VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 300. PRICE TEN CENTS.
ALLIES ARE READY STRIKE BLOW
REDUCED RATES
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The United States Signal Corps has
mad* a new rate for messages over
the government cable, effective on
December 1, when a night letter rate,
the same as enjoyed by the patrons
of the Western Union Telegraph
Company in the States, will be given
Alaskans. In other words, a fifty
word cablegram can be sent to Seattle
i for $2.40, as a night message. This
f same proportionate rate will apply to
messages sent anywhere m the
States, the charge for fifty words be
ing at the same rate as it now costs
to send a ten word day message.
The new order will mean a great
saving to the patrons of the cable,
and at the same time will afford
those who desire to send social mes
sages an opportunity of taking ad
vantage of an exceptionally low rate
for a fifty word letter.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. — Secre
tary KedfielU. of the Department of
Commerce, has prepared his annual
report to Congress an dis asking for
the same appropriation Tor Alaska
which he tried to get last year, hut
which were cut down considerably by
the appropriations committee of the
House. Mr. Redfield sets up in his
message the urgent need ol additional
aids to navigation in Alaska, due to
the constantly growing ocean travel
to the territory, and declares that
safeguarding the water highway is a
concomitant necessity to building
railroads in Alaska. The secretary
also dwelled upon the need of addi
tional and more complete surveys of
the coast waters.
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. — Presi
dent Wilson returned to the White
House today, after a trip to New
York o witness the football game be
tween the Army and Navy last Sat
urday. The President immediately
went to work whipping his forthcom
ing message to Congress into final
shape, and it is expected to be ready
for the printer today. The President
discussed the European peace out
look with the White House corres
pondents, but not from an official
standpoint.
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Mrs. E. S. Norland, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. Bane, for several weeks, returned
today to her home in Everett.
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LONDON, Nov. 29.—Tlio British public has not yet given j
up hope of being able to stem the Teutonic advance in Serbia,
and they are disinclined to take at their face value the state
ments emanating from Berlin to the effect that the Serbian
campaign of the Central Powers has been brought to a suc-|
eessful culmination. The leading papers are expressing the
universal hope that the wintry weather, which has nowjdefi
nitely set in, will allow the allies the needed opportunity of
sending additional divisions of soldiers, to reinforce those now
in the field. If this can be done it is figured that the allies
will before long haee an army in Serbia large enough to take
the offensive before the Austro-Germans and the Bulgarians
can consolidate their recently captured positions. Russia is
also expected to play an important part in the campaign be
fore long, as she has massed a big army at Odessa and towns
on the Roumanian border, which are about ready to begin to
strike, the first blow being set for some time this week. Very
little information is being received about the situation in
southern Serbia, and the fate of Monastir is still obscure, al
though very little hope is being entertained' that the city has
held out against the Germans and Bulgarians, who greatly
exceed the defenders in artillery and number of troops.
Further north the Serbian army, which has been valorously
opposing the Teutons, is slowly retiring, having been divided
into two sections. One of these is retreating into Aalbania,
end the other into Montenegro. The Austrians have concern
trated a considerable force along the Montenegrin frontier in
Bosnia, and King Nicholas is expecting a strong attack from
that direction. The Grecian situation is gradually clearing,
and the haze of evasion and vagueness which was thrown
around the former answers to the allied demands, has been
replaced by definite assurances of friendliness, Greece insist
ing, however, that while willing to meet all the demands, she
would do nothing which would compromise her neutrality.
SALONIKI, Nov. 29.—The Bulgarian troops are advanc
ing towards Monastir, and today their advance guard crossed
the river Carrassou, north of the city. The city Is protected I
by the Serbian positions, extending four miles in the direction
of Prilip. The Serbians have entrenched themselves, and
seem to be preparing to offer a strenuous resistance to the
invaders. The Bulgarians'are withdrawing a portion of their
troops from the front in Serbia and transporting them to Bui
garia in anticipation of the coming attack by Russia. Some
of the German troops in Serbia are also being moved into
Bulgaria to oppose the Slav invasion.
SALONIKI, Nov. 29.—The weather along the firing line
in southern Serbia is extremely bad. Storms have been
sweeping over the district, accompanied by heavy snows,
making military operations practically impossible. The
Anglo-French troops have seen nc fighting for several days,
except occasional outpost clashes.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—The first talk of peace is beginning
to appear in the great London dailies. The Dost has a lead
ing editorial on the matter in today’s issue, saying Llial^he
time has now arrived for the allies to begin to form the defi
nite terms, on which they would be willing to commence pence
negotiations. If these terms are carefully considered before
the peace negotiations begin, there will be less chance for the
allies to lose or overlook the advantages which they have
gained on both land and sea in the fighting to date. The Dost
speaks confidently on tin* matter being possible of being ar
ranged suitably to the allies, and it -assumes that even the
enemies-of the nation must admit that the allies are abb* to
discuss terms on a better basis than the Central Powers.
.Much stress is laid upon the seupremacy of Great Britain on
the sea, it being said that England can maintain her present
naval blockade indefinitely, and this pressure in the end
would alone be sufficient to insure victory for the entente
powers.
