A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
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MONDAY
Washington—The White House
police took into custody eleven suf
fragette pickets late Saturady after,
noon, one of them being Alice Paul,
one of the ladies of the militants.
^ Lima, Peru—The German minister
will be handed his passports today
or tomorrow, as the result of the
action taken late Saturday night by
congress, which has decided to sever
diplomatic relations with Germany.
Washington—The senate adjourn
* ed without confirming the nomina
tions Brenneman and Jordan as
United States Marshal of Alaska.
Brenneman is marshal of the Third
division and Jordan of the Second.
New York—William Jennings
Bryan and William Howard Taft
are scheduled to make many ad
dresses throughout the East in the
interests of the Liberty Loan. They
began their campaign in this' city
today. Several members of the cabi
net also will take the stump for
the purpose of making a direct ap
peal to the people to buy Liberty
Bonds.
Washington—President Wilson has
attached his signature to all the war
measures passed by congress, the
last bill signed being the soldiers’
and sailors’ insurance act.
Washington—One of the last acts
of the senate before adjournment
Saturday afternoon was the confir
mation of Pershing and Bliss as
generals of the full grade.
Washington—Secretary of the
Navy Daniels is authority for the
statement that conracta for a great
number of destroyers are being rati
fied today and that actual construc
tion will begin on the vessels before
the end of the present week.
London—Dispatches from Mel
bourne announce the capture, off
the Fiji islands, of a large whale
boat, manned by members of the
crew of the German raider Sea Adler
The boat was equipped with two
guns, one of them being a machine
gun. The captives admitted having
V been dispatched from the raider.
Petrograd—The general railroad
strike which threatens to tie up the
traffic of Russia, except the move
ments of military trains, became
effective today, followed by a gen
eral suspension of traffic in various
parts of the country. The Minister
V of munitions has issued a warning
to the strikers that they are expos
ing themselves to punishment on
treason charges and he also has
taken the precaution to warn tele
graph operators to refuse to trans
mit the strike order, which has
not yet reached the more remote
districts.
Stockholm—Vessels arriving here
report having sighted a strong Ger
man naval force off the island of
Bornholm. This is regarded here
as indicating that the Germans are
planning an attack on the Russians
at Helsingfors.
Amsterdam—It is reported here
that George Gothien, progressive
member of the reichstag, had inform
ed his party committeemen that al
though the military situation in
Germany is satisfactory, there ap
pears to be no hope of smashing
the enemies of Germany on land.
And while splendid work has been
* done by the U boats, these craft
having destroyed seven million tons
of shipping since the commencement
of the ruthless warfare, England
has as yet shown no signs of weaken
ing. There is, he declared, no dis
positioin on the part of the Allies to
ward peace.
Petrograd—The Finish senate has
A. prepared plans for an independent
government, with a president elected
by the people by direct vote, for a
term of five years. It is expected
that the Russian troops now station
ed in Finland will be withdrawn
after the war.
London—General Haig renorts
that 380 additional prisoners have
been taken by the British forces in
Flanders during the past 24 hours.
The biggest batteries were active all
f day yesterday along the entire front, j
but there was a lull in the fighting;
during the night, both sides having
taken a breathing spell. The contin
uous artillery fire maintained by the
British during the past two days has
prevented the Germans from engag
ing in counter attacks and many of j
the mord advanced positions were (
evaeutated by the Germans.
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Washington—A review of the j
work done by congress during the |
session which ended Saturday after
noon, shows that the enormous sum [
of twenty billions was appropriated, |
the most of which is for war pur- j
poses. Seven billions was loaned to I
the Allies. Congress will meet again
on December 3 to resume the work
made necessary by the war.
Pittsburg, Pa.—The Pennsyvania j
Limited, with members of the |
National Baseball commission on :
board, collided with a freight train j
early this morning. The express es- |
caped damage, but the tracks were j
piled high with the wreckage of
the freight train, and four of the
freighter's crew were injured.
There will be a meeting of the
school board tonight at the office of
the United States commissioner,
commencing at 7:30.
