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STATE DEPARTMENT STARTS
INVESTIGATION OF DISASTER
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, July 1.—The state
department started an investigation of
the sinking of tlie steamer Armenian of
the Cornish coast yesterday on receipt
of a telegram from Consul Armstrong
at Bristol to the effect that there were
many Americans aboard the ill-fated
craft and in addition to several dead
and injured there are sixteen missing.
Twenty-nine lives in all are known to
be lost and ten are seriously injured.
The state department inquiry will he
directed to learning whether the Ar
menian was sailing as a freight vessel
under charter to the British govern
ment or was merely a freight vessel
engaged in carrying contraband of war.
The interest of the l'nited States in
the missing Americans Is entirely de
pendent on that point, according to a
statement given out by Secretary
T.ansing last night The secretary re
fused to comment further beyond stat
ing that the government would act in
accordance with the developments.
AVONMOl'TH, England, July 1 —
CLARK WEDDING UPSETS
IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
A. P. A. Service.
BOWLING GREEN. Mo., June 30.
Th« train bearing the guests invited to
witness the wedding of Genevieve, the
daughter of Speaker t'hatnp Clark, was
derailed a few miles outside of the eitv
last night and a number received minor
injuries. T’pon receipt of the news of
the accident, Mrs. Clark, without wait
ing for the speaker to take the initia
tive, organized a midnight relief ex
pedition of autos and hastened to the
scene. Among those aboard t tie de
railed train were Henry Watterson,
Norman Mack, Leader Mann and a
number of other notables. The wed
ding was held late this afternoon wi'h
numerous senators, representatives and
scores of local and state officials in at
tendance including Ihe governor.
A.i admiralty statement published to
Jn> gives the number of Americans
perishing in the sinking of the Ar
men an as eleven out of the total it
nineteen who are known to have mil
their fate from thv explosion of the
German torpedo. It is stated that
many of the members of the crew were
killed outright.
WASHINGTON, .Inly 1 Ambassa
dor Page reported from London this
morning that hp was informed h\ the
British admiralty officials that He
steamer Armenian was "Kngageil on
admiralty business at th- time of be
Ing torpedoed." Owing to the vessel
being employed on the business of the
British government it i» unlikely that
Hie I’nlted States will take farther ar
tinn in the matter aside from determ
ining the circumstances under which
the fataiitv occurred According to
|Consul Armstrong at Cristobal twenti
one Americans were lost The state
department is awaiting reports from
both Page and Armstrong with state
ments of the survivors showing wheth
or or not the vessel was duly warned
bv the German submarine i nmnvmder
and if those aboard wore given nnaoh
opportunity to psenpo
I. 0. O F.
Important business. Friday. July "
1915. GKO. BK.ALK.
N. G.
GERMANS CLAIM GREAT
VICTORY AT TANVER
German Press Service.
BERL.JN, via S.ayville, July 1.
official bulletins of the general staff
state that the German advance on
Warsaw is steadily progressing and the
investment of the city is developing
on a huge scale. The army is now in
continuous contact with the enemy anil
are making steady gains in the face
i heavy operation. The Bavarian
troops huve gained an overwhelming
victory over the Russians at Tanver
on the road to Warsaw. completely
sweeping aside the opposition and tak
SUBMARINE SAVES LIVES
OF COUNTRYMEN
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, .Tune 30.—For tTie first
time since the commencement of the
submarine blockade of tlie British
Isles, the Germans have picked up the
survivors of a vessel sunk by their
torpedoes. This seeming tendency to
manifest an unusual humanity is ac
counted for however by the fact that
the persons so delivered were Germans
who parttally composed the crew of
the Norwegian ship Cambuskenneth
which sailed from Portland, Oregon,
for Liverpool and was sunk by the
German submarine U-30 near the en
trance to St. Georges ( hannt 1 today.
No lives were lost in the attack and
aside from the eight members of the
crew taken aboard the submarine, all
of whom were German subjects, the
reminder, thirteen in all. were landed
in safety.
ins the town by storm. The troops
are said to have discovered many of
the art treasures stolen from the cas
tles of Galicia hidden away in l lie city
after the occupency. It is declared
that the French have started numerous
fires in the heavily wooded districts
ef the Argonne in an attempt to drive
out the Germans whose positions are
impregnahle. The Germans are grad
ually drawing in their lines on T.ttnne
ville and are now close to the city
which will soon be subjected to bom
bardment with long range artillery.
