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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—From dispatches received this
afternoon at the German embassy indicate that the advance of
the Russians in East Prussia has been checked. For several
days past the Germans have been rushing troops to that section
and for the past twenty-four hours there has been much
fighting. For a time the Russians put up a stubborn resistance
but in most instances they were finally driven to retreat, after
heavy losses. One of the most disastrous conflicts for the
Russians is reported at the embassy as having occurred near
Allenstein, a city of 30,000 inhabitants, and which is more
than 60 miles due south of Konigsburg. There three Russian
army corps were defeated and 70,000 prisoners were taken,
including three of the commanding Russian generals. Farther
north there were also several battles in which the Germans
more than held their own.
LONDON, Sept. 1.—Although the Germans have not made
any great distance since yesterday in their advance toward
Paris, they have been busy in fighting the enemy and winning
victories. This morning four German armies began pounding
the French at various points from Sedan to Souns. These
armies were commanded by Grand Duke Albrecht, Generals
Von Buelow, Von Hansen and Von Klug. The left wing of the
French and allies was shelled in their intrenchments and
thousands slaughtered. The resistance gave way under the
continuous heavy fire and the Germans marched triumphant
over the dead bodies of their enemy and put the defenders to
Tetreat. A wire from Paris states that among the killed was
Fieri Gougon, a member of the House of Deputies.
LONDON, Sept. 1.—A correspondent to the Express wires
from The Hague that the Kaiser has gone to the Russian
frontier. He has confidence that his millions of soldiers in
France will now fight their way into France, and in the mean
time he is rushing troops to combat the invasion of the1
Russians, expecting soon to drive them out from East Prussia.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Late this afternoon a dispatch
was received at the German embassy, which says that the
Germans are celebrating this as Sedan day, because of the
victories in both the eastern and western part of France.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.— V censored dispatch received this,
afternoon from London states that the English had landed a
second army at Ostende, on the Belgian coast, with which to.
attack the Germans in the rear.
f PARIS, Sept. 1.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg states
that Gallician pirsoners say that Austria has issued a manifesto
declaring that Servia had been annexed.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1.—The war office this morning
announced that the Germans had greatly stiffened their
defense. Battles were being fought and from reports received
both sides were sustaining severe losses in East Prussia.
LONDON, Aug. 29.—While the armies in East Prussia
appear to have rested on Friday the Russians are again
advancing in three great columns, overrunning Eastern Prussia
where they have taken possession of the towns and have
established Russian postoffices, and are using Russian stamps.
This officials declare is a fulfillment of the promise which the
Czar gave for autonomous government in all ancient Poland.
ROME, Aug. 29.—Dispatches received today from Trieste,
Austria, say that the Russians are making alarming progress
in sweeping through the province of Galicia, which is in thei
northeastern part of Austria. The Austrian troops which have
' doeen defending that section have been reduced bo half rations.
LONDON, Aug. 29.—A dispatch this evening states that
the population of Danzig is in a panic in anticipation of.
Russian occupation. The enemy has been pressing close to
this city and its fall is expected at any hour. Danzig is
situated on the Baltic Sea and is fortified.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 29.—The Russian troops today
occupied part of the city of Konigsburg, near the Baltic Sea.
Many Germans took refuge in a citadel which is invested and
where they hope to withstand an attack.
PEKIN, Aug. 29.—It is reported late tonight that the
Kaiu Chow forts have been shelled by the enemy, but that the
Japanese force has thus far been prevented from landing,
v THE HAGUE, Aug. 29.—The progress of the Germans
has been somewhat impeded during the past twenty-four hours.
They are still swarming in the southern section of Belgium and
their cavalry is in operation on French soil from Lille almost
as far south as Cambrai, a distance of 30 miles. But the allied
forces are holding back the invaders from any particular
advance. The Belgians have again renewed their activity
against the German forces and are particularly harrassing
them in the rear. Forty thousand Germans have been with
drawn from Southern Belgium to combat the forces that are
operating against them in the north near Antwerp, as the
Belgians now seem determined to drive their enemy from the
northern part of the empire. In the south the Belgians are
also making a flank attack on the Germans on the French
frontier and their base of supplies in Belgium. Taking it on
the whole this is the first day in many that the Germans have
not made substantial victories, at least so far as the limited
information goes.
LONDON, Aug. 29.—Late this evening there was a state
ment sent out by the correspondents that there lias been
almost a total silence concerning today’s operations in
Northern France. Word comes from Paris that the train
service between Paris and Boulogne has been suspended.
