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THE ALASKA
VOL. V., NO. 638. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUG. 7, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
ENGLAND'S GREATEST STATESMAN REPORTED SLAIN
SHORTAGE
OE WATER
SERIOUS
That there Is scarcely enough wa
ter In the Lewis reservoirs for
street celantng purposes, and that
for over a month a serious shortage
has been in existence, were facts
which were brought out at the meet
ing of the city council last night.
The City of Juneau pays the water
company $100 a month for adequate
> Are protection. At no time during
the past month, it is charged, has
there been an adequate supply of
water in the reservoirs and the coun
cil has determined to act if no relief
can be obtained from the water com
pany.
SupL Ziegler, of the water com
pany. today was asked to build a con
necting flume for the purpose of pro
vidig a reserve supply of water, at the
cement spillway in Gold Creek. The
plan is to tap the electric light com
pany's flume in the event of Are In
Juneau. Should the water company
refuse to build the short flume the
city will do tt. it is said. A short
piece of flume, with a gate, could be
constructed, and (the connection
with the city main would take but
a short time if more water were need
ed.
"Our only salvation in case of Are
for the past month has been to sound
the alarm of Are just the minute the
Are is discovered." Supt. J. H. Wheel- i
er said today. "In this way we have
been able to check it with the aid of
the chemical truck."
I
CONGRESS MAY
MEET EARLY TO
CONSIDER DEFENSE
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7.?President
Woodrow Wilson is considering
whether to call an extra session of
Congress abont Oct. 1 to consider na
tional defense.
Two problems are to be worked out
One is a definite plan of national pre
paredness and defense, and the oth
er is means of raising the necesaary
money?by bond issue or otherwise.,
Within the next two weeks or ten
days, it is -expected, the President
will hold conferences with the secre
taries of war and of the navy on the
question of overhauling the military
and naval systems, which are likely
to result in radically new policies of
preparedness for the United States.
WINS CONVENTION
BY NOVEL PROMISE
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 7. ? When
promises were made that the conven
tion hall would be cooled by streamr
of iced air, the National Society of
Osteopaths, in session here, yesterday
voted to hold their next meeting in
Kansas City. Denver had been agreed
upon as the place of the 1916 meeting,
until the Kansas City delegates
sprang their coup.
? ? ? ?
ALLIES' ORDER FOR
s THREE-YEAR DELIVERY
NEW YORK. Aug. 7.?Russia. Great i
Britain and Prance are placing orders -
with American factories for the de
livery of ammunition over a period be
ginning now and continuing at regu
lar monthly amounts for a period of
three years.
CANADA'S PREMIERS SHOW
VERY LARGE DECREASE
OTTAWA. Aug. 7.?Canadian reve
nues for the last fiscal year were
$132,000,000. a decrease of $28,000,000.
The custom receipts for the year of
1014 were $78,000,000. a falling off of
more than $27,000,000. The Dominion
government plans to spend this year
$107,000,000, and to prevent a deficit
in the treasury customs duties were
raised on Febuary 15 from 5 to 7%
per cent. In addition, there has been
imposed a war tax of 1 per cent, on
the gross circulation of the banks, and
one cent extra on every letter and
postal mailed, two cents extra on
each bank check or note, one cent on
every telegram, five cents extra on
each railway ticket costing from $1
to $5 and five cents on each extra $5
of fare, besides special taxes on drugs
and liquors.
EIGHT LANGUAGES FAIL
IN MARRIAGE CEREMONY
CLEVELAND. Aug. 7.? Justice of
the peace Zoul's eight languages avatl
, cd him nothing when a couple ap
peared in his office to be married.
English. German. Hungarian. Spanish.
French. Scandinavian. Russian, and
Greek obtained no response and the
justice gasped.
The bridegroom handed the justice
a slip of paper. On it was written:
"We are James H. Scott. Xewburg,
and Mrs. Clara Willard. 7206 Central
Avenue, and we want to be married.
As an afterthough Scott had scrib
bled "We are deaf mutes."
The ceremony was performed,
questions and responses being writ
ten.
