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HINDENBURG CONCENTRATES
HALE MILLION MEN FOR RUSH
FIRE ON ALLIED AGENTS
CLEVELAND, Sept. 17.—In an interview, Rockefel
ler, senior, declared today that lie has positively declined
to participate in the proposed billion dollar loan to the Al
lied nations of Europe to carry on their war against the!
Teutonic alliance. He has been approached for fifty mil
lion bv Great Britain and Russia but turned all down. The!
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conflict between the monied interests of this country over
the proposed loan. Rockefeller says, is awful. He him
self has put armed guards around his residence and offices
to keep off the agents of the allied powers who have be
come so persistent that no other means could be of any
avail to prevent their approach. In one case his guards
have tired on agents who attempted to break a way in to
see the magnate and he mentions this to illustrate the
desperate attempts made to bring him in line with other
financial giants to make the big loan possible.
HINDENBURG HURLS HALF MILLION
PETROGRAD. Sept. 17.—Yon Hindenburg is now
hurling half a million men with terrific energy against
our enemies in the north. With the support of his heav
iest artillery he is driving with fierce determination
against the Slav line in an attempt to capture Yilna,
Dvinsk and Riga and it is admitted that we have been
compelled to retire but we are retiring without disorgan
ization. Elsewhere there is a different story to tell. In
all other quarters the Teutons are being checked and in
some places defeated positively. Eleven hundred German
prisoners have been taken in the past couple of days. At
the Galician border the Austrians have been badly shaken
but they are now attempting counter attacks.
FRANCE EXPECTS ANOTHER YEAR
PARIS, Sept. 17.—The call for the class of 1917 and
1888 to the colors is taken in official circles to indicate
that the government expects another year of war as it
will take a long time for the young recruits of the former
class to be put in trim for the field. It has been admitted
for some time that France had been at the end of her re
sources in men of miliary age but the boys are expected
to make good soldiers.
ANOTHER lTnER AFIRE
LONDON, Sept. 17.—-Heavy damage has been in
flicted on the Trans-Atlantic liner Fabre by a fire which
broke out while she was in mid-ocean. She had six hun
dred and fifty passengers aboard but fortunately she was
convoyed by a warship and all the passengers were remov
ed to safetv aboard the man of war. That the fire was
caused by some German sympathizers in New York is not
doubted in the least and the frequency of such fires shows
clearly tremendous activity on the part of Germans in
the United States.
VILLA VDHERENTS ARE
RAIDING TORREON RANCHES.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—'The
Villa forces are now raiding the
ranches of Torreon and neighborhood
and driving orT horses and mules.
Several Americans live in the district
but the Mexicans give them a wide
berth and no complaints have come
here.
WORST FLOOD IN TWENTY
FIVE YEARS IN OKLA.
BARTLESVILLE, Okla., Sept. 17.
—Half a million dollars is the esti
mated loss at Pawshuket from the
floods which are now raging and
which are the worst for twenty-five
years The train service is completely
demoralized and the Caney river is
continuing to rise in the most alarm
ing manner. One man lost his life
in Pawshuket His name is Thomas
Chrissman.
COLORADO RIVER ROSE
THIRTY FEET AT ONCE.
AUSTIN. Texas, Sept. *7.—'The
Colorado river flat risen tnirtv feet
since midnight and a vast territory
is submerged. Many farms have
been ruined and several boat3 were
wrecked on Lake Austin. The floods
are due to heavy rains. No casu
alties have been reported.
[ARREST LADY IN SEATTLE
FOR PASSING A BAD CHECK.
SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—The young
wife of R. Mux Davidson was arrest.
ed here today on the charge of pass
ing a bad check here. She denies the
charge warmly and declares the whole
thing a frame up. Her husband is
a Chicago attorney who with her is
making the tour of America.
SAYS PHILIPPINES RICH.
SEATTLE, Sept. 17.—J. L. Man
j ning, treasurer of the Phillippines,
who is now here states in an inter
view that Americans have failed to
grasp the possibilities lying latent in
the islands. He declares them to be
rich in natural resources and a wond
erful field for investment.
