The Alaska citizen., 1915-08-16

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 MAY ABANDON NEUTRALITY. LONDON. Aug. 12-There is r-port in circulation in this city today 10 the effect that the Bull garian government is seriously con siderins the abandonment of neutral ity, providing Greece and Roumania adopt a conciliatory attitude in the negotiations which are now in pro greSs.
 SUBMARINE GONE.
 ROME. Aug. 12-The admiralty announces today that the Austrian submarine UP was sent to the bottom of the Upper Adriatic yes terday by an Italian submarine. The crew of the Austrian craft perished
 CRUISER OUT OF BUSINESS. LONDON. Aug 12-Advices re ceived in this city today report the disablement of the Turkish cruiser Sultan Selim. The warship was tor, pedoed by a British submarine in the Bosphorus and forced to make a run for nearby creek. where an attempt will be made to make tenn porary repairs.
 THEY HELPED SOME. LONDON. Aug 12-Sir Robert Borden. premier of Canada, is au- thority for the statement that the British dominions have furnished 350,000 men since the commence men of the war. Of that number. Canada has supplied S0o00 and has nearly as many more in training.
 OPERATING FROM THE REAR
 ROME, Aug. 12.-General orders have been iAsued by the commander in-chief of the Italian army pro hibiting newspaper correspondents from approaching the various Austro- Italian fronts. Journalists with the army at Cormona and those in the Udine region were requested to leave several weeks ago and the present order extends the restriction to the other fields of operations.
 THREE MORE GONE.
 LONDON, Aug. 13.-In the daily rapCrt of German submarine activi- ties in the war zone. it is announced that three British vessels were tor pedoed during the past 24 hours. the three attacks having been made in tte North sea. The victims were the steamship Summerfield and two barkS. The crews escaped TRADE FOR u. S. ROME. Aug. 13.-It is admitted by prominent officials of the Italian government that this country will need fifteen thousand tons of grain before the end of the present year, and it is expected that the United States will be asked to supply the greater paY of the amount needed. Representatives of the government ,J, I,r in, L1 awaiting instructions to place orders for large amount.
 TURKISH OATS SUNK. LONDON, Aug. 13.-The admir- alty announces that British sub marine operating in the Dardanelles destroyed two Turkish vessels to- day in the strait near the entrance to the Sea of Marmora. One of the vessels was transport and the other gunboat The loss of life is not given in the report received by the admiralty,
 EARTHQUAKE.
 AMSTERDAM, Aug. 13.-A violent earthquake is reported to have rocked wide section of Austria-Hungary today, the advices received in this city stating that much damage re Sulltu ct tI 4olS DD1Illo NlutiS separated.
 CLIMATE DIFFERENT. LONDON, Aug 13.-Birth statis- tics published in this city today show that sixty per cent of the babies born here since the commencement of the var are girls.
 Reports from Vienna show that there has been a predomirance of boys in the births which have taken place in that city during the past year.
 SHIPPING DAMAGED.
 COPENHAGEN, Aug. 13.-Accord- ing to figures which were published today. floating mines have caused damage to Danish shipping esti mated at more than $l000,000. An other million has been lost since the commencement of the war through the detention of Danish yes sells by England.
 BULGARIA MAY ENTER. SOFIA, Aug, 13-There are a variety of diplomats, representing the allies and Germany, in this city negotiating with the Bulgarian gov ernment to cutter the war Prime Minister Radoslavoff is authority for the statement that the action of the government depends entirely upon the inducements offered He says further that Bulgaria is ready to join the allies immediately after certain territory held by Serbia is ceded to this country.