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REPULSE FIERCE GERMAN ATTACK
PARIS, Sept. 21—The Germans launched powerful
assaults last night in the neighborhood of Lapriez and
Bouchavesnes but were beaten back alter a battle that
lasted manv hours over a three miles front. During the
fight the enemy gained a tentporary foothold in part of
Bouchavesnes but were dislodged by bayonet attacks.
Tiie Germans also delivered a separate and determined
attack on Hill 7b but there also they were repulsed. The
Teutons have now apparently decided to try to take file
initiative.
HEAVY RAIN STOPS WORK
LONDON. Sept. 21.—Owing to the heavy rains on the
western battle front there has been little fighting for the
British and conditions are unchanged, lhe German ar
tillery is active south of Ancrc and the British last night
captured two hundred yards of trenches south of Arras
and took a hundred prisoners. This is all the activity of
ficially spoken of in the announcements this morning.
GERMANS WASTING GUNS
LON DON, Sept. 21—In the recent lighting our troops
got possession of some papers w hich included a document
from Ealkenhayn, formerly chief of stall, in which he stat
ed that the wastage of guns and ammunition by the Ger
mans in the last few months exceeded the production, and
in which he declared it to be the duty of all ranks to con
serve the supplies as otherwise it would be impossible to
replace them.
RUSSIANS REPULSED •
BERLIN, Sept. 21. — Vienna reports that the Rus
sians have been repulsed at Lutsk and in the Lemberg re
gion but slight successes by the Russians in the Carpath
ians are conceded. It is also announced here that the
Roumanians and Russians have received strong reinforce
ments in Dobrudja and are stubbornly resisting the Bul
garian advance.
FIGHTING IN CAUCASUS
PETROGRAD, Sept. 21. — It is officially announced
that the reported success of the Turks against our troops
in western Caucasus is unimportant.
AUSTRIANS RETAKE PASS
VIENNA, Sept. 21. — It is officially announced that
we have captured Petroseny Hzurdk pass.
ROUMANIANS CLAIM VICTORY
BUCHAREST, Sept. 21.—The Roumanian army has
defeated the Germans and Bulgarians at Enigea in Dobru
dja. The victory had been practically won on the previous
day but the enemy continued the fighting after retire
ment.
BULGARS DEFEAT ITALIANS
SOFIA, Sept. 21. — The Bulgarians have retired the
Italians in Macedonia and have occupied four villages.
The lighting was severe and the losses on both sides were
heavy. A great battle is now proceeding hear Constanza
on the Danube and the reports here show that our army is
winning. It has been proceeding at its heaviest for the
past thirty-six hours but we are gradually gaining the
strategic psitions of the enemy one by one and Sofia is
looking for a decisive victory.
ITALY ADMITS DEFEAT
ROME. Sept. 21.—The war office admits that the Bul
garians have forced the retirement of our troops north
east of Saloniki.
MONASTIR THREATENED
ATHENS, Sept. 21.—The Bulgarians have evacuated
Yiglittsa south of Monastic but are preparing to make a
stand at Cerna. The Greek military authorities believe
the failure to hold Yiglittsa makes the evacuation of Mon
astic almost certain. The Serbians are almost entirely
alone in lighting the Bulgarians in that quarter and are
showing ail their old lire.
AIR RAID ON STRUMNA
LONDON, Sept. 21.—British ariships made raid?yes
terday on Drama on the Strumna front and are believed
to have inflicted much damage on the Bulgarian depots
at that place. All the aeroplanes returned safely.
D. M. Brogan—Old
Time Alaskan Dead
D. M. Brogan, a well known old tim
er in Alaska, died at Portland, Ore.,
, on the 6th of the present month, He
had been ailing for some time. Hei
was particularly well known at Nome
where he built a big mining ditch and
was engaged in large mining opera
i tions. Of recent years he was engag
ed in irrigation projects in southeast
ern Oregon where a town founded by
him was called after him. He was al
so at one time connected with the
Northern hotel, Seattle, and was as
sociated with Major French, who is
well known here, in some Alaska pro
jects.
