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REPORT VENIZELOS GOES TO LEAD L
GREEK REVOLTERS AT SALONIKI
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BRITISH TAKE COMBLES
LONDON. Sept. 20.—All Great Britain was electrifi
ed by the news this afternoon that our troops have taken
Combles, the position which has been their goal for the
past several weeks. General Haig reports that the place
fell last night after a terrific battle which lasted eighteen
hours. He admits that the casualties were heavy but, he
says, not out of proportion to the tremendous importance
of the victory. The position had been partly surrounded
by our forces as a result of recent gains and its fall has
been looked for but not so soon.
YENIZELOS HEADS REVOLT
LONDON, Sept. 23.—An unconfirmed report arrived
today that Yenizelos. formerly premier of Greece and the
leader of the pro-Ally party in that country, has left for
Saloniki to place himself at the head of the revolutionists
who have risen to force the government to declare war
against the Central powers. Not so much faith was plac
ed in this report until another report came direct from
Saloniki itself stating that Yenizelos had actually arriv
ed there. Private advices from various parts of Greece,
including Athens, indicate that King Constantine’s in
fluence is still paramount with the majority of the Greek
leaders and that Greece will not enter the war unless con
ditions change there.
u. S. NOT DISCRIMINATING
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—The state department has
assured the British and French embassies that the United
States has no intention of discriminating against their
countries in connection \\ ith United States commerce. He
did not say. however, that the retaliatory measures pass
ed by congress would not be put into effect if the allied na-l
tions persisted in their interference with American trade.
ZEPPELIN CAPTAIN REASSURES WIFE
LONDON, Sept. 25. — The Captain of the captured
Zeppelin, whose crew landed safely in the last raid, has
made a request to be permitted to telephone to London to
someone who would inform his wife that he is safe. In
spite of the passionate feeling against Zeppelin warfare
the members of the crew are treated as all other pris
oners of war. Several of them were shaken badly by their
terrible experience as they fell to the earth but even
when death stared them in the face their discipline en
abled them to manipulate the big machine in such a man
ner that they landed in good shape.
BREAD FAMINE IN VIENNA
ZURICH, Switzerland- Sept. 25. — Reports arriving
here show that a bread famine exists in Vienna and that
the condition of the poorer people is bad in consequence.
The sudden entry of Roumania into the war is regarded as
the chief cause of the quick exhaustion of the supply of
flour as dependence had been placed on the Roumanian
product.
MACKEXSEN ADVANCING
BERLIN, Sept. 2(5.—Marshal von Mackensen is again
advancing in Dobrudja and the Kusso-Roumanians have
again begun to retreat. The check of the German-Bul
garian forces reported from Bucharest some days ago
was nothing more than a strategic retreat' the war office
says, and the army of the Central powers is now prepar
ed to follow up the advance more determinedly.
BUCHAREST BOMBARDED
BERLIN. Sept. 26.—German airships bombarded the
city of Bucharest last night and the aviators express the
belief that they inflicted a considerable amount of dam
age. . ..„••• « .. _ __A. -
ITALIANS TAKE MOUNTAIN
ROME, Sept. 26.—The Italians have wrested a moun
tain peak from the Austrians who suffered heavy losses.
The assault had to be carried out by infantry climbing a
steep incline at the summit of which the enemy was
strongly entrenched. The peak had been used as the chief
artillery position from which the city of Goritza was be
ing bombarded by the enemy and for this reason the
achievement is regarded as important.
Wilson Cheered lo
Echo at Convention
BALTIMORE, Sept. 25.—President
Wilson was cheered to the echo at the
grain dealers’ convention here lodu^.
He made a strong speech in which he
defended Federal Reserve, the ship
ping bill and the tarilf legislation of
the present administration and con
gress. He pointed out the splendid
condition of business throughout the
country and predicted greater things
in the future, and he particularly ex
pressed the opinion that nothing
should be done by this nation that
would interfere with the friendship ot
Latin America. In this he was believ
ed to be alluding to the attitude of
this government in relation to Mexico.
