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5STON jLEADER .VOL. XXXIV. WESTOX, OHEOON, FRIDAY, VIX'KMIIKII 4, 1014. NO. 24. f BRITISH IN THE TRENCHES AT LIERRE mm mm rtr. rit'jf a;; an jf-afsr at at' jf tir if fr f lir J COMMISSION N'AMED BRITISH WARSHIP BLOWS IP; 800 OF CREW PERISH r President Hopes for Lasting Peace Sheernesaf Eng., vl London The British battleship Bulwark u de- ' etroyed by terrific explosion m ah lay off her Thursday. There war ! only 14 lurYlvom from tha craw of 700 I or 800 man wbo war aboard. In tha opinion of naal man It waa an Internal aiploalon that put an and Wilson presses flop. J hat BMJSJ for Colorado Miners. Side Will See Duty to Com munity and Keep Unity. Washington. D. C-Presldent Wll aon announced Monday tha appoint ment of Sath Uw, of New York Cbarlca W. Mill, of rhllaiolphla, and Patrick CI May. of Clearfield. Fa., u a (aalon through which future dlf fvrvncM botwaen oaratora and minora Inrolved in tha preacnt Colorado atrlka mav ba aattlod. Tha commlaalon, ofllclala explained, waa not annolntod to deal with the ex lating dlhrenca which have cauavd rioting and bloodihed In Colorado. Hywal Davia and W. R. Falrley, the conclllatora who have been at temptlns to aettle the atrike for aev oral month, will continue In their ef fort to have the operator and miner agree on aottlcment of the preacnt atrike. In (tatement announcing the ap pointment of the commlaalon, tha Ifeaident exprnmied "the very earneat and linear hope that the partle may ae It not merely to their own boat In tereat, but alo a duty which they owe to the communitiea they aerve and to the nation itaelf to make UN of tlii a Inatrumentality of peace and render atrlkea of the kind which ha threat ned the order and prosperity of the great Bute of Colorado thing of the mat." The Prealdont announced In hi atatement that the commission will place Itself "at the service alike of the miners and the operator of the mine of Colorado In case controversy be tween them ahould In the future de velop circumstances which would ren der mediation the obvloua way of peace and just settlement." Mr. Wilson added that "merely to withdraw tha Federal troopa and leave the situation to aettle itaelf would aeem to me to be doing something lea than my duty after all that ha oc curred." The original basis of agreement offered by the President Included the establishment of a three yeara' truce, subject to the enforcement of the min ing and labor lawa of Colorado, the return to work of miner who had not been convicted of law violations, the prohibition of Intimidation of union or nonunion men and the appointment of a grievance committee by the em' ' oloyea. It I provided that In case where the officers of the company and the grievance committee could not settle differences, a commission of three men named by the President , ahould step In and act as the final re feree of all dlsputea. Ptnlant Oppose Allle$. Berlin The official new bureau ay: It I reported from Constant)' nople that the larger part of Northern Persia ha been aroused to hostile ac tlon airalnst Ruaaia, and that In South' ern Persia the movement against Great Britain I Increasing. Prince Abba and Prince Osman, relativea of the Khedive of Jfrypt, have been baniahed by tha British authorities on the charge of engaging in an anu-urman conspir acy. Seven foreigner disguised a hodja were taken before a court mar tial in Constantinople for conspiracy. had dona and lately had been doing ber part in guarding England' shores. There was no great upheaval of water auch as would have occurred If (be had been torpedoed or struck by a mine. Instead, tha ship waa enveloped In smoke and flame, and when thia had cleared nothing could be seen but wreckage floating on the water. House In towns seven and eight milee away were shaken by lbs explosion and even before men on ehie anchored near by could reach their own decks, tha Bulwark had dis appeared. The neighborhood was strews with an enormous amount of wreckage, while piece of the ship were thrown six or seven mile onto the Essex shore. Considering the all of ber navy, food Irice$ In Germany Show Remarkable RUt Berlin The effect of tb war on the price of provlslona bad, until late In October, hardly made luelf appar ant. In the but few day, however, aharo general rise hi set In, embrac ing practically everything to eat ex cept meats, which, owing to Germany unusually large stock of swine, have riaen little, and In some case not at all. Vegetable hsve practically disap peared from the market. Some lentila are to be bad, but only Inferolr culls. Bean are scarce and hulled peas are not to be had. Price of pea and lentil have riaen from 7 cents, the price before the war, to 16 cents, and It Is piedlcted that they will abortly coat much more. The government re cently confiscated all coffee held at Hamburg by English warehouses, but even with thia, the supply I runnln