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BLOWN OCT FUSES FOUND
IN SUBMARINE F-L
HONOLULU. Sopt. 17.—Four
blown out fuses have been found in
the hull of the destroyed submarine
F-4 and these arc taken as indicating
the cause of the disaster that result
ed in the loss of the vessel and the
lives cf the crew.
PARROTT GETS LIFE.
OLYMPIA, Sept. 17.—Joe Parrott
was sentenced to life imprisonment
for the murder of Fred Weiss
MEXICANS FIRE
AT BROWNSVILLE
BIG CITY IN TEXAS ATTACKED
AND BATTLE ELSEWHERE
T A K E S 1* L A C E.
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BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 17.—'The
long expected attack on this city took
place today. The Mexicans at Mata
moras tired into the city today but
I the only damage reported is the kill
ing of one horse. It was rumored
| that the Mexicans or some of them
I crossed the line to make the attack
| from close quarters but the general
opinion is that they fired from their
J own side of the line. A body of
cavalry has been dispatched to meet
I the attackers. American troops and
Mexicans engaged in a battle at San
Sebastian last night but the details
have not been learned. The United
States soldiers have received orders
not to let the Mexicans of either side
cross the border.
Villa \\ ins.
NOGALES, Sept. 17.—'The Villa
general holding Mexican Nogales has
smashed the right wing of the Car
ranza army. He managed to concen-!
tarte forty machine guns and twenty j
cannon and the Carranzaistas fled j
leaving one hundred ami three men j
dead on the field, as well as three ;
hundred wounded. Fifty prisoners
were taken. The American borders
are being closely watched to prevent
any Mexicans form retreating across
During the battle the Yaquis on the
side of Villa hurled boulders from
the heights on the Carranza trenches j
and killed many.
BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 17.—At
noon today American soldiers ex
changed shots for half hour across
the river with the Mexicans. One
Mexican was killed and four wounded.
It is certain now that the United
States government must soon take a
determined action and the general be
lief is that something of that kind
will happen before the close of a
week.
TO ASKTAXES
FROM THE GOVT.
CITY COUNCIL BELIEVES LOTS
IN TERMINAL TRACT SHOULD
PAY LIKE THE OTHERS.
At an informal conference of the
members of the city council last night
the question of securing taxes from
the lot holders on the Terminal tract
was brought up and the council is of
the opinion that as the city will have
to supply police protection and other
necessary things to the people living
on the government tract, the resi
dents of that quarter ought in justice
to aid in meeting the municipal ex
penses. When the government sold
the lots at Anchorage all the buyers
of properties were exempted from
paying taxes on their city property
for five years and a similar course is
feared here, although without any
positive reason just at present. The
council will probably take steps be
fore the lots are sold to ask that
property holders on the Tract pay to
wards the upkeep of the city.
BURIED UNDER TONS
OF ROCK IN MINE.
WALLACE, Idaho, Sept 17.—Two
men are dead and one is buried deep
under hundreds of tons of rock from
a cave-in in the Success mine.
CARRANZA TO |
RE RECOGNIZED
PAN - AMERICAN CONFERENCE
TOMORROW MAY DECIDE HIM
HEAD OF ALL MEXICO.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—It is
believed that when the Pan American
conference conies together tomorrow
it will be suggested that Carranza
and his government will be recogniz
ed as the established government of
the republic of Mexico on certain
conditions. That the suggestion will
be followed there is no reason to
doubt but it will be made a condition
of his recognition that he will guar
antee the payment of the vast foreign
claims for damages. These claims
are so vast that they may form a
stumbling block but otherwise tn*.
position of Carranza as the victor in
the revolution is practically conced
ed. The subjects of Britain and
France have been warned to leave
northern territory.
STEFFANSON
SURELY ALIVE
MESSAGE ON THE WAY TO OT
TAWA FROM MAN IS
DATED AUGUST 31.
OTTAWA, Sept. 17.—A message
lias been received by the navy de
partment from the explorer StefTan
son and as this message has been
dated August 31 it is assumed that
the man is alive. The message came
by way of Nome but no further de
tails have yet been received.
(Note) There are man people who
knew StefTanson and his expedition
that were convinced that he would
show up. Indeed, they were convinc
ed that he was never lost at all and
that the whole story of his loss was
one piece of cheap grand stand play
Officers of the ship Corwin shared in
this belief. Is StefTanson’s “comin/j
to life” a proof of the belief that he
is a paper cover edition of Dr. Cook—
a faker?
