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MS GETTING
WAR MUNITIONS
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Berlin Reports new Turkish Army
Being Equipped for Campaign
Against British in Egypt. '
BERLIN. Nov. 8.—Shipments of
monitions from Berlin are now being
sent to Constantinople over the rail
road through Serbia as the northern
and eastern portions have been clear
ed of Serbian troops and is now un
der German control.
It is stated that arms and muni
tions will be sent to Constantinople
from Germany to permit of Turkey’s
equipping a new army of one mil
lion men for the campaign against
the British in Egypt. It is believed
that the Truks plan the capture of
the Suez canal. The war material
I captured in Serbia is being sent to
icy to be used in the campaign
net the Allies on Gallipola penin
—any train loads of broken and
damaged guns and metals from Ser
bia have been taken to the great
Krnpp works where they will be used
in the manufacture of new war ma
terial.
Latest advices from Constantino
ple state that the Turkish army had
nearly exhausted its ammunition dur
ing the period since Rumania refused
to permit of further shipments of
munitions being sent across that
country to the borders of Bulgaria.
There. is great rejoicing in Constan
tinople and it is believed there that
the Allies will be forced to abandon
their Dardanelles campaign which
will permit of Turkish troops being
Mat to Egypt.
Thousands Parade the Streets of Chi
cago as Protest Against the
Sunday Closing Law.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8.:—The law re
nuMnA saloons in Chicago to be clos
ed** 12 o’clock on Saturday night
until 6 o’clock Monday morning is in
tensely unpopular among the labor
ing element of the city and many pro
tests are being sent to the mayor
and members of the council.
Twenty thousand men paraded the
streets of the city yesterday carrying
banners protesting against the saloon
closing order. Thousands in autos
and wagons followed the parade, dis
playing banners which stated that if
all the fool laws passed were enforc
ed that more than half olj thp peo
ple would be in jail and the balance
in the insane asylum. Other ban
ners read, “Morality is not created
by law,” and “The Sabbath was made
for Man and not Man for the Sab
bath.”
The parade was very orderly and
was not molested although it was
kept up for hours. The mayor states
that he will pay no attention to the
protests as they have been .organized
by saloonmen for political effect.
UNDERWOOD MAKES GUESS
ON ALASKAN POLITICS.
SEATTLE, Nov. 8.—Jack Under
wood, writing for the Seattle Sunday
Times on political conditions in Alas
ka. believes that Dan Sutherland,
who has been Delegate WickerBham’s
right hand man, will be a candidate
next delegate election and that Frank
Aldrich probably will be his oppon
ont. Underwood has failed to take
geqagor Hillard into consideration
anArolieves that he will refuse to
te a candidate unless given the uni
ted support o.f both parties. Dele
gate WickershamT Upderwood as
serts, will seek the governorship of
Alaska, as he believes the KeptAli
mh. will win In the general election.
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Wool Sweaters, Hoods and Hosiery,
Sheeting, Pillowcase Tubing, Outing
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—Presi
dent Wilson's latest n6te to the Brit
ish government deals exhaustively
with the interference of American
foreign trade the British government
since the beginning of the European
war in the so-called blockade insti
tuted by the British against Germany
and her allies last March.
The note declares that the block
ade is enffective, illegal and inde
fensible under international law and
that the American government can
not longer submit to the curtailment
of its neutrality fights and cannot
with complacence suffer further sub
ordination of its rights and interests
in dealing with foreign nations.
Secretary Lansing has instructed
Ambassador Page to impress most
earnestly upon the British govern
ment that the United States insists
that the relations between the Amer
ican government and Great Britain
must be governed by those establish
RUSSIA IS BUYING MUCH
RAILROAD MATERIAL
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ Nov. 8.—The
General Railway Signal company of
this city has secured a contract of ■
supplying $8,000,000 worth of equip
ment for the new Russian railroad j
now under construction from Petro
grad to Ekaterina, in the Arctic cir- |
cle. The contract was signed by a |
British agent acting for the Russian \
government in guaranteeing the pay- i
ment of the account.
