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HTHE ALASKA DAILY EMPIRE H "ALLTHE NEWS ALL THE TIME" VOL. VIII, NO II6L JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1916. ' PRICE TEN CENTS RUSSIANS DRIVEN FROM THE CARPATHIANS BOMB SET OFF ON SEATTLE WHARF SIXTY MEN IN SEATTLE NEAR DEATH ON DOCK Contrivance Exploded on Pacific Coast Pier at an Early Hours This Morning. ANOTHER DOCK ON FIRE Phosphorous Balls Are Used; Police Believe Deeds Committed by Strikers. SEATTLE. Aug. 18.?The water front section was awakened early this morning by a series of explo-' sions which came from the direction of Pier D of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, which is at the foot of King Street. Extra police men were rushed to the scene and discovered that bombs had been ex ploded beneath the dock close to where sixty strike breakers were sleeping in specially constructed quarters. The explosion tore a hole in the dock ten feet in diame ter. None of the sleepers were in jured. The waterfront patrol claimed: that about midnight last night a motor boat sped away from the dock and disappeared in the mist which was overhanging the bay. The bomb or bombs are believed to have been set at that time. Early last evening Pier 4, occu- j pied by Dodwell & Co.. was fired by means of phosphorous balls. The damage was small. The police believe that the work i at both docks was caused by strik ing longshoremen who are now be coming ugly since their demands have been flatly and finally turned J down. A ITATIirT) TIArrtr OPT nrrur n.J.1 U 1 X1XJ.U i/VVIk OLl AI IXVij. Seattle, Aug. 18.?Striking long shoremen attempted to burn the Al aska Steamship Company's dock.: Pier 2. last night. James Murphy! a member of the striking longshore men. was the one who hurled a bottle of phosphorus through the warehouse window starting a blaze which was soon extinguished. His act was witnessed by Patrolman R. R. Kolby who amsted Murphy at the point of a gun. the latter threat ened to shoot the officer. I STEA>1ER MOVE.ME NTS \ * and Mail Information 1 I On account of the cable bo-, ing down it is impossible to j secure accurate news of the steamt,r movements. The fol lowing list is as nearly correct as the agents and the Em pire can figure the arrivals. NOW BOUND NORTH. City of Seattle is expected to morrow morning with mall. 1 Humboldt Is expected late to- j night or tomorrow morning | with mail. Mariposa u expected rrom the j south tomorrow morning at | 2 o'clock. AI-KI Is expected from the i south Monday. | SCHEDULED SAILINGS. i : Princess Alice Is scheduled to sail from Voncouver toraor- ! row night. I Jefferson is expected to sail from Seattle Sunday. Admiral Evans is scheduled to I sail from Seattle tomorrow. I Prince George is scheduled to sail from Seattle Monday. I SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS. | Alameda has not reached Skag- j way. Is expected southbound J ! tonight or tomorrow foro- : | noon. I Prince Rupert is scheduled to ! sail southbound tomorrow { night. Admiral Farragut Is expected I southbound Tuesday, t 1 AUTO BANDITS ARE TERRORIZING THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO Robberies Occurring in the Night Time and Police Have Been Utterly Foiled. CHICAGO. Aug. 18.--Crime has broken out in the southwest section of the city and the people are ter rorized by a series of auto bandit hold-ups on saloons and other es tablishments which keep open late at night. So far no clues have been established and in spite of extra plain clothes men in the district | hourly reports of hold-ups are re ceived at district police headquar ters. .Last night three hold-ups occurred within three blocks of each other within three hours. Late this afternoon the police claimed that they have evidence ? that the auto bandits wore leadby; two women dressed in male attire. ( Developments are expected. COUNTERFEITERS i CAUGHT AND BIG ; PLOT FRUSTRATED i V Secret Service Agents J Unearth a Conspiracy I to Flood Country b with Bunk Stuff. |a STAMPS ALSO SEIZED ? ii NEW YORK. Aug. 18?A conspir- P acy to circulate millions of dollars r