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RUSSIA CALLS TWO MILLION
NEW MEN EOR THE STRUGGLE
Reported That Germans Have
Reached \\ arsaw-Petrograd
Rail road—T h i r t y T h o n s a n d
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Welsh Miners go out on Strike
—Berlin Claims Submarine
Destroyed British Factories
and Warehouses.
RUSSIA CALLS TWO MILLION
LONDON, August 28.—Russia has called out two
million additional men to get into training to be ready
for a great spring campaign and the work of organizing
the tremendous force has been already begun. The mili
tary heads of the allied forces are perfectly confident of
the fall of Constantinople before the beginning of winter
so that Russia will have a full supply of war munitions
for the campaign during that season. The men being
called out in Russia are those who have had military
training.
REPORT RAILROAD TAKEN
THE HAGUE. August 28.—The report has reached
this city that tiie Germans have captured the Warsaw
Petrograd railroad near Bielostok and will soon be able
to use the line all the way from Warsaw for the hurrying
forward of men and munitions from the base at Warsaw.
The Russians are reported to ' t retreating fast to the
eastward of Brest-Litovsk towards the marshy country
and behind the marshes they will probably fortify the line
of the Dnieper river and so form that their left will rest
on the city of Kiev. The Germans now hold possession of
the railroad lines north and south of Bielostok for a front
of hundreds of miles and are thus supplied with the means
of quick transportation but now that the main Russian
armies have escaped it is doubtful if Germany will dare
to undertake so tremendous a task as to follow the enemy
into the heart of Russia proper and far away from its
home bases. Berlin reports that the residents of Warsaw
and the German troops are on terms of the closest friend
ship.
THIRTY THOUSAND STRIKE
LONDON, August 28.—The efficiency of the muni
tions factories is again threatened by the strike of the
Welsh coal miners which has once more assumed gigantic
proportions in spite of the fact that the empire is in dire
straits for a supply of coal. Thirty thousand of the Welsh
coal miners have now quit work and still greater numb
ers threaten to walk out today. The total number of the
coal miners interested is two hundred thousand so that a
seventh of the coal supply has already been cut off. Some
public men are stumping the country demanding that the
government force the miners to go to work on pain of im
prisonment or, failing the effectiveness of such a course,
to pass a law that will permit of the drafting of the men
into the army. The feeling on both sides is becoming ex
ceedingly bitter. The miners are defiant and the wealth
ier pople call them traitors so that a most serious breach
in the solidarity of the nation seems to be imminent Lloyd
George is again about to enter personally into the trouble
with the hope of bringing peace. The miners are entirely
dis-satisfied with the government award after the first
strike. *
GERMANS DESTROY FACTORIES
BERLIN, August 28.—A German submarine has des
troyed explosive factories and warehouses at Harrington,
England. The submarine approached the shore under
water and arose when she had arrived within range of her
object. She opened fire with her guns and soon had level
led the buildings. Soon after the completion of her work
she was attacked by a passenger vessel which attempted
to bombard her with ordinary cannon but without result.
An official denial was made today by the navy department
that a German submarine had been sunk by a British
aeroplane off Ostend. The denial says there is no truth
whatever to the story.
CHECK ITALIANS
VIENNA, August 28.—The Italian army on the
Isonzo has been brought to a complete standstill. Austria
has made no attempt to take the offensive at any time
since the war with Italy began as the Russian campaign
must first be brought to a definite end. The Italians
reached the fortified position chosen by our general staff
for the defense and there the enemy has stopped. His
losses in the assaults against our positions have been tre
mendous while ours have been comparatively light
THREW CHILDREN THROUGH
WINDOW TO SAVE THEM.
Another Family Visiting Mrs. Persh
ing had Narrow Escape from
the Same Fate.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 27.—
When Mrs. Pershing, wife of General
Pershing, and her three children lost
their lives in the tire in the Presidio
yesterday morning Mrs. Boswell, wife
of a Lieutenant Boswell, and her two
sons escaped by a hair breadth. Mrs.
Boswell and her two little boys, aged
live and two, were visiting the Per
shings. When the fire broke out and
shut off Mrs. Boswell from exit by
the ordinary way she kept her head
and when some soldiers had gathered
below she threw her boys from a sec
ond story window into the men’s arms.
She then leaped out and landed
safely.
WILL CARRY WINTER MAIL
TO FAIRBANKS BY AUTO.
