PARIS, Sept. 15.—Everything continues to be encouraging
from the standpoint of this city. The enemy is now far enough
away so that our people may again breathe in peace and safety.
The fleeing German army has been brought up and are
standing at bay in the upper reaches of the Aisne river and
heights northwest of Rheims. The plans of the German
general and his staff appears to be the evacuation of the north
western part of France and Belgium, with a concentration to
the eastward. This is intended either for a rebound against the
allies or more likely the abandonment of all hope of again
attacking Paris.
ROME, Sept. 15.—The Russian embassy has been advised
that the German army in Russian Poland had been badly
defeated, losing 50,000 on the Austrian frontier. The Russians
are crossing the San river, after capturing 30 guns and 8,000
men. The information received indicates that there was some
fierce fighting but that the Germans were routed by the
superior forces of the Russians, after heavy losses by both sides.
BERLIN, Sept. 15.—The Austrians are entrenching then
selves behind strategic points leading to Budapest. They
anticipate more fighting in a day or two.
LONDON, Sept. 15.—This evening the Servian legation
announces that 150,000 Servian troops are now in Hungary
fighting the dual monarchy.
DIEPPE, Sept. 15.—It is reported here this afternoon that
the allies have encircled General Von Kluck’s army and that
14,000 have been forced to surrender.
PARIS, Sept. 14.—Germany made overtures to Belgium
today, seeking to end the war so far as Belgium was concerned.
But the offers were spurned by an indignant government whose
rights had been traduced by the arrogant invaders. General
Von Derholtz, who has been serving as military governor of
Brussels and that portion of Belgium captured by the Germans,
this evening visited Antwerp, under safe conduct. Upon
behalf of the Kaiser he offered to end the war between
Belgium and Germany if the latter country would make certain
concessions. The offer was immediately refused.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14.—It is reported that five warships |
of contending powers are within a radius of 250 miles of this'
city. It is not unlikely that an engagement will follow should
these ships come together. Three belong to Germany and are
the Leipsig, Nuremburg and Emden. The others are Japanese
vessels and one is the Idzuiro, supposed to be bound for
New Castle, Australia.
LONDON, Sept. 14.—General Joffre is jubilant over what
he terms the “routing” of the enemy. He pictures the retreat
from France as hurried in formation and disorderly, with the
Germans abandoning their wounded, supplies and prisoners.
LONDON, Sept. 14.—Everywhere there is great rejoicing
over the defeat of the enemy in France. It is now taken as
certain that they will leave that section. An official report from
the French officers states that six German armies are now on
their flight from Paris, leaving only the army that is facing
Verdun to the east and near the Alsassian border. The army
of General Von Kluck, which a week ago, was within a few
miles southeast of Paris, has retired to 60 miles northeast. On
the extreme right, the army commanded by the Bavarian
Crown Prince, and which attacked the French eastern line,
from Nancy to Epinal, has fallen back to various places on the
frontier of Lorraine. This retreat has permitted the French
to reoccupy Luneville and several iother towns which had
fallen.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 14.—The Russian army, which had
previously attacked Koenigsberg and Danzig, on the Baltic
Sea, in East Prussia, have again returned with enlarged forces
and are now before Koenigsberg.
BERLIN, Sept. 14.—Official announcement is made that
200.000 prisoners of war have been taken by the Germans. In
this number is included 2,000 French and Russian Officers
taken in Germany.
VIENNA, Sept. 14.—The Austrians have again marshaled
their forces in enlarged numbers and are withstanding an
onslaught from the attacking Russians in Eastern Galicia. It
is believed that many will fall on both sides.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 12.—The Russians and Austrians
have come together in another fierce struggle in Galicia. The
Austrians had marshaled their forces from other sections and
sought to recover some of their own territory that had been
wrested from them. But this move had been expected and
the Russians were ready with reinforcements to wage a fierce
conflict. For two days the battle has raged until finally this
evening there has been a general retreat and for miles the dead
bodies of Austrians are to be found. Their loss has been
130.000 in this second big battle, 20,000 of whom have been
taken prisoners. The Russians are now in practical possession
of the northern part of Austria.
PARIS, Sept. 12.—A general retreat of the German army
from in front of Paris began this morning, with but slight
resistance offered. The Third French army corps captured a
vast amount of artillery. There was somewhat of a cessation
of hostilities last night although the fighting has been severe,
with much loss of life. While the Germans were able to hold
their ground for a time they were not able to make any
advance. Some of their supply trains had been cut off and
food was running short. The retreat has been gradual today,"
and it is not vet. known whether it means the ultimate with
drawal from Frauce or whether reinforcements are expected
Lieut..Frederick Mears and Thus. Riggs .Jr., members of
the Alaska Engineering Commission, aeeompunied by Caleb
Corser, superintendent of the C. R. &■ S. \V. Ry„ left this
morning at 11 o’clock for Katalla. Capt. Men Durkee came
over for them in his launch Triton. The party will go from
Katalla to the Bering River coal fields and if the weather
permits will mush out over the propose.I line via Lake
Charlotte to Mile 38 on the railroad.
