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ASQUITH SAYS GERMANY ALONE
IS BLOCKING EUROPEAN PEACE
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ASQUITH SPEAKS PEACE AGAIN |
LONDON, August 21.—That Germany has shown no
disposition toward peace except on terms dishonorable j
and humiliating to the allied nations was the information j
given out to the House of ( ommons by Prime Ministei As- j
quith today. The statement of Asquith was due to asset
tions by Under Secretary Zimmermann ol the German
Foreign office who is telling the Hungarian people
through the newspapers that Great Britain alone is block
ing attempts to bring about peace. In some quarters As-,
quith’s statement is taken only as meant to let the Hun
garians know that Germany and Austria are at fault, but
on the whole the assertion of the* prime minister is regard
ed as one of the greatest importance and one which might
have historic results.
(JREAT BATTLES ALL OVER
LONDON, August 20.—(Sunday)—The news from
all sources toiiav shows that tremendous fighting is talc-,
ing place on many fronts and that the pressure on the;
Central powers is becoming terrible. The British have
advanced on a front of eleven miles in the west and have
captured Thiepaul ridge after terrible lighting. We also
took a mile of trenches west of High W ood and a thou
sand prisoners. Word comes from the Balkans that the
allies there have captured five villages but the most re
markable bit of news of all is that the Russians have brok
en the German lines at Stokhod and northeast of Kovel.
The advance of the British in the west is said to be on the
entire line north of the Somme. The T rench have also
completely ejected the Germans from Floury in the \ er
dun sector. It is also announced that the Italians have
achieved further successes in the Goritz-Trieste region.
BRITISH C RUISERS SUNK
LONDON, August 21. — Two British light cruisers,
the Nottingham and the Falmouth, were sunk last Satur
day in the North Sea by German submarines while search-*
ing for the German high seas fleet, it is otlicially announc
ed. One of the submarines was sunk by the British arut
the other was rammed and possibly destroyed. The oc
currence took place when word arrived that the German
high seas fleet had come out and the two vessels were sent
out in search. It is now known that when the German
fleet learned that the British forces were in considerable
strength the enemy avoided an engagement and returned
to port. The loss of life resulting from the sinking of the
cruisers has not vet been given out otlicially.
BRITISH FIGHT IN ASIA
LONDON, August 20.—The British have once more
started a campaign on the Euphrates for the conquest of
the region in which the former expedition met disaster.
Large numbers of troops have been sent from India and
elsewhere and an effort will be made to form a juncture
with the Russians.
BULGARS SEIZE GREEK PORTS
PARIS, August 21.—It is announced today that the
Bulgarians have advanced toward the Greek port of
Kavala and have seized two Greek forts and several points
along the front. New engagements are now being fought
between the Bulgarians and the allied forces.
TO COMBINE AGAINST BLACKLIST
SANTIAGO, Chile, August 21.—The Chilean govern
ment has instructed its ministers to the United States,
Brazil and Argentina to sound the governments of those
countries relative to a joint action against the British
blacklist. This announcement was made openly today.
The British blacklist includes firms in all the countries
named here. The steps to be taken would probably be a
boycott of British goods.
G. 0.1*. Will Not
Name Candidate
A. Gilmore. Member of Nomina
tion Committee, i:> the Authority.
That the committee appointed ;.t
the Seward convention will not name
a Republican candidate for congress
is the statement of William Gilmore,
the member of the committee from
the Second division and delegate to
the last national convention.
Mr. Gilmore, accompanied by Mrs.
Gilmore, passed through yesterday on
the Watson for Anchorage but if he
came for any po’itical purpose he did
not say so. He was a candidate for
congress six years ago and has a
warm spot in his heart for Seward
which gave him a big majority. He
expects to visit Seward again soon.
While a Republican and a supporter
of Schofield for the attorney general
ship he is a closi personal friend of
Grigsby, who. by the way, w ill not ar
rive in Seward foi some time yet as
he decided to go out by way of Seattle
instead of coming directly.
POPULAR STEWARD OF
WATSON TO PE MARRIED
On the return of the steamship Ad
miral Watson to Seattle will take
place the culmination of a romance ot
years’, standing when Dan ,Noonan,
the chief steward of the vessel, will be
married at St. James Cathedral to
Miss Margaret Teresa Ryan, of Rose
mont, Pa. The couple have been
sweethearts for ten years and Miss
Ryan is now making the journey
across the continent to meet her
future husband when the Watson re
turns to Seattle. The wedding will
take place on September 2 and the
happy couple \\
happy pair will make their home in
Seattle.
CAME ON WATSON
Mrs. F. Marian, Mrs. Frayer and
James Frayer came from Seattle on
the Watson.
Captains Exchange i
Ships in The Bay!
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Captain Jensen switched from the
Admiral Watson and Captain Hick
man switched from the Admiral I ai'
ragut, both skippers taking the
other’s vessel yesterday out on Res
urrection Bay. The change was made
* wish of one of the captains il
not of both. The little ceremony
caused quite a celebration.
