AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 2. NO. 22.
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
BERLIN, Nov. 24.—(By wireless to Sayville)—Serious
complications are impending in German and American diplo
matic relations, growing out of the renewal of the German
submarine compaign. It is freely predicted here that the Unit
£ States may sever diplomatic relations with Germany, which
f would be tantamount to a declaration of war. Germany’s con
duct in submarine warfare has brought forth an abundant crop
of American inquiries, of which Joseph C. Grew, an American,
has filed no less than ten, five o* which were filed with the
American embassy here yesterday. ..These inquiries relate to
American subjects that are believed to have been lost when the
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* British steamer Marina was destroyed by a German undersea
craft.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—Replying to the message sent
by Judge Hughes, republican candidate for president, congrat
ulating him on his re-election, President Wilson yesterday aft
ernoon, s»ent the following:
“Clias. E. Hughes, Laurel in the Pines, Lakewood, N. J.: I
am sincerely obliged to you for your message of congratula
tions. Allow me to assure you of my good wishes for the
years to come. WOODROW WILSON.”
^ FAIRBANKS CONGRATULATES MARSHALL.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 24.—Charles W. Fairbanks, repub
lican candidate for vice-president, sent a message congratulat
ing Vice-President Marshall upon his re-election, whereupon
the vice-president-elect replied as follows:
“Charles W. Fairbanks, Indianapolis, Ind.: As a partisan,
it is worth much to know that we have won; it is worth more to
know that the years of personal friendship between us has not
ended with this campaign. ”
ELECTION BETS BEING PAID.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—Wall street betting commission
ers have paid to Wilson backers an amount exceeding one hun
dred thousand dollars last night and today. Much money yet
remains in the hands of stakeholders, awaiting payment upon
the demand of the winner. Tex Rickard, the former Nome,
Alaska, sporting man, has drawn down $50,000. He wagered
$25,000 that Ohio would' go for Wilson.
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NEW YORKERS CAN’T UNDER!
IT.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—Col. John A. Sleicher, editor of
Leslie’s Weekly, in a speech at a banquet here last night, de
clared that New Yorkers were still puzzled over the fact that
the states of California and Washington gave President Wil
son a plurality over Judge Hughes.
RUSSIAN DREADNAUGHT LOST.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 24.—The Russian admiralty today
announces the destruction, by an internal explosion, of the Rus
sian dreadnaught Imperatritsa Maria. Two hundred members
of the crew are missing.
ACCIDENT OCCURRED OCTOBER 6.
/"I LONDON, Nov. 24.—A dispatch from Petrograd today
*avs that the Russian dreadnaught Imperatritsa Maria was
sunk October 6, caused by an explosion in the forward maga
zine. Sixty-four members of the crew are known to have lost
their lives at the time of the accident and 150 missing are be
lieved lost.
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EL PASO, Nov. 24.—Geu. Villa and his bandit army be
gan an attack on Chihuahua City at 11 o’clock yesterday, ac
cording to a message received by Carranza officials at Juarez
a few hours later. The message stated that Villa was making
his attack from the south. General Maguia, Carranzista, and
ltis army, ai*e reported to have reached Mapulat, a village 12
miles south of Chihuahua City, and it is expected that he will
attack General Villa from the rear.
General Trevino, commanding the Carranzista troops in
Chihuahua City, is putting up a stubborn resistance and an
ticipates being able to hold his own until the arrival of rein
forcements, according to advices received at Juarez this fore
noon.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 24.—The at
tack on the Adamson law, which was
declared unconstitutional by Circuit
Judge William C. Hook, in a decision
rendered Wednesday afternoon, came
up for a test on a petition enjoining
the federal district attorney and “la
bor efeaders” from putting the law in
to effect January 1, 1917, the date i
the law became operative under the |
terms of its passage. The petition
was made by attorneys representing
the Atchison, Topexa & Santa Fe
Railway company.
The petition called attention to
agreements with train employes, none i
of which it says, contemplates that
the employe shall work a fixed num
ber of hours, but that owing to the
nature of train service the trip, in ,
terms of hours or mileage, as prefer
red by the men, is the basis of com
pensation.
The petition recited the circum
stances surrounding the passage of
the Adamson law, and claims that it
is a mere arbitrary increase in wa
ges. The law, said the bill, is uncon
stitutional and void because it is not a
regulation of interstate commerce,
that it is a mere experiment intended
as a basis for further legislation, that
it deprives the company of its liberty
to contract and right of property
without due process of law, and that
it is unworkable and uncertain.
The bill devoted considerable space
to explaining why the company con
siders the law unworkable. It con
cluded with a statement that the rail
road is willing to guarantee employes
against loss pending final decision as
to the legality of the law.
GETS 5 YEARS
PORT ANGELES, Nov. 24.—David
Richards, found guilty by a jury on a,
charge of attempting to blackmail D.
E. ‘Thompson, former United States
ambassador to Brazil, out of $25,000,
was sentenced to serve five years in
the penitentiary at Walla Walla by
the judge this forenoon.
