LONDON, Aug. 30—A resume^ of the military operations
of the past few days shows that nothing has been occurring of j
exceptional interest. The Austro-Gennans in Galicia have j
shown some activity, apparently with the purpose of clearing
the last Russian soldier of their territory. The Russian lines
on the upper Bug river, on the Zlota and the Lija have been
pierced. It is expected by the military observers here that this
movement will conclude the active offensive operations of the
Teutons on the eastern front. Both Austria and Germany are
massing large bodies of troops near the border of Roumaina and
Bulgaria for the purpose of intimidating those countries and
to prevent them joining the allies.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—The British have made con
cessions to the United States in the enforcement of its block
ade order, as Americans complained that their Christmas trade
was threatened by failure to get goods made in Germany and
Austria. England has decided that the goods actually owned
by American importers will be allowed to pass. At the present
time there are goods, valued at millions of dollars, accumulated
at Rotterdam awaiting shipment.
BERLIN, Aug. 30—It is officially announced that the Ger
mans have captured Lipsk, in northern Russian-Poland, twenty
three miles west of Grodno, after a sharp encounter between the
opposing forces. This is the last of the Russian forts near the
German border.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Aug. 30—The Secretary of the
Dutch Navy has issued a special proclamation expressing his
appreciation of the work done thus far by the Dutch naval mine
layers, whose duty since the European war began has largely
been the removal of the mines of other nations which are blown
into Dutch territorial waters. More than a dozen of the men
have been killed' in performing the risky operation of blowing
up these mines or taking them apart.
Altogether 234 mines of foreign origin have been washed
upon Dutch ground and put out of harm’s way.
Japan Refuses Handle Goods for Teutons.
TOKIO, Aug. 30—Japan has requested her various steam
ship companies to discontinue handling German and Austrian
goods for and from China or along the Chinese coast.
Great Britain has been anxious to have Japan’s support in
a move to cease all trading with the Germans and Austrians in
China: At first Japan decided’ against the project but now has
fallen in with the plan.
BERLIN, Aug. 30—The colonel of a regiment stationed in
the West issues an appeal for assistance to a mother who had
suffered terribly through the war. Her nine sons and a son-in
law went to the front. Five of the sons are dead, and three of
them and the son-in-law are severely wounded.
BELGRADE, Aug. 30—The general frontier of Serbia is
now guarded by French aviators, the river boundary is protect
ed by an English naval contingent, and' are three are two Rus
sian batteries of artillery entrenched behind Belgrade.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 31—The British army operat
ing on the Gallipoli peninsula employed 100,000 men in a great
attack on the Turkish positions last Saturday. The attackers
were repulsed with heavy losses. It is estimated here that the
British have suffered losses totalling fifty thousand in killed
and wounded since August 6.
LONDON, Aug. 31—The Russian armies along the line of
the upper Bug river and along the Zlota Lipa line are with
drawing rapidly and without any confusion or losses. The
Russian generals apparently realize the impossibility of defend
ing their present position against a strong and vigorous enemy,
and are conserving their men and resources for more important
matters, as with the loss of Warsaw and the forts close to the
German frontier, they do not feel that great sacrifices are neces
sary to protect the remainder of Poland, and that even a victory
would be tooo costly at this time. The Teutons are making
steady progress east of Warsaw, but farther north the advance
is persepitbly slower and the Russian resistance much stub
bomer.
ATHENS, Aug. 31—It is unofficially reported here that
submarines of the allies passed through the Dardanelles straits,
the Sea of Marmora, and appeared off Constantinople where the
little under water craft blew up the bridge between Constantin
ople and Galata. The rumor has not been confirmed, although
it has gained considerable credence.
LONDON, Aug. 31—The Italian forces captured by storm
the summit of Cimaeista, over a mile high, which commanded
the Italian positions, and seriously threatened the safety of the
army if retained by the Austrians. This 6500 foot summit was
shelling the Italians at Monte Salubio, and inflicting great
damage, until orders were sent out by General Caneva to take
the position.
BERLIN, Sept. 1—The National Zeitung, a leading journal
of this *itv, comes out today with a prominent article highly
eulogizing President Wilson and expressing unbounded admira
tion for his efficient handling of the delicate situation that arose
between Germany and' America over the submarine warfare
problem, and the deaths of Americans on the Lusitania and
Arabic. The articles condemn the jingoes in both conuntries,
and while no mention is made of Roosevelt directly, his recent
speech at Plattsburg advising the United States to fight Ger
many is directly referred to, and contrasted with the wise ad
ministration of Wilson.
