VOLUMt XV. NO. 310. TELEPHONE MAIN 46. NOME, ALASKA, THUHSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN 45. PRICE 25 CENTS
THREE SOLDIERS KILLED
IN BORDER BATTLE
A P. A. Servics.
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 21.—Three
t'nited States soldiers were killed and
six wounded In an engagement with
Mexican bandits near Jodeagua this
morning which lasted tlie greater part
of an hour. The troops were engaged
in guarding the town from possible ex
cursions at the time of being attacked
by a large band of the Mexicans and
put up a hard fight before driving the
attacking party away.
In a preliminary report to the mili
tary authorities at Brownsville, Cap
tain Frank McCoy who was in com
mand of the Americans, gave the in
formation that live dead Mexicans had
been found after the attacking party
had been driven off. Jodeauga is lo
cated near Mission, Texas, and is
about thirty miles from Brownsville.
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OF COALITION
CABINET PREDICTED
A. P. A Service.
LONDON, Oct. 20. The general be
lief that a second shake up In the
cabinet is imminent was heightened
b.\ the prediction of Horatio Bottom
ha member of parliament and editor
i i John Bull, that the immediate col
or the coalition cabinet was a
certainty. Bottomley further predict
i l thi formation of a new council with
Audi w Bonar Law suceeding As
quith as prim* minister During the
i nurse of his statement, which was
made in a public address at Newcas
tle, the speaker declared that there was
every prospect that the new council
would lie composed largely of business
men. the speaker declaring that busi
ness methods alone would prevent a
crisis in the affairs of Great Britain
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INTERNED GERIN SAILORS
BAKES A GET AWAY
A I* A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct L'0.—Naval of
ficials are seriously considering the
advisability of placing the five hundred
sailors and officers of the two Ger
man warships now Interned here un
der restraint owing to a number hav
ing \ iMated their parole during the
past week by making their escape for
parts unknown.
The sailors have been making a get
a\\ ty in small groups and the num
ber of officers included was small. Yes
terday, however, three commissioned
officers escaped and this has incens
ed the government officials so that
th ire determined to stop the pro
cedure at all hazards even if it should
repuire placing the remainder of the
crews in a detention camp. In addl
tion to the officers making ttieir escape
yesterday, six others are said to have
disappeared from the crew of the
Kron Prinz Wilhelm. The latter were
all petl> officers Little is known as
to the manner of escape but it is gen
eral v supposed thit 'he men sue
eeedeo pi finding a h< a< and put t >
sou with the intention of ultimately
landing at some point on the coast.
Secret service agents assisted by
several coast guard cutters are now
searching for the fugitives along the
, oust north and south of Newport
News. It Is reported that British war
ships are also on the lookout for them
i ff the coast.
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CARRANZA WILL !
VISIT BORDER
By A. P. A. Service.
LAREDO, Oct. 20.- Carranza will |
visit tlie Mexican border at Piedras
Negras and Nuevo Laredo within a
week, said advices to the latter town
from Torreon where Carranza arrived
today on a trip of inspection through
the northern states of Mexico. It is
probable that the noted leader will pay
a visit to the American side before de
parture.
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be on display at the October Fair,
Saturday October 23.
A t> A. Service.
LONDON, Oct. HO.—It is reported
from Frankfort today that the central
powers have decided to undertake still
another campaign, this time against
Montenegro. The reports states that
the plans are already developed and
lie movement is under way. The dis
patch is confirmed by the Vienna re
port that two thousand Austrian and
German infantrymen with artillery
have arrived from Galicia at Sarajevo
In the Bonla province sixty miles north
of the Montenegrin border.
GERMANS FAIL IN SAVAGE
COUNTER OFFENSIVE
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS, Oct. L’1—Following a long
ml futile bombardment ulong the line
■ ust iif Reims last evening, the Ger
mans renewed their offensive in this
region according to an announcement
m.iiic this afternoon by the war of
11. • In spite of a very violent pre- ^
patory artillery fire they were again
chi cked and cut down in hundreds '
by fire from the French artillery and
machine guns and did not succeed in
tunning a single position on the first
li ie of French trenches. The Germans
. said to have again renewed the
costly massed column style of attack
in the hope of breaking down the
French defense by sheer weight of
numbers but obtained no result beyond
si staining a terrific- loss of men
WAR AUTHORITIES
HOLD CONFERENCE
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Oct. 20.—Tile committee
of the cabinet known as the "war
i ommittee" met yesterday afternoon
.tint was Joined by M l*aut Cambon
: ml ttie French war minister. The
P.rilish committee sat in conference
for over an half hour after which an
. bn cabinet council was held in the
house of common. Nothing Was
made public concerning the delibera
tions tint It is assumed that they had;
hud to do with the development of the |
military situation in tlie near east.
