Vol. 8. No. 300 Member Associated Press
SEIZURE UNITED STATES CARGOES JiRINGS DANGER
MEXICAN CHILES EO
HOLD CONVENTION
EIGHT ABOUT
THE RECESS
It KIT BLIC VN SENATORS OBJECT
TO RECESS ANI> WANT
ADJOURNMENT
Washington, Oct.I—The republican
senators are opposing the plan of >he
democrats to declare a recess on Oct
ober 10 until November 16 and they
insist on an adjournment instead. Some!
of the democrats also favor an a ljour
ment and this makes an agreement
seemingly more difficult. Nothing has ^
been done to reach a settlement of the
difficulty and the fight will probaly be
on for some time. The intention was to |
put back some of the bills until the |
middle of November but as these bills
are not supported by the republicans
they want to call off work altogether.
TWO HEAVYWEIGHTS
EXPECTED TO COME
Among those who may come on the
next boat to Seward are Delegate
Wickersham and Colonel Richardson
of the Alaska Road commission. The
colonel is expected by some friends
and as Judge Wickersham intends to
come here before going to the inter . *
he must come now or never. The del
egate will go to Fairbanks for the
campaign but will not go to Nome.
Only a month even is now left for
him to forward his candidacy.
MANY GOING TO BROAD PASS
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KNIK, Sept. 29.—Many of the men
now returning from the Willow Creek
mines will spend the winter in Knik,
instead of going outside as usual.
Most of them will leave for Broad
Pass about February, as reports are
all favorable from that country.
NEW CO CRT OFFICIALS
L. E. Davis and E. O. Sawyer have
been appointee! Dailiffs for the Sew
ard term of court and W. E. Root has
been appointed court crier.
TAKES MONEY
OUT OE BANKS
GOT FUNDS TO HELP MOVE
CROPS AND HUNG
ON TO THEM
Washington, Oct. 1—Secretary of
t\e Treasury McAdoo has decided to
withdraw the government funds from
the banks because they refused to use
t!.;‘m for the moving of the crops and
in this action he has been endorsed by
r esident Wilson. The banks sought
the money themselves and their re
el osts were granted but an examin
ai on has revealed the fact that in
stead of using the money for the pur
pose for which it was given to them
th*'y kept it in the vaults.
L. S. ROBE THINKS
COUNTRY IS IMMENSE
I* S. Robe, the prominent engineer
of Fairbanks and other parts of the
interior, came over from Knik this
morning on the Watson and expresses
himself as very much improved with
the outlook of the whole neighboring
country as a mineralized region. He
:»i go outside to his family for a
'lonths and will rttum to take up
ork in the quarts field.
Aguas Calientes, Oct. 1—The Villa
and Carranza peace commissioners
have agreed to suspend all movements
of troops immediatly and to call the
greatest possible number of the con
stitutionalist chiefs together to meet
here October the Fifth to prepare for
a gre.it convention which will be hold
on the Tenth of the same month for
the purpose of arranging some means
by which the present difficulties can
be overcome and peace assured.
Washington, Oct. 1—President Wil
son \ihen informed of the decision
come to by the Mexican peace com
missioners wished them good luck and
ex prosed the hope that the convent
ion will end in the peaceful . eltlement
of the differences
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ALASK A COAL LEASING
BILL SOON READY
President Expects it will be Law
Before Congress
Adjourn
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—In answer
to a query President Wilson stated
today that he expects the Alaska coal
Leasing bill will be law before con
grt ss adjourns. It is now in the con- j
ference stage but is expected to be j
completely made ready in a few days.
BIRDS EYE VIEW OF SEWARD AND RESURRECTION BAY.
BROWN AND HAWKINS
TO OPEN AT KNIK
The First named member of the Firm
Says that the Country Over There
is Exceedingly Good
*The big mercantile firm of Brown
and Hawkins of Seward has decided |
to establish a branch house at Knik j
and the work of establishment will be
i
begun on the arrival of the Evans. Mr.
Brown returned this morning with a j
most favorable report of conditions j
in that section. All the mines look j
fine as well as the town itself. Can
non's roadhouse and the Knik Trading ;
company’ hav© install©*! new and bril- ‘
liant lignts to keep up with the ad
vance and George Palmer is doing a
fine business. The Martin, Indepen- j
dence and the other mines are doing!
splendidly and most pleasant reports
are coming from Broad Pass.
GRASS GROWING AGAIN
ON KODIAK ISLAND
Volcanic Ash Makes Fine Fertilizer
and Stock is Getting Along
Fine
That the grass is growing fine
again on Kodiak Islam! and that tho
stock on the island is finding plenty
of feed and is flourshing is the state
ment of Carl Armstrong who arrived
this morning. When the great erup
tion of two years ago occurred the
whole surface was covered with the
volcanic ash but the rains have now
pressed the ash down and caused it
to act so well as a fertilizer that the
grass is sprouting up through it
luxuriantly. Mrs. Armstrong is Im
proving in health and is row in Kan-1
sas City.
