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FORCE MEXICO
TO HAVE PEACE
SIX LATIN V MERIC AN NATIONS
AM) r. S. JOIN II VNOS
FOR PURPOSE.
WASHINGTON. August 7.—Secre
tary of State Lansing and the repre
sentatives of six Latin American re
publics have decided upon a consti
tutional form of government for Mex
ico anti have decided to give the lead
ers and factions of that country only
one more chance. After that the
Latin nations and the United States
will step in and restore a staple form
of government. Ail the nations inter
ested have declared that money and
men will be no object and that Mexico
must come to time.
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❖ FIRST TRAIN GOES *
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CORDOVA. August 7.—The first
train since the washout left for Chit
ina this morning taking twelve hun
dred pounds of mail. Through traf
, fie and ore shipments will be resumed
next Sunday.
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FAIRBANKS, August 7.—Two
hundred and twenty-three ounces of
gold have been brought in from the
Tolovana by Finley and Patterson.
The gold is valued at three thousand,
nine hundred and eighty-two dollars.
TO TAX A CTOS.
FAIRBANKS, August 7.—A
scheme is now brewing to tax auto
mobiles in this city for the purpose
of raising money to keep the streets
gravelled.
DELEGATE WICKERSHAM
GOES TO MAKE REPORT.
FAIRBANKS, August 7.—Delegate
Wickersham leaves soon for Chena
and Hotsprings to secure facts for a
report on the proposed sites for a
home in the interior for old prospect
ors. This home was provided for in
House Bill 89.
LOSES HOMESTEAD.
FAIRBANKS, August 7.—Home
steader Wilson has been dispossessed
of his homestead by a recent action of
the land department
HONOR BILL McPHEE.
FAIRBANKS, August 7.—A grand
reception will be given Monday night
by the local Igloo of Pioneers in hon
or of Bill McPhee who has recently
returned from the outside. He is
grand president of the Igloo and will
be escorted to the hall by Delegate
Wickersham.
CAR will run to
MILE 70 TOMORROW.
The Alaska Northern Will be Open
Almost the Whole Way
Soon Again.
The little twelve passenger car will
run to Mile Seventy-one tomorrow.
Engineer Benjamin Campbell will go
out with a car carrying his engineer
ing outfit to Mile Fifty-five. At that
point there begins about a mile of a
washout which the travelers will be
compelled to walk around but at the
other side of it another car will pick
them up and reconquer the other end
of the line.
Mrs. George Sexton, Miss Sexton,
Neil Sexton and Miss Vaughn went
out this morning as far as Bear lake
to spend a day of fishing.
GREAT BALTIC CITY
MELTS WARSAW’S FATE
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I Teutonic Empires Declare Na
tional Holiday and Prepare
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Government for Poland.
CONSTANT!XOPLK. August 7.—
Berlin. Vienna. Munich, Budapest and
the other great cities of Germany and
Austria are celebrating the fall of the
great cities of Warsaw and Riga to
day. and that both of those cities
have fallen into the hands of the
Teutons there is now not the slight
est doubt. A national holiday has
been proclaimed all over the two em
pires named as well as over the Ot
toman empire. The schools every
where are closed and the people have
almost gone mad with joy. Although
the news of the fall of Warsaw has
not been otheially announced from
any of the other capitals it is believed
to be because of the difficulty of se
1 curing communication with the out
side world from the central powers.
London Says Riga Falls.
LONDON, August 7.—The great
city of Riga has fallen, the Germans
are already entering the city and the
Russian armies are demoralized. It
was announced here last night that
the Russians were evacuating the city ]
and this news was confirmed this
morning but the real truth became
known later when the dispatches ar
rived announcing that two corps of
von Buelow's army are actually en
tering the great town. Riga is one
of the three largest shipping ports of
the Russian empire, coming next in
importance to Petrograd and Odessa.
It is on the coast at the mouth of the
Dwina river, is the capital of Livonia
and has a population of 220,000. Very
little has been told of the advance of
the Germans recently in that direction
but it is now evident that they must
have made tremendous strides since
the capture of Lindau. The informa
tion that the Russian army is demora
lized is regarded as the worst of all
The French and British papers are all
commenting today on the world-wide
effect which the fall of W arsaw and
Riga will exercise. They all admit
that this effect will be terrific and an
atmosphere of gloom is general in
both the French and British capitals.
Warsaw has a population of just about
twice the size of Riga but Iho chief
consideration is that while Warsaw
gives the Teutons command of Poland
Riga gives them command of a great
• part of the south Baltic coast and the
adjoining provinces.
Austrians Take Ivangorod.
