense in the eastern
front.
Claims British Held Up Ship.
* MANILA, Sept. 11.—The master of the Inter-Island steam
er Cuba, which reached port last night, reports that a British
destroyer held up his ship under the guns of Fort Corregidor,
two miles from the shore, yesterday, and made a search of the
ship.
Loss of Italian Superdreadnaught.
ROME, Sept. 11.—'The Italian minister of marine issued a
statement today which says that 21 officers and 207 men were
lost when the Italian superdreadnaught Leonard de Varce
,-ank August 2. The loss is not attributed to external causes.
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Tremendous Battle at Dubroja.
LONDON, Sept. 11.—A tremendous battle is developing in
Dubroja provinces, according to advices received here to
from Zurich.
Serbians Force Retirement of Bulgars.
SALONIKA, Sept. 11.—Serbian artillery forced the Bulgar
ann\ to retire in wild disorder from advanced trenches in the
Fiorina sector, according to official reports made by the allies.
German Attacks Repulsed.
PARIS, Sept. 11.—German attacks in the Somme region,
chiefly near Berney and ('baldness, made last night, were re
pulsed by the allied troops, according to the French official
communique today.
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British Repulse Teutons.
LONDON, Sept. 11.— The repulse of two Teuton attacks
against the British troops in the Ginchno sector last night, is
claimed by a British report issued today.
Italian Reverses Admitted.
R()MK, Sept. 1L—The Italian war office today admits that
the Italian army suffered reverses at the hands of Austrians in
the ('entino front yesterday.
Teutons Take 1,000 Russians.
BERLIN, Sept. 11.—A repulse of Russian attacks on the
Dniester front and the capture of 1.000 Russian prisoners is
claimed in an official report issued by the German war office
today.
Greek Garrison Joins Revolutionists.
SALONIKA, Sept. 11.—The Greek garrison at Herria. an
important fortress west of Salonika, has joined the revolution
ists.
Many Germans Captured.
PARIS, Sept. 11.—Within the past seven days, says the
.French, communique today, the French armies have taken cap
tive 7,000 German prisoners, in various parts of the eastern
front.
Russians Take 500 Austrians.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 11.—In the lighting in the Carpathian
zone yesterday, the Russian army achieved successes, making
substantial gains in ground from the opposing Austrians and
taking 500 prisoners.
Austrians Admit Russian Successes.
VIENNA. Sept. 11. The Austrian official report today ad
mits that the Russians have made gains in the Carpathian
mountains and at Halitz.
^ Central Trades Union Considering Ad
visability of Calling Out All Union
Men in New York City in Sym
pathy With the Car Men.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—Head officials of the Central Fed
erated Unions and the leaders of the Amalgamated Association
of Street Railway Employees are in session here today, discus
sing the calling- of a general strike of all industries whose
employes are members of unions that belong to the Central Fed
erated Union of New York. The street car employes are in
sisting that a general strike be called, in sympathy with the
striking car men. As nearly every labor union in the metropo
lis is affiliated with the Central Federated union, a general
strike of the employes would paralyze business conditions in
New York city. While there is much sentiment in favor of a
sympathy strike, there is also strong opposition to the plan.
Much wdll depend upon the result of the meeting of the leaders
today.
Rioting in New York City.
NEW YORK, Sept. ll.—Fourteen persons were injured as
a result of rioting on the Third Avenue Elevated street car
system last night. The mob assembled on the street ear track,
to prevent the passage of ears. The reserve police attacked the
mob with clubs and a Wittle followed. Among the injured are
six policemen. The Madison street car line was also attacked
bv a mob. Several shots were fired. Eleven arrests were made
of those believed guilty of causing the riots. While some of the
street cars are running by the aid of strike breakers, the traffic
is way below normal.
Wilson Watching Street Car Strike.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. President Wilson and Secre
tary Lane are keeping a close watch of the street car strike in
New York city. Reports which reach Washington are to the
effect that the strike will extend to other unions.
• FAIRBANKS, Sept. 11.—Charles
Sulzer, democratic candidate for dele
gate to congress from Alaska, addres
ed a medium-sized gathering here
Saturday night. The speech was ego
tistical in the extreme. The speaker
employed the personal pronoun '
136 times in five minutes. His English
is very poor. He has no ideas of con
structive legislation.
Sulzer insinuated that . Delegate
Wickersham was friendly to the fish
eries interests; advocated a full tori'
I tonal government, and gave Col
Richardson the entire credit for th(
$.'00,000 appropriation for roads anc
trails. His arguments were uncon
vincing and he made a poor impres
sion with the crowd.
Sulzer will leave for the coast Tues
day morning. His campaign in the in
terior has been a failure and the elec
tion of Wickersham is assured.
Schofield, republican candidate foi
attorney-general, is en route here
. from Nome.
•ny.er ao years oi iajxniui service
with the Treadwell company, Nid?
