The Ketchikan miner. [volume], September 16, 1915, Image 3

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nOU FRIDAY'S DAILY
BOTH WILL BURN OIL
An expenditure of in con
verting the steamers Spokane and City
of Seattle into oil burners is being
planned by officials of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company. The work,
it is announced, is to be done this
winter, following the close of the
summer tourist season.
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FISH liBLRATRD
A certificate has been filed with
the Clerk of the District Court by the
Northwestern Fisheries Co., shewing
that the number of salmon fry liber
ated from their Hetta Lake hatchery
during she last season. Vhe certifi
cate shows 7,142,500 fry were liber
ated which allows them freedom from
taxation on 71,425 cases of red sal
non This hatchery is located on the
•oath end of Prince of Wales Island
and *s near Salxer.
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HAS INSANE HEN
The Mariposa had four insane men
aboard. two from anchorage, one from
Cordova and one from Kenai The
four were on their way to the Morn
ing-side asyium near Portland in
charge of Deputy Marshal Sam
Brig it well of Cordova.
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LOURS BATHES SUSPICIOUS
Stanley Adams is leaving on the
Princess in the morning for a trip
south as far as San Francisco. Some
of tie boys at Heckman s say that he
is taking a trunk wira him large
enough for two. and male the r_g
gestion to the Miner Man that it
looked suspicious. Be that as it 1
cay. we hope he has a pleasant trip
and arrives back safe if not single.
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IX WITH SICK MAH
The halibut schooner Lief E. came
in this morning :o bring a ack man
to the hospital The man's name is
dobs Ols-.u and he is suffering from
a bad attack of rheumatism- He is
a: the Arthur Yates Memorial H:-»
pitai under the tare of Marine Sur
geoo Story.
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REPLACING BUOYS
The Iigh'.hruse tender. Fern is at
work in Wrangell Narrows replacing
baoya. The channel is so narrow at
that point tna? tows coming through
foul the bcoys. which must bo pal
lack into position.
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San Diego. Sept. 10—Albert Good
will Spaulding, head of the famous
sporting goods firm of A. G. Spauid- 1
ing i Eros-, died in this city iast
tight of apepiexy at the age of 65.
He w as noted as one of the leading
baseball pitchers of the eariy seven
ties. and was successively manager,
secretary and president of the Bos
ton t bub. Later he entered into the
manufacture of sporting goc-is and
amassed a fortune. He had for sev
eral ytiars bees z resident of Point !
Louis, CaL
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-Seattle, Sept. 1 i—In a speech
before the banker's eoEvention new
is session in this city, former pres
- lent Taft iast night made a great
talk urging capita: and labor to get
■loser together. He showed how on
the prosperity f the one depended
the prosperity of the other, and how
aeither cod! stand aione. One par
ticularly strong part of his talk was j
the saggntira that is the treat- :
meet of each other labor and capital
should be gui :esi by equity and jus
tice rather than by the letter of the
law. Mr. Taft's remarks received
the best attention from the hundreds
of the country's leading financiers
who had journeyed to Seattle to at
tcu i tie convention- The session at
which Mr. Tuft spoke was the test
attended of any of the convention \
showing the esteem is which he is )
held through it the country. While i
here Mr. T .ft is. being entertained
by the members of the Yale Club j
of this city.
Word was received from the south
this norair. - that the opening price ;
on earned minion had been !eclare<l.
The price on risks will l.-e a -iisap- ■
foinlmer; to :.r ? ‘he cacners, as
it is below t_at of a year ip
The prices r . s
At skn He . :-r ioz., *1.56
M- Ians 1. per doz., 1.15
Eir e., per or-, .75
' * r -r .65 to .75 j
Lest ye-i ■'* o.eaiag prices accord- i
'*? to Jr 3. Beegie were: Be-!*,
*1-45: Me Bed*, #1.15; Pisku
'.u-n= > . King*. »1 40.
Tt -■ :-r: ole ,r. orP pound ■
Gat- »:e*l», is *1>5. with *1.15 for
half pound*.
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T' ■ sc! -in *r Panama took on bait ‘
at the K-:4e?.:kan Cede! rctoragt plan
today.
