LONDON, Nov. 17—The Bulgarians have kept up their
desperate attacks along the whole line in southern Serbia and
their capture of Kruseso, six miles west of Prilip is announced.
The French and British troops are in imminent danger for if
the Serbians further west and north should be outflanked the
allied troops would have to retreat still further. The key of
the situation is the Brabuna Pass, which is held solely by
Serbians, and where the Bulgarians have directed their strong
est forces. The Serbians at last reports were in dire straits
and it was feared that they would be compelled to abandon
their positions. It is believed that they have already done so tar
no news has been received today concerning the fighting there.
If the Bulgarians force their way through the Brabuna 1 ass
the road to Monastir will be open before them.
PARIS, Nov. 17—Premier Herbert Asquith, Minister of
Munitions Lloyd-George and Balfour arrived here today to
hold an important conference with the French cabinet.^ riie
ministers hope to effect better working relations with I ranee
before they return home, especially rgarding the operations of
the various armies holding the line in northern France.
BERLIN, Nov. 17—Twelve thousand Arabs have joined
the British forces who are operating in Mesopotamia. The
British are now within a few miles of Bagdad.
BERLIN, Nov. 18—The war office issued an official bulle
tin this morning announcing that all attempts by the Serbian
northern army to check the Austro-German drive through
Serbia had been repulsed, and that the Teutons and their Bul
garians allies had effected a complete conjunction of tlieii
forces in the north winning battle after battle and forcing the
enemy to retreat into the mountain fastnesses, leaving many
dead and wounded upon the field. The pressure on the retir
ing Serbs is unremitting and in today’s operations two thous
and prisoners were taken.
BERLIN, Nov. 19—The war office officially announces that
five thousand Serbians were captured by the combined Bui
garian and Teuton armies today. The statement intimates
that the central powers and Bulgaria will soon be in control
of the whole of Serbia, and that they are gradually forcing the
Serbian army in the north to retreat in the direction ot the
Albanian border.
BERLIN, Nov. 19—The war office officially announced that
the Germans had occupied' the town of Kursumlya Abado in
Serbia, which had been evacuated by the Serbians as the Ger
mans advanced. Several hundred prisoners were taken in this
vicinity.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—Great Britain, France and Rus
sia are uniting in an effort to induce China to join the Qua
druple Entente for the purpose of preventing any possible
friction in the future between China and Japan. Such a union
would assure the preservation of peace in the east and allow
the allies to devote their whole time and attention to the prob
lems now facing them in the west without the fear of being
harassed by tlx eproblem of China. If China agrees to the pro
position her military participation in the present war will not
be asked or expected, but the alliance will be solely for the
purpose of preserving the status quo in Asia. Japan has not
been consulted on this matter, and the agreement will be eon
sumateel against her opposition if she interposes an objection.
PARIS, Nov. 19—The Army Committee of the Senate with
ex-premier Clemenceau as chairman, yesterday presented a
resolution to the house advocating the unrestricted use of ax
phyxiating gasses by the French troops against the Germans
in the trenches. The resolution recites the use and teri'ible
effects of the same as employed by the Teutons against the
French, and demands that the necessities of war make the
French officials fight the enemy with their own weapons.
LONDON, Nov. 19—The British army in the Dardanelles
has assumed the offensive again and yesterday captured 280
yards of Turkish trenches. It is also reported here that Six
Charles Monroe, the new British commander on the Gallipoli
peninsula has recommended to Kitchener the withdrawal of
tne expedition.
BERLIN, Nov. 19—The war office officially announcer!
today that two British Egyptian gunboats had been torpedoed
an dsunk by German submarines off the Egyptian coast. The
statement is also made that a Gentian submarine torpedoed
and sunk by German submarine off the Egyptian coast. The
off the north cooast of Africa.
AMESTERDAM, Nov. 19—The Norwegian steamer Ulri
ken was sunk in the North Sea yesterday by coming in contact
with a floating mine. The crew of the vessel was saved.
