LONDON, Aug. 9—Petrograd' has informed the British
foreign office that after Warsaw fell, Germany sent a special
minister to Russia offering terms of peace, which were rejected
without consideration by the Czar. The Czar and his counsel
ors will adhere to their original agreement with France and
England not to make a separate peace. Russia was affered the
whole of Galicia, if it would conclude peace at once, provided
that the Czar would agree to Germang retaining Poland. Other
details of the offer were unimportant, but the matter was not
even seriously considered by the Czar, the German minister
being given safe conduct to his own lines with admonition to
tell the Kaiser that Russia would not conclude peace until
every German soldier had been driven across his own frontier.
LONDON, Aug. 9—From recent maneuverings by the
Austro-German armies in the east, it is beginning to be seen
that the next Teuton attack will be directed against Servia. It
is of vital importance for Germany to secure an avenue to trans
port Avar munitions and supplies to her Turkish ally, and at
present, with Roumania refusing to allow supplies to be trans
ported across her country, there is no way for the Teutons to
relie\re the stringency that is being felt in Constantinople. With
a strong attack directed against Serbia, it is believed that an
open road can be secured to the Bulgarian border, and' that
once there, the moral influence of a powerful Austro-German
army will induce Bulgaria to allow supplies to be taken into
Turkey. The German foreign office is well aware of the great
presure that is being brought by the allies on both Bulgaria
and Roumania to enter the Avar, and they figure by crushing
Serbia to eradicate the last notion that the other Balkan nations (
may haA7e of taking up arms against the Germans. It is in
creasingly manifest that Germany looks to the east for the set
tlement of the war.
LONDON, Aug. 9—The military observers here are begin
ning to rest esay over the situation in Poland. For some days
it Avas feared that the Russian commanders had not commenced
their retiring moxTement soon enough to evade the encircling
band of steel and men that the Teutons were enwrapping around
the doomed Polish capital. As the days pass nothing but re
assuring news is coming from Petrograd, about the fate of the
Russian armies and it is now felt that Grand Duke Nicholas
has succeeded in extricating his command' and has reached new
positions in safety.
LONDON, Au". 9—Advices received here trom Rome bring
confirmatory reports of the stories of Italian successes in the
mountain fighting in the Alps. The Italian Alpine troops are
enabled by their remarkable skill to transport guns and small
cannon to almost impossible mountain heights and crags, and
direct them upon the enemy. The steady and slow advance
through the mountain passes may be attributed to the fearless
manner in which these Alpine regiments ascend their beloved
Alps. Recent important gains have been made by these moun
tain climbers in Cadore.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 9—The Turkish official state
ment issued today admits that one of the allied submarines en
tered the Sea of Marmora, and succeeded in sinking the Turk
ish battleship Ivheyr Addin. The Kheyr Addin was one of the
larger vessels of the Turkish navy, being of the burden of 9800
tons. The boat was secured from Germany some years ago
being the former German warship Kurfurst Friederich Wil
helm.
BERLIN, Aug. 9—In an official German statement issued
by the Berlin war office this morning it is asserted that the Teu
ton soldiers have occupied Praga, a suburb of Warsaw on the
eastern bank of the Vistula.
LONDON, Aug. 9—The great change that the war has
made in the commerce of the British Isles is evident from the
figures of the imports and exports which have just been pub
lished by the government, for the month of July. British im
ports increased $81,000,000 over the imports for July, 1914, and
British exports decreased last month $174,000,000 from the ex
ports of a year ago. The chief articles brought into the country
which are responsible for the huge increase of imports are food
stuffs and metals, the latter being used chiefly in the manufac
ture of war munitions. The cost of living thoughout England
is slowly but steadily raising.
PARIS, Aug. 9—The encircling operations of the r rench
troops operating against the German forces in the Camerun
has resulted in further successes. The Teuton defenders are
almost entirely surrounded by superior French forces, and it
Avould seem that they could not much longer resist capture.
The loss of the Camerun will mean that Germany will be de
prievd of one more important African possession.
ATHENS, Aug. 10—The allied land and naval forces have
been attacking the Turkish positions on the Dardanelles vig
orously for the past two days, the fighting being the equal in
severity of any that has yet occurred on the Gallipoli peninsula.
