Are Reported to Have Recaptured
Many Important Railroad Cen
ters and Austrian Supplies.
IjONDON, Sept. 25.—Press dis
patches received by the Times from
its correspondent with the southern
Russian army reports that the Rus
sian army reports that the Russians
■ow occupy favorable positions along
the Galacian frontier and have forced
the Teutons back at many important
(tints.
The Russians have driven the Aus
trians back more than one hundred
Miles since Grand Duke Nicholas as
sumed command of the southern ar
my. Several important railroad cen
ters have been recaptured and the
• ‘ Austrians are on the defensive.
It is rumored that Grand Duke
Nicholas may again be placed in com
mand of the northern army of which
the Czar took personal command. The
Austrian forces in their retreats were
compelled to abandon hundreds of
guns and other munitions.
ALLIES ASK HELP
FROM THE MIKADO
Japan May Send Strong Army Against
Germans in Russia and Warships
to the Dardanelles.
TOKIO, Sept. 25.—It is reported
here that the Allies have asked Japan
to send troops to aid in overcoming
the Turkish and Teutonic forces
guarding the Dardanelles as well as
to send a strong army to reinforce
the retreating Russians. The Japa
nese government Is reported to be
favorably considering the proposition
as the concessions offered by the Rus
sian government for help and has
been liberal In the extreme.
That the military party of Japan,
which is in practical control of the
Mikado’s government, will favor
sending warships and troops to the
V Dardanelles is not doubted, and the
campaign will be welcomed by the of
ficers of the Japanese navy.
It is believed that the Allies fear
that the German advance through
Russia may not be checked before
Fetrograd is reached unless a large
Japanese force is sent against the
Teutons. The Russian field forces
are said to be demoralized by their
long series of disasters and the new
army being created by Russia will re
quire months of training before being
ready for service at the front.
zeeSrogee forts
ARE BOMBARDED
*
British Warships Drop Hundreds ol
\
Shells on German Coast Defense
In Belgium.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 25.—It is re
ported that the German fortifications
at Zeebrugee were destroyed yester
day by the terrific bombardment to
which they were subjected by the
British fleet. The guns of the fleet
outranged the German fort guns and
the fleet remained several miles off
shore while pouring shells into the
, ■ fortifications.
One British cruiser of the scout
class, which attempted to reconnoi
tre close to shore under cover of a
fog;, drew the fire of the German
Saha and was forced to run for safe
^ ty. During the engagement scores ol
aeroplanes remained on duty signal
ins the fleet as to the damage being
wrought by the shells.
The British gunners have the range
of the Zeebrugee dykes where the
Ucrman underground submarine
bases are believed to be concealed,
aind dropped shells along the dyke.
LONDON, Sept. 25.—British dip
lomats have abandoned hope of pre
venting the entrance of Bulgaria into
the European struggle as an ally of
the Teutons, and it is reported from
Berlin that King Ferdinand, himself
a German prince, has declared that
his country must no longer remain
neutral.
All advices from the east tell of
hurried preparations in the Balkan
states ..o enter the war and hostili
ties are expected to begin at any
time. Bulgaria is reported to be fev
erishly fortifying her coast cities
against bombardment by the Russian
Black Sea fleet. German guns are
being mounted by German experts
and submarines are reported as being
assembled on the Bulgarian coast.
King Constantine, of Greece, has
called the Chamber of Deputies into
session, and has abandoned hope of
preventing the nation from becoming
engaged in the death struggle, which
he fears will be followed by the Bal
kan states being crushed by the pow
erful nations which eventually tri
umph.
British gunners are reported to be
mounting British guns in the Bel
grade fortress and the new Serbian
BRITISH DIPLOMATS FAIL IN EFFORTS TO KEEP BULGARIA FROM
ENTERING WAR ON SIDE OF TEUTONIC ALLIES—REPORT THAT
SUBMARINES ARE BEING ASSEMBLED ON BULGARIAN COAST—
GREECE MOBILIZING ARMY AND BERLIN REPORTS BRITISH
GUNS BEING MOUNTED AT BELGRADE FORTRESS—RUMANIAN
ARMY READY TO REPEL INVASION OF BULGARS—BELIEVED
BALKANS Wil l BEGIN STRUGGLE WITHOUT FORMAL DECLA
RATION OF WAR.
army, reinforced by French, British,
and Italian troops, are prepared to
meet the threatened Teutonic inva
sion of Serbia. Rumania has mobil
ized her troops to repel invasion for
the Bulgars or to invade Bulgaria
the moment hostilities begin.