FROM FRIDAY'S RAHiY
Honolulu, Sept. 10—Simple funeral
services were held in this eity yes
terday afternoon over ail that was
mortal of thj fceros who gave u|
their lives to their country when tl>«
submarine 1-4 made her fatal dive.
The bodies whieh have been identi
fied will l>e sent to the 1‘nited States
for burial wherever relative* may
<!. The rest will be interred in
the national cemetary here on the
Island. Business in general was sus
pended ia this eity yesterday while
the funeral services were being held.
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Seattle. Sept. 10—The Dolphin got
away for'the north at nine last night
She has one passenger on board foi
Ketchikan. J. C. Hoyt. The North
western several days behind her
schedule, finally sailed at eight
Shis morning. Her Ketchikar. pas
sengers are Archie Teal and Agnes
Hanford.
Berlin. Sept. 1?—The Zeppelin at
tack on London early yesterday morn
ing was probably the most successful
raid to date, and will bring home the
war to Great Britain. Many bombs
were dropped destroying and setting
fire to severs’ great factories near
Norwish, and the iron and ammu
nition works in the middle borough
Many hits were made, resulting it;
explosions and numerous fires.
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Berlin. Sept. 10—A note is being
prepared for transmission to America
stating that while Germany deeply
regrets that any Americans lost their
lives at the time of the Arabic was
sunk, still owing to the statement
’f the captain of the submarine sink
ing the ship' that he did so -in self de
fense, she sees no reason why she
should make settlement for same. The
note will suggest that the matter be
left for final settlement to the
Hague tribcnaL
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Washington, Sep-t. 10—Frederick
C<mrtlac-i Penn eld, American isUs
?a .or a: Vienna bas been imssructeu
lo inform the Asstro-Huigulai gov
ernment that Dr. Dumba was no long
er acceptable as an envoy from the
dual monarchy to the United States.
This action is lakes c>n account of
the fact that Dr. Dnmba has teen
trying to handicap the munition fac
tories of the United States and thus
:eiay if posable the delivery of am
munition to the Allies. In taking
this stand, Secretary of State Lan
sing makes the statement that Dr.
Dumba by his acts has violated the
neutrality of the Unite,! States, and
■ s such is no longer desired as Aus
tria'* representative. The probabil
ities are Baron Erich vonSu-iewkorst
eoncsedor of the embassy, or Kon
stJBttE vcnMauireviti. first secretary,
will assume charge of any inter
tatiocad business that may t-e trsns
acted t-e tween the United States and
Austro-Hungary pending the appoint
meat and arrival of a new minister.
H. C. Strong uho w.th assc-iates
recently purchase-! the controlling in
terest in the Gold Stream mining
'.aims on Gravina Island, informs the
Muter that it is the plan of himself
r 1 associates to ccwater the mine
as soon as p-'<ssibie, and give the prop
erty a thorough sampling. To this
end a crew of men is now at work
on the property and it is expected
that this preliminary work will fc>
ce .jpleted shortly. As sore as the
sampling shall have been finished a
plat for the treatment of the ore
*ilj be decided on. The opening up
of the Go!*! Stream by strictly j cal
capital will undoubtedly mean much
■ n Ketchikan, as local people will
be employed, and the supplies pur
chased here.
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Seattle, Sept. 10—Several of the of
ft-rials of tne Alaska Steamship o rr. -
party are now is t?.e east seeking
steamships for the northern ran. The
probabilities are they will secure at
'east 3*o boats now plying oa the
great lake*. The deals for the per
chase of the vessels are just about
"rmpleted and will be closed within
tfte e ext few days.
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**'-!*'- '-E. 14—Word comes from
tte- Uttlrfrent that the arms
of the German Crown Prinee i* m.*k
*•■£ a determine*! effort to break
thro-:go the French Kj> in t J.e Argon
ne regions. Some minor gains Give
’- -a made by the German* bat noth*
~3 of ar.y importeisee. As the Freneh
have ma le several gains in that r*
rion daring the past sit months, the
present German line i* not as ad
vanced as that held by them during
th* p<*st winter.
