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The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
Tuesday

Berlin dispatches are to the effect that the Russian forces in the Wilma district are now hopelessiy 1emoyal- ized by the strategic movements of the German armies unde: Generals Von Eichorn and Von Hindenburg. It is stated that the army of the cZar is now divided into three parts and that there is danger of the cap ture of at least one, if not all of the divisions
 The forces of General Von linden burg have cut off the retreat of the Russians from Wilma py cutting the line of the Wilma -Bararo-V Vittshi railroad The right wing of lbe army was therefore forced to re- treat to Lida, a town about 50 miles southeast of Wilma. German troops are also reported to have crossed the Molczafz at Dworzec
 The Berlin dispatches indicate that the German government now expects it's armies to force a way through to Petrograd with but little delay.
 Bulgaria. 5 order for a general mob iliZation of troops is also reported from Berlin. The report states tha; the Bulgarians are being mobili1ed in the interests of armed neutrality, although it is understood that the Serbian government has declared the Bulgarian frontier district a war zone.
 A German submarine base on the island of Guernsey is reported to have been destroyed Twenty-eight German submarines are said to have been caught in the steel traps laid for them by the Britons. The dis.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
Thursday

According to todays Berlin di. patches, the German forces in Rus sia commanded by General von Hin denburg will soon infest the city of Dunaberg Cor Dvinsk). The city is located on the Dvina river and or the main line of the railway running from Wilma to Petrograd. It's defenses are stated to be very strong.
 The Berlin dispatches also indicate that the Russians have escaped the trap set for them at Wilma and have succeeded in reuniting their forces. The Germans are now in possession of nearly all of the line of railroad between Wilma and Dunaberg.
 A Berlin dispatch also states that a new army of 100000 Germans is to be sent to the aid of the Turks in the Dardanelles. Its immediate objective point is OrsOvO, on the Danube river, from which place it is probable that the army will push through later to the relief of the Turks Orsovo is on the Austrian frontier and very near to the boun- daries of Roumania and Serbia
 It is reported that the kaiser has granted an audience to the Ameri- can ambassador. The kaiser is now on the eastern battlefront, but it is understood that the conference will take place immediately upon
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
Two Steamers In
 With Passengers

The steamers Tanana and Delta of the A.-Y. N Co.,, arrived here the early part of last week. each bringing several passengers. The Panama came from the lower river, the Delta bringing a load of passen- gers, mail and express from Dawson
 On the Tanana's passenger list were the following names;
 Sister NJ. Gregory, E. c. Clausen, Miss II. Girouard, R. Longties. Thon- as Suter, Henry Roden, Miss A. Armstrong, J Darling, H. l.. Barnet A. R. Handles.
 The incoming passenger list of the Delta was as follows
 Victor Durand, Mrs J. c. Keller, Mrs, E. l. Foster, Miss Elizabeth Foster, II. P. Hansen, A. E. Light, J. C. Wood, Mr. and Mrs w. E. Phillips, Sam Godfrey, Mrs. H. P. Nar5tens, c. II. La Boyteaux John Contardi Thomas Gardner, H. J. Atwell, l.. F. Beckett, w. K. Kierulf.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
THE SITUATION
 IN OLD MEXICO
WOM EN SHOT.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas. Sept. 20 As result of a raid by Mexican bandits at Magnolia, a suburb of this place, one Mexican woman is 1ead and two American girls are wounded. The raiders fired a num- per of volleys into the houses as they rode past and several Of the ranch Hou3es on the outskirts of the viii raid was made so unexpectedly that he bandits met with no opposition.
 CARRANZA IS mT.'
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 20 Following the conference held by Secretary of State Lansing with the Pan American peace conferees it is now considered certain in official circles here that the recognition of the government will be extended to General CarranZa, as at this time jiG forces are accredited with being in control in the greater part of the territory and with having by far the best organization.
 SOLDIERS MOVE.
 WASHINGTON, D, C., Sept. 21.-- Because of the receipt of a message from General Pershing, in charge of the border patrol, to the effect that 5000 of General Villas followers were in Juarez and falling back toward the border, regiment of in fantry and regiment of artillery .laye been ordered to Fl Paso.
 CARRANZA WINS.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 22.- According to official advices received today. General Carranza's s forces have defeated the Villa troops in a battle which resulted in the city of Chihua- hua falling into the hands of the Carranzistas. The latter are now engaged in sweeping northward movement, while General Villa is retreating rapidly to the northern border of Chihuahua state. It is believed that Villas objective point is Sonora, where he hopes to join forces with General Maytorena The Carranza forces are well equipped and supplied and are evidencing eX- aellent discipline.
 RETREAT ORDERLY.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 23.- General Villas retreat to the nor thern border of Chihuahua state is being conducted in an orderly man. ner and without semblance of rout, according to advices received by the state department.
 BORDER GUARDED.
 FL PASO, Sept. 23.-More mili- tary guards are patrolling the city than has ever before been the case, the reason being that there are almost continuous arrivals of Mexi-
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27

