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THE WEEKLY ALASKA CITIZEN
VOL. yin. FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, MONDAY MORNING, NOYF.MBFR 26, llM7 NO. 40
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WHEN BOMB EXPLODES IN A
MILWAUKEE POLICE STATION
(Associated Press)
MIPW APK.PP, \\ is., Xov. 24.—Ten are known to
be dead, se\eral more are missing, and a number are in
mred, a.- a result ol the explosion ol a bomb in the central
police station here tonight. The authorities are uncertain
whether the explosion was the result oi a well planned
scheme or ximpK an accident. 1 iley are inclined to believe
that it was accidental.
Pari) t; ix evening an unknown Italian brought the
bomb into the xtation and claimed to have found it in the
basement oi a large Catholic church in the Italian district.
The bomb was placed on a table in the main room of the
station while the Italian was being questioned by a lieuten
ant oi detectives. W hile this was being done several other
detectivex came into the room, and one oi them picked up
tile bomb, which exploded in his hand.
4 he entire lower floor was shattered, and it is believed
that many prisoners were killed, as they were directly under
the room where the explosion occurred. 1 housands oi peo
ple heard the explosion and flocked to the scene. Among
me known dead are lour detectives, two patrolmen and one
unidentified woman.
The detecti\e who was holding the bomb at the time
of the explosion and his companion were blown practically
to pieces, and their features were unrecognizable. The
bomb was verv litghlv explosive, and its force was terrific.
LATER REPORT
MILW'AL'KPP, W'is., Xov. 24.—A count of the per
sons in the main room ol the central police station, where
the bomb explosion occurred earl} this evening reveals that
seven detectives, two policemen and one woman are dead.
The work of removing the wreckage of the lower floor is
progressing rapidK. It can soon be determined whether
am oi the prisoners are dead. Several others are still miss
ing, among whom ix the Italian who brought the bomb into
the station.__ __
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VICTORIA. Ii. C., Nov. 21. Tie
British Columbia Salvage company
has been notified that the Spoitaic
is not in serious danger, and unh e
a storm should suddenly ur so, r
will be floated within two da.\~.
Tugs are already on the scene.
The Vancouver Dredging company,
acting under instructions from he
Pacific Steamship company, rushed
salvage tugs with wrecking gtar ti
the scene as quickly as pussib!
These tugs found the v> ssel hate
aground and taking water badly, i\
the injury to the ship can be . a .1;.
repaired in a short time. The res
cue work is progressing favorably
Cleorge Jestal, the Ciena fisher
man, is a visitor in town for th’
week end.
PERJURES SELF
FOR BOY’S SAKE
< M inted ri ^ssj
SEATTLE Wash., Nov. 24.--Janies
A. McPugh and his twenty-five-year
old son, John Edwin, were today
convicted on a charge of conspiring
to violate the selective service draft
law. No sentence has yet been pro
nounced.
McPugh is a wealthy farmer of
Auburn, Wash., and the government
charged that both he and his son
signed affidavits which they knew
to be false when the son was draft
ed recently. In order to secure ex
emption for the young man, both of
them swore that his father was sole
ly dependent upon him for supporl
and was without other means of
living. Upon investigation by the
! exemption board, the falsity of the
; affidavits was disclosed and charges
ol conspiracy were laid against both
the men.
GERMANS RESISTING GREAT
BRITISH MOVEMENT AIMING
ENCIRCLE TOWN OF CAMBRAI
(Associated Press;
ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY, Nov. 24.—The
British leader, General Byng, is evidently planning a great
drive in behind the main Hindenburg line where it was
breached in the surprise attack of last Tuesday. The British
forces are still pushing a movement by which it is intended
to encircle Cambrai and force the Germans to abandon this
great railroad center and important communication point.
The Germans are resisting with every ounce of strength
available this movement. More and more forces are being
hurled into the breach, and thousands of Teutonic soldiers
have been sacrificed in the effort to break up the British
attacks.
GERMANS WEN AND l.OSE
LONDON, Nov. 24.—The Germans by a sudden series
of fierce, counter attacks today forced the British to retire
from the neighborhood of Bourlon Wood, but these posi
tions were retaken later in the day by the British, and the
lines are being maintained in the high ground near the
wood. Thousands of the Germans were mowed down by
the destructive fire of the British in the counter attacks.
REINEORCEMENTS ARRIVE
DATELESS TO ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBERS.
—Reinforced by several divisions from other sectors of the
western front, the Germans are desperately resisting the
British advance on Cambrai around Eontain Notre Dame.
This small village is less than three miles from Cambrai,
and the British forces are on the outskirts of the town.
