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ANCHORAGE. ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST ■_><;,
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Railway Employees Insist on Wilson’s
Plan of Settlement as Opposed to
the Tentative Plan Framed by
the Railway Presidents.
WASHINGTON, August 26.—Following a conference of
the representatives of the brotherhood of locomotive engin
eers, the brotherhood of railway firemen, the switchmen’s un
ion and the conductors’ association, held late yesterday after
noon, a committee was appointed to wait on President Wilson
and tell him not to recede from his own plan for the settlement
of the railway strike; that the Wilson plan was favored by the
railway men as against the proposal of the railway presidents.
The president forthwith summoned the eight railway presi
dents that compose a committee for the settlement of the labor
dispute and informed them that a new and important develop
ment which figured prominently in the deliberations had arisen.
The president declined, at this time, to reveal the new situation,
other than to say that it had no reference whatever to proposed
legislation.
The president was at a cabinet meeting when a delegation
representing the railway men called at the white house to see
him. He immediately left the cabinet meeting to confer with
the labor men. A secret conference was held, lasting for an
hour. All that is known is that tne railway men insisted on the
president’s plan. The president was looking for a quick set
tlement of the strike situation, as a result of the railway presi
dents’ proposals, when the employes raised the objection as
above stated. No one on the outside can conjecture the sudden
change on the part of the railway men, but it is assumed that
they have discovered “a nigger in the wood pile1 ‘ in the railway
magnates’ proposals for a settlement, and will insist on the
president’s plan.
In the meantime, the railway presidents are bickering
among themselves. The committee of eight will have another
conference with the president today, after which more light
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may be gained as to the objection of the railway presidents’
plan for a settlement.
INFANT DISEASE
SHOWS DECLINE
IN NEW CASES
HEALTH DEPARTMENT ENCOUR
AGED TO BELIEVE THAT
EPIDEMIC HAS ABOUT
RUN ITS COURSE.
NEW YORK, August 26.—A de
cline in the epidemic of infantile pa
ralysis is noted within the past 24
hours. But twenty-two deaths are re
ported in that period and but 95 new
cases developed in that time. The
change in the weather is given as the
cause of the curtailment of the dread 1
malady. It is much cooler today.
The public schools will not open on '
schedule time, due to the epidemic,
but the health department is encour
aged to believe that the disease has
about run its course and expect that j
every day from now on less cases will
be reported.
T Gus Peterson recently made a
^ cleanup of $90,000 on his ground on
the Sunny Bench in the Tolovana dis
trict.
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APPROPRIATION
BILL FOR ARMY
PASSES CONGRESS
CLAUSE OBJECTED TO BY PRES
IDENT WILSON IS ELIMI
NATED AND MEASURE
GOES THROUGH.
WASHINGTON, August 26.—Pres
ident Wilson has achieved a victory in
that his veto of the array appropria
tion bill has been recognized by the
senate and the house. The articles of
war provision in the appropriation
bill has been revised to the extent
that the clause exempting retired of
ficers of the army from further duty
has been eliminated. This was the
ground for the veto of the appropria
tion bill.
With this elimination, the senate]
and the house have passed the army
appropriation bill, and it will go to
the president for signature today.
Stampeders returning to Fairbanks
from the recently announced strike
on Goodpaatjor state that the discov
erers have good prospects only, but
no pay.
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ALL-NIGHT SERVICE BE ESTABLISHED
AT IMPORTANT TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN
ALASKA, BEGINNING ON OCTOBER FIRST
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Under the new regulations for cable service to Alas
ka an all-night service will be established at all the im
portant stations in the territory. An arrangement has
also been made by which messages coming from out
side to Anchorage will be sent through from Seward
at a rate of fifty cents extra. The night serive to Sew
ard will be fifty words for the rate of ten-word day
message. Other changes have also been made. Re
ductions from 20 to .‘53 per cent have been made in the
rates to the coast and the interior. Press correspond
ence rates have been reduced in proportion and all re
ductions affect both night and day service. The new
rates, effective October 1, from Seattle to Fairbanks
and Fort Gibbon are $3 instead of $3.30. The night
rate for the same place is cut from $2.50 to $1.50. The
Seattle-Seward day rate is cut from $2.80 to 81.50 and
the night rate from $2.10 to $1.10.
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[LOSES
VESSEL IN OK SEA
NOME, August -6.—The power schooner Great Bear was
wrecked on St. Matthews island, Bering sea, August 10.—The
revenue cutter McCulloch is bringing the entire crew to Nome
aad is expected here this evening. The Great Bear was owned
by Captain Louis Lane, the commander, and John Borden, a
millionaire sportsman of Chicago. The vessel was built at Se
attle and was completed about two months ago, when it set out
for Arctic waters. Borden was aboard.
SEWARD MAN
FALLS OFF DOCK
AND DROWNED
CARL A. LOJE, COMMISSION EM
PLOYE, LOSES LIFE ON EVE
OF DEPARTURE FOR
OUTSIDE.
SEWARD, August 26.—Carl A.
Loje fell off the dock into the bay at
about 2 o’clock this morning and was
drowned before aid could reach him.
