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NO. 17.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
BERLIN, Nov. 18.—(By wireless to Sayville)—Tlie Rou
manians have suffered further crushing defeats at the hands
of the Teutonic forces, under General von Falkenhayn, which
are now invading Roumanian territory, says an official report
issued by the war office today. The Teuton forces have taken
21,000 prisoners of war and have captured from the enemy a
dozen machine guns. They have captured the mountain peaks
on the Moldavian frontier, in Roumania, east of Aedzivasar
liely; have penetrated Roumanian positions in the Trebeal re
gion and have scored advances south of Rothenthrum pass.
p. ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT PROGRESSES.
~ ( PETROGRAD, Nov. 18.—The Russian war office today
reports that the Russians are engaged in an artillery bombard
ment all along the Russian front in the region north of Cliel
vov. The Russians are using shells feliarged with chemicals
and successfully bombarded the Teuton positions on the On
narayuvka river, soutliea ' ' ~ °mberg. The German counter
attacks were beaten back, says the report.
RUSSIAN ATTACKS REPULSED.
BERLIN, Nov. 18.—(By wireless to Sayville)—Vicious at
tacks by the Russian troops on the German lines southeast of
Riga, on the Russian front, were repulsed, with heavy losses
to the enemy, says an official report issued today by the Ger
man war office.
BERLIN, Nov. 18.—(By .wireless to Sayville)—The Brit
ish troops were repulsed by the German forces in heavy hand
grenade fighting on the front from Mallv to Zerre and also in
the fighting yesterday southeast of Beaumont, says a German
official report today.
MARCHING ON MONASTIR.
PARIS, Nov. 18.—The French and Russian troops on the
Macedonian front are now within four miles of the Serbian city
of Monastir, in close pursuit of the retreating Bulgarian forces.
In engagements between the opposing forces, the allied forces
have gained repeated victories, the Bulgarians being unable
to stop the advancing allied army.
jQ WAR WILL LAST ANOTHER YEAR.
' NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Frederick Palmer, the noted war
correspondent, arrived here today, coming directly from the
British front in northern France. Palmer declared" the war
would last at last another year and predicted that the allies
would eventually win.
p RUSSIANS ROUT THE TURKS.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 18.—The war office today announces
that the Russian troops operating in Persia administered a
crushing defeat on an army of Turks, under the command of
Sultan Abad. The report says the Turks, when the tide of
battle turned against them, fled in wild disorder.
j ADMIT RETREAT BEFORE SERBIANS.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Nov. 18.—The Bulgarian war office to
day admits that the Bulgarian-German tKQPps'in the Cerna
zone were forced to retreat before terrifijb )g^|aults against
them by Serbian troops under the command of the French
general, Serrail.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 18—By a
unanimous vote, the delegates attend
ing the annual convention of the
jfcerican Federation of Labor declar
against that provision of President
Wilson’s legislative programme mak
ing illegal any railroad strike or walk
,r out prior to an investigation, by the
government, of the merits of the case.
ONE FIRM MAY
GAIN CONTRACT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—The in
dications are that the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company will receive
the contract for the construction of the
four super-dreadnaughts to be built by
the United States navy department.
The bids have not been let, but the ten
der of this firm is considered Hie* low
est and best.
ZEPPELINS M CITY
00 MIEN DAMAGE
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. IS.—A Swedish newspaper,
Afton Tidningen, today publishes a sensational story of a Zep
pelin raid that occurred several days ago on the Russian city
of Archangel, in which great destruction was wrought by the
aerial monsters. The attack appears to have been centered on
the Russian barracks located at the entrance of the harbor.
Two of the barracks buildings were Lit by bombs and were
burned to the ground, consuming vast stores of munitions of
war. Several other large buildings were destroyed. The Rus
sian ammunition steamship Archangel, which was moored to
the dock, was hit by bombs that caused an explosion on the
ship. As a result of the explosion, 150 persons Were killed out
right and 050 were wounded, more or less seriously. The Zep
pelins escaped without loss.
DELEGATE ELECTION
E
WICKERSH1
V^JThe delegate election is a mighty close contest and it will
require the complete returns to determine the result. On the
face of the returns so far received, Delgate Wickersliam is 131
votes ahead of Mr. Sulzer. The latest reports give Sulzer a
lead of 21 votes in the Fourth division, which is the home of
the delegate, and which in all former elections gave Wicker
sham a big plurality. The Koyukuk and a few.small precincts
remain to be heard from in that division.
It begins to appear that it will require the official count to
determine the result. The hoard that will canvass the election
returns will be composed of the governor, the surveyor-general
and the collector of customs, in previous canvasses made by
the election board, the vote of many election precincts was
thrown out because of irregularities and it is possible that such
will be the case in this instance.
