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Story First Heard From Sonora, Mex
ico, Confirmed by Official Announce
ment From National Capital This
Afternoon and War Is Believed to
Be Imminent Between the Republics, j
WASHINGTON*. Sept. 14.—The in
formation that all Americans have
been oreder b\ the United States
government to leave Mexico immedi
ately was officially confirmed this
afternoon and has. naturally, convin
ced the people that a declaration of
war is imminent. The news first
came to this place through Arizona
from the Mexican state of Sonora this
morning but it lacked official informa
tion until late this afternoon when the
department of state directly stated
that the story was perfectly true. No
further statement, however, has been
given out and no reason has been as
signed for the order but all take it
for granted that this government has
decided no longer to tolerate the kid
nappings and attacks on American
territory.
CONFIRMS 60MPERS STORY
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14.—Van Kean, a promin
ent member of the longshore union, has confirmed the
statement made by Gompers that the Germans have tried
with money to create strikes and riots. German agents,
he savs, ottered himself and others large strike benefits
and sought to prevent the signing of the agreement be
tween the longeshoremen and empolyers at Seattle.
BERNSTOKFF LOSING OUT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Reliable official an
nouncement was made this afternoon, but not a govern
ment announcement, that the German foreign office has
assured Ambassador Gerard that von BemstorfTs as
surances that liners will not be attacked without warring
has the support of the German government. There is an
uneasy feeling here that Bernstorff has lost influence with
Berlin and that he will be removed. It was stated official
ly this afternoon that Archibald will not be arrested when
he lands at home.
EVACUATE VILNA
PETROGRAD, Sept. 14.—The evacuation of the city
of Vilna is admitted today by the Russian military author
ities who declare that the abandonment of the position
was made necessary by the cutting of the Vilna-Petrograd
railroad by the Germans. One German force is now
sweeping eastward to the north of Vilna while another is
pressing eastward from Ornay. The battle around Riga
is growing more serious as von Hindenburg has been re
inforced and is pressing the attack savagely. Von Bulow
is campaigning thirty miles from Riga and attempting to
cross the Dvina river in the face of a terrific fire of artil
lery, rifles and machine guns. Further west a fierce bat
tle is raging all the way from Grodno to the Galician fron
tier, the center of the struggle being near Brest-Litovsk.
On our left at the Galician frontier, particularly near
Tarnopol, our troops continue victorious but the fighting
along the rest of the line northwards is without result just
yet. It seems to be the intention of the enemy to threaten
rhe line of retreat of our Brest-Litovsk forces by coming
south near Vilna and pressing north from Tarnopol, leav
ing us only a small space at either side of the Pinsk
marshes and compelling our forces to divide in order to
make their escape.
BELIEVE TURKS ALL IN
LONDON, Sept. 14.—Focha near Smyrna is in flames
according to dispatches from Athens and it is believed to
be an indication that the Turks are convinced that the
Dardanelles is about to fall and that they are retreating
and burning the towns along the coast as "they fall back.
WAR SWELLS FORTUNES
CHICAGO, Sept. 14.—The Tribune conies out today
with a statement showing an enormous increase in the
value of the stock of some companies which are receiving
large war orders. Thirteen companies alone have had
their stock increased in value by four hundred and nine
teen millions since January 1. The Schwab properties
increased from seven to forty-nine millions and the Mor
gans reap a profit in stocks alone of one hundred millions,
even outdistancing the Rockefellers.
WANTS REPRISALS
.. LONDON, Sept. 14.—The London Daily Globe this
morning comes out boldly with the demands for reprisals
for the Zeppelin raids on England. It declares that for
every raid of the kind a dozen German towns should be
destroyed and it believes such destruction would be pos
sible by'the concentration of the air fleets of the allies for
the purpose.
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❖ LOOKS LIKE WAR BY ♦
❖ U. S. AGAINST MEXICO. ❖
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NOGALES, Arizona, Sept. 14.—
American residents in the state of
Sonora declare that orders have been
received from Washington warning
all Americans to leave Mexico a
once. The American consul at Sim
pich, Sonora, decline to discuss the
rumor and there is an inclination to
believe that the United States govern
ment really means to declare war.
KIDNAPPED AMERICAN
TO BE KILLED TODAY.
Train Carrying Ten Thousand Ran
som From His Brother is
Held up by Villa.
LITTLE ROCK, Sept. 14.—Chris
Ledwidge has been advised that the
train carrying the ten thousand dol
lars which he had sent to the kid
nappers of his brother Edwin has
been held up at Chihuahua by the
orders of Villa who insists that the
bandits should not be given the money
no matter whether they kill their
prisoner or not. The Mexican gen
eral expresses the belief that if ten
thousand dollars were paid for Led
widge’s release it would only en
courage other Mexican bandits to kid
nap Americans and so create trouble
between the two countries. Villa has
made an attempt to rescue the man
and is now' started on another at
tempt but this is the day fixed for
the killing of Ledwidge unless the
ransom is forthcoming.
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❖ IN CLEVELAND CITY. ❖
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CLEVELAND, Sept. 14.—Six chil
dren are dead and four grown ups
are prostrated today as the result of
the intolerable heat here. The ther
mometer is ninety-seven in the shade.
