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THE WEEKLY ALASKA CITIZEN
VOl.. \ III. _FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, MONDAY MORNING, NOVKMBKR 5, 1917._ NO. j;
GERMAN UNDERGROUND SYSTEM
DISCOVERED WHEN SUPPOSED
SPY IS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
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HI. FASO. Texas'. Nov t’ When
the seen; .-'•.•■\ie< agents of tie
I’niteJ States arrest* d Krnest I.o
hi-ndurff here tonight they unearthed
a mass of evidence which convinces
them that they have discovered *n
underground route by which infor
illation has been transmitted between
the l'n. -d States md Mexico and
trout ;h*-re to Germany through neu
tral channels.
For months the government has
been certain that there has been
on*' or more leaks along the horde:
through which information of mili
tary and strategic value was he.ng
conveyed to Germany by her agents
in the Fnited States. It was known
that valuable information was get
ting to Germany, and no other meth
od was thought to be possible
For this reason there has been a
large number of secret service ope
ratios stationed here and at other
bolder points, shadowing suspei" -
and quietly gathering loose ends of
;■ - which led them to arrest Fo
hendorff tonight It is believed that
i i.ntedi rates of the suspected spy art
.m|er surveillance by government
agents, and other arrests are expect
• d to follow immediately.
The evidence seized unearths a
most intricate system of espionage
. ml underground channels of com
nmnication. Several prominent nat
ural zed Germans are said to be ini
plicated in the plot. Fohendorft is
h sight to be the local agent
whom the information was passed
by other German agents and he in
turn passed it to other agents on
th Mexican side of the line
GERMANS MASSING GREAT
FORCES ALONG TREATING;
THREATEN ITALIAN FLANK
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UNDATED, Nov. 3. The summary
of today's operations along the Tag
liamento river in noitlp in i'aly
show- that General Cadorna's Hal.
an forces are standing on the Tag
l.amrntu line and have so far b**en
able to hold intact the north ana
s cjth front along the rivet in sp t
of several desperate attempts mad*
by the Teutonic invaders to force a
crossing.
It is now believed that tht Italians
will be able to hold their own against
the forces which now face them
across the Tagliamento. The chief
menace to Cadorna's position lies
in a threatened flanking thrust from
the Trentino front on the north.
The Austro-Germans are massing
enormous forces on this front, and
unless they are held in check may
succeed in tailing on the Italians'
flank with disastrous results.
PRESSURE ON LEFT
ROME, Nov. 3. Dispatches receiv
ed tonight front the Italian field head
quarters on the Tagliamento river
state that the Germans have madt
several desperate efforts to cross
to the right bank, but have been re
pulsed with heavy losses each time.
The artillery of both sides has been
busy all day along the entire from.
Late in the afternoon the Austro
Germans developed a heavy pressure
on the left wing of the Italian forc
es, which was beginning to be felt
by the Italians, but reinforcements
from the reserves being hurried to
the scene enabled them to throw
the invaders back.
200,000 PRISONERS
BERLIN, Nov. 3. Official. Ove:
200,000 Italian prisoners have been
taken in the Teutonic campaign on
tie* Italian front. The war offic*
announces that no fighting of im
portance took place in this seeto:
yesterday, although the Germans
got in touch and felt out the strength
! of the Italian positions on the iag
liamento river.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY, Nov. 3. With.
; he Italians holding the Teutons in
cheek on the Tagliamento lines, tin
present situation shows many reas
s uring features, but its continued
gravity is not to be underestimated.
The Teuton advance is being held
back west of the river.
The Italian cavalry is covering it
self with glory every day of tin
present campaign. Most of the cred
it for the safe withdrawal of tin
Italians belongs to this branch o.
the service.
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SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 3. At
meeting of the officials of the I; i- j
cific Coast league held here this
morning, Portland’s berth in the
league was awarded to Sacramento
for next year. The reason for En
action is the expense entailed by
such a long jump between towns
when Portland is included in the i
league. Realizing that next y eat
will be at least as hard a year on
baseball as the past season has been,
the magnates are working to econo
mzie in every way possible.
The Portland owners state that
they .will make an effort to pur
chase a franchise from some town
in the Northwestern league and re j
main there for at least one season
It is said that negotiations are al
ready under way for the transfer of!
a franchise to Portland.
