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VOLUME XV. NO. 233. TELEPHONE MAIN «, NAME, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1915. TELEPHONE MAIN «« PRICE 25
U. S. GOVERNMENT TAKES
COMMAND OF BORDER !
A. P. A. Service.
BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 9.—The Uni
ted States army took the most im
portant step that has yet been made
In the border complications when or
ders were issued here today giving the
rimy officers complete command over
the actions of civilians residing along
the border In case the shooting across
the international boundary is resumed.
The action of the military was taken
ct the direction of the war department
and is intended to prevent firing across
the border from the Texas side by
armed forces other than the regular
troops.
The immediate region of the inter
national boundary will thus be put
under the complete control of the of
ficers of the army in command in that
district. According to the announce
ment given out at military headquar
ters today the order is Issued for the!
purpose of minimizing the danger to
international relations from the con
tinual firing across the Klu Grande
such as has occurred at frequent inter
vals between the Mexicans on the one
side and Texas rangers, county officers
and by individual citizens on the other.
It Is generally appreciated that much
of the recent disturbances were due
to the action of individuals on the Am
erican side as it has been disclosed that
in several instances the Americans
were the aggressors having fired on
the Mexicans along the river bank
without reasonable excuse. The order
! will, it is believed will have a most
' wholesome effect in stopping much of
j the trouble.
SENATOR WILL
RRINGTHE MAIL
The following communication, rela
tive to the matter of securing the ser
vices of the steamship Senator to bring
in the mail during the remainder of
the season, undertaken by the mail
committee of the chamber of com
merce, was received by the committee
from M"r. Frank J. O'Connor today. As
will be seen, the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company will not only use its
best endeavors to help the deplorable
situation as far as is possible but will
even go to the unexpected length of
carrying the malls free of charge in
the event that the postofllce authori
ties cannot see their way clear to de- j
vlate from the contract:
Messrs. Thatcher, Downing and Mc
Connell, committee on mails, .Cham
ber of Commerce, Nome, Alaska: [
Gentlemen: 1 am in receipt of a tele
gram from Mr. E. C. Ward, viee-presi- i
dent of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., I
as follows:
"Have offered postotflce department
to carry mail remaining trips same
terms ns Alaska Steamship Company,
or. if not satisfactory, will carry free
to assist people of Nome. Advise Cham
ber of Commerce.”
This looks like we should have the
mail on the Senator for the remainder
of the season. Yours respectfully,
FRANK .1. O’CONNOR Agent.
HONEYMOON
PARTY KILLED
A< P. A. Service.
MONTAOUUE, Cal., Sept. 8.—Deputy
Collector of Customs A. T. Anderson
of Astoria and his bride Mrs. Ander
son, the mother of Mr3. Anderson and
a cousin, were killed yesterday after
noon in a collision with a Shasta train
which struck the auto in which they
were coming down a hill at a consider
able rate of speed.
Anderson was evidently trying to
stop before reaching the crossing on
which the accident occurred but owing
to the failure of the brakes to hold
the machine continued to go forward
despite the efforts of the driver and
landed squarely on the track a few sec
onds before the arrival of the train
Anderson sprang from the machine but
turned to save the others and was in
stantly killed in the crash. The others
were so badly Injured that they died
within a few minutes.
TAFT GETS
A ROUSING
RECEPTION
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE. Sept. !>.—An immense
crowd greeted former President Taft
on his arrival from California last
night to attend the sessions of the
Hankers convention which he has been
invited to address on national topics
during the remaining days of the ses
sion. Among the speakers at the ses
sion this morning were Governor Lis
ter, Mayor Gill and Sir Richard Mc
Bride. Taft will address the conven
tion this afternoon and during the two
succeeding days. Taft spent several
hours this morning playing golf on the
links of the Seattle Golf Club, his op
ponent being President Swinney of the
First National bank of Kansas City.
Visting Cards at tna N»«aat Office.
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FEARED THOUSANDS
PERISH IN CENTRAL
AMERICAN QUAKES
A. P. A. Service.
MAN JUAN DEU MUR, Nicaragua,
Sept. 8.—A series of heavy earthquakes
rock with terrific violence practically
nil of Central America from eleven
o'clock Monday night until Wednesday
morning, and have caused terrible de
struction in the hundreds of towns
along the west coast, scores of towns
and villages are known to have been
destroyed'and it is feared that thou
sands have perished. Owing to the
general absence of communication ex
cept with the larger cities the extent
of the destruction cannot be fully as
certained at present.
