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VOL. 2. NO. 45.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The sensation of the day in
Washington is the official announcement that President Wil
son has addressed a similar note to all the belligerent nations,
urging an early cessation of hostilities. The text of this note
is as follows:
“The president suggests that an early occasion be sought
j^call out from all the nations now at war such an avowal of
their respective views as to terms upon which the war might
be concluded and arrangements which would be deemed satis
factory as a guarantee against a renewal or rekindling of any
similar conflict in the futur t> would make it possible frankly
to compare them. He is indifferent as to the means taken to
accomplish this end. He would be happy himself to serve or
even take the initiative in its accomplishment in any way that
might prove acceptable, but he has no desire to determine the
method or instrumentality. One way will be as acceptable to
him as another, if only the great object he has in mind may be
attained.” * ♦ *
The note bears the signature of Secretary of State Lansing,
who is acting in behalf of the president.
LANSING MAKES STATEMENT.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Secretary of State Lansing, in
a statement today with respect to President Wilson’s note
sounding the belligerents in the matter of peace, declared that
the move was made because the situation for neutrals is becom
ing increasingly critical and that the United States itself was
being drawn nearer to the verge of war.
^ AMBASSADORS CALL ON LANSING.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The British, Italian, German,
Turkish, Japanese, Bulgarian and Persian ambassadors to the
United States called upon Secretary of State Lansing today,
presumably to discuss the president’s note on peace. The am
bassadors were received in the order of their arrival at the state
department and each was closeted with the secretary for from
15 to 30 minutes.
LONDON, Dec. 21.—Premier Llovd-George’s speech in!
The house of commons, in reply to the Teutonic proposal forj
peace negotiations, meets with a chorus of approval in the Brit
ish press. The general comment is that if the Teutons really
want peace, they will state the terns. The Manchester Guard
ian says “ Premier'Lloyd-George has not shut the door on
peoce with that resounding clang for which some of his less
balanced supporters in the press have been listening.”
GERMANS THINK ALLIES BLUFFING.
BRRLIN, Dec. 21.—(By wireless to Sayvilie)—German
^wspapers and German citizens generally regard the speeches
>Jf the statesmen of Great Britain, Russia and France, with re
spect to the Teuton proposal for peace^ as mere bluffs, to im- j
press Berlin with the entente allies’ determination.
ROUMANIANS BY THE
PETROGRAD, Dec. 21.—Many thousands of Roumanian
citizens have abandoned their homes and property and are
fleeing from the invading Teutonic forces into Odessa, Kivo
ther and other southern Russian cities. Refugees are arriving
daily in these cities from various parts of stricken Roumania.
Many of the i-efugees have lost all their earthly possessions and
are in sore distress for the necessities of life. The inhabitants
of the cities in southern Russia are doing their utmost to re
lieve the suffering. The refugees bring reports that the invad
ing armies are laying waste their home country, confiscating
all the available food supplies, clothing, etc., and destroying
what is not wanted by them. Towns and villages are being
burned. Once thriving and highly prosperous communities are
no\v but scenes of desolation and ruin.
JUAREZ, Dec. 21.—Many of the Villista troops were kill
cel iii battle with the de facto government troops at a point
southwest of Chihuahua City several days ago, according to
reports of home guards who have reached Juarez. Seventeen
of the bandit army, taken captive by the Carranzistas, were
*euted by the- home guards. Among those summarily shot
was General Deudelio Uribe, one of Villa’s chief aides, and one
of the most cruel of flies outlaw band.
SEATTLE, Dec. 21.—The Canadian
survey boat Stadia was wrecked on
an island in Queen Charlotte sound,
being driven on the reef by a terrific
storm. Four members of the crew,
that had been on the wreck for a
week, were taken ■ off yesterday by
the steamer Humboldt, en route from
Seattle to Skagway. One of the res
cued crew is very ill, due to priva
tion and exposure. The remainder of
the crew is lost. The vessel will prove
a total loss.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 21.—One
coal miner was killed and eight others
were badly injured as a result of a
panic, following an explosion of a gas
pocket in a coal mine here yesterday.
BURBANK JOINS
THE BENEDICTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.—Lu
ther Burbank, the agricultural wizard,
and Miss Elizabeth Waters, were
quietly married here last night. The
bride was Burbank’s private secretary.
