The Times
\ <>M ME IT. XU MB E R 5>31. PHI CE T E X (’E XTS.
UNSUCCESSFUL ZEPPELIN RAID LONNDON
I’AIMS, Sept. a.—The capture of Sovecourtes and Chilly
by the French army yesterday makes a total of 29 villages
taken since«the beginning of tin* offensive at Somme against
the Germans.
PARIS, Sept. —The French captured the villages of
1' e'-est and dory, on the Somme front, and all points between,
fwii thousand Germans and a number of cannon were taken.
!’ln French also progressed at Floury, on the Verdun front,
capturing four hundred prisoners.
I.OXDOX, So)it. f>.—The British last night increased’ theii
gains in the neighborhood of Guillomont. They pushed for
ward to within fifteen hundred yards east of Guillomont village
and secured a hold on Fenz.ee wood. Further south the strong
German system of defence on a front of three thousand feet
: i nnd Falemont farm was taken.
VIF.XXA, Sept, f>—After violent fighting the Russians sue
ceedid in capturing Mount Plunka, in the Carpathians.
ROMF, Sept. 4.—The Italian troops have made additional
gains at Alabama, east of Avlone.
BF( ’! 1A RFST, Sept. -The Roumanian troops have oc
cupii d Borenzek and Sekeli, in the Transylvania. The Teutons
and Bulgarians were repulsed at Basardjik and Dobrud.ja, but
vi-rywhere else continue to attack along the whole Roumanian
frontier between Dobrud.ja and Bulgaria.
I.OXDOX, Sept. A.—11 is officially announced that in Sat
unlay’s fighting the British captured the German defences on
■ 4,0(10 vard front, averaging a depth of S00 yards, including
the village of Guillemoutli. The whole village1 of Guichy was
taken, but the Germans recaptured a portion of it. Fight bun
died Germans were taken prisoners.
I.OXDOX, Sept. fi.—The fighting since Sunday has result
id in the capture by the allies of the whole remaining German
t eond line from Monquet farm to a point where the British line
joins tin1 French. A thousand prisoners were taken in the
battle.
f.OXDOX, Sept, fi.—The Germans on Falemont farm have
hoisted the white flag. _
LONIX >N, Sept. 5.—Zeppelins raided England on Saturday
night. Three of them attempted to reaeli London, but eneonn
toed a storm of shells. Two fled and the third exploded, fall
ing to the ground. All the Germans aboard were kilh <|. An i*n
portant portion of another Zeppelin was found in the eastern
counties.
LONDON, Sept. 5.—Lieutenant Robinson, who destroyed
the Zeppelin Saturday night, is only twenty-one years old. King
O.orye awarded him it Victoria Cross. Robinson attacked at
short range when the Zeppelin tried to escape.
PETRtXIRAD, Sept. 5.—In the direction of Vladimir, Slol
ynski and Volhynia the Russians, in battles lasting from Thurs
day to Saturday, captured a hundred Teuton officers, 4,f>00 men
and six cannon.
ATHENS, Sept. 5.—Baron Schenk, chief of the German
propaganda in Greece, has been arrested and taken aboard an
allied cruiser. Sixteen additional warships have arrived at
Piraeus.
LONDON, Sept. a.—The Greek government at Athens has
accepted the allies’ view, and it is entirely agreeable for the
French and British governments to assume control of the postal
and telegraphic communication. The allies alleged that tin
Teutons were using the mail and telegraph.
TOKIO, Sept. 5.- Japan has been officially informed that
the Fnited States has made an alliance with Russia. Japan is
not after status quo in the Far East.
PETRtXIRAD, Sept. Fierce battles are progres in
near Ognott in Turkish Armenia. The Turkish troops an
retreating hurriedly, taking the ammunition stores with them.
ROME, Sept. A. Tlie Italians captured several command
ing Austrian positions on Punta Dclforanc, at the head ot the
Felizon valley.
PARIS, Sept. a. Rinance Minister Ribota has asked tba
there be appropriated X,Jf)0,000,000 francs for the year llMo
making total appropriations of 81,000,000,000 trancs since the
mtbreak of the war.______
\\ ASHING I (>N, Sept. Replying to the allies' proposal
'lint neutrals accept the principle that all submarines are ves
eR of war, tin* l nited State.' maintains that the character of
noli individual submersible must govern its own case.
PARIS, Sept. o.—At Meaux, near the point where in the
battle of the Marne von Kluck’s army turned away abrupt!',
when approaching Paris, a committee has been formed' to or
ganize the reception of battlefield visitors. Guide post' are to
be set up, showing the way and the distance to those localities
where the fighting was fiercest and most decisive. Mem trial
ablets at various points will commemorate the fallen warriors,
and a plan of the Marne theatre of operations will be sold as a
souvenir of t lie great battle.
LONDON, Sept. 5.—Order.' for 20,000,001) pairs of shoes
’• the British, Serbian, French, Russian, Italian and Belgian
armies have been received by British manufacturers since the
at break of the war.
