VOLUME XTV VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1010 NUMBER 280
JACK LONDON
PASSES AWAY
NOTED WRITER DIES OF UREMIA
Extensive Writer of Stories of tin*
Northland Dies at His Home in
Glen Ellen, California, this Morn
ing—Was Twice Married.
Santa Rosa, Calif., Nov. 23.—Jack
London, the well known author, play
wright and Socialist writer, died at
his home at Glen Ellen today from
ui-emia.
Jack London was born in San Fran
cisco, January 12, 1876. He was a
student in the University of Califor
nia when the Klondike rush occurred
and left college to join in the stam
pede to the north. After remaining
in the north for several years he re
turned to California, and in 1892 he
shipped to sea before the mast, and
in 1893 shipped on a seal hunter for
a cruise to the Japanese Coast and
the Bering sea.
Returning again to San Francisco
he took up the study of sociology and
tramped over a large section of the
United States and Canada, and filled
a number of positions as journalist
and lecturer. He was correspondent
for several publications during the
Russo-Japanese war, and from 1907
to 1909 he navigated his 55-foot yacht
the "Snark,” through the South Sea
islands, the voyage being the subject
of one of his publications. He visit
ed London and made an exhaustive
subject of economic conditions in the
notorious East End quarter of the
English metropolis, writing up his ex
periences in The People of the Abyss.
In later years London has been an ar
dent Socialist, and has written sev
eral stories bearing on the subject
Among his works, horn ot his stay
in Alaska, are The Son of the Wolf,
A Daughter of the Snows, The Chil
dren of the Frost, The Call of the
Wild, Burning Daylight and the
Smoke Bellew stories. Other well
known works were The Sea Wolf,
John Barleycorn, The Valley of the
the Moon, The Little Lady of the Big
House, Martin Eden, The Iron Heel
and numerous others. He also con
tributed a number of stories to vari
ous magazines. London was twice
married, in 1900 to Bessie Maddren,
of Oakland, Calif., and in 1905 to
Charmion Kittredge of the same
city.
Found Unconscious
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov. 23.—
Jack London died at his Glen Ellen
ranch near this city at 7:40 last
night. His servant .found him uncon
scious yesterday morning, and des
pite the efforts of the physicians hast
ily summoned he never regained con
sciousness. He rallied slightly at mid
day but the Improvement was of very
short duration and he quietly passed
away in the early evening. It was at
first believed he was suffering from
ptomaine poisoning, but a closer ex
amination revealed that uremia was
the cause of death.
CHICAGO EMPLOYERS MAKE
NEW SCALE OF WAGES
CHICAGO, Nov. 23.—Chicago gar
ment workers numbering 20,000 will
work only 48 hours a week without
a reduction in pay after Dec. 1, and
60,000 packing house laborers will
get an increase of 2% cents an hour
on a ten-hour day. Action by the
employers was entirely voluntarily.
Evans - Delayed
From telegraphic advices it is
learned that the steamer Evans,
which was scheduled to sail today
from Seattle to Valdez, has Just
reached that city, and her sailing
will probabiy.be delayed for twenty
four hoars nr more. - . ...
Dan Wiltse and Carl Heuser are
breaking in a .team, of magnificent
sled dogs. Mr. Wiltse sold a team
last winter for a handsome sum, snd
Is noted as a breeder of fine sled dogs.
KENNECOTT COPPER COMPANY
HAS NEW SET OF DIRECTORS
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—At the an
nual meeting of the Kennecott Cop
per Corporation held recently Elliot
C. Bacon and S. W. Eccles resigned
as directors. John M. Steel resign
ed as a director of the executive
committee.
To fill these vacancies Wm. C.
Potter was elected as a director aud
member of the executive committee
and H. F. Guggenheim and E. A.
Guggenheim were elected directors.
Wm. C. Potter was also elected as
chairman of the board.
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SHIPIS MINED
ELEVEN HUNDRED RESCUED
Fifty Persons Drown When Steamer
Britannic is Sunk By a Mine in the
Aegian Sea Oft' the Coast of Greece
—One of Largest Ships Afloat.
