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FIRST STEPS TO MAKE S WARD FORT OF ENTRY
AMERICAN CONSULATE IS HIT BY FRENCH AIR BOMB
STRUGGLE STILL PROCEEDS
LIERCELY AROUND DVINSK
U. S. CONSULATE STRUC K
STUTTGART. Sept. 23.—Higgins, the American con
sul at Stuttgart, reports to the state department that the
American consulate was struck by a shell from a French
ariship during the recent bombardment. No one was in
jured and the matter will probably be regarded as unin
portant.
DVINSK BATTLE PROCEEDS
LONDON, Sept. 23.—The official news this morning
shows that fierce and bloody fighting still proceeds be
tween the Germans and Russians around Dvinsk. I’etro
grad claims the capture of a great number of German
prisoners and large quantities of munitions, arms and
supplies. As Dvinsk is regarded as the key to Riga and
pett-.grad the Slavs are evidently drawing on their full
power to repulse the Teutonic advance at that point and
have apparently succeeded. The fierce nature of the bat
tle may be judged by the fact that close fighting with the
bayonet is taking place all along the line, Slav and Teuton
apparently feeling that the supreme moment is at hand.
London fully believes the dispatches yesterday from
Petrograd to the effect that the Germans were defeated
and it is clear that their advance has received a severe
check to say the least. The Russians also report that in
dications point to a lack of shells on the part of the Ger
mans and if this is so the turning point for Russia may
have been reached. The news from that quarter for the
past two days has been the most hope-inspiring for many
months.
DUMBA GETS NO MERCY
WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.—The state department
has declined to ask the allied nations for a safe conduct
for Ambassador Dumba unless the Austrian government
makes his recall unconditional. In recalling Dumba at
the request of this government the Austrian government
desired to have the recall appear as a “leave of absence”
but Lansing insists on a complete recall without condi
tions. Dumba will soon sail for Rotterdam via Falmouth,
England, where he would probably be arrested if he fails
to receive the safe conduct from this government. It is
expected, however, that Austria will agree to making
the recall unconditional.
BULGARIA WITH TURKEY
LONDON, Sept. 23.—It must be admitted that this
city became excited this morning when an official an
nouncement was published from the prime minister of
Bulgaria that his government and the Turkish govern
ment have signed a convention not to oppose each other
by arms during the present war. This ends finally all
hope that the aid of Bulgaria can be looked for against
ihe Turks and, worse still, it is taken as portending that
the entry of Greece or Roumania into the war on the side
of the allies will be followed by Bulgaria’s entry on the
Teutonic side. That Bulgaria has positively decided to
enter the conflict anyhow is no believed here in official
circles.
LOAN STRIKES A SNAG
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—Local financiers admit that
the proposed loan to the allied nations i.ss struck a snag
of some sort but they will not say the least word about
the difficulty. That the situation is deadlocked there can
be no doubt and it may still happen that the loan may
have to be abandoned although there is a feeling that the
financiers are possessed of a sentiment in favor of help
ing the Allies, outside of financial considerations alto
gether.
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK
LONDON, Sept. 23.—The British steamer Groningen
struck a mine in the North Sea yesterday and was sunk
with the loss of one of the crew. All British waters are
now clear of German vessels but owners of merchant
ships has received warning from the government that
the lull may only be intended by the Germans to put ships
off their guard. The admiralty officials are inclined to
doubt the suggestion that the absence of the submarines
means preparation for a general sea attack on the British
coasts.
❖ SENATE WILL HAVE •>
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—The
president has all but decided to call
a special session of the senate but
the deliberations will be limited t%
a discussion of rules of cloture which
will be amended, and to a discussion
of the treaties existing between this
country and the nations of Central
and south America. The house will
not be called.
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❖ H YPHENS FIRE ON *
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Admir
al Caperton reports that Haitiens fir
ed on fifty United States marines and
soldiers last Tuesday. He reports
no casualties and probably none re
sulted from the attack.