short and prices have increased mark edlv. Kresb orange or lemon are rarely to be bad. there ar no banana and pineapple, except the canned stock and with tha entrance of Turkey into the war, the aupply of dates and fig probably will be cut off. Cold atorage stock of egga have been greatly reduced, and It will be but a abort time before there will be none to be had. Tb Berlin chamber of commerce point to the somewhat surprising fact that Germany produces only 6 per cent of it egg supply, the remaining 95 per cent coming from Ruaaia, Gallca, Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy and Denmark. Potatoes have reached price which are a hardship to the poorer classes. American Citizen Held a Spyby German New York Edward Bright. American citixen, graduate of Colunv bla, and formerly editor of the Baptiat Examiner, la under arrest at Goetting en, Germany, charged with being apy, according to Information received by hi wife In thia city. Mrs. Bright got word recently that ber husband was imprisoned on October 17, and. after appealing to the State depart ment at Washington, ahe decided to make her Information public Mr. Bright, with bis family, bad resided at Goettingen nearly ten years. Mrs. Bright said. Mra. Bright with ber two aona, came here shortly be fore the war began. Her flrat news regarding ber husband' plight came in a letter dated October 26, written by a maid In the Bright' Goettingen household. Thi was confirmed by a letter from the same city October 30, by an American friend, who said ber WAR AND PEACE IN CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY - -u. ,.v m w A.ms.n-f m- if ft ;f - " " " m m m r ' 11- Tn r,v mi m lift tf.l French troops marching through a valley of the champagne country. hare; tht peasant are picking the grape for th famous sparkling win, Croker to Wed Indian Maid. New York Ketaw Kaluntuchy, whose grandfather, Chief Sequoy, waa a Cherokee warrior and wise man, la th bride-to-be of Richard W. Croker, who used to b the "big chief" of Tammany Hall. Her father, a Scotch man, married Princess Sequoyah, the Indian chief daughter. Thia devel oped Thursday when a marriage license was issued to Richard Welsted Croker, 73 years old, no occupation, and Miss Beulah Benton Edmondson, 23 year pld, a linger. Great Britain ha been singularly free from disaster of this character. Nev ertheleaa when the French warship Jena waa destroyed by an internal ex ploaion In 1907 all cordite ammunition waa taken from all the British ships and carefully examined. Refrigera tor were installed In the (hip to keep the powder cool. The Bulwark, which waa one of the older battleships, cost 1,000,000 ($5, 000,000). It i believed here that the explosion of the Bulwark waa caused by the fall and bunting of a 12-inch lyddite ahell in her magaxina. ' Serb Stubbornly Resist Vienna, via Amsterdam and London An official announcement issued here says: ; "On the Southern front th enemy I offering stubborn resistance and is endeavoring to delay the advance by heavy counter attack. On the East ern bank of the Kola Bara our troops again have gained. ' "Our troops, advancinrg beyond Val- jevol and to th south have reached th height east of the Ljlk river and the line from Suvotor to Uxice." KaUer's Coat is Captured. Petrograd The Army Messenger asserts that among th trophies taken by theRussiana at Csenatochowa waa Emperor , William' carriage, which contained one of the emperor'a coat. Th Messenger also says: "Th German ar making attack after attack In an attempt to break tha Russian force, but without success. husband had appealed to the American consul and to Ambassador Gerard and that the consul at Hanover had prom' Ised to make a trip to Goettingen to investigate. Mrs. Bright notified the State department, which cabled to the consul at Hanover and received word that Ambassador Gerard had "request ed an early investigation." The nature of Mr. Brigt' alleged offense is not definitely known. Mr. Bright wa born in Yonker, New York, 47 yeara ago. He is a aon of the late Dr. Edward Bright, whom he followed as editor of the Baptist Examiner.- He gave up this work to travel and study abroad. Rain It Arkansas' Hope. Little Rock The great smoke cloud from hundreds of forest ( fires which lifted In Little Rock Thursday again settled over the city, and it was im possible to aee more than two or three block even on well-lighted street. Report indicate that similar condition prevailed all over the state. The only hope of extinguishing the fires 1 a general rain, and the weather bureau offers little hope of this. That any considerable setback waa given to the Area by rain in portions of the burning district wa not Indicated in reports. Germans Menace Sweden. London The Daily Mail' Copen hagen correspondent says Germany has demanded that the Swediah govern ment suppress unfriendly utterances againat Germany in Swedish news papers. It 4s said