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(ftt til ' if Jl (I ff 8 Mlw i jtt on MWi m I mum FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES CIRCULATION IS OVER 3800 DAILY THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR . SALEM, OREGON, MONDAYAUGUST 30, 1915 ' PRICE TWOCENTS salpnre0 cents IS LANSING TDDAY Cable From Ambassador Gerard Is Not Made Public ACKERMAN EXPLAINS VIEW OF GERMANY Meanwhile President Is Studying English ping Problem By C. P. Stewart. Washington, Aug. 30. Another com muiiieation regarding the Arabic reach cd the state department today from Ambassador Gerard. It is beliovcd to have contained an account of the ad miralty's progress in getting news from the submarine commander who is sup posed to have torpedoed the liner. Secretary Lansing did not make the message public, saying it threw no fresh light on the situation, The United Press dispatch from Carl W. Ackerman in Berlin stating that Admiral Von Tirpitz had joined the iniporial chancellor and Foreign Min ister Von Jagow in favoring an early adjustment of differences with the United States was receivod with the Rreatest satisfaction here today. . If Vou Tirpitz thinks, however, that the administration will not insist upon a disavowal in case it is shown the Arabic, wag torpedoed, be is mistaken, it wan stated. The official view here is that Chan cellor Von Bethuian-Hollwcg 's influence will now be predominant, however, and (hat he will liave his way in any case. Jt was also judged from the Ackerman ;tory that Admiral Von TirpiU, him nelf, will not stand out against a dis avowal if he is convinced o its necessity. . Earlier in the day Presidential Secre tary Tumulty said additional reports as 10 tno Arabic and the general sub marine controversy were expected. Fol lowing tne receipt of Ambassador Oer nrd'g message the secretary conferred with President Wilson for some time. He Baid they talked over matters which have been accumulating during tho last Ihree weeks. It was believed part of the discussion was given over to renewed considera tion of the Mexican problem. The English Question While awaiting formal notice from P.erliu of acceptance of the American position in the submarine warfare, President Wilson is overhauling various -tentative drafts of a message this ad ministration plans to send to London in protest agaiust the British order in council and placing cotton on the con traband list. It is understood that If Germany ex presses itself in the manner' expected, I he note to England will be ready and with practically no changes will be transmitted to London with but little delay. In effect the new communication to l-rcat Britain will be as energetic, though as courteous, as the administra tion can make it, it was authoritatively Mated today. The note will not go quite to the ex tent of saying that further interference with American commerce will be re Kanlcd as deliberately unfriendly, it was siud. as the administration holds that the Btage in the negotiations has t as yet reached this attitude. As O-ermnny was told that further violation ( American rights on the seas would regarded as "deliberately un uieiully" however, it is understood hat If the coming communication to '"urnim is not effective an intimation HiiDstantially to this effect will be convoyed to the British Foreign office with regard to Interference with Amer ican cargoes. . I 'resident Wilson hopes the forward "'li of such an intimation will uot be Necessary. It is known he believes it extremely possible that England will , wining to make important couceg " when Informed what the adminis irntiou hopes to be able to do, that Germany will modify the submarine warfare. Whether this will open the way for i nired States to tender its good ' "s tor further steps of pac will ''pond npon developments winch can - e predicted accurately, it was V'njed today. That such a development , ' ""a possible, however, is dentate miuwn. ReDOIt Ti Eriutptad. Vanhington, Aug. 30. A report on l he sinking of the Arabic and a general ""'marine communication is expected -'hi vermany -at any time," Prcsi -""ui wcrotary Tumulty said today, The German View. (By Carl Y. Ackerman) .. ""run, via The Hague, Aug. 30. '"'"! Admiral Von Tirpit believes RECEIVED (Continued en Pag Two.) Sofia Is Most Important Capital By Henry Wood. (United Press Btaff correspondent.) Sophia, Bulgaria, Aug. 2. (By mail.) From the spick and span, but none the less modest little Balkan capital, Sophia has become the center of the world's greatest lobby, and tho lobby for the greatest thing in the world victory iu the present war. . By the vicissitudes of the present great European conflict and her pe culiar geographical position Bulgaria has come more than any one other to hold an influence over the futuro des tinies of all Europe. Were Bulgaria suddenly to join the allies, and falling on the bnck of Tur key, capture Constantinople from the rear, the allies could at last pass the Dardanelles and carry to Russia the help in supplies anu munitions that might quickly turn the wholo current of the war in their favor. If Bulgaria continues .neutral, the possibility of the capture of Constanti nople from the Chatalja line is removed and the eventual passage of the Dardan elles if not rendered impossible will be so indefinitely delayed as to enable Germany in the meantime to follow up her successes against Russia and turn the whole current in her favor. This, at least, is the way the great European powers now involved in the conflict view the situation and that is why the lobby is here. Ia Europe they do not call it lobby ing, it passes under the moro polite term of diplomacy. ' In reality, how ever, there is not a method nor a tactic known to the most common or tho most distinguished lobbyist at Washington or any American state capitol that is not being used to win vver the various members of the Bulgarian cabinet, the members of parliament, the political leaders, the heads of the army and even Czar Ferdinand, the Queen and the crown prince themselves. It may be that diplomacy and lobbying are merely the European and the American terms for tho one an'd the- same thing or it may be that the issue at stake is so great that the exalted and dignifie- diplomacy of Europe has-been reduced to the methods and practices of tho vulgarest and most common of Amer ican lobbyists. . .-. . , Tho lobby, is naturally divided into two great camps, that of Germany, Austria and Turkey, and that of France, England, Russia, Italy and Serbia. To the regularly accredited diplomatic rep resentatives of those countries there has been added a whole army of special diplomatic and other agents, every one of whom has boen selected with an eye to his special qualifications either fpr winning over some special individual or for wielding some especial lntluence on the Bulgarian government as a whole. Both camps have now made more or less concrete propositions to Bulgaria. Germany, Austria and Turkey have told her that if she will remain neutral till the end of the war they will give her all- of Serbian Macedonia, which after all is the ono thing Bulgaria most de sires. This offer presumes a final vic tory for Germany in which event Serbia would become an Austrian province and would have nothing to say as to the disposition of her territory. Minor in ducements also have been included in tho German offer. The allies on their part in exchange for Bulgaria's tmrticination in the war and her capture of Constantinople from the rear have ofterea: PEACE SEEMS NEAR TORN E England Getting Anxious For Peace and Germany Not (By J. VY. T- Mason.) (Writteu for the United Press. New York. Aug. 30. The possibility of peace is now nearer than at any time since the outbreak of the war. Only a small incident is needed to open uie way to negotiations that may result in an 'armistice. ... The first steps toward lessening the tension have undoubtedly been taken bv Germany and Knglnnd. me power ful nnti-annexationist movement in i..i. .....I win tt.lward Grev's ad mission that the freedom of the seas is debatable, must both be inierpreieu.) as surest ions of peace. If settlement; of the submarine rontrojversy of the I'nited States can bo exienueu 10 elude an agreement between Knglaud and Germany lor muiuu. ... - - sea mil...... - - :.: .ibmiKaa lavor mi hiij . ... - .,,! i' llmnirli Since then, nowever, inerw ru -doubt that peace has begun to appear possible to influential Englishmen Tbe fact is delicately announced by I. w. Hirst, editor of