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RUSSIA WILL NOTCONSIDER SEPARATE PEACE
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N'KW YOIIK. November 17. - Cop
per today dominated the enormous
trading on the stork exchange to an
overwhelming d ■ r at c\| i cme gains
ol from two to the points on another
advance in the price of metals.
SEW Alii), Nov. 17. I.i Mtenant
Uoss and forty soldi as lor the Four
teenth il: an , ;-1 ho t : : d. will
sail for \n. • on the M.iripos
tonight, i.i • oi '| of tile
Alaskan engiie- in . ro.iitnissioii, says
the soldiers will I.o n . | to guard
1 niti'd State.- propel ty dining the win
ter, and possibly a perm ii.eijt post
Will lie e 'taldished a! Anchorage.
N ivi' ition lv d o' od on Cook Inlet
lot tie :i out warm weather melted
the ire. as I itm M • rii s i will pro
l.atdy encounter littl" or no difficulty
in re'ehiua the i.-ilroad terminal.
Labor i .ndilii as :h A oeborage are
normal, * ’ : pt the i ■ i ition for in
creasing the w. . of unskilled la
borers.
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M0NTGOUFLY Ns. 17. The
supreme c ourt ol Ai d" m.i li.c upheld
the verdict of I ,u|HI as iu-t the su
lire ,iia lodge o ..oc or ol the
hei ei i.'.in. i i K i v Iio w as
killed during a nitiitialam at Birming
ham.
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NEW YORK. N o i T Theodore
Roosevelt will l • tin- Fiji. Samoan
and Hawaiian . i -1 ■ in February,
where he will ( plon the mountains
and volcanoes. Tin- colonel will be
accompanied by bis wife.
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ST. I’Al'b, Nov IT. The count
W in Minnesota i - not I 1 en com
pleted, although Hughe- jd ii'iility has
boon r©du< «d to »t.
SAN FRANCISCO. N o IT The
official count is m.ikii. let little*
change In the California vole, which
went for Wilson.
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transfer company moves
INTO OFFICE OF ITS OWN.
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The Alaska Transfer Company has
moved next door, into the large room
formerly occupied by the i dumber of
Commerce, where the transfer busi
ness will be cotidtu led The vacated
room will he used as an office for the
Empress theatre and Pacific Steam
- shin Company.
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bound over to grand jury.
Yesterday the “Spanish Kid was
given a hearing before United States
Commissioner A. J. Adams, on the
charge of having robbed I- E. Rose.
The judge bound him over to await
the action of the next grand jury.
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V. Peterson, of Fairbanks, came to
(Joidova on today's train.
PETRtKiRAl), Nov. 17.—Tlu* Russian minister of foreign
affairs lias sent a telegram to all Russian representatives in
| allied countries, declaring that the Russians are firm in their
! determination not to make separate peace with the Teutons un
i der any circumstances.
BERLIN, Nov. 17.—It is officially announced that the Ba
j varians, in a bayonet charge, captured the summit of Bangui
mountain, Moldavia, on the frontier or Roumania. The Rou
manian lines west of Predeal road was penetrated by the Ten
tons. In Rothenthurm pass region over fifteen hundred Ron
manians wore taken and' elsewhere six hundred Roumanians
were captured.
PETRtKiRAl), Nov. 17.—The Austrians captured the
Koiimanian village* of Liresht in the Campling area. The Ron
| manians evacuated the village of Turgujiulij, in tin- .liul 1 i•.
LONDON, Nov. 17.—The British troops captured the tow n
of Barakli, on the eastern end of the Macedonian front.
LONDON, Nov. 17.—The British front was extended >'<•
terdav from Beaueourt east along the north bank of the An- r
river.
LONDON, Nov. 17.—Winston Churchill told the housi of
commons today that before the end of the war the governin' n
would take over all British shipping and establish a univi i . !
service. He predicted that the reason (or taking l hi •on.
was for the control of all essentials and the fixing of pi. .
enable the pocjr to obtain food, and that the national organ! a
tion of agriculture was also inevitable.
Xl'iW Ft )XL)< )X, (’onn., Nov. 17.—The merchant submarine
Deutschland departed for Bremen early this morning. When
twelve miles from port the Deutschland' rammed and sank its
escort tug, the T. A. Scott, Jr. The crew of five were drowned.