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Ber'in. Sept ]«—The General Staff
las made no statement regarding thf
vims of th- Russians of a vletorv
a; Tarponol, near Lemberg, and the
e'-neral impression here is that if ant
ficdHing actually »<•< -rod at that
point tie prod-abilities are it was a
cavalry skirmish.
FROM SATUD RAY'S PAH.Y
Waahington, Sept. 11—The very
air in 4ipl.‘a»U( circles in this citv
sc-ems t» be charged with electricity
•day, owing to the tension develop
tng be’weea Germany and Austria on
the cue hand and the I'nited States
on the other. It arose over the re
>lW of the President through Secre
tary Lansing that Austria-Hungary
reca'I Dr. Purnba, their ambassador
to the I'nited States on the ground
<hr* he was interfering in matters
iu this country in which h-' had no
right. Las! night the discovery was
trade that other German and Austrian
j m-resentatives in this country were
■ it. plicated with him. and the prob
| abilities are their recall, also, will be
demanded. The Department of State
has absolute evidence that Capt. von
! ;'alien. military attache of the Ger
man embassy. Ald.can.ier voaPoc^keo"
Austrian consul-general at New York,
nd probably Baron vonBernstorff.
himself, the latter the German am
hassador and minister extraordinarv
to the I’nitof States- have taken a
hand in the attempt to stir up dis
‘ord and strikes among the munition
workers in this country. There is
very probability that Bernstorff is
j technically involved only, but is
.Known to have been unduly busy at
I f dues, and as such, his recall will
kely be demanded at the same time,
j sad in the event that Germany does
j not send for him. there is everv prol -
ability that he will be dinar
from the country with the others. It
>s expected, thus. that Germany
; rather than Austria will be the eottn
I fry to decide what the future rela
| tions tefween this country and the
! diied Teutons shall be, as Germane *s
answer a the Arabic question is ver
• unsatisfactory. ;i „1 it 0;- tfce in*.-rfe<
[ cnee ■ f these officials n.-r-.v cause th
| -cverauee of diploma*'-- reldtirj- at
any time.
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Petrograd, Sept. 11—It was an
n ance,! last night that the member*
the Russian Cabinet in a body
had tendered their resignation? to
the Czar, to take effect at once. Their
resignations were accepted, but it
is understood that both the Minister
!®f "War and the Minister of Foreign
| Relations have consented to accept
i the same portfolios in a coalition
| cabinet to be forme 1.
! Lono n. Sept. 11—The situation in
; Petrograd is causing considerable
| anxiety in the capitals of the Allied
t Powers. The resignation of the Cab
le-1 for the purpose of organizing a
oalition cabinet similiar to that of
Great Britain was agreed upon some
ti'.e ago, but the removal of the
Gram! Duke Nicholas from the eons
ruano of the army injects doubts in'o
the situation hitherto unheard of.
; For instance the Czarina and mar.'
of the court officials have been more
r less pro-German, and it is feared
the combination of the Nicholas'
elimination and the creation „ of a
tr'-.T cabinet at this time mav mean
t the «'zar has bowed to their
pleadings an J may be preparing to
| pave the way to a declaration of
i lessee between German and Russia.
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ANOTHER OPERA
Ail who enjoyed the preparation
an; production of ••Pinafore" will
i e pleased to hear that Director Fob
! i’ son has returned and will begin
rehearsing for another opera on Mon
lav night at the Firemen's Hal!
It has practically been declared to
give - Queen Esther," for ike next
; ti.n, a« it is comparatively eesv
ad is always popular. The opera
•-.sires elaborate costuming and Mr.
- brings all the necessary
paraphernalia to make it a very sj^c
tacnlar and imposing event. He l,a*
given "Queen Esther" in almost
v*-ry city of the n >rthwestern states,
ltd everywhere it ba* 1 e*n greeted
‘ y crowded houses at the second and
third performance. It is the desire
of the management that everyone
■vho took part in - Pinafore," and all
there m town w-fao sing meet at
Firemen’* Hail at S o’clock Monday
evening am] assist in the production
•f *bj* beautiful opera. For a truc
"fui performance of ‘‘Queen
t-slber, more people are required
•nan for "Pinafore.” so it will b»
‘■ ry t , have the cooperation an.
t-yssistanee of ail the singers In town
Remember the time, and con«i ’ -
•-is as a personal invita'ion to all
finger*.
