LONDON, Oct. 4—Three hundred thousand men is the
total loss of both sides in the great allied smash at the German
line in France, which is now in the ninth day, and which is being
still prosecuted vigorously. This includes killed, wounded and
captured, and the British figure that the Germans have suffered
more than the allies owing to the heavy losses they endured in
the first two days of the battle.
Many guns of varying calibres have been taken from the
enemy by the allies, the French having captured twenty-five
big guns in the Champagne district alone.
LONDON, Oct. 4—The first week of the allied offensive
ended Saturday with millions of men battling furiously, the
fighting being centered in the Artois and Champagne districts.
It is expected that during the present week millions more will
be fighting, and that a general engagement will be indulged in
along the whole westeren front from Alasace to the sea. It is
impossible to estimate accurately the losses on either side at
this time- The allies have captured about thirty thousand of
the enemy, while their other losses must be enormous as at least
150,000 must have been killed. Two hundred German guns
have been taken. Berlin claims to have captured twelve thous
and British and French troops, while the losses of the allies in
killed and wounded are exceedingly large.
PARIS, Oct. 4—All along the battle line in France and
Belgium the fight between the Germans and the allies is raging
today , in what is described as the greatest artillery duel in the
history of the world. The fight is now in its ninth day, and last
week it is estimated that over three million shells were fired by
artillery of both sides- The French aeroplanes have been doing
valiant service in scouting, and have also raised havoc with the
German lines of communications, many air bombs having been
successfully dropped on trains of supplies and on the heretofore
veiled' concealed artillery of the Teutons. In fighting around
Verdun, the Germans have brought a huge gun into action
which has a range of 2d miles.
BERLIN, Oct- 4—The British attempt to retake the ground
Avhich they first won and later lost in the German counter at
tack, north of the village of Loos has been repulsed by the
Germans, who inflicted heavy losses on the British troops. The
Avar office in its bulletin issued this morning also stated that
the French attacks in the Champagne and Artois had been fe
pused and many prisoners taken.
LONDON, Oct. 4—The fighting along the western front
is still on in full force. Latest advices are to the effect that
the Germans have been unable despite the desperate measures
they are using, to stem the French advance in the Champagne
country. The Germans here have been heavily re-enforced, and
their artillery is subjecting the French trenches to a continual
bombardment.
BURCIIAREST, Oct. 4—Bulgaria is mobilizing all men
under the ago of fifty-eight, and the intention of the Sofia gov
ernment is evidently to throw all her reserves of men into the
fight at once in a grand endeavor to overcome her opponents In
force of numbers. Bulgarian artillery in large numbers is be
ing massed on the frontier of Roumania along what is known as
the Dobrudja border, in the Silistria, which section of Roumania
at one time was a part of Bulgaria. Part of this country was
taken from Bulgaria in 1878, and the remaining portion after
the recent Balkan wars. It is felt here that Bulgaria and her
allies the Central powers are contemplating an attack on Rou
mania, not only for her refusal to allow the passage of muni
tions into Turkey, but also because it is thought that Germany
and Austria have promised Bulgaria the return of the Dobrudja,
for the latter country’s assistance during the present war
LONDON, Oct. -1—All hope of preventing Bulgaria from
participating in the war on the side of the Central powers has
been abandoned by the allies. A note is now prepared' demand
ing that Bulgaria make an open declaration of her intentions at
once, and that she explain who was being menaced by the mobil
ization of her troops. Great numbers of Bulgarian soldiers are
being massed along the borders of Greece and Serbia.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—The government has been official
ly advised by the American ambassador in London concerning
the effectiveness of the Anglo-French campaign against the
German submarines. According to the information received
over fifty submarines have been captured by the allies lately,
by means of submarine telephones, and entangling nets, assist
ed by the use of special mines armed trawlers, fast sea going
motor boats and aeroplanes- Asa result the British no longer
look upon the submarine as a menace, and the information re
ceived by this government has been deemed so important that
immediate conferences were held by the powers in the Navy
Department, resulting in the determination to continue the
government ’s policy of building more dreadnoughts.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4—Dr. Cook, the noted Arctic ex
plore^ and hero of the polar controversy with Peary, arrived in
this city today from the Orient, and told how he had been seized
and held prisoner as a German spy by the Russians in Burma,
when iie was on his way to climb Mount Eversett. After his
identity was ascertained, which took over a week before the
authorities were satisfied, Dr. Cook returned into India and ex
plored the interior.