LOST ON SAMPSON
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Capt. Zimxo S. Moore, Commander.
E. F. Kinney, Chief Officer.
A. J. Noon, Chief Engineer.
Miss M. Campbell, Stewardess.
Mrs. George Banberry, passenger.
G. W. Bryant, Seward, passenger.
Ezra Byrne, stowaway.
Three members of crew.
Wireless Operator.
SEATTLE, Aug. 26.—Early this morning a wireless
flashed the news of the sinking of the steamer Admiral
Sampson. The vessel was late in leaving this port and sailed
; for Alaska at 4 o’clock this morning. There was a fog and she
| proceeded slowly for the 18 or 20 miles until she reached Foint
No Point. Then she was rammed by the southbound steamer
Princess Victoria, operated by the Canadian Pacific Navigation
Co. The fog was thick when she was run down by the Victoria
I at 6 o’clock, the bow of the latter striking the port side of the
Sampson, near the after hatch. The shock immediately
brought all passengers to the deck and intense excitement
existed for a minute. But Captain Mt>ore, who at once realized
; the seriousness of the situation, ordered the boats lowered and
directed that the passengers remain calm and lose no time in
getting off to the small boats. Many of them had no time to
even surround themselves with a coat or wrap and were
handed over the sides to the boats.
The Princess Victoria stood by and immediately picked
up the passengers after they left the ill-fated vessel. There
j was wild confusion during the four minutes intervening
j between the wrecking of the steamer and the time of her
gradual slide to the depths below. But the officers handled
the crowd expeditiously and passed them down to the small
boats in a miraculously short time. There was no time for
many of the passengers to get on their clothing or to even take
i a wrap. The officers stood at their posts and did everything
possible to allay the excitement and to facilitate the getting
j off of the passengers. All the crew who manned the boats were
saved and if the sinking had been deferred for a few minutes
longer it would have been possible for all to get off. As it
was Captain Moore was on the bridge as the vessel gradually
sank from view. Chief Officer Kinney and Chief Engineer
Noon were at their posts, while the stewardess was at the time
, assisting Mrs. Branbury, who was the wife of the agent of the
| company at Skagway. Ezra Byrne was a stowaway, but he
succeeded in getting off and after his rescue sought the bow
of the Victoria. There a fire broke out and the young man,
perished before he could be rescued.
After the Sampson had disappeared the Victoria, in
command of Capt. Hickey, steamed to this city. As a result
of the contact her bow is badly damaged.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Alaska coal locators won
another great point in a ruling just made by First Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Andrieus A. Jones. He has instructed
Clay Tallman, commissioner of the general land office, to
regard the claim located by M. A. Arnold, a Seattle banker, as
of sufficient notice of location. As the notice of this location
had not been filed in the land office at Juneau within a year
from the date of its location, Mr. Jones diverged from earlier
decisions in the department. In other cases it had been decided
that the failure to file notice of location within a year was a
fatal defect. The Arnold claim at issue is one of the McDonald
group in the Bering river coal field of Alaska. The Jones
I decision is taken as another liberal interpretation of the law
in favor of claimants.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Alaska coal leasing bills were
brought up in both the Senate and House this afternoon for
consideration. The measures are somewhat different, but there
is a general feeling that something should be done by Congress
in the immediate future toward enacting a measure that will
permit of the early development of the Alaska coal filds. There
is no doubt about the bill passing the House and it now begins
to look as though the measure has more than a fair chance of
passing the Senate. Much of the opposition has given way,
because of the interest which Secretary Lane and other
advisers of the President have recently taken in disposing of
the bill before Congress adjourns or the business of a new
session commences. The fact that there are many war consid
erations which would seem to make it necessary for prompt
action has had a strong effect on some of the opposing senators.
It is expected that the bill will come up for final vote in the
House on Thursday and there is no doubt about its passage.
LONDON, Sept .1.—Reinforcements in large numbers are
on their way from Canada, India, Africa and Australia. Some
are already landing in France and others will rapidly follow.
It is deemed necessary to increase the force to resist the
advance of the Germans towards Paris.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.—The German cruisers
Gneisenan and Scharnhorst are reported on their way here
fiom Tsin Tan. Their destination is not known.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 31.—The war office this after
noon announces many victories in East Prussia. And there is
an intimation that greater ones are in store, in the near future.
LONDON, Aug. 31.—Late this afternoon the report was
received here that the Germans had advanced in France to
within 60 miles of Paris. It is taken to indicate that the
opposing forces are giving way under the superior numbers
and persistent fighting of the enemy.