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l.O' .on, sept. 11—Word cornea from
Petrograd that the German army on
er vor; Mac ken sen is pushing its way
steadily through the Priper Marshes
toward the city of Pinsk. It has al
way? been supposed that these tnarsb
e» would prove impassable to an ad
vancing army, l.et German ingennitv
s'-'-'cs to be overcoming the obstacle.
In order to advance it is recessary to
brib] roads through the morass. **- -
i* possible at this time owing to the
fact that the weather of late ha*
been <try, but a rain will make road
bnilding an impossibility.
FBOM SATURDAY’S DAILY
After a long- hard puli, working on
tides and under adverse conditions.
Street Commissioner Shark and hi*
gang have completed the laying of
the twelve inch sewer from deep
water under th Ketehikau Wharf
company's dock to th intersection
of Dock and Main streets. The joints
in the pipe have been sealed with
concrete, and the whole pipe buried
under two feet of rock and gravel,
so that the job is a permanent one. It
was complete,! to the tide lino yes
terdav, so that the rest of the work
will be easier, with no stops. Today
the work has been on the Main street
sewer, which as soon as completed
will be couneeted up aud the work
of finishing that stre,t will then be
taken up.
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Washington, Sept, li—General Knn
s*. s has notified toe War Depart
ment that John uowenbruek, an
‘A - erican ranch near the hor
de of Texa* and .,ieo has been
'seised by a band of Mexican soldiers
and carried across : border into
.Mexico, where he is . .■ being held
a prisoner for ranso, price of two
thousand dollars ha,. been set on
him. There is every hability that
lody of American soldiers will be
iispatched to bring the missing man
back.
Washington, Sept. 11—Secretary of
!hu Xavy Daniels has approved tlie
pirns for two super-dreadnaughts to
I e built for the American navy. They
will be larger than any war shii>s
cow in existence or plauned, having
a displacement of over thirty-two
thousand tons. This is approximate
ly five thousand tons larger than
Great Britain's famous battleship,
the Queen Elisabeth, and over three
times as large as the old Oregon, the
“luldog" of the American navy.
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SOPHIA COMES AND GOES
The Prine ess Sophia of the Canad
ian Pacific flee! sailed south shortly
before seven this morning with I if -
teen passengers front Keteliikan. A
’"eng the latter were Stanley Adams
on his way to take in the big fair at
can Francisco: and Mrs. ,1. K. Heck
man, en route to Rupert accompany
j -ng her sister Mrs. W. Machine, who
has been her guest for some time.
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JEFF. IN SOUTHBOUND
The Jefferson made her appearance
at nine o’clock yesterday evening in
j stead of midnight. She had i»,000
i cases of salmon on board loaded at
! the Taku, Lake Bay and Santa Ana
caneries. and loaded on 25 barrels
of salt salmon at the New England
Fish company’s plant in this city.
Her passenger list included -10 peo
| pie from points ^orth, and six more
■ oar Jed her here.
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EARTHQUAKE SHAKES ITALY
Itome! Sept. 11—An earthquake ex
■ ten ling over the greater part of Italy
i occurred last night, doing cons! ier
; able damage in some regions. Buihl
| ;3gs which had been wrenched in the
| earthquakes of iast winter were bad
| !y shattered, many of them falling.
| Many people are known to have beer
| injured, but thus far no fatalities
I have been reported.
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ARE HAVING TROUBLE
i
The cannery tender Falcon arrived
I from Prince Ruj-ert last night with
| the news that considerable trouble
being experienced in getting the
; Delhi in shape to enter the dry dock.
The big cable they was being used to
i eight the ship, broke, causing a delay.
i,Jt was expected, though, that she
i would be in shape to be docked to
i morrow.
