MiiniFja
LONDON, Nov. 14.—The Russian-Roumanian troops have
started a vigorous offensive in the sector north of the Con
stanza-Cinavada railway line, in the province of Dobrudja, Hie
Renewed activities having started upon the arrival of General
Sakharoff, recently placed in supreme command of the allied
forces in this zone of the world war. The Russian-Roumanian
forces are pushing back the forces under General Mackensen.
The line of battle stretches from Mento through Toenal, Enan
eesna and Karanasuf, in the Transylvania zone. Tlie Russians
have gradually reinforced the Roumanian armies in the north
ern sector of the line, until they are now fighting side by side
from the Whatmov front south 50 miles to the Bukowina bor
ders. ' .
AMERICAN SHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE.
PARIS, No\> 14.—A wireless message from Madrid, re
ceived in Pari^Today, says that the American ship Columbian
was sunk I ■ a Cleri'n; n sidonarine.
greekInsurgents to
FLOAT LOAN FOR MONEY
ATHENS, Nov. 14.—The revolution is growing through
out Greece. Yesletday, Major Cheroulis and Col. KoiPoratos,
of Queen Sophie’s Own Regiment, deserted the royaf forces
and have gone over to the revolutionary forces, departing in se
cret for Salonika, one of the head centers of the revolt.
The provisional government, under Acting President Ven
izelos, has decided to float a loan to carry on its warfare against
the monarchy under King Constantine. It is figured that the
loan can be placed among Greeks residing in the United States
and other foreign countries.
MOTHER LODE
COMPANY HAS
CORDOVA, Nov. 14.—The Mother
Lode Copper Mines Company has ab
sorbed the Houghton group of copper
claims, located near the great Kenne
cott mine and has increased its capi
tal stock to seven and one-half million
dollars. A large concentrating plant
will be installed next season and the
development of the Mother Lode prop
erty and the Houghton group will be
pushed with the opening of spring.
New York bankers are underwriting
the bonds that have been issued under
the reorganization. James J. Godfrey,
president and promoter of the Mother
Lode Copper Mines Company, remains
at the head of the concern, under the
new organization.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Noz. 14.—Perci
val Lowell, the world-renowned as
tronomer, passed away last evening,
following an attack of apoplexy. For
the past twenty years he has been in
charge of the Harvard observatory at
Flagstaff, Arizona, and has made
some remarkable discoveries in the
heavenly bodies. Recently, he de
clared that the planet Mars was in
habited.
ATTEMPT TO
EXTORT MONET
FROM COUNTESS
V
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Arm
gaard Gravs, a self-styled industrial
spy and magazine writer, was arrested
last night by government secret ser
vice men, upon the charge of attempt
ing to extort the sum of $3,000 from
Countess von Bernstorff, wife of the
German ambassador to the United
States. It is alleged that Gravs
threatened the countess that he would
publish letters containing matter
showing her infirmities and failings, if
she did not respond to his blackmail
scheme.
The countess told Count von Bern
storff of the attempt at extortion, and
he placed the matter before the United
States authorities. Secret service op
eratives were detailed to work up the
case1 against Gravs and his arrest fol
lowed.
SEATTLE GRAND
JURE CONVENES
SEATTLE, Nov. 14.—The county
grand jury convened here this morn
ing. A probe will be made into al
legations of violations of the prohibi
tion law and the alleged complicity
of county and city officials in the vio
lations. Some starting revelations
are promised.
So far as heard from, Delegate Wickersham is 410
votes ahead of Charles A. Sulzer in the delegate election,
with some remote voting precincts remaining to be heard
from, that will not likely very materially change the result.
Yesterday’s report from the Second division gave Sulzer 015
votes, as against 787 for Wickersham. A dispatch today from
the Nome Nugget, which supported Sulzer, points out an error,
which reduces the Sulzer vote, so far as heard from, in that di
vision, by 51 votes. The corrected returns from the divisions
are as follows:
First' division—
Wickersliam .
Sulzer .
Second division—
Wickersliam .
Sulzer.
Third division—
Wickersliam .
Sulzer .
Fourth division—
Wickersliam
Sulzer .
Wickersliam .
Sulzer .
1,817
2,314
. 788
.. 5f»4
1,918
1,245
1,463
1,453
5,986
5,576
Wickersliam’s lead
410
LATEST FROM FIRST DIVISION.
JUNEAU, Nov. 14.—Returns from the First division are
practically complete and the result shows that Wickersliam
sot 1,817 votes and Sulzer 2,514. The republicans elect their
legislative candidates with the} exception of McCormick, who
was defeated, by W. W. Caiiey^JeuittW®t» of Juneau.
JUNEAU DISPATCH.
LATEST FROM SECOND DIVISION.
NOME, Nov. 14.—(Special to The Times)—So far as heard
from, the election for delegate stands as follows in the Second
division: Wickersliam, 788; Sulzer, 564. Teller, Fortune
Ledge, Dime creek and other outlving precincts remain to be
reported. ' NOME NUGGET.
ANOTHER SECOND DIVISION REPORT.
