A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
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TUESDAY
RUSSIANS EVAUUATK
THE RIGA DISTRICT
l’etrograd—The evacuation of
Riga hv the Russians is au
^ nounoeil in oflirial ailvives re
ceived at headquarters today.
There is a general retirement
from the entire district, in the
interior and along the coast
in a northeasterly direction.
They have been dislodged from
their positions by the Germans
^ in the Great Jaegel river re
gion and compelled to leave
the coast country, where hos
tile vessels are shelling numer
ous towns near Riga and to
the north of that city.
Riga was evacuated by the
civilian population and foreign
consuls three weeks ago but
the fact did not become gener
ally known until it was seen
that the city was doomed to
fall into the hands of the Ger
mans.
NEGROES S< 'ATTERED
Washington—It has been an
uounced by officials of the war
department that there will be
one colored regiment statioWd
at each cantonment, of the
r national army.
EMPRESS HEARS NEWS
Deri in—The empress of Ger
many has been apprised of tin
capture of Riga in a wire from
the kaiser. The capture is re
ferred to as another milestone
1 in the German march to vict
ory.
GETTING READY
American Headquarters in
France—British officers are as
sisting to put the American
troops through their final
training in order to hasten the
arrival of the men at the front.
CAPTURE OF RIGA
ENDANGERS PETROGRAD
('openhagen—The evacua
tion of Riga places the Ger
mans perilously near Petro
grad and the belief is general
here that the kaiser will con
tinue the northern drive until
his soldiers are in possession
of the ancient Russian city.
(iERMAN AIR PLAN ES
RAID BRITISH BASE
London—One hundred Brit
ish sailors were killed and SO
injured yesterday by bombs
dropped bv six raiding Ger
man airplanes. The machines
attacked the Chatham naval
base, indicting heavy proper tv
damage, besides causing the
number of deaths reported.
earthquake fatal
IN SOUTH. AMERICA
* Washington—The state de
partment has been advised of
the loss of many lives in Bo
gota, Columbia, as the result
of an earthquake which upset
that section of the rupublic.
Three hundred homes are re
ported to have been destroyed.
i MAY HELP SOME
Washington—President M il
son telegraphed to the New
York parade committee yester
day requesting that the men
entering the military ’service
be informed that he would
■“like to be with them on the
field and in the trenches where
the real and final battle for
the independence of the United
States is to be fought”.
j The president headed the pa
* rade of tin* first drafted men
of this city yesterday, walk
ing several miles in the hot
sun. The new soldiers left
for their cantonment today.
LABORERS MEET
M inneapol i s—Orga n i zed lab
i or met in this city today, un
der the auspices of the Ameri
can Alliance for Labor and
Democracy. The convention
pledged its support to the gov
ernment during the war.
I PERSHING DISCOVERS
[AMMUNITION FAKE
Washington—The war de- j
jpartment has started an invest-!
igation to ascertain the cause!
of faulty amniunition being j
shipped to the Pershing army j
jin France. It is stated unofti
Icially that much of the ammn- j
Inition intended for the use of
the Americans was practically
worthless.
I CANADIAN LA I*.Oil
WILL FRUIT DRAFT
Vancouver, I>. ('.—The work
ers of Canada are making a
hitter tight against the enforce
ment of the dominion draft
law, recently enacted by par
liament. At a convention held
in this city yesterday it was
voted to call a general strike
throughout, if necessary to pre
vent the enforcement of the
law.
ITALIANS ARE ACTIVE
Rome—Italian airplanes at
tacked the Austrian naval base
at Pola early this morning, ac
cording to information given
out by the admiralty. Thirty
machines were engaged in the
raid, which is reported to have
been one of the most success
ful thus far made.
IRISH ATTACK- YANKEES
London—Irish mobs in the
city of Cork are reported to
have attacked American sail
jors. precipitating a riot in
i which many were hurt. No
j explanation of the disturbance
j has been received here.
Washington—It is Relieved
by American military experts
that the Germans will not at
tempt to occupy the harbor at
Riga with their battleships,
for the reason that they might
be caught there by the ice
within a few weeks.
Washington—The report of
j the collector of internal reven
!ue for the past fiscal year
shows that Alaska paid in cor
poration and income taxes on
i individual incomes, the sum of
siib.ttuo.