FAIRBANKS, August 28.—'The
Northern Commercial company which
has the contract for carrying the
Fairbanks mail, has decided to use
automobiles for the work during the
winter. It is expected that the
method will work satisfactorily over
the snow trails but horses will be
kept f<*r use in an emergency. By the
use of automobiles in good weather a
much faster and better service is hop
ed for.
MARSHAL SALE JUNEAU
MINE BRINGS BIG MONEY.
JUNEAU, August 28.—'The mar
shals sale of the Alaska Treasure
mines brought three hundred andj
seventy thousand dollars. The pur
chaser was E. S. Heller.
DROWNED SWIMMING
THE KOYUKl K.
FAIRBANKS, August 28.—'W. B.
Connell, an oldtimer in Alaska, has
been drowned while making an at
tempt to swim the Koyukuk river.
He was a powerful swimmer but the
extreme coldness of the water is be
lieved to have brought on cramps.
BELIEVE EAGLE STOLE
LITTLE SEATTLE GIRL.
SEATTLE, August 28.—That little
Florence Kelly, eighteen months old,
who disappeared from her home at
Fauntleroy Park two days ago was
stolen by an eagle is the theory now
put forward by the police. They be
lieve it to be absolutely impossible
for the child to have disappeard so
completely from any other cause.
Several eagles have been seen in the
neighborhood recently and that one of
those birds actually flew away with
the child is coming to be generally be
lieved.
WHITE SLAVERY CASE
COMES AT FAIRBANKS.
FAIRBANKS, August 28.—J. M.
Hart has been arrested here on a
white slavery charge, the alleged of
fense having been committed with a
woman named Clara Johnson. He has
been released on three thousand dol
lars bond. Both arrived here in June
and Hart was ordered out of town but!
he returned to Alaska from Seattle
and his arrest followed.
CHINA TO HAVE GREAT
NAVY OF SUBMARINES.
Reported to Have Placed an Order in
United States for a Hun
dred of the Craft.
NEW YORK, August 28.—That
China is about to build a great and
powerful navy with submarines as
the chief class of vessel is almost
made certain by the latest informa
tion coming from Pekin. This report
is that the Chinese government has
decided to purchase immediately one
hundred submarines at a cost of
seventy-five millions and that Charles
Schwab has been authorized to place
the orders and to have charge of the
construction of the vessels in
America.
AIRSHIP HITS ELECTRIC
WIRE AND IS SMASHED.
DES MOINES, August 28.—Art
Smith, an aviator, while rising for a
flight yesterday here struck an elec
tric wire with his machine and the
aeroplane was hurled to the ground.
Smith himself was unhurt hut the
machine was demolished.
X. C. COMPANY AND POST
OFFICE EXCHANGE SITES.
FAIRBANKS, August 28.—An ar
rangement has been made between
the post office authorities and the
Noithem Commercial company by
which the hardware department of
the company and the post office will
exchange sites for their mutual ad
vantage. It will give more room for
the post office . The switch will take
place next week.
CIVIC CU B FAIRBANKS
HONORS MRS. WICKERSHAM.
FAIRBANKS, August 28.—The
Women’s Civic Club of this city holds
its first reception today. The guest
of honor will be Mrs. Wickersham,
wife of the delegate, who is about to
depart for the outside.
SEATTLE MERCHANT DEAD.
SEATTLE, August 28.—Paul Sing
erman, aged seventy, and president of
the Singerman and Sons clothing
company, died here today. He has
been in business here for forty years.
TO HAVE CLAM FACTORY.
SEATTLE, August 28.—A.
Sprague, of Warrington, Oregon, will
shortly establish a clam packing es
tablishment at Hinchinbrook, where
an immense bed of high grade clams
has recently been discovered.
HURT IN FRISCO SMASH.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 28.—
Mrs. Elizabeth Rhodes, of Iowa, and
Mrs. Anna Kernan of Indianapolis
were seriously hurt in a wreck of
a sight seeing car here today. The
smash occurred at Ellis and Van Ness
avenue.
JACK JOHNSON IN COMEDY.
LONDON, August 28.—Jack John
son, the former heavyweight champ
ion, has permanently retired from the
ring and is now a member of a musi
cal comedy company of which all the
other members are white. Johnson is
taking the part of a “hero of peace."