LONDON, Nov. 23.—Advices re
ceived here today state that the giant
hospital ship Britannic, loaded with
sick and injured soldiers, has been
mined in the Aegean sea, off the
Greek Coast and sunk. Fifty of the
crew and passengers were drowned
and 1100 were rescued.
The Britannic was one of the larg
est steamships afloat, having a gross
tonnage of 50,000, and was built in
1914 by the White Star line.
RAILROADS WILL
MUON
1'NDECIDED AS TO ITS EFFECT
Attorneys Say If Government Per
fects Appeal in Santa Fe Case
They Will Await the Decision of
the Supreme Court.
CHICAGO, Nov. 23.—Attorneys
for the railroads are uncertain as to
what effect the decision in the case
of the Santa Fe railroac, rendered by
Judge Hood yesterday, will have
upon the Adamson, measure. Presi
dent Ripley of the Santa Fe, states
that thp decision was to be expected,
and If the government carries out ltd
appeal he will fight it to a finish.
Counsel Lee of the Illinois Central
railroads says if the government per
fects an appeal and carries it up to
ihn Supreme Court, the other rail
roads will not press their actions
until the decision is rendered. The
Pennsylvania and Cleveland & Saint
Louis railroads have filed actions for
injunctions similar to the action in*
stituted by the Santa Fe.
Other Roads Act.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Nov. 23.-i
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul,
and the Illinois Central and the Min
neapolis & St. Louis railways have
filed actions here to restrain the Un
ion officials from enforcing the terms
of the Adamson bill.
Steamer Sailings Postponed
Advices received at the local
steamship office state that the steam
er Mariposa will sail from Seattle
for Valdes on December 1. The
Northwestern will sail from Seattle
November 26. and the Alameda Dec
ember 8. r '
Professor and Mrs. F. O. Davis will
spend the Christmas holidays in Sew
ard, where the -Professor has arrang
ed a series of recitals on James Wh!t->
comb Riley. • »,, (
Saturday night is ladies’ night at
the Moose hall.
WILLGOX MAKES
NEAR ADMISSION
LEADERS CONCEDE CALIFORNIA
Says iie lias lieen Advised Ry Leaders
to this Effect—Will Ascertain if
Grounds to Ask for a Recount of
Votes.
NEW YORK. Nov. 23.—Chairman
Wilicox, of the Republican National
Committee came as near conceding
defeat this morning as he ever will
when he announced that he had re
ceived a communication from the
leaders of the Republican State Com
mittee in California conceding the
state to Wilson. He said that he was
not informed whether or not there
were sufficient grounds upon whicli
to ask for a recount of the vote of
the state, but would ascertain.
OFFICIAL RETURNS
GIVE WILSON A LEAD OF 8807
Willcox Denied That He Had Receiv
ed a Telegram from Secretary Con
ceding State to Wilson—Confers
With Hughes on Situation.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—The official
check of the California returns an
nounced here last night give Wilson
a plurality in the state of 3,807.
Chairman Willcox, of the Republican
National Committee denies that he
l as received a telegram from the Sec
letary of the California State Com
mittee conceding the state to Wilson
He left last evening for Lakewood
to hold a conference with Hughes.
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MAKE BIG ADVANCE RUMANIA
Germans and Bulgarians Overpower
Rumanians and Now Threaten Im
portant Town in Western Rumania
-—Sweeping All Before Them.
BERLIN, Nov. 23.—The Teutons
have advanced in Rumania and are
now before Craiova, which they are
preparing to attack. In Dubrudja
the Russo-Rumanian artillery is
shelling the Teuton positions near
Constanza.
Attacks Repulsed.
PARIS, Nov. 23.—Advices from
the Macedonia front state that the
Italians west of Monastir have re
pulsed several heavy attacks of the
Teutons and Bulgarians. The fight
ing was severe and the attackers lost
heavily. The French troops have cap
tured the town of Kronl, near Lake
Presba.
Shelled Trenches.
PARIS, Nov. 23.—Southwest of
Grandeconyt the French; artillery has
heavily shelled the German positions
and have raided Goamecourt, taking
several, of..the Gertpap trenches.
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Heavy Artillery Fire.
