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ONE OF ENGLAND’S GREAT SHIPS SENT TO BOTTOM
Germans and Russians
Claim Many Successes
SUPERDREADNAUGHT SUNK
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.--The most startling intelli
gence of the war on the oceans was received here today
when mail advices to the Associated Press reported that
the British superdreadnaught Audacious is now lying at
the bottom of the ocean having been sunk either by a tor
pedo or a mine off the coast of Ireland on the twenty
seventh of October. The Audacious was one of the third
of the British battleships in tonnage and armament and
her loss is a terrific one. So great and disastrous is it that
the news was apparently hidden and telegrams telling of
of it to the outside were undoubtedly held up so that the
information had to come by mail. While the gigantic ship
is lying at the bottom of the sea the advices state that the
whole crew of eight hundred officers and men have been
rescued by small boats from the liner Olympic.
The Audacious was turned out last year and was a
sister ship to the other super-dreadnaughts King George
V, Centurion and Ajax. She was of twenty three thousand
tons displacement and thirty one thousand horse power.
She had a speed of over twenty two knots, twelve inches
of armor plate and eight to twelve inches protection for
her big guns. She was equipped with twenty eight pow
erful guns. Her loss brings home to American naval of
ficers the truth of the prediction of the British naval ex
pert Sir Percy Scott that the day of the great battleships
has passed.
DISASTER KEPT SECRET
NEW YORK, Nov. If—The story of the loss of the
superdreadnaught Audacious has been now apparently
fully confirmed. The crew and passengers were enjoined
to secrecy the British authorities telling them that it
would be advisable to refrain from discussing the disaster
until a careful investigation had been made of the whole
affair. Many of the passengers express the belief that
the sinking of the Audacious saved the Olympic by pre
venting it from entering the zone that had been mined
by the Germans. The consensus of opinion is that the
great vessel fell a victim to a mine and not to a torpedo.
LONDON ADMITS DISASTER
LONDON, Nov. 14.—The admiralty admits the loss of
the great battleship Audacious olf the coast of Ireland.
The news arrived from New York that the Associated
Press of America had secured the news and there was
seen no use in denying it any longer so that the admir
alty gave out an official confirmation this afternoon. The
announcement includes the statement that the loss of the
Audacious is the most serious single loss sustained by the
British navy since the beginning of the war. She was
built two years ago and had a displacement of nearly
twenty four thousand tons. Her length was 596 feet.
She had thirty guns, three torpedo tubes and a speed of
twenty two knots. The fact that the disaster occurred
off the coast of Ireland is about the most amazing circum
stance connected with the whole affair as it shows the ex
traordinary success of German methods.
LEIPZIG AND DRESDEN SAIL
VALPARAISO, Nov. 14.—The German cruisers Leip
zig and Dresden sailed at day break this morning after
having taken aboard a full supply of provisions. Need
less to say, the destination of the two vessels has been
kept a profound secret but that they will join.the Schnarn
horst and the Geneisenau outside is taken for granted.
Reports coming here indicate that the Japanese warships
are coming from the west and that the British warships
are steaming fast from the south to meet the Germans in
one more battle royal for the command of this part of the
Pacific. Neither seems to have suffered in the least during
the former battle. No further news has been received
from Admiral Craddock who commanded the British
squadron in the battle and the fear is growing that he
went down with his flag ship, the Good Hope.
DEFEAT THE RUSSIANS
BERLIN, Nov. 14.—A further official announcement
this afternoon states that a Russian army corps has been
defeated by the Germans at Vloclavez in Russian Poland
and that fiften hundred prisoners and twelve machine
guns were taken by our troops. Vloclavez is situated on
the Vistula river between Wasaw and the East Prussian
frontier. Our troops are now between the Vistula and
the Warthe rivers further south and the Russians have
not crossed the former stream as Petrograd had reported.
