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ALLIES ASSURES
OF RUSSIAN AIMS
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In Spite of Onrush of Her Enemies,
Government’s Position Stronger
and She Will Fight to Final
Triumph of Democracy
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PETROGRAD. Aug. 2—Foreign Minister
Terehohenko has sent telegrams to Russian j
diplomats accredited to the allied powers I
stating that the reorganization of the gov- |
eminent will continue to act in accordance i
with the plans of the allies, and that Russia
has reached the irrevocable decision to con i
tinue until a final triumph of the principles i
for which she is lighting.
General KcrnilotT has been appointed to j
succeed Gonersi Brusiloff as commander in .
chief of the Russian armies.
Military Reverses Strengthen Government
WASHINGTON, July 28.— Russian mili j
tery reverses have enormously strengthened
the hands of the government in Petrograd. |
according to a dispatch received from Am- !
bassador Francis today by the state depart- '
ment. They have shown the impossibility j
of controlling the army by the soldiers' j
committee, the ambassador reports, and j
nave led to a universal demand for stronger j
lliscipline.
Calmer Than for Months
LONDON. July 28. -A dispatch says that j
Petrograd is calmer today than it has been ,
for several months.
Wholesale Executions
LONDON, July 30.— A correspondent of
the Times at the Russian Southwestern
headquarters says that General Kornilotf is
executing deserters by wholesale.
Acknowledgment Refused
PETROGRAD. Aug. 3.—The provisional j
government has refused to recognize the in- |
dependence of Finland.
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GRAVITY OF WAR SITUATION
AS SEEN BY ADMIRAL CAPPS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Steel and
wooden ships must be built quickly, Ad
miral Capps told the shipbuilders today.
“Matters brought to my attention this morn
ing indicate the vital importance of press
ing the construction program. The war sit- j
uation is more serious than a vast majority
of the people realize." he declared. The
admiral says he has asked Great Britain to
be more strict in its application of the cen
sorship, at least when it censors news of
American military movements.
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SAYS FRANCE AND BRITAIN
WOULD ENSLAVE GERMANY
BERLIN, July 30.—Chancellor Michaels
today summoned the newspaper men, to
whom he declared that the latest speech of
'Lloyd George proves with indisputable clear- j
ness that Great Britain does not desire
peace by agreement, but only at the con
clusion of war, which means the enslave
ment of Germany to the arbitrary violence
of her enemies. He added that France was
equally guilty.
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SURVEY STEAMER NEEDED
WASHINGTON, July 31—The steamship
Surveyor, designed for Alaska coast work
under direction of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, appears to be doomed to be com
mandeered for service in Europe, because !
of her great power and steaming radius.
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HEAT FATALITIES IN EAST
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Forty persons are \
reported dead as a result of the heat be
tween noon yesterday and 10 o’clock this
morning.
Chicago Has Big List Also
CHICAGO. Aug. 2.—Twenty-one persons
have died in this city from the heat.
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JEWS WANT TO FIGHT
LONDON, July 28.—The war office an
nounces (hat a formal request has been
made for the formation of a Jewish regi
tnent of infantry, with experienced officers
in the higher command.
MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY
BREMERTON, Wash., July 28.—A. E.
Ericson, a wealthy farmer, was murdered
last night at his home, for money supposed
to be secreted in the house.
AMERICANS LEAVE DENMARK
COPENHAGEN, July 28.—The American
honsul general says that the American pop
ulation of Denmark have nearly all de
parted for home.
MORE BELGIANS DEPORTED
HAVRE, Aug. 1.—The Germans have de
parted 170 more Belgians from Mons.
GERMAN MILITARY RULERS
MUST BE DESTROYED
BY DEMOCRACY’S MIGHT
MADISON BARRACKS, July 30. In a
speech delivered here last night before the
officers’ reserve corps, Secretary of Stale
Lansing emphasized the peril of German
imperialism to the United States and to the
world, declaring his belief that the German
people would never cast off the yoke of
autocracy "until the physical might of
the united democracy of the world has
destroyed forever the ambitions of the Ger
man military rulers.” That, he added, is
fhe only wav to restore peace to the world.
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MORE AMERICAN TROOPS
DISEMBARKED IN FRANCE
PARIS, July 28. Another American con
tingent has arrived and has disembarked at .
a French port. Representatives of the gen I
oral war staff watched the disembarkation i
of the troops, which left at once for their \
new quarters.
Said “How-de-Do" to George and Mary
LONDON, July 30. King George and j
Queen Mary visited the American troops at
their camp. The king made a brief address.
