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The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-26
MR. M'PHERSON'S VISIT.

One of the most welcome guests Fairbanks has ever had is MT. Me | Pherson, of the new Seattle Chamber
 of Commerce, for he comes here as
 representative of an organization
 that has it in it's power to be ot wonderful assistance to Alaska | Mir McPhersOn is here to confer with Alaskans. and this is the thing they like It would not be amiss. however, to let MT. McPherson un- derstand, while he is here. that. while the people of Alaska appreciate what the people of Seattle are do- ing for this Territory they have
 failed to take kindly to the fatherly manner in which Seattle business
 men have been in the habit of speak ing for Alaskans without the latter's consent.
 Alaska's white population is made up largely of self-reliant Americans. who are unaccustomed to having anyone treat them like adopted chil- dren Therefore, they have resented
 the way some of the people of Seat | tie have been posing before the
 world as the self-appointed spokes-
 men for Alaska. They realize that Alaska has done more, after all. for Seattle. than the latter can ever hope to do for this Territory, and
 that the interest Seattle people have displayed in the past for the people of Alaska has really been prompted hy selfish motives.
 In sending Mir McPherson to con fer with the people of Alaska, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce has indicated that it is realizing the value of cooperation with the peo-
 pie of Alaska Therefore, MT Me Pherson's visit here is highly en- couraging, for cooperation with Sc attle for the mutual benefit of that
 city and Alaska is the thing that
 the people here most desire.
 It is noticeable that the newspa- pers of Seattle in discussing Alaska,
 editorially, always end with some
 suggestion of how Seattle is to be
 benefited Probably unintentionally
 these newspapers tell between the
 lines how that that city is looking
 only for selfish benefits from Alas ka.
 There is no use in entertaining
 Mir McPherson in a formal manner
 for the sole purpose of letting him
 know only how much We appreciate his visit here, for that would result in his going back to Seattle but
 little informed concerning the true sentiment of the people here toward the people of Seattle. There should be an exchange of condolences be- | tween the Fairbanks people and MT.
 McPherson, and the latter should be told how much we are willing
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-26

has become an ally of England, probably the CZar feels now that Russia should have kept il as q real estate investment.
 THEODORE ROOSEVELT is try ing to belittle the leading peace ad- vocates in the United States. Evi- dently he thinks that will strengthen his popularity with the people of the country But MT. Roosevelt will probably find that the average Amer ican will not take kindly to the senti- ment faVoring war and wholesale murder, unless it is forced upon the country. Especially are Americans anxious to keep out of any European conflict.
 FEW people sympathize with Lieu tenant Becker, convicted of being a party to the loathsome murder. but il must be admitted, that even if he is guilty of the crime charged be should not be hung The state has a legal right to take a persons ifa for murder, but in doing this, the state itself is committing mur- der, which is against moral instincts The time is not far distant when murderers will be cared for just as insane people are now cared for and while being allowed to live will he kept to themselves where they cannot do harm to others.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-26

THE recent strike on the creeks was like d mild storm; it soon passed away and left everything behind it serene.
 THIS war spirit that started in Europe last year seems to be spread ing all over the world, for even the worms in this remote Northern coun- try have joined an army.
 EVIDENTLY most of the Russians in this district prefer working here ing to Russia to be shot at by the Teutons. Who can blame them?
 NOW that the Woman's Civic Club has taken over the management of the library, it is to be hoped that the busine people of Fairbanks will see that they get the necessary funds to keep it open. A little money from everybody would support it.
 
