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Berlin, Oct. IX X > ships are being
permitted to leave Kiel, according to
tlie Vossiehe Zeitung, which adds that
shipowners have sent word to vessels
at sea to return at once or go to the
nearest port.
British Ships Land Troops
Copenhagen. Oct. 13.- A dispatch
front Berlin says that 50,000 Letts have
been landed at Li hail from British
ships, and will attack the Hank of Co).
Avaloff Bermomlt’s troops.
Hun and Russ Bombard Riga
Helsingfors. Oct. 13.— Riga has suf
fered from thy. bombardment of Ger
man and Russian troops Manv civ
ilians were killed or wounded by bombs'
dropped on i he city.
Magyars Start for Budapest
Paris, Oct. 13.— A Magyar army |
under the command of Admiral Hornny
is reported to he marching on Bntla
pest, with the intention of expelling
the Rumanian* Former Kujperor
< ’harles, it is reported, is making prep
arations to join Hornby.
Montenegrins After Serbians
Paris, Oct 13 .Montenegrin forces
have inflicted heavy losses on Serbian i
detachment* in the Montenegrin insur '
rection, which is. according to tin* Mon
tenegrin foreign minister, continuing. I
WartTime Censorship Lifted
Paris, Oct. 13.— The state of war in
France and Algeria is declared to be
ended, and the war-time censorship!
lifted by two presidential decrees ef
fective today.
Pushing Towards Petrograd
London, Oct. 13. --The capture of!
.lamburg marks the beginning of the!
push by troops of the Northwestern
Russian army of Gen. Yudeuitch to !
wards Petrograd. (Jen. Olsenapp is re- |
ported to have taken four complete
Bolshevist, regiments and 20.000 other j
Soviet troops, and the entire st.alT of
the Tenth Bolshevist division. FI is I
losses were 2d killed and 150 wounded ;
Fighting Germans Savagely i
< ’o penhagen, Oct. 15.—Letts and}
Lithuanians are savagely fighting Ger* j
mans and Russians m Riga and vicin- '■
n y. Shells were fired on a port ion of i
the city, and many civilians killed.!
rite Letts captured many Bavarians. 1
It, is reported ihai a. British destroyer |
has captured six German merchant* '
men. ;
More German Ships Seized j
London, Oct. 1(5.-Six more German j
merchant ships have, been captured j
during the pa L two days by the Brit-;
ish torpedo boat destroyer Wescott, |
which took them to Reval.
German l.uul forces are reported to,
have fired on an Allied fleet lying in:
Riga bay.
Polish Forces Tackle Russ
Stockholm, Oct. 16.—Polish forces!
have begun an offensive against the;
Russian and German troops in '.he Bal
tic. region.
Part of City of Riga Burning
London, Oct. Hi.—Pari of the city of!
Riga is burning, having been set afire j
by the German-Russian bombardment,
a dispatch from Helsingfors reported !
today.
Soviet Divorces Invalidated
Budapest, Oct. 16. -The Hungarian
government has issued a decree invali-.
dating all divorces granted under the i
regime of the Soviet.
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Washington, Oct. 1+.—The cabinet \
held a meeting today, Secretary of
Stale Lansing presided. It i> alto-:
gether ptoblemetlcal whether Presi
dent Wilson will l>e able to continue
to perform his duties. Dr. Grayson in ,
his bulletin today says Hie President’s
condition remains the same.
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SHANTUNG AMENDMENT KILLED BY SENATE
Washington. Oct.. 17. — By a vote of 55 to 35 the Senate this evening voted
down the proposed Shantung amendment to the peace treaty.
I'he defeat of the Shantung amendment virtually means the rejection of
all the textual amendments to the peace treaty.
PRESIDENT'S CONDITION NOT ENCOURAGING
Seattle, Oct. 14 —A special dispatch to the Evening Times
from Washington says: President Wilson will not figure in na
tional politics next year. His race as a public character is run
He may recover sufficiently to discharge the ordinary duties of
his office- beyond that nothing can be promised.
Washington, Oct. In.—In the regular night bulletin on the
President’s condition, issued from the White House at 10
o’clock, Dr. Grayson said Mr Wilson has had a restless and un
comfortable day, but he is better tonight.
President Much Cheered Over Senate’s Shantung Vote
Washington, Oct. 17. — President Wilson continues to show
improvement today, the White House officially announced, and
he appears to be much cheered by the defeat- of the Shantung
amendment, the result of the Senate vote was communicated to
him immediately.
PETROSRAD AND KRONSTADT FALL
Rondon, Oct. 17 -Petrograd has fallen to the forces of Gen. Yudenitch, was
reported here today m dvaices- from Helsingfors, and at the same time reports
received here said Kronstadt, the great Bolsheviki naval base, had capitulated
to the British and trench fleet, after an intense bombardment which lasted all
of veMdrday. The reported capture of Petrograd was celebrated by Russians
in Helsingfors.
Copenhagen, Oct. 17- A British and French squadron of 20 warships has ar
rived at Riga.
Lonnon, Oct. 17.— Confirmation of the reports that British arid French naval
forces have taken the fortress of Kronstadt, nas been received at the admiral! v
office here.
Rondure Oct. 17 —The Blosheviki are evacuating the city of Pet rograd, and
mutiny among the Red troops is reported. The Russian Northwestern armv.
commanded hv Gen. \ udenitch, is hard pressing Pet rograd, after taking Gatch
ina. Yudeuhch’s advance forces are within 15 miles of Pet rograd.