The battle is being fought in the open as in the olden
days when men fought hand to hand. The British are us
ing several cavalry divisions to good advantage for the
first time in more than three years. The struggle during
the entire day for the possession of both Fontain Notre
Dame and Bourlon Wood has not relaxed in the least, and
both sides have rushed reinforcements to this part of the
battlefield. The British are slowly but surely progressing.
Believe Germans to
Attack Coast [ owns
ADMIRAL PEARY PREDICTS GER
MANY WILL ATTACK COAST
CITIES OF AMERICA SOON
(A8soclatent I’reHB)
NEW YORK. Nov 24 —Speak
| ing tonight before a large audi
ence on the war, Rear Admiral
Robert E. Peary, the discoverer
of the North Pole, declared that
he was convinced that Germany
would in the near future launch
attacks against the large cities
of America on the Atlantic sea
board. He stated, however, that
he was sure that any such at
tacks would be repulsed before
they were able to inflict any ac
tual damage.
Two means of these attacks are
open to the Germans, according
to the admiral—the cruiser sub
marine which Germany has re
cently developed, and by means
j of aircraft of great cruising ra
dius. The admiral does not be
lieve that either method will
prove effective, but thinks that
the German government will
make the attempt.
GOMPERS WINS
FIGHT AND IS
HEAD OF A F. I
(Associated Press)
BUFFALO, N. Y„ Nov. 24.—Samuel
Compere was today re-elected presi
dent of the American Federation o:
Labor, which position he has con
tinuously held w'ith the exception o:
one year since the organization o
the body in 1882. The anti-war ele
ment made a strong fight against
Mr. Gompers through the early days
of the convention, but sentiment is
so overwhelmingly in favor of th
support of the government, for which
Gompers is outspoken, that this ele
ment was able to accomplish nothing.
Mr. Gompers earlier in the present
session of the convention flayed this
element in one of the Btronges;
speeches made before the delegates
He declared that the activities of
this element was strongly pro-Ger
man and traitorous, and that tin
German agents had made a great
i (fort to capture the convention's
sympathies.
Mr. Gompers' re-election is regard
ed as a vindication for him in his
chosen stand by the government, am
proof positive of the desire of th<
American Federation of Labor tc
stand solidly behind the government
during the war.
sur Ware
TAKEN ON SHIP
FOR VANCOUVER
rAssociated Presto
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Nov. 21
—The officers of the Princess May j
which arrived early this mornin; I
state that one of the rescued pas i
sengers, an Italian, of the wrecked ;
steamer Spokane, after being taker
aboard the Princess May, jumped of'
the boat and was drowned. Th
Italian was aparently dazed an
shocked so badly that he was tempo
rarlly deranged. The Princess Mn>
had aboard 269 survivors from th
bpokane and left immediately fo:
Vancouver.
The Spokane also carried approx!
mately $1,000,000 in gold bullion
This was successfully transferred t
the Princess May. The passenger.'
were landed on the beach at Idc'
point in the life boats and were non'
the worst for their experience, a’
though a large number of them wort
also aboard the Mariposa when tha'
ship was wrecked last Sunday at
Strait Island.
The ledge upon which the Spo
kane was wrecked ripped the hul
of the vessel seriously, and it was
taking water rapidly when the Prin
cess May left the scene. The sea
was calm, and it was believed the'
the ship would be safe until salvage
tugs could arrive. The spokane w:t
so near shore that her sailors slid
down ropes and walked ashore
low tide.
On her last trip southbound the
steamer Alameda hit the beach at
Ketchikan, but was able to back off
uninjured. A misunderstanding of
signals in the engine room as the
steamer was making a landing was
responsible for the accident.
DESTROYER IS
VICTORIOUS IN
U-BOAT BATTLI
(Associated Prosa)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 24
Two American destroyers recentl
captured one of Germany's larges
and latest cruising type of subnn
i lines, according to advices receive
by the navy department today froi
: Admiral Sims. The crew of th
[submarine was taken prisoner by th
! destroyers and numbered about fort
members. One of the Germans wa
drowned, and another died after bt
ing taken aboard*the American m
sel.
The destroyers, after rendering th
submarine helpless, passed a lin
aboard, and all of the German crei
lined up on the deck of the sub
mersible with the exception of on
member, who remained below am
opened all the cocks, and just a
the small boats from the destroyer
reached the submarine's side sh
sank. All the Germans were rer
cued but the one who opened th
cocks.
EARLY REPORT
WASHINGTON, P. C„ Nov. 21.
Admiral Sims today cabled the nav;
department that wo American di
stroyers had sunk another submarin.
with a deptti bot^h. All the crev
is supposed to haw perished aboar.
the U-boat.
