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BRITISH CAPTURE
TOWN IN PERSIA
Will Inflict Punishment Upon Chief,
Who Led in Attack on Officers
of British Government..
LONDON, Sept. 10.—Because of
the failure of the government of Per
sia to punish the chiefs who killed a
number of British army officers at
Busbire, the British colonial troops
have occupied the city, arrested the
men held responsible for the killings,
and' / il try them and probably exe
leaders of the attacks.
;ritish government is deter
mines to maintain its authority
among the Indian tribes and has pre
pared to inflict heavy damages upon
the natives starting revolts at the
present time, when the entire efforts
of the government are directed to
wards the successful conclusion of
the war against the Germanic allies,
MEXICAN LEADER
IS NEAR DEATH
Vmddent Gutierre* Elected' hr ^<*»•
vention Is Reported Dying in
Mexico City.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 10.—Eulalio
Gutierrez, who was elected provision
al president of Mexico by the Call
entes convention held a year ago, is
dying of wounds inflicted by his ene
mies. The provisional president is in
a small town north of Mexico City,
in a dying condition.
General Carranza has for months
tried to capture Gutierrez, but failed.
The Zapata and Villa forces have also
■ cried to kill him, because of his re
fusal to become the tool of the reb
els in the northern provinces, and
consequently the provisional presi
dent was forced to flee into the
mountains with the few friends who
were loyal to him.
Driven from town to town and
from refuge to refuge, the Carranza
agents finally were able to inflict ter
rible wounds on the former president,
who Is now dying.
MLLINS HUT IN
HEW YORK CITY
Ten Die In Eastern City and Scores
are Taken to Hospitals—Heat
Wave Worst in Years.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Thre'!
people died here today as a result
of the hot weather and scores were
taken to the hospitals, suffering from
beat prostrations. The city authori
ties are taking every opportunity to
aid the poor and are allowing the
people to sleep in the parks and on
the docks where they can keep ool.
*The ambulances of the many hos
gntals .were busy all day answering
calls sent by policemen, who found
men and women prostrated on the
streets. Three died before reaching
the hospitals.
<■ a Tonight at The Liberty.
Joan of Arc, the play in five acts,
which Maud Adams starred three
seasons ago. _
We have the shotgun shells. Fresh
leaded. At Rudolph’s. tf.
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Austrian Ambassador Charged with Violating the Neutrality of the United States. James Archibald, an American Newspaper Cor
respondent, enroute to Vienna, Is Arrested in London and Pound to Have Letters from Dumba to His Government, Telling of
Plans for the Organization of Strikes in American Arms Factories. German Ambassador may also be Involved in Scandal.
Archibald’s Passports Withdrawn and he May be Shot as a Spy. Lansing Acts Promptly and Demands that all Americans Re
spect the Neutrality Proclamation of President Wilson. Dr. Alberts, the Fiscal Agent of the German Government in the United
States, Has been Spending Large Sums of Money to Start Strikes and Influence Newspapers Published in the United States. His
Private Papers Stolen and Published in the New York World.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 10.—
Secretary of State Robert Lansing
has requested the Austrian govern
ment to recall Ambassador Dumba
and sent some other representative
to this country, because of the re
peated violations of American neu
trality by the Austrian ambassador.
The action was taken yesterday
following the arrest in London of the
American war correspondent, James
Archibald, who was found to have in
his possession messages from Dumba
to the Austrian minister to start
strikes in American factories where
arms and munitions are being manu
factured for the Allies.
The State Department also with
drew the American passports of
Archibald, who is now in jail in Lon
don, and may be tried as a spy and
hung or given a long sentence. Sec
retary Lansing insists that American
citizens must remain neutral if they
desire the protection of this govern
ment and that under no circum
stances will the United Status enter
into a controversy with a to feign
government to aid an American who
becomes involved in plots with ihe
belligerent powers and thus threaten
the peace of the United Stales by his
action.
The publication of the announce
ment by Secretary Lansing that the
State Department demanded the with
drawal of Ambassador Dumba caused
a sensation in diplomatic circles.
What action Austria will take and
what course will be followed by Ger
many is not known. The State De
partment has secured much data
showing that Ambassador Bernst iff
has been violating the neutrality laws
of the country. The charges fir^t
made public by the Providence Jour
nal were known, however, to the
State Department for months, but it
Was hoped that the matter could be
dropped as the relations between thi3
country and Germany have been
strained for months and the admin
istration hoped to avoid a break if
possible. The publication of the
facts by the Providence Journal may
cause the administration to take ac
tion.
The British foreign office has de
livered to the United States govern
ment the copies of the papers found
on Archibald and which show that
the Austrian and German agents in
this country are working to stop the
export of munitions by causing nu
merous strikes among the workers.
Millions of dollars are being spent by j
the German-Austrian agents in this
country. The money goes to labor
leaders and to the owners of small
newspapers published in foreign lan
guages.
