WILSON WILL ASK
REPUBLICAN 1
«hun|) Clark Reported to Have
Promised President that lie Will
Work for National Defense.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 12.—
'It is reported that President Wilson
will ask the Republican members of
oongress to aid him in securing the
passage of the Administration's na
tional defense measure. A careful
canvass of both houses show that a
majority favor national defense but
there is a noticeable falling off of out
spoken advocacy for a larger aimy
any navy among Democrats since*
Bryan began his attack upon the ad
ministration’s program.
It is reported that Champ Clark,
itfunocratic speaker of the House, re
cently conferred with President Wil
son and promised his warmest sup
port to the national defense measure.
Tliof jtepublicans are advocating
the measure and it is believed that
Borne official announcement concern
ing it will soon be made from the Re
publican headquarters here. The Re
publican leaders are confident that
Bryan will not be able to muster
strength sufficient to defeat Wilson
shonld he organize a fight on the
floor of congress against national de
fense, but are satisfied that the Ne
braskan has ruined President Wil
son's chances of again being elected.
DOCTORS SUPPLIED
THE DRUG FIENDS
Have Taken Advantage of the Law to
Reap a Harvest from Users of
Injurious Drugs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12.—Fed
eral agents here promise wholesale
arrests among the physicians of the
Pacific coast cities for violations of
the federal law restricting the sale of
injurious drugs.
It is claimed that scores of physi
cians jjjjve been supplying drug users
with 'tiar^btics and have been reaping
a harvest by charging $2 per grain
lor cocaine. Several arrests have
been made in Seattle and it is prom
ised that examples will be made of
them as the government is determin
ed to wipe out the injurious drug
trade which, it is claimed, has been
responsible for sending more persons
to the insang asylums and prisons
than any other agency.
After the law went into effect pre
venting the sale of injurious drugs to
anyone except on prescriptions sign
ed by licensed physicians scores of
so-called sanitariums sprang into ex
istence in all parts of the country
where sufferers from drugs were
treated, when deprived of their sup
ply of narcotics. It has been dis
covered that many of the sanitari
ums are blinds established for the
purpose of evading the law and that
drugs have been supplied habitual
users without proper record having
been kept as required by law.
CALGARY OIL BOOM
PROVES A FIZZLE.
CALGARY, Nov. 12.—During the
trial here of President Buck, of the
Diamond Oil company before the
court yesterday, an employe of the
company testified that Buck has salt
ed the Diamond company’s wells in
order to boom the stock of the com
pany. The shares had risen from 10
cents to $7 per share when President
Buakjtisposed of most of his promo
tion stock.
The collapse of the oil boom here
has helped to add to the financial de
pression resulting from the European
war as thousands of people living in
all parts of Canada were induced to
risk their money in the oil ventures
in the hope that they would become
wealthy in a short time.
For Fresh Eggs and Butter go to
•Gene Ames. tf
BULGARIAN TROOPS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE
BEEN DEFEATED IN SERBIA WITH HEAVY LOSS
LONDON, Nov. 12.—Advices from
the east state that the Bulgarian
forces in the neighborhood of Veles,
in Serbia, are in full retreat after
suffering enormous losses. The bat
tle has been raging for several days
between the Serbian and Bulgarian
forces when the arrival of fresh re
inforcements of Allies from the
south routed the Bulgarians. The
Allies are reported as taking advan
tage of the defeat of the Bulgarian
troops to push northward and com
plete their triumph by severing the
Bulgarian line of communication in
southern Serbia. It is believed the
Bulgarians will be compelled to aban
don Uskup, Karatova and other Ser
bian cities and that the whole south
ern portion of the railroad from Bel
grade to Constantinople via Nish will
fall into the hands of the Allies and
prevent them sending munitions from
Germany to Turkey.
Russian Troops Land in Rumania.
