The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1915-09-14

LONDON Sept. 1.-THE immediate objective of the Teu
tonic plan of campaign becomes clearer with the growing nd
cations that the invaders in Russia need Riga as base for
operations the direction of Perograd and for winter
quarters the advance Perograd must be postponed
the spring Hndenberg is experiencing great difficulty in
bridging portions of the Dvna headwater the currents too
swift for the construction of uontoon bridges and they
constantly subjected the Russian artillery fire. AS the
arrives the difficulty of bringing supplies to his troops
will be increased for Hndenberg and the seizure of Riga
therefore vital to his ultimate the fruits OF the long
hard campoign he has just pass through will be lost
LONDON Sept 6-The fighting on both wings of the east
front proceeding with much greater vgor than the fight
ing the center where the invaders apparently having
great difficulty in crossing the ckess in the center
expeditions of troops out of the question: and the
carrying Of heavy artillery is impossible in the soft muck OF
the ground which absolutely roads Along the
Gaan front the fighting from side to the other and
the advantage changes almost daily without any percepbe
change being made the lines of both armies The main often
of the Teuon still with the north flank of the at
lacking along the Dvna under command of General Hin
denberg The Ttons still hold the bridge head the Dvina
at Fercstad which captured last week. but have lost
the Lennewada brdgehead further down the river in the dree
ton of Riga The battle progressing vigorously but in
decisivey.
LONDON Sept THE Allan Hersperian $1,000 TONS
torpedoed off the Irish coast Saturday by German
submarine From advces far received learned that the
attack the Hesperan made without warming and that
the ship oated "a after the attack All the passengers
and reported to be saved The boat bound to
Montreal from Liverpool and had board $50 passengers and
a of 300.
WASHINGTON, Sept when the news of the torpedo
ing of the Hesperan received at Washington President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing Immediately notified of
the but declined discuss the matter for the
High officials in the government expressed their establishment
at the attack if is reported made without warming
and they that such thing nconceivabe For German
submarine commander to torpedo peaceful passenger liner
without warning in view of the recently expressed attitude
the German would be such violation of good faith
the part the Berlin government that ofciadom Wash
ngton refuse believe it until authentic information is
secured There were two Americans among the
WASHINGTON, Sept. THE United States will take mol
Of ntutto
the submarine question: unless clearly shown that
the sinking the Hesperan violated the promise communicated
to the State Department by Ambassador Won Berstor Both
the President and Secretary Lansing have accepted the
of the Berlin Foreign Office at their face value and will
evidence the question of whether not the
Hesperan warned before the torpedo fred whether
she attempted escape The commanding officers Of the Hes
peran have sent joint affidavit to the State Department de-
carng that fragments of steel which fell the deck Of their
boats that shows that there be doubt but what the Hes
perian sunk with torpedo.
LONDON Sept THE London papers freely comment on
the submarine attack the Allan lined Hesperan and take the
view that the German has broken its faith with
America.
LIVERPOOL Sept Information has been received from
the Allan liner Hesperan that thirteen passengers and four of
the persisted result of the topedong of the vessel by
German submarine.
WASHINGTON Sept THE State Department, at the re-
quest of President Wilson, making dgent inquiry into the
facts of the sinking of the Hespen The question has been
raised to whether the ship sunk by torpedo
and the American representatives in London and Berlin have
been notified all evidence available the matter
Trade Union Congress Against Consumption.
BRISTOL Sept THE British Trade Union Congress be-
gan it's sessions in this city today and they being watched
with considerable interest forecastng of the attitude of
British labor towards the present is predicted James
Seldom the chairman of the Congress- opened the convention in
notable speech wherein he urged trade unonists in England
to prepare for resumption of world wide in the
test between capital and labor
BRISTOL, Sept 1.-THE second of the sessions Of the
British Trade Union Congress marked by the passage
resolution which unanimously adopted protesting against
CONSUMPTION The passage of the greeted with
great cheering and the sentiment of the body clearly
pressed in the memorial which will be forwarded to the
eminent The Congress also declared in favor the govern
ment taking all the railroads Of the kingdom and operat
ing them permanently instead of They said
that the experience in managing the roads during
the war justified the naturalization of the rail lines