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 24.—(Special
to The Times.)—All precincts in the
Koyukuk country have reported and
the result shows that Wickersham got
votes, Siilzer 43 and Lewis 33.
FAIRBANKS CITIZEN.
SLIGHT HOPE
ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 24.—The;
repudiation by Luis Cabrera, one of
the Mexican commissions of the joint
Mexican and American commission, of
the plan for a border control, agreed
upon by the other commissioners, j
makes doubtful ' the ability of the I
American members of the commission
to assist any further in the plan to re
store normal conditions along the
frontier.
The Americans are still hopeful that
they may yet induce the Mexicans to
agree.
However, unless Cabrera should
adopt a more tractable manner he will
be informed that further delibera
tions would be useless.
The American members are greatly
disappointed that the plan for a bor
der patrol does not meet with unani
mous approval. The Mexican mem
bers are said to have stubbornly stood
out for the withdrawal of Pershing’s
forces from Mexico as the first neces
sary step for reaching an understand
ing.
IN THE FUTURE
SEATTLE, Nov. 24.—Prof. Nicho
las Melnikoff, 'the noted Russian me
chanical expert, is en route to the
United States, where he will make an
exhaustive study of American indus
tries, American inventions and Amer
ican engineering feats. After the
war is over, Russia plans on indus
trial development and is sending ex
perts out to acquire useful informa
tion along these lines.
JUNEAU, Nov. 24.—(Special to
The Times)—Governor J. F. A.t
Strong yesterday issued a proclama
tion designating Thursday, November
30, as a day of Thanksgiving, pursu
ant to a proclamation recently issued
by the president of the United States
and in accordance with the time-hon
ored custom.
PROJECT STARTED
TO BUILD U BOAT
SUBMARINES IN U. S.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—The New
York American says a project is on
foot whereby several super-subma
rines, modeled after the Deutschland,
are to be built in this country.
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LONDON, Nov. 24.—Emperor Charles, of Austria-Hun
gary, has issued a proclamation to his people, declaring his in
flexible decision to maintain the war until ‘‘a peace based on
the assurance of the existence and development of the dual
monarchy is obtained.”
NEW EMPEROR NAMED CHARLES.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 24.—Official advices received here
state that Charles Francis, nephew of the late emperor of Aus
tria-Hungary, and who succeeds as the ruler of the dual mon
archy, has chosen the name Charles as his official designation.
NEW EMPRESS IS AN ITALIAN.
ROME, Nov. 24.—The new empress of Austria-Hungary is
an Italian by birth and has two brothers serving in the army
of the allies, both of whom were recently decorated by Presi
dent Poineaire of France for valiant service in the Belgian
army.
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LONDON. Nov. 24.—The Greek government has refused to
comply witli the demand of the entente allies for the surrender
of a part of its supplies, arms and ammunition, as well as the
surrender of the loyal Greek troops, according to a message re
ceived today from Reuter’s correspondent at Athens. The en
tente allies will wait for official confirmation before taking de
cisive action. It is believed that the Greek refusal of the al
lied demand will result in open hostilities against the Greek
government as represented by King Constantine. The allies
have already financed the provisional Greek government es
tablished by former Premier Venizelos.
SEATTLE GETS
MINING STATION
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—The in
terior department today announced
that Secretary Lane has definitely de
cided on Seattle as the location for
the government experimental mining
station for the northwestern states
and the southeastern part of Alaska.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—Jean Crones,
long wanted on the charge of poison
ing 200 guests at a banquet tendered
in honor of Archbishop Mundelin in
Chicago last spring,' was taken into
custody by officers at Spaulding, Ne
braska, last night, according to a dis
patch received by the local police au
thorities. Following the poisonng,
Crones fled the scene and has given
the detectives a nation-wide chase.
DETECTIVE DEPARTS FOR ^
LONG-SOUGHT CRONES
CHICAGO, Nov. 24.—A detective
from police headquarters departed this
morning, .en route to Spaulding, Ne
braska, where he will determine
whether the man apprehended in that
town by Marshal Byrnes is really the
long-sought Crones.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Nov. 24.—
Jack London, the famed novelist, died
from the effects of uremic poisoning
at his Glenn Ellen ranch near Santa
Rosa last night. London was one of
the most popular novel writers of the
present generation. “The Sea Wolf,”
an Alaskan story, was probably one
of his most popular works.
SEATTLE, Nov. 24.—The Wash
ington state university football team
is on a strike, following the disbar
ment proceedings which have been in
stituted by the faculty against Wil
liam Grimm, the star tackle of the
university eleven. In the recent game
between the Washington university
and the University of California,
Grimm employed rough and unsports
manlike tactics, which has resulted in
protests from the California players.
The scheduled return game, which
was to have been played here, has
been declared off by the local players.
The members of the Pioneers of
Alaska will hold a smoker tonight at
Moose hall, commencing promptly at
B o’clock.