CITY HAS NOPLACE
TO Bl BY THE BODIES
As the cemetery site has not yet
been acquired by the city no arrange-1
ments can be made for the burial ot |
the two bodies lying in the lire depart-j
ment. Some hitch has taken placcf it •
the deal for the plot on the Johnston
ranch and the council is now thinking
of asking Andrew Christensen for a |
government plot. One wag made the
break today that if the bodies are
left lying under the council chamber
very long the municipal governing
bodv will have to either hurry with
that cemetery or adjourn t»ine die or
die.
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MESSAGE FOR A. J. RARER
A cable message is lying at the
cable office for A. J. Haber whom Op
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erator in Charge Murphy is looking;
for.
J. J. FINNEGAN RCYS
SCHOOL BLDG. AND LOT j
Judge J. J. Finnegan purchased the
old school building and lot last night
from the city for $1,000. The only
bid offered for the property was $400
for the building. No offer was made
for both until Mr. Finnegan’s.
Mob Lynches White
Slayer in Kansas
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OLATHE, Kansas, Sept. 21.—Fifty
armed men stormed the jail here last
night at midnight and lynched Bert
Dudley who had been convicted of the |
brutal murder of Henry Muller and
his wife. The leader of the mob
warned the sheriff that it was better
to surrender the prisoner quietly as
the crowd was prepared to take him
anyway. Sheriff Carroll saw nc hope
and gave in.
BLACKMAILERS TO BE
TRIED ON ONE CHARGE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. — Chief
Belaski has decided to concentrate the
prosecution of the blackmailers on one
charge, that of robbing Mrs. Reg;na
Klipper. By securing a verdict in
this case, he says, the blackmailers
can be given a severe sentence while
it will obviate the necessity of expos
ing other victims of the gang. The
trials will take place in the New York
federal courts. The police now believe
they have rounded up the chief mem
pers of the gang.
LOW FUNERAL FINE
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—'The funer
al of Seth Low yesterday was attend
ed by scores of men who are promin
ent nationally.
ALAMEDA COMING
SEATTLE, Sept. 21.—The Alameda
sailed this morning with the follow ing
passengers for Seward: J. Gairney,
Mary McDonnell and J. McDonnell.
LADIES THANK COUNCIL
The Seward Woman’s C*ub thanks
the city council for their generous gift
of a piano to the schools.
EVANS FROM JUNEAU
The Admiral Evans sailed west
from Juneau at noon yesterday.
TURKS CLAIM VICTORIES
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept*. 21. — It is officially an
nounced today that our army has defeated the Russians in
Persia and that our army in Mesopotamia has defeated
the British. The defeat of the Russians was very severe
and they lost eight thousand men. This engagement took ,
place at Hamadan which is an important city almost half
way across Persia from the 1 urkish border to 1 ehei an,
the Persian capital.
ITALIANS CONSOLIDATING
ROME’ Sept. 21.—The Italians are now consolidating
at Carso in preparation for a renewal of the offensive.
BRITISH ADVANCE
LONDON, Sept. 21. — It was announced this after
noon that the British have made an advance at Ancre de
spite strong resistance.
JACKALS BEAT VULTURES
LONDON, Sept. 21.—The most gruesome news com
ing from the war is published today. It is to the effect
that jackals and hyenas and vultures in hordes are eating
the bodies left on the battlefield near Ostrovo and that the
advancing Serbs find only skeletons left of the dead Bul
garians. It is even stated on the best authority that alter
a recent battle a fight took place on the battlefield between
the jackals and hvenas on one side and the vultures on the
•other and that the four footed beasts drove off the my
riads of rarrion birds. Ostrove is in the north of Greece.
RUSSIANS MAKE GAINS
PETROGRAD, Sept. 21.—This afternoon's announce
ment by the war office says that our forces have captured
a thousand Germans at Sviniuchi and have taken a posi
tion east of Pauthermt.
