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AMERICANS AND
MEXICANS WAR
BATTLE LASTING FOUR HOURS
IS FOUGHT IN SANTA
C RUZ COUNTY.
PATAGONIA. Arizona. August 23.
—A fierce battle which lasted /or
four hours took place last night be
tween Mexicans and American
cavalrymen and cowboys in Santa
Uruz county. Three United States
troopers were killed and the number
of deaths amongst the Mexicans is
believed to have been very great.
The fighting was carried on with
rifles. Three thousand Carranzaites
are now threatening to sack San Ra
fael valley and so serious is the
menace that the women are now be
ing hurried out of this place in auto
mobiles.
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❖ AUSTK \l.IA SENDS *
❖ AN IMMENSE POKE. *
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SAN FRANCISCO. August 21.—
Shipments of gold amounting to
eighteen million dollars will arrive
from Sydney, Australia, soon. It is
announced that the shipment of gold
for the payment of the war debts of
Great Britain is safer by way of the
Pacific than by way of the Atlantic.
M M BEK OK TEX AS FLOOD
VICTIMS IS INCREASING.
Two Hunderd and Sixty People Were
killed in Various* Places
Affected.
GALVESTON. August 21.—The
latest accounts from the various
localities affected by the great storm
show that the number of people who
lost their lives is two hundred and six
ty. The loss to property in Galveston
is six million dollars and the total loss
is fifty millions.
CLOI DBCRST DROWNS MANY.
PHILADELPHIA, August 21.—A
cloudburst has inundated Shippen
burg ami many people are known to
have been drowned but the details of
the occurrence are not yet known.
COMING ON THE EVANS.
SEATTLE. August 23.—The fol
lowing are passengers on the Evans
for Seward: Thomas Doolittle and
seven steerage.
For Knik: Mrs. M. Lukwald, Min
nie Hastings, Mrs. C. West, Mrs. H.
McCutchcon, Joseph Jeffries, Marg
uerite Wood, G. McDonald and fifteen
steerage.
For Kodiak: Howard McGuilly
and wife and Marion.
OFFICERS INJURED.
SEATTLE. August 23.—The offi
cers injured by the wreck of their
auto while pursuing the Inter .rban
bandit Saturday are Deputy Sheriffs
Brewer and Hodge.
thirty thousand homeless.
ST. LOUIS, August 23.—It was
learned today that the number of
people homeless in St. Louis county
because of the floods is thirty thou
sand. The former estimate was a mis
take.
SAY AUSTRALIA SUFFERING.
PORTLAND, August 23.—A priv
ate letter received here states that
Australia is suffering owing to a
> shortage of staple products owing to
the war.
CHARLTON TRIAL IN OCTOBER.
COMO, Italy, August 21.—'The trial
of Porter Charlton has been postpon
ed until October. Charlton is the
American who is accused of killing
his wife and having thrown the body
% Into the lake here.
Torpedo Flotillal
lie lie red Close
❖ A wireless message was re- <*
❖ ceived through the Cordova sta- ♦
•> tion thifr afternoon from the tor- ♦
❖ pedo boat l’aul Jones asking as •>
to weather conditions at Seward. *•*
<• It is not known by the wireless *
❖ station where the flotilla is but
❖ it is believed that it is close to •>
❖ Seward and may arrive here at •>
❖ anytime now. ♦
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THOCSANDS FIGHTING
FI HE IN WASHINGTON.
Fall of Smoke Overhangs the Coast
for Several Hundreds
of Miles.
SEATTLE, August 23.—A pall of
smoke overhangs the whole coast
from this city to Alert bay as a re
sult of the great forest tires which
are now raging in different parts of
the state and particularly in What
com county. Thousands of ranchers
are out lighting the flames but the
damage is sure to be tremendous.
The smoke from the tires is hanging
not only over Seattle but over dis
tricts that are two hundred ami fifty
miles north of Vancouver, B. C.
SAYS THEY WILL EXTEND
COPPER RIVER RAILROAD.
Isaac Guggenheim Says They Mill
Open New Mines if Govt.
Opens Coal Fields.
SEATTLE, August 2:k—Isaac Gug
genheim stated here that the Copper
River railroad will be extended anti
new copper mines will be opened and
operated if the government opens the
Bering River coal mine**.
