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GREECE ISSUES
AN ULTIMATUM
LONDON, Sept. 22.—Greece is today nearer to
war wi tli Germany than ever before. An ultimatum
has been delivered which demands the immediate
return of prisoners taken at Kaval.
A republic headed by former Premier Venizelos
is the future forecasted for Greece by the London
Times, which denounces the new neutral cabinet as
a collection of puppets and intriguers, whose policies
are fraught with embarrassment to the allies.
King Closely Guarded
MILAN, Sept. 22.—Two lines of trenches have
been built around King Constantine’s palace, and he
is constantly guarded by a large force of troops, ac
cording to advices received here.
Furious Fighting on the Somme
PARIS, Sept. 21.—The Germans, after having
wrenched ground from the French in a furious as
sault along the Somme, were later again hurled back
in a hand-to-hand combat. The armies were at
grips for hours.
LONDON, Sept. 22.—The British have made
some advances on the Somme and the French at
Verdun.
On Other Fronts
PARIS, Sept. 21.—The Bulgars have driven back
the allies in Macedonia. A big battle is raging be
tween the Black sea and the Danube.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 22.—German troops have
assumed the offensive against the Russians on the
River Stokhod.
BERLIN, Sept. 22.—The war office admits fur
ther losses in the Carpathians.
BOLD BLACKMAILING GANG
IN CLUTCHES OP THE LAW
CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—Five men and three women
members of a blackmailing gang have been arrestecf
by federal officers and are held for trial. Forty men
and twenty of their feminine associates are impli
cated. The women, of striking beauty and dressed
in costly raiment, were used as bait to lure the vic
tims, and prosecution under the Mann act was the
chief weapon used. More than a million dollars
was the result of the operations of the gang in one
year. Two of the prisoners have confessed.
The arrests grew out of disclosures in connection
with the case of Edward W. Morrison, an eccentric
octogenarian, whose estate is under investigation in
the federal court. Morrison was declared to have
been mulcted out of property valued at $5,000,000
by a coterie of strange characters within the last
twenty years.
Will Turn State’s Evidence
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Frank Crocker, a con
fessed member of the Chicago blackmailing gang,
is being kept in hiding to escape the vengeance of
the gang, who have made threats against his life.
He will turn state’s evidence.
NEW ERA OF MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY
MARKS LAUNCHING OF VESSEL AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—The launching of the first
big steel merchant ship built by the firm of Skinner
& Eddy marks an epoch in this industry in this city.
The vessel will be ready for service by the last of
October, and work already has been begun on the
second ship of the same type.
A report of the census bureau, just issued, again
awards the distinction of being the healthiest city in
the country to Seattle.
Seattle trade with Alaska during August was the
greatest in its history. The Seattle banks now have
deposits of more than $98,000,000.
PROMOTION COMES TO GENERAL PERSHING
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—brigadier General J.
J. Pershing, in command of the American punitive
expedition in pursuit of Villa, is to be made a major
general to fill the vacancy created by the death of
Major General Mills.
CHINESE FLOODS DEVASTATE LARGE AREA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—A million Chinese
have fled from floods which have inundated seven
thousand square miles of territory. All autumn
crops have been destroyed.
GERARD REPRESENTS \LL OF THE ALLIES
BERLIN, Sept. 4.—At the request of the Rou
manian government, United States Ambassador
Gerard has taken over the protection of the Rou
manian interests in Germany during the duration of
the war. He is now representing all the govern
ments of the entente.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS OF LONGSHOREMEN
AND ENFORCEMENT OF OPEN SHOP POLICY
SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—All docks on the Seattle
water front are now running on the open shop plan.
Two big shipping firms that heretofore have em
ployed union labor exclusiely have gone over to the
employers’ association.
Mayor Gill has indorsed the wholesale arrests of
striking longshoremen, and has refused the request
of a delegation of un on men for their release.
RECENT DECISION OF APPELLATE COURT
WILL RESULT IN REQUEST FOR LEGISLATION
SEATTLE, Sept. 2! .—The recent decision of the
circuit court of appeals at San Francisco, by which
the Alaska revenue bill was upheld, will result in
the collect'd! of $300,000 in back taxes from the
Alaska canneries. There is talk of the introduction
of a bill at the next session of congress taking the
Alaska fisheries out of the hands of the department
of commerce.
