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VOL. 2. NO. 315.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11,1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BERLIN, Dec. 11— (By wireless to Sayville)—The Rou
manian armies are in full retreat before the advancing Teutonic
forces in Roumania, says an official report issued by the war
office today. The right wing, the center and the left wing of
the great Teutonic armies under the supreme command of Gen
eral von Mackensen, are driving through Roumania, sweeping
all before them. Since the first of December, says the official
report, the Teutonic armies have taken captive 70,000 Rouma
nian prisoners, composing two whole armies, and 184 cannon
and 120 machine guns.
C TEUTONS MAY DRIVE ON SALONIKA.
LONDON, Dec. 11.—Messages from Greece, confirmed by
reports from Berlin, say that preparations are being made to
turn the great Teutonic armies in Rouuiania, under General
von Mackensen, upon the allied forces at Salonika. It is de
I clared that King Constantine, of Greece, is assembling loyal
Greek troops in the Lai’issa region, and that he will attack the
Allied forces at Salonika from the rear, while Mackensen\s
forces drive down on them from the north.
SEEKING FOR GERMAN RAIDER.
HALIFAX, Dec. 11.—Allied warships from one side of
tbe Atlantic to the other are employed in making a search for
a mysterious vessel thought to be a companion of the German
raider Moewe, an^Lwhicli slipped through the entente cordon
and reached the open ocean.
ATTACKS WAR PROFITS.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 11.—While a discussion was on in the
Prussian diet over the ciuestion of raising the salaries of minor
officials in the government’s employ, Strobel, a socialist mem
ber, launched a vicious attack on those persons who are making
huge profits out of the war.
EXPLOSION IN MUNITIONS PLANT.
TURIN, Dec. 11.—Late Saturday night an explosion occur
red in the big munitions plant in Turin and 50 employees were
killed outright. Over 100 received injuries. The cause of the
explosion is not announced.
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NORWAY’S LOSSES IN NOVEMBER.
CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Dec. 11.—According to an offi
cial statement issued today, during the month of November 19
Norwegian vssels, of an aggregate tonfiage of 33,000, were sunk
by German submarines.
ALLIES TO BLOCKADE GREECE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—United States Ambassador
Sharp, at Paris, has notified the state department that the al
lied blockade of all Greek ports will go into effect Friday next.
FRENCH ON VERGE OF SHAKE-UP.
PARIS, Dec. 11.—France is on the verge of a political
shake-up, similar to that taking place in Great Britain, accord
ing to reliable information.
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FRIDAY AN UNLUCKY DAY.
LONDON, Dec. 11.—Lloyd’s today reports that last Fri
day six British and neutral vessels were sunk by German and
Austrian submarines.
SEATTLE TO BE
—^SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—Heirs of the
r> Alfred Vanvleet, a wealthy manu
facturer of Joliet, Illinois, who was
seriously inpured in an auto accident
in Seattle Thanksgiving day, and who
later died of his injuries, has institut
ed suit against the city, claiming dam
ages in the sum of $30,000.
COUCH DOBIE
LOSES HIS JOO
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—President Suz
zalos, of the Washington state uni
versity, has issued a statement where
in he says that inasmuch as Coach
Dobie, of the university football team,
failed to perform his share in charac
ter training, he can no longer act in
the capacity of coach.
FROZEN REMAINS OF
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—Territorial Senator Conrad Freeding
was caught in a blizzard and frozen to death on the trail be
tween the Kougarok Hot Springs and Nome Friday last.
His remains were found Sunday by a searching party. The
body lay not far from the trail. He was on his return from
a visit to the springs, whither he had taken his wife, who was
ill. After the adjournment of the first session of the Alaska
legislative assembly, of which he was a member, Freeding mov
ed to Seattle and purchased the Barker hotel, which he ran for
several years. He returned to the Nome country last spring
and was about to establish a store at the mouth of Taylor
creek, in the Kougarok country. His goods have been moved
to the scene.
LONDON, Dec. 11.—Former Premier Asquith, in a speech
delivered at a meeting, under the auspices of the liberal party
tSftotirdny night, declared that although?he had resigned as pre
mier. Jhe had not resigned as the leader of tlie liberal party, nor
did he propose to resign, as he expected to have some say in
governmental matters, even though not officially connected with
the administration of the government’s business. He declared
that a carefully engineered campaign had been made to force
liis resignation, but lie acquitted David Lloyd-George, the new
premier, of having any complicity in the plot against him. He
paid a high compliment to the ability and patriotism of the
new premier.
WARSHIP IN DISGUISE.
LONDON, Dec. 11.—The British admiralty announces the
receipt of a report that a disguised armed German vessel, of
the mercantile type, was sighted in the north Atlantic waters
December 4.
NEW BRUSH MINISTRY 10 BE
COMPOSED OF TWELVE MEMBERS
LONDON, Dec. 11.—Premier David Lloyd-George, and his
colleague, Andrew Bonar I^aw, are aiming at a ministry that
will be composed of but 12 members, instead of 22 under the
late ministry. The plan is that five of the cabinet members
shall be liberals, five unionists, and two representing the la
borites. Work on the ministry is progressing, but the names
of the new members have not been revealed.