ROBBERY THE MOTIVE.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 21.—Arthur
S. Sims, a wealthy oil man of this city,
was killed at his home here last night.
His skull was crushed and his back
broken. Robbery was the undoubted
motive. There is no clue as to the
perpetrators of the shocking killing.
WILSON GALLS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Presi
dent Wilson surprised everyone in
Washington yesterday when he left
the white house, unattended, and went
to the Sixteenth street home of Unit
ed States Senator John Sharp Will
iams, of Mississippi, one of the demo
cratic leaders in the upper house. He
entered the Williams home at 9 o’clock
in the forenoon and remained an hour.
The purpose of the visit was not re
vealed.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 21.—John
Miller Murphy, founder and for 52
years editor and manager of the
Olympia Standard, died at his home
in Olympia last night, following a
prolonged illness. He had reached an
advanced age.
STDClUNGE
IS IN II FLURRY
NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Extreme
weakness, bordering upon demoraliz
ation, marked the opening dealings on
the stock exchange today. War shares j
broke from to 2 to 11 points in ten i
minutes. The situation is strengthen- j
ing as the day advances. The presi- j
dent’s note to the belligerents is as
signed as the cause of the flurry.
The Seward and outside mail is due
to arrive in Anchorage late tonight.
LONDON, Dec. 21.—Premier Lloyd-George’s program con
templates a general mobilization of the labor of Great Britain,
to be applied in war or in vital industries necessary to the
proper conduct ol the war, as well as for the prime needs of the
country itself. The premier indicates that he will first attempt
a volunteer plan for the mobilization of the laboring classes, for
the purposes suggested, and if the volunteer plan should fail,
he will ask the parliament to give the government compulsory
powers to enforce mobilization and place the laboring classes
at the call of the government.
ANOTHER TO BE PASSED
Nh\\ ^ORIv, Dec. 21.—If the Adamson eight-hour law
should be held to be unconstitutional by the United States su
preme court, it is the intention of President Wilson to draft
another bill that will meet the objections raised by the. high
court, and which will insure railway workers eight hours a
day. In an address here last night, Grand Chief Stone, of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, said: “President Wil
son intends to see that we get an eight-hour day; you railway
workers may rest assured on that point. The president is sin
cere in this matter.”
GERMANY SINCERE IN PEACE OFFER.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—On the authority of one who is
close to the German embassy in Washington, it is learned that
Germany and her allies are prepared to lay before the entente
allies terms of peace which will be more or less definite. Ger
man diplomats will not, however, at this time, make a public
statement with respect to the details of the Teutonic peace
terms.
MADE WHOLESALE SEIZURE OF MAIL.
BERLIN, Dec. 21.—(By wireless to Sayville)—From De
cember, 1915, to September, 191(5, the British and French naval
authorities have seized 24.200 bags of German mail matter.
Sixteen thousand eight hundred mail bags seized by the en
emy contained letters that were en route to Germany from for
eign countries. The Overseas News Agency is responsible for
this statement.
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK WITHOUT WARNING.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The American consul at Malta
advises the state department today that the British steamer
[Trula, with six Americans on board, was torpedoed and sunk
without warning recently, by a Teuton submarine. None of tin*
Americans were lost, says the consul.
WHAT ABOUT IRELAND?
BOSTON, Dec. 21.—The executive council of the Friends
of Irish Freedom, in a meeting held here yesterday evening,
adopted a resolution calling for an official statement from Ger
many regarding its intention toward Ireland, in the event peace
negotiations are undertaken.
BIG ORDER FOR MACHINE GUNS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—The war department today
placed an order for machine guns for the army that will cost
five million dollars. This order will soon he followed by anoth
er for four and a half million dollars’ worth of similar guns.
AGAIN OFFERING RESISTANCE.
BERLIN, Dec. 21.—(By wireless to Sayville)—An official
announcement by the German war office today states that the
hostile forces, after retreating to the northern part of Dobrud
ja, are again offering resistance to the Teutonic forces.
CHASED BY GERMAN RAIDER.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Chased for six hours at sea by a
German raider, the White Star liner Adriatic escaped by
changing its course several times, and reached port last night.