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ADVERTISEMENTS BRING RESULTS _
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❖ THIRTEEN MILLION *
❖ AT THE EXPOSITION. ❖
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SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 20.—,
Thirteen million people have now
passed through the gates of the
Panama Pacific Exposition This ex
ceeds all expectations.
MRS. MARSHALL FIELD DEAD.
CHICAGO. Sept. 20.—Mrs. Baldwin
Drummand, formerly Mrs. Marshall
Field, died at her estate at Sout
hampton this morning.
GREAT FLOOD IN INDIA.
BOMBAY, Sept. 20.—Eighty thou
sand people have been rendered home
less by Hoods in the Ganges valley.
Eighteen hundred dwellings collapsed
and forty-live people were killed.
TO CLEAR I P M VTTERS
WITH OTHER AMERICAS.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.—Presi
dent Wilson will confer tomorrow
with Chairman Stone of the foreign
relations committee and will discuss
the advisability of calhng a special
sessitn of the senate to clear up this
country’s relations with South and
Central America.
REPORT WOMEN TAKEN
BY MEXICAN BANDITS.
BROWNSVILLE. Sept. 20.—Three
women are reported to have been tak
en by Mexican bandits near this city
last Sunday but no details or con
firmation have been received.
MRS. ECCLES RECEIVES
SOME OF THE ESTATE.
SALT LAKE. Sept. 20.—The
trustees of the Eccles estate have con
ceded one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars to the plural widow of David
Eccles, the Mormon millionaire. She
is the woman who claimed Eciles as
the father of her child.
BLOWS HIMSELF l’P
WITH DYNAMITE PILLOW.
SPOKANE. Sept. 20.—Michael
Greely made a pillow of three sticks
of dynamite here yesterday. To the
dynmatie a fuse was attached and
when Greely had made his head com
fortable on the sticks he ignited his
fuse with the result that hardly a
sign of the head was left when the
body was found. The suicide was the
result of dissipation.
TO FLY TO COAST CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 20.—Ben
Stern has decided to try to fly from
San Francisco to Portland, Seattle
and Spokane and to travel against
time.
SEATTLE WINS PENNANT.
SEATTLE, Sept. 20.—The Seattle
team is the winner of the Northwest
ern league pennant for the present
season.
EXPECT PHILADELPHIA
WILL BE CHAMPION.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 20.—It is
fully expected that the Phillies will
win the championship. Applications
for seats for the world championship
series are now coming in floods and
a record attendance is looked for.
MRS. STEFFANSON WEEPS.
WINARD, Sat>k., Sept. 19.—*The
mother of V. Steffanson cried when
the news that her son was alive
reached her. She is ninety years of
age. Steffanson is a Canadian by
birth.
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❖ PANAMA C ANAL AGAIN ❖
❖ FILLED BY SLIDE. ❖
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PANAMA..Sept. 20.—A slide from
Gold hill has again filled the channel
of the canal but it is expected to be
cleared in a week. In the meantime
traffic is stopped.
ATKINSON RESIGNS.
SEATTLE. Sept. 20.—Dr. Atkinson
of the First Presbyterian church of
this city has resigned to take up
evangelistic work in Chicago.
BROKE C. S. AIR RECORDS.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 20.—Lieutenant
Taliaferro, military aviator, flew ten
hours yesterday and broke the record
for the United Suites.
PREACHER STICKS TO ARMY.
SEATTLE, Sept. 20.—Rev. Arthur
Hyde. Episcopal minister here, has
resigned to continue his service in
the army of which he is captain. He
is a graduate of West Point but filled
the pulpit while still holding his
captaincy. He has now decided to go
back to the military career.
ODDFELLOWS CONVENE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.—The
Grand Lodge of the Independent Or
der of Oildfellows convenes here to
day and a great attendance is as
sured.
ARCHIBALD COMBS.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20.—Archibald,
the newspaper correspondent who
was a party to the affair which got
\mbassaodr Dumba into trouble, will
arrive today and is expected to go
straight to Washington to explain
matters.
DORA SAILS TOMORROW.
The Dora will sail for the west to
morrow afternoon or evening and will
not wait for the arrival of the Mari
posa.
