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FRIDAY
Paris: It is rumored here that the
kaiser is contemplating another peace
move on the event of his birthday, which
occurs on January 27.
Eerlin: The Teutonic forces are re
ported to have stormed the French first
line trenches yesterday along a mile of
front in the Verdun sector, and captured
Hill 304, together with 500 prisoners.
London: The Bulgarian forcesoperat
ng in the Dobrudja region were forced
to withdraw a considerable distance yes
terday in the face of an infantry attack
by Russian forces.
London; The sentiment of British
labor with regard to the European war
was empliaticatly expressed at the annual
conference of the labor party in couven
tion here, when a resolution for an im
mediate peace was overwhelmingly de
feated, and the convention voted by a 3
to 1 majority to continue the war until
“Germany is beaten to her knees.”
Petrograd; Official reports from the
Riga sector received here yesterday state j
that the Teutonic forces have been driven
back to the Tirul marshes and sustained
very heavy losses in killed and wounded.
Paris; An official statement issued by !
the war office announces that the Germ
ans sustained very severe losses yesterday
in their attempt to storm some of the
French trenches in the region of Berry
aubac.
Washington: 111 an interview with
the Belgian Minister this morning, Sec- \
retarv Lansing gave assurances that the |
United States would not cease to protest
against the deportation of Belgian work
men as is being done by the German
government.
London: Reports received here this [
morning state that an earthquake on the
island of Bali, in the Malay archipelago,
late Thursday afternoon resulted in the
death of 50 persons and the serious injury
of 200 others, besides causing the destruc
tion of over a thousand buildings, includ
ing houses, factories and sacred temples.
London: Sir Andrew Bonar Law, in a i
speech yesterday at Bristol, commented j
on President Wilson’s recent address be- i
fore the senate, saying that peace at this
time would mean a tactical^ victory for
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the German military machine, and de
dared the president's suggestions as un- .
^timely.
Ottawa: Senator Rufus Pope, in an
address l>efore the Canadian Parliament
1 this morning, declared that President
j Wilson declined an opportunity to enter
1 the Huropean war two years ago with the
army and navy, and that his attempt to
enter at this time w ith a pen is considered
most inopportune.
Berlin: A semi-official statement is
sued here today states that the naval en- j
gagement between German and British
warships early in the week resulted in
the complete destruction of one large
British destroyer and the serious damag
ing of another, while tw o German destroy
ers were crippled and the flotilla com
mander, Captain Schultz, was killed by a
shell which struck the bridge of his flag
ship.
General News
Monday
Everett, Wn.: \Y. D. McMillan, a
| former Alaska school teacher, has been
i brought from the Seattle city jail to face i
, a charge of failing to pay alimony to liis |
| divorsed wife. He remarried her and'
; the court released him.
Seattle: Fear for the safety of the tug
! I,. L. Roscoe is expressed in maratime 1
I circles today. She left this port early
: last week with a cargo of kerosene and
; gasoline consigned for Anchorage, to re
[ lieve a serious shortage in the supply of j
those fuels there. Nothing has been
heard from her since.
San Antonio: Government officials
are reported here today to have frustrat
ed a plot which had for its object a series
of depradations on American property in
Mexico to provoke intervention. It is
stated that big cattle and mining interests
are back of the move, the plan being to
hire 100 men at >1000 apiece to do the
work.
Washington: Much opposition is de
veloping throughout the East as a result
of the proposed elevation of Dr. Grayson
to the rank of rear-admiral in the United
States navy. The New York World, a
consistent supporter of Wilson, asks for
the withdrawal of Grayson’sappointnient
on the ground that it isabsolutely unwar
ranted. The New York Sun says: “The
victory at the battle of Manila only ad
vanced Dewey lour points, while it is
proposed to give Grayson over one hun
dred points.”
Tuesday
New York: The peace leak investiga
tion was resumed here today, with Presi
dent Noble of the New York stock ex- :
change as the chief witness.
Washington: In a speech today in !
which he welcomed Chas. E. Hughes j
back to the bar, Elilm Root said: “I am j
glad you are here, but atn sincerely sorry
that you are not somewhere else.” In
answering him Hughes said: ‘‘I was
sorry to leave the supreme bench, and
only did so because I considered it my
| duty. I do not, however, seek sympa
thy.”