CONSTNTINOPLE, Oct. 8—The next move to be made in
the chess game of war now being played in the Balkans will be
made by Bulgaria. Bulgaria will probably commence active
hostilities in a few hours, as the Teutonic invasion of Serbia
has commenced, and a supporting movement will be inaugurat
ed by the Bulgarians within a few hours. It is reported here
that Russian warships are speeding to the Bulgarian port on
Varna o nthe Black Sea and the bombardment of that port is
expected. The gunboats and revenue cutters, which constitute
the navy of Bulgaria can-offer no serious resistance to the
heavier ships of the Russians and have sought safety in neigh
boring harbors.
Large contingents of French and British troops are rush
ing northward from Saloniki in express trains, all the usual
traffic on the railroad having been suspended to allow of the
speedy transportation of the troops who are hurrying to re
enforce the Serbians. The allied forces will oetrain at a point
where the expected invasion by Bulgaria will occurr, which
is approximately where the railroad approaches nearest to
Bulgarian territory.
It is said that the-seat of the Serbian government has been
transferred once more, this time being removed from Nish to
Islip in southern Serbia. All the records and archives of the
capital have been taken away from Nish. It is predicted here
that the Serbian army, which has been newly equipped, to
gether with the assistance of the allied troops will make a stiff
resistance. The Serbians will be favored by the flood condi
tions in the Morava valley, and by destroying the bridges will
be able to seriously impede the advance of the invaders. The
Austro-German forces are believed to be a half million in num
ber. *
It is also reported' that the Greek government is still de
bating what attitude it will assume in the event of an open
declaration of war by Bulgaria upon Serbia. The latest rumor
is that the Zaimis cabinet has decided, with the accord of King
Constantine, to issue a declaration of benevolent neutrality in
favor of the allies. This would allow the allied troops to cross
Grecian territory, but would not commit the nation to taking
active part against the Central powers and Bulgaria.
Several German aviators yesterday crossed Serbia from the
Danube, dropping bombs at Belgrade and Nish, and success
fully alighting in Sofia. The aviators were warmly greeted by
the Bulgarian officers, and Serbia has looked upon this recep
tion as tacitly amounting to a declaration of war, and the Bul
garian minister at Nish has been handed his passports.
LONDON, Oct. 9—Bulgaria is preparing to commence a
flank attack against Serbia in conjunction with the ’Teutonic
invasion which has commenced across the Daub’ and Save.
The Bulgarians are concentrating all their cavalry as well as
heavy masses of artillery near Sofia under the command of
German officers. The troops are quite close to the Serbian
the Austro-Germans have penetrated into Serbia but state that
the Austro-Germans have uenetrated into Serbia but state that
they suffered heavy losses in doing so, and that one detachment
of the invaders is now pinned along the Drina river with no
chance to escape. Many German prisoners were taken and
among the Austrian prisoners are many who say that they have
been seeing sendee along the Italian frontier until recently.
Greece is continuing her policy of beneovent neutrality to
ward the allies, and thitty-two thousand French and British
troops have already been landed at Saloniki. The Greek minis
ter of communications is facilitating the transportation of the
allied forces to Serbia.
BERLIN, Oct. 9—The war office announced officially last
night that the Teutonic invasion of Serbia was proceeding
favorably. The Austro-German forces are commanded by Von
Mackensen, who drove the Russians out of Galicia, and com
manded the southern army in the invasion of Poland. Mac
ensen’s forces have made crossings of the Danube, the Drina
and the Save, and have captured three Serbian cannon.