DEPUTY MARSHAL SELLS
“SIMPSON’S FOLLY” BUILDING
The advertised side of the two story build
ing at the corner of hirst and Willow
streets, known as “Simpson’s hi lly. ’ was
held by Deputy United States Marshal
Thomas yesterday afternoon, and the strue
ture was sold to Major George \V. Albrecht
for $100.
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FORTUNE I EFT BY MORGAN
IS DOUBLED BY HIS SON
NEW7 YORK. Sept. 4. J. P. Morgan,
from figures left by the appraisal of his
father’s estate, has made as much money
during the last two years as the old head
of the house made during his whole career
as the recognized financial and industrial
leader of the United States, having already
doubled his personal fortune, basing the
figures on the estate which was left him
by his father.
The elder Morgan's estate was appraised
recently at $73,140,000, of which $53.
684,000 went to the present J. P. Morgan.
Nearly all of the amount made by the
present Morgan was earned through muni
tions orders and commissions on loans, the
Morgan firm having received a commission
of 2 per cent on all munitions and supplies
purchased by the British government. Those
purchases during 1915 and 1910 will fool
up no less than $2,000,000,000.
Loans placed for foreign governments
now aggregate $1,500,000,000. on which the
Morgan firm received a commission, as if
did in sel.ing for the British hundreds of
millions of dollars’ worth of foreign-owned
American securities. No one has ever made
money like that in this or any other
country.
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CONSERVING FOOD SUPPLY
IN BELEAGURED GERMANY
BERLIN, Sept. 4. Another important
move in Herr Von BaPckis campaign to
conserve the food resources of the German
empire has just been made. A general food
census throughout th' empire is announced,
to be completed within e. few days.
This will extend even to private house
holds. When they contain fewer than thirty
members the food census will extend only
to stocks of canned and snicked pre.-erved
meats and eggs. For the larger hou eh Ids,
boarding houses, hotels, restaurants, -Le-es
and factories there is a list of thirty-time '
food items.
Takers of the food census are empowered
to search all premises where they may as
pect foodstuffs are stored. They further
have the right to investigate the book* of
business firms and househc.lds. Heavy pen
altv is fixed for fallur’ to report -!■ chs of
foods, which thereupon are subject 1 , con
fiscation.
The new ordinance > regarded as one of
the most important links in the chain of
new measures to insure a food supply to
the empire.
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[AST BOAT FOR OUTSIDE
The sterner Washburn is schenuled to
1 ;ave Dikeman on Tuesday next, September
26. on her final run of the season. She
will make the trip through to Whitehorse,
i with passengers for the Outside. It is un
! derstood that there will be no connection at
Holy Cros- with boats for the lower Yukon
. and St. Michael.
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REPAIRING TRAMWAY TRACK
General Manager Dave Mutehler of the
Iditarod tram has had two crews of track
repairers working on the right of way dur
i ing the past week, and as a consequence a
great improvement has been made thereon.
The track has been leveled and otherwise
improved in many places along the route,
j and the small car during the past week has
| been making some very satisfactory trips
to and from Flat City—several of which
i were run in less than three-quarters of an
i hour. Mr. Mutehler says that lack of proper
material for repair work hinders more im
provements at the present time.
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LAST SUMMER MAIL LEAVES
IDITAROD NEXT THURSDAY
The last outgoing mail of the summer
schedule is bulletined to leave the local
postoffice on Thursday next, September 28.
Unless there is an “emergency” mail con
tracted for October delivery, this district
will be without mail until a shipment ar
rives over the Seward trail, which, in sll
probability, cannot be expected before No
vember 20, at the earliest—a period of
about seven weeks. But who cares for a
trifling inconvenience like that ? Us old
sourdoughs don’t. Eh. Gloria?
MEETING OF PIONEERS
There will be a special meeting
of Iditarod Igloo No. 10, Pioneers
of Alaska, at Moose hall, Plat,
on Sunday, September 24, at
8:30 p. tn. All members are re
quested to attend.
