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HEAR S OF LONDON BOMBARDED BY ZEPPELINS,
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BUT FULL DETAILS ARE HIDDEN BYTHE CENSORS
LONDON, ENGLISH COAST
TOWNS AND PARIS RAIDED
Believed Parts of City Near Parlia*
ment Houses, Westminster Abbey
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and Trafalgar Sq., Struck by Bombs.
LONDON RAIDED
LONDON. Sept. 9.—Millions of people in the city of
London were stricken with terror last night when the
noise of exploding bombs followed by the cries of fire and
the shrieks of women turned parts of the capital into a
pandemonium. To say that London has been really ter
rorized is no exaggeration. Details of the occurrence of
last night have not yet been given out and only a certain
part of the story can be told but the officials promise to
give those details later to satisfy the hunger of the people
for the full facts. The city was attacked in the darkness
by Zeppelins which dropped several powerful explosive
bombs as well as incendiary bombs which started many
fires. It is feared that the casualties have been very
heavy but none of the facts are yet ready for publication.
The Zeppelins also raided the east coast again last night
and probably were part of the fleet that attacked this city.
The details of the raid’s result on the coast are also being
awaited but London this morning is brought to the most
anxious condition by the thought of what destruction a
Zeppelin raid might inflict.
HEART OF CITY SOUGHT
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—The London correspondent of
the Daily News, London, has telegraphed to the papers of
this city that “the staff and officers are safe and all well”
and this is taken to mean that the Zeppelin attack last
night was delivered right in the heart of London, that is
the part of London in which are situated St. James Palace,
Westminster Abbey, the parliament buildings and Char
ing Cross railroad station. The News office is, indeed, not
far from St. James Palace so it is assumed that the Ger
mans this time aimed at London’s very heart. No furth
er information has arrived when this dispatch was sent
and much anxiety is felt, particularly because of the ap
parent reluctance of the British authorities to give out
full information. It is admitted that many fires were
caused by the incendiary bombs of the Zeppelins and the
closely packed condition of London is so well known that
a catastrophic conflagration is always possible.
PARIS ALSO RAIDED
PARIS, Sept. —The suburbs of Paris were raided
early this morning by Zeppelins but the details have not
been published or given out by the authorities, according
to the custom now prevalent in such conditions. The ex
plosions of the bombs from the airships were heard all
over the city and the shocks were so violent that they give
rise to the belief that the Germans have provided them
selves with much more powerful air bombs than they
formerly employed for such work.
FRENCH SUCCESSFUL RAID
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 9—Seventy-five German
soldiers were killed and a military station was exploded
by a French air raid on Saarbrucken yesterday. A large
French air fleet was employed for the work and much ex
ecution was effected by the close aiming of the airmen.
PARIS ALSO GOT IT
PARIS, Sept. 9.—The railway stations at Nesle and
Challeran were heavily damaged by the Zeppelin bombs
during the raid last night. No further light has been
thrown on the German raids on the Parisian suburbs but
some casualties are known to have occurred.
TEUTONS STRIKE
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—Seventy-five Teutonic workers
went out on a strike in this city today rather than aid in
the manufacture of munitions of war for the allies. They
were engaged in a shrapnel factory and their example is
expected to be followed by thousands of others of the
same nationality.
U. S. WAR SUPPLIES $50,000,000
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—The official figures cover
ing the exportation of war supplies from this country to
Europe for the month of July were published today and
it is found that the United States forwarded to the Euro
pean belligerents in that month alone war munitions and
supplies of all kinds worth fifty million dollars.
TO LET SUN STRIKE THE
ALASKA NORTHERN TRACK.
Wide Clearing to be Done but Doubt
ful in any Ballasting, ect., can
be Done this Year
The right of way along the Alaska
Northern track near the city is being
cleared for a hundred feet, fifty feet
on each side, for the purjiose of let
ting the sun strike the grade and get
rid of the snow more quickly in
spring. Henry Richards started in to
day as foreman with a gang of men
making the clearing. It is thought
possible that by the time the ties are
cut so much frost will have come
that ballasting and other work on the
grade will have to be postponed until
spring but there it» “quite a lot” of
work to do elsewhere, no doubt.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 9.—Former Presi
dent Taft addressed the National As
sociation of bankers this afternoon.
He slammed the theories of the in
itiative, referendum and recall and al
so the primary election idea. He also
took a shot at “arrogant capital” and
“arrogant labor.” He declared him
self an optimist on all questions and !
expressed the belief that the Euro-,
pean war will bring benefits to this !
nation and good results even to,
the nations engaged in the long run. i
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FARRAGUT HERE SUNDAY.
The Admiral Farragut was report
ed as sailing west from Juneau this
morning at 8 o’clock. This should !
bring her here by Sunday morning.
MILLIONAIRE WIDOW
STRANGLED BY SHEET.