London dispatches today indicale that the Russian defense in the eastern war zone is stiffening to some extent. In fact it is stated their own along some parts of the lengthy battle line, being credited with the recapture of the fortress of Lutsk, in Russian proper just over the line from Galicia. They are also reported to be holding the Germans at bay to the northwest of Grodno.
 Orders have been issued from Athens for the mobilization of the Greek army, and it is expected that Greece will shortly enter the war on the side of the allies. It is expected that the mobilization of the Roumanian army will start within the next twentyfour hours. It is stated that the Greek forces are to be sent to the assistance of Serbia. The dispatches indicate that Bull garia may take the field on the side of the Teutonic armies at any time now. King Ferdinand has signified his intention to lead his troops in person.
 It is expected in London that war in the Balkan states will be an actual fact within the next A hours. It is generally conceded by all of the diplomats that Roumania and Greece will side with the allies, while Bulgaria will side with the AustroGermans However, England and France have not entirely given up hope of pacifying Bulgaria, thus mitigating their chances of success in the war.
 Vienna dispatches today are to the effect that Prince Frederick, of Thrun, was killed yesterday lician war zone.
 Athens dispatches tell of the of ticial order for mobilization. They say that all of the railroads of the country have been placed at the disposal of the government, and that war preparations are going on every where.
 Greek reservists as we'll as Bull garians are being called to the colors from all parts of the world. A New York dispatch states that in structions to send all Grecian re- servists home have been received by Greek consuls throughout the United States.
 No material gains by either side Ire reported from the western war zone. The fighting has been prin- cipally a matter of artillery duels, although several infantry attacks have been launched by both of the contending forces. Paris dispatches are to the effect that it is recon mended that the pay of the soldiers of France be increased from one to five cents per day.
 The Armenian Progressive society, of New York, is authority for the statement that the worst massacre since the dawn of civilization is now taking place among the Ar menians in Turkey. It is stated that more than 450,0OO Armenians have already been put to death in Asiat ic Turkey, and that 600,0O0 more are homeless. Judge (of divorce courD Aren't
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
INDIANS IN JAIL.

Charged with committing statu- Indians are nov in the federal jail here. They are William MartenheaG, Moses Peter, Fred Paul, Johnny Will Hams, Levi, Dave Mjiatli and Char ley Robert. The Indians were brought here last Tuesday by Deputy Mar shal John c. Wood. The guards with the party of prisoners were Victor DuraEd and w. F. Phillips.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
INTERNATIONAL
 NEWS BY WIRE
ALL TOGETHER.

ROME, Sept 20.-Mount Vesu- vius, Mount Etna and Mount Strom- boil are in d state of eruption simul- taneously for the first time in the history of the world.
 REPORTS OFFICIALLY.
 OTTAWA, Sept. 20.-An official report from Explorer Vilhjalmar Stefansson was received by the min ister of naval affairs today. It con- firms in all particulars that sent out
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
SHELDON FINED AGAIN.