DORA BACK AGAIN.
The S. S. Dora. Capt. Westland, ar- 1
rived from Seattle yesterday morning
at 10:30 to resume her run in west
ward waters after an absence of
something over seven months. The
Dora has practically the same crew
the Santa Ana had while on the west
ern run with the exception of the en
gineering corps. While down in
Seattle the Dora was on the drydoek
and received considerable repairs and
a new coat of paint, ami will be able
to make the regular monthly run
from here for a good many more
years.
MARIPOSA TOMORROW NIGHT.
The Mariposa sailed from Juneau
at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon and
is due in Cordova this evening bring
ing her here tomorrow night or
early Wednseday morning.
NORTHWESTERN ARRIVES.
The Northwestern, Capt. Hunter,
arrived from the south last night at
10:43 bringing here 264 tons of
freight and 36 passengers. Those
coming from Seattle were:
A. Wilcox, S. F. Quinlivan, Pete
Mitchell, J. H. O’Connor, G. M. Kerns,
Mrs. F. Brown, S. Adelman, Mrs.
Adelman, C. C. Georgeson, Jay Spen
cer, Miss K. Cawthom, Mrs. Lepper,
F. N. Fletcher, J. W. Coleman, Mrs.
Coleman, A. Hughler, Mrs. Russell
Fred Russell and three steerage.
From Alaska ports she brought:
Miss Ada White, Lloyd Stickler, F.
Erickson, S. A. Betts, 0. Klepstein,
jr., J. C. Mehaffey, Ora B. Hubbard
and eight steerage.
Mayor of Paris Killed -- Austria Be
lieved Preparing Great Rush at
Serbia-Lloyd George Appeals to
People of Britain To Let Govern
ment Decide On Conscription— En
ver Pasha Declares Turkey Has
Two Million Men in the Field.
FIFTY DEAD LONDON RAID
| NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—The first uncensored reports
I of the Zeppelin raid on London arrived here today when
1 the Holland-American liner Rotterdam arrived in port
| with London Passengers. Fifty people were killed out
right and several were injured. Several bombs fell dose
to the residence of the Lord Mayorf and one whole block
j in the heart of the city was destroyed. The damage to
1 property is estimated at a million pounds. The most re
| markable occurrence in connection with the laid was the
| dropping of a bomb on the roof of a bus in Trafalgar
square and its compelte demolition. Fourteen of the oc
' cupants were killed. While the damage was evidently
| considerable it was small compared to the sensational be
I liefs caused by the apparently unnecessary close censor
I ship.
RUSSIANS REACH CRISIS
j PETROGRAD, Sept. 20.—It is officially admitted
j that three hundred thousand Slavs are retreating in the
Vilna region and that terrific attacks are being made on
both flnaks by the Teutons in the effort to surround them.
It is candidly declared that the situation of our army in
that part of the war theatre is the most critical that has
developed since the beginning of the Austro-Hungarian
campaign that began our retirement from Galicia. It is
claimed that the Teutonic loss is tremendous and that they
have succeded in compelling us to retire only after sacri
fices which are altogether out of proportion to the suc
cess gained by them. We are still more than holding our
own in the southeast but Hindenburg has received power
ful reinforcements in the north.
ALLIES GET SOME LOAN
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—The Allied nations will re
ceive seven hundred thousand dollars of the loan asked
for. The Allies will pay three or four millions in com
mission and the loan will be secured by live per cent gov
ernment bonds at par. The munitions purchase phase is
still unsettled.
James J. Hill has announced that he will oppose the
loan if it is made a condition that munitions of war must
be bought in this country for the money. It is virtually
decided that the loan of about three quarters of a billion
will be issued on five to seven years’ bonds redeemable
at the rate of a hundred millions annually.
EXPECT SERBIAN ATTACK
THE HAGUE, Sept. 20— No mail or newspapers or
direct telegrams have reached Holland from Austria for
a week and it is supposed that the Austrian government
is holding all means of communication closed to hide
movements which are supposed to be a concentration of
troops for the great expected attack on Serbia.
ANOTHER STEAMER AFIRE.
