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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
Col. House Informs French Officials That the Americans Mean
 Business. RECORD TRIP IS MADE Assurance Is Given Also That America Is Not
 After Material
 Gains.

PARIS, Nov. 23. - Col. E. M House and the members of the Am erican mission to Europe made the quickest trip from London to Paris since the war begun, having crossed the English channel at the rate of 31 knots an hour.
 They travelled from a French sea. port to Paris in a special train with a speed unmatched for the past three years.
 Commander Sayless, the Ameri- can embassy, and two representa- tives of the French foreign office met the mission at the seaport town and welcomed them to France.
 Col. House said concerning theiI mission that they are bringing to France a message of encourage ment from the American millions who are mobilizing their factories their farms and their military re. sources. He informed the French officials that there is grim de- termination on the part of the Am. erican people to wage the present war until the world is made free from autocracy.
 "We have in mind" he said, "no material gain, and all we want is the assurance of permanent peace. The tramp of our soldiers on French soil will be heard in increasing numbers until this worlds peace is achieved"
 He closed by saying that France could depend absolutely that every resource at the command of the United States would be used in car rying its purpose to a successful is sue.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
Passengers Are Taken Off and Landed at Prince Rupert by Relief
 Boat. SHIP IS LEAKING BADLY The Captain and Radio Op- orator Are Standing by the Vessel Pres
 ent Time.
NOVEMBER FATAL
 MONTH FOR WRECkS
 IN ALASKA WATERS

Wrecks in Alaska waters for November reach an estimate of over $2,479,450 in actual money. However, it must be borne in mind that the pres ent value of ships is hard to estimate, since they are so badly needed for carrying necessary war supplies, and are difficult to replace. Fol lowing is the fatal November list, and does not include sew eral small power craft which have been wrecked.
 Al-Ki, of Seattle Steamship company total wreck st Point Augusta, Nov. 1st, 1917, value of cargo and vessel, $153,000.
 Manhattan. halibut boat, be- longing to New England Fish Co.,, total wreck off Lituya Bay, Nov. 16. 1917; boat and cargo valued at $162,750.
 Mariposa, of the Alaska Steamship Co.,, probably total loss, on Straits Island, Nov. 19, 1917; vessel and cargo valued at $1,507, 200.
 Spokane, belonging to the Pacific Steamship Co.,, ashore on Idol Island. Seaforth chan. nel, British Columbia waters, Nov. 22nd. Value of cargo and vessel, $209,5
 Barge St. David, owned by the Coastwise Steamship Co.,, wrecked at Yakutat. Oct. 31 1917, total loss, estimated val ue of vessel and cargo $447,- 900.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
RELEASED FROM BONDAGE.

British Front, Nov. g. = Roads everywhere for the past two days have been swarming with the ad- vancing troops, prisoners, civilians and others coming back from the front.
 Many rejoicing non1combatants are pouring out of the towns cap- tured by the British, under the guidance of their deliveries from German bondage. They include mothers carrying babies and small children carrying dolls and puppies and little treasures which some of them had clung to through all the terrible tragedy of war. Bringing up the rear are old men and women with household effects in carts, on their backs, in hand carts and be- ing conveyed by every means possi- ble. There are many humorous and pathetic incidents, but, for the most part, the note of gladness is the most strongly emphasized.
 For three years they have been in captivity, some of them in slav- cry to German masters, and they had been subsisting on the bounty of the American Relief committee, which furnished them virtually with all the food obtained.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
SUCCESS CONTINUES.