CHICAGO, Xov. 29.—The Canadian government today
threw a bombshell into the Ciiieago wheat pit, when the news
lieeame public that the Toronto administration had ordered
the seizure of sixteen million bushels of wheat, now stored
along the Great Lakes, and in the big elevators of eastern
Canada. The seizure is in response to a request from the
British cabinet, who wish to keep the wheat for themselves
and prevent it being disposed of to foreign buyers. The wheat
will hv needed in England and its colonies, owing to the ex
miordinary market conditions governing food supplies, due
to the cutting off of the Balkan supply. The price which the
Canadian government will pay for the wheat lias not yet been
fixed, but the effect on the American market was to force up
the price of American wheat immediately. The exchange
opened this morning filled with excited brokers, and trading
started off briskly, with December delivery quoted at $l.Of>
and $1.00, as against $1.03 1-2, the price quoted at the close of
business on Sat unlay.
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
JOLIET, Nov. L’b.—Joseph Campbell, a negro convict in
tin* Joliet penitentiary, was convicted today of the murder ot
Maizie Allen, tlu* wife of the former warden ot tin* institu
tion. Mrs. Allen was engaged with her husband in the work
of establishing the honor system among the inmates of the
penitentiary, and it was while at this work she was assaulted
bv Campbell and murdered. Mrs. Allen’s death was a terrible
shock to her husband, who worshipped her, but lie insisted
that the honor system which h einstituted was not at fault,
nor was it imperilled by the act, and the convicts, assembling
on learning of the deed, passed resolutions expressing their
love and respect for the murdered woman and the warden, and
pledging themselves to wipe out the dastardly deed by show
1 li»t the honor system which he instituted was not at fault,
GERMANS TAKE 502 SERBIAN CANNONS.
BERLIN, Nov. 29.~The war office issued an official
bulletin today, stating that since the inception of the Teutonic
invasion of Serbia, 502 cannon had been captured.
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GERMAN NEWSPAPERS ARE SUPPRESSED.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 29—A dozen German newspapers
have been suspended and placed under the ban of the gov
ernment for printing news articles about the food question in
the empire, and stating that tin* shortage of food was becom
ing a serious matter to the people. Maximilien Harden, a
noted and' fearless journalist, said in his paper, “Die Zuk
unft,” that “we must confess that the German people are
suffering great want.”
EMPERORS WILLIAM AND JOSEPH IN CONFERENCE
BERLIN, Nov. 29. — Emperor William arrived at Vienna
today, and was greeted by a great throng which enthusiasti
cally hailed' the German Kaiser as he drove through the
streets to the Shoebrun Castle* of Emperor Franz Joseph. The
two emperors greeted each other affectionately, and held a
long conference.
CAPTURING GERMAN COLONIES IN AFRICA.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—The French and' British forces in
the German colony of Kamerun in Africa, has actively started
to conquer the remaining portions of Germany’s colonial pos
sessions. Following the capture of the towns taken in the
last fighting, the allied forces advanced to the Tibatipuge
river, the French soldiers taking the city of Makondo by
storm.
ICE IN STERN
Fred Tracy of Cordova, and five
men of the stern-wheeler Matanuska,
had a narrow escape from being
either crushed or closed-in with the
ice in Cook Inlet, and for four days
there was considerable alarm felt
as to their safety.
Last Tuesday they left the steamer
Farragut when about thirty mnes
down the inlet, boarded the launch
Onward and with provisions and gro
ceries to last two weeks, started back
for Anchorage. But the ice noes
would not permit of their getting
beyond Fire Island, and on Friday
evening last they succeeded in get
ting to Seldovia. the boat having suf
fered considerably front the jams.
Here they were picked up by tne
Alameda and brought to Seward, and
they may now return to Anchorage
over the winter trail.
ANTI - ALIEN Li
IS HELD VALID
WASHINGTON. Nov. I'S. — Fol
lowing the recent decision, holding
the anti-alien law of Arizona void,
the Supreme Court in a slightly dis
similar case held the anti-alien law
of New York valid, in an important
decision handed down today. The
New York statute instead of being of
a general nature like the Arizona
one, simply made it compulsory to
employ citizens of the United States
in the construction of public works.
In a well considered opinion the ma
jority of the court upheld the New
York law-, clearly defining the dis
tinction between the two cases, and
showing that the latter case is not
brought by the facts within the pro
hibitory clauses of the national con
stitution. which guarantees to all
residents of a state the equal protec
tion of its laws.
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FIRES MUNITION
PLANTS TO BE
WASHINGTON. Nov. 29. — The
President’s message to the approach
ing Congress will call the attention
of the legislators to the many explo
sions and incendiary fires which have
occurred in munition factories
throughout the country, under sus
picion that they were caused by sym
pathizers of certain of the European
belligerents, and will recommend the
passage of new laws imposing severe
penalties for such acts.
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J. H. Sellin left on the Alarm da
today for Juneau, where his wife is
visiting, and together they will go io
the States.
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