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RUSSIAN WING HOLDS FAST
BUT CENTER SLOWLY GIVES
POWERFUL ASSAULTS TO TAKE RIGA FAIL—FIGHTING IN GALICIA
ALSO WON BY SLAVS, WHO GAIN GROUND RAPIDLY—HINDEN
- BERG, HOWEVER, IS SLOWLY PUSHING BACK THE CZAR’S
EORCES IN THE CENTER OF THE LONG EASTERN BATTLE LINK
TPEN MILLION MEN ON BATTLE FRONT IN EAST—RUSSIANS
-EXPECTED TO STIFFEN RESISTANCE WITH MUNITIONS.
LONDON, Sept. 9.—The German
army, commanded by General Bur
low has been unable to break the
Russian resistance about Riga. In
spite of the fact that three new corps
and one Austrian division have been
aunt north to his reinforcement, Gen.
Burlow has failed to break the line
and has .suffered with terrific losses.
The assaults continue day and night,
but the Russians are being supplied
with plenty of munitions and are
show!' yeat improvement in the
paug/ Ys.
.1. ns of the German gener
,al staff Can for the fall of Riga, mili
tary experts here expect the fight
in® to continue until one or the other
of the opposing forces are worsted.
The Russian General staff has real
ized the need to hold the great naval
base and have suddenly thrown for
ward more reserves and reinforced
the line of defenders as a result of
which the attacks by the Germans
have failed.
Reports from Petrograd, however,
show that Gen. Hindenberg, com
manding the center of the German
Austrian line, has met with success
and has again forced the Slavs to
retreat. The retreat is orderly and
the rear guard actions result in very
heavy losses to the enemy.
For to the south the Russians have
won a decided and important victory
and both wings of the Czar’s army is
holding so that Hindenberg dare not
advance far with his center.
Military experts in this city are
confident that the Russians have fin
ally stiffened, and can be expected to
hold the German army along the
present line.
ell CHOSEN
10 LEM TURKS
^toirni yon Sanders Succeeded by the
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg—
A Leading Warrior.
LONDON, Sept. 9.—The Grand
Bnke of Mecklenburg, according to
recent dispatches, has been appoint
ed Commander in Chief of the Turk
ish forces in the Dardanelles, suc
ceeding Field Marshal Liman von
Sanders.
Field Marshal Lyman von Sanders
has been one of the leading figures
in the reorganization of the Turkish
military system brought about in re
cent years under German tutelage.
Wiil\ Field Marshal von der Goltz,
he bus been active in directing the
Turkish army during the war, and
for a time was in charge of the en
tire Turkish forces in the Darda
nelles. It was reported last month
that he had been seriously wounded
<an the Gallipoli peninsula. Later it
■was said that his injury was sustain
ed at the hands of mutinous Turkish
soldiers. Enver Pasha, Turkish min
ister of war was forced to assume
command of the Turkish forces, and
it was reported that Field Marshal
-von Sanders had been recalled to
Berlin.
SWORE TO A LIE;
GETS EIGHTEEN MONTHS
HEW YORK, Sept. 9.—Gustav
Stahl, the German American who
swore to the fact that the Lusitania
was armed and that he had seen the
gnus on the boat a few minutes prior
to the sailing of the ship, was given
a sentence of eighteen months for
perjury, it having been proven that
he was not on the ship and knew
nothing of the facts, besides which
•he customs officials proved conclu
sively that the boat had been in
spected and that no guns were found.
The affidavit was filed by the Ger
man ambassador with the State de
partment as the justification for the
sinking of the liner.
DEVICE DIVERTS TORPEDO.
_ Italian’s. Invention for Use of the Al
u lied Fleets.
‘ I/, PARIS. Sept. 9.—A device invent
ed by the Italian engineer, Quarini,
Which makes it possible to drive tor
pedoes out of their course and ex
1 plode them, has satisfied all tests,
and arrangements are being made to
sapply the device to the allied arm
ies.
Cus Djarf, the housemover, has
brought the first section of the Arch
ibald house to Its new location oppo
site the Prospector building. Work
an the second section starts at once.
MORE GOLD IN REICH8BANK.
An Increase of $11,950,500 Stated In
the Weekly Report.
