STEAMSHIP AL-KI !
GOES ON ROCKS
Hits Cape St. Augustin in Thick Wea
ther and Breaks Back on Rocks
—Alameda to Rescue
Officers on the st.eamship Evans re
port that the steamship Al-Ki of the
Border Line Transportation Company
rtruck Cape S. Augustin yesterday
while making Chatham strait, and is
a total wreck, with her back broken
and a great hole in her starboard
bow. S. O. S. calls were sent out by
the stranded vessel, which were
caught by the Evans and the Alameda.
The Evans had a disabled steering
gear from bucking the gale of Cape
St. Elias on her way up, and it Is be
lieved that the Alameda answered the
call.
The Al-Ki was a steel steamer of
1259 tons gross, built in 1884 at
Bath, Maine. She was 200 feet in
length, 38 feet breadth, 23 feet depth
of Hold. She carries a crew of 38
men, and belonged to the Border
Line Transportation Company. Her
home port was Ketchikan.
Twenty of the Basic Food Products
Now Absolutely Controlled by j
Federal Food Controller
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 2.— j
Yesterday Herbert Hoover, federal
food controller, assumed absolute con
trol over twenty of the principal basic
food products, which, by bis direction,
will lie distributed under a rigid li
censing system. More than 100,000
concerns, including meat packers,
cold storage men, millers, canners,
grain dealers and manufacturers and
distributors throughout the country
come directly under control of Hoov
er, and these are compelled to sell
their products at the prices fixed by
the controller, or their licenses will be
revoked and they will be unable to
purchase raw material and supplies
or to do business. The rules and regu
lations promulgated for the distribu
tion of food products are very rigid,
and are expected to materially de
crease the prices on many necessities
of (life.
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GOTHAM GETS WATER
120 MILES AWAY
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—New York
City received its first supply of water
from the Catskill mountains yesterday
when mayor Mitchel accepted a foun
tain in the northern reservoir of Cen
tral park and turned on the flow that
will give New Yorkers three hundred
million more gallons daily. The foun
tain has five jets and the pressure
from the Catskill aqueduct throws a
stream 115 feet in the air.
The turning on of the water was
witnessed by a large throng assembled
in Central park, including hundreds
of school children. The water comes
from the Ashoken reservoir, 120 miles
away. The completion of the great ac
queduct has been accomplished more
than a year ahead of the estimated
time, and at seven million less than
the figured cost. The board of water
supply had to acquire title for the city
to 2,133 acres at an aggregate cost of
$17,307,614. The cost ef oompleting
.the vast undertaking was $184707640
NOTICE! NOTICE!
On and after November first the
admission will be raised to thirty
cents to cover the war tax recently
levied. Saturday shows will be dis
continued. , 4\
EMPRESS THEATRE
-lit)*" TV"'. • a. •
Basketball game at Moose Hall to
morrow night.1 ' ’* •’*
TAGUAMENTO
BY GERMAN TROOPS
BERLIN, Nov. 2.—The war office
this afternoon made the announce
ment that the Austro-German troops
had penetrated the rear guard posi
tion of the Italians eastward of the
lower Tagliamento river, in the vic
inity of Venzope. in Northern Italy,
where they cut off and captured a di
vision of 60,000 of the Italian troops
and fifteen hundred guns, as well as
vast stores of munitions of war. In
this city the scene of the wildest ex
citement prevails as the news is given
out of the continued victories of the
Teutons armies on the Italian front.
Flags and bunting are generally dis
played throughout the city, and cheer
after cheer is given as the news from
the front is posted at various points
throughout the city. The overwhelm
ing defeat of the Italians has mater
ially strengthened the belief among
toe people that Germany will emerge
victorious from the war, and the
militarist branch of the government
is once more in the ascendancy.
Advance on Two HVonts
ROME, Nov. 2.—Advices received
iiere from the north this morning
state that the Austro-German forces
are striking at the Italian positions
on two fronts. The Austrians, under
command of General Krobatkin, is
hammering away at the gates of Ge
mona, a strongly fortified city south
of Venzone, but the Italians are mak
ing a desperate resistance at this
point and are temporarely, at least,
holding the Austrians in check. The,
German army, under Von Beulow, is
rushing southward from Udine in an
attempt to cut off the Italian retreat
from Capo and the Southern Isonzo.
