IA WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
MONDAY
i
Seattle—The shipyard strike
situation has been somewhat
improved by the action of one
of the largest steel yards, au i
agreement having just been j
^ signed by the concern to use
only eight hour time luml>er.
It it expected that the other
yards will take similar action
before the end of the week.
London—The admiralty re
ports that British naval air
craft made a bombing raid on
^enemy shipping, on the Bel
gian coast yesterday. One big
German destroyer was hit and
probably two of a group of
four trawlers, one of which is
known to have been sunk.
"Washington—Dr. H. A. Gar
t field, fuel administrator of the
nation, has authorized the an
nouncement that the govern
ment will look after the coal
needs of small consumers dur
ing the coming winter. Coal
will be requisitioned at the
mines and its sale directed
through dealers at government
fixed prices.
Buenos Ayres—The govern
ment has withdrawn permis
sion to wireless companies to
l - receive messages from the Ger
man wireless station at Nauen
London—An official bulletin
issued by the war department
this morning states that the
British lines on the Belgian
front were advanced during
the night east of Westhoek.
, Washington—Without ob
jection. the lower house of con
gress approved the appropria
tion committee amendment to
the seven billion urgent de
ficiency bill. The bill contains
the item of four million for
railrod work in the Turnagain
arm district and also provides
for the appropriation of oyer
a billion for merchant marine
construction. - •
Seattle—The Canadian Mi ip
Dowler. formerly the Zeafiro.
^ which rendered good service
to the United States as a col
lier to Dewey's fleet at Manila
lias been sold to the French
government. The vessel is
now at Vancouver.
Washinvton—The safe arriv
al of the presidential yacht
Mayflower at an Atlantic port,
with President Wilson aboard,
has relieved the public anxiety
and the strain under which the
navy department has been
working since the receipt of
the report that an enemy sub
marine had been sighted off
the New England coast.
Poston—Wm. F. Stone, ser
geant at arms of the Republi
can national committee, died
in this city tody.
San Francisco—Twenty-five
thousand ironworkers and met
1 al trades mechanics, engaged
in war emergency construction
in this and other bay cities,
have gone out on strike, follow
ing the rejection of their de
mands for a fifty per cent in
crease in wages. Tin* walk
out will delay the completion
of shipbuilding and engine
contracts aggregating more
than SI50.000.000.
San Francisco Over a doz
en riot calls were turned in
yesterday, resulting from dis
turbances among the striking
carmen. Nine cars, which
were sent out with strike
breakers aboard, were stoned
and wrecked by the strikers
and their sympathizers and
several of the strikebreakers
were severely injured. Idle
ironworkers are blamed for
1 most of the trouble.
ly believed in official circles to
day that congress will adjourn
at the end of another three
weeks. The main items re
maining on the list for consul-!
eration are eleven billion and
a half bond bill, the two and i
’ a half billion war revenue:
bill, seven billion urgent de
ficiency bill, trading with en
emy bill, export bill, soldiers
and sailors insurance bill and!
alien draft resolution.
Petrograd—Of date of Sep
tember 14. Russia is proclaim
ed a republic, with Kerensky
at the head of the nation as
president. The alt airs of
state will he directed by a
cabinet of five ministers.
Stockholm—American minis
ter Ira Morris held a confer
ence this moring with Foreign
Minister Linman. relative to
the Mexican disclosures. The
result of the meeting has not
been made known yet.
\ Vasili n gton—X i net een cities
have been named, tentatively,
as locations of the reconstruc
tion hospitals which are to be
established by the government
for the rehabilitation, for pri
vate life, of soldiers who return
crippled from the European
battlefields. The cities se
lected are Boston. New \ork.
Philadelphia. Baltimore. Buf
falo Washington. Cincinnati.
Chicago. St. Paul. Seattle. Los
Angeles. Sau Francisco. Den
ver. Kansas City. St. Louis.
Memphis. Richmond, Atlanta,
New Orleans. * • -
Copenhagen—General Alex
ieff. who was recently appoint
ed chief of staff of the Rus
sian army, is report ml to have
committed suicide by shooting,
following an interview with
Kerensky. It was to AlexiefT
that Korniloff surrendered
several days ago. The dis
patches. which brought the re
port from Petrograd today, do
uot give any reason for the act.
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Washington—The American
! consular agency quarters at
Dunkirk. France, were de
stroyed by German shells on
September 7 according to word
received by Seeretarv Lansing
today. The records of the of
fice were saved.
