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ALLIED COSULS AT
MOSCOW IN DANGER
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WASllIXtiToX, Auk. 17,*••$&>"‘riean Consul Harris, al
I rkill>k. Siberia, lias reported €6’ Mie department of state that
the <'/.echo Slavoks captured tbat^itv on Julv 7. They were
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aided by an arm> of Siberians. '
British and French Consuls in Danger
WASHINGTON', Aug. iT^igpinericnii Consul General
I Mole, ul Moscow, who recently jEWmed his code hook and
turned the consulate over to the Swedish consul, lias notified
the department of state (hat he intends to remain in Moscow to
assist the British and Krenrli confflWflrofficers, who are in great
danger.
Mr. Boole reports that he has Soon red the release of several
hundred citizens and subjects of allied countries whom tin* Bo I
~lieviki were holding as hostages for the Soviet members ar
r. 'ted in the north.
Great Fortress Seised by Germans
I’AIHS, Aug. 17.—It is repoi ed that the Germans have
seizei I Kronstadt.
Japanese Troops for Manchurian Border
TOKIO, Aug. 17.—The gtr has issued a statement
announcing that under file f Clilml, in view of the
danger threatening the Maneb order, Japan is sending
troops there.
Hundreds of Counter-Revolutionists Shot
A MSTKRI ).\M, Aug. 17.—Moscow reports that a thousand
ipilTieers hav!* heeii arrested in Moscow and Betrograd on ae
I count of tla'ir counter revolutionary tendencies. Two hundred
laud thirty six have been shot.
ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE
| PRESIDENT^ OF URUGUAY
Mn.VI K\ ll)ft(), Any. 17.—An attempt was made on Tin -
day last to assassinate President Viera of Pruguay dnriny the
riotiny resulting from tin* yeueral strike.
The president was fired at while standing on a balcony.
The I hi Met missed its mark by a narrow maryin.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -Today's
army casualty list contains ninety
names Tim casualties are classified
as follows:
Killed in action. 17; died of wounds,
1; died of accidents. 7; severely
v minded, 71; wounded to a degree yet
undetermined. 7'n; missing in ac
tion. lie
Oil TUI SHIP
SENT BELOW BY
BEAT'FORT, X. <\ Aug. 17 Tin
iritish oil tank steamship Mirlo ha:
>enn sunk by a submarine off tin
'arolina coast. Five of her erev
vere lost.
'1'he torpedo exploded in the .Mirlo':
asoline cargo, and the crew leape<
Uto the water.
THREATENED CRISIS IN
MEXICO BRIDGED OVER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. A threatened crisis in the re
lalions Im>tween .Mexico and the I'nited States and her a Hie?
apparentI v lias been averted by the modification ol the new
Mxican oil tax decree by President Carranza.
Carranza canceled the provisions under which undeveloped
oil lands might be seized by tire Mexican government upon fail
ure of their owners to make declarations and submit to wlmt
they considered excessive taxation.
PROFITEERS ARE
SMI UP BY
TAX RETURNS
W ASH I.NdTON. Aug. 17 \ trims- 1
iiry analysis of the income lax re
turns says that war profiteers last ’
year were most numerous in the busi , ‘
nesses devoted to food production and 1
d'stribution. copper, woolen manufac
luring, coal mining, iron, copper and
other metal production, and oil pro
duction and distribution.
Thousands of small concerns made
profits of from lun to d.nud per cent ;
over normal pre war profits, which
even then Were considered high.
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Mrs. William l.awlm- was an outgo-1:
ing iiasscngi-r today on ;t visit to Van- I
nun er, II. < \ | *
’RESIDENT IS ENJOYING
RIS SUMMER OUTINE
\! WPIIKSTKK. Mass.. Aug 17
•resident Wilson, who is spending r
hurt vacation liere. says lie is enjoy
ng his most restful outing of the year
he weather is cool here, while it b
ilaz.'in-. hot at Washington.
The President expresses, his pleas
ire because of the fact that the resi
lent, permit him to go about like ni
• rdinary citizen, as he desires.
MIR OF FAMOUS
WARSHIP OREGON DEflE
OAKLAND. Cal.. Aug 17. ...
V Dickie, the uolcd naval marlnt
irchitert and engineer, died at his
ionic here today lie was the huihlei
if the famous battleship Oregon
3,000,000 YANKEES
NOW UNDER ARMS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—General March, chief of the
addressing the committee on military affairs of the senate to
day, said that more than 1,450,000 American soldiers
had embarked from America for France, Italy and Siberia.
The American army now under arms numbers more than three
million men. About a million and a half of these are in France
or on the way, and the rest are at home.
The Russian situation was very bad, said General March,
on account of the general complexity of attairs there. The sen
ators wen* given to understand that there was not much chance
of establishing a real offensive on the eastern front because of
the great number of men required.
Discussing the battle on the western front, the general said
the Germans had virtually surrendered four portions of the
line, and further withdrawals were indicated.