• aptain Fred Hinsch, of the liner Xeckar, saved the Deutsch
land, which is apparently uninjured, but returned here for an
examination. The sea was smooth at the time of the accident.
The tug Scott got in front of the Deutschland and was hit in
the stern.
\'F;\\ LONDON, Nov. 17.— An eddy apparently caused tl
accident, as the Deutschland and Scott were moving ahrea.-t
when a whirlpool twisted both boats out of control of the nn\
gators. Kepairs are being hastened to the Deutschland, as
desires to make an early start, owing to urgent mail aboard
The Fnited States authorities have started an invi -ligation •
the accident.
N h\\ LONDON, Conn., Nov. 1<.—The damage t<> tlm i» ■ ; a
-chland is small and she will sail again in a couple of da\
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ALASKA LINE
The Alaska Steamship Company has
purchased the steamship Henry T.
Scott, now in the Atlantic service, and
the steamer Stanley Dollar. Both are
freighters of the same size as the La
touche. The Stanley Dollar will start
its Alaskan service on December 3,
and the Henry T. Scott will go on this
northern run next spring. The sum
of $435,000 was paid for the Dollar,
while the price of the Scott is not
given.
Tire company also announces the
ale of the steamer Dolphin, to Mon
Deal parties for the St. Lawrence
river route. The Dolphin has been on
l lie southeastern Alaska route for
years. In the Klondike days the Dol
phin was the White Flyer. She was
the first twin propeller steamer to
cnnie on the Alaska route. Before be
ing purchased by the Alaska Steam
ship Company the Dolphin was oper
ated on the Atlantic run as an excur
sion steamer.
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BUREAUS KEEP
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. — Exten
sion of the United States weather bu
reau service in the Caribbean sea and
Gulf of Mexico, where the present sta
tions have been found invaluable in
gathering information of hurricanes
• nd storms approai hing the American
coast, is being arranged. New stations
will be established at Belize, British
Honduras; Bluefields, Nicaragua;
Swan island in the Caribbean, north
nl Honduras. Santa Marta, Colombia;
St. Lucia Island; Puerta Plata, San
Dominican republic; Island of Navas
sa, between Cuba and Malta; Guanta
namo, Cuba, and on one of the Danish
West Indies. Stations now are main
tained at Barbados, Trinidad, Curacoa,
Bermuda and the Bahamas, where the
work of the observers will be extend
ed and Improved. Daily reports will
he made to the weather bureau here
nd from some points two reports a
; day may he sent. In this way officials
1 here will be kept in close touch with
; a(l weather conditions and be aide
> detect approaching storms.
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Deputy Marshal Long of Ruby, has
reported that Tony Marovich is In
sane there. On August 26 last Mar
[orlvh was released from Morntngside
I asylum as cured, and returned again
! to Alaska.
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There are 138 children of school
age In Kenai.
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Charles Goldstein, proprietor of
Goldstein's Emporium in Juneau, who
j was recently operated upon for ap
' pendicltis, has fully recovered and
1 has returned to bis home.
LABOR OPPOSES PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM.
BAI/1 INK)KE, Nov. 17.—rFli«‘ American Federation of
Labor lias unanimously declared against the provision of Pre
sident Wilson’s program, making illegal “any strike or lock
out before an investigation of the merits of the case.’’ The con
vention took an unequivocal position against compulsory in
stitutions, and in favor of the maintenance of institutions and
opportunities for freedom.
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POSITIONS OF STEAMERS AT SEA.
Positions Nov. 16: 8 a. m., Bear, southbound, 400 miles
east of Dutch iiarbor; noon, Victoria, southbcWnd, 061 miles
west of Flattery; 8 a. m., Admiral Evans, southbound, 45 miles
west of Spencer; steamship Cordova, southbound, off Laper
ause glacier; Kukui, southbound, in Cleveland passage; steamer
Eatouche, southbound, 85 miles west of Spencer; Admiral
Goodrich, Juneau for Sitka, anchored in Dead Man’s reach.
November 17, noon, Northwestern, southbound, off Point St.
Albans; Admiral Watson, northbound, 60 miles west of Spen
cer. Mariposa left Seward at 10 p. m. last night for Anchorage.