King has resigned his position as
foreman of the 700 mill. A. K. Smith,
former foreman of the 240 mill, i has
succeeded him.
uuun towen, a resident oi uougias
j while crossing a trestle a few day.
ago, stepped aside to let another pass
j when he fell to the flats below, a dis
tance of ten feet, sustaining severe
I injuries.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. — Thi
railway companies will fight the eight
hour bill to the court of lust resort
namely, the United States supreme
court, according to the statement o
authorized representatives of the rail
way lines. The railway companies de
dined to accept President Wilson':
overtures for a settlement of the con
troversy, on the ground that it woulc
be a sacrifice of the principle of ar
bitration. Indicating the recent con
version of the railway magnates tc
tihe fine principle of arbitration of dis
i putes, A. B. Garretson, head of the
Conductors’ association; W. S. Stone
chief of the Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood; W. S. Carter, head ol
the Firemen’s Brotherhood, and W. G
Lee, chief of the Trainmen’s Brotlfu
hood, have issued the following state
ment:
“The attitude of those who domi
nate the policies of the railway com
panies toward arbitration is, to one
who is familiar, first with the history
of the enactment of the Newlands act;
second, with the practical working
out thereof, and, third, with the way
that awards that have been handed
down have been applied by these same
railway officials would furnish all the
elements of comedy were it not foi
the fact that it contains also each and
every one of the elements of tragedy
Laughter and tears would lie so close
together that they would be almost in
distinguishable.
“It is true that the executives of the
four brotherhoods advocated the pass
age of the Newlands act and they did
so under the mistaken belief (which
subsequent experience has shattered)
that its terms would be carried out in
good faith by the representatives of
the companies.
“The sincerity of this new-born and
loudly proclaimed belief, as expressed
by the spokesman of the railway pres
idents, that ‘it is essentially the com
mon right of every citizen, of what
ever station in life, to be heard, to
have his day in court,” and “we stand
for the principle of arbitration for the
settlement of industrial disputes,” and
the further statement by the chair
man of the conference committee of
managers: ‘If we are to throw arbi
tration into the scrap heap what
hopes can there be in America for in
dustrial peace in the future?’ is best
shown by the attitude of these rail
way companies who are so loudly pro
claiming the virtues of arbitration
and their undying adherence thereto;
by the attitude of those same compa
nies toward arbitration on a long list
of properties which they absolutely
own and control, but which they have
refused to include in the present nego
tiations, and to the men on which lines
they are refusing their ‘day in court,'
so feelingly referred to by the spokes
man of the railway presidents.
“As an example, under date of June
27 we insisted that the following list
of roads owned and controlled by the
property named therein should be rep
resented by the national conference
committee of managers, but met onh
obstinate refusal.”
Here follows a list of more than lbf
smaller roads owned by larger svs
terns.
■ “These properties employ compara
tively small numbers of men, and oa
account of that fact the railway man
agements feel that demands for these
properties do not constitute a menace
as they do on the larger properties,”
the statement says. “The right to
their ‘day in court’ is continuously re
fused, and any arrangement, settle
ment or agreement to arbitrate made
with the managers’ committee would
not apply on those lines. Thus the
actual position of the conference com
mittee and of the presidents above t
is that on lines where the men are not
! strong enough to force a hearing
there is ‘nothing to arbitrate,’ while
on lines where a costly contest would
be piecipitated arbitration becomes
the dearest principle connected with
the settlement of industrial strife.
j “It might be pertinent at this time
to refer to the fact that the confer
ence committee of managers and their
supporters have excluded the army of
colored brakemen and firemen em
ployed on the southern railways from
all benefits that might be granted in
these negotiations or from all arbitra
tions that might arise. Are they or
are they not entitled to their ‘day in
court?,
“Likewise the white firemen em
ployed on those lines where the negro
predominates; why is he excluded
from the benefits of this benificent
plan of arbitration ?
“Also, the hostlers on lb of the
leading properties that are represent
ed by the conference committee; if ar
bitration is so desirable, why will
those companies not grant that boon
to those men ?
“It is somewhat refreshing to read
the statement of an eastern railway
president that ‘the entire country is in
the grasp of the four executives of la
bor unions.’ There is no doubt that
the gentleman in question is an au
thority on what a country being in
the grasp of a few men means. It is
a matter of fairly common knowledge
that the gentleman in question, with
two others, meets at an annual dinner
and fixes at which anthracite coal will
1 be marketed for the ensuing year.
“Judging by precedent, wherein ev
ery instance that a 5 per cent per ton
increase has been granted to the min
ers for producing coal has resulted in
a 25 per cent ton increase in price to
the consumer, the query naturally fol
lows, if the gentlemen had a free hand
where would freight rates go if the
conditions asked for were granted
were it not for the government super
vision of rates ?
“The extreme solicitude on the part
of the railway presidents for the 80
per cent of unorganized employes ar. 1
their rights become farcical when it
is known that on a large number of
those lines it is a dischargeable of
fense on any of their railways for
those 80 per cent to take any steps
toward organizing for the purpose of
bettering their wage or working con
ditions. These unorganized employes
realize better than any one else can
that their only hope for better wage.-,
shorter hours, or better working con
ditions lies in their being established
by organized labor.”
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BRING ON FLOODS
PHOENIX, Sept. 11.—Floods :ire
i raging in many parts of the state of
I Arizona today, due to torrential
rains. .V iy of the smaller towns in
the remoter parts of the state are al
ready i: ' :‘nd hy flood waters. Un
less tin , ' eease, there will he a
heavy death iud and a great loss of
property.
PRESIDENT HOLDS
OUT SOI HOPE
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 11.—A v
solution was passed by Use Americ n
. Woman Suffrage association aut .
izing the head officer# t > make a
' termined light at the r. t session ; f
congress for national woman suffra.. .
President Wilson, in his address ‘ >
the convention Saturday night s.ji.
. “You should have your demands r< -
agnized within a short time.’’