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The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
YESTERDAYS REVIEW
 OF SITUATION

PARIS, Aug. 31.-There was some consolation in the announcement yes terday through few brief bulletins issued by the War Office reciting var ious victories by the allied forces at unnamed sections of the northern bat tleline, but the hope that they arous- ed was dlssipated by further orders for continued preparations for seize of Paris.
 Germans Advancing.
 The German advance from the north reached Guise, in the Department of Aisne, Saturday, but they were forced back from there. However, the French and British again fell back. and are now 40 miles from Maubeuge. where the Germans gained consider. able victory over the British earlier in the week. It is believed that the Germans will proceed along the route leading through Lafere, 10 miles south of Guise, and thus avoid the fortifi- cations at Laon. the capital of the De- pertinent. Buildings In Vicinity of Forts must
 be Destroyed.
 The fateful order which caused yes terday to be the most depressing Sun day in Paris since the opening of the war was the demand for the destruct- ion of all buildings outside the forts and within range of their guns which might give cover to the troops of an approaching army. That such an or. der must be looked for was stated
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
IF CANADA WERE ATTACKED.

A curious perverted notion of the Monroe Doctrine is found in various letters to newspapers written by cor respondente who assume that the United States would not permit a German attack upon Canada if such an attack were possible.
 There is nothing in the Monroe Doc Urine that would prevent German troops from marching from one end of Canada to the other if they could get there. If Germany tried to annex Canada, that would be Q different mat ter. The Monroe Doctrine does not apply to war. It applies to the alien ation of territory.-New York World.
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TEN MILLION MEN
 ARE UNDER ARMS

WASHINGTON. Aug. 31.-An ex- pert in the United States army esti- mates that there are now under arms in Europe 10,0OO,OOO men; and that number will be doubled if the war shall continue for six months. It costs S2.5O day per man to keep the Bal kan armies in the field, and it is be- lieved that 1t costs more In the pres ent war on account of the greater dis tances armies have to be moved, and the greater proportionate use of artil' lery, cavalry. ships of war. aeroplanes, automobiles and other modern meth ods.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
AUSTRIAN CRUISER IS
 DIsMaNTLED IN ORIENT

WASHINGTON, Aug. S1. = Official notice has been received by the Unit ed States that the Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth has been dismant- led in Asiatic waters in accordance with an agreement between Japan and Austria. Under the agreement the cruiser now becomes neutral until af- ter the war and will be permitted to lie unharmed in neutral port.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
RUSSIANS USING RAIL
 ROADS.

London, Aug. 31.-Dispatches from St. Petersburg today say that the Russians are taking up the German railways in East Prussia and relaying them to conform to the gauge of the Russian railroad system so that Russian rolling stock may be used upon them.
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ONE ARMY
 CORPS LOST
 BYGERMANS

Paris, Aug. 31.-An American newspaper correspondent, wiring from Amiens, says French artil- Iery from intrenched positions is killing men in a manner that ''staggers the minds of witness es, and cannot be conceived by those who have not witnessed it."
 He adds:
 But in spite of it all, the Ger mans press forward and contin- ue to gain ground"
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BRITISH CAPTURE
 SAMOA

LONDON, Aug. 31.-The of fcial information bureau an nounced this morning that a New Zealand expedition has captured Apia, Samoa. The town surrendered to the British forces from New Zealand Aug ust 29th.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
SEVEN DIE WHEN
 LAUNCH CAPSIZES

HooUIAM, WASH. Aug. S1.-Seven persons were drowned yesterday when the launch Seaboard capsized in Gray's Harbor with pleasure party. The dead are:
 EDWARD MILLER.
 MRS. EDWARD MILLER.
 W. H. TUCo.
 MRS. A. R. BARKLEY.
 LOUIS CAPELLO.
 TWO UNKNOWN.
 Those whose names are given were all residents of Aberdeen.
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BALKAN NATIONS
 MAY ENTER CONTEST