CANADIANS ARE READY
OTTAWA, August 28—The acting premier issued a
statement today in which he declares that seventy thou
sand Canadians have already gone to the front to fight for
the empire and that eighty thousand additional men are
being recruited. He further states that Canada is ready
and willing to call for more recruits if they are consider
ed necessary.
TURKS CLAIM R. R. MONEY DIVIDED
BRITISH ROUTj pp )N TnREC pAR(S
SAYS THREE THOUSAND KILLED
AND MUCH LOOT TAKEN
AT SUVLA BAY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, August 28.—
It was officially announced today that
the repulse of the British forces at
Suvla bay, Gallipoli peninsula, has
developed into a rout of the invading
forces in which three thousand Brit
sh were killed and a far greater num
ber wounded and taken prisoners.
The war office also claims that the
rout was such that a great amount of
booty fell into the hands of our
troops. The British had attempted
the landing in the hope of taking our
army on the flank but before they had
been able to organize in their posi
tions our attack was delivered. Two
of the British regiments were liter
ally torn to pieces.
French Flyers Beat Germans.
PARIS, August 28.—Four German
aeroplanes attempted to bombard
Paris in the early hours of this morn
ing but French airmen rose to the at
tack and pursued the enemy as they
flew away. One of the German planes
was shot down and the pilot and ob
server were burned to death in the
wreck of their machine.
SAYS RESERVE BANKS
HAVE WORKED WONDERS.
SEATTLE, August 28.—Warburg
declared today that the Reserve banks
have worked wonders in restoring
confidence and in equalizing the money
rates throughout the country. As a
whole, he says, the financial condition
of the country is established now on a
soud basis. He seems to feel that if
the present war had caught the
United States without the prepara
tion effected by the reserve banks it
might have led to disaster.
CHILDREN DROWNED IN
THE SACRAMENTO RIVER.
SACRAMENTO, August 28.—Ella
Chambers, aged sixteen, Eleanor
Sanchez, ten, and Gladys Sanchez,
twelve, were drowned yesterday in
the Sacramento river. The children
went wading in the stream but must
have suddenly got beyond their depth.
DETECTIVE IS DENIED
N AT l R A LIZ ATION PA PER S.
SEATTLE, August 28.—City De
tective Vietch was denied his natural
zation papers here yesterday because
of “continuous misrepresentation.
He had been several years on the
force and voted also many times but
all the time he was a citizen of
Canada.
CONVENTION OF BANKERS.
NEW YORK, August 28.—Three
train loads of bankers leave this city
tonight for Seattle where they will
hold a convention. Several of the
most prominent bankers in the
country will be present at the gather
ing.
WRECK HURTS MANY.
COLORADO SPRINGS, August 28.
—Mr. and Mrs. George M. Winsted
and Miss Mary Topey were very
seriously injured and a score of other
people were more or less badly hurt
in a collision on the Colorado Midland
railroad last night. The collision
occurred between an excursion train
and a freight. The coming together
of the two trains was very violent
and the fact that no one was killed
outright is regarded as remarkable.
JAMES RETURNS TO WORK.
ORVILLE, Calif., August 28.—Bill
James declared today that his arm is
perfectly well again and he will return
immediately to the Braves and finish
the season.
WASHINGTON, August 29.—Ac
cording to the United Press, the great
press association, Chairman Edes, of
the government Alaska railroad com
mission wired to the administration
for authority to take over the Alaska
Northern railroad, immediately after
he had been notified of the fact that
the half million dollars had been paid
by the government. His request was
turned over to General Counsel Cot
ton of New York, and there is no
doubt that Cotton will advise the
granting of the chairman’s request.
The initial payment of the five hun
dred thousand dollars was divided in
to three parts. Three hundred and
sixty-five thousand go to the Can
adian vendors, seventy thousand to
0. G. Labaree of Spokane on account,
and sixty-five thousand to the Ameri
can bondholders for the dismissal of
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COLLAPSED ON GALLOWS.
FOLSOM, August 27.—frank
Creeks was hanged this morning for
the murder of two guards while he
was in prison for another offense. As
the trap was about to be sprung he
collapsed and the trap was sprung be
fore the time fixed to prevent him
from fainting outright.
COMMISSARY HERE.
Some of the officers of the torpedo
flotilla stated while they were here,
or are quoted as saying, that a r)v
eminent commissary would be estab
lished at Seward, presumably for the
navy. It may be stated, however, as
showing howf little the outside world
knows about us, that the officers did
not even know where Anchorage was
until they inquired here.
