A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
MONDAY
Washington—The first fatal
accident to an American naval
flyer on the French front is
reported in messages received
A from Europe today. The name
of the unfortunate is George
Manley, a machinists mate,
who fell to his death as the
yresult of an accident to the
W machine in which he was mak
ing a flight. He enlisted in
New Jersey.
Paris—The Germans have
made repeated attempts since
Saturday to recaptur lost posi
tions near Verdun but they
-Aiave been unable to disturb
the French lines, which are
now strongly established. The
powerful counters launched by
the enemy has enabled the do
fending forces to capture ad
ditional prisoners, the war of
fice having announced this
afternoon that eleven hundred
< Germans were captured yester
day.
Washington—It is consider
ed certain that the Pope's
peace proposal will be reject
ed by the United States for
the reason that no mention is
made of the overthrow of Ger
man autocracy.
Washington— Naval design
ers are preparing the plans
for a standardized destroyer
to facilitate the quantity of
I production of vessels regarded
as the most effective weapon
for use against tin* submarine.
The parts of the engines will
be assembled from various
factories at central plants and
forwarded from there to the
shipyards where the hulls are
built. Commencing with the
*new year, the deliveries will
be rapid.
London—The war office an
nounces the capture of addi
tional ground on the extreme
western front, several import
ant advances having been made
during the past 24 hours. It
is also reported that the Ital
ians have advanced their po
sitions at a number of points,
the big drive in that quarter
having assumed decisive as
-jv‘cts. The 1 iritish gain on the
Somme front since Saturday is
half a mile, with the capture
of many prisoners.
Paris—More than eighty-five
hundred Germans have been
taken captive by the French
the commencement of the
^-offensive operations on August
21. The French forces also
captured two hundred machine
guns and twenty-four cannon.
Washington— The Federal
Trade* commission has filed in
formal complaints against 2-r>
book paper manufacturers a*
the result of a further ad
vance in the price of their pro
duct. The head of the paper
men's bureau of statistics is
also included in the complaint.
Washington—The house wavs
and means committee has be
SCiin the consideration of the
largest single financial bill in
the history of the country.
It is the war bond and certifi
cate proposal drafted by Sec
retary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo, carrying eleven and one
half billions.
Washington—In resnonse to
*the appeal of San Francisco
for a reversal of the decision
to abandon the Palo A Mo armv
cantonment plans, officials of
the war department declare
that it has been fully decided
to establish the cantonment
in North Carolina.
Petrograd—Tin* Russian gov
^ernment has decided to isrnore
the Pope’s peace proposal be
cause of the fact that Russia
was not considered in tin*
5 'terms outlined.
Chicago—Herbert C. Hoover
has demanded of the packers
a largely increased production
without advance in prices.
El Paso—The Mexican con
Isul claims to have received ad
vices to the effect that Villa
was wounded several days ago
during a battle with Carran
zistas.
Amsterdam—It is reported
from tlx* headquarters of the
American troops that the Aus
trians have retired at several
points on the Italian front.
Washington—President M il
son has sent a message to Rus
sia, pledging that country all
possible assistance,
Houston— Major General
Itell, commanding the Thirty
third division, declared today
that if it should he proven by
court martial that the colored
soldiers participating in the
disturbances of Thursday, had
mutinied, they will be given
the extreme penalty.
Tl'ESDAY
Peking— Several generals,
with commands aggregating
fifty thousand men, have of
fered their seriees to the gov
ernment in case it is decided
to send an army against the
Germans.
Chicago— The payroll of
the Winslow Bros, iron works,
amounting to ^8,000, was stol
en by auto bandits late yester
afternoon and the two men
who were carrying the money
from the bank to the plant,
were killed during their at
tempt to prevent the robbery.
The robbery occurred in front
of the iron works. The ban
dits made their escape in an
auto.
Washington—Senator LaFol
| lette has introduced eight
|amendments to the war tax
jbill, providing for levies on
I war profits, ranging from 48
| to 7<> per cent.
Home—An official statement
issued by the war office this
afternoon tells of desperate
fighting in the vicinity of the
llainsizha plateau, north of
Gorsia. The Austrian resist
ance in that quarter is report
to have been practically over
come* and important gains have
been made at various points.
