Abandonment of Dardanelles Campaign Is Indicated
FAIRBANKS DIES. In a large fire at the California Block in Fairbanks George Saloff, a Russian, was burned to death and the blaze destroyed property worth about 45000. The fire started from a gas lighting explosion and threatened the Northern Commercial Company plant and nearby builds. Firemen confined the flames to the block, though the California saloon and Jack Healy’s grocery suffered heavy losses. Saloff perished in the lavatory, likely from suffocation, in frigid 30 degree below zero weather. The building, once owned by Fred Martin and built by Al White, is likely insured.
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Fairbanks
California
Fie
George Saloft
Northern Commercial Company
California Saloon
Jack Healy
Northern Hotel
Saloff
al White
Valdez
Fred Martin
Anchorage
Storm Takes Lives Near Wrangell
Wrangell reports a deadly storm since Thursday. Charles Yaccock, a well known native, is dead. George Kelly is missing, feared dead. The pair left Dee Bay on Vank's Island for Wrangell when the storm hit. Yaccock’s body washed ashore, found near a tree, fully clothed with a life belt. exposure caused his death. Kelly’s fate remains unknown. Yaccock leaves a wife and several children.
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Wrangell
Charles Yaccock
George Kelly
Yucook
Kelly
Dee Bay
Vank's Island
Vank’s Island
Onis
Ani
Annexation Election Passed Quietly in Juneau
Very little interest appeared as only 24 votes were cast by 11 oclock. At 3 pm counts showed Gold Belt and Seater Tract 21 votes, City 24 votes, The Flats 30 votes, Nelson Park Additions 7 votes, indicating broad support for consolidation. Mrs M M Taylor served as the first election judge for the Tide Flats section.
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Gold Belt
Nelson Park
Seater Tract
City
the Flats
Mra. M. Mo. Taylor
Juneau
Tide Flats
City of Seattle Brings Christmas Mail
The steamer City of Seattle arrived at noon from the South with 200 sacks of mail and 160 tons of freight for Jonean and 160 tons for Treadwell. This is the first mail arrival from the States in four days. Passengers included Mrs. R. W. Smith, Ethel Colline, Mrs. B. L. Meyers and child, Mrs. H. G. Peller, Olaf Lystad, and Burdette A. Winn.
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Jonean
Treadwell
Seattle
R. W. Smith
Ethel Colline
B. L. Meyers and
Child
H. G. Peller
Olaf Lystad
Burdette A. Winn
Mrs C Clyde Strong Critically Ill in Seattle
Word from here reports Mrs. C Clyde Strong is critically ill in Seattle. She left for California a week ago seeking health, and Mr Strong may depart for the South on the first boat. Rev John A Buchanan returned on the City of Seattle from Ketchikan where he spoke on Color Photography. Abercrombie is registered at the Occidental.
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John A. Buchanan
Presbyterian Church
Thane
Seattle
Ketchikan
Ketchikan Lyceum
Abercrombie
The
Occidental
Bank bandits escape after deadly Duvall hold up
Port Townsend Dec 20 Three surviving members of a four man bandit gang that robbed the State Bank at Duvall fled across the Snoqualmie River and into dense woods, eluding a large posse of deputies and armed citizens. One robber was shot and died clinging to a post in midstream, another was wounded as he jumped from the bank. The fourth robber was killed while clinging to a post in the river. efforts focus on locating the other three. the Duvall bank robbery yielded about five hundred dollars in cash.
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Port Townsend
Snoqualmie
State Bank
Duvall
Snoqualmie River
Champion Enlists in Canadian Overseas Force
Saskatoon December 20 John ny O Leary Seattle lightweight and champion of Canada and William Madden his manager enlisted Saturday for the front O Leary and Madden will be private in the 64th Overseas Battalion and will go into training at once.