4*4 + + 4 + + + + * + ->+t? +
? WEATHER TODAY +
* Maximum?61. +
?j. Minimum?40. ?>
Sloudy. +.
*++?*+4*4++44*4+4
COOK IS
ACCUSED
Of MURDER
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 7.?Julius Mill
er. a cook, is under arrest, charged
with the murder of Mrs. W. S. Rowe
?>( Olness. tea days ago. Ball has beer j
denied him.
Miller was already in . Jail on a
charge of cutting "Scotty" Lamb at
Olness a week ago. While he was
awaiting a hearing Ed Cairns filed an
affidavit in which he stated that Mil
ler wanted he and William O'Connor
to "take a hand" in killing Mrs. Rowe,
for the purpose of securing the money
she was known to hare. O'Connor al
so is held on a charge of murder.
Cairns, in an interview here, said
Miller told him how he had murdered
Mrs. Rowe. Citizens of Fairbanks
have subscribed $4,000 as a conviction
fund.
RADIO STATION
FOR TOLOVANA
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 7.? Tolovana's
new wireless station, financed by Fal
con Joslin, will be ready for businoss
in a short time. Mr. Joslin left to
day for the new camp. An operator
for the wireless station preceded him
a week ago.
Water Has Been Low.
Reports from Tolovana continue
good although the dry weather caus
ed a shortage of water. Sluicing has
been confined to ten minutes an hour,
owing to the lack of water.
Heavy rains of the past two days
have helped the district, however.
TAX AUTOMOBILES TO
GRAVEL HIGHWAYS
FAIRBANKS. Aug. 7.?A movement
Is on foot to have the city levy a tax
of $10 on automobiles, for the pur
pose of raising a fund to gravel the
streets in the business section.
"BILL" McPHEE IS
GIVEN RECEPTION
FAIRBANKS. Aug. 7.?William Mc
Pbee. grand president of the Fair
banks order of Pioneers, was given a
big reception whon he arrived here
from Seattle Monday night. Delegate
James Wickersham escorted Mr. Mc
Phee to the chair of honor.
WICKERSHAM SEEKS
LOCATION FOR HOME
?+?
FAIRBANKS. Aug. 7. ? Delegate
James Wlckersham will leave here In
a few days for Chena Hot Springs j
which is to be inspected with a view
to its possible selection as a site for
the Prospectors' Home, in the Inter
ior, for which the legislature two
years ago appropriated the sum of
$6000.
On his recent trip through the Ter
ritory Governor J. F. A. Strong made
arrangements with Mr. Wickersham
to go to Chena. Mr. Wickersham will
be accompanied by Representative
Dan ,Drl8Coll. *
This is the first site to be inspectod
in this connection and will probably
be one of the several before the final
decision is reached and a spot for the
home finally chosen.
* + + + + + + + + + + +
4? <?
+ RAILS TO ANCHORAGE. *
A. J.
? Seattle. Aug. 7.?Twelve cars +
+ of steel rails consigned to the +
Alaska railroad engineering +
+ commission at Anchorage, ar- +?
+ rived here from Kansas City +
+ last night and will be sent to <?
+ the railroad baso on the Alaska <
+ Steamship company's freight +
? vessel Seward. <fr
* laying of the rails will *>
+ mark the first actual con- +
+ structlon of the road. *
* +
+ ??!?+? + + +?>? + + + ????
KRUPPS GRANT ALL
DEMANDS OF MEN
AND AVERT STRIKE
? ?
GENEVA. Aug. 7.?Word has been
received here that the Krupp works
at Essen have averted the danger of
a strike by granting to the working
men all their demands as to hours,
wages and other conditions.
STEEL TRUST HEAD
WANTS LARGEST NAVY
HONOLULU. T. H.. Aug. 7.?Judge
Elbert H. Gary now in Honolulu says:
"Immediate steps toward military ex
pansion should be taken by the Unit
ed States. We should maintain the
largest and best single navy in the
world and our army Bhould be many
times larger than it is. Hawaii, as
a buffer for the western shore of our
nation, should be made strong enough
to defend itself from the surrounding
seas."