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❖ ELEVEN BODIES FOUND ❖
❖ IN ST. LOUIS FLOOD. *
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ST. LOUIS, August 21.—Eleven
bodies have been found already as the
flood recedes. The property loss
amounts to many millions but the
opportunity to form an exact estimate
has not yet come.
ROOSEVELT WANTS WAR
AGAINST GERMANS NOW.
OYSTER BAY, August 21.—Theo
dore Roosevelt declared today that
the time has come for action against
Germany and the United States gov
ernment will humiliate the nation if
it fails to bring the Germans to ac
count for the killing of Americans.
CHAUFFEURS OF LYNCHERS
MAY AID TO CONVICT THEM.
Had Not Been Sworn to Secrecy
When They Drove Cars at
Killing of Leo Frank.
ATLANTA, August 21.—It has
been learned that the lynchers of Leo
Frank were driven by chauffeurs who
had not been sworn to secrecy and it
is now hoped that those auto drivers
can be used to bring the slayers of
the man to justice. It has been pro
posed that the authorities offer im
munity to the drivers if they turn
state’s evidence. The feeling of all
in official life is that the lynchers
should be made to suffer so severely
that such acts will be eradicated from
the state.
SOME SLUSH.
CHICAGO, August 21.—In a suit
brought by Mrs. Olga Coombs agakwt
her husband for separate maintenance
some spicy letters were read in court
today. Mrs. Coombs says she found
letters in her husband’s pockets that
had been sent by Mrs. Hill. Those
letters were read in court and con
tained discussions about nighties and
pajamas that were being made for
“real Piggy for love.” The other
woman is a Mrs. Cora Hill, a widow
' of Los Angeles.
HUNDRED SQ.
MILES FLOODED
TWO THOUSAND NOW HOME
LESS IN ST. LOUIS AND
MANY ARE MISSING.
ST. LOUIS, August 23.—As the
days go on it is found that the floods
have created far greater havoc than
had been supposed. It is now known \
that twelve people are dead and that I
forty are missing but the fear is that
even a worse story will have to be
told when all the facts have been
ascertained. In one part of the state
one hundred square miles of country
has been inundated and in that quart
er alone the damage to property
amounts to millions. Tvso thousand
people have been rendered entirely
homeless in St. Louis county.
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❖ ALASKA OUTPUT 1914 *
❖ NINETEEN MILLIONS. *
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WASHINGTON, August 23.—The
Geological Survey department esti
mates that the output of gold, silver
and copper of Alaska for the year
1914 was nineteen million dollars.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ATTACKS PRES. WILSON.
Says the Country is Ashamed of the
Weak Notes Sent to the
German Government.
OYSTER BAY, August 23.—in a
statement given out today Theodore
Roosevelt flays President Wilson for
what he calls the failure of the presi
dent to do his duty and uphold the
honor of the nation. The colonel says
the whole country is ashamed of the
weak notes sent by Washington to
Berlin when the lives and property of
Americans have been taken.
EVERETT INTERURBAN
IS HELD UP AGAIN.
For the Third Time in a Few Weeks
Lone Bandit Gets Away
With Brigandage.
SEATTLE, August 23.—For the
third time in a few weeks the Everett
Interurban car was held up Saturday
night by a lone bandit He got away
with twenty-five dollars but made his
escape. In the chase after him a
deputy sheriff wrecked his auto and
two officials were injured.
TAFT FAVORS BIG ARMY.
PORTLAND, Oregon, August 22.—
In a speech to the press club here
yesterday, William Howard Taft,
former president, declared in favor of
a larger army and navy. He wants
the increase in both branches of the
service to be not only big but im
mediate. Mr. Taft has arrived here to
attend the Banker’s convention.
SEATTLE BUSINESS MEN
TRAINING FOR OFFICERS.
SEATTLE, August 23.—One hun
dred and five business men leave to
day for American Lake to enter train
ing in camp under army officers with
the object of preparing themselves to
qualify as offiecrs in the volunteer
army in case of war.
NINETEENTH WIDOW OF
BRIGHAM YOUNG DEAD.