the London r.eonotmst, w-o declares Grey's statements regard ing Improved treatment of pris.aers and Germany's modified methods of submarine warfare suggest a letting down of tension for "h.gn Hiplom.lie purposes." The reference to high diplomatic purposes," means, of course, Unwilling of course 'not a humiliating peace. l.'n-with O universn scale of wages-. He til Foreign Minister Grey's statement declared thai ne.ther the wmk.ng p.. It hist week. England would hear not). - pie of Eiiglnnd or of Germany want-id of last we. r'"K . ' ... ailJ ,. tol.l of 152 strikes t.iat in Europe Now 1. The bulk owhat remains of tin Turkish empire in Europe including the city of Adrinnople which the Bulgarians captured in the first Balkan war but lost in the second. 2. . Portions of Serbian Macedonia which Serbia, it is hoped, at tho re quest of the allies will cede. 3. The best efforts of the allies to secure from Greece and Rumania the cession of those territories which were taken from Bulgaria at the closo of the second Balkan war. In response to these offors Bulgaria has frankly admitted sho is in the mar ket not necessarily to the higher bidder but to the one who will give her the most solid guarantees that the promises made will bo carried out; or, rather, she demands, that in as far as possible, hor compensation be given her in advance in ordor that there be no short change operations after the war such as she alleges were perpetrated at the close of the Balkan wars. She has expressed her readiness to treat with both Bides and it is this open, reccptivo attitude that has resulted in the mass ing her of the great lobby. In the . meantime the activities of theso lobbyists would be an eye oponer to the most hardened Washington veter an. To all of the well known Amer ican methods have been added all the' fine ones perfected during the last half century by European diplomacy. Naturally that of the press plays one of the most important, if some times ridiculous parts. Every day the English and French lobbyists come out with a bunch of official communica tions telling of smashing advances by the allies troops iu the campaign at Gallipoli. With equal hurrahs tho Tur kish lobby comes out with ..equally as flamboyant announcements showing that the allied army at Gallipoli is in exactly tho same position it was the day it disembarked and equally ns powerless to advance as it is to retreat and he taken off by the ships. It can be safely said that no one at Sophia ha the remotest idea of the actual status of the present operations against the Dardanelles. On the day I arrived here direct from the Dardanelles I fancied I knew how tilings were going but two days after my arrival the lobbyists had " got ia their fine work- and I haven't the least idea, , j Natnrnlly the decision of Bulgaria Is of the most supreme importance to Turkey. In order to carry on hor pres-! ent effective resistnnc. at the Dardan elles Turkey has denuded the rest of her territory of cannon and troops Bulgaria's decision to attack her from the rear would be tantamount to the end of Turkey in Europe. Not content with sending here his best diplomats and-lobbyists, Talaat Bey, the minister of the interior, and the most powerful man in all Turkey today, has recontly visited Sophia in person in an effort to solidify an understanding. : On all sides the German lobby is ad mitted to have one great thing in its favor. It is not necessary to persuade, Bulgaria to remain neutral. The " can be attained by morely keeping Bul garia in such a state of indecision tl" before she can come to a conclusion the moment when her help would have bee-: moRt effective will have passed and her actual help to the allies rendered of lit-; tie If of any value. It Is the improssion in outside circleB at Sophia that Bul garia is going to have a mighty hard time to find out what would be best for, her to do and a harder time, after sho has found out, actually what to do. i overtures fctr peace negotiations. Peace now would leave the allies baffled in their efforts to capture Con stantinople, but it is by no means cor tain there is much enthusiasm in the went for the project of continuing to throw away lives in order to make a present of the Dardanelles to dofeated Russia. The capture