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VOL.2. NO. 21.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, THURSDAV, NOVEMBER 23, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
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BERLIN, Nov. 23.—The Austro-German invasion of Rou
mania is proceeding unchecked, says an official announcement
issued today by the German war office. While the Roumanian
ti’oops are offering resistance, the Austro-German troops are
constantly advancing, driving the enemy before them.
GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 23.—Von Jagow, German minister
for foreign affairs, has resigned, according to dispatches from
Berlin, received here today. The reason assigned in the resig
nation is the continued ill health of the foreign minister.
r ~ MEATLESS DAYS IN FARIS.
PARIS, Nov. 23.—The French cabinet has decided on the
advisability of making two meatless days a week in Paris.
Thursdays and Fridays are the days selected. The shortage
of meat, due to the war, is the cause of the action.
HOSPITAL SHIP IS SUNK.
* LONDON, Nov. 23.—The British hospital ship Brittanie, the
biggest vessel afloat assigned to this duty, was sunk by an en
emy submarine in the Aegean sea yesterday, according to ad
vices received here today. Fifty patients were drowned, 28
were injured and 1,100 were saved.
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SAYS HE WAS TREATED INCIVILLY.
**> AMSTERDAM, Nov. 23.—D. I. Murphy, American con
sul-general at Sofia, Bulgaria, who arrived here last night, says
he was treated with scant consideration and courtesy while
traveling through Germany.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—Chairman Fitzgerald, of the
house committee on appropriations, announced today that he
favored placing an embargo on the exportation of food stuffs
from the United States and that, he proposed to prepare a bill
covering the subject and seek to have its enactment at the com
**ing session of congress. Fitzgerald said the chief reason that
impelled him to favor the embargo is, that it is the most ef
fective weapon in our possession in our controversy with Great
Britain over her unwarranted, outrageous and indefensible
blacklist of American merchants.
GIBSON CITY, 111., Nov. 23.—Four
bandits, coming here in an automo
bile, passed four hours in Gibson City
yesterday, shooting up the town and
looting banks and jewelry stores.
The bandits cut the telegraph wires
^ipon arrival, so that the troops, at
the military post near here, could not
be notified of what was going on.
The bold burglars then set about ter^
rorizing the citizens and engaging in
the work of loot. Dynamite was em
ployed to open the vault in the bank
and this job was left until the last.
In the meantime, citizens got armed
and a regular pitched battle ensued,
the citizens pouring a fusillade of
shots in the direction of the bandits.
^'Onjttf them was hit in the arm. It
too warm for the bendits,
who jumped into their auto and speed
ed away. They left a trail of coin
•om the bank to their machine.
Through the courtesy of Jack Stine,
of the local telegraph and telephone
office, The Times is permitted to pub
lish the followingf concerning steam
er movements and other news of inter
est along the trail.
S. S. Alameda—Left Juneau 9 p. m.
22nd; due Seward about the 26th.
, S. S. Northwestern—Sails from Se
attle the 26th; due Seward Dec. 3rd.
S. S. Mariposa—Due to leave Seat
tle Dec.| 1st; due Seward about Dec.
i 8th.
S. S. Evans'—Leaves Seattle the
24th; goes ,to Kodiak; should go south
from Seward about Dec. 4th.
U. S. mail left Seward this morning
and should reach Anchorage Saturday
evening.
Twenty-mile river bridge at Mile 65,
Seward division, should be ready for
trains to pass over Saturday, the 25th.
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SALMON PACK THIS YEAR GREATEST
IN THE HISTORY OF THE TERRITORY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 23.—United States
Commissioner of Fisheries Smith said> today tjjat a pre
liminary compilation of .the salmon pack in Alaska for
the year 1916 indicates that it aggregates a total of 4,
700,000 cases, the greatest pack in the history of the
territory.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 23.—The Adamson eight-hour
law, passed just before the close of the last session of congress,
was declared unconstitutional by Judge William C. Hook, in
the United States district court, here, in a decision rendered
yesterday. An appeal will immediately be taken to the United
States supreme court, in order to get a decision from that tri
bunal before January 1, the date that the law, under the terms
of its enactment by congress, was to become effective.
* The Adamson law was attacked by the combined railway
companies, who declared it unconstitutional. The decision is
a great victory for them, so far as it goes, but the final result
will not be known until the United States supreme court acts
on the appeal.
TO SUCCEED
JUNEAU, Nov.2 3.—Attomey-Gen
eral-elect George B. Grigsby will be
come general counsel for the Terri
tory of Alaska December 1, relieving
Territorial Counsel J. H. Cobb, re
signed. Governor J. F. A. Strong has
received word from Mr. Grigsby say
ing that he would accept the appoint
ment.