Prior to their departure the Commissioners made arrange
ments for a survey of a connecting line t., run from Mile 38
to a point about ten miles distant, to com.. with the surveyed
line from Miles Glacier via Lake Charlotte to the coal fields.
Not having any men available for that purpose the Commis-.
sioners arranged with the railroad company whereby they will
supply the men and supplies to do the work, which may require
a month. The party of 8 or 9 will be in .-barge of II. B.
Malcolm. They will leave Cordova on tin- train next Wednes
day and go to Mile 38, where they will immediately start work.
It is understood that two surveys won- made by the C. R.
& X. W. Railway to the Bering coal fields, under the direction
of the late Chief Engineer E. C. Hawkins. The one line is 93
miles from Cordova. 55 miles of which is a proposed extension
from Mile 38. It runs in a southerly dii.tion to the town of
Katalla, thence in a northerly direction t<> ilm coal fields. The
Alaska Railroad Commission estimated that the cost of this
new construction of 55 miles would !»• s'-1,'>99,500; and with
engineering, telephone, rolling stock, contingencies and
interest, at $2,700,000, or an average c«->t p**r mile of $49,000.
At no place is there a grade exceeding ".>'7 per cent and the
largest stretch of this grade is only 2 miles.
The second survey made by the railroad is from Miles
Glacier, or Mile 49, and runs easterly a distance of 33 miles
to Lake Charlotte, it was not definitely surveyed from there
to what is known as the Trout Creek distri. t, the proposed
terminus. But the Railroad Commission mad.- their estimates
on a line starting from Mile 38, running easterly via Lake
Charlotte to the coal fields a distance of 3s miles, making the
total distance from Cordova, 70 miles. Tim estimated cost
of the new branch of 38 miles was $1,5s3.33ii, with other
expenses added running the cost up t<> >54,000. Between
Miles 18 and 25 there would be a maximum grade of 1.7 per
cent against the expected coal traffic. In referring to these
lines the Railroad Commission report sny>:
“In comparing the two lines, it will I..- noted that the
Lake Charlotte route is shorter than the Katalla route hv some
17 miles. This advantage, however, i* .»tV~.*t by the almost
level grades of the Katalla line as compared with the 1.7 per
cent grade against movement of traffic <>n the Lake Charlotte
line. It should be borne in mind, however, that in time of war
the coal supply from the Bering fields is liable t<> lie intercepted
by an active enemy if the Katalla branch is adopted. The line
is susceptible to attack from the open sea. <>r from landing
parties put ashore at Controller Bay. Kaialla. or the mouth
of the Copper River. The Lake Charh.it.* r>>ute on the other
hand lies behind the hills which skirt tin.. and is some
12 to 15 miles in the interior. It is too far distant inland for
naval attack and could be easily defended Tom landing
parties.”
Neither the railroad company or the railroad commission
have ever made a complete survey of the hake < harlotte route
from Mile 38, and the estimates have •.. made by using the
line from Mile 49 as a basis. But now the Engineering Com
mission wish to have a definite survey from Mile 38 via
Charlotte Lake, and by running the lines about 10 miles they
can connect with the surveys made fnou Mile 49. The work
will be done under the direction of the < '<• m i id ssi oners and will
be paid for from the government fund.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 15.—The Imperial I'ouncil is prepar
ing for the administration of that part <>f Prussia which has
been conquered near the Austrian territory. The Germans are
dispatching reinforcements to the Fortress Ylemel, on the
Baltic, at the extreme north of East Pm-sia.
PARIS, Sept. 15.—Twenty-one train loads of booty
collected on the Marne battlefield haw I.a brought into
Vincennes, a short distance from this city. Reports from
various parts of France indicate that in their flight the
Germans have left guns, ammunition, supplies and thousands
of their wounded.
GENEVA, Sept. 15.—Wm. Weid has applied to Italy to
afford protection to Albania, and this action has caused much
speculation as to the outcome.
LONDON, Sept. 12.—Winston Spc.. rhurchill. First
Lord of the Admiralty, made a noted address last night, lb*
declared that Great Britain should put and keep on the conti
nent a million men. He said that it is now a question ot the
future life of eitlier Great Britain or Germany. He expressed
the belief that the subjects of Great Britain will gladly respond
in any numbers to perpetuate the glory of their country.
LONDON, Sept. 9.—In a leading editorial the Daily
Telegraph urges Canada to make immediately an appropria
tion of $35,000,000 for the navy.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—At the Russian embassy the
statement was issued that at the battle of Lemberg the
! Russians took 82,000 prisoners. They are now in possession
of nearly all the Galicia province of Austria-Hungary. The
Russians are now throwing their forces against Lublin and
Kesolm.