of Constantinople would enhance Knulnnd's military reputation, but as events now stand, England doesJ not really need a victory over the 'iurks for prestige. Economic pressure brought on (lermnny by the British fleet, and the enpture of the German colonies by the British are factors that will prevent the allies from being overwhelmed with humiliation when negotiations begin. England, therefore, can afford to talk peace. She has saved the allies.. This is doubtlessly ti.e argument which is be ing used quietly in Knglaud. A little more of it and a peace congress will bo in session. Irish Dock Worker Is Against England Seattle. Wash., Aug. 30. Applause greeted me dw:iarauii, rH.uu of .lames Lark in, leader in the Irish dock workers' strike, tnat the laborers or ireiuim ro uvt u ...(......j Knglnnd in the present war. I - -i - r- - r - " i nrrui iuihi uuvumm. i I .;,; ( .11 Ulu,, ... ,-,, ,.,... ......... w. ... . ,-" '- I Imn. ntn film Vrpnt lll l Hiriai 1)011 V have occurred iu (lennany sine the lieuinniuff of hostilities. "III America you are permitting this ttffi.il v war bv allowing vour money lenders to control you. the laboring ln could ston this war." he said. "I predict that Kngland. France and Russia will refuse recognition of war debts when the conflict is over. It will cause tho greatest panic ever known in the I'nited States, but It will come to pass, STRIKE DFlMINERS If l!CMMS REPLY RUSSIAN ARMY IN 11 1 FIELDS MAY BE GENERAL Leaders of Men Say Two Hundred Thousand May Walk Out- FIGHT FOR RECOGNITION OF CLAIMS IS PREDICTED Executive Committee Wants Men To Work Until Decis ion Is Reached London!, Aug. 30. A general coal strike throughout Wales involving all of the 200,000 mino workers was pre dicted by the miners officials here to day unloss the dispute over the recent arbitration award is settled immedi ately., Members of the miners' federation made their prediction following a con ference with Minister of Munitions Lloyd-George. Lutcr the miners met with Walter Runiciman, president of the board of trade, but no announcement was made of progress toward an agree ment. The government ' officinls were to meet with the operators, following their session with the representatives of the miners. Advices today brought word-of 3,000 minors in Monmouthsnlra returning to work in, response to tho appeal of tho executive council, but mass meetings were held throughout Wules yesterday in which the mine workers declared their intention of fighting to the end for recognition of tuetri-elaima...... : At all of theso mass meetings attacks were wildly cheored in which tho mino owners were charged with netting hugo profits as a result of the war, and ac cused of failing to share theso profits with the workers. The arbitration award through which Lloyd George brought the Welch strike to an end was roundly denounced. A majority of the meeting adopted resolutions in favor of ordering a walkout Wednesday if no agreement is reached in the conferences now in progress with tne government. Some- hope was aroused in govern' ment circles that the union loaders may prevail upon the men not to quit the mines as a result of tho Monmouthshire workers returnine. The executive coun nil has urged the miners to remain ut work pending the offorts of the federa tion representatives to onng udoui a settlement. ' BASE BALL TODAY No American league games scheduled All Notional lcnuuo eames except St Loiiis-I'liiladelnhia postponed on ac count of rain or wet grounds. National. R. H. E. St.. Louis 3 10 2 Philadelphia 4 12 1 . Meadows and Knyderj Alexandor and Killifor. Mayer replaced Alexander. (10 innings.) Federal. Brooklyn 1 .-8 0 Buffalo 2 6 2 Finneran and Land; Krapp and Blair. Chicago . 