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VON BNDENBURG DEAD FROM APOPLEXY
FOLLOWING STORMVJNTERVIEW WITH KAISER
VON HERTLING DENIES
WELL-KNOWN TRUTH
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('< >1 ’K.\11 A<iEX, Jills Id.- ('hancellor Vmi I lert linn, in Ins
speech hetdre the reiehstnn' yesterday, denied that (Jcrmany
intended t<> retain Belgium I'm her use merely as a passu in
future peace nenotiations. The elmneellor continued:
‘‘Evers tendency tusvard world domination is remote from
our minds. We svant inviolability of our territory, open air
for our economic expansion, and security in regard to the
future.’'
The President’s Attitude
WASIIIXdTnX, July Id. Xo official recognition ssill lie
"is'eii 11s the I'nited States novermnent to ('haneellor Yon
lici t linn ’s latest speech before the reichsta.n until more def
inite proposals are made by (Jennany.
President Wilson believes that (iermanv ssill abandon Imr
claims to territory in Western Europe in favor of a more ex
tensise bid for terrain in the East, and for control of Russia.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 13.- An In
terurban electric car. filled with work
men on their way to work in the ship
yards. was overturned this morning
while running at high speed. Four
persons are reported to have been
killed and fifteen seriously Injured.
George Sleepman. the one-man oper
ator of the car, hits been arrested
and hooked for manslaughter.
Among those injured in the wreck
were forty-one employes of the Beth
lehem Shipbuilding Company Sev
eral were killed.
SUSTAIN VETO OF BILL
TOU INCREASED PRICES
WASHINGTON. July 111.- The house
today sustained President Wilson's
veto of the agricultural appropria'ion
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PRINCE OF THE CHURCH
ARRESTED IN MEXICO
EL PASO, July 13.—The military
authorities tit Lagos. Mexico, have ar
rested Archbishop Francisco Oromio
y Jiminez of Guadalajara Mexico, and
he is now being held prisoner. The
i barge against the archbishop has not
been made public.
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TO BE ADVISED
NEW YORK. July 13.—The commit
tee on public information has arranged
a service by which neighborhood news
will he distributed to American troops
at the front in France. The report
will he sent dally by wireless and de
livered free of tolls to military publi
cations issued by the troops. Bulle
tins will he supplied where no news
papers are in existence.
SPECIIIL TRAINING FOR
TWELVE HUNDRED MEN
WASHINGTON, July 13.—Provost
Marshal General Crowder has called
for 12,143 draft registrants equipped
with grammar school education for
special army training, fine hundred
and fifty-four of these are to be ne
i groes.
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WASHINGTON. July in.—-British re
inforcements sent to Siberia to assist
the Czechoslovaks in guarding the
allied stores against the Bolsbeviki
land German prisoners, are reported to
lie advancing on Vladivostok.
Blames French and British
MOSCOW. July 13. Minister of War
I Trotzky declared today that the An
| glo-French propaganda has caused a
split in the spirit of unity hitherto
prevailing among the Soviet troops,
part of whom have deserted to the
enemy.
NO PROHIBITION VOTE
I UNTIE LATE IN AUGUST
WASHINGTON. July 12. The sen
uie has unanimously agreed to post
pone action on prohibition legislation
until alter the proposed three (lay
recess ends, on August 2d.
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TO BE PROBED
NEW YORK, July 13. -The grand
.jury will re-open an Inquiry on Monday
into the German plot to send spies
from the United States to England
to locate the bases of the British
fleet, for the purpose of submarine
attacks This plot was exposed be
fore the United States entered the
war.
News Comes From Apparently Reliable
Source, and Explains Some
Recent Changes.
A.MSTKIM>AM, .1 uly 1.'!, Following a violent interview with
the kaiser, which was marked liv serious differences of opin
ion relative to the recent (iernian offensive, (ieneral Von Jlin
denberg died from a stroke of apoplexy, according to a news
paper dispatch from Douvelles. The information is said to
come from good sources in the occupied districts of Belgium.