LONDON, Aug. S1.-Reports from Constantinople indicate that the Bal kan nations will enter the general con flict in Europe during the present week. It was announced yesterday that:
 "You may expect Turkey to join forces with Germany at any moment, and a union of the Balkan States to join in engaging her"
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J. M. BRINK, LEADING SEATTLE
 BUSINESS MAN, IS DEAD

SEATTLE, Aug. S1.-J. NJ. Frink, president of the Washington Iron Works, member of the park board and prominent in business, politics and civ ic affairs, died this morning. He was formerly a member of the State Sen ate and was the Republican candidate for Governor against John R. Rogers in 1900, and was defeated.
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GERMANY SENDING TROOPS
 FROM WEST TO EAST

LONDON, Aug. S1..-Germany has dispatched 16O railway train loads of troops through Belgium from the southwest to the east for the purpose of stemming the advance of Russia in. to Germany in the northeastern DOT ton of Prussia. The indications are that the troops have been withdrawn from the Mouse.
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LONDON coNFlMs NEWS
 OF NEW ARMY IN FIELD

LONDON, Aug. 31.-The British and French armies are now in new en. trenchments within the territory of France. and prepared for defense or ofTense as the circumstances might ap- peal to the strategists in charge of the operations.
 France has formed an entirely new army of a quarter of a million men which will take the offensive against the enemy's right.
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WAR RISK BILL IS
 PASSED BY CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, Aug. S1. = The bill creating the Federal bureau of war risk American insurance and creating a fund for its control amounting to S5,OOO, ,OOO passed both houses of Con 'gress Saturday afternoon. The bill now goes to the President.
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RIOTERS DYNAMITE
 BUTTE MINE OFFICE

BUTE, Mont, Aug. S1.-The employ ment offices of the Parrot mine were dynamited last night. and the State troops have been called out.
 Gov. Sam V. Stewart has charge of the situation, and says he will main tain peace and order.
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FAIRBANKS WOMAN DIES
 ON STEAMSHIP ALAMEDA

SEATTLE, Aug. S1.-Mrs. c. M. Dur. chia, of Fairbanks. died on the Ala meda yesterday as that steamship was proceeding south. The Alameda arrived here at a. m. Saturday with the dead woman. Notification of her death has been forwarded by wire less telegraph
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1,OOO,OOO ENGAGED.

Rome, Aug. 31. = Dispatches from Austrian headquarters on the Sereb state that 100000 men are engaged in battle on the Austrian-Russian frontier.
 The battle line extends from the Vistula river to the Dneister river, more than 100 miles.
 The Russians have penetrated more than 20 miles into Aus trian territory.
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GERMANS LEAVING ANT
 WERE.

London, Aug. 31.-Dispatches from Antwerp say that the pro vince of Antwerp and a large part of that of Lumburg is free of the enemy, the Germans hav- ing withdrawn them since the beginning of the activity of the Belgians operating from Ant werp.
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GERMANS AND AusTRlANs
 SENDING SIEGE GUNS IN
-.-Al--

ROME, Aug. S1-word that comes from Basel, Switzerland, is that a great quantity of heavy seize artillery is accompanying the five army corps Of Germans and Austrians that cross cd the Rhine at that place.
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GERMANS TAKE 3O,OOO
 PRISONERS.

Berlin, Aug. 31.-It is official ly announced that 3O,OOO Rus sians have been taken prisoners in East Prussia by the Germans there during the fighting there.
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SOUTH PACIFIC FRENCH
 GREET ALLIED FLEET

SYDNEY, Australia. Aug. S1. = A newspaper published at Nouemla, capi- tai of French New Calidonia. says:
 Enthusiasm prevailed here upon the arrival of a squadron of French and British cruisers en route to New Zealand" It added the quotation of the commander of the expedition as saying:
 "we do not know where we are go- ing"
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RUSSIA CONTINUES
 VICTORIES

St. Petersburg, Aug. S1.-The War Office this afternoon an nounced that the Russian army in Germany continues to gain victories, and that the advance of the troops has not been in- terfered with.
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ENGLISH SAILORS SAY
 ELEVEN CRUISERS SUNK

LONDON. Aug. S1.--The crews of the English ships that were engaged in the recent North sea naval battle say that practically the entire Ger man cruiser fleet was engaged by the British and that the action extended from near cuxhaven to Helgoland, and that the Germans lost Il cruisers.
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DEFEAT AUsTRIANs.