PUT UP GALLANT TIGHT
BUT BOOS WEBE TOO MANY
1 'A It IS. Aug. 17 -Serger.nl William
Mi Kerness of Wallingford, Conn., at
taelied to the hit fa.vet to Escudrille,
was killed on Thursday while lighting
eight enemy airplanes.
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STEAMER DORA ASHORE
BUT WILL BE FLOATED
The little steamer Dora went ashore
eighteen miles north of King cove,
near Delco island, hut is expected to
he floated at high tide. There was a
heavy fog at the time of the accident,
which caused hut little excitement,
us the water was calm at the time.
The lifeboats were lowered and the
passengers were taken to King cove,
hut later returned to the ship, which
was not badly damaged. The Dora
left Seward on August 1 for the west
v ai d. and had a number of paaaen
j era aboard.
BE KING OF POUND
THE MAGI'E. Aug. 17 -Germany I
has approved the suggestion of Alls
tria that an Austrian archduke be
ttiude king of Poland It is probable j
that Archduke Karl Stephen will be 1
named, according to the Berlin i.okal i
Anzeiger.
FRESH CRUISER SUNK AND
THIRTEEN ARE MISSING
PARIS. Aug. 17—An old French
cruiser, the Dupetit Thours, has been
sunk by a submarine. Thirteen of her
crew are missing American destroy
ers rescued the remainder.
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DARING ROBBERY
IN CITY OF ANGELS
1,08 ANGELE8, Aug. 17.—Day
light robbers today took unset Jewels
valued at $.15,000 from the Donovan
Seamane jewelry store, on the busi
est corner In the city.
\V\SIIINCTON. \ny, IT toner, il
Marcli. chief of staff of tin art y. -aid t
today that reports received thrnm.li :
the Spanish cinltassy here na\e no -
evidence thill American prisoners in >
Cerinany were lieinu sittRletl out for v
mist rent nielli. ;ts ltail been fniidislted
in various ifitarlers.
C.eiteral Man It mid that <1 <■ t;iil* il r> i
port itn htdiim tile daily means,
.•ho v that the ir-'iitmetlt of in i- oners ,
liv ( pe many It el I.. In fir< ly stand.
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CHI*' \<;o. \UK IT Tin* I w. v
niis|»ir.ic> i;ih', which h.i l.i t»*>i
■or'- thail tlin»»* month'. and in which
(ores of members of the oruaniz
Ion an ch rued with disloyal acf
a ::i\ i*n to til** iilrv today.
Miorii's I*'rank K \ -bi ker. tor tin*
* • v i • rn nn *n * ' o!n 1 id'al h. argument
a an hour \ttorm> floors* Vander
. . r. for ill. d' l* n • . ;r;*ri «*d tie*
o.m f a t on : v n i a k in - no a iv t". e*n t
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FRENCH AND BRITISH
ARE STILL ADVANCING
A summarv of the war situation issued hy the Associated
Press at noon loday says that the French, British and Canadia.ua
are Tnemmiim Rpyp and ijastiui and the German line from l’e
ronne to Xoyon. It i' believed that Rove w^fTTafl vitlmi'a Tew
hours. If it falls the southern end of the German line will be
compelled to retire.
Germans Prepare for Evacuation
PARIS, Aug. I i. I la* laeho do Pari< says that the Ger
mans are planning to evacuate l,V., , I.assigns and tie- Xoyon
salient. German prisoner - a ml m I >oi ■ map working R • i, i m i the
German front on the m-w I l imleiihiii'g line.
Allied Grip on Roye Tightening
WITH TIIF l-RK.WII F< iR< d-'.S, Aug. 17. The IT .-n. i, at
tacked locallv near Autr.-ohos, ten miles noiti wc-t ol Sois»nie.
t oda \ a ml ea pt u red |||e platen a noil It ol Autreehe- v iliag-. I a i s
gives them command of the regions extending north and south
from the ( loise river. Local actions resii It < d in furt Ip r 11 g 111 on
ing the allies' grip upon Rove and its approaches to tm- hc-I,
north and south.
The Germans are maintaining a In-avy artillery fire in order
to slow up the alii.' dadvanee.
French Activities
PARIS, Aug. 17. South of Rove tile French have prog
I'essed in Logos wood and have reached the outskirts nl the
wood to the east, says an official statement. Heavy artillery
ing is in progress west ol Rove. At Fiseial, northwest ol Ribo
court, two strong German attacks have been repulsed.
Further Advance of British
L< (XI>OX, Aug. 17. The British forces have advanced far
ther in Picardy, north of the Amiens and Rove roads, and north
■if Anere, says an official statement.
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399 GERMAN AIRPLANES
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED
LONDON, Aug. 17.—Tile lighting in the air last week was
the most formidable of the war, measured by the number of
machines engaged and the intensity of the fighting. The loss
inflicted on the enemy in August is eighty. Forty eight Ger
man machines were destroyed and seventeen were driven down.
Fifty British machines were lost during the week.
Three hundred and ninety-nine German machines and one
hundred und twenty-three British machines have been lost and
thirteen of Germany’s leading aviators have been killed since
July l. One of the latter had fifty-three machines to his credit.