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: THE BRITISH MAKE
FARTHER ADVANCE
ON YPRES FRONT
Six Persons Killed and Sixteen Injured in Another
German Air Raid Over The Outskirts of the
Southern Pa rt of London.
(Assoria*'''* Press)
LONDON. Sept. 26.—The British
naval forces bombarded the German
naval base at Ostend in Belgium yes
terday. The British air patrol over
the fleet succeeded in bringing down
two German aeroplanes. The damage
inflicted on the enemy’s base of sup
plies is believed to be considerable.
East of the Ypres, the British at
tached tilt' enemy on a wide front
northeast and east, and report making
good progress.
A report from the front says in the
Br'tish new attack on the German
lines, they succeeded in pushing the
enemy back over a high ground on the
ea.-t bank of the Ypres. Apparently
the report adds the British offensive
aimed at driving a deeper wedge
which has already been forced into
the German front astride the Ypres
on the Menin road, and northward be
yonl Ypres to the Rouler railway.
This first attack the British pushed
this wedge approximateelv a mile
further into the enemy's territory
where the ground gained was well con
solidated and held firmly against des
perate attacks. The point of the
wedge now has almost reached the
line extending diredijy northward
from the great French manufacturing
center, the city of Lille, whose envel
opment in the one great objective in
Handers. The attacks and enlarge
ment of positions in the Ypres salient
which is likewise endae. ig the Ger
BOSTON, Sept. 26.—The Republican
party today renominated Governor
McCall to succeed himself at the com
ing election. The Democrats demand
i'rederi •!; Mansfield as their candidate.
ADMIRAL WATSON COMING
SEATTLE, Sept. 26.—The Admiral
Watson sailed for the north last even
ing at ten o'clock with Jacob Smith,
James Tucker, Olaf Floe, and H. Mil
ler as passengers for Ketchikan.
The Al-ki from the south reached
port at six o’clock this morning and
left at ten for the north, after discharg
ing 25 tons of freight. Arrivals were
John li. Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Cops
tead. J Kines, Ralph Comstock and H.
Greenstone. Leaving for the north
were David Frank. Martha Haldane,
Mabel Frank, Esther r.Iorrison, and
Victor and Henry Haldane, all native
children for the government native
school at Sitka.
The City of Seattle arrived at eleven
o’clock iast night from the south, go
ing north at 1:30. Arrivals were Mrs.
G. H. Clise, Floy Clise, L. Lind and
wife. J. A. Gustavson, Mrs. J. Love
ridge, \V. A. Kirts while going north
were A. Boppas, E. C. Hurlbutt, wife
and child, Sam Brown, Samuel S.
Svenning, C. O. Calhoun, M. M. Len
ning. and C’has. H. Cosgrove. She
discharged 48 tons of freight.
The Spokane from the north arrived
at five o’clock this morning, sailing
south at 10 a. m. after loading 30 boxes
of fresh fish and 1,500 cases of sal
mon from the Ketchikan cannery.
Leaving for the south were W. A.
Bricken, II. Marcus, N. W. Sweetser,
and Jas. II. Hinckley.
The Humboldt sailed southbound
last evening at 9:30 after being in
port an hour. Leaving for Seattle
were B. Simonson. Wm. Ginnard, Mr.
and Mrs. James Ginnard, Adeline Gin
nard, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Stromme, H.
O. Russel and wife, Frank Schulz, H.
Draper. Chas. F. Boles, Ralph, Fiedler,
and four steerage. The Humboldt
had a full cargo of salmon, over 20,000
cases from canneries north of here.
MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
SOUTHBOUND.
Mariposa tomorrow.
Admiral Evans tomorrow morning.
Princess Alice Saturday.
NORTHBOUND.
Jefferson tomorrow morning.
Admiral Watson tomorrow night.
i man line to the north, is now extending
to the Belgium coast. Here, the
British apparently intend to concen
trate their offensive moves, and by
pursuing last year’s Somme tactics,
compel a general retirement of the
enemy on a wide front on both north
and south.