CONGRESSMAN’S WIFE
DIES ON STREET CAR.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—The wife
of Representative Henry W. Lang
horne of Pennsylvania died sunddenly
on a stree car in this city last night.
The cause of deuth has not been as
certained but it is believed to be heart
disease. On the lady’s body was
found twelve thousand dollars in cash
and fifty thousand dollars worth of
jewelry.
MAIL POUCH STOLEN.
SEATTLE, Sept. 23.—A mail
pouch consigned from Wenatchee to
Seattle has disappeared. It contained
bank remittances which are said to
amount to thousands of dollars. It is
relieved that the pouch was stolen
fron^a truck at the railroad depot at
Vcn.. tehee.
VILLA NOT YET
ENTIRELY OUT
UNITED STATES CONSUL RE
PORTS HIS RETIREMENT TO
NORTHWARD IS ORDERLY.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—That
Villa cannot yet be regarded as com
pletely defeated and out of the run
ning is the substnace of a dispatch
received this morning from United
States Consul Carrothers of Chihu
ahua, Mexico. Mr. Carrothers con
firms the news that Carranza has cap
tured Chihuahua and that the Villa
j army is in flight but the consul de
clares that the retreat is being con
i ducted in an orderly manner and that
1 the Villa army is by no means dis
I organized. Governor Maytorena is
reported to have under his command
I quite a considerable force which will
i be joined to the Villa forces.
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OLYMPIA JUDGE SENDS
OWN SON TO JAIL.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Sept. 23.—
Justice Pieice of this district sent his
own son and four other boys to prison
veste'day for ten days for stealing
chiektns. The chickens belonged to
the judge himself and the four other
boys were brothers.
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POPE’S HORSE DROPS DEAD.
ROME, Sept. 23.—While the pope
was driving in the Vatican gardens
yesterday afternoon one of the horses
drawing the carriage dropped dead.
SEATTLE PATROLMAN
ARRESTED FOR KILLING.
SEATTLE, Sept. 23.—Merchant
Patrolman Alex C.ouley was arrested
last night on the charge of man
i slaughter because he shot and killed
| Carl Firesler, a motorcyclist seven
teen years of age. The shooting is
believed to have been unnecessary
and Gourley is being-severely con
demned by public opinion.
EASTERN CAPITAL
COMES TO PROSPECT
A. H. Case, representing New York
capital, arrived on the Maripsoa yes
terday with a drill and other material
to investigate the Herchel Parker
property on Quartz creek, with the
idea of putting in a mill if the
property shows up well enough. Mr.
Case wiil leave for the property on
the car tomorrow morning and will
get the service*, of three or four men
out at Mile 29 to work on the drilling.
He does not know how long he will be
out there but says he will be there at
least three weeks and possibly three
months. Mrs. Case and son Robert
accompanied him here. They will
join Mr. Case at Quartz creek in
about a week.
MARIPOSA ARRIVES.
The Mariposa arrived from Seattle
and way ports at 4 o’clock yesterday j
afternoon. She had 43 tons of freight
for this place and 21 passengers.
These were: H. E. Wilson, Guy
Gibbs, Ester Urbach, Mrs. Urbach, E.
A. Newton, A. H. Case, G. G. Fet
terly, Wm. Fetterly, James McCon
naghy, U. D. Steine, Wm. P. Henry,
Ed. E. Edelman, Wm. Aiken, Mrs.
Aiken, Mike Smith, and four steerage.
MARIPOSA BACK TOMORROW.
The Mariposa sailed fivm Seward
for Anchorage at b:30 yesterday even
ing and is due to arrive here on her
way south at 4 o’clock tomorrow af
ternoon. She took the following pas
sengers for Seward; B. H. Barndol
lar, W. C. Edes, Lou Martin, A. R.
McConnaghy, Anto^ Eide, Lt. J. C.
Mehaffey, James McConnaghy, Wm.
Fetterly, Geo. Campbell, Miss Nellie
Shea, Mrs. A. F. Davis, C. E. Bade,
D. J. Singer, A. S. Dautrick, Anna
Garden and Cleo Williams.
