LONDON, Oct. 12—Additional lists of killed and wounded
were published by the war office today. The fighting since
^October 1st has been heavy along that section of the line held
by the British in northern France and on the casualty lists
since that date have appeared the names of one thousand’ officers
and twenty thousand men.
PARIS, Oct. 12—An Austrian submarine torpedoed' the
Greek steamer Demetrious, southeast of the island of Scicily
yesterday, and sunk the vessel. The act will probably bei
iooked upon by the Greek government as a casus belli, as there
was apparently no justification for the attack, both countries
being at peace with each other. The crew of the steamer were
saved.
LONDON, Oct. 12—John Kipling, the son of the famous
English writer and uoet, Rudyard Kipling, was wounded in the |
recent severe fighting in northern France, and has been report
as missing. His father said today that he still had hopes that
his boy had not been killed but that he was a prisoner in the
German lines.
PARIS, Oct. 12—The German counter attacks north of
Loos against the British forces, have resulted in a serious and
costly check to the Teuton troops. The British successfully
repulsed all attacks on their positions, and the German retired
leaving 7500 dead before the allied lines. The German counter
attacks have ceased, and yesterday was a day of comparative
quiet, the only activity on either side in this section being
manifested by the artillery, the allies shelling the roads along
which the German supply trains are moving.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12—A new note to Great Britian has
been prepared by Secretary Lansing, protesting against Brit
ish intreference with American trade, and was dispatched to the
London foreign office today. The note will not be given to the
press by the Department of State until received by Sir Edward
Grey, the British Foreign Minister. Although some conces
sions have been gained, which will allow of the shipment of
German goods to America, ordered before the British Orders
in Council were promulgated last spring, the government is
still far from being satisfied with the condition of affairs, and is
daily receiving protests from American shippers, in regard to
cargoes detained by the British admiralty and awaiting dis
position by the English prize courts.
LONDON, Oct. 12—The Austro-German forces are meet
ing with stubborn resistance in their invasion of Serbia. The
defending forces are making a stand at every available point,
and' the advance so far made by the Teutons has been costly to
the invaders. The main Serbian forces have not yet been en
countered, the fighting heretofore being mainly artillery ex
changes between the batteries on opposite sides of the river.
It is probable that the Serbian general staff have picked out
the strongest place where a decided stand can be made, and it
is thought here that when the invaders reach the mountain
range near Ivraguie-vatz, they will find their way blocked. At
this point the defensive facilities are superb, the topography of
the country lending itself admirably to the purposes of a de
fensive army, and' the Serbians have concentrated here their
main forces of 300,000 men. Besides the army a million Ser
bians of all ages and sexes are prepared to resist the invaders
and will throw obstacles in their way.
BERLIN, Oct. 12—The Avar office announced today that
the German army of invasion into Serbia were attacking the
Serbians south of Belgrade. The statement Avas made that the
crossing of the Danube by the invading forces had been com
ml
ATHENS, Oct. 12—It is reported here that 150,000 Teuton
troops have entered Serbia. From the advices received it is
thought that the invaders have only managed to cross the rivers
at Belgrade, where they have secured a foothold. At other
parts of the border the attempts of the Austro-Germans to cross
the Save and the Danube were repulsed by the Serbian artillery,
whose well directed fire made it impossible for the Teuton en
gineers to erect their pontoon bridges.
LONDON, Oct. 13—A new turn has been taken in the war
situation in the far east. The allied commanders are seriously
considering abandoning the operations on the Gallipoli penin
sula and sending the army now in the Dardnelles into Serbia,
to assist the Serbians in repelling the Teutonic invasion. So
far this is only hinted at, but semi-official opinion is inclining to
the point of view that such a step will be taken. It is admitted
that the Teutons have taken Belgrade, but the Serbians offered
a stubborn resistance, it requiring a two day battle and terri
fic bayonet charges, before the Serbians retired. On the west
ern front the Teutons have also taken the offensive, along the
whole lino, but it is believed that the supreme effort of the
Austro-German forces are being concentrated in the Balkans.
LONDON, Oct. 13—M. Marnhall, an official of the French
aviation corps stated recently that in the last eleven battles
between the airships of the Gennans and the French, the French
had come off victors in all but two. Marnhall insists that the
allied aeroplanes are daily showing thier superiority over the
enemy, and that the new form of attack in force which has been
inaugurated by the allies, has not yet been solved by the Ger
mans. Fleets of twenty to sixty aeroplanes are sent out to
bombard one point in the enmey’s camp, and' always great
damage has been done.