BERLIN, Sept. 16.—The weekly
report of the Relchsbank, Issued to
day, shows that the gold supply In
creased 47,802,000 marks ($11,950,
600), metal stock: Treasury certifi
cates and potes of other banks 74,
242,000 marks ($1S.56O,60»); de
posits 109,964,000 marks ($27,483,
760); discounts including Treasury
paper, decreased 44,494,000 marks,
($8,623,500); loans, 591,000 marks
($269,750; note circulation, 68,717,
000 marks, ($17,179,250).
GERMANS DELIVER
ARABIC NOIE
Kaiser’s Government Regrets Loss
of Americans—Willing to Sub
mit to The Hague.
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—The German
Foreign office today delivered to Am
bassador Gerald, representing the
United States, the formal note re
garding the sinking of the Arabic.
The contents of the note had been
made public several days ago in or
der that the action of the govern
ment might not bring on a storm of
public Indignation from the strong
naval party now in possession of most
branches of the government.
The note in answer to the protect
of the American government again
asserts that Germany is acting only
in self defense, and that Great Bri
tain has tried and is still trying to
make war upon the civilian and non
combatant population of Germany by
preventing the importation of food
supplies, which the government has
agreed to guarantee not to use by
the military authorities.
The submarine warfare, started in
retaliation is justifiable. according to
the Foreign office, but rather than
lose the friendship of the American
people and the American government
the German imperial government of
fers to submit the matters in dispute
jo The Hague for settlement.
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT HAS
PASSED JUNEAU.
The Admiral liner Admiral Far
ragut passed Juneau at 8 o’clock this
morning and Is due In Valdez early
Saturday. This is the first trip to
Alaska of the Seattle-Frlsco llper of
the Admiral line, which Is'a sister
ship of the Sampson, with twin
screws, double bottom and accommo
dations for many first-class passen
gers. The company plans to keep
the boat on the run hereafter in or
der to fire Alaskans the best possi
ble service.
RAIDED BY ALLIES
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French Aeroplanes Drop Bombs on
German City and Do Much
Damage to Property.
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LONDON, Sept. 9.—In spite of the
adverse weather conditions the
French aviation squad left the avia
tion base in the rear of the French
line in Alsace, and flew over the
German trenches to Saarbrucken,
dropping many bombs upon the city,
setting Are to the depot and to sev
eral munitions warehouses, and fin
ally returned to the base of opera
tions in safety. The raid was a suc
cess in every way.
The raid coming so close upon the
Zeppelin raid upon this city and
Paris is considered the Allies answer.
BBS FAVOR
* LARGER ARMY
Convention In Seattle Passes Resolu
tion Favoring a Larger Army
and Navy.
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SEATTLE, Sept, 9.—The Bankers
convention in this city today passed
a resolution calling upon the admin
istration for a bigger armv and navy
so 'that the nation might be better
able to protect itself against the ag
gressive acts of foreign powers who
have demonstrated by the war now
on in Europe that the nations of the
world receive only such respect as
they are able to enforcs with might.
Only one lone banker attending
the convention voted against the res
olution asking for a better war pre
paredness.
SLAVS WIN A BRILLIANT VICTORY
TAKE 10,000 PRISONERS AT TAROPOl
BRILLIANT VICTORY FOR CZAR’S FORCES REPORTED FROM PET
ROGRAD—TAllNOPOL RETAKEN BY SLAVS, AND 10,000 PRIS
ONERS OF WAR CAPTURED, ALONG WITH MANY MACHINE
GUNS, FIELD CANNON AND EVEN HEAVY SIEGE GUNS THE
GERMANS HAD BROUGHT FORWARD TO DESTROY RUSSIAN
FORTS—HUGE QUANTITIES OF MUNITIONS ALSO CAPTURED—
RUSSIANS SPRING SURPRISE ON TEUTON FORCES.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 9.—The Rus
sian army won a decided and bril
liant victory at Taropol, east of Lem
burg. The German-Austrian forces
were cut to pieces and crushed. The
city was retaken and 10,000 prison
ers captured. Several hundred ma
chine guns were captured and many
field cannon, along with several of
the new Krupp siege guns. Large
supplies of munitions fell into the
hands of the Russian forces.
The victory was won by the sud
den and unexpected concentration of
Russian reserves at the extreme end
of the new Russiau-lina. By a prompt
advance the victarj- wa» won before
the Kaiser’a forces were aware of
the Intention to strike.
The Teutonic line was broken,
flanked and crushed, falling back in
disorder and the forces in Tarnopol
enveloped and captured. So precipi
tate was the retreat of the Germans
that they had no time to destroy
the vast stores of munitions brought
forward for the southern Galician
army.
