CIVILIANS AND CONSULS
LEFT BALTIC SEAPORT
OVER THREE WEEKS
AGO.
WARSHIPS SHELL COAST
Kaiser’s Forces Also Dis
lodged Muscovite Forces
From Their Positions In
Jaegal River Region and
They Are In Retreat.
PETRROGRAD, Sept. 4.—Official
announcement was made today that
Riga, the great Russian seaport on the
Baltic, was evacuated by the civilian
population and all foreign consuls
three weeks ago, and that the retire
ment of Russian troop from the city,
which has been occupied by the Ger
mans, continues in a northeasterly di
rection. German warships are shelling i
Gulf of Riga.
In the Jaegal river region, the Rus
sians have been dislodged from their
positions and aie retreating north-,
ward.
Kaiser Is Gratified.
BERLIN, Sept. 4.—From the im-j
perial headquarters on one of the bat
tlefronts, the kaiser today sent the
following telegram to the empress:
“The capture of Riga is a new mile-1
stone marking the strength and uner
ring will of the German army. May ■
God help us further.”
RAILYWAY MEN IN
RUSSIA SAY ARMY
MAY RUN AMUCK
MOSCOW, Russia, Aug. 30.—Rep
resentatives of the leading railroads
in Russia today addressed the nation
al defense conference in session here
and declared that transportation
throughout the country was complete
ly disorganized. They confirmed the
statement previously made by army i
officers that unless immediate action
was taken to remedy the railroad situ
ation traffic would come to a stand
still practically by next November 1.
The consequences, they said, of a
suspension of traffic would be terri
ble both at home and the battlefront.
The army, they declared, might turn
against the civilian population and
perpetrate unexampled excesses. De
mands on part of railway workers for
excessive wages and a short working
day were playing an important part
in the disorganization of transporta
tion, the railroad managers declared.
Representatives of the various
races that are included within the
boundaries of Russia appeared today
before the conference and pledged
their support to the government.
SOCIALISTS MAY
REVOLT IN RUSSIA
BERLIN, Aug. 31.—M. Kiroff, the
Bulgarian socialist leader, who claims
to be familiar with conditions in Rus
sia, declared today that the so-called
Maximalist faction in Russia, which
advocates extreme socialistic princi
ples and which has many adherents,
will shortly start another revolt in
Russia, with every indication of suc
cess. Much of the socialist policy of
the present Russian government,
such as the influence of troops in
•military and state affairs and the
promise of free land to the people,
may be attributed to the Maximalist
faction.
If congress really wants to reduce
the high cost of living, why doesn’t
it figure out a reasonable method of
importing som of England’s cheap
food.—Everett (Wash.) Herald.
“PALS."
REICHSTAG TIRES
OF CHANCELLOR’S
EVASIVE POLICIES
_
BERLIN, Aug. 30.—Bitter attacks j
in the reichstag continue against Ger-j
man Chancellor Michaelis. He is up-1
braided for what is declared to be his j
failure to comply with the reichstag’s j
request for a frank announcement of i
the terms on which the government
will make peace.
In an address today, Professor Del
bniek asked why the chancellor had
neglected to date to answer the in
quiry made a month ago by British
Foreign Minister Asquith, in the Eng
lish house of commons, if Germany
were ready to evacuate Belgium,
Northern France and restore Belgium
to its people.
The professor declared Chancellor
Michaelis lacked almost entirely the
confidence of^the reichstag.
FIFTY CHINESE SHOT !
IN TEN-HOUR FIGHT
PEKING, Sept. 1.—Only fifty per
sons were killed or injured in a battle <
today between 10,000 republican sold
iers and 3,000 of General Chang’s
imperial trops. The battle was in
progress ten hours and it is estimat
ed that 1,000,000 shots were fired.
RUSSIANS PREVENT
FINNISH MEETING
HEL1NGFORS, Aug. 30.—Russian
troops today occupied the Finnish par-!
Lament building here to prevent any i
attempt of the Finnish diet to reas
semble in defiance of the proroguing
order of the provisional Russian gov
ernment. i
RUSSIA TO GET LOAN
PETROGRAD, Aug. 31. — The j
Bourse Gazette today states that it ex- j
pects the provisional government of j
Russia shortly will obtain a loan of
5,000,000,000 rubles from the United
States.
It is reported in fishing circles
that Senator J. R. Hickman, south
east Alaska manager, for the Alaska
Packer's association with headquar
ters at Loring, will retire at the end
of the present season to devote his
attention to private fishing, mercan
tile and banking interests.
A woman wearing a dress that
reached nearly to the sidewalk was
een on the business streets of Enum
law the first of the week. She at
tracted almost as much attention as
t man and a woman who were out
’riving with a horse and buggy last
Sunday—Enumclaw (Wash.) Herald.
NEW YORK.—Out of the long
accustomed silence of Scotland Yard,
England’s secret service headquar
ters, comes the startling announce
ment that the distaster which cost
Lord Kitchener and his staff their
lives, was caused not by his ship strik
ing a mine but by a bomb placed
aboard the boat by a German spy.
This bald announcement is enrich
ed by few details for “silence and se
crecy” is the motto of the Yard until
an incident is absolutely closed, noth
ing concerning it is ever given cut and
then, very little.
It is known that the perpetrator of
the crime was a German who had been
educated in England, masqueraded as
an Englishman and commissioned in
the British navy.
Lord Kitchener and his staff were
en route to Russia on the cruiser
Hampshire when the ship went down
off the West Orkney Islands. Not a
man of the crew of three hundred
were saved. It is considered remark
able that a German could so complete
ly work himself into the confidence of
high naval authorities as to have been
able to have access to the vessel cn
which the distinguished party em
barked.
