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KERENSKY NOW TH ■
PREDOMINATING CHIEF
OVER ALL OF RUSSIA
LONDON, Sept. 28.—Dispatches today from Petro
gnul sources and regarded as absolutely trustworthy con
lirm the reports received a few days ago from the capital,
that Premier Kerensky lias quitted tor all time the ie\olt
started bv General Kornilotl, and that he has complete
executive control of the government and is holder of the
title of president. He will, in a few days, issue a ptocla
mation notifying the allies of his assumption ot this title.
Kerensky is reported to hold undisputed sway in Pet
rograd. He is declared to have executed many of the
leaders in the recent revolt; but Korniloff. it is said, is still
alive, a prisoner of the government.
Most of the cabinet members appointed by Kerensky
in his position as premier at the beginning of the revolt
have been retained by him as president. He has chosen
no premier, evidently intending to merge the premiership
with the presidency.
M. Teretschenko has been retained as minister of for
eign affairs; General \ erkhovsky, as minister of war; M.
Verderfski, as minister of marine, and M. Nikitin, as min
ister of post and telegraph lines.
BURGOMASTER RELEASED BY GERMANY
BERLIN, Sept. 28.—Germany, at the request of King
Alfonso, of Spain, released yesterday Adolphe Max, bur
gomaster of Brussels. Max is seriously ill in a Prussian
prison camp. The burgomaster was arrested for his ir
. reconcilable.attitude.
ROUMANIANS MAKE BIG SPURT
PETROGRAD, Sept. 28.—It is officially announced
today that the Roumanians now occupy a section of the
fortified positions in the region of Varnitza.
FRENCH FORCE GERMANS BACK
PARIS, Sept. 28.—The Germans, after a violent bom
bardment of Niette river, last night, launched an attack
which reached the French lines near Neufchal road. After
sharp fighting the Germans were ejected, losing heavily
and leaving many prisoners in French hands.
RUSSIAN TROOPS AGAIN FIGHTING
PETROGRAD, Sept. 28.—The Russians forces on the
Riga front continue to progress against the Germans and
are now occupying a German position southwest of Hap
sal. They have also forced the Teutons from Sadzen
farm, south of Sissal. Kerensky, General Verkhovsky
and Admiral Verderski, of the marines, have their head
quarters in the field.
ELLIOTT JOINS STAFF OF THE U. OF C.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20, (By Mail).—Pat Elliott,
coach of last year’s victorious freshman eleven at the Uni
versity of California, has been engaged to instruct the
first year men for this season in the finer points of the
game. The signing of Elliott completed the university’s
coaching staff.
Walter Johnson, a member of last year’s varsity
squad, is to assist Elliott.
Andy Smith, head coach, has been putting the aspir
ing youngsters for football honors through stiff rehears
als recently. The first university game of the season was
played last Saturday on the Berkeley campus between
the freshmen and sophomores. Later in the day there
was another game between the juniors and seniors. Smith
and his assistants said the interclass brought out some ex
cellent varsitv possibilities:* «s
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All members? of the Se JUrd Military Unit are-re
quested to meet at the Arctic Brotherhood hall tonight
at 8:00 o’clock sharp. It is very important that all should
be there.
IRVINC GOTTHEIM WRITES
INTERESTING LETTER FROM GUAM
The following interesting letter
from Irving Gottheim, at Guam, M. I.,
| to Mr. W. B. Kyle, manager of the
i San Francisco olliee of Gutleben Bros.,
1 gives a very accurate account of how
the Governor’s proclamation was re
ceived by the people, as well as many
other incidents of note. The letter is
published through the courtesy ot Mr.
Daniel Gutleben, who is in Seward in-,
stalling the towers for the Govern-!
ment’s new radio station at the head l
| of the bay.
The letter follows:
Guam, M. I., April 7, 1017.