Not only at Tarnople was a vic
tory won, but all along the line.
BULGARIA DEALS
WILD TURKEY
Secures the Dedeaghatch Railroad
and is Expected to Aid the
Turks with Munitions.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 9.—The
Premier of Bulgaria announced that
Turkey had celled the Dedeaghatch
railroad to the Bulgarian govern
ment, and that the immediate pos
session of the road would change
hands immediately. The '^nnounce
ment is taken here to mean that
Bulgaria will aid the Turks by al
lowing the shipment of arms and
munitions from Germany to Turkey
and will continue to block the efforts
of the British and Russian diplomats
who are trying to reform the Balkan
alliance for active participation in
the war against the Teutons.
OVER 2000 AMERICANS
IN THE ALLIES' RANKS.
LONDON, Sept. 9.—There are no
fewer than 2000 Americans In the
ranks of the Canadian military con
tingent, according to Major General
Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of
Militia.
“I have already written letters of
gratitude and sympathy to mothers
of more than 100 American boys
who have fallen while fighting in
Flanders alongside of Canadian com
rades. More than 2000 enlisted, and
we could have had many more if
we wished. Any number of West
Pointers ottered their services as offi
cers, and many are now with us.” t
A large number of women and
children of the town left this morn*
lng for Swanport on the Elvira, to
spend the day picking blueberries
ALLIES GAIN
IN GALLIPOLI
Crowding the Turks Burk and Tak
ing Many Trendies—Turks
Lack Munitions.
LONDON, Sept. 9.—The Allies are
constantly gaining ground along the
Gallipoli peninsula, and are pushia.r
the Turkish forces hack from the sea
and back along the Dardanelles.
The French and English troops
have been subjected to a terrific ar
tillery fire, followed by infantry. A
score of different landing parties are
operating along the peninsula. The
landing parties are kept in supplies
by the naval vessels and are effect
ing junctions at various points.
A new army of 50,009 men was
landed yesterday and is slowly
spreading out into the enemy’s
country.
WAR BONDS AT $4 AND $1.
PARIS, Sept. 9.—The government,
at the suggestions! Minister of Fi
nance Ribot, will issue a decree with
in two or three dayB placing on sale
at post offices national defense bonds
of denominations of 20 francs and
5 francs, bearing interest at 5 per
cent.
These bonds may be exchanged if
the holder desires for those of larger
amounts.
If you have a local story of lnter
terest to the public, phone it In; we
Will gladly print it. Your doings
may Interest others as others’ doings
interest you.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kramer came
in today on the Stanton stage from
Slate creek.
ZEPPEUNS DROP BOMBS ON
PEOPLE OF LONDON AND PARIS
MORE THAN HUNDRED PEOPLE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE
HEART OF LONDON IN SPITE OF EVERY PRECAUTION—ZEP
PELINS ALSO REACH SUBURBS OF PARIS AND DROP BOMBS
UPON THE FORTIFICATIONS, BUT ARE FORCED TO RETIRE
WHEN THE AEROPLANES FROM THE BATTLELINE REACH
THE SCENE—ALL ZEPPELINS RETURN TO BASES IN SAFETY
BUT AEROPLANES ARE LOST
LONDON, Sept. 9.—The Germans
succeeded in sending a number of
Zeppelins to this city last night and
bombs were dropped in the very
heart of London, killing twenty men
and women and injuring ninety oth
ers, besides doing much property
damage.
The raid was a success from a Ger
man military standpoint. The mili
tary authorities had taken every
precaution to meet the Zeppelins, as
reports from Holland reached this
city that the Zeppelins had passed
over the Netherlands, headed for the
English coast. Army and navy avi
ators were ready, but were unable
to reach the big gas ships, which can
ascend so much taster than the aero
planes, and are then safe from at
tack. The anti-airship guns about
the city were used in vain, but did
more damage to the city than to the
enemy.
Zeppelins Raid Paris Suburbs.
PARIS, Sept. 9.—A number of
Zeppelins reached the suburbs of
this city last night and dropped
bombs upon the fortifications and
upon the smaller towns, but with lit
tle effect except the killing of a
number of civilians.
The Zeppelins were driven from
the city by the arrival of the fleet of
army aviators stationed with the
army at the front, and the Germans
were forced to beat a hasty retreat
or be cut off. One German aeroplane
was brought -to the ground by the
fire of the French aviators.