New \ork. Oct. 17.— The fall of Petrograd to the army <>f Gen. Yudenitch
has been confirmed in private telegrams received here today.
BIG ROUNDUP OF REDS BY FEDERAL SOLDIERS
Gary, Ind..Oct,. 15.—The mailed list, foil today with trip hammer
speed on Gary reds and bomb plotters. Forty homes suspected of
revolutionary activities were raided between midnight and dawn by
United States soldiers, under the army intelligence headquarters.
Eighteen men were taken, with 40 others taken in previous raids.
An army truck was called into service to carry away bundles of
printed propaganda. A secret list of 700 names of red agitators
fell into the hands of the intelligence department shortly after the
soldiers took control here.
Gary, Ind . Oct. 10. Deportation warrants have been sworn out
today for 10 aliens who were among those arrested in raids a few
days ago by troops on reds’ centers here. The men are Austrians
and Russians.
Cleveland, <).. Oct. 1(».—“The whole
army of the United States is prepared
to crush disorder tn this countiy,” Sec
retary of War Newton l). Baker told
the convention of the Ohio Federation
of Women's Clubs in Lius city today.
Secretary Baker said that the aid of
troops Inis been pledged to every com
munity at the first outbreak of civil
disorder.
New York. Oct. 13. A heavy guard
of police has been placed within arm
about the criminal courts’ building
where two alleged anarchists are on
trial, following the discovery of highly
incendiary circulars threatening the
lives of Supreme Court. Justice Weeks
and the assistant district attorney.
Rockford, 111., Oct. Id.— A plot to
blow open a safe in the. disbursing
quartermaster’s office at Camp Grant
and steal $1,000,000 lately deposited
therein to meet the encampment's pa\ -
roll, by ihree Chicago safe-blowers,
"’as frusiratPd last nitrht by Captain
Hubert 11. Muwio, tbe camp’s intelli
Scucs officer.
('amp Mix, N. •)., Oct. Hi.—A contin
gent of regular troops of tbe Fifteenth
infantry entrained here today for duty
in Silisia.
Arrivals From Kuskokwim
Dan Olson and Billy Duffy, after the!
summer’s prospecting and doing devel- '
opment on Granite creek, tributuary of1
Willow creek, a fork of George river, !
in the Kuskokwim watershed, reached!
thisjcamp early in the week to remain '
about a month, when they will return!
to their holdings for the winter.
BARGAIN Four’ good working dogs (3 j
wheel (logs), basket sled anti bundle'
old fish goes with it; everything in !
good shape; try them; price for all.1
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.Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
WASHBURN NO 60
The information contained in las
Saturday news bulletin to the efifec*
that the steamer Wasuburn, sailing
from Dikeman September 28, had been
frozen in at a point 20 miles above Cir
cle City naturally caused a considerable
amount of anxiety throughout the di
trict. as nearly 50 people from this
camp were aboard the vessel, including
several ladies and a few small children.
On the voyage up the Yukon river
from Gibbon t he Washburn was accom
panied by the steamer Yukon, a much
larger vessel.
The position in which the passengers
of the steamers lind themselves is cer
tainly an unlooked for hardship and
very disappointing to those who were
anxious to reach the Outside, but nor
necessatilv extremely dangerous. Home
of the passengers, in case the boats can
go no further, will go to Dawson over
the ice, a distance of about 250 miles,
while many will travel overland to
Fairbanks (the world's capital), about
170 miles.
Claude Baker Receives Wire
The tirst direct news from the Wash
bum was received Thursday aftemoo.'
from Mrs. Claude Baker to Mr. Baker.
Her dispatch reads:
Leaving C ircle today on steamer
Yukon. Was stuck in ice seven
days below Circle. We expect to
get to Dawson. That won’t t>e so
bad, as 1 can take stage from there.
Took alt passengers oil' Washburn
us the ice was coming through her.
Conditions Along ihe Yukon
Saturday, Oct. 11.—Steamer Wash
burn froze in 20 miles above Circle
City; weather conditions on Yukon un
changed; ice running from Kagie to
Holv Cross.
Monday, Oct. II!. — No further news
of the steamer Washburn; Nulato re
ports rainy weather prevails as far up
as Gibbon, and ice practically cleared
frurn I he Yukon.
Tuesday, Oct. H.— Steamers Wash
burn and Yukon, with 170 passengers,
are frozen in 2d miles above Circle:
Seattle No. 3 and Alaska, both having
big loads, are frozen in at Fortyraile.
If moderate weather continues the
boats may gel to Dawson. This report
is from t 'ircle. Weather on the Yukon
cleared this evening, is now cold and
freezing, witli every prospect of heavy
frost in tlie morning. Hoiy Cross re
pons the Yukon at, the point is still
running ice. but boats are able tocro-s
the river.
Wednesday, Oct. 15.— The following
was received from Circle City this
morning: The steamer Washburn w ill
not try to proceed further this fall, but
the Y ukon will attempt it if there ap
peals any chance of success, and will
handle the passengers of the Wash
burn. The steamboat, officers still have
hopes of linishing the trip as the ice
conditions today are quite favorable
up river. The ice is thinning out hen.
and tlie weather above the freezing
point. All the passengers are quar
tered at Circle awaiting transportation
either by boat or over toe trail.
First Mail Has “Done Gone”
Harry Stockman started yesterday
afternoon with the first mail of the win
ter. He was accompanied on the trip
by Sigfrid Wiig.