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TEUTON HOSTS CLOSING IN FAST
ON THE CAPITAL OF ROUMANIA
ROUMANIAN GOVT. MOVES
PARIS. Nov. 2).—Reports arriving from Bucharest
today show that the Roumanian government has moved
to Jassy from Bucharest. Jassy is two hundred miles to
tiie northeast near the Russian frontier. 1 his is taken as
an indication that the capital will be abandoned but that
tl'.e army will tight on beyond.
ROUMANIANS DISORDERED
BERLIN. Nov. 2i>.—A disorderly retirement of the
Roumanians is now proceeding along the whole i\ allach
ian front and our forces are following closely. The attack
by the Russians near Kirlibaba is supposed to be meant
to divert pressure from the Roumanians but the news
from Wallachia indicates a thorough smashup of the
roumantan resistance.
CAPTURES GIURGEYO
LONDON’, Nov. 29.—Berlin reports that Mackensen
has captured the Roumanian city of Giurgevo on the
Danube. This places Mackensen thirty seven miles from
Bucharest, l'alkenhayn has also taken possession oi
Kurtea Ardjis, an important railroad terminus ninetj
miles northwest of Bucharest. Anxiety for the fate of
Bucharest is growing here. The captures by Mackensen
show an advance of thirty miles by him in one day so that
the opposition must be very slight. Bucharest is silent
again but the retirement of the Roumanians is lepoited
orderly. The question is now being asked frankly in Lon
don if the entry of Roumania into the war did the least
good to the allied cause. Also the question is being asked
whether Russia did its duty by Roumania by reinforcing
its army sufficiently. Experts are trying to get deeplj in
to matters to ascertain whether Roumania’s collapse is
due to a lack of strategical knowledge on the part of the
allied leaders and a consequent hasty invasion of Transyl
vania by the Roumanians. It is still hoped that Sakharoff
mav relieve the situation by a vigorous campaign in Do
brudja.
BULGARS REPULSED
PARIS, Nov. 29.—The German and Bulgar troops to
day delivered heavy counter attacks on the Cerna rivet
on the Macedonian front but they were repulsed with se
vere losses. The only report issued here today about the
western campaign is that light artillery exchanges are
taking place at Oouaumont, Verdun, and on the Somme
front. _- ~
SAYS ALLIES REPULSED
SOFIA. Nov. 29.—The allied forces have been repuls
ed by our troops northeast of Monastir. Ihe positions oc
cupied by our soldiers and our allies north of that city ate
much stronger than the former ones.
GERMANS TAKE ANOTHER PASS
BERLIN. Nov. 29.—German attacks on the Rouman
ians in the Campalung region have been successful and
have opened the Tarzburg pass to the entry of our troops
in that region. The clearing of the way there is expected
to hasten the descent on Bucharest.
BIG GERMAN FORCES CROSS
I’ETROGRAD, Nov. 29.—The war office says that the
fo:ces under Mackensen that have crossed the Danube
have been greatly underestimated. It is estimated that
the force that got across is at least two divisions and are
chiefly Germans.
WHAT BUCHAREST SAYS
BUCHAREST, Nov. 29.—Conditions on the western
Roumanian front remain unchanged. Intense artilleiy
fighting is reported on the north and northwest fronts
and the enemy was repulsed at Prohova.
ALLIES REPULSED
SOFIA, Nov. 29.—Heavy allied attacks on the Mace
donian front, particularly at Monastir and the Varda r
river fronts have been repulsed. Bulgarian and Austrian
monitors on the Danube supported the Mackensen forces
in the capture of Giurgevo which was taken after a five
hour battle.
CHIGNIK ALL
FOR SULZER
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE GETS
ALL 16 VOTES; ( INCHES
ELECTION.
Sul'/.cr may now without doubt be
n garded as the next delegate t<
Congress. Up to this moment there
was always a big chance for Wicle*
sham t<» pull through by votes from
small places but the small precincts
seem to be following in the footsteps
of the larger ones. Chignik polled
sixteen votes ami Sulzer got every
one of them. The following message
was received by the Gateway yester
day from the steamship Dora:
“CHIGNIK. Nov. 29.—The voting
for delegate to congress here was
Sulzer 16, Wickersham 0.