! Mv dear Mr. Kyle:
Today has been the most exciting |
day in the twenty-seven years of my
life, excepting, possibly, the memor
able day of the San Francisco earth
quake and fire. As was the case at
: the time of the fire, action started
early in the morning. On that day it
was the earthquake shaking which
! awakened me from mv slumber. To
day. instead of the earthquake, it was
j twenty-five blasts of the iceplant’s
i whistle. This was the signal for all
! to report to general headquarters.
You know that the Governor of this
Island is the Czar as fur as this Island
is concerned. He is appointed by the
President, anil his word is final as far
as we can observe. When the twenty
five blasts were sounded, every man,
woman and child in this town of Aga
na showed up. We were all expecting
[some news of great impoivnre and
were not disappointed.
You should have seen tnis crowd.
There were many hundreds *t)f half
dressed Chamorros; most of them had
just been'roused from ther sleeping
places—you could not call them beds.
Many of the women had.children in
their arms, and all had a startled look
in their faces. There were some neat
ly dressed natives, known here as rhe
“Shoe Gang." These latter are a dm
tinct class from the Hoy ploy, and arc
being educated by Uncle Sam. Many
of them held clerical positions for the
Government. There were also the*ma
rines, all of whom, as you know, are a
fine set of men. These latter stood
! at attention while the Governor read
! his proclamation.
For the last few days there have
been no cable reports. -The only way
we have to get news on this Island
is by the cable and transport which
conies once a month. All cable mes
sages suddenly stopped two days ago,
and since that time, in the absence of
news, we naturally thought that some
thing terrible was happening, and
when the Governor read his proclama
tion, declaring war on Germany, the
. news was quite a relief. We all felt
like getting in and doing up the Ger
mans.
After reading the declaration, the
Governor ordered that all aliens report
to the detention camp. He had my
self and mv bunch of ironworkers rc
• port to his office. It happened that
most of us were native-born Amer
icans, but we had six Europeans
along, who had taken out their first
papers. Three of them were Holland
ers, two Danes, and one Norwegian.
All of these were ordered to the de
tention camp until the work was
readv to start, after which they would
j be allowed to work, but would not be
' allowed to leave the site.
Then the Governor commandeered
Steves and his motor truck, and me
land my Ford (I felt all puffed up in
J importance in having our humble Ford
1 impressed into the service of the Guv
eminent in this momentous occasion).
I took on a load of marines and start
ed for Sumay, lifteen miles along the
beach. Steves, likewise, took on a
load and started, but he could not keep
up with my Ford. There were a num
ber of machines commandeered, in
fact, all of the machines on the Isl
and were taken over by the Govern
ment.
We drove down to a point on the
shore opposite where the Cormoran
was anchored. You know that Guam
is one of the Marianna group. All
except this one Island was owned by
Gennady, before the war. The Jap
anese captured the balance, and there
was no place for the Cormoran to go.
but to come here to be interned. Ot
course, when war came Uncle Sam
would necessarily take the vessel as
a prize of war.
Our marines gathered on the shore.
Four boat loads put out from the land
to the vessel. The crew waited until
the boats got within a few yards ol
the ship, then, all of a sudden, much
to our amazement, we saw the Ger- •
man sailors jumping overboard, and
suddenly there was an immense ex
plosion.
The Germans had touched a button
and blown up the vessel rather than
surrender. Then all of the balance ol
the boats were quickly manned by oiu
marines and put out to pick up sur
vivors. We could see them struggling
in the water. Many natives in then
“Sanpans,” which is a very narrow
boat, set out to help the struggling
German sailors. In about fifteen min
utes the first boat loads began to conn
in. Sailors, some of them cut am
bleeding from wreckage, all of them
exhausted, were dragged up on th»
shore. As fast as they came in the\
were loaded up on the bank, and oui
machines were filled, and we were or
dered to take them to the detention
camp and return at full speed. I made
five loads without a puncture or with
out any breakdowns whatever. Hur
rah for the Ford. I understand that
a number of Germans were drowned
but so far I have not seen the ood
ies, and do not know the exact nurr
her.