LONDON, Nov. 20.—It is now admitted on all sides that
another blunder has been made by the military commanders of
the allies. The expedition to relieve Serbia seems to end' in
failure, for undoubtedly the French and British troops arrived
too late to accomplish any real good, and their failure to effect
a junction with the Serbian army of the north makes it impos'
sible to attain the real object of the expedition, that of main
taining control and prevent the enemy from using the Nish
Salonigi railroad for the purpose of bringing munitions to
Turkey. The situation at present is growing steadily worse
for the Serbian armies, who have fought with great gallantry
against superior forces and better guns, but have been com"
pelled to yield before the steady pressure of the Austro-Ger"
mans in the north, and' the fiery attacks of the Bulgarians in
the east, who attack the Serbians ferociously, there being a
bitter feeling between the two countries. The battering Ger
man soldiers are only prevented from making faster progress
by the severity of the weather, and the abominable roads of
the country, which practically make it impossible for large
bodies of troops to move fast. The Bulgarians in the south,
having largely reinforced their army, have taken Prilipand the
Brabuna Pass, and have very likely already occupied Mona
stir, althought nothing official has so far been learned as to
the fate of the city.
Monastir is at least untenable if it has not already been
captured, and the Serbian forces here will have to retire in the
direction of the Albanian frontier to prevent capture or annilii"
lation. The Anglo-Frcffich armies, whose base is Saloniki, oc
cnpy the eastern portion of southern Serbia for a few miles of
the Grecian border, but they are doing no more than holding
their own against the Bulgarians, being unable to inflict severe
defeat on the enemy. The one bright ray in the gloom which
has settled over the Balkan situation is the continued optimism
throughout England that th£ diplomatic situation in Greece
will turn out favorably to the allies.
BERLIN, Nov. 20.—The war office issued an official bul
letin this morning, stating that 2,800 additional Serbians were
captured by the AustroGerruan forces yesterday. The mobil
ity of the troops is being hampered somewhat by the inclement
weather, but the Germans and their allies are gradually sweep
ing the country before them, taking in prisoners and forcinj
the enemy to constantly retire. The towns of Nox Varos an<
! Sienieia in western Serbia, near the frontier of Montenegro wer
I taken yesterday with little effort.
LONDON, Nov. 20.—The battle line along the eastern fron
'tier is showing few indications of acitvity of late. The onl;
real movement reported is a retirement by the Russians to th
east bank of the Styr river in Galicia. In the north the weathe
conditions are extremely bad, little fighting being done, am
Hindeuberg has apparently given up all attempts to continm
his march through Courland. The armies have been fighting
in what is practically an immense swamp, and the continuous
rains have halted' operations by both belligerents.
LONDON, Nov 20.—The Italians are making desperate ef
forts to capture the town of Gorizia, the most important forti
fied point in the valley of the Izonso, which has been the chie
i stumbling block to the Italian march on Trieste. One of tin
more important of the outer positions of the fortress was cap
tured yesterday, and the Italians are bringing all their re
sources to bear on the task of forcing the garrison to capitulate
LONDON, Nov. 20.—The British forces in Mesopotamia
are advancing steadily on the city of Bagdad and are now in
sight of the city.
BERNE, Nov. 20.—Diplomatic information seems tc
indicate that Italy will declare war upon Germany within a
few hours The matter has been receiving the serious consid
eration of the government at Rome, and the evidence which the
allies have presented to Italy bearing on the assitance that Ger
many was giving Austria in fighting the Italians in the Tren
tino and Trieste has finally induced the government to believe
that Germany is taking active steps against Italy.
ROME, Nov. 20.—The war office officially announced to
day that the Austrians had made an aeroplane raid upon
Udine, which is the base for the Italian armies operating along
the Izonso, many bombs being dropped at various places
1 throughout the city in any effort to destroy the railroad depol
and supply headquarters. The attempt to injure the buildings
was unsuccessful, but twelve persons were killed and twenty
seven injured through the resulting explosions.
ATHENS, Nov. 20.~Lord Kitchener arrived in this city to
day, coming from a conference held at the Dardanelles with
the French and British commanders of the expeditionary
forces of the allies on the Gallipoli penisula. Kitchener called
at the British legation and after a short visit left with the
British minister and was received in audience by King Con
stantine.
MADRID, Nov. 20.—A large submarine with two peri
scopes pursued the Italian steamship Verona in the Mediter
ranean yesterday. The news was secured here when the dis
tress signals wirelessed from the Verona were caught by the
wireless tation. Great excitement was caused on receipt of the
first messages, as it was thought that the boat had been tor
pedoed and was sinking, with the passengers and crew in dan
ger. Later messages told of the escape of the Verona i na fog.