NEW YORK BANKER
GOES TO PENITENTIARY
NEW YORK. Aug. 7.?-Edward M.
Grout was sentenced by Judge Lewis
to serve from one to two years in
Sing Sing prison, for perjury in con- <
nection with affairs of the Union
Rank, of which he was at one time
president.
CARRANZA
SEEKING
HARMONY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.?It was offi
cially announced today at the State
Department that General Vonustiano
Carranza had notified Secretary Rob
ert loosing of his willingness to treat
with General Villa through Judge C.
A. Douglas, his representative In
Washington. "The cablegram," Mr.
Lansing said, "amounts practically to
Cararnza's plea for recognition by the
United States, and must be taken as
an indication of his desire to remain
at .peace with this country.
MONTEREY TAKEN
BY GEN. OBREGON
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. 7. ?
Gen. Obregon with 10,000 Carranzls
ta troops, has occupied Monterey, it
was reported here today.
1,000 MEN QUIT
GEN. VILLA AND
ASK FOR PEACE
EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 7.?An even
thousand Vllllstas at Torreon mu
tinied yesterday and joined In a move:
ment for the restoration of peace in
Mexico. The mutineers paraded the
streets of the city and shouted "We
want peace," and " Long Live =Peace."
*'l, + + + + + 4?+4, + 4''l,* + +
* *
+ EASTERN WEATHER *
+ COLD FOR AUGUST *
+ ??? ?
+ CHICAGO. Aug. 7.?Yes- *
+ terday was the coolest Aug- ?>
+ ust day that this city has ex- *
+ perienced for 31 years. The +
+ temperature was so low that +
+ people felt chilly. +
+ +
+ Yuma is Warmest *
+ YUMA. Ariz.. Aug. 7.?This ?
+ section of Arizona is suffering ?
+ of blistering heat. This city +
+ yesterday was the hottest point +
+ in the United States. *
* *
AMERICANS MAY
HAVE TO OCCUPY
HAYTI LONG TIME
PORT AU PRINCE. Aug. 7.?It is
the opinion here that the American j
occupation and possession of this j
place will be of long duration. It is
evident that the troubles among the
factions here are deep seated, and
that there must be a general disarm
ament before quiet and order will be
restored.
RUSSIA OFFERS TO
BACK AMERICANS
TO MAKE AMMUNITION
BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 7.?Vlce-pres
ident Frank Jennings of the Inter
national Association of Machinists
claims Russia is willing to back his i
association with unlimited capital It
its 80,000 members decido to enter
the business of making war muni
tions. He says: "If we do go into
the business, we can guarantee $8
per eight-hour day to skilled work
ers."
WAGES MUST GO UP
OR STRIKE CERTAIN
NEW YORK. Aug. 7.?A strike of
3800 machinists in the Sturtevant
blower works and two other Hyde
Park factories that are turning out
war materials Is expected beforo the
end of the week, unless employers \
submit to demand for an 8-hour day
and an increase of 12%% In wages.
"GET TOGETHER"
PUBLISHER ADVISES
SEATTLE. Aug. 7.?F. W. Kellogg,
publisher of the San Francisco Call,
In an interview here says the coast
cities should combine to urge the de
velopment of Alaska, unhampered,by
government restrictions. 1
? ? ? i
LIEUTENANT'S
WIFE SHOT BY
ARMY SENTRY i
?+? i
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 7. ? Mrs. Burr,
wife of Lieutenant Burr, U.S.A., was
shot but not Heriously wounded, while
trying to enter Jefferson barracks In
au automobile last evening. Mrs.
Burr and her husband, who were in :
the machine, failed to heed the 'sen- '
try's command to halt. I
Mrs. Burr is the daughter of tho ?
late E. O. Graves, a Seattle banker. '
?