His reception was splendid.
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Baseball Results j
AMERICAN
YESTERDAY
Cleveland 5; Boston o; Boesling,
Bagby a* J O’Neill; Leonard, Kagan
and Thomas.
Detroit 6; Washington 5; Ehnike
and Stanage; Johnson, Henry, Garrity
and Williams.
Chicago 2, New York 1; Williams
and L>nn; Culloh, Kussell and
Walters.
St. Louis 0; Philadelphia 2; Sisler,
Hartley and Hale; Seibold and Haley.
Second Game; St. Louis 8; Phila
delphia 2; Koob and Harley; Parsam
and Pichnich.
Cleveland 0, Boston 2; Smith, Bee
be, Gould and O’Neill, Deberry; Ruth
and Thomas.
Detroit 5; Washington 8; Daush,
Jones, Dubuc and Stanage; Ayers
and Williams.
Chicago 5; New York 1; Cicottee
and Lapp; Russell, Love and Walters.
NATIONAL
Philadelphia 4; Cincinnati 0; Rixey
and Killifer; Schneider, Mosely and
Huhn.
Brookln 4; Chicago 7; Cheney,
Smith, Dell and Meyers, Eason and
Rigler. Lavender, Packard, Vaughan
and Wilson.
Second game; Brooklyn 4; Chicago
2; Marquard and Meyers; Hendrix
and Wilson.
New York 1; St. Louis 0; Schupp
and Rariden; Meadows and Gonzales.
Second game: New York 6; St.
Louis 2; Perritt and Rariden; Lotz
and Gonzalez.
Boston 5, Pittsburgh 0; Tyler and
Blackburn; Grimes and Wagner.
Second game: Boston 3; Pittsburgh
2; Reulbach and Gowdy; Mamaux and
Fischer.
THOMAS MARTINDALE DEAD
Thomas Martindale, the well known
hunter, writer and merchant of Phil
adelphia who used to visit Seward so
often and gave a lecture here last
year died this month in the wilderness
near Whitehorse, Y. T., while hunt
ing. The body was shipped outside.
The Alameda sailed west from Ju
neau at 8:45 p. m. on the 24th.
The Greatest Bull
Market in History
Everything (Joes Away I p on Wall
Street.
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NEW YOKE, Sept. 25.—The great
est bull market in the history oi the
exchange now reigns. Steel, copper,
railroads and all other sorts ot sloe**
nearly, advanced tremendously ano
still the tendency is to hold on. Two
hundred million shares were sold to
day, which is the heaviest since lt>0 <.
Amalgamated may be quoted as an
example: The par value ot its shares
was fifty but now it has jumped to
one hundred and two.
ANCHORAGE I UR Sl’LZEK
SAYS GEORGE GKIGSBl
George Grigsby, candidate for the
attorney generalship of the territory,
who arrived on the Northwestern
from Anchorage, is perfectly convin
ced that Sulzer may expect at least an
even break with YVickersham in that
city and neighborhood. "You will
hear some of those YVickersham peo
ple over there saying that YVicker
sham has eighty per cent of trte
votes” says George ‘‘but that is poli
tics and nothing else.” Mr. Grigsby
says he received a particularly fine
welcome from the old Nomeites he
met over there and also from all An
chorgeites. The candidate goes now
to the different cities alon gthe coast,
including Juneau, and will then leave
for Nome, his home town, where he
has court business to attend to.
‘‘A candidate could not be better re
ceived than I was,” is the way Mr.
Grigsby summed up the story of his
reception over there.
PACIFIC COAST COMPANY
MAKES BIG CONCESSIONS
SEATTLE, Sept. 25. — The Pacific
Coast Steamship Company has now
offered a reduction of fifty per cent
in the fares of round trippers ar>
over its lines. Tickets will be good
to first of June and stopover time has
been increased. The new rule is be
lieved to be an effort to compete with
Prince Rupert for the Alaska trarte.
The Alaska freight of the company
increased sixty per cent this year and
the passanger traffic increased fifty
per cent.
