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Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
BRITISH ATTACK
 SUBMARINE BASE
London Reports Furious BOmbard- ment Taking Place, But Object
 of Attack Only Surmise.

LONDON, Sept. 16.-The British fleet is believed to be bombarding the German positions in the neigh borhood of Zeebruggee and Knocke, on the coast of Belgium. Heavy cannonading, which began at day break, has been kept up necessarily for hours, and it is believed that large fleet is engaged in an effort to destroy the German submarine base established at Zeebrugge.
 During thes raids by British air men on the submarine base consid- erable damage is believed to have re- suited from the dropping of bombs, but so extensive and solid were the German defenses that no aerial at tack could cause more than tenn porary annoyance and comparatively little damage to the fortress, which is constructed of concrete.
 It is believed, however, that the British fleet has been sent with it's heavy long-range guns to reduce the submarine base. It is reported from Flushing that the flashes of the guns can be seen and that several vessels are engaged.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
BALKANS HAVE REACHED CRISIS
 \
Bulgaria Demands Explanation of Concentration of Greece and
 Rumania on Border.

ROME, Sept. 16.-Affairs in the Balkan States have reached crisis and a declaration of war between Bulgaria and Greece and Rumania is expected to be made at any minute. The Bulgarian government has de- manded an explanation from the gov ernments of Greece and Rumania as to why they have concentrated their armies on the borders of Bulgaria.
 That a declaration of war will soon follow is the opinion of diplomats here, as the situation is strained to the breaking point. Bulgarian ra1d- CTS are reported to have crossed the border i9to Rumania and were re- pulsed and driven back with heavy losses. The border patrols are also reported to be sniping each other whenever an opportunity present it. self.
 All the Balkan states have been preparing for entrance in to the Flu ropean struggle when advantageous connections had been formed with the great powers engaged in the struggle for supremacy.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
UNDERSEA BASE
 FOR SUBMARINES.
Germans Had Created Apparently Safe Retreat for Submarines
 Near Belgium Coast.

ROTTERDAM, Sept. 16.-The Ger mans are believed to have establish ed underground depots for subma- rines defending the coast of Bel |gium. The depots are reported to be under the high banks of the Zee brugge canal, leaving the top of the tdike as the roof for the submarine retreat. Nothing of the retreat is visible to the army aviators, who visit the neighborhood. and they would scarcely think of dropping bomb upon the apparently innocent dike.
 The naval raid which took place on the coast of Belgium, on August 23, is reported to have revealed one submarine base when the British shells dropped along the canal. That the British admiralty had been in formed of the submarine base is ap- parent from the fact that shells were dropped all along the canal for sev- eral miles,. It is not known whether any undersea craft were in the base when bombarded by the British fleet.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
SECRETARY LANE WILL ASK CONGRESS
 FOR $lQ,oO0,000 FOR NEXT YEAR
STATES THAT BUILDING ALASKA RAILROAD IS PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY AND DECLINES FAVOR ISSUING BONDS FOR BALANCE APPROPRIATION-WIIL CONGRESS SUPPLY MONEY.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.- Secretary Franklin K. Lane has made the announcement that he will ask the next session of congress to ap- propriate eight or ten million dollars to prosecute the work of building the government railroad in Alaska during the coming year. He states that he will be guided in the amount for which congress will be asked to appropriate by the report of the Alas kan Engineering commission, in charge of the work of building the railroad.
 Secretary Lane in an interview to the press stated that the reports of the commission showed that wonder full progress had been made during the present summer and that the work was advancing in very satis- factory manner. The rails would be laid for a considerable distance out of Anchorage toward the Matanuska
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
BRITISH SEIZE
 AMERICAN GOODS
Ssarpoes of Four Norwegian Vessels Valued at Millions of Dollars,
 Have Been Confiscated.

LONDON, Sept. 16.-The British prize court has confiscated the car goes of four Norwegian steamers which were loaded with American cotton. The cotton shipments were desti4cd for German consumption, but the owners of the cargoes assert that the shipments were already out to sea before the British order mak- ing contraband went into effect.
 The loss, which will amount to several million dollars, will fall upon the American shippers as the German importers pay for shipments only when delivered. Tie vessels will be permitted to depart after the cargoes have been discharged, although they have made themselves liable to be considered as blockade runners and as such liable to confiscation.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
Russia Calls More Reserves.