SULZER LOOKS
A CERTAINTY
LOSES MARSHALL BY SMALL
MARGIN BUT GAINS
IN OTHERS.
Says Marshall for Sulzer
JUNEAU, Nov. 2D.-—No report has
come yet of the result of the voting
*
for delegate to congress in Marsha l.
Mining .'nspector Molony who arrived
here from Nome last night via Seat
tle says he talked with Dan Suther
land, Wiekersham’s manager, and
that Sutherland says Sulzer would
carry Marshall and that he had fail
ed to switch the people there back to
Wickers am.
(Signed) EMPIRE.
Marshall For Wick (Later)
FA.UBANKS, Nov. 21).—Marshall
City has been heard from and it is
feund that it gave a plurality of four
to Wickersham, contrary to all ex*
pectations. This leaves only ten votes
at Point Barrow to be heard from in
the Second division. The results
from the Kuskokwim precinct wa>
received this afternoon and show Sul
zer with twelve votes and Wicker
sham with six. This makes the total
votes for the Fourth division: Sul
zer 1,666; Wickersham 1,639. The
total vote in the territory as compiled
in Fairbanks now shows Sulzer lead
ing by dfty votes with only one hun
dred and twenty-two to hear from.
Of twelve remaining votes to be heard
from in this division Wickersham is
likciy to get a majority. Unless
\\ Ickersham gets two to one of all the
remaining votes in the third division
he cannot be elected.
(Signed) MORRISSEY.
HUNDRED INCOMES
TAXED IN ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The an
nual report of the internal revenue
department shows that one hundred
people in Alaska paid the income tax.
The wealthiest had to pay on an in
come of one hundred and fifty thou
sand but the majority of taxed in
comes in the territory were under five
thousand.
CLOSER TO BUCHAREST
PETROGRAD, Dec. 1.—The Teu
tons have captured Toamana sixteen
miles south of Bucharest. The Rou
'manians, however, are making a
stand southwest of Bucharest and vio
lent fighting Is now going on.
RUNS AMOK AND
SLAYS ANOTHER
ONE DEAD AND ONE SERIOUSLY
WOUNDED ON R. R. BY
SUPPOSED MADMAN.
John Hendricks is dead and E. K.
Irving is in the Seward General hos
pital seriously wounded as the result
of shots fired by Walter Stoker on the
railroad near Mile 12 and Mile 14
yesterday, Thanksgiving Day. The
man who did the shooting is still at
large, or was at large at 1:30 o’clock
this afternoon.
The first intimation of the tragedy
came when engine No. 1 was hauling
the pile driver to Snow river yester
! day. Engineer Thomas Ward of thi
' government railroad was on the train
and tells the story as follows:
“While the train was enroute ai
i 2:15 p. m. we saw a man lying across
I the track at about Mile 12% and the
I train was stopped at once. When tin
train crew picked up the body it was
found to be stiM warm but death had
i taken place. This was John Hend
ricks. An examination showed tha
he had been shot through the side
We placed the body in the caboose
and in a few moments we saw anoth
er man, who proved to be Henry
Hanko, running up the track. He told
us that another man had been shot at
the south end of Snow river bridge,
at Mile 14. According to the story ot
Hanke he and Irving had been thaw
ing dynamite when Walter Stoker ap
proached and asked them if they had
his mittens. He carried a rifle in his
hand and looked ugly and threaten
ing. Irving said ho did not have the
missing mittens and continued to ex
piuin when Stoker stepped back about
twenty feet, raised the rifle and fired
Irving dropped, Hanko says, and
Hanko helped him to the fire and then
ran up the track for help. Immedi
ately after the shooting, Irving, the
wounded man, saw Stoker on the
north side of Snow river and going
towards Mile 20. It was later learn
ed that Stoker had called in at the
roadhouse at Mile 12 about 1: 20 p.
m., and had asked Mrs. Stanley
Schwab if his mittens were there. He
then walked up the track towards
Mile 14 and met Mr. Schwab a short
distance from the roadhouse. He al
so inquired from Schwab about the
mittens. Craddock, the section fore
man who was working near Snow riv
er was also attacked by Stoker aftei
the shooting of Irving. Stoker took a
shot at Craddock but missed and
Craddock made his escape. An alarm
was at once sent out over the line by
phone to warn all along the road to
watch out, both to protect themselves
and to capture Stoker if possible.