The French and British troops are making appreciable pro
gress. They still retain control of the crest of the ridge, dom
inating the Turkish positions, which was captured last week.
It is believed that the allies fearing an effort on the part of
Germany to sweep through Serbia and thus open a lane to re
lieve the pressure to inflict crushing defeats upon the enemy in
this region. If the Turks can be driven from the Gallipoli
trenches before relief reaches them, it may be the turning point
of the war. Indications are continually increasing to show that
the east will yet settle the war.
BUCHAREST, Aug. 10—It is reported here that the Ger
man government is using every endeavor both by bringing pres
sure on the Roumaina government and by extending induce
ments to them, to allow the passage of munitions of war from
Austria and Germang into Turkey, over Roumaina territory.
Ti e latest attempt made was accompanied by an offer from the
Krupp Company to the Roumainan government of thirty-six
batteries of artillery, plenty of amunition for the guns, and two
million pounds of barbed wire provided they would give safe
passage to shipments of war supplies to Turkey. When ther
offer became known the British minister intervened and' through
his urging, the government refused to accept the donation of
the Krupps, and would not allow the munitions to be transport
ed across Roumania.
LONDON, Aug. 10—Fighting in the Baltic provinces is
still going on, and the Russians are far from being crushed.
In the vicinity of Riga, which late reports indicate may not
yet have been captured by the Teutons, the German advance
lias been checked, and the calvalry of Von Buelow met with a
severe defeat. In conjunction with the land movement toward
Riga, a large German fleet attempted to seize the Gulf of Riga,
but were met at the entrance by the Russian battleships squa
dron, and flotilla of submarines and torpedo boats, and were
driven back with hevay losses. The damage to the German
fleet has not been ascertained, no detail of the naval fight having
been received so far.
LONDON, Aug. 10—The fighting along the western line is
again attracting the attention of the military observers, as it is
operations by the allies, are about to take place in that theatre
of the war. Yesterday after directing a withering artillery fire
on the trenches around the Belgian village of Hooge, which the
British lost to the Germans on July 30, the English charged
the Germans at the point of the bayonet, and succeeded in re
taking all their lost positions. In addition to the taking
possession of their former position, the British continued their
charge, the men rushing forward with wonderful disregard of
the danger, taking many prisoners and some machine guns.
LONDON, Aug. 10—Austria is massing troops along the
Serbian border, and it is evident that they intend to renew their
unsuccessful campaign. The purpose of the move at this time,
is not so much to crush Serbia, as to find an avenue for the
transportation of war supplies to Turkey, where the troops
defending the Dardanelles are finding the munition problem the
most difficult one they have to deal with.
LONDON, Aug. 10—The leading British newspapers give
much of their space today to discussing the peace overtures
which Germany made to Russia after the evacuation of War
saw. The comments of the press are generally in a sarcastic
tone, and frank unbelief is expressed at the credulity of the
Teutons in thinking that the tie which binds the allies is so
weak that Russia could be induced to yield on such terms as
Berlin offered’. The British papers all assert, irrespective of
political belief that there can be no peace until the allies are
victorious and until the Germans have been driven back on
their own soil, defeated and crushed, and Belgium restored to
its people. England would fight to the end for these things
even tho deserted by Russia and France, and no doubt is ex
pressed about the security of the influences which bind' the three
nations together. It is generally believed that Germany would
be willing to couclude peace as matters stand', but the allies re
ject the suggestion.
SOFIA, Aug. 14—The diplomatic battle going on in this
capital between the representatives of the belligerent nations,
in an attempt to influence the position of Bulgaria for one side
or the is coming to a head, and it is expected that the decision
will be arrived at within the next few days. Bulgaria shows a
desire to side with the allies provided her asperations in Mace
donia are allowed to be realized, and Serbia ceded the territory
that Bulgaria believes should have been hers as the fruits of
the late Balkan war. Today the Bulgarian prime minister
notified the representatives of England, France, Russia and
Italy, that Bulgaria would at once enter the war on the side of
the allies by declaring Avar against Turkey, if the Serbians
ceded her that portion of Macedonia claimed bv Bulgaria.
