VOL. 2. NO. 25.
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, TUESDAY,-NOVEMBER 28, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BERLIN, Nov. 28.—(By wireless to Sayville)—General
von Falkenliayn’s troops invading western Roumania, from
the north and west, have effected a junction with General von
Mackensen’s forces that have advanced from the south and
crossed the Danube river, into Roumania, says an official re
* port given out by the war office today. The combined foi'ces,
it is announced, will drive against Bucharest, the Roumanian
capital. Von Mackensen’s advance troops have reached the
outskirts of Alexandria, 47 miles from Bucharest. The Rou
manian forces are retreating before the advancing Teuton
hosts, going toward the eastward and burning towns and vil
lages in the line of their retreat. The German official report
^ that yesterday, the Teuton advance forces defeated a
Roumanian cavalry force that was protecting the rear of the
Roumanian army, in its retreat.
Von Mackensen’s entire army has crossed the Danube
and is now in old Roumania and is under the veteran general’s
personal direction. The great part of the -.my is advancing
southward, down the Alata valley. General von Falkenliayn’s
forces have captured liammicu and Valcea, in Dobrudja. An
attack on Mackensen’s lines, aided by a bombardment from
Russian warships iu the Black sea, proved a failure, says the
♦German report.
ROUMANIANS ADMIT RETREAT.
BUCHAREST, Nov. 28.—The Roumanian army has re- j
tired from the front on the river Alt, says an official report
given out by tty-.veiaftfftyej^day. v
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ALLIES LAUNCH SEVERAL ATTACKS.
BERLIN, Nov. 28.—(By wireless to Savville)—Official
German reports today state that the allies have started attacks
against the German positions on the heights to the east of
Parlove, in southern Serbia, and that west of the Vardar river,
the British troops directed a strong fire against the Teuton
positions, following the artillery fire with an infantry charge
in an effort to take the Teuton positions. The infantry attack
was repulsed, says the report.
ARABS MEET DEFEAT.
BERLIN, Nov. 28.—(By wireless to SavvilleV—1The Arab
forces under Chief ITalif have been defeated by the Italian
forces, in a great battle yesterday near Bensibat. on the front
ktween Tripoli and Tunis, according to official advices re
ived in Berlin today.
CZAR ON WAY TO ROUMANIA.
COPENHAGEN, November 28.—Czar Nicholas, of Russia,
has arrived at Keisvon, en route to the Roumanian frontier,
♦where he will hold a conference with King Ferdinand, of Rou
mania, says a report which reaches Copenhagen today.
SAW NO SUBMARINES.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Vessels arriving in port today
from European ports and the West Indies, report that they
saw no sign of submarines, although all received warnings by
wireless to beware of enemy undersea craft.
BRITISH REFUSE SAFE CONDUCT.
LONDON, Nov. 28.—The British foreign office has sent
American Ambassador Page a note definitely refusing to grant
T safe conduct to the newly appointed Austro-Hungarian ambas
sador to the United States, Count Tarnow.
REPUBLICANS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Treas
urer Bliss, of the republican national
committee, submitted his report of the
the presidential campaign expendi
tures on behalf of the republican party
# tortfiv. in accordance with the law gov
Jmng the matter. The report shows
tnRt contributions to. the campaign
fund totaled two million four hundred
aj»d forty-one thousand dollars. Demo
♦J'ats are still agitating a senate in
vestigation into campaign expendi
tures.
HEARINGS ON
IT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 28.—Special Ex
aminer Wilson, on behalf of the inter
state commerce commission, opened
the hearing in the matter of the rate
inquiry, in which all the Alaska steam
ship and railway lines are defendants.
Delegate James Wickersham appears
in behalf of those proseci^ti^f the
charges against the transportation
lines.
EL PASO, Nov. 28.—Up to last niglit, no report had been
received as to the outcome of General Villa’s fifth attack on the
city of Chihuahua. In all previous attacks, extending over a
period of four days, the Villistas were badly defeated, although
not disorganized. The result of the fifth assault is keenly
awaited here, and the fact that no news has been received in
dicates that the fighting is more vicious and of longer dura
tion than in former attacks, if indeed it does not indicate that
the Villistas have been victorious. The attack began at an
early hour yesterday morning.
VILLA’S AUTO HIT BY SHELL.
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Nov. 27.-—The auto being employed
by General Villa to direct his campaign against the Carran
zista forces in Chihuahua City, was hit by a shell in the fight
ing this morning and was abandoned near Freson, southwest
of the city. Villa escaped uninjured.
GE
TO
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 28,-,-Gerard, United States ambas
sador to (rermany, who lias been in Washington for the past
Couth, will depart for Berlin one day next week. It is said
at the American ambassador will convey very explicit infor
mation from the United States to the German government,
growing out of the renewed German submarine campaign. It
is no secret in Washington that President Wilson’s patience
with Germany is about exhausted, and Gerard will so inform
the German government.
SEATTLE, Nov. 28.—The new steamship Nels Neilson,
which sailed from Seattle November 20, laden with a great
cargo of munitions of war for the Bussian government, and en
route to Vladivostok, has lost its propeller and is drifting!
aliput in a helpless condition 200 miles off Cape Flattery, ac- j
cording to wireless messages received here this morning. Tug- j
boats are hastening to the scene, and a great race is on, because
of the salvage incident to the recovery of the helpless vessel
and its valuable cargo. The Nels Neilson was constructed by
the Anderson Shipbuilding company, of Seattle.