Deputy Marshal Ike Evans was at
once notified and with a posse hast
ened to the scene. Rifles were ob
tained at Mile 12 roadhouse and the
crew at Snow river were armed and
set out in search, accompanied by Dr.
J. M. Sloan whose intended duty it
was to render aid in the event of fur
ther casualties.”
The dead man, who, by the way, is
commonly known as Gus, and Irving
were carried to the city on the train,
and Irving was taken to the General
Hospital and operated upon. He is
shot through the liver, I)r. Sloan says,
and very seriously wounded. Dr.
Romig and Dr. Sloan are the physi
cians.
When darkness fell last night Dep
uty Marshal Evans, Bill Weaver,
Percy Pullen, Melvin Horner and
others were at Mile 20 and still sear
ching for Stoker. Early this after
noon Mr. Evans returned to the city
on business but the posse was still in
pursuit. Dr. Sloan went with the
posse yesterday afternoon when they
arrived just about dark at the cabin
of Stoker just beyond Snow river.
They found that he had evidently vis
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TWO DEAD IN |
FAIRBANKS FIRE
HOKTIBLE TRAGEDY ALSO OC- j
(T RS AT OTHER TERMINAL
OF GOVT. RAILROAD.
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FAIRBANKS. December 1.—The,
infant child of Mr. and M^is. J. P.
Sherman, and a young girl named j
Mary Porter are dead as the result
of a fire which occurred in the Sher-'
man home here last Wednesday. Mr.
and Mis. Sherman were absent from
the house at the time and had left
the it six years old daughter Irene and
the baby one year old in the care ol
Mary Porter a neighbor’s daughter.
The fire was caused when Irene at
tempted to light a fire in the stove
with coal oil. The house caught fire
and the children were unable to get
out. Irene and Mary were rescued
by a passer-by who was not aware ol
the fact that the baby was still in the
house. Later Fireman Jack Hansen
and Jack O’Connor rushed through
the blaze and dragged out the infant
but it died that same night. The
Porter girl passed away yesterday.
Irene is expected to recover but will
be disfigured for life. A remarkable
fact connected with the tragedy of the
Shermans is that when they were on
the trail in the Totatlanika a year ago
pother baby of theirs was frozen to
death in a storm.
—
itod his place after the shooting and
had imediately left again and taken
once more to the railroad and was
traveling north. The posse then pro
ceeded to Mile twenty and spent the
night there, starting out again on the
hunt at daybreak this morning. When
Hendricks was searched it was found
that he had $1,706.8«> in his clothes in
certificates of deposit, cash, etc. Di.
Sloan says the bullet, which was evi
dently from a o0-.’>() rifle went
through his chest sideways. He
could not have been dead only a very
short time when found. A post-mor
tem examination will be made this
afternoon. Irving was shot through
the liver. No trace of the friends or
family of the dead man has been
found but Irving’s father is alive out
side.
Walter Stoker was born in Edin
burg, Scotland, something over forty
five years ago. He left Fairbanks a
year ago and went to Chicago on a
visit to his relatives. He came to
Seward last summer and was engag
ed cutting ties. He cut them for
Harry Hoben and had a tie cutting
contract for the government when the
shooting took place. During the sum
mer he also had a clearing contract
from the engineering commission
with W. E. Jackson and Joe Bolman.
He is also the man who cut and sold
to the city the piles for Fourth ave.
bridge over Lowell creek. Recently
he stated to Jackson: “This is not
like Alaska used to be; You cant
leave anything in a cabin without
someone breaking in and stealing it.’