With an utter disregard for the public Postal Inspector
Neil, upon his recent visit to Alaska, laid down some new rules,
the enforcement of which would have worked a hardship, as
well as a great inconvenience, upon the patrons of the Cordova
office and the local postmaster refused to put them into effect.
This government “gum-shoe” man insisted that no business
be transacted at the postoffice after office hours, from 8 a. m. to
5 p. m.; that no stamps shall be sold or money orders written or
paid, and no registered letters be given out or received' after
regular office hours. The order was even more sweeping and
included the distribution of mail from the boats and trains,
| which he concluded was unnecessary, if not received before
| the office closed.
It was pointed out that such a radical change from the
system of accommodating th epublic at all hours would be re
sented by the patrons, and so long as the employes were willing
to do this extra work gratis surely there could be no objections
on the part of the government. But nothing doing with His
Highness. Let the public kick, that’s all the good it would do
them. If any protests were sent to the Department they would
he thrown into the waste basket, or words to that effect. And
this is the man whose parsimonious recommedations is reduc
ing the clerical force and cutting the salaries of those remain
ing to a minimum were taken at their face value in Washing
I ton.
While no specific order was issued in Cordova, by Neil,
against the posting of bulletins or notices in the postoffices, he
mumbled his disapproval of this practice, but not within the
hearing of the postmater. At Seward, however, he asserted his
authority, and then some, by making a clean sweep of the walls,
lie personally tore down all the notices, governmental, legal,
judicial, municipal, and etc. Among the many documents des
troyed' was President Wilson’s proclamation calling on Ameri
cans to be neutral in regard to the war in Europe, which was
printed in four languages.
According to some late arrivals from
the interior, there are some of the
i roadhouse men along the big high*
way who are not living up to the
law passed by the last legislature; Te
quiring all roadhouses to keep a re
gister of all persons who Btop or
pass the places. One man who came
in stated that he was required to
register at only three roadhouses
ant! t> several places no d.d not e.eu
see a register. There are a few,
however, who live up to the letter or
the law and do all they can to keep
track- of everyone that passes their
roadhouses, either day or night.
For several years before the law
was passed the people along the
trail and in town advocated such a
requirement, and almost everybody
was delighted when the act was put
on the statute books. The prime pur
pose of the law was to prevent and
detect crime, but incidentally snows
the whereabouts of a number of men
who are inquired for by friends.
The new law does not apply only
to the Chitlna trail, but to every trail
in Alaska, and the federal officials
express the intention of seeing that
it is enforced.
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STEAMER KANSAS CITY
ON INITIAL TRIP NORTH
The Alaska Steamship Company’s
’ new liner, the Kansas City, arrived
J In Cordova late Saturday night. She
r came north on this trip as a freighter,
1 most of her cargo being for Ancnor
»! age, but brought the mail. Upon
, her return to Seattle the Kansas City
, will undergo extensive alterations,
which include the building of a new
bridge, the raising of the pilot house,
the construction of officers' quarters
\: on the bridge deck, the converting of
- the rooms of the vessel from three to
- two-berth rooms, and the building of
- an observation room aft similar to
- : those on the steamers Alameda ana
. | Mariposa.
j The vessel will also be refurnished
and recarpeted throughout. It is es
timated that approximately J40f000
will be spent on the liner. When her
alterations are completed the vesel
will have accommodations for 188
first class passengers in two-berth
j rooms and about 200 steerage passen
I gers.
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DICTIONARY AGENT IS
CAUGHT IN IOWA TOWN
i
J. H. Phillips, who worked the
I Alaska coast towns last summer bj-j
representing himself as the agent ol
the Funk & WagnaU's company. New
York publishers. Is reported by the
company to have been apprehended
at Council Bluff, Iowa, and has been
taken to Des Moines where he was
indicted by the grand jury on the
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses and for forgery.
Phillips has engaged counsel to
defend him and they have written to
a number of Alaskans who subscrib
ed through him for the Funk &
VVagnealls dictionary asking if the
company has filled their orders. He
is evidently trying to establish the
fact that the company by delivery
recognized him as their agent.
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ANCHORAGE HAS FIRST FIRE
BUT LITTLE DAMAGE DONE
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 15—The volun
teer fire department answered its first
alarm last night when two small cab
ins were destroyed on the edge of
town. The damage was nominal.
Construction work on the Eagle riv
er bridge was commenced today, the
track having been completed to that
point.
