St. Petersburg, Oct. 20—Bloody
fighting .■•till continues on the
VbtuU river, vvhera 18,000 ',aP"
mans are reporte<l to have boc#
killed.
BELIEVED RUSSIANS AND
TVRKS ARE FIGHTING
Bucharest, Oct aO—The sound of
heavy firing that. has been heard
hero all day is believed to come
from the guns in a Russian and
Turkish battle that is now taking
place on the Black Sen.
BELGIAN ARMY IS HOLDING
ITS OWN ON RIVER LYS
Paris, Oct. 20—'The Belgian army
is today re|H>rted to b®» holding its
own on the river Lyn.
SEIZE important ISLANDS
KOK military PURPOSES*
Tokio. Oct. 20—According to of
ficial advices the Japanese navy de
luutment, for military purposes, has
n-izeil the itnporta ntlslamts <rf Mar
ianne ami .Marshall in the East
Con-line archipelago and others
in the West Caroline archipelago.
ALASKA COAL LEASING BILL
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT
Washington, Oct. 2C—President
Wilson today signed th® Alaska
coal leasing bill and it i* now a
law.
Word was Toceived here today
that the Panama canal is again
open for traffic.
THK RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR
I.KAYKS CONSTANTINOPLE
Landon, Oct. 20—The Ru»iiu
»mhai*8«ior, according to late ad
vices, i» leaving Constantinople to
day on account of a rumor that is
gaining ground there that Turkey in
tfung to t*ke up arm* in favor of
• ieniumy*
Report* are now curre»» la thi*
city that the allies* have re-captured
Ostend. -
Heavy fighitng is also reported
all along the line from Yres to
Veurne, and it Ls believed that the
tierman- adranre to the coast luu
been checked and that thej are now
surrounded by the allies.
It la also wdd that the K«»-siaus
hare hurled the Gerncvnfe back from
the vicinity of Warsaw-.
Fonr great engagements ore now
wpoitfll to be raging or. Hie east
ern battle front.
DENIES CZAR IS TRYING
FOR PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
St. Petersburg, Oct. 20—Russian
Minister of Foreign Affairs Saso
loff ha# officially denied tlie »•"
nior that the Czar is trying to w*
range for peace terms.
Loudon, Oct. (By mall to New
[York)—a Welsh army corps is to
'"be formed at once. This was de
finitely made known today when ll
was announced that a meeting is
to be held here soon of leading
men to plan the formation. Lord
Kitchener has given his sanction to
the plan wbich was first suggested
by Lloyd George.
An executive committee with a
chairman will be appointed for the
work of carrying out the recruiting.
Units now in course of formation
will be absorbed by the corps which
will take in all of Wales and Mon
mouthshire.
London, Oct. (By mail to New
York)—The Queen, attended i»
members of her suite and by Her
bert Samuel, president of the lo
cal government, paid a visit yes
terday to the headquarters of the
Belgian refugees at Aldwych and
the great encampment at. Alexandra
Palace. Her Majesty took a great
interest in the plans that are being
carried out for providing for the
comfort of the refugee*;, she talk
ed with many of them, expressing
her sympathy for their state. A
company of Belgian boy scouts act
ed as her escort at the encamp
ment.
| London, Oct. (By mail to New
York.)—Lieutenant A. C. Johnston,
well known as Hants country pre
mier cricketer, is beginning to- be
lieve thai he bears a charmed life
He has been sent home wounded
from the front but he said he con
siders himself mighty lucky to be
even alive. He had many narrow
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. * T«Aj>E_ MARK.'
H. J. LYNCH
escapes from death.
The day before he was wounded
the nose of a shell hit a wall six
Inches oyer his head, shortly after
a bullet hit the cround a half yard
ahead of him, glanced up and hit
him on the body, only bruising him.
Then a bullet hit him over the heart
but it was "siKiit" and he picked
it out of his breast pocket and
sent it home to his wife as a sou
venir. His final escapt came
when he was sitting on the steps of
a house. Half the building was
blown up 'and he \^as not ©v®n
touched.
London, Oct. (By mail to New
; York)—Some almost unbelievable
practices in fighting are reported "u
a letter just received here from aa
officer in the Brigade Guards. He
said;
"We are at the present time en
j during; a "most damnable shelling.