SEATTLE, Sept. 17.—The news
has been confirmed that StefTanson is
safe. He is on Baillie Island, west of
Herschell Island. In his message to
the Canadian government he says
that “after the loss of the Karluk I
bought the Polar Bear and put two
years’ provisions aboard. I engag
ed Engineer HofT of the schooner
Ruby in place of Blue and also en
gaged five extra helpers for southern
work. With one year’s provisions we
intend to continue northern explora
tion.” The last news heard from
StefTanson was on April 7, 1914.
FARRAGUT TAKES FEW OUT.
The Admiral Farragut, of the
Pacific Alaska Navigation Company,
arrived last night at 7:30 o’clock from
the westward and sailed again at 10
o’clock for Seattle, taking 25 pas
sengers from Seward with her. These
were: 0. C. Nelson, W. E. Cooper,
Charles G. Hubbard, Mrs. Hubbard,
A. Tyo, B. M. Stone, Mrs. Stone, Mrs.
Isaac Evans, L. F. Shaw, J. C. Black
and 14 steerage
Nate White returned to Lynx creek
this morning on the car. After re
maining there a few days he will gc
to Anchorage and on the 25th will
leave that place with D. J. Singer,
the hunter, on a big brown bear hunt
on the Cook inlet.
LANE WANTS NO
R. R. BOND ISSUE
AS A MATTER OF FACT HE DE
CLINED TO MAKE ANY
SUCH SUGGESTION.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—Secre
tary Lane of the Interior department
will ask for an appropriation direct
from congress for the continuance of
Alaska railroad work, as the dispatch
to the Gateway said yesterday.
Congress, let it be recalled, passed
the bill allowing thirty-five millions
for the construction of the govern
ment railroad in Alaska direct from
the treasury of the United States.
At the time the bill was passed and
before and afterwards proposals were
made, as you are aware, that a bond
issue be substituted for a direct ap
propriation but Secretary Lane has
always declined and still declines to
advocate that a bond issue of thirty
three millions, the remainder of the
thirty-five millions, be asked for. He
has declined this always on the
ground that it is a matter for con
gress to determine. Any statement
to the contrary is a twisted one.
BULLOCK-HOUSTON
PARDON REFUSED.
WASHINGTON.—Attorney Gener
al Thomas W. Gregory has sent back
to Assistant Attorney General War
ren for further study the applications
for pardon of C. E. Houston and John
H. Bullock, of Seattle, sentenced to
a year each for conspiracy to defraud
the fovernment in the sale of coal at
Nome, Alaska.
Originally the pardon attorney rec
ommended a pardon for Bullock and
intimated that a pardon for Houston
would do substantial justice. Recent
ly, after the papers had traveled
through the department, he changed
his recommendations and now says
that the evidence presented does not
indicate the innocence of either of the
two men.
The men are serving their sen
tences in the King county jail at Seat
tle.
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SMALL FIRE CAUSED PANIC.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—A small
fire which occurred in the Brooklyn
subway today caused a panic amongst
five hundred passengers but no in
jury resulted to anyone.
TWO SURVEY
MENDROWNED
WORKING FOR R. R. ENGINEER
ING COMMISSION AND
LOST LIVES.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 17.—rat Mc
Hugh and George McFaun, members
of the government Alaska engineer
ing commisison survey party, were
drowned yesterady in the Nenana riv
er while attempting to cross in a pol
ing boat. The bodies have not been
recovered and are believed to have
been swept down stream with the fast
current. The exact cause of the up
setting of the boat is not known. But
the men had lived in this district
quite a long time and were well
known.
ritchie vs. McFarland.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Ritchie has
challenged McFarland to a ten round
bout and concedes one hundred and
forty-seven pounds..
N. 0. Anderson left this morning
for Gulch and Canyon creeks where
he is superintendent for D. M. Stew
art. Mr. Anderson purchased all the
machinery of the Ready Bullion Cop
per Mines and has also taken an op
tion on Nate White’s placer
ground on Lynx creek.