! Washington— Notwithstand
ing the fact that the state of
l Washington is "dry", the sum
I of $2,000,000 was collected by
jthe internal revenue depart
jment in the form of taxes on
Hiptor.
WEDNESDAY
j ITALIANS OAl’TUJiE
(AUSTRIAN OEEIUERS
—
Rome—An official bulletin is-j
sued by the war office this aft
ernoon announces the capturej
of Mont San Gabriele, a strong
Austrian position, together
with one thousand prisoners,
of whom 82 are officers.
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(LONDON IS RAIDED;
MANY ARE INJURED
i
London—The London district
j was raided by German aircraft
(early yesterday morning and
i bombs dropped in various parts
of the city. Nine persons are
dead as the result of the raid
and many are injured. One
of the bombs fell just to one
side of a hospital, another hit j
a building nearby and a third
(smashed into a retail store]
(where a number of the shop
(girls were sleeping. One of
the raiding machines was shot
down off Sheerness, but the
others escaped.
Rritish newspapers are ask
ing why the home defense air
planes are unable to keep the
Germans off English soil.
GERMANS MAKE READY
Washington—The belief is
general here, among military
experts, that the Germans are
■ concentrating their attention
on the Russians at this time in
;the hope of putting them com
jpletely out of business before
(the Americans enter the fight
i ing .on the Western front.
SEATTLEITES PARADE
IX HONOR OF DRAFTED
Seattle—A <rreat patriotic
ilemonstration and parade was
held in i his city last night in
honor of the selective draft
men who are leaving today for
the national army cantonment
at American lake. A letter of
greetings from Teddy Roose
velt was read during the cele
bration.
AGITATORS THREATEN
LIFE OF PREMIER
Montreal— Five anti-draft
agitators were placed under ar
rest in this city this morning
on the charge of conspiring to
assassinate Premier Ilorden.
The arrests followed the dis
covery of several sticks of dy
namite in the parliament build
ing. it having been tin* inten
tion of the plotters to blow up
the building while the premier
was inside.
APPEAL IS DENIED
IN OLD RANK CASE
San Francisco—The federal
circuit court of appeals lias de
nied tin* appeal of Receiver
Noyes, who is seeking to com
pel the former directors of the
defunct Washington - Alaska
bank to pay damages for al
leged illegal combination of
banking interests. There is
another similar and much more
important suit still pending.
PRESIDENT WANTS
FAMILIES ASSISTED
Washington—President Wil
son is urging tin* members of
congress to provide family al
lowances and indemnities to
the families of lighting men in
addition to insurance on the
lives of soldiers.
PEACE PROl’OGANDA
GETS MAYOR IN HAD
< 'hicago —Mayor Thompson
was the center of a menacing
demonstration in this city this
morning when he and a num
ber of his followers gathered in
fifty automobiles, preparatory
to their start for Kankakee, to
attend the fair at that place.
The political banners were torn
from the machines by the mob,
the ringleaders of which were
soldiers, who took that means
to show their disapproval of
the mayor's peace attitude.
PRESIDENT FAVOKS
LAKC.EE INSntANCE
Washington—In a letter ad
dressed to Congressman Ad
amson, President Wilson ex
pressed the hope that the
American soldiers might have
810,000 insurance policies, in
stead of half that amount, as
proposed by congress.
GERMANS ARE SORE
Amsterdam—Advices received
in this city from Berlin state
officials of the imperial govern
ment were thrown into a rage
by the reply of President Wil
son to the pope's peace over
tures. No attempt was made,
however, to inspire anti- Amer
ican demonstrations.
London The British casual
ties last week were fifteen
thousand, according to an offi
cial report issued today by the
war office. The report also
states that the British made
sli'dit gains in the St. Julien
region, near Yores.
LIONS ALARM FARMERS
Portland, Ore.—The presence
of many cougars in the north
ern part of Oregon has terror
ized the farmers of that section
and hundreds of armed men
are now engaged in an attempt
to drive the animals back to
the mountains.
FRENCH ADVANCE
Paris—The French forces
have penetrated the German
first line defenses in the Cham
pagne sector, a distance of 800
yards.
ADDITIONAL LOANS
Washington—Tin* American
government has loaned one
hundred million additional to
Great P.ritain and France, mak
ing a total, to the Allied na
tions, of approximately two
billion and a quarter.
