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VOL. 2. NO. 14.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1916.
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LONDON,' Nov. 15.—The armies of the allied powers won
three important victories on three fronts in yesterday’s en
gagements. Probably the most important is that achieved by
General Haig, commander of the British forces, in his surprise
attack on the German positions on the Ancre river, which re
sulted in the capture of some 4,000 prisoners and the taking
of strongly fortified positions long- held by the enemy. Next in
importance is that achieved by the Russian general, Sakharoff,
who commanded the Russian-Roumanian armies operating
against Mack6nsen’s Teuton army in Dobrudja. Less details
are available about the victory gained by the French general,
Sarrail, on the Cerna front in the region of Salonika.
f HAIG’S GREAT VICTORY.
LONDON, Nov. 15.—The British army under the com
mand of General Haig, taking the opposing German forces by
surprise, delivered powerful attacks on a front five miles wide
on both sides of the Ancre river, in northern France, gaining
possession of positions held by the enemy for the past two
years and which the latter considered impregnable. The at
tack began at midnight Monday, and was executed with a bril
liancy that has not been excelled since the world war began.
Along a five-mile front, on both, sides of the Ancre river, the
' British troops advanced in unison, and nearly gained the cov
eted positions before the Germans were aware of the attack.
The Germans poured forth a hot artillery fire, but the British
troops kept on moving forward and gained the objective ad
vance points. The villages of Beaumont. Hamel and St. Pierre
fell into British hands, and nearly 4,000 German prisoners were
taken captive, and the British are in pursuit of the remainder
of the German troops on this front. On the north side of the
Ancre river, where are located the. villages of Beaumont and
Hamel, positions of extraordinary strength have been gained,
equalling Thiepval in the extent and security of the dugouts
made by the enemy.
GERMANS ADMIT LOSS OF POSITIONS.
BERLIN, Nov. 15.—(By wireless to Savville)—The Ger
man war office today announced the fall of the villages of
Beaumont, Hamel and St. Pierre to the British forces. “Our
stubborn resistance caused us important losses,” says the of
ficial report.
REINFORCEMENTS ENTER DOBRUDJA.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 15.—Russian reinforcements in large
numbers have crossed the Danube river into Dobrudja, at a
point south of Cerna voda, to augment General Sakha roll’s
troops, composed of Russians and Roumanians, and which are
-delivering a series of attacks against the Teuton forces under
general Mackensen. General Sakharoff is directing his atten
tion toward the recapture of Cemavoda, the railway center, to
gain control of the railway line. The Russian fleets have re
newed their bombardment of Constanza, the Roumanian sea
port which was recently taken by the Teutons. The fall of
this important seaport is hourly expected.
FIGHTING IN ROUMANIA.
BUCHAREST, Nov. 15.—In an all-day battle between
Roumanian and Teuton troops in the region of Drago, south of
the Transylvania border, the Roumanians maintained their
positions on the south bank of the river Alt. However, says
tlie official report, the Roumanians were compelled to yield
some ground to the enemy.
ROUMANIANS CAPTURE HEIGHTS.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 15.—The Austro-German forces di
rected a violent assault on the Roumanian positoris in the re
gion of Camenlung Monday. After being pushed backward by
the Teutons, to the region of the Oitus valley, the Roumanians
i attacked the Teutons from the north and south to Ivenoling
and captured a series of heights held by the enemy.
GERMAN WARSHIPS SUNK.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 15.—An official statement issued to
day says that the majority of the German vessels that took
part in the bombardment in the Gulf of Finland Friday last
were sunk by the Russian fleet. The German warships that
took part in the engagement were .’16-knot torpedo boats. The
: number engaged was not.announced.
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RELATIONS ARE STRAINED.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 15.—The relations between Norway
| and Germany are daily becoming more strained, growing out
of the submarine question. Norway has denied the use.of its
ports to German submarines and a war has been made on Nor
wegian .commerce.
SAYS COLUMBIAN WAS WARNED.
CORUNNA, Spain, Nov. 15.—Captain Frederick Curtis,
commander of the American steamer Columbian, who arrived
here yesterday Avitli the rescued crew, declared that he was
held a prisoner on board the German submarine IT-49 for six
days after the destruction of his vessel by the underset craft.
Curtis says the steamer was warned before it was sunk and
members of the crew, 104 in all, were rescued.
SHIP SUNK WITHOUT WARNING.
LONDON. Noa’. 15.—Paul R. Danner, the only American
aboard the British steamship Arabia, which was destroyed by
a German submarine, says the A’essel was sunk without warn
ing. Danner gave this information to the British consul at
Malta, where he landed. He is a graduate of Harvard college.
SAM HUGHES RESIGNS BY REQUEST.
OTTAWA, Nov. 15.—General Sam Hughes, minister of
Militia for Canada, lias tendered his resignation, at the request
of Premier Borden.
FEDERATION
IS IN SESSION
BALTIMORE, Nov. 15.—The Amer
ican Federation of Labor opened its
annual convention in this city yester
day. The convention is attended by
delegates from every state in the
union. It is probable that the pres
ent set of officers will be re-elected,
as there is no apparent opposition.
President Gompers, Secretary Morri
son and Treasurer Lennon submitted
their annual reports today.
DOREiSiS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Con
gressman Doremus, of the democratic
congressional campaign committee,
. declared today that the political com
j/tiAexion of the next house of represen
'J^atives was still a matter of doubt.
Chairman Wood, of the republican
congressional committee, claims the
’ house will be republican by a slight
majority..
