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RUSSIAN ROUT
IN EAST GALICIA
General Demoralization of Trocns
Is Shown by Unopposed Ad
vance of Teutons and Num
ber of Prisoners Taken
BERLIN, July 21. German troops h: ve .
rushed forward through three strong R is- j
si an zones of defense between the Sei th
and Zlota Lipa rivers, in Eastern Galicia,
the war office announced today. The Rus
sians have suffered heavily, the statement
adds, retreating in disorder. The Germans
took several thousand prisoners.
Rout Continues
BERLIN. July 23.- The attack begun
by the Germans in Eastern Galicia last week
has developed into a great success, the war
office announces officially. The lighting
continued yesterday, the Germans every
where defeating the Russians and taxing
large numbers of prisoners.
Stanislau Evacuated
BERLIN. July 25.--Stanislau is being
Evacuated by the Russians. The Germans
have crossed the Sereth river in the region
of Mifaulice. defeating the Russians south of
the Dneister. The Russians are retiring
eastward.
The German forces in Galicia are ad- !
vancing from the River Sereth to Woden,
in the Carpathians, over a front 155 miles
wide, says the official statement.
Disobedience the Cause
PETROGRAD. July 21.- The Russian
failure to hold the Germans in Eastern Ga
licia, says an official statement of the war
department today, is due to the refusal of
extremist detachments to obey orders.
Demoralization Admitted
PETROGRAD, July 24.—Official state
ments issued today say that the troops on I
the Sereth are now retreating, having shown
complete disobedience to their commanders. :
Cowardly Retirement
PETROGRAD, July 26.- -An official re
port says that the Russian corps defending
Tarnopol retired unopposed.
Germans Occupy Tarnopol
LONDON, July 24. The occupaton of
Tarnopol. Eastern Galicia, by the Germans j
is reported by Reuter's.
Mutinous Troops Imprisoned
PETROGRAD. July 24.—The regiments 1
stationed at Nijni Novgorod have mutinied,
but after a battalion of cadets was dis
patched from Moscow they surrendered and
have been imprisoned.
Germans Capture More Towns
BERLIN, July 27.—German troops have j
captured the Galician towns of Buczacz, i
Otquia and Delatyn, the war office an
nounced today. The Russians are retreat
ing in the direction of Gzernowitz, the cap
ital of Bukowina.
NEWS FROM WEST FRONT
CONFINED TO BERLIN SOURCES
BERLIN. July 23.- -German troops have j
penetrated the French positions on the Aisne I
front. It is officially announced that there -
is great activity on the British front.
Intense Artillery Battle
BERLIN, July 25.—An artillery battle j
of an intensity never before paralleled is
being carried on by day and night in Flan- !
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SUBMARINE WARFARE
British Diver Sunk
BERLIN, July 26— A German U-boat |
has sunk British submarine C-34. One !
survivor w’as taken prisoner.
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GREEKS WILL NOW GOVERN
INSTEAD OF GERMAN JUNKERS
WASHINGTON, July 25.—Advices to
the Greek embassy here state that self-gov
ernment has again been restored to Greece.
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TEN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
COST OF ONE YEAR OF WAR
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WASHINGTON, July 27.—Revised figures
made public today indicate that the war
budget necessary to carry the government
through to next July will be ten billion
dollars.
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AMERICAN SILVER OUTPUT j
NEW YORK, July 24.—Statistics made j
public today show that the United States j
is producing 42 per cent of the world’s out
put of silver.
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SOLDIERS TO BE KEPT SOBER
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.—Federal and
city authorities have rounded up and ar
rested many saloonkeepers, charged with
selling liquor to soldiers,
EMBARGO ON ^GERMAN COAL
AMSTERDAM, July 25.—Germany has
stopped all exportation of coal to Holland.
HOLLWEG IN SCRAP HEAP,
JUNKERISM TO FOLLOW,
ACCORDING TO GEORGE
LONDON, July 21--Premier Lloyd
George, in a speech today, said the junkers
had thrown Bethmann Hollweg, with his
“scrap of paper,” into the waste basket.