Six persons were killed and sixteen
injured in the southeastern outskirts
of London in a German air raid last
night. The first group of raiders were
driven back by gunfire. Only tw >
penetrating the city’s defense lint
Half an hour later, the second group
made its appearance but were driven
off while approaching London aora
The part of the city where the at \
was made, is inhabited chiefly by the
; poorer classes. There was no prop
erty loss, except an occasional broken
window and other slight damage too
small frame houses.
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
; FRANCE. Sept 26.—An Associated
I Frem correspondent who is with the
fighting forces says that along half
of the battle line east of Ypres, the
British advanced in numerous places
a distance from a thousand to twelve
hundred yards. An early report indi
cated that the British fighting was con
lined along a line of a few hundred
yards east of Zonnebeke;. but it prov
ed to be along a front extending over
a thousand yards astride the Ypres
: and .Menin road. A terrific struggle is
j still proceeding.
TABACCO ON FREE LIST
PARIS, Sept. 26—Tobacco sent to
\meritan soldiers in France, lience
• .’Orth will enter free of duty, is the
ider issued by the department this
- morning.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SVliNERALOGOUST HERE
1 lnodore Chapin, of the U. S. Geolog'
i al Survey, Department of the In
terior, who lias been working In the
vicinity of Fairbanks, Ruby and Hot
Springs for the past four months, in
vestigating and testing for tin and
ungsten ore, arrived last evening on
:iit Alaska, and expects to be in south
! eastern Alaska for at least a month,
Mr. Chapin, has been spending his
summers for the past nine years in
different sections of the territory, mak
| ing observations, and gathering mat
] erial for geological reports, and top
ographic and geologic maps, which are
i prepared during the winter months, at
the government offices in Washington,
: 1). C.
Mr. Chapin will leave shortly for
i’rince of Wales Island on the Glenora
government tender, to make a final re
port on the copper and gold deposits
| in that region, before leaving for his
i winter quarters at the Capitol.
On his arrival here last Spring Mr.
] Chapin spent some time in this viein
’ ity with Mr Edwin Kirk, government
paleontologist, who is a specialist on
fossils. Mr. Kirk spent the summer o»
the Glenora and went south about a
w, ek ago to commence work on his
report which will be part of Mr. Chap
in’s final report on minerals and the
geology of the Ketchikan Mining dis
trict.
Alfred II. Brooks, head of the Alas
ka division of the Geological Survey,
perhaps the best informed man on the
geological and mineral resources of
the territory, and known all over the
country, has been made a Major and
appointed recently to General Par
I sliing’s staff in France, according to
Mr. Chapin. Mr Brooks has been
j studying the resources of Alaska dur
ing the past twenty years, and has pre
pared a large number of pamphlets
and books on the subject, with the aid
of other helpers, such as Mr. Chapin
who specialize on certaiu phases of
the work.
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A woman’s most amiable fault is her
inclination to believe everything a
man tells her.
EVALUATION OF
0ETROGRAD STILL
> IS PROGRESSING
While A" " ’cnce Appears To He
Returning, Population Is
Gradually Leaving
PETUOOilAD, Sept. 26.—Although
there are tfo signs of panic among the
population of the city, and with unmis
takable indications of fast returning
confidence-in the provisional govern
ment, evacuation of Petrograd is pro
1 reeding, and that regardless whether
l the seat of government is transferred
I to Moscow or not. An official said
i last night that in his opinion the peo
1 pie feared another outbreak that will
I open the way to the enemy to capture
j Petrograd.