L o n d o n—Unconfirmed reports
which have reached this city state
that inasmuch as external pressure
has failed to force the kaiser to
state the war aims of Germany, in
ternal pressure is being brought to
bear on the government now in an
effort to wring a statement from
the government.
Amsterdam—According to expres
sions of opinion appearing in a i
number of German newspapers, a
crisis in the reichstag is expected
today during the debate of the war j
situation.
SEATTLE SPEAKERS
TALK FOR LIBERTY
Seattle—Second avenue, from
Pine to Yestler, was the scene of j
an active campaign this morning j
in the interest of the Liberty Loan. I
Speakers'held forth at every corner,,
urging passersby to subscribe to!
the loan for the purpose of helping i
win the war. Many purchases of
bonds have resulted already from the i
direct appeal.
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New York—The second game of'
the World series, played in this city I
yesterday afternoon, was won easily
by Chicago, the score being, Chicago |
7, New York 2. Faber and Chalk;
were the battery for the Sox and
Anderson and M’Carty handled the
ball for the Giants. The Sox made
14 hits and played an errorless j
game, while the Giants made eight
hits and one error.
TUESDAY
Washington—The department of
agriculture is authority for the state
ment that American corn crop this;
year will be the largest in the history
of the nation, despite the estimated
loss of thirty-seven million bushels
during the month of September
The crop will total 3,210,795,000.
Spring wheat will exceed last year’s
crop by a considerable margin.
Washington—Secretary Daniels
has announced that the new de- j
stroyers, which will cost the govern
ment three hundred fifty millions,
will be built at the following named:
Fore River, N. Y.; Newport News,
Phil.; San Francisco.
Washington—The state depart
ment has been advised that German
propogandists are active in Spain
trying to create anti- American
sentiment by reviving stories of the
Spanish-American war.
Washington—The special commit
tee appointed to investigate Senator j
LaFollette, started work today.
Houstan—A force of 200 Car-1
ranza soldiers, enroute from Jaurez
to reinforce the Carranza garrison j
at Ojinaga, were surprised by a j
band of 300 Villistas and compltely
wiped out.
Amsterdam—The Deutches Tages
Zeitung, a Berlin newspaper de
clares that it has learned on good j
authority that Germany and Austria j
have agreed to make another peace
offer, on the basis of no territorial ,
aggrandizement, no idemnities, the i
surrender of Belgium and Northern
France and money payments for
positive territorial acquisitions.
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New York—The third game of;
the World series, which was to have |
played in this city this afternoon,
was postponed on account of rain.
When the announcement was made,
there were 15,000 people waiting
to get into the grounds. Many of
them had been standing in line all
night to get a place on the bleachers.
The betting favors Chicago. The
next two games are to be played
here, the fifth at Chicago on Friday
and the sixth game here on Monday,
should a game be necessary to
decide the championship.
Washington—Dispatches received
by the navy department from Vice
Admiral Sims state that an Ameri
can patrol boat, on duty in Euro
pean waters, fired on an Italian
submarine by mistake, killing an
officer and one of the sailors. The
incident occured at night and was
the result of the failure of the
Italians to answer the signals of the
patrol boat. Immediately upon
receipt of the message, Secretary
Daniels cabled the Italian minister,
explaining the attack and expressing
regret that two Italians were killed.
Amsterda m—George Gothien,
leader of the German Progressives,
is reported to have made a strong
appeal to the reichstag to hasten
peace. He is quoted as saying that
no one could tell when England
would be more inclined toward peace
than at the present time. He said
further that America could not be
forced to make peace or to pay war
idemnities, and he asked his collea
gues if Germany should continue
to sacrifice another half million men
in an effort to get an idemnity of
ten million marks out of England.
Seattle—The federal wage adjust
ment board arrived this morning
and is now engaged in an attempt
to bring about a settlement of the
strike which has tied up the steel
shipbuilding plants on Puget Sound.
Washington—The American Red
Cross society has cabled the sum of
$50,000 to China to provide relief
for the flood sufferers of that
country. An additional sum of $150,
000 will be sent as soon as further
advices are received. Reports already
received indicate that the situation
is the worst in the history of Chinese
inundation.
