The Ketchikan miner. [volume], September 16, 1915, Image 4

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FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
CITY OF SEATTLE ARRIVES
Almost tareaty-fwar Beers later
tku sie was dxpt'ei, the City of
Beattie made port Shis morning a
Kwt three o'clock, having been 4e
taiaed ©* the Kip by fog and head
nde*. She had chose to pasoes
pit ©a Board, of -whose six were for
Ketchikan: J. K. Etvkaaa, J. 1_
>jw<!h, A. A. Otma, Mrs. hYjlotk.
Harrison itotwi, and Dick Fro
loet The Beattie had fifty tees ©1
freight for thus part, which detained
her for a Boat two hoars. M. B.
Hi t bar1, oae of the engineers of the
Las i Cfice; Robert SfotU the eoaa
merent traveller, and Mrs. K. L.
Petty Bairde-d the steamer at this
paint, the latter ©a her way to Had
Vy.
5*fi00 POUNDS OF HALIBUT
The ItSibsj sea-xxer Idaho, Oip.
<Jai*a is the he Jo. made pert ywMee
day afterwva ea rente to Prime*
Kepert. She was ©a her way from
She halite* hanks aid had aboas fif
ty the..sand paten's of fish ©a ioanL
She left for She tana, Han pert dar
ing sis light.
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WELL-KNOWN SHIP EXPECTED
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The seh-v-ner Sender Brea, cxe ®f
Sie tv-ra-known sailing vessels of the
mors it. :a eonsmaad of Caps KaafSieh -
is expected is port as axy time. lie
ve-se*; is retaining from a Kip to the ;
eassiie points of the Arctic with
snpydic-} f:r tit trading stations and1
schools.
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PRINCESS ALICE ARRIVES
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I
Tie fist steamer Princess Alite
of tie Canadian Pacific fleet made 1
port between six ni sevex last
xigit m i remained ix p |'> several
heirs to give her passengers is op 1
pertaaity to tale in tie x< Iris of ix- ;
terest :*f the town. These ox board '
for Ketehihaa were: Mrs. A E tiger.
D MeQcesti-ia, E. Erickson, John !
Schafer, Miss £. Hortcr. Mrs. A
Beeist amd two tniidre-.
WEST COAST PACK UP
Craig Mi.I'.r. itsti of the tAtsery
m Win Cii<i ©a :he Wise C:o.«
©f Prit-re of WAi*3 I si At i is a
keai visitor loiij. Ho ITAtei sits
bosses* it |«im] ©a the Was? Caast ,
is very jajisfaetory atdl si! She rao
Hr.^ that racist bat* streeMed
is g-cr.zg sseir pat as hj. ce-veral
cf thojE have rhippeii it *xsrs oats
at i AT v SiliAC SirSEl see.
EBZXGS CAE GO OF COAL
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Tie Bnt**. neatier Gray is ia ]
I»ra with a cargo at emi tot the’
New Eagisai jcaai. Sht tool ©e ■
She ftei a; U4t&>U.
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Tie til.its stieoaer Siam ™1
ft yenter Lay ercsisg sad eieare-l for!
Prime Ropers by way ef She haH- :
Vit tSitAl
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AXXES TO THE GASTIXEAB
A 52JkS ere-w cf aee ski* asn
iag br.he pr.ii for tie f story <t- !
*ex so she Gwssiae** Hotel aad 13,
the excaratiea ; regresses. ebot* set
«s_ i* aide! t; sit trow. Manager ’
Girt iSan.es; ta* beet a.£rtre*i that
lie 1st -ri will t* eosttplettwi withia <
three ,r fotr nvsli*. The sab*
n w 2 btiiiixg aits £5 roost*, 35
of which witi bire prinit both. A
rorgiriox wt- be saittiisei os
li- top ;f si* is-.iitg—.Ttt*At Set
pire.
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BACK FBOM A TBJP
Ti* : irate »iij- 3fyr.it citso! by
leal* Hitt aa-i wife and Boy TSKessp- ’
as* aa-i wife retensed froec * trip
ar-tti tie silxai, bars sighs. Tee*
report she fiKH weather poaribi* ot
the voyage. -..is aerer • irop or tti*
•ssil is.it tight. A few dacks sal
geese were Metre:, be* osier gate
wi* Kir:*.
