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ING GERMANY WILL SINK ALL SHIPS SIGHTED
BRITISH LOSE 1,500
OFFICERS TWO WEEKS
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More Than Fifteen Thousand
Appeared On the Roll ol
Honor Since Beginning of
the \\ ar.
SAYS BERNSTOKFF THREATENS
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—The Sun today quotes Am
bassador Bernstortf as saying that “if the diplomatic
relations between the United tSates and Germany are
broken the German submarines will sink everything
sighted and force America to declare war within a few
days.” The paper further says Bernstortf rails at
At terica for threatening to break off relations just after
having won a great diplomatic victory in the submarine
case. ,_
BERNSTOKFF DENIES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—Ambassador von Bern-j
storff denied this afternoon the statement of the New
York Sun that he threatened the United States in the!
manner stated, or that he had made any statement what
ever. He declares that he refuses all interviews and that
anv such statements are false when attributed to him.
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BRITISH OFFICERS LOST
LONDON. Sept. 11.—The losses in the ranks of the
British during the past two weeks have been frightfully
h^avy and particularly amongst the officers. In that one
fortnight four hundred and seven British officers were kill
ed and nine hundred and sixty were wounded. In ad
c lion one hundred and thirty-six are missing. The loss
in officers has been greatest on the Gallipoli peninsula ow
ing to the efforts of our forces to make a landing at Sulva
bay in the face of a terrific land fire. In only one other
part of the war arena have the losses been greater. The
total losses in British officers since beginning of the war
are four thousand seven hundred and ninety killed, nine
thousand six hundred and ninety-eight wounded and one
thousand three hundred and fifty-two missing. During
the last fortnight we lost one general and nine colonels
killed an three generals wounded. No further informa
tion can be given out at the time of writing of the results
of the Zeppelin raid on this city.
AUSTRIANS CONDEMN DUMBA
CHICAGO, Sept. 11.—The head of the Austrian
societies in America has come out with a statement in con
demnation of the action of the Austrian ambassador in at
tempting to interfere with Austrian workingmen engaged
in munitions factories. It has also been learned that the
majority of the opinion in Austro-Hungary condemns
Dumba as going out of his province.
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❖ CHRISTINE NILSSON *
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SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 11.— j
Christine Nilsson, the opera singer,
died yesterday in London. She was ,
born in San Francisco.
(Note) The encyclopedia says she
was born in Sweden.
RI N DOWN BY CYCLE.
SEATTLE, Sept, ll.—J. 0. Mc
Mullen, Northern Pacific agent, was
run down last night by a motor cycle
and seriously injured.
WIRELESS FOR TOLOVANA.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 11.—Falcon
Joslin is shipping in a new wireless
plant for the Tolovana from Seattle.
The first one failed to work satis
factorily.
EXAMINE KANTISHNA MINES.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 11.—A mining
engineer has returned to make an
other investigation of the Kantishn*
mines. He was here before and his
return has given rise to strong hopes
that the country looks good to him
and his people. He prospected the
mines a year ago for wealthy outside
interests.
JOSLIN WANTS TO LEASE
VLVSkA TELEGRAPH LINES.
FAIR RAN kS, Sept. 11.—Falcon
Joslin expresses the desire once again
to try to secure from the government
a lease on the telegraph lines of Al
aska if he can secure the moral sup
port of the people of the territory.
He is confident that he could reduce
the tolls materially and still operate
the system profitably.
MRS. WICKERSHAM LEAVES.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 11.—Mrs.
Wickersham, wife of the delegate,
will leave for the outside today. Mr.
Wickersham will go out later over
the trail.
FAIRBANKS MAN DIES.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 11.—Charles
Tackleson, a Chena saloon man, died
in Seattle. He leaves a widow w’ho
was only a bride.
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND
IN GOLD FROM ALASKA.
SEATTLE, Sept. 11.—Six hundred
thousand dollars in gold arrived here
yesterday from Alaska. The ship
I ments were from Iditarod, Fairbanks
and Nome and made the largest
amount received on one day for the
j season.
CARRANZA SAYS
NO TO PROPOSAL
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REFUSES PEACE AND SAYS HE
HAS MEXICO NOW UN
DER CONTROL.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—Couch
ed in polite but firm language a note
came today from Carranza declining
absolutely to agree to the proposals
of the Pan-American union to call a
conference of the Mexican leaders
with a view to bringing about peace.