BERWty, ,Noy.-33*—Qn, the Somme
fiantjtho flyman, positions in the vi
,clotty of Ancre.and St. fMerre are the
object of a heavy fire from the Allied
artillery.. . ,,
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ROWELL DECLARES RIDKTLOIS
Chairman Republican State Commit*
tee Says Nothing hut Two Slight
Errors u|K>n Which to Base Such
Action.
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FRESNO, Calif., Nov. 23.—Chair
man Rowell, of the State Republican
Committee, stated this morning that
he was awaiting the decision of
Chairman Wtllcox, of the National
Committee. He declared that any ac
tion through the court to set aside
the returns and ask for a recount
would be ridiculous, as there was
nothing but two slight errors dis
covered by the Secretary of State,
neither of any moment, upon which
to base such action.
FOOD EMBARGO
TO COMBAT BRITISH BLACKLIST
C‘>iigr<oNman Fitzgerald Preparing
Legislation to Prevent Exportation
of Foodstuffs to the European
Countries—Shortage in America.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23.—
Congressman John J. Fitzgerald of
New York, announced today that he
was planning a food embargo legisla
tion which would speedily combat the
blacklist of American concerns by the
Allies and relieve the distress in this
country. He states an embargo on
the exportation of foodstuffs from the
United States will speedily bring En
gland to terms and at the same time
considerably lower the price of food
in the United States.
STEAMER ROMANO
STRIKES 1 REEF
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CREW OP EIGHTEEN RESCUED
Vessel Strikes on Key Reef and Sinks
—Crew Is Picked Up by Steamship
Admiral Evans and Taken to Van
couver—No Light to Mark Reef.
SEATTLE, Nov. 23.—The steam
ship Admiral Evans arrived in port
this morning from the north and re
ports the rescue of the crew of 18
from the wrecked fishing steamer Ro
mano, which struck off Key reef last
Saturday and went to the bottom.
Landed at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. B. C., Nov. 23.—
The members of the crew of the
wrecked fishing steamer Romano,
who were picked up by the steamship
Admiral Evans, have arrived here.
They complain bitterly of the treat
ment accorded them aboard the Ev
ans, where they assert they were
quartered in the hold, despite the
fact that they were exhausted when
picked up. They place the blame for
the accident which coBt them their
ship on the absence of the tight mark
ing the reef from its position.
British Actress Dies.
LONDON, Nov. 23.—Mrs. Dion
Bonfcicgult, the British actress, who
has appeared many times on the
American stage, died in London to
day.
SKIN CUT |N STRIPS;
ROTH EARS AMPUTATED
LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 23.—Major
Villareal, of the 17th cavalry of the
de facto army, after being left for
dead by Villistas in the vicinity of
Chihuahua, arrived at Monterey yes
terday. His ears have been amputat
ed and the skin had been cut in
3trips from his feet.
Villareal said he and several oth
ers were taken prisoner Oct. 22 at
Santa Isabel and later all were badly
mutilated upon orders of a Villista
leader who, the report said, was sec
ond in command to Villa.
EMPEROR'S DEATH
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ARCHDUKE CHARLES SUCCEEDS
All Euro|>e Watching the New Empe
ror—Has Had Considerable Mili
tary Success—German Embassy
Says Death Does Not Affect War.
VIENNA, Nov. 23.—The death of
the Emperor Franz Joseph, though
not entirely unexpected, was, never
theless, shocking in its suddenness.
The Emperor had been resting quiet
ly, and the report of the physicians
had not been alarming. His daughter
Valerie was with him at 7 o’clock and
temained by his bedBlde with tlie
other attendants. About 9 o’clock
the aged ruler pointed to his throat,
and then lapsed into a coma from
which he never aroused, and death
came within a short time.
The succession to the throne passes
to the Archduke Charles, who was
born in 1887, and is therefore, 29
years of age. He married in 1911
the Princess Zita of Parma.
Europe Watching Archduke.
LONDON. Nov. 23.—All Europe
is watching the Archduke Charles,
successor to the Austrian throne. The
Archduke is an army man and has
had considerable military success
during the present war, but is with
out training or experience in execu
tive matters. It is believed the new
ruler is illy prepared to combat with
the political unrest which is certain
to follow the death of Franz Joseph.
