GERMAN FORCES 01 DEFENSIVE;
ALLIES PROGRESSING SL0WL1
l'aris, Sept. ill—VcslcixLij's ml
vitts from the UiUU- front arouiic
this" city stated that the (iVrnuuu
were then on the defetisive, aud tl.<
allies niaklug hut slow progre-is. Tin
I'reneh ravnlrj- patrol were said t<
have capturcU five tienu.ui ot'io
I'lilifd in tile thick woods.
Twlnj's advices stay that the al
ii"* have compelled the <;eruiuin
t«».rv»i l»ack near St. Quoin in auil
I a\e imperilled the Germans' lint
(if communication toward the Bel
gian frontier. It Is also said that
tYie" (ionnnii!)' center has been w eak
Wtetl .hy the loss of troops whi«'h
were dispatched to meet the Kus.
■ ians i»u the Austrisi-Hun^siry fron
t ier. •
•• The ..allies are reported to he
i'1-iir rwxnifr, hut the military an
liivn ii i.-, refuse to disclose the
i i| p- -ition wtoere the fighting is
rikiui; place. It is known, however,
tluu a general engagement is i-aj
oti the allies left winy which
k |« in^ attacked by the Germans,
v. ho sue jjroiijied around Tergtiier
fiMl St. yuentin. Kurth»>r to the
•i>t, sis far sis Argonne, th» situa
tion is unchaii^cil, while the bat
tle of the Aisne is still goiiu; on
;:!id the allies sire retried to have
• i.tide a slight gain.
A fierce 1 tattle is going forward
< u the heights of Meuse, whose
" rt» siro effectively uuiintaining
their defense.
It is raining heavily.
OPKKATIOXS ARK STOIM'K!)
i:v hk ivy fall ok snow
l*i'iwlrn, Sept. ^(!—It is rfjiorlpi!
Unit military activities uii tile con
tinent have been brought to a tcm
IK'iarj- (>au>o in consequence of a
heavy tall ol' snow in the moun
tains a* well as by floods in the
\ alleys. Weatlier conilitions every
v here are rejiorted to be uuiavorable
;.<r military cperatfons. It is aN:i
- U«l that disease is breaking out m
i n- various southern and northern
armies ;ts well as of those in Aus
t. La-Hungary, and that heaw rains
m«l floods are retarding •i«eiat iotia
:i> (iaUcia.
News from Ostend yesterday of
.1 tln -ateniHl attack by /•>]>]'liit air
-'lijis much perturbed the i-eople of
(•reut liritain.
Since the Russians bave captur
«• I I.etul>erg, (iernutn capitalists
eagerly bu\ing Russian securi
ties, which have rapidly risen i"
alue.
\ large number of fresh ISritish
. | IrtKijis are ln iuy landed ; t Ostein
I today who will j«»Lu the new FVenc
. Jinny tluit Is being mobilized. Tli
lilies depend niHiu tliis tinny to com
1 plete the isolation of the tierimu
i-iiiht and its operations will l><
looked for wind to with euj-ei* e\poc
tumcy by the British wur oft ice.
It is reported that Major Tanavi
tlch, the Servian officer aot'iis
nl by Austrlans witli luivinj siipplict
tlie pistol with which the assassii
shot (itand Duke Franz Frcdwicl
and his wife, hits been killed in no
I tion.
The latent re|H>rts here are thai
the allies are striking »lk- (Jerniaii
j right winy; northwest of Xovan an«l
that tlie (ieriifciiis are hurling them
selves against tlie French line lie
|'ween Verdun ami I'oul.
Advices have also !>e;*ii received
j here that the (ioniums have gani
I soned the fortress of t'raoow ami
i that more (icrinaiis ara coining; in
| expectation of a Kussian attack.
All travel from Merlin to the Hal
tic h;is been halted ami military ex
i i»crts lieliero that Gemiany plans :i
descent upon Russia \iu that route.
(•KBMAXY MADE I'KACE OFFEK
WHICH BKI.fi I I'M UEflECTEIl
Antwerp, Sept. 2t>—It is announc
! oil here that (iermany ha.s nuulc a
I peace offer to lic^lium, hut that
King Albert lias rejected it.
< :iai:i;k <;kkma\ (.kneisai,
OttDKKKD FREN'l HME.V KU.I.KI)
Bos ilean.v, Sept. "JC—A chiii^c
that (ienerail Sicnpcr oiiltrcil the
Fifty Third (Jennan infantry, of
which ho is in command, U> kill all
Frenchmen whom they met, was
made here today.
I .M.ASUA LK.VS1XG BILL
l'KOBABLY 1'ASS TO!)AV
Washington, Sept. 26--The Al
; iiska coal leasing bill will probably
pass today as It was all ready last
! night. Shafroth prevented its pas
sage yesterday by announcing his
intention to submit and read sever
ill radical amendments.
METHODIST CELEBKATIUN IIKI.11
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 2tJ—Metho
liists of Connecticut today ce|ebrat
| ed the anniversary of the founding
[Of Methodism in this state nt Strat
ford in 1TS9.