No More Announcements
WASHINGTON, July 30.- -Announce
ments of the arrival of American troops in
France hereafter probably will be forbidden.
Organization Well in Hand
PARIS, Aug. 2. General Pershing, at the
close of inspection today, said the big task
of perfecting the American army organiza
tion in France was well in hand
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ATTEMPT LIFE OF ROOT
WHILE RIDING ON TRAIN
TOKIO, Aug. 1. An attempt to wreck
or burn the train on which Elihu Root was :
riding was made by anarchists at Yiatk sta- [
linn. Siberia, according to travelers from
Russia arriving here today.
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DISTILLED SPIRITS AND BEER
TO PAY ADDITIONAL TAXES
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 — An increase of j
the pending war tax bill to a total of $2,008.
000.000 was decided upon today by the t
senate finance committee. The increase of !
the tax on corporations is normal; incomes j
of individuals of $15,000 or over will pay
a further increase, and a tax of $1 per gal ^
Ion on distilled spirits and 50 cents per j
barrel more on beer will make up the addi- |
tional lew.
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MOVIE STAR ATTACKED
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 3.- Mary Pickfonl. !
the famous motion picture star, was at
tacked with a hatpin today by Catherine
ftipkin. a discharged maid. The latter was
overpowered by bystanders.
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OIL MAN A SUICIDE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1. D. G. Scho
field. former president of the Standard Oil
Company of California, committed suicide
yesterday.
URGED TOUCAN FRUIT
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. President Wil- j
son today issued an appeal to the women [
of the nation to can all the fruit possible, j
NEW MINE BUREAU OFFICIAL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1— Frank W. D.
Emolf of Illinois has been appointed assist
ant director of the bureau of mines.
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HEAVY RERUITING
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Recruiting for
the regular army yesterday was the heaviest
since the declaration of tvar.
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MITCHEL WILL BE CANDIDATE
NEW YORK. July 31— Mayor John
Purroy Mitchel has announced that he will
be a candidate for re-election.
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REGISTRATION STILL SLOW
The young men of the district seem to
be rather backward about complying with
the registration provided for under the con
scription act. It is probable that many will
take full advantage of the time limit, which
is set for September 2. But it seems likely
that many of them do not yet understand
that the registration is compulsory, and
that failure to comply renders the delin
quent subject to a year’s imprisonment.
So far twenty-nine persons have registered
at Flat, and Mr. Peck, the registrar, reports
the following names on his list up to and
including Thursday, in addition to those
reported last week:
A. S. K. Erickson
James F. Feaster
Chester V. Brink
Alechan Haneoff
Ibregime Tzoroeff
Kasgare Mesoeff
George H. Hanley
Louis Hasn
Agube Batagoff
George Mathison
Tazaret Kataef
Tebo S. Ataeff
Angelomarino Colantoino
Major Albrecht, register for Iditarod, re
ports the following in addition to those pub
lished last week:
Albert Lindstrom William Ansley, Jr.
. Bert Thorson
60 ADS MEN TO VIOLENCE
Mining Town the Scene of a Lynching as a Result of the Treasonable
Utterances of Representative of Revolutionary Organization
Whose Mission Seems to Be to Bring Discord and Dis
ruption to Relations Between Capital and Labor
BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 2.—Frank Little, a member of the executive
board of the Industrial Workers of the World, who has been prominent
in the labor troubles of Arizona, and who recently in a speech here re
ferred to United States soldiers as “Uncle Sam’s scabs in uniform,” was
taken from a lodging house this morning by masked men and hanged
to a railroad trestle on the outskirts of the city. The body was identi
fied by Policeman Murphy, who cut it down.
Since his arrival in Butte from Globe Little had made a number of
speeches to strikers, in all of which he had attacked the government
and urged the men to shut down the mines of the Butte district.
Germans Charged with Treason
LOWDEN, Iowa, Aug. 3.—Four wealthy Germans have been arrested
here for making a display of their pro-German sympathies. They will
be charged with treason.
Attorney Deported for Connection with I. W. W.
BISBEE, Ariz., July 31.—Fred H. Moore, the Chicago attorney de
ported from the Warren district by deputy sheriffs, is now on his way
to Columbus. Governor Campbell has telegraphed asking that the at
rtoney be alloyed to stay.
