The Cordova 1 Times
V<>MTMRIIII. NUMBER 54. CORDOVA, ALASKA. TI'KSDAY. SlS PRICE TEN UEvS
RIGA CAPTURED
BT GERMAN
TROOPS
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♦ WASHINGTON, Sept 4 — Riga ♦
♦ «u evacuated by the civilian ♦
♦ population, according to foreign O
♦ consuls, three weeks ago. The ♦
♦ news was contained in official ♦
♦ dispatches received at the stale ♦
♦ department, which has caused ♦
♦ much uneasiness. ♦
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♦ PETROGRAD, Sept. 4. — The ♦
♦ Russian retirement in the Riga ♦
♦ region Is being continued along ♦
♦ the coast in a northeasternly di- e
♦ rection. In the Ukyuall district ♦
♦ the Russians are retiring north- ♦
♦ ward, having been dislodged by ♦
♦ Germans in the Great Jalgel river ♦
♦ region. Hostile ships are now ♦
♦ shelling the Riga coast. ♦
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♦ PETROGRAD. Sept. 4.—Some ♦
♦ Russian detachments at Riga left ♦
♦ positions and are retiring north. ♦
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♦ PETROGRAD. Sept 4. — The ♦
♦ Russians abandoned the Riga re- ♦
♦ gion on account of the threaten- ♦
♦ fng situation. ♦
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♦ BERLIN, Sept. 4. — Several ♦
♦ positions and a hundred and fifty ♦
♦ guns were captured by the Ger- ♦
♦ mans in the Riga region. ♦
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♦ BERLIN, Sept. 4. — The kaiser ♦
♦ telegraphed to the empress: ♦
♦ “The capture of Riga is a now ♦
♦ milestone of German strength ♦
♦ and unerring will to victory. May ♦
♦ God help us further.” e
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LABOR SESSION
1 PUT CHECK
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(By Associated Press)
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept 4. — Organ
ized labor met here today, under the
auspices of the American Alliance for
Labor and Democracy, to pledge
hearty support to the government dur
ing the war.
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WASHINGTON. Sept 3.—President
Wilson has sent a letter to Samuel
Gompers, heartily approving the con
ference of the American Alliance for
Labor and Democracy at Minneapolis
tomorrow to undertake the task of
suppressing disloyalty.
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(By Associated Press)
CANTON, Sept 4. — Carl Morris
was disqualified in the sixth round of
his fight with Fred Fulton for con
tinually butting. Fulton had a big
lead when the referee stopped the
bout, and Morris was mobbed by the
angry spectators when leaving the
ring.
ALAMEDA SAILS
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(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Sept. 4. — The steamei
Alameda sailed on Sunday aftornoor
at 3 o'clock, with the following pas
sengers for Cordova: Thomas S
Scott and wife, Mrs. John Morgan
Agnes Boyd, Jack Sapiro, H. P. Han
son, Ed Metzdorff, Prod Porter am
R. G. Billet.
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NORTHWESTERN ARRIVES
WITH PASSENGERS
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The steamer Northwestern arrivet
at an early hour this morning from Se
_f attle with the following passenger
for Cordova: 8. Cohen, Mrs. I. I
Praiaure and three daughters, Pannl
E. Dayton, H. T. O'Neill, Mrs. W. II
Chase, Mrs. L. VV. Egecome, E. Ste\
^ ens, Kltikuda, Ed Woods, Lao Mize
& H. E. Cleveland.
PEACE council
LAI
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Sept. 4. — Governor
IjOwdcn is here and has personally
taken charge of the situation arising
! from a conflict between he and Mayor
Thompson, who gave aid to the Peo
ple's Council of America for Demo
| oracy and Peace Terms, and allowed
a meeting to be held on Sunday after
noon under police protection. The
troops sent from Springfield arrived
too lute and the meeting adopted a re
solution and platform, calling; for pro
gressive disarmament of all nations
and the repeal of the conscription law
by the United States.