WENT ON NORTHWESTERN
The following went out on the
Northwestern today: I*. Marteniz,
Miss Nellie M. Bard, M. Teague, Mrs.
Pete Anderson, F. M. Leflar, John
Ford, Mrs. J. Osborn, Lillian Osborn,
P. McGuire, C. N. Pling, M. L. Wood
ard, John Montgomery, W. H. James.
FAR RAG IT BRINGING
QUITE A NUMBER
SEATTLE, Sept. 25.—The Farragut
sailed Sunday with the following pas
sengers for Seward: Cal Brosius,
Miss K. Percy, F. B. Gilbreb, Mabel
Nealon, Mrs. J. I. Nealon, Walter
Whope ’and wife, Mi's. M..Tracy, J.
| Canble, J. Brun and wife, Frank
j Christensen, F. Smith and J. Heath.
THIRTY KILLED IN RAID . |
LONDON, Sept. 26.—Later reports show that thirty
people were killed by the last Zeppelin raid on London
and the eastern counties. The number of injured is prob
ably over a hundred but it is pointed out that the Germans
lost nearly as many in killed and that the loss of the two
Zeppelins more than offsets the damage to property by the
air bombs.
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ALL BUT TWO NEW YORK UNIONS
REFUSE TO CALL GENERAL STRIKE
Joe Grimes found
Dead in Mis Cabin
Joe Grimes, a well known oldtimer,
was found dead in his cabin at Gael e
creek on September 5, according to
news brought to town today b> G. t
Cameron. The cause of death is said
to have been rheumatism of the l eait.
Mr. Grimes operated on that creek
with the Harper brothers.
Mrs. Pete Anderson and her little
daughter left today on the North
western for a rtip outside.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23—The general tie-up in this
city now seems remote as only the butchers and longshore
men voted to strike out of all the unions that took a vote
on the question. The leaders of the unions are still mak
ing frantic efforts to make the walkout general. No dis
turbances are taking place worth noting and the condi
tions today seem better than at any time since the strike
of the carmen.
WHITMAN MAY ACT
NEW YORK, Sept. 2(i.—Governor Whitman has ar
rived to look over the strike situation for himself and he
is being urged to call a special session of the legislature
to take action.
VILLA IS BONE OF CONTENTION
NOW AT MEXICAN CONFERENCE
Seward Is Still
Seeking Cemetery
City (Jraveyard Will Ik* Kven More
demote Than the City
Post Office.
Reward inula going lo the post oi-!
me now pretty uuucuil si me a gov-j
eminent went got ins wont in but u j
wui m* Hauler sun to get lo our new I
graveyard u present indications are
io ue accepted. J. U. jonnston has
ottered tne city council ten awes m
wood row CarK lor $.'J00 and his agent
showed where it would be as easy to
uiKe a corpse out there by tram as
to take it a mile or two by team, j
t his otter of Air. Johnston was made
at tiie city council last night and
James Stewart made an otter of about!
.>ix and a half acres of the Ole Martin
ranch for $100 an acre and the city
engineer is to prospect the ground to
see if it is suitable.
It was decided by the council to im
prove Fifth avenue from Adams
street to the bridge by day labor and
Engineer Dunlap estimated the cost
at $2,140. it also transpired that
the railroad commission will pay its
share of the improvement like any
property owner. A petition was pre
sented by the property owners abut
ting on the east side of Fifth avenue
for a sidewalk from Adams to the
raiiroad and the matter was referred
to the city attorney. After a discus
sion H. Fathers was allowed $450 on
his contract for painting the schools.
The city treasurer stated that the city
is now $2,500 “in the red and is get
ting redder,” and a warrant for $5,
000 was drawn for the Bank of Sew
ard to meet the overdraft.
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U. S. EXPORTS FOR AUGUST
MADE A WORLD’S RECORD
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—The ex-|
ports from the United States for |
August made a record for the world.
They amounted to a total of five
hundred and ten million dollars which
is a thirty-five million increase for
the highest previous month in history.
