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BRITISH CLAIM BRILLIANT CAIN
OVER GERMANS ON THE SOMME
SMASH GERMAN LINES
LONDON. Nov. IL—At both sides of Ancre the Brit
ish under General Haig smashed the original German
lines last night. The positions were supposed to be im
pregnable but our troops pierced them to a depth of a mile
at one point and captured the fortified position ol Beau
mont and also positions at Hamel and St. Pierre, and took
four thousand prisoners. The Germans were apparently
surprised, t he only serious resistance ottered by them
a as at Serre where serious lighting continues. The Brit
ish aiso advanced at Schwaben and threaten to envelope
the German lines at Miraumont. Our troops are now ex
tended for eight thousand yards on the Grandcourt-Pozi
eres road north of Beaumont and Hamel.
RUSSIANS C ROSS DANUBE
PF.TROGRAD Nov. 14.—The Russians have crossed
the Danube at two points south of Cernavoda to threaten
the rear of Mackensen's forces on the Cernavoda-Con
stanza line. At the same time the Russian fleet has re
sumed the bombardment of t'onstanza and is inflicting
BERLIN DENIES BRITISH ADVANCE
BERLIN. Nov. 14.—The German artillery yesterday
prevented the success of the attempt of the Allies to ad
\ ar.ee at Ancre on the Somme front. Our troops now hold
the east end of Sadly and only intermittent artillery duel
ling is reported from the Ancre district now. The attempt
of the French to advance north of Dol in upper Alsace has
failed. The War Office also announces that the Teutons
have captured three Transylvanian towns, have repulsed
numerous Roumanian attacks and have taken a thousnd
prisoners.
TEUTONS YIELD GROUND
BUCHAREST, Nov. 11— An all day battle is ending
at Bragoslavele and the Teutons have been forced by the
Roumanians to yield some ground at the right of the Alt.
ROUMANIANS GIVE GROUND
PETROC.RAD, Nov. 14.—Violent Teutonic attacks at
Campalung in northern Roumania have forced the Rou
manians to retire. At Oituz the Roumanians have cap
tured some heights.
GENERAL SAM HUGHES FIRED
^OTTAWA, Nov. 14.—General Sir Sam Hughes, head
of the Canadian war forces, has been asked to resign by j
the Dominion premier who says the general usurped pow
ers unduly. Hughes contradicts the charge and asks for
the publication of the letters connected with his office. At
the same time he declares he is happy to have the great
load taken off his shoulders. Since the war began several
charges have been levelled against Hughes, one of which
was connected with irregularities in munitions contracts.
The Westminister Gazette supports the theory of Hughes
who attacked the hospital and provisioning arrangements
of the Canadian army.
GERMANY ADMITS LOSSES
BERLIN, Nov. 14—The war department admits the
loss of two villages near Ancre to the British but states
lluit the stubborn resistance of the Germans inflicted im
portant losses on the enemy..
DEUTSCHLAND TAKES OIL
NEW LONDON, Nov. 14. — Thirty tons of fuel oil
were placed in the tanks of the Deutschland today. Her
clearance will probably be secret.
SAYS ARABIA NOT WARNED
LONDON, Nov. 14.—Paul Danner, a Harvard gradu
ate and a missionary in India who was aboard the liner
Arabia when she was torpedoed, says that the vessel re
ceived not the slightest warning. He declares that the
calmness of the sea at the time was alone responsible for
the saving of the passangers. Other passengers tell simi
lar stories.
vV 1LS0N GETS READY
1’ OK COi'lliNG it, KillS
j V* l U.\, Nov. lo.— 1‘IVSI
»» iii'Oll uo*\ preparing n»o
1 .m'.vabO. lie l<a CiWen\ VOIIUMK'II Ui.
uv ill w im lac* (jutaouil 01 llh
! U.aiii-up oi Uie house which will pioo
aui) auecl lue opeaKersmp amt me
vitati'iiiausiup oi tat* coinmutees. lie
is stiii iion-cominitlul regarding me
: election ami is waiting until the Ke
pu Oi leans conceile ileteat. uregory,
i.anc ami Walsh are likei> to be cou
sidered tor appointment to the su
preme court amt tiie President is re
newing his ellorts to place Kubiee on
the l rude Commission in spite ot
Guliinger.