Vienna is Celebrating
VIENNA, Nov. 2.—In this city and
in most of the principal towns in the
empire the news of the tremendous
victory over the Italians is being cele
brated by the populace, and there is
a decided renewal of confidence
among the people. The whispering
favoring a separate peace, which have
for several mouths past been stead
ily increasing, has disappeared almost
entirely, and the heartening effect of
the Teutonic gains is manifest every
where.
lie|Mtrt lentous Checked
ROME. Nov. 2.—Advices received
from the Italian army headquarters
at ("adore state that the Italian forces
have re-formed and are holding the
Germans in check about seven miles
west of Udine. The lighting is severe,
witli heavy losses on both sides, but
the Italians are holding desperately to >
their positions and are standing firm !
despite the terrific attacks of the j
Germans.
Italians Are Not Disheartened
ROME, Nov. 2.—“The army is de
termined to resume fighting against
the invaders at all points, and to fight'
to conquer and avenge the cry of pain |
issuing from the sacred soil Cadore." \
is the message received today from
the army headquarter* in the north
by Premier Orlando. The Italian peo
ple. while shocked by the sudden and
tremendous reverses suffered by the
army, are not disheartened, and are
still confident in the ability of their
troops to turn the tide of invasion
and sweep the Teptonic hordes from
the soil of Italy.
, Teutons Lose Heavily
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 2.—
Advices received by the war depart
ment today state that the victory of
the Teutons over the Italians cost
them heavily. It is authentically stat
ed that the Germans lost no less than
thirty thousand men and two generals
of divisions during the terrilic fight
ing on the Bainsizza plateau, north
of (’adore, before they forced the pas
sage through the Carnic Alps.
180,000 Prisoners Taken
BERLIN, Nov. 2.— Dispatches re
ceived here from the front state that
IS,000 prisoners, 1500 guns, and a
prodigious amount of supplies have
been taken by the Germans.
Troops Prepare for Hattie
ROME, Italy, Nov. 2.—The Italian
allied troops are preparing for counter
offensives, and a great battle, based
on the line of the Tagiameuto river
is forecasted by m'litary experts.
All Bridgeheads Captured
BERLIN. Nov. 2.—The Austrians
and Germans have captured all bridge
heads on the Tagliamento river.
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Capture Three of Fortified Positions
on Meetcheele Crest and Force
(iuns from Positions
CANADIAN HEADQUARTERS,
Nov. 2.—In addition to taking the
Meetcheele Crest farms, the Canadian
troops today captured three of the
ten fortified farms on the left of their
advance, after encountering determin
ed resistance from the enemy, whose
machine gun detachments bad been
driven from their concrete positions.
Councilman E. Erickson, wife and
child will leave on the steamer Al
aska for San Francisco, where Mr.
Erlcksan has a good job awaiting
him. Both Mr. Erickson and wife will
be greatly missed by Valdez people,
as they have lived here for years.
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FORMER KING OF
GREECE NEAR DEATH
PARIS, Nov. 2.—A Zurich dispatch
to the Matin says the old wound of
former King Constantine of Greece
has reopened and that an operation
was performed at the Sauerbruch
clinic in Zurich yesterday. His condi
tion is said to be most grave.
Two operations were performed on
Constantine in 1915, the first not hav
ing resulted In healing the wound,
and for a time his life was despaired
of. Reports were current at the time
that he had been stabbed, but they
were denied and it was said he was
suffering from pleurisy.
Thirty-four soldiers arrived from
the states on tlje. steamship Alasjta
this week .and it is stated that about
one .hundred more will be sent hefi
soon.
The Admiral Svens goes through
to Kodiak this trjp*.. returning pome
time the coining wpb*..
PAY ItOLL CAMP LKWIS '
KKACHKI) TWO MILLIONS
CAM I* LKWIS. Wash., Nov. 2.—
Yesterday was payday among the sol
diers concentrated her*1, and /nore'
than two million dollars was distrib
uted by the government among the
soldiers and officers.
Ten Million Pounds Have Accumulat
ed for Months While Kast is
Facing Shortage
BUFFALO. N. Y., Nov. 2.—Federal
secret service men today reported to
Washington the discovery in a Buffa
lo warehouse of millions of pounds of
sugar in bggs and barrels labelled
‘‘top crust flour.”
