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CAPTAIN OF TUG SCOTT WILL BE
BLAMED FOR THE SUB. ACCIDENT
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ROUMANIA THE PIVOT
BERLIN’. Nov. IS. — German war experts now ex
press the belief that the Roumanian campaign wlil be the
decisive stage of the war. If Falkenhayn gets to Buchar
esi. they say. he will make the allied nations understand
that the last hope of conquering Germany is gone, lhe
Ancre campaign on the Somme is regarded as merely in
cidental by the war writers.
BLAMING TUG C APTAIN
NKW LONDON, Nov. IS.—Captain Gurney of the
tug that collided with the Deutschland is probably the man
that will receive the blame for the accident, lhe testi
mony today shows that he steered ahead at the time when
he should have remained alongside the big submarine.
The injury to the Deutschland was found this afternoon
not to be serious and of such a kind that she could proceed
immediately if Captain Koenig so desired. He refuses,
however, to set a date for the sailing.
KOENIG BADLY UPSET
NKW LONDON. Nov. 18.—Captain Koenig. Lieuten
ant Krapoln aim Chief Engineer Kieese, of the submarine
Deutschland, testified before the marine inspectors sec
retly yesterday regarding the accident to their vessel.
Koenig savs the accident is a terrible loss and he says his
men feel badly. The testimony of Hinsch who was on the
tug is being awaited before fixing the blame. The return
trip of the submarine will be delayed a few days and pos
sibly a week. The stem is twisted and three plates are
dented on the starboard side ol the undersea ship.
SERBS STILL WINNING
BARIS, Nov. 18.—The afternoon dispatches say that
the Serbs have carried eight hundred meters of Bulgarian
trenches in the (. erna region, lhe advance is being made
there despite snow and rain storms.
SERBS RETIRE BULGARS
SALON IK I, Nov. 18. — The Serbs yesterday retired
the Bulgars on the river Bistritza and captured three hun
dred during the retreat. The French and Russians oper
ating in the same theatre have occupied Velushina, Boro
din and Jabyani and the general results are most satis
factory in that region. The fighting between the Serbs
and Bulgars, when they get together, is almost savage.
The feeling on both sides has become more intense if pos
sible than at the time of the second Balkan war and each
soldier apparently regards it a duty to slay and keep slay
ing. Both sides have given up complaints about breaches
of the rules of war, and it is conceded that when the two
nationalities clash all rules but the rules of slaughter are
forgotten.
BELGIAN EXPORTATION QUESTION
LONDON, Nov. 18.—The people of England are now
aroused as they never were before by the exportation ol
Belgian workers to Germany. Three hundred thousand
Belgians are said to be affected by the exportation law and
Germany intends to use them to take the place of German
workers during the war.
BRITISH STILL ADVANCING
LONDON, Nov. 18. —British advances northeast of
Hamel were reported this afternoon. Haig says the enemy
continues his severe shelling but the allied offensive goes
on just the same. A successful British air raid is report
ed north of Ypres.
SEVEN STEAMERS SUNK
LONDON, Nov. 18.—Lloyds yesterday reported the;
sinking of seven steamers by German submarines. The
ships sunk were the British Mattarrazo and Thevarrack,
the Norwegian Vega and Torsdal, the Greek Styliana,
Bebis and Ivvanis and the Italian Sangiovanni.
BRITISH CAPTURE VILLAGE
PARIS, Nov. 18.—The British forces operating on the
Struma river in Macedonia captured a village yesterday
and are now pushing forward fast. The Serbs are report
ed successful at Cerna and the Teuton losses are stated to
be very heavy.
THE COIN THAT CREATED
PORTLAND, ORE., IS HERE
O.i ihe Mariposa came to Seward
Prank Pettigrove, the son of the man
vho founded Portland, Oregon. Mr.
Pettigrove represents the Alta Colic**
lirm t.nd in his pocket he carries a
coin, a one cent piece dated more
than a half a century ago, that wrs
tossed to decide what the name of the
new city would be. In 1842 1*. W.