Bob Sheldon declares that the next time he comes to town in an automobile, he will have phono- graph attached to the front end of his machine which will be fixed so of the auto will turn on "The Dead March" so slow will he be moving And all because Bobby" was haled into the city magistrates court again last Tuesday afternoon and fined S25 for speeding. This is the third time that Bob has paid and they grow larger with each offense.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27

can troops from Juarez. All Of th" bridges along the border are being closely guarded and the patrol par ties have been heavily augmented It is reported that General Villa :, on his way here with special train.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27

Judge (of divorce court) Aren't you attached to your husband?"
 Plaintiff I came here to get detached"
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27

"Boozer seems to have tremen dous thirst.' 'Oh, he never lets it get as bad as that
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
OF INTEREST
 10 ALASKANS
WILL SUPPORT SON.

WTLL SUPPORT SON.
 SEATTLE, Sept. 23.-" Swiftwater Bill' Gates today put up bond guaranteeing for twelve months to pay $20 monthly toward the support # his son Fred
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
RETREAT ORDERLY.
BORDER GUARDED.

FL PASO, Sept. 23.-More mili- tary guards are patrolling the city than has ever before been the case, the reason being that there are almost continuous arrivals of Mexi-
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
AFTER THE MONEY.

cluded conference with French linanciers, P. l.. Bark, the Russian minister of finance, has gone to London 10 discuss financial matters affecting the allies with the prom nent English bankers.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
EXTRA SESSION.
IS INDICTED.

WINONA. Minn.. Sept 23-The grand jury today returned an in dictment for assault against Father Lesches, who a month ago attempted to kill Bishop Heffron in the latter $ study. The bishop. who was shot in two places, continues to improve Il health.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27

BOSTON, Sept. 23.-At the state primaries held today Samuel Mccall vas the Republican choice for gov crnor. while Governor David Walsh was accorded the Democratic nomi- nation over Dietrich by an over whelming vote. There was no oppo- sition to Nelson Clark. the Progress siye candidate. Mccall opposed Walsh at the election in 1914 and was de. fedtCd by nearly 12000 votes.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27
ALIENS NOT EXEMPT.

WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 24.- According to a ruling made by the treasury department today, aliens re- siding temporarily in the United States will hereafter net be allowed exemptions from the income tax law, but will be compelled to pay one per cent of their net income. The decision, which has been awaited with interest, means large ad- dtion to the national revenues.
 AGAIN.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-Victor Mur- dock announces that the Progress i've party will most certainly put full ticket in the field next year. The statement has created a mild sensa tiOr in political circles, as it was being taken for granted that the Bull Moose party would get back into the Republican fold again before the next general election.
 DEFENSE DISCUSSED.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 24.- Vice President Marshall called at the White House today and held a long conference With the President re- 9arding the international situation. Among other matters discussed was that of national defense.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-27

SEVEN KILLED.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Seven pee pie were killed and several score in jured this morning when a portion of the Seventh avenue subway was wrecked by an explosion of dyna- mite.
 BULGARS SUMMONED.
 CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-All Bulgari- ans of legal age have been ordered to report immediately to the con sulate at New York, where trans portation will be furnished to take them home for military duty.
 HITCH IN LOAN.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-The sup posed hitch in the negotiations re specting the big loan that the allie: are endeavoring to float was the subject of much theorizing on Wall street this morning. The leading members of the loaning syndicate
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WRITERS ALSO ORATORS.
Dickens. MacauIny, DisraelI and
Canning All Good Speakers.