COTTON IS NOT TO
BE CONTRABAND
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.? A London
cable says that the British govern
ment will not declare cotton contra
band notwithstanding the agitation by
some of the newspapers; under secre
tary for foreign affairs declared in i
the House Commons that Great Brl- I
tain did not want to deal unfairly
with neutrals whatever Germany is
doing and that so far as cotton reach
ing Germany was concerned it would
make no difference whether it was i
declared contraband or not. I
MUTINOUS
GERMANS
Aitt SHOT
HAVRE, Franco, Aug. 7.?It Is un
officially reported hero that mutinies
In tho German garrisons In Belgium
were ended only by tho execution of
the ringleaders.
Newspapers published today report
that the German landsturm garrison
ing the captured fortresses at Liege,
Ghent and Bruges were ordered Into
the trenches on the Yser front, but
refused to go. The accounts further
said that ovor fifty of the leaders were
shot to death.
FRENCH WINNING
ON WEST FRON
PARIS, Aug. 7.?Tho* French are
making dally advances In the Vosges
mountain region. The attacks are on
German trenches miles of which have
been cleaned out and captured.
Yesterday four heavy German coun
ter attacks near Frontelle were com
pletely checked.
The French conducted a successful
offensive movement against the vil
lage of Laundls. Eleven officers and
800 men were captured.
Germans Use Burning Gas
The Germans yesterday shot burn
ing gas into the British trenches in
Flanders. The British were prearod
for it, however, and a preparation of
an English chemist counteracted its
effect Very little damage resulted
from the experiment.
FRANCE LOOKS FOR
GLORIOUS FINISH
t
PARIS, Aug. 7.?An extraordinary
demonstration in tho Chamber of Dep
uties greeted President Polncairo yes
terday whon he appeared to deliver
his address to them.
The Presidont predicted a glorious
finish to the war. He ended his mes
sage with the statement:
"The only peace that the Republic
can accept will be one that will
guarantee the peace of Europe."
FRENCH GAIN VICTORY
IN A8IA MINOR
PARIS, Aug. 'i.?Prench warships
destroyed the Turkish fortifications
at Sighadjlk, on the Asia Minor coast.
*+**?++**++++*+?
+ ?
+ SINALOA STEAMS NORTH. +
? +
4? Seattle, Aug. 7.?The steam- +
?S* ship Sinnloa of Balboa, with +
Panama Canal construction ma- +
? terlal for use In building the +
? government railroad in Alaska +
+ passed Capo Flattery yester- +
+ day for Alaska. The cargo of +
?> the ship consists of locomo- +
+ tives, boilers, huge cranes and +
? derricks and other material +
and utensils. She coaled at *
? Comox, B. C. +
? +
+ + + * + ** +?+??+???
DRYS IN VIRGINIA
WIN ONCE MORE
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 7.? Incom
plete returns from the Democratic
primary elections throughout the
State indicate that the prohibitions
have won. and the drys will have a
working majority in both houses of
the legislature. The election of the
Democratic ticket that was nominat
ed at the primaries Is conceded.
AMERICAN SHIPPERS
CONSIDER BRITISH
NAVAL INTERFERENCE
NEW YORK. Aug. 7.? A general
meeting of American exporters has
been called to consider tie detention
of American ship cargoes to Europ
ean ports by the British naval forces.
ENGLAND SEEKS LABOR
IN THE UNITED STATES
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 7.?England
officially is recruiting labor in Phila
delphia for the British munition fac
tories and s^ip yards. Success of
agents in sending scores of workmen
abroad is alarming Philadelphia man
ufacturers. who fear a labor famine.
UNITED STATES GETS
HIGH POWER EXPLOSIVE
?+?
BOSTON. Aug. 7.?A Washington
special says the United States has a
secret explosive with power so great
that it will startle the world. Ord
nance officers arc said to be working
upon plans for mobile guns and how
itzers as large as the. German 28-cen
tlmeter guns.
U. S. NAVY YARD
IN VIRGINIA ACTIVE
???
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. ?Norfolk
is more active than at any time glnce
the Spanish war. Over 3000 mlnies
iro being made to plant, if necessary,
in Hampton Roads and entrance to
New York harbor.
MACHADA 18 PRESIDENT.
LISBON, Portugal. Aug. 7. ? Ber
nardino Machada today was elected
president of Portugal.