I. C.T.I). FIRS
NATION WIDE
DRflmniTinu
I IIUIIIUII lull
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 16. — The
keynote of the thirty-eighth annual
convention of the National Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union, which
will open tomorrow morning will be
the usual proposed amendment to the
federal constitution providing for na
tion wide prohibition. This will be dis
cussed by the president. Miss Anna
A. Gordon ,of Evanston, 111., in her an
nual address.
The sessions of the convention are
expected to bring a thousand delegates
and visitors to this city, and will con
tinue until Wednesday, November 22,
inclusive, and among those scheduled
to speak are:
J. Frank llanly, former governor of
Indiana, and recent prohibition candi
date for president, who will talk on
‘'Constitutional Prohibition From a Na
tional Standpoint;” Governor Arthur
Capper, of Kansas, who will discuss
state prohibition, and Anthony J. Ca
minetti, commissioner general of Im
migration, who will tell of the Ameri
canization of foreign women and the
federal plan for employment of women
and children.
A special jubilee program will be
led by Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, of
Macon, Ga., and addresses will be
made by those of the state presidents
of the organization who have gained
the most members during the year for
their branches of the national body.
Mrs. Armor's subject will be "The ir
repressible Conflict.”
Among special speakers to be heard
before the convention are Edith Smith
[Davis, of Milwaukee, who will talk on
"The Fight of Science Against Alco
I hoi,” and Mrs. Lulu L. Shepard of
Salt Lake City, who will speak on
"The Mormon Kingdom and the Liquor
Traffic."
The UBual “Mothers’ Hour” will be
observed on November 21. In that hour
any mother may take her baby to the
platform occupied by the national pre
sident and the president will pin a
white ribbon on the infant’s dress,
symbolizing the consecration of the
child to the cause of temperance.
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There are forty-four working depart
ments in the national W. c. T. U.
I’raetically all of them are the out
growth of the policies supported and
practised by Miss Frances Willard, the
first president of the national organi
zation. On each of the first four days
of the convention the session will open
with an efficiency congress, and ail
superintendents of departments will ]
detail the work they have accom- j
plished and have in' hand. Among the
branches of the work to be discussed
are Work among foreigners, negroes
and Indians, health and medical tem
perance; education in Sunday schools,
public schools and colleges; work
with juvenile courts; industrial edu
cation; anti-child labor; work among
lumbermen, miners, soldiers and sail
ors; school savings and thrift.
Deborah Knox Livingston, of Ban
gor Maine, and Mary Barrett May of
New' York City will have charge of the
suffrage department program, which
will take up the entire afternoon and
evening sessions of Saturday, Novem
ber 18.
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INFORMATION IS WANTED
AS TO MISSING BROTHER.
Frank A. Campbell, of Binghampton,
N. Y„ sends a subscription to The
Times, as he is interested in Alaska
business enterprises and wishes to
keep in touch with this section of the
country. Me also wants some infor
mation as to the whereabouts of his
brother, Beorge A. Campbell, whom
he has not heard from Bince the
spring of 1899, when he was at work
in a placer mine near Dawson. Me
was 45 years old at that time, black
hair and eyes, nearly six feet In
height, and would weigh about 180
pounds. Me did not use liquor nor
tobacco, and while in Seattle before
coining north In 1898 was well known
as a worker in the Y. M. C. A.
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NEW RESTAURANT OPENED.
Mrs, C. 1L Turner has opened a res
taurant and hoarding house In the
Burkhart building, where she will be
pleased to meet the general public in
future. The place has been thoroughly
renovated and presents a neat and
cosy appearance, and all who visit the
place are assured of first class ser
vice.
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The town of Seldovia Is reported
to be more prosperous at this time
thun for several years.
RESCUING GOES1
FROM STATES I
10 ENLIST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17
many unexpected duties tin- IT T
States has found thrust upon il lo
world war, one of the strangest i t>
of rescuing adventurous hoj Th on
list in the European armies.
There have been more than a thou
sand such cases since the war l.< m
and even now letters prayu. tor t!
release of young soldiers of ton
pour into the state department at t It
rate of 50 a day. It has he n in , . -
sary to assign an official to give -\
iial attention to the subject.
The story almost alway is the
name. The youngster, generally I
tween sixteen and twenty, sudden!
disappears and is next heard iron
when he writes home from Canada o
England that he has had enom h o
war and wants to come home.