PETROGRAD, Sept. 16.-The ter ritorial reserves of Russia have been called for service in the new army being organized by the war depart ment. The men will go into train ing and will not be sent to the front before next spring, when the new army will be thoroughly equipped and sent against the Teutons. The call ing of the reserves is meeting with opposition as dissension and dissatis- faction is widespread among the peo- pie of Russia, who realize that they are bearing the brunt of the fight ing while their allies are apparently making no effort to force the Ger mans in the west with the object of forcing them to withdraw troops from Russia.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

coal fields, before winter closed down all except rock work, which would probably be continued all win ter.
 The government has made the first payment of the purchase price of the Alaska Northern railroad and the roadbed was now being repaired and made ready for transportation of freight to desired points where heavy work will be necessary.
 Efforts have been made to have the administration finance the Alaska railroad in the same manner as the Panama Canal, by means of bond is sues. Many prominent Democrats have urged Secretary Lane to favor issuing bonds for the balance of the congressional appropriation, amount ing to $33,00O,000, but Secretary Lane has declined to favor the propo- sition, and expresses the belief that congress may safely be relied upon to advance the money as required.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
OWL DRUG STORE IS
 TAPPED FOR JEWELRY.

Some miscreant forcibly entered the Owl drug store Monday night by breaking the lock of the rear en- trance. The party had evidently been scared away before he had time to make a cleanup, but he secured sev- eral watches and other pieces of jew elry. This is the first offense of the kind to be reported to the police for many months, and the officers are hot after the offenders, and promise to make an object lesson of them If cap- tured.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

The above message is believed to refer to William Soule, who was con- nected with the Alaska Road com mission office in Valdez for the past several years. He left Valdez sev- eral months ago, victim of white plague, and had relatives living near Seattle. Letters received from him by Valdez people stated that he had recovered greatly from the disease after reaching home, but that he had failed to regain his strength and was consulting specialists in Tacoma.
 Soule was popular among his asso- ciates in Valdez and the announce ment of his tragic death will be deep ly regretted.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

PETROGRAD, Sept. 16.-The Rus sian armies in the south and west have taken the offensive and have driven the Teutonic armies back a considerable distance The German troops have been forced to retire from Hartman's and Weilerkopf, and the towns are again in possession of the Russians. The Russian army in the south has been greatly reinforce ed with the object of forcing the Ger mans to withdraw portion of the forces now. with Hindenburg before Riga.
 The fighting in the western zone in Poland during the past few days since the Czar's troops assumed the offensive, has been one of the most desperate character, the Teutonic al- lies offering stubborn resistance to every advance of the Russians. The Austrian forces are numerically weak as compared with the opposing forces of the Czar, but are retreating in good order, and offering stubborn resistance to the Russian advance.
 The southern Russian army, un- der command of the Russian Grand Duke, has also been successful in driving the Austriais back. Dis patches indicate that many prisoners
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
LEWIS AND BANEY
 GIVEN THEIR LIBERTY

The grand jury reported no indict- ments in the cases of Frank Baney and Frank Lewis, who were arrested in Cordova last winter on the charge of larceny and bound over. The men were strangers in Cordova, having come from the interior and were in the railroad town only a few days when they were apprehended on the charge of having taken a sum of mon ey from a guest at the Rainier-Grand hotel.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
.SOULE KILLED IN
 AUTO ACCIDENT
Went Outside for Treatment and Suffered Fatal Injuries Going
 to Doctor to Consult.

SEATTLE, Sept. .16.-William Soule, of Kent, died in Tacoma hos pital on Tuesday from injuries sus- tained in an automobile accident, while going to Tacoma for treatment for lung trouble. The car which Soule was driving was overturned, pinning him under the heavy frame. He sustained a broken collar bone, several ribs broken and was hurt in- |ternally.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
Germans Capture Pinsk.