British Headquarters, (To The Associated Press), Nov. 23. - The successes of the British forces in the Cambrai continue to grow. In two days fighting the British have captured an area equal in size to that won by the Germans during the first 15 days of their spectacu- lar drive on Verdun.
 The British tanks and cavalry and infantry are now battling along a line, which, in many places, is less than three miles from import ant towns fanking Cambrai.
 Over 5000 prisoners have been captured.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
WALRUS AND WHALES
 REPORTED AS SCARCE

SEATTLE. Nov. 23.-Walrus and whales were scarce along the Siber- ian coasts and in the Arctic ocean last summer according to Captain Charles Boyle. master of the power barkentine Belvedere which arrived here recently from the north with a cargo of walrus hides. The Belye- dere cruised over 15,000 miles in search of walrus and whales during the summer. She left here in March.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
CR|PPLES ARE USED BY TEUT0N TO STEM BRETON Using Desperate Measures to Try and Stop the
 Advance of the
 British. JOY OF THE POPULACE Those Liberated from Ger man Slavery Can Hard-
 ly Express Their
 Qualification.
JOY OF THE POPULACE
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS (To

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS (Tc The Associated Press), Nov. 23.- Having taken over 5000 prisoners and with the battle of tanks, cav. airy, and infantry against the Ger. mans still in progress, the Germans are throwing cripples, convalescents and other waste human material into the gap to try and stop the wedge from being driven farther into their vitals. The British are fighting as of yore over open ground, and meeting the foe in close quarters.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
FIVE PER CENT
 BONDS SUSPENDED

LONDON, Nov. 23.-Since the is sue of the new five per cent bonds, the applications received by the Bank of England have totalled G'7,991, ,550. The average daily sales have been nearly G3,500,000. During eleven days in which the five per cent ex- chequer bonds were on sale appli- cations amounted to only G12,000,- 900. The last named bonds have now been suspended.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
ENEMY IS FOOLED BY AMERICANS IN
 CHANGING RELIEF

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Nov. 23--Another re lief has taken place on the Ameri can sector and was accomplished successfully, without the knowledge of the enemy.
 Artillery action continues normal with the usual patrol work between the lines.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23

Robert Forbes was one of the best known salmon cannerymen of the Northwest. None were better in formed on the fisheries industry He was largely instrumental in in ducing his company to branch out into a larger salmon cannery busi ness and into other phases of the fisheries business. He was looking forward for another seasons activi ties to begin in order that further progress could be made, particular ly in the herring and fresh fish and cold storage business.
 MT Forbes began life with a rail road engineering crew, and reached the point where he had charge of field parties in preliminary and ex ploration surveys. While yet young man he saw the Columbia river al Astoria and fish boats unloading cargo He had seen the fisheries business develop along the Gulf oi Mexico of his native Texas, and, he often said, the first glimpse of the fisheries industry, then in it's in fancy, convinced him that one oi the greatest of Pacific coast busi nesses would be fish, and he deter mined to master the game.
 After several years with the Col umbia river fisheries. MT. Forbes became a Grays Harbor canneryman He came to Alaska nearly 20 years ago, as superintendent of a cannery on Lynn canal of which he was one of the owners. His company was absorbed by the Pacific American Fisheries. and he had been connect ed with the latter company since that time.
 MT Forbes was well and favorably known at Juneau and other South eastern Alaskan points. He spent his summers here and at Excursion In let He was about 55 years of age and in apparent good health when last in Juneau in the late summer
 WASHINGTON-The American de stroyer Chauncey sunk in colIjs
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
IS GRANTED HALF INTEREST IN AN
 ALASKAN GROUP

OAKLAND. Calf. Nov 23-The Ella Helm her claim of half in terest in the holdings of Jeremiah Wilson of the Ophir group, Nome district.
 She claimed she had grubstaked Wilson.
 It is estimated that her half is worth $6,000,O90
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
WIN TELEPHONE STRIKE

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 23-It is said the Telephone Company has agreed to grant women telephone operators an increase in wages, which will settle the strike.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
AM AMERICAN IS PRESSED INTO
 GERMAN SERVICE

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 23.-Dr Fish CT, an American dentist of Chicago, who has been practicing in Cologne for ten years, has been conscripted in the German army. It is reported here on good authority that German rules require that foreigners resid- ing in Germany must serve under certain conditions.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
Steamer Victoria to Leave Seattle to Replace
 Run of the
 MaripoSa. NORTHWESTERN LATER The Latter Boat Will Be OverhauIed and Will
 Then Replace
 Victoria.

