The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-25
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 Before the war the Allies dominat. ed tho coal resources of England, France. Belgium and Russian Poland with an aggregate annual output of 300, ,000, poo tons; Austrian and Ger many controlled fields with an out put of 211OOO.0OO tons; Germany now also controls the Belgian coal fields which consist of thoae of Hainant Antwerp and Liege. the Pas de Calais, district of France, and the largest coal fields of Russia, located In Po- land, 80 that the proportion of dom nance is reversed.
 The fall of Warsaw places In the hands of the Germans the principal maritime shops and munition supply plans In Poland. and leaves to Rus sia no other shops nearer than those along tho Petrograd Warsaw kher- pof railway. For years the Warsaw shops, supplemented by those of Lodz and Wilma, have been the chief con tributors to the industrial develop ment in Palond and Western Russia.
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 pr. Alex CarreI of the Rockefeller the Lister Institute have discovered Institute and Dr. Henry D. Dakin, of "the ideal antiseptic," the most pow erful antisepdc heretofore has been hypochloride of lime, which is very injurious to the tissues, owing to It's aoidity, and does not keep. The de- fleets are remedied in tho now anti septic by the addition of carbonite of lime and boric acid.
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 Italian infantrymen protect them- selves against shrapnel while adyanc- ing on trenches by crawling on all fours with bags Of earth on their backs. On halting. the men con- struct temporary parapets with their bags. It was by this method that the Italians carried five miles of Aus trian trenches on Carso recently.
 Germans newspapers describe the invasion of 4S collecting centers in Berlin on August by housewives bringing brass, and copper household utensile in obedience to the orders of the government It is asserted that several hundred tons of metal were deposited in the forenoon of the first day.
 Copies of the second issue of doou- ments collected and edited by extraor- dinary commission. presided over by Senator Rrivtzoff of Russia, which in- vestigated the reports of Germany's numerous atrocities. have been sent by O special courier to President Will son and members of the American ad- ministration-
 A London cable says that the chief topic of discussion at British Cabi- net meeting on last Wednesday was conscription. which now appears cer- tain to be adopted by England during the coming autumn-about the end of October. 1t is believed.
 David Lloyd George, the British minister of munitions, says; Austria and Prussia are doing today for Rus sia what their military ancestors did for France. They are hammering Q sword that will destroy them"
 Toldo correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press says that Japan is strip ping her forts to give guns to Rus sia; that thousands of small factories and households are busy on cloth and leather for the Allied armies.
 A large proportion of the British soldiers has come to salute in mili- tary fashion the women's volunteer reserve and the women's reserve am bulance, who have adopted khaki uniforms with shoulder straps.
 A Paris special says the French have developed a land anti.aircraft gun which moves at a speed Of al- most 40 miles an hour and is ready for firing in IF minutes after being brought to a halt.
 Polish subjects are flooding the Va tican with letters urging the Pope to intervene and invite tre Russian gov. ernment to spare Poland further de- vastation.
 England is stopping all letters to Germany or Belgium, returning them to senders # the address is