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TENS or THOUSANDS DIE TO HURL
THE TEUTON BACK TO HIS BORDERS
France Shakes to the Thunder of Guns
in the Throes of the World s Might
iest Conflict-- Hundred Thousand
Germans Reported Lost inTwoDays
and Allied Thousands Also Die —
Bodies Lie Thick On Blood-soaked
Hills and Plains in Great Final
Struggle.
FRANCE DELUGED IN BLOOD
LONDON, Sept. 27.—The great allied offensive to
drive the Germans out of France and Belgium is now rag
ing; the most mighty struggle of all history is proceeding;
hundreds of thousands of the flower of Europe’s manhood
are flying at each others’ throats; northern France is
shaken by the thunder of countless guns and the charges
of titanic armies. The day has arrived for the launching
of the whole power of France and Britain against the
common enemy and as this dispatch is sent thm fate of
Europe is hanging in the balance. The greatest artillery
attack in history proceeds and is blowing to bits sections
of the German trenches in France and Flanders and at the
same time the new terrific driv^of the Allies is smashing
forward toward the railroad by whi(jji the Teutons hold
their positions on Belgian and French soil. The great
battle opened on Saturday after some days of artillery
fire and since that day it is estimated that more than one
hundred thousand Germans have been killed and wound
ed. The terrible battle is raging almost along the whole
front from Aarras to the sea with awful intensity. It
raged all through Saturday night and Sunday and is still
going on while all Europe waits with bated breath for the
outcome. The allied batteries are deluging the German
works with a blasting fire along the whole line and this
artillery thunder is accompanied by assaults4)f unparal
leled furv. The allied infantry has been sent forward in
spite of the withering fire from the Teutonic trenches and
in countless cases the struggle has resolved itself into
hand to hand fights where the bayonet is the only weapon
used. The French have succeeded already in driving the
Germans out of the village of Souchez and in taking pos
session but thousands of dead and wounded of both sides
are now lying thick in the burning village and the stench
of burning bodies is arising all over the plain.
Hill Seventy was charged by the British in tremend
ous force and at this moment its slopes are covered ’with
thousands of bodies of the dead and wounded. The
slaughter at this point has been something^aw ful and the
British people are shuddering in anticipation of the talc
that the next list of casualties will tell. It has not been
stated whether or not our troops succeeded in tlieii at
tempt. The French have captured the advance German
trenches in the Argonne and the captured trenches have
been found literallv choked with the German dead whose
bodies in many cases have been found mangled by the
terrific fire of the t rench guns. Similar bloody slaughtei
is reported from the other principal positions along the
line westward and it is made evident that all Northern
France is ablaze and that the long expected offensive of
the Allies is general. At Lens the Germans have rushed
great reinforcements through Belgium and are now pour
ing a frightful fire at the heights held by the British in
the effort to prevent our troops from bringing up the
guns The Germans admit reverses and losses already
but have now begun to attempt to deal hurried counter
attacks. The chief object of the great allied advance is
believed to be a violent smash at the army of the crown
prince to drive him out of his position before \ erdun.
The London newspapers this morning ask the public
to be moderate in the expression of their opinions i elat
ing to the great drive. They admit that the British losses
have been frightful without a doubt. The German posi
tions which it was necessary to attack are powerful ana
strongly manned and the task of taking tnem is the
most terrific which has ever been allotted to an army.
The full account is being awaited with tremendous
anxiety.
SEVEN MEN TO RUN WAR
LONDON, Sept. 27.—Prime Minister Asquith has
come to the conclusion that the conduct of the war can
be better carried out by throwing all the responsibility on
a few shoulders and for that reason has appointed seven
men to take upon themselves the whole task of carrying
Britain through victoriously. Those seven are Lord
Kitchener, Lloyd George, Arthur Balfour, Sii Edward
Grey, Lord Lansdowne, Andrew Bonar Law and Win
ston Churchill. This committee will have general over
sight of the war from this time forward and the other
members of the cabinet will occupy themselves with in
ternal matters.
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❖ BROADWAY HAS ♦
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NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—One hun
dred feet of Broadway caved in to
day and several people were Jcilled.