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ASA C. BALDWIN WILL
DEL1VEK LKCTIKE IIEUE
Asa C. Baldwin will deliver a lect
ure next Saturday evening in A. B.
nail and afterwards a dance will take
place. The lecture by Mr. Baldwin is
entitled "hollowing the 141st meridian
from the Arctic ocean to the top ol
Mount St. Elias” and is accompanied
by moving pictures illustrating the,
pla v s visited. The lecturer has let
ters of recommendation from cabinet
ministers, geographic societies, uni
versities and other institutions and
men of eminence who have enjoyed
the lecture and scenes. The occasion
vUgb* to be a most interesting one.
FIKK.MKN SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting of the iiremen
will he held tomorrow, Wednesday,j
evening and all regular members are I
requested to be present.
ALL CONGRATULATE
PRESIDENT WILSON
Will Press Democratic Leg
islation in December
Session.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Presi
dent Wilson is now being deluged by
congratulations from all parts of the
country and it has been remarked
that Hughes has never received a
congratulation, even from those who
try to believe he was successful. The
President will press all pending leg
islation at the December session of
congress, fearing that a republican
majority might sway the house
against it.
A. IP’S 1NSTAL
The Arctic Brotherhood will have a
business meeting on Thursday even
ing and will have installation on Mon
day.
HOPE GOES STRONGER
FOR DEMOCRAT NOW
Last election Hope went about over
whelmingly for Wickersham but the
report of this year’s election which
lias just arrived shows that W icker
sham only got 21 votes to Sulzer’s 11.
The other voting was Cobb 14, Grigs
by 16, Schofield 4. Dooley 4, Frame 14
German 5, Ronan 11, Cannon *1. Day
10, Hegness 5, W. J. Henry 10. W. P
Henry 12, Holland 2, Hunter !h Mc
C’allum 2, Murray 1, Noon 16.
TWO TO BE TRIED FOR
INSANITY TOMORROW
Only two men will be placed on
trial tomorrow in Seward for insanity.
One is Bert Wood and the other i>
Paul Benson whose method of .'bow
ing appreciation for tbe hospitalit> <>i
a friend is told in another column,
llotb of tbe poor fellows seem to be
in a rather bad condition.
TERRIFIC CARPATHIAN BATTLE
LONDON, Nov. 14.—Teutonic reinforcements have
been sent to Orsova where the fighting is now terribly in
tense. The fiercest fighting is also proceeding in the
Oltnaci and Jiul valleys in the Carpathians.
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FRENCH CHECK GERMANS
PARIS, Nov. 14.—The French have checked strong
German attacks west of Auberive and are now exerting
strong artillery pressure south of the Somme.
OTHER SHIPS WERE WARNED
CORUNNA, Spain, Nov. 14.—Captain Curtis and the
other members of the crew of the sunk ship Columbia
have arrived here and say that the Columbia was warned
by the German submarine commander. The submarine
was the U-49. Curtis was a captive for a week on the
German vessel after he and the crew were taken from the
lifeboats. Captain Patterson of the British ship Seatonia,
which was also submarined off this coast, was also warn
ed and was prisoner on the German sub for eight days
Patterson has heard that the ship Balto has also been tor
pedoed and that Captain Yelugsen is a prisoner.
AMBASSADOR TO INVESTIGATE
MADRID, Nov. 14. — Ambassador Williard of the
United States has been ordered by his government to pro
ceed to Corunna to interrogate the crew of the Columbian.
GERMANS WERE AT BREAKFAST
LONDON, Nov. 14—The latest news from the
French front shows that the Germans were at breakfast
when the terrific British smash was begun at Ancre yes
terday. The British losses are unusually light consider
i mg the advantage gained and this is due to the unprepar
edness of the enemy. New fighting has broken out at
Beaucourt and at Ancre and four thousand more prison
ers have been taken. Each attack was preceded by a ter
rible curtain fire and German prisoners say that it was
the most terrific barrage experienced since the war be
gan. The storming of Hamel was completely successful
although the greatest resistance was expected there be
cause it endangers the position of the Germans at Mirau
' mont which is less than a mile from the coveted Bapaume.