GERMANS TORPEDO
FISH STEAMER
German Press Service.
BERLIN, via Sayville, July 1.—
The German submarines torpedoed and
sunk the British fishing steamer Wat
kins near Harwich yesterday The
crew were warned and were enabled to
escape to land in safety.
Large assortment of latest Victor
Records and Victrolas received on
steamer La Touche. Lomen Bros.
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BROOK INCREASE
I PRODUCTION
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, July 1 Si■••akii.u
the outlook f«>r Al.'iska rmiw*r:il pmd
t ion during: the pr< s* id 1. A1 f» t*
Brooks, the noted isi. in i m !
\ear review' states that there will pmb
ahlv he a yreat increase in th«* tot
of the mineral values of tin c.r- ?
northern .territory and also predicts
GOVERNMENT ‘Si
TAKE charge
OF SAYV1LLE
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON. July 1.- < >\ving -to1
indications that (tie gnu! German]
wireless station at Sayvillo, I.ong Isi
and. lias been flashing mesages (,f in
formation to ihe Gorman si.lunai .n.
in the vieinitj of th. Hritish lsh*
is very probable that that ihe si.r a
will again tie taken over by the gov
ernment. The removal of the govern
ment restraint is said to have boot
seriously abused and it is claimed that
secret service men have found alnio
undeniable evidence that the official
in charge have been fiirnishlninf i
mat ion surreptitious!! to the Germ i
craft engaged in ihe blocl .t
English coast.
EVELYN REFUSES TO
RECOGNIZE SUBPOENA
A. P. A. Service.
\lALONE, N V„ July I Bohn
NVsl.it Thaw states tin.i it is b. i
tention to refuse to recognize the sub
1 ociki issued out of the court in Now
York When informed as to the ei.i
sequences of refusal she replied that
site cared not at all what Ihe results
nti-dit bo site would still refuse- to be
■i witness. Evelyn declares that the
at-.lies that it is her desire to keep the
roioriotts prisoner behind the bars -in
t Itnly without foundation.
AWHEAT SHIP
A. P. A. Service.
U'N'DON, July 1. The Id
Thrl.stlobank was sunk by tin i; nn *n ;
<*rt' Fastenot Island early tin in
according to an admiralty report r
Thistlebank was en rout* to 'Jo
town laden with wl eat from the \r
gentino country. A portion of the *
succeeded in landing on the Folk *
tail tlu> remainder are y < t missin ; I1
is stated tiiat the Oornwns anr impl*
warning and the crew ill cs, *]..•.I to
ti'o boats.
DENIES DIAZ
IS IN EL PASO
A. P. A. Service.
NEW YORK, July 1 Fnntrurf t *
the reports catenating from Kl F *
to the effect that Felix Diaz, the neph
ew of former President Diaz of Mexico
was in that city assisting in the for
mation of a new revolution, it lias been I
ascertained that Diaz is still in this j
city having been located in a local
hotel by the newspaper reporters of the 1
metropolitan press. Diaz would say
nothing as to his supposed connection
with tho alleged plots against the pres
ent contenders for tho control of Mexi
co, merely stating that lie knew noth
ing at all about the matter.
that there will In a vast inoren.se in
mini ne: generally.
Ilrooks says that then* will he at
least a dozen copper mines opened u *
'till placed on a producing basis dur
ing Hi" smr.rrc r and numerous devel
opments in otic r lines of mineral pro
duction will also be undertaken th •
tic si tC'ialde being the opening up of
a considerable number of gold lodes in
the sections ndiacent to the Lynn can
al country The expert asserts that
there will he n considerable increase
in the sold production of the mines
already developed owing to the addi
tion of much machinery and mining
equipment. It is also stated that the
outlook for an increase in the produc
tion of placer gold is very bright and
i greatly increased development in this
brunch of the mining industry is indi
cated.
. ISrooi.s review states that there
will more dredges in operation on
Seward peninsula this year than last
t il :.1 so that it is probable that sev
eral new dredges will he operated in
• ther districts.
