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WASHINGTON, Sept., i>— The British and French
consular agents and other Allied oilicials throughout Bol
sheviki Russia have been arrested pending the outcome
of negotiations between the Aides and the Bolsheviki ac
cording to official advices received here.
It is understood that the Bolsheviki is willing to pre
pare for an exchange of diplomats with England and Fran
-ce if tin Bolsheviki representatives at London and Baris
are given safe conduct home.
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RUSS REVOLUTIONISTS MURDERED.
AMSTERDAM. Sept., 1)— Five hundred and twelve
alleged counter revolutionists were shot as a reprisal for
the murder of Moses Uritzsky. Chairman of the Retro
grad Commission for the prevention of counter revolut
ions. This is the statement today from Berlin.
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Thei* is a race royal be ing run
along Tuinag«.iii Ann today between |
j»U*ei layers oil the Seward ajid the
Anchorage 1'ivision'*. Supei intond
ei>t>. timekeepers, cooks, waiters,
clci ks and in u.ct every available man
at Kern Creek and Girdwood aic as- j
sisting the steel layers to put now n :
the tails on the Seward emi to com-'
plete the work within the next day
or .-o, The Anchorage steel layers
got wind ot' the sudden >purt, ami '
eve? y man available on the Aochoiage j
Tatko< tna and other jobs are also out, |
working to attempt to beat the Sew
ard division crowd.
I hit it can’t be done, that is the
cinch bet telephoned back at noon.
The Seward division men aie going
to work full shifts and over time and
as there are only t’.SOO feet or less to
lav. tl»e Ancho ag-' men are alieadj
beaten unless something ssm'- au.
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TRIAL •
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CLEVELAND, Sept., 0—The court
room was crowded this fointiningHH
:t>om was crowded this morning when
the trial of Eugene V. Debs began.
Debs is charged with the violation of
the espionage act and indicted tor re
marks aleged to have been made in
and address before the Ohio state
convention of Socialists last June.
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NO MOVIE SHOW TONIGHT.
There will be no movie show at the
Liberty theatre tonight owing to the
break in the power line.
SCORE 3-2i
Boston, Sept., 0— The Red Sox too'.:
the fourth game of the world * series
today by defeating the White Sox.
“three to two." This is the thrid game
of the series Boston has cinched.
The Red Sox secured four hits and
made no errors. Chicago secured sev
en hits and given credit for an error.
The batteries were Tyler, Douglas
Douglas Killifer and Barber; Boston
Ruth. Bush. Agnew and Schang.
Boston, Sept.. 0— The world's ser
ies receipts been so small that
the player’s shares have been cut to
$1200 each for the winners and $800
for the losers. The players have nam
»*«i a committee to demand a guaran
teed payment of $2000 to the winners
and $1400 to the loser.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Sept., 0.—Fish quot
tm ns at noon today were as follows:
halibut, sixteen and seven eights
cents; sable, six cents; ling and ml
cod, five cents.
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NO DOPE ON STEAMERS.
No cable advices have been receiv
ed concerning the Alameda nor the
Dora. The Alameda should have been
out of Juneau yesterday evening. The
Dora is expected at Kodiak today.
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GARRET TO REPRESENT
UNITED STATES AT BERNE.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Tohn W.
Garret, United States minister at the
Hague, has been designated to repre
sent the state department as head of
the American delegation which is to
meet the German delegates at Herne.
Switzerland, within a month to dis
cuss the treatment and exchange of
prisoners of war.
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ALTURAS Cal., Sept., 0.—From
100 to 150 carloads of sheep and
lambs are being shipped weekly from
this and other nearby stations of the
Oregon California Nevada railroads.
This will continue for at least four
months, ami the wealth represented in
th<» shipments will exceed $2,500,000.
WITH THE BRITISH, Sept., 9— The British have ad
-vanced west and northwest of St. Quentin and are now
five miles from the old Ilindenburg line this sector and
still advancing. The British today made a formidable
thrust on the Arras-Cambrai road.
ARTILLERY THUNDERING ON FRONT.
LONDON, Sept., 9— The German war statement to
day sayi that the Germans are in new positions which is
oelieved to mean that Gen. von Ludendorff imagines that
the German retirement has ended and he will try to make
a stand on the present line. Paris reports that the German
artillery is thundering along the whole line but that the
Allies are compelling the German to continue their retire*
ment.
BRITISH MOVING TOWARDS ST. QUENTIN.
LONDON , Sept., !>— On the front between Peronne
and St. Quentin the British patrols have occupied the
towns of Vermand, five miles northeast of St. Quentin,
and Vendelles, two miles north of Vermand. The British
are this afternoon attacking Gouzeacourt.
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FRENCH BACK TO OLD POSITIONS.
WITH THE FRENCH, Sept., 9— The French, be
tween the Aisne and Oisne, are virtually behind the old
wire entanglements of 1917. The trenches along the Oise,
Aisne canal and Ailette river which form a sort of advanc
ed post have been wrested from the Germans after a five
day’s struggle during which time five different German
divisions attempted to hold oil a single I*rench Division.
The Germans accomplished the greatest concentrat
ion movement under machine gun fire ol the war accord
ing to French officers. The enemy built bridges under a
withering fire for retreat and lost hundreds of men.
FRENCH HOLD FRONT NEAR ST. QUENTIN.