ATHENS, Oct. 9—It is officially announced by the gov
ernment that there is no foundation for the rumors that have
been circulated stating that the Greek government intended to
protest against the landing of the allied troops on Greek soil.
No protest has been made by the government to the allied pow
errs, nor is one contemplated. The French and British troops
are still landed at Saloniki, and rushed northward on the rail
road into Serbia to effect a junction with the Serbian army of
LONDON, Oct. 8—The new Teutonic invasion of Seibia is
now in full swing. The Austro-German forces have crossed
the river at various places, and are pressing southward in an
attempt to seize the trunk railroad extending from Belgrade to
Saloniki. The invaders largely outnumber the Serbian defen
ders, and are better equipped in artillery, but the Serbians
are valorous fighters, and .know their own country well, and
a plan of defense has been originated which will offer a stub
born resistance to the Teutons, and cause several bloody bat
tles to be fought before the purpose of the invaders can be ac
complished. The Serbians will have the assistance of large
contingents of French and English troops, who are now on their
1 way into Serbia.
BERLIN, Oct. 9—The foreign office announced today that
(a formal protest had been made by the governments of Asutria
and Germany to the new Greek cabinet against the landing of
French and British troops at Saloinki.
PARIS, Oct. 9—The war office issued an official communi
que today stating that the German troops were attacking in
foi'ce the British positions north of the village of Loos. All
the attacks have been repulsed by the English who inflicted
heavy losses upon the enemy. The fighting here has been ex
cessively severe, since the allied offensive was commenced, as
the positions held by the Germans contain great strategic value.
LONDON, Oct. 9—The Germans are making a fierce on
slaught against Dvinzk from the north of the city. The fight
ing is coming to a head fast and both sides are at death gnips.
The Russians are straining all their endeavors to retain control
of the town, as they feel that its retention will seriously embar
rass the Germans in finding suitable winter quarters and would
compel them to retire to a better base than they have now.
LONDON, Oct. 9—Advices received from Petrograd state
that Hindenberg is making renewed efforts to capture Dvinsk.
The Germans made some slight gains in front of the city yester
day but the stubborness of the Russian resistance has not been
broken, and Hindenberg still has a gigantic task before him,
before he can compel the armies of the Czar to evacuate the
city.
BERLIN, Oct. 8—The war office announced officially that
the advance of Hindenberg against Dvinzk was proceeding
satisfactorily. The Germans had’ captured some of the im
portant Russian positions, and yesterday made a further ad
vance by taking a series of the Russian trenches three miles in
width, directly in front of the town.
PETROGRADE, Oct. 9—Bulgaria’s reply to the Russian
ultimatum was received at the foreign office yesterday. The
text of the reply has not been made public but it is unofficially
rported to have been worded in an insolent and arrogant man
ner.- The reply virtually defies Russia and refuses point blank
to order the German officers out of Bulgaria.
LONDON, Oct. 9—The war office announced today that a
British submarine had sunk a German transport in the Baltic
Sea.
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A Record of the Principal Happenings of the World
SEATTLE, Oct. 4—The steam
schooner Graywood, bound from San
Francisco to Vancouver was abandon
ed Saturday while in a sinking condi
tion, off Cape Flattery. The crew of
thirteen were rescued by the steamer
Hilonian and brought into this city.
NEW YIRK, Oct. 4—The stock mar
ket has been showing unually activity
of late with the metal Bhares being the
leading feature. The copper stocks
head the list In the number of transac
tions, and the speculation in the lead
ing copper ahares ia continuing on a
smashing scale. Many operator nave
cleared large fortunes in the past
week.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4—The hur
ricane which swept the gulf coast in
this section last Tuesday evening has
devastated hundreds of miles of the
country and it will be weeks before
the wreckage and debris of the storm
can be removed, and the damage even
partially repaired. From information
so far available the death list has been
set at 181, while the property loss
is over twelve million. About 150
schooners and sailing vessels have
been driven ashore and wrecked.