STEFANSSON TO
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.—Ex
plorer Stefansson does not intend to
leave the Arctic regions until 1918,
when he will depart via Hudson Bay
and Greenland. This is the informa
tion brought down by Captain Peder
son, of the power schooner Herman,
which has just arrived from Stefan
sson’s chief base at Banks Land, in
the Arctic ocean. The explorer is
getting along in fine shape, says Ped
erson, and has ample food supplies. He
lives the life of the Eskimo of the
Arctic and enjoys good health. Stef
ansson will gain a fund of scientific
knowledge on his lengthy trip of ex
ploration, says the skipper.
KOBE, Japan, Nov. 16.—An ex
plosion which completely destroyed a
Japanese submarine occurred yester
day in the harbor at Kobe. Two mem
bers of the crew, all that were aboard
at the time, were killed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—“The
Minnesota Indians voted solidly for
the re-election of President Wilson and
that is what made the state’s vote so
close,” said Gus H. Beaulieu, an In
dian who lives on the White Earth
reservation in Minnesota, today. Con
tinuing, Beaulieu said, “Mrs. Wilson
is a direct descendant of Pocahontas
and we wanted to keep our cousin in
the White House for four years more.”
ififns
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Edwin
F. Sweet, assistant secretary of com
merce, who resigned to run for gover
nor of Michigan and met defeat at the
recent election, turned up in Washing
ton yesterday and wanted his job
back, on the theory that he had been a
martyr to the democratic cause in a
rock-ribbed republican state. Secre
tary Redfield, to whom he applied for
re-instatement, sent him to see the
president. It is probable that Sweet
will be re-appointed.
SEATTLE, Nov. 15.—Thirty-nine
pupils of the Moran private school at
Rolling Bay, East Sound, had a nar
row escape from burning to death,
when a fire broke out while the pupils
were asleep late last night and de
stroyed two of the school buildings.
All escaped from the burning struc
tures, but they narrowly evaded a
shocking death. The pupils at the
Moran private school are the children
of some of the most prominent and
wealthy residents of Seattle.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 15.—
Hughes' plurality over Wilson in Min
nesota is 155 votes, with 500 soldier
votes on the border to hear from, ac
cording to returns from all the pre
cincts in the state. •. It is. figured that
Hughes will gain a substantial ma
jority of the soldier vote.
SEWARD, Nov. 15.—(Special to The Times)—-Forty-one
regular soldiers, from Fort Seward, are en route to Anchorage
on the steamer Mariposa, due there Friday afternoon.
Inquiry at the general office of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission developed the fact that Commissioner Mears knew
nothing of the arrival of the troops until last evening, when
the commissioner received a message from Chairman Edes.
informing him that a eompar^ _ from Fort Seward
were en route here. They wil ftwg '■ . ie old build
ings, formerly used by tbe comnr. C probable that
it is the preliminary step in the esta ’ ' of a regular mil
itary post at this point. There wj some agitation
along this line last season and the Chamber of Commerce1 took
some action in tbe matter looking to the change from Lisoum (■>
Anchorage. It was pointed out at the time that Anchorage was
the logical point for a military post, in that the troops could
employ the railway line in tin* matter of transportation, if the
occasion should arise. Certainly, there is nothing in the nature
of trouble, either present or in prospect, that would call for
troops for any specific duty at this point, and hence it is figured
that it is merely the preliminary step in the removal of the mil
itary post from Fort Liscum to Anchorage, in harmony with
the policy of having the military post at the most advantage
ous point, from the standpoint of transportation. Fort Lis
cum was established on Valdez bay because of the military
road leading from Valdez to the interior. Tbe building of the
trunk line railway system from Anchorage to the interior coun
try naturally changes the situation, giving the advantage in
the matter of quick transportation to this point as against Val
dez.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Accord
ing to the statement of officials who
are close to the president, he will fol
low the same policy in the second
term as that was followed during
his past administration, save possibly
in a revision of the tariff, if the facts
gathered by the non-partisan tariff
commission justify a change, at the
end of the world war.
BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 15.—Wide
spread election frauds are being
charged because of the fact that the
vote in the recent presidential election
exceeded the vote in the state election
two years ago by some 35,000 votes.
The democratic party gained the vic
tory in the recent election, Wilson car
rying the state by a substantial plu
rality over Hughes. The fraud charges
are coming mostly from the republi
can party managers, who don’t under
stand the increased vote.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.—The
few changes so far in the official
count in progress throughout Califor
nia are in favor of President Wilson,
Sd it is regarded as a certainty that
i official returns will not lessen his
plurality, which will reach at least
3,500 votes.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. — The
administration leaders announced to
day that the senate, upon the con
vening of congress, would appoint a
special committee to make a search
ing investigation into the expenditure
of campaign funds in the recent pres
idential election. The democrats al
lege that the republican campaign
committee employed vast sums in an
illegal manner in an effort to gain
votes.
Invites an Investigation.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—“The re
publican national committee will wel
come the fullest investigation of ev
ery penny expended by it,” said Chair
man Willcox, when informed of the
proposed senate probe into the mat
ter. “We have nothing to fear from
such an inquiry,” he declared.
70 HELD AS
SEATTLE, Nov. 15. — Seventy
members of the Industrial Workers of
the World are being held in custody
in the Seattle jail, charged with ac
cessories to the murders for which 42
members of the labor organization are
being tried at Everett.
OESULTINTHE
JUNEAU, Nov. 15.—The total dele
gate vote in the First division gives
Wickersham 1,863 votes and, Sulzer
2,330. DISPATCH.