London—General Haig reports
this morning that the Germans are
countering heavily in the Ypres
sector in an effort to regain the
advanced positions they have lost
in that part of Flanders. The British,
however, are holding fast to all the
ground they have taken and are
beating off the attacks without seri
ous difficulty.
Washington—The sum of fifteen
million dollars was advanced to the
British government yesterday.
London—A new German battle
:ruiser which was making a trial
run off Heligoland this week, is
reported to have been seriously
damaged as the result of running
afoul of a mine. Three officers and
twenty sailers were drowned when
:he explosion occurred. The vessel
,vas saved with difficulty.
Rome—Pursuing his peace efforts.
Pope Benedict has addressed an ap
peal to the warring nations to elim
inate air raids on unfortified towns,
in which non-combatants suffer.
Copenhage n—The submarine j
danger having decreased, insurance
rates on Norwegian cargoes crossing
:he North sea have been reduced
from eight to seven per cent.
London—There is an epidemic of
marriages on the mainland between ;
American soldiers and French girls, i
Rome—A squadron of Italian
planes crossed the Adriatic this
morning, a distance of 180 miles,
and raided the Austrian naval base
in the opposite side, dropping tons
if explosives among the destroyers
and submarines anchored in the
harbor. Several of the vessels were
ait. The planes were subjected to
a furious fire from the Austrian
batteries, but all returned in safety.
Philadelphia—The Discovery of
enough dynamite in a corner of the j
:ity hall to blow the entire building
to pieces, indicates to the authori
ties that an effort was to have beer,
made to distroy the edifice.
Washington—The fact that the
members of both houses of congress
ire now enjoying a vacation does
aot mean that President Wilson
also will take a holiday. He an
nounces that all of his time until
Christmas will be occupied with
svar problems.
WEDNESDAY
Petrograd—The., new ..coalition
government has assumed control in
Russia, replacing the council of five
which was organized several months
ago. The new regime announces
that an active foreign policy will
be carried out, for the purpose of
making peace in agreement with the
Allies as soon as possible. In the
meanwhile the government will take
steps to bring the army to th; high
est fighting power and to restore
economic and social traiquility
throughout the country.
Washington—Practically all staple
foods will be placed under govern
ment food control on November
first, for the double purpose of pre
venting unreasonable profits and
waste.
New York—The third game of
the World series, played in this
city this afternoon, was won by the
Giants, the score being two to noth
ing. It was the most exciting game
seen thus far and the showing made
by the New Yorkers has boosted
their stock materially, and insures
a record crowd tomorrow at the Polo
grounds. The batteries were Benton,
Raridon, Cicotti and Schalk. Benton
pitched superior ball throughout the
game, displaying real World series
form. Cicotte, on the other hand,
weakened in the fourth, being found
for hits that were readily turned
into runs. New York made eight
hits and two errors and Chicago
made five hits and three errors.
Washington—The government has
made additional loans to England
France, of forty millions each, bring
ing the total, advanced to the Allied
nations, to $2,613,400,000.
Amsterdam—A revolutionary plot
in the Germany navy, similar to
that which recently threatened the
Russian Baltic fleet, was disclosed
today by Minister of Marine von
Capelle, in a speech before the
reichstag. He said that order had
been restored with difficulty.
Seattle—Secretary of the Trea
sure M’Adoo, who is touring the
the country in the interest of the
second Liberty loan, addressed a
big crowd in this city last night,
urging the public to assist their
country by subscribing to the loan.
His address was proceded by a mili
tary parade.
London—Advices received in this i
city indicate that German steam
railways are seriously handicapped
by a shortage of fuel. The railways
propose to levy a heavy excess fare ,
for the purpose of discouraging
all but unavoidable business journ
eys.
London—The joint drive launched
by the French and British forces
on Tuesday resulted in the capture
of more than a thousand Germans,
and all the objectives of the Allies j
were gained. The ultimate aim of
the Allies is to force the enemy back
sufficiently to necessitate the evacu
ation of Ostend and Zeebruggee.
the German submarine bases on j
the Belgian coast. General Haig
reports that he is highly pleased
with the results obtained thus far.