A panic followed the subsidence of
the earth and people ran out of their
houses while the lights went out and I
left the great street in darkness. Sev
oral people have been imprisoned in I
he subway by the earth but they are 1
believed to be safe.
AWFUL RAINS AND
FLOODS IN IOWA.
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DUBUQUE, Sept. 27.—The heavi
est rainstorm in history visited this
part of the state last night and has
completely paralyzed traffic. Many
of the streets and buildings of this
city are flooded and thousands of
acres of corn have been destroyed.
FAIR ATTENDANCE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.—The
attendance at the Panama-Pacific Ex
position reached thirteen million and
a half today.
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EDITOR AND DEMOCRATIC
POLITICIAN IS MURDERED.
WALSENBURC., Colo., Sept. 27.— I
Robert Mitchell, editor of the Inde-,
pendent and chairman of the county j
democratic organization, was found j
shot dead here last night. No clue j
to the assassin has been .discovered
but he is believed to have been a :
burglar. Mitchell was forty-five
yea’s of age.
THE FAMOUS K1ER HARDY
OF ENGLAND IS DEAD.
Noted Leader of the Labor Party in
the British parliament
Passes Away.
LONDON, Sept. 27.—James Kier
Hardy, the famous leader of the lab
oritos in the house of commons, pass
ed eway here last nignt at the age of
sixty. In addition to being the leader
of the most radical laborites he was
also the leader of the peace party.
vcr many years he has occ pie l one
of the most prominent places in the
politics of the British empire. He
began life as a laborer in a colliery.
Pneumonia was the cause of death.
CAPITALIST SENT TO
JAIL FOR PLAYING TRICK.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 27.—Den
nis Kelly, a capitalist, and three of his
business associates have been sentenc
ed tv. o years each in the federal
prison and to a fine of a thousan 1
dollars for defrauding the govern
ment by artificially coloring oleomar
garine.
JONES AGAIN.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-Jones,
the deputy commissioner of fisheries,
recommends the placing of fur ani
mals and fisheries in Alaska under
the control of the department of
commerce. He also recommends the
dividing of Alaska into five districts.
(Note) This cable telling what Jones
recommends cost about thirty cents.
LONDON, Sept. 27.—Hostile aviat
ors threw bombs today on Perronne
killing several women and children,
according to an official French state
ment.
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EVAN’S PASSENGERS.
Among those leaving on the Admir
al Evans this evening will be: Mrs.
C. A. Myers, Roy Jacobs, Mrs. H. C.
De Line and daughter Helen, Misa
Alice Coles, W. S. Willard and Mrs.
L, Holt
U. S. Troops in
Battle in Haiti
Ten Americans Wounded and Forty
Haitiens Killed in
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Skirmish.
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CAPE HAIT1EN, Sept. 27.—Ten
American soldiers were wounded and
1 forty Haitiens were killed in a battle
| whica took place here yesterday. The
rebel were the aggressors. They made
a raid along a front of two miles and
when confronted by tjic Americans
refused to call a halt. The result
i
was an order by the American com
mander to open fire. The Haitiens re
turned the fire and quite a battle fol
lowed but the United States guns
were too much for the natives ami
they were forced to flee after leaving
the number stated dead on the field.
A larger number of Haitines were
wounded.
Condensed Cables
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LONDON, Sept. 27.—The latest
from the front this afternoon is that
the Ccrmans plugged thousands of re
inforcements into their weak spots
along the German front and the mo
mentum of the allied advance had to
slacken. The Teutonic resistance
semed .to be as adamant' in several
quarters. According to the official
Paris advices this afternoon the Allies
have been checked along a wide front
south of Lens and in Champagne but
midway between Arras and Lens the
French have made important pro
gress.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27.—'The
report of the Safety First convention
says that one man or woman is kill
ed every fifteen minutes and that one
is "ojured every sixteen seconds while
at work in industrial occupations.
Thirty-five thousand are killed and
two million injured annually. Fifty
per cent of the casualties are due to
carelessness and thirty per cent to
lack of safeguards.