RUSSIANS TAKE CITIES
VIENNA, Nov. 14.—It is officially admitted that the
Russians have occupied the cities of Tarnovv, Jaroslaw and
Krosno and are therefore almost in a line between the
| fortresses of Cracow and Przemysl. The latter place is
! probably partially invested again but the feeling is confi
dent that the fortress can once more successfully defeat
any efforts to take it. Since the Russians were thrown
back from the fortress before the Austrians have shipped
tremendous amounts of supplies to it and have strength
ened its fortifications immeasurably. All this leads to the
hope that the place will prove to be impregnable.
RUSSIANS TAKE JOHANNESBURG
LONDON, Nov. 14.—The Russians have occupied the
city of Johannesburg in the southeast corner of East Prus
sia and the occupation is regarded as a fact of the greatest
strategic importance. The place is situated on the border
of the lake and swamp country and serves as a strong posi
tion on which the Russians may rest their rigflt wing
while advancing. Owing to the nature of the country the
Germans in East Prussia will be unable to threaten the
Russian right. The Germans are reported to have re
moved their guns from Cracow to Oppeln on the river
Oder southeast of Breslau in southeast Silesia. It is also
stated authoritatively that the Austrians have been left
alone to defend Cracow while the Germans are concen
trating for the defence of German soil itself to the north.
The residents of East Silesia are once again reported to
be fleeing from their homes into the heart of Germany to
escape the Russian invasion which they now evidently re
gard as imminent. Cautious experts remind the people,
however, that the fortresses of Glogau, Posen, Cracow
and Przemysl are still to be reckoned with in any Russian
advance and that the river Oder itself is a formidable
obstacle even if the Russians succeed in getting into Ger
many proper.
The garrison city of Danzig is said to loom large as
the Russian objective although the reason for this is not
at all evident. To reach Danzig the invaders would be
compelled to overcome the great fortresses along the
Vistula and their taking of the place would have to be
accomplished in spite of the German fleet in the Baltic.
GERMANS CHECKED AGAIN
PARIS, Nov. 14.—The German assault on the bridge
over the Yser at Nieuport has failed and the enemy seems
to be as far off as ever from making a crossing of that
river. Their approach to Nieuport cannot, however, be
denied but this approach is barren of any important re
sults until the crossing of the river can be effected. This
crossing is a matter of supreme difficulty and the allied
commanders are confident that the enemy can never ac
complish it in force.
The Germans have also made numerous offensive
movements around Ypres but all have been checked and
the enemy seems to have made little if any progress dur
ing the past two days. In other parts of the field of war
the German attacks have also been unseccessful.
GERMANY CLAIMS VICTORIES
Berlin, Nov. 14.—An official announcement made by
the government this afternoon shows that victory has
crowned the efforts of the German armies in several
fields. Fighting in western Flanders continues but our
attacks during the past few days have been impeded by
rain and stormy weather so that the transfer of men and
guns is proceeding slowly. South of Ypres we have taken
seven hundred prisoners and the attacks of the British
west of Lille have been repulsed. At Berry-au-Bac we
compelled the French to evacuate several com
positions. Our attacks in the forest of Argonne have made
good progress and the French have suffered heavy losses
leaving fifteen hundred prisoners in the hands of our
troops. On the whole the Gennan army has been forg
ing ahead in the western theater and the coming of good
weather will be followed by further successes.
SWEDEN FEARED NO LONGER
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Nov. 14—The Russians
have withdrawn the great majority of their troops from
the east and west of Finland to join them to the main
armies fighting against the Germans and Austrians. This
is taken to indicate that Russia no longer fears an invas
ion of Finland by Sweden and the fact has created a good
impression among the Swedes. For some time some of the
most extreme Scandanvian Russophiles have been advo
cating an attack on Russia for the purpose of liberating
Finland but the Swedish governemnt has remained strict
ly neutral.
