■STIR AND
°IT5 VALUE TO
ALLIED FGRGES
SALONIKA, Greece—Four years
to the day following the capture of
Monastir by the soldiers of King Pe
ter, after the overthrow of the Sul
tan’s western army in the first Bal
kan war, the Serbian army made its
second conquering entry into that
town. It was an historical event of
which the moral and material conse
quences may be far-reaching. The
capital of the chief vilayet of Mace
donia wrested from the Turks in 1912,
it was the chief town in the “uncon
tested zone” given to Bulgaria at the
close of the W'ar, and taken from her
when King Ferdinand turned on his
allies. In a sense it is the symbol of
Bulgarian aspirations in regard to
western Macedonia, that prize which
often has been within their grasp only
to elude it again. The treaty of San
Stefano gave it to Bulgaria; the trea
ty of Berlin took it from her in the
following year. That is a fact which
has never been allowed to fade into
oblivion in Sofia, but, of course, the
feeling on that score is as nothing to
the wrath which fills Bulgarians, espe
cially her present leaders, with their
Macedonian obsession, when they re
1 member how the treaty of Bucharest
, i— 1913 robbed them of that which,
V*,:y considered, the might of the Bul
garian sword had given them in 1912.
The conquest of Western Macedonia
with Monastir was the prize for which
Bulgaria maneuvered her diplomatic
forces with so much cunning against
the moie ingenuous chancelleries of
Europe during the negotiations of
1915. It was the prize which induced
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and M.
Kadoslavoff, his prime minister, su
preme exponents of real-politik, to
launch their forces against the ex
posed flank of Serbia at the critical
moment of her tremendous wrestle
with the Austro-German advance
from the north. Real-politik was ap
parently preeminently successful, and
after the German flag had flown for a
few days over Monastir to soothe the
susceptibilities of the Greeks it was
hauled down and the Bulgarian flag
took its place. Now, only a year
later, the Serbian flag flies very con
queringly above its minarets and cup
olas and rts white houses nestling
among the, trees. Once more Bulgar
ian hopes are dashed when success
appeared to be solidly theirs.
The Bulgarian peasants are deter
mined fighters and they defended with
great tenacity the barrier of hills
which cut off their foes from the
plain of Monastir. In that struggle
across the mountains the Serbs fought
with the most amazing valor and dash,
reflecting great credit on soldiers who
have had little rest since 1912, and
who of all the allied forces encircling
the central powers have suffered rela
tively the severest losses.
But against the Bulgarians the
^?erbs may be counted upon to surpass
^^lemselves, for they are completely
convinced, as a Serbian soldier diplo
matist recently remarked, that but for
their attack on their flank and rear
during- the second Austro-German in
vasion of Serbia, they would have
treated that invasion as they treated
the first—that is, repulsed it, beyond
the Danube. It is therefore not un
natural that they should have played
the most prominent part in the cap
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ture of Monastir. When General Sar
rail launched in September the of
fensive which had been begun for him
so often by the newspapers, it was the
Serbs who foiled the Bulgarian effort
to envelop Sarrail’s flanks which lay
back in Greek territory. Then, while
the British pushed across the Struma
and menaced Seres, the Serbs with
French, Russian and Italian allies
fighting beside them, thrust toward
Monastir. The advanced Bulgarian
troops were ejected from the Fiorina
region and the close of September
witnessed the attack on the first main
Bulgarian position. The magnificent
assault on the capture of Kaimakcha
lan mountain, 8,000 feet high, compel
led the evacuation of that line, which
was taken on Oct. 3. The strong de
fense of the Bulgarians against the
French of the Kenali sector of their
second line delayed the progress of
the offensive, but the Serbs were able
to push across the loop of the Cerna
river, and on November 11 to turn the
Kenali position, and this line also was
abandoned. The Bistritsa line, the
third main Bulgarian line, which then
remained to be taken, depended on
hill “Point 1212" and again it was the
resistless Serbs who carried the posi
tion on November 17 and compelled
the abandonment of this last defens
ive line in front of Monastir. At 8
o’clock on the morning of Sunday, No
vember 19, the allied forces entered
the city. It is certainly not their al
lies who will grudge the Serbs their
triumph.