BILLION LOAN MAY
HAVE TO BE CUT DOWN
LOAN CUT TO HALF BILLION
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—It lias been announced on the
highest authority that the contemplated loan to the al
lied nations has been cut from a billion to half a billion
dollars. The reason is not given but it is believed that
the loan of a billion would only be possible if all the bank
ing interests in the country united on it.
BULGARIA TO DECLARE
BERLIN, Sept. 17.—The reports strongly indicate
that Bulgaria will declare war against Serbia within a
lew days and that she is now preparing to launch an army
at the rear of the Serbians from the eastward. The at
tack on Serbia will practically be the taking of sides with
I the Teutonic allies and Germany believes with the Bulgar
aid a way through Serbian territory can be cleared to the
aid of the Turks.
TERRIFIC ARGONNE FIGIIT
PARIS, Sept. 17.—Terrific artillery lighting is pro
ceeding in the district of Argonne and is increasing in in
tensity constantly. We have concentrated heavy batter
ies for the work but the enemy apparently has brought up
equally powerful guns and the whole country is shaken
for hundreds of square miles. The bombardment is ex
pected to be the preliminary to a vast assault.
ORDUNA TRIED TO ESCAPE
BERLIN, Sept. 17.—Ambassador Gerard of the
United States today was handed a note in w hich the state
ment was confirmed that the liner Orduna was submarin
ed because she attempted to escape. The note will be for
warded to the American government.
BERLIN WANTS OUR FRIENDSHIP
BERLIN, Sept. 17.—A series of cabinet conferences
is now taking place here with a view to settling all the dif
ferences between this empire and the United States. 1 or
the first time on record the government will ask bankers,
business men and other non-official people for their views
concerning the relations between the two nations and the
course that ought to be adopted in dealing with American
protests. Von BernstorfFs actions have been approved
and he will continue to fill an important role.
TO PROTEST TO BRITAIN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17—Grave displeasure is felt
at the confiscation by the British of the American cargoes
and a vigorous protest will be sent immediately on receipt
of the official information that the prize courts have de
cided upon their confiscation. The cargoes confiscated in
cluded fifteen million dollars worth of meats and the own
ers are raging wild. __
SEWARD HAS A TAX ON
ITINERANT PEDDLERS.
Osdinance was Passed Charging Fly
By-Nights Twenty-five
Dollars a Year.
Seward actually has passed an or
dinance taxing itinerant peddlers and
City Attorney Coppernoll says that
this was actually the first city to pass
such a law. It was passed last July
and by it peddlers are compelled to
pay twenty-five dollars a year or for
any fraction thereof. *The Gateway,
for some reason or another, was not
represented at the meetings at which
this law went through and they prob
ably were special ones of which no
notice was given. Owing to the cus
tom of posting the ordinances instead
of publishing them the fact passed
notice. The Cordova city law makes
itinerant peddlers pay fifty dollars a
day.
DETROIT AND BOSTON
DRAWING RECORD CRQWDS.
Former One and a Half Games Be*
hind Boston and the Inter
est is Immense.
BOSTON, Sept. 17.—'The Detroit
Americans are now one game and a
half behind Boston for the first place
and the interest of the public is im
mense. Three more games remain to
be played ii. the series ana the battle
is drawing greater crowds than the
world series games.
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❖ SEATTLE WINS *
❖ THE PENNANT. ❖
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SEATTLE, Sept. 17.—Seattle won
the pennant yesterday from Spokane.
In July the local team had last place
but made wonderful strides since.
ELECTRIC FRANCHISE IS
DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL.
At the informal meeting of the city
council last night the question of the
application for franchise of the Sew
ard Electric company came up for dis
cussion so that at the regular meet
ing, before official action is taken, the
subject might be perfectly under
stood. A member of the council
pointed out this morning that the
present company knows that it is to
its best interests to give the best
terms possible as the holding of
prices at an exorbitant figure would
only invite opposition. He also ex
pressed the belief that the Seward
Electric company is doing the best it
can considering the present popula
tion. “Why, if the Seward Electric
company got the franchise, which is
not exclusive, and charged too much
we could give another franchise and
bring the franchise holder to time
pretty quickly” said he.
MOOSE MEET TONIGHT.
The Seward Lodge Loyal Order of
Moose will meet this evening.
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