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ATTACK TOWN
ON U. S. BORDER
MEXICANS BURN RAILROAD
BRIDGES AND AMERI
CANS ARE PURSUING.
BROWNSVILLE Sept. 2.—A bam!
of Mexicans crossed the frontier last
night and delivered the long expected
attack on the town of San Benito but
were beaten off. They also burned
the railroad bridge at the place and
another bridge on the railroad out of
Brownsville. United States cavalry
has been sent in pursuit and is now
suposed to be closing in on the
marauders. The reports arriving
from San Benito up to the piesent say
nothing as to the casualties, if any.
resulting from the attack.
SCHOOL BOARD DISBANDS
TEACHERS* ASSOCIATION.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—The school
board of this city has caused the dis
bandment of the Teacher’s Federa
tion. Within three months the Feder
ation has received between three and
four thousand members and threaten
ed to become so powerful that the
Board came to the conclusion a stop
to it was necessary.
TO RENOMINATE WILSON.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Joseph
Patrick Tumulty, private secretary to
President Wilson, and some other
close personal friends of the presi
dent are now planning a campaign
for his renomination. The president
himself is not connected in any way
with the movement. It is admitted on
all sides that the culmination of the
trouble with Germany has given Mr.
Wilson greater prestige than ever.
OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
NASHVILLE, Sept. 2.—Former
Commissioner Andrews, Treasurer
Meyers and Recorder Murray have
been arrested on the charge of steal
ing twenty-six thousand dollars of
the city's funds. Assistant Treasurer
West has confessed and is believed
to have implicated the other officials.
GREAT LINER
IS SET AFIRE
REPORTED STILL BCRNING BIT
THAT PASSENGERS
ARE SAFE.
AMSTERDAM, Sept 2.—The great
Holland-American liner Rotterdam, is
afire and her destruction is feared.
She sailed from New' York on the
twenty-first of August with a great
cargo of cotton which got overheated
form some cause or another and caus
ed the blaze. When the fire occurred
ahe had two hundred and seventy-four
passengers aboard but these were
later reported to have been taken to
a place of safety.
FISH PULLS MAN TO
DEATH IN LAKE UNION.
SEATTLE, Sept. 2.—C. D. Seaton
was dragged into Lake Union last
evening and drowned by a black bass.
Seaton was fishing and got the bass
on his hook. The fish was probably of
unusual size and it is assumed that
the man had insecure footing
when the bass tugged and drew him
in.
MRS. E. R. GRAY SELLS
HOUSE TO JAMES McCOY.
James McCoy yesterday closed the
deal for the purchase of the house and
two lots on Third avenue, facing
Church street, with Mrs. E. R. Gray.
Mr. McCoy will move into his new
home within the next few days.
Members of tbe
Alaska Engineering
Commission:
CENTER
WILLIAM C. EDES. Chairman
LEFT
LIEUT. FREDERICK MEARS
Kicin
THOS. RIGGS. JR.
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❖ SEES TREMENDOUS *
* PROSPERITY AHEAD. ❖
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CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—William A.
Law, president of the Bankers’ As
sociation, enroute to Seattle to at
tend the convention, stated in an in
terview before leaving this city that
“when the Reserve funds, which are
now the greatest in history, are dis
tributed unbelievable prosperity will
result. The volume of the reserves
is so great that they will actually not
' be able to find a natural outlet."
BEAT OUIMET AND TRAVERS.
DETROIT, Sept 2.—Ouimet and
Travers have been eliminated from
the championship by James Standish,
jr., of Detroit, and Max R. Marston,
of Springfield, N. J.
I AINT WOMEN HELL? SAYS
BOB FITZSIMMONS.
WEST DUNNE LX, England, Sept
I 2.—Bob Fitzsimmons is now trying to
save his farm here from a foreclosure
1 of a twelve hundred pounds mortage.
11is first wife is said to have gone to
Los Angeles and carried away the
first’s wife’s diamonds which Bob
had in his possession. “Aint women
hell” said the famous pugilist when
summing up his troubles yesterday.
TWO MOKE BODIES FOUND.
HONOLULU, Sept. 2.—Two more
bodies of the crew of the submarine
F-4 have been recovered and one is
believed to be that of Lieutenant Ede.
Identification is impossible, however,
as the bodies are in an advanced state
of decomposition.
LAZY SEATTLE LAWYER
SENT TO PULL STUMPS.
Wife of President of Parent Teachers
Convicted Under the Lazy
Husband Act.
SEATTLE, Sept 2.—Herbert W j
; Snook, a lawyer of this city, has been
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| convicted under the lazy husband act
and has been sent to the stockade to
pull stumps. His wife is the presi
dent of the Parent’s Teacher associa
tion and the complainant against her
husband.
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IDENTIFY CAR BANDIT.
; SEATTLE, Sept. 2.—Starr, the man
arrested on his second attempt to
hold up the same street car, has been
identified as the robber who held up
the two interurban cars and two city
street cars.
(From The All-Alaska Review.)