SEWARD, Nov. 14.—(Special to The Times)—The Nome
Industrial Worker reports that the Second division gave Wick
ersharn 1,380 votes and Sulzer 978, with the Marshall City pre
cinct to hear from. With the other divisions to date, this gives
Wickersham a lead of 135 votes. SEWARD POST.
REPUBLICANS LEAD DEMOCRATS IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—The political complexion of
the house of representatives, according to virtually complete
returns from the numerous congressional districts in the Unit
ed States, indicate that the republicans will have 21,7 members;
the democrats 212 and six that will be independent.
WEST TO BE RECOGNIZED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Henry Morganthau, treasurer
of the democratic campaign committee, and one of the presi
dent’s closest political and personal friends, said today that
there would undoubtedly be some changes in the cabinet and
the places of the retiring cabinet members would be filled by
men from the west, in recognition of the support given Wilson
by the western states. Morganthau admits that the west re
elected Wilson and he favors due recognition of the fact in the
matter of high political appointments.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.—
Three boys, whose total age will not
reach twenty years, while playing
yesterday dug up a tomato can con
i taining twenty thousand dollars in fed
eral reserve bills. t,
ENDS IT ALL
SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—Barney Gosh
stein, a blacksmith by trade, commit
ted suicide at the Washington Annex
hotel here last night. In a note, the
suicide said he wished to trade three
lots in an Idaho town for six feet of
ground in the Seattle cemetery.
BILLINGS, Mont., Xov. 14.—The'thermometer dropped t<>
17 degrees below zero last night. The cold snap extends
throughout Montana, according to reports that reached here
this morning. 1 his cold weather is exceptional at this time
of the season, and much damage will be done because people
were not anticipating it.
COLD SNAP REACHES WYOMING.
SIIER,II)AX, Wyoming, Nov. 14.—This town and other
Wyoming points are experiencing extremely cold weather. The
temperature for November is the lowest in the history of Wy
oming. Much suffering is resulting through lack of prep
aration.
PIPES FREEZE IN ’FRISCO.
SAN I RANCISt'(), Nov. 11.—A cold snap is prevailing in
lliis jiart of the state. Tn this city, many of the pipes leading
to private homes are frozen and an army of plumbers is at
work thawing out the interrupted water flow.
COLD IN LOS ANGELES.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 14.-—Smudge pots are employed to
keep the water pipes from freezing in Los Angeles. The ther
mometer is way below zero.
LAREIX), Nov. 14.— lhe massacre of a hundred women,
children and Carranzista soldiers, who were traveling on a
train through the state of Morelos, in Mexico, at the hands of
a company of bandit troops under General Zapata, several days
ago, is the news contained in late newspapers arriving here
from Mexico City.
PLOT SUSPECTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.—
Bourke Coekran, the big: New York
Ciiminal lawyer, has arrived here to
assume charge of the defense of the
four persons that will be tried for
complicity in the San Francisco bomb
murders of July 22. Coekran will
serve without remuneration. The sus
pects are Edward D. Nolan, former
labor council delegate of the Machin
ists’ local; Thomas J. Mooney, ac
rredited organizer of the Street Car
men’s Intemaional union; his wife,
Mrs. Mooney, and Israel, Weinburg, of
the Jitney Drivers’ union.
A bomb exploding on July 22, at
the corner of Stuart and Market
streets, San Francisco, while a great
parade for military preparedness was
passing and the pavements were
crowded with onlookers, killed ten per
sons and injured fifty. At a previous
mass-meeting of labor unionists this
parade had been bitterly denounced as
a step toward militarism, and on July
21, all the San Francisco papers re
ceived letters, signed “The Deter
mined Exiles from Militaristic Gov
ernment,” announcing that “we are
going to use a little direct action on
the 22d which will echo around the
earth and show that militarism can
not be forced on us and our children
without a violent protest.” “Things
are going to happen,” these letters ad
ded, “to show that we will go to the
extreme, the same as the controlling
class, to preserve what little democ
racy we still have.” Two weeks later,
CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—The nine
teenth annual meeting of the Ameri
can Mining Congress convened here
yesterday morning and will remain in
session until Saturday. Nearly every
state in the Union is represented by
delegates appointed by the respective
governors. Chas. E. Herron, of An
chorage, is among the Alaska dele
gates,by appointment from Governor
Strong. Among the men prominent in
the mining world who are in attend
ance, named as delegates by President
Wilson, are: E. H. Benjamin, of Oak
land, Cal.; H. M. Chance, of Philadel
phia; Curtis H. Lindsey, of San Fran
cisco; James McNaughton, of Calu
met, Mich.; E. P. Mathewson, of Ana
conda, Mont.; Charles Piez, of Chi
cago; W. S. Saunders of New York;
A. H. Woodward, of Woodward, Alas
ka; Van H. Manning, director of the
United States bureau of mines, and
George Otis Smoth, director of the U.
S. geological survey, both of Wash
ington, D. C.
five persons, four men and a woman,
all more or less associated with recent
labor agitation in San Francisco, were
arrested and indicted for the murder
of the bomb victims. The first of these
to come to trial was Warren K. Bil
lings, formerly president of the Shoe
workers’ local, who was accused of
actually placing the bomb. On Sep
tember 23 he was convicted by a jury
after four hours' deliberation and sen
tenced to life imprisonment.