BERLIN, Oct. 13—Four allied aeroplanes attacked the
German positions on the western front yesterday, and the
German aoro-gmis destroyed one of the machines
TOKIO, Oct. 13—The impression is growing here that
Japan will send troops to aid the allies in Europe. This action
will be the result of Bulgaria’s participation in the war, as the
Japanese government feels that its own safety will ultimately
depend upon the defeat of the Teutonic allies. The matter has
LONDON, Oct. 13—The Teuton forces are advancing
southward through Serbia trying to cut the Serbian line of
communication north and south. It is admitted on all sides
that the situation is serious for both the Serbians and the al
lied troops who have boon hurrying into country from Saloniki.
The capital of Serbia has again been transferred, this time
from Islip to Monastir in the extreme southwest portion of the
country. Apparently Greece has determined to ignore the
obligations of her treaty with Serbia, which calls for her armed
aid in case of attack by Bulgaria, and the Athens government
will do no more than to preserve an armed neutrality.
been under consideration by the government and various con
ferences have been held between leading Japanese statesmen
and the representatives of the allied powers here.
LONDON, Oct. 14—Bulgaria formally declared war upon
Serbia yesterday and immediately commenced hostilities by the
inauguration of artillery firing on the Serbian positions across
the border. Both sides have prepared for this evntuality, and
the border. Both sides hav eprepared' for this eventuality, and
Sorbin guns.
GENEVA, Oct. 14—The Austrian city of Gorizia, or Gor
itz, as it is sometimes called, on the east bank of th? Izonso, is
ready to fall into the hand of the Italians, who are now bom
barding the stronghold with li^avy guns, which will be follow
ed by infantry attacks. The Italians have been slowly but
steadily drawing their net around the city for months, and its
capture will seriously endanger the remaining Austrian posi
tions on the Izonso, and facilitate the advance on Trieste.
NISH, Oct. 16—The Teuton losses in the campaign against
Serbia are estimated as twenty-five thousand officers and men
killed and' sixty thousand wounded. This is up to Thursday
night, and there has been considerable fighting since then.
The Serbian army ofi the north, which is opposing the Teuton
advance have suffered heavy losses.
LONDON, Oct. 16—The campaign of General Von Mac
konsen against Serbia is developing with a slowness that is grat i
tying to the allies. Outside of crossing the river, and taking
Belgrade, which is but a shell, he has made but slight advance,
the positions captured being of little importance, and not neces
sary to the Serbian plan of defense.
The first Bulgarian army is attacking the Serbian defenses
northeast <>f Nish, and has proceeded to occupy the mountain
passes in that region. Details of the fighting have not been
received, and the number of Serbian troops in this vicinity is
unknown to any but the General Staff of the army.
Advices from Nish, which is the army lieadquaters, despite
the removal of the capital to Monostir, say that the Serbians
are confident of being able to hold their defenses unless the
Teutons bring more troops forward than they now have for
their effort. The Serbians have recaptured Pisana and Bouk
va. The situation on the western front in Serbia is practically
unchanged. On the eastern front the Bulgarians have gathered
forty thousand troops for the purpose of attacking and destroy
ing the railroad bridge twenty miles north of the Greek frontier,
so as to block the allied troops who are moving to the assistance
of the Serbians.
ATHENS, Oct. 16—The former premier Venizelos, today
publicly expressed the wish that the allies should win in the
present conflict with the central powers. Venizelos said that
Great Britain was the traditional friend of Greece, while Tur
key and the central powers had always opposed the best in
terests of the country. He said that the possibility of Greece
as an ally of Turkey, which would result if Greece opposed tlie
allies, was a contingency too dreadful to contemplate. In clos
ing Venizelos said that he earnesly hoped and prayed for the
success of the allies.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 16—Russia at present regards herself
as being in a state of war with Bulgaria although neither coun
try has officially declared for hostilities against the other.
Russian official opinion is that a blow at Serbia is a blow at
Russia and that therefore nothing further is necessary. How
ever, a formal declaration of war will be promulgated by the
Czar, and it is only awaiting the exchange of telegrams between
Russia and her allies. Great Britain, Bulgaria and Serbia
have already declared' war on each other.
LONDON, Oct. 16—Great Britain announced today, a
blockade of the entire Bulgarian coast on the Aegean Sea.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 16—With the exception of the fight
ing at Dvinzk, where a fierce artillery battle continues, the
Russian troops along the whole eastern front have taken the
offensive. The German losses at Dvinzk have been very heavy,
and so far no gains have been made to justify the extraordinary
expenditure of life among the troops under Hindenberg.
