allies promise stick together
agree to make only a joint treaty of peace
GERMANS MOVE EASTWARD ON FLANK MOVEMENT
AMERICANS REPORTED AS AIDING BRITISH WARSHIPS
KAISER’S TROOPS LOSE HEAVILY IN RECENT BATTLES
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Claim That Military Authorities Have
No Right To Hold Miners
Prisoners.
BUTTE, Sept. 5.—Attorneys for
the members of the new union, of
which almost all the officers have
been arrested for inciting to riot,
have appeared in the federal courts
and asked for writs or habeas corpus,
claiming that the men are held by
the military authorities without war
rant of law.
The state authorities will contest
the writs and do not expect any trou
ble in retaining them and the trial
by court martial will proceed unless
an injunction is granted.
The city was quiet last night, the
state troops arresting all men on the
streets after 10 o'clock.
SUDDEN DEATH
FOR SEA WOLF
Man Made Famous By Jack London
Found Dead Near Vancouver
With His Head Crushed.
VANCOUVER, Sept 5.—The body
of Alexander McLean, better known
aa the “Sea Wolfrf’ and who was
made famous by Jack London, who
wrote of the life led by McLean and
his utter disregard for law and mor
als, was found dead this morning at
the mouth of a creek near this city
in a district Infested with notorious
bad men. The head of the famous
sea robber had been crushed in by
some blunt Instrument and the po
lice are certain that McLean met the
natural death of men of his type, who
have murdered and fought through
life until in old age they meet a bet
ter man.
Every effort is being made to lo
cate the murderers, but so far no
trace has been found. Several ar
rests of suspects have been made,
men living in cabins along the creek
and who were known to have been
on bad terms with McLean, but they
deny any knowledge of the crime.
ELECT NEW HEAD
FORJHE G. A. H.
DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 5.—General
David Palmer was elected comman
der-ln-chlef of the Grand Army of
the Republic today by the members
attending the encampment. The en
campment designated the city of
Washington as the next encampment
city. The attendance at the encamp
ments are growing smaller each year
and the roll call of those depaited
shows a large increase for the past
year. %*..
The Germans i before Paris, or
Days of Napoelon, at the Orpheum
In two reels Sunday evening and oth
er gOOd flUBr
Russia, Britain and France Sign Treaty In London Not To Make Peace Until
All Are Ready for Peace—Austrians Have Been Woefully Beaten—Ger
man Troops Being Sent To Meet Russians—Germans Claim That French
Quit Forts In Northern France Without Fight—Officers Lose Control Over
French Troops Who Refuse To Retreat and Charge German Positions and
Are Slaughtered-—British Cruisers Batter German Torpedo Boats.
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The English,
French and Russian ambassadors to
day signed a treaty binding the three
powers not to make peace with Ger
many except w'hen all of the powers
now at war, and allies against the
Kaiser, shall make a joint treaty of
peace.
Block* Germans Plans.
The new treaty is believed here
to block the game of the German
war office, which has been sending
almost the entire German army in
to France with the expectation of tak
ing Paris and then forcing the
French to make a treaty of peace un
der penalty of destroying not only
Paris but every other city which the
Germans occupy.
French Cannot Now Make Peace.
Even if Paris is taken by the Kai
er’s immense army France must fight
on and for this reason the French
government has moved the seat of
government to southern France and
has taken all the art treasures, the
money from the banks and all prop
erty of a portable nature which has
high commercial value.
Will Mean a Long War.
Army experts here predict that
the treaty just signed disposes of any
possibility of a quick peace, as Ger
many will fight for many months
and cannot win in the end, as new
armies of English, Russian and
French troops will be organized and
will be put in the field against the
Germans, while the Servians, Rou
manians and Greeks will be financed
with money to keep the Austrians
busy from the south.
Expect Austria To Quit.
Jt is predicted here that Austria
will quit before France and that the
condition of the Dual Monarchy is
in graver danger than any of the
others now involved.
240,000 Reported Killed.
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The war cor
respondent of the London Dispatch
claims that the allies have lost 40,
000 men killed and wounded during
the past three weeks of fighting,
while the Germans have lost fully
200,000 because of their effort to take
the positions held by the allies, and
thus exposing them to the heavy ‘ar
tillery fire ' of the English and
French.
Belgian* Flooding Malines District.
GHENT, Belgium, Sept. 5.—The
Belgians have broken down the dikes
of the Camptne canal, flooding al
most the entire Malines district, mak
ing it impossible for the Germans to
maneuver their artillery and also
blocking and delaying the German ad
vance upon this city.
Germans Swing Eastward From
Paris.