A NEW THIEF STUNT.
SEATTLE, Sept. 14.—While a wo
man was waiting for a street car last
evening on Madison an auto drove up,
stopped suddenly and out of it jump
ed a man. Like a flash and before
she had time to think he had snatch
her purse from her hand, boarded his
auto again and disappeared.
JITNEYS REDUCE THE
THE PROFITS OF RAILROAD.
SEATTLE, Sept. 14.—The Colum
bia and Puget Sound railroad has ap
pealed to the state tax commission
for relief as the jitneys hiVe reduced
the profits of the road from twenty
five to eight per cent. The road runs
from Seattle to Renton and beyond
and served a country which is now
over run by the jitney buses.
MONEY NEEDED.
JUNEAU, Sept. 13.—The schools
at Nelson will have to close unless
the federal government provides
money to meet the growing demands
of education in Alaska. The cause
of the increased expense is the in
crease of poulation in the territory
this year. Governor Strong says
fifteen thousand dollars will be need
ed and the people of all parts of the
territory are asked to aid in securing
this.
STEAMER SHUSHANNA SUNK.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 14.—The
steamer Shushanna is reported sunk
in the Tolovana river a few miles be
low the jam.
GERMANS TRIED
TO BUY WORKERS
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GOMPERS CONFIRMS STORY
THAT teutons ENGINEER.
ED STRIKES AND RIOTS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—Sam
uel Gompers created a sensation
throughout the country today when he
confirmed the statement of the New
York World that German head
quarters had offered a million dollars
for the successful engineering 01
longeshoremen’s strikes and riots on
the American docks where munitions
of war were being shipped to the al
lied nations. Gompers declares that
he has known the fact for a long time
and even now hints that su*v. s« %fii!
developments from the peint of view
of the Teutons may be expected. To
say that the public is astounded at
this revelation is putting it mildly.
The German interests clearly acted
with amazing cleverness and secrecy
and but for the exposure, it is clear,
would have gone near demoralizing
the shipping trade.
LONE BANDIT HOLDS
UP A LUMBER CAMP.
TACOMA, Sept. 14.—Single hand
ed a bandit held up the forty em
ployees of the lumber camp of the In
dependence-Washington company yes
terday and escaped| to the woods.
Four posses cf fifty men each are
now in pursuit but the result o* l’r,<
chase has not yet been learned.
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IN TWO YEARS
RIGGS SAYS BY THAT TIME
ROAD WILL HAUL
COAL THERE.
FAIRBANKS, Sept. 14.—Thomas
Riggs, member of the Engineering
commission announces that within
two years the government railroad
will be hauling coal to Fairbanks.
This statement has created a feeling
of the greatest optimism as it is
known the coming of coal will result
in large work in the mining line. Mr.
Riggs leaves today for an absence of
three weeks but will return with his
family and make his home here.
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FAIRBANKS, Sept. 14.—A heavy
two days’ rain has brought down a
large quantity of driftwood which
has lodged above the bridge and
threatens it. A caterpillar is being
used to remove the drift. About two
hundred cords of wood are mingled
with it and about fifty men are busi
ly engaged dragging out of it their
winter’s wood supply, while the whole
town is standing around watching.
FISHERS WANT RISE.
ASTORIA, Sept. 14.—The fisher
men are demanding a rise of tw<
cents a pound for fish caught. If re
fused they will strike immediately.
GOODWIN SHOP OPENS.
The Goodwin Shop, owned and
managed by Mrs. James McCoy, op
ened this morning next door south of
George the Jeweller’s. Not all the
stock has yet arrived but most of it
it expected on one of the next boats.
The Goodwin shop carries a general
line of ladies furnishings.
One of the section crews started
work this morning up the track at the
foot of the trestle adjoining the dock.
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NO CONSCRIPTION THIS
SESSION SAYS ASQUITH
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❖ DOCTOR WHO TOOK ❖
❖ POISON IS ALIVE. ❖
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DENVER, Sept. 14.—Dr. W. W.
Kenny, who took slow poison some
days ago by mistake and who dis
cussed his death scientifically with
the other doctors, has recovered after
all. It is the first case known where
a man who took the poison in such
quantity survived but it is supposed
that the tremenodus will power of the
man actually reduced the effects.
Kenny himself and his attending
physicians had fixed the hour of his
death and he and they carefully took
note of each development as the
poison began to work but when the
time came death was absent and Dr.
Kenny will soon be around hale and
hearty.
PROMINENT VANCOUVER
MAN COMMITS MURDER.
Kills Woman of Whom He Was En
amoured and Chases Undress
ed Rival in the Street.
VANCOUVER, Sept. 14.—H. M.
Cottingham, proprietor of the Hotel
Regent of this city, fatally shot Mrs.
Cora Abis this morning and chased
his rival into the streets undressed.
Cottingham was called to the home
of Mrs. Abis, with whom he was en
amoured, and on arriving he found
the Other man in her company.