Germany baa threat ened reprisals tn th event of non compliance. ; Capital Punishment Is Abolished by Small Lead Salem The constitutional amend ment to abolish capital punishment waa approved by the people at th re cent election by a majority of 1S7, according to official return received from all counties by Secretary of State Olcott. The vote in favor of tb meas ure wa 100,896. Return from all counties on meas ures and candidate bav been received by the secretary of atate, and a corps and obtaining totals. When the re sult ar obtained Mr. Olcott, in the pretence of the governor and state treasurer, will canvas tb vote, and th governor will issu certificate of taction to th successful candidate. The vote wa remarkably close In all counties on the measure to abolish cap ital punishment. Multnomah giving the biggeat msjorty for it, 2377. Jackson county gave a majority in It favor of 1067 and Washington gave a of clerk is engaged In final checkings j msjority againat It of more than 1100. Official Election Returns Give Withycombe Big Vote fiulem. James Withycombe' plur ality over J. C. Smith for governor waa Z4.M3 and George K. Chamberlain's plurality over R. A. liooth for United State senator waa 23,446, according to complete official return received br Secretary of Bute Olcott Dr. Withycombe' total vote was-119,537 and It. Bmith'a, 94.694; Senator ChamtHrlalns waa 111,743 and Mr. Booth's. 82.297. W. 8. U'ltea received 10.491 la the race for governor W. J. Smith, social ist candidate running almost 4000 ahead of him. William lianley. pro creaalve candidate for United State senator, received 28.220 vote. Prank J. Miller, rep., for raliro&a commissioner, received the largest vote of any candidate, bla total being 185,370. HI eocuUlat opponent, 8. O. Peurala received 23.886. John H. Lewie, rep., wbo bad no opposition for state engineer, received the second largest vote, his total be ing 179,164. O. P. Hoff. rep.. lor labor commia- aloner, opposed by a progressive and a socialist, got 169,033 votes. J. A. Churchill, rep., for superin tendent of public instruction, despite progressive and aoclallat oppoaltion, was the choice of 144,714 elector, and Thomas B. Kay, rep., for state treas urer, although B. Lee Paget bad the domocratlo and prohibition nomina tions, received 132.252 to Mr. Paget'a 76.061. I Henry J. Bean led all candidate by a large plurality in tb race for su preme court Justice, hi total being 128.674. Henry L. Benaon waa the second choice. He received 123,196. Thomas A. McBride beat Lawrence T. Harris by aeven votea, the former's total being 113,178 and Judge Harris 113,171. George M. Brown, republi can nominee for attorney-general, re ceived more than twice aa many vote aa his democratic opponent, John A. Jeffrey, the totals being 127,889 and 63,701, respectively. - For representative in congress In the second' congressional district, N. J. Blnnott, rep., received 24,176; Geo. U Cleaver, prohibition nominee, 16. 685, and Sam Evana, dem., 11.013. For representative in the frt congression al district, W.. C. Hawley, rep., maae a runaway race of It, receiving 61.295 and Frederick Holllster. dem.. 32,639. James T. Cblnnock. rep., who bad no opposition for auperintendent of water division No. 1. received 137.872 votes, and George T. Cochran, rep. for superintendent of water dlrlalon No. 2. received 34X32. He also was without opposition. Mr. Olcott' deputies have added all returne from precinct forwarded by county clerka and only two slight dif ference exist in his totals and those of th county clerks. County Clerk Coffey's figure for Multnomah give Justice McBride, for supreme court Justice. 41,326, and Mr. Olcott' addi tion g vea blm 41.405 m mat county. Mr. Coffey a figure give -William v. Lord for attorney-general, 6222 and Mr. Olcott' addition give him 6322. $500,000 Deal Closed tor Clatsop County Timber Astoria. The Isrgest timber deal that has been consummated in Clatsop county for several montha la aald to hare been closed here. By it tne ren Insular Lumber tz Box company, of ortland. becomea the owner of what la generally known a the W aanDurn tract. This tract i located lust north of Saddle Mountain at the headwaters or Young River, between that atream and the Klaskanlne River. It Is held in the name of the Young River com pany, the principal owner of which is said to be J. T. Washburn, of Minne apolis. 