SEATTLE, Nov. 23-The steam ship Victoria will replace the wreck ed Mariposa on the Alaska run.
 The Victoria will leave here next Tuesday for Western Alaska points via Cape Flattery and the outside passage.
 At the completion of her second voyage on the Alaska run, she will be replaced by the Northwestern, which is now being overhauled
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
FIX. GOV PEABODY FAMOUS FOR STRIKES
 HAS PASSED AWAY

DENVER, Nov. 23.-James Hamil- ton Peabody, Governor of Colorado during the Cripple Creek and Tellu- ride strikes in 1903, which claimed the attention of the nation because of their violent nature. passed away at his home today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
0'LEARY IS
 CONVICTED
 OF ESPIONAGE

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Jeremiah A. O'Leary, president of the Ameri- can Truth Society, editor of The Bull" publication recently barred from the mails, and the person who bitterly, attacked President Wilson has been indicted for violation of the espionage act.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
PREMIER LEVINE
 WILL REDUCE THE
 RUSSIAN FORCES

PETROGRAD, Nov. 23.-Premier Lenine of the Bolsheviki movement announces that he intends to reduce the Russian armies, beginning with the class conscripted in 1899
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
SUIT IS SETTLED

KETCHIKAN, Nov. 23.-The case of the Locker Logging Company against the Pacific Alaska Fisheries Co, to recover $2,500 alleged due on trap logs. has been settled out of court James Martinez was sen fenced to six months.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23

SEATTLE, Nov. 23.-The Pacific Steamship Company's steamer Spo- kane, engaged in Alaska service, grounded during fog at Idol Point, Seaforth Channel, British Columbia waters, midway between Seattle and ketchikan, while southbound, last night at 9:17. The passengers were at once removed.
 1t is reported that the vessel is resting on a rocky bottom and was badly leaking in No. i hold, accord ing to a report received here late last night.
 The Princess May at once answered the radio calls and took 237 pas sengers to Prince Rupert.
 Salvage tugs probably will be sent to salvage the Spokane.
 The steamers Admiral Wainwright, Victoria and others are standing by.
 The Spokane carried many sur vivors from the Mariposa.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
GERMANY ID
 MAKE PROPOSAL
 TO RUSSIANS

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 23.-Accord ing to the Tidinger Russian diplo- mat yesterday left Stockholm for Petrograd with orders to hand the Russian revolutionary government peace proposals from the Teuton powers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
CANADIAN BONDS ARE PURCHASED
 BY HENRY FORD

DETROIT, Nov 23. Henry Ford has purchased s5OO,OO0 worth of Can adian Victory bonds. It Is believed that other prominent Americans will follow his example.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Al- aska Gold closed at 2%. American Zinc at 12 bid. Butte & Superior at 17%. Chino at 41%.
 Nevada at 17H.
 Ray at 22A.
 Utah Copper at 79H.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
BROUGHT QUICK RESPONSE

SEATTLE, Nov. 23.-Wireless dis tress calls brought half dozen yes sells to the scene. The passengers were taken off late last night.
 The Spokane was returning from her first trip this year to Southwest ern Alaskan points. She left Ret chikan "Wednesday afternoon, bound for Ocean Falls, British Columbia, to load a shipment of paper for se- attIe, when she stranded.
 This morning she was listing bad ly, according to the radio operator who remained on board with the captain throughout the night The boat Is shipping water badly and quick work will be necessary if any of her cargo 10 saved. according to the message received here. offic- ials here are considering the send ing of salvage tugs to the scene at once, although it is reported the spo-
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
CAPTAIN MEAHS
 IS PROMOTED AND
 IS NOW A MAJOR

WASHINGTON. Nov. 23.-Capt Frederick Mears, one of the three members of the Alaskan Engineer ing Commission. has been promoted to major.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23
Well Known Alaska Can neryman Is Victim of An Attack of
 ApopIexy.
WAS EXPERT ON FISH
Was Railroad Engineer, but Mastered the Fish Game and Fol-
 lowed It.