ELECTION IS
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 11.—Marshall
City, touted as a Sulzer stronghold,
gave Delegate Wickersham a plurality
of four votes, leaving only the Point
Barrow precinct to hear from to com
plete the returns in the Second divi
sion. The Barrow precinct has always
been strong for the delegate. Kusko
kwim precincts lately reporting give
Sulzer 12 and Wickersham 6. Sulzer’s
lead in the Fourth division has been
cut down to seven votes.
CHIGNIK FOR SULZER.
SEWARD, Dec. 11.—Chignik, the
cannery settlement on the Alaska pen
insula, gave Sulzer 16 votes. Wicker
sham gpA, none. There was no election
in the Sannak precinct, owing to non
arrival of election supplies.
HOW IT STANDS.
VALDEZ, Dec. 11.—The Valdez
Prospector says .that Sulzer has a lead
of 44 votes over Wickersham and
claims his election.
SCHOFIELD
IS PEEVED
SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—Just before
departing: for Alaska, to assume his
official duties, George B. Grigsby, at
ttorney-general-elect, received the
following remarkable telegram of
“congratulations” from George B.
Schofield, whom he defeated “Con
gratulations. You can now re-estab
lish an Alaskan residence. I have
just wired by wife as follows: ‘Nome
bunch of saloonites, with Grigsby
toughs, combined with the Anchorage
Ketch ikan vote and the Grigsby-Her
ron lie that I was not an Alaskan
crucified me. I am proud of having
made a clean campaign and of hav
ing carried every town where I was
enabled to speak.”
A British patent covers a series of
tanks attached to a cable to permit
a vessel to spread oil on rough waters.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The unprecedented growth of
Ihe nation’s foreign trade and commercial advantages which
will accrue with the coming of world peace, form the feature
of the annual report of Secretary of Commerce Redfiehl. The
report, in part, says: “Our foreign indebtedness has been re
duced, since the outbreak of the world war, by three billion
dollars. We have received from abroad since the war began
fifteen hundred million dollars. We are the wealthiest nation
in the world and the most prosperous one. We have not was
ted our men or our means in war. As compared to our financial
power today, our debts are but trifling.”
LEATHER FROM SHARK SKINS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Shark skins as a substitute for
leather, is being investigated by the United States fisheries bu
reau, as a possible solution for the high cost of leather goods,
says the annual report of the fisheries bureau. The report says
that some foreign countries are using the shark skins in lieu
of leather, with good results.
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT MAY TAKE
OVER AUSKA TELEGRAPH SERVICE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—In his annual report. Postinas
ter-General Burleson recommends that congress pass an appro
priation of $300,000 now for acquiring, from the war depart
ment, the telegraph and telephone utilities in Alaska, Porto
Rico and the Hawaiian islands. The report says that the war
department is agreeable to the change. The postmaster-gen
eral, in his report, says the United States mail service has been
improved and the balance sheet for the end of the fiscal year
shows a surplus of five million dollars.
IAPAN BUILDING FAST. POWERFUL SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Japan is building larger and
more powerful battleships than any building, or planned to be
built, by the United States navy, was the startling testimony
given by Rear Admiral Badger, of the general navy board, giv
en Saturday afternoon before a session of the house committee
on naval affairs, having under consideration plans for an in
crease in the navy.
WASHINGTON CITY MAY BE DRY.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-—On notion of Senator Sheppard,
the senate today took up for consideration a bill to prevent the
manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors in the national cap
ital.
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 11.—Albert
J. Griffith, a patrolman on the regu
lar police force of the city, has made
a confession that he is the robber
that held up the Wells Fargo Express
guard and robbed the express wagon
of $5,000 in cash and $34,000 in bank
ing paper. Most of the money has
been recovered. Soon after the theft,
Griffith said he bought an automo
bile.
NORTH YAKIMA, Dec. 11.—Ira H.
Englehardt, formerly president of the
Washington State Bar association,
died at his home in this city last night,
following a brief illness.
TO BE RESTORED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11.—Pa
pers to restore to citizenship Louis J.
Smith, enabling: him to testify in be
half of the government in the case
against Franz Bopp, a German govern
ment official, have been prepared by
the district attorney’s office in San
Francisco and forwarded to Washing
ton, to receive the signature of Presi
dent Wilson. It develops that Smith,
who is an important witness for the
prosecution in the Bobb case now on in
San Francosco, was convicted of a
felony, growing out of which he lost
his citizenship papers. His testimony
is considered vital to the government,
hence the effort to restore him to cit
izenship so that he will be eligible as
a witness.
W ASHINGTON PIONEER DIES.
OLYMPIA, Dec. 11.—George W.
Mills, who has lived continuously in
Thurston County, Washington, for the
past fifty-one years, passed away at
his home in this city last night, a vic
tim of heart disease.