EUROPEAN TROUBLES
Stockholm, Oct. 18. — A dispatch re
ceived here says the army of Gen. Yu
deniteh entered the suburbs of Petro
grad on Thursday afternoon.
Washington, Oct. IS. Reports of the
capture of Petrograd and Kronstadt by
Gen. Yudenitch were received by the
State Department from an American
consul officer in Sweden on the. Finnish
border. Confirmation reports had not
been received when the dispatch was
sent, hut it is generally credited in
Sweden.
London. Oct. 10.—The white flag was
hoisted over ihe Bolsheviki fortress of
Kronstadt Friday night, according to ;<
Finnish general-staff report. This re
port further states that Leo. Yude
nitch, after the fall of Oaf china, met
workingmen from Pet rograd who asked
that the Northwestern Russian army
refrain from shelling Pet rograd, and
pledging that if this promise was given
they would join the ami-Bolsheviki.
Washington, Oct.. 20. The fall of
Petrograd and the occupying of both
the city and the fortress of Kronstadt
by Russian anti-Bolsheviki forces has
been officially reported by the general
staff of the Finnish army at Viborg,
representatives of the Northwestern
government, of Russia. This informa
tion reached the State Department to
night.
fJelsingfors, (Jet. 20.- The North
western Russian army confirms the
capture of Krasnoe Selo, and claims
that railroad communication between
Petrograd and Moscow has been cut.
The Bolsheviki have concentrated 20.
<>00 men at (Jodoff and 10,0<>0 near Pe
trograd, and declare they will offer
strong resistance.
London. Oct. 20. “The Soviet army
has started a strong defensive which
promises success,” says a wireless dis
patch received here tonight, from Mos
cow. The dispatch adds that the land
batteries at Kronstadt have repelled
attacks by the British llret.
London, Oct- 22. Two Bolsheviki
torpedo-boat destroyers were sunk in
Koporia bay. Gulf of Finland, when
they attempted an attack on Fsthonian
vessels and British destroyers, the ad
miralty announced today. Six surviv
ors from the Bolsheviki vessels were
picked up by the British and Fsthuni
ans, who sustained no Josses.
Copenhagen, Oct. 22.—German artil
lery at Riga (ired upon British war
ships at the mouth of the harbor, ac
cording to i lie Lettish general staff,
and the British ships returned the fire,
by shelling the German positions near
the city. Riga is being bombarded by
heavy German artillery, which is using
gas shells, (beat damage was done,
and many civilians were killed and
wounded
Stockholm. Oct. 22. Gen. Yodenitch,
whose forces are invading Retrograd.
told Ira Nelson Morris, the American
ambassador to Sweden, that, he expects
to enter the city some time today.
London, Oct. 22.—It is indicated that
the Bolsheviki are defending Retro
grad stubbornly. V Helsingfors dis
patch says Gen. Yukeniteh halted his
advance to await reinforcements, when
he encountered strong Bolsheviki re
sistance seven miles south of Retrograd.
An Amsterdam dispatch says Cominis*
sioner Zienovieff, chie Bolsheviki
representative in Petrograd, has with
drawn to Moscow with many men.
Paris, Oct. 22.—The formal ratifica
tion of the German peace treaty will
probably be accomplished by October
oO, and a call will be issued on that day
for the first meeting of the council of
the League of Nations, to take place
within 10 days.
Vienna, Oct. 22. The Vienna stad
rath passed a resolution today asking
the American Congress to aid this city
in its desperate plight.
Vienna, Oct. 23.—The Austrian na
tional assembly has eliminated from
the constitution the provisions declar
ing Austria as being a composite part
of Germany. The elimination was de
termined upon to meet the terms of the
peace treaty.
London, Ocr.23- Three hundred and
lift.y lives were lust when two Bolshe
viki cruisers were sunk off Kronstadt,
said a Central News dispatch from Hel
singfors today.
London, Oct. iL. Preparations for
the trial of the former German Km
peror are being made, and it was an
nounced in the ]| .-e of t'ommons
today by Lunar Law. the government
leader, that the request to the govern
ment, of Holland for the surrender of
William llohenzollern could not be
made until all the powers had signed
the peace treaty.
S; rassburg, Oct. :L. A conspiracy
tor revolt m Alsace-Lorraine, having
fur its object the establishment of an
autonomous republic, is assuming great
proportions here, ivueshler. the man
alleged to be the arch conspirator and
placed under arrest, has made a con
fession. admitting that tie has been re
ceiving funds from German sources
since last May.
New York. Oct. 20. Five hundred
soldiers arrived here today to attempt
to end the freight congestion on the
army piers, caused by (he strike of
longshoremen. The soldiers were or
dered to shoot, if necessary. They will
help load the transports.
Washington. Oct. 20.--Secretary of
^ ar Baker has refused Mayor flylan's
request to postpone using soldiers on
the docks of New York. The secretary
said that the transports must be loaded.
Baddy Fleming, one of me real old
timers of the North, sauntered into the
city from Otter creek yesterday after
noon to enjoy a brief vacation after a
long season of toil.
A Flexible Lady
A Topeka banker- relates that a man
called at the bank tIie other day and
said, ’*[ want a check book cover for a
lady that folds in the middle*” Kan
sas l 'it y Star.
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Signal Corps Man Gets in Bad
Nome, Oct,. 22 Sergeant George L.
