The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-28
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 NEWS BY WIRE
ASOUITH TALKS PEACE.

ASoUlTH TALKS PEACE. LONDON, Aug. 21.-Germany has shown no disposition toward peace except on terms that are dishonor- able and humiliating to Great Brit ain, according 10 the statement of Premier AsQuith In the house of commons today. The statement Is made upon the assertion of Under Secretary Zeemerman, who told his people that 1t was England that was blocking peace.
 POWDER PLANT BURNS.
 MONTREAL. Aug 21.-Five were killed and six were fatally injured and eight seriously hurt in a fire that destroyed the Aetna Chemical company's powder factory at Drum mondvill0. Quebec. The fire is be lieved to have been the result of an electric spark.
 CHILE WANTS ACTloN
 SANTIAGO. Aug. 21.-The Chilean government has instructed it's min isters to sound out the United States Argentine and Brazil relative to joint action against British boycott
 PRIZE MONEY AWARDED.
 LONDON, Aug. 22.-The prize court today awarded bounty of s6O.00O to the officers and crews of the squadron of Vice-Admiral Sur dee which destroyed the German Pacific squadron in the battle off the Falkland islands.
 The money will be divided pro- rata among the crew, each man re- ceiving his share of it. depending on the position he held on the ships which composed the successful sQua. dron
 EMBARGO PLANNED.
 BERLIN. Aug 22-An apparently authentic report received from Stockholm states that Great Britain plans a blanket embargo against all goods shipped to Sweden and will permit the eXportation of goods only f in each case Sweden gives it's guarantee that the goods in question will not be re-exported.
 GERMAN BOAT SUNK.
 LONDON, Aug 22-The British admiralty tonight makes the follow ing announcement:
 Tt is believed that the German battleship Nassau has been sunk by clash with the British subma- rine E-22 in the North Sea No reports of the battle are obtainable as yet"
 KING UNDER FIRE.
 UDlNE, Italy. Aug. Fixing Vic tor Emmanuel entered Goritza today under fire from the Austrian artil- lery, which rained on Lucine bridge
 VERDUN IS IGNORED.
 PARIS, Aug. 22.-The Russian gov ernment has conferred the Cross of St. George on the city of Yer dun in recognition of it's heroic work in it's defense against the gi- eantic German attack.
 DEUTSCHLAND IN PORT.
 BERLIN, Aug. 23.-The German admiralty announced this evening that the German merchant subma- rine Deutschland had reached the mouth of the Weser today and that her cargo would be unloaded tomor- row. The Deutschland will make a second trip to the United States within fortnight.
 DEAL FALLS THROUGH. COPENHAGEN, Aug. 23-Negotia- tions for the formation of a coali- tion cabinet failed definitely this afternoon. It is expected that the upper house will reject the proposed sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States for $25.OOOOOO If such is the case, the sale cannot be made until the next autumn.
 CHANGING THE NAME
 TORONTO, Aug. 23.-An order in the council was passed today chang ing the name of the town that was once Berlin, Ontario, to Kitchener. The change in name was most wei come to the people of Kitchener. THE TOLL OF WAR.
 BERLIN, Aug. 23-In an official statement issued today by the Ger man admiralty, it is asserted that the British and French navies have lost no less than 72 ships of line, including dreadnaughts and cruis- CTS. since the commencement of the war
 The total tonnage of these vessels is fixed at 496,050 tons These were the losses of the French and Brit ish from the commencement of the war to August l, according to the statement.
 BREMEN DUE SOON. LONDON, Aug. 24-The subma- rine Bremen is reported to be well on it's way to the United States, with New York as the probable port of entry. A dispatch from Copen- hagen says that Alfred Losmann, the head of the ocean navigation company which owns the new sub- marine, has announced that he has received a message from the Ger man craft in mid-Atlantic, stating that all is we'll and that the boat will reach the United States in a few days
 ! FOREST FIRES RAGE.
 QUEBEC, Aug. PA number of villages on the Saguenay river have been wiped out by forest fires which have been raging in the district for the past two weeks. The entire district is one huge sea of flames, with the fires beyond all control.
 KAISER CONGRATULATEs.
 BERLIN, Aug. 24.-Emperor Willi- am today sent the following tele- gram to the owners of the subma- rinn reutschland:
 "It is with sincere pleasure that | l have just received the official news of the safe return of the sub. marine liner Deutschland I hearti- ly congratulate the owners and build CTS of the vessel and the brave sea. men under the command of Capt Koenig"
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