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DOVER, BUCHAREST AND WESTERN
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SEAPLANE RAIDS DOVER
LONDON, Sept. 22.—A German seaplane raided
Dover last night and dropped bombs but the authoiities
sav no damage was indicted.
SEAPLANES SINK SUBMARINE
BERLIN. Sq>t. 22. — Austrian seaplanes yesterday
bombarded the French submarine loucas in the Adiiatic
and sank it. The crew were taken prisoners. 'Phis is the
first time in all history that an air emit defeated a sub
marine.
RAID GERMAN AERODROME
LONDON, Sept. 23. — The British raided a German
aerodrome in western Belgium yesterday and inflicted
heavy damage, it is officially reported.
( ALLS FOR REVOLUTION
ATHENS, Sept. 23. — Metus, the representative of
Janina, lias issued a proclaim*t'die people of Epirus
calling on them to rise and join the revolutionists of balon
iki to force the government at Athens to declare war for
the Entente alliance. This capital still remains apparent
ly quiet but feeling under the surface is at the boiling
point.
STOP DOBRFDJA RETREAT
BUCHAREST, Sept. 23.—The Germans and Bulgar
ians have halted in their retreat in Dobrudja and are now
fortifying themselves on a line that was evidently chosen
previously. The war department says that the attack
will be maintained but it admits that the enemy with
the force at its command in the province might be able to
fortifv the full line from the Danube to the Black sea.
BOMBARD BUCHAREST
BUCHAREST, Sept. 23.—Hostile airships bombarded
this city last night, killed seven people and it is admitted
that the damage inflicted was considerable. The military
advantage, however, was nil.
GERMANS REPULSE RUSSIANS
BERLIN, Sept. 23.—The Germans yesterday easily
repulsed weak Russian attacks at Lutsk and took a thou
sand prisoners. The Slav otfensive appears to have run its
course and has slackened almost to nothing, either because
of lack of ammunition or because of the hopelessness of
gaining further.
AUSTRIANS ATTACK G0R1ZIA, NOW
ROME, Sept. 23.—Persistent bad weather is impeding
the Italian operations on the Austrian front and no en
gagements of an important nature have occurred recently.
The Austrians are now bombarding Gorizia, the city
which we took from them some time ago but our position
there is safe.
BRITISH MAKE ADVANCE
LONDON- Sept. 23.—The British last night made an
advance along the highway near Bapaume but the fight
ing has slackened. The Germans made some demonstra
tions but the accounts coming from Haig today rather in
dicate that the night was not very strenuous.
GREECE SPLIT UP
LONDON, Sept. 23. — The Athens correspondent of
the Daily Mail wires his paper today that Greece is now
a kingdom only in name. Athens alone seems to be still
pai* of the monarchy. All Peloponnesius has appar
ently seueded and other places also. The capital is plac
arded with demands that the king draw the sword or ab
dicate. Arms are stored in hundreds of houses and strong
forces of troops guard Constantine. The king is said to
fear the call of a separate government at any moment by
Venizelos and his forced exile.
It is generally believed, the Mail correspondent says,
that if a new government is called into being the present
government would make no attempt to oppose it. The
armored cruiser Av;eroff has joined the revolution at
Saloniki which is no;w spreading rapidly to the adjoining
country. }
Grigsby Talks To
Anchorage Crowds
Correspondent Says He and Sulzer
Will Carry New Camp.
ANCHORAC.K, Sept. 2;’..—The
Democratic rally last night was an
immense success wnen (Teorge («rigs
by addressed twelve hundred people
in Union hall. He unloaded broad
sides of argument ami ridicule on
Wickersham and backed them with
recorded proofs. He thoroughly’dis
posed of Cobb and Schofield and made
startling disclosures from the Con
gressional Record that demonstrated
Wickersham’s insincerity and unfitness
for office. Neither did the speaker
spare the Anchorage Times and 4lHh ,
Star whose objects he showed up,
completely. He was warmly applaud- j
ed during the speech and after the
meeting hundreds pressed forward to
secure a Sulzer button. Sulzer, ami
rigsby also, will carry Anchorage
overwhelmingly.
BLACKLIST UP AGAIN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—President Wilson yester
day called in Ambassador Page, the United States repre
sentative at the court of St. James who is now in this
country, to confer with him regarding the rumored Brit-,
ish censorship of blacklisting. Lansing denies that the
advisers of President Wilson are disputing the legality of
the retaliatory legislation passed by congress but Lansing
says his own opinions are not yet shaped. There is a gen
eral feeling that the pro-ally influences in the cabinet and
outside are trying to l>eat congress after getting its back
turned.
