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Vol. 10. No. J.l ________—
BUCHAREST ADMITS INVASION OF
BULGARIA HAS BEEN ABANDONED
' WANT SUBMARINES AGAIN
BERLIN, Oct. G.—The faction supporting von Tirpitz
is again lighting to bring about the renewal of the sub
marine campaign and is suggesting the blockading of cer
tain English harbors in accordance with the Chancellor’s
plan to cut off England’s food supply. The government
appears to be solidly against the proposal and its adoption
is improbable. One high official says it would invite the
enmity of the whole world and he declares such a course
would be insanity.
ROUMANIAN INVADERS QUIT
BUCHAREST, Oct. G.—The Roumanian army of in
vasion has returned to the Roumanian side of the Danube
as the result of the reverse received at the hands of the
Bulgarians and it is admitted that the invasion of Bul
garia is at an end for the present. Much criticism is level
led at the military heads for their apparent lack of skill
in preparing for such an eventuality. It is denied, how
ever, that the losses were as great as the Bulgarians say.
HOW ROUMANIANS LOST
LONDON, Oct. 5.—The story of the great disaster
to the Roumanian invading army is now gradually coming
to be known. It is denied by the Entente authorities that
the Bulgarians captured or destroyed as many as they
said, one hundred and fifty thousand, but it is admitted
that the disaster was a bad one.
The Roumanians are said to have been without
artillery and this was probably due to the difficulty ol
getting it across the pontoon bridges. The Bulgars ap
parently had all prepared to entrap them. From Turtukai
and Rustchuk they squeezed in on both sides. The Rou
manians finding defeat staring them in the face rushed
back to re-cross the river by the pontoons but an Austrian
Monitor had swiftly appeared down the river and shelled
the pontoons to pieces. The result was that the Rouman
ians broke in disorder and the whole force was annihilat
ed as a fighting factor. Military men are at a loss to un
derstand how they could have made so fatal an error but
Mackensen’s genius is credited with the undoubtedly
great success. Some consoling news arrived today to the
effect that the Serbs have reached within twelve miles of
Monastic but the Bulgars claim to have foiled an attempt
of the allies to advance at Strupino.
MORE BULL ABOUT THE IRISH
LONDON, Oct. G.—The British have captured Yeni
keui in Greek Macedonia after a severe fight with the
Bulgarians. The brunt of the fight was borne by Irish
and Scottish batallions which distinguished themselves
by wonderful daring and dash.
GREECE SUSPENDS PAYMENTS
LONDON, Oct. G.—Owing to a shortage of money
Greece has suspended payment of its liabilities.
RUSSIANS PROGRESS
PETROGRAD, Oct. 6. — The Russians are making
progress south of the Oniester, it is officially announced,
and have taken positions from the Teutons. Fighting for
the past few days has not been of very great importance.
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SAY TURKS DEFEATED
PETROGRAD, Oct. G.—The Russians have suddenly
resumed the offensive at Trebizond on the Black Sea and
have severely defeated the Turks in a determined engage
ment. According to the unofficial accounts given out our
forces in that theatre are now more fully prepared to fol
low up the advantage arising from the capture of Trebi
zond several months ago.
STOP RUSSIANS NEAR LUTSK
BERLIN, Oct. 6.—Desperate attacks have been made
by the Russians during the past forty-eight hours west
of Lutsk but the war office reports that they were unsuc
cessful. It is admitted that the Slav assaults continue in
spite of tremendous losses.
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SAY BRITISH REPULSED
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 6.—The report that the
attacks by the British on the Euphrates river in Mesopot
amia have been unsuccessful was received here today.
Omaha Goes Crazy
About President
OMAHA Oct. G.—The greatest re
ception of his career was accorded
here last night to President Wilson.
The city seems to have realized the
importance of the fact that it was
chosen by him as the scene of the
greatest speech of his campaign and
this realization won Omaha almost to
a man. Every mention of his name
during all the proceedings was cheer
ed to the echo. He was in his best cam
paign mood, smiling and shaking
hands with everyone. The governor
introduced him and eulogized him as
the pioneer of a new era. The presi
dent’s speech was a sort of tinul de
claration of principles. He declared
that America is ready to light st any
time for a just cause, particularly in
the interests of humanity, but not
always for mere property of capital
ists. He spoke of the great era copi
ing and of the emancipation of the
business of the nation and he declar
ed that the channels are now being
dug that will lead to the great future.
