GETTING OUT
EVACUATION OF NAVAL BASE
BY NON-COMBATANTS MAY
BE MILITARY MEASURE.
TRAITORS HELPED GERMANS
Reports From Osel and Moon Islands
Show That Teutons Had Plans Not
Only of Existing But Also ot Pro
posed Forts.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 23—The civil
population is evacuating the naval
base of Kronstadt, which guards Pet
rograd. This civil evacuation is prob
ably a miltary measure. The civil
population is also moving from Pet
rograd, from which government will
soon go to Moscow.
There has been no naval action yet
in the Baltic or Gulf of Finland. The
Russian fleet is vigilantly guarding
the entrance to the gulf of Finland.
It is not believed Helsingfors, Fin
land, is menaced yet, and no measures
have been taken toward evacuation
there.
It is stated by the Petrograd news
papers that Premier Kerensky will re
linquish his post as commander in chief
of the army to General Kuckhonin this
week.
How Germans were aided by their
sympathizers in the capture of Osel
and Moon islands in the Baltic was
told by M. Vish Nevsky, the Russian
commissioner who was sent to observe
conditions in the island and who es
caped in an open boat after their oc
cupation by the Germans.
He says several Russian officers in
cluding General Marlinoff, commander
of the garrison committed suicide
when the Russian troops surendered.
On an aviator in a German machine,
brought down were found complete
plans not only of existing but propos
ed forts on the islands.
The Germans of their own volition
have retreated on a wide front be
tween the Gulf of Riga and the Dvina
river. In retiring they laid waste the
country. They retired about fifteen
miles in the Riga region at the rear of
the Pakoff road. This is near the lit
tle Jaegal liver.
FRENCH PREMIER
RETAINS OFFICE
ALEXANDER RIBOT IS MEMBER
OF MINISTRY TO RELINQUISH
HIS P O S I T I O N.
PARIS, Oct. 25.—Slight re-organi
zation was effected today of the
French ministry, as the outcome of
the recent offer of all tne members
to retire from office. Paul Painleve
remains premier and all other mem
bers retain their positions except Al
exander Ribot, who retires as minister
of foreign affairs and who is succeed
ed by Louis Barthou.
Press criticism of the ministry’s
minor policies led the members to ten
der their resignations to the president,
but he refused all those except that of
Ribot.
Louis Klots, minister of finance, at
a cabinet meeting today outlined the
new loan bill, the introduction of
which the cabinet authorized.
The loan will be for ten billion
francs.
IMPERIAL COINAGE URGED.
LONDON, Oct. 25.—The presence of
so much Colonial silver in circulation
here just now has led to a movement
for the establishment of a British Em
pire coinage, whereby coins minted in
England, Canada or Australia would
be negotiable anywhere in the British
Empire. The subject is to be taken up
at the next meeting of the imperial
conference.
ANCIENT VILLAGE UNCOVERED.
VENICE, Oct. 27.—Italian work
men at Fenilotto, in the province of
Verona, have uncovered the remains of
a prehistoric bog village.
REPORTED LOST;
NO SURVIVORS
HITACHI MARU, OF 6,000 TONS, IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED BY MINE.
NO RECORD OF PASSENGERS
Craft Was Due at Delagao Bay, Port
ugese East Africa, October 1, But
Has Not Been Heard From Since
September 24.
TOKIO, Oct. 25.—The Japanese
steamship Hitachi Maru, which was
due at Delagoa bay, Portuguese East
Africa, October 1, is missing and it is
believed that she was destroyed by
striking a marine mine and that all
aboard of her were lost. There is no
record of the number of passengers
she carried. She registered 6,000 tons,
gross. M. Oniald, manager of the Nip
pon Ysen Kaisha, which owned the
vessel, was aboard her.
The Hitachi left Yokohama for Liv
erpool August 20. Nothing has been
heard of her since she touched Ceylon,
September 24.
INTERNAL DISORDER STOPS ALL
COMMUNICATION ACROSS
SWISS FRONTIER.
MUNITION PLANTS DESTROYED
Disturbances Occur in Different Parts
of Country While Trouble in Vienna
Is Attributed to Question of Food—
Zeppelins Kill 24 Persons.
LONDON, Oct. 25.—The Austrian
Switzerland frontier is closed, guards
on the Austrian side preventing the
crossing of any persons or the send
ing of any mail or other articles to
the Switzerland side, according to dis
patches received in London from
Berne. The reason is the serious in
ternal situation in Austria.