 TT is reported by telegraph that the suffragettes held monster pa rade in London a few days ago. This is the first demonstration they have made since the big war started. What they can expect to accomplish under present conditions by such a parade is hard to comprehend
 THE government has withdrawn 87 acres of land adjacent to Seward, presumably for the purpose of term inal site for the new railroad. Per h2ps the government is also trying to discourage the land boom at that place, by indicating that it may put a better town on new site.
 IT seems strange that the Fair banks Commercial Club should balk at the plan of entertaining Governor Strong when he was here recently and then should go out of it's way to welcome MT. Carpenter, the noted writer and MT. McPherson of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. EVi- dently the club has no taste for politics.
 FRANK G. CARPENTER trip through Alaska promises to do more in the matter of educating the world in regard to the beauties and re sources Of the Territory than any thing else has ever done. Mir. Car penter has already proved himself to be a booster for Alaska, and he is in position, by means of his writing, to impress his favorable sentiments upon many thousand people.
 WHEN Governor Strong learns that the band of Ft. Gibbon, which refused to play in recognition ot his visit to that place, turned out to greet the Juvenile Bostonians, he will probably not feel flattered. But the governor should remember that the Bostonians have exhibited an appreciation for the people of Interior Alaska that he failed to, made evi- dent on his hurried trip through here.
 TT seems that nearly all the me- morials sent by the recent legisla- ture to Washington have been turned down by government officials. Some of these memorials may have had little merit. but some of them were undoubtedly important and were en- titled to careful consideration by the federal officials. If the memorials had been sent to Congress perhaps they would have accomplished some thing.
 THAT Russia was induced to sell Alaska to the United States because the former country was afraid that Britain would try to take it. is re- ported to be proved in some Rus sian records that a Washington Uni versity professor has turned over to the American Historical Society. Since Alaska has proved to be such a wealthy country and as Russia
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-26
Misunderstood a
 Word; Kills Self

LONDON.-George Grasmeder, of East Ham, ended his life because of misunderstanding a word a cor oner's jury showed today. Two months ago a boil appeared on his arm and on the insurance certifi cate made out by the doctor in order to enable him to obtain his sick benefit, appeared the word, "furniculosis. medical term for boil. Grasmeder thought the word was tuberculosis.
 He went to another doctor who told him that he did not have tu- berculosis, but Grasmeder thought this was said simply to encourage him, and he cut his throat. The jury found suicide while temporarily insane"
 Give me your orders for native fruits. Address,
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-26
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SUNDAY.

SUNDAY Tanana-At Fairbanks. Tana At Fairbanks Alaska-Gibbon for Fairbanks TO a. III.
 Delta-Gibbon for Dikeman 1 D Ill Sarah-At Gibbon Schwatka-Dow Kotlik 24th. Jacobs and Davis Gibbon. Yukon-Up Rampant 1l:15 ?. m. on 24th.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-26
Sheldon Leaves
 1 tomorrow Morning

Wiring his agents here from out the trail. Bob Sheldon, the automu bile transportation man, announces that he will leave Fairbanks tom8r- row with passengers for Chitina and all way points. II is understood that several people have already made reservations for the trip.
 In Sheldon's wire it was stated that the automobilist intended to be at Richardson last night and it is therefore expected that he will arrive here at an early hour today Should he do so, he will have made the record trip over the trail, as he left Fairbanks for Chitina on his last trip last Monday evening.
 W. E. Terrill has purchased the biz Packard touring car brought in over the trail last fall by Peter Anderson. and will enter the transportation business over the Valdez trail
 J. Rosburg arrived at Olnes Satur- day evening from his regular weekly trip to the Toloyana country. He will start on his return to the Tolo- vana today
 The original package is always the comfort of a dry town.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-26

THAT Russia was induced to sell Alaska to the United States because the former country was afraid that Britain would try to take it, is re- ported to be proved in some Rus sian records that a Washington Uni versity professor has turned over to the American Historical Society
 Since Alaska has proved to be such a wealthy country and as Russia
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-26

The original package is always the comfort of a dry town.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-26

Give me your orders for native fruits. Address,
 ISAAC PURDY.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-26

THE recent strike on the creeks was like mild storm; it soon passed away and left everything behind it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
ANCONA SINKING SHOCKS
STAMPALIA PASSENGERS
Sister Liner, Taking Same Route,
Blames German Submarine.

Passengers on the Stampalia, OF the
Italian Line, which arrived yesterday
afternoon from Naples and Messina,
were greatly shocked at news OF the
Ancona's sinking. They had received
word OF II by wireless from an out
bound ship early in the morning. The
effect on them was the more depressing
because the two boats belong to the
same line.
The Stampslia's officers believe that
the submarine was German boat fly
ing the Austrian flag.
eve came by much the same course
as the Ancona," said Captain Eugenio
Lavarello, land can only be thankful
that we got by safely. am sure that
IL must have been one of the German
submarines that are working their way
through the Mediterranean toward the
Dardanelles, and that she ran up an
Austrian flag when she found that the
Ancona was an Italian ship"
The captain said Italian liners east
bound received secret orders at Gibral-
tar specifying the course TO be pursued
to Naples.
Damarto Lamarca, passenger, said
his brother Tony was a passenger on
the Ancona. Lamarca is on his way to
work in Conway, Penn, and the brother
had been working IN Youngstown, Ohio.
The Stampalia carried 2s7 pas
sengers. They said the ship ran from
Naples TO the Strait Of Gibraltar with
out lights, and that they never got a
glimpse Of the officers, who were on
constant duty, until the boat was well
out into the Atlantic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
Rome Hears AnCOna
Tried to Escape