WILSON WARNS BRITAIN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—In conference with Am
bassador Page, it is now known, President Wilson has told
him to inform the British government that he will not tol
erate continued British interference with American trade
and commerce. This fact is taken by \\ ashington to
mean that the effort to declare illegal the retaliatory legis
lation passed at the close of the session has fallen down
and that this government is determined to retaliate
against the British blacklist and against other British
naval actions.
SAYS CONSTANZA SAFE
LONDON, Sept. 23.—General Averescu, former min
ister of war of Roumania, says the German attempt to
capture Constanza has been foiled and that the Rouman
ians and their allies, the Russians- are now in a position to
stop any further Teuton advance in Dobrudja. He also
declared that Bulgaria has already found it to be unprofit
able to break its word.
GREEK CITY CHANGES GOVERNMENT
LONDON, Sept. 23.—The city of Kozhani southeast
of Monastir has removed its Greek civil government and
has placed the military heads in charge. The whole
population of the town and neighborhood are rising for
the Entente.
LONDON, Sept. 23.—Prince George became a naval
cadet today.
BANK TO GUARD COMMERCE
LONDON, Sept. 23.—A committee formed of power
ful financial interests and headed by Baron Faringdon
recommends to the government the establishment of a
bank with a capital of fifty millions to guard the foreign
i commerce of Great Britain.
KELVINIA WAS MINED
WASHINGTON- Sept. 23.—The investigation into the
sinking of the ship Kelvinia has been stopped as Great
Britain has become convinced that the ship was mined and
not submarined. . _
INDICTED FOR ACT
ALLEGED IN SI WARD
Anchorage Slayer Also Indicted Bur
Woman i» Acquitted.
VALDEZ, Sept. 23.—Adolph C.us- j
tafson, who is charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses at Sew
ard, was indicted by the grand jury
today. Akasotr was also indicted for
killing another Russian at Anchor
age. Other true bills were brought
in against Emil Anderson for assault
with a dangerous weapon at Nusha
gak, and against Simeon Veraskin, of
Izenoach bay, foi manslaughter. .Vs
sie Koto)T who was accused of infanti
cide at Kodiak was acquitted. The
Libby case is still proceeding.
(Adolph Gustafson against whom a
'true bill was brought in is believed to
be the man who received grubstake
money from Seward people on the
representation that he had a rich
quartz mine on% Kodiak is!/id.
Amongst those who are said to have
given Gustafson money are Architect
Kingsley and a Mr. Saussure who
worked in a bank here. Kingsle> is a
member of the grand jury.)
KDES ON NORTHWESTERN
Chairman W. C. Edes of the En
gineering Commission is aboard the
Northwestern on the way to Seward.
MEXICAN BANDITS CAPTURE A
CAPITAL CITY OF A STATE
Wick Groggy Says
A Juneau Message
Delegate Opens Campaign Hut First
|)i\isiou is For Sulzer.
JUNFAU, Sept. 22. — Delegate
Wickersham here last night addressed
a meeting which was largely attended
hut at which there was no enthusiasm.
The applause when it came at all was
scattering and hardly came from ten
per cent of the audience. “Wicker
sham was groggy and is going fast.”
After the meeting it was generally
conceded that the speech was a mass
of self-glorification and that the dele
gate failed to meet a single point
made against him. In effect Mr. Wick
ersham repudiated John Rustgard.
formerly district attorney here, when
he declared that Kmery Valentine is
not his manager. Rustgard has been
Wickersham’s strongest supporter
here and a breach is now expected.
The Wickersham people admit in con
versation now that the First division
is against them by a large majority.
BODY IS GUARDED BY HIS DOG
* VALDEZ.—A telegram received
last evening from Nels Jepsen and
Wm. Sitts, at the marshal’s olfiee
states that they found an old-time
prospector on Ernestine creek, about
one ami one-half miles from its
l mouth.
Marshal Brenneman immediately
wired for further particulars, and to
day received a reply stating that the
body of Reynolds had been found un
der a windfall, and was guarded by
his dog, who would not permit them
to make a close examination of tlu
body, but from the superficial exam
ination made there was no indication
of foul play, but the cause of death
could not be ascertained.—Prospector.
HUGHES GOES HOARSE
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 2:1.—
Hughes is now suffering from hoarse
ness almost to the point of speech
lessness. He addressed great crowds
hne last night.