COUNCIL CONDEMXKD
Minneapolis—The American
Alliance for Labor and Democ
racy. which was organized for
the pur]»ose of squelching the
activities of the pacificists and
pro- German propagandists,
and bringing the labor forces
of the country to support the
government, opened a three-day
loyalty conference in this city
this week. In his address to
the delegates, Frank I*. Walsh,
temporary chairman, denounc
ed the Peoples' Peace council.
Petrograd—The Russian re
treat along the Gulf of Riga
coast continues unabated, no
effort, apparently, being made
to check tin* progress- of the
(lermans,
Washington—Livestock ex
perts are holding a conference
in this city for thepurpose of
considering the meat shortage.
THURSDAY
SUP.MARINE ATTACKS
UNPROTECTED CITY
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London—The city of Scar
borouh, popularlm known as
“The Queen of English Water
ing Places", a place of over
forty thousand inhabitants, on
the North sea coast of England
31) miles northeast of York, wsts
bombarded by a German sub
marine early this morning.
|Thirty rounds were fired, the
I shots doing considerable dam
jage to buildings and killing
jthree persons. Five others
were injured.
! GOVERNMENT STARTS
ANTI I. \V. \V. ('RFSADE
Alarmed over tin* increasin''
|activities of the I. W. \Y., the
{government lias taken the mat
iter in hand and promises to
{make short work of theagitat
iors. Acting on instructions is
isued by the department of
justice the federal authorities
in all sections of the country
have raided the headquarters
of the objectionable organiza
jtion and confiscated literature,
] check books, and documents of
jail kinds. It is understood
that the department of justice
also has inaugurated a nation
wide investigation to ascertain
With certainty the magnitude
of the Industrial activities.
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MAYOR IS HANGED
< liicago—Unpopular Mayor
jThoni])son. whose peace utter
ances have outraged the city,
j was handed in effigy by a mob
I of several thousand people last
night, and open threats were*
I made against the mayor's life.
Thompson has started a dam
age suit against the “Herald”
for the sum of $250,000 be
cause that paper referred to
him as an anti-American.
MOItE FRENCH SHIPS
Paris—The French govern
ment has entered the shipbuild
ing business on a scale which
• promises to triple the ship ton
nage before the end of another
year.
j Seattle—Sheriff Dennis, who
|is charged with assisting in
'the recent jail break, says that
lie is the victim of a frameup.
NOT THE KAISER
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Rerlin—The bulk of the Oer
iman people do not want to
igain materially through the
w'ar. All that they desire is a
durable peace, guaranteed by
international treaties. This is
in accordance with an authora
tive forecast published today.
Petrograd—German vessels
are reported to have made an
appearance in the Gulf of Riga
during the past twe days.
DEATHS IXMJEASE
Amsterdam— .Many deaths
art* reported to have occured in
Merlin during the past six
months, dm* to tin* rapid in
crease in the number of til
hefculosis cases. Statistics
compiled by the German gov*
erumcnt show that during tin*
months of .March, April and
May the mortality increase at
the capital from that cause
was 50 per cent over the same
months in Ibid.
PKTROGRAD SAFE
Petrograd—< ieneral A lexi
otf, former commander-in-chief
of the Russian army, says that
Petrograd is not threatened 1 *y
the fall of Riga. In his opin
ion. the greatest danger is on
the Rumanian front. General
Vassil.of the Ivovski district,
is also of the opinion that this
city is not necessarily menaced
by the fall of Riga, hut he says
that the moral effect is bad.
The Petrograd garrison is in
flood spirits and well disci
plined, and it is confidently
believed that the troops can be
depended upon in case they
are required to defend tin* citv.
MORE SPEED
Washington —The original
plans of the shinning board
to build ships at a rate to keep
pace with the losses sustained
through the operations of the
submarines, has been aband
oned, according to a new uro
gram made publis today. The
new plan is to outdistance the
diver losses and the altered
program will become operative
as soon as the contracts have
been let for two hundred steel
steamers, which already have
been authorized.
CAN'T COMH IiACIv
Romo—Tin* attempts of the
Austro-Hungarian forces to re
cover their positions on the
Carso plateau, where the Ital
ians are dangerouslv near
Trieste, have failed in every
instance, according to dispatch
es' received from the front to
day.