Anchorage is in the throes of a labor
war, largely over the fact that the
large, fat, juicy contracts are given to
Greek concerns, who send outside for
their help, and leave the rinds for
the oldtimers who, therefore, look for
a long hungry winter.
The Chamber of Commerce held a
meeting there this week at which the
pros and cons of the question were
discussed with much warmth and
fervid, oratory, but after all was said
and done, the report as adopted waB
considered too strong for publication.
At the meeting it was stated that in
nearly every case fat contracts were
secured by Greeks, who used their
countrymen to the exclusion of other
nations, and that an American stood
little chance of knocking the persim
mons. One case was quoted where
a settler bid 22 cents on the pipe line,
which was turned down by the gov
ernment agents, and the contract
awarded to an outsider for 30 cents.
The official claimed that the man
could not do the work for 22 cents.
The contractor securing the plum
sublet it for 15 cents to Greeks, and
they claim to be making money.
Two prominent attorneys there In
jected so much arerimonlus errata
into the convention, that it was be
lieved wise to table the report.
The matter has been taken up with
Senator Thomag McGann, of the sec
ond division, Nome, who wrote a prom,
inent citizen of Anchorage as follows:
“I am much surprised to learn or
the discrimination being made In fav
cr of foreigners in connection with
government construction work at An
chorage. If the government estab
lishes less than Alaska standards in
connection with railroad construction
or any other line of work, a great
mistake will be made. Such a policy
will be reflected throughout the Terri
tory and will have an evil effect on the
welfare of the workingman who must
be considered the main factor in this
country, not excepting those hench
men connected with government rail
roads .
“A Panama standard of living can
not be maintained in Alaska, and if
the road cannot be built by American
workmen and an Alaskan wage sched
ule, it will prove a disaster rather than
a benefit to the Territory. Hope the
people of your division will vigorously
protest against cheap men and cheap
methods.”
Another meeting of the Chamber is
shortly to be held, when the matter
will again be brought up. The gov
ernment is coming in for much cen
sure there for employing foreigners to
the exclusion of American workmen.
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DEPUTY MARSHAL TO BE
STATIONED AT YAKUTAT
Efforts by the governor’s office to
secure the appointment of a deputy
United States marshal at Yakutat,
Alaska, have at last been successful.
The attorney general has authorized
United States Marshal Bishop to make
the appointment, which will be done
very shortly.
It Is hoped that upon the return of
Judge Robert Jennings, now holding
special term of court at Ketchikan,
that a commissioner will be appoint
ed at the same place. Reports of un
lawful making of “hootch” and distur
bances among the natives in the vicin
ity of Yakutat have made necessary
the creation of the office of deputy
marshal at that place.—Juneau Dis
patch .
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Anchorage 8oon Closed Port.
It is announced that the last boat
will sail from Anchorage for the out
side on November 3 or 4, after which
navigation will be closed at the rail
road terminal for the winter.
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LOST—A rhinestone hair ornament.
Finder please leave at this office.
I
ILLEGAL LIQUOR
SELLERS ARE
That the federal officials are deter
mined to stamp out the illegal prac
tices of peddling liquor without li
censes is evidenced by the fact that
raids have been made by the deputy
marshals at Anchorage and McCarthy,
and It is reported that other sections
of the district where bootleeging has
been reported are to be investigated.
In,a general raid at Anchorage on
October 4, Deputy U. S. Marshal Jas.
Warden arrested ten men for run
ning “blind pigs" at that place. The
men will be taken to Seward for trial
at the term of the district court to
convene on November 1, and are:
J. C. Provist, Peter Gilovich. F. P.
McArthur, Anton Kovacevich, C. C.
Buh, George Geliff, Nicholas Man
dic, Frank Ozich, Peter McGuire ana
Ore Barnhard.
Since then a score or more arrests
have been made at Anchorage on me
j same charge, but the names of the
j keepers of the “blind pigs” are not
I known, although it is said they incluae
j three women who are more or ?ess
prominent in business and social af
fairs at the terminal town.
It is understood unofficially that at
, least 60 property owners, many of
whom own lots in the heart of the
business district, are liable to lose
their property for this reason.
People acquainted with waterfront
men in Anchorage state that whole
j sale shipments otherwise marked have
been common and that the man in
charge of one of the docks lost his
position because he not only allowed
these shipments to be dealt in while
on the dock, but handled liquor him
self.