4 13 1 Pittsburg I n u Itrown and Wilson; Barger and Berry. VICTIM OF MOSQUITOES Belleville, X. J., Aug. 30. Louis L. Reins, a camper, broke his ankle and before he could ' crawl a half mile to the near aid, N'ew Jersey mosquitoes had bitten him into insensibility. He was found just in rime to assure bis recovery. Soiltle I'osf li t' ' ijeiiter: . Ovor 200 German tiewvpsifcrs have suspended Since tho vi ii r ita'tol. ..Ml nl the Lon don oewiOipr.'S lave reduced their sir.o. I'lio 'sri e up ,- which sur vive aro mil 'i akelutnu. Wars are highly profitable to U. newspaper busint'is. Wit. : THE WEATHER J Oregon ! To night fair, not so warm cast por 1 1 o n j Tuesday rair, not so warm except near the coast; westerly winds. si Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 30. Percy Terry, an inventor, is dead today because ho had too much faith in a mixture which he believed would make his skin tough enough to turn a bullet. He smeared the concocton on his faco, the police say, and then shot at himself with a rifle. Half his faco was torn away. Friends of Terry say he had great faith in! the skin toughen ing mixture, which was design ed to make soldiers bullet proof. PHYSICAL FORCE NOT EFFECTIVE AS REMEDY Luke Grant Reviews Conflict Between Iron Workers and Their Employers Chicago, Aug. 30. "Application of physical force will neither establish nor maintain fair relations between em ployers and employes." This i the outstanding conclusion reached by Luke Grant on the contro versy between the National Erectors' association and international associa tion and Briilgo and structural Iron Workers in a report made by the in dustrial relations commission. "Many instances may bo cited in the industrial world," the report declared, "where tho use of physical forco has, tor a time, won advantage for tno biuo that lias used it. such gams, however are temporary and do not make for permanent industrial peace. Grant held that abuse of power was not always on the sido of tho employer and declared that where unions are in complete control, abuses are ns apt to develop as when the employers exorcise aosolute powor. "In the iron workers' controversy there was too much of nn uncompromis ing attitude shown on bath sides," the reort declared. "There wns too much of the spirit of wishing" to do certain things because of possessing the power to do them." Tho report goes into tho history of tho conflict between the Krectors' as sociation and Iron Workers' union in detail and holds that the Los Angclos Times explosion did not involve 'he latter except that "the explosina was perpetrated by one of the agents who niul boen made use of by officials of this union in causing other explosions." "The union has believed throughout that it 'was in a fight for existence," the. report declares. "That, in a largo measure, is; true. It does nut conflict with the statement that the union was on the aggressive that the union was tho defensive. Tho open shop policy, as understood and practiced by tho Na tional Erectors' association, means tho destruction of the union. "Open sha;i firms will deny that statement and point to the fact that they are employing union men, Thoy are, but not as union mon. The open shop erectors do not recognizo the right of their employes to bargain collective- "Jf tho union resorted to untalr ana unlawful mothoils in tiio prosecution of the fight, the erectors were in a degree responsible. The system or espionage which they maintained in local unions, before anil after the outbreak of hos tilities, did much toward creating and preserving the spirit "the hospitality which made the destruction of property possible. 'It has heen snown that the employ ers maintained a system of espionage in local unions at a time when they were working under contracts with such unions. Thnt dues not indicate that thev signed the agreements in good faith. "The employment of spies by the em ployers was as indefensible as was the resort to dynamite and tho destruction of property by the Iron workors, al though ono was within the law and tho other was not. The system of espion age was established years before the campaign of destruction began. It can not, therefore, be urged In ueiense or the system that It wns msilo nooossiiry because of tho outrages that were be ing eommittod." iteviewing the entire controversy Grant doclares the iron workers first displayed nn uncompromising altitude. Tho American Bridge company, ho said, offered to meet substantially the do manils mnde, but the Philadelphia con vention added a new demand. Lator, whon tho union was ready to comprom ise, the bridge company became uncom promising and rufused' to confer with the union representatives. The iron workers union;i' claims of jurisdiction of work is declared by (irant to be one of tho chief reasons