worth of counterfeit silver certlll- K catcs of the United States treas ury notes has been frustrated by Chief Flynn of the United States secret service. s Stamps and specially prepared pa per was secured in the raid which h resulted in the arrest of eight njen 0 and one woman. There wore mil- 1 lions of the certificates all ready for distribution. Plans seized in the raid showed that a number of agents e were to be stationed in various parts 11 of the country for the distribution ' ^ of the counterfeits. It is not be- r licvcd that any of the notes have ' been sent out. P Chief Flynn expects to make oth- ' ??r arrests, one possibly in San ^ Francisco and another In Denver. n Secret service agents in New Or- n leans believe that several agents are I0 there and arrests will also follow. j ^ ? ? ? I v FRENCH PROTEST | TO POPE ON THE t GERMAN CRUELTY ! a !. Anti - Christian Methods of the Germans Calls f Forth Demands for a Cessation. ACCUSATIONS ARE MADE ' 11 ROME, Aur. 18.?The French car dinals and archbishops, as well as the clergy and laymen, have appealed to the pope protesting strongly against "the vandalism of the Ger- r mans and their inhuman treatment of the French population." and im ploring him "to stand by his perse- J cuted children." The appeals also condemn the "an ti-Christian methods of the enemy." The Vatican Is making a careful summary of all the accusations and ' the evidence will be submitted to I the Prussian and Bavarian ministers j 1 accredited to the holy see, who are11 now residing in Switzerland. 1 It is believed that the pope will'; use al this influence in interceding with Germany in behalf of the French population in occupied torrl- < tory. especially asking for better J treatment for the women, children < and old men. 1 ] EMPIRE'S classifieds pay. I BREMERTON IS TO HAVE LARGE YARD FOR NAVY Pacific Coast Is Winner in Its Fight for the Construction of Battleships. LOSES SUBMARINE BASt Navy Bill Is Enrolled and Now Ready for the Signature of President. WASHINGTON. Auk. 18. ? The 'aclflc coast won tho fight for a1 lattleship construction navy yard it Bremerton, but lost the right for i submarine and transport base on lie Columbia river. Tho Senate al owod the request of tho Oregon Senators for a base and yard for, he construction and supplying of' ubmarincs and transports on the, Columbia river, but the Houso naval if fairs committee held that there hould be more concentration rather han further distribution of the na- i al bases. It is proposed to make! ho Bremerton navy yard one of J he best in the world, with equip-: acnt that will enable it to" do any /ork In naval construction that can e dono anywhere. Largest Plan In History The naval bill has been enrolled nd engrossed and is now ready j or the signature of the President, nd that ho will sign it is assurrcd. t provides for tho greatest building lan In history, and carries approp- i lations for that purpose that ng re gate $312,891,000. Wilt Aid Industries NEW YORK. Aug. 18.?The pas age ol the naval appropriations j1 ill and the assurance that It will ecomc a law has served to strength n the copper and iron situation , hough both were already strong. It , i admitted here that the naval ullding plan is a great deal more xtensivc than it was believed that t would be possible to secure from 'ongress earlier in the session. The , esult is regarded as a victory for,( 'resident Wilson g^id the Navy Dc artment. and it is believed that I ho turn of events in Europe, which las made the prospect of peace | lore remote than it seemed a few lonths ago, aided them to win as asily as they did. SEATTLE MARINER DROWNS AS FALLS FROM HIS CRAFT SEATTLE. Aug. 18.?Captain Fred, lency. a pioneer steamship man of! he coast former master of the tug | iea Foam, fell overboard last night rom his boat and was drowned. The i ccidcnt happened in Lake Washing-' on. MERGER IS PLANNED OF BOTH FRUIT AND FISHING CANNERIES SAN FRANCISCO. Auk. 18.?There s talk of a big merger here. If he deal Is put through the Alaska 'ackers Assoc atlons will merge with he largest fruit cannery concern In 'allfornla and the Hawilan islands, n the Islands the pineapple can lerlcs will be taken tfndcr one con ro'- JL2S \MERICAN LAKE TO BE USED FOR CAMP OF BUSINESS MEN SEATTLE. Aug. 18.?The United states government has authorized :he holding of the Business Men's military training camp at American Lake. This camp will be inaugu rated Aug. 28th and will termin ate Sept. 23rd. