VOL. 2. NO. 62.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12,1917.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
ALLIES PLAN GREAT
LONDON, Jan. 12.—The allied nations will not consider
peace terms at this time, primaiily for the reason that they rea
lize that the peace that they might secure at this time would
not be to their advantage and any other peace will not be con
sidered. “The allied nations want peace as well as the Teu
tonic nations,” said a high government official today, “but
they want to dictate the peace terms, and propose to do so.”
In all war fronts the allied nations ai'e preparing for gigantic
offensive movements against the enmy. These movements will
be greater than any heretofore undertaken. In harmony with
this plan, the Russians have begun their attacks on the Riga
front; the allied troops in the Tigris river sector have started
operations against the Turks; the French and British forces in
the west front are about to strike heavy blows; the Italians are
?,n the eve of advances against the Austrians; reinforcements
are being sent to the Macedonian front, to aid the allies at Sal
onika. The plan of the big campaign that has been agreed up
on by the allies is that all of these great offensive movements
shall be in operation at once.
ALLED ARMIES GAIN POSSESSION OF I
TURKISH TRENCHES 1B FUR,
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LONDON, Jan. 12.—Turkish trenches on a thousand yarIj
front, northeast of Kut El Amara in the Tigris river secto v
ha-»*e been ^>turc£*vy.» tbe allied-forces, accenting to an 'oi flWuH
report by the war office today. Many of the Turkish troops
were taken captive, but details of the battle that has waged
for weeks past are not given. The allies have begun a big of
fensive movement in this sector of the war zone and are aided
in their operations by good weather conditions, the winter hav
ing settled into cold and clear conditions.
ILK OUT
The worm has turned . Headed by
a modem Joan of Arc, whose blue
Res and yellow hair told of Viking
ancestors, who was followed by eight
co-workers and one lone young man,
the employees of the Pioneer laundry
struck for higher wages and shorter
hours this morning and the plant was
closed for the day. This is merely the
outcome of continued dissatisfaction
and trouble that has been brewing for
some time. The matter was recently
brought to the attention of the Alaska
Labor Union and a committee waited
on the management of the laundry but
failed to agree. The bone of conten
tion was in regard to an open or union
plant. The Times tried to get in com
munication with the management of
the laundry this morning, but were un
successful but it was ascertained that
they agreed to the resolutions as
adopted by the union with the above
exception.
The wage earners called at The
Times this morning and the leaderess
gave out the following information:
There are three classifications of
wages—weekly, 30 cents per hour and
35 cents per hour.
They demand an increase of 5 cents
per hour and the girls receiving a
weekly wage to be put on the 8-hour
basis. They further demand a work
ing day of 8 hours and allowed time
and one-half for overtime. In support
of their demands they claim that they
have frequently worked overtime and
(ii some cases several hours over the
iTfeted time without extra compensa
tTOn. Other grievances were men
tioned, but in fairness to the manage
ment of the laundry The Times will
HARRY TUI
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—Harry K.
Thaw, accused of the kidnaping of
the Gump youth of Kansas City and
confining him in a New York hotel,
was not arrested at the time of the
discovery of the young man's where
abouts. Thaw is in hiding and a
country-wide search is in progress by
officers of the law in quest of him.
The charge laid against Thaw is that
he is a moral pervert.
not publish without further verifica
tion.
Secretary Henry and Delegate Axel
Nelson accompanied the girls on the
return pilgrimage to the laundry
where the matter was gone into. The
party and management held several
meetings with Secretary Henry and
matter is in statu quo with the prob
abilities of speedy settlement. It is
not thought it will be necessary to call
a sympathetic strike.
Later—A fleet footed messenger
just reached The Times office with the
information that the strike was set
tled and the girls went back to work
'at 2 o’clock this afternoon, the man
agement acceding to their demands,
and peace and cleanliness reigns su
preme.
One remarkable feature in regard
to the trouble is the statement made
by the forewoman, Jennie Dahlstrom,
that the previous ruling of “No talk
ing or laughing would be permitted by
the girls during working hours, and
any offense would be punishable by
dismissal from the service,” was dis
carded. Lockjaw would be a more
certain remedy.