HALIFAX, Sept. 20.—The Greek steamer Athena
took fire two days ago in the Atlantic and was abandoned
by her passengers. The fire’s origin is a mystery but as
she is said to have supplies for some of the allied nations
it is assumed that the fire was due to German sympath
izers. She left New York on Thursday. It was later
stated that one passenger perished while the people were
being taken off.
RUSSIANS ON STRIKE
STOCKHOLM, eSpt. 20.—Stirkes have occurred in
the munitions factories of Russia and several leaders
were arrested yesterday. Most of them have returned
to work and the trouble seems to be about over, according
to the latest dispatches. A few of the leading agitators
who were believed to be in the pay of Germany have been
sent to Siberia but the others are receiving lenient treat
ment
PROFESSOR GEORGESON
ARRIVES IN SEWARD.
Goes to Kodiak to Conduct Work
Connected with His Great
and Good Mission.
Professor C. C. Georgeson, who has
gained note by his great agricultural
work in Alaska, arrived last night on
the Northwestern and will go to
Kodiak on the Dora. He expresses
the certainty that the country around
Seward is one of the finest agricul
tural districts in Alaska. He ex
presses a similar opinion about the
Matanuska where the station is to be
established. As there are no funds
available at present no big work can
be expected this year.
CORWIN ARRIVES AFTER
SOME THRILLING HUNTS.
Famous Vessel Loaded to the Guards
With Hides, Ivory, Oil and
Other Trophies.
The famous ship Corwin, Captain
Dick Healy, landed again in Seward
yesterday morning after a most re
markable hunting trip in the Arctic
ice. The hunting expedition aboard
was in charge of Captain 0. A. An
nevik, for many years in command of
the Arctic expeditions on the Nor
wegian ice breaking steamer Kit. On
the Corwin as a result of the hunt are
1,353 walrus hides, 8,000 pounds of
ivory and 343 barrels of oil. The
total weight of the hides is 430,000
pounds and the average price for
them is five cents a pound. Captain
Annevik calls it the record walrus
cargo for the world. The Corwin was
altogether seventy days in the ice.
The manner of hunting the walrus
was to run right up to the floes and
start shooting. On some floes the
captain has seen every inch covered
with the brutes and one herd en
countered numbered two thousand.
When shooting begins the herd takes
to the water and out of the whole acre
of ice filled with the animals less
than twenty can be expected to be
bagged. The last cake shot up was
about an acre in extent and the wal
rus covered completely every bit of
the ice from view'. Some of the hides
are 500 pounds in weight each. Some
of the ivory is thirty-six inches long
and is worth thirty cents a pound.
The oil is worth $15 a barrel. Cap
tains Healy and Annevik have some
extraordinary photographs. They al
so killed four Polar bears, one of
which attacked the boat and got its
front paws over but the launch kept
up such a speed that the brute had to
quit. Amongst those aboard the
Corwin from Nome w'ere Messrs.
Rogers, Pritchard and Jones. The
Corw'in will be remembered in Seward
as the vessel which turned back to
give aid on the day of our big forest
fire.
SEWARD LADY PASSED
AWAY AUGUST 19.
Mrs. G. M. Kerns, a lady who hacr
been a resident of Seward for the
past sevene years with her husband,
died at Reardan, outside of Spokane,
on August 19, at the home of her
daughter. She left Seward on the
Sixth of August while suffering seri
ous illness and soon Mr. Kerns re
ceived word that her condition was
dangerous. He went outside im
mediately but did not arrive at
Reardan until two days after Mrs.
Kern’s death. He returned last night
on the Northwestern and is deeply af
fected by his bereavement. The
maiden name of Mrs. Kerns was Miss
Keziah Stroud. She was born near
Henderson, Indiana, in 1844 and her
family moved to Missouri in 1866.
She was married to Mr. Kenrs in
1868 an seven children were born.
Two of the son3 died in infancy but
the third son and four daughters sur
vive their mother. In 1900 Mr. and
Mrs. Kerns went to Nome and Mr.
Kerns came to Seward with the first
townsite party, Mrs. Kefns following
two years later. The deceased lady
had a host of friends who sympathize
with Mr. Kerns.