An enticing subject for discussion is
the writer as orator II Is. OF course
undenlable that the mental processes I've
longing TO the two orders OF expression
are wholly different. but. says a cor
respondent OF the Manchester Gudrdidn.
l should challenge very strongly the con.
tention that the good writer is seldom a
good speaker
Putting aside Burke. Gladstone, Bright
and others who cannot properly he put
into classes. submit that the number Of
modern writer's who have been fine
speakers Is very large. Canning and
Dlsraeli could write and speak equally
well. Macaulay. although, as you re-
mark. he memorized his speeches, was
among the great Parliamentary orators
Of the reform era. The memorizing. by
the by, was not his fault lie could not
help knowing word for word everything
that he prepared. anu he accomplished
the extraordinary feat of writing out
for publication in his last years. when
he was too i'll for original work. the ora
lions which he had spoken ten or twenty
years earlier.
Coleridge. his admirers thought, was
a marvellous speaker. Dickens was a.
most without a rival after dinner. Pub
lie speaking was a torment TO Ruskin.
as 10 Carlyle, but those who heard him
never forgot the experience. Matthew
Arnold was poor speaker. Thacksray
on the platform was pitiful. But let me
suggest a few other examples, Lord
Rosebery IL an orator and an accom-
plished author. Mr.. Balfour, when he
likes. can write like an angel. and there
are few more deadly de5atorc.
Lord Morley VII! ,ive as G writer, but
he has made greet speeches. lord Cur
zon writes exactly as re speaks and With
about equal facility ana force IT. thsar
entirely different WAR Lo.c HaidAns
and Mr.. Birrel enjoy the dual faculty
Then consider Mr. Chestortcn ard Ber-
nard Shaw, In certain respects tho greas-
est master OF public speech as OF Written
! Ell glish alive to-day. And not 30 extend
/ the list there is w 2. Yeats, in whom
are combined poetic genius. flne com
! mand OF prose and sfft OF speeos
which az it's best is perfect.
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II Is eminently characteristic Of the
mature man OF greater affairs, par
ticularly OF the man of proconsular
type who has had to govern strange
folk, to engage his hours of mature
leisure in the study Of tho problems
of morals Such a pursuit is Of the
nature of what the commercially
minded call a trial balance, in fact an
examination of the individuals SOL
vency before he comes to render
somewhere the account OF his
stewardship. Such is the object of
Sir BAMPFYLpE FULLER of the Indian
'ivil Service in Life and Human Nature
Gongmans, Green and Company.
The author prepared himself for his
life work by taking the course of
studies at Marlborough College, which
has supplied so many distinguished
men In the administration OF Indian
affairs. When il was time for him %
obtain recognition for service his first
preferment WAS the appointment in
1883 TO the position of Commissioner
of Settlements and Agriculture in the
Central Provinces. to which was added
in 1899 mcmi ership in the Niceroy's
Council. In 1901 he became secretary
To the Government of India in the
Revenue and Agricultural departments,
from which hc passed in the next year
to the Chief Commissionershi Of
Assam and in 1905 was made the first
Lieutenant Governor Of Eastern Ben
gal and Assam. On his retirement in
1906 he was created a Knight Com
mander Of the Star of india, additional
Ia the companionship in the order of
tho Indian Empire, with which he had
been honored fourteen years earlier.
Earlier works. Studies OF Indian
Life and Sentiment" $500 and THE
Indian Empire" G9l3, have taken
high rank in the literature OF that
great division of the Indian realm Of
Great Britain,
Sir Bampfylde has developed with
great interest and with no little skill
system Of common philosophy in
which the old problems OF ethics are
brought into reciprocal adjustment
with the determinations of several Of
the physical and biological sciences
|, will not lack readers, ii will interest
many serious thinkers somewhat re-
moved from the fields In which the
activity Of discovery is urgent, that
means that II will have a large and
emlnently valuable appeal. From the
days OF Adam, or his ultimate pre-
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BONAPARTE AS CENSOR.
su pprersed AImsuaoh de 6"ths
with DepsseA PrfaoeA