J San Francisco: Miss Betty Dejong, an
; artist who won considerable fame during
the exposition here in 1915, committed
suicide in . her apartments in this city
last night. According to a statement by
i Dr. Wui. S. Porter, who reported the
! case to the police, be had been summon
j ed by Miss Dejong early in the evening,
! and upon reaching her apartments found
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her in a very nervous condition. She
declared her intention ol committing sui
cide, he states, and he spent three hours
with her in an endeavor to quiet her.
When he lett her she was apparently
normal, but immediately after stepping
into the outer hall he heard a muffled
report, and returning, found her dead,
San Francisco: Twenty-five witnesses
testified for the prosecution yesterday in
the Mooney trial which is being held in
this city. Their testimony was introduced
to establish the point maintained bv the
state that pieces of iron and steel found
on the sidewalk after the explosion were
part of a clockwork bomb contained in
a valise and which exploded during the
preparedness parade a number of months
ago.
Washington: The Geological Survey
has just issued a report in which it is
shown that ten mines in Arizona cleared
§34,000.000 during the past year and the
mines in Utah, Nevada, Montana and
'daho, §66,000,000. The report states that
never before in tile history of the nation
was there such a drain upon the national
resources as there has been during the
past year. The elimination cf waste has
been materially reduced.
Wednesday
New York: Miss Ethel Evrne this
morning began serving a thirty-day jail
sentence in the Tombs. She was found
guilty of using the mails to disseminate
literature suggesting birth control as a
means of solving the high cost of living.
Norfolk: The battleship Mississippi,
the latest acquisition to the United States
navv, was launched here yesterday. Miss
Camille McBeath, of Meridian, Mass.,
acted as sponsor, and Secretary of the
Navy Daniels was present when the great
22,000-ton dreadnought left the ways.
El Paso: It is reported here this morn
ing that a force of 3,000 Yiliistas have
captured Parral, and are at present en
route to the district which is being evac
uated by the Pershing column.
Thursday
Adam Wyman, better known as “Char
lie," passed away at the Commission hos
pital shortly after eight oclock this morn
ing. Death was caused by pulmouorv
hemorrhage.
Washington: The Senate has declined
to act on the resolution recently submit
ted bv Senator Cummins. He declares
that he will submit the resolution every
day until the senate recognizes him.
s San Bernardino, Cal.: Frank Jiminez
shot Delpliin Montez today in front
of the home of Miss Viola Munroe, fcr
whose hand both young men were suit
ors. Montez died within a few minutes,
in the arms of Miss Munroe.
Friday
Pittsburg; The advance announcement
ot awards under the Carnegie Hero fund
was made public this morning.
Washington: Much valuable time was
taken up with useless argument and pet
ty w rangling in the senate yesterday, and
it is the opinion of many of the members '
that an extra session will be necessary to
carry out the legislation now under con
sideration, all of which is of vital import
ance.
El Paso; Villista forces are reported
here today to be closing in to the rear of
the Pershing column w ith the evident in
tention of harassing the rear guard and
also of capturing American property that
the column will be forced to leave unpro
tected.
New York: Geprge Vincent, president
of the university of Minnesota, was elect
ed president of the Rockefeller founda
tion at a meeting of the gov.ruing board
held in this city yesterday. John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., and Chas. E. Hughes
were elected to the board of trustees, the
former in the capacity of chairman.
Washington: An urgent appeal will
be sent to Carranza by the administration,
upon the occasion of the withdrawal of
the Pershing forces from Mexico, asking
for the protection of American lives and
property from molestation bv bandits. A
number of Chinese who have been selling
supplies to the U. S. soldiers in Mexico,
and whose lives are jeopardized by the
i removal of the troops, will be permitted
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to seek refuge in the United States until j
order is restored in Mexico, although the
Chinese exclusion act, which forbids
their entry, makes it necessary to keep
them under surveillance wlu'e out of i
Mexico.
