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AMSTERDAM, Oct. 23.—General von Hindenburg, com
mander-in-chief of all the German armies, has come out em
phatically against a more ruthless prosecution of the German
4 submarine campaign, according to a statement published in the
Berlin newspaper, Germania. In opposing a resumption of tip*
ruthless submarine campaign, von Hindenburg is diametrically
opposed to the policy urged by the German chancellor ,;vdn
Bethmann-Hollweg, who, at the opening of the reichstag. de
clared himself to be in favor of resuming the submarine cam
paign. At that time, he went so far as to decbi. j those oppos
a resumption of the submarine campaign traitors to the em
pire.
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GREAT BATTLE RAGING.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 22.—A great battle is raging today all
along the Dobrudja front, where General von Mackensen, com
mander of the Austro-German armies, is taking the offensive
against the Russian-Roumauian forces. The Teuton offensive
at this time is an effort to check the Roumanian-Russian of
fensive in Transylvania, which is well under way. The Teuton
offensive movement in’ Dobrudja prevents the allies from send
ing reinforcements to Transylvania.
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GENERAL FALKENHAYN WOUNDED.
ROME, Oct. 2:5.—A Zurich dispatch received in Rome to
day says that Ooiu %»”%E«IkenJiayn, former chief-of-staff' of
the German armies and lately in command of the Austro-Ger
man armies operating against the Roumanian-Russian forces
in Transylvania, received a serious wound in the leg during a
recent engagement and has been compelled to relinquish his
-command and return to Berlin for treatment.
PRINCE HENRY COMMANDS NAVY.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 23.—Dispatches received from Ber
lin today, state that Prince Henry of Prussia has been appoint
ted by Kaiser Wilhelm as grand admiral of the German navy.
SUBMARINES ARE BUSY.
BERLIN, Oct. 23.—(By wireless to Sayville.)—An official
announcement by the German admiralty today, states that Ger
man submarines have sunk ten ships belonging to the Allied
f nations since October 4. Included in those recorded as sunk
\ .s the British transport Granconia, of 18,150 tons burden.
LONDON, Oct. 22.—The Austrian premier, Count Karl
Stuergkh, was shot and probably mortally wounded by a news
paper man of Vienna named Abler, according to a dispatch
sent from Amsterdam today by Reuter’s correspondent. The
advices were received in Amsterdam from Berlin and are con
sidered authentic. The shooting occurred late Saturday night
and was the outcome of a quarrel between the premier and the
newspaper man.
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IN CONTEMPT
SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—Mayor Gill,
the chief of police and Sergeant Put
nam, were this morning ordered to
appear in court and show cause why
^•they should not be punished for con
tempt of court. The order says that
on -a certain date, they were restrained
from interfering with a certain am
ount of liquor pending adjudication
when by order of Mayor Gill, the
liquor was destroyed.
report conies from Seattle that
Mother attempt will be made to raise
the steamer Northland, which sank at
♦ the wharf at Kake several months ago.
A former attempt to raise the steam
er was abandoned after several weeks
of hard work.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 22.—The steamer
Mariposa sailed at 9 o’clock Saturday
morning, enroute to Anchorage and
way ports. Passengers for Anchor
age are: Miss Iva Anderson, Mrs. C.
L. Kimnjel, W. A. Goodman, Mrs. V.
R. Davis, Mrs. J. Barrett, Mrs. E.
Tweedale, Miss Sadie Pochert, Ben
Tweedale, Frank O. Berry and E.
Clark.
It is reported that if the water holds
out the gold output of the Tolovana
district this season will exceed $600,
000. Most of the clean-ups recently
have been better than anticipated. All
of the ground is running better than
$1 per square foot of bedrock and
some as high as $2.
WOMAN SHOOTS AND KILLS BANK
CLERK AND THEN TURNS WEAPON
ON HERSELF IN SEATTLE BANK
SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—Louis G. Pratt,
aged 25 years, a clerk in the employ
of the Canadian Bank of Commerce,
was shot and killed by Mrs. E. C. So
bel at 1:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
The woman entered the bank while it
was filled with patrons and without
warning drew a revolver that was con
cealed in her clothing ami fired sev
eral shots point-blank at her victim,
killing him instantly. She then turned
the gun on herself and sent a bullet
■'through her head, falling beside the
body of Pratt.
Little is known of the real cause of
the tragedy. It is believed to be the
result of a love affair between the two.
Both resided ill the same fashionable
part of the city and had frequently
been seen in each other’s company.
The woman was handsomely gowned
when she entered the bank and her
personal appearance was very attract
ive. She was the wife of EL C. Sobet,
an advertising solicitor for a local tel
ephone directory.