BERLIN, Sept. 16.-The German army in Central Russia continues to advance and has driven the Russians from the fortress at Pinsk, more than two hundred miles east of Warsaw. Pinsk was strongly fortified by the retreating Slavs, but the defenses were quickly overcome by the Ger man siege guns. Advices from the Riga region indicate that the Rus sian defensive is stiffening and that General Hindenburg is meeting with stronger opposition but is steadily advancing.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

have been taken as we'll as vast quan- titles of munitions and guns. The Austrian forces in Galicia were weak ened by the necessity of Austria send ing troops to oppose the Italian in- vaders and the Russians are regain ing the ground lost several weeks ago when their supply of ammunition failed to materialize from Japan.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
HEAT IN
 EASTERN STATES
Three Persons Died from Sunstroke In Philadelphia, and Three In
 Pittsburg Yesterday.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.-A terrific heat wave has swept over the eastern states for the past forty eight hours, causing untold misery among the residents of the tenement districts. Three deaths were report ed to the health office yesterday in this city from sunstroke.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
Russian Resistance Stiffening.

Russian Resistance Stiffening.
 LONDON, Sept. 16.-Reports from Petrograd indicate that the Russian opposition to the advance of the vic torious German army under General Hindenburg in the neighborhood in Riga is stiffening and that the Teu- tons are making slow progress. That the Russians are gradually being
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
JAPAN TO MAKE MORE SHELLS.
Special Factories to be Put Up-En
 tente EnvOys See Okuma.

tente Envoys See Okuma.
 TOKYO, Sept. 16.-The establish ment of special factories for the man. ufacture of shells will be a part of the increased assistance which Japan has decided to give her allies in the war, 1t is declared.
 Details of the plans for carrying on the work of increasing Japan's intuition supplies have been discuss ed by the ambassadors of the Enten- te powers with Premier Okuma, the diplomats going in a body from the Summer embassies at Shuzeni to Nikko for the purpose following the Premier's recent audience with the Emperor.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
ITALY BARS STRONG DRINK.

Licenses Are Revoked and all Sa-
 looms in Milan Close.
 MILAN, Sept. 16.-The authori- ties today withdrew 1900 licenses to sell alcoholic drinks, initiating a cam paign against alcoholism.
 Many bars, inns, saloons and re- treatment houses have closed, as H has been found that the efficiency of the army has been greatly lowered by indulgence in drink.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
Germans Reported Retreating.

PETROGRAD, Sept. 16.-The Rus sians are reported to have won bril- liant victory in the neighborhood of Pripet marshes. Dispatches state that the Teutons are retreating into the swamps, but they are being pur- sued by the Russians and many pris- oners have been taken.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.-The heat wave continues in this section and the weather bureau promises no immediate relief. Three deaths were reported to the police yesterday.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16
RUSSIANS HAVE TAKEN OFFENSIVE IN SOUTH
 PETROCRAD CLAIMS TUET0NS DRIVEN BACK

PEEROGRAD REPORTS THAT GRAND DUKES ARMY HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. GERMANS ARE BEING DRIVEN TO sWAMPs-GERNlANs CAPTURE FORTIFIED TOWN PINsK AND TAKE MANY ACCOMPLISHMENT TERRITORIAL. RESERVES COLoRs-AUsTRIAN DEsTROYERs SUNK IN THE ADRIATIC ITALIAN sUBMARINE-LONDON EXPECTS POSSIBILITIES BEGIN ANY TIME WITH BULGARIA. FIGHTING WITH TEUTONIC ALLIES
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

See S. Blum & Co.,, for the latest styles In Boys and Youths Hats.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

Pictures developed at the valde, Drug Company. If.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

forced to retire to new positions is indicated by the positions of the troops.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

Mrs. Merchant, Milliner. Hats remodeled and made to or, der. At Emporium. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

Fancy Stationery at the Valdez Drug Store.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-09-16