TANANA MINES RAILWAY
IS TO BE COMPLETED
BY RAILWAY COMMISSION
SEATTLE, July 28. Twenty-one hun
dred tons of rails, fittings and hardware,
and a million feet of lumber, all for the
Alaska railroad, were shipped by the steam
ship Juneau and the barge Henry, sailing
this morning from Seattle and Everett re
spectively. The rails, with the exception of
600 tons for Anchorage and Seward, are for
Nenana, and the completion of the exten
sion of the Fairbanks & Tanatia Mines rail
<vay, recently purchased by the government.
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WHOLE FAMILY EXECUTED
ON UNPROVEN CHARGES
BY GERMAN MONSTERS
LONDON, Aug. 1. A dispatch to the
Wireless Press from Amsterdam says that
the German authorities at Liege. Belgium,
shot to death an influential Liege merchant
named Croneret and his wife on unproved
charges of espionage, in the presence of
their two daughters. The latter were prom
ised that their lives would be spared if they
would inform on their parents, but they de
clined to speak, ami were also executed.
VANCOUVER MILLIONAIRE
IS ARRESTED IN SEATTLE
FOR SERIOUS OFFENSE
SEATTLE, July 30. John J. Coughlan, i
aged 36, a millionaire member of the great |
Vancouver shipbuilding firm of Coughlan
& Sons, was arrested early this morning at
'the Hotel Stanley, where he was registered
under an assumed name with Miss Marie
'Burrill, sged 17, a Seattle girl, as his wife.
He was held under an open charge.
The arrest was made at the instance of j
the girl’s brother, who says the affair has j
been going on for a year.
Coughlan has a wife and children.
CUBAN MAYOR ASSASSINATED
HAVANA, Aug, 1.—Mayor Guerra of
Cienfuegos w»as assassinated yesterday.
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SEATTLE STREET CAR STRIKE
MAY SOON BE TERMINATED
SEATTLE, Aug. 1.—Arbitrators in the
street car strike controversy say they believe
they csn bring about a resumption of car
service shortly. The strikers voted on Sat
urday last to return to work on the under
standing that all differences would be arbi
trated, but that the union must be recog
nized. The company would not bind itself
to this.
Between 1 and 2 o’clock on Tuesday
morning three street cars were operated in
the distribution of strike-breakers to the
various car barns.
The arbitration board consists of Dr. Suz
zalo, president of the state university; H.
G. Bradlee of Boston, representing the com
pany, and James A. Duncan, representing
the men. They began their conference on
Tuesday morning.
Switchmen Return to Work
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1—Secretary of
Labor Wilson, having acted as arbitrator
in the strike of the switchmen at Chicago,
today announced that a settlement had been
reached. It is understood that the settle
ment favored the strikers.
The switchmen of all the roads centering
[ in Chicago went out on strike on Saturday
I last. They returned to work on Monday
I morning. It was stated that the “closed
I :hop” issue had been dropped.
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
GOES THROUGH SENATE
WITH VOTES TO SPARE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The resolution
incorporating an amendment to the federal
constitution, providing for the submisdnn
of national prohibiton to the states, passed
the senate by a vote of 65 to 20 late this
afternoon. It received eight more votes
than necessary.
The resolution provides that the states
must be asked to ratify the amendment
within six years.
The resolution has not yet been acted
upon by the house.
Complies with President’s Wishes
The food control bill, stripped of the
features opposed by the President, has been
reported out of conference.
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SHIPPING EMERGENCY
MAY GIVE ALASKA TRADE
TO CANADIAN VESSELS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. The bill intro
duced by Chairman Alexander of the house <
merchant marine and fisheries committee, !
with the approval of the shipping board, ;
would make it possible for Canadian or
other foreign vessels to engage in Alaska
■coastwise trade.
Its supporters believe it to be wise to
turn over the Alaska coastwise trade to
foreign bottoms and bring the American
vessels now engaged in that trade around
to the Atlantic, or use them in the trans
pacific trade.
HEROIC RUSSIAN WOMEN
WILL NOT BE PRISONERS
OF BARBARIC ENEMIES
PETROGRAD, July 31. Russia’s women
soldiers have pledged themselves to take
their own lives rather than become Ger
man war prisoners. Each woman carries
cyanide of potassium, to be swallowed in
the event of capture.
GEN. HARRISON GRAY OTIS
TAKEN SUDDENLY BY DEATH
LOS ANGELES, July 31.—General Har
rison Gray Otis of the Los Angeles Times
died today while seated at the dining table
| in the home of Harry Chandler, his son-in
' law.
Hsrrison Gray Otis was born near Mari
etta, Ohio, in 1837. He enlisted as a private
in an Ohio regiment in 1861, and fought
throughout the civil war, in which he was
twice wounded. He attained a captaincy,
and was brevetted lieutenant-colonel of vol
unteers for “gallant and meritorious service
throughout the war.” He was official re
porter of the Ohio house of representatives
in 1866-67, and foreman of the government
printing office at Washington in 1868-69.