Details of the Tragedy.
SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—Later—Com
plete details of the killing of the bank
clerk Leo G. Pratt, by Mrs. E. C. So
bel, indicate that the victim was him
self not intimate with the woman,
but that he had revealed to Sobel a
clandestine love affair that was car
ried on between Mrs. Sobel and Will
iam Matthews, a tramp chauffeur. In
revenge the woman killed Pratt and
then took her own life. The husband
took his wife to task for the illicit re
lationship with Matthews. She denied
j any such relationship, whereupon the
j husband told her that his informant
I was Pratt. Matthews, it appears, was
a former chauffeur for the Pratt fam
ily and was well known to the victim.
CORNER STONE OF MASONIC
BUILDING LAID YESTERDAY, FITTING
CEREMONIES GRACING OCCASION
In the presence of some 40 members
i of the A. F. & A. M. fraternal lodge,
| in open meeting and with appropriate
| jervice;i the members of the local Ma
sonic club laid the comer stone for
their new building on 4th avenue and
F. street yesterday afternoon.
John Dunn, past master of the or
der, was master of ceremonies and in
troduced Lieut. F. Mears, who deliv
ered the address of the occasion, which
The Daily Times publishes in full as
follows:
You have invited me to be present
with you today to take part in the
exercises of the laying of the corner-j
stone of the Masonic hall.
I appreciate the compliment and on
ly wish that I had the powers of ora
tory to do justice to this occasion.
My knowledge of Free Masonry is
very limited, as I have never been in
troduced to the mysteries nor admit
ted to share of the benefits of your fra
ternity.
I understand that according to one
of the old “charges’ ’which you deliver
to initiates, Free Masonry is described
in the following language: It is de
clared to be “An ancient and honora
ble institution”; ancient no doubt it is,
as having subsisted from time imme
morial; and honorable it must be ac
knowledged to be, as by a natural ten
dency it conduces to make those so,
who are obedient to its precepts. . . .
To so high an eminence has its credit
been advanced, that in every age mon
archs themselves have been promoters
of the art, have not thought It deroga
tory to exchange the sceptre for the
trowel, have patronized your myster
ies, and joined in your assemblies.” ..
I believe that the precise origin of
your society has yet to be ascertained,
as the very early records are lost, but
ample evidence is available to justify
the claim for its antiquity and its hon
orable character.
The evidence collected concerning
the institution during the last 500
years has been examined and passed
upon by literary and critical experts
and they do not fail to agree as to the
great antiquity of the society. They
substantiate the claims made that the
present day Masons are the lineal de
scendants of those craftsmen who
raised the cathedrals and other great
English churches and buildings during
the middle ages of the world’s history.
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world is that of England, which was
inaugurated in the metropolis on St.
John the Baptist’s day in the year
1717 by four or more of the old lodges,
three of which still flourish.
I believe there is no certain informa
tion as to the time of the introduction
of freemasonry into the United States.
According to many Masonic writers, a
provincial grand lodge (St. John’s),
and also a private lodge, were estab
lished at Boston, Mass., by Henry
Price, on July 30, 1733.
Benjamin Franklin, who is supposed
to have been initiated in England,
published the Masonic constitution in
1734, and during the same year Henry
Price \#s constituted grand master
over afrNorth Xmerffca.
On November 4th, 1752, George
Washington; father of our country, be
came a member of the order, and in
August 1753, was made a Master Ma
son. The first Masonic hall in the
United States was built in Philadel
phia in 1754, and on this day which we
are called upon to celebrate, just 162
years later, the cornerstone of the first
Masonic hall is being dedicated in
Anchorage.
It is a memorable occasion, and one
of which all residents of Anchorage
may well be proud. Fifteen months
ago this spot was a wilderness from
sea to mountain. In that short space
of time, we have seen the transition
from a virgin forest to a busy little
town. We have substituted for the
growth of native spruce and birch,
business houses, schools, homes,
churches, and halls for the promotion
of community life. Your temple is the
outward manifestation of the great
idea. Your society is founded upon so
cial and moral virtue; upon truth,
charity in its most extended sense,
brotherly love—mutual assistance be
ing inoculated into it. In the middle
ages, your secret organizations of
free or enfranchised operative masons,
consisting of the most skilled work
men, moved from place to place to as
sist in building the magnificent sa
cred structures, the cathedrals and
the abbeys, which had their origin at
that time. And it is left for your
body to carry on the spirit of your
fraternity in the Erection of this build
ing, and to extend the practice of
charity and brotherly love to this com
munity.
this was followed by the usual serv
ices consisting of a prayer by Dr. J.