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BRITISH LOSSES AT
GALLIPOLI SEVERE
Arris** as:.—The Ivrhaatiaopte
e--.fr"*; - *1: if St* Fraak/rsler
Z—'. ;g *ty 1 she Brituh are &*u>g
1* *» sea ia> she a*s**k§ os lb*
T.?r..»i josisioa* sc Gallipoli peais
*s la. Tee * "-rresfot-iers estimate*
Ifca* Ely Asgt.it €th the Brisirfa
k**** exceeded •>>,*/// as*®, G'.G offj
**n »' haeiag beer kiilel ia bail
si'1 -f Aagcas 2i 21) tS*. The Unt
il* prieoaera are said to know iwlh
ifig of the faD of Warsaw tu are ■*
iaf ©sated of ether iraportacs war !»
farasatioa. Maty of She Bniii kI
«iserr iw Totaatardy rtmteier Sheas
eeivei. ia narked contract to She
fim few aocths »f tke eascpalgs.
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Tii Dafiy Mm 91 pm mettk.
FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
THE WORLD WAR. A YEAR AGO
TODAY—SEPT. 11.
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I .. . - «-;% lsrr “‘
German* Wnw Antwerp drove the
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j Belgian* into the eity.
IVarisg owtinnl nil the Britisi
worked a forte across the Aiat. Ger
man rreafertesieats arrived {rs»
Rselow's SeroaJ array), and they
streagthesid their foritfSeatlos*.
British auxiliary cruiser Oarraaaia
sank the German auxiliary cruiser
far Trafalgar off South America.
German cruisers Nsnberj and Lei prig
were op-crating iu the South FseiSe.
Russian troops were before Kotsigs
iarg. East Prussia.
I Italy joined the power* of the
! Triple. euteste i* a protest to Turkey
igaiast the rev oration of privileges
to foreigner* it the Ottszn empire.
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The little steamer Edith, which
Gaps. Canal y has lees operating in
his wrecking ventures at the West
ward. was is port toil* filling her
linkers for the run down to the
Svua-t o-is-c leaving ihi* port a
eoap.le of months ago. Capt. Crosby
has leeo at work on the wreck of
the steamer Olympic at LaToaehe Is
land. and sue reeled in salving
ruaekisery asd fittings worth in the
Eeightorhood of thirty-five thousand
! Hiar*. The Otyaspie was operate!
by the Alaska Steamship company.
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New York. Sept. 14—The hoard of i
American banker* called together in
this eity last night So listen to the
proposals of the Anglo-French finaa
■rjal committee were startled by the
request from tie sprkefnin of tie
visiting fir. .tnciers that the tanks of
ike Exited States lean oae biilicz of
dollars to tie Allies absolutely with
it security. The request was coapJ
evl with the assurance that the acney
««i!j ail be spent in the Unite-!
States for supplies and munitions.
Thus far ample eolla'eral so-cunty has
been put up for j eons, but this I* a
new experience. Mo direct answer
i.3j gives, c-f course, and the matter
will he take* np for consideration
t ;• lay. There is little apparent like
lihood, htwever, that the loan, can
he floated oa asy seek tasis.
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Lor km. Sept. 14—The peop-ie of
Great Br;:.%in, as i many of the lead
ing newspaper* of the country are de
manding tint an air raid he made by
the British :-£ tie cities of Germsny.
Th.s they demand is retaiial:>n for
tie w.;rk of tie German air fleet s
• rund Ld>S'kn luring tie past month.
'The British military authorities have
tn-Stni-ms-i right a!. uz that the a
ureensess.* entered into at The Hague
• y the Allied cut n tries c-f Europe in
tar Intent of atftrtiM places, asd
they ssv that they thing too much of i
their sirred word to break the agree
--jcsli. Tat* has teen the claim thus
far. whetaer sufficient influence can
he brer ghi to hear os them to re
treat from this poctin, remains •
be oeen.
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London, Sept- 14—It is generally
eonee-te-i that a crisis i* confronting
the Britlss. government. I* spite of !
all that has c-ees said and dose the
.•ecmit-ng for the British army is
sot up to the requirements, asd the
attempt A part of the cabinet to
force through a ti.npikirt service
measure t urea tens to disrupt that
tody. Part of the capinet, those who
fully realize the gravity tf the situ
ation, favsr conscripiitn, lot the j
others are spposoi Par close to one i
iusdre and fifty years the British
have tees opposed to enforce! mill- 1
:ary or naval service and she j
though; st tits time of gitg hack
is such a system is a serious matter.