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Saskatoon
Johnny O'Leary
Seattle
Canada
William Madden
O'Leary
Madden
64Th Overseas
Will
Gill to Seek Reelection Amid Seattle Political Feud
Seattle on December 20 reports Mayor Hiram C. Gill will run again for mayor as Councilman O L Erickson and ex Councilman Austin E B Griffiths position themselves against him. Gill quips about unsheathing his sword while Griffihs and Erickson remain two of his fiercest adversaries.
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Seattle
O. L. Erickson
Austin EB. Griffiths
Hiram C. Gill
Kalner
Gill
Griffihs
Erickson
American note to Austria is to be last one
Chicago December 20. A Chicago source involved in the peace terms says no peace pact in the baseball league war was signed at last week’s New York conference and only details remain for the Cincinnati meeting. It is believed the conference outcome will end the Federals at a term satisfactory to President James A Gamore.
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Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Federal Effeult
National Baseball Commission
James A. Gamore
Seattle man dies after attempted robbery shooting
Seattle December 20 John B Woelfle, a mechanic, died yesterday of wounds from a gunfight with F C West a laundry driver whom he tried to hold up Woelfle leaves a wife and two babies the oldest about twenty months.
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Seattle
John B. Woelfle
F. C. West
Woelfle
Billie the Horse Blooms Not Accepting Help Near Knik
In Alaska near Knik the famed horseman Billie the Horse, real name William Elliott, lies dangerously sick in a cabin and refuses charity or medical aid preferring to die alone. Tom Finnegan reported locals attempted rescue and transport for treatment but Elliott declined, remaining in a serious condition and widely known from camps across the territory. Field Marshal von Mackensen was wounded twice in the Servian campaign, with Berlin letters noting a bullet pierced his arm at Belgrade and a second strike to the shoulder.
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Seward
Wilam Elliott
Alanka
Billie
Knik
Tom Finnegan
Billle
Copenhagen
von Mackensen
Berlin
Belgrade
Woman defeats husband in city clerk election
The Citizens ticket won the city election with the exception of the clerk race. Eva S. Cale defeated incumbent J. Cale by thirty three votes. the Cales had previously lived in Port Angeles.
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Republic
Yeaterday
Citizens
Eva 5. Cale
J.C. Cale
Port Angeles
Carrigan and Olts Win Shoot Trophies at Juneau Club
A. C. Carrigan won the White Fly er trophy for the free time and Or ville Olts captured the DuPont trophy at the Juneau Gun Club shoot on their North Juneau range Sunday. Shooters listed include King Olts Dickinson Murphy Goldstein Banbury McBride Carrigan Truesdell Carter and Fisher.
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A. C. Carrigan
Orville Olts
DuPont
Juneau
North
King
Olts
Dickinson
Murphy
Goldstein
Banbury
McBride
Carrigan
Truesdell
Carter
Fisher
Laneisms Sparkled in Report Washington
The annual interior department report emphasizes development and American instinct for improvement. It highlights Alaska Territory as a vast mineral land with unknown possibilities and notes a gold mine mill capable of 6,000 tons daily, with ore in sight to run fifty years.
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Washington
Franklin K. Lane
Interior Department
North Pacific
Arctic Circle
Matonuska
Tanana
Alaska Territory
Virginians Welcome Wilsons to Hot Springs Honeymoon
President and Mrs. Wilson arrived in Virginia at Hot Springs on a Sunday morning to spend their honeymoon. Guests at the Inn gave a cheerful welcome and joined a parade, featuring improvised tom-toms and tin pans. The President planned to stay for several days.
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Hot Springs
Wilson
President Wilson Marries Mrs Edith Bolting Galt
Washington December wedding at Mrs Galt's home marked by simplicity. Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolting Galt exchanged vows before about thirty guests, all relatives or close associates, with no bridal march and a brief ceremony. They departed for Hot Springs, Virginia, amid a flood of wedding gifts from across the U.S. and territories.