RUSSIAN
ARMIES
INTERIL
LONDON, Aug. 7?It Is feared that
the Russian armies will be complete
ly enveloped. The latest advices
from the East say the turning move
ments of the German armies have not
been checked, and the great bow-shap
ed line from Riga, on the north, to
Chelm, In tho south, has begun to
bend backward.
The Teutonic allies have Invaded
Russian soil a hundred miles to the
interior, from the Baltic to Bukowina.
KOWNO ABANDONED.
COPENHAGEN. Aug. 7. ? Advices
reecived here today from the Eastern
front say the Russian troops aro evac
uating Kowno, a hundred miles East
of East Prussia, on tho Nleman river.
The city is an important railroad base.
WARSAW UNDER
GERMAN POLICE
BERLIN, Aug. 7.?Chief of Police
Glasenaph of Cologne has been ap
pointed head of the Warsaw police,
It was announced today by tho Gor
man general staff. The regulations i
will be similar to thoso in force InI
Brussels, captured early in the war.
LONDON DISCUSSES
LOSS OF WARSAW
LONDON, Aug. 7.?The capture of
Warsaw by the Germans continues to
be the chief item of interest and
comment at the British capital. It is
bolieved here that Grand Duke Nicho-1
las has succeeded In withdrawing the!
major portion of his forces Beyond i
the danger line, and that the num-1
ber of troops and the amount of war,
material that will fall into the hands
of the enemy will be comparatively
small.
Berlin dispatches say that the first
troops to batter their way through
the forts and the outer and inner lines
of Warsaw were the Bavarian forces
of Plrnce Leopold. They succeeded
in capturing 22 officers and 4,480 men
and 17 machine guns. As far as yet
reported theso are the only troops
that were captured in Warsaw, al
though the government is prepared to
hear of greater losses.
Notwithstanding the report from
Vienna, that Ivangorod was captured
yesterday morning, it was announced
here this morning that tho situation
at that fortress remained the Barne
last night, and that Novo Georevsk
remained in the hands of tho Russian
troops. However, it is conceded that
if these strongholds were not already!
in the hands of the Germans, their
fall cannot be long deloyed.
Berlin War Mad
Dispatches received here tonight
from Berlin say that the streets of
that city arc constantly lined with
war-mad throngs of the great Teuton
ic victory.
Most Brilliant Assault of War.
A Berlin dispatch quotes Gen. Von
Hindenburg as reporting that the Ba
varian assault upon the city of War
saw was the most brilliant of the
war.
RUSSIA HAS NOT
CRITICISED ALLIES
ON WESTERN FRONT
LONDON, Aug. 7.?Dispatches from
Petrograd to tho London Times deny
that the Russian government or the
Russian peoplo hare criticised their
Western Allies on account of lack of
aggressive action on the western j
front.
Tho dispatch says the Information j
contained in it as far as it relates to
the government is based upon official i
information.
? * ?
RUSSIA SENDS
ITALIANS HOME
PETROGRAD, Aug. 7.?Russia has
sent 10,000 Italians, who were held
as prisoners of war in Siberia, home
to Italy. They are men who were
residents of Austria in the vicinity of
the Adriatic and Italian border at the
outbreak of the war, and were forced
by the Austrian government to join
the army and fight against Russia in
the early Gallclan campaigns. They
were captured by the Russian forces.
Most of those who were returned to
Italy had signified their desire to
join the Italjd,n\ army and fight for
the annexation of the Italian pro
vinces of Austria to that country.
GERMANY' TO BUY
ROUMANIAN GRAIN
BERLIN, Aug. 7.?Roumania has
decided to permit the exportation of
grain subject to export duty.
ENGLAND PERMITS COTTON
TO GO TO SWEDEN
LONDON, Aug. 7.?The British gov
ernment has granted permission to
Swedish cotton spinners' association
to convey to Sweden 55,000 bales of
cotton now lying in Englishs ports,
provided satisfactory guarantees are
given that the cotton will not be re
exported.