< file-fourth of the total, or more than 100,000 pairs a week,
have been alone supplied by tin* workmen of Northampton, the
chief seat of the Fnglish shoe manufacture, an hour’s train rid"
northwest of London. The monufaetturers of 111i' place nr
turning out a second installment of ,‘1,000,000 pairs of footwear
for the Russians, this time boots known as the Cossacks.
PARIS, Sept. b. Some American volunteers mostly
married men — have recently sought the help of the American
luthorities in Paris to free them elves from the militnrv obii
at ions they contracted in the French foreign legion or French
viation corps. The authorities have had in all cases to explain
ihat it is impossible for them to intervene. The American vol
’ teer who takes service as a belligerent against a country in
Yieiidly relations with his own loses the right to the protection
bis country would be bound to give him if lie had not identified
himself w ith a belligerent. He does not lose his American eiti
enship, but it is so far non-existent for the time being that its
■ tossessor does not recover the rights anil privileges it confers
: until the war ends.
The American legionary or aviator with the French force
loes not swear allegiance to France; he only signs a declaration
I hiding him to obey the French military authorities. The Am
i i icon who volunteers with the British army is in a different
1 iio-ition, for lie has to swear allegiance to King George.
STEADIER NOTES
HF IOGAL
INTEREST
SEATTLE, Sept. f>. — The steamer
\dmiral Fanagut sailed from here on
Saturday morning, going diieet to Cor
dova via the outside passage, it. M.
Fleming was the only one hooked for
Cordova.
The steamer Alameda arrived on
Saturday afternoon and as she had
Slttt tons of freight for Cordova, did not
sail for the westward until late Sun
day night. Her Cordova passengers
were: .\1. Finkelstein, \V. B. Stout,
Mrs. D. It. Shoemaker, A. A. Cloninger
and wife, C. Cloninger. Alice Weeks,
Mrs. 1L M. Crawford, Mrs. K. F. Gray,
Miss Elsie Ware, Miss Ethel Case,
Mrs. 1> Czerwenska, C. N. Creamer,
Miss S. C. Berg, Miss C. Sells, Mrs.
U. Gottschalk, E. A. McKelvey, Eric
Johnson, Mrs. N. M. Spencer, and
three steerage.
The steamer Admiral Evans la due
from the westward tomorrow morn
ing.
The steamer Alaska left Juneau at
11 o'clock this morning for Skagway,
and should reach here Thursday morn
ing.
The steamer Northwestern arrived
from Nome yesterday afternoon and
after taking on ore here left this
morning for Orca to load 10,000 cases
of salmon.
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REPUBLICAN SENATORS BLOCK
PASSAGE OF WEBB BILL
\YASIll.\’(!T< )X, Sept. —The administration leaders
have announced that the opposition of senators Hafollette and
Ifeed lias forced them to abandon all hope of passing the \\ ebb
bill to permit American selling agencies in foreign count l ie
Lafollette has threatened to fillibuster the bill to death.
WASlIIXdTt >X, Sept. b.—'Die senate will pass the revenue
bill before aiijoiirning tonight, clearing the way for adjourn
nient of congress probably Thursday.
W’ASHIXdTOX, Sept, a.- The postoffiee department, dis
liking the censorship of American mails, through Vancouver,
British Columbia, will reroute all < triental mails.
WASH 1 XdTOX, Sept. ft.—1The senate has adopted an
amendment to the revenue bill, prohibiting the admission ot
salmon and halibut into the l nited States, except w hen in bond
from American ports. Tim amendment is directed against tin
condition of fisheries in the Pacific ocean.
WASHINGTON”, Sept, d.- The workmen's compensation
bill, having passed both houses, is now ready for the president L
signature.
WASHINGTON, Sept. d. President W ilson signed the
eight hour day bill on the train here Sunday, while bound for
Hodgenville.
WASHINGTON, Sept. d. Provident Wilson arrived her.
this afternoon from Hodgenville. Kentucky, where he yester
day accepted the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln for the nation
()n Friday he will go to Atlantic City to address the Nutiona1
Woman’s Suffrage convention, then motor to Long Hraneh and
not return for a month.
Passengers on the Northwestern,
which arrived yesterday from Nome,
and today is loading salmon at Urea
cannery, tell of an accident which oc
curred at Nome shortly before the ves
sel sailed fur here, resulting in the
death of one man, fatal injury of an
other.
Kye witnesses of the affair state
that the passengers were being trails
feme! from the barge on which they
were brought from the shore to the
steamer, by means of a gangplank, to
which slings were attached, convert
ing the gangplank into a swinging
pl-tt'orm Tii - I'ci-idcnt occurred when
the gangplank h id been hoi ted about
fifteen feet above the deck of the
barge, liichard l-Vnlon, a Kougarok
mining man, was one of the passen
gers on the platform, and is said to
have been intoxicated He became
overbalanced and when about to tall
he grabbed Samuel Zeel. a Russian
standing next to him Zeel, in turn,
grabbed Phillip Wise, si uoling next
to him. and all three fell to the deck
of the barge la-low.
