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ENGLAND RAIDED AGAIN
LONDON, August 25.—Six Zeppelins took part last
night in a raid on the English coast, the second Zeppelin
raid in twenty-four hours. General French, commander
of the home forces, reports that the Zeppelins were viol
ently attacked by anti-aircraft guns and British aviators
but the Zeppelins escaped by mounting high into the
clouds. In one locality a railway station and several
houses were wrecked. The number oi casualties, if there
were any, was not mentioned in the official reports given
out this morning. The raid gives rise again to the reports
of the preparations by the Germans tor the expected su
preme raids but last night s attack was evidently meant
as an attack rather than a reconnoisance. It is calculated
that the speed of the Zeppelins must be greater now than
previously as they are never seen coming to attack and
must be able to make the w hole journey in the night time.
It is assumed that the coast is only attacked by them so
that they might come and return in darkness. This cal
culation has led to the impression that if greater speed can
lie attained by the Zeppelins London will be made the
target oftener.
GERMANY STOPS BULGAKS
LONDON, August 25.—According to an unconfirm
ed wireless dispatch from Rome Germany has ordered the
Bulgarians to discontinue their advance into the terri
tory which they have taken in Greece. This order, the
message states, was given by Germany to prevent a possi
ble war with Greece. It is not denied that the Bulgarians
have made advances in the recent righting but neither is it
affirmed here. Any righting in that quarter, however,
could hardly be between the main armies as the allied
forces are strongly entrenched yet in Salonika.
FRENCH MAKE ADVANCES
PARIS, August 25—The French troops have consoli
dated the positions won in yesterday s advance north and
northeast of Maurepas. This advance compelled the Ger
mans to evacuate the village itself and it is regarded as
important. A report comes today from Petrograd that
the Turks are evacuating Bitlis.
STILL EXPECTING BREMEN
NEW LONDON, August 25. — The North German
Lloyd liner Willehad is being towed into the harbor this
morning to tie up at the pier of the State Ocean Steam
ship Company and the transfer of the interned vessel
from Boston has led to the report that the Bremen is ex
pected to arrive soon.
AGAIN SAY BREMEN CAPTURED
NEW YORK, August 25.—Reports that the German
submarine Bremen was captured were repeated today by
the captain of a British merchant steamer who has arriv
ed aboard the liner Baltic. The informant witheld his
name, however. He stated that the Bremen had been
caught in a steel net in the North sea and swung helplessly
therein for four days until a British patrol boat discov
ered her. Four of the submarine crew, the skipper says,
were dead of foul air when the submarine was taken to
the surface. The man who brings this statement speaks
positively and presents the appearance of one who would
not do so without being certain of what he said but the
refusal to give his name has cast some doubt on his asser
tion. The failure to give his name is excused on the
ground that the British government is desirous of keeping
secret the fact of the submarine's capture.
BRITISH ADVANCE LINES
LONDON, August 25.—The British troops advanced
their lines last night for several hundred yards after se
vere fighting on both sides of Longueval and on the
Bapaume road, Haig reports. The fighting continued dur
ing most of the night.
ANCHORAGE STILL HARPS
ON “IMPORTED BATTERIES”
The Anchorage people are appar
ently still talking about “imported
batteries” in the game between that
I town and Seward. The following
| editorial from the Anchorage Times
of August IT shows ho\y the feeling
jis:
“Anchorage Is Proud Of Them
“The Anchorage baseball team that
j went to Seward to try conclusions
with the Seward nine covered itself
with glory and fittingly represented
this town in the great national game
we all love so well. Despite the fact
that our team did not win the series,
it demonstrated that we have some
j mighty fine baseball players. Our
boys had all the worst of the play, in
that being in hostile territory, the
crowd was nearly all opposing them;
the ball grounds were new to them;
and the trip over and weather condi
tions generally did not tend to aid
them. And then again, an imported
battery from the Northwestern leaguw
was called to the aid of the Resurrec
tion bay town. Without this battery,
the Seward team is easy game for
our fine athletes.
It is on the tapis for Seward to
play return garni** here the latter parr
of this month. We hope the Seward
boys will come, bringing the imported
battery wtih them. Anchorage will
give them a royal reception and a
square deal all-around. And the town
will turn out en masse to watch the
games.
“We question the ethics of import
ing professional ball players in
amateur sports as between neighbor
ing towns, but now that this battery
js in Alaska, we should like to see
them work before returning to their
positions in the Northwestern league.
ln_ the further accounts of the
games, however, the paper is nicer
and speaks as follows:
The people of Seward did they* best
to entertain the Anchorage boys and
sustain their reputation for courtesy
and if anything was neglected it
wasn’t noticed. The support the Sew
ard citizens gave their tern was no
VILLA DEAD
ONCE AGAIN
THIS TIME A JAPANESE PHYSI
CIAN ADMINISTERED SLOW
POISON TO HIM.
