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ALLIES CAPTURE CHAOLNES, STRONG GERMAN BASE
BRAY
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♦ LONG RANGE GUN ♦
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♦ PARIS. Aug. 11’ -The long ♦
♦ range Herman cannon which ♦
♦ has bombarded Paris intermit- ♦
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♦ lied advance toward the region ♦
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ijNEASf REST
LONDON. Aug. 12.- 'I'llroe German
generals near Montdodier have been
cashiered for neglecting their duty.
A large number of German soldiers
were court-martialed at St Quentin
Saturday for high treason.
The Germans in Belgium are show
ing signs of great uneasiness.
SOCIALISTS DO NOT CADE
TO DISCUSS WAR AflATTEDS
('HR WOO. Aug !!’ Chairman Oli
ver c Wilson of the National Social
ist party yesterday ruled out of order
a resolution relating to war matters
offered for consideration before the
conference of secretaries of the Social
ist party
LONDON. Aug 12 British airmen
have brought down a Zeppelin in the
eastern portion of England The ma
chine was one of the largest and new
est of Zeppelins.
An official bulletin says that a Her
man airship has been brought down in
flames in northern Holland.
Sixty-One in One Day
A British official bulletin says that
British aviators brought down sixty
one enemy airplanes on August 9
Twenty three British machines are
missing.
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ALASKA STOCKS
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NEW YORK. \ug 12 Alaska Hold,
i :s»,i; Alaska Juneau. 1%.
GOVT. TO ME
OVEH SOGKEYE
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SKATTLK. \ug 1 - The* food ad
ministrator announces that the gov
ernment has decided to take* over the
entire sockeye salmon pack, instead
ot IT per cent, as formerly announced . i
The order affects Alaska and North
Pacific waters.
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BOLSHEVIK! GOVERNMENT
BE MOVED JROM MOSCOW
V LADIVOSTOK, Aug. 12.—Four companies of French
troops and one of Annamites from China arrived here on
August b.
it is reported that a few thousand Ozecho-Slovak troops
are opposing a larger force ot Bolshevik Magyar troops at
Irkutsk, that they are in desperate straits, being without chance
of immediate relief, and that they are lacking in all the neces
sary supplies for carrying on a defense.
Force of 150,000 Men Needed
General Horvath, the self-styled head ot the new All Rus
sian government, declares that a hundred and fifty thousand
allied troops are needed to prevent Germany obtaining control
of the Siberian-Mongolian food resources.
Japanese Already at the Scene
THE HAGUE, Aug. 12.—A Moscow dispatch says that the
•Japanese advance troops in Siberia already are in touch with
the C’zecho-Slovak forces.
Canadians Will Be Sent
OTTAWA, Aug. 12.—Canada will send four thousand
troops to co-operate with the allied expedition in Siberia.
Rats Desert a Sinking Ship
LONDON, Aug. 12.—A Berlin dispatch says that Lenihe
and Trotzky have fled to Kronstadt, the naval base near Petro
grad.
Confirmation from Amsterdam
AMSTEKDAM, Aug. 12.—The Bolsheviki government is
soon to leave Moscow for Kronstadt, according to Berlin re
ports, which state that Lenine and Trotzky already have ar
rived there.
German Embassy Will Vacate
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 12.—Berlin advices report that the
German embassy at Moscow will remove to Pskov, four hun
dred miles west, owing to the disturbed conditions in the cap
ital
40,000 PRISONERS AND
700 ENEMY GUNS TAKEN
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Tin- Associated Press summitry of the war situation, issued
at noon today, is as follows:
“The Germans are making mighty efforts to cheek the
advance of tin* allies through Picardy toward Permute and
Xoyon. ()n the northern end of the line the British wen* un
able to press rapidly forward last night, although they entered
Brav.
“Strong German counter-attacks stopped the advance in
the center. On the right the French an* gaining ground stead
ily, virtually clearing the Germans from the Mat/, valley.”
Important German Base Falls
LONDON, Aug. IT The Canadians and Australians yes
terday captured Chatlines, the important railway town in the
heart of the Somme battle front, which has been the key to the
southern line of the German salient on the right and center of
the allied front. The French advanced to the outskirts of Le
c 11 e 11 St. Aurin, seven miles northeast of Mmitdidier.
German Resistance Strengthened
L< )NI)< )X, Aug. BJ. The entry ot’tin* Fremeli into the tliinl
battle south of the original front of the allied line and the
strengthening of (lernian resistance are regarded by news
paper commentators as the outstanding features of the
Franco-British offensive during the week, the end of which
found Ohm ' ’ " "" ‘
'The French have advanced nearer the important town of
Wove from the southwest, by capturing the villages of Arman
court and Tilioley, says an official bulletin. South of the Somme
the British captured two hundred prisoners. The British also
captured the western edge of the town of Bray, on the Somme.
Americans are engaged in the fighting in the suburbs of Bray,
and the fighting continues for the possession of the little
French city. It is reported that a fierce battle* is raging up and
down the northern section of the line.