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 18.?It bo urne certain today that Dr. Eva Harding of Topeka, a suffrage lcad sr, had won the Democratic nomin ation for Congressman in the First District over Rev. H. J. Corwine, In the recent state-wide primary. earthquakes ! continue on 1 italy's coast ROMK. Aug. 18. ? Twenty-five earthquake shakes have occurred about Ancona during the last twen ty-four hours. Ono hundred thou sand Inhabitants on the coast from Rlmino to sixty miles south havo suffered and the property damago Is reported to bo heavy. The num bers of lives lost is still unreported. sewMfears hughes opposes the alaska r.h Candidate Is Asked to Endorse Government Project but Turns Alaskans Down. G. 0. P. TO THROTTLE Ballaine Says It Is An Open Secret Capitalists Will Endeavor to Stop the Work. Telegrams rccoivcd by The Em pire today from Seward and Seattle Ray that great indignation exists at Seward and in Alaska circles at Seattle because of the refusal of Charles K. Hughes, Republican nom inee for President, to commit him self to the completion of the gov ernment railroad that has been star ted in Alaska, or for the extension of government railroad work in the Territory. Great efforts were made by Republicans In Seward and Se attle to get him to make a clear cut and positive declaration In spc cillc terms that he would, If elected, favor the continuation of the rail road and wagon road development in Aluska, but the best they could get from him was a short 21-word statement that he favors the devel opment of Alaska. Asks Hughes for Statement. The Evening Post of Seward, an I independent paper with Republican leanings heretofore inelncd to sup port Delegate Wickersham, wired its correspondent at Seattle to get a statement from Mr. Hughes while ho was in that city relative to the policy that his administration would adopt toward the government rail road in Alaska. The Seward pa per's Seattle correspondent saw the publicity man of the Republican National Committee that Is accom panying Mr. Hughes, who promised to consult Mr. Hughes about the matter. Hughes Was Very Brief. John E. Baliatnc, a candidate for the Republican nomination for Con gress in the Seattle district, who is heavily interested in the townsite of Seward, also asked Mr. Hughes for a positive Btatcinent, telling hltn that there was a report, bearing all the car-marks of authenticity, in circulation that the Republicans, if they should come into power, would kill the government railroad pro ject in Alaska. Mr. Hughes in his speech that night simply said: "You have a great empire in Alaska. I want to sec It developed." Further Efforts Futile. Not satisfied with this situation, the Seward Evening Post sent a tel egram directly to Mr. Hughes at Portland, and other Influence was brought to bear upon tho candidate to declare himself, as the reportB that a Republican regime would put an end to the government railroad work in Alaska were again in circu lation. At Portland Mr. Hughes simply ropeated his Scattlo speech. Refusal Looks Bad. In viow of the efforts that were made to secure specific statements from Mr. Hughes regarding his pro posed attitude toward Alaska, his refusal to say more than to make the general statement that he, wants to see Alaska dcvolopcd is taken at Seward to mean that government (Continued on Page 8.) INFATUATED MAN SLAYS A WOMAN AND ONE OTHER Prominent Vancouverite Killed in Seattle on Street by Lover of His Wife. ASSASSIN NOTCAPTURED Police Puzzled Over the Double Murder; Slayer Left Wealth in a Hotel Safe. SEATTLE, Aug. 18. ? Mri. Col lingson died this forenoon. The slayer, Frank von Oehyda, is still at large. Seattle, Aug. 18.?J. A. (Jack) Collingson, a well known business