We like the Island from what we
have seen of it so far, and anticipate
that we will handle this job in t. ban
ner which will refleet credit to our
selves and be satisfactory to the Gov
ernment. These radio officials are a
very nice people to work for. They
are very accommodating and all they
want is a good job according to plans
and specifications. Mr. Jones, who is
Chief Inspector here, was the C>:ef
| Inspector at the Radio plant in San
; Diego. Many of our ironworkers knew
him there, and like frim. He says that
if we can get through quickly enough,
we can work on the radio station in
Alaska, so I tola the fellows to get in
and work.
Hoping that my next letter will give
you some real news showing progress
in the work, I am
Yours truly,
(Signed) IRVING GOTTHEIM.
P. S.—We Californians away out
here on this fly speck on the map feel
proud that a Californian is to be head
of the Food Control Bureau. All
( honor to Hoover, who from unselfish
motives, built up a complex and effi
cient organization, notwithstanding
great discouragement on the part of
high Government officials.
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MAN DIPLOMAT
GET HIS PASSPORTS
FROM ARGENTINE
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 27.—Count Luxburg, the
German charge has left this city but his destination has
not been made public; however it is believed he has gone
to Germany under the safe conduct of entente warships.
His leaving is great relief to officials here.
Li the past week Luxburg had to be closely guarded
here by Argentine secret sendee men and had to stay in
doors to prevent violence to him by angry crowds. Busi
ness places owned by Germans have been wrecked by
mobs intent on showing their hatred for everything Ger
man.
There is strong agitation for a declaration of war
against Germany. The Argentine government has asked
Germany if Luxburg in sending his secret messages was
acting under instructions from the foreign office in Ber
lin. It is ofiiciallv announced that if Germany fails to dis
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avow Lux burg’s action, Argentine will recall her minister
from Berlin.
Luxburg’s offense against Argentine’s neutrality was
sending messages through the Swedish legation to Berlin
telling of the sailings of entente and neutral ships and
suggesting that they be torpedoed “without leaving any
trace of their destruction." The phrase “without leaving
any trace” meant that the crews of the torpedoed mer
chantmen! should not be taken prisoners or allowed to es
cape alive. The messages wer in code and did not arouse
any suspicion on the part of the Swedish minister here or
the foreign office officials in Stockholm.
NO BERLIN WOOL ON IRISH MARKET
DUBLIN, Sept. 27.—The council of Dublin Chamber
of Commerce reports that Berlin wool has now been al
most entirely replaced in Ireland by Blarney finering
wool.
UNIVERSITY CLUB SAVES ON FOOD
CHICAGO, Sept. 28. — The University of Chicago
Club, of Chicago, is saving a ton of flour and two tons of
meat a month through voluntary food conservation. The
house committee of the club in making this announcement
to members, links it with a “roll of honor” of the Nation.
They call the food saving a patriotic enterprise and say
that it enables the club to remit dues for those who have
joined the national service.
STRIKE AT SHIPYARD NOW SERIOUS
SEATTLE, Sept*. 28. — The shipyard condition is
critical and unless progress is made in the negotiations
the Washington State Metal Workers and steel yarjjs will
separate on Monday, tieing up every yard, except one,
owned by Skinner & Eddy, which has conceded the new
scale asked, a 33 per cent advance in wagesi
MONTANA COPPER-MINES" RESUME
BUTTE, Montana, Sept. 28.—The properties of the
Anaconda Copper Mining Co., closed since August 24th
by a walkout of the workers at Anaconda, resumed oper
ations yesterday and no trouble was experienced any
where. i
Horses and mules were lowered into the mine, also
machine drills. The Industrial Workers of the World lead
ers applied to the"military for protectibn, saying they fear
ed deportation. Protection was promised the night shifts.
All of the mines and smelters will operate continuously.
FURNITURE WANTED BY RED CROSS
Furniture, such as chairs, desks, etc., are wanted by
the local chapter of the Red Cross, to fit u ptheir head
quarters in the Railroad Commission building. Sewing
machines also are desired. Anyone willing to donate any
thing of this kind, please notify Mrs. Erich Lucas or any
other member of the committee. - • ■
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