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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-18

at the Orpheum this week to enjoy one
of the best variety bills that has been
presented there not only this season,
but in fact any other season. And the
beauty of the array of talent that holds
forth there this week is the fact that
it is the particular type of entertain
ment that makes special appeal to
Harrisburg audiences. This is not only
so because Van and Schenck, the pop
ular trillers are there, but the head
liner is big, novel and exceedingly
clever affair and there are at least
three or four other acts that are par
ticularly clever and entertaining. Words
of praise cannot be overdone in speak
ing of the headliner, the Four Marx
Brothers in "Home Again. Here are
four comedians of musical comedy fame,
who certainly keep things on the move
during their forty minute playlet. And
their company of talented artists has
never been excelled in any big act
vaudeville has seen. Excellent singing,
comedy Of the highest order, pretty
girls and pretentious and picturesque
staging make "Home Again" an ir-
resistible vaudeville, act. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Gilmore, who are presenting a
comedy called "Such Extravaganza, -
it might be interesting to note, were
important members at The New the
atre, New York City. They have also
both supported Mrs. Nske, Mr. Gilmore
having appeared as her leading man for
tw seasons. "Such Extravagance" is
lever vaudeville sketch that is great
ly enhanced by the capable acting Of
the company. Adv :
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ADJUSTMENTS
1.-THE Heart of Maryland"

Mr.. Champlin will present tonight
David Belasco IS great war drama, ''The
Heart of Maryland. There are so
many attractive qualities to this bill
that it has been for the past ten years
one of the most expensive offerings
known to the American stage, and had
been played more times than any other
military play in stage history. It's first
production was the step of Mr.. Belasco
into Independent theatrical manage
ment With this first production was
one OF the greatest stage favorites, Mrs.
Leslie Carter. The action of the play
is set in Boonesboro, "Greenwalled by
the hills of Maryland" and the time
covers a period of two days during the
second year of the great war between
the North and South. The plot is too
intricate to describe at short notice and
the play is too well-known to need a
description. Mr.. Champlin by special
arrangement has duplicate scenery of
the original production and the presen-
tatlon will be letter perfect. A most
beautiful play is this and one that ev-
cry man, woman and child should see.
A play that is educational and of which
each read or have read about in his.
tory. Adv.t
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Raymond Hitchcock

Raymond Hitchcock will be with us
next Tuesday evening at the Majestic.
In his latest success Mr.. Hitchcock will
portray the role Of Doctor Arbutus
Budd, an impecunious beauty specialist,
operating an elaborate complexion EN-
porium ON Fifth avenue, New York,
when not otherwise engaged in stand
ing off an arrogant army of insistent
creditors. If one will but imagine Ray
mond Hitchcock in "The Beauty Shop
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of them is an excellent comedy capaibly
played, and the other is trio of COM
edy trillers, tuneful as they are funny.
The Three Bartos will add their turn of
comedy and thrills, and Marie King
Scott, the Hoosier girl, will have
bright line of gags and songs. New
and timely motion picture features are
also slated to appear during the last
half of the week. Adv.*
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Finds Body of Brother

Allentown, Pa, Feb. 1S.-After get.
ting his pay on Saturday evening, Mich
ael Koch, slate worker of Slatedale,
left for Slatington to shop. When he
had not returned by Monday an alarm
was, sent out and search was made
for him. Last evening his brother An
drew was passing the Cambridge quarry
and saw the body in the foot of the
pit. Every penny of his pay was still
in his clothes.
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CHARGE is WITHDRAWN
Suit Against Congressman Brodbeck
Not to Be Pressed

York, Feb. 1S.-Announcement was
made yesterday that the prosecution in
stituted against Congressman Brodbeck
for an alleged violation of the criminal
code of the United States by giving
William House, federal employe, a
sum of money to promote his candidacy
has been Withdrawn.
The action was expected to follow
the discontinuance of the contest by
Mr.. Brodbeck against the seating of G.
William Beales, Republican, from the
York Adams district.
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Police Seek Manager For the Niece of
Father Mathew