Several munition factories in differ
ent parts of the empire have been
wrecked by mobs, and in Vienna there
have been food riots.
The rioters in Vienna, it is reported,
were mostly women. They were fired
cn by the police, with the result that
many of the women were killed and
wounded.
Zeppelins Killed 24.
LONDON, Oct. 25.—According to
an official announcement isued by the
' government today the casualties re
; suiting in London from the recent
i German Zeppelin raid amounted to
: twenty-four persons killed and fifty
' six injured. Previous reports placed
! the number of dead at twenty-seven
j and the number of injured at fifty
three.
Capture Treasure Chests.
BERLIN, Oct. 25.—It is officially
announced by the German government
that among the booty captured by
German troops in their operations
at Riga, Russia, and its vicinity were
i a number of treasure chests contain
| ing 365,000 rubles.
DAWSON STEAMER
WINS ICE RACE
LAST BOAT ON YUKON RIVER
FOR THIS SEASON REACHES
WHITEHORSE IN SAFETY.
DAWSON, Y. T., Oct. 25.—The
steamer Nasutlin, which left Saturday
for Whitehorse and which was the last
boat of the year on the Yukon river,
raced against the ice to Whitehorse
and has arrived there safe. She took
seventy passengers from Dawson.
GRAND JURY AT VALDEZ FAILS TO
RETURN INDICTMENT AGAINST CARL
LIND; ALL SLACKERS PLEAD GUILTY
ONE OF TEN FILIPINOS, WHO ARE ACCUSED OF HAV
ING MURDERED J. J. CUNNINGHAM. CANNERY
FOREMAN ON KODIAK ISLAND, IS FOUND GUILTY
OF MANSLAUGHTER AFTER TRIAL IN COURT.
VALDEZ, Oct. 25.—The federal
grand jury at Valdez failed to return
any indictment against Carl Lind,
worker on the government railroad at
Anchorage, who was held over in
bonds of $5,000 to answer to the
charge of having attempted to rob at
Anchorage J. J. Sturgis, a United
States deputy marshal. It was the con
tention of Deputy Marshal Sturgis
that, not wearing a uniform, he was
mistaken for a civilian by Lind and
that in making the attempted hold-up
on a street at night Lind was armed
with a large pocket knife. The deputy
marshal, in defending himself against
l the alleged attack, shot Lind twice,
! once in the arm and once in the chest
! and then beat him over the heaft into
a state of unconsciousness with the
butt end of a revolver.
Thirty-nine men who were brought
I to Valdez from Anchorage on the
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charge of having failed to register
under the selective conscription act,
pleaded guilty before the district
court and were sentenced to three days
in jail here on their promise to comply
immediately with the law.
Narcisco Lacsamona, a Filipino, ac
cused with nine other Filipinos of the
murder of J. J. Cunningham, foreman
of a cannery on Kodiak Island, was
found guilty of manslaughter follow
ing a trial in the district court. J. J.
Cunningham was a brother of William
Cunningham, of Anchorage. The other
nine Filipinos involved in the affair
demanded separate trials.
Dr. J. B. Beeson, Mayor J. G. Watts,
Attorney J. L. Waller, Deputy Mar
shal J. J. Sturgis, R. R. Hunter, and
Tex Jones, all of Anchorage, who were
cited here as witnesses or had other
business before the district court, will
return home on the Alameda.
SOLICITOR OF TREASURY DE
CIDES LIQUOR MAY BE IM
PORTED TO UNITED STATES.
ONE ACT REPEALS ANOTHER.
Customs Collectors Are Instructed to
Release Shipments Held by Them
Since Enactment of Federal Food
Bill.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—The so
licitor of the treasury, in a statement
’ issued today, decided that distilled
| spirits may be imported into the
! United States, notwithstanding the
i prohibition clause against such impor
tation contained in the food control
bill.
He said the section of the revenue
bill passed nearly two months after
the passage of the food bill repealed
the clause in the food bill prohibiting
the importation of distilled spirits.
The treasury department immedi
ately upon receiving the decision of
the solicitor of the treasury, instruct
ed customs collectors to release im
portatios of distilled spirits, which
have been held up since the passage
of the food bill.
BOND SALES EXCEED
THREE BILLIONS
EVERY COMMUNITY IN STATES
| AND TERRITORIES TOOK PART
IN YESTERDAY’S DRIVE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 25.—
Treasury officials anounced today that
Liberty loan subscriptions had passed
the three billion mark and were well
on their way to the five billion dollar
mark.