LOTS ARE NOT SOLD <
HERE FOR REVENUE
Andrew Chirstensen of the land de
partment arrived in Fairbanks on the
HHh, and the sale of lots at Nenana
will be held on the 22nd. Information
has come from an authoritative
source that townsite lots are not sold
for revenue but for the purpose of
holding the towns compact. It :s
naturally feared that if the govern
ment did not take this step people
* would build everywhere.
! COURT GOES WEST AND
WILL SOON COME HERE
Judge F. M. Brown went west on
th£ Watson yesterday to hold a term
of Court at Anchorage. Some of the
otVicials who were in the party were
Marshal Brenneman, Deputy Clerk
Tom Geraghty and Ike Hamburger,
stenographer. After the session at
Anchorage the court vvill come here
for a few days’ session.
WENT WEST ON WATSON
The following went west on t:»c
Watson yesterday: Judge F. M.
Brown, W. J. Fogelstrom, ('has. Shel
don, Tom Finnegan, Mr. and 'Mrs.
Zimm, Crit Tolman, Jack Hoe, L. V.
Hay. F. M. Boyle, I. Hamburger, O.
Walker, J. F. Pugh, W. A. Gilmore.
4^1 rs. Gilmore, Chas. King. Mrs. Fred
Martin, J.' B. Miller, A. H. Bradford,
G. 0. Simel, Tom Geraghty.
PEOPLE STILL DIE OF
HEAT IN THE EAST
CHICAGO, August 21. — Four
drownings, seven deaths by heat di
! rectly and a number of prostrations
are reported as the result of the heat.
! Sunday. The maximum temperature
was 91.
MILWAUKEE, August 21.—Three
i deaths from heat, one from drowning
and a number of prostrations were the
toll of the torrid temperature here
• yesterday.
WESTERN DRIVE IMMENSE
BERLIN, August 20. — It is admitted here that ttie
allied drive on the Somme has assumed stupendous pro
portions and that the German lines are driven to the
greatest efforts of the war. No important losses are h 1
mitted, however.
RUSSIANS RETIRE
PETROGKAD, August 20.—The admission is made
that the Austrians have caused our troops to retire from
Kirlibaba pass in the Carpathians. The retirement is ex
pected to be only temporary.
GERMANS ATTACK FLEURY
PARIS, August 21.—The Germans made a second des
perate attempt to retake the village of Fleury last night.
They delivered the attack in strong force after having
sprayed the French positions with liquid lire. The war
office says the attempts were failures but that they are
sure to be repeated immediately.
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TEUTONS CAUGHT OFF GUARD
PETROGRAD, August 21—By suddenly shifting the
attack to Stokhod, northeast of Kovel, General Brusiloff
has caught the Germans off guard and is now driving
westward for important gains. The enemy is reported to
' be making desperate efforts to bring up huge reinforce
ments but Brusiloff is hitting terrible blows to make their
timely arrival impossible.
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SEWARD TO BE
CABLE CENTER
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after a time all messages
TO INTERIOR WILL (10
THIS WAY.
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A new machine has been installed
at the cable oHice which enables Sew
ard to receive its messages «lirect from
Sitka without being relayed through
Valdez, and the first direct message
was received today. The machine was
installed by M. H. Faust who came
here specially for the purpose.
After a time the eabl<* will he
I brought direct from Sitka to Seward
| and all the messages will be sent this
! way along the railroad into the inter
ior, so that Seward will be made a
| great cable and telegraph station. Mr.
Faust says a force of something like a
dozen men will have to be used here
but the time is quite a distance away
as it will take some efforts to have all
this done. Mr. Faust is the chief op
erator at Valdez and w as chief opera
tor here some years ago.
EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN
JACKSON, Tennessee, August 21.
—Seven men were killed and two were
seriously injured today when the boil
ers in the Harlan and Morris wood
working plant exploded. The building
was shattered and the loss is half a
million.
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.. TIIOrSAND HOMELESS
PALLAS, Texas, August 21.—It is
known now that thousands of people
^ were rendered homeless in the south
; ern Gulf region by the terrific hurri
cane of last Friday. Preparations are
now being made throughout the coun
try to rush supplies, tents and funds.
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I GREAT CATHOLIC CELEBRATION
NEW YORK, August 21.—Undivid
ed loyalty to God and the nation was
'the keynote of the meetings held to
; day as part of the “annual Catholic
■ week" celebration which is taking
i place this week. Twenty-live thou
| sand people are participating.
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HCGHES SPEAKS
SAN FRANCISC3, August 21.—
I Hughes in three speeches in succes
sion preaches governmental efficiency,
the separation of business from poli
tics and the co-operation of labor and
capital.
THREE ARRESTS
Osgood, Fitzgerald and Hennessy,
three men said to be connected with
Ihe liquor shipment case, have all been
arrested. Osgood was arrested here,
Fitzgerald in Anchorage and Hennes
sy at Cordova.
MAKING DISCOVERIES
IN WILLOW CREEK
Anton Fide, superintendent for the
Road Commission, has returned from
Anchorage, Knik, Willow creek and
surrounding districts which he visited
in connection with the road work and
reports that new discoveries are being
made in Willow creek all the time.
The place looks wonderfully promis
ing.