BERLIN, Sept. 27.—Unconfirmed
reports this afternoon say that Bul
garia has served an ultimatum on
Serbia and that the allied diplomats
are preparing to leave Sofia. Accord
ing to an Athens dispatch an Austrian
submarine has sunk a French trans
port with five thousand soldiers.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 27.—Berlin
advices say the kasier is preparing to
move his headquarters from Luxem
burg owing to the development in the
west.
CHICAGO, Sept. 27.—Five thou
sand clothing workers struck today
and forty thousand additional workers
will strike this evening. The entire
police force and reserves have been
called Several arrests have been
made of strikers on the charge, of
loitering.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Ambas
sador Pennfield has notified the state
department that Austria has recalled
Dumba permanently in compliance
with the demand of the United States
government.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 27.—
Telephone reports from Ardmore
state that fifteen people were killed
outright and fifty injured when a car
of gasoline at the Santa Fe depot ex
ploded. Several fires resulted from
the spreading of the burning oil but
they have been extinguished. The
big Whittington wholesale grocery
store was totally destroyed.
Read the Key ad. today. Page 6.
Yaquis Burn Up
Women, Children
Eighty Passengers Locked up in Car
and Fire Set to It.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 27.—Eighty
passengers, principally women and
children, were taken from a derailed
train near Torres on the Southern
Pacific railroad yesterday by Yaquis
anci were then locked up in a car to
which the Indians set lire. Twenty
of the people taken from the derailed
train have been accounted for but the
rest are believed to have perished.
When the unfortunate prisoners had
been placed in the car the Yaquis put
in a pile of hay to which they delib
erately set fire.
LAREDO, Texas, Sept. 27.—The
United States custom officials have
held up half a million rounds of cart
ridges and many rifles that were con
signed to Carranza and the act is be
lieved to be the beginning of a new
embargo on arms to Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—The
Carranza people are claiming that
their enemies are trying to place on
their shoulders the responsibility for
the raids that took place across the
bonier in order to injure their cause.
The United States officials are posi
tive, however, that Carranza soldiers
took part in the raid*.
ALASKAN TO PROBE THE
NEW YORK STREET CAVES.
Jackling of the Alaska Gastincau 1
Mining Company Chosen by
Mayor Mitchell.
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—D. C. Jack
ling, president of the Alaska-Gasti
neau Mining company of Juneau, Al
aska, has been appointed one of a
committee by Mayor Mitchell to in
vestigate the cause of the cave in of
the streets above the subway. The
cave-in on Broadway which occurred
Saturday is the most disastrous of
the three and the mayor has decided
to do all in his power to prevent a re
currence. Jackling is a mining en
gineer and is expected to be able to
make important recommendations
about the use of explosives in the
subway. The committee is composed
of three men.
EIGHT MEN SHOT ON
STREET OF OHIO CITY.
AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 25.—Eight
men were shot during a street fight
here today but no deaths are report
ed. Paul Harkins, aged nineteen, and
Harry Douglas were fighting in the
street and attracted a crowd. Harkins
seemed to have suddenly been seized
with mania and commenced firing in
to the crowd. He then fled hut was
captured after a bitter fight which he
made in a cellar in which he had
strongly barricaded himself. Doug
las also has been arrested and both
will be held until those who were
wounded have their conditions devel
oped.
GOVERNOR'S FAMILY
THREATENED BY I. W. W.
Say Son Will be Kidnapped and
Family Killed Unless He
Postpones Execution.
SALT LAKE, Sept. 27.—Governor
Spry has received letters threatening
him with the kidnapping of his son
and the death of all the members tf
his family unless he postpones the
execution of Job Hillstrom, a member
of the Industrial Workers of the
World, who was sentenced to death
for murder. The execution is to take
place on Friday. Detectives are now
guarding the residence of the gov
ernor.
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EVANS 6 P. M.
The Admiral Evans is due from the
west at 6 o’clock this evening, ac
cording to a cable received this after
noon by Agent Blue.
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❖ MASKED ROBBERS ❖
| ❖ KILL STORE CLERK. ❖
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CRICA, Sept. 27.—Two masked
robbers entered the Diamond Match
company’s store here last night and
shot the store clerk fatally when he
attempted to resist. They got away
with five thousand dollars worth of
valuables.
LEASES NEARLY READY.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—Secre
tary Lane expects to have the regula
tions governing the leasing of Alaska
coal ready within a fortnight. As
stated before, he has been waiting to
secure the aid of experts in drawing
up the lease regulations.