Bulgars Fortifying Coast.
PARIS, Sept. 25.—Bulgaria is re
ported to be fortifying her Black Sea
ports against attack from the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet should war be
declared. It is reported that she is
sending every available man to the
east and that the fortifications are
being feverishly rushed and prepared
for attack. German guns are bein£
mounted at compianding positions,
and submarines are reported as be
ing assembled at many points on the
Bulgarian coast. German experts are
assembling the guns and submarines
and all doubt has passed that King
Ferdinand will declare war in favor
of the Teutons.
Serbs Fortifying Belgrade.
BERLIN, Sept. 25.—English guns
are being mounted in the fortification
at Belgrade and it is reported that
Serbia has mobilized her entire forces
on the Bulgarian border. Bulgaria is
reported as having signified her in
tention of joining the Teutonic allies
and it is believed that no formal dec
laration of war will be made but that
hostilities will follow an invasion of
Serbia by the Bulgarian army, sup
ported by Austrian and German
troops.
Gen. Maokcnsen's Army Endangered.
LONDON, Sept. 25.—Advices from
Petrograd state that the German
army under Gen. Mackensen has been
checked by the Russians and that the
Teutonic forces have retreated to es
cape an encircling movement of the
Russians. The battle which result
ed in Mackensen's command being
halted is reported to have resulted
in many Germans being taken pris
oners. Gen. Hindenburg is reported
to be making progress in his advance
against the forts at Dvinski. The
wings of the invading German army
encircle the east and west of the city
with the center pressing hard against
the Russian positions defending the
city.
Russians Evacuating Dvinski.
BERLIN, Sept. 25.—The Russian
forces are reported to be evacuating
Dvinski. German aviators report that
trains running north from the city
are crowded with fugitives. Thou
sands of the residents are leaving the
city, fearing that it will be bombard
ed and destroyed by fire.
BRITAIN iS 11
MILLION IN FRANCE
!
American Doctor Says Men Are Bet
. 1 W.MiM'
ter Fed, Clothed and Equipped
Than Any Other Troops
NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—Dr. Walk
er, Jr., who has just returned to tliis
city, after serving six months with
the Red Cross in France, states that
Great Britain has two million men
in France, and expresses the belief
that the Allies have started the cam
paign to force the Germans from
their trenches, where the deadlock
has existed for many months.
Dr. Walker says that while Great
Britain was slow to move at first, and
were hampered by red tape, that the
officials have affairs straightened out
and the men are better fed, clothed
and equipped than any soldiers he
has ever sefen.
That the Germans will never cap
ture Calais is the belief of Dr. Walk
er, because the British have it heav
ily entrenched for miles and have one
million men encamped around the
city. In the first line of defense there
are eight trenches, then a mile of
barbed wire entanglements, and an
other eight trenches, again a mile of
barbed wire and eight trenches, and
at the rear of that thej^have 85,000
cavalry who have never had a scratch.
As they could not be used in the
field Gen. Sir John French ordered
them dismounted and put at trench
work in front of Calais. There are
750,000 more British troops includ
ing a large force of cavalry, who are
with the French army near Argonne.
HUNDREDS SOLD VOTES <
FOR PRICE O^ DRINK.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 26.—Wit
nesses in the second trial of Mayor
Bell, of this city, which is now in
progress, testified that they had sold
their votes for the price of a drink.
Hundreds of witnesses have testified
that they received small sums for
their votes and that the election offi
cers were cognizant of the fact that
they were repeaters.
Counsel for the accused officials Is
making a vigorous fight to clear the
Mayor, as it is recognized that should
he succeed in clearing himself of the
charges of bribery and corruption
that the others now serving sentences
may escape owing to the evidence
against them being discredited. The
witnesses are being subjected to se
vere grillings.
THE PINZON has a new shipment
of the large 12in.x6 foot pictures of
Valdez. Make your selections early.
16-tf. THE PINZON.