BEET GROWERS MEET
( Associated Press}
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 26.—Sugar
Leet growers from many parts of Colo
rado and from sections as far away
as Montana, will meet here tomorrow
to discuss the effect th egovernment’s
plans for increasing production of
wheat and corn will have on sugar
beet production, the acreage they will
plant to beets next year and prices,
‘"'.es determined on will affect an
. \ensive sugar beet producing terri
tory.
rr*3T3 INVESTIGATION
IN LOOTING OF THE
GERMAN STEAMERS
Looter Shipped Valuables To
Father-in-Law in San
Francisco
I
(Associated Pms*}
j SEATTLE, Sept. 26—Prosecuting
Attorney Allen this morning at the
instance of the department of justice
started a thorough probe in the looting
of the German steamers Loongmoon
and Prinz Waldemar. Mr .Allen is de
termined that if there are any higher
ups implicated, they will be brought
to justice. It was learned that the
chief looter. Brun had shipped a por
tion of the stuff to his father-in-law at
San Francisco.
OFFERS SPLENDID SUM
FOR SECOND TRIP
SEATTLE, Sept. 26.—Owners and
! charterers of the steamship Frances
! Skinner, which is now returning from
| the Orient have been offered seven
hundred thousand dollars for a second
; voyage with a cargo of guns from Se
attle to Calcutta. The vessel was for
j meriy the German steamer Sesostris.
But the probability is that the govern
ment will commandeer the vessel as
soon as it reaches port.
VENDER KUKUIOF
i LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
TO LEAVE ALASKA
The Lighthouse tender Kukui, Ca.pt,
‘ N. Gregory arrived from the Westward
j yesterday afternoon about 5 o’clock
land it is believed that she will leave
| shortly for the south. The Kukui has
| been visiting stations all over the
■ westward as far as Kodiak and Unal
j aska, Cook Inlet and southeastern A1
aska, on her annual Inspection and
| supply trip. Capt. W. C. Dibbrell
who boarded the tender at Seward tc
inspect the stations to the westward
from Seward, returned about twc
weeks ago.
Capt. W. C Dibrel, Inspector for A1
aska stated today that the Kuku
would be taken south within two weeks
by Capt. Gregory, to undergo her an
nual overhauling, after which she
would be asigned to other .duties, and
that her place would be taken by the
new tender Cedar, which was buili
expressly for northern service.
The Cedar, commanded by Capt
Leadbetter. is the newest, largest anc
most complete tender built by the
government for Lighthouse service
and was built to replace the tendei
Armenia which foundered off Capt
i Hinehinbrook, in 1912. The Kuku
was placed on the northern service tc
take her place temporarily until an
other, larger one could be built foi
permanent use. The Kukui was form
erly in use in Hawaii, and it is thought
possible that she may be returned tc
that district.
A curved ladder has been invented
on which drowning persons can bt
placed and drawn into a boat without
danger of capsizing it.
PERUVIANS
ARE READY
TO ENTER
CONFLICT
Minister Instructed tc
Make demand of Repar
ation Immediately
(Associated Press) -
i LIMA, Peru, Sept. 26.—The Peruv
! ian government has instructed its min
ister to Berlin to present the German
government this afiternoon a demand
, for the reparation of the damage, tilt
■ result of the sinking of the Peruvian
bark Lorton, while inside of Spanish
j waters last February. The instruction
| sent to the minister are such that un
1 less reparation is made within eight
j days from the date of demand, dipio
| matic relations will come to an end,
The government is said to have re
i peatedly asked for reparation blit nc
action was ever taken by Germany.
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+ ALMOST INCREDIBLE 4
+ 4
+ WASHINGTON,, Sept. 26.—It 4
4- is announced this morning that 4
-•> coal miners throughout the coun- 4
■> try have presented a demand for 4
+ an increase of wages from twenty 4
♦ to seventy per cent “It is evi- 4
41 dent,” said an official this morn- 4
+ ing ‘‘that the government will 4
■i° have to operate the coal mines in 4
> order to supply the people with 4
+ coal.” 4
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i FORESTRY FIRES
COST GOVERNMENT
OVER $100,000
MISSOLUA. Mont., Sept. 26.—Foresl
j fires in forestry district No. 1, with
headquarters here, will cost the gov
j eminent more than $400,000, during
| tlie present season, according to tht
estimate of forestry officials.