PARIS. Sept 5.—The German
army which has been endeavoring to
force its way into Paris is now striv
ing to outflank the French army and
are moving eastward from Lefere and
south towards Jouarre.
Allies Along the River Marne.
The allies are posted on strong po
sitions along the River Marne, but
the Germans have crossed the river
in several places and have secured
a position on the. south side of the
river.
Germans Get Reinforcements.
The 600,000 Austrians who were op
erating against Belfort have been
called to the front near Paris by the
German commander to fill the gap
made by the dead and wounded of
the past three weeks fighting. The
French force on the Swiss border is
now in touch with the German flank
but have been unable to prevent the
junction of the Austrian and German
armies.
Germans Near Chantilly.
The Germans penetrated the allies'
line about Paris, reaching to Chan
tilly, which is the nearest that they
have approached the capital.
Asquith Roasts the Germans.
LONDON. Sept. 5— At one of the
largest meetings ever held in this
city Lord Asquith, head of the Brit
ish cabinet, in urging the men of
Great Britain to enlist, said: “The
Germans are barbarians: they have
violated every rule of warfare: have
mined the North Sea with floating
mines; have invaded a neutral coun
try, which the German government
bad sworn to protect, have started
a war of aggression and expansion
which has involved the entire civiliz
ed world and are making slaves of
the captive Belgians, besides laying
waste the country through which
they passed. The burning of the Bel
gian city of Lourvlne was inexcus
able, and I would rather see England
wiped out forever rather than silent
ly stand by and see this tragic tri
umph of the Germans over the French
and Belgians and over law and
right.”
One thousand enlisted after the
meeting.
Germans Destroy Famous Cathedral.
LONDON, Sept. 5.—The famous
Cathedral of St. Rombold, one of the
finest in Europe, was destroyed by
the Germans when they bombarded
the city of Malines yesterday.
Refugees Reach London.
Thousands of refugees from Os
tend and from Dieppe have reached
this city, all seeking to find refuge
here against the German invasion.
The stories told by the refugees to
the people of London has caused
much gloom. The refugees say that
northern France is alive with mil
lions of Germans who seem to be
everywhere and who cannot be stop
ped by the allies.
Russians In Lemberg.
PETROGAD, Russia, Sept. 5.—The
Russians have now occupied the city
of Lemberg, the capital of the prov
ince of Galicia. The people, who are
mostly Slavs, gave the troops of the
ns STOPPED
ODD ID SHIP
Refuse To Allow the North Carolina
to Pass the Dardanelles—Say
They Are Mined.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—The Navy
department has recetved a message
from the commander of the American
cruiser North Carolina, which Is now
to the Agean Sea, stating that the
Turkish authorities have refused to
allow the American war vessel to
pass the Dardaneles, claiming that
they are mined and that the ship
cannot pass in safety.
The North Carolina has a shipment
of gold which is being sent to the
American ambassador for use in aid
ing the Americans who are strand
ed in the Turkish capital by reason
of the lack of transportation out and
because of the inability to secure
cash for travelers checks. Many tour
ists booked with the Cook Touring
company, who had purchased round
trip tickets, are also stranded in the
Sultan’s capital and cannot escape.
It is understood here that many
merchant vessels are passing the
Dardanelles every day and it is hard
to believe the real reason for the ex
clusion is given and that the Turks
are trying to show spite because of
the sale of the two American battle
ships to Greece, which the Turkish
government protested against in vain
and desired to prevent.
As far as the State department
knows Americans in Constantinople
are in no immediate danger at pres
end, but strenuous efforts will be
made to aid them to leave the city
and a special boat may be chartered
by the commander of the North Car
olina to bring them to his ship.
ITALIANS ARE
AGAINST WAR
Government Would Like To Join Al
lies In Fight But People Prefer
To Remain Neutral.
BERNE, Switzerland, Sept. 5—The
Italian government is very desirous
of entering the war against Austria
and Germany and joining the allies
and is only held In check by the cer
tainty that with the first move to
wards a war of aggression the So
cialists of Italy will start a revolt
which Is almost certain to cause the
overthrow of the king. The King
of Italy looks with longing eyes up
on the Austrian provinces in the Ad
riatic.
King Emanuel’s government has
gone as far as possible in making
war preparations, but public senti
ment is against the move and al
though the administration and semi
official papers have tried by the us
ual tricks to arouse the people in
to demanding the declaration of war
and supporting the government in its
desire to extend the limits of the em
pire the people refuse to be aroused.
The recent revolutions in Italy last
June, when many towns were cap
tured by the revolutionists and re
publics set up in a hundred different
towns has forced the government to
realize how dangerous would be a
war unless the people are a unit.