SALT LAKE, August 21.—Eliza
Burgess Young, the nineteenth and
last widow of Brigham Young died
here today. She was eighty-seven
years of age.
FORESTER GRAVES IS
COMING TO COAST.
FAIRBANKS, August 21.—Chief
Forester Graves and party left for
Valdez by automobile last Wednesday.
He expressed himself convinced of the
wonderful opportunities of the north.
GERMAN SUPER-DREADNAUGHT
AND SEVEN OTHER SHIPS SUNK
FRANK FACED
DEATH BRAVELY
INNER STORY OF LYNCHING
SHOWS HE THOUGHT ONLY
OF WIFE ANI) MOTHER.
ATLANTA, August 23.—1The inside
story of the lynching of Leo Frank is
now gradually coming to be known
and it shows that he died in the most
manly and fearless way. If one had
to «um up the opinions of those who
were present in one phrase that
phrase would be that he “died game.”
He made no confession and the only
statement made by him just before
death was an expression of love for
his wife and mother.
“I love my wife and my mother
more than my own life’ are the words
said to have been used by him at the
last awful moment.
AMERICAN’S BODY FOUND.
NEW YORK, August 21.—'The
body of Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere,
who was drowned when the Arabic
was sunk, has been recovered. She
was a resident of this city and one of
the two American victims whose
death has caused the straining of the
relations between Berlin and Wash
ington again.
RUBY COURT OVER.
FAIRBANKS, August 21.—The
Ruby court term has ended and the
court left there on the twentieth.
SHOT FATHER
BY ACCIDENT
WELL KNOWN OLDT1MER KILL
ED AT KACHEMAK BY
SON’S MISTAKE.
Taken for a moose while hunting
at Katchemak Bay an old timer,
known all over Alaska as ‘‘Siwash
i Brown was accidentally shot and kill
ed by his son the other day. Mr.
Brown lor many years has carried
the mail between Homer and Illiamna.
The father and son left for Katchemak
Bay about a week or ten days ago on
a moose hunt. About four days ago
they started out from their camp and
j it seems that the father got ahead of
his son some distance. He was stoop
ing behind some brush and started to
get up, just as his son came in sight.
Mr. Brown had on a mottled colored
brown hunting suit and as he raised
his arm in the act of getting to his
feet ihe son took it for horns of a
moose and shot into the bush, hitting
his father in the heart. Mr. Brown
died instantly.
The body reached Anchorage yes
terday morning for inquest and
burial. The son is all broken up over
the tragedy. He is a young man of
about 20 years of age and was a very
close companion of his father.
PORTLAND, August 21.—Six of
1 ficials of the 0. U. S. Cashier com
i pany were convicted today in the fed
! eral court.
TURKS SUSPECT BULGARIANS
BUCHAREST, August 23—Turkey is now engaged
in strengthening three fortified positions just across the
line from the place where Bulgaria is mobilizing one hun
dred and fifty thousand troops. Adrianople is also being
well prepared and German guns and gunners are said to
have been stationed there to meet the Bulgarian on
slaught should it come.
SINKS GERMAN CRUISER
PETROGRAD, August 23—A German cruiser has
been sunk in the Baltic by a British submarine. The
names of the vessels, either that of the submarine or the
cruiser, have not been published.
DID MINE SINK ARABIC
BERLIN, August 23.—The highest naval authorities
in the empire believe that the liner Arabic struck a mine
and was not torpedoed by a submarine at all. All the
newspapers and the officials declare that Germany is
anxious for American friendship and that no ship will be
sunk without warning. No official statement has come
yet from the government on the subject and the receipt
of all the facts will be awaited before such a statement is
given out.
WASHINGTON, August 23—Important dispatches
have been received from Ambassador Page regarding the
Arabic but their contents are not for immediate publica
tion. The dispatches were received by the state depart
ment early today.
SAY BRITISH REPULSED
CONSTANTINOPLE, August 23—The repulse of
the British landing forces at Suvla bay with heavy losses
is again officially claimed by the Turkish government.
The landing and advance was attempted for the purpose
of striking the Turkish army on the left flank.