man of Vancouver, was shot and killed last nlRht, and Mrs. Colling son, formerly known as Henrietta Eastman was believed fatally wound ed. The deed was done by Frank von Dchyda, a Belgian. Beforo Mrs. Collingson, or East man, was taken to the hospital where she sank Into unconsciousness, die showed letters to the police which stated that von Dehyda was Infatuated with her and had prom ised to kill her unless she would marry him. . Slayer Escapes The case Is hard .'or the pollco to unravel on account of the slayer es caping so soon after committing the deed, one of the principals being . dead and the other dying. As far as can be learned from lo cal people and those from Vancouv er now in the city, Henrietta Enst man had lived with von Dehyda in , Belgium for ten years but came to; j America shortly before the war!, broke put. He followed her across |; the continent and together they pur- | chased u rooming house in Van- ( ccuvcr. , rivcniuaiiy uomngSun snuwuu up-i. on the sccno ami according to tliosn! * who claim to know the two wore i ( married about a year ago. Run Out of Vancouver Von Dehyda was run out of Van-! ? couvcr shortly after the start of the I ( war because of his German sympa thies and came here. He kept writ- , ing to Mrs. Colllngson but Bho told him she was married and her whole life had been changed. Last Sunday ho wired the woman in the case that he was sick and { wanted to talk business with her.' She came to Seattle and Colllngson.; fearing that something would hap pen, followed on the next boat. She j, finally brought tho two men togeth- i er and believed everything was ami- j cably settled between the two. Shooting on Street Last night Colllngson and tho wo man were out walking. Without any j warning von Dehyda met the couple on the street and fired two shots, the first dropped Colllngson. dead, and the second sent Mrs. Colling ston reeling to tho pavement. By standers claim that two othor shots were fired but if Von Dehyda tried to commit suicide It is not known whether he was successful as ho disappeared down an alley. The slayer had been a patient at tho Providence hospital for several weekB, being under treatment for nervousness. In the safe at the Hector hotel, Is $0,000 in cash which was left by von Dehyda before he went to the hospital. SHERIFF KILLED AS TRIES TO.ARREST A LONt HltiH WAT MAIM EMPORIA. Kans., Aug. 18.?Sher iff Walter Davis was killed early this morning while attempting to arrest a lone highwayman. The suspect escaped but a possco is In pursuit. SHELLED BY SUBMARINE. NEW YORK, Aug. 18.?Passen gers arriving today on the Cunard liner Alaunia told of seeing a large British steamer against whoso freeboard was lashed a large shell evidcntally torn from a German sub marine. The British boat was ro ceeding Into the port of Dea. THREE ARE DEAD AND TWO ARE DYING FROM GAS ON FISH CRAFT Bodies Are Discovered and Are Taken to Wrang ell by a Small Boat. WRANGELL, Aug. 18.?Asphyxia tion by gas caused the death of three members of the c;cw of the fishing schooner Ella J., and the other two members of the crew are dying. The bodies of the dead were brought here this forenoon and the two whose recovery Is doubtful are being attended by doctors. The crew of the littlo boat bringing the dead and dying reported that they went alongside the Ella J. ear ly this morning for bait. Receiving no response from calls, two members went aboard and down into the sleeping quarters. They were near ly overcome by the fumes but man aged to reach the air. They then opened the hatches to allow of ven tilation in tho hold of the Ella J. and made a thorough Investigation with the above results. WRANGELL TO BE ISSUED SALOON LICENSES NOW Judge Jennings Decides that People Voted in Last Election on Wet Side. 1 i THE PETERSBURG ISSUE | I WRANGELL, Aug. 18.?Wrangell , will be wet for another year accord inj to a ruling made by Judge Rob- 1 ^rt W. Jennings, of the United States ' District Court. Tho ruling was tjased on the chowlng of the wots ( :hat a clear majority of the actual ( white residents over the age of 21 rears had given their