No community in the country as far
as liberty loan managers can learn,
failed to respond to the great drive
yesterday. Parades, demonstrations of
various kinds and bond buying were
the order of the day in all states and
teritories.
NO WESTERNERS KILLED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2C».—
General J. J. Pershing, commander of
the American forces in France, has
cabled the names of sixty-seven men
who were lost when the army trans
port Antilles was submarined. The
men were from various parts of Am
erica and Europe, but none from Alas
ka or the Pacific Northwest. Several
were from Germany.
The Anchorage Daily Times is the
largest paper published in Alaska.
GONSCRiPT
LONDON DAILY MAIL’S DUBLIN
j CORRESPONDENT TELLS OF
SERIOUS SITUATION.
i
i -
CABINET CRISIS IN GERMANY
Chancelor Michaelis Is Said to Have
Resigned and Kaiser Hastened
Home From Riga to Deal with Po
litical Issue.
LONDON, Oct. 26. —The Daily
Mail’s Dublin correspondent, writing
on the seriousness of the situation in
' Ireland, says that the whole of west
j Ireland is on the verge of armed re
: bellion. The application of the British
; conscription act to Ireland is the main
' cause of the unrest.
|
I Offsetting in a way the news of un
rest in Ireland is the receipt of reports
of a ministerial crisis in Berlin. One
dispatch says that Chancellor Mi
i chaelis has placed his portfolio in the
• hands of the emporor, but no official
| confirmation of this has yet been re
A despatch from Copenhagen says
I that the kaiser hastened his return to
! Berlin from the Riga front in order
to deal with the political crisis, par
ticularly as it affects the chancellor
It is said the kaiser has issued an
imperial decree transferring economic
and politcal matters from the minis
ter of the interior to the new imper
ial department of economics. Vice
Chancellor Helffrich has been relieved
of the administration of the ministry
of the interior.
JAPANESE DRAFTED.
LAS CRUCES, N. M., Oct. 26.—
Japanese farmers and a number of
prominent citizens of the town gave a
banquet here recently in honor of To
kuichi T. Kazuli, the first man of Jap
anese descent to be drafted into the
new army.
Kazuki was born in the Hawaiian
Islands of Japanese parents and refus
ed to claim exemption but arranged
his farm affairs to go to Camp Fun
ston, Kas., as soon as he was notified
and had passed the examination. The
banquet hall was decorated with Jap
anese and American flags and patriot
ic speeches were made by the Japanese
and American citizens present.
COUNCIL SNUBS MAYOR.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—The Chicago
city council by a vote of forty-eight to
twelve passed over Mayor William H.
Thompson’s veto a resolution com
mending Governor Frank O. Lowden
for sending troops to Chicago last
summer to prevent the meeting of
the People’s Council of America. The
avowed purpose of the intended meet
ing was to urge peace.
BUFFALO FILLED
ilTHJUGAR
MILLIONS OF POUNDS ARE RE
PORTED BY SECRET SERVICE
OPERATIVES TO CAPITAL.
BEEN ARRIVING FOR MONTH
On Top of Every Pile of Scarce Food
stuff Is Layer of Sacked Flour, and
One Place Has at Least 150
Carloads.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 25.—Mil
lions of pounds of sugar are held in
warehouses in Buffalo, according to
reports made by federal secret serv
ice operatives here to the authorities
in Washington. One secret service
operative estimated at least 150 car
loads in one warehouse. For months,
the sugar has been coming here and
going into storage.
In every instance where a large j
quantity was found in a warehouse, j
on top of the sugar was piled a layer
of sacked flour.
GERMANS SUFFER
REVERSES IN WEST
FRENCH AND ENGLISH SUCCEED
IN HOLDING CAPTURED
GROUND.
LONDON, Oct. 25.—Further prog
ress was made last night by French j
trops in the Aisne river sector be-1
tween Chavignon and Montdessinges. !
New positions were taken and twen
ty-five German planes were brought
down last night.
Prisoners taken by the French in ;
their attack northeast of Soissons to- j
cal 8,000.
Consolidation of positions won by
the French and English Monday is
being rapidly completed. Artillery
on both sides is active. The Ger
mans’ counter attacks last night
south of the Houtholst forest were
repulsed by the British. Considera
ble deterioration in the morale of
many German troops is reported by
German prisoners taken by the Brit
ish.