MEXICAN BANDITS AND U. S. TROOPS
BATTLE IN TEXAS BORDER TIN
COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN CAVALRY WOUNDED AND ONE
PRIVATE KILLED WHEN MEXICANS ATTEMPTED TO AMBUSH
TROOPS—BATTLE LASTED SEVERAL HOURS AND MEXICANS
WERE EORCED TO RETIRE, LEAVING THEIR DEAD AND
WOUNDED ON THE STREETS OF PROGRESO—TEXANS ARE IN
FLAMED AND MAY ATTEMPT RAIDS INTO MEXICO.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—A band
of Mexican outlaws, numbering 80,
attempted to loot the postofflce and
stores at Progreso, a small town in
Hidalgo county, Texas. The Mexicans
gave battle to the United States cav
alry summoned to the rescue of the
residents of the town by the tele
graph operator before the Mexicans
cut the wires. The battle lasted for
several hours before the Mexicans
were driven back across the border,
leaving a number of their dead and
wounded on the streets of the town.
Captain Anderson, in command of
the cavalry detachment, was severely
wounded and one private was killed.
The Mexicans, knowing that the
operator had summoned assistance,
had taken up positions from which
they sent volley after volley into the
approaching cavalry. The attempt
at ambushing the American soldiers
failed but it was at that time that
the private was killed.
The residents of Progreso were
terrified by the overpowering band of
outlaws and feared to offer resis
tance when the Mexicans began loot
ing the postoffice and stores, as the
leader of the band had threatened to
kill any person offering resistance.
It is reported that the governor of
Texas has made a demand upon the
war office for more troops to guard
the border or he will call the state
militia into service. The battle has
inflamed the residents of the Texas
border towns and it is feared that
raids into Mexico will result in re
venge for the killing of the Ameri
cans.
President Wilson has requested
Secretary Garrison for a full report
of the engagement between the Mexi
cans and the United States cavalry,
and it is believed that he has reached
the decision that intervention is the
only remedy for the Mexican situa
tion.
FRENCH AGAIN TAUGHT
IN ALSATION SCHOOLS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—An Amer
ican correspondent who recently re
turned from France states that the
most impressive feature of the French
reconquest of Alsace, as indicating
the confidence of government and
people that the occupation will be
permanent, Is the reopening of the
schools giving instruction in the
French language. *
He describes a session of the pri
mary school at St. Awarin, where the
little ones of a new generation have
taken up the tasks, the interruption
of which, nearly half a century ago,
has been pictured so poignantly ■ by
Daudee in his "La Derniere Classe.”
In the first class described, it is
still necessary to conduct the lan
guage lesson in German, aB the chil
dren understand It better for the
purpose. It is a class of girls.
Some Show Tonight.
The Liberty Theatre presents the
World film feature, Uncle Tom’s
Cabin, by Harriet Beechor Stowe, in
five acts. America's most famous
play with a (famous cast and wonder
ful photograph. See it at the Liberty
tonight. •
•
TALK FOR MEN ONLY
AT EVERYMAN’S CLUB.
Rev. E. H. Molony announces that
an informal meeting for men will be
held in Everyman’s Club house to
morrow evening at 8:30‘o'clock. His
talk will be on “The Chisana Trail,”
and will be interesting as Mr. Molony
has traveled extensively in interior
Alaska and tells his stories in an in
teresting manner. "Men may smoke,”
said Mr. Molony in extending the in
vitation for all men to be present.
FIRE ALARM GIVES
DEPARTMENT A RUN.
A Are alarm which was turned in
at 10:45 this forenoon gave the de
partments run to the N. E. Ohlson
residence on, Sherman street, but the
blaze was extinguished by hand gre
nades. The Are originated by a stove
pipe passing too close to a partition,
and the damage done was nominal.
T. Noyes and family occupy the resi
dence
Mrs. L. L. Mlddlecamp, of Ellamar,
is visiting her parents, Judge and
Mrs. Fred M. Brown.
Native Chicken Dinner at the Ar
cade Cafe Sunday. •
SENATOR CUMMINS
BOOM IS STARTED
Iowa Starts Campaign to Obtain the
Presidential Nomination for
* Their Senator.