CHIHUAHUA CITY, August 25.— '
A Japaneses physician who is now
here claims that he brought about the
death of Villa. He is positive that the
bandit chief is dead and that he died
as the result of slow poison administ
ered by the physician himself under
the shape of medical treatment. The
(hysician also states that a Colonel
Baca who bore a strong rescMblance
to Villa impersonated the bandit after
his death. The death of Villa, accord
ing to the statement of the Japanese,
occurred shortly after the light at
Parral.
ANCHORAGE LOTS vs. NEN ANA
Comparing the sale of lots at
Nenana with the sale at Anchorage it
ma ybe interesting to state that the
highest price for a business lot at
Anchorage was $1,155. hour such
lots brought over a thousand each.
The highest residence lot at Anchor
age was $1,050.
ticeable and is worthy of emulation.
Harry Hoben, manager of the Sew
ard team, says he will bring his team
to Anchorage for a return series to
start on Labor day and as Harry’s
word and government bonds are syn
onymous the funs of this city will
'anxiously look forward to this event;
in the meantime the All-Anchorage
team will devote all spare time to
practice under the efficient manage
ment of Fred Tracy.”
Note:—The papers over there are
full of that baseball and many com
plaints. If Seward kitew it was hurt
*jng so badly it would have tried not
to win.)
AIRMEN SHOT DOWN
BERLIN, August 25. — Four Austrian airmen have
been shot down during a battle in the air on the Italian
front.
ATTACK LONDON FORTRESS
BERLIN, August 25—It was officially announced to
day that during the raid on England last night one of thh
German airships attacked the fortress of London, lhe
damage done was not stated and is probably not known
as the height of the Zeppelin was probably too great for
observation of the effect of the bombs.
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE ENDED
BERLIN, August 25.—Dispatches from the southeast
front where the Austrians are operating indicate that the
Russian offensive has come to a complete stop. In com
menting on this fact the papers here are declaring that the.
so-called super-offensive of the allies on all fronts has
spent itself. As proof they point to the Italian, weste’ n
and aM eastern fronts as well as to the conditions in the
Balkans.
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ATTACKS AT FLEURY
PARIS, August 25.—The Germans attacked in force
last night at Fleury on the Verdun front in the effort to
• retake the village but the attacks were repulsed.
GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE IS
STILL THREATENING NATION
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MAN BELIEVED LOST
FROM SEWARD DOCK
Cres For Help Heard at Night and
John Carl Lodje is Missing.
John Carl Lodje, a Russian who had
been working on the government rail
road, almost surely lost his life in
the waters of Resurrection bay this
morning shortly after two o’clock by
falling ofT the dock. At that time
cries for help were heard from the
east end of the new dock and men
went to the scene quickly. George
Madsen found a “sou’wester” hat be
longing to Lodje but nothing else.
Search parties went out in boats but
Madsen says they could lind no trace
of anyone. Ix>dje was seen going to
wards the dock by Sherman Haynes
of the Palace* just before the cries
were heard and at that time the night
was dark as pitch. It can only be
assumed that Lodje, who was about
to take passage on the Mariposa on
the way to San Francisco, went to the
dock to await the arrival of the boat
which was then about an hour overdue
and that he fell over the side or end
of the dock in the darkness. He was
not intoxicated and during the even
ing was even trying to prevent friends
of his from drinking. He had a lunch
a short time before at the Palace and
constantly advised the men who werej
with him not to drink but to save their
money as he was doing for the out
side. He drank a couple of glasses
of beer but that was all. He left his
pack in a booth but later a man nam
ed Nelson came and took it away to
another place. Lodje had been work
ing at Mile 52 for a long time, some
say a year, and had quite a bit of
money. He was born near Warsaw,
Poland, and seemed to have some
education. In some ways he showed
eccentricity or “queer ness” which
caused some of his acquaintances to
regard him as “simple”. An exclama
tion which he constantly used was
“Hallelujah”. About the last thing
he was seen doing was dancing a lit
tle jig and gloating in the fact that
he would “soon be in San Francisco.”
He was about 38 years of age.
LODJE WORKED WITH BARNET
Carl Lodje who is believed to have
been drowned from the dock th»s
morn:ng worked for S. Barnet, the
Broadway tailor, about six weeks last
Spring about Faster time. Mr. Bar
net says that the missing man came,
not from Poland, but from the Baltic
provinces of Russia and was born four
miles from the city of Riga where his
father and mother still reside. That
Lodje had no such amount of money
as a thousand dollars is the belief of
Mr. Barnet. It had been reported
that the missing man had this amount.
VWO INTERIOR COMMISSIONERS
TENDER THEIR RESIGNATIONS
Announcement has been made by
Judge Bunnell that Commissioner
John K. Brown, of Fairbanks, has
sent in his resignation, to take effect
August 31. Reed W. Heilig, assistant
United States attorney for the Fourth
division, has been appointed to fill the
vacancy, and will resume his new du
ties on September 1.