Within a year or so there will be
added to the United States navy a
new hospital ship, the first of its
kind to be built in the world. The
American hospital ship will differ
from all others, in that it was plan
ned and designed for a floating hos
pital from the very beginning, where
as all those now in the various navies
of the world were originally intended
for transports or dispatch boats, or,
in some cases, for ocean liners.
The United States, with a navy
ranking fourth among the sea fight
ers of the world, says Popular Me
chanics, has but two hospital ships—
one a fairly well-equipped vessel, now
serving with the Atlantic fleet, the
other too aged and frail to be remov
ed from its present anchorage in the
Philippine waters. Congress, how
ever, has agreed to appropriate $2,
500,000 for the construction of a first
class hospital ship, to be built at an
American navy yard according to
plans and specifications laid down by
the highest authorities in shipbuild
ing and hospital construction.
The building of the ship has com
menced, and it is anticipated that the
new craft will be launched late In
1917 or early in the following year.
The vessel will be 460 feet in length
and 60 feet wide, giving her an ordi
nary capacity of 600 patients, or, in
an emergency, 500 may be accommo
dated. A set of stabilizers, designed
to minimize as far as possible the
rolling of the ship, will be included
in her construction, and it is predict
ed that the effect of these will be such
that the major operations can be per
formed, even in a comparatively high
sea.
As compared with this new hospital
ship, with its electric devices and its
scientific therapeutic equipment, the
hospital ships which have been refit
ted for the purpose and are still but
makeshifts, appear almost mediaeval
in construction. The Unted States
navy’s floating hospital will not only
be the last word in vessels in its class,
but it will be a worthy progenaor of
specially designed hospital craft,
which other nations of the world will
undoubtedly construct.
DISTRICT JUDGE
IS REVERSED ON
LIABILITY CASE
(Juneau Empire.)
A mandate of the circuit court of
appeals was filed today in the district
court reversing the decision of Judge
R. W. Jennings in regard to the peti
tion of H. C. Strong to limit his lia
bilities as part owner of the steamer
Al-Ki. The lower court held that it
had no jurisdiction in the matter, and
an appeal was taken to the circuit
court. This court has now decided
that the lower court has jurisdiction
to try the case and it will be tried
here on its merits.
The petition for the limiting of the
liability of H. C. Strong is the out
growth of a damage judgment obtain
ed against him as owner of the steam
■ er Al-Ki in the courts of Washington.
! C. A. Holmes sued H. C. Strong in
j the Washington courts to recover
' damages for injuries received on the
steamer Al-Ki. A judgment of $21,
200 was obtained and later another
suit was instituted to recover on the
judgment. The steamer Al-Ki was nev
er libeled by the plaintiff. Strong later
filed a petition to limit his liabilites in
the matter in the district court here
with the results above.
JACKLING TO HAVE
A MILLION DOLLAR
YACHT BUILT SOON
(Juneau Empire.)
A new steam yacht, which will cost
more than $1,000,000, irrespective of
interior furnishings and decorations
will soon be ordered for Daniel C.
Jackling, millionaire copper magnate,
has just been announced.
Jackling’s yacht Cyprus, which was
seen up here in 1015 and many times
before, was the most palatial on this
coast, has been in commission since
he had it constructed several years
ago by the Seattle Construction & Dry
Dock company, in Seattle. The Cy
prus has just recently returned from
a trip from San Francisco to NewYork
around Cape Horn. The colonel said
it was not quite large enough to meet
his personal requirements and that he
wanted something bigger.
GEORGE OSBORNE
The Leading Jeweler and Optician.
We are closing out our entire line of
Gorham’s Sterling silver ware. We
have on hand a complete line in the
two most up-to-date and artistic pat
terns. Don’t fail to take advantage of
the big sale in Gorham’s sterling sil
ver ware. Our stock is complete and
up-to-date. Closing out at cost. 391
Dr. Sigurd Svenson, a Swedish phy
sician, who was permitted to visit the
prison camps in Eastern Russia and
Siberia, as a representative of the
Swedish Red Cross society, recently
returned to New York, and in an in
terview, he gave the World the fol- j
lowing:
“Conditions throughout Russia are j
extremely bad. So many men have
been sent to the front that all indus
tries, even the railroads, are crippled.