H. Nettleton for Cordova, It. E.
Clark for Valdez and J. Davis for
Ketchikan left on the Watson.
INDIANS DIE OF
UNKNOWN EPIDEMIC
Tree Men come from Prospecting
Tour Around Lake Clark
Country
That the natives in the Lake Clark
and lliamna village have been suf
fering from a dangerous epidemic and
that several of them have died is the
information brought by F. E. Bean
who, with C. H. Hendricks and Nelson
Gordon, arrived this morning after
a summer’s prospecting in those dis
tricts. Mr Bean says that some kind
of a discovery was made on the
Mulchatna about a year ago and that j
Walker and Dutton had a drill work
ing there this summer and found
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looks promising to Mr. Bean and he
says that some copper properties have
also been staked and are held in
there. Eighteen people took the Wat
son at lliamna bay.
SIEGE OF ANTWERP PROCEEDS
WITH HORRIBLE SLAUGHTER
VILLAGERS FLEE TO ANTWERP
ANTWERP, Oct. 2—The villagers who live between
the circle of outer forts and the inner circle are now flee
ing into this city to escape the fire from the German guns
and because they fear an assault in force. There is no
panic, however, Belgian volunteers are now blowing up
the railroad lines behind the German lines and even in
side them. Most of these volunteers are meeting death
and their act is one of the most noble heroism
The Germans suffered terribly under the well direct
ed machinegun fire of the Belgian gunners at Forts
Wavere and St. Catherine. Around these two forts alone
the German dead may be counted by thousands. At sev
eral points German corpses lie in heaps and while the as
saults lasted whole companies of them were exterminated.
It is the siege of Liege all over again only on a much larg
er scale.
GERMAN RETREAT BELIEVED CERTAIN
LONDON, Oct. 2.— (1:15 p. m.)—All signs point to
an early return of the Germans northward. Even the
newspapers of Berlin hint that such a move may be look
ed for very soon. It is not expected that the enemy will
retreat in any kind of disorder but that he must fall back
on his next line of defense. Fierce battling around the
heights of Roye and to the northeast of Noyon has ended
in favor of the French and the left wing of the allies is
now distant from the Belgian frontier only thirty miles.
It is also certain that Antwerp is capable of a long de
fense and as long as it holds out the Germans will be com
pelled to keep a large force engaged in the siege. The
machine like manner in which the Grmans are conducting
the battle secures them from any danger of a real rout
but the day is supposed to be close when they will begin
to fall back from one point to another as they fell back on
the Aisne.
REPORT GERMANS QUITTING
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 2—The early withdrawal of the
German troops from Brussels is anticipated. The wound
ed German soldiers are being removed from that city and
sent back to Germany. German official documents are
also being packed up and everthing points to an early
evacuation. It is also reported that the German general
staff has left Luxemburg in eighty cars for Mainz.
U. S. NEARLY INVOLVED
LONDON, Oct. 2.—The danger that the United
States might have become involved in war against Great
Britain because of the seizure of American goods by Brit
ish warships was believed to be great here by some people
but the difficulties are now becoming gradually settled
and a promise given by Holland that none of the goods
shipped to that country from the United States will be
forwarded to any hostile country has pretty nearly re
moved the danger entirely. Holland gave those assur
ances today. It means that Holland will prevent even the
exportation of food stuffs from Holland to Germany or
any other warring country. It is now known that British
warships seized food cargoes including cargoes of wheat
and flower shipped from the United States and the mat
ter had assumed a very serious aspect. Negotiations re
garding the shipment of copper between the United states
and Europe are now proceeding between the governments
of Britain and the United States. In the meantime Eng
land is seizing all copper cargoes from the United States
to Holland.
HINDENBURG TO DEFEND CRACOW
VfENNA, Oct. 2.—General Hindenburg, the German
commander in East Prussia, has been appointed to com
mand the forces defending Cracow against the Russians.
Hindenburg is the general who commanded the Germans
at the battle of Allenstein when the Russians were de
feated and 70,000 of them made prisoners by the German
army. At that time the Kaiser wired Hindenbui’g his
cordial thanks and said his name would be glorious for au
time. Because of his brilliant success against the Germans
the governments of Austria and Germany have agreed
that he is the ablest man they could find to face the enemy
in the great decisive battle which is sure to come very
shortly and which will undoubtedly have a tremendous
effect on the outcome of the whole war
BRITISH TO LAY MINES
LONDON, Oct. 2.—The government has decided to
lay mines in certain areas as a counter stroke against the
laying of mines by the Germans. The British government
signed the Hague agreement not to lay mines during war
but the Germans were not bound by any such agreement
and this government does not consider itself called upon
I to leave itself at such a disadvantage.