The Mexican chieftain claims in his
answer that he has full control now
of all Mexico except two states which
are only partially occupied by his
enemies, and that he has an army of
one hundred anti fifty thousand well
equipped men with which he will soon
be able to force a permanent abandon
ment of hostilities by his enemies.
He concludes the note by saying that
he will insist -on the recognition of
his government by all foreign nations.
EXPOSITION HAS CLEARED
NEARLY A MILLION NET.
Ml Debts Paid and Remainder ot
Year Promises a Greater
Succees Than Ever.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11.—The
net profit from the Panama-Pacific
exposition to date is more than nine
hundred thousand dollars and not a
debt remains to be paid, according to
the information given out by the
directors this morning. The attend
ance is keeping up amazingly and is
really greater now than at any period
since the opening.
CUNARD LINER LOST OFF
THE COAST OF SPAIN.
Part of the Crew Landt*d and Mystery
Surrounds the Cause of
the Occurrence.
PARIS, Sept. 11.—The Cunard lin
er Alexandria has been lost off the
coast of Spain and while some of the
crew have been landed it is feared that
others have met death. There is some
mystery surrounding the cause of the
| occurrence and rumors are afloat to
the effect that she was torpedoed by
a German submarine, but this is i
parent!y more conjecture.
DEPOUT GERMAN GIRL.
VANCOUVER, Sept. 11.—The
daughter of Carl Weiss, the editor of
a German paper in Seattle, has been
deported by the Canadian authorities
on the suspicion that she is in the em
ployment of the German government.
MANY GO TO RAINIER.
. SEATTLE, Sept. 11.—The tourist
traffic to Mount Rainier has increased
wonderfully this year over last year.
This year thirty-three thousand peo
ple visited the mountain as against
fourteeen thousand last year.
TWO DIVORCES GRANTED
BY JUDGE BROWN TODAY.
Maude Atkinson of Hope was
granted a divorce today in the District
court. Albert E. Ferrin of the same
place was also granted a divorce.
Both cases were uncontested.
BEN ADSIT MARRIED.
Cards were received in Seward to
day which show that Ben Adsit, a well
known traveling man, was married at
Juneau on August 4 to Miss Agnes
Florence Williams.
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4* JURY TERM OF COURT *
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A jury term of court will bo held
in Seward about the t»nd of October
or the beginning of November, ac
cording to the announcement made by
Judge Brown.
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❖ SIR WILLIAM VAN *
4* HORNE IS DEAD. ❖
MONTREAL, Sept. 11.—Sir Wil-j
liam van Horne, the famous railroad
magnate, died here today at the age
of seventy-two.
DOCTOR TAKES POISON AND
„ CALMLY AWAITS DEATH.
After Accident he Fixes Time of
Passing Away and Discusses
Question with Attendants.
DENVER, Sept. 11.—Dr. W. W.
Kenny of this city took a dose of slow
poison yesterday by mistake and im
mediately after discovering his fatal
error he began to tigure out the exact
time death will take place. He call
ed in specialists and throughout last
evening he discussed with them his
case from a scientif'c point of view.
He was absolutely calm and spoke of
the effects which the poison began to
bring about He is still alive and
slept well during the night.
AMERICAN KIDNAPPED
ACROSS THE BORDER.
Is Held for Ransom and United
States Troops May Enter
Mexico to Rescue Him.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—John
Lowen Bruck, an American, has been
kidnapped by Mexicans across the
border from Columbus, New Mexico,
and is being held by his captors for a
ransom of two thousand dollars.
The secretary of war is now seriously
conSidering a proposal to send
American troops across the border to
the rescue in spite of any conse
quences which such a course might
involve.
BELIEVE STEAMER AND
NINETY-SIX MEN LOST.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—The
United States fruit steamer
Mariwoje, from Honduras to New
Orleans, has been given up for lost
in a hurricane off the Honduras coast.
She left Honduras on August 13 with
ninety-six people aboard.
BOB SERVICE WRITES
FROM THE BATTLEFIELD.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11.—
Robert Service, the Yukon poet, has
written to a friend from the front
where he is serving in the 1* tench
army. The letter is from “somewhere
in France” as usual and in it Service
speaks in the most confident terms
of the outlook for the allied cause.
SEATTLE ROBBERS HOLD
UP SIX AUTOMOBILES.
