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AND COOK INLET PIONEER
VOL. 2. NO. 34.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1910.
PRICE TEN CENTS
BERLIN, Dec. 8.—The Roumanians are retreating along
the whole front, says an official report issued by the German
war office today. The war office announces that the Teutons
have captured a Roumanian camp containing 9,000 soldiers
and are in possession of the railway line between Kronstadt
and Ploechti. The Teuton troops entered the Russian po
sitions at a point west of Lutsk, in Volhynia, says the official
report from the Galician front. Five Russian attacks to re
41 gain the lost positions, says the report, were repulsed by the
Teuton forces.
TEUTONS ENTER BUCHAREST.
BERLIN, Dec. 8.—(By wireless to Sayville)—The Teuton
{jj^uies under General von Mackensen marched into the city of
Bucharest yesterday afternoon and assumed control of civic
matters. <
EMPEROR CONGRATULATES MACKENSEN.
AMSTERDAM, be 8. V dispatch from Berlin says that
4 Emperor Wilhelm ’ G a* , has sent a message wamly con
gratulating General \wi Mackensen, and his valiant troops in
the capture of Bucharest, the Roumanian capital. The mes
sage of the kaiser says that it pleases him “to see the downfall
of - the.treacherous enemy, that was the Ja§t one to appear in
arms against us.” ' “ ' . "
FRENCH GUNBOAT DESTROYED.
LONDON, Dec. 8.—The French gunboat Surprise was
^ sunk by a German submarine at Funchal, Madeira, according to
belated advices fgowyed in London today. The entire eivw.
, composed of 84 m#u, JJefiflheu ^-nen the gunboat was destroyed.
TWO STEAMERS SUNK.
LONDON, Dec. 8.-—The steamers Kangaroo and Dacia
have been sunk by enemy submarines. Details of the sinking
of the steamers are lacking but it is known that several foreign
ers, presumably some Americans, were killed when the ships
were lost.
GRAND DUCHESS PASSES ON.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 8.—A telegram from Neust-Relitz,
Germany, announces the death yesterday of the dowager grand
duchess Augusta Caroline of Mecklenburg Strelitz. The grand
duchess had reached the advanced age of 94 years and was
hal^and hearty until the last, passing peacefully away at her
beautiful palace at Neust-Relitz. She was the great aunt of
King George of Great Britain.
BULGARS CLAIM VICTORY.
f BERLIN, Dec. 8.—(By wireless to Sayville)—The Bulgar
ian troops on the Macedonian front succeeded yesterday in
driving out the Sei’bian forces who had entered Bulgarian po
sitions east of Cerna, says a report issued by the German war
office today.
ALLIES CLAIM SUCCESS.
PARIS, Dec. 8.—Further progress was made yesterday on
the Macedonian front by the Franco-Serbian forces against the
opposing Bulgarian troops, says an official French commu
nique today.
EXPLOSION IN MUNITIONS FACTORY.
LONDON, Dec. 8.—Twenty-six women: wei*e killed oxit
light and 30 seriously wounded by an explosion that occurred
in a munition factory located on the outskirts of London yes
terday. The women were employed in the factory in lieu'of
men. The cause of the explosion is not knowxxl’ i I
'MOM AW
LAW FORMING CABINET
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LONDON, Dec. 8.—Premier Lloyd-George and Andrew
Donar Law are forming a new ministry which they declare
will assure the people a glorious victory in the world war.
of the names of the new members of the British cabinet
h^j been revealed as yet and the public is anxiously awaiting
the* announcement of the selections. The people, as a whole,
welcome the change and feel that the war will be waged more
m Capably under the direction of Lloyd-George.
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SECRETARY LANE, IN ANNUAL
IT, FEATURES ALASKA
URGES RAPID DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The possibilities of
Alaska, both commercial and agricultural, form a feat
ure of the annual report to congress of Secretary of the
Interior Lane, made public today. In his report the
secretary declared that Alaska has added over a half
billion dollars to the national wealth within the past
20 years. He urged efforts in the direction of home
building and the increase in the permanent population
of the northern territory; recommended the construc
tion of more wagon roads and trails, and the develop
ment of all the resources of Alaska as rapidly as pos
sible, compatible wtih the interests of the people. The
report tells of the progress on the great Alaska railway
project and says the work is progressing in a most sat
isfactory manner.
THE ALEXANDER BILE
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SEATTLE, Dec. 8.—Before departing for Juneau to as
sume his official duties last night, Attorney-General George B.
Grigsby, who has been appointed to fill the unexpired term of
Cobb, and who has been elected for the ensuing term, said:
“The Alexander fisheries bill pending in the congress, must
be defeated, if Alaska’s development is to go on unhindered.
If this bill passes, it will take out of the hands of Alaskans ev
ery vestige of territorial control of the great fishing industry
of the territory and rob the United States of a quarter of a
million dollars annually.”
ONE MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER
WOUNDED IN CAMP NEAR SEWARD
J. F. Gay, who returned from Sew
ard yesterday, brings the authentic
report of a double killing that hap
pened Thanksgiving day 12 miles
from Seward on the government rail
road. According to Mr. Gay’s account
of the tragedy a man by the name
of Stokes, a tie contractor, ran amuck
early Thanksgiving day morning,
killing one man (name unknown) by
shooting him-in the back and motally
wounding another unknown man. The
wounded man is in a very precarious
condition, and Dr. Romig, the attend
ing physician, said the wound would
unquestionably prove fatal.