The sections so far reported indicate
that the disaster it, one of the worst
that has visited the Central American
section in history. Added to the ter
tors of the earthquakes when the dis
turbances were at their height an im
mense tidal wave rolled in along the
western Costa Rica coast partially de
stroylng hundreds of small towns and
villages and completely obliterating
several places. The reports so far re
ceived indicate that the greatest loss
of life resulted from the furious wave
that swept in from the sea with scarce
ly a minute warning.
Reports from Ulbertad, Salvador, this
morning stale that fearful damage has
been inflicted along the western coast
of Guatemala and the city of Jutiapn.
the capital of the department of the
same name, has been reduced to ruins
which was felt at that point with un
usual severity. Costa Rica nnd Guate
mala seem to have been the worst suf
ferers and the trail of ruin and devas
tation in those sections is fearful. Other
cities so far reporting are San Salvador
Where considerable damage to buildings
is reported but no less of life.
Three are reported to have been kill
ed in Santa Anna by falling walls. The
churches in Santa Anna, Sonzonate and
in other towns of the republic are In
ruins. The greatest damage of the sev
eral inland towns reported at Juliapa,
which is the largest city of the terri
tory and is the center of the cattle and
coffee trade district.
STRONG FEARS
SHORTAGE FUNDS
A. P. A. Service.
Jt'NEAlT. Sept. 9.—in the opinion of
Governor Strong there will bo a con
siderable snortage In the territorial
funds of the First division before the
next allowance can be made and there
is every prospect that the territorial
government will he completely broke
before further funds can be provided.
The governor has written to Washing
ton concerning the matter showing
that unless more money is received
outside of the incorporated towns as
provided by the Nelson act there will
not be enough money to run for a
period of nine months.
The governor states in his commun
ication that even the fifteen thousand
allowed by tho legislature from the
road money derived from tho forest
reserve fund will not be enough to car
ry the section through. Tho governor
blames the shortage to the additional
school districts formed which tend to
Cut off a considerable share of the rev
enues.
FUNERAL UF
AH KING LARGEST
RECENT YEARS
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Sept. 9. The funeral of
Ah King, the wealthy Seattle China
man, who it is believed, was murdeerd
In Sacramento by tongmen recently,
which was held yesterday afternoon,
was one of the largest attended in this
city in recent years. As one of Seat
tle’s prominent business men, King en
joyed a wide acquaintance among the
whites and was generally looked upon
as one of the most substantial of Se
attle citizens.
The crowd attending the funeral was
of extraordinary size and completely
lined the great tent erected on .lack
son street, where the services were
held. Dr. Matthews, who was an old
acquaintance of the dead Celestial, of
ficiated and paid an eloquent tribute
to the character and integrity of the
deceased.
Many' of tho Washington pioneers
and business men of the city attended
the funeral and the entire Chinese and
Japanese settlements turned out en
masse. In point of attendance the fu
neral was perhaps the largest ever held
in Seattle. Tho remains of King have
been embalmed and'Will be shipped to
China.
SAYS CANAL
IS ALL RIGHT
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A. P. A. Service.
WASHINTON, Sept. 9.—Cabled re
ports to the war department from the
Panama canal authorities this morning
state that the great earthquake resulted
in no damage to the canal whatever
and the canal is all right in every way'
save for tile slides of several days ago
which may or may not have been
caused by the quake. The canal offi
cials state that no shocks were felt at
tlie time of the slides and the seismia
graph records contain no record indi
cating that the land slips might have
resulted from earth shocks. Tho work
of clearing the channel is in progress!
and the channel will lie cleared within
a few days.
PORTLAND MAN ,
CRUSHED BY AUTO
SEATTLE, Sept. 7.—William S
Thurlow of Portland, aged sixty years
was crushed to death this morning be
tween the side of the Arctic Club build
ing and a skidding auto which caught
the aged man before he was nware of
his danger.
BRAZIL SEETHING WITH REVOLT.
A. P. A. Service.
RIO JANEIRO, Sept. 9.—Reolutlon is
again brewing throughout Brazil as a
result of the late elections and an open
outbreak of hostilities Is greatly feared.
During the course of an indignation
meeting last night Senator Chledo was
assassinated. Public feeling is at fever
heat and the country Is greatly stirred
throughout.
CLAIM GERMANS SEVERELY
DEFEATED AT TARNOPOL
A. P. A. Service.
L< i.N’LON, Sept. 9.—For the first time
in many weeks, the Russians, accord
ing to the statements of 1’etrograd. |
claim to have Inflicted a severe defeat
on their opponents in a terrible battle
at Tarnopol, seventy miles southeast
of Lemberg.