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Washington
Edith Bolting Galt
Virginia
Pocahontas
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Galt
Wilson
Hot Springs
Hawaii
Philippines
Alaska
Albert C. Ede Ward Dies Suddenly in Springfield
Albert C. Ede Ward, nephew of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and longtime custodian of the Lincoln homestead hero, died suddenly in Springfield.
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Springfield
Ill
Albert C. Edewards
Abraham Lincoln
Onstedinn
Lincoln Homestead
Britain’s Position Repeated in Trade Memo to U S
Washington December 20. Britain submitted data to the State Department supporting restrictions on commerce at America’s expense. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice sent a memorandum to Secretary Lansing with a transmittal letter. The memo repeats that British gains with neutral markets are infinitesimal next to U S trade expansion.
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Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Lansing
Cecil Spring-Rice
Walter H. Page
London Foreign Office
Withdrawal of Federal League Is Prophesied
Washington dispatch reports the United States sent its final message to Austria over the Ancona incident. Officials say Vienna will not back away from its stance and expect no concession from the Austrian government.
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Federal League
Washington
United States
Ancona
Vienna
Parcels Post Stoppage Controversy Across Nations
Berlin report states Sweden protested to Great Britain against stopping the parcels post between Sweden and the United States. London notes much of the halted packages from the United States contained rubber headed to a German agency in Sweden. Lansing protests confirm the United States urged Britain to end interference with parcels post shipments.
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Berlin
Sweden
Great Britain
United States
Britain
London
War Office
Lansing
Washington
Lanning
T. R. Babbles at Wilson and His Policies
Former President Theodore Roosevelt criticizes the Wilson administration in the Metropolitan magazine January issue. He attacks the Mexican policy submarine question Ford and other prellicists and accuses Wilson of appropriating Roosevelt preparedness policies. He says the President has proclaimed conflicting policies at home and abroad to sway voters.
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New York
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Metropolitan Magazine
Henry Ford
Whluon
Roosevelt
Mexico
Germany
United States
Roosevelt Attends Gary Dinner Amid Steel Boss Buzz
Political circles swarm after a dinner at E. H. Garys New York home attended by former President Roosevelt. The gathering drew many Roosevelt allies including Colonel Poricdns, stirring speculation about political moves in a time of steel industry influence.
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New York
E. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Poricdns
Steamship Admiral Evans Calls at North with Passengers and Cargo
Seattle December 20 The steamship Admiral Evans arrived at North at 7 am carrying 28 passengers and a cargo of mining machinery and lumber for the Alaska Juneau mine. Passengers include Mrs H M Smith for Thane Andrew Gragh Ben Bovik Mrs George Butzer Mrs Rose Miller B Klegman Mrs Harry Malone E B Dudden T H Kershaw Mrs A Bradley and EF L Joffo bound for Juneau.
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Seattle
Alaska
Juneau
Admiral Evans
North
H. M. Smith
Thane
Andrew Graguh
Ben. Bovik
George Butzer
Rose Miller
B. Klegman
Harry Malone
E. B. Dudden
T. H. Kershaw
A. Bradley
EF. L. Joffo
Copper metal gains on market close in New York trading
Copper metal rose to 20 percent cents per pound in New York today. Alaska Gold closed at 26 44, China at 69 44, Ray at 28 36, Utah at 75 percent, and Butte and Superior at 65 percent in active market activity.
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New York
Alaska
Chini
Ray
Utah
Butte & Superior
Empire Ad Space Note From the Printer
The Empire thanks advertisers for patience as space remains tight waiting for new prose. The note explains the daily page count limits and requests continued support while space is allocated.
Surrender of Villa Nears as Peace Talks Conclude
El Paso reports a peace agreement between Villa factions and Carranza officials with papers to be signed. Villa, now in Jaures, is expected to enter the United States after amnesty assurances. Washington broadcasts say Villa's army will surrender to Carranza and asylum will be granted to him as a political refugee.