One Care After the Other Stopped by
Red Light and Thieves Get
Watches and Change.
SEATTLE, Sept. 11.—Six auto
mobiles were held up last night in the
outskirts of the city and the thieves
got away with a large stock of
watches and small change. The cars
were held up one after the other by
means of red lights held and waved
by the highwaymen at midnight.
TOYS ARRIVE AGAIN IN
AMERICA FROM GERMANY.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—Forty-five
hundred cases of toys arrived today
from Germany making the first ship
ment of German toys received in this
country since the beginning of tla>
war.
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CROWN PRINCE FAILS
PIERCE FRENCH LINE
REPORT VILLA
HAS MET DEATH
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NEWS REACHES NEW YORK
AND WASHINGTON THAT HE
WAS KILLED IN FIGHT.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—El Puso
reports that General Villa has been
killed in battle with the forces of j
Carranza but the report has not been
confirmed although it is worth not
ing that similar intelligence has reach
ed New York. Villa was last heard
of as he was leaving to attack the
Urban ranch where it is supposed
that five million dollars worth of loot
has been hidden for some time.
BATTLE NEAR BORDER.
NOGALES, Arizona, Sept. 11.—A
force of two thousand Villaistas and
an equal number of Carranzaistas are J
now lighting a battle six miles from
Nogales and only half a mile from
the United States border.
V. S. FOR FIRST TIME
LEADS WORLD IN EXPORTS
WASHINGTON, August 27.—For
the fi-st time in its history the United ,
I States leads the world as an exporter. |
Occasionally we have surpassed the
United Kinkdom in the exportation of
domestic products but it was only in
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915,
that our total exports, domestic and
foreign, exceeded those of the United
Kingdom.
i Our total exports in the fiscal yeai
1915, according to an official state
ment of the Bureau of Foreign and j
Domestic Commerce, Department of
Commerce, aggregated $2,768,600,000, t
as against $2,170,100,000 for the !
United Kingdom, the figures repre
senting in the case of the United
States an increase of 17 per cent and
in the case of the United Kingdom a
decrease of 30 per cent when com
pared with last year.
LATOUCHE SUPT. HERE.
F. R. Van Campen arrived on the
Alameda this morning from Latouche,
joining Mrs. van Campen who arrived
here on the Mariposa. They with
Col. Revell, will start off on a hunt
ing trip down the lower Kenai Lake
next Monday or Tuestday morning
md will be gone three weeks or a
month. Mr. van Campen is supcrin
tendant of the big mine at La
touche.
JUDGE BROWN ARRIVES.
The Hon. F. M. Brown, the popular
and able Alaskan judge of the Third
judicial division arrived today on the
Alameda and is presiding in court this
afternoon with usual dispatch. • He
will return to Valdez after clearing
up a few minor matters.
ALAMEDA LEAVES.
The Alameda sailed for Anchorage
this morning at 5:45 taking the fol
lowing passengers along with her
from Seward: Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Kelly, Neil Sexton, Miss Lera Murphy
and George W. Brown.
The Alameda is due back from
Anchorage late tomorrow night or
Monday morning.
WEATHER FORECAST
FOR TOMORROW.
Sunday.
Fine Picnic weather, and extra fine
steamed sandwich bread in two sizes,
at the Home Bakery, the home of
Snowflake bread.
CROWN PRINCE FAILS
PARIS, Sept. 11.—The crown prince has failed in his
determined and bloody efforts to pierce the French lire
in the Argonne and has suffered enormous losses. Ac
cording to the official list he has lost from his army in one
year one hundred thousand men, forty thousand havi
been lost from one corps. It is admitted that the Freucn
losses have been equal to those of the enemy but we have
demonstarted our ability to hold the line against any
force that might be brought to bear. The situation re
mains unchanged.
BEAT AUSTRIANS THREE TIMES
PETROGRAD, Sept. 11.—The Russians are still lidd
ing the Germans around Riga but it is admitted that the
pressure is increasing and we may possibly have to fail
back. In three engagements in three days we have de
feated the Austrians in southern Poland and on the Gali
cian frontier and have taken five thousand prisoners.