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YOUNG MEN CAN’T
DODGE ENLISTMENT
Government Upholds Saxonia’s Fire- •
men In Preventing Irishmen
Coming to United States.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 8.—The Irish
authorities have upheld the firemen
of the Cunard liner Saxonia in re
fusing to go aboard when the liner
was ready to sail for New York be
cause a number of young Irishmen
of military age were being carried
as passengers, and as a consequence
the Cunard officials have . notified
thousands of, young men that they :
will bg unable to carry them and
have returned the passage money.
Thousands of young men who had
failed to heed the appeals of the re
cruiting officers to enlist in the army
and had booked passage for the Uni
ted States engaged in rioting follow
ing the announcement that the gov
ernment had upheld the Saxonia’s
firemen in preventing their escaping
from conscription. The riots con
tinued during the day and were sup
pressed by police reserves being call
ed out.
HUERTA IS SUFFERING
ATTACK OF JAUNDICE.
EL PASO, Nov. 8.—The trial of
General Huerta, former provisional
pr.esidqpt of Mexico, on the charge of
conspiring to violate the neutrality
of the United States by organizing
an armed force to invade Mexico, was
halted today owing to the serious ill
ness of the general. Physicians tes^
titled in court that General Huerta
was suffering from jaundice as a re
sult of lack of exercise and the court
immediately ordered his removal
from jail to his private residence,
where he will be kept under guard
to prevent his escape from the juris
diction of the court.. Huerta has also
been placed under $15,000 bonds.
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King Oat of Danger.
LONDON, Nov. 8.—Physicians in
attendance upon King George hav.e
announced that he is rapidly recov
ering from Hie effects,of.injuries sus
tained by being thrown from hjs
horse while reviewing British troops
in Iftanpe. The king is dealerqd out
pf danger, and no more bulletins re
garding his condition will be Issued.
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PRESIDENT WILSON’S LATEST NOTE TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT
SAYS THAT BLOCKADE ESTABLISHED LAST MARCH IS VIOLA
* TION OF NEUTRALITY RIGHTS AND THAT AMERICA WILL IN
SIST THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND THE UNITED
STATES MUST BE GOVERNED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW—LON
DON PRESS DECLARES THAT BRITAIN IS FIGHTING FOR
MORE THAN THE WINNING OF THE PRESENT WAR—CANNOT
SEE HOW NATION CAN SURVIVE IS BLOCKADE IS ABANDONED.
ed rules of international conduct to
which Great Britain in the past has
held the United States when this na
tion was a belligerent engaged in a
struggle for its national existence.
Wilson’s Note Is Firm.
LONDON, Nov. 8.—The latest note
of President Wilson, to the British
government concerning the blockade,
has created a sensation and is being
liberally commented upon by the
British press.
The attitude of the London press,
which is under strict supervision of
the government, is that although the
points raised by President Wilson are
open to argument but that as Great
Britain is engaged in a life and death
struggle which involves more than
the winning of a great war, she has
to consider all questions on a practi
cal basis even if her actions are
bound to cause inconvenience to neu
tral nations.
It is claimed that while Great Bri
tain is doing everything in her power
and exerting every effort to win in
the war, she has been careful to cause
as little injury as possible to neutral
nations and their foreign Interests.
The note of President Wilson,
while couched in friendly terms, has
left no room for doubt that he will be
equally as insistent in dealing with
the British government concerning
the blockade as he was in his pro
tests to the German government
over the German submarine block
ade, but as yet the British press fails
to see how the blockade against Ger
many can be abandoned without vi
tally effecting the hopes of the Allies
in winning the war.
VILLA BELIEVED
meins SPIES
Doctors and Chauffeurs Finally Con
vinced Rebel Deader they were
on Errands of Mercy.
DOUGLES, Ariz., Nov. 8.—Four
Americans who were reported to have
been killed while taking hospital'
supplies to the wounded soldiers of
General Villa during the battle at
Agua Prieta last week, have return
ed to their, homes in Douglas. There
were two physicians and their chauf
feurs and were held by General Villa
as they had no credentials to show
that they were not spies acting for
President Carranza.