Apparently the French are* continuing the attack on the*
southern part of the* front. The* main inte*re*st is cemtered in
the* section around l.assigny nnel Massif. It is difficult to say
whether the French have remedied the* crest, upon the* pos>es
sie>n of which the* whole* position on the southern line elepemds.
The* allie's have captured the town of Gary, on the* right
flank of the Somme battle front.
— A report to the e*ffe*ct that the Germans had e*vacuate*d Rove*.
TWO STEAMERS, ONE
SCHOONER, AND NINE
SAILING VESSELS SUNK
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—A German submarine came to
the surface amid a fleet of fishing boats off George’s Banks
yesterday and sent nine to the bottom.
Commander of U-Boat Recognized
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Aug. 12.—Fishermen claim to have
identified the commander of the German submarine operating
near here as a skilled navigator formerly engaged in the Ameri
can fisheries service.
More Vessels Sunk
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—A submarine has sunk the Brit
ish steamship Beni stone, the Swedish steamship Sydland and
the American schooner Herman Winter off the coast of New
England.
Details of Super-Submarine
Four survivors of the crew of the American schooner Katie
Palmer, sunk by a German submarine Saturday evening, one
hundred miles east of Nantucket, have been landed at New Bed
ford. The survivors were taken aboard the submarine, which
was three hundred feet long and carried one gun and a crew of
sixty men. The captain of the submarine said he was equipped
to remain on this side of the Atlantic six months.
which the Germans have defended desperately, has nut been
continued. British tunics were seen operating a considerable
distance east of the town. *
Allied Forces Slowed Up but Still Advancing
PARIS, A tig. 12. The Germans are counter attacking with
i certain amount of success, having bad time to get new divi
'ions from the north into the line. It i- believed fresh troop- are
being used in a desperate endeavor to block the advance of the
idlies toward Xesle. The Germans are trying to stop the retreat
ui the Royc-Xovon line.
I he newspapers here believe the allied advance i- bound to
continue, although slowed up.
Forty Thousand Prisoners Taken
It i- reported that the allies in Pieardv have captured
nearly forty thousand prisoners and seven hundred guns. The
Hermans are resisting bitterly along the Chatlines Rove Noyon
line, and are bringing up strong reinforcement-.
The allies are preparing for a further advance.
FIRST AMERICAN FIELD
ARMY BEEN ORGANIZED
WITH 'I’ll Id AMKRK’AXS IX FRAX( Ti, Aug. 12. The
iii>t American tield army has been organized, under the direct
command ot General Pershing. The corps commander.- an
nounced are Major General.- Liggett. Bullard, Bundy. Reed and
Wright.
'Idle polic.v of organizing other armies w ill be carried out
steadily. ,
I he tirst American field army will consist of five corps.
Pershing will be in command and will operate north of the
Marne. General Pershing will retain hi.- post a- chief of the
\nioriean expeditionary forces, and will have two head.pun
tors. ((tlier armies ol I ive corps each will be formed -non.
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TDK HACit'K. Aug 12. German
newspapers are asking pointed iiues
tlons eoneernlng the reverses In the
west. A Merlin dispatch to tile Mu
nich Most complains of attempts of
Herman officials to conceal the truth
from the people.
The Deutsches Zeitung of Berlin
lays that the events between the
Somme and the Ancre constitute the
irst serious defeat of the war.
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PENETRATED
BY|XPLDRER
OTTAWA, Aug. 12.—A telegram
rom Stefansson. the Arctic explorer,
who has been at Fort Yukon, Alaska,
’or the past several weeks, convales
cing from a serious Illness, says that
Stork Storkenson. Stefanason’s lieu
cnant. with a small expedition, had
reached a point 175 miles north of
he Alaska coast, penetrating seventy
five miles beyond any point reached
py previous explorers.
The explorations of Storkenson i
proved that Keenan Land was not lo-1
■ated at the point given on the maps
>f the American (leographlcal Society.
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The Orca cannery has closed down
tor the season, with a pack of nearly
10.000 cases, ugainst 35,000 for last
year
TO PASSAGE
WASHINGTON. Mm. 12. -Steps lo
reconvene the senate, so that the ail
ministration's manpower hill, extend
ing the draft ages, may be taken up
Immediately, were taken by senate
leaders today, who ordered telegrams
sent to all absentees asking them to h
present Thursday, when the bill will
be reported to the senate.
SIX BRITISH 'motor
BOATS ARE MISSING
LONDON. Aug. 12—Six British
motor boats have failed to return
from a reconnoitering expedition car
ried out August 11 along the coast of
Holland
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE. Aug 12 —Prices for fish
at noon today were as follows: Hall
but. 13*4fi’14c; sableflsh. 6t^c; ling
and red eod, 3c; pickled herring and
pickled sableflsh unchanged
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♦ THE HAGUE. Aug. 12.—The ♦
♦ Berlin Deutsches Zeltung says ♦
♦ that the events between the ♦
♦ Somme and the Avre constitute ♦
♦ the first German defeat of the ♦
♦ war. ♦
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