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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916.
PRICE TEN CENTS.
Greek Ministers and King Constantine
Reach Decision at Meeting Last
Night—Greek Warships Join
the Fleets of the Allies.
ATHENS, Sept. 29.—King Constantine decided this morn
ing to make a declaration of war against Bulgaria, according
to a semi-official report emanating from the palace. The offi
cial announcement, it is expected, will be issued today.
TO CO-OPERATE WITH ENTENTE POWERS.
LONDON, Sept. 29.—Advices received today from Athens
say that at a meeting of the Greek ministers and King Constan
tine, held last night, it was decided to co-operate in military
matters with the entente powers.
T GREEK WARSHIPS JOIN ALLIED FLEETS.
LONDON, Sept. 29.—Advices of an official nature from
Athens, the Greek capital, are to the effect that the Greek bat
tleship Hydra has joined the Allied fleet at that point and that
the battleships Spetsai, Psara and four Greek destroyers, un
f der the command of Vice-Admiral Du Fournet, have joined the
Allied fleet operating in the Mediterranean sea.
RUSSIANS REPULSED IN GALICIA.
BERLIN, Sept. 29.—(By wireless to Sayville)—The Rus
sian army has returned to its attacks on the Austro-German:
army in the Ludovo sector in Galicia and their efforts have
again met with failure, says an official announcement of the;
German war Vfice, issued today.
ALLIES CAPTURE STRONG POSITIONS.
LONDON, Sept. 29.—The German trenches on a 2,000
yard front north of Fleurs and a German redoubt northeast of
Thiepval were captured in fighting last night by the Allied for
cse. Many German prisoners wrere taken captive in both sec
tors.
BRITISH STILL ADVANCING.
LONDON, Sept. 29.—General Haig, commander of the
British forces in the western front, reports today that the Brit
ish troops are still advancing in attacks on the enemy between
Martinpuch and Guedcourt.
ZEPPELIN CREW INTERRED.
C LONDON, Sept. 29.—The crew of the Zeppelin, which was
stroyed in the raid Sunday, was buried with due military
honors at Essex yesterday. Interment was made in a church
yard cemetery.
SYMPATHY STRIKE
PROVES FAILURE
^ NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—The wild
ly exploited general sympathy strike
in New York city is meeting with
failure. Only 140,000 of the 800,
000 called out by the Central Trades
union have responded. Labor leaders
make no secret of the fact that they
are keenly disappointed at the re
* suit.
SEAM HONORS
CANAL BUILDER
SEATTLE, Sept. 29.—Lieut-Col. J.
*' B. Cavanaugh, builder of the Lake
Washington canal, was the guest of
Viotiot at a hawcjwct test night.
Many prominent citizens attended.
J. T. Salmonson, an old employe of
Jjhjj Treadwell machine shops, recently
* ->pped a 300-pound iron chunk on
his foot, crushing it badly.
AMATEURS AT
HELM IN CRISIS
PUEBLO, Col., Sept. 29.—Charles
W. Fairbanks, candidate for vice
president on the republican ticket,
spoke before a crowded house here
last night. He declared that the
United States was passing through
the great epoch in its history, but
unfortunately with only ametuer
statesmen at the helm of the ship of
state.
JUDGE BAUSMAN
ID QUIT BENCH
OLYMPIA, Sept. 28.—Judge Fred
R. Bausman, of the state supreme
court, has tendered his resignation to
Governor Lister, effective October 3.
No reason is assigned for the judge’s
voluntary retirement from the bench.
Shortage of water is reporte to
have retarded the work of the operat
ors in the Nizina district.
NEWPORT NEWS, Sept. 29.—The story of a desperate
battle between a German submarine and the British steamship
Antinous, which occurred off the coast of Algiers, is told by
Captain Fishwick, of the steamer, which arrived in port last
night. The steamer is equipped with two small-calibre guns,
mounted on the stern of the vessel. These guns were employed
to good advtntage and kept up an incessant fire that prevented
the submarine from getting within range with its torpedoes.
The steamer raced ahead at full speed, followed by the subma
rine, which employed small guns, in lieu of launching torpe
does. Finally, the submarine gave up the chase. The Antin
ous was hit many times by missiles from the small guns, but
suffered no serious damage.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 29.—“,If ever a people should
pause, if ever they should look abroad and profit by the exper
ience of others, if ever they should comprehend their national
dangers, in the light of the terrible realities that are now be
ing enacted before their eyes in other nations—it is now, and
we are that people,” said Frank A. Vanderlip, the.big New
York banker, in an address delivered last night before the
American Bankers’ Association, in session here.
Vanderlip declared that his hearers should not make too
much of the present great wealth of this country. ‘‘It seems
dangerous,” he continued, “and is likely to submerge us in
our own prosperity.”
HUGHES TELLS
WHY HE IDE
NO OBJECTION
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Sept. 29.
—Speaking before a vast audience at
Saratoga Springs last night, candi
date Hughes told why he had not
advised the republican members of
the congress to engage in a filibuster
against the passage of the Adamson
eight-hour law. He declared he did
not believe in filibustering tactics.
