Fifteen Thousan trians Slain by Servians
Enormous French Army Prsssing Germans Hard in Alsace
Reported Belgians Evacu Liege Forts; Then Dynamite Them
German Crown Prince Seriously ded in Belgium -Kaiser Hurrying to His Side
Military Experts Believe It Will
Be Impossible for the Allies
to Stop Germans Northern
Onslaught — Two Disable;
German Warships Arrive in
Honkong — U. S. Cruiser Ar
rives in Rotterdam.
Anthens, August 1!'—Cable ail
vives rtitivetl hero ttnlaj state tlml
lo.OOO Austrian troops wire kill
ed recently while trying t«» effect an
entrance into Sen ian territory
through the jKisses of the Sabatz
mountains.
Kuniors are in circulation here
that an Austrian torpedo ln>at was
sunk today by coming in contact
with a submarine mine at tl>c in
trance to the harbor of I'ula, Aus
tria.
UKLIKVK IT IMTOSKIIU-K
TO STOI" Tm: (JF.KMAXS
raris, August l'>—Military ov- (
pcrts here nivo it as their opinion
that it will be impossible for the
allies to stop the Germans' north
<-m onslaught, as lite latter are ad
vancing in km great force ti> be
sucwss/iilly resisted.
"t)\ TO STKASSIil IUJ"
IS THK C'ltV OF l'UKWil
Xanry, August l!»—"Oil to Straps,
burg." is the cry of the 1-Yeni'i |
tloops wIk, are now driving tin* (<er
mans betore ibein in tbeir ntlraii e
on Al-suce, Strassburg being a <»»'• -
mail stronghold l)iug midway to
the north and south in Alsa«n> i>>ul
close to the westcri. boundary of
the tierman primipality of linden.
wu.i, thy to rKi;sr.\i»i-:
(iKKMAXV TO KVAtTATK
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ficinlly announced here that
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lias l'oriHal'y asked tlie IV
kin ^uvci'iiinriii. to uiMlonvor t•»
persuade Germany to consent to a
[icactali'v? t \iU'ii<iii n of i. .uu-huti.
Washington, 1). ( August U>—
oritHt tl»at tlic !v.u'- r may "cd«
■■tiler t.i prevent Ori< ntal trouble.
i iiKM ii i oi:t i:s aim:
I'UKssiMi \ ss n,\«ii>
Basel, August JS—it Is paid here
(hat an enormous I , ei:. ;i at my i*
pressin^ the (■eiiiiaits hard in .Al
sace.
DISAKI.KO WARSHIPS
auuivi-: ix H<*\t; ko.vj
Tokio, Aityrnst tt>—A «' 'lc 1'ion
Hons; Kutig amiuiuui tlin arrival in
man cruisers.
r.MTKI) STATICS CKUSIT:
ron i;(>TTi:iinm y;>moi:i:d\v
I.<md< ii, Aiigiisi J!»—.The t nilnl
States eruUtir Tenne -i e, w liii'h ar
rivitl il.iy before iiliiy at J'al
inoiilh, will leave Htinoir»w l or liot
terdnm with the Heroin j if! if I' I'm*
the Ami rii'an tourists ui.o ha»*e
heeu traveling ad ami mn 1.
uualili' tu loat'li hotnu \tilht nl as
sistance.
gkiiman. cko\\\ ri:ix< i:
IS SEIMOl'MA' MOl.VDhl)
Loudon, August If—Wold lisis
l.cen received here that the t.oini.ui
Crown Prime was seriously wouaded
in one of the Ctmnyt'im i ts in llel
tiiiini, and that he has been sent tu
Aiv-la-t'hapiiellt, (hi many, lo
whieh place the K:iiser i; hastening
as la.st as he can travel.
It is reported this illuming that
the (iermaiiN arc within twenty uido
of ltrusscis awaiting reinforcements.
There are also varied reports in
circulation regarding the Leigc fort#,
one received from Berlin being to
i lie efoct that tlio Belgians Iia<l ev
acuated the forts anil then Mown
ilu-rii up with dynamite in order to
prevent their failing into tlio hands
«>f (ho Germans; another that the
[ ti'ernuins had captured the forts
liter using dynamite, while tlio lat
est adarcg from Brussels state
that the forts are intact.
kktkeating ai-l
ALONG THE ENTIRE LINE
I'aris, August 1!>—Tlio latest
news from the front confirms the
rumors that are going the rounds
hero that the Germans have nliau
doiied Snarhui*g, where they were I
vi ry strongly established with heavy |
artillery, and that the French are
advancing fiercely while the Ger
uians are giving way and iiitreathiir
alimg the entire line.
KTSSIAX MOBILIZATION
IS NOW OOMI'IjKTKO
S(. Petersburg, August 10—The
mobilization of the Russian army, ac
cording to official news to that
cffcct given -ont hero Unlay, hie',
been completed, and tlie Czar is mm
(hi his way to Moscow.
1 \ VKSTKiATlXCi INTO
HOMESTEAD EXTHIE
Andrew Cliiisiansen, chief of the
field division of the U. S. land de
partment, is coming on tho Mariposa ;
and will open an investigation into
the homestead question here accord
ing to Senator L. V. Ray.
This investigation will be separate
from llic one into tho coal cases al
together. .Mr. Christiansen will re
turn later to examine witnesses in
the latter cases. His present trip
will probably result in something of
real importance to the homestead
ers.—Seward Gateway.
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London, August 1!)—Despite the
ol'fieial denials by tiie I5e!<;ians i!
is well authenticated that the liic^e
lolls Imve fallen and (lie fi'9rnians
arc now trying to Iireak the allies
lilies ui>d niiiitc a dash l«r til?
French frontier through central liel
i*ilim I'l'oni north to south.
A mighty "battle is now raging,
and I he allies are being hard press
ed before ISrussels as well as up
t ou tho Mood-stained field/ of Water
loo, while a second German army is
attacking the French at N'amur.
'I'he Kaiser has 4000,00 men, wltii
:J."0,000 l'escii'fs, on the frontiers
<;f Holland and also at I.uxenberg.
Desultory and long rango fighting;
between British and German war
ships has been reported in th*
Xorth Sea. y
(Continued on last j»age)
Holy Father Succumbs as Result of In
tense Strain Caused by Present Eu
ropean Wars — Had Been Pope Since
1903--Was Seventy-Nine Years Old.
Home, Ail-just J!)—l!i>pc I'ius ]
\ late lliis atlernooii follow
iny an illness vau»c<l by an acute ,
attack of gout, complicated wii'i
pneumonia, tliouhht to !mvo been
brought a'luut by !• is anxiety anil
worry over the Kurojiean war.
According to tli<? physicians who
were in attenilance upon him lit*
heart was broken from a. contemjila
lioii of t lie fearful sufferings a nil
misery to which the people of prac
tically the whole civilized world
will he subjected by the fearful and
bloody struggle that is now going
<w in continental Europe.
I'ope Pius X (Giuseppe Sarto)
was bom at Itiesc, near Treviso,
Italy, Jnne 2, 1835, and waa ordain
ed priest- in 1838; was made bishop
of Mantau in 1884; cfj-dinal and
patriarch of Venice in 1893; and
was elected Pope August 4, 1003.
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