Kenlon and Zeel landed squarely on
tlieir heads, the former sustaining a
crushed skull, from which he died
within a few minute Zeel . Iso had
| his skull crushed, and h - not vet
i regained c onsi imisnes, and there is no
hope of his recovery Wifortu
J Mutely, landed on his !••••;. and aside
I front a severe jolt in v was uninjured.
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mt i-: \ tt. s. —
Hepresentatives of the Montana Coal
Operators" Association and the Mon
tana cam pa of the United Mine Work
era of A merle.i are in session here, to
fix the wage scale and other details
of their working agreement for the
next two years
So far the miners have not an
I nounrad their schedule of demands,
hut the operators are not expecting
any unusual obst k•!<-- in coming to
an agreement. This year, however,
has brought a condition in the labor
market vastly different from that of
two years. Now workmen are very
scarce in every part of the state, and
1 this Is a situation that undoubtedly
] will have its effect on the miners' pro
) gram.
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I.IWOl.N. Sept. a. — William Jen
nlngs Bryan lias decided to take the
: stump for Wilson. He ’••gins his
campaign on September IS. lacing
himself under the direction of 'lie De
mocratic national committee.
SHORTY SMYSER IS FOUND
DEAD IN EED AT BROOKS
j I C Smyser vv,.s found dead in his
| bed at Brooks last Wednesday morn
i lug. due to heart failure. He is an
old time Alaskan, ami spent several
i months in Cordova a couple of years
ngo.
SAX FKAXClSCt ), Sept. — Resides being ail electrical
marvel, the new super-dreadnaught California, which is to have
her keel laid probably some time this month, at Mare Island
navy yard, will be as near impregnable to mine and torpedo at
tacks as it is possible to make a modern warship. The armor
and other protection against these weapons have been worked
,,ut in the greatest detail and embody many novel features that
KILBANE AND WELSH
VICTORS IN BOUTS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. — In n twenty round eon
t< si todnv between Freddie Wesh and Charles Wliite, the for
mer was awarded the decision on points.
CEDAR POINT, Sept. 4.—Johnny Kilbane knocked out
George Chaney in the third round for the featherweight chain
pionship of the world. The go was scheduled for ten rounds.
arc tin* result of careful study of naval engagements in the pi e i
nt European war.
When the contract for battleship No. 44 was awarded to
the Mare Island navy yard the name “California” already had
>een given to battleship No. 40 under construction at the Ne\
York navy yard. Inasmuch as No. 44 was to he the largest
waiship to he built on the Pacific coast, the navy department
directed that the name of the one to be built at Mare Island
diould l>e changed to California and the one building in New
York should he named the New Mexico.
Eor some time before the plans for the California wa re
made the navy department experts satisfied themselvc> bv ex
haustive tests that vessels of the proposed construction could
not be sunk either by striking a mine or torpedo attack. It i
understood that the construction of the bulkheads by an ini
proved method is mainly relied upon to make the vessel impel
vious to torpedo and mine destruction Thev are to be steel,
but will not be rigid as is the case in other ships. Also resist
nee has been increased 25 to 30 per cent.
The main engines will be electric, the electric generators
being driven by steam turbines of 28,000 horse power, the steam
supplied by oil burning vvuter tube boilers. Not only the type
of the machinery installation, but its arrangement is said to l>e
She will be fitted with two cage masts, bearing fire centre
ibitforms for eontrolling the fire of the guns, similar to tin
amiliar type designed by American constructors, and now fit
mi all battleships of tin* Tinted States navy. Another tea
lire of her appearance that immediately attracts attention i
! 1 e clipper type of bow, instead of the conventional ram.
The use of electricity throughout the vessel will be nios
xtended. In addition to tlu- main propelling engines of tin
hip, the handling of the ammunition and firing the guns uil
he done by electricity, boats will be hoisted in and out, anchor
aised .the vessel steered and ventilating blowers operated In
elect ricity.
Other minor machines driven bv electricity will be a po
ato peeling machine, which is performed in a separate conipai t
meat, the machine having a capacity of 1,000 pounds per hour
h e cream freezing, complete laundry and printing plant.
In a costly watch made for exhibi
tion there is a wheel that makes a re
volution but once in four years, oper
ating a dial which shows the years,
months and days.
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Recent investigations of Korea's iron
•nines have led to ib« predict ion that
they can tie made to supply all domes
lie demands and in addition supply
Japan with 1,000,000 tons of meta! an
nually.
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BANDITS BUTCHER
TRAIN OF PEOPLE
I.AKKDO, Texas, Sept. a. Twenty five Carranzu soldiers
nd eleven passengers were killed when a Constitutionalist
train was wrecked below Cardenas by bandits claiming allegi
ance toCarrero Torres. The bandits butchered the train guards
and took everything that was movable.