The rising was genuinely revolu
tionary in character. Many towns
proclaimed republics. Local repub
lican committees took charge. The
people were armed and the regular
authorities were ignored, forced to
flee, and in some Instances killed.
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Czar a rousing welcome, lining the
streets and cheering as the troops
marched into the city.
Cossacks Still After Austrians.
The Cossacks are still driving the
disorganized Austrians into the Car
pathian mountains and it is reported
here that several of the passes have
been captured and are now held by
Russian troops.
Germans Sent To Meet Russians.
VIENNA, Sept. 5.—Five German
army corps are being rushed to Gali
cia to aid the Austrians now fighting
the Russian advance. The Austrian
troops have reformed and the two
armies have made a junction and with
the reinforcements sent by the Ger
man general staff are expected to
hold the Russian army back from
invading Moravia, a province in Bo
hemia, and which if captured would
allow the Russians to advance upon
this city or towards Berlin.
General Staff Confident Can Stop
Russians.
The general staff of the army is
confident that the Russian advance
will be stopped before it crosses Ga
licia.
Free Fare To All Who Want To
Leave Pair!*.
PARIS, Sept. 5.—All trains leaving
here for the south are free to any of
the inhabitants of this city who wish
to leave and 10,000 left yesterday for
southern cities.
Art Treasures Have Been Removed.
For the past ten days the govern
ment has been sending south not on
ly all official papers, but also all art
treasures, which are priceless. The
paintings will be secreted until the
war Is over.
Paris Papers Move
The French papers published here
have all moved to Bordeaux with the
president and other government offi
cials, fearing to be bottled up if the
city is besieged by the Germans.
Drop Bombs On Eiffel Tower.
A German armored aeroplane yes
terday dropped a bomb on the Eiffel
tower, causing but little damage.
French riflemen were unable to dam
age the German machine or hit the
aviator and a French machine then
chased the German away and as he
tried to get above the German the
Kaiser’s airman fled for safety to the
German lines.
French Officers Losing Control of
7 roops.
The French officers are losing con
trol of their men as the troops have
become tired of retreating and desire
to meet the German rushes and not
continually retire. At Ameins the
French charged the German positions
time and again and lost heavily.
French soldiers were mowed down by
the thousands when they stormed the
German positions.
Belgian People Starving.
THE HAGUE, Sept. 6—Thousands
of Belgians are starving in this city,
where they have fled for safety. They
have been driven across the line by
the Germhn invasion and many arriv
ed with only the clothes on their
backs and hungry. The refugees are
mostly women and children and un
less the Red Cross Association aids
them the mortality will be heavy.
Ghent Fears Germane.
GHENT, Belgium, Sept. 6.—The
people of this city fear an invasion
of the Germans, as a large number
of German aeroplanes have been seen
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PRICE OF WHEAT
SOARING SKYWARD
December Wheat Is Quoted At $1.23,
September Wheat Goes to $1.20,
While May Hits $1.30 Mark.
CHICAGO, Sept. 5.—The price o£
December wheat was quoted today in
the wheat pit at $1.23, $1.20 for Sep
tember wheat, for which the .demand
is light, because the steamship lanes
are not open to traffic and a large
number of boats have been called
off. Wheat for delivery next May
went to $1.30 this morning, the high
est price it has reached during the
present boom in wheat.
Brokers here predict that when the
shortage in Europe is more keenly
felt that wheat will go to $2.00 a
bushel and that the American farm
ers and brokers will reap a big har
vest.
PRICE RAISERS
MUST GO TO JAIL
New Attorney General Says In Case
Conviction Will Insist Price Boost
ers Get Jail Sentences.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—Attorney
General Gregory, who has taken act
ive charge of the campaign of the
government against the ratsers of
prices of foods, announced today that
in the event of convictions, of which
jits department felt certain, that he
would personally request and Insist
upon the trial judges imposing jail
sentences.
The attorney general stated that
the men who had been guilty of the
practice of capitalizing misfortune by
price raising were of the lowest type
of criminals the department had ever
come in contact with and that they
would be given the limit if it is
possible.
The new attorney general has made
no changes in the staff and will re
tain the men appointed by former
Attorney General McReynolds, who
is now a member of the supreme
court.
FRANZ JOSEPH
ISJERY SICK
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 6.—Accounts
of the seriousness of the Illness from
which Emperor Francis Joseph, of
Austria, is suffering were confirmed
here today from German sources. The
immediate cause of his breakdown
was said to have been the strain to
which he was subjected during the
period of mobH>zatlon of the Austro
Hungarian army. One report was
that he was at ‘he point of death,
but this was not confirmed.
The launch Ida, W. J. Callaghan,
will run to Shoup bay and way points
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
until further notice, leaving Valdes
dock 10 a. m. tf