AUSTRIANS AND GERMANS
MAKE ADVANCES ON BOTH
SIDES OF ISONZO RIVER.
CAPTURE 6,000 PRISONERS.
Legislators in Vienna Refuse to Con
sider Six Months’ War Budget but
Limit Financial Plans to Four
Months.
ROME, Oct. 26—Austi'ian and Ger
lnan troops today broke through the
Italians’ advanced lines on the east
bank of the Isonzo river.
The strong offensive movement of
the Teutons began yesterday when at
San Marcia and Santa Lucia they
carried the fighting to the west bank
of the Isonzo. They captured yes
terday the Italian positions near
Flitch and Tolmino and the northern
portion of the Bainsizzia plateau.
The Teutons today launched anoth
er powerful attack on that portion of
the Bainsizzia plateau held by the
Italians and on the west slope of
Monte Sangabriels, but these efforts
were checked.
Six thousand Italians were taken
prisoners in the fighting of the last
two days.
The Austrians made careful prep
arations for this offensive. They
were reinforced by large numbers of
German troops.
Advices received in Rome from Vi
enna are to the effect that the Aus
trian lower house has refused to con
sider, as requested by the govern
ment, a war budget covering a period
of six months in the future. Instead,
the house passed to a third reading a
budget for four months. It author
izes the raising of a loan of 9,000,000
kronen.
FREIGHT BUSINESS
SWAMPS BOATS
EVANS LEAVES IN SEATTLE
GOODS DESTINED FOR JU
NEAU AND OPEN PORTS.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—Large consign
* ments of Alaska freight were left on
the dock here by the steamship Ad
miral Evans when she sailed from
Seattle last Friday. She carried a ca
pacity cargo.
It is not thought the Evans left any
Anchorage freight here. What sht
could not take was destined for Ju
neau and other ports open all winter.
The United States army transport
Crook and the steamship Skagway
chartered by the Alaskan Engineering
commission are expected to depart
from Seattle tonight with supplies for
the government railorad. Their sail
ings will mark the close of steamship
communication between Seattle and
Anchorage for the season.
INTERNED GERMAN
SAILORS ESCAPE
TEN TEUTONS AT FORT McPHER
SON, ATLANTA, GA., DIG TUN
I NEL UNDER BARRACKS.
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 26.—Ten in
terned German sailors at Fort Mc
rherson here, escaped last night
through a tunnel they had excavated
under their barracks.
AMERICAN SHIP
FIGHTS DIVEH
LUKENBACK ATTACKED SUB
MARINE AND SAVED BY
AMERICAN DESTROYER.
NINE MEN ARE WOUNDED
Merchantman Is Struck Several Times
But Suffers No Material Damage
and Arrives at Her Port of Destina
tion in France.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 26.—
The United States navy department
| today was informed that the American
I steamship Lukenback was engaged
with a German submarine October 19.
The engagement lasted four hours and
! was broken otf by the arrival on the
scene of an American destroyer.
The Luckenback was hit several
times but no serious damage was done
to the ship. Seven of the Luckenback’s
crew and two members of the naval
gunners’ crew aboard of her were
wounded.
The Luckenback was attacked while
bound from New York for a French
; seaport. She arrived today at her port
of destination.
Union Leaders Refuse to Participate
in International Meeting Suggest
ed by Conference of Russian
Workmen.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—The ex
ecutive council of the American Fed
eration of Labor has declined to par
ticipate in the international confer
, ence of workmen and socialists sug
! gested by the executive council of
Russian workmen and soldiers.
Delegates from the Russian organ
ization came to Washington to ar
range for the participation of the
! American federation in the proposed
conference.
l
American federal officials today
formally announced their refusal to
participate, saying the conference
would be untimely now.
The avowed purpose of the confer
ence is to discuss conditions as they
affect workmen now and as they will
affect workmen after the war.
CZAR'S FATETOBE
DETERMINED SOON
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT WILL
; DISCUSS EVENTUAL BANISH
MENT OF ROMANOFF FAMILY.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 26.—It is re
ported that the Russian preliminary
! parliament will discuss the fate of
i former Czar Nicholas and the other
members of the Romanoff family now
imprisoned at Tobolsk, Siberia. Even
tual banishment from Russian soil of
all members of the family is propos
ed.
Not a few officials of the Russian
government are opposed to permitting
the former ruler to live abroad, fear
ing he may plot to regain power.