BUM SUBJECTS IS
LAUNCHED BY EH
LONDON, Jan. 12.—A nation-wide campaign has begun
for what is termed “The Victory Loan,” through which it is
sought to gather every dollar possible from British subjects
that they will loan to the government, for war purposes. The
campaign is directly under the auspices of Arthur Bonar Law,
chancellor of the exchequer in the Lloyd-George ministry, and
he has taken hold of the matter with unusual vigor.
Subscriptions to the loan, which was launched yesterday,
are pouring in from all parts of Great Britain, and the indica
tions are that it will prove a huge success, giving the govern
ment ample funds to finance the contemplated big offensive
movement planned by the Biitish apd their allies.
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BILLINGS
MAY ESCAPE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.—Mi
i oscqpic study of a print of a photo
'3-aph taken here during a prepared- 1
*<<■?■' parade, July 22 is counted upon
i iiatlish an alibi for Warren K.
fillings, under life sentence for mur
•^r Robert Minor, spokesman for the
International Workers’ Defense lea
gue, announced here.
Billings’ conviction was in connec
tion with a bomb explosion which kill- j
ed ten spectators and wou nded 40
during the parade.
According to Minor, a print of the
photograph now in possession of the
defense, shows Tom Mooney and Re
na Mooney, his wife, both under in
dictment for murder, on the roof of a
building, while a street clock shows
the time to be 2:01.
A witness in the Billings trial
swore that he saw Billings and Moon
ey at the scene of the explosion, many I
blocks away, at approximately that
time. According to Minor, if it can
be proved that Mooney was not
there, the presumption is that Bill
ings was not, Minor said.
VALDEZ,Jan. 12.—Otto Kanitz, be
ing held by the authorities at Valdez
for alleged complicity in the incen
diary fires that burned a large por
tion of the town recently, is known to
have taken out $7,000 insurance poli
cies on his properties, some of which
were destroyed. This seems to be
the most substantial evidence that has
thus far been secured against the sus
pect. It is the opinion of many Val- '
dez people that Kanitz Is not of sound
mind, and that if he is concerned in
the partial destruction of the town,
they think it due to mental aberra
tion. Several years ago, Kanitz had
a large income from a score of cribs
which he rented to women of the un
derworld. The town council moved
the restricted district to the outer
limits of Valdez, thus cutting off the
|>ig revenues of Kanitz. Since that
time, it is alleged he has had a per
sonal grievance aginst the town as a
whole, taking the matter as a person
al and premeditated injury to him.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—Two months
ago it was announced that the Ger
man submarine Bremen, sister ship
of the Deutschland, had sailed from
Bremerhaven on her maiden voyage
and would in due time arrive in New
London.
The-Bremen failed to reach an Am
erican port, and it was subsequently
reported she had been captured by
the British. Officials of the Eastern
Forwarding company denied this re
port and accounted for her non-ap
pearance by saying she had probably
been lost at sea.
It now is learned from an American
who has been in Berlin and has reli
able sourves of information that the
the commander of the Bremen, Cap
tain Schwartzkopf, was the only man
aboard when she sailed who knew that
her destination was to be an unknown
and uncharted island in the West In
dies instead of New London, Conn.
The Bremen, it is stated, proceeded
to an uninhabited island somewhere
between St. Croix and Barbadoes,
and with the cargo established a base
there to be used this winter by U
boats.
REAL ESTATE
ON THE MOVE.
Following the optimistic and au
thentic news recently published in
rhe Times relative to the future and
permanency of Anchorage the real
'state men report many additional
inquiries for city property and an
nounce several sales.
This is particularly true in refer
ence to government employees, many
jf whom are carefully looking into the
real estate situation. Among the re
ported sales is the one made by Cap
lin Weakes, through the agency of
;he Anchorage Realty company, yes
;erday. Captain Weakes told a rep
resentative of The Times yesterday
;hat he had great faith in the future
>f Anchorage and thought that city
property would materially enhance
n value with the starting of the vast
yovernment work early in the spring.