In concluding he expressed the belief
that the course pursued by the coun
try in these dangerous times merited
congratulations for it.
SULZER FIGHTING WILSON
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—O’Leary has
named a committee of live thousand
to fight against Wilson and Former
Governor Sulzer pledges fifty thou
sand votes of the “American Party”
to Hughes. Roosevelt will speak
to the soldiers at El Faso, Texas.
Sulzer and O’Leary are fighting Wil
son, it is said, because of his alleged
pro-Britishism.
JIM HILL'S ESTATE
SEVENTY MILLIONS
ST. PAUL, Oct. G.—Louis Hill filed
today the inventory of the estate of
James J. Hill and it is found to be
fifty-two million dollars exclusive of
his realty property and bank holdings
which are twenty-four millions. The
inheritance tax will amount to a mil
lion and a half.
GOETHALS CONFERRING
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—Governor
Goethals spent eight hours today con
ferring with Commissioners George
Rublee and Clark of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
SCHOOLS MAY HAVE
SLATES ONCE AGAIN
NE WYORK, Oct. 6.—The school
board is considering going back to
slates in the schools instead of paper
because of the high price of paper.
BIG RUSH FOR SEATS
FOR THE GREAT GAME
BOSTON, Oct. 6.—The annual rush
for reserved seats for the first of the
world's series has begun but there is
no disorder.
PARKER QUITS WILSON
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 5.—Parker
will open the Progressive campaign in
Cleveland on Sunday. He has decid
ed not to stump for Wilson.
MARIPOSA LEAVES CORDOVA
The Mariposa left Cordova at 6:H0
o’clock this morning.
FARRAGUT DUE 4 P. M.
The Farragut ia due to arrive here
from westward at 4 p. m.
Conspiracy To
Murder Shonts
Mother Jones Calls l'pun the Strikers
to “Raise Hell.”
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—The police
claim to have unearthed a conspiracy
to assassinate Shonts of the Traction
companies and Manager Medley. Two
men have been detained as suspects
in connection with the matter. The
police say the arrests have taken
place as the result of a conversation
overheard in a saloon.
Mother Jones yesterday exhorted
the strikers to “raise hell” or they
would never win and later three hun
dred women, wives and relatives of
the strikers, started a riot. They at
tacked street cal's and shattered the
windows until the police arrived in
force. It was even found necessary to
club some of the women and rein
forcements had to be called to save
the police themselves. One woman
alleges that the police dragged a baby
from her arms and that the child has
not yet been found.
Campaign Still
(jetting Warmer
Wilson, Root, Depew and Ollier Rig
Guns Make Speech*.
ROOT MAKES SPEECH
NEW YORK, Oct. C.—At a Re
publican mass meeting last night
Elihu Root paid his respects to the
Democratic administration in strong
language. He declared the adminis
tration to be irresolute and incompet
ent and sectional, and he declared that
the actions of the Presiden; in rela
i tion to the Lusitania, preparedness
and Mexico were examples. Root
also expressed the belief that proteci
ivism is necessary to prevent Euro
pean encroachments.
DEPEW TAKES IT UP j
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Chauncey I
Depew at the Root meeting described,
Wilson’s Saturday speech as nothing
but an admirably phrased captivat
ing lot of generalizations.
O LEARY BRINGS SUIT
NEW YORK, O’Leary has brought
suit against Chairman McCormick for'
fifty thousand dollars for calling the j
plaintiff a hyphenate in connection i
with the telegram sent by O’Leary to j
the president in which he accused Wil-1
son of being proBritish and destroying
the party. O’Leary declares that he
will prove once for all that it is li
bellous to call an American citizen a
hyphenate as a citizen’s loyalty is J
property and character. Counsel
Jones who represents O’Leary savs he
will sue every paper in the United
States that so criticized the telegram
sent to the President.