Goose conditiions are the rule in
construction camps, but ft was under
stood in advance that the government
would not tolerate liquor near this
railroad project, especially on the re
esrved land. Judge Brown, in his
speech at Seward when the terminal
had just been announced, declared
that the old days of wide open gamb
ling would not be repeated, but new
comers at Anchorage paid little atten
tion to either this warning or the re
striction made by the land office.
Thus far the only arrest in the Cop
per River section was that of Gustave
Priesner, a druggist of McCarthy, by
Deputy Marshal Milsap.
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nobmsteiintiik.es OUT
BIG PASSENGER LIST
The steamer Northwestern sailed
this morning for Seattle with a large
number of passengers, most of whom
are interior mining men.She also tooK
aboard 1200 tons of copper ore from
the Kennecott mines.
The outgoing passengers were Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Max Esterly, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Soule, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. James, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dal
ton, W. P. Patrick, Jno. Monahan.
W. B. Stewart, John McGIlvery, N.
S. Smart, R. Beil, B. F. Cordell, M.
L. Stickney, Pi P. Sias, A. H.
Bryant, W. E. Carrol, M. Maher, J.
E. Carlson, Marisco Bort, T. Foley.
A. W. Grierson, C. A. Dewey, Mrs
Griffith, Mrs. T. W. Lynch C. N.
Crary, J. E. Erickson. W. M. Nictor,
A. T. Waight, Chas, Halm, Jack Dial.
K. E. Holden, Axel Anderson, I. W.
Porter, J. Walton, A. Wile, Geo. E.
Brackett, Antone Caspa, Curley Welch,
Paul Hartman, Antone Benson, E.
Wickstrom, Dan Smith, G. A. Rizor,^
J. B. Hearing, Geo. Niholes, L. Lang,
L. V. Stanley, W. A. Johnson, Mrs.
J. E. Nelson and Kate Beatty, for
Seattle; W. A. Aiken and wife, Mrs.
E. Krippaehne, Henry Roden, Sumner
S. Smith, Chas Johnson and A. S.
Dautrick for Juneau.
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TERRITORIAL RECEIPTS
SHOW AN INCREASE
The office of the territorial treasurer
has compiled figures in relation to re
ceipts for the quarter ended Septem
ber 30, which shows a total of $28,
045.03.
This amuont Is $10,688.31 In excess
of the amount collected for the previ
ous quarter, and is due to the fact
that the quater just ended carried
the licenses prescribed by th eiast
territorial legislature.
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and send it to your friends.
ALASKA PUICEA MINING
AND FUTURE DISCUSSED
The activities in the mining dis
trict in Alaska are described in detail
in Mr. Brooks’ report, which contain
also a chapter on the future or piacer
mining in Alaska. Between 6,000 and
6,000 men are engaged in placer min
ing and prospecting for placers, and
nearly a third of the white population
of the territory Is directly or indirect
ly supported by the placer mining in
dutry will hold its own or will It In
therefore to them a most Important
one. Will it continue to decline, or
are the known auriferous gravels suf
ficient to justify the belief that the In
dustry will hold its own or will in
crease? It is believed that the future
of the Industry must depend, so far as
now can be determined, on the exploi
tation of auriferous gravels of lower
gold tenor than those which in the
past have yielded most of the gold
though there is, of course, always the
hope of finding new bonanza deposits,
such as have in the last decade yielded
large returns.
No one can deny that there are ex
tensive deposits of auriferous gravels
in Alaska, but because of the lack of
systematic prospecting of gravels car
rying small amounts of gold it is dif
ficult to reach any definite conclusions
about the extent of deposits that can
be profitably exploited when cheaper
transportation and fuel have reduced
the costs of mining. In view of the
importance of the subject the survey
has published in this report a sum
mary of the data relating to it. The
general conclusion is drawn that with
cheaper fuel and transportation there
is no reason to believe that placer
mining will continue to decline.
WHAT ALASKA STUDENTS
ARE DOING AT UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Oct. 9—Wayne Sutton, who followed
the stampede into the Shushanna dis
trict in 1913, has returned to the Uni
versity and has been made assistant
football coach.
Emil Hurja, of Fairbanks, wno nas
written much in current magazines
concerning Alaska, has been made
editor-in-chief of the Daily for the first
semester. The Daily is a four-page
daily newspaper, edited entirely by
students in the department of jurnal
ism. It is conducted in a manner
identical with that of any metropoli
tan newspaper and gives practical ex
perience to those studying journalism.
Wallace Drummond, of Latouehe and
Valdez, also a Shushanna stampeder,
is a likely candidate for the football
squad.