The dispatches state that the Alls i
tno-German forces have been complete- j
ly overw helmed and have lost many i
thousands in killed and wounded in ad- j
dition to over eight thousand captured i
The reports assert that no complete
figures of the total of dead and wound- I
ed are obtainable but are known to be
very heavy. Fighting along the north
ern lines also seems to have resulted
favorably for the Slavs as the Ger
mans have not been able to make fur
ther gains along the Dvina. Petrograd
dispatches indicate that the Russians
are amply supplied with artillciy and
munitions at the present time anu are
holding the invaders in most decided
fashion. The tone of Berlin reports to
day are somewhat doubtful of the rus
cess of the invasion at this point and
there is an almost complete absence ui
the usual remarks concerning the con
templated capture of Petrograd.
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AGED WIDOW ROBBED
AND MURDERED
A. P. A. S*rvl««.
NEW YORK. Sept. 9. Mrs Eliza
beth Nichols, an aged widow of con
siderable means, met death last night
at the hands of masked robbers who
entered her home sometime after mid
night and after beating the woman un
tli life was extinct ransacked the prem
ises securing over ten thousand dol
lars worth of gents Owen Talles, a
Russian Finn who is employed by a
local undertaking firm in the cnpaeitv
of a professional pall bearer has been
arrested. Talles has confessed to hav
ing had it share in the crime.
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help advertise Nome.
TWENTY SUM
OF ZEPPELIN !
DEATH LIST
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Sept, 9, —Definite reports
concerning the damage resulting from
the Zeppelin raid along the east coast
received this morning disclose that
twenty persons lost their lives as a
result of the visitation of the Germans
The list of casualties is made up large
ly of women. The number injured was
very slight. A half dozen towns were
visited by the airships at various points
in tile eastern counties including the
eastern suburbs of London. The death
list in the capital alone is ten. The
majority were killed In one dwelling,
a tenement house, which was appar
ently struck by two or more bombs. In
all a total of eleven buildings were
destroyed.
GERMANY DELIVERS
ARABIC NOTE
A. P. A Service.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Ambassa
dor Gerard received the official state
ment of Germany relative to the sink
ing of the Arabic, last night and the
communication was forwarded to the
slate department this morning. The
note expresses the deep regret of the
German government that American
lues were hjst in the disaster and also
offers to refer the question of repara
tion and compensation to the Hague
for adjustment.
THE DREAM.
The five reel feature photoplay,
Hearts Adrift will be thrown on the
screen again tonight with charming
Mary Plckford in the stellar role. Crit
icism on the grand production is re
quested, although superfluous Mary’s
personality and screen magnetism, is
well known and tonight’s big picture
will be remembered by all who witness
it. as the vital spark or one of the
hits of the movies, in addition a sterl
ing educational subject showing all
branches of the coffee industry, also
the molding and finishing processes In
modern sculpture and works of art. This
is a masterpiece itself, beautifully col
ored. See it.
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41 NORWEGIAN
VESSELS SUNK IN
WAR PERIOD
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINTON, Sept. 9.—According
to a report received from Christiania
by the Norwegian minister today, a
total of forty-one Norwegian vessels
have been torpedoed since the begin
ning of the war. The great losses in
flicted on the merchant marine of that
nation lias resulted in considerable ill
feeling against the Germans as the
majority of the destroyed ships were
not engaged in the contraband trade
and the Germans are said to have
had no reasonable excuse for attack.
KING CANCELS
PASSPORTS
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINTON, Sept. 9.—It was an
nounced today that Secretary I.arising
has cancelled the passports of James
F. Archibald, the American war cor
respondent whom it is charged has
been acting as an Intermediary between
Austria Minister Dumba and the Vienna
foreign office. According to the infor
mation furnished the state department
by the British secret service Archi
bald was engaged in carrying
messages from Dumba to the Vienna
officials. Secret service men sueeed
ed in securing evidence from the per
son of Archibald in the shape of letter
from Dumba to his foreign office on
the subject of fomenting strikes in
American ammunition factories. It is
said that he evidence against the cor
respondent was conclusive in every
way.
ZEPPELINS RAID
SUBURBS PARIS
A. P. A. Service.
PARIS. Sept. 9.—-German Zeppelins
bombarded the suburbs of the capital
at an early hour this morning, destroy
ing several buildings and slightly in •
juring a number of people. No deaths!
are reported as a result of the visit
The Germans were unable to approach
closely to the city because of the acti
vities of the French aero fleet which
finally drove the atacking force away.