The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-23

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 Dr. Karl Bachem of Cologne has contributed an article to the Cologne Volkszeitung suggesting that the ex- tent of American exports of munitions of war has been exaggerated in cer- tain quarters for the specific purpose of provoking war between Germany and the United States
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 The British Trades Union Con- gress. representing S,OOO,OOO organiz- ed workmen. on Friday rejected by an overwhelming vote resolution calling upon Parliament to formulate and advocate the terms of peace sat isfactory to the working class.
 John c. simon of Boston. Europ- can manager for Rice & Hutchins. who was detained by military authori- ties in Moscow on suspicion that he was a spy, has been released.
 The passage of civilians from Aus tria to Sitzerland and Roumania has been temporarily suspended All the crossings to Germany have been clos ed. with three exceptions.
 A Bordeaux dispatch declares that German submarines recently active in the Bay of Biscay have been securing their oil supplies from Spain.
 A wireless report says a German submarine is operating off Cape Fin istere, Spain.
 The British army up to August 30, lost 15,S4O officers of whom 4,79O were killed
 General von Bissing. military gov ernor of Belgium. has issued an or der providing for punishment of ev- cry person "who, without adequate reason, refuses to undertake to carry on work of public interest demanded by the German authorities"
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 In @ military debate in the Ger man Reichstag, a member of that or ganization pleaded for the employ ment of milder language by non-com- missioned instructors in barracks. It was declared that the drill masters language unnecessarily humiliates the older recruits.
 J. Fl. Heinhard of East Orange N. J., has invented a net for the protec- tion against submarines which has been offered to Great Britain and which he believes is the basis of the device now used by the Allies to keep the Germans out of channels
 A Boston Globe London dispatch gives an account by an exchanged Irish prisoner of an attempt to form an Irish brigade for the German ar my among 2OOO Irish prisoners, which resulted in only 50 consenting to the proposition.
 The Italian government has taken sweeping measures to control the industries concerned with the produc- tion of war munitions Not only the metal industries, but other enterpris- es related to the output of munitions,( are included.
 The establishment of special fac tories to manufacture shells will be part of the increased aid that Japan has decided to give her Allies. The deaails of the plans have been dis cussed with Premier Okuma by am bassadors of the Entente Powers.
 In Turkey the shortage of rifles is serious. Turkey expected SOO,0OO lMauser rifles from Germany and Aus tria. but they did not arrive owing to the opposition of Roumania. The Turks in some cases are fighting on- ly with knives.
 Dr. Frederick Sefton, returned from England. believes the war will last more than three years. He says: England expects to lose 100000 men and to expend outside of the loans she is now making. S5.OO0,OOO,OOo."
 In the fighting on the Gallipon pen insula in the last eight days there have been nearly 500 casualties among the officers of the British fore es, Australians and New zealanders bearing the brunt of the losses, Q dis patch from Paris announces.
 The Germans on their entry into Warsaw liberated 40 political prison CTS from the Warsaw citadel, who had despaired of ever regaining their free dom The majority were Russian so- cialists.
 You saw 1t first in The Empire.
 Two s65 buck ranges, like new, spe-