Last evening the Red Dragon Club
I House was converted into a typical
camp by the Boy Scouts. A shelter
tent with troop and patrol flags
draped in front of it suggested real
camp comfort. Small trees, branches
and moss took one “out-doors.”
The program opened with the boys
lying around in regular camp style.
The American flag was raised, bring
ing boys and audience to their feet,
the scouts pledging allegiancg. As
they sat down a boy came in, inquiring
about the principles of scouting. The
mm ement was explained in detail by
Scoutmaster Czenwenka, after which
the “candidate” was taken out to learn
woodcraft.
Tenderfoot Scout William Lang fell.
Immediately Scouts Emerson Tarpon
ning and John Rosswog proceeded to
bandage him. while Second Class
Scout Elwell Thawley signalled camp.
A message was returned, telling them
to bring the injured to camp. Inspec
tion by the audience proved that
Scout Rosswog had put on a first class
head bandage, while splints put on by
Scout Tarpenning were also very neat.
A message given by Mr. Rosswog
was signalled by Scout Rollie Clem
ents to Scout Thawley and pronounced
correct. Then the scoutmaster swore
in Second Class Scouts Thawley and
Hedges as first class scouts, Tender
foot Scouts John Rosswog, Georgo
Wilson, Leslie Johnson and Rollie Cle
inents as second class.
Mr. Czerwenka was informed that a
set of cuff links and pin were being
ordered for a remembrance in honor
of his birthday anniversary. After
which scenes from the scout camp at
McKinley lake, scenes In and around
Cordova and other parts of Alaska
were shown.
Thirty-five friends of the scouts
; were gathered and showed their ap
preciation of the boys’ efforts by fre
quent applause. At the suggestion of
j Rev. Ziegler an offering was lifted
for the organization, netting three dol
lars and twenty cents.
At a short business meeting imme
diately following, the scouts voted to
extend a vote of thanks to the Cor
dova Daily Times for publicity given
to the postoffice store, R. E. Hegg
(. Co., Northern Drug Store and the
Cordova Drug Store for pastal cards
loaned, the Blum, O'Neill Co. for
staves, to Mr. Thisted for stuffed ani
male and birds for decorative purposes
and Rev. E. P. Ziegler for use of the
building.
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SENATE VOTES DOWN
LAFOLLETTE AMENDMENT
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. — Lafol
lette's proposal to make the gross
levy of war profits taxation sevont>
per cent was rejected by the senate
The vote stood 65 to 20.
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MANY LONDONERS BELIEVE
KERENSKY IS KITCHENER
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Sept. 4. — The curious
ly widespread belief in England tha
Kitchener is still alive has now taket
j a new form, namely, the belief tha
Kerensky is Kitchener. “Everybod;
I in our street Is saying so,” writes i
| correspondent to one of the Londot
newspapers. The paper in reply point
out that Kerensky is a young man o
i thirty, but remarks that this fact prt
bably will not weight much with th
> people who like to believe this kin
■ of thing.
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The Bteamer Mariposa will arriv
from the westward nt 9 o'clock tonlgli
. and will remain in port about twelv
hours loading copper ore,
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1C HECK PLOT!
(By Associated Press)
MONTREAL, Sept. 4. — The police
announce the frustration of plots to
assassinate Premier Borden and So
licitor General Melghen, and also to
dynamite the parliament buildings at
Ottawa. This was effected by the
arrest of anti-conscription ngitators
alleged to be responsible for the dyna
miting of Lord AthelBtran's summer
home.
METHODISTS TO
HAISE A WAR
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4. — Two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
war camp ministry to Methodist sol
diers is being asked of the Methodist
Episcopal church through its board
of home misions and church exten
sion with headquarters in this city.