WE Of WEDDING
SOON ANNOUNCED
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A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—It was
announced today that the date of the
White House wedding may be expected
| some time during the present week.
The president and Mrs Galt have not
| fully determined on the exact date but
j have about reached a decision
POSSE MAKES
SHORT WORK OF
MEXICAN ROBBERS
A. P. A. Service.
BKOWNSVILLE, Oct. 21.—The pur
suing posse of ranchers, cowboys ami
i angers made short work of the gang
of Mexican bandits taking part In the
: robbing of a St. Louis and San Fran
sico passenger train at Olmlte early
in the week, by stringing four of them
up to the nearest tree while the re
mainder were shot during the course
. ,f the pursuit. According to the story
rought to Brownsville today the posse
succeeded in heading the Mexicans oft
rum reaching the border and drove
them back into the hills where they
were summarily dealt with as fast as
1 hey were overtaken.
INDIA SHIPPING SHELLS.
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON. Oct. 21. Announcements
from Bombay today state that the first
shipment of Indian made shells Is now
ready for transportation to Europe.
Every portion of the shells have been
1 manufactured on Indian soil.__
BYSTANDER HIM
OF BANDIT BULLETS
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Oct. 20.—Stanley Rees is
in the hospital anil in a precarious con
dition as a result of being wounded by
bullets tired by two bandits at Ren
toy last night while they were making
their escape from the police. On be
ing discovered attempting to break in
,•> the tear entrance to a store, tlu
veggs broke and run firing a fussilade
if shots as they sped down the street
with the result that Rees was struck
while watching the pursuit.
SCH. CHALLENGE
GOES ON BEACH
The schooner Challenge came ashore
about nine this morning after try- |
lng for some time to escape from the
clutch of the rising surf, without suc
cess and is now lying high and dry
near the foot of Elite way. But two men
were aboard this morning when the
surf came up and were unable to do
anything with the vessel until the ar
rival of the coast guard crew in an
swer to signals. Captain Ross went
out to the vessel In the Defiance short -
iv after day break and after a consul
tation with Captain Cochrane of the
Hear, decided to try to clear the ves
sel away from her unsafe anchorage,
owing to everything being frozen slid
handling the schooner was difficult and
In spite of the best efforts the v-ssel
could not be headed out after the an
chors were let go. When it was seen
that nothing could be done to prevent
landing on the beach, the Vessel was
headed for shore with all sail set and
landed safely. 1'nless the waves rise
to a far greater height than at pres
ent the schooner Is perfectly safe and
. un be easily floated. Captain Craw
ford the master was ashore at the
time owing to the Injuries received
yesterday.
LABOR CASE
FILED TODAY
Phil Alger vs. R. B. Benson is the
title of a suit filed in the district court
vesterday afternoon by Attorney Geo
B. Grigsby. The motive of the action
is two unpaid labor bills which it Is
claimed are due to the ocmplainant
and one Dick Rooney both of whom
allege that they were employed by
Benson during the past season The
sum of $521 is asked for together with
an attorney fee of two hundred dollar
on each cause of action.
GOLD FLOOD
OVERWHELMS
ASSAY OFFICE
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—So great has
been the tide of gold poured Into New
York to pay the war debt of the bel
ligerent nations that the task of melt
ing it up preparatory to turning it into
coin has almost overwhelmed the of
ficials of the local 1'nlted States assay
office. The employes of the office have
been working day and night for over
two weeks in an endeavor to catch up
with the daily allotment of work but
without success owing to the great
shipments lately arriving from across
the Atlantic.
ALLIES PRESSING GREECE
FOR A DECISION
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Oct. 21.—The entente
powers are bringing all possible pres
sure to bear on the Greek government
in order to elicit an unequivocal defi
nition of her policy towards the other
Ilalkan states and the European bell
gerents and have Intimated clearly
that on account of her geographical
position and her treaty obligations
with Hertiiu her announced policy of
neutrality will be difficult If not Im
possible to maintain.