MAIL AHEAD
OFJCHEDULE
MET ON TRAIL AND WILL
BEAT ITS TIME TO
IDITAROD.
George Baker who arrived yester
ay from the Iditarod says that he met
the mail from Seward for that camp
at Quentna crossing four days ahead
of time. The trail from the place
./here the mail was met to the Idita
rod was in good shape and Mr. Baker
believes that the mail will beat sche
dule time to the interior city by live
days. Frank Courtney and another
traveller came in yesterday with Mr.
Baker who is on his way to San I* ran
eisco. He is the office manager for ]
Riley ami Marston and says that the !
Iditarod is all right.
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FOOTBALL RESULTS
SEATTLE, Nov. 14.—The football
results today are Harvard nothing,
Brown nothing, Yale nineteen, Prince- j
ton 4, Dartmouth 41 and Pennsylvania •
nothing.
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E. H. WILSON WILL
SHIP MACHINERY
E. H. Wilson leaves on the Mari
posa and will not return until Feb
ruary or March. The deal which he
made for the Giipatrick property is
•xpected to be consummated within
fifteen or twenty days and during the
rintcr Mr. Wilson will send in machi
nery. He will have an experienced
mining man here in the field to look
after things so that everything will be
ready for the spring.
MARSHAL BRENNEMAN ARRIVES
Marshal F. R. Brenncman arrived j
this afternoon on the Mariposa on a
buisness trip and will return to \ al
dez on her.
STUART GIVES POWER OF
ATTORNEY TO WALTERS
Duncan N. Stuart* has given full
power for selling or leasing etc., of j
his property to Thomas L. Walters of |
New York. The property in Seward
consists of all lots 4 to 10 inclusive
in block 12, Lots 5 to 7 in block 6,
Lots 32 to 33 in block 6, Lots 21 to 27
in block 12, Lots 29 to 40 in block 12,
Lots 1 to 13 in block 1, Lots 33 to 40
in block 26. Walters is made sole
agent. The document was acknowledg
ed in London, England, before the U.
S. Deputy consul.
SELLS LOT
John Roberts has purchased lot 27
in block 13 from A. W. Roberts. The
price is given as $450.
BALLAINE SELLS LOT
John E. Ballaine has sold lot 31 in
block 23 to J. W. Goodwin of Seattle.
The price is $1,000.
GOING ON MARIPOSA
The following are among those,
going on Mariposa: Frank E. Youngs, j
James C. Murray, Mrs. M. Phelps,
Mason Phelps, E. H. Wilson, T. W. |
Mack, Geo. W. Baker, J. F. Newsome
and W. G. Cooper.
D. Wheeler, a son of an Indiana bank-'
er, arived this afternoon on the Mar
iposa with two dog teams and will
take a trip to the interior.
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Miss Esther McConnell will soon
return to St. Joseph’s hospital, Ta
coma, to continue her studies and
training.
RIGGS TALKS
ABOUT R. R.
COMMISSIONER SAYS IT WILL
PAY FROM THE BE
GINNING.
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In an interview in the Seattle Times
of Oct. 25 Commissioner Thomas
Biggs of the Alaska railroad com
mission declares that the govern
ment now uses 250,000 tons of coal
annually on the Pacific coast and that
the coal used in Alaska itself is
.‘500,000 tons annually. Fairbanks
alone, he said, will give 15,000 tons of
freight annually but he believes that
the greatest traffic will come from the
shipment of coke for the government
smelter which the government will un
doubtedly build. Mr. Riggs is quoted
ns stating that Ship creek is closed I
0y ice during the winter months and
that the work has been done suffi-j
ciently to permit of the commence-!
of construction work next spring if
that is desired. Mr. Riggs begins his
statement by saying the railroad will
pay from the beginning.
FINISHES DRILLING ON
LOWER CACHE CREEK
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The Union Construction Company of
San Francisco Busy in This Field. J
Janies C. Murray, who leaves on |
the Mariposa, has finished drilling on j
lower Cache creek for the Union Con- j
struction company of San Francisco
In the drilling of the ground he used a !