BERLIN, Aug. 14—The official German statement for today
says that the advancing Teuton armies in Poland have captured
Siedlce. This tow is about sixty miles east of Warsaw, and
half way between the Polish capital and the fortress of Brest
Litovsk. It is in the base of the great defensive triangle form
ed by the fortifications of Brest-Litovsk, I\rangorod' and War
saw, and its capture is indicative of the great German advance
still under way. It is likel ythat the next severe stand to be
made by the retiring Russians will be along the Bug rleer.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 14—The southern most portion of the
battle line in Poland has been the scene of severe fighting. The
Russians have taken a stand along a line running from Cholm
to Wlodawa in the direction of the fortress of Brest-Litovsk.
Yesterday repeated' Teuton attacks by the army under Arch
duke Josef Ferdiand were repulsed with heavy losses. The
Austro-Germans continue to advance in their effort to envelop
the Russian center, and are sacrificing enormous number of
soldiers in forcing the entrenched positions of the Russians.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 14—Heavy fighting has been
continous along the front on the southern end of the Gallipoli
peninsula the last few days. The allied troops have been at
tacking the Turkish trenches in force. Every attack has been
repulsed with heavy losses to the enemy, and the Turks are
stubbornly holding their positions in the face of a terrific artil
lery fire, and heavy bayonet attacks by the English and' New
^Zealand soldiers. It is apparent that the allies are preparing
j to make a strong effort to gain a decisive victory in this region,
and counteract, if possible the effect of the Russian reverses in
Poland.
ROME, Aug. 14—The war office officially announced this
| morning that Italian warships had sunk the Austrian sub
marine U-2 in the Adriatic. The exact location of the sinking
was not given, but the submarine was discovered by destroyers,
who signalled the heavier vessels, the position of the submer
sible. Well directed shell fire did the rest.
LONDON, Aug. 14—The Germans have not yet decided
that air raids on the coast of England result in no military ad
vantage. Last night a fleet of Zeppelins, accompanied by some
Taubes, cruised over the east coast of Britain and dropped
both incendiary and explosive bombs on various shore towns.
As a result of the raid six non-combatants were kiled and thir
teen wounded. The property damage was negligible as most
of the bombs fell in open spaces, and no fires were set.
LONDON, Aug. 14—A British submarine entered the
straits of Dardanelles yesterday and torpedoed the Turkish
gunboat, DerkistaA'et. The war vessel sank within ten minutes,
with a large loss of life, as the sailors Avere thrown into con
fusion by the torpedo striking, and were unable to launch any
life boats. The gunboat was accompanying an army trans
port, which was also torpedoed and sunk by the English under
water craft. The submersible returned in safety to its base.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 14—The Danish government has
made public its estimates of the damage done to Danish ships
and cargoes by the belligerent nations in the present war. It
is figured that Danish shipping has suffered to the extent of one
million dollars through mines in the sea. It is also figured' that
Danish shipping has been damaged another million through the
detention of cargoes in England.
LONDON, Aug. 14—A German submarine held up the
British steamer Summerfield in the North Sea today, and after
giving the crew time to take to the small boats sank the vessel.
The crew were towed a distance of fifty miles by the submarine,
and were released when close to the British coast which they
reached in safety.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 14—The Russian war office in Its offi
cial statement today claims that the armies of the Czar in Trans
Caucasia, have succeeded in driving the last Turk from that
territory and the Russians are in full possession. The fight
ing has not been on a large scale neither of the contending
forces having large armies in this section.
GENEVA, Aug. 14—It is reported here that Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander in chief of the Russian forces, has notified
the allies that he will abandon Vilna. The Russian position at
this point is being threatened by Von Buclows advancing caval
rymen, who are sweeping forward from Kovno in an irresistable
rush.
LONDON, Aug. 14—A German submarine attacked and
sunk the Norwegian steamer Aura today, off the coast of Scot
land. The crew were saved.
PARTS, Aug. 14—The army of the Crown Prince is making
futile attacks against the French positions in the forest of the
Argone. The Teutons are attacking in force, and there seems
to be under way a determined effort to break through the Ver
dun-St. Mihiel line. So far all the German attacks have been
easily repulsed, the French 75’s doing effective work in haras
sing the enemy. The French are strongly entrenched, and sev
eral counter attacks have been made. The situation along this
section of the western front is unchanged, the armies holding
the same relative positions they did months ago, with a few
minor exceptions.