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GREECE WILL NOT
JOIN TEUTONS
A. A. Service.
i HOME, Out. 21.—It is reported in
| diplomatic circles that the Greek gov
ernment Is willing to give formal as
uratices to the allies that Greek In
to, uti.in "n the side of the central
powers is ibsolutely impossible in any
,im It is said that the reports are
| ili,. result ui direct Intimations of the
iivek representative In the capital,
fins is not taken to mean that Greece
! will enter the conflict on the side of
Ik- opposing powers as It is apparently
■itie intention to maintain neutrality for
.io present at least.
RUSSIANS GAIN
IMPORTANT
SUCCESS
A. P. A. Service.
PKTROGRAU, Oct. 21.—An Impor
tant Russian success In the region of I
.'.aiunovlch was announced by the war I
• i!i,v today. The report states that 1
like Germans were driven from several
■ktkms of Immense sirategetic Im
portance and in addition lost a total (
f 3,55:: men taken prisoners. Ten ma
lum guns and one piece of artillery
, i re also taken.
AUSTRIANS CAPTURE JAP ARMS.
A P A H-pu ir«
,sterday was found to contain two
machine guns with the marks of Jap
anese gun factories impressed thereon
and also a large quantity of Japanese
-mall arms and ammunition accord
ing i" an oilki.il announcement of the
war office today.
WILSON PROCLAIMS
THANKSGIVING DAY
A. P. A Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—The an
1 nun] Thanksgiving proclamation was
ibllshed by President Wilson today
I November 25 is designated as
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PORT ANGELES
HAS NEW R. R.
CONNECTION
A. P. A. Service.
1'iiUT TOWNSEND, Oct 21.—Port
\ngelfs Is now connected with this
itv l.y n railroad The first train
I issed over the line between the two
ii.-.vi - this morning carrying a number
• if prominent Milwaukee railway offi
ials Port Angeles is holding a cele
hration In honor of the event.
25,« CtHMflNS TAKEN
SEPTEMBER BATTLE
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS. Oct. 21.—In an official re
port made by General Joffree to the
war office published today it is stated
that the number of German soldiers
captured in the great battle of Septem
ber 25 was in excess of twenty-five
thousand. The report also states that
me hundred and fifty cannon were
captured in addition to vast quantities
| of other wrar supplies.
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Ml OFFERS
CYPRUS FOR GREEK
INTERVENTION
[ A. P. A. Serviw
LuNDON, Oct. 21.—In a semi-au
thoritative article published in the
Dally Telgraph today It is stated that
Britain has formally offered the Island
of Cyprus to Greece in an effort to
secure the Intervention of that nation
on the side of the allies. The present
attitude of the Greeks is puzzling
diplomatic circles. While seemingly
inclined to the allied cause despite the
disinclination of the ruler to do any
thlnk that will tend to offend the Ger
mans at the same time the leaders
will give no definite indication of their
actual intentions.
CARRANZAf
BORROWS
TEN MILLION
A. P. A. Service.
•NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21.—Like the
European belligerents the new'y rec
ognized Mexican government Is now
looking to the United States for funds
to carry on the business of adminis
tration. It was announced today that
a group of bankers of this city have
agreed to finance the Carranza gov
ernment In the sum of ten million
[dollars In gold. It has also been ar
ranged that the Mexican sisal crop will
he accepted as partial security and
ihe new crop will be handled through
I New Orleans.
LOCAL NEWS
The committee In charge of arrange
ments for the October fair announce
that the handsome prizes now on dis
play in the window of the Zehner store
will be given to the little girls bring
ing the prettiest dolls and decorated
carriage In the doll parade.
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Some of the many handsome articles
to be placed on sale at the October
| fair are on exhibition In the show win
dows of the Polet grocery and Hill's
' Pharmacy. Some of the articles are
of exquisite workmanship and are both
ornamental and useful.
The application of the attorneys for
the defense for a nonsuit In the case
of the Fairhaven Ditch Company vs.
the Inmachuk Dredging Company was
'withdrawn yesterday and the taking
of testimony commenced. The appli
cation for nonsuit was based on the
contention that the defense that the
plaintiff had failed to show that certain
assessment work was not done. The
ground involved Is known as Nos. 6
and 6 below Hannum’s discovery on
the Inmachuk river. It is probable that
the court’s decision will be given to
morrow morning.
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