, Supplies, transportation and laboi
have cost $100,000 since the fires be
ante dangerous in this district Iasi
! summer, and total expenditures were
estimated at $350,000 on August 31
Wages to iire fighters are estimated
'at $50,000 while transportation, mostly
i by automobile is reckoned at $10,000
More than 2,000 men were hired
sere to fight fires, 1400 were senl
j i’rcni Spokane, Wash., and Butte senl
500.
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-=• CURIOUS AMERICAN SOLDI ERS 4
LONDON, Sept. 26.—About one ^
hundred American soldiers visit- 4
ing in London sought to get to i
the streets to witness the air- ^
plane raid last night, but were <
prevented by the sergeant in com- H
mand wjio ordered them to re- 4
main indoors. 4
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KIRE LOSSES TO
GRAIN NOT LARGE
SAY FARMERS
(Associated Press)
WALLA WALLA, Washington, Sept
j 26--Fire losses to grain and threshinf
j outfits in the Walla district durint
the wheat harvest will not amount t(
more than $20,00 for the present sea
son, it is estimated by insuranet
agents here. No more than 300 acres
have been burned over, it is declared
Farmers had regarded with som<
apprehension threats by labor agita
tors and''supposed enemies of th<
government, aimed at destruction o
the crops, but state and county coun
cils of defense took early steps to pre
vent incendiary losses.
At the period of the closing of reg
isiration on the first of September
Valdez had ninety-eight names on he
list.
When the registration books closinf
at Seward on the evening of Septem
her 1, two hundred and twenty name:
of men eligible for miltary service hat
been enrolled.
The Kennecott Red Cross recent!;
gave a dance in Recreation hall a
which the sum of $81.75 was nettet
Tor the association.
LABOR LEADERS ARE
I READY TO TALK PEACE
I AND RESUME WORN
' Advise the Leaders of All Local*
To Return to Work Pending
Adjustment
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Internat
ional officers of labor unions involve!
in the strike of some three thousain
mechanics at the Norfolk Navy Yar<
have authorized the heads of all loca
unions to return the men to worl
pending negotiations to adjust the dit
ferences. This move is said to havi
been taken on the advice of Mr. Com
pers who declared that the board re
cently appointed by the President wil
be fair to the men.
NO SOAP-POX TALKS
FOR MONTANA ANYMORE
KAUSPELL Montana, Sept. 26.
Drastic ordinances aimed nt the sup
pression of incendiary speeches am
publications have been passed by tin
city council of this municipality. Tliej
provide that no street speech may in
made without a permit from tire mayo:
after satisfactory showing has beer
made upon the speaker’s citizenship
subject of discussion, affiliation, resi
dence and occupation. Speeches fo;
publications tending to incite pubiii
disturbances are forbidden.
Another ordinance, declared to b<
aimed at ‘‘hunger strikes" and jail dis
turbances, gives the chief of polic<
authority to work any able bodiec
prisoner on the streets or other pubiii
work within three miles of the city.
CLUB ORGANIZED TO
SUPPLY COMFORTS
TO ENLISTED MEN
(Associated Prt'hs)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept
26—An organization known as the Na
11ional Defenders Club, to provide "al
j the comforts of home” for enlisted mei
i was to have been started here todaj
by the federal government in the base
ment of a big downtown office building
The National Dengue for Women’s Ser
vice was advised by the governmen
that it will have charge of the club.
Mandolins, guitars, cushions anc
all the setting of a first class men’:
club is on the program for the new or
ganization. No women will be admit
i ted except those wearing the uniforn
! of the National League for Women’s
I Service.
FIRST CONTINGENT OF
DRAFT MEN AT CAMI
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.—An in
! teresting description of Camp Funs
j ton, located in the reservation abou
i three miles from Fort Riley, Kansas
: is given in a letter from Lieutenan
' James F. Lockhart, Q. M. C„ Lieut
Lockhart is a former newspaperman
! well known in Colorado, Kansas ant
j Missouri.