Rome, Nov. f0.-A Tunis dispatch to
the "Giornale dItalia" gives dramatic
account of the attack.
"a submarine approached the Ancona
toward noon," says this account, ana
as soon as the steamer saw II an at
tempt was made to escape at full speed.
The Ancona was overtaken and stopped.
Then the submarine fired on the An
coma. sinking her, amid the desperate
cries Of the passengers.
"The lifeboats were next attacked,
the submarine likewise firing on them.
A woman, a man and two children were
killed. Their bodies are at Bizerta.
"The submarine then disappeared i'm
mediately, proceeding probably IN the
direction Of the Aegean eSa.
Before sinking, the Ancona was able
20 send out wireless call for help.
This was heard by the station at bl,
zerta. Aid was sent promptly, and
thus $50 passengers and ten sailors
were saved. They were taken to Fer
ryville Gin the environs OF Bizertal j.
where they were attended by phyh-
clans and the consul.
Among the survivors are several
wounded emigrants, nearly all vene-
tians, and ten Greeks. Some Of the
survivors lost their reason as the re-
suit of their terrible experiences"
The Pope, expressing grief at the
disaster 70 the steamer Ancona, has
sent instructions to the ecclesiastical
authorities of Tunis to give all help in
their power to the survivors.
The newspapers, commenting on the
torpedoing of the Ancons, compare It's
fate with that Of the Lusitanis. The
"Messagero" sarcastically remarks
"The enemy's attack on steamer load
ed with peaceful passengers shows the
chivalry of the Austro-Germans."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11

bodies were taken to Bizerta. The res
cuers IA g.. course OF two journeys
Kicked up lGO passengers and ten sail
ors. Most of the survivors were dunn
founded with grief over the loss OF
finsfolk and acquaintance or half mad
with terror"
Ii is thought possible that the same
submarine sank the Marseilles steamer
France. which had disembarked thou
sand French troops al Mudros. Lemnos
Island.
News Of the sinking of the Ancona
vas not made public in London until
noon yesterday, when the censor re-
leased the first dispatch from New
York on the subject. This dispatch
referred 20 the fact that a sensation
had been caused by the torpedoing OF
the Ancona. but as nothing previously
had been heard of the disaster the
message was incomprehensible. Sub
scot 'stlv. however. food Of messages
from Tome was released.
Sees Another Lusitania."
The news created sensation and
was compared with the destruction OF
the LusiIania, the London evening pa
pers heading the report OF her ioss
with the WCruS HHOthei HsS
The first list available OF the pas
sengers on the Ancona contains the
names of twenty-five Americans, ac-
cording to a Rome dispatch 70 the EX-
change Telegraph Company. One
American woman Is among the sur
vivors, II is stated.
There were on board SO first cabin
passengers, so second cabin and soy
steerage. who with the go members OF
the crew make total of 542. OF these,
according to advices 10 the owners OF
the Ancons, 500 have been landed at
ports in Tunis and 80 at Malta, leav-
ing 172 still missing.
According TO an official list, the sur
vlvors Of the Ancona included Ceclle
Greil. l49 Italians, sixteen Greeks ana
one Russian 1t is asserted that TWEEN
ty-four of the Ancona's passengers
we're raturalized Americans. 1t is not
known whether they are amonog the
victims.
Survivors Of the Ancona to the num-
Der Of l6l have been brought TO Bizerta
to-day by q mine sweeper and tor
pedo boat. They were taken to hos
pital where they were aided by the
consuls Of Italy and France. Four OF
them died. ia
Two Of the Ancona's boats, with
ffty-four members Of the crew, landed
near Cape Bon, Tunis. Some OF the
men were injured. Cape Bon Is the
northeastern extremity Of Tunis, abou'
seventy miles east OF Bizerta.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11

