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HOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1916.
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RUMANIANS BEGIN TO
MAKE BETTER FIGHT
RUMANIANS BEGIN KachgM ttj:-h
BUCHAREST, Oct. 8.—It is an
nounced that the Romanians have
captured the German-BulgaYs
trenches in Dobrudscha.
LONDON, Oct. 8.—Rome reports
and Petrograd confirms that the Ru
manians sent another expeditionary
force across the Danube which suc
cessfully routed the troops of Bul
gars and Germans under Mackenzen.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 3.—The Grand
Headquarters makes the announce
ment today that the Russians are
driving forward with intense viol
ence along the Zelota Lipa rivers.
They are also making a desperate
attack upon the enemy positions
beyond the Bug.
The staff says that these desper
ate attacks will either force the
Teutons to a general westward re
treat and open Lemberg to the Rus
sians or they will demonstrate the
futility of the Russian efforts to
gain their objective before the Arc
tic severity of the Galician winter
ends the campaign.
BERLIN, Oct. 8.—Only brief re
ports are received from the eastern
front today and the Vienna dispatch
indicates little more than that the
Russians are fighting desperately
upon the Bug river but are being
successfully resisted by the Central
powers forces at all points. The
Russian losses are something terri
fic, the men being sent forward de
spite a gruelling machine gun fire.
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stove at Crooks, next Fire Depart
ment.
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ALLIES CONTINUE THE
CAINS IN WEST
PARIS, Oct. 8.—The Allies in an
other joint attack advanced their
lines about two thirds of a mile
today on the Somme frc.nt.
LONDON, Oct. 8.—The British
advanced one thousand yards be
tween Gaudecourt and Les Boeufs
after terrific fighting. The Allies
are now bombarding the German
lines with an intensive fire of high
explosives. The Germans have erect
ed new defense trenches back of
their original lines, and these will
have to be shattered before much
further infantry fighting is possible.
BERLIN, Oct. S.—The Staats
Zeitung official report gives out that
the Germans report progress on the
French front today.
ROTTERDAM, Oct. 8.—Reports
are out that the Germans are now
preparing a coup in the Flanders
front, and will make a desperate ef
fort to drive to the sea. Official re
ports show that there is very little
actual fighting along the lines in
Flanders.
BERLIN, Oct. 8.—Official denial
is given the report that Gerard is
taking with him a peace plea from
the Kaiser. The Vossiche Zeitung
says “with authority” that the re
port is a silly canard and wholly
baseless. The New York Evening
Post’s stories concerning German
matters are saitj to be so absurd, it
is remarkable any credence should
be given them.
SERBS KEEP BULGARS
ON THE STEADY RUN
SALONIKI, Oct. 8.—The most im
portant operations in Macedonia are
still to be creditted to the Serbians
who are crushing their way through
the Bulgars in a most determined
manner. Today they captured a
thousand Bulgars and all the Pojar
positions away north of Ostrova.
The fighting was bloody and infuri
ated, both sides making charges
that they have been killing the
wounded on the battlefield.
SALONIKI, Oct. 8.—Yesterday the
Allies began a systematic artillery
attack along the entire point of con
tact with the Teutons and Bulgar
ians in a manner almost identical
with that being pursued in France.
The shelling continued all day to
day except in the Greek-Servian
border where the Serbs carried out
brilliant infantry attacks with com
plete success. It is belieevd that
the artillery attacks are the prelude
of a general drive on the Bulgarian
southern positions.
ROME, Oct. 8.—The Italians are
3gain driving forward upon the
Austrian positions north of Trieste.
The Austrians have recently re
ceived considerable reinforcements,
presumably with the object of sus
taining the city against any Italian
siege.
BERLIN, Oct. 8.—The Teutons
made progress on the Transylvania
front where the Russo-Rumanian
attack is proving quite abortive. The
Russian troops are now too scattered
for her armies to be any longer
dangerous. The situation is satis
factory on all fronts.