LONDON, Aug. 31.—The British and French have
gathered every man and gun available in Northeastern France
in the attempt to stop the German advance on the road to x
Paris. In the northwestern part of France the right wing of
the army is gradually advancing south. A correspondent from
Amiens, in the province of Somme, wires that it is pitiful to
hear of the manner in which that part of the army is killing
and devastating as it moves on. He states that while most of
France believes that the Germans are being held near the
frontier they are advancing incessantly.
LONDON, Aug. 31.—It is now generally accepted that
Germany and Austria will soon have another ally. Turkey will
soon be into the fight. A diplomatic correspondent to the
Chronicle has wired that though the British government has
warned Turkey that she signs her own death warrant by
starting anything at this time, it is believed that country has
about decided to step in. A declaration of war from Turkey,
it is expected, is now only a matter of a few days and possibly
only hours.
PARIS, Aug. 28.—It was officially announced last night
that Paris was preparing for a siege. The matter was
discussed by the Minister of War and other advisers and it
was the opinion that a crisis wpuld seen be presented. Through
out the day trains bringing provisions from the country have
been arriving and a stock will be laid in that will enable the
people of the city to subsist under a prolonged siege, if such!
can be maintained against the German invasion. It is generally
accepted that since the advance of the Germans through
Belgium, that with their immense forces they will be almost
irrssistble, and it may not be a long time before they have
weakened all the defences in Northern France and will sweep
down towards Paris. The only cheering news is of the advance
of the Russians in east Frussia. If they can succeed in getting
close to Berlin it may result in a retreat of some of the'
German forces from France.
The Paris war office has issued a statement saying that in
the north the allies as well as the Germans appear to have
suffered considerable loss. In one trench, and for a short
space, 1,500 German bodies were found. General Galleani has
been appointed commander of the army in Paris.
LONDON, Aug. 28.—What little information leaks
through from Britirh officials tends to confirm the reports of
great German victories in Northern France. The next battle
will be fought with the second line of defenses, between which
and Paris, there are few strong fortresses. There is but very
little hope that the invaders can be checked in their march on.
to Paris. But whether they can capture that city is a mooted
question. Paris is enclosed by a line of fortifications measuring
over 22 miles in circumference.
BERLIN, Aug. 28.—From headquarters this afternoon
there was issued an official report that the western allies were
everywhere defeated by the Germans and that they are in full
retreat after nine days of fighting. General Von Kluk defeated
the English army at Maubeuge, France, but they renewed the
attack today and another battle is on. General Von Buelow
and General Von Sausen defeated the French and Belgian
forces with the Eighth Corps between Sambre, Namur and
Meuse. There was a battle of several days duration but the
allies have retreated and the Germans are now pursuing them
east of Maubeuge. The attack on Maubeuge was opened by
the Grand Duke Albrecht, who defeated and pursued the
enemy across the Semois and Meuse rivers. The crown prince
of Bavaria has been repulsed in an attack from Nancy south.
General Von Herringer continues his pursuit southward
through the Vosges mountains.
LONDAN, Aug. 27.—A dispatch late this afternoon fnm
Ostende states that the Germans have passed over from
Belgium into the northern part of France. They now occupy
the French towns of Lille, Roubaix and Valenciennes. It is
expected that they will now move on down towards Paris.
LONDON, Aug. 26.—The fall of Namur, in the Belgian
province of that name, as well as the capture of many other
fortified towns in Belgium, has cast a cloud over England. For
the invasion of the Germans has progressed to such an extent
as to now present a critical condition. Admissions are freely
made here and in Paris that the German victory has been
decisive. The French were defeated and are falling back on
their fortresses all along the line through Belgium and Luxem
burg. There is considerable anxiety as to the next move of the
invading force. Thus far the allied forces have not been
potent in checking the advance of the German fighters who
have plowed their way through blood and over the bodies of
thousands of brave fighters. It is freely predicted that the
next move will be in the direction of Paris and that action will
not longer be delayed.
LONDON, Aug. 31.—Dispatches received here from St.
Petersburg tell of the steady advance of the Russians in East
Prussia. They are now in control of quite a large section and
their domination is complete. They have torn up many miles
of railroad and relaid it according to Russian gauge. It is
declared that panic reigns at Danzig and that the population '
is fleeing towards Berlin. The city is soon expected to fall.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Dispatches received here
state that the tension is so acute at Constantinople, the capital
of Turkey, that fears are entertained there that Turkey may
at any moment be drawn into the European war. She would
side with Germany and Austria, although Russia is doing her
utmost to hold Turkey neutral.