ATHENS, Sept. 1—The government of Serbia has com
municated with the Greek government informing it that Serbia
has agreed to make the concessions to Bulgaria requested of her
by the allies. This means that Serbia will probably cede to
her neighbor the whole ef Serbian Macedonia. Whether this
action will influence the Greek government in ceding Kavala to
Bulgaria is uncertain, but Serbia and Greece have always acted
in unison in diplomatic affairs since the first Balkan war, and
it is felt here, that in conjunction with the known friendship
of the Venizelos cabinet to the allies, it will materially hasten
the satisfaction of Bulgaria’s demand's, and therefore her parti
cipation in the present war on the side of the allies.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—Secretary Lansing told the
Washington newspaper correspondents today that the latest
developments in the submarine controversy with Germany
woshed that the Berlin foreign office had recognized as correct
the stand' that the United States had taken from the beginning
and that it was a recognition also of the fundamental principles
of internationl law which America had been contending for.
Official Washington is very much gratified over the victory
of American diplomacy. As regards the Arabic, the report re
ceived from London that it was believed the submarine which
sunk the Arabic had been destroyed by a British boat, pre
vents, if true, the exact circumstances of the case from being
determinable from the German side. The question of repara
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tion for the lives of the Americans killed on the Lusitania will
be the next step in the negotiations to be considered'. It is
understood here that the coming German note covers all neutral
shipping. It is also understood that in making concessions to
the United States, Germany expects the Wilson administration
to renew its representations to Great Britain protesting against
the interference with neutral trade by the allies. The new note
to England on this matter is almost ready and will be dispatched
to London within a few days.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—The letter received by Secretary
Lansing from BemstorfF this morning says that the ambassador
has received instructions from Berlin which contain the follow
ing statement; “Passenger liners will not be sunk by the Ger
man submarines without first giving the vessel warning and'
without first securing the saftey of the lives of all non-cora
batnats, provided that the liners do not try to escape or offer
resistance.” Bernstorff says in his letter that this policy was
adopted by the German admiralty before the Arabic was sunk.
The secretary has forwarded the letterer of the German Ambas
sador to President Wilson at Cornish.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—Ambassador Von Bernstoroff
called “on Secretary Lansing this morning and informed the
state department head that the German government was willing
to accept the principle that there should be no attacks made
upon passengers carrying ships until after the vessels had been
warned by the submarines. Bernstorff agreed to communicate
this information in writing to Lansing over his signature and
afterwards sent a letter to the State Department.
LONDON, Sept. 1—The reason why the German govern
ment has been unable to reply to the United States request for
information about the sinking of the Arabic is, according to the
British admiralty, because the submarine and its crew never
returned to its base at Cuxliaven. It is now believed that the
destroyer of the Arabic was sunk by a British patrol boat while
attempting to torpedo the English steamer Nicosivan. One of
the German submarines was so sunk, and the delay in the re
ceipt of the submarine commander’s report by Berlin leads to
the belief that it was this boat that was sunk.
PARIS, Sept. 1—Adolphe Pegoud, one of the most famous
of the French flying men before the war, and who increased his
fame by his daring exploits against the invading Teutons, was
killed while making a reconnoisance in the air here today.
The Frenchman’s machine was struck by a shell from an air
ship gun of the Germans,. Pegoud’s reputation as a daring
flyer was international, he having competed several times in
the United States, and never had an accident while in the air.
TOKIO, Sept. 1—The Russian ambassador here, today
made the statement that Russia had requested Japan to send
troops to assist Russia in fighting Germany on the eastern front.
Many Japanese have been fighting in the Russian ranks but
only as free lances, the government having taken no official
participation in the war as yet outside of her action at Kiao
Chou.
BOSTON, Sept. 1—The American bark Ruth Stark arrived
here today from Europe and her captain reports that he was
fired upon twice by a German submarine off Cape Clear, Ireland.
The ship is owned by Boston interests and is of American
register and was flying the American flag at the time the sub
mersible fired upon her. The matter was reported to the State
Department at Washington, by the owners of the vessel. No
damage was done to th ebark.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2—Cardinal Gibbons came from
Baltimore today to call on President Wilson and deliver a mes
sage to him from the Pope in regard to bringing about peace
in Europe. After seeing the president at the White House
the cardinal called on the Secretary of State and had a long
talk with Mr. Lansing on the same subject. The distinguished
prelate announced to the press representatives that he had
talked with the president on the subject of bringing peace to the
distressed nations in Europe but declined however to reveal
the contents of the Pope’s message.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2—Cardinal Gibbons left the White
House after talking over peace in Europe with the President,
all smiles, and his bearing and some slight bits of his conversa
tion seemed to indicate his belief in the fact that peace negotia
tions would soon be progressing. The Pope suggested to the
chief executive that all neutral nations join the Vatican in the
Pope’s efforts to restore peace. The cardinal said that he
believed that the lessening of the tension between the United
States and Germany would be an important factor in restoring
peace. He also said that he thought that it might be possible to
get an agreement between Great Britain and Germany guran
teeing the freedom of the seas and that if once the two coun
tries got into negotiations over this matter it would in all
probability lead to discussion of peace terms.