Washington—The reported new
peace maneuver in German circles
is regarded here just about as i
seriously the previous peace i
overtures, which have received the
consideration of the American gov
ernment. It is looked upon by offi
cials as a feeler, designed to dis
courage American war preparations.
At headqaurters of the state depart
ment, it was stated today that the
peace pronouncement of President
Wilson still stands. There can be
no negotiations with the Teutons
while Hohenzollern autocracy exists.
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Petrograd—The provisional gov- ,
ernment apparently has won a com- •
plete victory over the preliminai. j
parliament, which began it delibera
tions this week. One of the leaders ;
of the body, which is the outgrowth j
of the democratic congress, has in- i;
formed Kerensky that the members j,
have withdrawn their demand that \
the government be responsible to
the parliament for all its actions. ■
Instead of taking supreme command, ,
the members will follow the plan of
the government, which means that
the parliament will act merely in an '
advisory legislative capacity.
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Paris—The Germans made an un
successful attempt during the night •
to drive the French from their ad
vanced positions on the Aisne river ■
heights. j)
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Seattle—Secretary of the Inter
ior Franklin K. Lane has arrived in
this city on his way to Alaska to
confer with the members of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
who are awaiting his arrival at
Anchorage. The purpose of the
secretary’s visit to Alaska at this
time is to speed up the work on the
government railroad, so coal can be
made available for the navy at the
earliest possible moment.
London—Reports received from
the mainland this morning indicate
that the extremely bad weather pre
vailing’ in Flanders is hindering op
erations on that front. The Allies
have maintained their new positions
captured on Tuesday, with the ex
ception of some low ground along
the British front, where their hold
has slipped. At that point the ad
vanced troops have been drawn in
a little.
Amsterdam— Elaborate prepar
ations are being made to receive the
kaiser at Sofia, on the occasion of
his first visit to the Bulgarian city.
Rome—After long deliberation,
the Italian government has decided
not to grant extradition papers in
case of Alfred Conehi, who is want
ed in New York for the murder of
Ruth Cruger.
Washington—It is announced in
official circles that the sale of
Liberty loan bonds in certain fin
ancial districts is falling below the
daily average necessary to reach
the three billion mark within the
limit of time allowed for the sale.
Officials are urging the federal re
serve banks throughout the country
to speed up the campaign.
Paris—The French forces which
assumed the offensive yesterday,
made further advances this morning,
capturing Papegoet wood and a num
ber of prisoners.
W. J. Taylor, the jewler, has
purchased the Hanover home on
upper First street.
Seattle—Brig.-Gen H. M. Chitten
den, retired, former member of the
port commission died in this city
yesterday morning.
Hoboken, X. Y.—Two masked men
drove up to the loading station of
the Adams Express company this
morning, in a stylish automobile,
held up the two clerks who were in
charge, and made off with bullion
bags containing S6,000. One of
the clerks attempted to resist the
bandits and received a bullet in the
back for his pains. Each of the
holdup men was armed with a rifle.
Hie police appeared on the scene
iust as the bandits were leaving in
sheir auto and a running fight fol
owed. The bandits escaped, how
;ver, although it is believed that one
>f them was wounded.
Two hundred men were at work
)n the station building when the
loldup occurred. i
New York—The fourth game of
;he World series, played in this city
shis afternoon, was won by the ;
Giants, the score being, New York,
>, Chicago, 0. The Giants made
10 hits, the Sox 7. No errors were
nade by either nine. The feature
>f the game was the hitting of
■iauff, who landed on the ball for
wo home runs. The next game
vill be played at Chicago. Each
:eam now has two games to its
:redit.
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San Francisco—Capt. Wm. Mat
son, president of the Matson Navi
gation company, died in this city
oday.