POSTPONE SOCIAL
The ice cream social which the
Ladies Aid of the Methodist church
had intended to give next Friday has
been postponed until further notice.
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BUSHNELL QUITS
Master Mechanic Bushnell has re
signed from the employment of the
Engineering Commission of his own
free will and Frank Nickerson, sr., is
now filling the place.
NEW LONDON, Sept. 25. — The Mexican commis
sioners here are now working to prove the insignificance
.if the attack on Chihuahua City by Villa as a step towards
showing the United States that the Mexican government
is fully able to handle the situation without outside inter
ference. They insist that Carranza is in perfect control
and that the emeute of Villa is nothing more serious than
might be an attack by outlaws in some remote part of the
United States itself. The American commissioners, how
ever, are insisting on a further study of international af
fairs before conceding this or any other point. They ad
mit that Villa’s attack might have been timed to all’eci
the course of the conference but they point out that the
chief significance of the occurrence lies in the fact that lie
was able to do it.
(.KEEN MOTOKMEN LEAVES
POST ANDC AK SMASHED
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. — Fifteen
people were injured and one l’atull)
so when the ii road way subway ex
press, disregarding a danger signal,
crashed today into the rear ot an
empty train at the elevated and of the
subway. The blame i* laid to a green
motonnun who was absent from his
'post. Policeman Pal gar was badly
hurt because he jumped to the plat
form and tried to stop the car when
he saw the collision coming.
EVANS LEFT 2 A. M.
The captain of the Northwestern
says the Evans did not leave Anchor
age until 2 a. m. and will go to Sel
dovia.
OUTSIDE MESSAGES COME
VERY SLOWLY THIS 1*. M.
Owing to the lixing of the cable
business became congested and some
of yesterday’s messages did not arrive
until today. At two o’clock this af
ternoon only a small percentage of to
day's messages had arrived and it is
most likely that this issue will go to
press without the full quota of dis
patches. The cable is, however, again
working all right.
Ed. Batch passed by on the North
western for Wrangell where he is
about to construct a $12,000 building
for the Bank of Alaska.
Mrs. Romig left on the Northwest
ern for Latouehe where she will visit
the Hancocks for a week or so.
Kelly Oleson has arrived from Mile
39 where he and his associates have
finished a clearing contract.
BULL MOOSE AT MILE 3
At the dairy of Adelman and Quilty
this morning a bull moose was found
with the cows. A gun was brought in
to requisition and the trigger was
pulled but, alas, there was no shell
in it and the moose got away. Sever
al men went out this afternoon to try
' to get the animal.
f ALASK A MAILS BY
AEKOBLANK Ati UN KEYIN' ED
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8.—IVepara
| tiou of the Bostolliee Department t<»
| let a contract tor mail delivery in Al
aska by aeroplane was announced in
the house just before adjournment by
Representative Murray Heubert of
New York, who inserted in the Record
figures relating to the pioneer aerial
mail route. The delivery ot mail by
aeroplane, according to Mr. Heubert,
will be made between Seward and
Nome, with lditarod as a distributing
center, for interior deliveries by the
dog-sled routes. Quicker deliveries
will be possible throughout Alaska, lie
says, because of the aeroplane trans
portation.
“The Department,” says Mr. Hul
bert, “has received a bid from Earl
L. Byers for aeroplane delivery at
$40,500 a year. This calls for de
liveries twice a week all the year and
a weight limit of 1,000 pounds. I he
inauguration of the first aeroplane de
livery route will soon be announced
by the department.”
Mr. Hulbert explained that lus in
terest in the mail route was in spirit
with the interest of his district in
aeronautic development.—Ex.
MAY HOLD INQUEST
The authorities have been figuring
today on the best way to deal w:tn
the case of Bert Foreman who com
mitted suicide on Portage glacier but
as the body is aoout ten miles from
the railroad there is some difficulty in
coming to a conclus’on.
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Over thirty houses have to be re
moved from the beach.* One of the
Hoben teams thinks nothing now of
picking up one of those houses and
packing it away.