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A Record of the Principal Happenings of the World
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—General
Bobo, the revoluntionist leader of the
black republic, who was made presi
dent when the late Guillaume was ass
assinated by rebels, resigned his office
today, after a conference with Ad
miral Caperton of the United Sates
Navy, who is in command of the
American forces trying to restore or
der in Hayti. Bobo ordered all his gen
rals to follow his exam pel, requested
them to accede to the demands of the
United States officials, as such a
course would be for the best interests
of the country. The revolutionary
generals have all been ordered by
Bobo to surrender their arms, and re
turn to their peaceful occupations.
Both Bobo and Bourand, another presi
dential candidate, have promised their j
aid to Admiral Caperton in his efforts
preserve order.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—General J
Carranza has cabled his agents in this
city that the Brazilian minister had
left the Mexican capital, and had been
given safe conduct to Vera Cruz. The
Brazilian diplomat was taking the first
steamer out of the country, because as
Carranza said, he had learned that
Carranza was preparing to expel him.
on the ground that he was really
representing the interests of the Unit
ed States in Mexico rather than those
of his own country. Senor Ortego,
the minister from Guatemala, was ex
pelled by Carraza for similar reasons.
CHICAGO, Aug. 9—The raising of
the overturned steamship Eastland
was commenced here today. The rais
ing is under the direction of the Bu
reau of Commerce and Labor, and it
is expected that the remainder of the
missing bodies will be recovered when
the hulk is brought to the surface, so
that the divers can explore the insides
carefully, and examine the river bot
tom. The water in the vessel being
pumped out by huge steam pumps
which have been installed.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Aug. 9—A
short but sharp fight between Mexi
can bandits and Americans occurred
at the border town of Norias yester
day. There were about sixty Mexl
cans in the attacking force and they
were beaten back by a force of fifteen
Americans, which included eight U.
S. cavalrymen. The Americans man
aged to hold on their own until re
enforcements in the shape of the
Texas Rangers arrived on the scene,
when the Mexicans hurriedly retreat
ed. Five Mexican bandits and one
Mexican women were killed. None of
the Americans were injured.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 10-The Russian
war office admitted today that the re
tiring movement of the armies In Po
land was still under way. Grand
Iluke Nicholas has found it advisable
to abandon the town of Vilna fifty
five miles southeast of Kovno. The
movement of the troops is described
by the commander in chief as a strate
gic retreat. The movement also an
nounced that the work of harvesting
the Russian crops had all been pro
vided for, and that no difficulty be
cause of shortage of labor was antici
pated. Several hundred thousand
prisoners of war will be utilized in the
fields during the harvest time, and at
present nearly all the captives are be
ing used on railroad and road work.
NEW YORK, 10—Secretary of the
Treasury, William G. M’Adoo, arrived
here from Washington yesterday, and
immediately began to hold conferences
with certain of the great banking
houses of Wall street. Kuhn, Loeb &
Co., J. P. Morgan & Co., The National
City Bank and others were consulted
by the Secretary concerning the finan
cing of the joint action that will be
undertaken by the United States and
the Latin America powers for the pur
pose of restoring peace in Mexico.
Not only will the joint powers restore
peace, but the secretary will also make
arrangements for the financing of the
railroads and other public works
which will have to be undertaken be
fore Mexico will be in a condition to
enjoy the prosperity which belongs to
her naturally.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—The wheat
crop of the United States has been es
timated by the Department of Agri
culture as being the greatest wheat
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14—Six million acres of land form
erly embraced in the Chugach National Forest Reserve, Alaska,
have been restored to general homestead entry by order of Presi.
dent Woodrow Wilson, according to a bulletin issued by the
Forest Service.
The elimination of these six million acres was recommend
ed by Chief Forester Graves last winter. The eliminated tracts
comprise chiefly areas without timber and the exact limitations
of the areas cannot be given beoause of the absence of necessary
surveys. The present readjustment of the boundaries of the
reserve is in conformity with similiar work which has been con
ducted in all national forests for many years through the classi
fication of the land.