VIENNA, August 7.—The Austrian
, army has captured the fortified city
of Ivangorod on the Vistula south of
Warsaw and the Russians are in full
j retreat now in that quarter and fol
! lowing a parallel line to that of the
forces retreating from Warsaw itself.
The Austrians will now push north
east with the object of closing in from
the south while the German allies
i close in from th« north.
German Poles in Lead.
BERLIN, August 7.—The Kaiser
Wilhelm and the Austrian Grand
Dukes will meet Saturday in Berlin
to confer for the final settlement of
the plan for the granting of semi
autonomy to the Poles of all the
nations which possess Polish terri
tory. It is announced that the Ger
man and Austrian Poles will be at the
head of the new Polish government
and will remain in the lead until some
future and permanent arrangement
cun be made. Russian, German and
Austrian Poland are celebrating in
advance the revival of their ancient
nation and when the new government
is formed and all matters set to rights
wild scenes of enthusiasm may be ex
pected.
COMES TO ALLOT WORK
ON THE SEWARD ROADS.
Lieutenant MchefTy, of the Road Com
mission Will be Here on
Northwestern.
Lieutenant MehefTy, the new en
gineer of the Alaska Road Commis
sion, will arrive 4n Seward on the
steamship Northwestern to make the
allottments and fix the work of the
commission in this district. The in
formation of his coming came through
Anton Eide the local superintendant
of the commission. The amount of
the work to be done is not yet knowji.
NORTHWESTERN MONDAY.
Nothing has been heard of the
Northwestern since she left Skag
way yesterday afternoon at three.
She is expected in Seward Monday
morning.
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LATE CABLES
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(NOTE) The following dispatches
came over the Canadian line just be
fore press time but they are being
condensed as small us possible to get
them in.
SEATTLE. August 7.—It is report
ed here on the best authority that
New York and Nevada capitalists are
organizing to acquire immense prop
erties in all parts of Alaska. They
will employ a hundred prospectors,
especially along the line of the gov
ernment railroad.
Twelve cars of rails arrived today
enroute for the government railroad
in Alaska.
MALMO, August 7.—The Germans
have seized the American petroleum
steamer Otama and Wico which were
bound for Stockholm.
EL PASO, August 7.—Villa has ex
ecuted the treasurer of Chihuahua
state.
SAN ANTONIO, August 7.—Obre
gon has occupied the city of Monterey
and plans a campaign of fifty thou
sand men against Torreon and
Saltillo.
NOGALES, August 7.—General
Calles has demanded the surrender ol
Nogales but Governor Maytorena has
answered with artillery and the battle
is proceeding.
LONDON, August 7.—The Rus
sians are evacuating Kovno but are
still holding on to Novo Georgievsk.
Elsewhere they are retiring to the
■Brest-Litovsk line. Before leaving
Warsaw the Russians have appropri
ated twenty-five millions which, it is
stated, is being used for the removal
of factories and mills to the interior.
PETROGRAD, August 7.—The
Russsian government is now organiz
ing the refugees from Poland as
workers in the munitions factories.
NEW YORK, August 7.—General
Tracy, who first put nickel steel arm
or on ships, died here last night.
CAPTURED FOR
OLNES MURDER
CITIZENS OF FAIRBANKS GIVE
$4,000 FOR CONVICTION
OF WOMAN’S SLAYERS.
FAIRBANKS, August 7.—Julius
Miller, a cook, has been held for the
murder of Mrs. Rowe of Olnes at
Little Eldorado creek last week. Mil
ler had been held for cutting Scotty
Lamb at 01 in's a week ago and suf
ficient evidence has been found to
justify the holding of him for the
Rowe murder. He is held without
i bail. William O’Connor has also been
! arrested and held for the murder of
! of Mrs. Rowe. Ed. Cairns who was
; also arrested is the man who made
i the confession, lie has made an af
j fidavit telling how Miller wanted both
to take a hand in the murder and ho
describes how the deed was com
mitted. The citizens have subscribed
four thousand dollars as a reward for
I aid in bringing about the conviction
J of the murderers. None of this money
J is to be paid to federal otticials ano
I the intention is to enlist in the work
of exposing the murderers several
citilians. Mrs. Rowe is supposed to
have had on her person about four
hundred dollars when she met her
death. A thousand dollars was dis
covered in her cabin after her death.
The whole community is worked up to
! ft dangerous pitch by the foul deed
and no stones will be left unturned
to bring the miscreants to justice.
FRENCH MINERS KILLED
IN CLASH WITH GERMANS.