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❖ FORMER SEWARD MAN *
❖ DIES DOWN AT SITKA. *
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Joseph Sumner (Bush), formerly a
resident of Seward, La Touche and
the Turnagain Arm country for
years died on July 29, at the hot
springs sanitarium at Sitka and re
mains are there. It is requested that
any information about him be sent
to Mr. Goddard of the Sitka sani
tarium.
MUCH GOLD COMING.
WASHINGTON, Sept 2.—Thirty
seven million^even hundred and fifty
thousand dollars worth of gold will
arrive from Europe within twenty
days. The total export of gold from
this country for the month of August
w;is only a million and a half.
GERMANY WANTS U. S. TO JOIN
HER AND MAKE THE OCEAN EREE
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WILSON VICTORIOUS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Politicians of all classes
and parties in the east declare that the answer of Ger
many to the United States has completely vindicated the
actions of President Wilson and has taken the thunder
from the extremists by showing that diplomacy was more
successful than the policy advocated by them. On the
other hand the pacificists, who expressed the belief that
the dictatorial tone adopted by this government in dealing
with Germany would make a granting of the demands im
possible, have received a severe setback. The first result
of the settlement is expected to be that Wilson’s navy and
army policy will now be carried out and that the men who
were howling for a greater fighting force must give way.
A compromise army and navy is now likely.
BOMBARD NEAR BRUSSELS.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 2.—French aviators bombarded
the German barracks at Etterbeck, a suburb of Brussels,
yesterday and killed many soldiers.
IVANOFF ESCAPES
PETROGRAD, Sept. 2.—General Ivanoff’s armies
have escaped from the traps set for them by the Teutons
at Lutsk and the fortress has been evacuated without the
loss of either men or guns. In the fighting near the fort
ress of Dubno three thousand Teutons were captured by
our trooys. These two fortresses are south of Brest
Litovsk and formed part of that line. The enemy out
flanked them from the south from Lemberg and also from
the north but Ivanoff managed to get clear away. It is ad
mitted that all Galicia has been evacuated by our troops
in the face of overwhelming forces of the enemy.
LONDON’S VIEW ON U. S. NOTE
LONDON, Sept. 2.—Political authorities believe that
the granting of the American demands by Germany will
have no effect on the negotiations between Great Britain
and the United States. 'An order in council has been is
sued prohibiting officials from commenting on the matter.
It is unofficially stated, however, that if Britain concedes
the American demands it will be because, this country
would recognize the soundness of the American argument
and not because of Germany’s action. The press in com
menting on the subject says that the eagerness for peace
on the part of the Americans has made them exaggerate
the importance of the German concession.
GRODNO NEARLY GONE
BERLIN, Sept. 2.—Grodno, the last stronghold on
the Warsaw-Petrograd railroad has now all but fallen
and will be in the hands of our troops in a very short time.'
All the outer fortifications have succumbed to our guns
and assaults.
WANTS SEAS MADE FREE
WASHINGTON, Sept 2.—The United Press, the
great press association of this country, has received an
authoritive but unofficial statement from the German em
bassy that the concessions made by Germany to the
United States are primarily meant to bring about a union
of Germany with this country for the purpose of estab
lishing the freedom of the seas and to promulgate an
early peace. The statement was also to the effect that the
mere question that arose between America and Germany
was only of secondary importance.
BRINGS POPE’S PEACE PLAN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Cardinal Gibbons called
on President Wilson this afternoon and it is thoroughly
well known that the visit is for the purpose of presenting
to the president the plan formulated by the pope to bring
about peace. Later the cardinal said that he will soon
make a statement regarding the visit and the causes but
for the present his lips are sealed. He declared, however,
that the modification of the submarine warfare promises
much in the cause of peace.
SINK TURK TRANSPORTS .
PARIS, Sept. 2.—The official announcement was
made today that British submarines have sunk four Turk
ish transports in the Dardanelles with the loss of many
lives of Turkish soldiers that were being sent to the Gal
lipoli arena.
STILL SUBMARINING
LONDON, Sept 2.—The British steamship Savonia
was torpedoed by a German submarine yesterday in the
North sea and sunk. Three of the crew are missing. The
full report of the sinking has not arrived and no one can
tell whether the new rules, granted on account of Ameri
ca’s protest, were followed or not by the Germans.
SAY SUBMARINE TAKEN
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—Passengers on the liner
Adriatic bring the news from Liverpool that a report is
circulated there to the effect that the submarine which
sank the Arabic has been captured and that the admiralty
is witholding the news in the hope that the German ad
miralty will issue fake reports from the commander of
the submarine.
TURKS WANT NO PEACE
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 2.—It is officially denied
here by the government that Turkey is considering a
peace proposal from the allies. The denial is made to on
set the various rumors being sent out from the allied na
tions and their friends.
MALANIISKA’S COAL IS
LOR ALL N. PACIFIC
For the purpose of investigating
with a view to the establishment of
a great naval station here, George
W. Brown arrived last night under
commission from the United States
government. Mr. Brown is in charge
of the government naval station at
Tivurno, about six miles from San
Francisco and stated this morning
that without question a naval station
will be established here and that the
navy of the United States and the
commercial needs of the whole Pacific
coast will be supplied from the Mata
nuska coal fields, and, possibly, from
other Alaska coal fields if they prove
of the proper value after perfect
tests.
