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Vol 10, N«. 294 SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31,1916. _Ten Cents the Copy
ROUMANIANS TAKE OFFENSIVE AND
ALLIES IN WESE RESUME BIG DRIVE
UOI MANIANS ADVANCE
BUCHAREST, Oct. 31.—The Roumanians continue
to advance in the Jiul valley and at \ mean pass in tin
north. At Vulcan pass yesterday our troops took four
hundred prisoners and four machine guns. In the Rra
nova valley northeast of Campalung our troops repulsed
two enemy attacks. The weather is impeding the opera
tions on the Alt river but a violent battle is proceeding at
Orsova. The war office reports indicate that the condi
tions are now much more favorable for Roumania than(
thev were a week ago or at any time since the Teutons at
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tacked our borders.
ALLIES DRIVE IN WEST
LONDON. Oct. 31.—The allies have resumed driving
their wedge on the Somme and Laris repotts the captuie
of a system of German trenches northwest of Sadly. The
Dritish have captured trenches to the northwest ot that
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MACKENSEN FIGHTING
BERLIN. Oct. 31.—Mackensen is now engaging the
Russians in Dobrudja and a battle is proceeding. In the
northern Rouniania theatre the enemy is stubbornly de
fending their positions southeast ol the Rothethurm pass.
In that quarter yesterday our troops stormed some
heights and took prisoner seven hundred men and eigh
teen oilicers. The Roumanians have retired one column
southeast of Scurduk.
ATTACK DOBRUDJA TEUTONS
PETROGRAD, Oct. 31. — The Russians, Serbs and
Roumanians have assumed the offensive in Dobrudja and
:ue turning the tables on the Germans and Bulgarians, j
i>v the retreat to the northward the Roumanians brought
about more quickly than would otherwise have been pos-|
tible a juncture with the Russian reinforcements that had!
been sent overland through Bessarabia.
FAMOUS AVIATOR KILLED
LONDON, Oct. 31.—Boelke, the German aviator and!
the most famous aviator of the war, was killed last Satur-i
day when his machine came into collision with another.
He fell from a great height within the German lines.
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BOELKE DOWNED 10 AIRSHIPS
BERLIN. Oct. 31—Germany feels itself stricken sad
ly today by the confirmation of the death of Boelke, the
most famous aviator in history. On the day before his
death he brought down his fortieth hostile aeroplane and
so made a record of amazing daring and skill that will
probably stand for all time. The whole empire had gloried
in his exploits and Berlin is in mourning for him now.
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ACCUSE GERMAN SUB MEN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Two ships were sunk byj
the Germans off the Irish coast in the past few days and
trouble is expected to arise as the American consul at
Queenstown, Ireland, says that one of the ships was sunk
without warning and some of the survivors of the other
vessel declare that the German submarine shelled the life
boats after they left the sinking ship. One of the boats
sunk was the horse transport Marina which was sunk
Saturday. This is the vessel which Consul Frost says
was sunk without warning. Out of 10-1 of a crew only 34
are reported rescued and Frost is procuring affidavits of
the statements of the members of the crew. Secretary
Lansing will start an investigation and the whole submar
ine subject may be reopened. The other ship sunk was
the freighter Rowanmore which was sunk southwest of
Cape Clear. The crew of the Rowanmore are those who
complain that their lifeboats were shelled.
BRITISH LOST 414.000
LONDON, Oct. 31.—The British losses in the October
fighting were 102,000 men and 4,300 officers. The total
British losses in the Somme offensive since the First of
July were 114,000. The daily average was 3,452.
POLITICAL PROPHESY
FROM ALL QUARTERS
Sun Says New York is For Hughes i
hut Others Say Something Flse
SI N ON NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Oct. 31. — The New
York Sun, professing to have insiue
information of the Tammany poll,
;,ays the best the Democrats can ex
pect in Greater New York city is that
v* i.son w ul have a majority of seven
thousand, three hundred and litty. It
says that Hughes will come into the
Ihonx with a hundred and live thou
sand majority. The Sun concludes by
guessing that Wilson will get lifty
live percent of the votes in the city
ami Hughes forty-two per cent. I'p
state, the Sun says, Hughes will get
i;fty-iive and Wilson forty-two, or, in
other words, things will be just re
versed. The Sun also says that ram
many calculates that Hughes will car
ry the state altogether by thirty-two
thousand.