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TELEGRAPH LINE 10
ANCHORAGE WORKING
SEWARD, Oct. 1..—The telegraph
line between Seward and Anchorage
is now open, and Anchorage will here
after have connection with the outside
world during the closed season. The
line is under the control of the Alas
ka Engineering Commission, and the
rates have been fixed at fifty cents for
ten words for commercial messages.
The press rate has been set at a half
cent per word.
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CABLE AGAIN WORKING
AND SERVICE RESUMED
The cableship Burnside has repair
ed the break in the cable near Sitka
and communication was again estab
lished with the states this morn
ing. A break on the line between
Ketchikan and Wrangell is now be
ing fixed and then the Burnside will
come westward and cut out the fault
in the insulation between Cordova and
Valdez and also between Valdez ana
Sitka.
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Coal Claims Rejected.
Notice has been received at the
Juneau land office of the rejection of
the claim of the Alaska Peninsula
Mining & Trading Co. of four coal
claims in the TJnga district. The re
jection is based upon the failure of
the claimant to open up a coal mine
as required by law.
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Inside Railroad Dope.
In discussing future construction
work, Chairman Edes said that if suf
ficient funds are forthcoming the con
necting link between the present Alas
ka Northern road and the new line out
of Anchorage can be completed In
from one year to year and a half.
OPENING OF GONE
MEANS MUCH
TO CORDOVA
At a recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce several Alaskans were en
tertained at luncheon, our townsman,
Sam Blum, thus spoke optomistically
of the future of this section:
“Cordova will this year rank as one
of the leading copper export ports of
the world," he said. "Copper to the
value of $1,500,000 a month is passing
through Cordova in transit to the Ta
coma and Eastern smelters. Cordo
va’s future will be assured when we
can use the immense deposits of coal
lying tributary to this port for the
smelting of the great bodies of ore tn
adjacent regions. Present conditions
are resulting not only in a great waste,
but in holding hack the development
of our region. The opening of the
coal fields will result in the building
of a large smelting industry at Cordo
va.
"In the territory adjacent to Valdez
are a number of small rich mines that
are now actice producers. These as
sure the future prosperity of Valdez.
Like other sections of Alaska, we
badly feel the great need of wagon
roads, and every effort should be made
to secure an adequate appropriation
from congress for this most impor
tant work.”
Mr. Blum, in behalf of the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce, and in appre
ciation of the work of the Alaska bu
reau, tendered the bureau the exhibit
prepared by the Cordova Chamber and
now being displayed at the Panama
Pacific exposition.
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PORTLAND AGAIN
Portland again Is seeking to Inau
gurate a steamship line to Alaska.
Twice the venture has failed, but this
time, it is reported, Rose City busi
nessmen will make a concerted effort
to perpetuate the service.
The Portland Telegram has this to
say of the proposal:
Backed by shippers and other lead
ing business interests of the city, a
new steamer line, it is rumored, is
about to be established between Port
land and points in Southeastern Al
aska. It is stated the ulans of the
new company are for the inauguration
of tiie service the latter part of the
fall or early winter. Later the steam
ers may be sent as far north as Cor
dova. Because of railroad building
the business men in that section of
Alaska are looking for an unusually
brisk season next year.
The report has It that several ves
sels have been purchased, or the
deals practically have been closed,
to be placed on the run between here
and Southeastern Alaska. One or two
of them, it is intimated, will have
passenger accommodations. Through
out the year there is more or less
travel back and forth to that section,
while Portland merchants are sending
goods up there at frequent intervals
under the present handicap of ship
ping via Seattle. Even by this meth
oh it is declared, they have been able
to compete successfully, in a measure
with Sound merchants.
When given assurance which will
satisfy them of the permanency of the
line and of its being able to provide
regular schedule it is claimed that
the Alaskans will give it most liberal
support. In fact, it is through their
efforts largely, it is held, that a de
cision to establish the line was reach
ed, since some of the business men of
the north long have been dissatisfied
with the system which makes them de
pendent almost wholly upon Seattle
to furnish them what supplies they
need.
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FEDERAL JOB AT IDITAROD
CAN FIND NO TAKER3
Postmaster Albert Wile, of Iditarod.
was an arrival on yesterday’s train.
He is on his way to Sacramento,
where he may locate. Mr. Wile ten
dered his resignation as postmaster
several months and is anxious to give
up the office, but as yet his successor
has not been appointed. He is an
old-time Alaskan, who has lived in dif
ferent parts of the territory, but says
there is too much red-tape and too lit
tle pay for him to hold his present fed
eral Job.
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