Columbus Tex.—Tlu* Twenty
fourth regiment, responsible
for the recent disturbance at
Houston, has arrived here, and
the men charged with implica
tion in the rioting have been
confined in quarters especially
prepared for them.
| Seatth—The steamship Jef
ferson, which sailed for Shag
way on Saturday, was serious
ly damaged yesterday as the
result of a collision with the
Princess May, enrome from
Alaska to Vancouver. The ac
cident occurred between Jane
land (’one islands, to the north
!of Milbank sound, both of the
ivessels being enveloped in a
'dense fog at the time. The
! disabled boat was convoyed to
Swansons bay by the Canadian
j steamer, where* tin* passengers
|will await the arrival of a re
lief boat. There are eighteen
passengers on tin* Jefferson,
(several of whom are bound for
jXeuana and other Interior Al
aska points.. One man was
j injured as tin* result of the col
[lision, hut all others on hoard
j art* reported safe. The Inter
ior-bound passengers on the
idisabled craft are:
jW. R. Taylor; for Nenana —
| Airs. R. G. Sonthworth and
|daughter Margaret; for Hot
I Springs—Mrs. E. T>. Ilowe; for
1 Rubv—Lida Ereney, Edith La
: belle.
San Francisco—Alaska will
send (>90 men to the training
camp at American lake.
Petrograd— The commence
ment of German offensive op
| orations in the region east of
Czernowitz was the signal for
a general retirement of the
Russian troops in that part
of Rukowina, according to of
ficial advices received in this
city today. The Slavs left
their positions without wait
ing for the Germans to attack
jthem.
Moscow—In an address de
livered before the national as
sembly in this city yesterday,
Korniloff dec la ml that the con
dition of the Russian railroads
is such that it will be impos
sible for the army to receive
any supplies after the first of
November. Lie quoted a tel
egram from the commander-in
chief of the southwestern front
in which it was stated that
the shortage of bread and bis
cuit at the present time ap
proached dangerously near the
famine stage and accounted, in
large measure for the failure
of the Itussiau troops in that
quarter to get results.
The production of war ma
terials, it was pointed out,
has decreased 00 per cent for
munitions and shells, and 80
per cent for airplanes, as com
pared with the output during
tin* period from last October
to tlie first of the present
year.
Petrograd—The entire mili
tia. which has been engaged in
policing this city, has resigned
in an effort to compel the gov
ernment to grant an increase
in pay.
Seattle, Wn.—The steamship
Ketchikan, which sailed for St.
Michael on Sunday, has a car
go of 300 tons of rails and
four flat cars for the Alaskan
Engineering commission at Xe
nana. The transport Crook,
sailing last night, has 50 tons
of rails for the Anchorage di
vision.
Seattle—Yee Ming, head gun
man for the Hop Sing tong,
was shot and killed Sunday
night by two gunmen of a
rival tong, both of whom made
their escape. The murdered
man was wanted by the local
police on several shooting
charges.
Middleslmro, Ky. Men con
cealed on the mountain sides,
overlooking the coal mines
which were recently closed on
account of a strike among the
operatives, frustrated an at
tempt today to resume opera
tions with strikebreakers.
The ambushed strikers open
ed fire on the imported miners
using high power guns and
smokeless powder., After try
ing for an hour to get the men
into the mines, the attempt
was abandoned.,
Moscow—The- extraordinary
council of state, which prom
ises important results in the
life of the Russian nation, op
ened in this city on Sunday.
One of the first speakers was
Kerensky, who declared in no
: uncertain terms, that the arm
led forces against the govern
ment would 1m* crushed with
an iron hand. Drastic meas
ures, lit* declared, were neces
sary to preserve the nation.
Merlin—The war office* an
nounces that the French forces
were repulsed yesterday in tin*
Verdun sector in a hand-to
jliand encounter. The engage
ment occurred on the east
| hank of the Meuse*.
Washington—The Russian
provisional government has de
cided to abandon Petrograd as
the capital of that country, ac
cording to r ports received in
this city during the* past two
days.
Merlin—It is admitted hr
the war office todav that the
German forces in the Verdun
sector have been forced to
abandon a number of import
ant positions, notable the vil
lage of Pouonmont and the
wood nearby. Desperate en
counters have marked the re
tirement of the Germans, who
are making tin* French pay
dearly for all the ground tak
en.
An American Port—The
Greek steamship Neaellas. en
route from Maltimore to Italy
with a cargo of 3.500 tons of
grain, is reported to have been
sunk by a submarine in the
Mediterranean. The vessel
was destroyed by the guns of
the diver, after the members
of the crew had been permit
ted to escape in the small boats
in which they made their way
to a place of safety. They
were afterwards picked np and
landed at Saloniki.
