IN POWER AND ilBICJ!
SUPERIORITY WILL WIN THE WAR
§
Wnsniigton, \ug. 6— According
to advice reaching the Department
o* 3***eiodsy ti»ro«gh offi<- I«-l -cha.n
cela, tw£ admissions nave publicly
Been nwtfe in Austria waich have
caused amnft;^test>on<!ei>cy t^ rough
out that'^PStpIre. *
Thj fffst~o"5e Is that man power
■will he 'the determining factor in
the ereat world war.
The second one is that of the
numerical superiorty of the Entente
power, which is admitted to be in
creasing daily.
Tb<* admissions o* the above facts
was made in the Arbeiter Zeltung
of Vienna, and that paper further
states that the French and Allied
victory on the western front
hrs visibly produced a profound im
pression among the people of Aus
tria and Germany.^ ,
HOLD 01 FSS!
London, Aug. 7.—A message
has Deen "issued ry Lloyd George
saying to the British people to
hold 'ast, because the prosepctg of
vlctorv r ere never so bright as
at the present time. This mess
age was read at uine o'clock last
night in every $lace in the> Brit"
ihs emigre where ieople were as
sembled;
London."Wednesday. — The Brit
ish ambulance shio Wasilda was
sunk by a German submarine early |
today, announces the British ad
miralty'this afternoon.
One hundred Drrsons, including
several American* aie reported to
bs misafip. _ __
mwiss RAID
London, Tuesday.--German aero
clanes raided the east coast of'
England! last night. Dut little dam
age was done. One of the German
zeppelme was shot down by British
anti-aircraft guns. '
ALASKA I He
LAI OF
Seattle, Aug. 6.—The Twelfth
Reserve Banks district's official fig
ures as forwarded from San Fran
cisco tto Kenaeth C. Kerr today
shows that in the Third Liberty
Loan drive Alaska has won out over
the oercentage per capita for sud
»ubsci lotions.
The figures show that the Terri
tory o' Alaska . according to its
quota . oversubscribed the amount
allotted to it with a record of j
353.5S per ceut.
The national subscription over
the amount called for was 139 per- i
cent ,and the Twel'th district over
subscriedb its quota 136 percent.
These figures show that the peo- |
pie of Alaska led «he United States
in boad suscriptions in the Third I
Liberty Loan bond sales.
Berlin, Wednesday.—The Ger
man war office announced ^ this
morning that there Is nothig of
importance to report from the bat
tle «*ront in Franc?.
Halifax, Tuesdar. — The British
schooner. Glady J. Holland. was .
torpedoed by a German submarine
orf the Nova Scot'a coast, but the^
crew landed safely.
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Par's Wednesdays—French troops
have reached the west banki of the
Avre. river between BrAcpes and t
Morisel north of Montdidier.
North of the Vesle the German
forces have been sepulsed'ln their
efforts to dislodce the •> French
troops and the American units which
have crossed the river from ' the
south hank.
American Armies, Tuesday.- —
There was hard fighting along tne j
entire line on the Veflle today/ The I
fighting enemies ara holding the
heights along the ncrtn bank, and
he has incrqfwed artillery as.
well as his machine gun, which j
sweep the river crossings.
The American artillery is pound- .
lng the Boche's oosltion, and ad- [
ditionplAllied infantry have crossed
the river.
With British Armies Jti Franoe,
Wednesday.'— The readjustment of
Rupprecht's line; especially his
aoandonment of the nlateau on the
west bank of the Avre river, and
his retirement from Montdidier to
the confluence of the Luce river
is looked upoh as a most signifi
cant move on his part, as the pla
teau Just abandoned gave to hlm
a complete oDservation point of
tne entire valley of the Noye river
a? well as the Amiens-Paris rail
way which runs through this valley.
P8ris, Tuesday.- — The Allied
forces continue*} their pursuit of
the enemy today, and only a few
German troops remain on the south
sid« of the:' Vesle.
Reports from the field head
BELIEVE TEfflff
i1
quarters state that the Allied hold^'
the entire southern bank of the'i
Vesle between Fismes and Rhetms.
American Army on Vesle, Tues
day. — The Germans facing the
American forces along the Vesle','
ar« being hammered with th6 intend
sity of the French srd American ar
tillery fire late today
The Germans are employing flame
projectors as well as machine guns, I
and the American iines were sub- I
jected to a heavy «'re from the Ger- j
man lo5 guns and the enemy also '
raked the hill tons with various
kinds of gas and shells from their '
big guns.
The duel became so violent that I
observation was difficult and maps
had to he used in directing the
operations of the American and
French artillery.
Paris Tuesday.—From the south
bank of the Vesle river, the French
artillery laid down a terrific fire
on th« taDle land between the Vesle
and the Aisne rivers, where the
enemy is holding stubbornly to Its
positions in that distrct.
At 'he same time that the French
artillerv trained their big guns on
the enemy's positions the French |
and American aviators flew over
the enemy forces and dropped
many bombs on the pontoons Which |
had been thrown across the •
Aisne by the Germans, and many 1
of these were destroyed.
The French forces are quietly
holdinc their positions awaiting <
the arrival of more artillery which
Is being brought up, before at*"
tempting further advances in
fatrce.
