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♦ CASUALTIES HAVE
♦ ALL BEEN PRINTED
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♦ WASHINGTON, Ann -I
♦ Secretary ot War Baker an
♦ nounced today that more thtin
♦ n million and a half Americans
♦ had embarked for France up to
♦ date, lie said the situation on
♦ the western front was decid
♦ edly favorable to the allies
♦ The secretarf denies the ■
♦ stories of (treat unpublished
♦ American casualty lists Ilf
says that all casualties have
♦ been published
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WASHINGTON. Vim. -4. General
March today told the senate commit
tee on military affairs that fhe Ameri
can soldiers deserve the entire con
♦Hence of the people. They had "das
livered the goods" every time they
had been tested, he said
One division had capttrred sixty
eight German guns and brought them
back to the rear with army trucks
SMALL VESSELS SUNK
BV GERMAN SUBMARINE
\ CANADIAN \TL ANTIC Doin’.
\uk L'4. A (ier'man submarine which
appeared in a narrow slrctch ol water
near here sank several small craft
and lor a few hours traffic across the
narrow waters was suspended. It was
resumed later
AMERICAN MARINES
KILLED BE BANDITS
WASHINGTON. Aug. :j4.—Three
American marines were killed and
me wounded while fighting bandits in
Santo Domingo. Many of the ban
dits were killed or captured.
ATTACKS DF TEUTONS
RENEWED IN ALBANIA
ItO.M K. Aun HI The Teuton,
have renewed their attacks in \1
bania. from the lower Setneni river to
the Mali Tomoriees heights The
enemy has made nnmress in the « en
ter.
BIG DEFICIT IN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 Owing
largely to big back payments ol wage
increases, the report of the operation
ol the railroads under federal control
lor June showed an aggregate deficit
ot $aS,!«.V.t,o(>o, compared with positive
earnings of in June of last
year.
The government has lost fUJin.nOo,
■•no in th* operation of the railroads
• uring th* 1.1 » six tmuiths ot this
ea r.
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WITH THE FRKNFH FORCKS.
TTHTg 24.—Further evidence is being'
gathered that the allied victories have
considerably affected the Herman sol
diers’ morale Depression is general
among the Herman prisoners, caused
I»> the Hermans having reached tin*
» on< lusion that the allies' tactics sire
iip«-rior to those of the Teutons
Dissensions have arisen between
different elements ol the Herman
s.rmy. which have resulted in hitter
ns fiminat ions.
PERUVIANS IN
GOVERNMENT;
LIMA, Peru, Aug .4 Colonel Pa
; lino Znnuidio of the engineer corps
ol tlic- Peruvian army has begun a
revolt against the government. It is
reported that Ihe engineers are
inarching northward from Ancon,
| south of Lima, to lluacho.
Loyal troops have been sent to
(beck the revolutionists.
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CHINESE JOIN ALLIED
TROOPS AT VLADIVOSTOK
I’KKINC. Ann -» A <'him so • -on j
iindent on the wav t»> join the allied
nin es at Vladivostok has reached:
i Mukden. Manchuria.
GOVT. FIXES PRICES ON
ALASKA CANNED SALMON
PORTLAND, On*., Aug. :
ministration has approved the
agreed upon at the recent con
cess of the following on this yi
reasonable:
Tall cans—Alaska reds, $
dium reds, $9; pinks, $6.60; chi
The government has mpi
and pinks to la* sold for possil
!4. -Tin* I'nited States total ail
prices for Alaska eaimetl salmon
Ferenee here. Any prices in ex
nr’s pack will he considered un
1.40 per case of four dozen; me
ims, $0.40.
si t inned the entire pack of reds
de govt*rninent requirements.