TINKERING WITH ALASKA MINING LAW
(Valdez Prospector)
Much interest has been aroused by
Judge Brown’s decision in the Calla
ghan-Thompson case, declaring a
claim forfeited because of failure to
file an affidavit of labor not later
than March 31 of the following year.
The decision'whs based on the acts of
the territorial legislature of«, 1913.
The provision reads as follows:
“Such affidavit shall be filed with
the precinct recorder not less than
ninety days after the close of the
calendar year in which the work
was done or improvements made.
Upon failure to comply with all of
the provision sof this section such
claim shall become forfeited and
open to location by others as if no
location had been madel”
Judge Brown said he was reluctant
to declare a forfeiture, but the law
was imperative. His only alternative
was'to declare the law invalid. This
he was still morp reluctant to do. He
was obliged to asume that the legis
lators had acted knowingly although
the next legislature had repealed the
law. >>v.
The judge might have added that
the legislature that enacted this dras
tic forfeiture provision was competed
chiefly of miners. It all goes to show
that when legislators tinker an exist
ing law because it is defective they
should be very careful not to pres
cribe a remedy that is worse than
the disease. The object of the drastic
forfeiture provision in question was
to wipe out the evil of permitting men
to hold numerous claims without
showing good faith in doing the an
nual assessment work. Requiring the
filing of the affidavit subjected a
claimant to the risk of incurring the
penalties of perjury, and the law
doubtles had the effect of minimizing
the “hogging” of mining ground with
out doing real assesment work. But
the forfeiture clause was so stringent
a remedy that the legislature of 1915
repealed it.
When a legislative act comes be
fore a court the judge has no choice
but to uphold it, though he may him
self think it an unwise or unjust law,
or else declare it invalid because be
yond the powers of the legislature to
enact. And every time he does the
latter critics and professional kickers
howl that he is usurping legislative
powers.
SliZER 1£A0S N
Charles A. Sulzer leads Delegate Wickersham by thirty
eighty votes, according to the latest information available to
day. rl lie First division vote is all in and counted. That divi
sion gave Sulzer a plurality of 4(57 votes over Wickersham.
The Second division vote is in, save for two precincts—Point
Barrow and Marshall City. It is figured that Point Barrow
will give Wickersham a plurality and that Marshall City will
go for Sulzer. The Third division vote is nearly complete,
about four small precincts remaining to be heard from. The
total vote of the missing precincts will not exceed 200. The
Fourth division vote is all in. save for two small precincts.
Corrected returns to date are as follows:
Wickersham Sulzer
First division . 1,863 2,330
Second division . 827 611
Third division . 1,829 1,609
Fourth division . 1,636 1,643
Sulzer’s lead
6,145 6,183
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. CORDOVA TIMES’ REPORT.
CORDOVA, Nov. 28.—(Special to The Times)—The Nizi
na precinct gives Wickersham seven and Sulzer two. The
Fairbanks Citizen wires that in the Fourth division Sulzer
got 1,643 and Wickersham 1,636 votes, with small precincts,
with about 50 votes, remaining to be heard from. The Nome
Nugget wires tju^t the delegate vote in the Secoiyl division,
so far as heard from, gives Wickersham 827 "and Sulfcer 611.
Point Barrow, a reputed Wickersham precinct, and Marshall
City, doubtful, are the missing precincts.
CORDOVA TIMES.
SEATTLE FIRM
RETS CONTRACT
SEATTLE, Nov. 28.—The United
States navy department today award
ed the contract for the construction of
a scout cruiser to the Seattle Con
struction & Dry Dock Company. The
bid was $4,975,000. The contract calls
for delivery within thirty months from
date.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Yesterday
exchange on Germany fell to the low
est rate on record since the world war
began. The German mark fell to a lit
tle less than seventeen cents, as
against a normal value of twenty-four
cents.
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COLD IMPORTS
FROM CANADA
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Yesterday’s
gold receipts from Canada reached the
enormous total of seven and one-half
million dollars, the record day’s re
ceipts from the Dominion.
NOTED U. S. ENGINEER
DIES AT ADVANCED AGE
BOSTON, Nov. 28.—Col. William E.
Craighill, of the corps of United
States .engineers, died here last night,
following a brief illness. He had
reached an advanced age.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Treasurer
Marsh, of the democratic national
campaign committee, announced today
that the total contributions to the
democratic presidential campaign
amounted to one and one-half million
dollars, a million less th in the repub
lican campaign contributions.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—Explorer
Amundsen arrived in New York today
to purchase two hydro-aeroplanes for
use in h|s north polar explorations.
This intrepid explorer plans to_ sail
from San Francisco early in the
spring ,on an extended exploration of
Arctic waters.
BOSTON, Nov. 28.—Guelph David
McNicol, former vice-president of the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company,
died at his home in Boston last night.
He was well along in years and had,
some years since, retired from active
business life.
Woman Killed by Auto.
SEATTLE, Nov. 28.—Mrs. W. A.
Staples,, aged 46 years, was run down
and killed by an auto driven by Chas.
W. Goodman late last night. Goodman
was taken into custody and may be
tried on a manslaughter charge.