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No. 244 EIGHTEENTH YEAR
SKAGWAY, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1915 PRICK 10 0ENT8^%
RUSSIANS TO INVADE BALKANS
FROM ALL PREGNABLE POINTS
General Kuropatkin Will Direct the
Campaign—Armies Assembling on
Rumanian Frontier, Sebastopol and
Odessa.
Loudon, Nov. 27—Advices re
ceived here today Btate that Czar
Nicholas II of Russia is planning on
the early invasion of the Balkan
states. He will effect an entrance
from the Black Sea, where large
armies will be landed and also from
the Danube river.
General Kuropatkin will be placed
la command of the campaign. Ar
mies are being assembled not only
along the Rumanian frontier, but
advances will be made from Sevas
topol and Odessa, and when the
time comeo for the movement they
will be transported across the
Black Sea. .
It is reported that the Teutons
are now short men.
Paris, Nov. 27—General Kitch
ener Is reported to have arrived in
Rome from Naples, and has had an
interview •with Premier Salandra
GENERAL KUROPATKIN.
Removed After War With Japs,
Again Given High Office by Czar.
■which lasted for houra. Just what
the import of the Interview was
has not been stated.
WILL USE INTERNED
STEAMERS AS TRANSPORTS
Genera, Swltxerland, Nov. 26 —
It is reported here that the Italian
government has decided to fit out
the interned German steamers as
transports, which will be used to
convey her troops to the seat of
operation on the Gallipoli peninsula,
and to Saloniki
Many German steamers were in
terned in Italian ports at the be
ginning of the war, and upon the
outbreak of hostilities bewteen the
two countries, these were Belzed
by the Italian government.
LITTLE GERMAN SUBMARINES
PASS MOST IMPREGNABLE
STRAITS IN THE WORLD
Paris, Nov. 6—An official state
ment says the German submarines
which passed through the straits of
Gibraltar on the night of November
2 and November i, sank the French,
ships Dahra and Calvados and the
Italian ship Iomlo. There is no
news from the crew of the Calva
dos.
The news of the presence of Ger
man submarines In the Mediterranea
bears out the rs.'ont private infor
mation that Germany had decided
to send most f her submarines to
the Mediterranean, having virtually
abandoned her campaign in British
waters in consequence of the agree
ment Bha entered into with the
United States.
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TEUTONIC ALLIES CAPTURE
100,000 SERBSAND TWO TOWNS
Cold Weather Sets in after Last Section
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Uskub-Mitrovitza Fall into Hands of
Teutons—Winter Weather Will
Stop Further Operations.
Berlin, Nov. 27—With the capture
by the Teutonic allies of the towns
of Printiua and Mitrorltza, one hun
dred thousand Serbian soldiers were
made prisoners, and the last sec
tion to hold out against the Ger
mans In Uskub Mitrovitza has been '
occupied. Winter has set in, and
the severity of the weather is caus
ing the greatest suffering among
the troops In the field. It Is stat
ed that neveT before has the cold
weather set In so early, and it is
not at all improbable that the ta
tensity of the cold will cause a
cessation of active campaigning for
the time being.
East St, Louis, Nov. 27.—The so-j
ciety which is working to have Pres
Ident iViifiou declare an embargo on
American horses being sent across
the Atlantic ocean to die on the
Dattiefields of Europe, have com
piled statistics showing that $25,
OCu.OOO has been paid by the Aliies
for homer, in the United States:
since the war began.
It is reported that the agents of I
the European governments have at-I
solutely stripped many of the south
ern et.Voe of liorses and that suf
ficient animals have not been loft
in tho country to till the soil next
year. The agents of the Allies are
now paying nearly one hundred per
cent more for hordes than when
the war began.
More than twenty thousand
horses have been gathered in the
| corrals near this city and are soon
to bo shipped to Europe.
16 YEAR OLD
Petrograd, Nov. 27—With the |
demand for more troops becoming
more and more imperious each day,
and as the campaign develops,
showing the need of greater ar-1
mies for defensive as well as of
fensive purposes, it is predicted
that a summons will be issued
soon for all male subjects born in ,
the year 1897.
WANTS ALARM CtLO: KS
Tokio, Nov. 27.—An or. or far.
alarm clocks to the number i>f 700,
000 has been received by Nagoyi'-,
makers from England wheie clocki;
have become scarce as a result of
suspension of trade with, the British |
enemies.
CHICAGO TO GET
NAT. REP. COB.