The survey of church conditions in the
neighborhood of the cantonments and
other camps shows that while in most
cases the Methodist Episcopal
churches in the vicinity were able to
perform an adequate ministry to the
norman population, many of them are
entirely inadequate for meeting the
needs of the 150,000 Methodist soldiers
who will be distributed throughout the
different camps. This $250,000 will bo
used to equip regular Methodist Epis
copal chaplains, to equip and support
volunteer chaplains for officers' train
ing camps and to render more effi
cient Methodist churches located near
the camps, and to augment the equip 1
nient of those churches needing it, in
order to render an adequate ministry 1
to the Methodist boys in the camps in
the name of Jesus Christ and the
church back home. War emergency
commisflous are being appointed by
the bishops in the twenty Episcopal
districts in the United States, which
will co-operate with the board of home
missions and church extension in rais
ing and disbursing the money. The
strongest men in the denomination
will be sent to serve as pastors or as
sociate pastors at these cam]) ;
leburehes.
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(By Associated Press)
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 4. — A notable
demonstration of friendship toward
the United States was given recently
by the citizens of Yokohama, who ar
ranged an elaborate entertainment in
honor of Admiral Auston M. Knight,
and other officers of the United States
Asiatic fleet.
Admiral Knight came to Japan to
convey to Emperor Yoshihito the
thanks of the United States for the
honors shown to George W. Guthrie,
late American ambassador,
The festival was held in the public
gardens, which were beautified by the
pink and white lotus blossoms of the
season. The distinctive feature of the
function was the presentation of a
magnificent silver flower bowl to Ad
miral Knight by Mayor Audo, in be
half of the citizens. The souvenir
bore a suitable inscription in Japan
ese, and contained a scroll, signed by
the leading residents, assorting:
"Tiie existence of friendly relations
between your country and ours is tra
ditional. Yet, by the existence of the
United States of America into the
present war our interests have become
more closely linked together than ever
before; the friendship existing be
tween us hus so matured that today
we are not only friends but allies.
"We deem it a fitting occasion,
therefore, for us to show our high re
i gard for you, and through you our
warm feeling for the American peo
ple, by presenting to you this bowl.
May it serve both as a mark of our
respect for you and as a token of our
sincere friendship for your fellow
f countrymen.”
Admiral Knight accepted the gift as
3 an expression of the good feeling
1 borne for the United States by the
people of Japan.
The entertainment consisted of jug
3 glery and geisha dances. Japanese
t 'artists painted fans before the guestB
a jaml later presented them to the Am
. ericans as souvenirs.
AUSTRIAN FLIET
SHELLED B!
AEROPLANES
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♦ HOME, 8ept. 4. — Thirty (til ♦
♦ Ian aeroplanes dropped nine b iTa ♦
♦ of bombs on the Austrian ni' d ♦
♦ base iii Pola, causing destruefc a ♦
♦ and largo conflagrations. ',ue4
4 bombs fell on the anchored Au 4
4 trian fleet and military works. 4
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4 LONDON, Sept. 4.—Six enen 4
4 aeroplanes proceeded up |V' 4
4 Thames estuary to Chatham Iasi 4
4 night, and dropped bombs on th 4
4 Isle of Thanet and Sheerness am 4
4 Chatham. One hundred and Rev 4
4 en naval ratings were killed am; 4
4 eighty-six wounded. One civilian 4
4 was killed and six wounded. The 4
4 material damage was slight. Tin- 4
4 raiders all escaped. 4
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4 LONDON, Sept. 4.—One mar 4
4 was killed and six children In 4 •
4 jured by seven bombs dropped 4
4 in an aerial raid over east Kenl 4 j
4 last night, by a single aeroplane 4
4 bound for Dover. 4 j
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GERMAN SPIES
SEINE SPOTTED
IN AMERICA
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. — Govern
ment sleuths are watching for evi
dence of Teutonic frightfulness among
he kaiser’s spies in all parts of the
country, it was learned today. The
[overnment knows there are plenty of
IJoc-he apostles scattered through ihrl
United States who would be delighted
vitli a chance to feed children poi •
Boned candy, sprinkle poison in »• !>
and reservoirs and do other things of
he sort.
