LONDON, Nov. 29.—The first talk of peace is beginning
to appear in the great London dailies. The Post has a lead
ing editorial on the matter in today’s issue, saying that the
time has now arrived for the allies to begin to form the defi
nite terms, on which they would be willing to commence peace
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 Post
speaks confidently on the 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 able 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, Nov. 29.—The Canadian government today
threw a bombshell into the Chicago wheat pit, when the news
became 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 be needed in England and its colonies, owing to the ex
traordinary 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 has 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 $1.05
and $1.06, as against $1.03 1-2, the price quoted at the close of
business on Saturday.
LONDON, Nov. 30.—Monastir has been evacuated by the
Serbian army, the civil population having previously de*
parted. The Serbian troops retired in good order and the
Bulgarians Will soon occupy the place, under the command
of Von Mackenseh. Although badly defeated and worn out
the Serbian army is still unbroken and undemoralized, and a
leorganization of the troops will immediately take place on
the Albanian and Montenegrin frontiers, to which they re
treated, for fresh action. Apparently the Russian menace
from the Roumanian quarter has caused the Teutons to aban
don the proposed offensive movement against the Anglo
French in the Strumitsa region. The Russians report local
gains in North Poland.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.—The Teutons have captured Prisrend'
in Western Siberia.
SCUTARI, Albania, Nov. 30.—The members of the Ser
bian cabinet, accompanied' by the official staffs of the gov
ernment departments, arrived here today, and proclaimed
this city as the seat of the Serbian government.
BERLIN, Nov. 30.—The war office issued an official
bulletin this morning, announcing further progress for the
Central Powers in the invasion of Serbia. West of Sitnica
river the army under General Gallwitz took a thousand pris'
oners, and forced the enemy to retire into the mountain fast
nesses. The Bulgarians captured three thousand Serbs when
they took the city of Prisrend, and also seized eight cannon.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—There is every reason to believe
that the copper market will remai nfirm for several years to
come, regardless of how long the war lasts. This fact was
k demonstrated today, when Germany purchased two hundred
million pounds of ammunition and copper, costing $40,000,000.
The metal is not for immediate delivery, but is to be placed
in storage under agreement that it will be shipped to Ger
many as soon as the war is over.
i SANREMO, Nov. 30.—The Gennan attempts to destroy
the munition plants in Italy have been unearthed and have
created considerable excitenftmt. In the discoveries made the
German consulate is involved, and some drastic action will
be taken to punish the offenders.
ROME, Dec. 1.—In diplomatic circles it is believed that
the emperor has urged Austria to cede Transylvania and part
of Bukavina to Roumania as a price for her benevolent neu
trality, and in return Gel-many cedes Silesia to Austria. It
is also reported that the Kaiser visited Vienna in order to
stop the Austrian negotiations with the allies for separate
peace, as the strain of the war is becoming too great for Aus
tria to hold out much longer.
VIENNA, Dec. 1.—There is considerable internal dissen
sion in diplomatic circles, and as a consequence the Austrian
ministers of the interior, commerce and finance have resigned i
and their successors will be immediately appointed.
VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 4.—The Viennese are proud of
- the fact that they have dealt leniently with the English,
French and Russians in the capital. Only suspicious charac
ters have been interned, and among the “enemy aliens” at
large in the city there is far more freedom than in Berlin and
,<most of the other German cities. The visitor from Berlin, for
instance, is surprised to find that any language may be spoken
over the telephone. Nothing but German is permitted in Ber
lin, and even a mispronunciation of a German word' may be
followed by a polite but firm request from the telephone oper
ator to “Speak German, please.” The second offense means
a severed connection.
CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—A bomb shell was thrown into Illinois
labor circles yesterday when the state grand jury returned in
dictments against forty-seven of the leading labor unionists
of the state. Most of the men indicted are officials and mem
bers of the building trades unions of Chicago, which has but
recently concluded a strike, which tied up the entire building
industry of this section, and forced hundreds of thousands of
m men ir<*fllied employments out of work. The indictments are
all based on alleged graft, which the labor leaders secured
from the employing builders during this strike. Among the
offenses enumerated are extortion, conspiracy and malicious
mischief, and it is further alleged' that the indicted men col
lected a half million dollars graft from the employers to bring
the strike to an end.
LONDON, Dec. 4.—The British anny in Mesopotamia,
which for days has been in sight of Bagdad', and apparently
had the city within its grasp, has been forced to retreat. The
war office announced officially today that the troops under
General Townshend were retreating in the direction of Tele*
ROME, Dec. 2.—The Italian government has announced
r.n agreement with the three other powers whereby Italy joins
the chorus and stipulates not to make a separate peace. The
announcement comes at an opportune time, as almost similar
ly with this declaration comes the news from Viennr that Aus
tria had instituted, through the Vatican, negotiations for con
cluding a separate peace with Italy. That there really was
something being done along these lines is further verified be'
cause of the story that the recent visit of Emperor William to
Franz Joseph was to stop the Austrian negotiations for sep
arate peace.