Stoker came to town last Tuesday
afternoon and stayed at the Alaska
House until the following day, Wed
nesday, when he left to walk out to
his camp at Snow river between 1 and
2 o’clock in the^ afternoon. He had
also stayed at the Alaska house about
two or three weeks some time ago
and then during his visit this week
seemed to be not only perfectly sane
but to be a sociable and likable fel
low. He did not indulge in drink in
the least so far as John Dubreuil,
proprietor of the Alaska House, or
any of the guests knew. The only re
mark which has remained in the
minds of the people at the hotel was
that when Stoker came in last Tues
day he stated that someone had rob
bed his cache. He had built this
cache, and placed his belongings
CARRANZA FORCES
ABANDONCHIHUAHUA
v EVACUATE CHIHUAHUA
EL PASO, Nov. 29.—General Gonzales announces
that Trevino has evacuated Chihuahua, leaving the city
it 5 o’clock on Monday afternoon. The story of the evac
uation has not been told in detail but that \ ilia is now in
complete possession of it is regarded as a certainty.
Grave fears are felt for the safety of six Americans who
were left behind in the town. Juarez reports that three
Americans and several Chinese were killed by the \ ilia
forces during the lighting. The forces under \ ilia are
estimated at six thousand men while Trevino is said to
command only half that number. The Carranza generals
are reported to be concentrating at Sauz where Murguia
is stationed and it is hoped to bring the government forces
there up to twenty thousand men.
SINKING AMERICAN SHIP
LONDON, Nov. 29.—Lloyds reports that when the
American ship Chemung was sunk by a German submar
ine last Sunday her captain refused to lower the Ameri
can flag at the demand of the submarine commander. It
is supposed that the German captain would never have
made such a request except in the belief that the ship was
British and flying the American flag as a disguise. Iho
crew was landed at Valencia.
AUSTRIAN SANK HER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—Evidence lias been secur
ed that indicates that it was an Austrian submarine that
sank the Chemung. It is reported that the submarine
used shells and also torpedoes. It is also reported from
Paris that Captain Duffy of the Chemung refused to low
er his colons on demand, declaring that he would rather
send his ship and crew and himself to the bottom first.
ASKS FOR PARTICULARS
BERLIN, Nov. 29.—The foreign office has asked the
United States department for particulars as to the sink
ing of the Marina and intimates that if the submarine
commander exceeded his instructions he will be punished.
KRAJOYA SURRENDERS
BERLIN, Nov. 29.—Krajoya, or Craiova, is now fly
ing the white flag of surrender and ail that is left is to
take possession of the city. The city has a normal popu
lation of fifty thousand and three hundred millionaires
who made their fortunes in the oil fields. It is now nearly
deserted, however, all who could go having fled at the Ger
man approach. The German advance has been carried
out with amazing speed and the surprise was so great
that enormous quantities of food stuffs had to be aband
oned. Experts say now that by gaining the Alt river
valley, Giurgevo and Alexandria the Teutons have short
ened their front by one hundred and thirty miles. The in
vading forces now have control also of one hundred and
ninety miles of the river Danube. Falkenhayn has added
to the other victories the capture of Pitesti which is sixty
miles northwest of Bucharest and the German semi-circle
is now fast closing in on the capital. The Russians are
making repeated attacks on our western 1 ransylvanian
front for the purpose of staying our advance in Roumania
but the desired result has not been brought about.
RUSSIANS ADVANCE
PETROGRAD, Nov. 29.—The Russians have advanc
ed east and south of Kirlibaba and captured seven hun
dred Teutons.__
therein, in a tree to guard against a
possible overflow of the river.
On leaving the city Stoker walked
stayed at the road
house that night.
The man killed and the wounded
man seem to be men of about thirty
years of age. Both were R. R. la
borers.
When Marshal Evans arrived in
town this afternoon he stated that he
and Weaver had stopped at Vaughan’s
roadhouse at Mile 21 last night. No
trace of Stoker has been found. This
morning the marshal came back to
Mile 16 and there found a sleeping
bag about 10 a. m. He is almost pos
itive that the bag belongs to Stoker
! and its appearance showed that it had
not Leon opened but that someone hai!
slept on the top of it. It is presum
ed that when Stoker visited his camp
after the shooting he took the bag
out with him. Mr. Evans is now
awaiting orders from aVldez. It is
thought that Stoker may have gone
up Snow river just beyond Mile 14 as
he has a cabin about a mile and a half
up the river. It is, however, thought
possible that he might have gone on
beyond Mile 21 last night although -a
close watch had been kept all along
the line.
HCGHES HAD A BIG LEAD
IN ILLINOIS CONTEST
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—'The Hughes
plurality in this state was 202,230.