BERLIN, Sept. 15.—An official statement issued tonight
says that the German right wing of the western army has been
engaged in heavy but undecisive battles.
BERLIN, Sept. 15.—It is announced this evening that the
Germans have defeated four corps of the Russian army of Vilna.
PARIS, Sept. 11.—Reports for the past twenty-four hours
are satisfactory and indicate that the enemy has made no
progress, but rather to the contrary. Although various battles
have occurred and many thousands have been sacrificed the
Germans find it difficult to get any of their troops near the
outer walls of the city. The news received here this evening;
indicates that in the fighting lines to the east of Paris the
Germans have been forced back until now, at the end of four
days fighting they are 46 miles from Paris. To the north the
army of the enemy is nearer the city but today many regiments
of Germans were cut off in a wooded country about Dammartin
and Gounesse, about 20 miles northeast of Paris. They are
distant from the supply wagons and with the allies pressing
them their situation is regarded as precarious.
PARIS, Sept. 11.—The crucial battle of the war is still on,
with the Germans pounding the allies in the center and wing.
In the meantime the British and French are routing and
pursuing the German left through the forest of Champcnmx.
In the far northeast, near the Belgium line there has been
considerable fighting. A report was sent out from Berlin that
; the town of Maubeuge had fallen, but no confirmation has been
| received at the Paris war office.
PARIS, Sept. 11.—Dispatches from Holland report that
60,000 German reinforcements are marching south to j oin in
| the battle of Paris. There is reason to believe, however, that
the allies are receiving countrbalancing accessions. And the
fact that the German troops are worn out tends to diminish
the efficiency of their superior numbers.
LONDON, Sept. 10.—A Reuter news dispatch from
Ostende says that a German army corps is marching south to
reinforce the German right. Also that troops waiting east of;
Flanders to receive the levy demanded from Ghent received
orders and immediately took the road leading to Lille. In the
east the Germans have failed in their attempts to break across
the rivers and thru the hills of Argenna, between Vitryle
Francoise and Verdun. It was their intention to attack the
right wing of the allies but they were early checked in the
design. . According to French reports there has been no action
against the couronne-des-tasses of Nancy, while in the Vosges
and Alsace countries the situations remain the same, with no
grains by tpe enemy. \
BORDEAUX, Sept. JO—An official statement issued today
says that the Germans are falling back and that the Jtoivieh.
army crossed the river Marne and forced the enemy to retire
25 miles. The battle line from the front of Paris is now 63
miles long.
LONDON, Sept. 10.—A dispatch to the Chronicle from
Petrograd says that in Russian and foreign diplomatic circles
it is believed that Austria will sue for peace within a fortnight.
It is taken that this method will be the only means to avoid at
complete break up of the empire, owing to rapidly growing
international troubles. The newspaper Giornale Ditalia, at
Rome, in remarking that the Anglo French fleet in the Adriatic
has never displayed energetic action or advances, on the
supposition that England and France, whose relations with
Austria are traditionally friendly, are purposely sparing the
Hapsburg monarchy. It is believed that their idea is that
Austria may be induced to come to terms separately from
Germany, despite the Triple Alliance.
LONDON, Sept. 10.—A dispatch from Rome says that a
message from Vienna makes the official statement that Arch
Duke Frederick lost 120,000 men in the recent battles in
Galicia, which is one fourth of his entire command. The
Germans are marching south toward Poland to assist Austria,
but before this aid can be given they must cross the Vistula
river, where the Russians are preparing to check them.
Another dispatch from Vienna states that the advance guards
of the Russian center are marching toward Berlin. The
Russian troops have invaded Silesia, to the west of Galicia,
and the capture of Breslau is imminent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—The Russian embassy issued a
statement this afternoon saying that “On Sept. 7 a general
engagement continued along the whole of the Austrian front.
Jn the center the Austrian army was compelled to fall back
to near Ravarushka. A stubborn battle is being fought. Our
troops are attacking the strongly fortified positions at
Gorodok, on the left bank of the Vistula river. Our advance
is developing very favorably.”
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—In making announcement of the tall
of Mauheuge the statement is made that Prince William of
Hesse was wounded and that Dr. Ludwig Frank, a prominent
Socialist member of the Reichstag, was killed in a charge
against the French at Luneville.
PARIS, Sept. 9.—The battle going on east of Paris is
the most important and stubbornly fought of the campaign.
The allies are gradually gaining ground, driving the enemy
back ten miles in some places. A stubborn resistence has been
put up but the Germnas are sacrificing large numbers. Their
fighting qualities are not as pronounced as formerly. The men
are wjorn out with the constant fighting of days past and the
inadequate supply of food. The British forces are driving the
Germans across the Marne river, while the French have driven
them back in Ourcy, so that instead of even holding their own
in their advance toward Paris the invaders are gradually
losing ground. In answer to the request of the Germans for an
armistice of 24 hours, the answer was given that they would
be given that length of time to get out of France.