PARKER AGAIN
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. :’.L—Pro
gressive Parker declared in a second
speech that the administration’s
record has won his allegiance.
McCOKMICK SEES LANDSLIDE
CHICAGO, Oct. SI.—Chairman Mc
Cormick after conferring with Walsh
talks of a landslide for Wilson, lie
says the Republicans are conceding
Ohio and the Pacific Coast states. He
says also that Indiana and Illinois are
for Wilson.
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REPLIES TO TEDDY
PHOENIX, Oct. 111.—Replying to
the charges by Roosevelt that five
hundred Americans and three hundred
Chinese were murdered in Mexico dur-;
ing the Wilson administration Senator |
Owen declared here today that t?:r
charges were untrue, and he also de
clared that sixty Americans had been
killed in that country during the'
Roosevelt administration and fifty-1
seven during the administration oi
Taft. No effort, said Owens, was
made by either Roosevelt or Taft to
prevent those murders or to avenge
them.
HUGHES RECEIVES
A GREAT OVATION
COLUMBIA, Oct. 31.—Ovations |
greeted Hughes today at the railroad j
stations at Wellesville, Steubenville,
Mingo, Dennison, Zanesville and other
places. At Wellesville he spoke from
the platform of the coach. The key
note of his speech was protectivism
and preparation to meet the changed
conditions after the war. On his arri
val here a great overflow meeting had
to be held and the candidate reviewed
a great torchlight parade. So great
was the enthusiasm and so many
times was the candidate delayed that
he did not reach the hall until 10j
o’clock although he was due to speak
at 8. In his speech here to the packed j
hall he referred to Wilson’s Saturday!
speech as a little festival for Wilson!
himself and a Democratic glorification j
of Democracy which is now, he said, j
practically asserting that humanit>
will be routed if the Republicans win
the election.
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KNTK INDIANS DESTITl TK
(J. I». Poindexter who has recently
returned fro mthe westward says that
the Knik Indians are in a really desti
tute condition and ought to receive
some assistance. He speaks of one
Native family in which there are
three children, none over five, which
is without a bit of provisions. The
trouble is due to the fact that when
the time for fishing came an epidemic
of sickness visited the Natives. Mr.
Poindexter has written to Ciovernoi
Strong thawing attention to the mat
ter.
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, Oct. HO.
—Hughes insisted in a speech here
that two billion of the United States
exports was due to the war and noth
ing else. He cited a statement of
Chairman Hurley of the Federal
Trade Commission to refute state
ments of President Wilson to the*
contrary and he pointed out that
Hurley expects a trade war when
peace comes in Europe. Hughes de
clared that there can be no prosperity
wi'Tioat proteetivism.
MARINA MISSING THIRTEEN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. — Consul Frost has wired
the embassy at London that the number of missing irom
the Marina* is now thirteen. Thirty-two survivors were
landed. These survivors say that the ship was attacked
and torpedoed without warning and while a heavy sea was
running. She sank in ten minutes. The German entbas
say refuses to believe the story on the evidence of the crew
and states that if the submarine commander exceeded his
instructions he will be promptly punished. Lansing says
the reports are incomplete and it would be impossible to
discuss the subject at present. The officials note that the
British admiralty is not prepared to state that the vessel
was torpedoed at all and other reports indicate that she
was sunk by gunfire.
LANE ACCEPTS DENIAL
ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 31.—Secretary Lane, chair
man of the American commissioners and a member of the
cabinet, states that he accepts the denial by Cabrera and
iflicial cognizance of the incident is unlikely, he says.
CABRERA DENIES
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Cabrera denies that he made
the criticism of the American actions in Mexico attribut
j ed to him. He announces further that while he is a mem
ber of the international commission which is trying to
I settle the difficulties between the two countries he will
make no statement touching on the two nations’ relations.
WILSON DENIES LODGE STORY
AND WILLIAM J. BRYAN ALSO
WILSON LEADS IN
AMERICAN’S POLL
NEW YORK, Oct. ."0. — I're.iiilt'iit
Wilson is leading in the New York
American’s postcard poll. A hundred
newspapers co-operated in gathering
the votes and the poll is unusually
comprehensive for one of such a nat
ure. The poll indicates that Wilson
has forty per cent of the Progressive
vote.