Servant Arrested For Murder Says
He Was Bound by Three
Men Who Killed Her.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—Mrs. Eliza
beth Di Chores, a millionaire widow,
was found strangled to death in bed
by a sheet which had been knotted
around her neck and pulled tightly.
The cause of the murder was evident
ly robbery as many thousand dollars
worth of jewelry and money are miss
ing. Onney Talles, a servant, has
been arrested. He declares that three
men entered the mansion and bound
him hand and foot while they com
mitted the robbery and the murder
but the police say that his stories of
the affair conflict and that there is
every reason to believe that in tak
ing him into custody they have secur
ed the right man.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—After hav
ing been subjected to the third degree
for several hours Talles has confess
ed to the murder of Mrs. Di Chiores
and given the names of his accomp
lices. He states that he secured ten
thousand dollars worth of jewellry
but it is now known that half a mil
lion dollars worth of gems were hid
den in another part of the mansion
which the thieves and murderers fail
ed to find.
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❖ BANKERS WANT BIC. *
❖ ARMY AND NAVY. ❖
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SEATTLE, Sept. 9.—'The National
Bankers Association now in conven
tion here passed a resolution last
evening calling for a larger army and
navy to protect the country and its
interests abroad from all ^foreign ag
gression or interference. Only one
dissenting voice was raised amongst
the thousands of bankers present to
the resolution so that the opinion of
the convention in this respect may be
regarded as unanimous.
LONDON HIDES THE NEWS
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—That an impenetrable censor
ship is being maintained by the British authorities to hide
the real facts of the Zeppelin raid on London is very evi
dent and the fact has intensified the interest which is be
ing manifested in the matter throughout the whole of this
country. Marconi, the wireless inventor, who is now in
London, was interviewed this morning by the Chicago
Daily News and the interview was cabled and published
today. In the interview Marconi denounces the action
of the Zeppelins “as I saw them used last night’’ and this
phrase with the context indicates that the bombs were
dropped right in Trafalgar Square itself. Every effort
has been made by the American papers to secure some of
the details but the British government is obdurate and
will give out nothing. The hint about fires has caused
much foreboding.
TELLS CASUALTIES
LONDON, Sept. 9.—All that correspondents can
send out to foreign papers from this city concerning the
Zeppelin raid last night is that it is known that twenty
people are dead and eighty wounded. The story of the
property loss is strictly censored. Newspaper? have been
notified that too much curiosity in the matter of securing
news of the result of the bombardment will be regarded as
an unseemly interference with the work of the govern
ment. It is known that two Zeppelin raids took place on
coast towns last night and that the casualties in those
two attacks number one hundred and six. Not even the
names of the towns are mentioned and nothing is said as
to the loss, of property although it is well known that sev
eral houses were demolished.
WAS TWENTIETH RAID
LONDON, Sept. 9.—The raid on this city last night
was the twentieth made by Zeppelins since the beginning
of the war. Recent preparations reported as being made
by the Germans indicate that more determined air cam
paigns may be looked for from this time forward. Lon
don will probably be darker from this time forward and
orders are now being drawn up for greater precautions to
prevent the enemy from being able to observe the more
important portions of the city by night. The cabinet is
holding a meeting this afternoon where new plans are
probably being drawn up. It is believed that a protest
will be issued to the neutral nations against the bombard
ing of great cities where the loss of life amongst civilians,
especially women and children, could be the only advant
age gained .
GERMANS AND RUSSIANS
BOTH CLAIM VICTORIES
CARRANZA STORMING
! CITY OF NOGALES.
Has Four Thousand Against Five
Thousand Villaistas and
Yaqui Indians.
NOGALES, Arizona, Sept. 9.—The
Carranza army of four thousand men
is now besieging the city of Nogales,
across the border, and stormed it last
night. It is defended by five thousand
Villaistas and Yaquis and has suc
ceeded so far in holding out but a vast
amount depends on the result of the
siege. It is feared that should the
Villa defenders be forced to evacuate
they will crowd across the bolder and
requests have been sent for the dis
patch of a large force of United
States troops.
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❖ NEGRO BANKER AT *
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SEATTLE, Sept. 0.—Attending the
National convention of Bankers in
this city at present is a negro who
holds the leading place in the profes
sion. Peter W. Goebel, of Kansas
City, Kansas, has been elected vice
president of the convention. The
negro banker spoken of here is John
Mitchell Richmond who is a leading
exponent of theories for the better
ment of the colored race.
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TWO ARRESTED FOR
ROBBING MRS. ARMOUR.
Woman Refuses to See the Robbers
Who Locked Her up in a Room
and Humiliated Her.
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—Two men have
been arrested for the robbery of the
mansion of J. Ogden Armour when
Mrs. Armour was locked up in a room
with her servants by the thieves and
the house carefully ransacked. Mrs.