LONDON, August 7.—A dispatch
received today from the coal mining
district near Langres says that many
lives were lost yesterday when
French miners led mobs of citizens
against the German troops patrolling
the section. Fierce street fighting
was overcome by the German soldiers
only after a large number of the
French had been killed and wounded.
The exact number of casualties has
not yet been ascertained, but it is
known to be large.
CHICAGO STEAM SHIPS
WILL ALL BE TESTED.
CHICAGO, August 7.—The munici
pal government, awakened by the ter
rible consequences of the recent
Eastland disaster in which hundreds
lost their lives, has ordered the city
steamboat inspectors to test the stab
ility of every steamship in the port.
Every means possible will be taken
to prevent a repetition of the East
land accident, and both the city and
national governments are now prob
ing the cause of the sinking of the
death ship.
AMERICANS DISCOVER
PER FECT ANTISEPTIC.
PARIS, August 7.—A new medical
discovery that will be of the greatest
value to surgeons has been announced
by Doctors Carrell and Dakena,
Americans, now practicing their pro
fession in the local hospitals. Ihe
new discovery is an ideal antiseptic
the use of which will make infection
of wounds impossible. The value of
this antiseptic to the wounded soldiers
of Europe cannot be estimated, since
one of the principal causes of death
is the infection of wounds through de
lay in securing prompt medical aid.
Dr. Carrell has for several years past
! ben employed in research work by the
I Rockefeller Foundation in New York
I and his present achievement adds j
greater fame to "his already great
reputation as one of the foremost
scientists of his time.
EVANS LEAVES CORDOVA.
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The Admiral Evans left Cordova
at 3:30 o’clock this morning.
TAXPAYERS REQUEST
CEE IN ASSESSMENT
Meeting in City Hall Takes Steps
and Some Declare Deternii
nation Not lo Pay.
The meeting of the taxpayers took
place last night in the city hall and a
resolution was passed unanimously
on the motion of Sam Graff, president
of the Electric company, that the city
council be asked to instruct the asses
sor to reduce the assessment of realty
( one half. Ed. Whittemore moved lat
er and it was passed unanimously that
a committee of three be appointed to
carry the resolution before the council
when that body meets next Monday.
Chairman G. B. Poindexter later ap
pointed a committee.
At the meeting on the previous
night a committee consisting of Mes
srs Dougherty, Whittemore and Poin
dexter had been appointed to get all
the necessary facts and figures and
Mr. Whittemore produced those facts
last night when the meeting came to
order. According to the committee’s
figures the running expenses for the
city for the year will be $13,000, the
cost of street improvements will be
$6,000, the cost of the maintenance
of schools $4,500, and the price of
the purchased lots $6,000. These arc
approximately correct and they make
a total of $29,500. To help meet this
expenditure the city will receive $11,
000 from license money.
On the other hand; The assessed
value of realty this year is $1,724,420.
The meeting last night found that by
dividing this in half and by levying on
that half a two per cent tax the in
come from that source would be $17,
244. Adding to this the $11,000 from
the licenses and the $10,000 odd to
come from all other property at their
present assessed value the city will
have an income of $38,500, or suflici
; ent to meet all the expenses, to make
; the school improvements and to have
• some money left over. Therefore,
> the resolution asks only that the as
sessment on realty alone be reduced
I one half. It is better not to go any
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I further into figures so that ail may
understand.
Several speakers objected stren
uously to having the real property
assessed so highly for several good
reasons. One of these reasons is that
j the territorial legislature will pass a
I territorial tax law next session and
I that the value of real estate will be
based for this tax on the value at
which it is assessed by the munici
palities. Representative John Noon
who was present at the meeting de
clared that the legislature will sure
ly pass the law. Judge Morford ex
pressed the hope that neither he nor
: anyone else will have to protest their
| taxes but he was quite sure that the
present rating “cannot go through.”
Chairman Poindexter followed by
! saying that he knew of several tax
payers who will not pay the present
assessment. Some other gentlemen
' spoke and all confined themselves to
the question but one gentleman who
took a lot of time trying to interject
personal politics and got snubbed.
Otherwise the meeting was perfectly
business-like- and effective.
TOLOVANA IS
LOOKING GOOD
LACK OF WATER DELAYS BUT
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
PAST TWO DAYS.
FAIRBANKS, August 7.—Reports
from the Tolovana for the past few
days are very good. New strikes are
reported and the old pay is said to
be holding out well. The greatest
drawback to the development of the
camp has been the lack of water but
heavy rains which fell here during the
past two days is probably general and
will most likely help out the new
camp considerably. So dry was the
weather for a time that sluicing
could be carried on only ten minutes
out of every hour. Falcon Joslyn
leaves this city today for Tolovana to
complete the installation of the wire
less plant. The operator was sent in
a week ago and the system will bo
open for business in a short time.