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
SERBS SILENCE FOE'S GUN.
Exchange Shots with Austrians Over
Danube River.
PARIS, Sept. 9.—A Havas dis
patch from Nish, dated Sunday, says
that on Friday the Serbians with a
few shells, stopped the enemy from
working on defenses in front of the
village of Dobra, on the Dannbe.
On the same day Serbian artillery
before Velecocele, near Belgrade, en
gaged in a duel with a hostile bat
tery, station at Starchevo, and at the
twelfth shot reduced the enemy’s
guns, which had fired sixty shells.
CITIZENS FORM
ARMIES ON BORDER
All Residents on Mexican Frontier
Huve Armed and Organized
Small Detachments.
EL PASO, Sept. 9.—From Browns
ville to the Pacific Coast, hundreds
of small civilian armies have beet
formed for protection against the
Mexican raiders into the United
States. The forces consist of the
ranchers and thfelr employees and
the forces are well organized aid
are ready at any time to respond to
a call at the distant ranches when I
the Mexicans cross the line to run')
cattle into Mexico or burn ranch i
houses.
The organizations are successfully
handling the situation and much dls
sitisfaction is felt at recent orders
establishing martial law on the fron
tier. Some ranchers, however, an
confident that the troops will not In
terfere with the cleaning up process
now in operation, by which the raid
ing Mexicans are being kilied by the
hundreds. The troops ha\ e wanted
for several years to get an opportuni
ty to clean up the Mexicans because
they have fired on the sentries aud
no shot be dared fired ba .-k.
The civilians, however, are send
ing back as good as comes and more,
and conditions on the border are
slowly improving by the elimination
of the Mexican leaders
NEW DAILY PAPER
STARTED IN SEWARD.
The -Aalska Evening Post, Sew
ard’s new dally paper, reached our
exchange table this week. It Is a
bright, clean, newsy seven-column
folio, and the Initial number was
well edited and replete with news.
Nell Sexton Is business manager, and
E. O. Sawyer, Jr., a well-known
newspaper man, Is editor.
The new daily has’a wide field of
usefulness and is gladly welcomed
by the fraternity.
Love-Whltley still sell ioe. •
BRITISH LINK
GALLIPOLI FORGES
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Latest Landing Party at Savla Bay
Joins Hands with Sari Bair
Contingent.
LONDON, Sept. 9.—Evidence of
the improvement of the allied posi
tions at the Dardanelles, both on land
and sea is found in a dispatch from
Athens, published this morning. The
announcement that the fleet has been
actively engaged with the landing
parties, particularly the latest, that
at Suvia Bay, which has joined with
the forces already in position on the
heights of Sara Bair, gives ground
for the belief that the allied naval
commanders can now afford to disre
gard the menace of German subma
rines which sent them to cover for
a considerable period.
The Chronicle's correspondent tel
egraphs:
“The new successful landing on
the Gallipoli Peninsula at Suvia Bay
and the manner in which it was exe
cuted cannot fail to exercise a moral
effect on the enemy. The landing
took place on the foreshore in front
of Salt Lake. Only a small force
of Turks was on the spot, the larger
i force having been led by recent ac
| tivities and reports to concentrate
| their forces on the Asiatic side of
the Dardanelles and at Smyrna,
where they thought attacks proba
ble.
"Our whole landing force, with its
ammunition, baggage and artillery,
reached shore practically without op
position and with only a few casual
ties. The force immediately advanc
ed and quickly seized the positions
which it was planned should be
seized. There strongly intrenched
positions were organized. The right
wing was thrown out, and a junction
effected with the left wing of our
forces established before Sara Bair.
Our new positions threaten the com
munications of the enemy.
"The enemy eventually brought
forces to attack the newly landed
troops, but these were easily Repuls
ed with serious loss. This defeat of
the enemy enabled our forces to still
further consolidate their positions.
"The fleet during the past few
days has been very active."
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E. D. Reiter came in on the launch
Shamrock, from the Fidalgo-Alaska
mine, at Fidalgo Bay. Mr. Reiter
reports work going ahead rapidly
blocking out ore, and he will take
back another crew of five men, mak
ing fifteen in all employed at the
mine. Much ore Is being blocked
out, and the company Intends to sink
another shaft from the 500 foot level,
penetrating a fine body of ore under
lying the present workings.