Armour was invited by the police to
look at the men arrested for the pur
pose of identifying them if possible
but she declined positively to do so
and declared herself perfectly satis
fied by putting an advertisement in
the papers which offered a reward for
the recovery of the gems stolen and
declared that no questions will be ask
ed. This course is already creating
smiles in the newspaper world and
more will probably be heard about it.
EIGHTEEN MONTHS FOR
LUSITANIA PERJURY.
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—Gustav
Stahl, who swore that he saw guns
on the Lusitania when she left New
\fork on the voyage in which she
was torpedoed, was sentenced to
eighteen months in the penitentiary
yesterday for perjury. Stahl is a
German who hoped by committing the
perjury to influence public opinion
against the owners of the Lusitania
and in favor of the sinking of the
vessel.
HOPE MINING MAN DIES.
John Mathiaon, head of the Mathi
son Mining Company, of Hope, died
yesterday at Anchorage from an at
tack of appendicitis. Mr. Mathison
had been operated on for the malady
some days ago and was to all appear
ances recovering fast when a sudden
relapse came yesterday which caused
his death.
Mr. Mathison was a well known
mining man of thees parts and is one
of the few men who could make low
grade placer pay the operators. He
was one of the pioneer operators of
the Kenai Peninsula. He leaves be
hind his brothers and sisters at Hope
and Claude Mathison of this city, who
is his half brother.
Czar Soon to Leave For Front and
Grand Duke Nicholas Goes Into
Exile a Fallen and Deserted Idol.
PETROGRAD REPORTS VICTORIES
PETROGRAD, Sept. 9.—Two German divisions and
one Austrian brigade which were engaged in trying 10
drive the Russians out of the last portion of Galicia were
heavily defeated by our troops and driven hack in con
fusion and with great losses. Two hundred officers and
eight thousand men were captured as well as many killed.
We captured thirty field guns and fourteen machine guns.
Elsewhere in the east the Russians have also gained im
portant victories and the Teutons have been repulsed at
several points and in one other engagement we took two
thousand prisoners. Our armies have begun to deliver
counter attacks and with most encouraging success. It is
apparently the intention of the general stall to halt the
Germans before the coming of winter as advances after
that time will be next to impossible and a large part oi the
country will remain in the hands of the enemy until
spring.
DUKE’S FALL COMPLETE
PETROGRAD, Sept. 9.—The Grand Duke Nicholas,
until a few days ago the commander of the largest armies
that ever entered fields of battle, left last night for
Caucasia, practically an exiled man. Up to a few months
ago the grand duke was the greatest national hero the
Russian empire had ever produced and last night as he
stepped into the train he was accompanied only by a lew
intimate friends. The czar will leave for the front in a
few days and it expected to remain with the armies until
the climax is reached. It is feared that the grand duke
might have committed suicide. rl he great form is said to
have bowed under the weight of his disgrace and he will
probably never again be seen in Russia proper.
THAT MACKENSEN AGAIN
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—M'ackensen has again forced the
Slavs to evacuate their positions taken up after the re
treat from Brest-Litovsk and he is now in control of the
railroad line leading to Minsk from that city.
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AUSTRIAN CHIEF HAS CHOLERA
ROME, Sept. 9.—Marshal von Hotzendorff, the com
mander-in-chief of the Austrian armies on the Italian
frontier, has been stricken with cholera and is believed to
be dying. It is also rumored, but not officially stated, that
the dread disease is making frightful ravages in the
ranks of the enemy on the Serbian front.
BERLIN CLAIMS FRENCH DEFEAT
BERLIN, Sept. 9.— It is officially announced this
afternoon that the result of the German attacks in the
Argonne during the past two days has been the capture of
more than a mile of French trenches, the taking of two
thousand and thirty-seven French prisoners and ftrty
eight machine guns.
GERMANS ATTACK IN ARGONNE
PARIS, Sept. 9.—The Germans made unceasing at
tacks in the region of the Argonne forest all day yester
day and succeeded in storming the French trenches some
of which were taken temporarily but we held all the im
portant positions. The lighting was of the fiercest de
scription and several times was of the hand to hand order,
cold steel being the chief weapon. Severe cannonading
occurred near the same part of the western front and in
Flanders but no actual assaults are reported from other
quarters. It is coming to be admitted in military circles
that a winter campaign on the same lines as those where
the last winter campaign was fought is facing both sides.
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WHAT GERMAN NOTE SAYS
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—It is now well known here that
the German note in answer to the American protests o\ er
the sinking of the Arabic contains an expression of re
gret that the liner was destroyed. It includes the promise
also to abide by the decision of the Hague Tribunal in the
matter and it gives the text of the instructions to sub
marine commanders not to attack passengers steamers
unless such steamers give indications of attempting to
' escape or attack the submarines. Germany, however, in
1 sists on the right to attack at once any passenger vessel
which attempts either to ram a submarine, fife a gun at it
or to run away.