LONDON, Sept., 9— The French hold Crozat canal
this afternoon practically along the entire length and four
miles from St. Quentin.
FRENCH ADVANCE ON NORTH OF SOMME
PARIS, Sept., 9— North of the Somme the French
advanced towards Clastres and have occupied the Lamotte
Farm where there has beeji much heavy fighting since
Saturday afternoon.
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OFFICIAL GERMAN REPORTS
BERLIN, Sept., 9— The Germans yesterday repulsed
the Allied attacks north of Armentiers in Flanders. Many
allied prisoners were taken. The French have also been re
pulsed between the Aisne and Ailette rivers with sangui
nary losses according to an official war statement.
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It rained yesterday like it is doing
today and ther# was no game ot ball
between the locals and the* nine from
the U. S. S. Saturn.
The train arrived at 10 o’clock last!
night stoppi'd near the dump north :
ot the machine shops and the passen
gers walked to the depot owing to i!« *
track being covered with water.
Jack King is stopping at the Sow
uni having come in last night on the
train from Mile 2!).
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Louis Nissin and W. I). Fuller, who
have been at the Seward lor several
days, returned to Mile 2ii on yester
day’s train and intend going down low
-er Konai with to fox ranch.
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J. A. Laubnor, well known mining
operator, is at the Hotel Sexton hav
ing arrived on the train last night
from Anchorage
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Vic Guimbard is at the Sexton hav
ing come in from out the line on the
train last night.
Joe Ueno and Ed Berutto, are in 1
from Gird wood and are making their
headquarters at the Sexton.
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Judge W. H. Whittlesey, returned
on last night’s train from Anchorage,
after a business tour along Cook Inlet
Judge Charles Bunnell is making
his headquarters at the hotel Seward
while holding a trim of court in Sew
ard.
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C. H. Wilcox, clerk of the court, is
registered at the Seward having come
from Anchorage on last night’s train.
J. C. Murphy, assistant district at
torney, of Anchorage, came in on the
train last night from Anchorage and
during the court term here will be
found at the Sexton. *
Ivan Hyland, Capt. John Rex
Thompson and Thomas McLaughlin of
Seattle. Shriners of Nile Temple; and
Henry Slater, of Cordova, arrived last
night from performing the ceremon
ials at Anchorage and are registered
at the Hotel Overland.
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I. Hamburger, of the District court
force, is registered at the Hotel Sew
ard.
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HALF MILLION
MINING TAX IN
STATE OF UTAH
SALT LAKE CITV, Sept., 1).—The
state of Utah will collect close to
$080, 000 from mining taxes in No
vember, this being o per cent of the
net proceeds of Utah mines in 1017.
This amount includes the mining oc
cupational tax, which is levied for
the first time. The tax is one dollar
for each person engaged in mining,
with the exception of prospectors and
some others.
According to tax roll ligures just
made public by the state board o»
equalization, net proceeds of Utah
mines in 1917 totaled $32, 95^,960, as
compared with $33, 204, 411 in 1916.
llo occupational tax was collected for
1916, however. The state’s income
from 1916 mining operations was
$996, 132, or something more than
$5,000 above that for 1917. This is
approximately 12 per cent of the
state annual income, based upon the
income for 1916-1917 from all sources,
$6. 097, 526.43.
Under the existing laws seven-six
teenths of the mining taxes go to the
public schools, and nine-sixteenths to
the general fund. Of this nine-six- j
teenths, 72 per cent is allotted fop
expenses of government and 2S per
cent to the three colleges supported
bv the state.
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PACIFIST BOOKS ARE TABOO
AT ALL CAMP LIBRARIES.
NEW YORK, Sept., 9.—Secretary
P.nkei has ordered the removal from
the lists, of books at camp libraries,
all those having pacifist tendencies,
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u. S. SAILORS CAPTURE RUSSIAN TOWN.
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ARCHANGEL, Sept., 9— A detachment of American
sailors, among the Allied forces fighting near Ohserskaya,
have captured that town according to an oflicial state
ment. The Americans successfully extricated themselves
from a dangerous predicament when they found themsel
ves surrounded by the enemy during a counter attack on
the town and before its capture.
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SECRETARY OB' WAR BAKER IS IN
FRANCE ON SECOND OFFICIAL TRIP.
WASHINGTON, Sept., 9— It was officially announc
ed at the war Department this afternoon that Secretary
of War Newton D. Baker has arrived safely in France on
his second visit to the American army abroad. Secretary
Baker is accompanied by John D. Ryan, assistant secre
tary of War in charge of the aircraft production; Surgeon
General Gorgias and Brigadier General Myers, chief of
the Embarkation Service.
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GOLD IS TO BE CONSERVED.
WASHINGTON, Sept., 9— To conserve gold for es
sential monetary purposes, the government today forbade
the issuance of gold bullion from the Philadelphia, Denver
and San Francisco mints and New York assayers. A lic
ense will be issued by the War Industries Board. Federal
Reserve bank board or Treasurer McAdoo if gold bullion
is required but otherwise there is a ban now on gold bul
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LONDON, Sept., 9— Forty representatives of the
gold mining industry of the British Empire have united in
calling the attention of the government to the unfairness
which they allege results from the fact that the price of
gold has not advanced in proportion to the increased cost
caling the atention of the ^ovemmet to the unfairness