1 The property consists of dzsu acres and cruises show it contains 289,000, 000 feet of first-quality fir Umber. The consideration Is said to have been ap proximately $500,000, or slightly less than $2 a thousand feet stumpage. While located several miles from tne Columbia river the tract is located favorably for locginK operations and at the present time the Bremner Log ging company ran road extend 10 within a comparatively short distance of it Negotiation for the sale of this property have been In progress lor some time and approximately a year ago the purchase of It by another com pany was practically consummaiea when complications arose in conse quence of which the deal waa off. WW Growers Combine to Hold tor Better Prices Baker. "Do not sell or contract to ell wool for less than 25 cents a pound." , This 1 the slogan which wooimen of Baker and Grant county will take to the Eastern Oregon Woolgrowera association convention at Pendleton. Byron Gale, secretary of the local as sociation, declared that reports from all sections of the Baker district indi cate that there will be an enormous wool clip In this part of the country and that prices will be higher than have been paid In many years. "The English embargo on Austral ian .wool and Bhortage in other sec tion of the country outside Oregon will have a combined effect of in creasing the price," aald Mr. Gale. We have more lambs and sheep than ever In Oregon now and growers will have a big supply, but indications from elsewhere are that there is a shortage. Woolgrowera from ail over wis section are declaring that thsy will refuse to contract to sell wool at less than 25 cents a pound. The price seems high but the supply will be so limited that there will be no trouble In getting it." Baker Bide for Factories. Baker. Negotiations are pending between the Commercial Club and the Union Pacific Railway to establish in Baker two factories, one a wool-scouring plant and the other a furniture factory. Agents of the railroad are endeavoring to Interest persons who want to establish auch plants in the Baker field. The Commercial Club has sent information showing that there are several million pounds of wool in the annual clip in and tribu tary to Baker county and ba sent ample of the eastern Oregon woods which can be used in the manufacture furniture. Powder Magazine Rises. Wlleonville. Watt Ship Is butlding Dowder magaxine ber. adding one more to hi list which are scattered all along the line from here to Eugene. The location selected for this maga- sine is in the timber below town. When completed the structure will store about H carload of 20 per cent Dupont for stumping. Boat Canal FromSeaside to Warrenton Is Proposed Seaside Active steps toward pro viding a canal for motor boats from Seaside to Warrenton were taken here at a meetinz of the resident of Sea side and surrounding town. Commit tee were appointed to confer with the Port of Astoria commissioners and the motorboat club of Astoria and Port land. Prior to the meeting prominent eitiiens of Seaside had gone over the ground between here and Warrenton with an engineer and a profile map had been prepared, showing the elevations alone; the line of the proposed canal, which lies through a chain of natural lakes, the highest point of which is only seven feet above sea level and as the greater portion of the distance is already open by way of the string of lakes and a canal that ha been used for logging purposes, the project is a simple one from an engineering stand' point. The possibilities lor a canal that would connect Seaside with the Colum bia river are so apparent that the proj ect was proposed many yeara ago, but the necessary backing was not pro cured at that time. However, a canal was built from Cullaby lake, which lies about midway between Seaside and Warrenton. , to connect with the stream that empties into the Columbia river at Warrenton and this canal was used until quit recently for rafting logs from the slopes near Cullaby lake into the Columbia river. This canal, which is about five miles long, is in excellent condition. Cullaby lake is about three miles long and the other smaller lakes are available for use re duce the distance that would be nec essary to diet about three miles and one-half. v Mill Proposal la Made. Medford Edgar Hafer, who recent ly purchased the Renshaw ranch on Bear creek, south of Medford, has made a proposal to the people of Med' ford for the erection of a sawmill and box factory, to be located upon his property, one-third of the capital of $160,000 to be furnished by Mr. Hafer, one-third to be subscribed by citixens of the valley and the remaining one third to be treasury stock for future enlargements. The Pacific & Eastern will extend to the proposed mill and the Southern Pa cific is already there. CopperReld Cases Set Baker The damage suits against Governor West and other officials brought by William Wiegand and H. A. Stewart, Copperfield saloonmen, were set as the last cases on the calen dar for the Decmeber term, the court apparently believing that the cases would take ' an Indefinite period that it would be unwise to have any other cases awaiting tne termination, ine cases were set for trial for Thursday, December 17. That it will take a long time even to obtain an unprejudiced jury is the general belief. Ashland to Buy Camping Space. . Ashland The city will purchase ample space for camping purposes, necessitated