CORPORATIONS ARE NOT
A 11)1 Mi THE DEMOCRAT.*
Juneau Kmpire, Oct. 25.—That m*
one connected with the fishing in
dustry of* Alaska, the* transportatioi
business or the big mining interests o
the Territory have contributed ;
single cent to the Democratic cam J
paign fund in Alaska is the substanc i
of a statement given out today by W l
VV. Casey, \V. A. Holzheimer and 1!
J. Turner, chairman, secretary am
jeasurer of the Democratic campaigi
committee. The total contributions t*
the Democratic -ampaign in the Kirs;
Division have been less than $1,500.
This statement was made in an
swer to the charges made by Delegat
>Vickei*sham that the "Osh trust” e.
paying the expenses of the I'emo
cratic campaign.
The statement follows:
Juneau, Oct. 25, 1!H6.
i\> Whom it May Concern:
The total contributions to the Dent
ocratic campaign fund in the Kirsl
Division have amounted to this date
to the sum of $1,406.25. Not a sin
gle person connected directly or in
directly with any cannery or an;
other branch of the fisheries indus
try, in Alaska, or elsewhere, not i'
single person connected with any of
the transportation companies doing
business in Alaska or elsewhere, not
a single person connected with the big
mining companies of Alaska or else
where, has contributed one single
cent to the Democratic campaign
The books are in charge of Mr. H. J.i
Turner, the treasurer of the commit
tee, and they are subject to inspection
jy any one who desires to examine
them.
W. W. Casey, Chairman.
W. A. Holzheimer, Secretary.
H. J. Turner, Treasurer.
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MARSHALL CAMP WILL
PRODUCE ABOUT $200,000 j
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 0.—N. Patton, nj
mining man of the Marshall City |
camp, on the lower \ukon river, says]
that the camp will produce about!
$200,000 this season. Mr. Patton is
now in Fairbanks enroute Outside,
having come up this way to have a
look at the country, according to his
statement. He will be an outgoing
passenger on the Sheldon automobile
stage leaving this morning at 10!
o’clock.
Mr. Patton recently sold out his leasv j
on some good ground in the Marshall |
camp. The purchaser of the lease was
a mining .firm known as McGrath & j
McDonald. They are now working
their new purchase and will probably
do so next summer.
Mr. Patton will return to Marshall
City in the spring. He will probably
come in over the trail from Valdez to
Fairbanks before the opening of navi
gation and will then go down the
river on one of the first boats.—Citi
zen.
FIFTEEN BELOW
AT ANCHORAGE
Word came today that the temper
ature at Anchorage was 3 below yes
terday and was fifteen below today.
SEWARD WILL HAVE
AN ATHLETIC CLU1J
All who are inteiested in the idea
of starling an aliiietio club in .\cwaiu
are requested to be present at A. i»
liaii tomorrow, Wednesday, evi.iiug
at 7 :.*h) o'clock standard time, which
means iS:‘!0 by the so-called new time.
On that evening also the iadies m ti.»
two indoor baseball teams will lx
present to have their first practise.
An ell’ort will be made to have a
really good athletic club. A. II. Hah
acre is at least as big as the A. th j
ilail at Nome where some most ex
citing contests were held in base’oal
and basket ball. The Nome hail ha
the advantage of having galleries fo:
spectators but the Seward hall couh.
aiso be prepared in this way. Othei
rise the Seward hall i.> at leu.-t a
large and people who have not seen
indoor baseball and basket ball eai
hardly imagine what tremendous fur.
can be got out of them. At the
athletic club meeting on VVednesda\
evening Seward will most likely tak<
an important step towards making
ihe winter more pleasant.
ill* MOTilFR OF C VNDIDATK
for \ a i*:.i’Ui;>ini;.Nr dim:
IXD1AXAFOL1S, Get. III.—Mrs
jary Fairbanks, mother of Cliarle
Fairbanks, candidate for the \ n e
presidency, died here today unexpeel
•dly at the age of S7. The itinerary
of her son in this otate has been aban
doned. Charles Fairbanks starte«
home immediately from Rockford, li
iinois.
SKA'J ING TOMORROW
Skaters say the iee on the pond,
.vill he ready tomorrow night ami ti»
skating season will probably be open
ed by quite a bunch.
Jack Honan intended to get aua.
for the hills this morning but won
came that Dennett James is coming t>
town today and he waited over to so%
him.