Sam Hooth got in Olnes yesterday
with a dog team from Livengood, i
having come over in one and a half
days.
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An official communication was r<
ccivcrl here yesterday by Postmas •
Deal regarding the inquiry mum
some time ago about transportation
to the Outside for men who wis.,' i
to enlist. It reads:
"You are informed that the ad jo
tant general of llie army disapproved
furnishing transportation for appli
cants for enlistment U. S. army
from Alaska to Seattle, Wash."
Mr. Deal took this question uj>
with the head recruiting officer in
Seattle some time ago after futile
efforts to get the department at j
Washington to give the matter any
attention. The proposition was ;
looked upon with great favor by the :
officials in Seattle, -but when taken ]
up with the adjutant general it was j
refused.
This same matter was brought be- j
fore the governor by the local board
some time ago and refused consid
eration, so it seems to the post- l
master and war authorities that tic ■
men who want to enlist in the na
tional service will have to provide
their owrn transportation to the Out
Bide.
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WASHINGTON. I). C\, Nov. 1
rr ary of the Navy Daniels th
morning authorized the statin; :,t
sat the United States transport Fin
land was recently torpedoed while
returning to the United States from
a French port. The vessel was able
1 :' turn to a foreign port under
her own steam. It is not known
how seriously the boat is damaged,
and the report received by the navy
department failed to state whether
there were any casualties aboard.
The department states that the
Finland was under convoy at the
time of the attack and that neither
'he convoying ships nor the trans
port discovered the submarine that j
launched the torpedo. It is believed i
h t the boat crossed over the spot
where the enemy craft was lying in
wait and that it never came to the
top. The Finland is a converted
vessel, and is one of the largest 1
boats flying the American Flag. It
was in the trans-Atlantic passenger
trade before entering the transport
service.
Americans Richer
I han Ever Befor<
PER CAPITA CIRCULATION O
MONEY IN U. S. IS NOW
FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS
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WASHINGTON, I) < . No) 3
The treasury department today
issued a statement showing tiiat
the per capita of wealth, ot
money in circulation, in the Unit
ed States is now $t7.n3, which
is the highest figure ever re
corded. It exceeds last year's
per capita wealth by almost five
dollars.
There is also $371,000,000 more
gold in circulation in the coun
try than at this time last year,
this, too, despite the govern
nunt'.s efforts to withdraw gold
from circulation. The efforts to
gather a great part of this into
the United States' gold reserve
will be rivioubled from now until
\t year. The total money now
in circulation in the United
State.-, is $ 1.429.92S.3IS.
fAssociated Press)
LONDON, Nov. 3, The adiniraltv
announces today that a squadron o
British destroyers intercepted am
sunk two German war vessels ani
ten armed patrol craft in the Nor !
sea. The two war vessels destroyer
were the Crocodile, a new \ess
just completed by the Gentians carry
ins 1,000 tons, and the auxiliary
cruiser Marie of Flensbu, g. Thirty
members of the cruiser’s crew wen
killed in the engagement.
Dispatches received state that tIn
prisoners have been lauded, but
whether they were prisoners taken
from the raiders is not known..
COPENHAGEN CONFIRMS
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 3. British
destroyers yesterday sank the Croco
dile, a German commerce raider, and
five armed trawlers in Scandinavian
waters, according to the officers on
two Danish steamships who saw th<
Gentian vessels burn and later sink.
The Crocodile carried a crew of
100 men, whose fate is not known,
WOUNDED LANDED
ELSINORE, Denmark, Nov. 3. A
number of wounded sailors from I In
German auxiliary cruiser Marie of
Flensburg, which was sunk in the
North sea by the British destroyer
fleet were landed here today. B
is thought that they are part of the
crew of the raider.
(Associated Press 1
LANSING, Mich., Nov. IL Bearing
large banners with inscriptions read
ing "Death to all Traitors,” a group
of white robed figures last night
paraded througn the main streets
of this town escorting a tarred and
feathered figure which had a sign
hung on its neck saying "1 am a
pro-German.” The victim of the
mob’s wrath was Win. Sailer, ffity
six years old, and a well known
citizen of this city.
Sailer was taken from his home
by the group and given a mock trial
and convicted of being an active
pro-German both in actions and ut
terances. After his conviction he
was sentenced to a tar bath and an
application of feathers and paraded
through the town as an example of
what would happen to any other
German sympatihzers who might b‘
found here.