LONDON, Nov.'12.—It is reported
that a large Russian army has been
sent up the Danube river and have
landed in Rumania to attack the Bui
ARRIVAL OF FRESH TROOPS SENT BV ALLIES TURNS TIDE OF
BATTLE AND COMPELS BULGARIANS TO WITHDRAW' — BE
LIEVED THAT ALLIES WILL REGAIN CONTROL OF RAILROAD
TO CONSTANTINOPLE AND CLOSE TRANSPORTATION OF MUNI
TIONS TO TURKEY—RUSSIANS ASCEND DANUBE RIVER AND
LAND IN RUMANIA TO ATTACK BULGARIA—SERBIAN CAPI
TAL AGAIN MOVED—GERMAN TROOPS WITHDRAW FROM THE
GULF OF RIGA.
garians near the Serbian border. The
report is believed to be correct and
is regarded as significant of the sen
timent of Rumania in permitting the
Allies to land troops there after de
nying the Teutons the right of send
ing munitions through Rumania to
Turkey.
(Jreek Government Dissolved.
LONDON, Nov. 12.—King Con
stantine has dissolved . the Greek
Chamber of Deputies but Greek of
ficials state that Greece will proba
bly join the Allies when they have
massed adequate forces in the Bal
kans to prevent Greece from being
overrun by the Bulgarian aid Teu
tonic forces.
Bulgarians Cross Morava.
BERLIN, Nov. 12.—The official
bulletin of the German war office
states that Bulgarian troops have
crossed the Morava river, in Serbia,
at several places and have captured
several thousand Serbian prisoners
who were attempting to escape to the
west. The Bulgarian troops are
steadily crushing the Serbian troops
and are trying to effect the capture
of the main army before they can re
treat to the south to join the Allies
or cross into Montenegro.
Why Hindenburg Withdrew.
BERLIN, Nov. 12.—-It is officially
stated that General Hindenburg has
withdrawn his troops from the forest
district west and southwest of Shloe,
on the Gulf of Riga, west of Riga
city. It is reported that the with
drawal of the troops from the dis
trict was systematically carried out
and was made necessary owing to the
district having been converted into
a swamp by the late rains. The
troops were sent south to reinforce
Gen. Hindenburg’s army marching
toward Dvinsk. >
Serbian Capital Moves Again.
LONDON, Nov. 12.—The Serbian
capital is reported to have been mov
ed to Kruseum from Prilip as the
Bulgarians are nearing the latter vil
lage. A strong Bulgarian army is re
ported to have started across south
ern Serbia headed for the Adriatic
sea across Albania, where it is be
lieved that Italy will send troops
from the north campaign to check
the Bulgars reaching the coast.
ITALIANS BESIEGE THE
ANCONA NEW YORK OFFICE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—Thousands
of Italians have been besieging the
local office of the Italian steamship
company to which the Ancona belong
ed, demanding information concern
ing the fate of the passengers and
crew, but no information has been
forthcoming. The officials of the
company state that they have no re
cord of the passengers gs the steamer
had landed at a number of Italian
ports befere being torpedoed.
WAS SEARCHED
WHILE AT SEA
Washington Has Received No Partic
ulars Concerning the Searching
of the Steamer Zealandia.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—It is
stated that no further advices have
been reqeived from Progresso con
cerning the searching of the Ameri
can steamer Zealandia by the officers
of a British cruiser. It is believed
in official circles that the searching
was done outBlde the three-mile lim
it, and has caused little surprise as
the Zealandia has been suspected of
being engaged in a conspiracy to out
fit German yachts to raid the com
merce of the Allies.
It is stated that there has been
mysterious movements of yachts own
ed by Germans in the ynited States,
as several of them have departed for
South American ports during the
past few weeks. It is also believed
that some of these yachts aided the
German officers who broke their pa
roles in escaping from Newark.
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SWISS ARMY WILL BE
DEMOBILIZED SOON.
BASIL, Switzerland, Nov. 12.—It
is reported by the Swiss government
that the army is soon to be demo
bilized as the shifting 6f the cam
paigns to the Baltic has removed any
further danger of the violation of
Swiss neutrality. It is stated that
the Italian and Austrian troops in
the Alps are being driven to lower
altitudes as the snowfall has render
ed the movements of troops extreme
ly dangerous.
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MRS. ARMOUR DIES
AT AGE OF 80 YEARS.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 12.—Mrs.
Philip Armour, widow of the found
er of the Armour Packing company,
and which is now one of the strong
est industrial families in the United
States, died here today, aged 80
years.