VIENNA, Dec. 3.—Ambassador Penfield called at the for
eign office today and presented the Austrian foreign minister
with, a request fro mthe United States, asking for a reply to the
American note on the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona by an
Austrian submarine. The State Department at Washington
feels that a reply should have been delivered long ago, and the
matter has occasioned considerable irritation, as several Am'
erican citizens perished on the Ancona, and the United States
is determined to find out the exact facts and proceed' in the
matter to protect her citizens.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—While nothing official has sc
far been made public on the matter, it is understood that Sec
retary Lansing has informed Von Bemstoff, the German am
bassador, that Captain BoyEd, the German naval attache ir
this city, had become persona non grata with the United
States, because of his connection with the four officials of the
Hamburg-American line, who were convicted today of a coir
spiracy to defraud the United States through false manifests
The subject of Bov-Ed’s connection with the matter was dis
cussed at the last meeting of the cabinet, and while as a mem
her of the diplomatic corps, he is free from prosecution, he will
undoubtedly be recalled if this government so requests.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The facts about the Boy Ed
rumor were made public late this afternoon, when the State
Department jssued an official statement, announcing that the
United States had made a formal demand upon Germany
through Von Bemstoff for the immediate recall of Captain
Boy-Ed, because of his pernicious activity in certain military
and' naval affairs of the United States. A similar request,
based upon the same charges, has been made upon the govern
ment of Austria-Hungary, which has been requested to imrne
diately recall Captain Von Papen, the Austrian military
attache.
LONDON, Dec. 3.—The peace talk that has arisen in
various quarters of the world, and is being fostered by people
of several neutral countries, is far from meeting with a respon
sive chord among the British people. The speculation about
the possibilities of ending hostilities, that is coming from
Switzerland, the Vatican and America, fostered by the pro
posed peace expedition of Henry Ford is decidedly opposed to
the wishes of the people of Great Britain, who are impatient
at any suggestion of peace. The vast preponderance of senti'
ment in the empire is against peace, the people being more
determined' than ever to see the thing through, until Britain
has vindicated herself and her manhood by victory on the field
of attorney. While the peace party in Great Britain has never
been vary large, it is dwindling fast, and even the Labor
party, which heretofore has been lukewarm towards the war,
is earnestly backing recruiting.
Tins determination to tight to the end is not because the
English do not realize the failures that the allies have so far
made of their opportunities, but is in spite of these failures.
The English public admits that the Dardanelles campaign has
been a tremendous disappointment, they acknowledge that a
brilliant opportunity was lost by the allied commanders when
the British made their spectacular advance at Loos, which, if
it had been followed up properly would have more than com
pensated the allies for their loss of Serbia. The people realize
’lie precarious condition of the Anglo-French troops which
have been landed at Saloniki, and hurried forward into south
ern Serbia. The attitude of Roumania and Greece is far from
satisfactory to the allies, and' the English appreciate that it is
in a large measure due to the failure of allied diplomacy. De
spite all this showing on the wrong side of the legislature, the
English people are undismayed at the outlook, and from the
point of view of the war department of the government, the
great majority of Englishmen are looking at the conflict from
a better point of view than ever before, and enlistment is rap'
idly being prosecuted at a rate which would have been thought
impossible a few months ago. The Cavell case has also had a
great deal of influence in rousing the sluggish English blood to
a proper understanding of the seriousness of this war, and
every Zeppelin raid has hurried' recruits into the English army.
No reverse suffered so far has shaken the deep-seated convic
tion of the people that Great Britain and her allies must, and
will, be victorious in the end. The nation is saying to the gov
ernment, we are ready to give you all the men any money you
need to complete this job, go ahead, forget past mistakes, and
do your duty as Englishmen.
CAPETOWN, Dec. 4.—The project for a great national
South African university seems now in a fair way to be rea
lized. More than $2,500,000 in bequests has for some time been
awaiting the agreement of various boards and trustees upon
questions of site and policy. It has now been settled that the
institution will have its headquarters on Cecil Rhodes' old es'
tate, at Groote Schuur. The existing “South African college”
will be the neuclus of the new university. The necessary legis*
lative approval for the project will be pushed through the ap
proaching session of parliament.
PEKIN, Dec. 4.—Plans for the enthronement of Yuan
Shi Kai as emperor are proceeding fast, despite the joint re
quest made by Russia, England and Japan that the matter
be delayed for the present, until the situation in the war zone
in Europe had cleared. China’s first reply to this request in'
timated that the suggestion of the allies would be followed,
but despite this everything is proceeding as if no postpone
ment were contemplated, and the diplomatic representatives
of the allies are preparing another joint note to China on the
subject.
OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 4.—As a means of encouraging sani
tation and the prevention of disease the city health depart
ment has engaged a well known actor to produce a one act
comedy, whose story and plot is designed to instil a fear of
epidemic.
The authorities will buy tickets to the play, and’ they will
be distributed by policemen among the hotels and restaurants
and other places where there is special need of sanitary equip'
ment.
BUCHAREST, Dec. 4.—The Roumanian military authori
ties? have announced that all steamers, barges, tugs and other
water craft anchored in Roumanian ports, whether owned by
foreign or Roumanian concerns, will be commandeered by the
government on Monday in the interest of the national defense.
LONDON, Dec. 4.—Both the northern and southern Ser
bian armies have made successful movements and are now
safely established in Albania. A large body of Sorbs, evident'
lv from Monastir, has reached the frontier camp at Gievgeli,
near the Greek frontier in Serbia. In England the feeling over
the Serbian situation is much improved, and the newspapers
are commenting optimistically on the outlook. It is expected
that the Russian invasion of Bulgaria will soon crystallize,
and that with both sides of the Balkans subject of attack, that
the Bulgarians and Von Mackensen will have more to attend
to than they can take care of.
ATHENS, Dec. 4.—Thousands of Serbian refugees are
crossing the Greek frontier and pouring into the towns on this
side of the border. At Fiorina several thousand have arrived
after tramping through the deep snow from Monastir. All
the buildings in Fiorina are crowded with the refugees, and
the town, being small, there are not half enough buildings
available to shelter all the people. Hunrdeds of men and
women are sleeping outside, although the weather is bitterly
cold, sheltered from the wind in all sorts of ways, and trying
to be as comfortable as possible, despite the hardships they
are undergoing. Feeding the refugees presents a problem
full}- as serious as that of housing them, and many young
children are dying from lack of food, while the babies were
unable to live under the rigors of the march from Monastir
without proper food and warmth.
BERLIN, Dec. 4.—The war office officially announced to
day that very little activity was evident in Serbia, and with
the exception of the pursuit of various straggling bands of
Serbs into the mountains, nothing of importance occurred
yesterday. Scattered detachments are keeping up a guerilla
warfare against the Austro-German forces, but they are being
vigorously pursued, and yesterday two thousand of these free
lance Serbs were captured.
LUTE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS NOTES
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A Record of the Principal Happenings of the World
SEATTLE, Nov. 29. — William C.
Edes, chairman of the Alaska Engi
neering Commission, left here today
for Washington, where he will pre
pare a report of the work of the
commission, to be submitted to the
next session of the national legisla
ture, and work for a big appropria
tion for continuing the work.
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.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. — 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.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. — The pres
idents of the various eastern rail
roads have called a conference, now
being held in this city, for the pur
pose of considering ways and means
to move the vast quantity of freight
that is accumulating much faster In
the yards and terminals than it can
be disposed of, and try to devise new
methods and remedies to relieve the
situation. The railroad situation
along the Atlantic seaboard is unique
and problems entirely new to ex
perienced railroad men are being
presented, which call for new Ideas
and solutions radically differing from
all accepted railroad standards. It is
thought that the problem will be
satisfactorily disposed of, ane a com
mittee will be appointed to put the
adopted plan into execution, working
jointly for all the railroads inter
ested.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. — Presi
dent Wilson has finished his annual
message, which is now in the hands
of the government printer. The
document is short and dealB chiefly
with preparedness. The President
will deliver separate messages to
Congress on other subjects later.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3. — Two
steamers hava left this port to go to
the relief of the Minnesota, which is
on her way back here, owing to an
accident which has disabled the ma
chinery of the vessel. The Minnesota
was on her way around Cape Horn
to the Atlantic coast with a full
cargo, and was to be placed in the
Atlantic freight service on her arri
val at New York. The boat is now
several hundred miles south of here.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. — Reports
from all parts of the United States
show a much increased tone of busi
ness confidence among all lines, and
especially among those merchants
catering to the Christmas trade, who
feel that the people are preparing to
spend much more his year than they
have for several years past, due to
the general prosperity evident among
the people, and particularly so among
the working classes. The leading
bankers of the country substantiate
this view, and say that the nation Is
fast getting on its feet from the
effects of the first announcement of
war in Europe, and in most lines of
endeavor business is better than it
was before hostilities started. On
Puget Sound and other parts of the
Pacific Coast the situation is better
than it has been for four years past.
The liquidation process to which
business on the Sound was being
subjected, has been completed, and
from now on the outlook is more
hopeful, as may be shown by in
creased building activity in Seattle.
Fairbanks, Nov. 30. — William
Hopkins, a pioneer of the Tanana
valley, died at his home here today,
of pneumonia.