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VHJiA IS ADVAXCIXG AT THE
HEAD OP FORTV THOUSAND »IE
F I Chiliauhau, Sept. 26—General VH
I la has given out that he will forc<
, Provisional President Carranza ti
| t anil is now advancing on Tar
i reou with 40,000 troops. Genera
1 Obregon has also been jailed undoi
i j order froja Villa.
-1 Vera Cruz, Sejft. 21»—The cou
i ' rtitutionaliBts army has been sen!
■ to the north ot tj:is city to checlt
■ |a supposed revolutionary movement
: under Higeulo Aguiltir.
All telegraph and telephone lines
• betwen here and Mexico City have
I been cut and it is also said that
,. liio railroad lines have beeu
: J put out of commission by the burn
| ing of the bridges. General Fun
ston has been unable so far to learn
the reason for thos acts.
San Antonio, sept, 2i>—It is said
that after selecting a commission
the constitutionalist generals plau to
I. mediate the differences between
f Villa and carranza.
Washington, Sept. 2U—'i'he navy
department has ordered the Unitod
j states battleships Rhode Island,
Texas and Minnesota to Vera Cruz.
1TXSTOX is OHDKltKl) TO
XOT LEAVE VERA CRl'55
I Washington, Sept. 20—Brigadier
General Pnnslon, in command of the
| American troops at Vera Cruz, has
'been ordered by President Wilson
: not to leave that city for at least
I ten d:iys.
Secretary of War L. M. Garrison
fs uiv'voided in his opinion as to
what the pos ible effect will be of
'the reported Villa revolution In
; Mexico.
brigadier General diss today ln
iorint d t • \. .<• di; . rtme.tt that
i tlie telegraph wires had been cut
| in Mexico south of Laredo, Eaglo
"tiss and Jauici.
The v:.r .ax bill p seed the house
, j • sterday.
Senator Borah of Idaho yesterday
j attacked tho proposed Alaska coal
leasing? s- sl< :n, at:d said tliat the
j operations of tho measure now be
' fore congress if passed would never
assist the consumer. Pointdexter of
Washington stale urged the passage
I of tho bill as presented.
President Wilson has written a
I letter to the New Jersey democrats
• declining to have them endorse his
candidacy for a second term.
)\|JI EXT A XIV Kits A It V
Washington, Se:>t. 23— Kighty
one years ago today the first meet
ing was held to plan erection of the
Washington monument and a per
manent organization formed. Chief
Jnstico John Marshal! of th© Su
preme court, and neighbor of Wash
ington near Mt. Vernon, was tho
first chairman.
itoosKviars daughter will
ACT AS HOSPITAL XURSE
New York, Sept. 20—Mrs. Ethel
Derby, wife of Dr. Richard Derby,
nnd youngest daughter of e-x-presi
| dent Theodore Roosevelt, is going
to Paris to nurse in tho French hos
I pitals.
ApOINTs RECEIVER FOR
ALASKA OIL COMPANY
Judge F. M. Brawn in the dis
- trlct court today; appointed Repres
' | entatiye Robert Gray as receiver
' for the Alaska Oil and Refining
; company, a Washington corporation,
which haa been manufacturing gaso
lene at Katalla the past two years.
The receiver's bond was fixed at
$5,000 and a trustee ■will be elected
by the creditors, who will succeed
the receiver.
The company is reported to owe
between $10,000 and $15,000 and
has a refining plant and one
patented claim besides other oil
property which it owns buj has not
as yet received patent for. They
have put considerable gasolene on
the market at Valdez, Cordova, Port
Wells and other Southwestern Al
aska ports.—Valdez Prospector.
1HU FIGHT IS ON TODAY
FOR OHIO DRV AMENDMENT
Cleveland, O., Sept. 26—-The cam
I Paign to add statewide prohibition
amendment to Ohio's constitution at
the general elections in November
was formally opened hero today
when "wet" and "dry" speakers
clashed in a Joint debate before the
City Club of Cleveland.
Thirty thousand dollars have beeu
raised to conduct the temperance
fighting 1q Cleveland and Guyhoga
I county alone. In nearly every
country in the state both factions
have their central committees "with
ward and precinct captains to can
vas evey voter.
Although, both "wet" and "dry"
forces declare the fight ig non-po
litical, Gov. Cox, democrat candi
date for re-election is said to have
"wot" tendencies, while his progres
sive opponents jams R. Garfield
has joined the "drys." The re
publican platform refused to take
a stand on the question, but Con
gressman Prank B. Willis, candidate
for governor, is known to have
strong "dry" sympathies.
RECTOR'S tt'U'E WINS
A PRIZE AT JVNEAU
Mrs. George E. Renison, wife of
the rector of Trinity church of Ju
ueau won the prize recently offered
for the best suggestion for a pen
nant for the big Goldstein depart
ment stores. The pennant is a
tasteful design bearing the inscrip
tion, "Alaska's Emporium." It
will fly from the flag staff of the
great concrete structure.—Juneau
Empire.
Mr. and Mrs. Renison and family
spent their last summer's vacation
in Skagway, during which they oc
cupied the Episcopal parsonage on
Eighth and State.