WEDNESDAY
Washington— Secretary of
War Maker has announced that
eleven more regiments of en
gineers will he sent to France
to build railroads from the
American base to the trenches.
The new regiments will he
made up of volunteers and the
drafted troops. There are al
ready nine regiments of Amer
ican engineers working in tiie
war zone.
Washington- The member
ship of the American lied Cross
society has passed the three
and a half million mark.
Washington, D. C.—Repre
sentative Lengeeu, of Minne
sota, has introduced a resolu
tion asking for the repeal of
the draft law on the grounds
that it is undemocratic.
Ilerne—The rulers of Austria
and Italy faced each other
on the Austro-Italian front
yesterday.
London—Earl Grey, former
governor-general of Canada,
(lied in this city today.
Chicago—In an address de
livered in this city last night,
William Jennings I try an de
clared that there must he hut
one end to the war and that
must he the overthrow of Germ
any.
Missoula, Mont.—Thousands
of farmers in the Clearwater
country have been forced to flee
for their lives by the forest
I fires which are spread ing*rapid
' ly in every direction. The loss
[of homes, crops and live stock
will reach a huge sum.
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| Seattle—Advices received in
ithis city this morning indicate
that the damage sustained by
| the steamship Jefferson as the
| result of colliding with the
Princess May, was only trivial.
Repairs are reported to have
j been made ami the vessel is
jto proceed to Skagway without
further delay.
Washington—A petition ask
ling President Wilson to re
j move all colored troops from
Texas has been formally pre
sented to the executive. The
request has the hacking of the
entire Texas delegation.
An American Port—Passen
gers arriving here on a French
j liner report tliafr their vessel
[was attacked one day out from
j France by a German submarine
and that the liner was saved
through the use of a new smoke
[producing apparatus w hich ren
idered the boat invisible to the
diver crew. This is said to
be one of the first actual tests
iof the apparatus.
I’uenos Aires—The Argen
tine republic has been ad\iscd
by the Imperial German gov
ernment that full pavne. nt will
be made for the steamship To
ro, which was sunk by one of
'the kaiser’s divers.
Skagwav—Engineer McKen
zie and bis son Pert were kill
;ed late yesterday by a rock
|siide which wrecked the engine
, in which they were riding., at
| a point fifteen miles from here.
(McKenzie's engine and three
freight cars, which wore at the
rear end of a mixed train, were
caught by the slide and badlv
wrecked. Had tin* slide oc
curred a second sooner it is
almost certain that i number
of passengers would nave lost
their lives.
London—The P.ritish lines
.were advanced last night over
!a front two thousand yards
long, on the St. Julien road.
The Germans countered bv at
tacking the Pritish positions
on the Ypres-Menin road, but
were repulsed, with the loss of
a considerable number of men.
Washington—Ten women dis
turbers were taken into cus
tody yesterday by the police for
making demonstrations before
the White House. They were
• fined $25 each.
AVGSil.ll IJ.
Washington—The navy de
partment lias authorized the
statement that American mer
chant ships operating between
American and European ports,
are being convoyed by Ameri
can naval vessels. The depart
ment has maintained silence
on this point heretofore. It
also has been announced that
the Germans have b<H*n fooling
appear that the submarine had
been hit.
Seattle—Supt. Baxter, of the
Alaska Steamship company, is
touring Vancouver island and
other coal districts for the pur
pose of determining with cer
tainty the amount of coal
available for tilling the flood
of orders in sight.
Baltimore—Seven were kill
ed near this city this afternoon
when a train collided with a
wagon loa't1 of corn buskers.
Rome—Official advices re
ceived from the Gorixia front
today tell of additional gains
by the Italians in that sector,
with the capture of a thous
and prisoners since yesterday.
Washington—Alaska's gold
production for the year 1010
was fit},125,(100, according to
figures made public today.
California heads the list of
gold-producing states, with
Colorado second and Alaska
third.
London—The American sail
ing ship Laura C. Anderson.
000 tons, was sunk by a sub
marine yesterday, according to
a statement issued by the ad
Smiralty. The members of the
[crew were landed at Ports
mouth. *
London—Lain and fog have
combined to interfere seriously
) with military operations on the
West Flanders front,
j The number of artillerymen
(employed in the recent opera
tions in the Verdun sector was
I greater than the jnumhor of in
jfantrymen in the battle line.
The French artillery is now en
|gaged in an atttempt to force
I the German gunners to aban
don their positions. Gas
bombs are being employed
I largely in the present attack.