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❖ GOING TO TRY TO ❖
❖ MAKE ALASKA DRY. ❖
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19.—Dr.
Howard Russell, founder of the anti
saloon league, told the conference of
the Methodist church yesterday that
he will use part of the two million
dollar prohibition fund to make Alas
ka and Hawaii dry.
U. S. OFFICERS TOAST KAISER.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—The
United States army officers who re
cently toasted the kaiser of Germany
have been exonerated from the charge
of ir breach of neutrality. Their ex
planation was considered satisfact
ory.
CORWIN MAY COME FOR
SEWARD ANCHORAGE RUN.
Owners of Noted Vessel Contemplat
ing Putting Her on in the
Winter Time.
The owners of the steamer Corwin
have now under contemplation the
plan of placing that vessel on the
run between Seward and Anchorage
during the winter time. 'Owing to
the success which the Corwin has
had in bucking the ice in the Arctic
and Bering sea it is thought she
might possibly be able to make head
way through the ice on the upper
portions of Cook inlet.
SAYS JOHN D.
TO BE JAILED
GENERAL COUNSEL OF l Ni l El)
MINE WORKERS MAKES
A SENSATION.
TRINIDAD, Colo., Sept. 20.- A. M.
Belcher, general counsel of the Unit
ed Mine Workers, announced today
that John D. Rockefeller will In* ar
rested on charges connected with tin*
battle which took place between
strikers and guards at Ludlow.
Rockefeller is expected here soon to
inspect the mines in which he is in
terested and the arrest is looked for
at that time. Belcher declares that the
arrest has been decided upon without
doubt or question.
FISHERS ACQUITTED.
The case aginst Libby, McNeil &
Libby for wasting fish resulted in ac
quittal.
(JOlNt; ON NORTHWESTERN.
Amongst the well known local peo
ple* going on the Northwestern are
Mrs. Sherman Haynes, Mr. and Mr*.
Robert Ashland, Miss Esther M»
Connell, Messrs Hubbart and Lawshe.
BRITISH BOMBARD
BERLIN, Sept. 20—British warships yesterday bom
barded Westende and Middlekerke on the Belgian coast
without result. The shore batteries struck several of the
attacking ships according to the report received here
from the commander in that district.
GEORGE APPEALS TO BRITISH
LONDON, Sept. 20.—In an interview this morning
Lloyd George, Minister of munitions, appeals to the public
to give the government a fair chance to decide whether
or not conscription should be enacted. He reiterates the
opinion that the situation for the country is grave and
that the country must exercise its full strength if it can
hope for victory.
TURK ARMY TWO MILLION
BERLIN, Sept. 20.—In an interview with the cor
respondent of a Berlin newspaper Enver Pasha, the
Turkish minister of war, declares that Turkey has two
million men in the field and that aid is not needed. He is
supposed to mean specially that the question ot Bulgaria s
aid is not all important.
MAYOR OF PARIS SLAIN
THE HAGUE, Sept. 20.—Several citizens of Paris,
including the mayor, were slain last night according to
censored official dispatches arriving here. The means by
which the mayor and the others were killed has not been
told but it is assumed to be by a Zeppelin raid.
GERMANS BOMBARD
ST MENNEHOULD, France, Sept. 20—The Germans
opened a long range bombardment of this city yesterday
and shells were poured in for several hours. The location
of the hostile guns is a mystery but there is no doubt that
they are of the same calibre as the guns that bombard
Dunkirk from a distance of more than twenty miles. The
city hall and other public buildings were damaged.
DUMBA PROTESTS
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Dumba, the Austro-Hungar
ian ambassador, in a lengthy letter to Secretary of State
Lansing protests against the request for his recall and
declares that the ministers of the allied nations, but not
himself, had always been given the uncensored use of
the cables from this country. He concludes with the
statement that he has violated no law and that he has
only done his duty.
SUBMARINE MEN CONFER
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 20.—The absence of news about
the sinking of ships by German sumbarines was explain
ed today when it was learned that all the commanders of
submarines had been ordered to Berlin to take part in a
conference and to receive instructions as to their course
for the future. The submarines in the meantime have
been docked.