St. Petersburg, Aug. 31.-It is announced that the Russians have defeated the Austrians near Amoscoe with terrific loss.
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DANzIG POPULATION FLEE
 ING.

London, Aug. 31.-A Reuter- dispatch says the population of Danzig, East Prussia, is fleeing to Berlin panic stricken to avoid the Russian occupation.
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LoUyAIN'S DESTRUCTION
 DISTRESSES VATICAN

ROME, Aug. S1.-The news of the destruction of Louvain, Belgium, by the Germans has caused great distress at the Vatican. Louyain was cen ter for Catholic students.
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LONDON, Aug. 31.-A diplo- matic correspondent of the Chronicle wires from Constan- tinople that though the British government warned her that if she starts anything at this time she is signing her death war rant, Turkeys declaration of war, is a matter of only a few days and possibly of hours. That she has irrevOcably committed herself to Germany to join in the war is believed to be the fact.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
GENERAL BATTLE IS
 ON AGAIN

PARIS, Aug. The War office announced tonight that another general engagement is on this afternoon along the whole French and German lines both in the north and in front of Lorraine.
 The French were ag- gressOrs against Lor- raine, and are fighting throughout the VOsges mountains. The Min ister of War said:
 ''The fighting is pro- greSSlng all along our northern lines, with the enemy doing his utmost to break our lines of defense. France has determined to cali out 100000 more troops, but they cannot bemobilized in less than six weeks"
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
GERMANS GET REINFORCE
 MENTS.

London, Aug. Silt is an nounced officially that a large number of German reinforce ments have arrived on the Prus- sian frontier.
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ALLIES TRY TO STOP.

London, Aug. 31.-The Brit ish and French have gathered every available man and gun and crowded them into Northeast France for the purpose of stop ping the advance of the German army which is believed to be on the road to Paris.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
FORMER GERMAN CRUISERS FULL PLEDGED TURKS

BERLIN, Aug. S1.-The former Ger man cruisers Goeben and Breslau have arrived at Constantinople and have received their Ottoman officers and crews.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
ALASKA COAL LEASING
 BILL UP IN HOUSE

Washington, Aug. 31. - The House began the consideration of the Alaska coal land leasing bill this afternoon.
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GERMAN LOSS GREATEST
 IN HISTORY.

Amiens, Aug. 31.-The Ger man advance is continuing but at a sacrifice of life unequalled in the history of warfare.
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CANADIANS TO GIVE
 CHEESE TO BRITAIN

QUEBEC, Aug. S1.-The Quebec pro vincial Cabinet has offered the i'm perial military authorities 100000 pounds of Canadian cheese for the use of armies.
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BEGIN CoNCIAvE TO
 ELECT NEW POPE

Rome, Aug. 31.-The conclave for the election of new Pope was inaugurated today.
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Berlin, Aug. 31. - It is an- nounced that 100000 Germans have volunteered their services to the country to assist in re- polling the Russian invasion.
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KAISER SENDS ROASTING
 TELEGRAM TO THE GEAR

COPENHAGEN, Aug. S1.--It is un- derstood that the Kaiser has recently sent personal telegram to the Czar calling him an "Asiatic barbarian"
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PIONEER SEATTLE WOMAN
 DIES AT THAT PLACE

SEATTLE, Aug. S1-Mrs. Mary J. Cole, aged 90 years. who crossed the plains to the Pacific Coast in 1S4O, died here yesterday.
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LONDON, Aug, S1.-Nothing has. been heard recently from the Russian column that was last reported as ad- yancing toward Posen, the German fortress on the Warthe river.
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sEArrLE WOMAN KILLS

CHILD ANU HERSELF SEATTLE, Aug. S1.-Believing that her child was fatally sick, Mrs. Christ Meyers drowned herself and fve-year- old daughter, Lenora, yesterday.
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WILLIAM oRENsHAw DIES

Haines, Aug. S1. = William orenshaw was found dead in bed this morning at Wells by Tim Vogel. An inquest will be held.
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FRENCH ARE FOOLED.