DES MOINES, Sept. 25.—Senator
Cummins definitely threw his hat into
the ring last week when he permit
ted a group of his friends to launch
a boom for his nomination as a can
didate for President next year. A
committee of 100 prominent Iowa
Republicans, now being selected by
Charles A. Rawson, Chairman of the I
State Central Committee, will be in
trusted with the task of pushing the
Cummins boom in the West.
Strenuous efforts will be made to
foster the Cummins sentiment in the
five Western States, which will hold
their Presidential primaries early
next year, in the belief that the other
Western states will get into the Iowa
band wagon.
For many months it has been un
derstood mat Cummings was a prob
able candidate for the Presidency.
He has intimated to friends that he
would consider becoming a candidate
in case there developed enough sen
timent to justify his getting into the
race. At a formal conference re
cently attended by thirty prominent
Republicans, it was agreed that there
was considerable sentiment in favor
of an Iowa candidate.
senator cummin s swing tnrougn
the Northwest on his return home
from a trip to Honolulu early in the
summer, is said to have convinced
him that he has an excellent chance
of capturing the Western states in
the national convention. With this
support he would go before the Bast
as the most prominent contender for
the G. O. P. nomination.
Announcement has been made that
the Progressives will have a complete
ticket in the field next year. George
C. White, of Nevada, who ran for
Governor last year, may be the lead
ing candidate again this year.
STEAMER ALAMEDA IS
EN ROUTE NORTH.
SEATTLE, Sept. 25.—The steamer
Alameda, of the Alaska Steamship
line, sailed for Valdez and other Alas
kan ports last night. The steamer
carries a heavy list of passengers for
the westward. The Valdez passen
gers are: J .G. Smith, Harry Balln
ger, H. Saint, R. Blix, Mrs. Blix, Miss
E. Arnold, Louis Levy and wife. Dun
ley Wooten and wife. For Latouche,
Marcel Anderson.
Fresh cream and buttermilk al
ways on hand at Love-Whltley’s. tf
BIG STEEL TRUST
Baldwin Locomotive Works Ha
cured Control of Number <
Smaller Concerns.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 25.—
reported that a combination o
terests has been effected whereb
Baldwin Locomotive Works wil
cure control of a number of sn
steel companies which have bee
crating independently.
The belief is expressed here
another gigantic steel corporate
in process of formation as forme
ficials of the Steel Trust are a
in securing controlling interest
the independent concerns.
The heavy European war o:
has caused the steel business t
revived and every mill throug
the eastern states is being opet
to fullest capacity. American
chasers of building and railway
are finding difficulty in having
orders filled owing to the harves
ing reaped by the trusts in supp
Europe with munitions.
COREY READS NEW
STEEL GQMPA
Has Associated Other Million:
With Him in Manufacture o
Munitions for Allies.
NEW YORK, Kept. 25.—The
vale Steel company, which is b
reorganized and whose big plant
be equipped for turning out m
tions of war for the Allies, wil
headed by Wm. Corey, former p
dent of the United States Steel T
It is authentically reported that
cy Rockefeller will be interested
Corey in the management of
plants and that Chas. Schwab
the Du Ponts will be interested
ancially in the enterprise.
The heavy European war or
for munitions has caused the g:
of steel magnates to secure coi
of the Midvale stock and the ca
ity of the mills are to be greatl)
creased with modern equipment
turning out munitions of war.
reported that Corey, who recentlj
turned from England succeeded ii
curing war orders which will e
the expenditures of the New 'i
millionaires in financing the ei
prise.
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GREECE IS UNDER
MARTIAL III
Chamber of Deputies Have B
i
Summoned by King Constantin;
and Forts Strengthened.
ATHENS. Sept. 25.—King C
stantine has abandoned all hope,
maintaining a neutral position ami
the warring nations of Europe
preventing his country being dr«;
into the war and has issued a call
the Chamber of Deputies to cony
on Wednesday next. The cham'
will declare Greece under mar.
law and will put the railroads ur
government service.
The mobilization of the army
Greece is progressing rapidly and !
tificatlons along the Turkish bor.
are being strengtehened against :
vasion from that quarter. That■
Teutons have started an invasion
Serbia is believed by King Const
tine, and he has announced that
will keep faith with Serbia in i
venting that state from being crv
ed by Austria or Germany.
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