VANCOUVER HINDUS
RAISE CAIN IN INDIA
CALCUTTA. Oct. 2.—The boat
load of Sikhs who were refused ad
mission to Vancouver, British Colum
bia, last summer created a bloody
riot after landing in lud'a yesterday
and the resn't uas ;ha: orie European
policeman, Punjab police inn and six
teen of the Sikln were killed. Hie
riot came w'uin the au*.ho.iti's at
tempted to force -he Sikh^ into a
train for the Punjab. They ••ofu.-el
to go and had evidently been driven
to a state of despeiation by the man
ner in which they had been treated in
British Columbia and in their home
country. Some of them had retained
the weapons which they had secured
while off the Canadian coast in the
Japanese ship and they used them
with the energy of demons. The
policemen were forced to fire on them
to save their own lives and the riot
became a bloody battle until eighteen
men were killed and twice as many
; more wounded before peace was en
j forced.
fcltW BIDYWN
CALLED HERE
— I
SEVERAL WELL KNOWN CITI
ZENS APPEAR ON THE
LIST
A new grand jury venire was cal
led by the court today to fill the
places made vacant by those who were
excused. A petit jury has also been
called to appear tomorrow morning.
The following were summoned to ap
pear at 2 o’clock this afternoon as
members of the grand jury;- h rank
L. Ballaine, H. J. Vaughn, C. C. Har
mon, H. E. Rudolph, Frank Nickerson,
Joseph Hoffman, Harry Whittemore,
E. F. Bell, J. H. Brownlow, Chas. Mel
bourne, E. E. Chamberlain Paul Buck
ley, August Peterson, J. T. Harvey,
T. W. Sterrett and James Kyle.
DORA KEEN EXPLORES GLACIER
VALDEZ, Oct. 2.—Dora Keen has
returned from a successful explora
tion of the glaciers on Prince William
Sound.
WILSON WILL
NOT CAMPAIGN
WILL REMAIN AT WASHINGTON
INSTEAD OF TAKING
THE STUMP
Washington, Oct. 1—President Wil
son re-iterated today his intention of
not taking an active part in the cam
paign in New York state or anywhere
else during the coming elections. He
declares that he has too much busin
ess to attend to at Washington and
that even if he felt inclined to enter
actively into the campaign he would
hardly feel himself free to do so. 'ihe
fight in the Empire state promises to
be a hotly contested one although the
democrats affect to believe that (ilynn
will have no difficulty in defeating
Whitman.
IIA I’Ll NG M AC HI \ ER Y
Fine Work done by Road Superinten
dant Around and over
Grouse Lake
A good road around Grouse Lake
and two substantial bridges two hun
dred feet long at the same place have
just been completed by Superinten
dant Anton Hide of the Road Commis
sion. This will connect the Seward
Bear Lake wagon road with the sled
road leading to Snow river. This road
has heretofore led over Grouse Lake
' but owing to the iate freezing * nd
j the treacherous ice on that piece of
: water it has been uncertain and un
safe, and the completion of this last
piece of work is of great importance
and benefit for both summer and win
ter travel. A force of men arc now
( occupied in widening out the road and
i cleaning it to Mile 12 and it is con
templated to put the entire road as
! far as the Snow River bridge in good
shape before freeze-up in anticipa
tion of the hauling of a great deal of
heavy mining machinery’ this coming
' winter. _ _
INDIAN ARMY IN FRANCE.
Paris, Oct. 2—The British Indian army has landed at
Marseilles and may now be on the firing line but its move
ments are kept strictly secret. It is described as a splendid
body of men fully equipped for battle but its numbers and
other facts relating to it are something which the censor
forbids mentioning. All the troops composing it are said to
be enthusiastically loyal to the British crown. It was hint
ed in some quarters that the Germans have been working
secretly to draw the dark troops as well as all Indians
from their allegiance to Britain and in some quarters it
has been stated that India now is in a state of rebellion but
the British government denies that there is anything to be
feared in this respect.
ITALIANS WANT TO FIGHT
ROME, Oct. 2.—An increasing popular demand is
being made by the people of Italy to enter the war on the
side of the allies and to open the attack particularly on
Austria. In some official quarters the opinion is said to
be strong that this country cannot keep out of the con
flict and that a very few days will bring about the fateful
event.
ENGLISH MILLS MUST CLOSE
LONDON, Oct. 2.—All the cotton mills throughout
the whole country will probably have to close before
Christmas, on account of the war. Thousands of people
are already lying idle and much misery is sure to result
during the winter. It is likely, however, that steps will be
taken by the government to relieve the distress to some
extent