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AnrljaraijT Batin
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VOL. 2. NO. 18.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
PARIS, Nov. 20.—The French troops captured the city of
Monastir fi’om the German-Bulgarian troops at an early hour
this morning, says an official French communique. The cap
ture of this city is regarded as one of the most important
achievements of the war, in the circumstances.
ADMITS EVACUATION OF MONASTIR.
BERLIN, Nov. 20.—(By wireless to Savville)—The Serb
ian city of Monastir was evacuated during the night by the
German and Bulgarian soldiers, who retired to the north,
\\ere new defensive positions are being taken.
FALL OF MONASTIR IMMINENT.
LONTX>^ j *, M).—The fall of the Serbian city of Mon
astir, long in the possession of the Bulgarian troops, is immi
nent, according to advices received by the British war office
today. French, Serbian and Russian troops entirely surround
the city and its capitulation is hourly expected. Most of the
Bulgarian troops evacuated the city before the arrival of the
allied forces, but a fort of Bulgarian soldiers remains to of
fer defense.
ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 20.—Vice-Admiral Fournet, com
mander of the Anglo-French fleet in the Mediterranean sea,
lias presented to the Greek government a note which demands
the surrender to the entente powers of the Greek army, that re
mains loyal and all arms and munitions of war. The note was
presented Saturday and a reply was demanded by today.
TIDAL WAVE DESTROYS VESSELS.
V PARIS, Nov. 20.—A great storm, followed by a tidal wave
of huge proportions, visited the coast of France, from Mar
seilles to Corinth, yesterday. Many German vessels, interned
at Marseilles since the war began, were dashed on the beach
and wrecked. Many cabins on the water front at Marseilles
and at Corinth were destroyed by the waves.
BRITISH MAKE FURTHER GAINS.
LONDON, Nov. 20.—The British troops have made fur
ther advances against the German positons in the region north
east of Beaumont and Ham|l and northward from Beaucourt,
according to the report of'General Haig, commander of the
British forces in France, received by the war office today.
SEVEN VESSELS DESTROYED.
LONDON, Nov. 20.—Lloyd’s today reports the loss of
seven vessels yesterday, through the agency'of Anemy subma
rines. The steamers that were sunk flew tile British, Norwe
gian and Italian flags.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. —Four
hundred country-wide labor leaders,
headed by Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
called on President Wilson Saturday
oon and thanked him for his ef
in behalf of the world of labor,
e president made an appropriate
response. The labor leaders are at
tending the annual convention of the
* American Federation of Labor, in ses
sion at Baltimore.
SOLDIER OF
GUTHRIE, Okla., Nov. 20.—Gen
eral J.'C. Jamison, a noted veteran of
the Civil war, serving in the Confed
erate army, and widely known as a
soldier of fortune, participating in in
surrections in Nicaragua and Hon
duras, died here yesterday, at the ad
vanced age of 97 years. He was a
newspaper man by profession, and
when not fighting, engaged in this vo
cation.
BERLIN, Nov. 20.—A movement for peace negotiations
is about to assume definite shape in the form of a cal] from
the various neutral governments to the belligerent nations,
asking them to send delegates to a peace conference sought to
be held in the near future. Several European neutrals are in
touch with the United States government with respect to the
peace proposal and the various belligerent nations have been
sounded on the proposition for a conference with this object
in view.
This is the purport of a report that comes to Berlin from
the Swiss frontier today. The report was featured by the great
German newspaper, Koelnische Zeitung.
APPROACHING DECISIVE STAGE.
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BERLIN. Nov. 20.—That the war is approaching a decis
ive stage and that the decision will rest on the result of the
campaign in Transylvania and Rouniania, is the viewpoint on
war situation in the German capital.
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PRESIDENT’S PATIENCE ABOUT EXHAUSTED.
LONDON, Nov. 20.—A dispatch via wireless to the Lon
don Press, coming from Berne, Switzerland, and touching on
the relations between the United States and Germany, received
this morning, says:
“Within the past few days the German government has
received a plain verbal warning that President Wilson’s pati
ence is on the verge of exhaustion.”
OF HILLSTROM
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—Six hundred
parchment packages, labeled “Ashes
of Joseph Hillstrom, shot for murder
by Utah,” are being distributed among
the six hundred delegates attending
the annual convention of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, which be
gan its session here yesterday. The
ashes were brought in an urn from
Utah, by the direction of William
Haywood, organizer of the Industrial
Workers. It is the plan to send the
labeled packets to all parts of the
world, where memorial meetings, to
honor Hillstrom, will be held.
FOUND GUILTY
PORT ANGELES, Nov. 20.—The
jury returned a verdict of guilty Sat
urday night in the case of the state
versus David Richards, who was
charged with blackmailing. The com
plaint alleged that Richards wrote a
sensational story about the life of D.