McKeons, in charge of the Nome office
of the Signal Corns, was arrested today
charged with embezzling government
funds._
Down Ontario Conservatives
Toronto, Out., Oct. 22. -Indications
show that the United Farmers and La
borers candidates overwhelmingly de
feated Premier Herst an 1 other Con
servatives in yesterday’s election.
Peace Councii Finishes Task
Paris, Oct. 20.—The curtain was rung
down last night on the war parliament.
M. Olemenceau was the leading actor
in tlie final drama.
Strong ^southerly winds during the
past 2+ hours caused a complete disap
pearance the snow and swelled the
small sidestreams. At fi o’clock this
morning iho thermometer read 50 °
above zero.
BECOMING DESPERATE
Pittsburg, Oct. 22.—Rioting broke
out in the Craddqck district tonight
when 5b srriKers e ashed with several
hundred workmen who were leaving
a plant. One man was shut and many
injured.
Resort to the Flaming Torch
Youngstown, O , Oct. 23.—A veO'
able campaign of arson in the. Crier
Hill steelworks district was nipped in
tin* bud tb s morning when the police
air horit ies rounded up six armed strik
ers well supplied with gasoline and
waste, after the. home of (Jeorge Hall,
a steed worker, had been lired. Two
men were shot.
The flow of ice in the. [ditarod river
in front of The Landing stopped on
Tuesday night last. October 21, at 10.02
o'ciock, according to one observer, and
shortly alter 0 o'clock on the same
night, by another’s time. Corporal
William Dee's reckonings being quoted
iu neither instance. "Well, and there
ye ar’.”
Last year the river closed one day
earlier—October 20.
Ice Moves Again in River
At 8:50 yesterday morning The ice in
the river in front, of Iditar. i started
down stream, causing ilie water to fall
nearly two feet within an hour's time.
The ice was quite lirm notwithstanding
tiie heavy rainfall of the two previous
days. At noon yesterday the river was
almost clear of moving ice.
This movement has created a great,
amount of debate as to whether the
river did or did not ••officially close” on
last Tuesday night. A well-posted nav
igator (one who had piloted a boat on a
river in California for three years and
never saw its hanks during that period)
stoutly maintains that the Iditarod
river did not close for fair on last Tues
day night._
The snow, rain, hail, sleet and wind
of last Wednesday had no terrors for!
an old trail blazer like ’’Feverish
Felix” Riley, the Flat City merchant,
who wafted in to see how the ice looked
after it had stopped running, and to
transact other important business.
Job Printing at The Pioneer office.
NEWS OF' SHINGTON
Washington, Oct. 20.— President Wil
son has recovered from yesterday's at -
tack of indigestion. Dr. Grayson says
the President is more than holding Ids
own.
Washington, Oct. 22.—The Presi
dent's digestive disturbance has sub
sided almost completely, said a state
ment issued by his physicians today,
after a fairly good night he is comfort
able this morning.
This afternoon’s bulletin says Presi
dent Wilson had one of. the best nights
since his illness began. Elis tempera
ture, pulse and respiration rates con
tinue normal, and his digestion is more
satisfactory.
Washington, Oct. 18. — I'he last of
Senator Fall’s amendments to the peace
treaty, the one designed to curtail the
power of the American representatives
on the reparat ion commission, was voted
down in the Senate today.
Washington. Oct. 22. The Supreme
Court today held, in effect, that a .state
eau seize and >ell all food field in cold
storage for a period longer than pro
vided for by state laws.
An investigation of charges that em
ployes of the Federal Trade ( ommis
sioh are engaged in socialistic prop,
ganda is called for in a resolution in
troduced by Senator Watson today.
Washington. Oct. 2M.—Strict laws for
the enforcement of war-time prohibi
tion may become effective today. A'
torney-General Palmer has sent to the
White Honse the war-time prohibition
act, which he said he had been study
ing’. Or. * ',,a')^,'n announced h*2* weuld
not oppose the hill being presented to
the President for his signature.
Washington, Oct. 2M. -The Supreme
Council of Scottish Rite Masons. Smiih
ern Jurisdiction, at its annual se
held in this city this week, elec > 1
three M2 c members of Alaska to re
ceive the 33 ° • They are: Herbert T.
Tripp and Mauric« Whittier of J uneau
and Fanil Gaston Gu.tv of Thane.
WIFE COLLECTING WAS HIS HOBBY
New York.—Convicted of bigamy on
his confession ib.it he has seven living
wives, one of whom he married twice.
Charles Hugh Wilson, 4s years nid.
former Y. M. C. A. secretary, evangel
ist and traveling salesman, was sen
tenced last week to three vears and six
months in Sing Sing prison, where. In
announced, he will take up prison re
form work.
Wilson commenced bis matrimonial
career on January 22. 1900, when In
married Elizabeth May Stanton of Dav
enport. I a After three children were
born he left her and in July, 1908. mar
ried May Bailey at Wytheville, Va.
Ln less than a year lie embarked on his
third venture at Decatur, Ala., where
be married Ethel C. Moore. Four years
later he married T. mise Davis at De
troit, and a year afterward he went
through a second ceremony with Miss
Davis at Pittsburg. The following year
he sought a New York bride and wa
married to Caroline K. Morris. He
tried Philadelphia next and took Wil
helmina C. Jaggard of that city for his
sixth bride in August, 191b. His tinal
venture was in New York, where he
married Miss Jeannette Ziff in Novem
ber, 1916.