01.1) PIONEER GOES
TO GREAT DEVOND
JUNEAU, Oct. 24.—J. R. Dawson
one of Alaska’s pioneers who was ta.»
en to St. Ann Hospital last week suf
fering from a paralytic stroke die<
Sunday evening at 7 o’clock. From
the time he was stricken until over
taken by death he had not regained
consciousness. He leaves a sister i:
California. The deceased was a mem
ber of one of Dremerton’s ma.>oni»
lodges.
The local lodge of Masons is in
communication with the sister of the
deceased and also, with the lodge ol
which he is a member. Details of the
funeral will be announced later. His
remains were taken to the C. W.
Young undertaking establishment.—
Dispatch.
WATCHING WILSON
BUFFALO RECEPTION
LONGBRAXCH, Oct. 30.—'The
Democrats are now watching what
kind of a reception Wilson will get at
Buffalo as they believe it will give an
indication of the sentiment in New
York state.
EVANS BRINGING LOAD
OF RAILROAD SUPPLIES
SEATTLE, Oct. 31.—The Admiral
Evans left this morning with a heavy
cargo of general supplies for the gov
ernment engineering commission and
forty passengers. She has aboard for
Seward Miss Myrtle Hollingsworth
and Mrs. M. Northway.
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LONCaMAXCH, Oct. -l»rcs
dent Wilson today wired Walter i.ipp
man, editor of The Xew kepuh.ic,
that the statement of Senator Lodge
was unit tie and that a postscript had
ne*er been written or contemplated to
vile note to (Iermany. The lYo-mdent
says that the only changes ever made
,n the note were such as were person
oily inserted strengthening and cm
.musizing the protest contained in the
urst note, 'these insertion.- were sug
gested alter the note was ready for
transmission and were* nothing more*
than suggestions that an intimation
oe conveyed to (Iermany that a pro
posal for abiiration would be accept*
ibb*. “One member of tin- cabinet
spoke to rne about it.” say.' Mr. Wil
son in hi.' letter to l.ippman. “but it
a as never discussed in a cabinet meer
mg and never was there a threat «>:
. esignation by any member of the
cabinet, and for the very good rea>n.i
that I rellectcd that su» h a .■>ugg*
tion \ ould be ineon.-islent with the
purposes of the note and it was n<*v
•r appended. The public i.> in lull
possession of a 1 the facts connected
with the matter.” z
After the President had sent the
.otter to tile edit! r of Tlie New lie
public it was learned that it was not
he editor, Walter l.ippman. who had
asked Mr. Wilson for an explanation
out Jason l.ippman. The interroga
tion was signed l.ippman and Wil mi
,ook it to be the editor.
HU VAN ALSO MAILS
Omaha, Oct. hi. W il iam Jennin;
Llryan also denied the Hath of t-u*
Lodge statement and sa\s he tabes it
for granted that Wilson will follow a
course in the matter that In* deem:
wise, llryan declares that the llret;
•iirtdge denial ought to he silllicieni.
As for his own resignation Mr. llryan
>ay.- he <li«l not resign for a month
after the time the supposed post
script is alleged to have been wnlte i.
Mr. llryan was here only a few mo
ments but pi edicts that Wilson will
an y Nebraska. He says he l eftist d
many eastern papers a statement on
the Lodge accusation and he refiist s
further discussion of it.
BRKUKKNRIDGK S1LKN I*
SAX .MATKAO, Oct. :il.—Brockon
.idge is silent concerning the Lodge
affair. He has decided to say no
more, he says, as he believes that
when the President denies the story
there is nothing more to say.
LOIKJK GIVES FURTHER PROOF
PITTSBURGH, Oct. :U. — in a
ampaign speech last night Senator
uodge read a letter from John Tem
ple Lloyd Jeffries in which the wider
says that he is friendly to Brecken
ridge but that Brcckenridge made the
same statement to him several times
that Dr. Badly says ho heart! from
Brcckenridge regarding the postscript
to the German note. The writer of
the latest letter to Lodge says he has
entered the discussion just because
he could not stand hearing Lodge call
ed a liar. He refers to Breckenridge
as of distinguished southern ancestry
but he repeats that the story told by
Badly and himself is true.
PARKKR TALKS AGAIN
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 31.—Parker,
the Progressive candidate, spoke here
today and said that while he likes the
record of the administration he is not
criticizing Hughes.
Mrs. “Grandma” White has writ
ten to W. W. Stoddart and says Mr.
Bill and she are now located at Point
Roberts, Washington, where he is
building her a house. She is meeting
all her relatives and says she is very
well and she is apparently happy.