Energetic Militarism.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23.—
The German embassy here professes
to see in the succession of the Arch
duke Charles to the Austrian throne
a renewed and most energetic mili
tarism in Austria. Ambassador Von
Bernstorff declares the death of the
Austrian emperor will have no effect
upon the -European war.
Arrangements Incomplete.
VIENNA, Nov. 23.—The Kaiser of
Germany and the King of Bulgaria
are expected to arrive ip Vienna to
day, when the arrangements for the
obsequies of the late Emperor will be
completed. It Is probable the remains
Will He in state in the Hofburg chap
el on Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week, and the interment take
place on Thursday.
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Pope Is Informed.
ROME, Nov. 23f.—Pope Benedict
was today officially informed of the
death of the Austrian Emperor and
immediately summoned the Papal
Secretary of State Gaspardi in confer
ence.
Wilson Sends Condolences.
WASHINGTON. D. C,» Nov, 23.—
President Wilson today sent a tele
gram of condolence to the Archduke
Charles of Austria, and well wishes
tor the success of his reign.
RUBBER IS NOW PLACED
, ON AMERICAN EMBARGO
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 23.—
A cablegram .from Consul . General
Skinner, at London, contains addi
tions to the embargo on American
commerce with Holland and Scandi
navia. The most important article is
manufactured rubber. ,
HUGHES SENDS
GONGRATULATIDNS
AWAITED CALIMffi.MA RESULTS
Said Owing to Closeness of Vote He
Withheld Note Until Official Re
turns Were In—Wishes Wilson
a Successful Administration.
LAKEWOOD. Nov. 23.—Republi
can Candidate Hughes has admitted
his defeat and today wired his con
gratulations to President Wilson. He
said he had delayed sending the mes
sage because of the closeness of the
vote in California, and had waited un
til the receipt of the official count. He
felicitated the President on his vic
tory and expressed his best wishes
that the administration of Mr. Wil
son may be a successful one.
President Says Nothing
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23 -
President Wilson was attending the
theatre when the telegram of congrat
ulation from Mr. Hughes was hand
ed to him. He read the message from
his political rival, but refused to
make any comment to the many
newspaper men who approached him
on the subject.
STAKEHOLDERS ARE
PAVING ALL BETS
GLAD SUSPENSE IS RELIEVED
All Over the Country Stakeholders
Are Turnin'; Over Money in Their
Hands to the Successful Bettors—
Election Conceded in All Quarters.
SEATTLE, Nov. 23.—Upon receipt
of the news that Hughes had sent a
telegram of congratulation to Presi
dent Wilson on his re-election, the
stakeholders immediately commenced
to pay out the money in their hands
to the successful bettors. They ex
pressed relief that the contest had
finally been settled and that the long
drawn suspense was ended. Mo;e
than $100,000 was held by the stake
holders in this city on the result of
the national election.
Wall Street Pays the Boys.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—The elec
tion of Wilson is conceded in all
quarters, and today the stakeholders
are turning over the coin in their
possession to. the .hackers qf the
President. This is trite of the pro
fessionals as well as the Wall Street
crowd and it is estimated that be
tween three and five million dollars
changed hands today.
Dr. Merritt suggests that the fire
department divide the different sec
tions of the city into wards and in
case of a fire have certain taps of the
fire bell to designate the section the
fire is in. This is a good suggestion,
and might be arranged with very lit
tle cost. A hose cart could be stationed
in each division and save a lot of
labor in case of fire. It would requiro
the addition of several hundred dol
lars worth of hose and a few more
carts if his plan is carried opt.
Friend of Entente Dies
BUCHAREST. Npv. 23.—Senator
Filipecu, exminister of war and the
treasurer of the Rumanian conser
vative party is depd. He was an ard
ent supporter of the Entente Powers.
Kills Little Daughter
ALEXANDRIA^;* La.,. Nov. 23.—
Charles M. Bonaatte, a farmer of
Melder, La., shot'Jgnd instantly kill
ed his 9-year-old fjaughter when she
refused to work tfc the fields, accord
ing to the sheriff's office yesterday.
Bonnette committed suicide.