The Americans state that they
were condemned to be executed but
finally convinced General Villa that
they were not spies but anxious to
relieve the sufferings of his wounded
soldiers. When Villa withdrew for
the attack upon Agua Prieta he took
the Americans with him to San Jose,
near Naco, where the Americans
were able to establish confidence in
tbe rebel leader that they were not
connected with any faction but on
errands of mercy when captured in
Mexico, and were ordered released.
WILSON’S A6ENT
FUSING VILLA
General Obregon Tells Funston That
Federal Agent is Undesirable
to Carranza.
AGUA PRIETA, Nov. 8.—General
Obregon, who has been commanding
President Carranza’s troops at Mex
ico City, h*8 arrived here and has
taken command of the troops defend
ings Agua Prieta. He states that
President Carranza is concentrating
his forces to crush General Villa’s
army which is now headed for the
Pacific coast, raiding thfe country
through which his army passes.
In a conference held here Saturday
evening General Obregon told Gen
eral Funston that President Wilson
had made an error in sending Caro
thers, a federal agent, to Mexico, as
the latter was objectionable to Presi
dent Carranza, owing to his having
been active in extending favors to the
Villa faction.
It is reported that president Wil
son ’4 agent has assisted General Vil
la in securing shipments, of muni
tions from the United States since
the embargo went into effect against
shipments of cartridges to Mexico,
unless accompanied by an agent of
the Carranza government.
BRYAN MAY BE
SUED FOB LIBEL
Reported to Have Asserted that Navy
and Security leaders were the
Agents of Manufacturers.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Nov. 8.—It
is reported here that Robert Thomp
son, president of ,the Navy League,
will file a libel suit against William
Jennings Bryan as a result of state
ments made by Bryan in a recent
speech.
The former secretary of state is al
leged to have stated that the mem
bers of the Navy League of the Uni
ted States and the United States Se
curity league, organized for the pur
pose of campaigning for greater na
tional defense, were paid agents of
the American shipbuilders and muni
tion factories in order that the man
ufactureres’ syndicate might be ena
bled to filch hundreds of millions an
nually from the national treasury.
Mr. Bryan has received a letter
from' attorneys representing Thomp
son asking if the press reports of his
speech are correct and hinting that
he will be required to substantiate
his statements if his speech was as
reported.
FISHERMEN LOST
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Two Swept from Schooner and Were
! Drowned, but Captain is Res
cued by Member of Crew.
JUNEAU, Nov. 8.—Capt. Ole Bjer
Ike, of the halibut fishing schooner
Yakutat, has reported losing two men
by their being swept from the ves
sel during a gale while the vessel
was at the halibut banks off Yakutat
on November 3. The fishermen were
j Martin Sommerset and Alfred Stor
' holm.
Capt. Bjerke states that the Yak
utat was struck by a terrific gale
blowing from the southwest, which
swept Somerset, Storholm and him
self from the vessel. Bjerke, after
being washed overboard, seized a
buoy and was rescued by other mem
bers of the crew.
Frame Your Pictures
At Hunt’s tor Christmas or your
home. Remember . every day gets
busier from now until Christmas.
Samples and prices can be seen at
the Valdes Candy Kitchen. tf
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Valdez Drug Company have a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
LONDON DAILY GLOBE
SEIZED BY POLICE.
LONDON, Nov. 8.—The printing
plant of the London Daily Globe was
seized by the police on Saturday, as
well as the Friday and Saturday edi
tions of the paper. The seizure was
made on orders of the war depart
ment as the Star had printed news
purporting to have been received
from the front without first submit
ting it to the censorship of the war
office. y
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LORD I MYSTERY
latndon Pafiers Believe lie lias Gone
to Take Command of Allies
Forces In Balkan States.
LONDON, Nov. 8.—Several Lon
don newspapers have braved the gov
ernment censorship and have boldly
claimed to have knowledge from
semi-official sources that Lord Kitch
ener, commander in chief of the
British forces, has gone to the Bal
kans to take command of the Allies
forces there. The assertion is also
made that either Lord Haldane or
Lord Derby will be appointed to the
position of war minister.