FIERCE FIGHTING
CONTINUES ON ALL
THE ITALIAN FRONTS
ROME, Aug. 7.?Fierce fighting
Is in progress along all of the Italian
fronts. The Austrian resistance and
the force of their attacks have been
strengthened the last few days. Pris
oners captured say that they were re
cently engaged In the war wlthRus-J
sla. This and other evidence Is avail
able to show that Austria is transferr
ing troops from the North and East
to fight the Italian army.
However, the Italians continue to
make gains.
England Compliments Italy.
ROME, Aug. 7.?England has con
sented that the official language at
Malta after the conclusion of the war
In Europe shall be Italian.
Italians Capture Trenches.
PARIS, Aug. 7.?A dispatch from
Vilbach. transmitted via Lalbach and
Geneva, states that Italian troops
have captured two miles of the forti
fications around Gorlzia, and are en
circling the, city, after driving the
Austrian defenders beyond the bridge.
ITALIAN AT BAY KILLS
SEVEN, CAPTURES TWO
ROME, Aug. 7.?The first gold
medal for Individual bravery awarded
by King Victor Emanuel, for which
all Italian soldiers have been striving
was today awarded to Corporal Bob
bino of Salerno. In the battle of
Carso, raging this week, Bobbino was
attacked by nine Austrians while sep
arated from his comrades. He met
their attack viciously and succeeded
in. killing sevon of them and captur
ing the remaining two.
OPPOSING "SUB8"
SINK IN ADRIATIC
PARIS, Aug. 7.?An Italian and Au
strian submarine were sunk after the
two vessels had battled for over an
hour, off the Island of Pelagosa, in
the Adriatic Sea yesterday, a Havas
Agency dlspntch anounced today.
The crews of the vessels were all
drowned.
BELGIANS TO WEAR
AMERICAN CLOTHES
LONDON, Aug. 7.?The Belgian ar
my will be dressed in new kahai uni
forms of American manufacture with
in a few weeks. The order for the
uniforms has already been placed in
the United States, and work upon
them is well under way according to
Information received here.
GERMANS PREPARING
SECOND LINE OF
DEFENCE IN BELGIUM
??
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 7.?An Impreg
nable line of fortifications, defended
by heavy guns, is being built by the
German army in Belgium from Na*
murf to the German boundary. The
construction of this powerful second
line of defenses is evidently in antici
pation of the time when the whole
British army is In the field and as
sumes its long-expected offensive.
The now German defensive works
are constructed of concrete and
stone, reinforced with steel beams.
..t ^.1 ...UK
iUV/ ftll' Cl|UipiJt'U Willi UUUiU'^IUVl
caverns, electric lights and telephones
The Belgian forts around Namur,
which were demolished In the early
days of the war by the 42-centimeter
guns of the Germans, have been re
built. Tho German troops have con
structed a gigantic railway station
at Vise to which point a new miltary
railroad has been rebuilt. The new
fortifications, which are more than
G5 miles in length, are also designed
to protect new military railway
lines.
NEW FOUNDLAND GIVES
MOTHERLAND FOURTEEN
AEROPLANES FOR WAR
LONDON, Aug. 7.?The war office
yesterday was notified that the Over
seas Club of New Foundland had sub
scribed for the construction of 14
aeroplanes for the use of the British
government in the war. Two of them
will be of the latest type.
THE RUSSIANS HAVE
LOTS OF MONEY
?4k?
PETROGRAD, Aug. 7.? The Rus
sian finance minister seeks the au
thorization to issue state securities
amounting to $600,000,000 beyond the
sum at present allowed. The returns
of the saving banks to the beginning
of July showed $900,000,000 above
last year, which is almost the same
amount as the treasury lost through
tho prohibition of alcohol.
RUSSIANS DESTROY
800 TURKISH SHIPS
PETROGRAD. Aug. 7.?Since the
beginning of the war the Russian
torpedo bot *. destroyers in tho Black
sea have destroyed more than 800
Turkish sailing ships in the waters of
that sea.
ENGLISH COMMONER,
DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE,
REPORTED MURDERED
l
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.?Brokers' pri
vate cablegrams from London brought
the report here today that David
Lloyd-George, formerly chancellor of
the exchequer, had been assassinated.