It would not be long, he said, before jun
kerthum also will be cast into the same
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New Chancellor Is Contemptuous
COPENHAGEN, July 21 -Chancellor
Michaelis, in an address to the reichstag. said
the entry of the United States into the war
was not regarded with serious concern.
Britain's Enormous Expenditures
LONDON, July 25. -Chancellor of the
Exchequer A. Bonar Law announced in the !
house of commons this afternoon that for
112 days the average British expenditures
had been £7,876,000 daily.
Momentous Convention Meets
DUBLIN, July 25 - The Irish convention
which is to endeavor tu agree upon a form
of government for Ireland will open here
tomorrow.
Prospective Officers
DUBLIN, July 26. The convention was]
called to order today. Sir Horace Plunkett
and Sir Francis Hope wood were respectively
nominated for chairman and secretary.
A.
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Will Be Drafted for First Army,
Drawings for Which Are Now
Being Conducted
WASHINGTON. July 25. - An American |
army of a million men for service abroad, j
instead of the five hundred thousand con- |
templated for the first draft, is foreshadowed j
in the government’s request for an addi
tional $500,000,000 made to the finance
committee of the house today.
One hundred thousand additional reserve- |
from the United States, including Washing- j
ton. will be called into the federal service !
today.
' Men under draft can enlist in the regular
army at any time prior to the call for exami
nation before the exemption boards.
First Drawing Concluded
WASHINGTON, July 21. -The drawing
of names under the selective conscription
act was concluded this morning at 2 o’clock,
having consumed a week. Examinations for
exemptions are to he taken up Monday.
One million three hundred and seventy .
thousand men have been called, and from ,
these it is said that 187,000 will be selected, j
Oil Tankers Are Requisitioned
WASHINGTON, July 25.- The navy to
day requisitioned seven oil tankers and or
dered them to report at Atlantic and Pacific
ports to meet the urgent fuel oil needs of j
the navy.
Aviation Bill Signed
WASHINGTON, July 24. The aviation j
bill went to the President this afternoon, and
was immediately signed by him.
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HOTEL FIRE AT ST. MICHAEL
INDIRECT CAUSE OF STRIKE
Passengers reaching here during the week
from the Yukon report that a strike of
longshoremen has been in progress for some
time, and that the company has been scour
ing the river in an effort to obtain natives
to take the places of the strikers.
According to the stories circulated on the
Yukon, the company’s hotel, bunk houses
and boarding house at St. Michael were de
stroyed by fire on July 17, the conflagration
being caused by an inexperienced man’s han
dling of the fuel oil in the kitchen of the
boarding house. The fire occurred at 4 a.
m., and the employes escaped with nothing
but their night clothes, everything being de
stroyed.
The longshoremen, who are said to he
receiving the munificent stipend of $60 per
month, demanded that the company pro
vide them with new outfits of clothing,
which demand was refused and the strike
resulted.
Local shippers report that so far there
has been no evidence of delay in the receipt
of shipments up the river.
IDITAROD AND DISCOVERY
WILL CONTEST WITH FLAT
What promises to be the baseball event
of the season is scheduled to take place
tomorrow afternoon on the Flat grounds,
weather permitting. It is the long-deferred
contest between a team made up of Iditarod
and Otter creek players and the Flat team.
Herb Kearney, who is the baseball magnate
of Discovery at present, succeeding Jimmy
F’crrell, promises a grand exposition of the
natonal game, and as there are many ex
national game, and as there are many ex
no reason to doubt that his promises will
be made good. The fans are all praying for
fine weather, in which event there will be
a record crowd to root for the different
teams.
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FIREMAN DROWNED
W. Banks, a fireman on the Yukon river
packet Sarah, was drowned a few days ago
while the vessel was leaving Marshall. He
fell off the boat and was seen for but an in
stant after being in the water. A search of
some hours was made for the body, but
without success.