Every effort is being made to "spot"
these pleasant creatures. Many of
hem have been arranged quietly. So
anxious were the kaiser’s agents to
poison children in Koumanlu that they
lew over that land in aeroplanes and
dropped sacks of poisoned candy,
vhich the children ate and within 2t
hours died in agony from the effects
of the tainted sweets. The government
vants to control the situation and at
he same time not engender suspicion
and hatred of loyal Germans among
the country’s citizens. In announcing
that It had found tetanus germs in
samples of court plaster distributed
by anonymous peddlers in various
parts of the United States, the de
partment of justice prefaced its state
ment by saying that it did not “share
In any sensational view as to the man
ner in which the court plaster became
infected.”
"But,” it was added, “the public is
cautioned against purchasing this re
medy except from approved sources,
the warning boing particularly direct
ed against purchases in small pack
ages from street peddlers and ven
ders.”
Jean Crones, the kaisersque chef
who poisoned the prelate's soup at
tho Chicago banquet, thus producing
a straw which showed the way h!s
mental mind blew, is stili at large
In the United States.
The government has secret infor
mation, showing that Crones has
many kindred spirits of his own bent
in our midst, men who await only a
good chance to murder babies, isiison
men and women and start fatal epi
demics among communities by the
proper distribution of flocks of pet j
germs.
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GUILD STARTS FALL WORK.
The Woman's Guild will meet to
morrow (Wednesday) afternoon at 2
p. m., with Mrs. Ziegler, at the Rec
tory. All members are requested to
be present. Any Episcopal women In
the town who are not members are
urged to present themselves tomorrow
for membership, as well as any others
who are Interested In social service
and church work.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 4. — Twenty thou
sand men marched here yesterday in
the Labor Day parade.
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Cordova Chapter, American Red
Cross, will raffle off a pedigreed
Scotch collie at Empress theatre on
Monday evening next. This dog was
donated by Maurice Randall, and
tickets will be on sale tomorrow. The
ancestors of the collie were trained
and are now in the service of thi^Red
Cross.
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WILSON LEADS
PARADE HONDO
NON DRAFTS
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. — By
unanimous consent the senate agreed
to a recess for this afternoon to per
mit the senators to participate with
President Wilson in a parade In honor
of the District of Columbia men who
were drafted into the national army.
The president paraded with the new
recruits.
WASHINGTON, Sept 4. — Presl
dent Wilson led the procession from
the peace monument to the White
House in honor of the fourteen hun
dred drafted men. the District of Co
lumbia's first contribution to the na
tfonal army. All of the government
offices were closed this-afternon.
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VOLCANO STILL
HIT STINES
(By Associated Press)
SAN SALVADOR. Republic of San
Salvador, Sept. 4. — The San Salva
dor volcano ^hlch burst into violent
eruption on the night of June 7 last,
still continues to hurl into the air at
Intervals of from half a minute to a
minute quantities of red hot stones.
These emissions are accompanied by
tromendous explosions, like the fir
ing together of a hundred pieces of
heavy artillery. Smaller stones glow
ing with heat are thrown 3,000 feet
in the air and larger ones 1500 to 1800
feet.
In the great eruption of June 7.
when scores of persons were killed or
injured cast quantities of burning lava
poured from vents in the sides of the
ancient volcano, spreading over the
„ alleys. Jif FJ piuar and lais f'hlntos
These fields of fire now mostly have
cooled.
A lake which occupied the old crate
was undisturbed by the first eruption
but a few days later it began to throw
off steam. For twenty-two days it con
tinued to boil from subterranean hca!
and when at the end of that period
the water of the lake had evaporated
it was possible to observe that a new
crater had boon formed within the
mouth of the old one.
It is from this now crater that erup
tlons now take place at regular inter
vals. The spectacle is awe-inspiring
Millions of tons of burning stones
have been thrown out on the dry be-l
rock, where they continue to glow
Nevertheless it is possible to go with
in a few hundred yards of the old era
ter without danger, and some men
have even lowered themselves int<
the old crater with ropes.