TWO PIONEERS PASS
OVER LAST DIVIDE
John Murphy and Joseph Whelan,
inmates of the Pioneers' Home at
Sitka, died a few days ago at that
institution. Murphy was admitted
to the home from Iditarod and died
September 11. Whelan was admit
ted from the First Division and
died September 12. Whelan's death
resulted from tuberculosis.
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THE FREIGHTER SEWARD
HELD UP BY JAPANESE
Tho captain of the steamer Sew
ard, of the Alaska Steamship Co.
which arrived in port this morning
reports that she was stopped i>>
the Japanese cruiser Idzuma
and searched from stem to stern
and from topmast to kelson, when
off Cape Beal. The Seward had
come a considerable distanc0 out
side her regular course and an ex
planation was demanded of the Am
erican vessel.
At first no attention was paid
to the Mikado's vessel, but when
a shot was put across the stern of
the Seward, they immediately stop
ped for they understood that they
meant business The cruiser came
dose alongside and sent an officer
a.board; she waa detained some
little while before resuming her
journey north. After searching th
vessel the Japanese officer made a
close examination of all the charts
of the ship. The captain of the
Seward was somewhat wrathy when
he w-as narrating his experience
with the Japs believing their actions
totally unwarranted. This cruiser
was sighted by the wireless station
at Tatoosh a few days age headed
toward either Vancouver or Victoria
presumably for coal before coming
on up the coast of British Colum
bia.—Ketchikan Miner.
The Seward arrived in Skagway
last night at 8 o'clock and is now
unloading on the water front.
LEAVES WITH ONE PRISONER
RETURNS WITH ANOTHBR
Deputy United States Marshal
Fred. Fonzo returned from Juneau
on the Dolphin this morning where
he had been to place Reutzebeck,
the Ganty store burglar, la the fed
eral prison until his case can be
acted upon by the federal
grand jury. On his return
trip Deputy Fonzo brought
with him as far as Ft. W. H. Sew
ard, and turned oyer to th-3 military
authorities there, Wat. Tuiin, a Un
ited States soldier who deserted
from that post la*t June, and was
under arrest in Juneau.
PRESIDENT OL Y.MIMA BREWING
COMPANY DEAD AT SEATTLE
Seattle, September 26—Leopold
Schmidt, president of the Olympia
Brewing Co. of this city, died here
yesterday from heart failure.
J. S. Mlnkove, a former resident
of Skagway, who is now proprietor
of the Douglas Hardware store, has
joined the ranks of the Benedicts.
In a letter received from hjn: today
by a friend in Skagway he says:
''I have become a true home guard,
and it certainly is a great life. It
happened about three weeks ago."
SCINTILLATIONS FROM
THE whitehorse STAR
A man named ShelMck who la «m
I'loyed at the Story mine on Lak«
Bennett had one of his hrok®n
on Wednesday while at work H»
was brought to the hoBpltal here on
the train that night.
Whitehorse Lodge No. 1380, Loy
al Order of Mooee, now has a new
borne; the upper Btory of p.
Burns & Co. building oa Main St-,
having been secured la plae« of
the North Star Athletic Hall whei*
the meetings hare }>esu held does
the order was organized here more
than, a year ago. The new lod^e
room is being nicely fitted ug and
will make a snug home for the mem
bers of the order. It will l>q a case
of Mooso meet upstairs aad moone
meat downstairs. The L. O. O. H.
is both strong and popular ham.
small game is quite scarce la uus
locality, although £, J, Hamacher.
who spent tires days la thu vicinity
ox Lake Lebarge, managed to se
cure about three dozen, ducks, near
ly all mallards. Other duck huatan
have not had much success. Grouse
are also very scarce, aad It la sot
unusual for a hunter to spend th.ii
entire day la the woods -without
seeing a bird. Chief Jim Bon baa
brought a number of mooee to iqwa
since the season opened.
While a number of boys wore en
gaged In friendly conflict with wood
en sabers last Friday area lag, York,
the youngest son of Postmaster and
Mrs. George "VTilson, was "Aus
trianed" in the mouth, the eh*rt>
poiuted toy weapon penetrating his
lip, entering hi^ mouth and quits
searioualy tearing Uia palate. Dr.
Clark was called and several stitches
were put in the lip. Needles* to
say, the other lada quietly but
promptly consigned their weaooaa of
war to the stoves of tbeir various
homes. Master York la coaval<*o
ing and will re-enHst In a few days.
YAMAGUCHI-YAMASHFTA
mubdeb TRIAL next
Of the remaining criminal cases on
the docket for this term of court at
Juneau it has definitely beta settl
ed that the trials of K. Yamagttehi
and H. Yamashlta for the murder
or T. Kaglta will be beld first.
Yamaguchl and Yamaahlta were in
dicted on August 20 for first de
gree murder. The killing of Kag
ita occurred at Sitka bay caaaery of
the George T. Myers company on
April 2 4 tti last.
The defendants admitted kilt
ing at the preliminary hearts#; but
say it was done in self defease.
—Juneau Empire.
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