SPAIN’S INTERNAL TROUBLES
MADRID, July 2i.—A state of siege has
been proclaimed in Valencia,
KORNILOFF’S DRASTIC METHODS
GF QUELLING MUTINOUS SOLDIERS
“Traitrous Rascals” Literally Blown to Pieces by Their Comrades—
War Minister Is Made Premier with Unlimited Powers—
Country’s Critical Situation on Front and Rear
LONDON, July 20.—A dispatch to the Morning Post from Petrograd says that under
General Korniloff’s drastic measures to restore order in the Eleventh army, one whole
division has been literally blown to pieces by its own artillery to avenge insults which
all loyal troops, and especially the artillery, have been enduring in silence for the past
four months from “traitrous rascals."
Amazing Acts of Savagery
PETROGRAD, July 27.- Information received as to the butchery of the Eleventh
army almost staggers the government. The infantry shot down their own gunners in
order to get their horses, or shot down a number of horses in revenge as they retreated,
leaving practically all the artillery of the Eleventh army in the enemy's hands.
Extraordinary National Council Called
The extreme gravity of the country’s position on front and rear has impelled 1 rentier
Kerensky to convene at Moscow an extraordinary national council.
For Re-establishment of Public Order
'""’PETROGRAD, July 27.—Kerensky has been appointed premier to succeed Prince
Lvoff. He will retain the war portfolio for the present.
The Council of Soldiers’, Workmen’s and Peasants’ Delegates, representing all parts of
Russia, voted Monday, after an all night session, to grant the government of Premier
Kerensky unlimited powers, under the title of “the Government of National Safety,” for
the re establishment of public order, both at the front and at home.
The provisional government has issued a proclamation to the nation setting forth the
seriousness of the situation, and declaring that its first duty is to apply its whole strength
against the foreign foe and in defense of the administration against anarchism and eoun
ter revolutionary attempts.
Will Rely on Blood and Iron if Conscience and Honor Not Sufficient
Premier Kerensky, in a statement issued yesterday, said that he was relying with con
fidence upon blood and iron if argument and honor and conscience are not sufficient.
“The situation at the front is very serious.” he said, “and demands vigorous measures,
but I am confident that the organism of state is sufficiently vigorous to recover without
amputation.”
Attempt to Assassinate Premier
An attempt to assassinate Premier Kerensky was made last Saturday at the town of
Polotsk. A shell fired at the minister missed.
Summary Vengeance Meted Out
The occupants of three automobiles, consisting of soldiers, sailors and civilians, were ;
lynched in the streets on Monday last, after they had fired shots into a group of officer. ’
and soldiers in front of the palace. A score were wounded.
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GOEHTALS AND DENMAN
REPLACED BY NEW MEN
WASHINGTON. July 24. -President \V:1
son today accepted the resignation of G n.
Goethals a' head of the government -Hip
ping corporation, and al.-o of John It. White
as a member of the shipping board.
Successors Named
WASHINGTON, July 23. -Denman,
member of the shipping board, whose con
troversy with Goethals regarding the al
leged preference being given to steel instead
of wood in the construction of government
ve.-sels caused the disruption of the board,
has resigned, and Hurley of San Francisco
has been appointed chairman. Addison
Capps, naval constructor, he- been named
to succeed Goethals, and Buinbridge Colby
of New York has been named for White’s
I lace.
NATION-WIDE PROHIBITION
IF RATIFIED BY STATES
WASHINGTON, July 26. The vote in
the senate on the national prohibition
amendment will be taken next Wednesday,
according to an agreement reached by wet
and dry leaders today. The debate on the
amendments will begin today.
The prohibition amendment to the war
appropriation bill provides that unless rati
fied within six years by thirty-six states it
dies.