WALL STREET GAVE THREE
MILLIONS ON EVE OF ELECTION
SAYS ISERN.sTOHFF MADE
MO.nEi HY 1-53 WORK
NEW YORK, Nov. Hi. — Dr. Kari
I (1 raves, tm* sell-styled spy who ha.*
been charged with blackmail and ex
tortion, arrived here this alternooi
I and expressed the belief that he can
easily prove his innocence. lie as
serts that the letters involved contain*
ed information oi tne activities oi tin*
submarine L-5-’> which .*»ank ships oh
this coast. 1*raves also says tha*
Count Denrstorir made thousands oi
dollars on the stock market becaus*
he had advance information. Tin
letters, Craws says, were apparcnti\
ordinary letters written by a woman
but were actually in code.
SCHOONER OF NEW FISH
COMPANY ARRIVES HERE
Tee steam schooner Progress arriv
ed today at 1 o’clock from Ketchikan
She has been three days at Cape Cleat
and caught 15,000 halibut. She put
in here because of rough weather an*
to get provisions but sin* will retun
hi Cape Clear after shipping her lisl
out on tin* .Mariposa, Sin* belongs t*»
a new Seattle company.
HU; ATHLETIC’ MEETIMi
FOR TOMORROW EYEMM.
Tomorrow evening at S o’clock, al
leged new time, and 7 o’clock govern
ment time a big athletic meeting wi!
take place in A. U. Hall. The girl.*
will he in tin* big hall in baseball tog.
and the men will hold their meeting ir.
the little hall. Everyone who is in
terested in getting athletic events go
ing for the winter is requested to at
tend.
AMU VSSADOU AKRF.DONDO
Don Kliseo Arredondo, Amhassadoi
Designate of .Mexico to the United
States, is a native of the little Coahui
lan town of Cuatro Cienepas, in
which community a decade or more
before Yenusiano Carranza, Kirs'
Chief of the Army of Mexico, him
self first saw the lipht. Mr. Arredon
do is a near relative of Mr. Carranza.
His preliminary education was acquir
ed in the Institute of “El Ateneo
Kuente.” Later he attended law
school and graduated with distinction
at the National Capital. Shortly
after graduation, Mr. Arredondo was
elected successively Judge in the dis
tricts of Mondova, Rio Grande and
Yiesca, and later on, Federal Judpe
for the State of Coahuila, with resi
dence at Piedras Nepras. Here he
served from 11)04 to 1901), in which,
year he resigned, in view of the mal
evolent intervention in the affairs of
the State by the Diaz Government.
inereupon .ur. Arreuonuo rmrirn
upon the private practice of his pro
fession in Torreon, only to resume of
fice in the year 1014 when the Con
stitutionalists became successful. He
was appointed Sub-Secretary of the
Department of Gobernacion (Interior)
In 1913, having retired from execut
ive oftice, he was elected to the Feder
al Congress from the Monclova dis
trict, but his legislative career was
abruptly terminated by the overthrow
of Madero, upon which occasion Mr.
Arredondo united himself with the
new revolutionist government set up
by Mr. Carranza, whom he served in
confidential capacity, performing
numerous delicate and dangerous mis
sions for the first chief.
In 1915 he was designated Confi
dential Agent of the Constitutional
ist Government at Washington, and
in the autumn of that year received
the highest diplomatic honor in the
gift of the Mexican Government, Am
bassador to the United States.—Mexi
can Review.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Administration officials
definitely announced today that a sensational investiga
aon will he made into the alleged misuse of presidential
campaign funds by tiie Republicans. The preliminary
flails are arranged and the resolution to be introduced in
aie senate is being drawn up while further evidence is be
ng collected, The Democrats are also planning to con
gest tne senatorships in Indiana and West V irginia where,
ney say, attempts were made to import illegal voters,
liairman McCormick claims he has positive evidence that
ne Repubiicans collected three million dollars in Wall
jtreet on the eve of election and the total Republican elec
tion money was seven million dollars.
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HUGHES LEADS IN MINN.