BELIEVE TEw
f
Late arrivals from Whitehorse i
Dring news of «tho disappearance
or T. v Curran, known to every
body in that country as "Tefldy" •,
Curran, who has not been Been,
since late last Thursday night.
Mr. Curran, who fo4- several years
past has been mining recorder at ,
Whitehorse, succeeded to the;
position of assistant gold commis- f
eioner with the departure of R. C. ji
Miller about four months pgo.
At the time of Mi*.'Currant dis- j
appearance last Thursday night he
had teen drinking heavily for up- j
■ward of two weeks, the first for '
•everal months. Ho left the com
mercial hotel at 11:SO o'clock that''
eight and, it is now generally be4 j i
lieved, walked deliberately to the
river 'nto which he threw himself, j
Diligent search Dy the police and j
citizens as well has Blncgd failed to (
throw any light on the matter of j
his whereabouts and all hope that j
"Teddy" Curran Kill ever again
be seea alive baa been abandoned.
As the water in the river at'White- |
horse »e higher at. present than j
at any tim0 for ssveral jresrrs, his I
»ody *•< likely somewhere in .Lake
Letxar^e ere this and the opportuni- ,
lieg for Us ever being recovered j
ire few.
"Teddy" Curran was a familiar i
Mgure 4n Whitehorte and vicinity j
'or many years. Before accepting
i position with the government he i
liad oeen employed for years as :
JOOkK.eeper by mercantile concerns'
md for several yeais was in the em
ploy o" Whitney & Pedlar and lat- j
sr with Taylor, Drury, Pedlar & Co. j
\s an accountant he had few if
my; superiors In the north. He Was j
iDout years of age and unmar- |
•led. He was a native of News j
3runswick, where relatives still i
reside. |
8 !0 45 TEARS!
Washington, Wednesday.—A bill'
Sxing the ages for the new draft |
it 18 years to 45 inclusive will j
>e intrduoed into both branches of
:ongress when congress re-convenes
jn the 19th of the present month.
In » statement made by Provost
Marshal Crowder which was sub
caitted by senator chamberlain.
General Crowder suggests Septem
ber fifth as the date for registra
tion ?f the bill passes the branches j
of congress.
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Amsterdam, Wednesday. — Re
ports which have oeen received
her© indicate that there baa been
a revolt of German sailors at Wii
holmshayea in protest' against the
continuation of the submarine war.
I It is reported thai propagandists
among the men incited the Bailors
about to leave, on submarine cruis
es to attack their officers and
then eurrender their ships or *eefc
an opportunity to either sink them
or get tnemselyes interned in nen
tral harbors.
The report Btates that fifty »ulr
marines have disappeared, s
Later.—A' report has Just been **
received here stating that tw#Stjr,r
three of the leaders of the Ger*
man suomarine mutiny hare been
shot. ■,
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o/.UUU UArlUhtU
Paris, Wednesday. — The an
nouncement was made by President
Poincaire before th« council of
French ministers fbia morning that
the number of captured Germans in
the Allied counter offensive which
3aved Paris is 37,000. 700 cannon
have Deen captured and vast
mounts of stores and war muni
tions.
In the offensive against the ene
my the Allies have reconquered 200
pillages, and have destroyed the
German Crown Prince's highest
tiopes.
1,000 GUNS TAKEN
London, Wednesday. -— The Brit
ish war office Announced this morn
ing that since the beginning of the
Serman Tetreat from the Mam« sec
tor the Allies have captured 1,
)00 guns, thousands of machine
suns and over a million rounds of
irtillery ammunition. This is ac*
:onling to a renort received from
the front this afternoon.
casualties reported
Washington,W 6dneaday. — The
army and marine corps casualties
lnnounced today gives a list of
871 names. The list gives the
names of 123 men who were killed
n action: or died from wotinds and
571 men were severely wounded,
while 269 men were slightly wound
ed. 1
Washington, Wednesday. — A
second casualty list is announced
for Monday from *ae French front,
i»d givfis a list of two hundred and
ninety ning names, who were killed
In battle or died from wounds.
The list for- today gives a li£t
if 498 names, including 47 killed
m(I 3-31 severely wounded.
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RERHISW
Paris, Wednesday. — Th®"' de-*'
termined attack "which the Ger*
mans have been delivering against
the Allied advance guards north of
:he Vesle river naa failed to dis
turb the temporary stabilization of .1
:he Vesle front. The Allied com- «
mend ia continuing to maintain
the ^Initiative in their operation*..
In the capture of Fismea-anD
Vesle the Allied forces took seven
teen 4.'g guns. ,
Washington, Wednesday. — The
Diamond Shoals lightship, off Cape
Hatteras, was shelled and aunlc by
i German submarine early this
morning. *
The submarine came within half
i mile of the beach before it open
sd fire on the lightship.
The crew o< the lighship took to
their boats and reached shore ia
safety.
m BACK w
With British Army in France,
ruesday. — The German troopa ■:
■tr© retreating towards the Aiane
ina. h^ve abandoned their positions
along the Ancre and Avre rivers*
also near Givenchy.
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