Five minutes ago, thd head of s
shell finished up between m^ and
adjutant. I have it now in niy
haversack. We are in a fairly safe
position but it is not pleasant. Yes
terday was a terrible day. We had
f to gain ground through a wooded,
I horseshoe shaped hollow. Eventually
we got up and found the eneniy in
! a horseshoe position.
"We pushed on when all of a
sudden the foremost German, all
j over the field advanced. They wer
either waving white flags or their
jhands up. Instead of taking no
uotice the men got uo as if the
l battle were over, I shouted my
j self • oarse, telling them to go on
j fighting. it was of no avail, and i
fivo minutes or less a second line
i of Germans came over the sky-line
J anu began firing on us. The men
[ were then in groups. We got a
line formed and opeued fire. Some
of our men were in front and of
course we tried tc avoid them.
BllITT APPOINTED VU'K
CONSUL FOR NORWAY
Juneau is the seat of a Nor
wegian vice Consulate with jurisdic
tion over the First and Third judi
cial divisions of Alaska. William
Dritt, member of the Juneau city
council, and proprietor of Britt's
pharmacies in Skagway and Juneau,
recently received news of his ap
pointment to be Norwegian vice
consul at Juneau. Th© appointment
was made September 21, and is now
in effect. x
Mr. Britt received the notifica
tion of his appointment through the
New York Norwegian consulate.
WILL BK HERE SOON
(Communicated)
•Skagway, Oct. 20th, 1914
Editor Daily Alaskan:
Word having been received here
that Mrs. Gibson, who is running
for the legislature in the First Di
vision on t.'ie Independent ticket,
would be in Skagway soon to ad
dress the voters of this precinct,
the members of Camp Skagway No.
A. B., have kindly offered her
the use of their hall, free of charge,
in which to speak.
We believe that tha thanks of
the ladies of Skagway are due to
the members of this generous
order.
Very respectfully
A SOURDOUGH
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION OPENS TODAY
Washington, Oct. 20—Formally
welcomed to Washington by Presi
dent Wilson, the membera of the
American Bar association convened
here today in Ihelr annual meet
ing. With Memorial continental
hall packed almoet to capacity,
President Wilson opened the con
vention by delivering the address of
welcome to the lawyers from all over
the United States.
Following President Wilson's ad
dress, which was warmly applaud«d,
William Howard Taft, former presi
dent of the United States and presi
dent of the association, delivered
his annual address. He covered
in a general way the work of the
association in the past year, and
told of the problems now confront
ing the body.
Routine business occupied the re
mainder of the opening session of
the association. The nomination
and election of members was sched
uled to come first, after which the
general council, for next year was
to be elected. The secretay,
treasurer and executive committee
were then to make their reports.
The convention will last three
days, coming to a close on Thurs
day evening, Oct. 22 w'th the an
uual dinner of the association,
which will be hold at the New Wil
lard hotel.
Senator Elihu Root, of New YorK,
will address the convention tonight
on "The Layman's Criticism of the
Lawyer." Following this address
the convention will adjourn to at
tend a reception tendered to mem
bers, their wives and friends at the
Hall of the Americas, the Pan
American Union building. This re
ception will be held at 9:30 o'clock.
The various committees will not
make their reports to the associa
tion until tomorrow. Besides the
fifteen standing committees from
whom are expectad Bome critical re
ports on present law methods and
suggestions for reforms, ten special
committees appointed last year to
Investigate certtun laws and sug
gest possible remedies will deliver
their reports tomorrow.
A fight is expected in the conven
tion when the resolution of Moor
field Storey, of Massachusetts, re
scinding a formw resolution which
aimed a blow at negroes joining,
comes up, which will be on Thurs
day, the last day of the meeting.
Storey's resolution Is as follows;
"Resolved, that the preamble
and resolution adopted by this as
sociation at the thirty-fifth annual
meeting (1912) which were as fol
ic ws;
'WHEREAS, three persons of
colored race were elected to
membership *n this association
without knowledge upon the/
part of those electing them
that they were of that race,
and are now members of this
association.
•RESOLVED, that, as It has
never been, contemplated that
members of the colored race
should become members of this
association, tha several local
councils are directed that If at
any time any of them shall re
commend a person cf the col
ored race for membership, they
fhall accompany the recommen
dation with a statement of the
fact that he is of buc>. race.'
nnd the same are hereby rescinded."