Efforts were made to clear up the
mystery of the ship’s sinking but the
general public believed it must have
struck a mine. It remained for Scot
ian Yard to find the true cause which
robbed the nation of its war leader.
“The Yard” is the headquartei's of
London’s metropolitan police. And
after its methods will be modeled the
national intelligence service of the
United States, which has been created
to exterminate the audacious spy and
make impossible further “leaks” likely
to imperil by U-boats our soldiers on
their way to France.
Scotland Yard is world famous for
its detective work in connection with
national affairs as well as for being
the backbone of the London police
system. What the United States will
copy is the “special department”—the
secret police force engaged on “po
litical work” for the whole empire.
The workings of the “Yard” are
veiled in deepest secrecy. Its plans
are made in a small council of men
Every morning Sir Edward Henry
the commissioner, holds a “council oi
seven.” At these 20-minute sessions
at which the aides sit around “the
chief” like school children before theii
teacher, plans are decided upon thai
may start wheels of the gigantic ma
chine moving in most distant parts oi
the world.
When Scotland Yard goes after £
man it lands him. It doesn't defeat it
self by allowing a press agent to give
all the latest and prospective develop
ments to the newspapers.
. ■ 1
—From tW* Newark Star Eaala.
KEEPING BUTTER
Butter is stored by the large com
mission men for periods of a yeai
without serious deterioration ii
quality. This is done by having th<
tubs paraffined to prevent the es
cape of maisture and the entrance ol
molds, and by having the tempera
ture very low and contsant.
I Unions of Green Bay, Wis., are cir
culating petitions to have the citj
council establish a municipal vege
table market.
Soldiers stationed at Americar
Lake complain that they are no!
treated with respect by merchants anc
hotel keepers of Tacoma.
AGITATION OF AUSTRIAN PACIFISTS FOR
SEPARATE PEACE IS WORRYING GERMANS
VIENNA, Austria, Sept. 1.—Agitation in Austria for the
conclusion of a separate peace, even if relinquishment of ter
ritory is necessary to effect such a result, has become so pro
nounced that the German national league, the membership of
which is comprised of natives of Germany residing in Austria,
are urging both the Berlin and Vienna governments to take
immediate action to check the pacificist movement.
The league, in a statement issued today, declared that
Germans in Austria, many of whom are heavy taxpayers, will
ouppose to the last any proposal to cede Trieste or the Southern
Tyrol to Italy in consideration of peace. The league criticised
in the severest terms the pacificist elements in Austria that are
trying to separate Austria from her allies.
The league, in its statement, quoted an assertion made by
Admiral Scheer, commander of the German battlefleet. Ad
miral Scheer said that all German submarine commanders, as
well as all other German naval officers, are confident that if
the sinking by German submarines of entente allied merchant
shipping continues at the present rate, the day will come when
England will recognize war does not pay. Losses of German
submarines, he is quoted as saying, do not average more than
two or three monthly, and these are more than replaced by
new construction. German submarines, he predicted, would
decide the war in favor of the central powers before the United
States could send a large army to Europe.
The Austrian war office admitted today that in recent op
erations 27,300 Austrians, including 700 officers, had beer*
taken prisoners by the Italians.
I
SUCCESS H
FIRST DAY OF
ANCHORAGE
FI.
PARADE, SPORTS, ANI
CARNIVAL FEATURE
OPENING OF EXPOS!
TION IN THIS CITY.
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With a monster parade, a progran
of field sports and baseball and num
erous carnival attractions, the firsi
annual Alaska Agricultural-Industria
fair opened and passed its first suc
cessful day. Monday the day was
I I devoted largely to the celebration of
i labor day anud today the exhibits are
I receiving their share of attention with
awards being made to the best arti
i
els on display. The exhibits and side
j shows will feature tonight, with a
j baby show, ball game and the grand
finale tomorrow.
First grand prize, $20 in gold, went
to the Red Cross float in yesterday’s
parade. A large float typifying the
Angel of the Red Cross and bearing
Mrs. I. Rayless, Mrs. Martha White
^ and Mrs. Charles Bush as nurses,
, with children in the other rolls, took
1 first money which was turned over
to the Red Cross fund. The Red Cross
also entered young America-First Aid,
a dog-drawn miniature ambulance
containing an injured doll with little
I Selfina Smith as nurse.
Sumner Smith, federal mine in
spector for Alaska, has again opened
j offices in Juneau.
T WILL certainly be to your
interest to call on me while
in the city during Fair
folololololojp.
week this month or at any
other time if you need advice
I or treatment for Ailments constituting my Specialty. g
• While in this brief space I cannot go into details specifically, it may be well to a
state in a general way the class of diseases treated by me. They are: §
Acute and Chronic Contracted Diseases, Kidney, Bladder, Prostate, Piles, and i
Chronic Constipation. All diseases of the Skin, Blood Taint or Poison in every form; g
Rheumatism, Lumbago and Neuralgia. Diseases due to overindulgence or abuse and g
all Nerve Disorders,( Acute and Chronic Mania excluded.) g
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known treatment for men who are old before their time; men who thru hard work, f
hardships, discomforts, exposure, improper food, lack of social intermingling dr i
abuses of various kinds and as a result of previous other diseases have devitalized^ S
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to meet. I want to sav: @
YOU CAN BE WHAT YOU SHOULD BE, IF YOU REALLY MEAN IT.
And if you do, tell me about it, I’ll do the rest, not for a little while only, but
for all time. It is
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