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ENGLAND'S UNBOUNDED FAITH
III LQRB KITCHENER'S ABIUTY
BRITISH BELIEVE THAT GERMANY HAS NOT SUFFICIENT MEN TO
SEND TROOPS TO BALKANS AND THAT GALLIPOLI PENINSULA
CAMPAIGN WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE AFTER ARRIVAL OF
WAR L&RD IN BALKANS—PETROGRAJ) REPORTS THAT SHAH
OF PERSIA LEAVING CAPITAL AS RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE NOW
WITtfIN FORTY MILES OF CITY—PERSIAN PARLIAMENT FA
VORS PEACE.
LONDON, Nov. 12.—Advices from
Paris and Petrograd show that no im
portant changes have resulted at the
fronts, during the past twenty-four
hours. ' The German troops on the
Gulf of Riga have been withdrawn
and it is reported that they have
been sent to reinforce General Hin
denburg who is being pressed back
in the Dvinsk district. It is believed
here that the Germans lack men to
send a sufficient force to the Bal
kans and the principal engagements
in Serbia have been confined to the
Bulgarian and Serbian troops. It is
believed here that Lord Kitchener’^
arrival in the Balkans will result in
a clearing of the situation in the near
east and that the Allies’ armies on
Gallipoli peninsula will become more
active after his arrival there. Bn-1
gland is pinning her faith to Lord
Kitchener, believing that he will be
able to accomplish more In the near
east than the British diplomats or
the generals commanding the armies
there since the beginning of the war.
Teutons Leaving Teheren.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 12.—Advices
from the southern war zone state
that the Russian troops are within
forty miles of Teheren, the capital
of Persia, and that the Teutons who
have been reinforcing the garrison,
are leaving the city. The advices
state that the Shah of Persia is ready
to flee from Teheren and that a se
cret session of the Persian parlia
ment a majority expressed the hope
that terms of peace might be obtain
ed from the Allies. The Persian
troops have exhausted their muni
tions and are presenting but a feeble
resistance to the forces of Grand
Duke Nicholas, who is commanding
the Russian troops in the east.
JOHNNY KILBANE IS
BARRED FROM WISCONSIN
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 12.—Johnny
Kilbane, the boxer, has been indefi
nitely suspended by the Wilconsin
board of commissioners for failing to
appear before the commission to an
swer charges of having stalled during
his recent bout with Dundee. It is
charged that Kilbane had entered an
agreement to permit the fight to go
against him in order to clean up en
the wagers made on the contest. Un
less Kilbane appears before the board
this week he will be permanently
barred from engaging in contests in
the state.
BERLIN EXPECTS NO
RESULTS FROM NOTE.
BERLIN, Nov. 12.—Berlin news
papers are criticising the American
note to the British government re
garding the British interference of
commerce between neutral nations,
and are charging that the protest is
lacking in force to have any effect,
and that no toggprtant changes in the
policy of the jjiUish government may
be expected (Preqult. The more rad
ical of the German editors assert that
Secretary Lansing’s protest is ex
tremely weak and such as might be
expected from one nation to another
with which she is in sympathy.
SHORTAGE OF CARS
TO MOVE GRAIN CROP.
CHICAGO. Nov. 12.—The rail
roads of the middle and western
states are experiencing a serious
shortage of cars to handle the im
mense grain trade of the west. The
shortage of cars is the worst in the
history of the country and it is fear
ed that heavy losses to farmers and
dealers will result from the railroads
being unable to transport the grain.
Advices from the grain states are
that farmers have their grain stack
ed along the tracks but have been
unable to secure cars.
JUDGE BUNNELL WILL
TAKE A VACATION.
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 12.—Judge
Bunnell, of the district court, who
has held an almost continuous term
of court since his appointment to this
district last spring is planning a va
cation and will leave for the coast
next week. He will visit Valdez be
fore continuing his journey on down
the coast to visit the San Francisco
exposition. Mrs. Bunnell was recent
ly given a reception by the ladles of
Fairbanks which was attended by
hundreds of women who welcomed
her to interior Alaska.
Gene Ames carries all kinds of
fruits and vegetables. tf
NATIONALIST SCORES
THE BRITISH GENERALS
—
LONDON, Nov. 12.—Arthur Lynch
a radical member of the Nationalist
party in the House of Commons yes
terday afternoon denounced the Brit
ish war office officials from Lord
Kitchener down. He advocated dis
placing a majority of the British gen
erals, including General French, com
mander of the British troops in
France. He wants younger generals
placed in command of the troops.