Then follows an almost to,mi i,< li
correspondence in which official <. | , i
rents, congressmen and persons win
think they can hurry the iiroc.
diplomacy by their influence. h,«
lympathetic, tearful, imp u i .n n
mandatory. The red tape of govern
mental business, however, unwinds 1
ilowly and finally the consul general,
n larndon or Ottawa, or somevvln i...
Jlae or perhaps the American c nl.
makes representations lo the :■ ;
government and the adventurer is i
eased and sent home.
Until recently the British _aiv. ru
nent has been promptly rel. a uu ; II
Americans under 21 years on tin i
luest of the United States govern
nent on the ground that il is ill.
’or such a person to enlist in a for*
?ign army without the consent of
tarents. Recently the British govern
nent has shown a disposition to re
luee the age limit to eighteen when
ninors become of age in a militurv
lense.
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COLLECTOR PUGH LEAVES
ON TRIP TO NEW YORK
John F. l’ugh, collector of custom
'or Alaska, has left for New York
*here he has been called to attend
he annual conference of the custom
collectors of the United State- The
meeting is called for November
tnd will last until November zl.
While east Mr. 1’ugh will picseid
the presiding officer with a gatel o
aid Alaskan Ivory, which he secured
at Nome during the summer while
making his annual tour of the terri
tory. The gavel is a beautiful sped
men of the Ivory product of ttie north
the head being constructed of a solid I
piece of mastodon ivory, while tin |
handle Is made from a walrus tusk
Both pieces ure beautifully stained h>
the action of the weather.
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Mrs. .1. I*. Rockafellow am) family 1
and F. M. McDonald and wife, of ('Id 1
tlna, were arrivals in town on thi
afternoon's train.
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If In need of Job printing phone the
Dally Times office.
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Are you an Fugle? We are runnim
dances every Saturday night.
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• in-'ruing at 7 o'clock Mr.
1 ■ 1 'He'- who lucently ratno
l » accept a responsible
o 1 tip' Kennecott mine, was
: ' ri.; e to Miss Grace M
; ung lady front
■•ho arrived here on the
• rfpo The ceremony was
! ! t h" 1 ilholie church with
. hv Father Fletcher,
I iiy a few friends of
< tin parties. Miss Gene
V- I'- h n ■. , the bridesmaid and
' I' ■ h. I : at ted as best man.
1 "i-tiey are spending
the r I, . ,•> a. a n in Cordova, after
ill so tri Kennecott.
the, will make their future
home.
On I I • •'veiling last a quiet
olciuiih'.ed. when Miss
\ .' tron bt ■ ami' the wife of
v i> i r llc’i I : sin. The ceremony
i ' ;Tormcd I y l ailed States Com
ii- Adams in the presence of I
f‘ in' . i" li ii nils oi the contract J
tart out In life with
li ‘ i" i : i • of .11 w ho know them. |
Mr. Hi '..ii i. ; -"ii will conduct the ;
• mse for t he next few :
i. I ii.- absence of the pro
1 i'ii to the states, and
"I ii I" ale have giin«i house ,
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' 1 Nov 17. Official
i that Korea has
ret i ■ '-ii Irmn the blow
i ; rt I-., tin- Kumpcan war
ii : i> t o COW hides
in- ri iHt. due to the !
■ nd ' >r i tn'iii by J., puna to
order for army boots
to Korea, some two
i l i v-M th oi limits and atnmu-j
i export*' i to lilts
t -i! for the chemical
! k ■■! I'. d'-> > loped ill Japan
i mouopidi/* 1 by tier
i t . . .. . i i . . > •. I
ii ii- market owing to the
nit t o sioik, tlu- export front!
*. Iv 1111 i. tallow, cotton,
id ore. coal and dyestuffs
greatly increased.
A il !<■•.•“ "> geaerally seen in j
. i ted from Iiaiope, a re
:Pm at I ing witnessed
■ for wheat flour, con
I i !.. salted herring, alcohol,
ill. d -r. its, iron and dynamite.
om the mother country.
1 it. its reused, and Japanese
: on.Is took the place of foreign ar
i *• -.i . i i 111 wheat flour, petro
n... it on nails and plate glass,
i I ih"! i lioti i that Korea will
■ I 'ii de.n iid on Japan for
her necessities.