BELLiNGHAM, Nov. 23.- Robert Forbes, Alaska super intendent for the Pacific Amer ican Fisheries, died here yes terday afternoon of apopIexy. He was playing golf at the time of the attack.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23

THE EMPIRE-All the News At the Time. When It b News.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23

WASHINGTON-The American de- stroyer Chauncey sunk in a colIis- ion with the loss of three officers and IS members of the crew was cut in two by the transport Rose.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-23

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
MOBILIZATION
ORDERS MAYBE !.
LATE mi COMING
All the Men On the List
Should Prepare to Leave
Quickly.

Because Of the delay In getting the
official list OF those certified for SER
vice, it is probable that those who will
make I'D the first one-third to leave
Fairmont on September 4 may not re-
ceive their orders for mobilization un
til 4S hours before the time they are
to leave, according to information Civ
en- out this morning 1t is for this rea-
son very important that ell who are GER
titled should dispose Of sll private mat
tiers, being able to respond on a short
notice.
Leonldas B. Linger, serial number
1923 and order number 1905, was reg
istered at the office of the local board
this morning. AS persons register
from time to time not registered on
June 9Th, they will be assigned serial
numbers by Major Wallace. After
given a draft number their order OF
priority is then determined by the
master key. In the master key serial
number 1923 is between 1444 and 1854
which requires the 8 number.
The local board has not received the
official list of those selected for ser.
vice from the district board and can
do nothing further until this list is re-
ceived.
The board has received a supply Of
purple and green cards to bs,used in
notifying those that are selected, Tt
green cards will be used in informing
them that they are selected while the
pink cards will be sent informing them
Of date Of mobilization. From the date
that the pink card is mailed the person
selected will be in service Of the gov
eminent.
Interesting mobilization orders were
received at the office of the local boarc
this morning which read as follows:
Out Of each party Of men who will
leave during the next month for the
training camp, you will select the man
who appears most fitted to command
and place him in charge of the party.
You will fill out the notice OF appoint
ment, inserting the names Of the next
two most likely looking men as assist
ants in command and hand 1t to the
man selected as commander to be car
ried as his authority. Have him read
CONTINUED on page two)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
Of CITY
. SHOWN BY TAPS
ON NATERMAINS
Unusual Number Made
During First Half of
This Month.

A good indication OF the growth Of
Fairmont is the enormous increase
in the number of water and sewer
taps made by the city during the past
month.
Water Commissioner Smith reports
from the first of last month until
August 10, total of ~ new water
taps and 81 sewer taps had been
made, which is an unusually large
number for this short length oil
time.
What few wells and springs that
are now in use within the city are
under suspicion. Being easily con
taminated. they always contain wa.
ter well infected with bacteria coli.
Commissioner Smith has made a
careful comparison of the city water
and the water in the local springs.
The water that flows in the Mo
nongahela river even before being
treated with chlorine has never been
found to contain more than 10 bac-
terra to the cubic centimeter The
best spring water found within the
city has never contained less than
100 bacteria to the cubic centimeter
While the city water has not been
tested this week, local authorities be-
lieve it to be pure, Last week when
it was found to be unsafe, 1t contain
ed man7 less bacteria than the best
spring water usually contains.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
DISTRICT BOARD
READY FOR CASES
Fairmont Appeals To Come
Up Some Time Next
Week.

William NJ. Rogers, member OF
the district draft appeal board which
has been in session at ClarkSburg,
returned to FairmOnt yesterday eve
ming. The board has been at work at
it's headquarters in Clarksburg since
Tuesday morning, but convened yes
terday to meet again at 1890 o'clock
Tuesday morning Of next week.
AS yet none of the Fairmont cases
have come up, with the exception OF
one or two alien cases. The Fairmont
board has been one Of the first to
complete its work and it is very prob
able that the Fairmont cases will be
among the first to be considered All
of the reports from the first and sec
ond calls are now in the hands OF
the district board awaiting consider
alton. 1T is probable that the dis
trict board will get to the Fairmont
work by the last of next week." said
Mr.. Rogers this morning.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
City Hall Notes