Drawing a gun he shot the woman
through the brest and opened a fusil
lade of shots on his rival as the lat
ter sprinted in a nude state into the
streets. Cottingham is the man who
was arrested for manslaughter a year
ago when he ran down a street sweep
er with his auto and killed him.
ADVERTISED FOR MEN
TO COMMIT PERJURY.
Prosecutor Makes Sensational State
ment in Indianapolis Elec
tion Fraud Case.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 14.—Prose
cutor Bell, who is conducting the
election fraud cases for the govern
ment, made a statement in court to
day that an agent of the defendants
had gone to Chicago and advertised
for men to come to Indianapolis to
testify in this case. This agent, ac
cording to the statement of the prose
cutor, had actually conducted a train
ing school in which the hired wit
nesses were to be taught exactly what
to do. This school had maps of the
city, showing the location of hotels,
poling booths and various other
places that would be likely to have an
important bearing on the trial of the
case. Each of these witnesses, the
prosecutor declared, was to be paid
five dollars a day and expenses.
LIGHTS FOR STREETS.
Four fine cluster lights will soon be
placed at the corner of Fourth and
Washington, the owners of the prop
erty on each of the four corners hav
ing purchased the poles. Should
other cluster lights be erected by the
city the purchasers of the poles will
be reimbursed.
FILES DEMURRER.
Attorney J. A. Bruner for the de
fendant today filed a demurrer in the
case of the Sunrise Dredging com
pany against the American Dredge
Building & Construction company.
COMMERCIAL CLUB TO MEET.
A meeting of the Commercial club
will take place this evening at eight
o'clock sharp. All members are
urged to be present as business of im
portance will be transacted.
British Have Lost Nearly P'our Hun
dred Thousand Men and Will Pax
Salaries Down to Ten Dollars a
Week to Help Meet Tremendous
Expenditures of the War.
REVOLUTION FOR RUSSIA
PETROGRAD, Sept. 14.—That a revolution shaking
the Russian empire to its foundations will follow the pres
ent war is now admittedly the opinion of people of all
parties in this capital, and that the present army will lead
the revolution is the opinion of a leading member of the
Duma openly expressed. The fall of Warsaw, the failure
to prevent the invasion of Poland and the shortage of
munitions of war has brought the people suddenly to a
realization of the truth that the present bureaucratic
form of government has been found wanting and there is
no longer apparent an effort to conceal the terrific conse
quences ahead for those responsible for Russia’s defeat
and humiliation. Open denunciations are now common
of the lack of preparation to meet the emergency and the
very freedom of speech which for the first time prevails in
the Russian capital may be taken as the first rumblings
of the coming storm. The leading member of the Duma
above referred to goes the length of declaring that the
revolution will be overwhelming.
NO CONSCRIPTION YET
LONDON, Sept. 14. (Later.)—Premier Asquith an
nounced this afternoon late that conscription will not be
resorted to in Great Britain during the present session of
parliament.
BRITISH LOSS 361,982
LONDON, Sept. 14.—Tennant, under secietaij
war, announced this afternoon in the house of commons
that the British losses for the first year of the war were
361,982 men. The killed amounted to 75,957; the wound
ed were 231,068, and the missing, including the prisoners,
are 54,957. The debate on conscription had not yet be
gun when this dispatch was sent and may not be reached
for a day or two. The damage done by the Zeppelin raid
on this city was not great, notwithstanding the sensation
al. reports sent abroad.
PARIS, Sept. 14.—The French air forces, in flotillas,
are now waging a terrific campaign on the German rail
roads and are also aiding French forces in the trenches
where the Germans level their heaviest assaults. 1 ranee
has built hundreds of machines since the war began and
those are now coming into action.
BERLIN, Sept. 14.—It is officially reported today that
Hindenburg is now advancing along a broad front be
tween Dvinsk and the Niemen river in the lace of a furi
ous resistance. In the most recent fighting he took five
thousand two hundred Slav prisoners.
ROUMANIA MOBILIZING
ATHENS, Sept. 14.—That serious complications may
be expected in the Balkans is a truth which is now made
apparent by the fact that Roumania has begun the mobi
lizing of her army, the taking over of the railroads and
the requisitioning of all the horses of the kingdom. 1 he
officials of the Bucharest government declare that those
steps are being taken merely as a precaution because of
the signs of Austrian activity on the border and the fear
that Austria will attack if Bulgaria declares war and so
place Roumania between two enemies. The aspect of af
fairs in the Balkans is conceded by all to be most serious.
HOLDING GERMANS
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 14.—The German government
has issued an order prohibiting all males between the ages
of seventeen and forty-five from leaving the empire.
Several Germans between those ages who attempted to
cross the Dutch border have been stopped already.
ALLIES WANT BILLION
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—The financial commission of
the allied nations which is now here has asked the Ameri
can bankers for a billion dollars to be secured by bonds of
the different nations borrowing, all the money to be spent
in the United States for supplies and munitions of war of
all kinds. The commission asks the loan without giving
any collateral. It is feared that the United States vid
object to this arrangement on the ground that such a
course would be a violation of the law of neutrality. The
British pound sterling has now fallen more than thirty
cents on exchange and brings slightly more than .yl.oO.