TERM OF COURT HERE
NOVEMBER THE FIRST.
Robert L. Wcver, U. S. Deputy
clerk of the court, received a letter
from Chief Clerk of the court, Arthur
Lang, last night on the Mariposa,
stating that Judge Brown had called
a term of court at Seward starting
November 1st. There will be no
grand jury at this term and the petit
jury will be drawn in a few days.
Notices of the term of court are post
ed at the Commissioner’s office and in
the lobbies of the Overland and Cole
man hotels.
ELKS OPEN FAIR.
SEATTLE, Sept. 23.—Forty Elks
will open the old fashioned county
fair to be held here next Monday. A
state wide attendance is exupected.
A. B. MEETING TONIGHT.
There will be an A. B. meeting to
night at 8 o’clock at which * eleven
new members will be taken in. . All
members are requested to be present
TAXPAYERS GET
LONGER PERIOD
FOUR WEEKS ARE GIVEN ON
REAL PROPERTY AND IM
PROVEMENTS* BY COUNCIL
At the meting of the city council
held last evening a resolution was
adopted authorizing the tax collector
to rebate penalties on delinquent roll
as follows:
On all real estate and improve
ments paid on or before the Fourth
Friday in October;
On all personal property paid on or
before the second Friday in October.
The taxes will all become delin
quent at six o’clock Uyporrow night,
the tweny-fourth, as now prescribed
by ordinance. Persons not taking ad
vantage of the provision of the reso
lution at or before the time mention
ed will be obliged to pay the regular
penalty and interest.
This means that although penalties
must be added after tomorrow even
ing those penalties will be rebated if
the taxpapers pay on property before
the postponed dates mentioned above.
JAPANESE SHIP DRIFTS
ALL ACROSS PACIFIC.
Crew Wrecked on Queen Charlotte
Islands and Undergo
Frightful Hardships.
PRINCE RUPERT, Sept. 2.T
Captain Seam of a Japanese fishing
schooner has been held here by the
authorities pending an enquiry into
an extraordinary story told by him.
He declares that his shin was on a
fishing cruise off the Japanese coa>t
when a great gale arose and bev it
out to sea where it was so disabled
that it drifted all the way across the
Pacific ocean until it was wrecked on
Queen Charlotte islands. Seven
members of the crew are still on the
island, he says, and a searching party
is go:ng to look for them. Captain
Sean lived twenty-seven days on fish
and game.
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❖ THINKS MOOSE PASS *
❖ WONDERFUL COUNTRY. *
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That the people of Seward are
blind to the wonderful prospects
ahead of Moose Pass is the opinion
of Dr. J. M. Sloan, a pioneer of Al
aska, who returned last evening from
a visit to that section. The doctor
from the foundation of his knowledge
of the other Alaska camps has built
up the belief that in whole length and
breadth of the territory there is no
mining district which has such pos
sibilities as that where the rich quartz
strikes have recently been made. He
believes the placer possibilities also
are unlimited. The finest road in the
territory, he says, is now being con
structed between Mile 29 and Sunrise
and the people of the district have
nothing but words of praise for the
Alaska Road Commission. The doct
or believes the road will be in fine
trim next year for automobiles.
ADMIRAL EVANS ARRIVES.
The Admiral Evans, Capt. Glass
cock, arrived this morning at 2:30
bringing the following passengers for
here: W. R. Sheeharn, Willard
Sheeharn, Merrit Sheeharn, V. F.
Nicl ols, V.. W. Kirm, Harry R.
Hannon, Clarence W'oods and five
steerage
EVANS BACK MONDAY.
The Evans sailed this morning for
westward ports at 8 o’clock and is ex
pected back on Monday morning on
her way south. She took from here
the following: H. J. Warren, of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry.,
for Kodiak. E. E. Edleman to Kcnai.