It is believed that Lord Kitchener,
who lias extensive Knowledge of the
eastern countries, has planned a cam
paign which will prevent the Turks
from invading Egypt and may possi
bly prevent Greece from joining the
Teutons. The London Times believes
that Lord Kitchener has gone to in
vestigato the situation at the Darda
nelles and that the government will
be guided by his report in withdraw
ing or prosecuting the campaign on
the Gallipoli peninsula.
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CRY OF FIRE IN SCHOOL
STAMPEDES CHILDREN.
PEABODY. Nov. 8.—A boy. a pu
pil in one of the public schools here,
caused a stampede which resulted In
scores of children being Injured by
being trampled upon or by jumping
from the stairways and windows.
The boy had heard the steam in the
radiators and believed that the build
ing was on fire. His cries of “fire,”
despite the efforts of the teachers,
caused the children to stampede
from the rooms.
THE COCRTMARXIAJU OF
ADMIRAL LITTLE ENDS.
BOSTON, Nov. 8.-t-The court mar
tial in the case of Admiral Little, re
tired, charged with having passed on
submartnea as safe while they were
known to he otherwise, has been com
pleted and the verdict has been for
warded to Secretary Daniels, who or
dered the court martial.
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Mrs. Parke Griswold, of Cordova,
came over on the Admiral Evan#, to
day and will visit with Valdez
friends.
WILL ORGANIZE A
FIGHT IN CONGRE
Bryan Lining l’|i His Forces to F
Administration's Policy foi
Preparedness.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. i
It is believed at Democratic hi
quarters here that Bryan plans to
ganize a fight in congress aga
the administration’s prepared!
policy and is already lining up
forces for the contest.
In a second statement issued I
urday evening after the evening »
tions had scored him for attack
the President, Mr. Bryan denies t
he is a traitor to the party and
fends his criticism of President V
son’s speech as the president had
sisted that the administration v
neutral, while the custom’s repo
of the past nine months showed tl
exports from the United States
Europe had increased one biilii
thirty-six million dollars, mostly n
nitions of war.
Mr. Bryan also states that he dc
not regard the administration’s pi
mitting the Allies to secure hu
loans from American financial hous
as non-partisanship.
The Democratic leaders who a
supporting the administration, i
not believe that Bryan will be ab
to control sufficient strength in co
gress to block the Administration
preparedness program as a majorii
of both the senate and the house i
representatives have gone on recor
as favoring a greater national di
fense.
Commissioner Riggs Says Forty Mile
Built this Year and Two More
Years to Reach Fairbanks.
SEATTLE, Nov. 8.—Thos. Riggs,
member of the Alaskan Engineering
commission, in an interview printed
in a local paper, states that the sur
vey of the entire line from Seward
to Fairbanks has been completed and
that maps are now being prepared
at the commissioner's headquarters
in Seward.
Eight miles of the track have been
laid and thirty miles more of road
bed are ready for the rails as soon
as, they arrive. He believes forty
miles of the road will have been
completed before thirty days.
Ccminiissioner Riggs will use his
utmost efforts to expedite the con
struction of the road from both the
coast and interior terminals at the
same time. He believes if appropri
ations are made promptly that the
entire line from Seward to Fairbanks
can be completed in two more years.
The commission will urge for an
appropriation of *12,000,000 for next
year’s work, which Commissioner
Riggs believes will be sufficient to
build the road to Broad Pass. He
states that engineers haVe encounter
ed no difficult problems to solve on
the route they have selected, and
believes that the railroad from Board
Pass down the Nenana river and on
to Fairbanks can be completed in
.one year.
NORTHWESTERN IS
COMING NORTHWARD
SEATTLE, Nov. 8.—The steamer
Northwestern, of the Alaska Steam
ship fleet, is again in commission aft
er having been repaired in drydock,
and. tailed for Valdez and other
Southwestern Alaska ports last Sat
urday event?*, with the . following
passengers, tor Valdez: Father Cre
mont,18, J.; A O' Stahl, Mm. Stahl
and three children. Foe Latouche, R.
Small, A. Bailey, F,. Dyer, and three
steerage. Fort Liscum. Geo. Hoge.
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John Beauerman was a returning
'passenger to Valdez on the Admiral
Evans.