Pettigrove, father of the Seward visi
to*\ and A. L. Lovejoy left the Atlan
tic coast with a stock of goods and
went up the river to establish a trad
ing post. They got as far as where
Port.'anu now stands and found navi
gation further up not feasible. I.ove
joy wanted to name the new post Bos
ton but Pettigrove wanted it named
Portland after Portland, Maine. 1 hen
came the tossing of the one cent
piece and Pettigrove won. Thus in
1842 Portland was founded. Mr.
Pettigrove, Jr.l now carries the coin
in a little purse in his pocket.
I.KCTPRE TONIGHT AT
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD HALL
(S: 1.') Old Time—9:15 New Time)
Mr. Asa C. Baldwin presents his
lecture “Following the l*llst Meridian
From the Arctic Ocean to the lop oi
Mount St. Elias.’’
His lecture alfords a delightfully
pleasant hour of adventure and more,
since to quote from Mr. Dickenson.
Ex-Secretary of War, “From the lec
ture with the illustrations, one could,
in an hour and a half get a more com
prehensive idea of that region than
he could by months of reading.”
Mr. Baldwin was a member of the
American party which surveyed the
Alaska boundary. According to the
treaty between England and the
United States, the Boundary Commis
sion was to consist of a representative
of each government. Mr. O. H. Titt
man was the Commissioner of our
Government and Mr. Baldwin was the
representative of Mr. Tittman, as
chief of party, in locating the 141st
Meridian on Mount St. Elias. More
over, he has the distinction of being
the only American who has led a
party 17.000 feet up th# rough »cy
slopes of Mount St. Elias—Duke
Abruzzi being the only leader to reach
the summit. Five other expeditions
have failed; two attempts by the New
York Times, one by a Londoner, and
by the National Geographic Society
in conjunction with the U. S. Geologi
cal Survey.
The locating of the boundary from
Mt. St. Elias to the Arctic Ocean, re
quired seven years of the most diffi
cult and dangerous surveying. Mr.
Baldwin was a member of the parlyj
each of the seven years, acting (until!
made chief of the Mt. St. Elias party)1
as assistnat to Mr. Thomas Biggs, Jr.,
now* one of the three Commissioners ■
in charge of the building of the new;
Alaska Railroad. The lecturer is a
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graduate of Western Reserve Uni
versity, and took post graduate work
at George Washington University,
POLITICAL NOTES
The news from Ophir, Tolstoi and
adjoining country showa that Wicker
sham has taken a slump all over.
The remote creeks are the places
where all oldtimers looked to give him
a strong vote. As matters look now
the koyukuk and other places depend
ed on to pull down the Sulzer lead
may not do as they are expected to
do.
Since the very beginning Sulzer has
been in the lead. It is almost impos
sible to imagine that Wickersham can
be beaten and for this very reason
oldtimers are slow to claim victory
for the Democrat but it looks like
victory now at that.
The Juneau Dispatch of November l
tills almost its whole front page tell
ing how Hughes won the presidency
and Wickersham won the delegate-1
ship. “From the judiciary to the Ex-,
ecutive” is the line in the Dispatch
accompanying the Hughes picture.
We cannot yet say whether Mar-!
shall has been counted in the Second j
division returns or not. Some ac
counts still give Wickersham a lead in
the Second but the Democrats up
there hold that the vote will be about
even. The chances are that the Dem
ocrats are counting on Marshall to
give Sulzer a big vote. When Sulzei
passed by Seward on the way to Ju-J
neau he said Marshall has about three
or four hundred votes. He was then
this summer and ought to know, hut
the question is how those votes wil
go.
The Kiana district, far north of1
Nome, will probably go for Sulzer,
also. It went Democratic hitherto.
Chandelar is another district which
has not yet been heard from but the
vote in there this time is probably
very light, if there is any at all.