Tokio: Premier Ozaki, leader of the
Constitutionalist party in Japan, was at- '
tacked bv four men while delivering a
peace speech inthiscitv. He was stabbed
| a number of times, and when their efforts
| failed he was set upon by two other men
with guns. They were overpowered be
fore they could do am- damage. Ozaki
is reported to be in a serious condition as
a result of the knife wounds.
Winnipeg: The eleven dog team
1 which got away from this city this morn
; ing in the cross-country race to St. Paul,
| were reported at the 20-mile post to be j
; well bundled and traveling easily, altl’.o
' somewhat handicapped by a recent heavy ,
fall of snow. The weather is clear and
cold, and a special train is keeping dose
touch with the racers and furnishing food
, when necessary. Premier Norris started
i the teams on tlieir long journey, Gabriel
i Campbell, a Manitoba Indian, being the
j first to get away.
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Elsewhere In Alaska
Brig.-Gen. Holloa Richardson, colonel
of the “Iron Regiment’’ which figured
so prominently in the Civil war, died re
cently in Seattle. The deceased located
the first tin mine in Alaska and was well ‘
known to old time Northerners.
The Tuneau bread combine has been
| busted and bread is now selling ill that
city at three loaves for a quarter.
The lot sale held at Anchorage recent
ly was somewhat of a disappointment to
the Land and Industrial department, the ;
property having sold for less than was
the case at former sales. The lots sold
were for the most part remnants.
Juueau coal dealers are lookingt for a
material advance in the price of coal in
the next few weeks, owing to the inabil- !
ity of mine operators to supply the de- ;
mand.
The remains of former Territorial Sen
ator Conrad breeding of Nome have been
found on the trail. He was caught on
the trail in a blizzard between Nome and
Kougarok Hot Springs.
The Bureau of Education has entered
into a contract with L)r. Elmer Chester
Gross of Ellamar to do the medical and
surgical work required by the natives of ■
Alaska within the southwestern district'
of this bureau.
Workmen on the Anchorage Labor
temple struck for time and a half on Sun
davs and overtime recent! v, and their de- .
| mands have been granted by thecommit
| tee. Inasmuch as the citizens furnished
! the lot, lumber and material, and the
men were building the hall ou their own
time, the citizens of Anchorage are won- ;
dering what the men want, anyway.
Fritz Landrotli, the shift bo^s employ- ;
j ed on the combination shaftat Treadwell, ;
fell a distance of five feet on some hard I
rock and dirt at the bottom of the shaft
and as he started to rise saw something
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piece. This was the spot where st-\ .I
persons were killed in 1910. Ollier -
ernirs of a similar nature have becu
picked up at tins spot.
The BaranofI Packing company, organ
ized by I)r. A. W. Wilson and others, has
selected a cannery site at Red Bluff bav
and work on a cannery at that place will
start at once. One line of machinery
will be operated next season, but the
buildings will be constructed with a
view to enlargement.
A big cave-in at the Alaska-Gastineau
mines recently caused a sharp decline in
the value of shares.
For a long time deemed worthless, the
Alaskan mud shark, which is found in
the mud flats of Northern waters in great
numbers, lias been found to have value.
J. F. Lavarne of Seward has prepared a
tanning process that makes available for
industrial use the hide of the mud shark.
He recently exhibited at Seattle samph s
of the leather, which are said to fully
uuet the requirements of several leather
companies to supply shoe findings and
automobile trimmings.
Joseph Andrews, an aged Dawson res
ident who was recently arrested for mal
iciously killing a number of pigs belong
ing to a neighbor, plead guiltv to the
charge in court, and was sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary at Daw
son. He claimed he was without money
and without work and that he committed
the crime in order that he might be sen
fenced to prison, where he could be as
sured of a good bed and enough to eat.
Gold shipments from Iditarod for the
mining season of!916 aggregated $2,056,
171.09, according to figures compiled
from statements from reliable sources.
Of this amount $125,000 was from adjac
ent districts, including the Innoko, Tol
stoi and Marshall City, of wl i h amount
the latter city contributed $60,000. Com
pared with last year's total output, the
1916 season shows a falling otf of $153,
S2S.91, the figures for 1915 being $2,210,
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