The vote, so far as known here, stands as follows:
Wickersliam
First division .. 1,863
Second division . 1,380
Third division . 1,814
Fourth division ...*.. 1,571
Sulzer
2,330
978
1,597
1,592
Totals . 6,628'
6,497
Wickersliam’s Lead ... 131
SULZER AHEAD IN FOURTH DIVISION.
FAIRBANKS, Nov. 18.—(Special to The Times)—Addi
tional returns in the delegate election in the Fourth division
gave Wickersliam 1,571 votes and Sulzer 1,592. The Koyukuk
precinct is the principal one that is yet to come. CITIZEN.
PENDERGAST
REACHES END
OKANOGAN, Wash., Nov. 18.—E.
K. Pendergast, a prominent resident
of Okanogan, passed away last night.
He had become insane a few days pre
vious to his demise and at the time of
his death had been summoned to ap
pear before the court on an insanity
charge.
DISSOLUTION
PARTNERSHIP
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 18. — In
opening the annual convention of the
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
here yesterday, Mrs. Anna Gordon,
the president, declared that the part
nership existing between the United
States government and the liquor in
terests must be dissolved.
RESTA WINS THE
SANTA MONICA, Nov. 18.—Resta,
the Italian, won the eleventh Vander
bilt cup race, accomplishing the
course, two hundred and ninety-four
miles, in the remarkable time of three
hours and twenty-two minutes. This
daring Italian driver has won every
recent auto race of importance in this
country.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Presi
dent Wilson today issued his Thanks
giving proclamation. November 30th
is the date set for this occasion of
festivity and rejoicing.
TUGBOAT ESCORT IN
COIU FIVE LOST
NM\ LONDON, Nov. 18.—The German submarine freight
er Deutschland’s dash to the ocean yesterday afternoon ended
in a collision between the super-submersible and the tugboat
that had beerf employed to escort it to the entrance of the har
bor. ('aptain Guemey and four members of the crew of the
tugboat were drowned by the collision and the tugboat was
badly damaged. rl he Deutschland has returned here and will
be sun eyed immediately. There is no apparent damage to the.
big undersea craft, but a rigid inspection will be made before
it again sets out across the ocean. In departing for Bremen.
Germany, yesterday, the Deutschland smashed into a pier and
broke it down.
The Deutschland has a cargo valued at two million dol
lars. It consists of rubber, zinc, copper, nickel and other
metals.
SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—Major Patton,
late editor of the Hoquiam Washing
tonian, departed this morning, en
route to Los Angeles, where he will
write pioneer trail articles for General
Otis, of the Los Angeles Times.
ID BE SOUGHT
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—In order to
extend American commercial interests |
in foreign countries, an international ;
corporation has been formed, to work
in conjunction with the International
Mercantile Marine Company, the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company and W.
R. Grace & Co. The international
corporation has purchased the mas
sive plant of the New York Shipbuild
ing Company.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Six
thousand militiamen, now on duty on
the border, have been ordered to re
turn to their respective homes in the
various states, their services being no
longer required at the front. The
militia companies that will return are
from South Carolina, New York, In
diana, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—Lieutenant [
Colonel William H. Hart has been ap- i
pointed United States army quarter-;
master in Seattle, relieving Major;
Ruhlen, who has been assigned to duty
elsewhere.
ROOSlLTTO
VISIT THE FIJIS
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Col. Roose
velt will depart in February on a trip
I to the Fiji islands, where he proposes
to make extended explorations.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Col. Roose
velt, in addressing the American
Academy of Arts and Letters last
night, decried servile copying of for
eign nations and advocated a real ex
pression of American national spirit
in the arts in this country. He char
acterized nations that are not willing
to fight for a just cause as ignoble na
tions, unworthy of the respect of man
kind.
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Nov. 18.—
Harold Lynn Lovelace, the eleventh of
twelve brothers, who has been on trial
for the past two weeks on the charge
of murdering Prof. F. T. Hamill, was
acquitted by the jury that reached a
verdict last night. The young man
will be sent to an industrial school, as
he is wild and irresponsible.
FOULPUT
IS SUSPECTED
SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—Dolly Howard,
a government white slave witness
against Tex Vernon and Mrs. Vernon
of Aberdeen, Washington, was found
unconscious on the sidewalk at a late
hour last night. The police authori
ties believe that she was thrown out
of a third story window of a room
ing house. She will recover, but is
not able to tell the story of what oc
curred.
THE PBESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—Ten
thousand people from Virginia, Mary
land and Washington City, gave Presi
dent Wilson a celebration last night,
in honor of his re-election. A pro
cession was formed and the enthusi
astic friends of the chief executive
marched through the streets of Wash
ington, singing, shouting and giving
vent to their joy at Wilson’s continued
tenure of the president’s office. Presi
dent Wilson and Mrs. Wilson viewed
the procession, as it wended its way
from Pennsylvania avenue to the
northern portico of the White House.
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