WOMEN EMBARRASS
CHICAGO, Oct. 6. — Hughes was
greatly embarrassed today when the
members of the Wilson Women’s
I/eague flaunted their banners wher
ever they saw him. Women cam
paigners even rushed the hotel.
Speaking at the Auditorium, Sena
tor Beveridge called the prosperity of
the country sectional prosperity and
spotted and stained. He declared
that proctectivism will stabilize the
nation. \
John Stevenson will go to Seattle
on the Farragut.
Many Changes
In Seward City
Seward has been so stirred by its
prosperity and so great a change for
the better has come in the outlook
that the people in the past yeai or a
little more have become so restless
to better their positions that almost
I every business house in the city has
j had changes of occupancy that are
, kaleidoscopic in their variety. Begin
ai Lowell creek and go down Broad
way, for instance, on the east side and
np the west side. The Bazaar is new,
i Bill Henry’s office was established in
the time mentioned. So was the ollice
of Architect Kingsley. Then comes
l the new insurance men Ennis and
j Campbell. Mrs. Burley changed from
j the other side of the street. The
Junte barber shop is new. Dan’s shoe
. shop and Mr. Taylor’s Express are
new. Carstens and the mayor and
I George Sexton are still to the fore.
| The Miner’s Store was moved north.
George tfie Jeweller is still there.
Hallett and Scott’s is new’ anil the
i McCoy’^ are gone. Mrs. Martin is in
the post ollice. The Henry Eat hers
paint shop is new. The Terminal has
changed hands. The Club is new.
The Key was new and is now changed
in location. The Branch is under
new management and poor Popcorn
Jimmie has gone to rest. George
Mitchell has his new Seward Grill,
'flic McDonalds have taken the drug
store from the Vaughans. B«*rnie
llettel is the first break in this list oi
changes. The coffee house next doo.
had two or three changes. The Over
land hotel is another that is un
changed. The Alaska Steamship ollice
has gone Across the street. Mr. Mur
phy. formerly of the Terminal, and
Mr. Tadin have open the Broadway
Grill recently. Harry Leyton is in
the barber shop formerly owned oy
Fred Miller. Leon Urbach is a new
business man. Mr. Rich is a recent
arrival and has changed locations.
Leo Margules is sticking like glue.
The Louvre has changed places and
Messrs McPhail and McKenzie are
new arrivals who surely got terribly
changed about. John Noon has
changed and is building another big
place. S. L. Colwell is about to
change again. Jay Spencer is dead.
To divert a little, the Carlson Laund<\\
is still there. Lucky Baldwin has
gone. The Seward Hotel like the
other hotels has no change. The cable
office staff has even changed. But let
us continue down and up Broadway.
We have had three U. S. Commission
ers in a few months. Cross the
street. The produce store is gone.
Stalinsky’s tailor shop is moved. The
Palace has changed hands. Bill
Powers can hardly be called new. The
Commerce Cafe has gone. Magnus
and Nelson are new. The Seattle is
there still to the good. The new
steamship office and Wells Fargo art
next but just behind, the Capitol Cafe
has changed owners. The Lawrence
electric shop is new'. But here comes
an extraordinary hiatus. We arrive
now at the immovable. Tom Gamble,
George Phelps, Brown & Hawkins,
Mrs. Ellsworth are staying where
they are but Mrs. Ellsworth will soon
move into her new building. The
Bakery has changed from the Coopers
to the Myers and the Reeds. The Ad
mind office has not changed but Agent
,\Va>ne Blue has changed his resi
dence. J. L. Graef stands solid. The
Barnet tailor shop has given way to
another and the Key has moved
across. Jack Stotko’s is still Jack
Stotko’s and w ill be always so unless
Mrs. W. C. gets him. Then comes the
unchanging Bill Sauers but next door
will soon be eVnpty and will be in a
new building. The Frye Bruhn is
CITY COUNCIL HAS
ONLY ONE DAY EEET!
Are tiie voters ot all Kenai Peninsula disl ranchised
this year? This is the question that must Ik* answeicd
immediately and there is every reason to tear that the an
svver might be in the allirmalive.