consent to ! ho sale of liquors, either at the 1 election or otherwise. The drys won at the election on , June Cth. The vote was: Wet, 134, dry 119, registered vote not cast but counted dry 46. The liquor interests were ropre- j sented at tho hearing by George Irving, of Juneau. The court decided that licenses will be issued, and an order direct ing that action will be made upon the arrival of Judge Jennings at Ju neau. ( Jennings at Petersburg Judge Jennings left there last night for Petersburg. Ho will de cide the contest there today. The 1 wets won on the face of the returns at that place. VLADIVOSTOK ORDERS WILL NOT DIMINISH If European War Were to End Tomorrow. Rush of Business Would Still Continue. SEATTLE, Aug. 18.?Even if tho European war should end tomorrow, tho Vladivostok trade of Seattle and other coast ports would continue at a great volume for at least another year if not two years. In tho last month the Russian gov ernment has placed orders In the East for 425,000 tons of 67%-pound open hearth steel rails at the rate, it Is understood at $52 a ton, a total of 122.000,000, in round figures. Seattle, according to traffic ex ports, will continue to get Its full share of the vast Vladivostok move ment, due to the fact that toh nec essary ships have been provided by Frank Watorhouse & Co., Inc., and Mitsui & Co. The EMPIRE?all tho news all tho time, when it is news. BERLIN SENDS OUT A REPORT OF BIG DEED Teutons and the Turks Unite and Clear the Mountains of the Enemy. BATTLES * DEADLOCKED Allies Gain Slightly on the Somme Front and Gen. Rothmer Holds His Own at Lemberg. Berlin, Aug. 18.?The war office announces that the Russians have been driven from the Carpathians by Teutons and Turks who united. LONDON, Aug. 18.?On four of the battlefronts opposing armies are today locked in a life and death ?rip or arc marking time waiting for reinforcements or for the enemy to make the first move. On the Somme front General Haig advises that over a battlefront that has grown from 18 to 22 miles the French and British are hammering with artillery and infantry attracks upon the Germans. The latter are resisting every move of the Allies For three days the terrific warfare lias continued, day and night with unceasing vigor. At Pozieres a new fighting center has broken out. The Germans at the end of one defense ieusively beat the allies and forced them back but the latter have made ?ains from 100 t<f 200 yards sjr.cc the last report. General Rothmer has concentrat :d all of his available forces to the lefense of Lemberg. It is under stood, in advices from Berlin, that the Kaiser and General von Hmden hurg are in a conference on the front somewhere. The Verdun attacks of the Ger mans have not censed there being desultory fighting, nio<t!y at nights. For two weeks omv small engage ments have been in progress along the banks of the Mcuse. The announcement that the Ger mans were to assume the defenses of Trieste has caused unbounded speculations. Advices today from Milan confirm previous dispatches :hat the Germans were swinging sev eral hundred thousand troops to wards the Italian battlefront. The departure of the Austrian b*t tlefleet from the Gulf of Trieste is still unaccounted for. Unofficial ad vices state that the fleet went south to the Mediterranean to intercept twenty Russian transports reported loaded with soldiers bound for Mar seilles for the support of the Allies on the Verdun front and also along the Somme. This is believed to be, however, a ruse and attacks on the Adriatic side of Italy are looked for. A dispatch from Athens this af ternoon states that no successor has been appoinica 10 wic iiuhibh-i vi war of the Greek cabinet following the resignation of Genfl Callaris. FLEURY IS RETAKEN Paris, Aug. 8.?The French re captured Fleury this afternoon driv ing the Germans from that part of the territory. They also advanced west of the town between Thia mont and Fleury taking many pris oners. T~Weather Report?24 Hours f( . Ending at 3 p. m. Today: I + ? ? ? ? Friday, August 18th. Maximum?52. Minimum?48. Cloudy?Rain. Precipitation?.07 In. ? 4