Body of C. Lodje
Comes To Surface
Four weeks ago tonight Carl Lodje
fell from the dock to his death and
this morning the body came to the
surface and was seen and picked up
on the very spot where it must have
disappeared beneath the surface of
the water. Just before eight o’clock j
this morning Tom Hausen and C. j
Johnson saw the body drifting be- j
tween the piles of the dock and im- (
mediately secured a boat and rowed ,
out. Towing it with a rope they j
brought it to the beach where with
the help of Chief of Police Hebert
(iuest it was brought ashore. tIu* an- j
pearance^of the remains was simply
frightful—too frightful even to be
spoken of. When a search was made
in the presence of Coroner Woolley,
Deputy Marshal Evans and the thief
of police the sum of $102.50 was found
in a shirt pocket. His watch was al
so in place and these facts indicated
that any doubt about the death be
ing accidental had little foundation.
Owing to the horribly decomposed
rendition of the head it is doubtful if
an examination, anyhow, could prove
violence unless the skull had (Veen
broken, and that the skull was not
broken is made certain by the fact
that he cried out when he fell from
the doik. The body was taken t> the
eiiy hall to await the inquest at 2
p. m.
After Dr. Sloan had examined the
body and given evidence ^nd after the
jury viewed the remains the verdict
of accidentally drowned was brought
in. Ihe jury was composed of Prank
C. nnelly, Tom Towle, George Phelps,
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George Madsen, Charley Stromm and
(lus Arentsen.
THIRD SALE OF
LOTS GOES ON
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SALES
WANTS T OSELL NO LOTS
FOR SPECULATION.
The third sale of lots by the land
department took place this afternoon
in the south ground lloor room ot the
railroad building. Superintendent of
Sales Christensen told those present
before the sales that the intention
was to sell lots as cheaply as possi
ble to those who wanted home sites
and not to those who wanted them for
speculation. When the people present
were bidding for others they were
asked to give the names of those tor
whom they were bidding and when the
request for a lot was seen to be a
bona fide request for a site on which
to build there was no bidJfng really
and the lot was knocked down.
Following are the lots sold this af
ternoon:
Nels Gordon, $25; Henry Rasmus
sen, $25; Andrew A. McDonnell, $25;
Maudie Madison, $25; Margaret Brad
shaw, $25; Andrew F. Rasmussen,
$25; James McConnell, $25; Fergus S.
Crough, $25; Chas. Janeiki, $25; Geo.
Stanley, $25; Arthur Meloch, $25;
Jerome Hachy, $25; Martin Earning,
$25; Rubin L. Diener, $25; H. H. Hil
dreth, $25; Chas. S. Guy, $25; Hei.ry
Stevens, $25; John A. Johnson, $25;
John Vincent, $100; John Vincent,
$150; John R. Drykorn, $.‘100 G. R.
Manthey, $25; Guy E. McConnell,*525;
Emmett McConnell, $25; Henry C.
Ward, $25; Sisters of St. Joseph,
$125; Sisters of St. Joseph, $100.
COST OF LIVING TO
INCREASE THIS WINTER
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CHICAGO, Sept. 21.—Fowl, cloth
ing and tobacco are now advancing in
price at a frightful rate and all
authorities are now convinced that the
cost of living will reach a high mark
this coming winter all over the coun
try.
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
PICKETSIN NEW YORK
NKW YORK, Sept. 21.—Ten thou
sand women are now pieketting for
the strikers all over the city and most
remarkable scenes are to he witness
ed in every street. Hundreds of
strikers attacked four cars last night
and engaged in a running fight with
the police during which many were
hurt and several arrests made. The
police claim that they frustrated a
plot to dynamite street cars yesterda>
but no one has been taken into cus
tody in this connection.
Samuel (lompers and twenty-five
presidents of the Internationals will
meet on Friday and confer over the
situation. Violence increased this
morning and bloodshed of a serious
kind may occur before night. Neith
er s’do is wavering and Shouts .-a\
he will stand firm under all circum
stances. (lumpers has given out onk
a short statement. He says he is
trying to arrange an honorable settle
ment. lie considers the situation hot*
rible. A citizens' committee of eight}
will meet Mayor Mitchell and St,vtu ^
at .** this afternoon.