The law says that notice of the Delegate election and
the election for the local legislature must Ik* given by the
United States Commissioner sixty days before the date oi
election and this afternoon the thought came that such
notice may not lie given and that hundreds oi. Arne* ican
citizens of the territory of Alaska in this neighborhood
may have lost their votes.
“ The thought of the possible disfranchisement came
this afteroon at 2 o'clock when it came to memory that
the city council of Seward has not yet complied with the
regulations. The law says that the council of an incorpor
porated town must provide a polling place and must AP
POINT A BOARD OF ELECliON Af LEAST TH1TRY
DAYS BEFORE ELECTION. This has not yet been done
but as the election will not take place until Nov. i the
jity council has time to meet tonight or tomorrow and per
form the act that is necessary before the people ol this
city can vote.
As the thought of the oversight of the city council
came lo mind there also came the thought that because pi
wiie quick changes of United States Commissioners in
Seward a similar oversight might have been made in re
lation to the outlying districts. The law says that SIX 1 'i
•ays before each delegate election after the first one and
oefore each legislature election after the lirst one notice
of election must be sent to the places outside incorporated
cities and precincts must be established. Mr. Ennis, the
present Commissioner, was seen about this today but lie
aas no knowledge that the requirements were fullilleu.
He left office after being in it only a short time and Mr.
Woolley took the oltice on September the lirst. lo make
the notices legal in outlying precincts it was necessary to
nave sent them out in about a week after Mr. Woolley took
oltice and as he was a new man in Alaska it is quite pos
able that the matter might have been overlooked without
Maine to anyone at all. It is said that Mr. Woolley was
msy in the matter later but from what can be learned it
is to be feared that the task was done until too iate, al
though this will not be staed positively here now.
The thing now to be made sure is that ail the people ot
jeward do not get disfranchised. The city council is re
quired by law to publish the notice of election in at least
one paper and to post it in three places, but this need not
be done except for two consecutive weeks before the elec
cion. But the council must lix the polling place, or places
and must elect judges, etc., at least thirty days before the
election. This can be done tonight or tomorrow ami be
till in time, but the council had apparently overlooked it
as no provisions had been made lor a meeting until next
week
Several precincts have been disfranchised from time
to time in Alaska because the Commissioners forgot to do
what was necessary but it is still to be hoped that Kenai
Peninsula is not.
The city council must act before tomorrow is over,
however, as Monday would be too late ami the woi k could
not be done legally on Sunday. There must be three
judges and two clerks and not more than two judges and
one clerk shall belong to the same political party.
new. The Whiteheads have left the
realty lirm next door. George Coury
has changed. The Gateway will move
in a week or two to fine new quarters
in the splendid van Gilder building.
Harry Balderston is in charge of the
Bank. Ike Evans and the jail are a
necessary and permanent evil until
the Millenium. Jack Finnegan is in
partnership with Judge Morford.
Rev. Cook has given way to another,
and we arrive at the creek again. The
blooming creek has even shown the
restlessness of progress and refused
to be confined in its fine new boxes, j
But the changes are far greater than
indicated here. We have received allj
the new officials from outside. Host
master Root has taken the place ol
Phil Hickey. We have a new school
principal, new court clerk, new city
magistrate, new dentist, new city en
gineer. Bob Guest is another thing
we can’t get rid of, though. We have
a new hospital. The Catholic and
Episcopalian, as well as the Methodist
churches have hud changes. The
Electric Company and the Water
company remain but have advanced
so wonderfully that they are like dif
ferent corporations altogether. But
there must be an end and sevora must
be i verlooked The fact is, Seward is
a new city and has sbed its old feath
ers ami skin almost without being
perceived. This means progress.
GREAT RECEPTION FOR
WILSON AT OMAHA
OMAHA, Oct. 6.—Prsident Wilson
was cheered to the echo when he arri
ved here at 11 o’clock to mak^ his
great speech. The whole city was
bedecked and ice cream was served
out all over in the shape of a dove of
peace, a Vnt that Wilson’s sp?ecn
would probably deal with the Euro
pean and Mexican questions from a
peaceful standpoint.
Mrs. B. T. James and daughter
leave for the outside on the Farragut
to spend the winter.