The submarine was sighted as sin
passed under the bow ol one of th.
destroyers, and the depth bomb wa.
dropped directly over the submorsi
bie. She immediately came to th.
surface. The guns of the destrove
were turned on it, and when it show
ed no signs of life a line wits placet
aboard it, but the destroyers wen
unable to save it, th • craft sinkint
almost immediately.
MICHIGAN COAL
, \ sh.,1-1 .red I’t . hs .
WASHINGTON, D. €., Nov. 21.
Fuel Administrator Garfield today
wired the Michigan coal operator!
that unless they immediately placet
their product on the market at tin
prices fixed by the government, tin
government would commandeer th
mines and operate them until the
close of the war. The Michigan ope
rators yesterday notified their cus
tomers that they would disregard th.
prices fixed by the government ant:
would fill all contracts but at theii
cwn figures.
This notification was forwarded tc
the fuel administration, w-hich is tak
ing steps to bring operators con
cerned to terms. The administra
tor stated tonight that his warning
was not merely a bluff designed tc
scare the owners, but would be car
ried out at the first sign of the ope
rators seeking to establish their own
prices. It is believed that the ope
rators will recede from their posi
tion and deliver ail contracts at gov
ernment prices.
DEPORTATIONS
NOT NECESSARY
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 21.
The special labor committee sent t,_
the southwest by President Wilson
today made a report on the condi
tions which led up to the strike ir
the Arizona copper mines. This re
port severely criticises the deporta
tion of the Bisbee copper miners
at the time of the strike, and de
dares that such action was entireh
unwarranted, and that the person;
tesponsible were acting without au
thority and should be punished foi
this action.
The deportations were carried out
by officers of the law, and at thi
time it was stated that it was neees
sary to protect the mines from de
struction by the strikers. The fed
eral officials had no part in the de
portation. and those forced to leave
were cared for by the military au
thorities until they were able u
shift for themselves.
But 25 dog licenses have been tak
en out in Douglas so far. Many parts
of Alaska can show that many dogs
to the family.
Minister Acquitted
of Brutish Murders
REV. LYNN KELLY CLEARED OF
' VILLISCA AXE MURDER COM
I MITTED FIVE YEARS AGO
J
(Associated Press)
RED OAK, la., Nov. 24 — Rev.
Lynn Kelly, an Itinerant preach
er. who has been on trial for
t his life charged with committing
the famous Viliisca axe murders,
was today acquitted and freed.
This is the second time that he
has been tried for this crime.
■
The murders were committed
early in 1912. An entire family
of six persons were murdered
while they slept, the murderer
using an axe and decapitating
his victims and otherwise h rri
bty mutilating their bodies. Rev.
Kelly was held at the time on
suspicion, and afterward indicted
for the crime, but was acquitted
on account of insufficient evi
dence.
Again last spring the minister
wras arrested on the same charge,
as fresh evidence was said to
have been secured. The tri * 1
which was concluded today result
ed in acquittal.
I
i Associate-! I'i - ssl
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 24. A
number of survivors of the wrecked
steamship Mariposa arrived here1 to
day on the steamer Jefferson and
are singing the praises of a young
musician from Anchorage. They stat
that when the situation began to!
look serious and water was pouring
into the hold of the vessel, this
young man seated himself at tin
piano and began playing some well
known songs, quieting the life-belted
passengers, who began to sing In
a few moments the worst of the ex
citement was over.
Captain Nord, of the Jefferson.
1 places the blame for the wrecking
of the Mariposa on the absence of
fog signals in Sumner strait. Had
there been proper safeguards, he do
dares, the w'reck would have been j
avoided.
There is a probability that the
Mariposa will be raised in a few
days, and after being repaired will
be able to go back on her old run
The tug Salbor has already arrived
at Strait island and has begun ope- j
rations. The weather holds good, j
• nd If it continues so for a few days j
more the vessel will be taken out |
of its dangerous position.
FEDERATION TO
ORGANIZE WEST
WITHOUT DELAY
(Associated Press*
BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 24. The
American Federation of Labor today
passed a resolution which pledges
its support to the organization of
men employed in lumber mills and
industries in the northwest. Then
lepresentatives will begin this orga
idzation at once. They have en
dorsed the eight-hour day for these
workers.
James A. Duncan, of Seattle, made
a strong speech supporting the reso
lution. He gave an accurate accouni
of the activities of the Industrial
Workers of the World in the north
western states and declared that they
have been laboring night and day
to enroll the northwest lumber work
men in their organization. He told
of the disturbances which have been
caused by the I. W. W. throughout
the northwest, and declared: "In or
ganizing the workmen of the north
west for an eight-hour day we will
be performing a patriotic service for
the government. For unless we do
j take this step, these workmen will
j all go over to the Industrial Work
j era of the World in a bunch.”