The seven bootleggers who were
arrested Saturday pleaded guilty and
were fined. Five more were arrested
today and also pleaded guilty, paying
a fine. This makes 22 arrests and
convictions under the liquor iaw pro
hibiting sales within the government
townsite.
A Record of the Principal Happenings of the World
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15—President
| Wilson has instructed Postmaster
! General Burleson to re-instate George
j Burkett as assistant-Postmaster of
| Winnetka. Illinois. Burkett was re
I moved because of his outspoken and
severe criticisms of the president
| when the announcement was made of
Wilson’s engagement to Mrs. Galt.
The president was very much dis
pleased when the facts concerning
Burkett’s removal were made known
to him, and immediately ordered Bur
leson to give the man back his job if
; there were no other charges against
j him. Burkett had publicly excoriat
| ed Wilson for presuming to marry
j again so soon after the death of his I
former wife.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—An im
portant decision was handed down by
the Supreme Court of' the United
States today regarding the enforce
ment of the laws regulating the
transportation of liquor in interstate
commerce. Under the law as decided
i
by the court a man who ships liquor
from one state to another under a
false label, may be prosecuted either
in the state of destination or in the
state from which the goods were sent.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15—The abnorm
al activity in the stock market con
tinues and the volume of the day’s
sales reached an enormous number.
The market is in a highly speculative
condition with the metal stocks fea
turing. The usual investment issues
of bonds and debentures are display
ing unwonted haeviness and are mov
ing with hardly any interest being
taken in them.
SEATTLE, Nov 15—The Great
Northern liner Minnesota, the largest
ship sailing on the Pacific ocean, left
here today for Liverpool with a full
cargo of grain, fish lumber. The big
ship will probably never be seen in
service on the west coast again, as
she will likely enter the Atlantic
freight service. The Minnesota was
the last American liner which plied
between the coast cities andi the
Orient.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16—The first real
snow storm of the year occurred yes
terday evening and last night two
inches of snow falling. The weather
was cold and the snow light and no
hindrance to normal traffic conditions
resulted.
TOKIO, Nov. 16—News dispatches
which have appeared in the American
newspapers reporting serious revolu
tionary troubles in Japan, have been
investigated here, and nothing can
be 'found which confirms the news
stories. The government has denied
that any such occurrences have taken
place.
BRISTOL, S. D., Nov. 6—There
has been discovered a shortage of
$100,000 in the funds of the First
National bank, of this city, and Torgu
Strandness, the cashier, has been
missing for two weeks.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16—The public
was informed today that Mayor Mit
chel had been removed to a hospital
during the night and been operated on
for appendicitis. The diease develop
ed suddenly and the attending physi
cians state that the Mayor has an
acute case, and refuse to give out
positive assurances of his recovery
They say that his condition is most
serious.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16—President
Wilson is at work preparing his mes
sage to be read to the coming Con
gress. The message will occupy a
large portion of his time from now to
Thanksgiving Day, when expects to
have it ready for submission to the
cabinet. While nothing official has
been given out regarding the con
tents. and they will not be known
until Congres opens, it is semi-official
ly stated that the principal topic of
the president will be the subject of
national defense. Other important
matters to be treated will be the ques
tion of additional revenue, conserva
tion of national resources and the
Phillipines.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 17—The win
ter headquarters of the Alaska En
gineering Commission will be estab
lished in this city with Chairman
C. Edes of the commission in charge
assisted by Thos. Riggs. Jr. The
third member of the commission,
Lieutenant Mears, will remain in
Anchorage for the winter. Botli Edes
and Riggs will be called into consul
tation with Secretary Lane concern
ing the government’s future plans for
the Alaska railroad. It is said that
the secretary will ask Congress for an
appropriation of eight million for the
work of the commission next year.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18—Bids
were opened by the navy department
today for the consruction of two
super-dreadnaughts. All the bids in
both cases were much larger than the
departmental estimates of the cost,
and there is a possibility that they
will all be rejected and new bids call
ed for, or Daniels may recommend the
enlargement of the government navv
yards and have the government build
its own ships.
TAFT. Calif., Nov. 18—The navy
department has taken sixty-nine sec
tions of unopened public land near
here and will systematically explore
the same for the purpose of locating
fuel oil to be used on the ships of the
navy
DOUGLAS. Ariz., Nov. 18—A por
tion of Carranza's army ambushed a
large detachment Villaites and in the
resulting fight put the enemy to rout,
78 of Villa’s men being killed and fifty
wounded. Advices have been receiv
ed here telling of the murder of Thos.