Many plantation buildings have been
demolished while crops were destroy
ed. The land has been flooded, and
the orange groves ruined, the trees
being smashed and utterly spoiled.
The storm centered between Gulfport
and New Orleans. The deaths in
New Orleans were twenty. Through
out the country hundreds are still
maroonered in trees and on the roofs
of buildings. In places the water is
fifteen above the greatest heretofore
recorded heights of tide water. The
storm was so bad that the cotton was
bent down and the cotton blown com
pletely off the plants. In the city of
Empire three hundred persons are still
endangered.
LONDON, Oct. 4—The Solwoy dis
trict composed of adjoining counties
in England and Scotland was rocked
by an earthquake Saturday. The
damage has not been reported. '
SEATTLE, Oct. 4—Surveyor Gen
eral McHeney, of the State of Wash
ington. officially took over the affairs
of the Alaska Northern railroad last
Saturday. McHeney was acting under
instructions from Lane, and will be
the head of the corporation until the
government finally closes its affairs.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—Further
slides in the Culbera Out of the Pana
ma Canal will delay the reopening of
the water way until about October
10th The work of clearing away
the dirt is proceeding expeditiously.
PUEBLO, Oct. 4—The industrial
plan evolved by John D. Rockefeller,
Jr. for application among the em
ployee of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
works has been approved unanimous
ly by a conference held Saturday be
tween the officers of the mines, and
representatives of the employees. The
plan will now be submitted to Board
of Directors of the company for their
official approval, which it is under
stood will be fortcoming without op
position, and a refendtim vote on the
matter will be taken by the miners
in all of the camps. The details of
the plan will not be published until
finally adnnted.
MORGAN CITY, La., Oct. 5—The
tornado which swept through this
state last week killed three people in
this town and accomplished a heavy
amount of property damage. Not a
building in the town does not show
some effects of the storm, and many
beautiful residences and plantation
buildings have been entirely demolish
ed. The greatst suffering has occur
red in the negro quarter, where the
ramshackle houses were blown away
like chaff before the wind.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5—The gov
ernment has announced that the Pan
ama Canal will be closed to naviga
g&tion until November 1st owing to
the occurence of fresh earth slides on
Gold Hill. The earth is slipping
steadily, and it will be some time be
fore the disturbances ceases.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—A confer
ence held at the White House today at
which Secretary Daniels and leading
officers of the navy were present, de
termined upon recommending to Con
gress the passing of an appropriation
for the construction of three battle
cruisers. The navy at present has
no ships of that type.
WASHINGTON, Oct.6—Resides the
two battle cruisers decided on at the
last naval conference, the building
program of the navy comprises the
construction of two super dread
naughts at a cost of eighteen million
each. The high officials of the na\y
feel that the danger from submarines
has been over estimated, and the suc
cess of the allies in cripp'ing Ger
many’s submarine operations has
caused the government to hestitate
over an extensive submarine building
program. That some submarines wll
be built Is assured and that they will
be of a distinct and powerful type is
also Bure, but the extremists who de
manded scores of the little under wa
ter craft have been outwitted.
CHICAGO, Oct. 6—The saloon in
terests of this city were thrown Into
consternation today when they were1
informed by order of the mayor that
hereafter all saloons within the city
limits would have to be closed on Sun
day. The present law requires their
closing, but it has never been enforced,
the situation being similar to that In
New York,, where in deference to
public opinion on the matter, the po
lice authorities have tacitly consented
tc the violation of the law by the it
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quor dealers. The present order is
given on the responsibility of the ma
yor, and the police have been instruct
ed to see that hereafter the law is
obeyed. The saloon owners and hotel
keepers have decided to ask the gov
ernor to call a special session of the
legislature for the purpose of consid
ering the situation and affording re
lief. They plan the introduction of
a bill allowing all the large cities in
the State to vote seperately on the
matter of Sunday closing.