The German Afmanauh de Gocna pGb-
ltshed two editions in 1908, ana the MS
OF these, which wan suppressed 81
order OF Napoleon. Is now worth con
si6erably more than It's weight IN ro'd
Tho suppression, says the Pol non
GaEette, took place because tho -'ic"
had included In the section devo;eh 70
reigning soYe-eigns nunber OF cTe'
man princes deposed by the French Ern'
peror. From that year until iSl+ no
proofs had 20 be submitted 10 the FreaeA
authorities before publication.
Tho revised edition OF 1903 ooa;o.csa
curiov, collection Of portraits Ma
poleon figures on the frontispisr "1ta
the inscription:
II recu pour nous q,raad 10 eic' 'e forms
lie bras de Romulus ct respr!; DC HUFns'
The subjects OF the other portraits are
Murat. then Grand Duke OF Befs
CrAiemagne lie volt aVec plais'r au
nombre de ses souvrains'D, Nelson a-'
Pitt, Concerning the last two tho ed'-
tor writes: thine and death nay" 'S'
! tingushed the feeling OF eamt- Icy
once inspired"
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ism shys It's castor int :rr y.
utilitarian ethics takes up .ne ra..o,
and the ola piarct continues 90 ,,ri,,
its multitudinous ,haggctS taroizh
space, lighting, weeping. laughing. a,.
spairing. aspiring 80 they 70 tac-
reticuiated ways. Ethics makes 70,
comfort. but II is not easy 10 get N.
soothing syrup down. To provide
preferable substitute for the pro,~,-
tive conventions the ethics O, IN.
schools must convince the unlcorn.,
multitude OF its finaiity. Until il does
that land can II ever do thatC II IL
a toy of the aristocracy OF intele-
Professor Ladd examines the value
of the moral life both to the indIv-s.
ual and TO the community fro=. whose
interests those OF the individual Arc
inseparable. whether they be ahrfn.
istered for happy harmony or for dis.
cord and discomfort. Moral u. ,s
essentially a thing OF growth. Rehs.
ion gives form TO morality: infinitely
increases moral values by raising
them to tho realm Of the eternal" Bu,
IL will be asked in the forum Of tho
scornful. granting eternity to reilly.
ion. has ethics any handhold on ~
Is eternity a reality. or purely psy.
Geological? Ethics ought" to de,,
with the realities OF conduct Is il.
expansion into the realm OF the eter.
nal" justified by the view Of religion
and morality az, though not identical
closely related?
Persons who resort to ethics in
sincere quest for principles of gu.d.
ance In conduct may apply to the phn.
osophical framework the thought IN
this passage:
Oxygen and hydrogen combine % max.
the (previous to experience totally nm.
expected and unpredlctablc compound
water We explain by enumera,inE N.
quantities OF each that enter into the con-.
bination, and the circumstances OF ,sn
perature pressure. &c. But sim why
why oxygen and hydrogen rather ina,
carbon aud nitrogen? Because % diner
ences inherent In. the nature OF all tour
But what do We know about the real ns.
ture OF any OF these four We know
nothing, and can never know anythlgt
beyond what we find out aS TO the wAv
in Which. under an ever increasing va.
riety OF circumstances and relations they
actually behave.
when the mysteries of physical ma
ture are so impenetrable how can ",
hope to disclose the secrets Of the al
chemy Of the spirit? There is anal
ogy between the formulation Of
forces and reactions in the physical
world. the analysis of phenomena.
the limitations of behavior" of bodie,
and forces. and. in the world of mind
and morals. accommodation Of indvld-
ual acts to community welfare CON
duct" under definite social compu'-
slons and restraints. Ethics may deal
with concrete right and wrong, or
with the attitude toward life which
determines the individuals applica-
ton of the underlying moral prnci.
Piles. 1t is with this part Of ethics
that Professor Ladd is concerned;
with goodness" in the mind rather
than with acts good or bad. with vir.
tue rather than the virtues His IN
sistence on the value OF the moral
life in itself is the characteristic part
Of his teaching.