The Anchorage Daily Times is the
largest paper published in Alaska.
SUCCESSES OF FRENCH AND BRITISH IS OFFSET TO
SOME EXTENT BY DECISIVE DEFEAT OF ITALI
ANS, ABOUT 100,000 OF WHOM HAVE BEEN TAKEN
PRISONERS BY TEUTONS, TOGETHER WITH GUNS
LONDON, Oct. 29.—From the heights of the Aisne tin
German crown prince has been driven back relentlessly toward
Laon. His retirement may result in a general retreat along
the entire line from St. Quentin to Champagne with the loss
of numerous strongholds. Many thousands of Germans were
killed; 12,000 were taken prisoners and 120 of their guns were
captured. The predicament of the crown prince is serious.
Gen’ Petain’s great smash with his French troops earl}
last week opened the way for further advances late in tin
week and forced the Germans back to the Oise-Aisne canal
Two thousand prisoners and many guns fell into the hands oi
the French there.
Laon is at the southern end of the Hindenburg line anr
but eight miles from the French lines. General Petain’s big
guns can shell it at will.
General Haig with his British troops is smashing one en<
of the Hindenburg line and General Petain the other.
The German retirement along the line might result in sur
prising eventualities, and reports from Germany indicate
that such a retirement is not without the realm of possibili
ties.
AMERICAN OFFICERS ENTHUSIASTIC.
AMERICAN CAMP IN FRANCE, Oct. 29.—General Sie
bert, of the American force, returning from around Soisson9
! where he witnessed part of the French offensive on the Aisne
'said the French losses were extremely light because of the ef
jfetiveness of all preparations.
American officers are enthusiastic over the importance of
the French victory, especially in the amount of war material
and number of prisoners taken.
BIG DEVELOPMENTS IMPENDING.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Important developments are
impending in the great war, Newton D. Baker, secretary of
war, indicated in an official review today on last week’s oper
ations. lie said Americans are on the battle line. Italy, he
| declared, is passing through a difficult moment, with the Aus
trians pressing their advance with imposing forces. •Winter, he
I stated, is coming to the aid of the Italians.
While the Teutons are suffering heavy reverses in the
j western theatre of war they are achieving signal success on the
[ Italian front.
Sweeping down from the mountains into the plains of Fri
uli. the Teutons have captured the Italian cities of Gorizia and
jCividale, and have captured 100,000 prisoners and several hun
dred guns. The entire Italian line along the Isonzo is threat
I ened with annihilation. Gorizia’s fall is a serious menace to
j the Italians’ hold on the Carso line southward to the Adriatic.
Steps have been taken by the entente nations to render the
fullest assistance to the Italians.
RAILWAY PORTERS
HAVE TO JOIN ARMY
| SHORTAGE OF HELP WILL BE
OCCASIONED IN PULLMAN
i AND DINING CAR SERVICE.
I
—
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Oct. 27.—
! Two thousand negroes will arrive in
j the military training camp here from
various parts of the Pacific northwest
this week. The taking of these men
into the service will have the effect
of causing a shortage in Pullman
porters and dining car waiters, ac
cording to military officers.
CONVERTED SHIP SAILS.
SEATTLE, Oct. 29.—The steamer
Wacouta, formerly the German liner
Prinz Waldemar, sailed south on her
maiden voyage under the American
flag. The vessel was seized at Hono
lulu after breaking of diplomatic rela
tions with Germany. She was brought
here and repaired at the Puget sound
naval station, after which she was
turned over to the federal shipping
board.
LASH APPLIED TO
OHIO CLERGYMAN
HERBERT BIGELOW IS ACCUSED
OF MAKING REMARKS OF
DISLOYAL CHARACTER.
CINCINNATI, Ohio., Oct. 29.—Her
bert Bigelow, head of the People’s
i
! churcn, was kidnapped here last night
j just before he was scheduled to ad
j dress a socialist meeting and was tak
I en almost to Florence, Ivy., by disguis
j ed white-robed men. They blacksnaked
! him in the name of Belgian sufferers.
Bigelow, it is declared, has criticis
ed America’s action in entering the
European war.
SHIP FOUNDERS IN GALE.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 29.—The
American steamer Olympic, which
was manned here and which formerly
was in the Pacific trade, foundered in
a gale last Tuesday off the Mexican
coast. Twelve members of the crew
were saved, according to a report re
ceived here today from the captain.
Eight of the crew are missing.