of the employers fi maintaining an open shnn. Grant was appointed by the Indus trial relations roinniisHion as a special investigator' Into the controversy on which the report made public today is basod. RECORD OAT YIELD. Crc-vallis, Ore., Aug. 30. The it yield record of the state for is season Is believed toduv to oat tin be held by Walter N. Locke, who threshed 1134 bushels of the cereal from I0'4 ai res. This Is an average of DIM bushels to the acre, Believed first Chief Now In Mexico City Rumor Villa Assasinated . Washington", Aug: 30. General Cnr- ranza is now believod to bo in Mexieo City. With tho transfer of the "first chief's" headquarters from Vera Cruz to tho capital, tho junta here expected his reply to tho Pnn-Amorican peace proposals to reach Washington by to morrow. It is believod Cnrrnnr.a will reject the peace plan. General Zapata's acquiescence in tho plan of Secretary Lansing and the South American envoys is not sur prising, in view of tho fact that Gen eral Villa, his ally, has consented to a peace conference. General Scott is ex pected to arrivo here late this nfter noon with a report of his conference with Villa, but whether he will bo sent to Mexico City in an effort to win over Cnrranza has not yet been docided. A delayed dispatch to the state de partment from Special Agent John Silli mnn, today roported that B. F. Wolls, an American and auditor of the Tabas co Plantation company, was killed by bandits who recontly attacked a train in Mexico. At tho Villistn naiiey hero, it wus claimed the full of Monterey is im minent. Will Quit Governorship. Nogales, Ari.., Aug. '30. -It is au thoritatively stated today Governor Maytorena will quit tho governorship of Sonorn on September 15 and take tho Villa vice consulship at Tucson. Liconciado Alberto Morales, present counsellor to tho Maytorena govern ment, will be appointed govoruor. Oon cral Angeles is expected to assume com mand of tho Villa military forces in So nera and Sinaloa. Kumor of Bupture. Washington, Aug. 30. Itoports that President Wilson and Colonel E. DA. House, his personal friend and advisor, have broken wore characterized ns non- senso at the Whito House toilny. The reports said the president and Colonel Houso had broken over tho question of recognizing General Cnrranza. Oarranza Raiders Active, Nogales, Ariz., Aug. ' 30. Carranza raiders from tho Calles camp near San ta Barbara. Mexica. "rustled" and drove over tho international boundary 100 head of horses and cnttlo from ranchors on tho American side 15 miles cast of hero early today. No Confirmation. Washington, Aug. 30. The state de partment hns received no word which would loud credence to the Nogules rumors that General Villa nad been as sasslnnted. The VillisU agency doclur ed tho rumors unfounded. House Won't Talk. Manchester By tho Hea, Mass., Aug. 30. "Interesting if true," wns (lie comment of Colonel Houso hero toduy on the roport thnt ho had broken with President Wilson. I'olonol Jiouso wouia not discuss tho report. Disorder at Cape TaiUen. Washington, Aug. 30. Thero were some disorders at Capo Haitien Satur day night, but order wus later restored, Admiral Caperton reported to the navy department today. Say Villa Assassinated. NognleSt Ariz., Aug. 30. A rumor thnt General Villa had been assassinat ed today caused Villa currency to reach n new low mark. It was quoted at 1 10 and 110. STEAMSHIP SUNK A! Dense Pall of Smoke and Fog Probable Cause of Disaster One Dead Seattle, Wash., Aug. 30. Seattle of ficials of the United States steamboat inspection Bnrvleo are preparing today to investigate the sinking of the steam ship Admirnl Watson, of the Pacific Alaska Navigation company, by tho Pa cific Coast Steamship company's steam freighter Paruiiw, at the Boll street dock hern, early Sunday, resulting in the death of C. klbnoe, a longshoreman, who was struck bv u falling beam. Pilot Andrew Bjorklnnd, In charge of tho Paraiso. who was feeling his way th rou a dim ho tuill of smoke and fogil and who was hoblini' his course to shore! that ho passed within a few feet or nier ends. will. It Is believed, be sub- i.ieeted to grilling examination. After j his destination, unaware of the damage, I Damage estimated at Tietween i!5,000 iaiid !o,(l00 was inflicted on the