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DOWN FROM HAINES
Among the local arrivals on the
Jefferson last night were Da King
j •''■nd family from Haines. Mr. and
Mt.->. King will visit local friends for
, 3 few days, before proceeding south,
while Miss Corinne will remain here
for the winter and attend school.
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A GOOD TRIP OF FISH
The schooner Prospector, Capt.
Anderson, arrived from the banks
i yesterday afternoon, Kbe brought in
I about 70 000 pounds of halibut, and
would probably have had more if it
bad not been for the fact that her
bait ran out.
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LIABILITY IS LIMITED
Sesattle, Sept. ll_The Federal
• :,rt this morning fixed the liability
of the steamer Paraiao for the sink
ing of the Admiral Watson at 01V),
' o0. A bond for that amount was
given and she will take on eargo and
*ttil for Southeastern Alaska at once.
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b'apt. J. L. Johnson, keeper of the
Hard Island light, was a local vis
:tor to*lay.
i
rROll MONDAY'S DAILY
SALMON FROM YES BAY
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The Humboldt, with a full cargo
of canned salmon on board, the
greater part of which was from Yes
Hay cannery, made port about two
this morning. Quite a number of
passengers boarded her at this port.
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DOLPHIN WAS LATE
Owing to the fact that she called
in at Roe Point eanrtery on the way
up and discharged box shooks, the
steamer Dolphin did not make port
until yesterday afternoon. Her pas
sengers for Ketchikan were ,T. C.
Hoyt and one steerage. She had a
light freight for this port. 'Mrs. t \
Z. Denny and J. T. Reed, who stayed
down to clean up the Court business
left on her for Juneau.
ALKI BRINGS COAL
After discharging a big consign
ment of coal for the Northland Pock
company, the Alki got away for the
north early yesterday morning. She
arrived about five-thirty Saturday
afternoon. In addition to the coal
she had 37 tons of general freight for
local people, and considerable ease
oil* for the local station of the
Standard Oil Company. She had eight
passengers on board for Ketchikan,
included among whom were Mrs. Mat.
Anderson and family, Marie Ander
son. E. H. Sampson, A. Larson, and
L E. Cross, Fifteen passengers board
ed her here.
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KUKUI ARRIVES FROM NORTH
After completing the long trip to
the Westward as far as Unimak Pass,
the lighthouse tender Kukui returned
to port today. On the trip she prov
ed herself to be a good sea boat, be
ing able to make all the scheduled
landings with little trouble.
SEWER LAID TO GRANT
Commissioner Shark has made the
most of the fine weather we have
been having, and today completed
the laying of the cement sewer along
Main street to the intersection of
Grant. The sewer from that point
on up the hill to the Mitehell resi
dence will be completed as soon as
the street is in shape to receive it.
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CHACON LIGHT BURNING
According to a bulletin recently is
sued by the Lighthouse Office, the
light on Cape Chacon, recently re
ported out of commission, has been
relighted. This was done Sept. 8.
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DOES EVERYTHING
BUT WHJSTLE
Charley Ingersoll has solved the
problem of book keeping at the Ke
vi;la at last, it is a new cash regls
! ter» which does everything around
! the hotel except make up the rooms
| and carry the grips of the guests up
stairs. It's a dandy all right, just
the very thing needed.
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TRANSFERRED TO VALDEZ
C. A. Little, for the past year or
more in charge of the government
cable office at Hadley, accompanied
j by his wife and little son. left on the
Northwestern yesterday for Valdez,
where he will be stationed for some
time. He is succeeded at Hadley by
i II. Culp, who came down from Fort
| biscum.
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MANY MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
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Yesterday was a great day for
mountain climbing, and many local
people availed themselves of the op
i port unity to scale Deer Mountain.
! Haring the ' afternoon the different
| parties could be seen from town with
; the aid of a glass as they crossed
; rile open spaces on the mountain. 27
| people in all are said to have made
! the trip.
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NOTED DOCTOR DEAD
—
Word was received in a reetnt mail
| Hum Juneau telling of the death at
Victoria, 15. C., of Dr. J. K. Somp
! ’*"»■ probably the best known medical
, practicioner ever in Alaska. Death
! resulted from a hemorrhage of the
brain. Interment will be had at
I Ashton. Ont., the old home of Dr.