PANAMA, Oct. 7—Colonel Goethals,
the builder of the Penama Canal, with
drew his resignation qs head of the
canal and declared his intention of
remaning on the job and working to
place the big ditch in condition so
that there would lie no further danger
from such slides ns have at present
placed the watrway temporarily out
of commission. This announcement
is very gratifying to the officials at
Washington, who have desired that
Goethals remain as Governor of the
Canal Zone, and superintend the
Canal, and who have felt all along that
he was the one man who could deal
sucessfullv with the" problem being
presented by the slides on Gold Hill
and in the Culebra Cut.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Oct. 7—
Speaker Champ Clark, of the National
House, had an exciting adventure here
today, when he intercepted a mob,
which was on its way to lynch a negro,
and by dint epostulating with the
rioters induced the men to abandon
their homicidal intentions, and the
culprit was turned over to the police
atihorities. The Speaker appealed to
the manhood of the lynchers and ask
ed them to respect the majesty of the
law, and cited examples of the mis
takes of people who acted hastily ard
upon impulse. The mob gave Clark
three cheers when he finished and
agreed to let the law take its course.
NEW YORK, Oct. 6—Herbert Corey
has incorporated the Midvale Steel
and Ordance Company, new concern
which will be a compeitor of the
Steel Trust on a big scale. The new
corporation has paid a million dollars
for an option on 300,000,000 tons of
iron ore at an unannounced location.
Twenty-two million was paid for the
Midvale plane, and the concern will
have a working capital of fifteen mil
lion. The first .issue of stock was
placed on tho market today and Bold
for 120 on the curb. The par value
is 100.
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CUSTOMS DUTIES TO
ALASKA ARE TO HIGH
A certain Valdez lady’s husband is
enjoying a joke at her expense and
she is wondering if the people of the
eastern states will ever become ac
quainted with the fact that Alaska is
not a foreign country or one of the
Canadian provinces. Some weeks
ago she sent a big New York mail or
der house a small order accompanied
by a postoffice order. The last mail
brought a letter from the house, the
Chas. William’s Stores, stating that
they had been forced to cut out their
foreign order department owing to
the customs duties and trouble in
sending goods in bond to Alaska.—
Valdez Prospector.
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GOLD LEDGE LOCATED
NEAR UYAK BAY
R. J. Nichols, superintendent of the
Nortwestern Fisheries cannery at
Uyak bay, and associates located an
ore body in the mountains near by
with a well defined ledge over 50 feet
in width and traceable over 6,000 feet
in length in which the assays run as
high as $132.00 to the ton in gold.
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177 MEN ON COMMISSION
PAYROLL AT SEWARD
Accurate information secured at the
offices of the Alaskan engineering
commission shows that a force of 112
men are employed on actual construc
tion work out of Seward. This force
will be increased by a gang of bridge
carpenters, who will be stationed at
Mile 52 to repair trestles in the section
between Mile 45 and Placer river. This
will bring the construction and
repair force to 122 men.
In addition the commission has in
Seward an office force, a miscellaneous
crew, men repairing the office build
ing, a force erecting residences in the
terminal tract, a crew on the wharf
and transportation men looking after
the gas car service, numbering in all
55 men, making a total of 177 men on
the payroll.
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ANCHORAGE IS STILL
FIGURING ON A BANK
The latest projected bank for An
chorage Is reported to have the back
ing of H. T. Fowler of the Pacific
Coast Wholesale Grocery company of
Everett, Wash.; Capt. Lathrop of Cor
dova, G. M. Campbell of Anchorage
and another man whose name has not
been made public.