Notations on the packages, it was
said, indicated that the sugar had
been coming into the warehouse over
a period of several months. A federal
agent who made a survey of the con
tents of the building estimated the
amount of sugar at 150 carloads, or
about 10,000,000 pounds.
Around Immense piles of sacks'con
taining the sugar the federal agent
said he found a screen of other arti
cles, while some of the containers
marked "top crust flour” actually had
flour sprinkled over the outRide.
GERMAN TRADE UNIONH
MAKE COMPLAINT
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 2.— Field
Marshal Von Hnidenburg and Gen
eral Von Ludpndqrff have received
leaders of the Qyrman trades unions,
who laid before them complaints
against the regulations issued by de?
partment heads of the army limiting
or in some cases, paralyzing thp free
dom of action of jyt* upland. The out
come of the conference has nojt, been
announced, but-the Vorwaertsof Ber
lin believes that the grievances of the
union* wjllf by investigated.
Seven Groups of Aircraft Attack En
glish Capital Simultaneously—
Three Iteacli Heart City
LONDON, Nov. 2.—Thirty air
planes in seven groups attacked En
gland last night, doing a vast amount
of damage. Three penetrated the
heart of London before they were
driven off. The damage was slight in
both lives and property.
Ephriam Kalgnak and Wni. Sniit,
sentenced yesterday to six months
and three months respectively in the
federal jail at Kodiak, left this morn
ing for that place in charge of De
puty Marshal Armstrong.
Maurice D. I.eehey, one of the lead
ing attorneys of Seattle, arrived on
the Evans on business before the Dis
trict Court.
Griffith-Puentes Wedding Tomorrow
Miss Felipa Fuentes will be united
in matrimony to Sergeant Thomas F.
GrilTith, U. S. A., tomorrow morning
at S o'clock, in the Catholic church
at this place. Rev. Fr. Van der Pol
reciting the nuptial mass. The bride
arrived on the steamship Admiral Ev
ans this morning, from San Francis
co, California, and the groom is a
popular member of the quartermaster
department of this place.
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The steanlship Alaska is expected
back from the westward Monday
morning.
Wm. Schmidt kplved the H. C. L.
this morning by Rooking up bis auto
to a wood saw, and starting on a huge
pile of aaplinga.
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, George Heipn^p. the popular min
ing n*pn andjprt^pector, will leave gn
the Mariposa 'for the Statea, if ^JS
plana mature. Thla la hla flrat trip out
HERSCHEL ISLAND
WILL BE DESERTED
NOME, Alaska., Nov. 2.—Herschel
Island, away up off the Canadian
Arctic coast, near the Alaskan boun
dary. which years ago was the win
ter station and rendezvous of whaling
boats, will be deserted this winter,
according to teports reaching here,
on account of the gradual decline of
the fur catch.
Alexander Allen, a Herschel Isl
and trader, known all over the Arc
tic country, is said to have left the
island and was believed to be the last
man to leave. None of the traders
realized much on their catch of last
winter, it is believed.
Vessel Struck by Missile from I'-hout
lint Ksrapcs Witli Xo l/oss of
Life Says Dispatch
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j WASHINGTON. I). C.. Nov. 2.—
The American transport Finland was
| torpedoed in foreign waters, accord
ing to a dispatch received here today,
whicli stated that the Finland had es
caped with no loss of life.
Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed
AN ATLANTIC POUT. Nov. 3.—
News of the destruction of the Nor
wegian steamship Majoren by a Ger
man submarine, olf the Irish coast
on September 3. was brought here
today by survivors, passengers on a
British vessel. The Majoren. 4,300
tons gross, left Philadelphia on Aug
ust 20 with iron for Glasgow. The
twenty-eight members of the crew
were rescued by a patrol vessel thirty
six hours after they took to small
boats.
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More Money for Knglitnd
WASHINGTON, p. (’., Nov. 3.
Additional loans of $40,000,000 each
to Great Britain and France were
made today by the government. With
this transaction the total thus far
loaned to the allies is $2,613,400,
! 000.