by the tide of travel through here. The area will cover about two ordinary lot and will be located near water and feed privileges. Space also will be set aside for auto mobile tourists. A resolution is now pending before the council providing for the levying of not to exceed a half mill tax for general publicity purpose. Hood and Blizzard lilts City ot Nome, Alaska Nom. Alaska A furious blixaird which thia week ba been raging for three day ba forced th Bering 8e lea pack op againat th back of th buildings, where so much property wa detsroyed by th great storm In Octo ber, 1913, and has driven th water farther inland than it ba been In sev eral rears. All trails sre impassabl and several mining camp alonsr th sbor ar en tirely surrounded by water. The water along the beach I rising, but It is believed tb ice pack which baa been jammed againat tb building and bulkhead along th waterfront at Nom will protect them from th water and it I thought thar I littl likelihood of their being washed away, aa they were a year ago. At the smaller camp along tb abor conditions ar not so favorabl. Solomon, 82 miles eaat of Nom, and Dickson, th railway termiun at th mouth of th Solomon river, are sur rounded by water and ice. All th telephone line along tb eoaat were torn down by th storm. Before communication by telephone eessed a message from Safety Road- house, 24 mile east of Noma, told of th water pouring in from tb forcing the inmate to seek refuge on tb second floor. It I impossible to rescue them as tb ic floe would crush any boat which attempted to ap proach the house. American War Is Feared Because of Monroe Doctrine Princeton. N. J. That general di armament and universal peace will not follow tb European war and that th United States may have trouble with tb winner were prediction made by George B. McClellan. ex-mayor of New . York and now prof esaor of economic history in Princeton univers ity, in an address which he delivered here: "No matter wbo wins," said Pro fessor McClellan, "it I almost certain that some not far distant date w shall be confronted with the alternative either of abandoning the Monro Doe- trine or fighting to maintain it. We have msde of it a great national prin ciple, a question of national honor, so that if we abandon it we must concede that we ar not storng enough to main tain it, that we are only a second -class power, at the mercy of all the swag gering bullies 01 the eartn. 11 we fight for it in our present unprepared condition, there can be but one out come. A triumphant and victorious Germany would have little to fear from us, and, while we might possibly in the end be able to check Japan by herself, we could scarcely nop to do so if she received help." The cause of war, according to Pro fessor McClellan, is the spirit of na tionality which has seixed all of Eu rope and the present war cannot be charged against any on man or t group of men. Professor McClellan made a strong plea that Americans awake to their present condition of unpreparadness and that immediate steps be taken to build up a national defense. Naval Authority Dead. Washington, D. C Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan, U. S. N., retired, acclaimed in naval circles aa the "greatest modern writer on naval strategy," died at the naval hospital here Wednesday, aged 74 years. Death wa due to heart trouble. The admiral bad been in feeble health for several weeks, but be waa not taken to the hospital until a week ago and it was not generally known that his condition was critical.-. Admiral Ma han had greatly overtaxed hi strength in study of the present great European conflict and it is thought that the many long hours he devoted to follow ing the naval operations of the bellig erents probably caused the breakdown which hastened hia end. Lack of Stamps No Crime. Washington, D. C Thousands of persons in many cities who spent hours Tuesday rushing to the offices of in ternal revenue collectors, alarmed over their inability to obtain revenue stamps to comply with the new rev enue tax law were needlessly frighten ed over what might happen if they were not on the minute with their stamping. The internal revenue de partment sent telegrams to collectors making it plain that the government has no intention of prosecuting any' body subject to the tax who show that he is willing and ready to buy stamps and pay. Trade Balance Growing. Washington, D. C. Exports from the 12 ports which handle 80 per cent of the business of the United States totaled $43,098,862 for the week end ing November 28. as compared with imports aggregating $26,685,657, leav ing a favorable trade balance of $16,' 413,295. The 22 working day of No vember yielded a trade balance in fav or of the United States of $63,188,992, which, according to official estimates, indicates an export excess of approxi mately $70,000,000 for the entire country during November. Wilson Waits on