GELLERMAN IS
REPORTED ILL
Ernest Gellerman is very ill at his
home on First avenue, suffering
from a severe attack of la grippe,
which advices state is bordering on
pneumonia. Mr. Gellerman has been
confined to his bed for nearly a
week past, although his condition
was not learned by outsiders until
yesterday afternoon. Unless he is
much better today, his friends will
remove him to St. Joseph’s hospital.
Sam Sampson, of Brooks, arrived
in Fairbanks yesterday and will be
here for a few dayx.
BRITISH SHIPS
: ASSAULTED BY
ELECTRIC BOAT
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LONDON, Nov. 3. The British
war vessels patrolling the roast of
Belgium today were attacked by an
electrically controlled speedboat
j which they sank in a short engage
j Mient. None of the British vessel
j were damaged.
The appearance of the new type
: German vessel has caused con
-alei able -pecu'.Kon among naval > \
perts here, who are inclined to think
that Gerninay is experimenting with
a new class of war vessel with which
to try conclusions with the British
navy Reports say that the n -w
German dev: e developed great speed
Inn was unable to stand before the
fire of the British guns.
So far as is known this is the first
time a boat o' this type has evei
J been engaged in halt . and its non
success is thought t( prove that it
| is impracticable. It I is been known
j for some time that the Germans
| were engaged in building a strange
! war vessel, and this is thought ti.
be the result of their work
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BERKELEY', Cal., Nov. 3. Tin
University of Washington today went
down to defeat at the hands of tin
University of California foo:hah
team, the final score being 27 to o
The northern huskies fought hard,
but were unable to stop the at
tacks of the southerners. This i
the first time Washington lias lost
a game in ten ye .rs.
The result ut.i he game was
foregone conclusion in the minds o:
practically all sport dopesters, as
the Washington team is practically
a green one, not a single veteran
of the first line of defense of last
year’s champion team being 1. ft
over. Most of them are now in
training camps qualifying for com
missions in the national army.
On the other hand, California lias
at least eight men from its team
of last season, including llrooks and
Montgomery, two fast quarterbacks,
as well as several of the linesmen.
Coach Andy Smith, of California, de
clared that, while his team put up
a good game, there were several
weaknesses which had to be elimi
nated before his next game with
Washington, to be played November
| 27.
BB i IS
IN
Ben Bromberg, who fell down a
58-foot shaft on Twenty-mile creek
Wednesday night, was bro ight to St.
Joseph’s hospital yesterday afternoon
about 2 o’clock. Bromberg sustained
a crushed leg just above the ankle
and a few scratches about the body
which were of no consequence. He
was going down in the drift after
supper Wednesday evening to take !
out some steam points, but while
being lowered in a bucket the rope
broke, letting him fall for a dis
tance of 5S feet.
Because Bromberg was three days
without medical aid, the pain he was .
undergoing last night at the time i
of diagnosis was almost unbearable i
The accident occurred on Twenty
mile creek and the injured man had ■
to be brought twenty miles by dog ■
team and from there on into the 1
city in a car, which exposure was 1
only an addition to his suffering. s
He was reported as resting more
easily at the hospital late last night. <
Pioneers To Meet
Monday Night |
The first of the semi-monthly meet- j <
ings of Igloo No. 4, Pioneers of A1 t
aska will be held Monday evening t
at 8:30.
As is the custom, the winter sea
son will be opened with a well pre
pared program at ranged by the pro
(
gram committee, if ell plans ma
terialize, so it behooves all of the
oldtimers to be present.
American Picket
Boat Is Missing
TWELVE SAILORS LOST WHEN
BOAT FROM AMERICAN WAR
SHIP FOUNDERS AT SEA
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WASHINGTON. I) Nov. 3
The navy department tonight
announced that a picket boat
from the I'nited States battle
ship Michigan foundered in horn
w aters on Octobi r 30 Twelve
sailors were aboard the boat at
the time it is supposed to have
foundered and three bodies have
been recovered. Ol the other
nine bodies and the boat there
is not the slightest trace.