Up to the time Gay left Seward the
, wounded man was still alive and gave
' out what 'is believed to be his dying
statement to the. authorities. Quoting
Gay, he said, "‘Stokes accosted him
saying ‘You have my gloves.’ The
man denied the charge and turned
around, starting for the tie camp
when Stokes shot him in the back with
a 30-30 Winchester rifle. The bullet
entered at the left of the back bone
and came out in front, making a great
hole and tearing away the lower part
of the liver. Both men were taken
to Seward by the train crew and a
hunt immediately started by Ike Ev
ans for Stokes, who later gave him
self up to his friends. In making his
statement the wounded man said that
Stokes was no doubt crazy and that
he had observed a peculiar look in his
eyes and he had the appearance of a
crazed man. It was learned by Gay
that Stokes, who is a tie contractor
with two established camps, was la
boring under the hallucination that
someone had been stealing his sup
plies and pilfering the camp and that
the tragedy was the result of this
fact preying on his mind.
The Times did not receive any ad
vice of the killing from its Seward
correspondent but will publish a de
tailed account of the affair upon the
arrival of the Seward papers.
Gay is returning from a trip he re
cently took to Seward on the barge
Lawrence in charge of the whiskey
confiscated by the government at
Point Campbell several months ago.
LONE BANDIT HOLDS ..
UP WELLS FARGO WAGON
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8.—While
scores of people looked on, a lone ban
dit held up the Wells Fargo Express
company’s wagon here yesterday noon,
threw pepper in the eyes of Guard
Herman Rosenblum, seized twenty
thousand dollars in gold and currency
and made good his escape.
BANK ACCOUNTANT
ARRESTED FOR STEALING
SEATTLE, Dec. 8.—Walter Neil
sen, an accountant employed in the
State Bank of Seattle, is short in his
accounts to the amountof three thous
and dollars. Warrant charging him
with embezzlement was issued this
forenoon and his arrest followed.
SENATOR FUNG
FEMES ON M
IN HOME COUNTRY
NOME, Dec. 8.—Former Territorial Senator Conrad Freed
ing', ot tlie Second division of Alaska, is supposed to have per
ished on the trail leading from the Kougarok hot springs to
Taylor creek. He departed from the hot springs on the morn
ing of Thanksgiving day, intending to mush afoot to his re
cently established store at the mouth of Taylor creek, leaving
his wife at the springs because of the exceedingly cold weather
prevailing. When he left tin* springs the thermometer regis
tered 40 degrees below zero. There are no stopping places be
tween the springs and Taylor creek, a distance of 12 miles.
Since the time of his departure, Freeding has not been seen and
i it is taken for granted that he perished from the cold. Twenty
j men are out searching for him but so far as heard from in
Nome, he has not been found. Conrad, after the session of the
first legislature of which he was a member, went to Seattle and
took over a hotel business. He soon tired of life on the outside
and returned to the Nome country last season; He took a large
stock of goods to Taylor creek and had established a store at
that point, for the benefit of the miners of the Kougarok conn
try. He was one of the best known and most highly esteemed
men in this part of Alaska and his numerous friehds are shoek
ed over the sad fate that probably has befallen him.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Secretary of the Treasury Me
adoo’s annual report shows that there will be a surplus at the
end of the current fiscal year of $115,000,000, but at the end of
the fiscal year in 1918 there will be a deficit of $185,000,000.
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PEOPLE CONFER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Nation
wide leaders in temperance and prohi
bition organizations are gathered here
today for a series of conferences, to
I plan for co-operation in the big fight
that will be waged for nation-wide pro
hibition and the preparation of bills
that will be presented to congress for
passage at this session to make the
District of Columbia a dry territory
and to bar liquor advertisements
from the United States mails. The
prohibition people are highly enthused
over the attitude of William Jennings
Bryan, who has promised to aid their
campaign.
OPPOSED TO
EXPORTATION
SEATTLE, Dec. 8.—The Central
Labor Council has adopted a resolu
tion calling upon congress to stop the
further exportation of foodstuffs, due
to the present high cost of living in
the United States.
SEEKING LOINS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—The of
ficials of the farm loan board announc
ed today that five thousand fanners
have applied for mortgage loans, ag
gregating fifteen million dollars.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.—William
Jennings Bryan appeared before the
joint congressional committee investi
gating the transportation problem yes
terday afternoon and opposed the cen
tralization of power in the hands of
the federal government in connection
with the railway' systems. His oppo
sition was called forth by the sugges
tion for federal incorporation and the
proposal to lessen the power of state
railway commissions and lodging
greater power in the hands of the in
terstate commerce commission.
LOSE TRACE
BOTHELL, Wash., Dec. 8.—The
bandits- that held up the State bank
-at Bothell Wednesday aftei^ioon made
their escape through the woods back
of the town and there is small likeli
hood of their capture. Their faces
were masked and they cannot be iden
tified. They were traced as far as
Lake Ballinger, where they stopped
and divided the loot. All trace was
lost at this point.
GOLD RECEIPTS
LOOM CANADA
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—The aggre
gate gold receipts of New York banks
and trust companies, received from
Canada yesterday, reacehd a total of
eleven million dollars.