ST. PAUL, Nov. 14.—The lead of Hughes in Minne
ota is now one hundred and fifty-one.
iJi:UT wool) I’OIM) STARK
NAKKD l\ LOCAL t ill Rill
loo t Wood, a local painter, was dis
own'd early this morninp stark nak
d m tiie Catholic church and is now
it the federal jail wailmp to he tried
or insanity. Iletween six and seven
’clock .his niorninp Lather Yander
ol called up Deputy Marshal Ike
Avans and told him that a naked man
as in the church. Lather Yandcrpol
ad ** n him from his house through
he window. Mr. Lvans went at once
0 the church ami found Wood with
ut even a stitch of clothing, not even
1 sock, on him. He was on his knees.
i Crucifix was held tipbtly in In
muds before his face and lie wa
calking towards tlu* door on hi> knot
aps. The church was very cold, tu
ire having been lighted, and it wa.
4ill dark. It was only after a strug
;ie that the Crucifix was remove*;
bom his grasp, the poor fellow evi
lently being determined to hold o:
ike grim death. Not a sign of hi.
lothes could bo seen and not a won
,'ouid he speak, the only sound beinj
* son of mutter. Mr. Kvans took hin
o the federal building and placed hin
,n a warm bed where he soon fel
asleep. Wood is host known a.
•Red”. He worked for Henry Fatheri
ng a painter and was employed up to
Saturday afternoon on the new bank
building. He resided in a cabin some
where near where Lowell creek
.omes out of the hills ami it is as
umed that he came out of the cabin
naked and walked across the town t<
the church. He is a man of about 3f
and lias been in Seward about a year
It is said that he has a wife back
east.
SOLDIERS COMING ON
TIIE STEAMER MARIPOSA
Forty-one soldiers are aboard the
steamship Mariposa which passed b\
Juneau at 11 o’clock Sunday night.
She will probably go to Anchorage
and it is assumed that the soldiers arc
being sent to that place.
COCRTMA RTIAL ON lT. S.
CAPTAIN RECOMMENDED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Secre
tary Josephus Daniels of the navy ad
mits that a courtmartial has been
recommended in the case ot Captain
Beach who was commander of the
cruiser Memphis when she was sunk
at San Domingo.
DEMOCRATS TO APPEAL
TO PAY THE EXPENSE
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—The Demo
cratic election committee has decided
to appeal to two thousand cities for a
thousand dollars each to pay the de
ficit arising from the election. The
deficit is three hundred thousand but
not all the cities are expected to give
the full amount asxed for.
PROSPIXTOR’S IK.IKMS
ON FLECTION RKM RNS
I»y request the Valdez Prospector
has sent the following to the (iateuay
regarding its figures on the results or
the delegate election:
• Our figures show that Sulzer ha a
plurality of hoi in the hirst division
and 17 in the Fourth. Wickersham’s
plurality in the Third is IX* and in
the Second lhS. Sulzer has a plural
ity in the whole Territory of
This message was received last
evening and varies from the general
result as figured hy the dateway hy
>n!y five votes.
PIONEERS II \\ E SI’El I \l.
.MEETING I1IIS EVENING
A special meeting of the Pioneer*
vill be held this evening and all mem
>ers are urged to be present a* busi
less of importance will be transacted.
; NAI.GA VNI EE PATROL THE
COAST AS HOSPITAL SHIP
SEATTLE. Nov. 13. — The United
States coast guard service this moili
ng sent orders to the cutter L nalgu
o patrol the Alaska fishing bank* as
.1 hospital ship. She will cair\ a
'tirgeon and full medical supplies.
GRAVES LETTERS IMPORTANT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—The
German embassy believes that in the
packet of letters held by Dr. Karl
Graves, who was arrested for black
nail, are very confidential dispatches,
prince Hatzfedt is said to be unwill
ing to testify in the case.
MAY WITHDRAW l. S.
TROOPS FROM MEXICO
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—A .state
ment given out to the press today
says that the secretary of state is
!io\v taking up the Mexican and sub
marining questions. It was intimat
ed that if the safety of Americans is
insured in Mexico the Lnited states
troops will be withdrawn but the
border will be strongly guarded.
MAY CHANGE TARIFF
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. — That
President Wilson may change the tar
iff arangements after the war is the
statement given out today. I he
changes will be made only if the
commission findings warrant them.
HISTORIC TRAIN KILLS
PEOPLE NEAR BERLIN
BERLIN, Nov. 13.—The Balkan
Express inbound killed nineteen peo
ple yesterday by running into a crowd
that for some purpose stood on the
track. Amongst those killed were
women and some workers on the line.
The Balkan Express is the train thr.t
1 runs to Servia.