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Events of the Week in the States
New York. The city tax list
shows the assessed valuation of
city property to be eight billion
dollars. Hetty Green's estate
heads the list of personal proper
ty. The Grand Central Termi-J
nal is the most valuable buiiding. j
Omaha, President Wilson in a!
spirited address before the Com
mercial Club and a large con
course of business men declared
that the times had gone by when
the big, new things facing Ameri
ca could be done in the old way.
“America must serve the world/' j
he said, “and those who hesitated
to throw overboard the old tradi
tions and did not conform to the
new order of things in this pro
gressive age are going to get left
at the post for during the next
decade the world wiil depend en
tirely on America.
Washington. Advices from Jap
an state that the new cabinet will
soon announce their intentions.
China has 140,000 militia on the
border.
LONG BEACH ; President
Wilson, in a statement touching
upon the submarine activity on
the Atlantic coast has created
more general alarm among the
shipping interests of the nation
than any heretofore felt since the
commencement of the war.
PHILADELPHIA; No vessels flying j
foreign flags have cleared from this port I
since the reports of the German subma- i
rine activities off the New England ,
coast reached here Sunday. Seventeen
vessels, British, French, Italian and i
Japanese, are docked here. Shipping j
men estimate that cargoes valued at j
14,000,000 are tied up here. It is sup- j
posed that they are awaiting convoys
which are reported to be on their way.
WASHINGTON: The United States
declines to accept the contention from
the Allies that neutral nations can deny
the uae of their harbors to snbmarines
and war vessele.
LOS ANGELES: The supervisors of
the city have granted the District-Attor
ney $10,000 to prosecute Caplan, charged
with dynamite outrages. The trial will j
commence Monday.
WASHINGTON: Secretary Houston
has announced that the season for kill
ing moose and sheep will not be open
until October, 1918.
GARRY, Ind.: The United States
Steel corporation, better known as thc
U. S. Steel Trust, signify their inten
tion of expending twenty million dol
lars in enlarging their plant, making it
the largest in the world. Four new
furnaces will be built and 9,000 addi
tional men employed.
SEATTLE: Setgy Putman, head of
the Dry Squad, stated at midnight yes
terday that since May 1 35.000 gallons
of whisky have been confiscated by the
authorities. He also said it was safe to
say that they had not got one-quarter of
the shipments made, if we have got that
during the last six weeks, and it is a
conservative guess to assume that the
average cost of liquor to the consumer
is |2.50 per quart.
HELENA; Republican Vice-Presiden
tial candidate Fairbanks, in a speech on
the tariff said that the prosperity of the
country during the Wilson administra
tion was founded on bloodshed and
disaster.
GALVESTON: It is reported in high
est official circles that England has
cautioned all ships flying the British
flag to remain in port.
BOSTON; Boston won the
second game of the World Series,!
2 to 1, fourteen innings, here yes
terday. The batteries for the j
home team were Ruth., and Thom- i
as. and for Brooklyn, Smith and
Miller. Myers, of Brooklyn, made
a home run in the first inning.
40.000 spectators attended.
BROOKLYN: The third game
of the National World Series was j
won by Brooklyn today with a
score of 4 to 3.
MINNEAPOLIS: Senator Cummins,
(Rep.) on passing through Minneapolis
on his campaign tour sairl: “I wish 1
felt as sure of success as I do that
Hughes will be elected this fall.” Cum
mins, alter his speech, departed for
Devils Lake.
EL PASO: A strong force of Villaists
are moving north from Guerrere along
the Mexiean National railioad towards I
Madeira. Villa is in personal com
mand.
SEATTLE: Former policeman Ed- 1
ward J. Margott wss placed under ar
rest early this morning following a raid
on a bottling warehouse on First avenue
South by the Drv Squad. Two hundred
cases of whiskey, which were shipped to
Margott lrom San Francisco were seiz
ed. making a total of three hundred
cases taken from him since yesterday.