Ivan Wales, Vice Pres.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
IN BIG BASEBALL LEAGUES
SEATTLE, Sept. 19. —The following is the
standing of the National and American Base
ball leagues;
Nationals Americans—
Brooklyn.598 Boston . -578
Philadelphia - .592 Detroit . .57(1
Boston .583; Chicago.5«6
New York • • .533 New York ■ • ■ ■ .521
Pittsburgh ■ - ■ .4GO Cleveland - - ■ .511
Chicago . .440 '■'t. Louis.514
St. Louis.426 Washington .504
Cincinnati.379! Philadelphia .219
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VERY LITTLE EXCITEMENT
IS MANIFESTED IN SAILING
GF LAST OUTSIDE BOAT
The departure of "the last boat f. r the
Outside” usually is an event of absorbing'
interest in ibis section of AL.ka, a- in i
many others where navigation is suspended
f; r the greater portion of the year. This
year, however, there appears to be lit tin or
none of the suppre'-ed excitement incident
to tl:e departure of the la-4 connecting ves
sel with the steamships for the Outside. :
The reason is that there are comparatively
few person? preparing to make the journey
this season, and those mostly impeded by
business reasons to leave before the freeze
up. The usual exodus of those who wish j
to spend the winter among the guides and !
i 1: a.-ures of the Outside world, returning in j
the spring after what they consider to have j
been a vacation, is not in evidence this j
year. Of course there are some who will j
make their annual pilgrimage, but they are
not nearly as numerous as in former years.
The cause fer the light travel to the Out
side is found in the fact that many promis
ing camps are occupying the attention of
the pc. pie, and the desire to be on hand
s'.! an “something happens” is re.-ponsibb
fur the fart that many persons who other
wise waul 1 spiral the winter in ease and
; lea mre are preparing to take advantage of
the "first snow” to mush to adjoin dig creeks
and put in a strenuous winter in develop
ment worm
The Ti L-i< i if u;.j ermost in the minds of
many pcrsc.-ns, who believe that the coming j
winter is bound to see devil >pment3 in that
reeion which will put it on the man and |
arid an ,;hcr pinducing district to the list of :
Interior Ah-ka gold camps. The work done '
in that section last winter and in the early
part of the present seas, n gives assurance
that the coming winter wdl see at lea.-t half
a dozen paying claims developed, with th*1
pcssibility of many mere, and as there will
be an immense amount of prospecting work j
carried i n. the optimistic residents here- j
; bouts are confident that there will be con !
■ i durable activity there. Recently there;
have been heavy shipments of supplies t < j
that district, together with a con-iderable ;
amount of machinery for development pur- j
poses.
Sherd" after the cl >se of the mining sea
son in the Iditarod district there will be a
movement toward the new camp of men
who have been putting in the summer earn
ing a grubstake with which to carry on
work on claims in the Tolstoi, and the
trails between this city and the new Innoko
camp will be well traveled from the start.
Furthermore, there will not be the heavy
handicap of absence of supplies in the new
camp, as there was last year.
Another thing which will tend to discour
age men from leaving this part of Alaska
is the situation at Marshall City, where
considerable activity has been displayed dur
ing the past summer. In that camp some
four or five rich claims have been opened
up. giving employment during the season
to two or three hundred men. While so
! tar the pay has not ueen located on uuiei
i creeks than Willow, there are many who
1 are confident that adjoining creeks will also
j turn out to be producers. The new camp,
I like the Iditarod region, consists of shallow
workings, which can only be operated in
the summer anil fall. When work ceases
on Willow creek this year undoubtedly there
will be many of the men who have been
employed there during the past season who
j vviil desire to do some prospecting of ad
jacent creeks. Much material in the form
of boilers, scrapers, drills, etc., has been
shipped to Marshall from Iditarod this sea
son, and much of it will be used during the
coming winter in the effort to locate new
pay. There are many who are convinced
that the rich deposits are not confined to
the one creek.
A considerable number of the migratory
portion of the population also have an eye
on the new camp of Nenana, where the
activity in connection with the construc
tion of the government railway promises
to be the nucleus of a populous center. L
is expected that considerable work will be
1 carried on during the winter,
j But with all the restlessness for which
this season of the year is noted, and with
! all the talk of prospective camps, Iditarod
: is and will continue to be the center of
! attraction for miners for many years to
j come. Few of those who are planning on
prospecting trips to adjoining camps but
who cast “an anchor to windward,” and
j Iditarod will be their base of supplies. In
I the spring they will return as usual, and
! the season of 1917 will open with the pros
i pect of a production equal to if not exceed
i ing that of 1916.