Although there is an enormouse sur
J plus of food stuffs in certain sections
I of the vast empire, the population of
the large centers is starving.. Great
quantities of wheat are rotting in the
grain elevators of Odessa and in other
ports on the Black sea, while in Kisli
ineff, Ivieff and Charkow only a few
hundred miles away, the people can
get no flour and bread. The transpor
tation service is demoralized.
“This year’s Russian harvest was
| far below the average, but the gran
| aries are still fllled with the surplus
i from former years. There would be
no suffering if the government was
i not thoroughly incapable. Much of
the misery is caused by the fact that
certain dishonest high officials are si
lent partners of the food speculators
and prevent reforms from sheer avar
ice.
“The Russian people are sick and
tired of the war. This impression I
gained everywhere on my travels. In
| many places I found much unrest, and
j I know of at least two cases of serious
riots.
“The illiterate masses have only a
vague idea of the war situation, but
they realize something is going wrong
and want to know the trutfc. Although
the terrible Russian losses are kept se
cret by the government, they have be
come known in the most remote rural
districts through letters from the
front which occasionally escape the
censor. The government, through the
press, assures the people daily that
! the war is practically won and that
the central powers and their allies are
beaten, but the peasants and working
men cannot understand why they con
tinually have to furnish more and
more recruits if the enemy is defeated
and not capable of further resistance.
I talked with men and women in all
walks of life and they all expressed
fervent hope that the war come to an
end soon. This universal desire is the
cause of the bitter parliamentary bat
tles and the attacks on the govern
ment in the duma. The movement to
! end the war is growing steadily and
the aristocracy openly advocates a
separate peace.”
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MINERAL MEAT” IS
LATEST DISCOVERY
Science has been hurrying to the
j rescue. Along sanitary, military and
[mechanical lines, it has made marvel
ous progress of late years. In the
culinary field, however, it has always
I left much to be desired. But now
[.comes a Philadelphia chemist and of
fers mankind a mineral soup that is
pronounced fully as nutritious as the
I finest beef extract. He told the
Franklin institute how the substitute
is prepared, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
| It is a decidedly peculiar recipe and
■ one that might well make the ordin
ary cook book shudder. You take
portions of sodium phosphate and cal
cium carbonate and ammounium sul
phate, add a little sugar and a small
amount of yeast. These ingredients
are mixed and set away until reaction
by autolysis ensues, and a brown
sticky paste has all the nutritive
qualities of commercial beef extract
is produced.
According to the chemist it is the
yeast that transforms the inorganic
mineral into the pronounced organic
meat substitute. The yeast contains
fermentation agents called enzymes,
which are responsible for the altera
tion, and produce the food qualities
from the chemicals. There were
doubters about the table at the Frank
lin institute. They insisted upon tas
ting the “stone soup,” and pronounced
it good. They even declared that it
was fully equal in nutrition and ap
pearance to the market variety, and
each of the samplers pronounced the
odor remarkably beeflike.
Incidentally the chemist announced
that the cost of "stone soup,” he cal
led it synthetic meat, is less than that
from ox or sheep, which, of course
was to be expected.
However, it can be assumed that
even if the substitute is cheaper and
equally nutritious, it will be a long
time before it takes the place of
scrapple on the Philadelphia dinner
plate.
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THE GREAT BARGAINS WHICH WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING SINCE MON
DAY. THE GOODS WHICH HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC ARE ALL
STANDARD BRANDS AND STAPLE ARTICLES, AND THE RESULT HAS
BEEN THAT WE HAVE MOVED A GREAT QUANTITY OF MERCHANDISE.
INCLUDED IN THE STOCK NOW OFFERED AT GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES, ARE IMPORTED GOODS MANUFACTURED IN THE WAR ZONE IN
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PEOPLE OF ANCHORAGE NOW ARE OFFERED THESE GOODS AT PRICES
THE SAME AS OBTAINED BEFORE THE WAR.
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AMONG OTHER BARGAINS WE TODAY OFFER:
Navy Blue All-Wool Serge, 52 in.
wide, per yard .$1.45
White and Black Stripe Crepe, per
yard .25c
Galatea Cloth, Black, White yard 25c
Amoskeag Gingham, Blue and Pink
Lavender check and stripe, pci
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Ivory and Pink, per yard.$1.75
White Charmeuse Satin, 42 inches
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