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I'l l I I.O, C d. Nov. 17. — 1 tele- j
fates from v< ral t : rn ■ fates met
here at the convention of the Nation
ul I’ark t Park Highway Vssocintion '
and di i.ssed means of furthering the!
objects of the association. The asso j
ci.it on is composed of good roads ad ;
vocatcs who are trying to have the
Putted States government assist the,
several western states in constructing:
a national highway to connect all the
national parks In the west.
'flu pm;-. 1 route of the highway:
is from Yellowstone National Park.,
through Wyoming and Colorado, over
the Spanish Trail Highway to the
Me a Verde park in southwestern.
Colorado, into New Mexico and the t
(irand Canon, thence into Southern
California and !i m there northward
through the several California nation
al parks and then hack to the Yellow
stone National park, tlio starting
point.
RONAN IN LEAD
RACE
With but a few precincts still to
hear from, John Honan has a safe
lead In the tontest for senator from
the Third division. The vote by pre
cincts Is as follows:
Dooley
Frame
Herman
Honan
Cordova . . 221 41 3,8 70
Allen ...... 4 4 j
Valdez. 73 113 07 170
l'>'ak. 3£ 8 14 29
Seward. 60 48 29 281
Chitina. 41 16 9 281
Tiekel. 14 2 1 3
McCarthy .... 81 24 14 12
Kennecott .... 35 22 16 13
Strelna. 11
Kodiak. 1] 36 42
Anchorage ... 163 3u7 278 153
Moose Creek r 7 22 8
Matanuska . . 12 4s 45 21
Hirdwood .... 3 8 8 29
Cnalaska . . . . 13 20 25 15
Katalla. 10 7 13 7
Sourdough . . 1
Copper Cen. ..67 2
Tiekhill. 9 1
Knik. 5 31 13 lo
Afognak . II 32 10
I tig t . . 7 2't 6 46
Seldovia . 4 43 13 12
Fidalgo . . ] 3 2 4
Hraoite. 0 17 24 3
Kandloek ... 7 1
Moose I'ass . . g
Ouzlnkie .... 36
hatoucke . lit 11 10 12
Fllamar. 8 19 12 2
H rah by. 3 3 7 y
Cliff. 1 6 8 4
Total . . 886 903 K76 103S
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CLUB BECOMES
F 5 AS 1
ENTERTAINED
Nearly one hundred people enjoyed
the social given b> the gentlemen of
the Loyola Club last night.
■•’or an hour or more cards were
played, followed by boxing contests,
dancing and music. While in tho
!!I i1.}'-* of lilt? GlljO' !!!£!!* t'VOH1 V-flVO
>r more of the lady members of the
club suddenly came in on the crowd
laden with cakes sandwiches and
>ther good things to eat. The men
were so taken by surprise that for a
time they were at a loss to know
what to do. It did not take the men
ong to adjust themselves to the situ
itlon, and after giving vent to their
oelings of pleasure and approval by
heering and applauding, proceeded to
five the visitors a royal reception.
Mr. K. S. Sweeney and his charming
young bride were made the guests
if honor. The committee had the la
lies and gentlemen draw lots for part
icrs and all proceeded to partake of
:he elaborate spread. During tiie
•ourse of the lunch there was several
lumbers of songs, dances, dub swing
ng. etc. Dancing was then indulged
n till after midnight, when in re
iponse to a call for Chinese toast on
lehalf of the bride and groom, the
young couple were deluged by rice,
which had been secretly supplied to
he ladies. All were unanimous that
he affair was u grand social success.
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HUMORED COBB MAY BE
ASKED TO RESIGN.
It was rumored In "official circles"
yesterday that John II Cobh had been
isked to resign as attorney general by
iovernor Strong, and that George
Jrlgsby was to be appointed by the
governor at once to fill out the unex
pired term.
Mr. Cobb when seen said that he had
nothing to say, and referred the Dis
patch reporter to the governor. Gov
ernor Strong, when seen, stated he
had nothing to sav. When asked di
rectlv if it was true that he had asked
for the resignation of Ml. Cobb, he
replied that he had not. He refused
to discuss what might take place be
tween now and when Mr. Grigsby w ill
issume his elective office —Juneau
Dispatch.
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The Cordova Power Company has
just Issued an attractive new tele
phone directory, which was printed at
the Dally Times office.