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EL Paso
Villa
Carranza
Garcia
Jaures
United States
Washington
Wilson
Pancho Villa
Grant
Garcis
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Los Angeles
Ford led peace expediton to Europe lands in Norway
Henry Ford arrived in Christiana with over a hundred American peace advocates aboard the Scandinavian-American Miner Osaar at Ford's expense. He hailed the group as initiating a humanitarian act that could end the world's worst war and set a benevolent record for the American Republic.
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Christiana
Europe
Henry Ford
Mner Osaar
United States
Ford
Changes in Government Shipping Bill Differentiates Past and Present
Washington December 18 The new shipping bill shows marked differences from the defeated draft including the practical elimination of government ownership features The bill retains a shipping board and a corporation with private subscriptions while parts of the fleet will serve as a naval reserve force indicating a shift away from state ownership toward private and mixed control
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Washington,d. C
Naval Reserve
British Won’t Seek New War Loan Soon
The London Times reports the British government does not plan to raise fresh war loans in the near term and expects no new taxation this financial year. Conferences continue on mobilizing American securities as the treasury adopts a borrowing plan with an option to buy in certain cases.
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London
London Times
Treasury
Germans Crushed in Gas Attack at Ypres
London reports indicate a major German offensive in Flanders as massed troops attacked British trenches northeast of Ypres under gas cover. The assault failed, with most Germans killed or driven back into their trenches and only a few emerging.
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London
Flanders
Ypres
Belgium royal escape from bombs reported by Petite Journal
Paris dispatch details a narrow escape from death for the King and Queen of Belgium as German airmen bombed the fishing village they occupy. The account is printed today by the Petite Journal. Vienna notes that meat sale will be prohibited next Saturday in official notices.
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Belgium
Paris
Germany
Petite Journal
Vienna
London Times Hurls Caustic Accusations
The Daily Times editorial accuses politicians and censorship of fooling the public and hints at a mysterious hand aiding Germany by diverting malt via Denmark, while beer for British workers is curtailed and no punishment is seen for Germany on land or sea.
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London
The
Daily Times
Lord Northcliffe
Todas
Germany
Denmark
Americans After Sheffield Steel Trade Surge
New York December 18 banking interests outline plans to dominate Sheffield steel trade by building two large plants. One plant to be built at Highlandtown Maryland near Baltimore under Baltimore and New York financiers. The other plant planned for Syracuse New York alongside the Sonderaon works.
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New York
Baltimore
Highlandtown
Syracuse
Crucible Steel Co
Sonderaon Works
Sheffield
Areol
Alaska Mines Corp ships freight for new Fidalgo Bay works
The Alaska Mines Corporation under manager E. D. Relters sent a large freight shipment to the mine at Fidalgo Bay aboard the Ehamrock line. The project includes a wharf and ore bunkers at Tidalgo to allow large steamers to land and load or unload. Dock approach will be 376 feet long and 100 by 40 feet.
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Pairbanks
Alaska Mines Corporation
E. D. Relters
Fidalgo Bay
Ehamrockie Company
Tidalgo
Valdez Prospector
American securities moving faster than ever before
New York reports continued large scale liquidation of American bonds by Britain. Recent steamship shipments averaging 10,000,000 pounds sterling are expected to be exceeded on the next two vessels as the liquidation accelerates.
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New York
Late News Briefs From Seattle And London
Seattle reports the death of Mrs. Willey wife of Capt George J Willey in Minor Hospital after an operation she was daughter of Clark Aldridge a pioneer merchant. London Lord Derby director of recruiting predicts the war will end suddenly earlier than expected conscription for single men favoring in British papers. Episcopal Church tragedy kills a woman and injures her daughter Miss Elizabeth Greene in an auto hearse incident. AID FOR POLAND DAY executive proclamation designates January 1 for Poland relief contributions from the White House. Mount Vernon logger Robert Lee is shot and killed by rival logger L B Leidbetter after a quarrel. the shooter later fires at Timekeeper Goss but is disarmed and arrested. Seattle will host an Ingesto agency to forward Puget Sound and Alaska fish products. The Supreme Court adjourns until January 7.