Ten American congressmen have
arrived in London for an unofficial
tour of the war area. They are ac
companied by a number of former con
gressmen. They will visit the battle
fields of France and some will go to j
the Italian front.
NEGRO WOMEN PUT
UP HISTORIC HUT
UNCLE TOM’S CABIN IS REPRO
DUCED TO HELP RED
CROSS CAMPAIGN.
EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 27.—An Un
cle Tom’s Cabin, made of rough bark
ed lumber to resemble the old south
ern negro’s cabin before the war, was
one of the unique booths at the re
cent Festival of the Allies which was
held here to raise money for the Red
Cross. The negro colony of El Paso
planned and installed the exhibits in
the cabin, which included work of the i
negro children in the public schools
and the relics of slavery days.
DOCTORS HELP ONE ANOTHER.
EL PASO, Tex., Oct. 27.—Doctors (
who were too old to go to the war are
showing their patriotism in a prac
tical way here. They are taking
charge of the cases and attending the
patients of the doctors who have
joined the colors. Half of the fees
obtained from the absent physician’s j
cases are deposited to the credit of
the doctor away at war.
DRAFT RULE IS* APPROVED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27.—
President Wilson has approved the
new draft regulations which will be
promulgated soon to govern the se
lection of the remainder of the re
gistered men for the national army.
There are yet available 900,000, which
include men needed in war industries
;and those having dependents.
AUSTRO-G ERMAN TROOPS
ACHIEVE SIGNAL SUCCESSES
ON ISONZO WAR FRONT.
CAPTURE OVER 300 CANNON
Reverses Are Admitted by Authorities
at Rome, W ho Declare Prepara
tions Are Being Made to Evacuate
Bainsizza Plateau.
BERLIN, Oct. 27.—Austro-Gerrr.an
troops on the Isonzo front have cap
tured more than 30,000 Italians as
prisoners of war and more than 300
guns, according to an official an
nouncement issued today by the Ger
man war office.
The Austro-Germans are continuing
their offensive movement, says the of
ficial statement, and they promise to
achieve in the next few days just as
brilliant successes as they have in the
last few days.
Italians Admit Reverses.
ROME, Oct. 27.—Under Austro
German pressure, says an official
statement from the Italian war office,
our forces have withdrawn to the bor
der in the Isonzo sector and are pre
paring to evacuate the Bainsizza
plateau.
STEAMER EVANS IS
ON HER WAY HERE
PACIFIC COMPANY’S LINER
LEAVES SEATTLE FOR AN
CHORAGE AND WAY PORTS.
SEATTLE, Oct. 27.—The steamship
Admiral Evans, of the Pacific Steam
ship company, left Seattle at 9 o’clock
last night for Anchorage and other
Alaska ports. Among the passengers
aboard of her for Anchorage are Mrs.
J. W. Scott, J. E. Hensler, E. E. Kurtz,
Mr. and Mrs. George Smogro and E.
E. Ellingston.
The Evans is the last steamship so
far scheduled this season for Anchor
age, but it is possible that arrange
ments will be made for the sailing of
another vessel from here within the
next few days.
HEIRESS COMMITS
SUICIDE OK OCEAN
HELEN CUDAHY, DAUGHTER OF
PACKER, KILLS HERSELF IN
MIDDLE OF ATLANTIC.
PARIS, Oct. 27.—Miss Helen Cud*
ahy, daughter of Patrick Cudahy, the
rich Chicago and Milwaukee meat
packer, committed suicide in the mid
dle of the Atlantic ocean October 19,
according to a report received in
Paris.
JAPANESE WORRY CHINA
PEKING, Oct. 25.—The Chinese
press is agitated greatly over a pro
posed arms alliance and loan which
combination Japanese munition manu
facturers ^.re endeavoring to nego
tiate with China. They want to equip
the Chinese army and to control two
arsenals in China and they seek to
have Japanese military advisors em
ployed in China.
PICKETS SENT TO JAIL.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 26.—
Alice Paul, chairman of the Women's
Party, and Caroline E. Spencer, of
Colorado Springs, Colo., were sen
tenced in the police court to six
months in jail for picketing the White
House last Saturday. Four others
had been previous sentenced to six
months and two others to thirty days.
WEIGHT LIMIT FIXED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 27.—
Christmas presents or other gifts
from home for American soldiers in
France must be restricted to parcels
of not more than seven pounds in
weight each.