EXPLOSION IN
PLAYS HfiVOG
EMPLOYES OF FACTORY NEAR
MONTREAL GET SUFFICIENT
WARNING TO ESCAPE.
PART OF WORKS IS DESTROYED.
Windows in' Buildings Miles Distant
Are Shattered by Detonations—
Cause of Disaster Not Yet Ascer
tained.
MONTREAL, Canada, Oct. 26.—
Powder explosions today destroyed
part of the plant of the Canada Ex
plosive company at Vaudreil, near
here. Tremendously loud detona
tions continued for an hour. Win
dows in buildings miles distant from
;he plant were shattered by the con
cussions.
The initial explosion was in one of
the small buildings of the works and
his fact enabled workers to be ade
luately warned, and it is not believed
any loss of life resulted.
Flames from the small building
where the first explosion took place
set fire to other structures and
caused explosions in them.
What caused the initial explosion
has not yet been ascertained.
Former President of Venezuela
Blames Influence of the United
States for His Expulsion from
Country.
! _
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct.
26.—Cipriano Castro, former presi
| dent of Venezuela, has been request
| ed to leave Trinidad by the Trinidad
i government authorities. He blames
! American influence for his expulsion
| from Trinidad.
Castro is suspected of plotting to
| start a revolt in Venezuela to regain
jthe presidency.
STOCKYARDSLABOR
WANTS MORE PAY
THIRTY THOUSAND EMPLOYES
' WILL ASK FOR EXTRA COM
PENSATION FOR OVERTIME.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—Thirty thous
and stockyard employes are preparing
to submit demands next week for
higher wages and extra pay for over
time. The employes declare that they
are averaging twelve hours a day and
that they receive only the same rate
of pay for overtime as they get for
regular hours.
PERSHING AT FRONT.
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP,
France, Oct. 26.—General J. J. Per
shing, accompanied by a French gen
eral, yesterday went as far as the
second German line in the attack on
the Aisne sector.
HEAVY FISH ORDER.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 29.—Orders
for 500,000 cases of canned salmon
today were placed with Pacific coast
dealers, according to Portland brok
ers. The fish is wanted for either
France or England.
PREMIER PAUL PAINLEVE*S
CABINET COMMANDS SCANT
MAJORITY IN DEPUTIES.
OLD GOVERNMENT STRONGER
High Prices of Food and Necessaries
of Life Cause Dissatisfastion—Ital
ian Deputies Lack Confidence in
Officials.
PARIS, Oct. 26.—Weakness was
established in the re-organized minis
try of Premier Painleve late yesterday
when on an important bill the govern
ment mustered in the chamber of de
puties only 288 votes, which is just
slightly more than half the chamber.
The old ministry, on a government
measure October 19, obtained 364
votes, and this was regarded as such
a poor showing that the premier took
steps to re-organize his ministry a3 it
is constituted at present.
The chief dissatisfaction with the
government is founded on the high
prices of food and other necessaries of
life, and political opponents of the
ministry take the attitude that the
government must stop at all hazards
the operations of profiteers. The pre
mier insists the government is exert
ing every effort to detect and prevent
the charging of unwarranted prices.
Italian Ministry Loses.
ROME, Oct. 26.—The government
was defeated in the chamber of de
puties this morning when a resolution
j expresing confidence failed of adoption
by a vote of 314 against the resolution
to only ninty-six in favor of it.
LIBERT! BONOS
SELL ILL ON
PACIFIC COAST
SALES BOUND UP IN SAN FRAN
CISCO AND CITY WILL PASS
MINIMUM ALLOWANCE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26.—The
Liberty loan investments bounded ap
here and in other Pacific cities today
and promised to boost the total well
over the quota set for the respective
communities before the close of the
campaign Saturday night.
Portland, Ore., has already exceed
ed her quota by more than $2,000,000.
Seattle is still $3,000,000 behind the
quota of $13,000,000, but she will reach
it, and no doubt exceed it before to
morrow night.
Panama Officials Buy.
PANAMA, Oct. 26.—Dr. Ramon
Valdez, president of Panama, and his
cabinet members have subscribed lib
j erally to the American Liberty loan.
CALIFORNIANS HIT
SAWDUST TRAIL
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 29.—
| “Billy” Sunday yesterday closed a re
! vival campaign that has been in pro
! gress here since September 2. More
! than 25,000 converts hit the sawdust
| trail. Sunday from here will go to
j Atlanta for his next campaign.
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