Ammons. Washington, D. C President Wil son, after discussing witn secretary Garrison Wednesday, the request of Governor Ammons of Colorado that Federal troopa be , withdrawn from aome of the Colorado strike districts, decided that nothing should be don at this time. Earlier in the day the President told callers that he was awaiting formal notice from Governor Ammons that the state wa ready to resume control in the strike son be fore withdrawing the troop. HEWS OF 1HE-WEEK Ccicral Rcsnmc of Impoilaiit Events HuouoHout tlic World. Germany baa voted war credit of 11,250,000,000. Th department of Agriculture pre dicts cheaper fowl far th Christmas dinner table. Two prisoners la tb jail at Eugene, Or., bound and gagged th turnkey and mad their escape. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American minister to The Netherlands, ssys peace talk ia prematura. Kaiser visit hi troop In East Prussia, where fierce fighting with th Russian la ia progresa. Tb Supreme court of Oregon holds that if bartender eel! a minora drink, tb proprietor I likewise liable to prosecution. A dispatch from Berlin claim that th German broke through th Rus sian Una near Loda, capturing 12,000 men and 25 gun. ' A prominent department store owner in Portland see a "rosy future" for Northwest business, but add that op timism I th only need. John I). Rntkefllsr. head of th Standard Oil Co., has expanded to th extent mat th on neid or rem, nave been taken over by that company. Coalition chiefs, Villa and Zapata, In the suburb of Mexico City in readiness to enter when th conven tional president Gutierrez, arrives. An attorney of Harahfield, Or., I disbarred three months for helping to drive L W. W. advocates from that city, according to a Supreme court decision. For the first time inj history the mikado consented to Japan' gift of $26,000 for th establishment of a hos pital under th auspices of the Epis copal miasion at Tokio. Th World' Purity Federation in session at La Crosse, Wis., is making preparation for th safety of girls who attend the Panama exposition at San Francisco next year. The government assures those who - failed to secure revenue stamps the first day of th new war tax law, that ' there will be no prosecution if their , intention were apparent. Few saloons in Portland, Or., will suspend business before the prohibition , amendment goes into effect January 1, 1916. aa a great majority have applied . for a license covering that period. "Human element" 1 blamed for the wreck of the steamship Hanalei, which went ashore on the reef of Duxbury, . near San Francisco, November 28, by coroner' jury. The jury further recommends the erection of a life- saving station at the scene of the dis aster. . I Arkansas has secured a new electri cian who will pull the lever that will put to death 10 condemned men who : were reprieved to await the outcome , of the abolishment of capital punish ment amendment that was lost in the recent election. The former electri cian quit the place because - of the gruesomeness of the job. ' The Turkish embassy at Borne says that the Egyptian advance guard on the Sues canal has deserted to the Turks. -'. 1 5 -.. ; -,?'" Thanksgiving Day found .7.000,000 starving- Belgians in dire want of bread and only half enough to appease their hunger. '- A vounir Portland streetcar con ductor was electrocuted in a bath tub when ho reached up to turn on the electric light . A dianatch to the Havas agency from Athens says advices received in the Greek capital from Mitylene state that a Turkish mine-laver has been tor pedoed and sunk in the Bosphorus. It la said in Petrograd that the re- port published in the Bourse Gazette that Russia. France and ureal amain were endeavoring to secure the re opening of the Dardanelles is a pure invention. - Reports of a pan-Islamic anti-British movement are confirmed by the Russ- , koye Slovo, of Petrograd, which say that the movement bad its beginning in Afghanistan. The Porte says that, all Arabs who are fit for military serv ice have declared their readiness for a holy war., 1 .-.'. . .ty. : ' f,:-. I', "The situation at present does not demand legislation for tbe suppression of football," said ITemter Asquitn m the house of commons, replying to a question as to whether such a move was under way. . , 1 ne premier aaaeo that negotiationa with the football magnates were progressing irom which satisfactory results were ex pected. ' . ' . Dispatches from Petrograd stat ' that the German lines in Russian Po land have been seriously disorganised, ; and that a great army i surrounded by the Russians. A British aviator dropped a bomb squarely on a German ammunition train, which blew up. The explosion wss beard and felt many miles slong th allies' lines, f v Turkey has made a formal and ti- factory explanation to tb United Sl.tM imvarnment for firing on an American launch that attempted to enter a Turkish closed harbor.