LONDON, Sept. 2—England feels very much encouraged
by the cheering news which the war office made public this
morning announcing an important victory for the British
troops on the Gallipoli peninsula. By an attack in force, fol
lowing a shelling of the Turkish trenches with artillery, the
British succeeded in taking an important tactical point com
manding Duvak and the Anafares valley.
PARIS, Sept. 2—The activity of the British submarines in
the Straits of Dardanelles and the Sea of Mormora is revealing
the exploits of the German submarines around the British
Isles. Despite wire entanglements and submarine nets the
British under water craft succeeded in finding their way into the
Sea of Marmora and yesterday torpedoed and sunk four Turk
ish transports loaded with supplies for the troops fighting on
the Gallipoli peninsula.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2—Officials of the White Star line in
this city said today that the German submarine which torpedoed
the Arabic, was caught in a steel net shortly after and the crew
are now prisoners in England. They assert that although the
British war office has been preserving strict secrecy on the mat
ter, that these steel nets have caught over fifty German sub
marines within the last sixty days.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2—The warring nations in Europe
are buying great supplies of horses and mules in this country.
Already 450,000 horses and mules have been shipped to Europe
and as soon as ships can be secured additional large shipments
will be sent to the continent.
French Lose Captured Trenches to Germans.
BERLIN, Sept. 2—The war office in an official statement
made public this morning announced that the German forces in
the Vosages had recaptured the trenches lost to the French in
the battles of August 18 to 23. The trenches in Question are
located north of Muenster.
LUTE TELEGRAPHIC MB MOTES
A Record of the Principal Happenings of the World
SEATTLE, Aug. 30—Arthur G.
Shoup, a member of the last Alaska
legislature, was married in this city
last night to Miss Rose Kempe. Mr.
Shoup besides being a member of the
legislature is Superintendent of the
Alaska Pioneers Home at Sitka, and
is in business there. He Is one of tl^
best known men of the northern terri
tory and has a wide circle of friends
throughout Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30—General
Zapata and all the other Mexican lead
ers with the single exception of Gen
eral Carranza, have replied favorably
to the peace proposals submitted to
them by the conference recently held
In this city between leading Latin
American diplomats and officials of
the Wilson administration. Generals
Villa and Zapata will arrange to hold
a peace conference on neutral terri
tory when details will be considered
for terminating the civil war now
raging in Mexico. It is expected that
representatives of the Latin Ameri
can conference will attend the meeting
between Villa and Zapata.
HINGHAM, Mass., Aug. 30—John
D. Long, a former Secretary of the
Navy, and who acted in that capacity
during the Spanish-American war died
here today at the age of 77. Born in
Maine, his reputation was made in
Massachusetts, serving four terms in
State Legislature, three of which were
as Speaker of the House. He was
elected Lieutenant Governor and in
1879 defeated General Ben Butler, the
democratic candidate for governor by
a plurality of 13,000. He was twice
re-elected governor of Massachusetts
and served three terms in Congress.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 — The I
American flag is now floating over
more ships in the foreign trade than
since 1863, and this country is now
pressing France and Germany as the
maritime nation. This year’s in
crease has been 3636 ships with a ton
nage of 1,814,000 tons.
SEATTLE, Aug. 30—Robert Turner,
a United States Inspector of Boilers
was instantly killed yesterday while
automobiling in Snohomish County.
The accident occurred while taking a
sharp turn at high speed along a road
running into the town of Sultan. The
automobile capsized throwing out the
occupants. Captain Turner being im
prisoned beneath the overtuned car.
, The other members of the party were
only slightly injured.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30—The English
sterling pond has dropped to $4.62 on
the market, which establishes a new
low record despite the arrival of more
gold and securities from England.
WASHINGTON^ Aug. 30—Abnorm
ally low temperatures are prevailing
in the upper Mississippi and upper
Missouri valleys and the lake regions.
The temperature at Chicago today
dropped to 47 degrees and there was
frost in many places. There is a cold
wave in the Canadian northwest,
which is sweeping toward the Atlantic.