BLE TO ADVANCE
German Press Service.
’■ S . ml. .Inly I
Austrian • • ■ *, .1 Si;.!* I ha 1 tin llaliau
it asinn i • • ' N a ! a
complete st a ? a is! ill and ’he ••nr*m;. nr**
unable to ailv hi. i* at any point is inm h
as one mib Hard flahtin h■ .< be, e
in | <!•»!! res a I 'in its | >• a i is * I > • a u ii.
boundarv in the Vmpcyy.o alley and
tin* Niistrians 1 s.«* e math* an** ad
\ ilH*'S to fh* south.
\ilvi«'i*s fa.an Albania all* Ml th. t
Kims Xi hola* .f Montniinaro is |*i *
parin'-' to a hand a t la . tpitnl at <V'
f i u L*a ■ o \ v i l: a to the | * • s ^a I* i i i i . of that
fily boilin' en pi im*d !•> tin* Austrians
iinl will move i he seat of government
" S< iiiaria The foreign office is in
I' l i ijit of inform ation to the effect tha*
the Bulgarians are preparing to take
. ■■reihle possession of tiie territory in
l teoioriin former I \ controlled hy that
1 'tion hut which was ceded to the
Seioi.ins at the conclusion of the Bal
I an war.
NOTED IRISH PATRIOT DIES.
V P. A. Service.
\I’\V YttUK, . 1111 \ 1 o’Donovan,
ttie i "ted Irish patriot and revolution*
i-t. died l ist night after a lingering ill*
ness.
German Press Service
RliRlJN in Hay ville, July 1.
|'ii. f tin' i. i now Gorman sitl>
in .! !•<• .ua. ! . 1 ini sunk tin- steam
er A ■ men km i.. r tin Cornish i oast
yes!onlay. The vessel i rrii i . at.,
.•misisliug nf 1 I’.'J nml. - and horses
and other 11j• i• l d. -!e cd for the
nritlsli i i' • it. 1. all of which
was contraband. Tie British admiralty
admits that the ship was a British
auxiliary and the American govern
jnicnt will therefore not interfer. al
A P. A. Service.
KTRGGR.U), .Tulv I \eenrding to
;1 ■ . 11 annoiiBeeiuent given out to
il i la ' lerman war S'litailron has se
> anbarded Windatt. tin impor
1 i Russian position on flu Baltic,
of the extent of the dam- 1
;> lli. led lias passed tile censors.
Ii is announced that a German
lei p.de 1... It Ins been sunk in the vi*
mi through coming In con
tact with i mine. The German were
evidently ■ niitemplatlng an extensive
s. i attack against the eonst towns hut
war. driven away In the Russian tor- 1
pedo fleet.
COLONEL BLETHEN VERY LOW.
A. P. A. Service.
PRATTBR, July 1.—The physicians
in attendance at the bedside nf Colonel
Aleen J Blethen hold out luit little
hope for his ultimate recovery and his
death appears but a question "f (lavs,
perhaps hours.
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Tor Nome News and World’s news l
get the Nugget.
pin in i'll the ship most iif whom Iasi
thi ir lives. The loss will represent
nearly a million dollars.
BECKER IS
REPRIEVED
A. P. A. Service.
Al.l: \ .\Y July 1 An announcemen*
;i 'll "lit at till office Ilf the cxeiu
• rates that the governor has grant
i I' ' her i reprieve until the 2t9h day
July in order to giie the attorneys
"i the i ondentned man an opportun
' pi sent some additional teati
niaiiA imli< iting the innocence of their
•licnt.
RUSSIAN LOSE SEA
EIGHT IN BALTIC
jermart Press Service.
II Kit UN. via Sulville, July 1
rite ilerman licet engaged the Rus
hans in a heavy engagement of the
.ussian |Hirt of Witidau and although
if . astly inferior numbers readily beat
heir opponents sinking two torpedo
mats, one small battleship and one
iestroyer. The superior numbers of
he Russians finally compelled the Ger
mans to retreat which was conducted
vithout loss. The Russians also lost
me torpedo craft in an engagement
vith the Turkish Illack sea fleet near
he port of Sohastapoi yesterday.
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