At the regular meeting of the Board
Of Affairs Monday City Clerk Kern
will submit the provisions Of the
lease whereby the city will rent the
Carr property on South Cleveland
avenue 70 rstorage connected with the
South side bridge.
Water Commissioner Ira L. Smith
has completed the plans and specif.
cations for the 1000 water meters
that will be installed within the city
and will present them TO the Board
OF Affairs for approval on Monday
TO date Chief Harr reports the
massacre of 20 dogs, while City CLERK
Kern's dockets show that 249 dog;
have been tagged.
Here OF late many prominent Fair
monters have been appearing at the
city hall protesting against the en-
forcement of the dog law. One even
went so far as to say that he would
shoot the first person that cfpturet
his dog.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
Have All the Territory They
Held When Crown Prince
Attacked.
THE GERMANS ADMIT IT
Explanation Is That a Veal
Garrison Was Left
There.

In brilliant attack this morning
on verdun front the French carried
Hill SO4 one OF the most bitterly dis
puted positions in the war In tho,
struggle for which thousands haya
lost their lives. q
The French advanced to an average
depth of fourteen and one-fourth
miles over the sector between Ayos
court wood and Dead Mans hill, PA
ris announces officially and In addi(
tion to Hill 304, stormed the fortified
works between Haucourt and BethS
incourt. Si11ct
The new French assault made Iesd
than week after the beginning Of
the new offensive was delivered west
Of the Meuse on a somewhat shorter
front than Mondays opening attack
which vas on both sides OF the RVS
er. At the first shock the French
although highly successful did not
obtain all their detectives and to-
days attack was doubtless intended
= complete the attainments Of the
ends Immediately in view.
The French are now masters Of an
the important points on the Verdun
front which they held before the bet
ginning Of the great German attack
last year.
on the British front the bitter fighG
70 rthe possession Of Lens was COM
tinued during the night. The official
British statement announces that the
British now hold German trenches
Immediately south Of the Green Grass
sier to the south Of Lens and that
especially heavy losses have been iIl4
fiicted on the Germans.
Portuguese troops which are holding
a sector in northern France repulsed
German raids in the vicinity Of La
Bassee. Heavy artillery fighting cons
tinues around Ypres where the Britt
ish have improved their position and
successfully withstood counter ats
tacks. .saz,I
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
FIRST STEEL HERE
FOR New BRIDGE
Reinforcing Material Was
Hauled To Coal Run.
Ravine Today.

The first shipment of steel for the
construction of the new South side
bridge arrived in Fairmont early this
morning. The steel was purchased
several weeks ago from the Jones and
Laughlin Company of Pittsburg, Pa.
other shipments of the steel are ex-
pected within the next few days.
Immediately upon the arrival of the
first shipment Of steel, teamsters
were on the job with wagons ready
to transport it to the site of the new
bridge.
Apparatus from Milwaukee. Mich,
where the John F. Casey Company
has just completed big bridge con-
tract is expected in Fairmont at any
time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

Late yesterday afternoon the Mid
West Box company, Of Anderson, Ind.
through its president, W, H, FairChild
and L. N. IDevore, of Toledo, o., com
pleteG negotiations with the Fairmont
Chamber of Commerce and w. j.
Wiegel, secretary of the Greater Fair
mont Investment company for the Ioca'
ton in this city Of large box factory,
The plant will go up on plot of
ground near the Owens Bottle Machine
comrany's big establishment on the
East side.
The factory when complete will cost
not less than 100000 and will employ
in the neighborhood Of $50 people, 1t
will be located directly opposite the
Owens Bottle Machine company be,
tween the Speedway and the Industrial
line OF the railway. The factory will
be steel frame brick building entire
ly fireproof. 1t will be $50 feet in
length and so feet wide, covering over
10000 square feet of land.
The preliminary survey for the fac,
tory was made yesterday. Construc,
ton will be started just as soon as
possible and by April l, 1918 will in
all probabilities be complete and the
plant in operation. The construction
of the building, as we'll as the archttec'
tural work will be under the supervi
sion Of the Devore-MCGormley COM
pang Of Toledo, Ohio.
7-sFhe product oe the plant VIII con.
sist OF various kinds Of fibre boxes,
corrugated bottle packing, and kindred