While in the water, Loje’s screams for
help could be heard by those living
along the waterfront and soon all the
inhabitants in that section of town
were employed in a search for the
man, but before assistance could reach
him he sank to the bottom and his re
mains have not been recovered.
Loje was in the employ of the Com
mission up to yesterday, when he quit
and bought a ticket for San Francisco.
He was waiting on the dock for an
out-bound steamer, when it is thought
he fell through a hole In the trestle
in course of construction.
Loje arrived in Seward this spring
and was almost entirely unknown.
His antecedents are likewise unknown
to anyone in Seward.
COMMISSIONERS
WILL CONVENE IN
NEW YORK CITY
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MEXICAN REPRESENTATIVES TO
DEPART MONDAY, ACCOM
PANIED BY CONSULAR
AGENT ROGERS.
MEXICO CITY, August 26.—The
! members of the Mexican commission
I for the settlement of the troubles be
i tween the United States and Mexico
will depart for New York city Mon
day, where the commission will sit,
according to announcements here. The
commission will leave in a special
I train and will be escorted by Ameri
can Consular Agent Rogers.
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Hopeful of Good Results.
WASHINGTON, August 26.—The |
administration is very hopeful that
the work of the American-Mexican I
commission will be fruitful of results
that will forever settle controversies
between the United States and Mex
ico The Mexican commissioners are
very able men and the Ameri-!
can commissioners are likewise among
the ablest men in the country.
FI DEPARTMENT BULL IS ON TO-NIGHT;
The Fireman’s dance is the talk of
the town and the elite of Anchorage
will be there in full force tonight. Ev
erything possible, even to the minut
est detail, has been provided to make
this dance a social and financial -ac
cess and the boys are grateful for the
loyal support accorded by the people
of Anchorage.
To insure safety and convenience
the committee in charge has arranged
a string of lanterns down G street
from 4th avenue to the Labor Union
hall and as this distance is provided
with sidewalks there will be no ex-i
cuse for the stay-at-homes. The mu
sic will be of the best, the floor has
been thoroughly gone over and is in
splendid condition.
From the fact that the net pro
ceeds of this dance will be used to
buy necessary paraphernalia in con
nection with the fire department and
the citizens and property owners will!
1 eceive the direct benefit, they should j
support the dance, at least financially.
ZEPELLINS RAID COAST
SUBURBS OF LONDON
I.OXDOX. August — <>. A Zeppelin raid on the outskirts m'
the <it\ of London at an early iiour this morning' threw a sea re
into the inhabitants, thirty bombs were dropped on the un
suspecting inhabitants. Light persons were killed outright and
twent> one were injured. Mime seriously. The eitv j nv r sta
tion was damaged, hut is not out of cm missio:
t hi their way en route t<> London, the Zepp ! i; - i' > ■ ,pjVd
hand's on the east and southeast coast of Lngland. Xine resi
dents of coast towns were injured.
I he Zeppelins escaped without dan ■ u
British Capture Maurepas.
• ARIS, August 26. I he British and French forces gained
control of Maurepas, on the Somme front, after desperate
lighting which continued throughout yesterday, savs a Freneh
conimunh|ue. 1 lie German troops made a vigorous attempt to
regain possession of the strategical position during the night,
hut repeated attacks were repulsed 1>\ the Allied forces
Germans Admit Capture of Maurepas.
BERLIN, August -hi.—The German official report today
admits that the French and British troops gained possession of
Maurepas, on the Somme-Floury front yesterday.
Italian Troops Advancing.
ROME, August 26.—The Italian army i-. making progress
against the opposing Austrian forees on the slopes of Monte
Cauriol, says an Italian official report today.
Bulgars Capture Damoumaya.
SALOXIKI, August 26.—After entering Prosenik and
seizing the Greek stores and burning the town, the Bulgarian
army advanced on to Damoumaya and captured that large city.
The Bulgar army operating in that sector is encamped there.
Russians On Roumanian Frontier.
PETROGRAD, August 26.—Russians are concentrating
large forces on the Roumanian frontier and on the Russian side
of the Danube river, according to a dispatch received in London
today from Budapest.
French Prepare For Offensive.
LONDON', August 2(5.—'The French troops are extending
the offensive movement to a point twenty miles south of the
present line in the Somme front and are preparing for a second
drive against the opposing German forces.
Early Capture of Thiepval Claimed.
LONDON, August 2(5.—The early capture of Thiepval is
forecast by the British war office, following the receipt of ad
vices from the front. The capture of 400 yards of trenches on
the Courcallette-Thiepval road is claimed by the British
troops.
Russians Claim Progress.
PETROGRAD, August 20. Our troops are making furth
er progress against the enemy in the Carpathian mountains,
says an'oftiieal Russian report today. The enemy was dispers
ed at Nadorna and our troops occupy (Oita, continues the re
port.
Austrians Claim Partial Repulse,
VIENNA. August 26.—An official Austrian report today
claims a partial repulse of Russian troops in their attacks in
the Tartapen Pass, in the Carpathian mountains. Heavy losses
of life on both sides are admitted.
Greeks and British Engage Bulgavs.
SALONIKA, August 26.—British and Gre k troops are
engaging a Bulgarian army about 20 miles southeasterly from
Salonika. The Bulgurs were advancing when attacked by the
allied forces'.