He said in regard to the deal just
;lpsett' that he was offered and re
fused an advance of $100.00 for the
property before the papers were sign
'd and delivered.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 12.—The Russian armies in the Riga
sector of the war zone have begun their big offensive movement
against the opposing German armies. While there lias been ar
tillery tire from the respective opposing lines of more or less
vigor throughout the winter, both armies were content to re
main in their fortified positons, without seeking advances. This
was chiefly due to fierce weather conditions. Now that the
winter weather has settled and the Russians have been enabled
to gain vast quantitis of munitions of war and large numbers
of reinforcements, the big offensive has begun in earnest. Two
days ago the Russian armies sallied forth from their trenches
and attacked the German lines and a fierce battle is raging
along the entire Riga front today. The Russians are making
substantial gains. In the sector in the region of Lake Babit,
west of Riga, the most notable gains were achieved, the Slavs
scoring an advance of over a mile and capturing German posi
tions between Tirul march and the river A. The foregoing is the
purport of the Russian official report on the Riga sector issued
by the war office today.
BILUNGSLEY HERS ENTER PLEAS
OF GUILTY ID WILL MAKE EXPOSE
SEATTLE, .Jan. 12.—Logan, Fred and Ora Billingsley to
day entered pleas of guilty to the charge of bpotlecging and
will go btdfifPthe federal grand jury’anu teil all they«now with
respect to bootlegging and graft conditions in Seattle. As a re
sult of the revelations made by the Billingsleys, it is now regard
ed as certain that indictments will be returned against Mayor
Hi (Jill, Chief of Police Beekingham and a score of police offi
cers. The confessions of the Billngslev brothers is awaited
with tlie keenest interest by the public. It is believed that a reign
of graft will lie revealed that surpasses those prevalent in all
other civic administrations in this city.
SEVERAL BETS
ARE PLACED
Three bets of $50.00 each were
made last night on the Martin-Jepson
wrestling match at the Recreation
Bowling alleys last night and Young
Viking is the stakeholder. The match
is creating more interest than any
sporting event ever pulled off in this
city and judging from present indica
tions the hall will be packed to wit
ness this match that will decide the
heavyweight eatch-as-catch-can wres
tling championship of the territory.
Both men have their supporters who
are showing every proof of their sin
cerity by backing their favorite fi
nancially. There has never been the
faintest hint of suspicion attached to
this match, nor should there be. The
people of Anchorage know Andy
Martin to be absolutely reliable and
on the square. In all of his appear
ances in athletic events in this city
he has always proven himself a true
blue sport and a gentleman. The
friends of Jepson speak equally as
well for him and should any detri
mental rumors arise they will come
from sore spots or pessimists and will
bear no weight nor have any influence
with the fans of this city.
In speaking of the match last night
Bob Peterson, who has met both men,
said that he did not care to express
»n opinion at this time as to the
winner but he did say “you can bet
four life it will be to the finish and
die people of Anchorage will have a
:hance to witness the match of their
ives.” Neither would Young Viking
express his preference. Both Martin
At the recent meeting of the An
chorage Kennel club it was decided
not to attempt to run the annual An
chorage sweepstakes and there was
not a great deal of enthusiasm dis
played by the few members present.
Recent developments in this sport,
however, have caused the matter to
be brought up again and the citizens
are displaying renewed interest in
the movement. Many of the most
prominent business men have signi
ged their willingness to financially aid
in the races and also express them
selves as being heartily in favor of
making the races an annual affair.
The new plan is to run the race from
here to Seward and return or as Colo
nel Revell suggests let Anchorage and
Seward put up an equal amount to
wards prizes and gamble to see which
town gets the finish. Sidney Ander
son will confer with the Seward en
thusiasts and advise what can be done
at that end of the race track. There
are several outside teams of reputa
tion which have quaranteed to enter
the races if the prizes are sufficient
to warrant them to make the trip.
and Jepson are in training and will
weigh in about the same. The ques
tion of a referee has not been decided
but will be announced later in The
Times.
Dan Karry, a Tanana Hot Springs
.mining operator, died recently in Se
attle. He was taken from the boat
at Seattle suffering from an attack of
pneumonia and died several days later.