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ROOSEVELT SAYS AMERICANS
ARE NATION OF INEFFICIENTS
PITTSBURGH, July 27.- Theodore
Roosevelt, addressing a Moose convention
here, urged preparedness for the next na
tional emergency. lie said that Americans \
in this war were exhibiting themselves as a I
nation of inefficients.
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ATTEMPT AT, DESTRUCTION
AT PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD
BREMERTON, Wash., July 21- -A great
bomb with fuse attached was found beneath
the administration building at the Puget
Sound navy yard today. The fuse had been
lighted but was extinguished.
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EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE
BUENOS AIRES, July 27—An earth
quake which is believed to have caused
great damage in Chile is reported from San
tiago in a dispatch received by La Nacion.
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ACCEPTS PRESIDENCY
PEKING, July 21.—The foreign office
announced today that Feng had agreed to
accept the presidency.
SPAIN BECOMES TRANQUIL
MADRID, July 27.—Quiet is gradually
being restored throughout Spain, w'hich has
been in a state of disorder.
COLD STORAGE OFFICIAL HERE
F. L. Denman, secretary and treasurer of
the Pacific Cold Storage Company, is in
the city on his annual visit of inspection of
the company’s plant.
REVOLUTION IN ECUADOR
ASSUMES SERIOUS ASPECT
PANAMA. July 24. A dispatch from
Manabi, Ecuador, states that a revolution fa
started against President Morons. Revolu
tionary propagandists here affirm that the
outbreak is due to Mnrena's bad policies
and tyrannies. The propagandists expect
the United States to support their cause.
Local authorities say that Moreno is at
Tuntbez, Peru, in secret conference with
Peruvian oth. dais.
Cabinet Crisis in Chile
SANTA ROSA, July 24. The Chilean
cabinet has resigned. No reason are given.
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MRS. MOONEY ACQUITTED
AND SHOWS APPRECIATION
SAN FRANCISCO. July 26. Mrs.
Mooney, accused of murder in connection
with the bomb explosion at the preparednes
parade here several months ago, wss ac
quitted by the jury today. After the an
nouncemeut of the verdict she kissed each
of the jurors.
Demands Immediate Retrial
A demand for the immediate retrial of
Thomas Mooney, recently convicted of firs:
degree murder, will be made at once by bis
lawyers as the result of the acquittal of
his wife.
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INQUISITIVE AMERICAN
SUFFERS LOSS OF HAND
CAMP OF AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, July 26.—The first casualty to
an American soldier was reported Wednes
day, when a prvate became too inquisitive
regarding the construction of a live french
bomb. By extracting the safety pin he
brought about an explosion which caused
the loss of his right hand.
WOMAN TO PAY PENALTY
OF DEATH FOR ESPIONAGE
PARIS, July 26.—The military officials
today condemned to death for espionage a
dancer known as Meta Harie, who before
her marriage was Marguerite Zell. She was
born in the Dutch East Indies, and claims
Dutch nationality.
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SIAM HAS DECLARED WAR
AND CONFISCATED VESSELS
LONDON, July 23.—Siam has declared
that a state of war exists with Germany and
Austria, according to a recent dispatch from
Bangkok. Nine steamships, aggregating
19,000
NORWEGIAN COMMISSION HERE
NEW YORK, July 27.—A Norwegian
commission headed by Nansen, the Arctic
explorer, arrived here today. They will en
deavor to secure the export of food products.
KILBANE A HAS-BEEN
PHILADELPHIA, July 26.—Leonard,
world’s champion lightweight boxer, stopped
Kilbane in the third round of a scheduled
six-round bout last night.
GERMAN RAIDING PLANES
REPULSED BY DEFENDERS
OF BRITISH METROPOLIS
LONDON, July 22. -A raid carried out
over the east coast of England Sunday
morning resulted in the repulse of twenty
German airplanes after they had dropped
bombs over Felixstowe and Harwich, on the
Essex coast, killing eleven and injuring
twenty-six persons.