The fact that the election is held in
November takes away a lot of votes
from outlying places and places some
of them in the towns. This may mean
that Wickersham cannot pull down
the Sulzer lead.
On the whole, the results in Innoko
make the Sulzer chances look very
good.
NOT BI YING DOLLAR
SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—The Pacific
Steamship Company denies that it is
negotiating for the purchase of the
Grace Dollar.
Washington, 1). C.
The moving pictures and slides used
in illustrating the lecture are selected
from the seven years experiences.
They depict most clearly the charactei
of the country and the conditions un
der which the work was done. Tin
surveyors’ life in the northern wilds
is shown vividly—horses swimming
rwift glacier streams, ascending steep
mountain slopes, packers throwing the
“diamond hitch,”—caches in tall trees
and striking camp. Amongst the
pictures which attract special country
wide admiration, is a moving picture
of wild mountain sheep in the mount
ain cliffs.
Mr. Baldwin’s lecture deserves the
support of the people of Seward. He
is donating his services to the Arctic
Brotherhood, and the proceeds of to
night’s lecture will go toward paying
for the fine new hall now used by the
A. B’s. The dance will begin immedi
ately after the lecture. A large at
tendance is predicted.
AGAIN TALKING PEACE
BERLIN, Nov. 18. — The Koelnische Zeitung prints
today a story to the effect that on the Swiss frontier peace
negotiations are now being shaped. The neutral nations,
the paper says, will probably issue a call to the belliger
ents to send delegates to a proposed peace conference.
Officials are inclined to give credence to the story but the
newspaper professes itself ignorant of the source of the
information.
TEUTONS GAINING
BERLIN, Nov. 18.—The Teutons have gained ground
in the Campalung, Roumania, region and the losses of the
Roumanians are very heavy. Our troops have also made
advances in the Alt and Jiul valleys. !
MEXICANS BEGIN THE OFFENSIVE
TO CLEAN OP THE VILLISTAS
ELECTION KETCKNS
Election returns are coming in
very slowly, both in the National and
Territorial contests. Up to the date
of going to press, while President
Wilson’s re-election is conceded by
our correspondent, we have been un
able to receive the barest details in
regard to the states carried, or the
plurality of the electoral! vote. It is
believed that Wilson has 2(»s» leecto
ral vote.;, two more than necessary to
a choice.
In the Territorial contest for Dele
gate later returns have shown that
Delegate Wiekersham has rapidly
overcome Sulzerks lead, and at the
present time, according to figures re
ceiver! by the Prospector, Sulzer has
a slight lead of but 1)2. In the Sec
ond division Marshall, Dime Creek
and Kiana were yet to be heard from
with a total of about lot) votes yet un
recorded. Wiekersham now leads in
the Second division by about two hun
dred and fifty plurality. In the
Fourth division Forty Mile, Innoka.
Koyukuk and Kuskokuim are yet tv
be heard from. The total vote of
these places are unknown, hut it is
stated in Fairbanks that Suizer will
undoubtedly get a plurality of the
votes in these camps as he has been
carrying most of the mining camps
along the Yukon.
In the First division Yak.'tat and
Kake are yet to be heard from, with
a total of about thirty votes for both
places. Wiekersham will undoubtedly
carry Kake. according to the Empire,
but it is believed Sulzer will carry
Yakutat.
in the Third Division Konai, Su
sitna, Dillingham and the Bristol Bay
vote are yet to come in; but by those
experienced in previous elections it is
stated that the Bristol Bay vote will
hardiy arrive in time to be counted.
There is no chance of the vote being
received unless mail from tin* isolat
ed Bristol Bay section is brought out
by some musher, which is hardly like
ly. The vote of that section is so
small as to be negligible and will hard
ly figure in the plurality of either
candidate, unless the contest should
become so close that one or tho other
of the candidates should pay a man
lo go after the returns.