The following news story taken
from the columns of the Portland
Oregonian refers to Ralph J. Williams,
one of the discoverers of the Williams
Oentzler mine, on Mineral Creek, and
the lady in the case is Mrs. McNam
ara, whose husband was sentenced in
Valdez to serve twenty years for the
murder of James Carp®nter> at Cor
dova.
Disclosing to the police where he
had disposed of the valuable rings
stolen, and admitting choking Mrs.
Estelle McNamara to unconsciousness,
and then chlorformlng her so she
woiilndn’t “come to” too soon and in
form the police, Leo J. Cameron, who
was arrested at Flavel Wednesday,
waived preliminary examination and
was bound over to the grand jury yes
terday on the charge of assuali and
robbery.
Cameron also admitted taking the
notes, valued at $6000, which were re
covered four days after he fled, from
a Portland saloonkeeper, with whom
he had left them.
Meeting the man who had Choked
her senseless, stripped the rings from
her fingers, and stolen her valuable
securities, in the office of Chief of Po
lice Clark yesterday noon, Mrs. Mc
Namara at first, accused him bitterly
of his mistreatment and faithlessness,
but, as Detective Craddock started to
lead him away to jail, she threw her
arms around his neck, sobbed and
kissed him.
The reconciliation will not affect
the prosecution of the case, as the de
tectives have enough evidence to make
a strong case, should Mrs. McNamara
refuse to testify.
“I told you so," was Chief Cla-k's
remark when the woman made her
demonstration of affection for Cam
eron. “I said that would happen man.
All she wanted was to have him
brought back to her.”
A joke on the San Francisco police,
when she first complained against the
who had been notified of the reward
out for Cameron and to watch oat
for him, was told by Cameron, who
gaid that while fhey were looking for
him he was arrested in the city one
night for drunkenness, and was in
jail four days. During this time he
whom recognised him as the man
wanted in Portland.
Deetectives Craddock and Smith are
the Portland officers who worked on
the case and finally traced Cameron
to where he was working on the Hill
line of steamships between Portland
and San Francisco.
One of the diamond rings was dis
posed of to the Standard Jewelry Co.,
in Portland, on the day of the rob
bery for $40, Cameron told the police,
and a plain gold ring was also disposed
of here. A second diamond ring he
sold In San Francisco for $112. He
maintained that the two ruby rings he
had given to a singer in the Black
Cat retaurant In San Francisco.
A letter written to the man in Port
land with whom he had deposited the
valuagle papers was found asking that
man to send them to Ralph Williams,
general delivery, San Francisco. ‘Will-)'
iams" was Cameron.
Cameron lived In Portland for sev
eral years, and his mother, Mrs. J.
Ij. Cameron, lives on a farm neat*
Oregon City.
Bond for Cameron was fixed by
Municipal Judge Stevenson on the re
commendation of Deputy District At
torney Deich at $2500.
STEAMER ADMIRAL FARRAGO
IN PORT EARLY SUNDAY
The steamer Farragut arrived from
Seattle at 6 o'clock Sunday mining,
with the following passengers
For Cordova—A. M. Dewey W. H.
Richardson, Oeo. D. Daker.
For Valdez—Mrs. H. B. St by and
three children, Elmer Taylor.
For Seward—F. Ennis.
For Anchorage—S. Ingram Mrs In
gram. Booth Bonds, M. Silverman.
A. Shonbeck, M. B. Rice, C. C.
Mrs. J. G. Watts, Mrs. K M"t,han*
Thelma Marchan, Jno. J. MilK
Those taking passage trof Cordova
for the westward were W an<* ^rs'
T. Nelson, L. W. Lars'-1 H Baxter,
C. A. Nettleton, Br. *®incke, Thos.
Hinton for Anchorag* Chris Larson
for Seward.
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Visited Controller Bay.
The laun«i Prospector returned
last night (tom Katalla, where it took
Mr. Brown, the navy station expert.
There he met Capt. Porter and a day
was spent In making soundings on
Controller bay. Mr. Brown left for
Seward on the steamer Farragut.
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