4 horse power drill which was manu- j
factured by W. Johnson of the Union
Construction co. and which is said ^
to be a remarkable improvement over
the old style of cumbersome machines.
The company is now keeping close!
tab on this section and is ready to go
in strong if it sees the chance.
VILLA HAS NOT
GOT TAMPICO
IS NOW IN POSSESSION OF
TOWN NEAR THAT
CITY.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—The re
port that Villa had entered the city of
Tampico, as published yesterday, is
premature. He and his army have ar
rived at St. Lui Potosi near Tampico
and there command the railroad in
to the latter city. The people in the
neighborhood of St. Lui have shown
the greatest enthusiasm for Villa and
his cause. There is supposed to be,
however, a great force of Carranza
troops in Tampico itself although this
is only surmise. From Mexico this
morning came further advices to the
effect that negotiations are still pro
ceeding with a view to prevailing on
Carranza to accept the findings and
rulings of the convention.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Fur
ther advices this afternoon report
that Villa and Carranza have signed
a truce until November 20. Carranza
has called Gonzalez, his leading gen
eral, to Mexico City for a conference.
Villa still is holding St. Luis Potosi
.md the railroad to Tampico and is
waiting developments.
J. F. NEWSOME GOES OUT
J. F. Newsome, the mining man
who has been representing capital
here during the summer, leaves on
the Mariposa. He is accompanied by
T. W. Mack who has been with him in
invo tigating mining conditions with
a view to future activities.
MARIPOSA ARRIVES
The Mariposa pulled in this after
noon just before press time.
ATTEMPT TO BLOW OP
GOV. ELECT WHITMAN
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—One of the
greatest sensations in the history of
New York was created this morning
when it was learned that a powerful
bomb was found under the office of
District Whitman who is the governor
elect of this state. At the time the
bomb was discovered the offices were
crowded with political and personal
friends of the governor-elect so that
the explosion would have taken an
awful toll in lives some of wrl ;ch
would have been the lives of some c '
the most prominent men in this city.
The bomb was found carefully laid
in the Tombs courthouse which is dir
ectly under Whitman’s offices. It con
tained gunpowder, slugs and bullets
and would have done frightful ex
ecution had it exploded. Another re
markable fact connected wdth it is
that it was similar to the bomb which
destroyed the entrance to the Bronx
county courthouse the night before
and this naturally leads to the Con
clusion that the same party or parties
are responsible for both. So far as
can be learned the police have not yet
gained any clue to the fiends who
placed the bombs but new'8 along this
line may be looked for shortly. Gover
or-elect Whitman himself was in the
office at the time of the discovery of
the bomb.
A letter has been received from
Major French which shows him to be
for the present located at the Arctic
Club, Seattle.
GAVE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
TIME TO AID BUNNELL
New Attorney General of the United
States Makes Departure in
Alaska Politics.
On the day following the telegram
of President Wilson expressing the
hope that Alaska would elect Bunnell
the new attorney general of tho
United States telegraphed District
Attorney Roth of Fairbanks giving
j him and his assistant in the office
three days freedom from duty in order
that they might assist in Mr. Bun
nell's campaign. This fact is taken in
Juneau and Fairbanks to provo
clearly that when the president en
dorsed Bunnell he did so after thought
and with the cabinet members on his
side.
Thi6 news has been conveyed here
officially but in a roundabout manner.
The message also states that Roth
has appointed as assistant district
attorney Harry A. Pratt and Reed
Heilig.
MRS. SMITH DIED AT
SEATTLE WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Smith, mother of Sport Smith,
died last Wednesday in Seattle some
what suddenly of pneumonia. A tele
gram was received from Gus Seiffert
asking that Mr. Smith be notified. He
is now on Sixmile where he has been
engaged with French and Herron.