AMERICAN MARINES
PACIFY HAYTI REBELS.
PORT AU PRINCE, August 7.—
The American marines today occup
ied the national fortress here without
any resistance on the part of the reb
els. The situation is well in hand
and no further trouble is looked for
by the Americans. General Bobo, one
on the principal sources of discord for
years past, has promised to come to
this city and surrender on condition
that he is protected from his enemies
by the Americans. Most of the rebels
have scattered throughout the interior
of the island to sections where they
can do little damage.
J. F. Newsome, the mining en
ginccr, has returned after a short ab
sence from the city.
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COMMITTEE APPOINTED
BY THE TAXPAYERS.
Chairman Poindexter Adds Four New
Names to Those Appointed
Last Night.
The committee that will represent
the taxpayers before the city council
next Monday evening to present the
resolution passed at the meeting last
night will be Hugh Dougherty, chair
man, G. G. Boe, Jack Noon, E. 0.
Sawyer, Wayne Blue, William Sauers,
Frank Ballain, Judge S. 0. Morford
and Ed Whittemore. The committee
appointed last night were Messrs
Blue, Sawyer and Boe but Mr. Blue
offered his resignation and this led
the taxpayer’s committee to reconsid
er the whole matter. They came to
the conclusion that a large number of
property holders ought to be on the
committee .and Mr. Poindexter, coin
ciding with their view, he appointed
the other gentlemen named here. Mr.
Blue’s resignation was not accepted.
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CORDOVA, August 7.—The
freighter Seward left Seattle yester
day morning coming direct to Cor
dova with two million feet of lumber
which will be used for rebuilding the
bridges burned in the recent fires as
well as for those washed out. A
large force of men will be employed
repairing the roadbed,
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WASHINGTON, August 7.—
Colonel Cole of the American forces
has declared martial law* in Port au
Prince but a new* revolution has start
ed on the w*est coast of Haiti and
further trouble is expected.
MAYOR SEES
NO TROUBLE
BELI EVES ASSESSM EM MAT
TER WILL BE ADJl'STEI) IN
AMICABLE MANNER.
Mayor Myers anticipates no diffi
culty in settling the assessment mat
ter which is now occupying the at
tention of the taxpayers. Jt was
stated in some quarters that by the
high assessment the city council had
in contemplation the securing of a lot
of money above the amount actual'.,
necessary so that the\ might build a
city hall but the mayoi says that no
such building was thought of. He has
not yet looked more fully into the
subject and did not desire this morn
ing to deal with figures until he gets
better posted on the findings of the
committee of the taxpayers. One
thing has possibly been overlooked by
that committee when it tried to
secure a full list of the expenditures
and that is the amount which was
paid out by the city from time to
time in wages directly.
As the matter now stands, the com
mittee of the taxpayers ha found
that a much smaller sum will bo re
quired for the conduct of tin* city's
affairs than the city officials aid.
This discrepancy may be due to < v
eral causes. It may be due to a fail
ure on the part of the committee to
discover all the expenditures or it
may be due to a failure of the city of
ficials to bo able to compute correctly
the expenditures. However, there is
no reason to doubt, as the mayor say
that the matter will be adjusted
easily if none of the city council mem
bers make a display of the obstin
acy and egotism which has distingu
ished the conduct of some of them so
far.
COUNCILMAN CHOVIN
TALKS WITH REASON.
Wants Matters Straightened Out
With Taxpayers and in an
Amicable Manner.
“Jack” Chovin, the genial chair
man of the tire committee of the city
council, wants to see this assessment
muddle cleared up and straightened
out in an amicable manner.
“I'd like to spend lots of money for
improvements” he said this afternoon.
“I’d like to have that school building
improved. I’d like particularly to
have a good fire department if it cost
ten thousand dollars, but if times are
quiet and the money just now is not
plentiful what can we do?”
Mr. Chovin says that the council
has not discussed the matter and will
probably wait until it meets the com
mittee of citizens Monday evening.
At that time all the facts and figures
will have been ascertained and the
whole thing can be adjusted. Mr.
Chovin firmly believes in acting with
in reason.
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It is thought that in looking over
the expenditures of the city council
several important items may have
been overlooked. In the first place
quite a number of men were em
ployee! on street work by day wages
early in the summer. Wheelbarrows,
shovels and lots of other implements
were purchased, and, by the way, it
is said that most of those implements
have disappeared. Even the city
hall was decked out with chairs to
meet the luxurious requirments of
the city government. In this way
there may be a greater expenditure
than has yet been seen by the tax
payer’s committee.
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