The resolution referred to by
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COMMISSION OPENS
RAILROAD HEARING
Washington, Oct. 20—Hearings
were begun yesterday by the Inter
state' Commerce Commission upon
the application of 132 railroads for
a flat Increase of 5 per cent • in
freight rates. Commerce condi
tions directly caused bv the war
was the sole scope of evidence, as
restricted by the commission. Rail
road counsel, in force, were ar
rayed today ii^ the battle for increas
ed rates against shippers organiza
tions and state railway commission
ers.
Brief hearings only were planned
today. The commission will con
fine all testimony to "war" condi
' lions, disregarding other ele
1 ments of railroads finance consider
' ed in previous applications of the
| railroads for the 5 per cent hori
zontal advance. Becauso of the
war the railroads contend their
commerce has dwindled and their
revenues have greatly curtailed.
Security obligations and improve
ments facing the roads, it is
contended, make necessary rate in
crease.
RUBY RECOMMENDS
SECRET SERVICE MEN
At the conclusion of the session
of the grand jur^ at Ruby recently,
that body made a number of re
commendations which art? interest
ing not only to the people of the
lower river, but also the whole of
the interior. Chief among their
recommendations was that request
ing the department of justice to
authorize the appointment of at
least six secret service men for
duty in the Fourth judicial division.^
It is urged that secret service men
are needed to run down criminals.
FEDERATION expected ■>
TO O. K. SUFFRAGE MOVE
Youngstown, O., Oct. 19—Formal j
approval of the proposed suffrage
amendment to Ohio's constitution
is expected at the Ohio Federation
of Woman's clubs, which convened
here otday. The amendment comes
before the voters at the general el
ections, Nov. 3.
Rural Bchool conditions, industrial
education, and social hygiene are
some of the other subjects to be
taken up at the sessions of the
convention which close October "23.
Storey is th« one which provoked ;
such a fight in the convention two
years ago, a': which time William H. |
Lewie, the negro appointed by form
er President Taft, as one of the
assistant attorneys general, was
taken into the association. The
firjht almost disrupted the body
and a second clash is feared over
Storey's resolution.
REGULAR MEETING OP THE
SKAGWAy TOWN COUNCIL
The town council held ita regular
semi-monthly meeting last night M
the town hall, at which were present
all the memters of the board ex
cept Batson and Magee.
After roll call and the minutes ot a
previous meeting had been read aad
approved, Councilman Ashley of the
P. W. and P. P. committee, report
ed upon the laying of the State
street sidewalk, and said that 00
account of the delay that had beea
caused the contractors through the
town's not receiving the Bidewalk
lumber shipment as soon as wag «*
pected when the contract was Blgn
ed, he would recommend an ex
tension of th0 time of compleitag
the work until Nov. 16th. It wus
adopted.
He also reported on the con
struction of the new hoee house in
the north end of town.
In reference to a petition which
had been presented to the council
for the installation of a Btreet
light in the lower part of towa, Mr.
Ashley reported adversely thereto.
The following claims against
town were read, appro-red and war
rants ordered drawn. La payment.
Alaska Transfer Co. „. — f 8-05
Pack Train Restaurant .. ... 2.10
W. P. & Y. R. 66.65
W. L. Speer .. ... 46-25
Alaska Transfer Co. .. ., 605.80
W. T. Myrlck 16-6®
W. S. Sparks .. 8.18
John Johnson ... 49.60
D. N. Hukill ... 2-69
D. Martin ... . .. 46-76
Dr. Gabie .. 10 90
Fred. Kindling 68.00
Considerable discussion waa had
by - members of the council
in reference to the col
lection of delinquent town li
censes, it finally being decided to no
tify the delinquents once more and
if they failed to respond to tak«
legal steps to enforce payment.
A resolution passed by the coun
cil, sitting as a board of equal
ization fixing the amount of tax-,
able property In the toWR at $610,
175 and recommending a levy of
one per cent thereon for municipal
purposes, -was adopted. ,;
The cuncll then adjourned. j7|
WRAXGEIiL TO SHIP
ALASKA GAR-VETS
Miss Durkey, president of th<> Al
aska Garnet Mining and Manufactur
ing company, which ia operating on
the garnet ledge at the mouth at
the Stikine river, states that tie
company will ship some twelve tosi
of garnets south shortly. The com
pany has secured a concession from
the government to sell their garnet*
in the manufacturers' building at
the San Francisco fair and thi«
shipment will be the first bound for
that place.—Wrangell Sentinel.
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