“Already” says Lieut. Lockhart, “wi
: have received the first contingent o
j recruits—five per cent, of the firs
draft. We have been busy since we at
rived, but our big work is yet to come
“The buildings are long, two stor;
! structures, similar in design and size
light, well ventilated and thoroughl;
satisfactory for practical needs. Ii
tersecting groups or blocks of build
ings, arranged with symmetry, an
worn roadways. It seems there an
I miles of buildings. Army trucks
1 mule transport wagons, cavalry de
j tachments and motor cars keep tin
! dust well stirred. Encircling the mail
I group of finished buildings are skele
; ' tons of buildings in course of construe
; i tion. Something like 8,000 structui
i ! al workmen are on the job. Worl
does not cease at night nor on Sun
11 days, and the end of every twent;
i hours marks definite extension of th
1 camp. Corresponding to the growtl
i of housing facilities demands increase
CANNERYMEN TO
HAVE BALL S00NEF
—
Because so many of the cannerie
are closing earlier than was expectei
! and many of the employees and owr
. i ers are leaving for the south, it ha
been decided to have the Annual Can
nerymen’s Ball advanced one week eai
: i lier than was at first decided. It wil
' j now be held Friday evening, Octobe
1 15th. More announcements will b
1 ' made later.
• An instrument to measure the sus
; ceptibility of persons to suggestion
I from others is the invention of
French scientist.
ENORMOUS PROGRESS MADE
ANNOUNCES** BOARD
Every Department of the Government Have Spared
No Trouble to Prepare the Country to Meet and
Defeat the Enemy in the Great Conflict
i
{Associated Press'*
• WASHINGTON, Sept. 26—A review
■ of the work done by the govenrment
■ since the declaration of war, is set
forth in a statement issued by the Fed
eral Shipping Board today. The State
ment says that withi.; a little over a
year, the United Status will have an
\ j ocean going merchant fleet composed
. of over sixteen hundred ships, aggre
gating nine million two hundred
thousand tons capacity, ns <. ipared
PRETENTIOUS THOMPSON
'j CHICAGO, Sept. 26.—Mayor Thomp
1 son last night announced that he was
• a candidate for the United States sen
ate to succeed Senator James Hamil
ton Lewis.
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TO LECTURE JAPANESE
PORTLAND, Oregon. Sept. 26.—
1 j ‘ Captain” W. H. Hardy, of Portland,
| Ore., a bearded veteran of the seven
1 seas, who sailed as a bluejacket on
j the American ship-of-war Mississippi
to Japan in 1S52 with Commodore
Perry when the latter opened the
doors of the far Eastern islands to
Eastern Commerce, plans to return to
Japan this winter to deliver lectures
descriptive of conditions that existed
in the island kingdom over sixty-years
ago.
Hardy claims to be the sole survi
vor of Perry's first trip to the land
of Shogun. Wearing a bluejacket’s
uniform, he has long been a figure
familiar to Portland streets and lately
has aided recruiting work.
EIGHTEEN CENTS
FOR HALIBUT
SEATTLE, Sept. 26.—Yesterday
noon, halibut sold for eighteen cents
a pound and sable fish four and one
half.
BROWN, Bureau Fisheries.
IAN EXAMPLE
WORTHY OF
EMULATION
Every Soldier of Employee of
Government During War
Insured
I j A few days ago, the local Aerie of
l Eagles received a suggestion from the
. Grand Aerie to make some provisions
■ whereby a member in the employ of
! the government during the war may
i receive some benefits from his lodge.
To that end, a meeting was held and a
, resolution adopted which provides
that besides receiving the usual beue
’ fits of sick and injured, a member, if
[ lie dies or is killed in action while in
the service of his country his heirs
, will receive $1,000. from the local Ae
, rie to which he belongs. This insurance
however, is not binding on the local
’ Aerie when the deceased’ heirs are
, not in need. That is to say, when
t property is left sufficient to support
1 the heirs.