; Simpson.
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Rome, Sept. 13—Notices were post
'd all over Italy yesterday calling
! to the eolors all the Bulgarian re
"ervists now outside that country. It
is estimated that there ari^, thousands
of them in Italv^ and all are prepar
ing to leave for home at once. This ;
is taken to indicate that Bulgaria
has decided to take her stand with
the Allied powers against the Teu
j ton-Turks.
FROM MONDAVS DAILY
CLEANS UP MISSING FREIGHT
With a big load of freight on board
la t!i local and for points north, tho
Northwestern made port about seven
last night. She brought up all the
.'•e.glt that has been short of late,
so all be tranquil for a time n
gniu
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The halibut schooner Alton was in
port today and took on 12.000 pounds
of frozen herring fur bait, at the
Ketchikan Cold Storage company.
The Venus took on ice at the same
place.
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BRINGS IN FISH
The little schooner Cora was in
with fish today. She had in the
neighborhood of four thousand pounds
on board which she sold to the Ket
chikan Cold Storage company.
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THE WORLD WAR A YEAR AGO
TODAY—SEPT 13.
End of seven days’ battle for
Paris.
The two German armies between
Rlieims and Argon ne retired north
of the Stippe. Allies were permanent
ly cheeked around Soissons. French
recaptured Rhiems.
End of campaign around Tannen
berg, East Prussia. Russian ann.
forced to retreat with heavy loss in
guns and prisoners.
German forees invaded British ter
ritory in Central Africa.
Germany held 230,000 prisoners of
■var whom her troops had captured
on the east and west battle fronts.
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El Pnso, Sept. 13—The situation in
Mexico and On the American border
is becoming worse, and those in
touch with it can see no other rem
edy than the intervention of United
States’ troops. Brigandage is com
mon everywhere, and there is ab
solutely no order of any kind. Force
is the only thing recognized. Word
was received here this morning that
Edward Ledwige manager of com
missary for the Mexican Northwest
ern Railway was taken off the train
yesterday by bandits near the Cumbe
Tunnel, and is held for a ten thous
and dollar ransom. Rancher Bowen
1 ruck, who was reported several days
ago as having been kidnapped on t!>
American side of the line and taken
to Columbus, Mexico, where he was
helil for ronsom, is reported to have
made his escape and is on this side
of the line again. Firing from the
Mexican side of the line at anything
moving on the American side of the
line is common all along the Rio
Grand. The snipers have dug them
selves in in many places and cease
their shooting in the presence of
superior numbers , on the American
side, only to resume as soon as the
situation is reversed. The declara
tion of martial law along the river
has improved matters somewhat, but
a reign of terror continues. Business
of all kinds lias been suspended in
the border towns, and many of the
residents of those places are now con
fronted by want.
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London, Sept. 13—The War Depart
ment announces another Zeppelin raid
on the east coast yesterday morning.
Several bombs were dropped and some
damage was done, but fortunately
there were no casualties. Anti-air
craft guns drove off the raiders.
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Washington. Sept. 13—A note has
boen received from Germany dealing
with the sinking of the steamer Or
duna on which two American horse
tenders met their deaths. The com
munication stated that the command
er of the submarine sinking the Or
duna exceeded his instructions in
not giving those on board the Orduna
time to escape in the ship’s boats.
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Petrograd, Sept. 13—Because of
tlip fact that the line extending out
from the Wilna-Barauikich railroad to
the River Nieman was a salient [mint
an<| therefore suseptible to attack
On front and flanks, the Russian
armies have fallen back a little way
to the railroad, thus straightening
out the line, and making it more eas
ily defended. Although the fighting
lias been heavy in that region,the
Germans havc been unable to advance
tlieir offensive, and the Russians are
now situated in well fortified trench
es with plenty of ammunition.
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London, Sept. 13—Reports from
Pinsk and other points on the Rub
sian left wing are of an encourag
ing nature. Macke,nsen’s advance
through the swam[m and marshes of
that region have been stopped by
heavy rains and an offensive move
ment on the part of the Russians, so
that the Germans there are now on
the defensive. Every day’s delay
gives the Russians that much more
breathing spell and enables them to
).ring_up more men and increase tlieir
supply of ammunition.