CAN SELL NO MORE
SHEEP ORJIOOSE HERE
Dr. Baughman received a cable
fiom Governor Strong today notifying
him of a new order of the secretary of
agriculture prohibiting the sale of
moose meat or sheep meat in Seward
and for a long area around it until
October 18, 11)18. The following i.
the cable from the governor:
“Secretary Agriculture has issued
regulations effective October first pro
hibiting sale or shipment for sale until
October first, 11)18, of carcases or
parts of moose or sheep south of lati
tude sixty-two and between longitude
one hundred and forty-one west and
western outlet of Lake (Ma»1:. longi
tude one hundred and fifty live west
Dr. Itaughman interprets this to
mean that a man may go and hunt
moose or sheep or ran take a pnsent
of moose or sheep meat but may not
buy or sell it. We may soon look for
a prohibition of the sale of rabb'ts in
the land of conservation.
Basel tall lies nils
WEDNESDAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Hendrickson’s single to center scor
ing Scott at the end of the eighth tied
the score at 3 but Boston later won by
4 to 3.
Batteries; Boston; Leonard and
Carrigan; Detroit; Ehmke and Baker.
Pitchers even.
Chicago 8; Philadelphia 7; Russell
and Lynn; Johnson, Diebold, Parham
and Haley.
Cleveland 3; Washington 2; BoehT-1
ing and Deberry; Ayers and Williams.
St. Louis 7; New York Groom
and Hartley; llussell, Fischer and
Walters, Alexander.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 4; Chicago 2; Schapp,
McCarty; Lavender, Hendrix and Wil
son.
Philadelphia 7; Pittsburgh 0; De-j
maree and Burns; Cooper, Harmon
and Fischer. ;
Second game: Philadelphia 3;
Pittsburgh 2; Demaree and Burns;
Mammaux and Fischer.
Brooklyn 4; St. Louis 2; Smith and
Miller; Ames, Williams and Tlonzales.
Boston 4, Cincinnati P2; Nehf,
Barns and Gowdy; Mitchell and
Wingo.
EXPERT SAYS BOMB WAS
HURLED NOT PLANTED
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.—In
the trial of Hillings for killing people
with a bomb in the preparedness par
ade, Dr. Mos» an expert, yesterday
afternoon discredited the on niou that
the b>rnb was left on the street in a
suit case. He believes it was hurled
by some man. If this view •* taken it
would upset the case for the state
very se riously.
Counsel McNutt stated today that
he is certain to effectually prove Hil
lings innocent and that the jury will
acquit Mooney’s wife also.
WOULD MURDER INFORMER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. — The
federal officials report that the black
mailing gang which has been discov
ered plotted the murder of Frank
Crocker, the man who informed" on
them but the plot was frustrated.
FOURTEEN MILLS
IS THE TAX LEVY
The city council last night fixed the
tax levy for the present year vX 14
mills. Councilman Sauers moved for
that tax but Councilman Chamberlain
moved 15 mills as an amendment In
the voting on the amendment Cham
berlain and Torrey were for it aiuf\v!
the others against but in the voting
cn the original motion the vote was
unanimous.
It was decided to purchase five
acres of the Johnston homestead at a
price not to exceed $500. A petition
to ’inprove railroad avenue from First
to Sixth out of the general fund was
refem-ii to a committee. The council
men did not seem favorable..
The most interesting work done was
when the council instructed the clerk
to draw a warrant for $1,.‘>07.50 to pay
half the amount for the installation of
the new lighting system to the Sew
ard Electric company, so insuring the
city its brilliant lighting for the
winter.
As the city is paying for twenty
hydrants and has only eighteen it was
decided to place a new hydrant a%
First ave. near the ClitT addition and
another at Third ave., in the Laubner
addition.
Say 1. S. Cannot
Make Retaliation
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. —After
an intense study of the retaliatory
congressional legislation against
foreign nations it has been discovered
that some parts of the legislation are
unenforceable, that other parts are
doubtful and that other parts are so
dangerous that they spell admfnis
trative difficulties in the future. This
is the legislation which was passed to
wards the end of the session to refuse
clearance to ships which refuse to
take goods from firms that were plac
ed on the blacklist by allied countries.
Foreign representatives say that the
refusal to give such clearance is
realign discrimination against Ameri
can goods. Lansing refuses to talk
but there is a feeling that the legisla
tion will be nullified if the administra
tion can do so.