Brown Bear Attacks
Man Near Seward
Max Teague who has just returned
from a hunting trip to Seward had a
narrow escape on the 10th of this
month when he was attacked by a
brown bear at King County creek and
when he only saved his life by shoot
ing the brute. Teague and Bill De
witt were at Bill Kaiser’s cabin on
that date when the former going out
side the tent saw a female brown bear j
with three cubs. The mother bear at
once started for Teague and he tried
to climb on to the roof of the cabin
but, like a kid in a nightmare, the
more he tried the less he climbed.
Finally, in some way which is not
quite clear, he got a gun to work and
killed her. It is said that Bill Dewitt
tried to fire first but his gun was no*,
loaded and the bear had come very
.
close when she met her Waterloo.
The skin was brought to town but Mr.
Teague and Mr. Dewitt found \t neces
sary to make affidavits to prove that
the bear had attacked before being
killed, as this is the close serison mr
the brown variety.
EVANS DUE « P. M.
The Admiral Evans is due at 6
o'clock this evening.
BANDITS CAPTURE CAPITAL
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. 23.—'Torres bandits
captured Victoria, the capital of Tamaulpas, yesterday,
according to advices received here. It is stated that the
bandits were uniformed and this is taken as indicating
that they are part of the forces giving allegiance to Villa.
POSTPON E ( ON PERENCE
NEW LONDON, Sept. 23 — The conference between
the American and Mexican commissioners has been post
•poned until the official report of \ ilia's attack on
Chihuahua arrives next Monday.
ALL N. Y. CITY MAY
BE TIED UP SODN
NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—After a three hours debate
this evening eighty representatives ot the dillerent unions
and many national union officers called a general strike in
this city. It was announced after the meeting that the
vote was unanimous and Wednesday was named as the
day for the suspension of work. It includes all trades.
TO BOYCOTT CARS
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—Secretary Bohm made a pub
lic statement today in which he declared that self-respect
ing unionists should not and can not ride on cars run by
strikebreakers. Where they are under contract to their
employers, he says, and suppose themselves bound to reach
die places of work they should provide other means of
transportation or otherwise remain at home. Shouts re
mains firm and declares that there is practically no strike.
He even says'that the cars are carrying now more people
than they did last year in the corresponding period, lie
says traffic on the surface lines is about normal and the
cars are not molested as they are guarded heavily by the
police. A special legislative session is urged to take up
the question. In the meantime the railroad executives’
committee is probing the Adamson bill and its members
declare they are doing so to guard their stockholders,
which they believe to be their first duty.
SHONTS CRITICIZED
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—Shunts is being severely crit
icized for the bitterness being displayed by him on all
questions relating to the strike. He appealed to District
Attorney Swann to have the grand jury indict the leaders
of ifie strikers for conspiracy but Swann says that the
very action of Shouts himself would have invalidated an\
such action by the grand jury. Many unions are balloting
this afternoon whether to walk out or not._
food Situation Is
Now Very Serious
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—*The master J
bakers are now distributing petitions |
that ask the President to call a speci-,
al session of congress for the purpose j
of placing an embargo on the export- j
ation of foodstuffs. The represc ata- j
tives of the petitioners declare this
step not to be at all unwarranted as
the conditions threatening for the
winter are really serious. They be
lieve that the United States itself will
require all its own foodstuffs or the
greater part of them and that some
supplies are now being shipped out 01
the country at a less price than
Americans will be required to pay for
them this winter.
TRAIN TOMORROW
_
The train will leave at 7 o’clock to
morrow morning. No train left this
morning.
The Admiral Evans has lfi.r> tons of
freight for Seward.
Man found Dead In
A Shushanna Shaft
VALDEZ, Sept. 23.—A letter just
received here from Shushanna says
that Oscar Erickson, of Johnson
creek, has been found dead in a Aaft
after having been missing for twenty
days.* The shaft was on his own prop
erty and it is assumed that he had
gone down to work there when he \\as
overcome by gas. He had evidently
been dead for several days.
SON FOR MRS. \VM. ELLIS
A baby boy was born last evening
to Mrs. William Ellis at her residence.
Dr. Sloan who was in attendance says
the mother and baby are perfectly
well and that the child weighed over
ten pounds at birth, The proud father
went one better and said his son
weighed twelve and a half pounds—in
his clothes.
Miss Bobby White has taken u vaca
tion and Mrs. Scott has taken her
place temprorarily with the Engineer
! ing force.