last three months officials of fairfield
Solari e. Co., the line $ agents, SAID IL
was almost certain that some Amerl-
cans were on board. In the last three
months from I to 80 per cent OF the
passengers on the Italian liners have
been Americans. On the Ancona's last
trim TO this port she carried thirty-iive
Americans.
Although an extra staff Of clerks was
provided in the Offices Of the line, at
i State Street, yesterday, requests for
news of persons on the Ancona were
not as numerous as had been expected.
A telephone message was received from
Philadelphia inquiring about Mr.. and
Mrs. Garfield Jones, of that city, be-
leved to have been cabin passengers,
and from Washington came query
about Mrs. Sassoli, another cabin pas.
senger. A Baltimore inquirer wanted
news of Adelaide Stanghiori and Fill
berta Mazzarulli, of that city.
+. Geiger, an American advertising
man. who has lived in Italy for the
last eleven years, Is believed to have
been on the Ancona with his wife. His
nephew, L. Geiger, of 9l9 Bryant Ave
nue., The Bronx, inquired for him at the
lines Offices yesterday.
No definite answers could be given to
questions about passengers on the An
coma, for cabled requests for the pas
senger list had not been answered:
Luigi Solari, of the agency, said that
the Ancona never carried ammunition:
Many opera singers returning to this
country have crossed on tho Ancona,
and this gave rise to the rumor that
Tita Ruffo, the BARITONE, was on board
the steamer on this trip. The report was
denied by the singers brother In CHI
cago, and by friends here who had
heard from him recently.
A cable message received last night
at the State Department from Ambassa-
dor Page in Rome stated that among
the probable victims were Alexander
Patattivo, his wife and four children,
and Mrs. Frances Mascolo Lamura. Of
New York. Neither name could be
found In the city directories.
The list of the Ancona's ofhcers as
they stood when the liner last left New
York included First officer, ltalo 70
lezzi second officer, Pasquale Razeto;
third officer, Rocco Cardella; third ON
Ger, Domenico Salvemini; surgeons, DR..
Tommaso Giordano and DR.. Lorenzo
Carbone: purser, Captain Enrico Nuzio;
chief engineer, Carlo LAMBERT; first
engineer, Giacomo Montesi; second en-
gineers, Francesca Girandi and Vim
cenzo de Palo; third engineer, Michele
Rossi; Marconi wireless operators, Pie
tro Ruffa and Nicolo de Crecchio.
The Rev. DR.. B. Garfield Jones, for
merly pastor Of the Church of the Re-
deemer in Paterson, and his wife, are
believed TO have been passengers on
the Ancona. Mrs. Jones's mother. Mrs'
Catherine wentz, Of Norristown. Penn,
said over the telephone last night:
"A few days ago received letter
from ny daughter, dated Assinia, Italy,
October 10. She said that her husband
and she expected to be in Naples not
long before the Ancona WAS due TO
sail, and that they would probably be
passengers on the boat"
DR.. Jones resigned from the pastor
ate Of the Church Of the Redeemer on
November 20, 1918, six months after
he had been divorced from his first
wife.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11

with respect to the Limitation Of sub
marine activity against merchant ves-
sells.
The French government has received
only meagr. reports Of the disaster,
and these have not disclosed whether
the commander Of the submarine m
vestigated the nationality of the pes-
sengers and gave them time to take to
the boats before sinking the ship.
The view is expressed in authorita-
tive quarters that, even il the subma-
rine proved to be an Austrian al
though there are T ports that she was
German flying the Austrian colors -
the Joint policy Of the Austro-Germans
would make 1t incumbent on Austria
to observe the assurance given by Ger
many with respect to submarine war
fare.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
AMERICANS BELIEVED
TO HAVE BEEN LOST

The following Americans who
were on board the Ancona have
been reported lost:
Alexander Patattivo, of New
York.
Mrs. Patattivo and four children.
Mrs. Frances Mascole Lamura, OF
New York.
Twenty third-class passengers;
no names given.
The only American reported
saved is DR.. Cecile l.. Greil, Of New
York.
The fate of the following Amer
leans, reported to have been pas
sengers on the Ancona, Is unkno"n:
Ezra Winter, his wife and daugh-
ter, of Chicago.
Eugene Savage, of Bloomington,
Ill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11