Excursions to the volcano from al'
parts of the country are popular, ar
a railroad runs from San Salvado:
to Santa Teela, eight miles from the
volcano. The remainder of the jour
ney is made on horseback.
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JAPS ORGANIZE
UNDER STARS
(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Sept, 4. — The na
tional guard of Hawaiia is to include
a company of Japanese, probably the
only company of the kind in the Uni
ted States. It will be organized with
Captain Wiliam O. Allen in command
Immediately upon receipt here of
the order of Provost Marshal General
Crowder that aliens not eligible for
naturalization might join the national
army and tho national guard, local
Japanese began tho work of organiz
ing a company. Such a company was
authorized by Brigadier General
Samuel I. Johnson, head of the na
tional guard of the territory. There
was a rush of Japanese oager to join
the first Japanese military unit under
lie Amoriean flag.
It was remarked at the time of the
registration under the selective draft
on July 31 that while more than fifty
per cent of the white men of the terri
tory who registered claimed exomp
tion, the Japanese almost without ex
ception waived any such claim.
Plans are being considered among
Japanese for the organization of a
complete regiment of Japanese, which
they hope may bo sent to the front in
Europe.
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SSI CORDOVANS
REGISTER FOR
DRAFF
The registration for selective draft
has closed In Alaska and Cordova
and tho Copper river valley has re
sponded nobly to the call for young
men eligible for Uncle Sam’s new na
tional army. The returns fro m the
Canoe Pass cannery are not yet In.
but outside of this list Cordova pre^
sents 551 names, sixty-eight of whom
were registered at the Carlisle can
nery and thirty nine at the Orca can
nery. The other precincts are rep
resented as follows: Kennecott, 102;
McCarthy. 77; Strelna. 10; Chltlna.
21; Abercrombie, 26; Katalla, 53; To
tal, 870. The Cordova list follows:
Archie Alexander Cloninger
Howard H. Ballard
Charles G. Baunwarth
John R. Brabazon
Howard J. Galbraith
Joe Jack Rosie
George Nelson Phinney
Arvle I^rson
iticfiaru Kdward Lewis
James Christopher Clarke
Fay Laune Walt
Clarence Kdward Winkler
Kdward Vincent Boyle
Donald Joseph McCarthy
Fred C. Hartman
Frank Adolph Salo
Charles Edgar Richmond
Chester T. Davis
George Kennedy
Howell Idols Lewis
James Henry Lyman
John Andrew Johnson
Edward P. Harwood
Elmer Norgren
Wynn Nourse
Samuel George Hubbard
John W. Gates
Thomas J. Van Ermen
Jack Lawler
William S. Gruenhagen
Walter Maupin
Peter Satrevik
Orin R. West
Valentine P. Morrison
Joseph R. Blake
Calvin C. Hazelet
Daniel J McKenzie
Richard ft. Oreen
John Naughton Gilbert
Charles Henry Manning
Roy John DeLeo
Kdgar English Liuetto
Arthur Sidney Hallberg
Charles Franklin Bourke
Ole A. Bourseth
Emil C. Hagen
Fred C. Brotherson
Warren A. Taylor
Walter Madison Suell
George Dahl
John Sorensen
Nick Evanoff
John Zorovich
Dominick Marlnzullch
Frank Burns
Oscar W. Reed
Frank Agoff
Walter P. Mauseth
Alfred S. Foster
David Cohrs Czerwenka
Lee Edwin Dickinson
Ben Osborne
Frank Jamrog
Roy Elmer Smith
Arvld Olsen
De Lin Eames
Joseph E. Saurage
Joseph Bottero
Sam Miller
Peter T. Terzleff
Otis Pringle
Edwin Rowley
Fred Price
William Lenord Wright
John Albert Christensen
Charles J. Patton
Anders Bergford
Emanuel Olesen
John Eric Ferdinand Speizt
Irvine Dorland Bogart
Adolph Lee
Ray B. Wilkes
Dow W. Moore
Leslie T. Reed
Tore Stenquist
Gunder Goore
Guy It. Hughes
Ray M. Woolsey
Nels Nelson
Walter R. Harris
R. G. Graham
Carl Tomlin *
Eric M. Mkhrberg
John Ovik
Albin Nelson
Frank L. Cavanaugh
Laurence E. Fillinger
Peter Peterson
Roy Ashland
Patrick Cannon
David Thomas Phillips
John Joseph Dinneen
Henry Malllard, Jr.