&i the other Land, mess, millions of
men, are necessary, and toe usual
met no is of enlistment are not sof
■‘icient.
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Athena, Sept. 14—It looks as
though, tie scTcfe mas again tee® ap
plied to 'he centric* of ;te Balkans
sol grim war must result. This is
baaed on tne rep-ms costing from
Rafteiuck, Bulgaria, to the effect
'Lat atnti fighting had broken ost
oet*ees Bulgaria and Bor.Ti.aEja cot
far from that piacc. and that ter.
men had beea killed in the skirci
ai-s asd •] veets itjirel. For month*,
in fact ever aicc the beginning of
■.he present great war, representative*
of Gerasany hare bee® trying to
create troatsle between these two
countrie*, realizing that with ttem fight
..*.g between tnemsefTe* they eoai*i
wither one take part is sfc« war, and
at last apparently; hey have sseeeed
ei Popular sentiment here is with
the Kouatnoians and as a
gainst the Bulgurs, and the probabi
lities are that Greece win take the
field to aarist the forever coastrle*
with which she was allied in the
second Balkan war against Bulgaria.
Tie prop-odor for the (duwiwr Etc
ge.and arrived OB he Northwestern
fi-i*day.
I FROM TUESDAY'S DAILY
PREPARING FOR BIO DRIVE
Sept. 14—Aeroplane scent '
luring the news that the Germans are
s evidently preparing for a big drive
; ic the west. To t his end they are
I moving trainload after traiaload of
[ soldiers from Poland fo the western
j rastleiine. It is expected that the
; blow will fall either near Sousuds
with the idea of reaching Paris, or
near Ypres on the read to the channel
porta. The* armies of France.
Great Britain and Belgium are all
prepared to the fullest extent of
I their ability- and should the attempt
| be made, the havoc wrought is bound
to be terrific. Line after line of de
feases has been prepared and armed,
sad immense supplies of ammunition
are available. A conference of the
British and French commanders was
held last night it is reported, and
plans laid for the defense.
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MANY TOT.T.KD in OLD LONDON
New York, Sept. 14—It is general
ly believed here that Sunday's ait
raid 09 London resulted in a heavy
loss of life. This fact is of course
being kept secret by the board St
British censors. Today a German code
message was picker! up by wireless
aad deciphered which made the
statement that at least three hundred
people had been killed in London in
the raid, and several fires started.
The message states that the air fleet
dropped the bombs almost in the
very heart of the British capital
Heretofore they had been unable to
damage more than the outskirts of
the city.
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SET ON FIRE BY A BOMB
New York. Sept. 14—It :s believe*
here that the fire of the St. Ann;
was caused by the erj-^d’n of a
i •'tab . ..stained in a trunk. The city
an- government secret service are
sew working on a clue which may
resuit in sense suprising revelations
The St. Anna was packed with Ital
ian reservists on their way home to
eater the Latin army.
Ottawa. Sept. 14—The announce
ment waj made .his morning that at
last the machine shop* of the Domin
ion had a dually started the manofae
sure of cannon and machine guns for
the Aiiies. Several of the big
machine shops of the Canadian
Pacific Ry., jj.; other kindred con
cerns have been turned over to the
government for this purpose, and
from now «?n the expectations are that
this production will be steadily con
tinued.
HE ASKS TO BE RECALLED
Boston, Sept. 14—Apparently real
izing at last last the American gov
ernment and peopile are no longer
friendly to him, Dr. Cfemba, Austria '*
representative in this country ha*
requested hi* foreign office that he
be allowed a leave of absence. In
view of the fact that his recall has
teen demanded, this is indeed a
graceful manner in which to make
hi* exit.
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Petrograd, Sept. 14—It has been
decide** to evacuate Vilna in the
event that the German* succeed le
cutting the railroad between that
place and this city. They have not
•lone so thus far, having met revers
es at the hands of the Russians.
The battles southeast of Riga and al
so ia the neighborhood of Pinsk are
becoming more sanguinary. The los
ses on both sides have been appealing,
but in spite of them Russia holds
her line and Teutons continue to at
tack.