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Joe Kermonde, the fashionable tonsorial
artist of Otter creek, will be a passengei
J for Fortuna Ledge on one of the boats soon
| to leave for that place, and will establish
himself in business there.
MUCH FREIGHT IS HANDLED
BY LOCAL GASSOAT MEN
Thf past week has been a busy one for
the Iditarod mosquito fleet, and hundreds
of tons of freight have been landed during
that time, the boat, making numerous
trips.
There is much freight yet to be moved,
and there will be feverish activity from
now until the close of navigation. It is ex
pected that with fairly good luck all freight
will he brought from Dikemnn before the
freeze-up. There is at present a good stage
of water, and this facilities matters tremen- i
dou.-ly.
The work of unloading has been ham- j
pered considerably by lack of longshoremen, !
the onlv labor available at the present time
bring that cf the natives.
PLAIN TALK HANDED OUT
TO WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS
WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.—-Secretary of
the Navy Daniels in a ta k with Mrs. frank
M. Hoe-sing, vice president of the National
Woman Suffrage Association, a few days
ago, delivered a silemn warning to suffra
gist leaders to keep out of the present cam
paign and refrain from opposing the re
el,anion of President Wilson if toey would
win their light far woman’s suffrage.
lie intimated broai ly, it is reported, that |
-hot Id President Wilson win over their op- !
position they could expect no favors from j
the Democratic party. Should President |
Wi’sc-n be defeated, he suggested, no party j
would have a two thirds membership in j
either house or senate necessary to pass a I
constitutkind amendment, and tha*. should!
II pass later, the Southern Democratic states j
would prevent ratification of the amendment j
by their legislatures.
It was the i lainest talk that any Demo- i
cratic admini-tration leader has had with
suffrage workers, and Mr.-. Roessing. who
was selected by Mr. Daniels for the trans
mittal of hi- views to the suffragists, was
stumped by the implied threat.
Neither the Democrats nor the Repub
lican- can “deliver” the federal woman suf- i
fra :e amendment. Secretary Daniels pointed
out to Mrs. Roessing in his plea to the suf
fragists not to align themselves with either
party. He had invited Mrs. Roessing to hi?
office for the conference.
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EON OF RAILWAY MAGNATE
ESCAPES ABDUCTION PLOT
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 4.--'Three men were
arre.-ted here a few days ago in connection
with a | lot to abduct Roland Harriman,
the 16-year-old son of the late E. H. Harri
man, the railway magnate.
Young Harriman is a member of a party
enjoying a vacation near here. He is a lively
chap, and has made many friends. A few
days ago the police and federal authorities
were tipped off to a plot whereby three
men who arrived from New York about the
time the Harriman party reached here had
coni] leted plans for the abduction of Ro
land Harriman, and were only awaiting a
favorable opportunity to carry out their
scheme.
According to a statement made by one
of the conspirators, they intended to hold
young Harriman for $25,00!) ransom.
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TEUTONS ONCE PLANNED
TO SEIZE ISLAND OF HAITI
NEW YORK, Sept, 4.- -The Herald says
that the United States and Germany were
on the verge of war July 28, 1914, the day
Austria declared war on Serbia, the affair
leading to the American protectorate in
Haiti, intervention in the Dominican re
public and the negotiations for the pur
chase of the Danish West Indies,
j On July 28, 1914, reports that Germans
I were to seize the Port au Prince custom
house from the cruisers Karlsrhue and
Strassburg had been brought to Captaui
j Knapp of the battleship Connecticut, and
i he had been instructed from Washington
i to oppose the occupation.
President Zamor of Haiti, who had been
■ promised a 85.000,000 loan by the German
I minister if he would break off the treaty
{ negotiations with the United States, had
done so. Germans landed at the mer, but
were recalled by signals from the Karlsrhue,
whose commander a little later told Captain
he had imperative orders to go to St.