The statement made yesterday to the effect that (ieneral
Von llindenberg was ill, and that lie had been temporarily
succeeded in chief command of the German field force* by
<ieneral Inideiidorff, has started much speculation, and it seems
to he generally believed that there was a disagreement be
tween Von llindenberg and the kaiser.
Von Inideiidorff, who is now in command, has been chief
of the general staff since August 30, 1910.
ELEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND
AMERICAN TROOPS ABROAD
- W ASHI \GT( >X, July I.!. Americ an troops overseas ami on
shipboard have now passed the l,ln0,000 mark, showing an
increase of more than ninety thousand since last week, said
General March today. Three army #orps of 225,000 and 250,
ooo men each have been organized yip France.
The shipment of troops is bein/VS&iintftined at a high rate.
Of the five remaining divisions, nine National Guard divisions
and four National army divisions will constitute three corps
which will he organized, with temporary commanders for the
present.
Make-up of New Corps
(letieral March announced today the
make-up of the new army corps which
arc* to lx* organized immediately:
The First corps will consist of the
First and Ocond divisions of regu
lars. tin* Twenty-sixth. Forty-second,
Forty first and Thirty second divisions
of the* National army
The* Second corps will consist of
the Seventy-seventh *and Kighty-sec
ond divisions of the* National army, the*
Thirty fifth. Thirtieth and Twenty
eighth divisions of the* National (luard,
and the Fourth regulars
The Third corps is to lx* made up
of the Third and Fifth regulars, the
Seventy-eighth and Kightieth divisions
of the National army, and the Thirty
third and Twenty-seventh divisions of
the National Guard.
Officers Promoted
President Wilson today sent the fol
lowing list of nominations of officers
for promotion in the line of the army
to the senate:
To he major general. William Cro
sier and Harry G. Sharpe: to he quar
termaster general, with rank of major
general, Hrlgadler General Harry k.
Rogers; to In' ordnance chief, with
rank of major general. Itriadier Gen
eral Clarence C. Williams.
DAILY CASUALTY REPORT
SENT BY CEN. PERSHINC
WASHINGTON. July Hi. Casualties
reported by the marine forces over
seas this morning were thirty three,
and of the army, seventy-one
British Losses
LONDON, July Li British casual
ties for the week ending yesterday
were II,Mil Those for last week to
taled 17,330.
ADDITIONAL INSPECTORS
FDD STEAMBOAT SERVICE
SKATTI.K July l:'.. Captain Hulger.
Coast supervisor ot the steamboat in
spection service, announced today that
the inspectors of hulls and boilers
assigned to Uaska during the open
| navigation season will be assigned to
the Seattle district during the closed
season.
He has recommended the appoint
ment of six additional inspectors and
two clerks to the local force
CONDITIONS IN INTERIOR
CAUSE OF APPRENHENSION
The murder of .!. R. ("George”)
Riley, the well known mining operator
of the lditarod section of the interor,
by a Montenegrin last May, has
brought to light a serious situation,
according to arrivals in Cordova from
that district on the steamship Victoria.
Judge Bunnell of the Fourth division
is now at lditarod holding court, and
the trial of the slayer of the mining
man is the principal case on the crim
inal docket.
There are in the lditarod a large
number of foreign laborers, princi
pally from the Balkans and the Can
casus district of Russia. These men
I have never become Americanized and
have brought the customs of their
rather lawless native lands with them.
One of their habits which has been
the source of much trouble is the
carrying of arms. It Is said that not!
one of them will leave his abode
without a pistol or a Unite on Ills
person, and they do not hesitate to
use them when occasion arises There
have been many cases of lawlessness
among them, and from all a counts
the officials have experienced very lit
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FRENCH SAFEGUARD
RAILROAD TO PARIS
<>\ T1IK FRUNOll FRONT, .Inly l.i. Tim Fiend, forces,
in a superbly executed movement southeast of Amiens ye>tor
day, won the entire Roiivrelos plateau, dominating the entire
reejoii betweii the river Avre and Moreuil and Noye, through
which the main railrpad from Faris to Amiens runs, and wiiicli
the enemy has Imhl since March.