The race is a very close one and;
there is yet a chance for Delegate |
Wickcrsham to win out, although the]
lead of D2 by Mr. Sulzer gives him the
long end of the betting. Looking at
the matter impartially it is hard now
to predict who will win the coveted
Delegateship. There are yet enough
votes out, if secured by either candi
date, to elect one or the other by a
small pluraPty, but the result will he
very close, and probably will not be
known until a recount is made.—Val
dez Prospector.
SCHOOLS CHANGE TIME
(Contributed)
At a meeting of the School Board
last night it was decided to open the
schools on Standard time again, be
ginning Monday, December fourth.
This action was taken because of a
petition presented to the Board which
had been signed by the majority of
the parents of the small children.
The change to Sitka time was made
to divide the daylight more equally
and actually saved the school one
month’s electric light bill.
WILL NOT MOVE SLIDE
The engineering Commission has
decided not to remove the big slide ou1
at 55 as it would cost five or six thou
sand dollars. An engine will be kept
at the other side and traffic will be
kept up just as though no slide had
occurred.
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Nov. 18.—General Trevino, the
Carranza leader, started out today on the chase after
Villa and will not return until the bandit chief and his fol
lowers have been completely suppressed. Before leaving
frevino declared that the time for defensive operations
.ias passed and the time for a vigorous offensive has ar
rived. The city, Trevino also said, is properly fortified
id an adequate garrison is left here. Trevinos division
ontains several thousand infantrymen and strong forces
of artillery and cavalry. The base will be Santa Rosalia
nad from there he will move direct against Villa.
AMERICANS SAFE
EL PASO, Nov. 18. — A wire announces that Leslie
\Yebb and four other Americans from Parral have arriv
al at Culiacan on the west coast. The fate of six others
is unknown.
VILLA MASSACRES FOREIGNERS
EL PASO, Nov. 18.—Chinese refugees arrived here
yesterday with the information that Villa has massacred
foreigners at Parral. The fugitives state that Villa looted
the stores and arrested some of the people for ransom.
Six Americans are missing in the town and it is supposed
that Villa killed them.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The great railroad strike
is not yet averted, according to the leaders of both sides,
and the most serious situation still faces the country. The
administration leaders in congress are about to make an
appeal to have the eight hour day made absolute and Wil
son is ready to insist on passage of anti-strike measures
which will be submitted in August to the Federation ol
Labor convention at Baltimore. The United States Cham
ber of Commerce announces that the industrial unrest is
oecoming more noticeable since the President got the
eight hour law passed. Samuel Gompers today headed a
delegation of four hundred laborites that came to thank
Wilson for his efforts in the matter.
FEAR RUPTURE WITH U. S.
LONDON, Nov. 18.—Berne reports say that the Aus
trian foreign minister, von Burian, has visited Berlin to
confer with the imperial chancellor regarding the contin
uance or modification of the submarine warfare. The
visit is said to be due to the fear that a rupture with the
United States is imminent, the story going that President
Wilson has notified the Teutonic nations verbally that his
patience is exhausted. Von Burian and Holweg are ex
pected to decide once for all whether or not the submarine
activities will be kept up.
DISCREDIT THE STORY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Interviewed today regard
ing the reported visit of the Austrian foreign minister to
Berlin officials here declare that there is probably no
foundation for it. The German and Austrian diplomats
say they have no knowledge of such a circumstance and
one official declares openly that he knows the story tojie
untrue. The United States officials are admittedly con
cerned, howe\ er, over tfie uuesGon of the sfarvation or
Great Britain which is now believed to be threatening and
this may involve the United States. Secretary Lansing
says he is uninformed of any proposals on the part of the
Teutonic allies to carry on a ruthless submarine war. He
refuses to say more.
BRITISH LOSE BEAUCOURT
LONDON, Nov. 18. — Counter attacks by the Ger
mans, it is admitted, have regained the parts of Beaucourt
taken by the British some days ago. The fighting was
fierce and the losses of the Germans were exceedingly
heavy. Attacks and counter attacks are still proceeding
on the Somme front. • —