Thomas for coal. The war in Europe had
postponed the German Caribbean scheme.
The state department archives show
many German intrigues to get the Mole St.
Nicholas, in Haiti, and the supreme influ
ence in Venezuela and Colombia, as already
secured in the Dutch and Danish West In
dies.
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NEW RUSSIAN BISHOP
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—Recently Archi
mandrite Philip Perchto of the orthodox
j Russian Theological Academy at Tenafly,
i N. J., was consecrated bishop of Alaska in
the Russian cathedral in this city. The
day fell on the occasion of the ecclesiastical
celebration of the Feast of the Transfigura
tion. The new bishop will have two resi
dences, at Sitka, Alaska, and at San Fran
cisco.
Archbishop Evodokim of the Aleuta and
North America, was assisted in the conse
cration by the Most Rev. Hermance, met
{ ropolitan of Selucia, of Mount Lebanon, and
j Bishop Alexander of Canada, who for sev
eral years had been bishop of Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Advices to the state
department announce that the British imperial coun
cil has enacted new tariff provisions, under the terms
or which four classes of duties are imposed, applying
to allies of the empire, friendly neutrals, enemies and
neutrals. The latter are to pay double the present
duties. Under the terms of the act the treaty with
the United States would be denounced.
The law recently enacted by the United States
congress in retaliation for interference of the bellig
erent European nations with American commerce
may be void, according to some officials. European
diplomats are now' studying the provisions of the
legislation. Part of the act is said to he in violation
of existing treaties.
Urges Elasticity
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—A committee of the Na
tional Foreign Trade Council is urging elasticity in
the application of the tariff laws, pointing out that
the European war conditions will cause great
changes. A plea is made for the safeguarding of
American interests.
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NEW SHIPPING BILL IS UNDER DISCUSSION
SEATTLE, Sept. 2L—Representative Humphrey,
discussing the terms of the new shipping bill, re
cently enacted by congress, declares that it places
the steamship companies under similar regulations
to those now governing railroads through the intei -
state commerce commission. He thinks it may work
a hardship on passenger vessels.
MILITARY MAY BE USED
IF GENERAL STRIKE CALLED
NEW YORK. Sept. 22.—Labor leaders have been
given formal notice by Mayor Mitchel that he will
call upon the military in order to prevent disorders
if the threatened general strike, which is called lor
today, is brought about.
The police have been brought into conflict with
the street car strikers, and pitched battles have been
the result. The failure to effect a settlement of the
strike has resulted in many riots. Numerous arrests
have been made, and a motorman has been appre
hended for complicity in a dynamite plot.
Seven hundred thousand workers are expected to
declare a sympathetic strike.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, and the presidents of twenty-five
international trades unions have assembled here for
a conference.
WANTS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DYNAMITER
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.—In the Inal of War
ren Billings, for complicity in the recent dynamite
outrage, when several spectators of the prepaied
ness parade were killed, the district attorney made
a strong plea for the infliction of capital punishment.
CAR SHORTAGE BEING* FELT IN WASHINGTON
OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 22.—At the present
time, owing to the gram movement, the state of
Washington requires four thousand railroad cars
daily to handle the business. Shippers are begin
ning to feel the effects of a car shortage.
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UNITED STATES CRUISER IS A TOTAL LOSS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—The United States
cruiser Memphis, which ran onto the rocks in Santo
Domingo harbor some time ago, is a total loss. Of
ficials says that they will be able to salvage only the
guns and engines.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES REGRET
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—The British govern
ment has officially expressed its regret for the ac
tion of a destroyer in holding up and examining the
Philippines steamer Cebu.
PROGRESSIVE VOTE GOES TO REPUBLICANS
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Governor Whitman has
been renominated for governor in the state pri
maries. The Republicans lead the Democrats for
the Progressive indorsement.
BANDIT CHIEF DEFEATS CARRANZA’S FORCES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—A report from General
Bell says that Villa has been victorious in a raid into
Chihuahua, and after carrying off the federal artil
lery, is retiring at leisure.
WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH FIENDISH CRIMES
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 22. —Mrs. Amy Gilli
gan, keeper of a home for elderly persons, is being
held on a charge of murdering five of the inmates.