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London, rlept. 14—A squadron of
German aeroplanes attacked several
of the smaller towns of the Kentish
coast at an early hour this morning.
3£any b-oicbs were dropped, but the
airships were forced away before any
great amount of damage was done.
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New York, Sept. 14—A wireless
message from the steamer St. Anna
states that the fire, which for two
day* threatened to consume the ves
sel, has been gotten under control
and the steamer is now making for
the Azores with all possible speed.
It is believed tht-i other boats, among
them British cruisers, are convoying
her.
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Paris, Sept. 14—It is reported that
at insurrectionary movement has
broken oat in Lisbon and several
other of the chief cities of Portugal.
The impression of course i* that the
Royalists trying to regain power,
but the actual conditions surrounding
the rebelli m are on known.
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Fill your bins bow with Lady
smith Coal. The Northland Dock
company can supply yon with nay
amount at 69.0*1 per ton f<v clean
lump, phone 60. ndv.
WWB—iMP—■—*—<■—wwi■——
FROM WEDNESDAY',-j DAILY FROM WEDNESDAY'S DAILY
FOREST BUSINESS IS GROWING
RECEIPTS OVER TWO MILLIONS
Washington, September^ IS— Ac
cording to figures just compiled
.ted issued in the report of the Chief
of the Division of Accounts, Forest
Service, Washington, D. C., the re
ceipts from all sources for the fiscal
! year ending June 30. 1915. were #2,
f <91,469. Of this amount, 25 per cent.
i or #609,993, reverts to the States in
which the National Forests are lo
i rated.
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The total receipts from all sources
S in District 6 (Washington. Oregon
jj mj Alaska) were #346.250. Of this
| total #206,466 was from timber sales,
' #120,210 from grating fees, #5,303
< from special uses, and #10,022 from
| water power rentals. The total re
jj ceipts for Alaska were #44,662. for
! Oregon #198.703, and for Washington
‘ #149,752. - cording to the existing
law, the following sums will revert
; to the States for distribution to the
[Counties in which the Forests lie:
Alaska #11,165.75
Oregon 49,675.53
Washington 37,445.56
Total #95,275.14
, In addition to this, 10 per cout of
the income will he used for the build
ing of roads within the Forests, as
follows:
Alaska, $ 4,400.30
Oregon 19.S70.33
Washington 14,97S.SO
Total $39,314.80
By States- Montana leads in the
volume of business on the National
Forests^ with Idaho second and Cali
fornia third. In Montana and Idaho
the timber sale business is the heav
iest; Colorado leads in grazing re
ceipts; while California is far a
head of the other States in receipts
from water power rentals and special
uses. By Districts- No.l (Montana,
Idaho aud part of the Dakotas) leans
in total receipts and in timber sales;
District 3 (New Mexico and Arizona)
leads in special uses; and District 4
(Wyoming, Nevada and some portions
of adjoining States) leads in grazing
business.
vtasbmgton, Sept. 15—The govern- ;
meat is still waiting tor Germany s |
| olkill reply on the sinking of the
■ Arabic. Immediately after the ves
i #ei was sunk and it became knowu
j taat two American lives had been
| ..jst Ambasailor Bernstorff made the ,
■ assertion that he had assurance from !
> ins government that such acts were
■ contrary to the instructions issued by
i tne Navy Department to the com
manders of the German submarines,
! and ins country would make reslitu- :
! ticn for the loss of life and reprimand
| and punish the captain of the offend- j
! sag submarine. Subsequently u was
; announced that the particular sub
| marine in question had either been :
j sank or capture-1 by the British. ,
; Then, still later, the German govern
I meat unofficially notified this eoun- :
I try that the report of the captain of 1
■ the submarine had been received, stat- j
| lag that he tad sunk the Arabic with ]
| -.'lit warning because he was under i
| the impression that she was going
j to try to run him down and sink i
! him. This last note intimated that :
the German government regretted the ‘
! downing of Americans, but under the !
! circumstances did cot feel that it j
i -oald be expected to settle for same, j
■ and suggested that the matter be left
; to the Hague Tribunal for settlement.