Dr. Alberts, of New York, is the
fiscal agent of the German govern
ment, and papers stolen from his
rooms and published in the New York
World and the Providence Journal
show the wide extent of the propa
ganda being carried on by the Teu
tons and the extent of the spy sys
tem they have established in this
country.
The fate of Archibald will be de
cided by the British government. His
friends are working hard to save his
neck. Few diplomats, however, ex
pect that Archibald will be hung, but
predict a long term in jail following
his conviction.
ITALY NEEDS OUR COAL.
Restrictions of Exports from Eng
land Gives America a Chance.
GENOA, Sept. 20.—An excellent
opportunity Is now offered American
coal producers to capture the Italian
market. Italy has always been a
large buyer of British coal, as she is
entirely without coal deposits her
self; hut the recent British decree
clal permission, which .is difficult to
obtain, has created great inconveni
ence here, as dealers are unable to
carry out their contracts, while, on
the other hand, prices have risen tre
mendously.
GERMAN DEVICE
WILL GUT WIRES
Novel Application of Electric Forces
Destroy Wire Entanglements
from a Distance.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 20.—The Ger
mans now have some mysterious sci
entific device for clearing a way
through wire entanglements from a
considerable distance that is b tther
ing the enemy’s scientists to find out.
The instrument has all the appear
ance of a projector—that is a search
light. No specimen has yet been cap
tured, apd nothing is known about
it expect that it utterly destroys wire
entanglements from a distance of a
mile by some means at presen" in
comprehensible to scientists.
Greek fire projectors have now
made their appearance on the west
ern front. These were also appar
ently intended originally to fuse wire
defenses, but they cm only operate
from a maximum of a score of yatds
The new instrument must probably
be some novel application of electric
forces.
DRIVES OFF A SUBMARINE.
Norwegian Torpedo Boat Protects
Mail Steamer in Home Waters.
CHRISTIANA, Sejlt. 10.—A Ger
man submarine stopped the Norwe
gian mail steamer from Irma within
Norwegian territory yesterday, but
the appearance of a Norwegian tor
pedo boat prevented further inter
ference with the mall ship.
The Irma was on her way from
Newcastle, England, to Stavanger,
Norway. When a little to the north
of Jaeterens Reef the submarine
hailed her with a shot across her
bow. The Irma’s skipper swung out
his boats, but tbe Norwegian torpe
do craR, attracted by the shots, went
quickly to the spot, warned the sub
marine that she was in Norwegian
waters and warned her to leave. The
submarine thereupon retired.
CROWN PRINCE MAKES GAINS
CAPTURES FRENCH TRENCHES
ATTEMPT TO PIERCE THE FRENCH LINES IN THE ARGONNE SEC
TION ABE PARTIALLY SUCCESgFUL AND GERMAN CROWN
!' PRINCE TAKES 2,000 PRISONERS‘■'AND' MAWY'GUIW"AND OCCU
PIES FRENCH TRENCHES AND DUGOUTS—FRENCH BUSH RE
INFORCEMENTS TO SCENE AND START SEVERE COUNTER AT
TACKS—GERMANS MAY START FOR PARIS. •
LONDON, Sept. 10.—The army
commanded by the German Crown
Prince has made serious gains in the
Argonne district. The attacks made
this morning carried the kaiser's
troops into the French line of
trenches, which are now occupied by
the Germans. More than 2,000 pris
oners were taken and many machine
guns used in the first line was taken
when the trenches were captured.
The Germans are said to have
massed a large force in the Argonne
district and are preparing for an
other drive at Paris. Military ex
perts here, however, do not credit the
support that a drive on Paris is an
ticipated because of the need for the
German troops in Russia, where the
line is so extended that it will many
months to entrench it and allow for
the return to the western zone of any
of the troops now fighting the Slavs.
BERLIN, Sept. 10.—The peop'e
are greatly pleased with the success
of the Crown Prince in the Argonne
fighting. It is taken as demonstrat
ing the fact that as affairs in the
east are settled the way to Paris and
to the English Channel will he open
to the army, which can batter its
way through the elaborate field works
with ease, as demonstrated yesterday
in the Argonne district.
RIGA ATTACKED
BY ZEPPELINS
Germans Send Big Airships and
Many Taubes to Riga, but are
Driven Back by Slavs.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 10.—Several
Zeppelins, accompanied by a fleet of
Taube aeroplanes, made an unsuc
cessful attempt to reach Riga today,
to drop bombs upon the shipyards
and forts. The Russian aviators put
the Kaiser’s airships to flight and
several of the aeroplanes were
brought down by the anti-airship
guns stationed about the city.
The big airships were reported
coming toward the city from the
German lines by the men in the
trenches, and preparations were
made to meet them by the Russian
aviators stationed in the city. The
battle in the air took place outside
the city and the Germans were never
within striking distance of the ships
or forts.
Feature In Five Acts.
Joan of Arc in five acts at The
Liberty Thearte tonight. More
feature* U) follow. Watch announce
ments. 2t
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We have wallpaper from 15c up,
at Rudolph’*. tt.