Admir- ramming tne wnisou, no procwueu al Watson. A hole IS feet long was torn In her starboard bow. When the crush came, Captain M. M. Jensen, master of the Watson, ordered tho stern lines esse off, and ho rapidly (Continued on Page rive.) IN DIRE STRAITS; BE CUT OFF Berlin Report Asserts Three Hundred Thousand May Be Taken GRAND DUKE IS ATTACKED ON FRONT AND FLANKS Germans Have Captured Lipsk French Blow Up German : Trenches Berlin, via London, Aug. 30. Three hundred thousand Russians are in grave danger of boing cut completely off from the Slav armies of the north by the new AustroGerman offensive on the southeastern front. Tho right wing of tho main army of Grand Duke Nicholas is now boing heavily attacked by flying cavalry de tachments and Austrian infantry, while combined Austrinn and Gorman forces are smashing at tho Slav line between Kovel and Lusk, threatening to turn the Hussian flunk. While those operations are in prog ress, tho Itussinns in Galicia are being assailed. They aro being driven back upon, a line running southward from Urttly through Tnrnopob This will drtvo tho Slavs to tho easternmost boundary of Galicia and Biiould tho Toutonic attucks between Kovel and Limk bo successful tho Galiciau army 1 will bo cut off from the main bodies to the north.' Kast of Brzezany the pursuit of tho llussiana ia being press ed to the utmost and the AustriaiiB aro now npproichliig the Btrypa river, Vienna reports declare. Around Brest-Litovsk and before Vila, on the north, the retreat of the liiiHsians continues. Field Marshal Von llindenliurg is pressing his attack on -tho northern end of the battle line and only in tiie Courlund region is any great . resistance being encountered. Tho Bavarians of Prince Leopold are pushing through the foreBt north of lircst-l. itvk within 10 miles of the railway loading to Minsk and aro mov ing rapidly eastward ovor the Prushnny road. . French Blow Up Trenches. Pnris, Aug. 30. Whole Sections of flnrmnn tr.mliftd wnrrt hlnWH Ult bv Kronen nrtillery and mines during iienvy attacks directed against the en emy lines lust night. Tho most severe attacks made by the Kronen guns were between Courtchasses, Mourissoiis and Bolunte. the wnr office announced today. While artillery was tearing up sections or tronches, mines wore exploded under others, and heavy losses wore theu inflicted on tho Oor- 1... I BM..b. tha i1r'tiii IllUlin liy liuuiniD nmnwMf "-"'- communique declared. No important infantry engagements were reported. Germans Capture Lipek. Berlin, via wireless to London, Aug. 30, 'loiing in upon Grodno, the last stronghold held by tho Bussians on tho Hrcst-Litovsk line, German forces have captured the city of Lipsk, but liO miles from tho Grodno forts, it was an nounced today. A second Goriimu forco Is approach ing Grodno from tho southwest and the evacuation of tho fortress Is expected before the end of the week. General Vou Boeder, hero of Ant werp and the conqueror of Novo Georgiewsk, has been transferred from command of a section of the Gorman center to tho Riga region, the war of fice let it becomo known today. The first announcement of General Von Beseler's operations on the northern front stated that his forces had sur rounded the bridgehead at Kriederich studt. The German forces have forced a re- tlri'ini'iit of t in lliiHsiun from tho trib- ii'ary of Whim and crossed tho Sukolkn river, the official statement said. lOast and nnutheast of Brest-Litovsk the Slavs attempted to halt the ad vance of Kield Marshal Von Mncken sen, Thero was sharp fighting yester day south of Knbrin, but tho Itustians were del'euted anil, continued to retreat tolny. General Von Woyrschor's forces ejected the enemy from Suohopol and Szores.ow. Russian Coalition Cabinet. I'etrograd, Aug. 30. formation of a coalition rubinet to control the govern ment during tho remainder of tho war was urged nt a gnat mans meeting in Moscow.' Mombern of tho duma and representative lenders of all factions organized tho meeting, dispatches here today declared. A resolution was ailopted urging continuance of the war regardless of cost. Steamer Is Souk. London, Aug. 30. Tho British or Sir William Stephenson tons, hns been sunk by a murine, it was burned tu tho first llritisa ship oil reiortvd sunk in soyii II