The money for at purpose is raised
! by an essessun of ten cents per
. ! month in addition to their regular
dues.
r . The Fraternal Order of Eagles in
, Ketchikan, was one of the first benev
( olent organizations of the town and
lias held during all these years a lead
j ing part in all things pertaining to the
i welfare of its members as well as the
■ welfare of the town. The Grand
I Lodge was also one of the first organ
1, izations of the country to subscribe
I one million to 'the Liberty Loan. To
i say the least, the order of Eagles is
1 nothing if not patriotic, and its ex
-1 amples are worthy of emulation.
ATTORNEY HOLZHEIMER
GOES TO WRANGELL
1
r! Prosecuting Attorney Ilolzheimer
! i left this morning for Wrangell where
he has been called to proescute a ase
for illegal fishing.
s A doctor may give a patient hope,
1 but lie charges for the time it takes
to give it
with the present tonnage ot three and
I half million seven hundred thousand,
including the German and Austrian
ships now under American operation.
The shipping board says this esti
i mate is made from the contracts given
| and partly completed and other con
| tracts given but work not commenced
land contracts contemplated for the
; near future. The statement concludes
! by stating that the government will
: soon be ready to meet and defeat the
| enemy.
'refugees applaud
AS OLD GLORY IS
TRAMPLED UPON
EL PASO, Texas., Sept. 26—The
strange sight of an audience in an
American moving picture theatre ap
plauding the killing of American sol
diers in uniform and the tearing down
of an American flag was witnessed
| here recently in an East El Paso the
iatre catering to Mexican refugee pat
i rons.
A picture purporting to be a repro
duction of the battle Carrizal, which
occurred on June 20, 1916, in which
the negro soldiers of the Tenth U. S.
cavalry and a battalion of Mexican
troops fought, was shown on the
screen at the Mexican theatre. The
crowds, composed largely of refugees
from Mexico applauded and cheered
as the negro soldiers fell and the flag
was torn down.
The battle of Carrizal, in which the
negro soldiers were outnumbered
more than four to one, is celebrated
in northern Mexico as a great victory
and a monument is to be erected to
General Felix Diaz who was killed
during the fighting.
SAMMIES AT LEWIS
CAMP, AMERICAN
LAKE TREATED WELL
Food is Fine, Officers Are Well
Trained and Drills are Easy
Says Newspaperman.
(Associated
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.—Life at
Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash
ington, near Tacoma, is described in
a letter from Kendall K. Kay, of San
Francisco and Eureka, California
newspaper man, now a member of E.
company, 363rd infantry.
“Gradually” says Kay “the boys are
being eased into the idea that they
are in for intensive training of the
highest degree, and occasionally refer
ences to the value of present drill or
studies upon arrival in France leads
to the inference that no moss will grow
under our feet here.
“The method in which the officers
set about to teach us makes it as easy
as possible. The outdoor drills and
physical exercises, coupled with cold
showers in a snappy atmosphere tends
! to harden up one wonderfully.
The officers are as fine a set of men
throughout as was ever asembled.
I They are well trained and gentlemen,
l all. They constantly impress upon the
men that they are glad to answer
questions at all times.
“The food is fine. Today’s dinner of
steak, creamed onions, boiled potatoes
fine bread and a dessert—properly
cooked and sufficient in quantity—
I made all smack their lips after six
| hours of almost constnat activity,
j There is not a grouch in the barracks.
“There is always something doing
! for everybody, from Rainier's wonder
ful snow clad bulk glinting like maf
i ble under the first rays of the rising
| sun, down to the little details of bar
i racks life.
"It is only ten minutes until lights
are out and I crawl between my three
army blankets for eight hours. I
never think of that last wildly dash
ing afternoon and evening in the old
home town without the picture of our
Jim Howe, arms and hat in air, wav
ing a farewell as we passed down the
Path of Gold, enroutc to “God Knows
| Where.”
■- m- —
| 509 men had registered at Juneau
by nine o’clock September 1,