Secretary Lane 'Makes Reservations
for Railroad Terminals and
Eliminates Reserve Land.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 10 —
Secretary Franklin K. Lane, of the
Department of the Interior, today
eliminated four tracts of 1350 acres
each in the Chugach Forest reserve
as additions to the townsite at An
chorage.
The elimination will give to the
townsite an additional acreage so
that the railroad will have plenty of
ground for terminals, bunkers,
smelters and freight yards.
Other reservations are expected to
be made at the needs of the Engi
neering commission become apparent.
NORTHWESTERN SAILED
FROM SEATTLE TODAY.
SEATTLE, Sept. 10.—The Alaska
Steamship liner Northwestern sailed
from here this morning for Valdez.
The following passengers are on the
boat destined for Valdez: Mrs. J.
Healy, Louise Tollrfson; for La
touche, Mrs. J. SUverwod and baby.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdes
Drug Store. *
DISCARD RIFLE FOR KNIFE.
Italian Troops Use Daggers When ut
Close Quarters.
GENEVA, Sept. 10.—The Italian
troops fighting on the Isonzo com
prise several regiments from the
south of Italy and Sardinia, and sol
diers from Corsica, who, when it gets
in close contact with the enemy,
throw away their rifles and use dag
gers and stilettos.
* - -The Rattan officers have repeated
ly told these troops that a bayonet
Is far more efficient than a dagger,
but the advice is useless. Perhaps it
is instinct and custom.
When the troops from southern
Italy enter the trenches of the Aus
trians they use the knife and not
the bayonet.
MUST FIRST
SPEAK ENGLISH
Necessary to Instruction in American
Citizenship, Naturalization Bu
reau Points Out.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 10.—
Responding to numerous inquiries,
the Bureau of Naturalization today
issued a general letter relative to
the course to be followed in training
the alien population in American cit
izenship. While pointing out the im
possibility of laying down any hard
and-fast rules on the subject, the let
ter declares that the prime requisite
is ability to speak the English ton
gue.
“It is through this medium alone,”
it says, “that aliens can acquire a
practical knowledge, both in and out
of the schools, of our institutions.
This will lay the necessary founda
tion for instruction in some simple
outline of American civics, the duties
and other obligations, as well as the
privileges and immunities of Ameri
can citizenship.
“Above all in this connection they
should be taught that the supreme
authority in this country is the law,
and that it is the first duty of an
American citizen to obey that law,
even though it may seem an unwise
or objectionable law, the remedy in
the latter case being through consti
tutional methods to modify and
change the law.”
MARIPOSA SAILING IS
POSTPONED TO 14TH.
The Valdez Dock Company has re
ceived notification from Seattle that
the sailing of the liner Mariposa
from Puget Sound has been post
poned until the evening of Septem
ber 14th, at 9:00 o’clock.
Returns by rounds of the Gtbbons
McParland fight will be posted at
the Plnzon tomorrow night. *
ARTILLERY FIRE
HAS SLACKENED
CannnnadinK in West Not as Intense
as it Has Keen for the Past
Two Weeks.
LONDON, Sept. 10.—The intense
cannonading along the western bat
tle line has slackened. The artillery
duel was continuous for two days
and nights. The French and British
batteries sending hundreds of thou
sands of shells into the German line,
and doing considerable damage.
Many German batteries were silenced
by the fire of the Allies which was
concentrated upon the German guns
whenever the aviator observer locat
ed the positions of the guns by the
smoke or during the night by the
flash.
Aviators have been particularly ac
tive in the artillery duel, directing
its fire._
Uufd George Tells Unionists to Get
In and Work With Non-Union
ists and Make Supplies.
BRISTOL, Sept. 10.—Lloyd George
spoke to 10,000 unionists here last
night, urging them to work with non
unionists, so that the government
could man the newly equipped muni
tions factories which have just been
completed and which are anxious to
furnish the much needed munitions.
Lloyd George pointed out to the
union members that the government
could not he satisfied with the work
ing of unionists alone, but needed
the united support of all workers, so
that the stream of munitions to the
front would be constant and in im
mense quantities.
ALLIES WANT TO
BORROW MONEY
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Send Agents to New fork to Secure
Loan of $50,000,000, Needed
to Buy Munitions.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—Commis
sioners representing English and
French treasury departments arrived
here today to raise a loan of $50.
000,000 needed by the Allies to fin
ance the purchase of munitions in
this country by their governments.
It is planned to sell short term, high
interest bearing government not-’S
to the bankers and manufacturers in
this country and the money will re
main in the United States for tae
payment of the supplies now being
purchased here for the account of the
Allies.
American bankers expect to have
no difficulty in disposing of the bends
and notes because of the large
amount of money In the banks which
is not idle and useless, and which
can be made to earn big Interest
from the foreign governments.
Weather Report for Valde£
Barometer pressure .30.40*
Temperature at 7 p. m.48
Maximum temperature.65
Minimum temperature .32
Mean temperature .48U
Clear; wind northeast, 4 miles..