Hart, an Americtan citizen who re
fused to leave Sonora when ordered
to by Villa. Hart was killed by a band
of Mexicans who were said to be part
of Villa’s army. General Obregon
with a strong force is advancing on
Cananea and a big battle is impend
ing.
KALAMAZOO, Nov. 18—Former
Senator Burrows of Michigan died
here today after a lingering illness.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19—Supreme
Justice Charles Hughes has notified
the Secretary of State for Nebraska,
that he was not and would not be a
candidate for the presidential nomina
Ion by the republican party in the
next election, and requested him not
to print his name on Nebraska’s pri
mary ballot aa such.
STB TRAIL
MCCARTHY, Nov. 13—Sidney John
ston. the McCarthy liveryman, return
ed to town last night from a three
weeks trip on the Rohn Glacier,
where he with a gang of men has been
staking the trail to the Chisana.
Johnson states that Cole and Crowe,
with the mail, made the trip safely
over the bad Ice and should be back
in McCarthy in a couple of days. He
states that the snow on the glacier is
four feet deep in places and that great
difficulty was experienced in breaking
the trail. A number of packers are
storm bound at Cblsana and on the
White River, those attemptln to
make the trip by way of Skolal Basin
having been compelled to turn back.
Heine Estabrook, fromerly of the
C. R. & N. W’ Ry., now a mining mag
nate from Young Creek, made his
semi-annual visit to town this week.
Mr. Estabrook states that city life is
not to his liking and that he will not
be back for another six months.
More snow has fallen at McCarthy
up to date, than during the whole of
last winter. The trails are almost
impassable and some cold weather
would be appreciated.
After many delays the McCarthy
School opened on Monday last. The
sympathy of the entire community is
with the schoolmarm who has the
task of controlling about twenty
youngsters who have run wild Tor a
year or more.
J. F. Clarkin. the Nizina Road House
man, left for Valdez Thursday. Mr.
Clarkin expects to make a trip to the
Arkansas Hot Springs before return
ing.
M. V. Lattin, our accommodating
station agent, has resigned and ex
presses his intention of spending the
winter in the states. It is under
stood that G. S. Stratman, now at
Chitina, will succeed him, while H.
J. Brandt will take Mr. Stratman’s
place.
LIQUOR SELLERS
Advices were received by the Uni
ted States marshal’s office at Valdez
from Anchorage, that two women and
five men had been gathered in by the
authorities for selling liquor without
licenses. The women were Mrs.
Crawford and Mrs. Dunlap, and Mur
ray, Eckert, Bateman, Stamey and
Lloyd were the men. All seven en
tered pleas of guilty but have not re
ceived sentences. The authorities
are determined to stamp out the ob
noxious traffic ir. liquor in the new
government town and it is announced
that the land office agent hat, already
started action against those convicted
for cancellation of their lots purchas
ed at the sale of lots last summer.
The question of the cancellation of
the land holdings of those convicted
for selling liquor without licenses, or
otherwise breaking the law, will be
passed upon by the Juneau Land offi
ce until such time as the Anchorage
land goes to patent, when violators of
the law will be tried before the dis
trict court as in any incorporated
town or other portion of the territory.
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INTERNAL REVENUE STAMPS
REQUIRED ON BOTTLED GOODS
The regulations of the Treasury
Department require that internal re
venue stamps be placed on bottles
containing rebottled wines and liqu
ors, in amounts as follows:
Still Wines—Pint, lc; quart, 2c;
gallon, 8c . Larger In proportion.
Champagnes and other Sparkling
Wines—half pints, 5c; pints, 10c; 1
quart, 20c; and larger quantities In
proportion.
Liquors, Cordials, and other similar
Compounds—Half pint, l%c; 1 pint,
3c; 1 quart, 6c; per gallon, 24c.
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MARTIAL BONDS ANNULLED
BY THE DISTRICT COURT
A divorce was granted by Judge
Brown In the suit of Josphlne Anger
man against BaltUauser Angerman.
The wife wanted alimony, the costs
and the custody of the child but no
alimony was granted and the child
was given into her custody subject to
a revocation of the order. Mr. Anger
man is from Latouche and Mrs. An
fermu Is from Keanscott
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