The alarm was sounded in London, and
before the Germans could reach the city
they were attacked heavily by defending air
planes, which caused them to retreat. The
damage to property was insignificant.
DISHONEST CASHIER ARRESTED
SEATTLE, July 25. Charles Goueh, a.>
sistaiit cashier of the Union Savings & Trust
Company bank, has been arrested charged
with the embezzlement of $17,000. He ad
mits that he took more than $10,000.
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DIPLOMAT MARRIES
NEW YORK, July 2(5.- IL P. Fletcher,
United States ambassador to Mexico, and
Miss Beatrice Bend of this city were mar
ried here today.
ALLIES ALL AGREE
Not to Lay Down Arms Until Crimi
nal Aggression Is Ren
dered Impossible
PARIS, July 27. The allied powers con
cluded their conference today with the fol
lowing unanimous announcement:
“The allied powers, more closely united
than ever for the defense of the people’s
rights, particularly in the Balkan penin
,-ula, are resolved not to lay down their
arms until they have attained the end which
in their eyes dominates all others, to render
impossible a recurrence of criminal aggres
sions such as that whereof the central em
pires bear the responsibility.”
Germans Cannot Be Starved
AMSTERDAM, July 27.—The fourth
winter of the war will strike the Germans
bard, but the allies wall not be able to starve
Germany into surrender. The economic
situation is not desperate, as the Germans
have raised tremendous quantities of vege
tables this season.
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PLEA FOR DEVELOPMENT
MADE BY DELEGATE SULZER
WASHINGTON, June 14. -Delegate
Charles A. Sulzer of Alaska yesterday made
a vigorous appeal for the development of
Alaska’s coal and oil lands at a hearing be
fore the senate committee on public lands.
The hearing was attended by all the mem
bers of the committee, and was in relation
to senate bill No. 45, introduced by Senator
Walsh of Montana, providing for the mining
of coal, phosphate, oil, gas. potassium and
sodium on the public domain.
Immediate development as the paramount
necessity was emphasized by Alaska’s rep
resentative in congress during his testimony.
More liberal leases by the government to
those seeking to develop the resources o!
the territory, in view of the pioneer condi
tions. were suggested by him as a remedy
for the lethargy now existing in regard to
oil and coal conditions in Alaska.
“In the emergency which confronts the
country at this time,” said Delegate Sulzer
in opening his testimony, “I think that all
who are thoroughly familiar with condi
tions existing in the territory of Alaska
realize that the resources of Alaska are of
vital importance in the prosecution of the
war. The exports of Alaska consist princi
pally of food fish products, copper ore and
the rarer metals, fill of which are of great
importance in the w-ar.”
The delegate asked specifically for a
larger leasing area in both coal and oil
leases, so that capital could be induced to
come into the fields and expend the money
necessary to develop a paying and produc
tive mine or well. He also asked for less
restrictions in an operating lease.
“A man should be given more liberal con
sideration in order to induce him to come
into Alaska,” he said, “and take the risks
involved in developing an entirely new coun
try. The conditions existing in the coal
areas are largely problematical; there are
faults and various geological phases which
have not been thoroughly demonstrated, and
a person engaged in developing an enterprise
of that kind should have more liberal treat
ment, according to my idea, than one oper
ating in a known and developed field.
“The interests of the government should
be protected, but the management of a coal
mine in a pioneer field must be accorded
more latitude and discretion than in a field
where all the conditions have been thor
oughly demonstrated. Otherwise people
will not undertake to make the necessary
investments. The Alaskan coal fields are
very extensive, and it is extremely important
in this emergency that the laws and regu
lations be such as to induce immediate and
adequate development.”
Mr. Sulzer based his main argument for
the necessity of opening the oil fields on
the acute situation that is developing be
cause of the great demand for the oils of
the California fields for war purposes. He
said the fishing industry^jf Alaska was im
periled because of the lack of gasoline and
distillate for the operation of the fishing
boats.