The steamer Dolphin, sail
ing from' Seattle for the North
today had. as passengers for
Nenana.Mrs. \V. <1. Rlakey,
Mrs. T. Iv. Elake.v and .Miss
Clara lleid.
FRIDAY
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS
AMERICANS WILL WIN
London—In an address de
livered in this city today. Dav
id Llovd (Jeorge declared that
the entrance of the Americans
in the war made victory for
the Allies doubly certain, inas
much as the “Americans have
never known defeat” The Rus
sia revolution, he said, would
merely delay the victory.
SLACKER ARRESTED;
MORE ON THE LIST
Advices received at the
office of the I'nited States mar
shal, at Fairbanks, report the
arrest, at Hot Springs, of Al
bert Larson, on the charge of
being a slacker. He lias been
bound over to the grand jury.
It is expected that several
arrests will be made in Fair
banks on similar charges, and
there are also a number of
suspects in the Nenana pre
cinct who are to be given the
opportunity to show the local
authorities that they are not
attempting to evade military
service.
HOSPITAL ATTACKED;
ROMPS KILL MANY
Paris—The French hospital
at Verdun, which was the scene
of a recent air raid, was again
attacked by German planes
last night. The bombard
ment lasted nearly six hours,
during which time nineteen
inmates of the hosuital were
killed and more than a score
injured.
VAY SEIZE VESSELS
Washington—There is rea
son to believe tlmt tin* govern
inent intends in seize n nmnlter
of Dutch iitnl Scandinavian
vessels now in American norts,
for tin* purpose of sending
them to -lava for wheat ami
sugar cargoes.
m<> PLANS .MAIH-:
FOR A .Ml] KI<’AN A KM V
Washington—(Quartermaster
(Seneral Sharpe is authority
for the statement that supplies
are being laid in for an army
of two million men. the gov
ernment having planned to
have that number of men in
the Held by next summer, in
France and at the various
training camps in this country.
DAWSON ITEM ENJOY
ANNEAL HOLD STRIKE
Dawson—Th<*re is consider
able excitement in this city
las‘the result of the receipt of
.reports of a new find on Sey
more creek, twenty miles from
Selkirk, on the obi Dalton pack
trail. There is promise of con
siderable of a stampede to the
alleged discovery.
The reports state that the
jcreek is staked for a distance
of eight miles. ("onsiderable
staking also has been done on
Kitchincr creek and the tribu
: tries of Seymore, but the real
value of the discovery will not
be known until spring.
The discovery is southwest,
of Selkirk, about 35 miles from
the Yukon river.
AI It PLANKS ATTACK
AMERICAN HOSPITAL
I
Paris—An hospital in oik*
of tin* coast villages, occupied
by the St. Louis and Harvard
poutindents, was attacked and
| partially wrecked last night
by Germn air raiders. One
officer of the American army
medical corps was killed and
five other occupants of the
hospital were injured during
the bombardment. The attack
ing planes escaped.
i Hen era I Storekeeper How
ard I*. Hurt is went out to tin*
end of the line yesterday on
matters of business.
SENATORS A<’<TSHI>
OF All UNO HERMANS
.Minneapolis—“Riga was not
]captured by the Hermans. It
was captured by LaFollette,
Stone and their followers in
the Fnited States. And if the
city of Petrograd is captured,
tin* same men will Ik* respon
sible, because of the assistance
they are rendering the anti
American movement in this
countr " Such was the de
claration of Charles Edward
Russel, a member of the Root
party which visited Russia,
upon his arrival here to attend
the American Alliance of La
bor and Democracy.
A1 STRIA NS WEAKEN
Rome—An official report is
sued this afternoon by the Ital
ian war office states that “the
enemy to the northeast of Gor
izia, having suffered heavy
losses during the past, several
days, is making desperate re
sistance against our pressure,
which continues decisive"
TO THE RES(TE
Petrograd— Russian troons
are pouring through the city
.today, enrou to to the Riga
front to check the German ad
vance. Meanwhile, tin* tiro
visional government is making
arrests bv wholesale in an ef
; fort to stamp out the revolu
tion, which now appears to he
[on the decline.
—
looks suspicions
j Chicago—While the federal
! authorities were engaged today
in raiding the socialist head
quarters in this city, the nation
al secretary, a German, rushed
a wire to Senator La Follette,
advising him that the social
ist property was being seized
by the marshal.