F. A. Boyle of the Juneau land office said recently that it
has been the intention of the Forest Service to retain for the re
serve only a narrow strip of land along the shore line of Cook
Inlet, and to throw open the remainder of the reserve not con
taining timber. The original reservation covers a tract of land
about 300 miles long and 150 miles wide, between Cape Suckling
and Cook Inlet and including a large number of small islands
along the coast.
The Chugach reservation contains some of the most valu
able agricultural land in the territory and there will probably
be a great many homestead applications filed for tracts within
the Chugach belt in the near future.
crop ever raised by any country In the
world. The crop will run to more
than a billion bushels. The totals of
the other crops will be sufficient to
satisfy the farmers, the corn crop
alone being nearly seven billion bush
els. This great increase In the crops
will add tremendously to the prosperi
ty of the country for the ensuing year.
OTTAWA, Aug. 10—The Canadian
government made public yesterday the
official list of casualittes among the
Canadian regiments now fighting for
the mother country against the Teu
tons In Europe. So far nineteen hun
dred wearers of the Maple Leaf have
been killed and 6700 wounded. In ad
dition to this there are 2100 Canadians
missing, whom it is believed have been
taken prisoners.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14—The Klver
and Harbors Committee of Congress,
accompanied by a number of Senators
and Representatives, is now touring
the west and will visit the ruget
Sound navy yard at Bremerton on
August 22. The committee is making
an exhaustive study of port, harbor
and river needs In the states of Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington.
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LONDON, Aug. 10—A fleet of Zep
pelins flew over the east coast of
England last night and dropped many
bombs both explosive and Incendiary.
The damage done to property by the
air raid has not been fully ascertained.
The Germans succeeded In killing nine
women and four children and one man.
The wounded totaled seven women,
five men and two children.
BERKELEY, Aug. 10—George Fitch,
the author died here today. The
death of Fitch was a shock to his
friends and relatives and was entirely
unexpected. The physicians pro
nounced the cause of the death to be
heart failure. Fitch was one of the
best of living American humorists,
and his writings obtained large sale
throught the country.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10—Charles
Heber Clark, the American humorist
writer died here today. Clark wrote
under the pseudonym of Max Adler,
and his best known works are out of
the Hurly Burly, Elbow Room, The
Fortunate Island and Captain Blultt.
Clark has been ill for some time and
his death was expected. He was
seventy-four years old.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10—The remains
of General Tracey, who died last Fri
day, were buried yesterday with mili
tary honors, the funeral being largely
attended.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10—Twenty mil
lion dollars in gold is now in transit
across the Atlantic consigned to the
banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co.
The gold will be shipped to Halifax
and brought to this city by train.
This huge shipment of gold, is an in
stallment on the payment of the large
war orders that the allies have placed
in America.
BERLIN, Aug. 10—The British
auxiliary cruiser India, 7900 tons was
torpedoed and sunk off the coast of
Sweden today. Only elgthy of the
the crew were saved. One torpedo
from a German submarine was all that
was needed to send the ship to the
bottom.
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PATENT APPLICATIONS
NOT FILED IN TIME
The Juneau land office has received
notification from the commissioner of
the general land office to cancel the
coal claim of Newland H. Smith, in
the Bering River field, on account of
his failure to file his application for
patent.
The law grants three years to de
velop the claim and to file application
for final patent. Smith failed to do
this in the time required and the order
for cancellation was issued.
GOOD WORK BEING DONE
BY U. 8. COAST 8URVEY
The U. S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
is doing some excellent work In Alaska
this summer including its general de
tail and special wire drag work in the
inside passage. It will be remember
ed that this was part of the work suc
cessfully petitioned for last December
and that it was urgently needed Is
shown in the fact that already the
commanding officer has located sev
eral submerged rocks heretofore un
charted. Two of these rocks are in
Sumner Strait
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ELLAMAR MINING COMPANY
18 8UED FOR 815,000
Judge John Lyons of the Arm of
Lyons and Ritchie yesterday filed
suit against the Ellamar Mining com
pany for $15,000 damages because of
the injury to Ike Westburg a miner
who was hurt at the min a six months
ago. Donohue and Dlmond will re
present the mining company.
The Granite mine took out 126,000
in July and this will be greatly In
creased during August as much low
grade ore was run through the mill
the past month. The work of develop
ing the mine continues and much un
derground work has been done, block
ing out enough ore to run the mill
for three years.