No. confirmation had been received up
until two o'clock this afternoon.
David Lloyd-George was the son of
a non-conformist clergyman and was
born in Wales. Ho was reared by
his mother's brother, a shoemaker,
and rose to pte-emincnce In the Brit
ish Cabinet, on bis own endeavor.
Recently the Atlantic Monthly pub
lish ed the fololwing: "If Mr. As
quith Is the brain of the Cabinet, and
Sir Edwrad Grey its character, Mr.
Llloyd-Georgc Is its inspiration.
There is a magic of genius about this
wayward, debonair Welshman, who,
with nothing but his own native wit
and dauntless courage has stormed the
seats of the mighty and changed the
whole current of British politics. All
the forces of wealth, influence, socie
ty, und privilege have been mobilized
for his suppression, for with true in
stinct they have seen in his agile
mind, his far-reaching aims, and his
unrivaled influence over the democra
cy, the suprome peril to the domin
ion of the aristocratic order In the
sphere of public affairs. The secret
of his unprecedented career is not
obscure. He Is the first real expres
sion of tho supremacy of democracy.
Other men have interpreted democra
cy from without, philisophlcally, ob
jectively; but here is one who comes
hot from Its very heart, uttering its
thought in us own language, no man
of distinction ever carried less imped
iments, or was more free from the
dominion of the past or other minds.
If ho wants to introduco a shipping
bill he takes a voyage to study the
life of the sailor at first hand. If he
wants to know about coal-mining he
goes down in a coal mine. If he
wants to know what is wrong with
casual labor he mixes with the crowd
at the dock-gates in the early morn
ing to hear with his own cars and
see with his own eyes. His first real
passion is for the common people. He
has no petty vanity; and though he
docs not go to the text books he
goes to men. On every subject as
it arises he gathers around him the
best expert minds available; thrashes
out the problems over the breakfast
table, on tiic golf links, in committee,
everywhere, and with bis easy acces
sibility to ideas arrives at conclu
sions that arc at once informed and
practical."
When the British Cabinet was re
organized two months ago, Lloyd
George became Secretary of Muni
tions, a new post made necessary by
the wah. His place as chancellor was
filled by Reginald McKenna.
GREAT BRITAIN AIDS
SUFFERERS FROM RAIDS
OF GERMAN AEROPLANES
LONDON, Aug. 7.? Great Britain
yesterday distributed >460,000 nmong
the victims of German air raids along
the British coast. The money was
voted by parliament some time ago,
but the list of the damages and the
needs of the sufferers was only com
pleted and filed with the war office
and treasury department this week.
LONDON NEWSPAPERS ALL
REDUCE NUMBER OF PAGES
?+?
LONDON, Aug. 7.? An agreement
was entered into yesterday by all the
dally newspapers of London to re
duce the number of pages they will
print on account of the scarcity of
paper.
GREAT BRITAIN. STOPS
SHIPMENT OF COAL
LONDON, Aug. 7.?As a protective
measure the government has stopped,
beginning August 31, the hslpment of
coal from Great Britain to any ports
except those of the Brjtlsh Empire.
NO FOOTBALL IN GREAT
BRITAIN FOR THIS YEAR
LONDON, Aug. 7.?The English
football association has abandoned
football for the present year, and
there will bo no college games next
fall.
BRITISH SUBMARINE
ACTIVE IN MARMORA
SOFIA, Aug. 7.?A British subma
rine which has penetrated the Sea
of Marmora Is actively carrying on
operations against Turkish merchant
ships within a few miles of Constan
tinople. A large Turkish ship laden
with churcoal was torpedoed and
sunk off Haltcpe, only six miles from
Constantinople. The submarine,
which is armed with a gun, shelled
and destroyed part of the Dilzlleri
Railway.
CANADIAN COMMANDER
INSPCETS CONTINGENT
LONDON, Aug. 7.?Gen. Huges,
commander of the Canadian troops,
with headquarters at Ottawa, who is
here, yesterday inspected the Second
Canadian contingent at Shorncllffe.

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