The bootlegger was ablaze with dia
monds and had $2,400 in his possession
at the tine of his arrest.
NEW YORK: Following an extended
conference between Ambassador Ger
rard and Count Von Bernstorrf, held
this afternoon at the Ritz-Careton hotel,
Von BernstorfI announced that there
would be no violation of the pledges;
made to the United States. Von Berg-I
storff’s statement is significant, because !
ft was believed that Gerrard had!
brought definite assuranc from Berlin !
and that Bernstorff had received official
information on U 53.
BAYONNE, N. J.: Six thousand em
ployees of the Standard Oil Company
have gone on strike. The police force
have been called out and armed posses
are now guarding the plant. Four
strikers were shot during the rioting
that ensued yesterday.
SEATTLE: A hundred cases of Jess
More Hunt whisky, consiged to S. i
Hircli, Juneau have been seized by tile
police. Two hundred cases of the same
brand were smuggled through the po
lice lines at the depot. A thorongh
search is being made throughout the
city.
SEATTLE, Oct. 11 : The fourth game
of the National World Series, played to
day at Brooklyn, was won by Boston.
Score: Eoston, 6; Brooklyn, 2.
SEATTLE: The Dry Squad claims
to have unearthed information to the
. effect that $80,000 monthly will be forth
coming from a combine formed for the
protection of the bootlegging fraternity.
SEATTLE: In the heaviest fog that
has been known tor years the steamer
Whitcom rammed the C. S. Holmes
in the bay today. The Holmes had just
returned from the Arctic.
WASHINGTON: The Secretary of
the Navy today issued far-reachiug or
ders relative to the secret base for sub
marines established by Germany on the
Atlantic coast and a wireless station
connected therewith. Admiral Mayo
has instructed all commanders of U. S.
destroyers to ferret out the rendez
vous,
NEW YORK: The liner Adriatic,
Queen of the Munition fleet, carrying
18,000 tons of ammunition, sailed for
England yesterday. She will be met
upon her arrival at the three-mile limit
and convoyed out to sea by British war
ships. Three hundred and fifty passen
gers were on board.
The search for the survivors and life
boats of the Kingston has been aban
doned.
Nenana Trading Co.
WiH Move to New Home
on “A” Street within the
next few days
General Merchandise
Ronald P. M'Gowan Wm. D. Papaoopuios
Xanana Sheet Metal Works
Steam and Hot Water Heating Plants
Sheet Metal Work and Plumbing
Stoves and Furnaces
Gilcher £ Schwendiman
“A” Street
When In Fairbanks
Drink BARTHEl'S Beer
The Best (V!ade
PETROGRAD: It is officially ad- |
mitted that Germany has begun an ot-|
lensive along the Spere river north of
the Pinsk marshes.
9 SALONIKA: Reports have beeii re
ceived here that Gen. Zumbrakat and
the allies are supporting Venizolas, the
new minister of war. The Provisional
government is rapidly shaping.
BROOKLYN, Oct. 12: Nearly forty
three thousand fans, the greatest crowd
ever in attendance at a baseball game,
saw the Sox down Brooklyn, with a
score of 4 to 1 in the filth game of the
National World Series. The gate re
ceipts were $83,873.
INDIANAPOLIS; President Wilson
received an enthusiastic ovation lrom a
monster crowd at the depot. He re
viewed the Highway Day Parade. Fifty
thousand people in ten thousand auto
mobiles passed in procession before the
executive.
Dormitory Opened
The new dormitory, which is one of
the four large buildings constructed by
the Alaska Engineering Commission,
was completed during the week and is
now in use, nearly all the regular em
ployees of the Commission having mov
ed into it Friday. The dormitory is a
two-story structure, with sleeping ac
accommodations for thirty-six men. The
majority of the rooms have two beds in
them and the charge for their use is very
moderate, including heat, light and
janitor service. The building is thor
oughly modern in every respect.
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in centrally located building
for rent. Suitable for offices
or living quarters. Inquire
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