The Alaska citizen., 1916-09-25
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 NEW WESTMINSTER. Sept. IS John Brickstrom, a lumberman was mistaken for deer and shot and instantly killed by James Mo rency. a hunter, near this city this afternoon.
 GERMAN LEADER DIES.
 BERLIN, Sept. 1S.-Announcement was made today by the war office that General Gaede, the commander in-Chief of the German forces in Al sace, had died, following an opera tion for abdominal trouble An nouncement will be made within a few days as to who will succeed him.
 AsoUlTH's SON KILLED.
 LONDON. Sept. 1S.-In the bulle tin published today by the war office showing the number of officers killed the name of Raymond As. quith son of Rt. Hon Herbert Hen ry Asquith, prime minister of the empire.
 BRITISH BOATS SUNK.
 BERLIN, Sept. 19-The German war office today announces that Ger man submarines have sent to the bottom within the past 24 hours the following British vessels, which were overtaken by German underseas craft: The steamer Dewas a vessel of 3,S07 tons, and the steamer Good Tregar. vessel of 2.247 tons. The crews in both instances were saved
 GERMAN WORK.
 AMSTERDAM, Sept 19-Accord, ing to dispatches received in this city from Mastrich, 62 have been on trial at Hasselt, Belgium, on charges of espionage. Of this number p, as far as is known now, have been condemned to death by the German officials.
 VON PAPEN FlGATlNG
 BERLIN, Sept. 19.-Capt. Non Pa pen, formerly an attache at the German embassy in Washington, who left the United States at the re quest of the United States govern. ment, is now fighting on the Som me front The war office announc. es that the captain had been sent there from Berlin.
 FLOOD DROWNs MANY.
 LONDON, Sept Hundreds of people perished when seven villag es of Bohemia were inundated by the bursting of a big dam near Cab. lon. Bohemia.
 PORTS eLoCKADED.
 PARIS, Sept. 20.-The Paris Jour. nal is in receipt of a dispatch from Athens which states that the an nOuncement was made that a block ade of Greek ports from the mouth of the Struma river to the Greece Bulgarian frontier became effective on the 18th day of September. The Greek government assigns as the reason for the blockade the fact that the city of Kavala is now Oc cupied by the Bulgarian troops. The length of the blockade is said to be absolutely dependent on how soon the Bulgarians are dislodged from kavala.
 WANT SOLDIER BACK.
 LONDON, Sept. 20,-A dispatch re ceived by the Reuters News Agency from Athens states that it has been ascertained that the Greek ultima tum to Germany demands that the Greek troops be brought to the Swiss frontier, so that they may be returned to theeir native land by their government.
 DERBY OPTIMISTIC.
 LONDON, Sept. POI wish could pick one million horses as winners with the same degree of certainty that l can pick the En tente Allies in this war" said Lord Derby today as he reached this city following a visit to the front He had been in France, where, in com pany with General Joffre, he had seen the trials of the auto trucks before they were sent into battle against the Germans.
 THE GERMAN REPORT.
 BERLIN, Sept 2O.-Lord Derby upon his return from the western front, stated that he was certain from what he had observed that the war would last at least another six months.
 RECRUITS SCARCE.
 BERLIN, Sept. 20.-According tC advices received in this city, re cruits are very scarce in Great Brit ain now, and committee has beer appointed to find recruits among the occupations which are exempt from service.
 MEETING COMING UP.
 BERLIN, Sept. PA joint meet ing of the German-Austro-H -Hunga riar members of parliament will be helC in SalZburp tO discuss the nOlitica questions of common interest to the countries. The exact date of the meeting has not been fixed as yet but it will be in the near future.
 CRETONS REVOLT.
 PARIS, Sept. 21.-A revolution 1T the Greek island of Crete is reported today in dispatch from Athens
 ANIMALS HAVE FEAST.
 LONDON, Sept 21.-Jackals anC hyenas creeping down from the mountains along the Berbo- Greel frontier are feasting upon the bodies of the Bulgarian and Serbian sol diers who were slain in the fightine northeast of Lake Oscovo Three hundred corpses of Bulgarians are piled in one heap in one ravine
 HE WANTED TO KNOW.
 AMSTERDAM, Sept. 22.-Accord ing to advices received in this city from Berlin, news has reached the German capital from the Austrian capital to the effect that Coun Michael Karolyi, president of tht Hungarian Independence party speak ing in the diet. formally asked the premier Whethe or not the kjns