Washington—The shipyard
workers of the Pacific coast
will not go out on a general
strike, according to a state
ment made today by A. .T.
I’erres, secretay-treasurer of
|the metal trades department of
(the American Federation of
: labor.
Rome—The entire group of
!ustro-Hungarian mil i t a r
j Austro-Hungarian m i 1 i t a r v
| works, defending the Tolminn
(front, is in danger of collapse*
as the result of the Italian suc
cesses in tin* I’ainaz/.a plateau
i sector.
—
Helsingfors—Russian troops
have been stationed in the par
liament building to prevent
disorders among the members
of the Finnish diet, resulting
from the decision of the Rus
sian government refusing to
recognize the independence of
Finland.
Fargo—Mavor Stern is an
thoritv for the statement that
the peoples’ council has called
off the convention which was
to have been held in this city
on Saturday.
London—Twenty-three Prit
ish vessels were sunk bv Ger
man submarines during the
week ending on Wednesday,
this being an increase of five
over the previous week.
London—The Russian Pro
vincial government has decided
on the partial restoration of
the death penalty as a means
of re-establishing discipline in
the ranks of the army. The
report, which comes from Mos
cow, quotes Kerensky as say
ing, “This hurts us to the very
soul, but for the salvation of
the country we will kill with
all our soul.”
I'll! I »A Y
Homo—There was no effort
to eourenl tlie disappointment
felt by Hope Henetliet over the
rejection of the Vatican's
peace proposal by President
Wilson. The pope feels that
the answer leaves lit i'e room
for further peace efforts while
the present status of the war
exists. It had been hoped
that that the American reply
would he more favorable
than any of those of the Allies
in Kttrope.
London—The war office an
nounces that the number of
Hritish casualties during the
month of August totaledoff.Sl 1.
Of these, it |s estimated that
11. Otto were killed or died of
wounds and the balance either
"ere wounded slightly or taken
by tin* Germans.
Wash i n t;t«m—Secret a ry «>f
the Navy Daniels announces
that he is investigating the fa
cilities of the Hu.net Sound
navy yard with the intention
<d start illy; work immediately
on some of the new destroyers
if conditions are found satis
factory.
—
Hudson. Wis. With cries of
j“get the rope", tin* citizens of
This city ran Secretary Lochner
jaml several other officers of
I the Heoples' Heaee council, out
of town last night. The ttn
!popular peace advocates had
Iconic here h, arrange for a
! convent ion.
Washington-— < 'nntidential
I messages received by the state
j department indicate that the
German liberals are growing
'bolder steadily in their de
! mauds, and that the women of
I Germany are I iNjrining to cry
our against the continuation
of the war.
Washington—It has been an
nounced that the government
will not build any more wood
en vessels, investigation having
convinced tin* federal ship
j builders that steel vessels are
j superior in every way.
j A\ ashington—Tlu* members
jnl' iIk* senate have reached an
iagreement on tlu* war fax vote,
i if having been definately de
jcideil today to act on the bill
on September 10. The clot
ure petition which was filed
yesterday, was withdrawn ihi*
morning;.
Minneapolis—The members
| of the committee of the Peoples
| peace council, who were eject
ed from Hudson, Wis., where
jit had been planned h» hold a
| convent ion, have arrived in
jin this city and it is believed
■that an atempt will be made to
j hold a convention here.
—
Paris—An order has appear
ed on the bulletin board at
American lied <Toss hospital
jXo. 1, forbidding ambulance
drivers from interfering with
[Paris chauffeurs. It appeal's
j that six of the ambulance driv
jers recently pulled a chauffeur
[from his taxicab and drove the
; machine home themselves, be
j cause of tin* attempt of the
; Frenchman to overcharge them
Washington—A general low
ing of bread prices throughout
the country, it is believed, will
follow the establishment of a
standard price for wheat. The
members of the federal juice
j fixing committee hope soon to
Hind a way- to reach the small
.dealers, and when that is ac
jcomplished the price of four
dunce loaves of bread probably
[will be lowered to five cents.
Wash i ngtou—Pu bUshers pre
dict that the action of the pres
ident iu fixing the price of the
paper on which the official bul
letins are printed, paves the
way for general reduction iu
the price of common print pa
per used by newspapers.
The price fixed bv the presi
dent for the bulletin paper is
■half a cent a pound and the
price paid by Interior Alaska
papers for practically the same
grade of paper is in excess of
seven cents.