WASHINGTON, Del., Nov. 30. —
Twenty men were killed today by
the explosion of a large quantity of
powder in one of the mills of the
Dupont Powder Company. The mill
contained only black powder, and
was situated in the upper yards of
the concern, the location of the mm
being rather isolated, which was the
only thing which prevented great
damage to the other buildings and
employees.
EL PASO, Nov. 30. — The trans
portation of mails from the United
States to that part of Mexico south
of Jaurez, which is in the hands of
General Villa and his adherents, has
ceased, due to the fact that the
conditions throughout the whole dis
trict are unsettled because of the
active campaign being made against
Villa by the Constitutionalists, and
the enmity of Villa to the United,
States because of the recognition of
Carranza.
TOKIO, Nov. 30. — The trustees of
the Stock Exchange have suspended
operations and cancelled all transac
tions, owing to the strong and fic
titious upward movement of all
.stocks..The allies* war purchases
caused a wave of prosperity which
was reflected in the market, ana as
a result standard stocks shot upwara,
the hysterical advance occurring at
today’s opening.
Fairbanks, Nov. 30. — The mer
chants of this city last ntgnt met
at a get-together banquet, in which
it was generally agreed that all would
boost for Fairbanks In the future,
forgetting past petty differences.
NEW YORK, Nov. 30. — The cen
sus, Just taken by the police depart
ment, shows that this city has a pop
ulation of 5,254.00,0 holding its rank
as the first city of the world In num
ber of inhabitants.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. — A cau
cus of the Democratic members of
the national Senate was held yester
day afternoon, which resulted in the
election of Senator Kern of Indiana
as chairman of the meeting, and af
terwards he was selected as floor
leader of the body when Congress
opens.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. — Chair
man Sparkman, of the Rivers and
Harbor Commission, has held a
lengthy conference with President
Wilson, after which he announced
that no new river and harbor projects
would be provided for at the coming
session of Congress.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1. — More than
usual interest centers in the tenth
annual convention of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, to bd
held in this city December 28. Spe
cial speakers on subjects relative to
college athletics and military train
ing in the institutions holding mem
bership in the association, will in
clude former president William H.
Taft, President Garfield of Williams,
Prof. Corwin, chairman of the Yale
Athletic Association, and Dean Me
Clenahan of Princeton.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. — The State
Brewers' Association, which is hold
ing its annual meeting in this city,
has been seriously considering the
conditions in the liquor business
which have given rise to the tremen
dous growth of the prohibition move
ment throughout the country, and are
devising ways and means to stop the
further spread of the prohibition
movement The question of gambling
in saloons was thoroughly discussed,
and unanimously condemned by the
association in its sessions yesterday,
shaking dice for drinks and other
similar devices were held to lower the
tone of the liquor business and to be
one of the evils which should be
eradicated. A movement was started
to eliminate all saloons which are
not profitably operated, as it was
held to be lnducive to sharp prac
tice for the owner when times were
bad, with a resultant bad ettect on
legitimate and properly conducted
saloons.
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 2. — The jury
which nas been trying Thomas Wat
son in the federal court on thecarge
of sending obscene matter through
the mails, was discharged today be
cause the jurors were unable to agree
upon a verdict. The jury stood ten
to two for acquittal, but after being
forced to consider the matter for al
most 48 hours, the foreman of
the body reported to the presiding
justice that there were no hopes of
securing an agreement. Watson was
tried for publishing vitriolic attacks
against the Roman Catholic Church
in his newspaper, and the case at
tracted much attention.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. — A second
case of allowing a child to die be
cause it would have been defective
and a burden on society if allowed to
live, occurred in this city today, and
the matter is attracting national at
tention, and had renewed the contro
versy that is waging around the
ethics of the matter. The first case
arose in Chicago, where the child was
a mental defective, and the doctor
In charge of the Maternity hospital
refused to perform an operation ne
3essary to save its life. Today’s case
in this city was decided by a board
of physicians, their verdict being that
it was better not to perform an op
eration necessary to save little Mar
garet Roberts, a deformed, but men
ially sound baby. The infant died
:his afternoon. The operation would
have easily resulted In saving the
ife of the baby, but the child would
have been a life-long cripple.
CHARLEY CERNEY GETS BOOST
ON TRIP TO 8PRINGS.
Charles Cerney, considered one of
the best barbers in Alaska, and that
is saying a great deal, for it is recog
nized there are a few real artists in
that line, is in the city from Cordova
and will leave on the next boat for
a trip to the springs at Teoakee, and
later to the Goddard springs, near
Sitka.
For the past several years Mr. Cer
ney has been in business In Cordova.
Aside from his craft with the Imple
ments of his profession, he Is some
thing of a hunter. He knows the
haunts and habits of the “wild
things of the north,” and can tell
one offhand the make of all different
rifles and Just what each one will
do. He has killed enough bear to
outfit a store.—Juneau Dispatch.
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