FROM MONDAY'S DAILY
.Amsterdam, 8ept. 13—Berlin ad
vises state that the Kaiser lms dis
missed General vonKleuge. The lut
Ivf is held responsible for the Teuton
cheek by the Russians near the Ser
eth River, ns he failed to respond to
the orders of the General Staff and
effect a junction at that point. The
same source furnishes the informa
tion that there is no sign of any
waning in the conflicts being fought
in the eastern battlefront. This line
now extends almost north and south
fiom the Roumanian border to the
Gulf of Riga, a distance of over 650
miles, and there is hardly a mile of
that tremenduons front where tliero
is no fighting going on.
Halifax, 8ept. 13—A wireless was
received this morning front the
French steamer St, Anna, about four
hundred miles out to sea, stating that
she is on fire. She has about seven
teen hundred Italian reservists on
board on their way to the Mediter
renenu ports from New York. She
has a large cargo of general merchan
dise on board, but no munitions.. The
cause of the fire is unknown. The St.
Anna has had an unfortunate enreer.
and is regarded by many ns a “hoo
doo’’ ship. September 21, 1914, while
lying at her dock in New York har
bor she took fire and was damaged
to the extent of over one hundred
thousand dollars. May of 1915 ,
American Consul Van Dyne of Lyons,
committed suicide aboard the vessel
while enroute to the United States.
Several vessels wirelessed that they
were hurrying to the St. Anna’s re
lief; so that help should be available
for the rescue of her passengers with
in the next twelve or fourteen hours.
Athens, Sept. 13—The losses of the
Turkish army during the last couple
of months have been staggering.
Every hospital available for the
treatment of wounded is full of suf
fering men, and more are constantly
being received. It is reported that
the British-French forces have made
considerable headway of late in their
advance along the Dardanelles.
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Petrograd, Sept. 13—The formation
of the coalition cabinet in Russia is
delayed on account of the absence
of the C’zar from the capital. As
soon as he returns the matter will bj
taken up and it is expected that lit
tle difficulty will be experienced in
securing the necessary material from
the different factions and parties of
the Empire.
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Rome, Sept. 13—The French sub
marine Papin has returned to her
base in the Adraitic. Her command
er reports that last Friday he sank
an Austrian torpedo boat destroyer.
The name of the latter vessel was not
announced. Part of the sunken ves
sel’s crew were rescued and are now
held as prisoners of war.
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REPUBLICAN ARGUMENT
FOR THOUGHTFUL READERS
In the 1916 campaign literature be
ing sent out by the National Repub
lican Committee appears the follow
ing:
Recent events have shed new light
on the practice of selling American
products at one price at home and at
another price abroud. A few years
years ago there was much criticism
of some manufacturing concerns which
in orded to keep men employed and
factories running full capacity, pro
duced more goods than the home mar
ket would absorb and sold the sur
plus abroad at a reduced price. The
reduced price was necessary in order
to sell the goods in competition with
the foreign producer. Now it appears
the TJ. S. Steel corporation is selling
much of its products abroad at high
er prices than received at borne. In
the former instance, as at present,
tlu? foreign sales gave employment to
American labor and furnished a mar
ket for American raw material. Form
erly the American manufacturer had
to undersell his foreign competitor
in the foreign market. Now the
European war has cut off the com
petition. In the days when the sur
plus product was marketed at a cut
price abroad, the wage earned receiv
ed no less than he docs today. All
of which is food for thought among
men who are interested in the proli- ,
lem of finding a job for the. Ameri
can workman whether a war Is rag
ing in Europe or not.
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Alike Piper, a Montenegrin, wns
killed at the Engineer mine, near
Atlin on Sept. 1, as a result of
drilling into a missed hole.
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John Zug. assist ant engineer for
the government road commission of
Alaska, is quoted as having said
that the bridge across the Mcn.len
hall river will bn build this fall.
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Juneau will put a tax on the mov
ies.