From 1870 to 1876 he was a chief of divi
sion in the United States patent office. He
filled the position of special agent of the
United States treasury in charge of the seal
islands of Alaska from 1879 to 18S1.
In 1876 Otis became editor and general
manager of the Los Angeles Times, and as
the chief owner of that newspaper he be
came best known to the American public
through his relentless fight on organized
labor, which he kept up for more than
twenty-five years. The trouble between Otis
and the unions grew out of a strike of the
printers employed on the Times. The fight
was extended to the various affiliated unions,
and culminated in the dynamiting of the
i Times building a few years ago, when
| twenty-one lives were sacrificed. For this
I crime the McNamara brothers are now serv
I ing penitentiary sentences, after a most sen
i sational trial.
I Otis derived his title of General from serv
ice in the Philippines.
MOBS OF OKLAHOMANS
COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE
IN PROTEST AGAINST DRAFT
ADA, Okla., Aug. 3. The first violence
directed against the conscription act broke
out in Seminole county yesterday, and
spread to Pontos county. The Frisco rail
road bridge at Francis was dynamited and <
burned and traffic was halted for twelve ,
hours.
The mobs are composed mostly of tenant :
farmers, many of them negroes. They are j
now marching toward Sasaka, and threaten >
to storm the hardware stores for more arms. !
In their march the mob is impressing re
cruits.
Seventy-five Per Cent Claim Exemption :
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.- More than 75 per ;
cent of those called up for examination un- j
der the conscription act so far claim ex
emption, according to reports from all parts j
of the country today.
Yesterday there was a great “slacker” j
rush for marriage licenses. Federal mar- |
shals entered the license bureau and cleared
the rooms and hallways of scores of young
men of draft age seeking to wed in the
hope of escaping war duty.
Nation-wide Search for Slackers
WASHINGTON, July 31. -The govern
ment has instituted a nation-wide search for
“slackers.” Claims for exemption are run- {
iiing heavy. Initial examinations here and
at other points where men are being called J
show a higher percentage of such claims
than had been anticipated.
Rounding Them Up
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—President Wii
son todsy ordered that all “slackers" who i
failed to appear for draft examination he
reported to the department of justice and
certified into the National army by the ad
jutant general.
Twenty Jailed in Seattle
SEATTLE, Aug. 3.—Draft registrant- in
Seattle were ordered to report for exami
nation Sunday morning at S o’clock, and
examinations have been proceeding since. j
Details of infantry last night and this fore
uoon jaifed twenty “.-lackers,” none of whom
was able to produce a registration card.
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CONTROL OF SHIPMENTS
EXERCISED BY PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. President Wil
son issued instructions today that no steel
be shipped to allied countries unless for ac
tual war purposes. It is calculated to have
a tendency to induce Japan to send vessels
for the Atlantic service.
Sad Plight of Norway
Naasen, head of the Norwegian mission to
this country, is pleading for the Norwegians,
who he says are near starvation. He said
Norway would relieve a million tons of ship
ping in return for the privilege of importing
food from the United States, guaranteeing |
that the Germans would not get an ounce ]
of it.
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TEXAS’ GOVERNOR INDICTED
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 2S. -Governor Per- j
guson and other state officials have been
indicted by the county grand jury, charged
with the embezzlement of public funds.
Impeachment Proceedings Begun
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 2.—Charges de
signed to form the basis of impeachment
proceedings against Governor Ferguson were
filed in the house today by Speaker Fuller.
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TROOPS TO BE WITHDRAWN
PARIS, July 28.—The entente powers
have decided, after a conference on the
Balkan situation, to withdraw their troops
as soon as possible from ancient Greece,
Thessaly and Epirus.
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MOONEY TO APPEAL
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31- -The attor
ney general today filed his consent for
Thomas Mooney to have a new trial. The
suprme court could not decide the matter
until October.
GERMAN SPIES CAPTURED
ROANOKE, Va., July 31.—Two men rep
j resenting themselves to be members of the
Royal British flying corps were arrested
^icre today as German spies.
MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL
A meeting of the Iditarod town council
was held at the Miners & Merchants Bank
last Thursday evening, with all members
present except Currin. Bills totaling $594.11
were ordered paid, and an appropriation of
$500 was made to the school board. Cer
tain streei work was ordered, and adjourn
ment '-4r raken subject to the call of the
chairman. *"
BELGIAN RELIEF FUND
REACHES GOODLY AMOUNT
Richard Button, as custodian of the fund
subscribed in this district for the relief of
Belgian children, has forwarded to the treas
urer of the Rocky Mountain Club-Hoover
Fund for Relief in Belgium the sum of
$389, the total amount of the subscription.
Since the list was published the following
additional subscriptions have been received:
Paul Laplant .$ 5.00
F. J. Kelly. 5.00
O. Girouard ■ i. 2.09
Christy Anthonison . 20.00
In the list published on July 21 the sub
scription of Thomas P. Aitken of $10 was
! erroneously credited to Christy Anthonison.
MASSED EFFORT
WAS SUCCESSFUL
Terrific Joint Offensive on Western
Front Results in Capture of
Many Villages and Thou
sands of Prisoners
LONDON, Aug. 1. A terrific joint often
sive on the western front by the British anil
French armies opened yesterday, following
more than a week of cannonading. The
British surged forward north of the Ly
river, in West Flanders, and according to
official announcement made by the British
war office at noon yesterday, all objectives
were captured. Assaults were delivered over
a wide front, and were pressed home with
the utmost violence.
General Haig, in his report last night on
the first day’s operations in the third battle
of Ypres, said the British and French, ad
vancing on a fifteen-mile front, captured the
villages of Lapasse, Eville, Steenstrasse, Bix
shoote, Kerlorenhoek, Frezenberg, Saint .lit
lien, Pilken, Hoogewesthoek and Ib.llebeke,
and more than 3,500 prisoners.
Two Villages Retaken by Germans
LONDON, Aug. 2. The villages of Saint
Julien and Westhoek, taken Tuesday in the
British offensive in the Ypres sector, were
recaptured by the Germans.
More than five thousand prisoners have
been taken by the British in two days.
German General Staff Impressed
BERLIN. July 30.- The artillery duel in
Flanders raged all day yesterday and far
into the night. It is described by the gen
eral staff as representing in intensity the
highest degree of massed effort on the part
of the British since the war begun.
IN THE EASTERN THEATER
Bukowirta Capital in H-ands of Teutons
THE HAGUE, Aug. 3. -Czernowitz, the
capital of Bukowina province, has been cap
tured by the Austrians, says a dispatch from
Vienna dated today. Official announcement
of the fall of the city has been made.
Vienna Confirms It
VIENNA, Aug. 3.—Austro-Hungarian
troops have entered the city of Czernowitz.
Emperor a Spectator of Advance
BERLIN, July 28.—Near Tarnopol today
Emperor William watched the German
troops extend their gains at the Sereth
bridge-head, the war office announced to
day. The statement says the German troops
are rapidly advancing on both sides of the
Dneister river.
Russians Retreat Beyond Own Border
BERLIN. July 30.—Russian troops are
retreating on the Eastern Galicia front, and
have retired beyond the Russian border at
Husitayn, the general staff announced offi
cially today.
AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES
The Week's Record
LONDON, Aug. 2.—Twenty-one British
vessels were torpedoed during the week end
ing last night.
Twelve Americans Missing
LONDON, Aug. 2.—The American steam
ship Motano has been torpedoed. Twelve of
her crew are missing.
Twenty Shots Fired at Tanker
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—An American
tanker arriving at an Atlantic port today
reports that on leaving the French coast she
was fired upon twenty times by a German
submarine.
British Cruiser Sunk
. LONDON, July 31.—The British cruiser
Ariadne has been torpedoed, according to
the British admiralty. Thirty-eight of the
crew were killed by the explosion.
Red Cross Hospital Mark for Germans
PARIS, July 30. The second aircraft
raid within twenty-four hours resulted in
German airmen dropping bombs on the
Paris Red Cross hospital, killing two doc
tors, a nurse and a chemist.
EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE
SPOKANE, Wash., July 30—Frost last
1 night killed much garden truck and some
I spring wheat and corn. A week ago the
, mercury stood at more than 100 in the
| shade.
FATAL FOREST FIRE
FERNIE, B C., July 30.—Elveen men
have perished and a number are missing
as the result of a fire which swept the
Spruce river valley, fifteen miles northeast
of this place. Saturday afternoon.
NEW LIBERTY \0AN IN FALL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The treasury
department announced today that the sec
ond Liberty loan of S3,000.000.000 will be
: floated November 15.
BRITISH CONSUL DEAD
SEATTLE, Aug. 3.—W. II Murray, Brit
ish vice consul in this city, died yestorday.