London, Aug. 31.-A cores pondent of the Chronicle at Amiens wires:
 "It is pitiful to write that while the Germans are advanc- ing necessarily, the rest of France believes they are being held at the frontier"
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-31
KAISER SAYS TAKE
 PARIS OR ALI DIE

s LONDON, Aug. S1, - The s Kaiser's orders to his army . when the advance upon Paris
 s was ordered, according to off F cers and soldiers who have
 . been captured, were:
 s "You will take Paris or all E Germany will die in the at tempt"
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THE wEA1HER TODAY.

Twonty.tour hours ending at , ?. m.: Maximum. 54. Minimum, 46. Precipitation, .S1. Cloudy; rain.
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LOSSES IN NAVAL
 ENGAGEMENT

. LONDON. Aug. S1.-Twenty- !. nine killed and 3S wounded is
 the official statement of the loss . to the British naval forces in . the North Sea engagement
 near Heligoland. The two Ger
 . man cruisers that were sunk
 . had crews numbering 1000, and S3O were saved.
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London, Aug. 31. - A state ment issued from the French embassy indicates that the AL lies today fell back on Lafere, 20 miles nearer Paris.
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RUSSIANS WIN HAND TO
 HAND FIGHT.

London, Aug. 31.-The Chron- icle's St. Petersburg correspond ent says that the Russians pur- sued the fleeing Germans right into the very fortresses of Koen- igsberg and succeeded in the confusion of the hand to hand fighting in gaining the fortress es right on the heels of the enc my, and thus securing the com mand of the city.
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TRENCH MAY MOVE
 CAPITAL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31---France is consider ing the advisibility of removing the seat of government from Paris to Bordeaux, as a pre- cautionary measure, according to official dispatches received this evening.
 LONDON, Aug. 31- The Germans are ad- vancing in force tonight within sixty miles of Paris.
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ST PETERSBURG, Aug. S1.-With a long battle front, resembling an open fan extending from the Dneister river valley in Austria far into Northeastern Prussia the Russian army is fighting the combined armies of Austria and Germany. The Russian advance, which appeared as several armies, has been connected up with the rein forcements until 1t is now virtually d solid phalanx crowding with ap' parently irresistible force against the two Empires.
 Austrians Reinforced.
 The. three Austrian army corps that were defeated in the preliminary fight ing along the Bug and Lud rivers with their centers at zlocow and Tarnapol bave been heavily reinforced and arc now cooperating with the German forces that were driven back from Allenstein.
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ALLIES TRY TO STOP
 ADVANCE
Paris, Aug. 31-The French are forwarding 100000 fresh troops in an effort to stop the advance of the German army.

Paris, Aug. 31.-The Minister of War announces that it has been decided to call out the class of 1914 ahead of time and thus secure 100000 more troops for the army. He will also call out the active reserves and the eld- est classes of the territorial re- serves.
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Middletown transcript., 1914-02-21
Comes Up On Interpolation.

Berlin.-The matter of other powers
Ieing indirectly requested to keep out
of Mexico came up in the Reichstag
on an Interpolation by two of the Ma
tional Liberal leaders as to whether
Provisional President Huerta had
made representations to Germany in
regard to the raising of the embargo
on arms by the United States"
The Interpolation was replied to by
DR.. Alfred Zimmerman, Under Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, who
said the United States Government,
when it informed Germany of the rails
ing of the embargo, had expressed the
conviction that nobody outside of Mex
leo could effect settlement of that
country's difficulties.
The restoration of peace in Mexico,
Dr. Zimmerman said, could be hoped
for only if the Mexican parties were
allowed to fight out their quarrels
without interference, and the raising
of the embargo merely gave American
citizens the same right Of selling arms
as was enjoyed by other nations.
The Under Secretary informed the
House that measures had been taken
to protect Germans in Mexico and de-
clared that Mexico would be held fully
for all their property
losses.
Middletown transcript., 1914-02-21
President Wilson's Tribute.