Washington—The navy de
partment announces that the
report of the presence of a
hostile submarine off the New
England coast is without
foundation, investigation hav
ing convinced the deprtment
that those reporting the diver
were mistaken. _ -
London— Kerensky celebrat
ed the collapse of the Kornil
nff revolution by marrying a
Russian actress today.
Washington—It is confident
TFESDAY
Amefican Headquarters in
France-An American briga
dier-general has been awarded
the Omix de Guerre for brav
ery. While engaged in the act
for which he was honored, his
helmet was struck by shrapnel
but he escaped uninjured.
Raltimore—Gotthold Prusse.
designer of the German sub
marine Deutchland. committed
suicide last night in the city
jail, where he was imprisoned
for breaking his parole.
Washington—< 'liairman Fitz
gerald. of the house appropria
tions committee, announced on
the floor of the house today
rhat all the small arras ammu
nition which was sent to the
French front with Pershing,
will be recalled and brdken
up. The reasons for this ac
tion were not stated, but it is
believed that the discovery of
some poor ammunition soon
after the arrival of the Ameri
can troops in France has made
the government suspicions of
the entire consignment.
liutte—The Anaconda Cop
per Mining company, which
was compelled to suspend op
erations on August 24 by a
walkout of its employees, re
sumed operations yesterday,
and no trouble of any kind
has occurred to interrupt the
work, which is progressing in
all departments, including the
smelters. As a precaution,
the company has provided the
night shifts with military pro
tection.
Orleans. Mass.— Fourteen
lives were lost last night when
three l>arges and one schooner
went ashore at two nearby
points during a storm. ^
San Francisco—Two compa
nies of U. S. marines were
j called this morning to protect
the property of the Union Iron
jorks, the largest concern in
volved in the ironworkers
strike. The federal author
ities have ordered all saloons
closed within a radius of half
a mile of the plant.
Helsingfors—During the re
cent disorders at Yiborg, iu
which the soldiers were involv
ed, twenty officers were killed
and sixty others are missing.
Tokio— Another Japanese
mission will leave for the
United States at an early date.
Washington—President Sain
Dumpers, of the American Fed
eration of Labor, was in con
ference with President Wilson
this afternoon, having been
summoned to the White House
to talk over Pacific coast labor
troubles. _
New York—The refusal of
the companies to discharge an
objectionable foreman may re
sult in a walkout of 48.000
longshoremen. The matter is
now up to the employers and
efforts are being made to bring
them to terms.
Amsterman—Holland news
papers are authority for the
statement that a British aii
raid on the Belgian city ol
Rouliers resulted in the death
and injury of more than 500
Germans. Many building are
in ruins as a result of the raid.
Yanc< rnver—The steamship
Empress of Russia, arriving
from Hongkong last night,
brought 3.200 passengers, ol
whom 28 are bound to Europe,
Paris— Exasperated by a
month of steady losses on tin
Woevre plain, in Eastern
France, the Germans launched
a sudden cannonade of the ut
most violence, followed by an
infantry assault of unusual
proportions. The French po
sitions were penetrated, but
before the Germans could con
isolRlate. tiie rrencn counter
ed and drove the enemy back,
I The fighting centered about
j Washington—The seven bil
ilioii dollar war deficiency bill
| was up for consideration in
the house again today. It is
expected that the measure will
be passed by the senate before
adjournment this afternoon.
The alien slacker bill, which
has already been passed by tlu
seuate. will follow the deficien
jey bill in the house.
Petrograd—General Korniloff
lias l»een temporarily confined
in a hotel, where he is being
! closely guarded by officers of
the provisional government,
i personally selected by Keren
I sky. Twenty generals and
others officers, who were con
juected with the Korniloff army
j are receiving similar attention.
Washington—A huge Ger
man aeroplane, of a type more
j powerful than any in use by
j the Allies, was brought down
last week by Aviator Maurice
Medaeth, behind the Belgian
! lines, following a battle fought
I at an altitude of 15.000 feet.
The German machine had a
motor which compares most
favorably with the new Liber
ty motor just perfected by the
United States.
Berlin—Erzlierger. the Cath
olic leader of the reiehstag.
said, in an address delivered
on Sunday, “As a foundation
of peace, there must be no con
quests of any kind. We are
advancing a long stride toward
such a peace, built upon the
reiehstag peace resolutions.”
Petrograd—The Slav forces
on the Riga front continue to
make progress against the
Germans in that sector. They
have occupied a German po
sition southwest of Hapsal and
forced the Teutons from Sad
zen farm, south of Siehfa.