TELL BUSINESS MEN
OF SEWARD 10 WORK
Official of Treasury Department
Shows How Port May Win Grant
of Important Concession.
That Seward will soon become a
port of entry and will enjoy all the
advantages accruing from tha4 fact is
now a prospect that has been Drought
nearer by steps taken here within the
past two weeks. The Treasury de j
parlment has already been communi
cated with on the matter and an an
swer has been received from the de
partment giving instructions telling
of the course that is to be pursued
by the people of Seward to have j
their wishes in the matter fulfilled,!
and tnc business men generally and ]
the Commercial Club particularly will
probably soon follow out the in: true-j
tions. At the present time there is
no port of entry on the Alaska coast
between Juneau and Nome, if the in
formation secured is correct. I*y be
ing a port of entry foreign ships may
enter and carry on business which
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under the reverse circumstances
wouid be impossible. This consider
ation in view of the opening of the
Malanuska coal fields is a vita! one.
Wh*.n made a port of entry the gov
ernment will have a doctor, custom
ofliicers and other ortkials here and
various other result* will corne which
it is not necessary to enumerate. J.
H. Sears has received advices from
an official of the Treasury depart
ment at Washington on inquiry made
by Mi. Sears on the matter. That
the people of Seward ought to gel to
work at once is made clear bv the let
ter telling of the steps that should be
taken. This letter, which comes
from the Treasury department ofii
cial is as follows:
“I have made inquiry as to the
possibility of having Seward made a
port of entry. This matter sbou'd hi*
presented by the busino-s men of
Seward to the Collector of’ Custom, at
Juneau, who will then for card tie*
application, backed by all the argu
ments that the business men of See.
aid and surroun ling country can
nuke, to the Treasury
Department. It is well, also to g t
a favorable recommendation of Gov
ernor Strong and of the Delegate!
from Alaska. If your case, when put
up to the Treasury Department, is
strong enough the Secretary of the
Treasury will recommend to the
President the designation of Seward
as a port of entry.”
GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY
BERLIN, Sept. 23.—The war department denies that
the Russians won a victory in the battle of Dvinsk and
states, on the contrary, that, although we were slightly
checked, our forces are gradually closing in on Dvinsk
from the west and have penetrated the advance Slav de
fenses. We took two thousand prisoners in the assaults
and the Russians are now retiring on the outer defenses
and this retirement is taken to presage the early cap
ture of the fortress and city which is regarded as an im
portant step in the advance on Petrograd and Riga.
LANSING TURNS DOWN DUMBA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Lansing informed Am
bassador Dumba this afternoon that the question of a
safe conduct for the ambassador is something that he will
discuss directly with the Austrian government and not
with Dumba himself. This is taken as another way of
showing that Dumba is n »longc” .-cognized as an ciliri-il
representative of Austria- H i ga y.
SILENCE GERMAN GUNS
PARIS, Sept. 23.—The German artillery in various
parts of the Champagne district was silenced last night
by the French batteries which also blew up several of the
enemy’s munition depots. Since the beginning ol the ar
tillery fighting this has been the most telling feat per
formed.
AMERICAN BODY FOUND
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Frost, the American consul
at Queenstown has notified the state department that a
body found floating in the sea has been identified as that
of Dr. Woods, of Wisconsin, who lost his life on the
Arabic.. The body will be buried in England.
TRIED TO BLOW UP MILLS
GARY, Ind., Sept. 23.—An Austrian employe has
been arested for attempting to blow up the Aetna powder
mills where powder is being manufactured for the allied
nations. The authorities claim that the man was to have
received ten thousand dollars for the job success of which
was prevented by the watchfulness of the police. ^
REINFORCEMENTS FOR ALLIES
ATHENS, Sept. 23.—One hundred and ten thousand
soldiers arrived at the Dardanelles this week to reinforce
the allied forces on the Gallipoli peninsula and the cam
paign will be prosecuted more strenously than ever from
this time forward. The reinforcements are also sup
posed to be intended to meet any danger that Bulgaria
might threaten. *__—.