LINER BURNS AND THE
PASSENGERS TAKE TO BOATS
NEWPORT NEWS, Oct. 8.—The
Liner Antilla, bound from Havana,
Cuba to New York, wirelessed this
afternoon that the steamer was on
fire one hundred and twenty miles
out and no help in sight.
The second S. O. S. signal was re
ceived at ten o’clock tonight an
nouncing that the passengers were
taking to the boats with the crew
and the radio on board was being
NANCE O’NEIL AT THE DREAM.
Tonight the Empress of sensational
drama Nance O’Neil, will star in
Princess Romanoff, based on Sar
dou’s famous play "Feodora”. This
is one of Miss O’Neil’s best photo
dramas, and gives her great oppor
tunity to display her wonderful abil
ity. In five massive and sensational
parts this drama is bound to create
a great deal of favorable comment,
thought a few may call it a bit too
.strong.
abandoned. The fire had hopeless
^control of the ship, and it was burn
ing everywhere.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—With calm,
clear weather tonight it is believed
that all the passengers and crew of
the burning liner Antilla will be
rescued. The steamer Somerset is
reported rushing under forced
draught and high pressure to the
rescue. The precise latitude and
longitude were signalled shortly be
fore the steamer was abandoned.
NEW YORK, Oct. 8.—It is re
ported that the Antilla has on board
about four hundred passengers, but
the offices state only three hundred.
Most of these are well to do tourists
who have been sight-seeing in the
Carribean sea. The Antilla is a
United Fruit Co. boat and is bound
for, this port with fruit and passeng
ers.
The fact that the sea is calm is
regarded as a very reassuring factor
in the calamity.
LOCAL ITEMS.
The following political dispatch
was received Saturday. It is pub
lished without comment:
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 7.—Schofield
closed campaign in powerful speech
in the auditorium. More people
were present than heard Sulzer re
cently. They were enthusiastic and
Schofield made a good attack upon
both Grigsby and Cobb on their pub
lic records. The democrats are
strong for him, the socialists and
republicans are solid in his support,
and the betting is that he will carry
the Fourth, three to one. He leaves
for Chitina and Cordova on Sunday,
thence to Anchorage. He will close
his campaign in the First Division.
The indications are that Schofield
and Wickersham will carry Fourth,
three to one. TIMES.
GERMAN U BOAT IS
SUBJECT OF NEWS
NEW PORT, R. I., Oct. 7.—The
German submarine U53 arrived here
today at two p. m., having been
seventeen days out from Wilheljns
J haven.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 8.—
Observers believe that Bernstorft
will hold a conference on board the
German submarine at Newport upon
the arrival of Gerard to discuss cer
1 tain points of possible mediation.
Naval experts believe that the Ger
man U boat which is a monster
escorted the Bremen. The com
mander reports that he was seven
teen days crossing the ocean yet had
provisions for three months and has
still ample fuel and supplies for that
time. The commander permitted a
United States Press correspondent
on board and trusted Bernstorff’s
mail to him in a single envelope. He
stated that they encountered heavy
seas until off the coast of New
foundland when the weather bright
ened as they sighted Cape Race
The trip was uneventful. An inves
tigation of the construction was per
mitted also. Two guns are carried
fore and aft and the boat has four
torpedo tubes. Questioned as to
the length of the ship’s stay and
when it would return home, the
commander answered that he might
never return home. Lieutenant
Wacker accepted a silk flag of the
proposed Irish republic from James
O’Brien the Irish leader and it is
alleged that in doing so Wacker
stated when they sank' the first
Britisher he would hoist the ensign
in honor of Ireland. Wacker is
second in command.
WILSON SEES CONFLICT
LABOR AND CAPITAL
LONG BRANCH, Oct. 8.—Presi
dent Wilson speaking here on Satur
day dolefully foretold that a direct
conflict between labor and capital
would follow a victory of the repub
licans.
This conflict would not be local,
but would be general and would
Tuna and paralyze the entire indus
trial situation in the United States.*
He bitterly criticized the reaction
aries who were trying to obstruct
the progress of the United States
and deplored that there were so
many persons who in their folly op
posed necessary and certain positive
reforms.