“There is no coal on the Pacific,”
said Mr. Brown “which is equal to the
coal of Matanuska, not even the Brit
ish Columbia coal. Matanuska coal
has been shown to be equal to the
best standurd coal in the United
States, which is Pocahontas and West
Virginia, so that for the supply of the
requirements on the Pacific, Mata
nuska has no competitor.”
Mr. Brown says that the amount of
coal required annually by the United
States navy alone on the Pacific is
hardly more than two hundred thou
sand tons annually but that all of
that amount will come from Alaska
without a question. It is likely, he
thinks, that the navy will soon be in
creased and that the Pacific will have
more navy vessels on this ocean. The ,
coal used at the station of which Mr.
Brown is in charge comes from the
east coast, mostly from West Virginia !
and he declares that coal can be sup
plied to the station from Matanuska
at a materially cheaper price. When
pressed to give an opinion as to what
price Matanuska coal would be in
Seward he said we might get it here
for three dollars a ton. There is not
the slightest reason, he says, why all
the coal used on the Pacific should not
be taken out of the Alaska fields.
Even the coal supplied to Manila,
Honolulu, etc., which now comes
from the eastern states, will be re
placed by the coal from Matanuska.
Mr. Brown was not in a position
before his investigation to speak of
local matters connected with his
work.. When a hint was given that
Anchorage is closed for some months
in the year he came back by hinting
something about railroad grades, but
these are the things he is here to as
certain*. The chief impression to be
gained by a talk with Mr. Brown is
that an enormous trade in coal is as
sured this district, although he cer
tainly did not wittingly try to convey
such an impression. When asked how
long he will stay here he said simply,
“quite a time” but further than that
he could not tell. He is an urbane
gentleman who immediately creates
the conviction that he knows his work
from A to Z.
To sum up the story of Mr. Brown's
coming it may be said again that he
has come to make the preliminary in
vestigations for the establishment of
the great naval station; that the
naval station will soon be constructed
and that this bit of Alaskan coast will
soon be awakened by an extraordin
ary development whose purpose will
be to supply vast areas of thickly
populated regions around the Pacific
ocean.
AWFUL CYCLONE MANES
RUN IN MANITOBA
WINNIPEG, Sept 2.—One of the
most terrific cyclones in all history
swept through central, western and
northern Manitoba this morning and
spread devastation and ruin over the
province. From Minnota and Hami
toa to Plumes and Melville the fields
have been literally swept bare of
grain, hay stacks and houses have
been completely demolished and cat
tle by thousands were either killed
outright or driven into great forest
fires that raged while the cyclone
swept over the country. So fright
ful was the fury of the storm that
the Grand Trunk bridge at Uno was
picked up and carried clear away.
Soon afterwards a train came and went
through killing the engineer. These
are only some of the facts that were
learned in scraps. The telegraph lines
have now all been prostrated and
communication is impossible until
some means can be found of reaching
the stricken district by some round
about course. It is unfortunately
iTiore than likely that the loss of life
was heavy but all the details will
probably not be secured for some
hours, at least.
EVELYN THAW NOT TO
CONTEST DIVORCE SUIT.
Says She is Hippy to be Rid of Harry
and the Whole Tribe of
the Thaws.
MALONE, N. Y., Sept 2.—Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw declared today, on being
informed that Harry is suing for
divorce, that she will not contest it
and will let the divorce be granted.
In a satement to the press she said:
“I went to the brink of bell to save
Harry from the electric chair and now
I am happy to be rid of the whole
Thaw tribe.” . In concluding her re
marks about the Thaws she used the
phrase “always jinx.” '
DOCTOR’S WIFE
MURDERS HIM
PROMINENT WOMAN HIRES ,’i
NEGROES TO KILL HIM
AND GIRL.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Sept. 2.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mohr, wife of Dr. O.
Franklin Mohr, has been arrested in
connection with his death and with
the shooting and wounding of Miss
Emily berger. Franklin had sued for
divorce and was traveling in an auto
with Miss Berger when, according to
the police, the car was held up by
three colored men and the murder
committed. Three negroes answering
to the description have been arrested.
Dr. Franklin was a prominent physi
cian and the murder has created a
wide sensation.
Negroes Confess.
PROVIDENCE, Sept 2.—The three
negroes arrested for the murder of
Dr. Mohr have confessed to the crime.
In their confession they declare that
the wife promised them five thousand
dollars for killing Mohr.
SECOND SUIT TO
TEST PROHIBITION.
OLYMPIA, Sept. 2.—The second
suit to test the prohibition law in the
state of Washington has been filed by
the Olympia Brewery. The brewery
is bringing suit on technical grounds.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—By a
new regulation of the post office de
partment fourth class packages can
not be registered in future. They
can, however, be insured to their full
value.