BRITISH CAPTURE 14,000 I
PRISONERS IN THREE DAYS
Today's summary of tin* war situation by the Associated
I Vc.'S is as fol low s:
“The British arc advancing rapidly aloiiy the eastern and
northern sectors of the I’icardy line, and have reached the \ iI \
la.a'e of lleiiin, five miles southeast of \rras. l'liey are in the i
outskirts of St. Beyer and are closing in on Bapaume, which is 11
the keystone of the Herman positions la-tween Arras and the '
Somme. Tin- Hermans have surrendered towns just north of
Bapaume. The British also are opeiafjiny west oi Bapaume.
“'I'he menace to the Herman position- on the fifty mile ,
front between Arras and Sois-on.- i- ineiva-iny.
Fall of Bray Reported t
WITH I 111: iilllTIMI l’fd.Vl S, \*i:■. T • ■ Ibiti-i
: re reported t o I a . e , : pt nri d Briy. 'J n lb iti-h no -ma-hiuy ;
, 111 n “ 11 lli" Herman I'm all aloiiy t c frniil. and it i- reported
l hat tin British have raptured Bacon: ! and reached I Idyll <
yinnml soiithwe-i of l-'rieourt, mi the ( "ieirl river.
r| he Brit i.-ii have reached points ea-t o| lleiiin, Mw niib
southeast of Aria-, and captured many eannon. iiieludiiiy com
Iilete batteries of howitzers and trench mortar-.
Several thousand Hermans have .passed thpuiyh tin- pri-on
ea.yes heliiml Hem-ral Byny’s Third army. No attempt i- he
iny made fo count the captured Heffnffli spins.
Byng Advancing Steadily
LONDON, Aim. 24. Tin* British Third army is advancing •
rapidly, in some places having made gains of four miles over a 1
twelvemile front. The Fourth unity is on the outskirts of
Bray. f
Xoyon is expected to fall at any moment. During tlm pa-t i
three days the British have captured fourteen thousand pris t
oners.
British attacks in the Albert sector have been resumed.
I'lie British are making rapid progress.
French in Artillery Battle
I’AL’IS. Aug. 24. Artillery actions near La-signy. Im
tween tin* Oise and Aisne, are reported in an official statement,
lidding operations in Lorraine also are reported.
American Riflemen Thwart Flame Throwers
WITH TIIK A.MKIMt ANS o\ TIIK VKSLK. Aug. 24.
The Americans have carried out local advances in the same
region where they increased their holdings along the \ esle t
Thursday. The Mermans used hand grenades and flame throw i
its in an attempt to check the attackers. Tin* Americans kept
out of the way of the flame throwers until the American rifle- "
men forced the* men with the flame throwers to retire with
losses. ,1
THK IIAGl'K. Aug. 21—Germany I
lias summoned every available man j
to the colors, says a letter from a
newspaper correspondent. Of the
two hundred thousand workmen at j
the Krupp works at Kssen, between
thirty and forty thousand have been
called for service at the front.
STEAMER REPORTED SUNK
REACHES POUT IN SAFETY
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 24—The
American steamer Westbrldge, which
was torpedoed on August 16, did not
sink, but has reached port. The West
bridge was launched at the Duthle
plant, in Seattle, last April.
FREATY SIGNED WITH ITALY
FOR DRAFTING OF IN
W VSHINr.TON. \ug. -‘I Score
ary of State Lansing has signed a
rear governing the drafting ot
Vinerieans in Italy for army service, i
mil of Italians in America.
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AMSTERDAM, Aug 24—Hunger,
yphus and cholera are raging in the
northern Russian provinces, accord
ing to a Petrograd dispatch The en
tire population of Borne villages are
dying. In certain places each person
receives only two pounds of oats per
week, and there Is no bread.