J. L. White, of Olnes, is in town !
for a few days on business.
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RUSSIAN PROVINCES HAVE
i
(Associated Press)
PF.TROGRAD, Nov. 24.- it is officially announced by
I .eon Trot/ky, foreign minister of tin. Bolsheviki govern
tnent, that the Russian provinces in the Caucasus have de
clared their independence and have already -et up a sepa
rate government and formed a permanent cabinet. It is not
believed that the Bolshevikis will make any move against
these provinces until they have more firmly estabushr 1
thciu-elves.
Preparations for the armistice and following peace nc
gotiations are still progressing, and the leaders are awaiting
the answers of the entente allies as well as from the central
alliance. Plans for the demobilization of tin greater part
of the huge Russian armies are also being c. npleted.
In Petrograd there is very little disorder, a-* the go\
ernment is controlling things with a firm hand. But iw the
outlying provinces and in Moscow there is reported to be
riots and sporadic uprisings, with the criminal element tak
ing advantage of the unsettled conditions to commit all
manner of crimes.
DIPLOMATS RKSIGN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 24. —The Russian am
bassador, Bakhmetieff, today formally notified Secretary of
State Pausing that he does not recognize the extremists
who tire tit present controlling the Russian government, and
asked to he informed of his status. He said that the BoP
shevikis are not representative of Russia or the true will of
the Russian people, and that it is but the matter of a very
short time before they are deposed and true leaders again
seated. Three of the chief officers of the Russian embassy
today resigned in order to avoid having any relations with
the Bolsheviki government.
The Russian ambassador has not received any official
notification of Russian peace intentions, nor has the Ameri
can state department been officially notified of any corn
municatiou being handed Ambassador I'rancis in Petrograd.
i Ay snriatP'l Prt'ss •
LONDON, Nov. 24. -Dispatches iv
ceivfni today from the British head
quarters in the near east state that
the British forces under General A!
len.sby are rapidly closing in on Ji -
rusalem and that the capture of th;
city is certain. The Turkish fore
in this section have been defeated
in several engagements recntly, and
are retiring without serious r sis
ance. The British troops are push
ing forward with great vigor nad
encountering the rear guard fore- s
of the Turks daily.
Thomas Riggs and F. B. Hayden,
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion, left on yesterday morning’s
stage for the Outside.
Joe McDonald, the Ester creek
merchant, was a city visitor yes
terday.
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SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 21 Dele
gate from Alaska Charles A. Stilzer,
who arrived here yesterday after be
; ing taken off the wrecked steamship
Mariposa, left here today for Wash
ington to prepare for the coming
session of congress. He states that
he is going to devote a great part
lot his time during the next session
to endeavors to secure aids for navi
gation in Alaska waters.
The numerous wrecks occurring re
cently will be brought to the notie.
of the members, and in addition to
asking that Dry straits be dredged
lie will imk for more lights and buoys
for Alaskan waters.
John Hajdukovicb, the McCarty
road house man and captain of the
I ferry at that point, is in town foi
a few days on business.
ITALIANS CONTEST EVERY
FOOT OF GROUND BETWEEN
BRENTA AND PIAVE RIVERS
(Associated Press)
ASSOCIATED PRESS SUMMARY, Nov. 24.—Over
a field dotted by countless thousands of dead and wounded
for whom there is no time to care, the Italian and German
armies have been battling all day long without any diminu
tion of the intensity of the fighting. Charges and counter
attacks innumerable have been made, only to find the gory
field tonight the scene of a deadlock, and the result of the
most furious fighting of the entire war indecisive.
Both armies have expended gigantic efforts to bring
about a decision, but the greatest of their efforts is unablf
to turn the balance for a complete victory. The position
of the Italians seems to be momentarily improved since la->t
night, but the seriousness of the situation has not abated
in the least.
The latest reports from the Italian headquarters state
that the great battle is now raging on both sides of the Brenta
river and that between the Brenta and Piave rivers the
Italians are contesting every foot of the ground, which
would seem to indicate that the Teutonic forces are gain
ing a little.
ITALIANS REGAIN POSITIONS
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN
ITALY, Nov. 24.—By a mighty counter thrust, the Italian
forces today regained and still hold Monte Tomba and
Monte Persica, which were captured last night by the Aus
tro-German invaders. These positions were recaptured at
a great cost of men, but their possession adds greatly to
the security of the Italian lines.
The battle of Mountains is still raging with unexampled
violence. On no part of the battlefront is the struggle more
terrific and the losses greater. The Italian losses are ad
mitted to be appalling, but the losses of the Teutonic forces
are known to be far greater on account of them being forced
to attack strong positions in the face of the most destructive
artillery fire in the history of the war.