The department is at a loss
to understand the catastrophe,
and it is supposed that the boat
either was sunk by a heavy sea
or met with an accident which
was fatal to the entire crew
The boat was on patrol duty at
the time, and when it did not
return to its base a search was
made, which resulted in the find
ing of the three bodies. The ex
act location of the picket boat’s
patrol is not made public.
( Associated Preys)
LONDON, Nov 3. Alt') month?
of inactivity and preparation, the
British troops in southern Palestine
today renewed their offensive against
the Turks in an effort to clear the
east of the enemy troops. The at
tacks today were directed against
the Turkish lines defending the coast
city of Gaza, and the enemy wen
driven out of the first line of defens
ive trenches along a front of more
than 5,000 yards.
The British are closely investing
the city of Gaza, and its fall is ex
pected within a few days at the
most. The defenders are short in
food, and their artillery is poorly
supplied with ammunition. The Brit
ish troops have been reorganized and
filled up to their complete strength,
and a general success of the cam
paign in the far east is looked for.
This campaign was greatly set
back several months ago on ac
count of the disorganization of the
Russian armies co-operating with the
British, and the renewed offensive
is thought to indicate that the Brit
ish are now prepared to carry on
the campaign single-handed.
(Associated I'n ss)
UIO I)E JANEIRO, Nov. 3. Ac
cording to dispatches received to
night by the government, two lira
tilian steamships have been torpe- •
loed and sunk by German subma
rines in European waters. The
steamers were loaded with supplies
'or the allies. Two were killed and 1
'ifteen injured, according to the ad- t
• ices received. The ships were the
\cary and the Guarally. s
ST. MATTHEWS f
GIVES TO FUND:
I ^
The ladies of St. Matthew’s Guile 1 ,
lave unanimously voted to appropri I (
ite $50 from the funds received at
heir recent bazaar to the Fairbank: j
>ed fund to establish a bed in the
American hospital in France. There |
ire numbers of separate organiza- j
ions working for the bed benefits, |
i (1
tut no single one has made as large I j
,n appropriation as this so far. j j
The Guild ladies believed that be- j j
ause some Fairbanksans are now
.t the front that they may be direct h
:id to them in helping to raise the
led Fund. ..
From the manner in which per
on.il and collective contributions are
ominp in for the Bed Fund, it is
bought by the ladies in charge that .
he fund will be easily supplied.
Louis Endall Brekstron, of the ^
Coebsch mining company on Amy ^
reek, is in Fairbanks for a few ^
lays from the Tolovana. He is at- ^
ending to some mining business.
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SUBSCRIBE TO THE CITIZEN. C
WAR WILL COST AMERICA
EIGHTY BILLION DOLLARS,
DECLARES IOWA SENATOR
' A ssut In t Oil I 'I • -ss )
SAN FUANCISro, Non 3. In ;t
ringing speech here tonight calling
on his hearers to forget all other
things and place the welfare of th»
nation before anything else, Senator
Cummins, of Iowa, declared that it
is the duty of every American or
foreign horn person living in Ameri
ca to render the government all the
service possible, even at the great
‘■st of personal sacrifice. Dwelling
on Dip magnitude of the present
,-: niggle, the Iowan stated that at
careful estimate of the costs of
other nations in this war, and the!
cost which the I'niled States hast
already borne lias convinced not him
alone, but the leading economists o:
tho country, that it "ill take at
least three years to win and that
it "ill he* necessary for America to
spend IXO.OOO.OOO.OOt) in order to be
assured of a successful end,
"To expect and plan for an earl.'
end to this struggle would he fool
sill to the last degree," said Senator
Cummins. "There is nothing upon
which to build any such hope or ex
pectations Germany, by her pres
ent military successes in Russia and
Italy, is proving that she is not by
any means at the end of her re
sources either in men or mate Cals.
In spite of various reports of inter
nal trouble in Germany, there is not
much indication that the people u.
that country will willingly throw oft
the yoke of the Hohenzollerns at
any early date."
The senator declared that any per
son or group of persons who delib
erately placed their own person;-!
welfare above Ute safety of the na
tion at large lacks in patriotism and
is rendering Germany far ntoi ! i >
than ail the German spies in t!
country are able to do. ' Then -s
only one course left for an Ameri
can under the present i ireumstanc
es," he concluded, "and that is to
coo »-very ounce of hi support,
moral, physical and financial, to his
government."