L. McBride, song by the quartet and
a short speech by Mr. Dunn.
At the close of the benediction the.
records of the organization, together
with a memorial from each member,
were encased in an iron box and bur
ied in concrete at the northeast comer
of the lot.
The ceremony was eery prettily
carried out with dignity and while it
was not the regular ceremony, on ac
count of there being no Masonic lodge
in Anchorage, it was quite impres
sive.
The new Masonic building will be a
two-story frame building 60 bv 60
feet with store rooms on the first and
lodge rooms and a banquet hall on the
second floor.
At the completion of the building a
regular lodge will be organized in An
chorage.
The Women’s Guild will meet with
Mrs. C. W. Donnelly at No.^12, Gov
ernment Hill, tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o’clock.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 23.—In an address to his troops on
the western front, in commemorating the German dead, yester
day, Kaiser Wilhelm said, in part: “ We who survive will
fight until none ever dares again to assail the honor of the Ger
man people.”
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FAIRBANKS, Oct. 22i—Saturday forenoon at 10 o’clock
Hie first spike was driven in the permanent track of the gov
ernment railway system at Nenana. Mrs. James Duke, the
pioneer white woman of Nenana, had the honor of driving the
first spike and Commissioner 1 iggs, in charge of this division
of the railway work, made a few remarks appropriate to the
occasion. A big crowd turned out to attend the formal begin
ning of track laying.
SENATOR LAUDS DELEGATE
JUNEAU, Oct. 22.—Senator Miles Poindexter of| Washing
ton wires the Juneau Dispatch as follows:
“No man lias done so much for Alaska as Delegate Wick
ersham. The democratic effort to defeat him on the ground
that the democrats are responsible for the government railway
are absurd. Dills for a government railway in Alaska were in
troduced by progressive republicans long before the matter
was thought of by the democratic administration. The rail
way bill could not have passed without the aid of republicans.
The democratic administration lent aid to the railway bill, but
no one did so much for it as Delegate Wickersham. These same
things are true as to the territorial government bill and many
other measures of vital benefit, to the people of Alaska. I would
regard Wickersham’s defeat as a misfortune for that great
territory.”
KATE SADLER, SOCIALIST ORATOR. '
TALKS TO BIG AUDIENCE AT EMPRESS
Kate Sadler spoke at the Empress
yesterday afternoon on the subject of
“Reform or Revolution.” She spoke
for two hours to a well-filled house
and while the audience lacked several
hundred of being as large as the audi
ence that greeted Delegate Wicker
sham her hearers were certainly more
enthusiastic; but then common cour
tesy might readily account for part
of the applause.
Young lady ushers seated the peo
ple and Dr. German, socialist candi
date for the senate, introduced the
speaker, briefly.
In a dress of blue and wearing, hi
golden girdle, Mrs. Sadler stO«#bh:
the Empress stage under the glorious.
Stars and Stripes and talked sot&V
ism. Her diction was good, her deliv
ery exceptional, and there is no ques
tion but that she was in earnest. She
spoke with conviction and directly to
her audience without the furbelows
of a studied orator. Perhaps this is
the reason that she held her audience.
Her reitiarks did meet with the ap
proval of a majority of the audience
and there was not a single dry mo
ment. Her arguments in favor of
prohibition were splendid.
Mrs. Sadler’s speech did not hurt
the socialist party in Anchorage nor
did she gain them any disciples. She
says she came on call but she is not
he forerunner for there are none to
follow, unless Charles Peters decides
to enter the forensic arena.
Anarchy and socialism are not
synonymous; she did not villify, nor
did she advocate harsh means for
righting a supposed wrong, and any
one who went to scoff or hear
capital torn down was disappointed.
Mrs. Sadler knew her audience and
no mistake; they—every one of
them—would like to be clipping cou
pons. The 50-50 division of the spoils
was not entered into but Mrs. Sadler
did endeavor to impress upon her
audience the unfairness of the situa
tion but could give no remedy.
Her appeal to the house for finan
cial assistance netted the Labor
Union boys about $50.00 for their new
hall and the ushers sold $38.40 worth
of literature and the total collection
amounted to $136.75. Mrs. Sadler ad
dressed another large meeting in the
Moose Hall last night and will re
Sain in Anchorage for several days
,the interest of the socialist party.
AT SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Oct. 22.—In a speech
here Saturday night, Secretary of La
bor William Wilson declared that
Candidate Hughes was running about
the country in desperation, seeking to
make an issue out of the alleged fact
that President Wilson had surrendered
to the working men in urging the
passage of the Adamson eight-hour
law. He denied that such was the
fact. The secretary declared that
Roosevelt had surrendered to the steel
trust.