; This pnt the matter of the submarin
ing of unarmed merchantmen in ex
1 aetly the same place as it was im- I
mediately after the sinking of the i
! Lusitania, and the American govern- j
! meat again demanded that Germany
| cease its attacks without warning on
■ merchant vessels. Realizing that the
situation is acute, Ambassador Bern
; storff, after a long conference with
: Secretary Lansing, yesterday sent
I lengthy recommendations to his gov
! eminent, and President Wilson j
: through Secretary Lansing, has prom
ised to await Germany’s reply be- j
fore- further action. It is gen- ■,
-rally conceded that the situation is |
more acute today than at any time
' since the beginning of the war.
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DOLPHIN REPOSTED
The Alaska Steamship Company’s i
I agent C. M. Taylor was in receipt of
' a message from the north this morn
ing stating that the steamer Dolphin
would arrive at Ketchikan tomorrow
morning at two o’clock. The Ala
me<ia left Cordova several day* ago
' and is looked far within the next day
i or so.
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.Seattie, Sept. 15—One hundred and j
I seventy thousand pounds of halibut |
! arriving here Monday sold yesterday j
! at from six and one-half cents, plus !
j fifty, to six and three-quarter cents, j
; The halibut exchange is looking for
ward to a good season in spite of the
; fact that maev of the halibut boats I
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; are going in to Prince Rupert with j
I their fish.
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I Columbia, H. CL Kept. 13— Accord
ing to unofficial returns, the “Dry*”
won in the election in this state ;
yesterday. a very light vote was J
! cast, as it was generally- conceded
that the measure was going to carry.
. The law providing for the 'lection
i made the provision that in the even!.
the Drys winning, the new order of
I things would become effective Jan
| cary 1, 1916. Sooth Carolina has for
[ several years been under county local
; option, and in counties where the
|‘‘Wets'' controlled, the greater Bum
| tier of them were under the State
j Dispensary act; which provides that
1 all liquor sold shall be by town or
county, in sealed packages.
London, Sept. 15—The drive of the
Germans toward Dyidik is getting
perilously close to its objective point
and unless a flank attack is begun
by ihe liussians it will be pushed
home. The only condouiug feature
of the affair is the .act that the pres
sure in that direetion relieves Riga,
and the garrison there has time to
repair its defenses and bring up
more ammunition.
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Petrograd, Sept. 15—The sudden
advance of two separate bodies of
Russian troops has effectually flank
er the German right wing in Poland,
and the latter have been driven back.
It is stated that the Teuton loss a
mounts to over twenty thousand kill
ed and wounded and about thirteen
thousand captured by the Slavs.
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Hadley, Sept. 15—Dick Milke, a
miner employed at the Mamie Mine
was instantly killed at noon today
• hen he drilled into a •‘missed hole '
which exploded. He has a wife in
Seattle.
Spokane, Sept. 15—On his arrival
here this morning. Svviftwater Dill
Gates was arrested on the complaint
of his former wife charging him
with failure to contribute to the
support of their twelve year-old son.
Gates gave bond for his appearance
before the court. To newspapermen
he made the statement that he had
given the child's grandmother twelve
thousand dollars to take care of thc
voungster, and stood ready to send
her more when she notified him of
the need of additional cash. He
laughed when the complaint and war
rant were read to him, saying that it
was nothing but spite work on the'
part of Mrs. Gates No. 1.
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Bucharest, Sept. 15—The Rouman
ian government has ordered the mob
ilization of all the different branch
es of her army at once. It is under
stood that she will declare war on
Austria forthwith. Just what stand
she will take on the Bulgarian ques
tion is unknown at this time. The
people of Roumania are enthusia3ticly
in favor of their country entering the
conflict and are clamoring at the the
military depots to be allowed to take
up arms and go to the front.
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Copenhagen, Sept. 15—It is report
ed here that Ambassador Durnba
plans to return to Austria at once,
leasing New York on the steamer
sailing next Wednesday. He will be
granted free passage by the British
authorities.
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Washington, Kept. 15—The an
nouncement is made that William
Ausley has been appointed postmaster
at Jditarod. His predecessor, II.
Wile, tendered his resignation to the
departin' nt some time ago. but l»c
cans'- of the uncertain condition# pre
ailing at Xditarod owing to the fact
that the greater part of the town
ha* moved to Flat City, the depart
ment had been unable up to this time
to seeure someone else to accept the
appointment.
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Beattie, Kept. 15 Tin 8|»okaiie got
away for the north on time last nigld.