Washington, D. C.-When President
Wilson heard of Senator Bacon's death
he was sitting at his typewriter. He
wrote the following statement on his
machine and issued it to the press:
"AI who knew Senator Bacon will
sincerely deplore his death. 1t de-
prives the Senate Of one of its oldest
and most experienced members, a man
who held with something like rever-
ence to the traditions of the great
body of which he was so long a part
and who sought in all that he did to
maintain it's standards Of statesman
ship and service. The great State of
Georgia will greatly miss her distin-
guished son and servant. My own as
sociation with him had been of the
most cordial and, to me, helpful sort.
particularly profted by his expert
ence in foreign affairs"
Middletown transcript., 1914-02-21
WORLD TOLD
TO KEEP OUT
Mexico Must Settle Her Own
Difficulties, Says Bryan.
R-ICHsTAG IS INFORMED
State Department For the Present
Declines To Enter Into Cues
tion OF Liability For
Losses.

Washington. - While admitting its
accuracy Secretary Bryan declined to
discuss further the statement by the
German Under Secretary of State to
the Imperial Parliament that Germany
had been notified by the United States
that nobody outside of Mexico could
enforce settlement Of that country's
present difficulties.
The view that the Mexican factions
should be allowed to adjust their diff
ferences free from outside interfer-
ence was expressed when the Ameri-
can Government gave notice to the
world powers that its embargo against
the expectation of arms to Mexico had
been raised.
Officials pointed out that similar ex-
pressions had been communicated re-
peatedly to other powers when their
diplomatic representatives asked what
the United States intended to do in
regard to Mexico.
The question of Mexican RESPONSE
bility for losses sustained by foreign
ers resident in Mexico as a result of
the revolutionary disturbances is one
which at present the State Depart
ment declines to enter upon. It was
suggested that the German Under Sec
retary expressed only the German view
when he said assurances had been
given that all losses would be in
Identified The history of past revo-
lutionary movement in the Western
presents some contradic-
tions of doctrine in this regard and the
disposition Of the officials is to leave
such matters to be adjusted after the
present revolution is ended.
Middletown transcript., 1914-02-21
SENATOR BACON'S
DEATH A SHOCK
To His Colleagues by the Unex-
peCted News.
GREAT LOSS TO PRESIDENT,
AS Chairman Of the Foreign Affairs
Committee He Represented the
President In Important Mat
ters Now Pending.

Washington, D. C.-Augustus Oc-
tavius Bacon, United States senator
from Georgia for nearly 10 years and
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee since the ascendancy of
the Democratic party March 4, 1913,
died in hospital here after an illness
of ten days. He was the first United
States senator elected by direct vote
Of the people under the Seventeenth
Constitutional Amendment.
Though Senator Bacon had been
seriously i'll with kidney trouble and
complications developing from a
broken rib, his death was unexpected.
The immediate cause of the Sen
ator's death was diagnosed as blood
clot in the heart.
In the absence of Senator Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, Senator Overman
was notified and proceedings in the
Senate were abruptly halted when the
North Carolina Senator announced the
death. A brief resolution of respect
was adopted and the Senate adjourned.
L
branch of Congress in years is more
widely deplored than that of the senior
Senator from Georgia. His long serv-
ice, his loyalty to the Democratic
party and his usefulness as the chair
man of one of the most powerful COM
mittees of the Senate made his pass
ing felt with keen sense of personal
loss at the White House, at the Capitol
and elsewhere throughout the city.
For Is years the Georgian had been
a member of the Foreign Relations
Committee. He had studied the prob
lens of that period as closely perhaps
as any man who sat in the Senate in
his time. And in his debates on the
floor he showed his clear insight into
the complications between the United
States and other governments.
1t is for this reason, among others
that the Administration feels bereaved.
The Senate itself also is conscious of
a distinct loss. That body had no
more consistent defender of its dignity,
It's prerogatives, its functions than Sen
ator Bacon. One Of his last con-
revolved around that very
matter. He demanded that Senators
be given precedence over members of
the Cabinet on all official occasions,
On the theory that Senators are created
by the Constitution, whereas Cabinet
officials are mere creatures of Con-
gress.