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I FRANK WATSON MAY
GET A PROMOTION
SEATTLE, August 15.—B. F. Wat
son, assistant goner^ freight and pas
senger agent for Alaska for the Ad*
miral Line, with headquarters in this
city will probably be transferred to
: Los Angeles and appointed agent in
that city for the Pacific-Alaska Navi
i gation Company.—Ex.
COLONEL DICK COMING
Colonel W. P. Richardson, chairman
of the Alaskan Road Commission, will
arrive in Seward or. the Mariposa.
STRIKE SITUATION
STILL DANGEROUS
WASHINGTON, August 21.—The railroad presi
dents in Washington were augmented by new arrivals to
day and a conference with President Wilson is arranged
for 2:30. This conference was suggested by the railroad
bosses because they desired to have the President make a
fuller statement of some of the ideas expressed in his
j statement last Saturday.
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OPPOSED TO EIGHT HOUR DAY
WASHINGTON, August 20. — President Wilson has
! invited fourteen leading railroad presidents to confer with
him on Tuesday. He has already told them that arbitra
tion is impracticable but the railroad magnates declare
that the demands of the men cannot be granted and that
they must recede. They'trlso intimate that Wilson cannot
settle the trouble. President Underwood of the Erie says
the men must give way. President Ripley sends word
from Chicago that he is undecided. St. Paul reports that
Hill and Pennington will go to Washington but that they*
I are bitterly opposed to the eight hour day.
NOT TO WITHDRAW YET
I WASHINGTON, August 21.—It was learned through
a high government official today that the American troops
will not be withdrawn from Mexico until the joint Mexi
can-American commission has met and the withdrawal is
recommended by the American members of the coinmis
1 sion.
PERSHING MAY WITHDRAW
WASHINGTON, August 20.—There is a rumor cur
rent today that General Pershing will withdraw from
1 Mexico soon. Questions have only elicited the informa
j tion that no change has occurred on the border.
Cobb Comes Out As
A Sure Candidate
Three Aspirants For Attorney Gener
alship in the Field.
JUNEAU, August 21.—J. H. Cobb
lias announced his candidacy lor the
attorney generalship of the Territory
of Alaska to succeed himself. He has
been a Democrat but his candidacy
jiow is in opposition to George 11.
Grigsby, the nominee of the regular
Democratic party of the Territory, fi
is believed that Cobb is looking for
the support of VVickersham people.
INJUNCTION IN THE
ANNETTE ISLAND CASE
LOS ANGELES, August 21. —The
court of appeals has wired a tempor
ary injunction to the U. S. Marshal to
prevent encroachments on the fisher
ies at Annette Island. The injunction
is in connection with the Alaska Paci
fic Fisheries suit which is now pend
! ing.
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YOUNG WOMAN IS
FOULLY MURDERED
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CHICAGO, August 21. — With the
head crushed by some blunt instru
ment the body of Mrs. John Rubelle,
19 years of age, was found in a room
ing house*, on the south side today.
The body was wedged in between the
wall and her bed.
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WELLS FARGO MAN HERE
T. H. Booth, assistant superintend
ent of the Wells Fargo Express Com
pany, is now in the city on business
connected with his great house. Mr.
; Booth is the assistant superintendent
' for the whole Northwest and Alaska
and Yukon division.
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| NORTHWESTERN BRINGS
LARGE BUNCH OF PEOPLE
The steamship Northwestern
brought a large list of passengers,
some of whom were for Seward and
! some to take the Dora to western
1 points. The following are the lists:
For Seward—J. W. Ferris, H. S.
Lucas, G. J. Melvin, Mrs. Melvin, B.
I F. Towle, Mrs. Towle and one steer
age.
; For S. S. Dora—Miss Helen Walsh,
P. A. Johnson, C. R. Polk, Mrs. C. W.
Hammond, R. Hofstad, A1 Larson, A.
Larson, A. H. Bradford, Mrs. M. R.
Borland, Paul Buckley, Mrs. M. A.
Coleman, Katherine Hodikolf, Miss
van Survegan. For IS. S. Dora from
Alaska ports: J. IT. Hewitson, J. C.
Whitelaw, Viola Sjoberg, Geo. B. Mc
Mullen and one steerage.
BANK MAN ARRESTED
CHICAGO, August 21.—Judge
Wells has issued a warrant for the
arrest of Max Silver, the head of two
.private banks whrch failed to open
last Saturday. He is charged with re
ceiving deposits when the banks were
insolvent.
ANOTHER POWDER FACTORY
HAS FATAL EXPLOSION
MONTREAL, August 21. — Five
people were killed, six fatally injur
er and eight seriously hurt by a fire
yesterday in the Aetna Powder Com
pany's factory at Drummondville,
Quebec. The fire is believed to have
originated in an electric spark.
THREE HUNTING PARTIES
Three hunting parties are now in
the city preparing fo go after big
game. Mr. and Mrs. Zimm, of Som
erset, Virginia, will go out with Crit
Tolman as guide. Mr. Teague, of
New York, will be guided by Wild
Bill. The other is Mr. Ferris who is
mentioned elsewhere.