Her Passengers lor Ketchikan arc
Kidney Clark and one steerage. The
Mariposa sailed at eleven. Among
her passenger# for Ketchikan are W.
B. Hharpfc, K. Nelson, O. Olson, and
Olaf Johnson. The Mariposa should
arrive in Ketchikan Thursday even
ing, with the Kpokane the next morn
ing.
FROM WKnjtfESDAY'S DAILY
London, Sept. 15—Several reports,
coming from as many different sourc
es. state that Frederick William, the
German crown prince is suffering
from mental aberration, and at times
is violently insan On this account
ho is kept surrounded by officers old
er than he and who must pass on all
his orders before they are put iqto
execution. His main desire is to lend
his army into Paris, and ho is said
to have lost thousands of men, need
lessly, in the attempt to pierce the
French lines to euable him to reach
his goal ahead of the others.
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London, Sept. 15—Cabinet officials
acknowledged that the matter of con
scription is the one big question that
is coilfronting the British people. It
has been the chief subject of discus
sion at the meetings of the Cabinet
of late, and will now be placed before
the House of Parliament for decision.
A majority of the cabinet favors con
scription. but the members of the
minority opposing it are so bitter
and threaten to resign iu a body if
the issue is pushed in the cabinet,
that it was decided to leave it to Par
liament.
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London, Sept. 15—A heavy guard
is maintained about the houses of
Parliament, and the buildings them
selves are said to be fairly bristling
with guus as protection against pos
e air raids.
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London, Sept. 15—Parliament met
last night, and listened to the read
ing of the King's speech. Every
member able to attend was present,
and fitting reference was made to
those who are away at the front in
the service of their country. The
galleries were filled with spectators.
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Athens, Sept. 15—Reports of bor
der engagements between Roumanian
and Bulgarian irregulars continue to
arrive here. According to them the
the fighting has been of a gueiilla
nature, but the governments of both
countries are evidently preparing to
declare war.
London, Sept. 15—It was announc
ed by the War Department today that
Brigadier General Casson was sever
ely wounded in an engagement on
the Gallipoli Peninsula yesterday. The
same bulletin stated that satisfactory
progress is being made in the fight
ing along the Dardanelles.
JUDGE BUNNELL ‘ ‘ BOASTED ’ ’
Sometimes a man is known best by
his “enemies.” To those who know
conditions in the Tanana and know
the part the Citizen has played as a
“Democratic organ” to try and dic
tate appointments, its opposition to
Judge Bunnell will only raise him
higher in the estimation of those who
have no political axes to grind. For
instance the Ruby Citizen says:
" hen a newspaper in a community
like Fairbanks devotes nearly two col
nrans of its editorial space to an at
tempt to wield a political whip over
the shoulders of a judge of the Uuit
ed States district court it proves that
the sentiment of the people ^t rep
resents is vicious.
That is what the Alaska Citizen
did. It complained that Judge Charles
E. Bunnell had appointed a Repub
lican to a United States Commisslon
ership: that he had become “affiliat
ed “with United States Marshal Erwin
fwho is a Democrat); that he liad ap
pointed as referee in the bank cases
“a very good man but a Republi
can,” etc. The Citizen says a politi
cal ring exists in Fairbanks and im
plies that Judge Bunnell belongs to
it; says the doings of the ring prom
ises to disrupt Democracy In the Ter
ritory, and adds: “One of the lam
entable features of the contemptible
betrayal of trust that President Wil
son ha* placed in these men by ap
pointing them, is the fact that it
reacts in a harmful way against Mr.
Wilson and other party leaders who
favored them. Figuratively it is a
slap in the face of Mr. Wilson, who
is known to be a man of high ethical
standards, and who would never tarn
ish his good name and enviable rep
utation bv becoming a party to
machine politics.” (By all the saints
that '» a fragrant bouqnet.)
The Record-Citizen knows not over
much of Judge Bunnell as a man and
his career on the bem a has been too
short to demonstrate his character as
a judge. We do know, however( that a
newspaper which attempts to de
mean a man in his position in order
to force him into the quarrels of
petty politic* commits an offense
against the institutions of its country.