Chicago, Nov. 27—It is practical
ly certain that the Republican Na
tional convention to be held next
Juno will bo in this city. At the
present time a majority of the dele
gates are pledged to this effect,
abe mm
WiTh MOTHER
.Sail Francisco, Nov. 26 — Abe
Ruef arrived in this city ysterday
afternoon and spent Thanicsgivlng
with his aged mother \vho resides
here.
WADE IS DEMANDING
A HOUSE CLEANING
Washington, Nov. 12 — The
charges of Edward Wade, a former
clerk in Governor Strong's office in
Juneau, but who resigned in order
tha» he might file charges against
the governor for keeping a republi
can as his secreary, have reached
Washington and are being given
wide publicity. It Is also charged
that republicans are working
in every braucn of the government
service in Alaska under the demo
cratic administration.
I* is charged that republican
postmasters at Cordova, Juneau,
Nome, Seward, Skagway and Valdez
are still retained in office although
the democrats have been in power
for three years.
Wade is a former newspaper man
and is still connected with a news
paper published in Georgia, al
though he lias i>een living in Cali
fornia for some time. He charges
that the democratic leade:-s have
not attempted to build up the party
in <he terriory and is demanding a
house cleaning of the republicn of
ficeholders in Alaska.
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1AVY SHOULD BE STRE16TNENED
Air NOJJTK ENOUGH
New York, Nov. 27—The Bocial
event of the season, took place
today when the "West Point foot
ball eleven lined against the
eleven from Annapolis before forty
one thousand spectators.
From the Btart It waa apparent
that the sailors wore no match for
the soldiers, and although the ele
ments helped out by furnishing a
steady downpour of rain during the
entire game, the army won from
the navy T>y a Bcore of 14 to
nothing.
The Weetpointera scored two
touchdowns and two goals.
Cadet Oliphant, former Purdue
university star wag the hero of the
game, he scorlag all points for the
cadets.
This Is the third consecutive
game that the Army Eleven has
taken from *■' e Navy Eleven.
Ill SNIPERS AND AMERICAN
TROOPS BATTLE ON BORDER
Nogales, Nov. 27—A battle" oc
curred between Villa snipere a<nd
a troop of United States soldiers
near this place today la which
twenty-four Mexican soldiers were
killed und one American killed and
two wounded.
Washington, Nov. 26—The Becre
tary of the war department has
designated Major Peter W. David
son, United Stales infantry, to suc
ceed Lieut. L. A. Kuntig, as dis
bursing officer of the Alaska Road
commission, and he will arrive in
Valdez sometime in December to
issume .'his new duties.
It is "Understood that Colonel W.
P. Richardson, president of the Al
aska Road commission, met Major
Davidson in San Francisco and
conferred with him as to the work
of the commission for the coming
year.
Major Davidson has spent two
l?ears in Alaska, one of which was
fis regimental adjutant of the 22d
Iufanry at Port William H. Se
ward.
Lieul Kunzik's term as a member
of the commission expires In De
cember and he will go to Portland
to rejoin his regiment which is
stationed at Vancouver, Washington.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
BE HELD NEXT SPRING
Valdez, Nov. 26—Charles E. Her
ron, chairman of the republican
territorial committee who recently
returned to Alaska from the Btate9,
believes that it is a little too early
to begin discussing politics but ex
pressed the belief that the conven
tion to nominate a delegate to
congress and members of territorial
legislature should be hekl early
next spring. After a conference with
different committeemen the time
and place of holding the conven
tion will be determined.
COPPER PILED UP IN
HUNKERS AWAITING BOATS
Valdez—Thousands of tons of
copper Is being held in the bunkers
of the mining companies operating
in Prince William sound because of
the lack of ships with which to
take the ore from the mines to the
smelter at Tacoma. The LaTouche
bunkers are filled, as are the big
bunkers at Ellamar, the Dickey pro
perty and the Fidalgo Copper com
pany operating in the Fidalgo bay
section. The companies have been
rushing work on the mines in order
to take advantage of the high cop
per, but the transportation com
panies are unable to handle the ore,
and as a result many of the pro
perties will be forced to close down
for the winter.
Let's all be takfiil together
0 much of the good in this world is smiling on this big
"" country of ours, that we all onght to be deeply thankful.
Thankful for peace and prosperiety; thankful for good crops;
thankful for our ability to help the homeless ones; thankful that
a huge shell isn't going to crash into our home any minute.
We're thankful that we have so many opportunities to serve the
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