TO MAKE ENEMIES PAY
BERLIN, August 21.—Hellferich, the secretary of
the imperial treasury declared in a speech in the reichstag
today that if Germany is victorious she will impose in
demnities on her enemies and so make them pay the ex
penses of the war for the Teutonic allies as well as their
own.
BIELSK CAPTURED
BERLIN, August 21—The forces of General von
Gallwitz have captured the city of Bielsk north of Brest
Litovsk and are now advancing in a southerly direction
The capture of the city shows that our forces have forced
the Russian line near Lomaz and have driven it back
ward a considerable distance.
Italy Declares War on Turkey—Ger
mans Capture City of Bielsk—
Allies Declare Cotton Contraband
of War—Great Battle Progressing
for Possession of Brest-Titovsk.
RUSSIAN^ WIN NAVAL BATTLE
PETROGRAD, August 23.—That the great naval
battle fought last Friday in the Gulf of Riga resulted in a
glorious victory for the Russian navy, in the destruction
of several great German ships and a total Teutonic defeat
was the announcement made in the Duma last Saturday
I evening. The German fleet yvas driven completely out of
the gulf after the loss of the superdreadnaught Moltke,
three cruisers and seven torpedo boats. It is admitted
that some Russian ships were also sunk but that the
triumph was one of the greatest in naval history is made
clear by the statement of the admiralty department. The
Moltke was a vessel of 22,600 tons and a sister ship of the
Goeben which was lost in Turkish waters. She yvas built
in 1912. A later announcement yvas made for the public by
the admiralty in which it is claimed that the best German
dreadnaught and ten other German ships were sunk in
the battle of the gulf of Riga while the Russians lost only
one gunboat. The news of the victory has been received
with wild rejoicing. Thanksgiving services were held to
day in the cathedral in commemoration of the victory and
were the first thanksgiving services since tlu fall of
Przemysl.
DECLARES WAR ON TURKS
LONDON, August 23.—Italy formally declared war
on Turkey Saturday evening on the grounds that Turkey
is supporting the revolt of the people of Tripoli against
their new masters, the Italians. Italy gained possession
of Tripoli as a result of her last war with I urkey hut on
the breaking out of the great European war the Moham
medans of that colony rose in revolt against the Italians
and succeeded in driving back the Italian troops irom the
border near the Libyan desert. Italy now holds that the
Turks aided the Tripolitans and, as another cause of war,
declares that Turkey prevented the departure of Italian
subjects from Syria. Italy has handed his passports to
the Turkish ambassador and Turkey has done likewise to
the Italian ambassador in Constantinople. An Italian
army will now be sent to aid the allied forces on Gallipoli
peninsula.
GREAT BATTLE PROCEEDING
LONDON, August 23.—A tremendous battle is now
proceeding between the Russians one one side and the
Germans and the Austrians on the other for the posses
sion of Brest-Litovsk. The battle line extends along the
Bug river which runs north and south by the city and
which is well fortified by the Russians. The Russian
armies engaged are those that made their escape from
Warsaw. They are said to be a perfect cohesive force
still in spite of their rough treatment.
GERMANS VIOLATE NEUTRALITY
LONDON, August 23.—The neutrality of Denmark
was violated by the German submarine which destroyed
the British submarine that was aground in Danish waters
and a strong protest is expected from the Danish govern
ment. That our submarine, the U-13, was within the limit
when she went aground is now certain but this fact did
not prevent the Germans from firing on her disabled as
she was.
COTTON CONTRABAND
LONDON, August 23.—Great Britain formally de
clared cotton contraband of war today and France will
follow suit tomorrow. It is expected that a strong objec
tion will be lodged by the United States but the allied na
tions feel that the step was necessary for self protection.
WASHINGTON, August 23.—The United States gov
ernment will enter a protest immediately against the de
claration of cotton as contraband of war. The step taken
by the allied nations threatens the American cotton mark
et so seriously that the most determined preparations will
be made to alter the course of Britain and France. That
long negotiations will result from the declaration is sure
and the fear prevails that before the matter can be ad
justed the cotton trade of this country will be ruined.
LONDON, August 21.—The British submarine which
went aground on the Danish coast while trying to get in
to the Baltic has been destroyed by a German submarine.
Part of the crew was saved but most of the men were lost.
It is assumed that the presence of the submarine was told