John Andrew Cohrs
Abraham Van Veehten
Charles Ourand Baxter
Herbert Beebe
James Bennett
Frank Grugar
Samuel Arthur Thomas
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REICHSTAG WILL
DEVOTE TIME
TO PEACE
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♦ (By Associated Pres*) ♦
♦ AMSTERDAM, Sept i Ac- ♦
♦ cording to most reliable infoma- ♦
♦ tlon, the session of (he Herman ♦
♦ relchstag will b« devoted exelu- A
♦ sively to the question uf peace, ♦
♦ The majority have dm Mad to ♦
♦ challenge the statement of the ♦
♦ government regarding a mini ♦
♦ mum peace program and the gov- ♦
♦ eminent will probably yield with ♦
♦ a view to peace neg ittatiana ho- ♦
♦ fore Christmas. The German gov- ♦
♦ ernment favors a plenipotenti- ♦
♦ aries meeting at The Hague, ♦
♦ Berne or Copenhagen, but prefer- ♦
♦ ably at The Hague. +
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VESSEL TOSSED
NIGN SEAS
(Ry Associated Press)
SAN JUAN, Porto Itico, Sept. 4. —
The most severe storm that the cap
tain of that vessel ever experienced
struck an American vessel about 300
miles out of New’ York on the last
trip to the West Indies. Although lit
tle damage was done, everybody was
pretty badly sfhaken up. Because the
captain received no warning from the
weather bureau he thinks that the
storm must have originated about
where it struck his vessel.
The gale hit the steamer about 4 p. ,
m. Thursday, and before 9 that night
it had reached a velocity of about 130
miles an hour. The captain was par
tially prepared for what was coming
by the astounding fall in the baro
meter. which went as low as 28.7, but
in Bpite of every effort made by the
crew to make things tight, the sea got
into some of the staterooms and every
thing was drenched. Some of the port
holes in the bow were stove in and
all the awnings were carried away.
The wireless aerial wfas swept away
early in the storm and the stays of
the masts were broken so that it was
feared that these would be taken
away too.
The vessel was forced to head right
into the teeth of the gale, and such
was the force of the wind that the
steamer covered only 75 miles in 24
hours during the gale. The storm
abated about 7 a. m., and the steamer
entered San Juan harbor in safety.
Though there was no one injured,
the passengers were so grateful to
the captain that they prepared testi
monials expressing “deep apprecia
tion and gratitude for his able sea
manship and management of the ship
during the dangerous tempest.”
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(By Associated Presst
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 4. — In re
sponse to the old demand throughout
Germany for a new mode of women's
clothing that shall be entirely German
and absolutely independent of Paris,
the Munich Wieland has brought o»t,
after long preparation, a special sup
present of entirely “German Fash
ions," containing a series of colored
designs "absolutely German in inspir
ation and elaboration."
The supplement has attracted wide
attention in the German newspapers,
but almost without exception the criti
cism is adverse. The Berlin Tageblatt
says: "The illustrations might well
be taken for caricatures. The body
front the waist upwards appears far
too short and bumpy; the lower part
is padded to appear as an enormity.
Bulging pockets; hats too small or
too large, fulling over one ear. wide
outstanding collars and other absurdi
ties complete a figure from which any
rational man would turn with uoath
ing.”
The Tageszeitung and other papers
declare that If this is a fair specimen
of German genius for designing la
dies' fashions German women had far
better depend hh in the past on Paris.
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JUST ARRIVED. New Type Ever
ready Flashlight. Will not light by
contact on metal, no danger the bat
tery burning out when not in use.
Northwestern Hardware Go.