He attacked Hughes and Roose
velt merely by inference when he
directed a volley of that sarcastic
skill in speech which he is usefully
developing in this campaign at the
steam rollerisra which insisted upon
the popular support for the nominee
of steam rollered conventions. He
amused his hearers by directing at
tention to the manner in which the
Old Guard had steam rollered into
a political nonentity one who had
deemed himself the essential human
factor in the country's existence.
This sly dig at Teddy aroused the
audience to rounds of applause
He appealed for the support of
the independent political thinkers
of the nation regardless of where
their political leanings might tend,
so that the creatures of an anti
quated political machine might
never again he foisted upon the
people.
POINDEXTER IS THE
CHAIRMAN FAIRBANKS RALLY
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—A crowded
Moore Theater met the republican
Vice Presidential candidate here last
night when he was introduced bv
Senator Poindexter.
Although reports had been going
the rounds all day in political circles
that Poindexter now a regular
would be chairman of the meeting,
AT THE EAGLE SHOWS.
Tonight the Eagle Hall will put
on a big show for the entertain
ment of its growing list of patrona
The headliner is “Their Hojir”, a
two part feature of a strongly ro
mantic type starring Cleo Madison
in the leading female role. Is
there need of more being said? A
brilliant one reel Imp drama, the
up-to-date kind, entitled "The Story
the Clock Told”, is one with a grip
and never flagging interest all its
own. Two comedies provide the
laughs: dandy little skits of the
lighter sort entitled “Tom's Choice”
and “Some Nightmare”. Alto
gether it is a classy show.
QUIET ON WEST.
PARIS, Oct. 6.—Except for move
ments of troops behind the
lines and an occasional shrapnel
bombardment when these on either
side attracted the attention of ar
tillery, there was little fighting of
any kind on the west today. No
attempt was made to re-take the
lines which were being strengthen
ed against any attack by the Allies.
BUTTER
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illustrating the closed ranks of re
publicanism, old guard men thought
that state committee would still iind
means of placing the meeting in
charge of a regular and Jor.es and
Humphreys were both mentioned.
But the tremendous primary vote
secured by Poindexter and his extra-y
ordinary popularity induced th° re
publican officials, and on the direct
advice of Fairbanks himself, to com
mandeer the not unwilling services
of Poindexter who in his very shoit
introductory spech let It be known
that his office that evening was a
labor of love.
Fairbanks spoke in short eripsy
sentences which the enthusiastic
republicans punctuated with well
drilled applause. He keynoted on
the tariff as the issue above all
others of the campaign, and he
flayed Wilson for broken pledges
and extravagance. In all the story
of the national finance a mojoritv
party had ever written, there had
never been such a record of pork
said Fairbanks under any other na
tional administration whatsoever, it
had reached the dimensions of a
national scandal and a national
shame under Wilson.
BOSTON WINS GAME
THE ATTENDANCE HUGE
BOSTON, Oct. 7.—Wonderful
weather saw almost forty thousand
enthusiastic fans cheer Boston to
victory at the ball game today.
Boston’s score was six runs, eight
hits and no errors. The batteries
were Shore and Cady. Brooklyn’s
score was five runs, nine hits and
four errors. The Batteries Mar
i quard anil Meyers. The Brooklyn
team made a wonderful and record
rally in the ninth when they netted
four runs by magnificent play.
The official analysis of the gate
is as follows: Attendence 36,117, re
ceipts $76,489. Fifty players share
$41,304.33, and the clubs the
balance.
POLITICS GROWING HOT
IN THE ALASKA CAPITAL
JUNEAU, Oct. 7.—Signs are that
this city will see a most exciting
finish to a hard fought political
campaign both for the attorney
generalship and for the position of
Delegate. The Wickershamites and
the Sulzerites are both confident
and the faction fighting between
the republican forces here, some of
whom are backing Wick and others
supporting Sulzer is fun to see.
Added to this mirth is the strong
fight which the Empire is making
upon Wickersham whose friends are
booming the delegate’s stock for all
it is worth, and the noise is awful
both in the papers and on the
street.
Quite extensive are the charges
made by both sides against one an
other from time to time.
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