Petrograd—-Kerensky is en
route to the Russian headquart
ers in the field, accompanied
by General Verksovsky. minis
ter of war, and several other
officers and government offi
cials of the government.
WEDNESDAY
Montreal—Admiral Kaltsch
off, former commander of the
Russian Itlaek sea fleet, lias
arrived in this city on his way
to Washington, D. C.
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Petrograd—A division of
Korn i lotTs forces, composed
mostly of Moslem troops, have
deserted the rebel commander,
having been persuaded by a
loyal Mohammedan officer to
abandon their campaign. It
was agreed bv them to return
to their homes providing the
provisional government would
send them to their native dis
tricts in the Caucasus and not
require them to tight against
their co-religionists among the
Turks. Kerensky has consent
ed to the proposal.
I Washington—Following a
conference of meat packers in
'this city, it was announced
that it would lie impossible to
reduce meat prices unles cat
tle raising is greatly stimu
lated. The packers have con
sented to the regulation of
their affairs by Food Commis
sioner Hoover. ___ -
lluenos Ayres—Aroused by
the action of Count Luxburg,
an immense crowd gathered in
front of the Herman legation
in this city this morning and
indulged in an anti-German
demonstration which developed
into a riot before the mob was
dispersed by the police. The
legation was stoned and the
torch applied to the German
club and buildings occupied
by German newspapers.
| Property valued at several
hundred thousand dollars was
1 destroved.
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\ Kerensk^ has been confirmed
by the cabinet as commander
i in chief of the Russian arm
ies and General Alexieff as
; chief of staff. The latter has
demanded the immediate sur
render of Korniloff, who, it is
I believed here, has already
, abandoned the enterprise.
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I Y\ ashmgton—The trailing
with the enemy hill was un
proved by the senate today,
with amendments giving the
president power to regulate
imports and prohibiting war
, comments in the German lan
guage unless accompanied by
translations in English.
—
Washington—A bill pro] wis
ing prohibition in Hawaii has
ibeeu introduced in the senate.
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THURSDAY
Stockholm— The Swedish
minister has made strong pro
test to tin* German government
relative to the Luxenburg af-:
fair, on the grounds that Ger
man officials abused the con
fidence of Sweden,
_
Tokio—Members of the Amer
ican commission, now in Rus
sia. are reported t<*» have had
a narrow escape from death
at the hands of the Russian
soldiers, following the circula
tion of a report that the Amer
icans were plotting to assist
former Czar Nicholas to escape
from the countrv.
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Cincinnatti—The World Se-j
ries will start in Chicago on
October 6. i
_
The mobilization is proceed
ing smoothly and by Saturday
night almost the entire fifty,
per cent of the first call force
of six hundred eighty-seven
thousand men will be under
j military control and in active
; training.
Washington—While the mo
bilization of national troops
was in progress throughout
the country today. Secretary
of War Raker was before the
national lawmakers asking for
an appropriation of two hun
dred eighty-seven million to
purchase equipment for a total
force of two million three
hundred thousand men.
Washington—The government
, has opened the way to a set
tlement of the strikes which
have tied up the shipping in
dustry on the Pacific coast bv'
offering to pay half the wage
increase demanded l»y the em
ployees of any company not
making a profit of ten per
cent on the construction of the
partially completed ships com
mandeered by the government.
The prospect of settling tin
strike is brighter now than at
any time since the trouble
started. The action is signifi
cant, indicating a belief, on
the part of the government, I
that the men are entitled to
higher pay.
Portland— The government
has commandeered the liners
Great Northern and Northern
Pacific and will take the ves
sels over immediatelv.
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London—General Haig re
ports that the British renewed
offensive operations in West
Flanders this morning along a
wide front. A number of im-1
portant positions east of Ypres
were carried.
It is believed here that the
present operations will devel
op into the biggest strike thus
far undertaken bv the British,
I ,
London—The weekly report
of vessels sunk by German
submarines shows an increase
during the past week, in ships
under 1600 tons capacity, the
number being an even score.
Only eight vessels of greater
tonnage were sunk.
San Francisco—Six men are
in jail one of whom is charged
with assault with a deadly
weapon, as the result of a riot
|which occurred this morning,
led by the striking street car
operatives. The strikers and
|the strikebreakers engaged in
[a pitched battle in front of
the car barns. Bricks were
thrown, dubs used and several
shots fired. . a
Washington— Regular and
National guard officers com
manding the division training
i camps are to be sent to Europe
for observation on the various
battlefronts.