NO ACTION IS YET TAKEN
BY GOVERNMENT REGARDING
CONTROL OF PHONE SYSTEM
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WASHINGTON, I) Non 3.
Hie government ollicials are nun
communicative regarding the possi
bility of the government taking over
ihe Pacific diviison of the Bell tele
ihune system, tile Pacific Telegraph
tnd Telephone company, which i
tow practically tied up with labor
roubles. The recommendation of
■Vderal Mediator Heed that the gu\
■rumen! assume control of all the
'ompany’s plants is being given eon
^deration by the government, but no
tction has been taken yet.
Frank ,1. McNulty, president of tie
r.ternational Association of Elect ri
■al Workers, this morning teh
traphed the striking workers, both
■lectricians and operators, to return
o work immediately pending a set
lenient by mediation. Ilis action
s believed to be an indication that
ome means of adjustment will be
'cached within a few hours.
DISREGARD ORDERS
SEATTLE, Nov. 3. The telephone
trikors throughout the northwest
“l'n cities have so far rejected all
•ppeals of federal mediators and tile
lositive orders of their own ollicials
n San Francisco and Washington
o return to work, and declare that
they will remain out unt.I the gov
i .'iiirent takes over the Systran or
the company agrees to recognize
their union anti meet all demands.
This stand is taken by the locals
of Seattle, Portland and Tacoma.
The service is more demoralized to
day than any day since the strike
began, and it is becoming difficult to
find operators to handle even the
important long distance connections.
FRISCO STRIKERS COMPLY.
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal.. Nov. 3. -
In compliance with instructions re
ceived from their union leaders, the
striking members of the Internation
al As -oeiation of Electrical Workers
today returned to their old positions
with the Pacific Telegraph and Tele
phone! company, pending a final set
tlement either by mediation or by
the government taking charge of all
the company’s plants.
No word has yet been received
from Washington regarding possible
action on Federal Mediator Reed's
recommendation that the government
assume control of the operation of
the plants, ana admitting his failure
to effect an amicable settlement of
the strikes.
Harry Karstens left Fairbanks
'hursday morning to try for the
econd time to make a trip through
3 Nenana with a car. He arrived
:iere yesterday at 3:30 P. M„ wiring
ack timt tlie road was very rough.
About two weeks ago Mr. Kar
tells started out to make the trip,
iking with him three passengers
nd going by way of Happy; but he
rceeeded in getting a puncture and
roke the car down completely and
ventually had to let the passen
its come back to town and lie
iter brought the car back on the
■ain. After repairs were made he ^
arted out again, this time by way
' Ester and Alder, and got through
1 right.
Mr. Karstens will probably be able
> arrange a schedule for his trips
i soon as he returns from Nenana.
e says he will have a regular run
om this city to the railroad town
lis winter if he has to dig out
rery niggerhead in the trail and
ml snow to fill in with.
The car will leave Nenana for
airbanks some time this morning
id a schedule will probably appear
ion after his arrival.
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TEMPERATURE O
Readings at McIntosh & Ku- O
boil’s Drug Store O1
At 7:00 A. M.—24" below zero O
At 7:00 P. M.—18" below zero O
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George Coleman, who has been on
an extended business trip in the
Tolovana district, arrived in Fair
banks yesterday, having come over
tin' trail on horseback.
Mail for l.ivenguod (Tuiovun.;
flit) will leave Wednesdays at
A. M and arrive here Mondays :.l <j
1’. M.
m CONE FOR
THREE MONTHS
Last August a man well known
around Chatanika, by the name of
lijerstrom, left that place with six
dogs for a hunting trip over in the
Beaver creek country and has not
been heard of since. Two men who
have been up on Poker creek and
returned to Chatanika yesterday af
ternoon reported that they had seen
three dogs in that district which
they were sure belonged to the
missing man. Because he wras so
widely known to be exceptionally
fond of his dogs and would do al
most anything to keep them from
suffering or being hurt, it was given
more thought, as the dogs were ul!
in very poor condition. One dog, it
is said, was almost exhausted, as if
he had been fighting. The facts of
the case, more than these, are not
known, but friends of the missing
man are beginning to worry about
him, for, not having heard a word
of him since his departure and the
facts in connection with the dogs,
would appear to point to trouble of
some kind.
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at THE CITIZEN.