Washington—As a concluding fea
,ure of the elaborate advertising1
rampaign, planned in connection j
vith the sale of Liberty bonds, the 1
jovernment will drop bombs con-1
saining Liberty Loan literature, on
nany cities throughout the country, j
^orty-five aeronauts and eight bal-1
oonists have offered their services
so Uncle Sam for the occasion.
Carl White has taken his mail
aunch off the Tolovana run and
will operate a stage during the wint-1
:r between Olnes and Brooks. i
London—Dispatches received in .
shis city today state- that Norwegian I
shipping was not molest1. 1 during j
she past week by German submar- >
nes. The period is the first since |
she commencement of the ruthless i
J-boat warfare that the list of tor-1
>edoed vessels did not include one ■
pr. .more Norwegian, ships.
FRIDAY
Verdun—President Machado, of
Portugal lunched in this city today
with President Poincare. The city
! was later decorated with the order
! of the Tower and Sword.
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Petrograd—The government to
. day is making plans for participa
tion in the forthcoming conference
[ of the Allied nations. A statement
I issued this morning says that wnile
discussing questions pertaining to
the war, the representatives of the
Russian government will endeavor
I to reach an understanding with the
Allies on the basis of the principles
proclaimed by the revolutionary
government at its inception.
Buenos Ayres—German intrigue,
intended to cause conflict among the
the republics of Argentine, Brazil
i»nd Uruguay, has been disclosed in
statements made public today by
officials of the government. It is
expected, in consepuence of the dis
closures, that the government will
I prevent the big neutrality demon
stration which was scheduled for
tomorrow, and for which elaborate
preparations have been made.
New York—A plot to export a
quantity of tungsten in violation
of the espoinage law was balked
j by the federal authorities yesterday
! by the arrest of the ringleaders of
j the conspiracy, one of whom is
! stew'ard on a Scandinavian-Ameri
i can liner. Federal agents declare
, that the export of tungsten, persum
ably for Germany, has been going
| on for some time and the discovery
j of the plot and seizure of the ship
: mer.t equals in importance, the sink
j ing of ten submarines. Some of the
: metal, it is believed, came from the
: mines of Alaska.
Washington—In a communication
addressed to the sub-committee ap
pointed to investigate the uttter
ances of Senator LaFollette, the
discredited lawmaker declares that
he has been grossly misrepresented
by the newspapers of the country.
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Washington—The state depart
ment has issued a statement in
which it is shown that the German
government financed American pro
poganda organizations in the United
States as early as 1909 to combat
the newly developed movement for
the celebration of one hundred
years of peace between the United
States and Great Britain. The in
formation was given to the state
department by those in charge of
the proposed celebration, which was
abandoned because of the outbreak
of the war in Europe.
London—In a speech made at Xot
tinghanm, Geddes declared that Eng
land would very soon start raiding
German towns in retaliation for the
numerous air attacks in this country.
The bombardments would take place
without regard to the number of
civilians killed.
Aiken, S. C.—Paul Wirest, editor
ial writer connected with a local
paper, and Capt. Kattenseoff, of the
German steamer Libenfels, have
been convicted on the charge of
conspiracy in connection with the
sinking of the vessel, which was
scuttled in Charleston harbor just
before relations were broken be
tween the United States and Ger
many. Each of the conspirators was
sentenced to two years in prison
and fined the sum of $1,000.
Tokyo—It is generally believed in
official circles in this country that the
Allied governments will soon bring
pressure to bear to compel Japan
to enter the war against the Ger
mans. It is expected that the de
mand will be preceded by a demand
to bring the Japanese army and
navy up to full fighting strength
for participation in the Russian cam
paign. The fall of Riga is ascribed
as the direct cause of this attitude
on the part of the Allies, who realize
the helplessness of the Russians to
hold the Germans back. It is also
believed here that the refusal of the
United States to permit the exporta
tion of steel to Japan is part of the
program to convince this govern
ment of the necessity of entering
the conflict on the side of the Allies.
Fairbanks—Cam BasofT, of the
California saloon, was given a pre
liminary hearing yesterday on the
charge of failing to register. He
was bound over to the grand jury,
under bonds in the sum of $3,000,
which he furnished.