Washington—A hill has beep
reported in tiie house. permit
tin}; foreign built ships to ou
ter coastwise trade.
Petrograd“The Slav forces
are reported to have attacked
the Teuton positions south of
Grozechti, in the Ocna region,
where they have driven the en
emy from the heighths.
The last boat of the season
is scheduled to leave Fair
banks for Dawson on Septem
ber 1’4 and the last boat for
the head of navigation on the
^ ukon will sail from Dawson
in about three weeks.
Los Angeles—In the first
move of the government against
the Industrial Workers of the
world, the organization is for
mally charged with interfer
ing with the operation of the
military forces of the country
and aiding tin* enemy in other
ways.
The Fairbanks Odd Fellows
will be hosts at a dancing party
tonight at Masonic hall. To
morrow night the Shriners
will entertain at the same
place.
Seattle—Four who failed to
respond to the call for mobili
zation have been placed under
arrest and will be tried by
couitmartial.
The winter mail service, by
way of the Fairbanks-Chitina
trail, will begin on October 1.
—
Miss Helen Hutmacher has
accepted a clerical position at
the local postoffice oending
the arrival of Miss. Clara C.
Heid, who is now enroute from
the Outside to take the place.
The Fairbanks court term
will be resumed on October 1.
London—In commenting on
the apparent effort of the kai
ser to start peace negotiations
British newspapers sum up the
situation by declaring that
there can be no peace until
Prussian militarism is dead.
FIJI I >A Y
Washington—The merchant
marine substitute, wliieh em
bodies the views of President
Wilson, exempts Alaska fro u
all the provisions of the hill,
which authorizes the shinning
hoard to grant licenses to for
eign vessels for coastwise
trade, other than Alaska, under
specific limitations.
ashington The commission
•tppoint-d by President Wilson
t(. imestigate labor conditions
in the West, with a view to
adjusting the strikes wlmh
have tied up manv industries
along the Pacitic coast, is pre
paring to leave for tie* scene
of unrest. In addition to in
vestigating the shipyard \.alk
out, the commission will probe
the charges made by the Ameri
can Federation of labor that
Arizona employers were re
sjKtnsihle for the I. W. W. act
ivities. having paid the agitat
ors in the hope of discrediting
the labor movement Recent
deportations of workers from
various districts also will re
ceive the attention of the in
vestigators. In appointing
the commission, which is Lead
ed by Secretary of Labor Wil
son. the president expressed
his anxiety to eliminate labor
disputes which are hindering
industries during the war.
Chicago—Employees of the
Western Steel Far company,
engaged in making cars for
rhe government, went out on
strike today, demanding a min
imum wage of *10.20 per day.
San Francisco—There is a
deadlock today in the shipyard
strike situation. .. .. --«•
Washington—The American
troops in France will be sup
plied with specially trained
forces to handle gas and liquid
fire in the operations against
the Germans. These devices
used under the direction of a
special engineer, i— -•*.*.
British Headquarters in
France—Gains of the greatest
importance have been made by
the British forces in West
Flanders, with an exceptional
ly small loss of men. The
greatest gains were made be
tween St. Julien and Holie
beke. the advances being cover
ed by British airplanes, whicii
dominated the situaion with
comparative east*, dropping tons
of high explosives on the en
emy positions. ,*
Washington—The Shipping
board has authorized the an
nouncement that Japanese ves
sels are to 1m* Used between tie
United States and Russia for
the purpose of carrying war
supplies.
Washington— Without dis
cussion. the house adopted the
conference reportoti the boml
and certificate- bill early to
day.
London—Tie* fierce attacks
launched by the Germans have
failed to shake the hold of the
British on the positions gained
during tin* past two days.
Philadelphia— Thomas B.
Smith, mavor of Philadelphia,
was placed under $10,000 bail
today, pending a hearing, on
Tuesday, on tin* charge con
spiring to commit murder and
other crimes. Tin* case was re
ported to the department by
Isador Stern.
London—The completeness
of tin* British success cast of
Ypres is confirmed l»v the de
tailed accounts of the opera
tions. which were received at
tin* war office todav. The ad
vance made averaged a miie
deep along the entire front in
d>nt se<-ror. Strongholds like
Xuns wood. Glen corse wood.
Iveri'ess copse and Sbrewsbu
rv forest, which withstood
numerous fierce attacks recent
lv. were entirely overrun by
the British in yesterday's op
erations. the Germans being
driven well beyond these points
which formed the keystone of
the kaiser’s struetnre of de
fense in that district.