! STEAMER ADMIRAL EVANS
ARRIVES FROM SOUTH
The steamship Admiral Evans ar
rived in port this morning at about
9 o'clock, after laying at Cordova 36
hours repairing damages to her steer
ing gear caused by a recent gale off
Cape Spencer. She brought Miss Flli
pa Fuentes and Maurice Leehey as
passengers, and the following left for
westward points on her; Karl Arm
strong. Dr. H. H. Beck, Ephriam Kal
gnak, W. C. Smit, John Steya, K. Bill
ings, Mary Billings, for Kodiak; Rob
ert D. Small for Latouche; T. Tal
lasen, Seward; Jerry Callaghan, H. C.
Cavanaugh, W. C. Mossman, M. Sher
ry, Mrs. Sherry, John O. Coffey, I.
Charles Pedersen, Chas. Watson, Ed.
Kraus Anchorage; and L. A. Iverson,
Seward.
AUTO ROBBERS
HOLD IT GROCERIES
AURORA, 111., Nov. 2.—The cry
for food was brought home to well fed
farming folks in striking fashion last
night by automobile robbers, who
raced from one Kendall county vil
lage to another plundering grocery
stores while passing up cash regist
ers. The robbers drove a big truck
and made stops at general stores in
Millington, Newark, Lisbon and Hel
ma, about twenty miles south of here.
Sheriffs of half a dosen counties are
scouring the countryside for the food
robbers.
Notice to Pioneers
From thU time qu Jgfro No. 7 P.
of A. wlU meet jn Odd Fellows Hall
on the first and third Friday even
ings of each qtonth. , T .
This ev^njnx ajpno£er will be giv
en and all members are urged to be
present. The Ladles Auxiliary has
been invttqd for a social time.
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NOME STEAM
CAUSES ARM
(ins Schooner White Bear Seven Bays
Overdue—Citizens Stage Near
Riot and Start Rescue
Officers on tile steamer Kvans state
that the gas schooner White Bear Is
seven days overdue at Nome and that
there is much anxiety among the peo
ple of that place as to her safety, as
it is feared she is caught in the ice
in the recent heavy storm and carried
out to sea. Only .two A. S. C. boats
were in port at the time and one of
these was disabled. The citizens re
quested that the other go to the res
cue, and offered to charter the tug
Genevieve, which was owned by the
company. The request was refused,
whereupon the people held a mass
meeting and seized the vessel and
placing 11 in command oi tne local
coast guard started out on the work
of rescue. Up to the time the Evans
came into the narrows nothing had
been heard of the rescue party.
Tile White Bear is a gas schooner
of 27 gross tons, built in Tacoma,
Wash., in 1912. She is 43 feet long,
14 feet beam. 5 feet depth of hold.
She is owned by the Hidden Inlet Can
nery Company and Tacoma. Wash.,
is her home port.
LATER— The tug Genevieve re
turned to this city about 11 o'clock
today without finding any trace of the
White Bear. It is uow feared she is
lost.
RAID NMD
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Eight. Killed and Twenty-one are In
jured by Bombs from German
Airplanes Last Night.
LONDON, Nov. '{. The Germans
again raided the English coast last
night, dropping a number of bombs
and killing eight persons and injuring
twenty one. The report of the raid
given out by the war office is very
meagre, merely giving the number
of killed and wounded, but making
no mention of the damage done. The
clamor for immediate retaliation
against German cities by the British
airmen is growing vehement, and it is
anticipated that the government will
take steps in this direction in the
near future.
SWKDIKH NATION DRIFTS
TOWARD GKRMANY
LONDON. Nov. 2.—M. Widen, who
has been asked by King Gustav of
Sweden to form a cabinet, will at
tempt to construct a ministry sole
ly of liberals, says the Stockholm cor
respondent of the Daily Mail. Hjal
mar Brantlng and his associates iu
the socialist party will be excluded
by M. Widen, who is a moderate lib
eral. It is the correspondent's opin
ion that M. Branting will not be sor
ry to be excluded, as popular discon
tent in likely to increase during the
winter. As to the effect of the Ameri
can blockade, the correspondent says,
the manner in which the policy of the
United States is to be answered is In
dicated by the government's an
nouncement that Germany will sup
ply to Sweden grain, potatoes and
sugar, which the allies have refused.
This announcement, if realized, will
naturally stimulate the pro-German
trend of public opinion developed by
the Washington news of the last few
days, the dispatch says. It adds that
particular resentment has been pro
voked in the prpss by the statement
thgtithg Swedish delegates to the Uni
ted States had suppressed the fact in
relation to Sweden exportation of iron
pre to Germany.
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