HONOLULU, Aug.—The United
States suken submarine F-4 has Anally
keen raised and drydocked here.
There was a crew of twenty-two on
board when the catastrophe occurred,
and several bodies have been recov
ered with the hulk. In no case were
the bodies recognizable.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 31—The cotton
market experienced a small panic yes
terday afternoon when the report of
the government statisticians was
made public showing that the cotton
crop for the current year would be
only 62 per cent of the normal. The
condition of the growing crops is not
of the best and while the decrease in
acreage is small if any, yet adverse
weather conditions will greatly restrict
the harvest.
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 31—Expecta
tions now run high that Cuba’s sugar
crop will reach the unprecedented Ag
ure of four million tons and will not
improbabbly considerably exceed that
Agure. The planting of additional
acreage on a great scale, the fact that
owing to the unseasonable rains of
last season it was impossible to cut a
large proportion of the cane and that
this will be ground at the close of the
coming season, and reports that the
growing crop is doing splendidly, com
bine to justify the high estimates.
With this goes an unprecedented im
portation of sugar making machinery
for the equipment of the numerous new
mills in all parts of the island.
PEKIN, Aug. 31—That China has
not yet forgotten the indignities heap
ed upon her by Japan at the the time
of the demands forced to be granted a
few months ago at the point of the
sword, is plainly evident from a mani-i
festo issued by President Yuan Shi
Kai to the Chinese people today. The
president of the republic appealed to
the Chinese of all classes not to for
get the national disgrace of May 7,
the date when China yielded to the
Japanese threats and accepted the
terms of the ultimatum. The presi
urges every patriotic Chinese pot to
forget the history of Poland and asks
them to organize for the upbuilding
of their country and for the formation
of means to repulse further aggres
sions.
SHANGHI, Sept. 2—Li Quen Heng,
the vice-president of the Chinese re
public resigned today. The resigna
tion is expected to be followed by the
withdrawal of other prominent Chin
ese from the present government, and
foreshadows grave events to occur in
the near future. The revolutionary
party in China, who are advocating
the return to a monarchial form of
government are becoming extremely
active, and the loss of prestige suf
fered by Yuan Shi Kai and his fol
lowers when the demands of Japan
were forced upon the country, has
greatly increased the followers of the j
revolutionary party. Wise observers
throughout the country are cautiously
expressing the opinion that it will not
be long now before China becomes a
monarchy and has an emperor on the
throne.
SEATTLE, Sept. 2—The forest fires
which have been raging in this state
of late have been practically all ex
tinguished. The large additional force
of fire fighters which the forestry de
partment had in the field have been
discharged, and the officials believe
that the danger now is over. Heavy
rains in the past few days aided ma
terially in fighting the flames. An
immense value in standing timber has
been destroyed.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Sept. 2—Ac
cused by alleged accomplices, three
negroes were arrested today and held i
for the murder of Dr. C. Franklin |
Moher, a wealthy physician of this
city. The theory of the police is that i
Elizabeth Tiffany Blair Moher, the!
wife of the doctor, hired the negroes
to commit the crime, and the lady was
taken into custody shortly after the
negroes were incarcerated. All par
ties have been held without bail, and j
j the police claim to have a strong case
against them. The doctor was shot
while automobiling with his female
office assistant, and the motive of his
{wife was probably jealousy. The po
lice claim to have conclusive evidence
that Mrs. Moher promised the negroes j
money if they would shoot her hus-!
band. The case has created a sensa
tion here as Dr. and Mrs. Moher were
both prominent in the society life
of this city.
BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 2—Detach
ments of cavalry and infantry of the;
U. S. army are seeking to surround j
the band of Mexicans who ignited the,
railroad trestle about fourteen miles
north of here. The Mexicans were a
large band, and a bunch of about
thirty of them have been located half j
way between this city and the rail-'
road trestle and the troops are closing
in on them from all directions. Their;
capture seems assured, as a large
number of soldiers are in the hunt.
WASHINGTON, Sept 3—President;
Wilson has abandoned all his plans for'
returning to his summer home at Cor
nish, N. II., for one more visit this
summer. The president finds that the j
flood of official business due to the1
important events of the last few days,
will necessitate his remaining on the
job at the White House. Europe and
Mexico are receiving the undivided at
tention of the cabinet, and in a short
time it will be necessay to prepare
for the coming session of Congress.