' Commissioner J. E. Coffer, of Hot
Springs, has resigned also, and J. C.
Moody, of Iditarod, has been named
to fill that vacancy,
WASHINGTON, August 25.—With President Wilson
and the railroad presidents apparently at loggerheads in
ihe efforts to prevent the great strike the President stir
red up the excitment once more today by suddenly calling
the heads of the railway brotherhoods to the Whitehouse
for a conference of an hour. After the conference it was
stated by the heads of the unions that the talk left the
situation unchanged. They also stated that Mr. Wilson
was evidently determined to stand firmly by the proposals
.ie had made and which the brotherhoods had accepted
i and the raidroads had refused. The union leaders placed
before Mr. Wilson a charge that a nation wide lobby is be
I ing conducted to influence sentiment in favor of the rail
roads and they presented telegrams showing that the
Northern Pacific railroad was paying for messages which
were being forwarded to Washington to secure influence
against the workers.
COMPLICATIONS IN
PROPOSED MERGER;
SAN FRANCISCO, August 25.—
! Complications have now arisen that
may make impossible the proposed
twenty-live million dollar combination
of the California Fruit and Alaska
Packers Association. Hreny F. Fort
man, official of the Alaska Packers,
has announced that he would start in
junction proceedings to halt the pro
ceedings if the matter went any furth
er. He declares that an appraisal of
the Alaska Packers property would
show more than a valuation of $154.50
a share, the amount given in the pro
posed merger plans.
Me MULLEN GOES TO
NOME WITH EUREKA
SEATTLE, August 24.—The Alaska
Steamship Company’s steamer Eureka
sails for ome and NSt. Michael to
morrow with a cargo for the two ports
and for points up the river. She is
tmmunded by Captain McMullen,
formerly of the Dora.
SEATTLE STRIKE IS
NEAR SETTLEMENT
SEATTLE, August 25.—The nego
tiations for the settlement of the
waterfront strike took definite shape
last night at a meeting of the repre
sentatives of the Chamber of Com
merce and the unions under the
auspices of the Federal department
of labor. A settlement of the strike
next week is confidently expected.
WOMAN’S CLUB MEETS
The Woman’s Club will meet this
evening at 8 o'clock at Mrs. Root’s
and important business will be tran
sacted. Everyone is urged to attend.
NENANA LOTS BRING MORE
THAN ANCHORAGE ONES
The sale of lots at Nerana as far
as it has gone shows far greater
prices prevailing over there, than at
the sale in Anchorage. The first days ,
of the Anchorage sale, from July 10
to July 17, brought in $148,980 for
655 lots, which is about $227 each.
Of course, it is possible that the best
lots were sold in Nanana first and as
the sale there has not proceeded for as
long a time as the period given for the
Anchorage sales the comparison can
not be accepted as certain.
Lots in Nenana
Beat Anchorage
Andrew Christensen of the Land
Pepartmeht has wired his assistant
here, Mr. Lindner, that he has sold
one hundred and thirty-three lots in
the new Xenanu townsite and that tin*
total price for those lots was $100,6.*15.
This means an average for all the lots
sold of slightly over seven hundred
and fifty-six dollars each.
FARMERS TO ORGANIZE
TO GET GOOD WHEAT PRICES
(Special to Gateway by United Press)
FARGO, N. D., August 18.—Spring
wheat growers through both the
Dakotas and Minnesota tomorrow will
confer here on a plan to combine and
demand what they consider legitimate
prices for their grain.
0. S. Morris of the editorial depart
ment of the Non Partisan leader,
Faro, will be one of the speakers. The
Leader is the organ of the Farmer’s
Party that recently swept North
Dakota in a political primary victory.
“Each raiser of spring wheat will
get a chance to tell of the cost o*
production of spring wheat,” said
Morris today. “We shall then add a
reasonable profit and arrive at a reas
onable price per bushel. When that
price isn’t paid, farmers will be equip
ped to store the wheat a sufficient
length of time to command the prop
er prices. Discrimination must be
stopped.
WENT ON MARIPOSA
The following went out on the
Mariposa this morning: F. W. Isham
T. H. Booth, J. B. Galbraith, Miss E.
E. Galbraith, J. E. Venable, Mrs. Ven
able, Ella Mathews, W Evans, Al
Nordstrom, S. G. Ward Col. Richard
son, Mrs. M. Graw, Charlotte For
syth, Miss Agnes Sargent and Mrs.
T. J. O’Hara.
WENT ON WATSON
The following went out on the Wat
son this morning: Bishop Rowe and
wife, E. Carlson, Mrs. Karl Vaughan
and child, C. Currie, J. M. Yates, T.
H. Cavanaugh, M. H. Faust.
Colonel W. P. Richardson of the
Alaska Road Comission left for his
headquarters at Valdez this morn
ing. He was more than pleased with
his visit and the work on the roads in
this district.
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