TO RECALL MORE TEUTONS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—Captain von Papen, mili
tary attache to the German embassy, and von I’erekcd,
Austrian consul general at New York, will probably he rt -
called at the request of the United States for activities
along the same lines as those followed by Ambassador
Dumba when he got into trouble. Ambassador von Bern
storff, the German ambassador, is now said to be involvi d
seriously but not so seriously as the Austro-Hungarian
ambassador.
GERMANS TAKE SKIDEL
BERLIN, Sept. 11.—Marshal von Hindenburg ha
captured Skidel, a fortified position twenty miles Irma
Grodno after a battle lasting three days. The Russians
suffered terrible losses and are now falling back witn I Hi
denburg in pursuit. It is conceded that the enemy has
shown amazing ability to remain organized in spite <d li e
various bloody defeats inflicted on him but he is being
kept constantly on the move. __
REFUSED PARDON.
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 11.—The
governor has refused a pardon to
Ford Suhr the murderer of Wheat- j
land.
IS IT POSSIBLE?
SEATTLE, Sept. 11.—Fred Witz, a j
Milwaukee R. R. conductor, arrested j
today on complaint of wife for brutal
statutory assault own daughter.
Girl, thirteen years of age, in serious
condition.
CAPT WARNER TAKES HOLIDAY
Captain Fred Warner of the Ala
meda is taking his last trip with his
ship now for a couple of months.
After reaching Seattle he will visit
the San Francisco exposition and will
return to duty in a couple of months.
ALAMEDA BRINGS 42.
The Alameda arrived this morning
with 4*2 passengers for Seward and
75 tons of general freight. Those ar
riving were: J. M. Wileon, Mrs. F.
Stevens, Rose Martin, Mrs. C. E.
Brown, Mrs. W. M. Sauers, L. C.
Vandeveer, C. E. Sinclair, Miss K.
Beasley, J. W. Pritchett, W. C. Mart
in E. L. Scrafford, Harry Warren, F
F. Rose, A. E. Lathrop, J. L. Lund,
M. Graham, Miss M. Kittlestad,
Judge F. M. Brown, Paul Buckley, J.
Fish, E. Edelman, C. A. Hand, Isaac
Hamburger, P. L. Neil, Alvah Fames,
W. N. Spence, R. Martin, F. R. van
Campen, C. A. Pape, Father van der
Pol, Mr and Mrs. C. F. Ackerman.
Some of the officers of the Santa Ana
came back last night on the Alameda
to take up their duties on the Dora.
Those coming back are H. E. David
son, C. W. Mellick, Charles Dehne, R.
Musgrave and 6 in the stewards de
partment.
The round trippers were: T. R. j
mite, Jr., Mrs. T. R. White, Miss 0.
R. White, Mr .and Mrs. E. C. Willard,
Will Steel, Dr. J. M. Keagey, J. Y.
Lazarus, 0. Braunds, E. G. Anderson,
Mrs. E. G. Anderson, Rose Matkins,
Miss Lola Matkins and C C. Gaisford.
SEWAKD MAN’S CHILD ALONE
| SAVED FROM LI SH AM V.
Wife and Hal)) of W illiam Dougherty
Now Working Here Was
on Fated Liner.
The only child saved from the
Lusitania when that liner was sent
I to the bottom was the child of \\ m.
i Dougherty who is now working on the
Kenai Alaska mine near Seward.
Mrs. Dougherty was the maid ol Mrs.
J. H. Sears of this city and took pas
sage with the child on the big liner s
| last trip. The mother was also saved
! and states that she could see the Ger
man submarine sailing about watch
| ing calmly while the people on the
Lusitania were going to their death.
Mrs. Dougherty herself is English.
EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.
ROME, Sept. 11.—A violent earth
quake shook the Acquillanur region
last night but there were no
casualties.
BERNHARDT RETIRES.
PARIS, Sept. 11.—Sarah Bernhardt
has retired from the movie stage as
she has found it impossible to use her
wooden leg and act up anything like
her full capacity.
REDUCES LIABILITY
FOR WATSON’S LOSS.
Decreased from Two Forty-Seven
Thousand to One Hundred
and Eighty Thousand.
SEATTLE, Sept. 11.—The federal
court has reduced the liability of the
Paraiso for the sinking of the Ad
miral Watson from two hundred and
forty seven thousand to one hundred
and eighty thousand. The Paraiso
left last night with a cargo for Al
aska.
FARRAGUT LEAVES GORDO/ V.
The Admiral Farragut left Cordova
this afternoon at 2 o’clock.