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❖ FAMOUS CHURCH IS ❖
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CHICAGO, Sept. 27.—Grace Epis
copal church was destroyed by fire
last night. The church was one of
the largest and most famous in the
middle west. ,
Alaska do.
Buys hi' learners
Modern Steel Ships Coming From
the Great Lakes lor
Alaska Bun.
SEATTLE, Sept. 27.—The Alaska
Steamship Company has bought the
Great Lakes steamships Bennington
and Burlington and will bring them
around to the Pacific coast to place
them on the Alaska run by November.
It is supposed that they will hr placed
on the western Alaska run. The two
steamers are modern tteel vessel- of
two thousand, two hundred and
eighty-five tons each. They have two
decks, double bottoms and twin
screws and a length of two hundred
and forty-three feet. They were
built in 1908. Captains Fred Warner
and McMullen will bring them around
to the Pacific and will probably be
their commanders on the* regular run.
; A. D. Nash will be an outgoing
| passenger on the Admiral Evans to
I night to the states.
SAYS ALLIED DRIVE FAILS
BERLIN, Sept. 27.—The full news of the results of
the great allied drive in France is now gradually coining
in and officialdom declares that it has made no deep im
pression and that only two bents were created in the Ger
man line after weeks of preparation by the allied armies.
It is now fully believed that the Allies have begun the long
heralded offensive and that the moment has been chosen
with the object of relieving the pressure on the Russians
and to prevent the descent on the Balkans. The allied
successes in the past two days are not regarded as im
portant. On the other hand the crown prince has scored
I some considerable success in the Argonne although he has
only fifty thousand men under his command and the Allies
have far greater numbers. The British offensive in their
great drive is supposed to be Lille but they have been
repulsed everywhere except at Loos where it is admitted
one of our units had to retire because our positions were
exposed there and it was thought advisable to retire to
our second position. We admit having retired from
Souchez but we fired the place and so rendered it impos
sible for the French to occupy the evacuated positions.
The official statement issued today about the tremendous
struggle in the west is by no means complete but it con
tains the statement that in one trench alone the Germans
captured twelve hundred British, including a brigadier
general and several officers. The French losses on the
eastern part of the line alone are estimated at thirty-sev
en thousand for the two days’ fighting. These two tacts
are mentioned only to give an indication of what the full
story will tell about the allied loss. That the German
western front is now facing the fateful concentration of
the whole power of the British and French is believed and
on the result tremendous things depend.
WHAT BERLIN SAYS
BERLIN, Sept. 27.—The apparent beginning of the
much heralded general offensive of the allied armies in
the west is watched here with tremenodus interest. Up
to the present the only German reverses admitted is the
repulse of a German division at Loos in northern France
and the taking of some advanced German trenches be
tween Rheims and the Argonne forest. Those trenches
were evacuated in favor of trenches a little to the rear
owing to their exposed position. The allied losses are re
ported to have been frightful and out of all proportion to
the advantages gained. _
RUSSIANS STILL WINNING
LONDON, Sept. 27.—Simultaneously with the great
news from the western front comes the information that
the Russians have halted Hindenburgs advance in 1101 th
em Russia. It is reported today that the Slavs have taken
the offensive along two thirds of the whole front. 1 hey
have taken an enormous number of prisoners and have re
captured many villages that had fallen into the hands oi
the Teutons. Riga and Dvinsk are apparently safe.
BRITISH WARSHIP SUNK
BERLIN, Sept. 27.—One British warship was sunk
and two others were damaged by the German land bat
teries at Zeebrugge when the British fleet attempted to
bombard that city a couple of days ago, according to ie
official statement this morning. 1 he squadron was forc
ed to retreat by the land guns. The attack on Zee n ugge
is supposed to have been part of the great allied drive
along the whole front.
GREEKS CALLED HOME
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Fifty thousand Greek
reservists of the classes from 1892 to 1911 in the United
States have been called home for immediate sei v ice. e
department of state has also received advices that Bul
garia has called out all her reservists between the ages
of twenty-four and forty-three. Opinion here is that the
Balkan war is certain.