Territorial Counsel J. H. Cobb ten
dered his resignation to Governor
Strong last week. Immediately Gov
ernor Strong telegraphed to George B.
Grigsby, tendering him the appoint
ment, with the result as stated.
Governor Strong accepted the resig
nation of Mr. Cobb today.
“The appointment of Mr. Grigsby is
the result o+‘ his election and approval
by the people of the territory,” said
Governor Strong.
Mr. Grigsby left Nome for Seattle
on the Victoria. He expects to meet
his family at Seattle, and leave al
most immediately for Juneau. It is
his present purpose to reach Juneau
about November 26th.
NE,W YORK, Nov. 23.—Col. Roose
velt has been elected honorary presi
dent of -the League of Neutral Na
tions, at a meeting of the league, in
session here.
(Juneau Empire)
The vote’ of Alaska at the election
last week tells an edifying tale of
the progress of the territory during
the last two years. There has been
an increase of approximately 40 per
cent in the total vote cast. When the
returns are all in it will probably be
discovered that the total vote of the
territory was nearly or quite 14,000.
This great increase has been most
ly in the First and Third divisions.
The First division, until recently the
smallest in the territory, and two
years ago the second in size, has
become the first. The Third division,
formerly the third in size, has be
come the second, and the Fourth,
which led at all elections before the
present, is now the third in size
though it actually has increased. The
Second, which was the second in size,
during its palmy days, is now, as two
years ago, the fourth.
The First division cast almost 5,000
votes last week, and at that the vote
was more than 1,000 short of the
possibilities. The vote on Gastineau
channel was considerably over 2,500,
and it was more than 500 short of its
full quota.
There were more than 100 First
division voters out of the territory
whose voting place is Gastineau chan
nel that were on the Sulzer lists alone.
The population of Alaska is grow
ing at a rapid rate, and Gastineau
channel is by a long distance the
leading center of population in the
territory.
William Fosha, the master mechan
is at Latouche, is visiting in Seward.
This is the first time he has been off
the island in four years.
VIENNA, Nov. 23.—Charles Francis, a nephew of Em
peror Francis Joseph, the late ruler of Austria-Hungary, has
been proclaimed emperor of the dual monarchy, in succession
to the departed monarch. .The death of Emperor Francis Jo
seph caused deep grief in Vienna, as the general public was not
aware of the serious nature of his illness. The new emperor
has been in Vienna some, time since, called from the front by
the serious illness of his uncle. He formerly was in command
of the Austrian troops operating against the Russians in the
Carpathian mountains.
LAKEWOOD, N. J., Nov. 23.—Immediately on hearing the
official returns from the state of California, Judge Hughes, re
publican candidate for president, wired his congratulations to
President Wilson upon his re-election.
WALL STREET PAYS DAGERS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—The Wall street betting commis
sioners began paying election bets last night. It is figured
that more wagers were laid on the recent presidential election
than in any previous election. The democrats are jubilant
over their winnings.
OFFICIAL COUNT COMPLETE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.—The official returns in Cali
fornia give Wilson a lead of 3,807 over Hughes, the republican
candidate, and insures the re-election of the president beyond
all doubt.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—The
navy department has ordered the
headquarters of the Pacific Coast re
serve fleet, composed of sixteen war
ships, transferred from Mare Island,
California, to Bremerton, Washington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—The
tentative navy . yard appropriation
bill contains an item of six hundred
and fifty thousaand dollars for the
construction of increased equipment
for the Bremerton, Washington, navy
yard.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—The United
States Steel Corporation announces
that it will make a ten per cent in
crease in the wage scale of the two
hundred thousand employees of that
concern, which will take effect Decem
ber 15.
ELLENSBURG, Wash., Nov. 23.—
Richard Garrison, the 15-year-old son
of Roy Garrison, the chairmaan of the
democratitc state committee, was acci
dentally and fatally shot yesterday by
George McCumber, a 14-year-old play
mate.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.—A
tabulation of the .official returns from
' 66 counties in California and unoffi
cial returns from the remaining two
counties give President Wilson a plu
rality of 3484 votes over Hughes.
NOME, Nov. 23.—(Special to The
Times.)—The Kiana precinct in the
Kobuk region, gave Wickersham 32
and Sulzer 8, in the delegate election.
Marshall City, Point Barrow and two
other small precincts remain to be
heard from. NOME NUGGETT.