SHEFFIELD, England, Sept. 3—
Henry Steel, head of the great Eng
lish steel firm of Steel, I’eech and
Tozer, who has just died at his home
here, was perhaps best known outside
trade circles as the man who laid King
Edward, then Prince of Wales, $5,000
to a carrot against a horse at the Ep
som races. The Prince last and paid
with a carrot formed of coral mounted
in gold.
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Arrested for White Slavery.
J. M. Hart has been arrested at
Fairbanks on a white slavery charge,
the alleged offense having been com
mitted with a woman named Clara
Johnson. He has been released on
three thousand dollars bond. Both ar
rived there in June and Hart was or
dered out of town but he returned to
Alaska from Seattle and his arrest
followed.
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WERT III PORT
(From Monday’s Daily)
The steamer Admiral Evans arrived
here yesterday morning at 11 o'clock,
bringing the mail apd a number of
passengers, including fifteen round
trippers. Those for here and to the
westward were:
For Cordova—A. C. I .and, R. L
Tillman.
For Valdez—W. E. Bergman.
For Seward—Thos Doolittle.
For Anchorage—Mrs. M. Leckwold,
Mrs. Hoskins, J. D. Dwyer, T. D.
Dwyer, J. Jeffries, Mrs. H. McCuk
heon, Q. T. McDonald, Ohaa WUlipan
and J. Mehern.
Among those who left Cordova
were: For Valdez: W. E. Dunkle,
Mrs. E S. Florey, Ed. Woods, A. Hill,
E. Lee. For Anchorage; Rev. J, L.
McBride, A. H. Walton, Mrs. Tom Mc
Kinney, Sam Gregg. For Seward: W.
Meyers, Dan Persons. For Kodiak:
Ned Dearborn.
Sunday morning at 3 o'clock, the
steamer Northwestern reached here
with the following passengers:
For Cordova: Mrs. H. Trotman W.
H. Kelley, wife and child, I. H, Clerhe,
L. S. Noble, J. C. Black.
For Valdez—C. A. Eby, F. G. Davis,
and wife, A. Bork, A. Nyburg.
Latouche—W. B. Sprague and wife,
E. E. Erickson and wife, Victor E.
Warner and wife.
Seward—Mrs. S. Bahcock, Miss Bah
cock, Miss Rassmussen, Miss Mary
Miller, Mrs. F. W. Carter, W. L
Farmer, J. J. Sullivan, Jr., Miss R. A.
Sullivan, Frank Langdon.
The Admiral Farragut will leave
Seattle for Southwestern Alaska on
September 5. to remain permanently
in this run. The Admiral Evans
leaves there September 16. The Ad
miral Watson will resumed service as
soon as the necessary repairs are com
pleted. This means that the Paclflc
Alaska Navigation Company will have
three vessels regularly on the Alas
ka route.
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THREE WELL-KNOWN MEN
ARE BELIEVED DROWNED
It is believed that “Musber” Kelly,
Charles Anderson and a man named
Jacobson have been drowned In the
Copper river. They were returning
in a small boat from the Laklna river
and when within a short distance of
Chitina their boat upset, since which
time there has been nothing seen of
the men or the boat.
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GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
BIG POWER 8ITE8
The Juneau land office has received
an excutive order under date of July
31st ordering a power site reservation
to be known as No. 491 in Solomon
Gulch and on Uno Creek creek, In the
vicinity of V'aldez. The order with
draws from appropriation all land
within one-quarter of a mile of all
streams which flow into Solomon
Gulch between the points of discharge
of said stream in the port of Valdez
and a point two miles up stream. The
order withdraws on Uno creek all
lands within one-quarter mile of the
point of discharge into Shoup bay and
a point 1% miles up stream.
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MINING MEN NAMuO
ALASKAN DELEGATES
Gov . J. F. Strong has appointed ten
delegates to represent Alaska at the
annual convention of the American
Mining Congress, which meets Sept. 20
to 22d. The delegates are B. L. Thane,
R- A. Kinzie, P. R. Bradley, Chas. A.
Sulzer, B. F. Millard, W, H. Seagrave,
George James, F. A. Aldrich. J. R.
Hayden and Falcon Joslin.
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Another tyew Towipelte,
The President has issued an order
withdrawing for ^townsite purposes
two tracts, comprising 11 acres each,
Immediately adolnlng townslte of
Seward. These tracts are designated
as Tract A and B.
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Bids For Alaska Boat.
Ten bids have been received by the
department of commerce for the con
struction of the coast purvey steamer
“Surveyor,” which is to be assigned
to duty in Alaskan waters. The low
est bid is $163,250.
Two Steamers Soon Due.
The steamers Mariposa and Evans
are both due at Seward today from the
westward, and should be bare tomor
row night.
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