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Seattle
Willey
George J. Willey
Puget Sound
Alaska
Clark Aldridge
London
Lord Derby
Mount Vernon
Wash
Robert Lee
JL. B. Leidbetter
Kolling Lee
Leadbetter
Goss
Gleason Son Dies In Port Commission House Fire
Seattle Morton Gleason, 64 year old son of Port Commission member W A Gleason, perished when the Gleason home burned yesterday. The parents were badly burned attempting to rescue him from the flames.
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Seattle
Morton
W. A. Gleason
Port Commission
Gleason
Aberdeen Woman Killed
Aberdeen Washington reports the death of Mrs. Frederick W. Greene, wife of the rector, in a fatal incident. Details indicate the tragedy occurred in the Aberdeen area and involves the Greene family and local church leadership. Further information on cause and circumstances was not available in the fragment.
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Aberdeen, Wash
Frederick W. Greene
British Withdraw from Gallipoli Campaign
London reports at the War Office that British troops in Sulva and Anzac areas are withdrawn and other Gallipoli forces will retire when feasible. Forces may move to Salonika or Egypt, potentially freeing 260,000 Turkish soldiers if the campaign ends. Belgian coast shelling noted by Berlin with German claims of driving monitors away. Bremen and torpedo boat losses reported, crews escaped. Metsia air raid caused only property damage per Paris. Athens cites Bulgarian losses around 120,000 in Serbian campaign.
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London
War Office
Sulva
Anzac
Gallipoli
Salonika
Egypt
Berlin
Wentonde
Belgain
Bremen
Baltic Sea
Metsia
Paris
Athens
Cannonading reported off the Rock of Holland on Sunday
Terrific cannonading was heard Sunday off the Rock of Holland and it was believed several ships were engaged. In another dispatch from Antwerp it was reported that General Von Bissing, governor general of the occupied Belgian territory, will retire January 1 due to ill health.
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Rotterdam
Rock of
Holland
Rome
von Biswing
Belgium
Antwerp
Red Cross assistants attacked in Salonika raid
A Chicago society woman Mrs. Walter Farwell and Dr. Harry Forbes, an American Red Cross physician, report they were assaulted when Bulgarian forces raided the Monnauhr Red Cross headquarters. The attackers ripped down the Red Cross flag and seized Serbian relief stores. Canada ships 205000 troops to front since war began.
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Salonika
Walter Farwell
Harry 8. Forbes
Red Cross
Monnauhr
Japan Guards Suez Canal Warships Aid Allies
A. M. Papasian Hey, former Egyptian minister, claimed Japan is aiding the Entente in World War I by supplying munitions and by guarding the Suez Canal with Japanese warships, as reported from Los Angeles on December 20.
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Los Angeles
Japan
Suez Canal
A. M. Papasian Hey
Egypt
War News and Views of Europe in Headlines
In Britain 250000 Jews include 17000 serving, eight and a half percent, while 900000 Christians have enlisted. Gallipoli sniping record set by Australian cavalryman King with 91 hits in September. Central powers report 112082 tons sunk by submarines in the Mediterranean. German allies' Monastir advance, Red Cross hospital run by American doctors. Capts Boy Ed and von Papen allegedly funded a Mexican revolution to bring Huerta back and war with the US, with $72000000 cited. Story also notes Lieut Col Rintelen and Andrew D. Meloy, and $27000000 spent in Mexican propaganda. Burdette A. Winn returns to Seattle for Christmas with his family. Everybody reads The Daily Empire.
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King
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Mexico
Huerta
United States
New York City
Col
Rintelen
Andrew D. Meloy
Rintolen
Washington
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Imaterial
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DAILY
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Empire
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American Securities
Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Greene
Poland
White House
RUSS
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American Red Cross
Flag
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Government Today
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United Kingdom
Mediterranean Sea
Whoen
Monastir
University of Washington
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