If Judge Bunnell owes political
debts his assumption of a moratorium
is sound, and to that extent, at least,
he is a good and wise judge (ex
change
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The steamer Alki is due to leave for
the Bound some time Friday,
FROM WEDNESDAY'S DAILY
Loudon, Sept. 14—In reply to nn
inquiry on the floor of i’nrliiunout to
day, Premier Asquith himself made a
speech outlining the campaigns of
Generals Kitchener and French, and
explaining recent military operation*,
lie wont iuto matters fully uud wits
able to satisfy everybody.
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New York, Sept. 15—Two bottles
containing high explosives wero
found today on board the British
steamer Lapland of the White Star
line as she was preparing to sail for
Liverpool. The explosive was so plac
ed that it would have blown yp wheu
the ship struck n rough sea.
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Washington, Sept. 15—Tho Attorney
General has given as his opinlou that
the making of the proposed billion
dollar loan to tho Allies would not
bo uny breach of neutrality.
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THE WORLD WAR A YEAR AGO
TODAY. SEPT 15.
Tho allied left north of tho Oise,
was heavily re-enforced. ltaiu con
tinued in the buttle- zone. Allies in
trenched north of tho Asine.
VonHindenburg's German army
crossed the frontier in Russia, invad
ing tho province of Suwalki.
German cruiser Ilcla sunk by Brit
ish submarine E-9 in North sea.
Vanguard of Japanese army reach
ed Iviauchau.
Austria was fortifying Trieste a
gaiust attack from the Adriatic and
also mining the const, north and
south.
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MUCH MONEY DUE ALASKA
Figures complied from the annual
reports of canneries and salteries in
the district clerk’s office show that
from the First Division alone a total
of $66„626.99 is still due the territory
for taxes in the year 1914, under the.
law passed by the Alaskan legislature
in 1913. The 1913 taxes amount to
$72,722.66, but if the law is upheld
this amount will have to be equalized
as the law did not go into effect un
til September 1st. at which time near
ly the entire salmon pack of the ter
ritory was up and had been shipped.
In the First division in 1914, the
amount of tax which should have re
sulted from the pack of the canneries
was $65,711.40, with salteries giving
a total return of $915.50. There were
41 canneries operating in Southeast
ern Alaska and 19 salteries.
Figures complied by Territorial
Treasurer Smith for the benefit of
the members of the Second legisla
ture show that the total amount of
taxes due from the fishing Indus
tries of Alaska for the year 1914
amounted to $166,572.99.
FLOATING COURT HAD
BUSY TIME WEST
Valdez,—William H. Wittlesey, U.
S. district attorney, returned this
morning on the Admiral Evans after
an absenee of several weeks west on
the floating court. He reports the
trip to have been ver}- pleasant and
weather good except on the Bering
Sea.
The following is the story of the
trip as given by Mr. Whittlesey:
July 10th cud after holding a term
of court at Knik proceeded to Hi
amna Bay on the U. S. C. O. C. Mc
Culloch. From Iliamna they crossed
over to Iliamna lake and thence by
launch went down the lake and Nvich
river to Naknek. They were delay
ed three days by heavy wind on the
lake.
The court opened nt Naknek oa
August 2 and closed Aug 7. Two mur
der cases were tried and one case
making liquor unlawfuly.
Sahtar Judas, a native boy thirteen
years of age ,who killed another na
tive last fall ori the Naknek river in
alleged fear of the deceased’s abus
ing his mother anil sister was on
trial. The .jury acquitted him on the
charge of manslaughter.
M. Teraina, a Japanese, In an alter
u-ation with another Jap, Tarasaku
Hakate over the filling of cans with
salmon, struck the latter with a pair
scissors, inflicting a wound in the
breast and heart from which the lat
ter died. Teraina was eonvieted of
manslaughter and sentenced to one
year in the Valdez jail.
Peter Hinakausky, native of Un
Alaska, charged with making liquor
in a building other .than a licensed
distillery, was convicted of the charge
and sentenced to six mouths in the
Unalaska jail.
Marina Raimikiirisky, wife of the
above, was acquitted of tho same
charge.
Twelve or thirteen acts of final
eilizeiiM papers were issuedut Unga.
Home 22 iif 2.'! deelaraliuiin of citizen
ship yore also taken a Unga.
All the court party returned on the
Mil'iilloih, slopping Iwo days at Un
alnnka and holding court one day at
Unga, thence going direct outside of
Kodiak Island to Valdez arriving
August 20th.