He stated that if the majority of the
members of congress had determined
to pass the bill, there was no ade
quate reason whatever why its pas
sage should have been delayed by fili
bustering.
Candidate Hughes was lead to
make this statement, by the criti
cism of opposition newspapers, who
hold that if the candidate was op
posed to the bill, he should have used
his efforts to defeat its passage.
SEEKING TO MAKE
OLD MISSOURI DRY
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Sept. 29.
—The anti-liquor forces are begin
ning a vigorous campaign in an effort
to make Missouri a dry state. The
matter will be determined at the No
vember election.
GRAND IURY
TINDS NUMBER
OF TRUE BILLS
VALDEZ, Sept. 29.—The grand Ju
ry has returned indictments against
Simon Veraskin for manslaughter
growing out of a killing at Izenbach
bay; George. Frazer, obtaining money
under false pretenses at Anchorage;
H .E. McLean, the government school
teacher at Nushagak, charged with
the murder of his part-native wife;
M. F. Spiers, for the illegal selling of
liquor at Unga, and Frank Cavan
augh, of Latouche, charged with lar
ceny. No indictments were returned
against Michael Pete, accused of lar
ceny, and Jeso Hurdado, charged with
assault with a dangerous weapon.
FRED C. HARPER
NAMED CHAIRMAN
SEATTLE, Sept. 29.—Hon. Fred C.
Harper, formerly collector of customs
for the Puget sound collection dis
trict, has been selected as chairman
of the republican state central com
mittee and will handle the national
campaign in the state of Washington.
Fourteen new members were re
cently initiated into the Moose lodge
at Juneau in one night.
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SEATTLE UNIONS TO
TAKE A REFERETDIM
VOTE ON STRIKE (All
SIvA I FLE, Sept. 129.—At a meeting of the Central Labor
( ouncil, held last night, it was decided by an overwhelming
vote of the delegates to submit the matter of a general sympa
thy strike in aid ot the longshoremen to a referendum vote, re
turnable October 19. The Central Labor Council is represent
ed by a delegate from each of the various trade unions of Se
attle, and these delegates are charged with taking the vote in
their respective unions.
It is understood that the delay in taking the vote is caused
by the hope that President O'Connor, of the International
Longshoremen’s union, will be able to bring about a settlement
of the strike of the local longshoremen. He will arrive here
Monday.
GARVIER LEAD
DUAL LIFE. POSING
AS SLUM WORKER
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29.—The
woman who was with J. C. Garvier
when he was killed and who herself
was wounded has been identified by
the police authorities as the wife of
Joseph C. Ledur, of Chicago, engaged
in business there. She is still alive,
but refuses to reveal her identity,
though she has been visited by her
sister, Mrs. Hobart Mann, of Brook
lyn. Garvier was a prominent work
er in social reform and had played
the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde game for
years.
Husband Identifies Wife.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29.—Jo
seph C. Ledur arrived this morning
and identified the wounded woman as
his wife. He said he believed that
his wife had done no wrong. Mrs.
Ledur is the daughter of Phillip
Knapp, a Cincinnati millionaire, and
the family is very prominent social
ly.
ROOSEVELT ID
MAKE 5 SPEECHES
CHICAGO, Sept. 29.—Col. Roosevelt
will deliver five speeches in the south
western states during the campaign,
according to the announcement, made
today, by Frank Hitchcock, manager
of the western campaign for the re
publican national ticket.
MASKED BANDITS
HOLD UP TRAIN
DETROIT, Sept. 29.—A passenger
train on the Michigan Central railway
system was held up by masked ban
dits on the outskirts of the city at an
early hour this morning. Details of
the^holdup are lacking. __
W. P. Wooster, a well known Koug
arok mining man, has been appointed
U. S. Commissioner at that place, vice
F. H. Thomas, who held the position
for several years.
SEATTLE, Sept. 29.—“The world
war will come to a stand still before
the coming of spring," aid Col. Jas.
Hamilton Lewis, United States Sen
ator from Illinois, who reached here
last night, on a visit to his former
home. “Humanity,” continued the
senator, “will force the belligerent
powers into terms of peace, and the
terms of peace will be brought about
through the efforts of an internation
al commission, named for the pur
pose.”
Col. Lewis is on a campaign tour
in the interests of the democratic na
tional ticket, following the footsteps
of the republican candidate, and will
speak here tonight. Last night, the
senator was the honor guest at a non
partisan banquent served at the
Washington Annex. The affair was
largely attended by personal friends
of the senator, who knew him when
he resided in Seattle.
HUGHES IKS
AT RACE TRACK
TRENTON, N .J., Sept. 29.—Can
didate Hughes addressed a throng of
people from the judge’s stand at the
race track here yesterday afternoon.
He was loudly cheered and made a
most favorable impression.
SIX MENKILLED
IN AN EXPLOSION
SYDNEY, N. S. W„ Sept. 29.—Six
men were killed in an explosion of
benzine on board the British steam
er Wairnua yesterday. The crew
was engaged in unloading the ex
plosive, when the explosion occur
red. The Wairuna reached here from
San Trancisco September 23.
The Pinnacle Rock Packing compa
ny is the name of a new concern
building a cannery near Cordova for
the canning of razor clams.