repulsed. One officer and III nv
fell into our hands. Before Dvirt
the Russians yesterday limited tier
efforts to lively artillery actions
Army group Of General Won Ln'
singer: An attempt on the part d
the Russians to break through OF
lines near and to the north Of Budli
west Of Czartorysk, was stopped b.
East Prussian and Hessisn sr.
ments. By a counter attack the H.
envy was thrown back into bis t'''
mer position.
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL.
The Russian statement says:
In the district of Shlok our troops
which assumed the offensive o. ~
left bank Of the River As In Cear
land, have consolidated thenss'u
near Kammern. We have also oefs'
pied Oding (south of Shlok.
In the district OF Jacobstadt r'
west of Dvinsk the fighting was l.m
desperate than the day before. 70
the south as far as the district aias
Pripet there is no change.
In the district north Of the nlir
of Kolki desperate fighting Is fs.
ceeding. All the enemy's atssen y
Guma Lusovskia have been rsp:isea
We broke the enemy's line souiisss
of the village OF Budki, and during ~
pursuit of the retreblng enemy q,
troops occupied this village and ~
the forests to the south and nor1
Toward midday we made pns0ns
of fifty officers and over 2-Oco ne,
of whom half were Germans W.
also took about twenty machine gu,
A large number OF the enemy sT
drowned in the River TehernT,n
This success was due 70 the onA'''
cooperation Of our artillery.
In the district OF the River ofe'n'
our troops took By assault psn ';
the enemy's trenches. Two at,enFx.
oFenses By the Austrisns In 'hs ~
trict of Yale Szczyky were repshe''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
T0PERS FEWER IN BRITAIN
Lloyd George Says Anii-Trea,ing Order
Has Caused Decrease

London, Nov. I0.-In response 70 a
question In the House Of Commons to-
day regarding the effect Of the order
against treating, David Lloyd George,
Minister Of Munitions, said there had
been marked decrease In the number
Of convictions for drunkenness in the
metropolitan district In the first three
weeks after the order took effect.
Police reports show that drunken
ness among women has decreased. Writ
ually no violations Of the order have
been reported
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
Italian Censorship
Bars AnCOna Details

A rigid censorship by italian authori-
ties kept any direct news of the An
cona's sinking from reaching the local
agents of the Italian Line yesterday.
Consul General Fara-Forni promised TO
send a cable message to Rome asking
that the government make an official
declaration of the facts Of the case. The
Italian Ambassador at Washington was
also asked for aid in finding out how
the Ancona was sunk.
After consulting records of arrivals
on the Italian Line steamers during the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
GERMANY LOSES
ANOTHER CRUISER
The Frauenlob Reported Torpe.
dOed Off Swedish Coast.

Copenhagen, Nov. IA Stockholm
dispatch 10 the "Politiken" gives the
report that the German protected
cruiser Frauenlob, q sister ship Of the
Undine, has been torpedoed off the
south coast Of Sweden.
The Updine Was sunk of the coast Of
Sweden several days ago. Both these
vessels were protected cruisers. with a
displacement Of 2,672 tons and a com
plement Of 27b men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
RUSSIAN MINISTER RETIRES
Rukhloff Not Qualified for Portfolio OF
Communications.

Petrograd, Nov. I0.-The retirement
of s. V. Rukhlotf. Minister of Com
munications. is announced. He was with
out technical qualification, for the post
and it is expected that with the ap-
pointment Of successor an improve
ment In the Russian railway transporta'
ton system will result
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-11
GERMANS CHECK
RIGA ATTACKS
Russian Offensive Move
ment Near CzartOrysk
Also Fails.

London, Nov 10.-An offensive move
ment undertaken by the Russians in
the Riga district is reported by Ber-
lin to have failed. An advance was
attempted vainly against the German
positions near Kemmern, twenty miles
west of Riga. Strong Russian attacks
at Jacobstadt also were repulsed, and
one officer and 1T men were captured.
The Russians also took the offensive
in the region of Czartorysk. They at
tempted to break through the German
lines north of Budna, but were checked
and by a counter-attack were thrown
back to their former positions.
The extent of the losses in the
German ranks in the sector south OF
Dvinsk is indicated by the diary of a
German soldier captured by the Rus
SLAMS. His company was reduced
within three days from 2s5 men TO 10.
Trenches were destroyed daily by the
artillery fire, the diarist records, the
occupants often being buried so
deeply that their bodies had to be
dug out; while the men alonHthe fir
ing line frequently were compelled TO
work the entire night restoring the
destroyed trenches. His notebook had
entries complaining Of lack of ade-
quste clothing, and also an insult
cheney in the food supply.