Other French Successes
I’ARIS, July Id.— (Official)- Tin* French yesterdax ad
vanned five hundred yards in tin- vicinity of North Farm, on the
Moiitdidier < )ise river front, and in raids north of the Avre, on
the Marne, and in the ('hampayne sector secured prisoners.
LEGISLATORS WILL ACT
AS RECRUITING OFFICERS
SYUNKY. Australia. July L! The
('ntiiiuouw calf h legislative assembly
has adjourned fur a month to enable
the members to assist in the re
< ruiting campaign.
JAPANESE SHIPS
TO GIRO EARTH
SKATTLK. July 1.1 Captain 11
Makita, manager ot the foreign depart
ini*nt of the ()( ran Transport Company
of Kobe, stated here today that his
company is to establish new steam
ship lines which are to girdle the
globe The transpacific fleet of the
company will he further increased by
a series of lines running to the east
and west coasts of South \merica
and also to (Salveston, New Orleans
and the West Indies.
FATAL EXPLOSION ON
SPANISH OIL STEAMER
NKW YORK. July LI Six persons
are reported to have been killed and
fifteen injured in an explosion followed
by a fire on hoard a Spanish oil
81 earner.
PATRIOTIC CEREMONIES
AT BALE PARK TOMORROW
There will he held at the hall park
tomorrow ulternnon a special cere
mony adopting certain resolutions in
regard to the "Second Cradle ot l.il
city." built amid the ruins of the
lbistile in I’aris, July 14. 17Kk. This
document will he read rar and wide
throughout the t'nited States to ex
press to the French nation the great
bonds between us as brethren in lib
erty.
Hesolatlons will he passed anil trims-,
mitlcd to the people of France through
translation by Count Oechambruz,
great-grandson of Lafayette.
Mrs. McConnell has kindly con
sented to sing the "Marseillaise" I
hymn and the Hex. K I’. Zeigler will
read the message.
The Home Guard " ill meet in front j
of Ragle hall at 2 p m . and escort
the flag of the French republic to I
the grounds
MONTKKAl.. July 1:: Five persons
were killed in a munitions plant here
todax by mining into contact with a.
live wire. The warehouse of- tW-—
plant. whi< b was heavily loaded with
empty shells, collapsed. killing eight
more nf the employes, and sevt nteen
are missing.
The collapsed flour crashed through
three stories to the cellar, bursting
the wnterpipes there and flooding the
building
INFORMAL RECEPTION
IN HONOR Of RECRUITS
Quite in the nature of a surprise
was the demonstration last evening
by the Home Guards in honor or .1 half
dozen young men on their wa> to
Fort Liscum to join the colors.
While the military organization was
drilling on the Ocean dock the launch
Knife was preparing to leax»* for
Fort IJscum. and it was learned that
si\ men xvere passengers on their way
tn voluntarily offer their services to
their country.
With visions of the rousing send
off given the Cordova and Copper
Kixer valley drafted boys some weeks
ago. the Home Guards tendered the
volunteers ail informal reception, and
x\lifii the Kobe pulled out later they
xvere greeted with musing cheer : nun
the men on the dock
With a view of doing something
practical tor tin* young men. a sub
scription \x as taken up among the
members of the Guard for the pur
pese of providing a tobacco fund, and
a substantial sum was raised.
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WASHINGTON, July U.—The in
tcrests of all foreign insurance com
panics which are enemy-owned have
been closed out or taken oxer by
Fnemy Mien ITopertx Custodian Cal
mer. The list of the companies In
corporated In the Cubed States, and
whose business has been taken over,
includes four marine, thirteen fire,
two life and one casualty companies.