BORDER HIES
ARE ABOUT OVER
Carranza Advises Secretary Lansing
That Federal Troops are Pre
t
paring to Crush Rebels.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Presi
dent Carranza of Mexico, has advised
the State department that the border
troubles will be disposed of in a few
days. He states that sufficient fed
eral troops have been sent to the
northern states to crush the bandits
attached to Villa, who is reported to
be headed for the Gulf of California.
Say Villa Preparing to Quit.
DOUGLAS, Nov. 12.—It is report
ed here that General Villa, leader of
the Mexican rebel army, is preparing
to quit Mexico and is headed for the
Gulf of California where a steamer is
awaiting him. Villa Is said to have
sent a shipment of money west sev
eral weeks ago for the ostensible pur
pose of purchasing ammunition and
it is now believed that he is prepar
ing to quit the country.
WHITIiOOK WILL RETURN
. TO POST IN BELGIUM.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.^—It is an
nounced that Brand Whitlock, Uni
ted States ambassador to Belgium is
recovering from his illness and will
return to Europe after his vacation.
It is reported that many protests
have been received from Germans in
America against Whitlock being con
tinued as the representatives of the
United States in Belgium, but offlctal
advices from Berlin state that he is
acceptable to the German governor
of Belgium and that his withdrawal
would be regretted by the German
forengn office, as it has the utmost
confidence in the Integrity of the
American representative in his try
ing position in Belgium.
Thos. Donohoe, of the law firm of
Donohoe & Dlmond, returned on the
launch Shamrock from Fidalgo bay
where he had gone to look over some
property in which he Is Interested.
MEN FIGHT WOMEN
TO REACH BOATS
Survivor of Ancona States that Mem
bers of Crew Felled Women In
Wild Scramble to Escape.
MALTA, Nov. 12.—Survivors of
the Italian steamer Ancona, which
was torpedoed and sunk off the coast
of Tunis, state that scenes of the
wildest confusion prevailed on board
the liner after the submarine began
shelling the Ancona.
The women passengers became
hysterical and knelt on the bloody
deck of the steamer In prayer, while
the men passengers and members of
the crew fought to be the first to
enter the life boats. The first boats
launched were overloaded and quick
ly swamped, the occupants being
swept away and drowned.
The officers of the Ancona attempt
ed to prevent the crew from taking
possession of the boats and killed a
number of the men who had felled
women in their struggle to reach the
boats, but were swept aside by the
mad rush, and many of them were
knocked unconscious and drowned.
Children were trampled upon in the
maddened rush to escape from the
steamer and the decks were covered
with the bodies of those who had fal
len in the scramble to reach the
boats.
AMERICA IS FILLED
WITH TEUTON SPIES
Former Austrian Consul Reported to
Have Declared American State
Secrets Known in Berlin.
PROVIDENCE, Nov. 12.—The
Providence Journal printed an edito
rial which declares that the United
States is honeycombed with Teuton
spies who have been working with
Count von Bernstorff, German ambas
sador at Washington and the Aus
trian consul-general, in keeping the
European nations informed as to the
state of affairs in the United States.
The Journal states that Dr. Gori
car, former Austrian consul at San
Francisco has openly stated that the
German government is fully posted
on certain devices which the United
States government believes to be se
cret regarding the construction of the
American battleships.
German agents, it is charged, have
entered the army and navy as well as
every branch of the government ser
vice for the purpose of keeping the
Teutonic government posted In re
gard to America’s plans for defense.
The announcement has failed to cre
ate any great sensation as similar
charges have been made ma'jr times
since the beginning of the European
war.
NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT
CREATE FOOD MONOPOLY.
CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 12.—The
Liberal government, whicn is now in
power, is preparing to establish a
government monopoly of the grain
and farm products of Norway. The
plans to strengthen the national de
fense as advocated by the Conserva
tives has been, abandoned as the Nor
wegian citizenry overwhelming voted
against further burdening the people
with the expense of maintaining a
larger defensive force. National de
fense was the rock upon which the
Conservative ship of state was wreck
ed, giving the Liberals control of the
government with a good working
majority.
AMERICAN FEDERATION
SEATS JAP DELEGATES.
SAN FRANCISCStt'Nov. 12.—After
several days arguments during which
time the debates sometimes grew
heated the American Federation of
Labor, in convention here. Anally
seated two Japanese delegates who
represented local unions in this state.