E. Thompson, of Lincoln, Nebraska,
formerly United States ambassador to
Brazil, alleging that he had ruined sev
eral women and swindled many people
in financial matters. He demanded
$25,000 from Thompson, the failure to
receive which would result in the pub
lication of the story. Thompson turn
ed the proposal over to the authorities
and a charge of blackmail was laid
against Richards.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Ad
dressing a delegation composed of
four hundred prominent labor leaders
from all parts of the country, Satur
day afternoon, President Wilson said,
in part:
“The worst thing that could happen
to America would be that she should
be divided into groups and camps in
which there were men and women who
thought that they were at odds with
one another; that the spirit of America
was not expressed except in them,
and that' possibilities of antagonism
were the only things that we had to
look forward to.”
The president made a strong plea,
urging the wiping out of all class dis
tinctions in the United States. He
urged the labor leaders, by reason of
their powerful influence, to aid in this
great work.
DIRECT VOTE
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 20.—United
States Senator Geo. E. Chamberlain
announced, previous to his departure
for Washington this morning, that at
the coming session of congress he will
introduce a resolution calling for an
amendment to the federal constitution
providing for the election of the presi
dent of the United States by the direct
vote of the people, in lieu of the pres
ent system which provides for an elec
toral college, each stat^ having a spec
ified number of electors in the college.
KL PASO, Nov. 20.—A Chinese refugee, who reached here
yesterday from interior Mexico, reports that bandits under
General \ ilia have murdered all of the foreign residents in
.the district of Parral. He declared he had been employed as
cook in a mining cam]) and made his escape when the bandits
arrived there. For days he has been traveling afoot, in hiding
throughout daylight and walking while darkness prevailed.
AMERICAN KILLED IN MEXICO.
FL PASO, Nov. 20.—An unidentified American was killed
when the bandit forces under General Villa took the town of
diminez, in Mexico. Four Americans were seen under a guard
of bandits at Parral during Villa’s occupation of that town,
according to reports received here from federal agents operat
ing in Mexico.
ACCIDENT TO DEUTSCHLAND.
NEW LONDON, Nov. 20.—An investigation under the
auspices of the federal marine inspection board brought out
the fact that the Deutschland accident was due to the swift
current, which carried the escort tugboat T. A. Scott, Jr., off
its course and across the bow of the submarine. It was found
that three of the plates of the submarine were badly stove in
l and will have to be replaced.
Referring to the loss of the captain and four members of
| the crew of the tugboat, Captain Koenig, of the Deutschland,
said: “It’s a.ternble thing to lose those good men. I feel it
deeply.” f i-.y*
SUM IN LEW. SAYS
DEPORT FROM VALDEZ
The following information concerning the result in the re
cent election was received by a local citizen from Valdez. It
purports to contain the latest news received at Valdez with re
spect to the result:
Sfulzer, 6,135; Wickersham, 5,984. Sulzer’s lead, 151 votes.
For senator from the Third division, John Ronan is lead
ing his nearest competitor, George Dooley, by 155 votes.
For representative, Cannon, Day, Price and Holland are
in the lead, with Murray 40 votes behind Holland.
For road overseer, Ed. Wood is 45 votes ahead of Thomas
Jeter, his nearest opponent.
BERKELEY, Cal., Nov. 20.—By a
score of 18 to 3, the University of
Washington football team defeated
the’ University of California team in
the game here Saturday afternoon. A
vast'throng witnessed the contest,
which was spirited. The Washington
team won the game by better general
ship and team play.
BINGHAMl’TON, N..Y., Nor. 20.
Miss Ruth Law, in a Curds* biplane
shattered the American long-distar.ee
record for a single flight by accom
plishing the aerial journey from Chi
cago to Hornell, New York a distancf
of 660 miles, withouc stopping on the
trip. She arrive! at her destinatior
yesterday and v’as greet ad by the en
tire populace of Hornell.
THREE KILLED
IN AUTO DACE
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Nov. 20.—
Lewis Jackson, his mechanician, John
i Candia, and a woman spectator, were
killed and two other spectators re
ceived fatal injuries, as a result of
Jackson’s Marmon car hitting a pole
in the thirteenth lap of the Grand Prix
auto race here Saturday afternoon.
The disastrous accident marred the
racing event, which was won by Resta,
the Italian driver.
CONTRACTS LET
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j WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The
contract for eight destroyers were
awarded today by the navy depart
ment to the Fore River Shipbuilding
Corporation of Quincy, Massachusetts,
and six destroyers to the Union Iron
Works of San Francisco, California.
Extra gang No. 1, composed of 60
men, were laid off Saturday.