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ON FLOOR OF :
OS. SENATE
WXSIIIN'IITO.V. Ann -’I In .1
h in tin* senate today Senator
Ir( '11111 her oi North Dakota i ritiri/a d
ie delay in tlie -apture of the Tri
mph Ho declared there was no - \
use for the navy's failure to deal
ith hep promptly
Senate' I'l iirii'f ot I'**!!!) v 1 \ a 11 ia
ttacked the na.y departnient. i.vim;
lie uhmarine < liaser program had
eel) del;, .. d. (Ilf laf.ejv. If aid. t<>
ie Minei i t in.i • i' oi or the a r> "
1)1 • ||;i \ y
: ("ii. ny iii .■ I he troop t ■ > !, -n •
I ’* HP. ■ • i • t • I T • d III1! h Ulie* I - d
he troop had he. a -aid o . • i
it-. e|y in I’.rit i h trail port - .
oyed hy I’.rit Mi w at hip'
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UN GDMNUNDEHS10
LEAD CZECHD-SLQVAKS
AMSTKKDAM. Atm 1M General
in herbal isoff. former Russian » om
lamier on the Rumanian trout, ami
;«*neral Tcheremisot f, former < om
milder on flu Russian northern
tout, have accepted commands with
he Czechoslovak force*, aciordiu
i> a Moscow dispatch.
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WASHINGTON. Atm -4 Hans for
tie final vote in the senate on the
dminist rat ions man power bill he
ire adjournment tonight have been
bnndoned by chairman Chamherlain
! the coin in it t ee on military affairs
Senator Chamherlain announced
Hit the hill would no over until Mon
ay. lie said tin* prohibition leaders
ad agreed to la\ aside temporarily
ie nation-wide prohibit .ion mea up.
hu b was to ha\e come up automat
ally on Monday.
DESPAIR PREVAILS ♦
ALONG THE RHINE ♦
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LONDON. \ue I li i n ♦
ported thiit tlte Id-rmatis ilottp ♦
till' Uhitte .11' expeelitu; ,111 al ♦
lied invasion ol I dTinatn . Tin- ♦
Oertiian deleais are rousing lie ♦
pail ♦
Vinsterdam report* date that ♦
t!j♦ • Herman* «• \ i*I«*1111 > expect ♦
to Im pressed hack 11» tic ^
.\|CL'', a t Ilia arc ! nrt i t \' t ♦
posit ion ,i |i mi: t hai ■ i v «*r in ♦
pelgium ami d • ♦
t renchc- a mi station i' I P r 0
and t'.ivct Hiwt i n;mt\ ♦
mile • a i ot Pap,fine ♦
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WASHINHTON. Ann. J t Navd
mticcrs believe that the convertcd
tiawler Triumph has been d*>t roved
hv her Herrfftfh prize crew, after n
[lav or two playing havoc amonu the
northern fishing fleets.
Patrol craft have not sighted the
raider, and it i> helieveil the Hermans
sent the Triumph to the bottmii and
returned to tin ihmaritm
I* A HIS. Vut :: I Negotiations be
tween Merlin and Madrid over Spain*
Incision to replace sunken Spanish
«hlps with interned German ships
liave failed The German ehaneellor
ias reiused to furnish any guarantees
mainst the submarine warfare as af
ertirm Spain, and the latter i- main
amirm her position
German Protest
AMSTKKhAM. Aim -* 1 Germany
:as < neruet u -alls protested auain.-t
In iMiin'in ed intention <>i Spain to
epl.it e Spanish toiimmo -unk h> G* r
nan ^ulnnai ines with German \esels
nterin-d in Spanish harbor
RF.MF.DIAI. LEGISLATION
FAVORED FOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Aug. ‘_M. (Special).- The public lands
committee of the house today unanimously nut Imrized Delegate
Sulzerof Alaska to report for passage, without amendment, his
hill to abolish tin* eighty rod strip between homesteads along
navigable waters in Alaska.
The delegate has received a very favorable .joint report on
the subject from the secretary of the interior and the secretary
of agriculture, and there is no doubt that the bill will become a
law as soon as the regular procedure can begone through, which
mnv take some time owing to war matters having the right of
way.
This proposed legislation is aimed to relieve many of
Alaska’s most worthy citizens, and will be the means of caus
ing a more rapid settlement and development of the territory,
especially at the close of the war. The passage of the bill will
enable many persons to secure patents to homesteads for which
applications have been pending for years.