TO START MOVIES
AT ANCHORAGE.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Morris passed
through on the Alliance today on
their way to Anchorage where they
will start a first class moving picture
theatre. A violinist and pianist will
arrive to help in the entertainment
of the motion picture fans.
ARRIVALS ON ALLIANCE.
The following passengers arrived
last night on the steamship Alliance:
First class.—Mrs. J. Jones and two
children, Mrs. N. Van Ocker and two
children and F. G. Wasmer.
Steerage—J. Jones, W. Jones, N.
Van Ocker, 0. J. Considine, W. D.
Anderson, F. W. Bradford, Geo.
Carpoich, G. Karl, 0. Botkin.
ALLIANCE BRINGS
MUCH FREIGHT.
The Alliance brought 195 tons of
freight for Seward this trip. About
100 tons of this was consigned to
Brown & Hawkins. The Seattle Bar
received 10 tons and the rest was
divided amongst many small con
signees.
ALLIANCE LEAVES.
The Alliance left at 3 o'clock this
afternoon and took George Mikami
and A. X. Grant, also 1 steerage for
Anchorage. As freight from here she
took some railroad material to An
chorage, and some mining machinery
for Chas. E. Herron at Sunrise.
ADMIRAL EVANS MONDAY.
The Admiral Evans sailed from Ju
neau yesterday morning at 9 o'clock
and should reach here Monday morn
ing.
EVANS LEAVES JUNEAU.
Agent Wayne Blue has received
word that the Admiral Evans left
Juneau at 8 o'clock yesterday morn
ing.
the suit to restrain the sale of the
property.
Title in a Year.
WASHINGTON, August 28.—Al
though the government gained con
trol of the Alaska Northern railroad
on the payment of the first half a mil
lion dollars it will not, of course, a<
quire full title for a year when the re
mainder of the purchase price will
have been paid. The Interioi depart
ment pointed out this fact today. In
the meantime the securities and bonds
stay in the hands of the American
Securities and Trust Co. The fact
that the full price has not been paid
does not, however, affect work on th<*
road as the government is now in con
trol and will remain so until the full
payment is completed. Nothing re
mains now but the giving of authority
to the commission to take possession
of the road formally.
HOMES FOR OFFICALS TO
HE BFILT ON GOVT. TRAC I.
Work will commence Monday on
the construction of the residences for
the egineering commission official!* on
the government tract. C. W. Win
stedt drew up the plans for the resi
dences and will supervise the work.
There will be built four residences, of
five rooms each and two stories high.
They should be completed ready for
their occupants by October first.
Some of the lumber and material
for the construction of these build
ings has been obtained by conti I
rrom merchants and business men •»(
this city. Other necessary materia!
will arrive on the .Northwestern to
morrow.
J. PATTERSON HERE
TO INVESTIGATE THINGS.
J. Curtis Patterson, who returned
on the car last evening with D. M.
Stewart, is a mining engineer from
Philadelphia who has come to this dis
trict to investigate mining conditions
for some people back there. He has
looked over some of our mines, hut of
course, is reticent until he makes his
official report. He visited Anchorage
during his absence from the city as he
visited the work at Panama. He says
everything is progressing splendidly.
Mr. Stewart accompanied him on tha
trip.
190 MEN ON SEWARD PAYROLLS.
Seward today has 190 men on its
payrolls. This is the largest number
of men at work here during the sum
mer outside of business men and men
employed in business firms. They are
apportioned thus:
Brosius and Noon employ 14 men;
Architect Kingsley has H* men at
work on the A. B. Hall; J. P. Mantel 1
has 12 men working on the two
scows, there are about 70 men work
ing on the railroad and C. E. Bade
has 40 men working on the streets
and across the bay. The Seward
Water & Power company employs 40
men.
HOBEN TO MANUFACTURE ICE
FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION.
Harry Hoben received the material
and machinery for an ice manufactur
ing plant on one of the last boats. It
will be run by electricity. S. M.
Graff, of the Seward Light & Power
Company, is assembling the plant and
says that it will be ready for opera
tion by Monday morning. Mr. Hoben
estimates that he will be able to pro
duce 1 ton of ice daily. The local de
mand for ice will soon call for that
amount of ice.
Charles Brown, of Brown & Hawk
ins will return to Seward from An
chorage on the Alliance. Jimmie
Hawkins will also return on that
i
vessel.