ALL IS WELL
SEATTLE, July 22.—Governor Strong of
Alaska tailed for Juneau on the steamship
Alaska this morning.
SEATTLE STRIKE
TIES UP TRAFFIC
Injunction Is Denied to Street Rail
way Company and Mayor Gil!
Threatens to Place Strike
breakers Under Arrest
SEATTLE, July 2L Attempts to rim
cars by the street railway company today
precipitated much lawlessness Window
were smashed, cars were pelted with stones
' and rotten eggs, and thirteen policemen
who refused to ride on cars to protect them
from the mobs were dismissed from the
force. Later the police formed a union,
with a hundred and fifty members. Mayor
Gill said, however, that being members of
a union would not prevent their dismissal
for failure to obey orders. Twenty arre-ts
of strikers were made, and the car- were
returned to the barns.
Further attempts were made during the
afternoon to operate car-. Ten cars, each
manned by two policemen, were started out,
and encountered violent demonstrations.
The men at the great power plants
threaten to strike in sympathy with the c r
men. If they do -o the shipyards will be
crippled. Thirty-two affiliated unions arc
;aiding themselves in readiness to join in a
sympathetic strike.
Strike-breakers from Chicago
SEATTLE, July 23. The Seattle Electric
Company today applied to the federal court
for m injunction against the striking street
car men. Meanwhile seven cars of .-trike
breakers are being rushed from Chicago.
The city’s application for a receivership
for the street car company has been frans
ferret! from the superior to the federal court.
Strikers Offer to Arbitrate
SEATTLE, July 24. The striking street
car men today agreed to return to work on
condition that the discharged union men be
reinstated anti all other differences be sub
mitted to arbitration.
Judge Jere Neterer of the federal court
has denied the application of the company
for an injunction against the strikers, but
later agreed to hear arguments.
Company Refuses to Arbitrate
SEATTLE, July 25.—Judge Neterer again
denied the company’s application for an in
junction to prevent interference by the
strikers.
The company has made no answer to the
proposition made by the strikers to arbi
trate differences. The company appears
to be planning an attempt to resume opera
lions with strike-breakers.
Strike-breakers as Disorderly Persons
SEATTLE. July 26.- Mayor Gill this aft
ernoon warned the Seattle Electric Company
that if it attempted to operate cars in the
business districts he will arrest the crews as
disorderly persons.
One hundred and eighty additional strike
breakers were brought in this morning. Ten
have been arrested for having failed to
register in the East.
The strikers several times attacked the
Georgetown barns, where th° strike-breakers
are being housed, bombarding the building
with stones. Twice the strike-breaker?
threw open the gates and directed a stream
of water from the big fire hose on the at
tackers.
Ineffectvie Shooting
SEATTLE. July 27. —Twenty shots were
exchanged between the strikers and strike
breakers confined in the car barns today.
No one was hurt.
Citizens in the vicinity of the strike
breakers' quarters claimed that fires had
been kindled near-by in an effort to burn
them out.
EFFORTS OF GERMANY
TO CORRUPT ARGENTINA
BUENOS AIRES, July 24.—Germany ha
offered Argentina an immediate loan of
400,000,000 piasters.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE
HAVANA, July 24.—Miss Ruth Arm
strong of Youngstown, Ohio, who is a school
teacher, and has relatives at Los Angeles
and Salt Lake, has mysteriously disappeared.
The government is searching for her.
MYER SAILS FOR ALASKA
SEATTLE, July 22.—Assistant Secretary
of the Interior Myer, in charge of Alaska
railroad construction, sailed for the North
today on board the steamship Admiral
Evans.
DEED OF A FIEND
CASHMERE, Wash., July 24 —Lying in
bed with a broken leg, Gertrude, daughter
of G. L. Cloud, was shot and beaten to
death by parties unknown.
WIZARD BURBANK IS ILL
SANTA ROSA, July 24.—Luther Bur
bank, the famous orchardist, is dangerously
I ill at his home here.