Wilkes. Barre, Feb. 1S.-Joseph P.
Collins, who posed as former secre-
tary to John Redmond, the Irish leader,
and who managed lecture tour for
Miss Kathleen Mathew, niece of Father
Mathew, the great Irish temperance ad-
vocate, is being sought by the police of
this city because he is alleged to have
decamped with the proceeds of lecture
given here by Miss Mathew in the in
terest of the Lady of Victory House.
Miss Mathew lectured here in Kings
ton and Archibald to well-filled houses,
the receipts being $640.
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Winter Doubles Work

In summer the work of eliminating
poisons and acids from the blood is
helped by perspiration. In cold weather,
with little out door work or exercise to
cause sweating, the kidneys have to do
double work. Foley Kidney Pills help
overworked, weak and diseased kidneys
to filter and cast out of the blood the
waste matter that causes pains in sides
or back, rheumatism, lumbago, stiffness
OF joints, sore muscles and other ills re-
sulting from improper elimination
George A. Gorgas, 16 North Third
Street, P. r. r. Station.=Adv.
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FIRE FIGHTERS HAMMERED
Water Pressure Inadequate at $500
Blaze in Sunbury

Sunbury, Feb. 1S.-A $500 blaze
yesterday made three families homeless
here, and because of poor water pres
sure threatened to wipe out the bust
ness district. Business men are indig-
nant and declare that in four recent
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At the Colonial

Frank Madden and company in
rip-roariDg comedy farce. called "The
Top Floor Front" and the Empire
Comedy Trio, harmony singers and
comedians, will likely give each other
an interesting chase for honors on the
new vaudeville show that will be in
augurated at the Colonial to-day. One
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Throws Himself Before Train

Shenandoah, Pa, Feb. 1S.-An un-
identified man, about 25 years old, well
dressed, deliberately threw himself in
front of Lehigh Valley freight train
about O'Clock yesterday afternoon
at Yatesville, suburb. He was in
stantly killed.
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MAJESTIC

This afternoon the Champlin Stock
Co. will present "The Master of
the House.
Tonight, Mrs. Leslie Carter's great
success, "The Heart of Mary.
land.
Tomorrow afternoon, "The Heart
of Maryland. -
Tomorrow night, tThe Stranger.
Saturday afternoon, "He Fell in
Love with His Wife,
Saturday night, "The Ghost Break
err
Monday afternoon, February %, at
2.15, Twilight Sleep Lecture to
Women Only.
Tuesday evening, February 23, Ray
mond Hitchcock, in "The Beauty
Shop"
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ayers, have chosen for the new vehicle
little remains to be said. The droll
artistry of this unique comedian will
be made manifest in particularly fit
ting environment. just imagine
" Hitchie' in beauty shop, and you
will need no urging to attend the fes-
t1vities. SO many secrets will be di-
vulged that the ladies will probably find
The Beauty Shop" equally as enjoy
able as the gentlemen undoubtedly will
consider it to be. The company comes
here direct from several months of
crowded, houses at the Astor theatre,
New York, one hundred nights in Chi
cago and two months at the fremont
theatre, Boston, where the play scored
the supreme success of the season, -
to quote the generally accepted verdict
of the dramatic reviewers. Ady.*
Twilight Sleep
Mrs. Francis x. Carmody, who on
Monday afternoon at 2.15 o'clock at
the Majestic theatre, will deliver
lecture on Twilight Sleep" has many
more distinctions besides being the
mother of little Charlemagne Carmody,
the little American Twilight Sleep"
baby who was born at Freiburg, Ger
many, last August. Mrs. Carmody is
the wife of Francis X. Carmody, for
merly professor of Columbia University
and at present professor at the Brook
lyn law school. She is an ex-regent of
the Daughters of the Revolution;
member of the N. Y. Housewives
League, member of the Iowa society
and of numerous other social and
charitable organizations. Recently she
became one of the charter members of
the Twilight Sleep Association" to-
gether with Mrs. Orme Wilson. Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, Mrs. Aida Chanler
Emmett and other well-known and pub.
lie spirited women. Adv
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fires the Sunbury Water Company has
failed to furnish enough water pressure
to fight fire.
The streams of water did not reach
the top of twostory house. The homes
of William Mohen, William Bingaman
and Ernest Auckers were damaged.