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- HI Gill, mayor of Swttls, celebrates
60th anniversary of tan birth, August
After aeven months' session the
Engliih parliament adjourns to Ooto-
i- An important advance in the oam
"Datgn for the oonquest of German Bast
1 1 Africa is reported to a Reuter dispatch
r;fram Nairobi, i , if -r:r -;
Germany rejoices over the safe re
tarn of the, undersea liner Deutschlsnd,
' and America is praised for her strict
' neutrality and fairness. -
Germany is said to be building Zep
' ' pelins that measure 780 feet long and
hwtth a carrying capacity of five tons,
. vand bayng a radius of 3000 mlies.
The meeting of thaAmericaD-Hexico
.conferees to settle border questions
will meet during the first week of Sep
'tember somewhere along the New
. England coast; f $ . ;
.-, Patricia Burke, a noted California
i .beauty, is another American girl who
' has married an k)glish title. She is
'now the Countess Cottenham, having
batm married to the Earl of Cottenham
in London on August 16.
Russian forces operating in South
ern Turkish .Armenia have re occupied
Mush, captured by the Turks on Au
gust 8. says an official announcement.
' The statement adds the Russians cap
tured 2300 prisoners at Kachta.
. .. . Julius Pullen, 11 years old, of Eure-
ka. Cel., must have Bilnouetted like
i deer when he raised his band to wipe
. the sweat from his brow, for just as
. he did so an unknown hunter shot at
him. The bullet carried away three
i fingers and a thumb from the young-
, star's left hand.
Hamburg bankers and shipping com
? panies, among them the Hamburg-
i American line, are planning the estab
1 liahment of a new shipbuilding plant
at Hamburg, says an Overseas News
agency announcement. The plant will
; be exclusivly for the construction of
freighters of from 7000 to 8000 tons.
.c The 22d battalion, Sonora Infantry,
200 strong, was practically annihilated
, after it had been ambushed, by Yaqnis
near Batamonte, in toe Alamos dis-
trict, about 10 days ago, according to
reports from Sahuaripa. The Mexican
troops were passing through a narrow
canyon. Only a few stragglers escaped.
Complaint against the action of
Western and Northwestern. railway
lines in discontinuing peddler car serv-
ice by which perishable commodities
t were sold from freight cars to consum
ers, -was made to the Interstate Com
merce commission by the Nebraska
State Grange and the Nebraska Farm
1 era' Union. - -
State Commissioner of Health Sam-1
uel G. Dixon, of Pennsylvania, has de
cided that ail public schools, as well as
private, parochial and Sunday schools,
! in the state mnstvemam closed until
j September 18, , because of the preva
' lence of infantile paralysis: -Fivehun-.
s dred and ninety-eight cases have been
reported in the state since July 1, with
164 deaths. - - I
The Austrians, .according to a dis-
patch from Innsbruck, have found the
' treasures of the Detchani monastery
, near Cettinie, Montenegro, wmch the
monks had buried on the approach of
the invaders. The accumulations were
, those of seven centuries, consisting of
jewels and old coins of every genera
- tion since the 18th century; golden
r vessels, and richly embroidered vest-
I ments. The value of the whole of the
accumulation . is .-estimated at several
million pounds.
Intense heat in Chicago Sunday
1 claims eleven victims.
American supervision of Dominican
finances soon is to be extended to in
ternal revenue as well as customs re
ceipts. A budget system also is to be
arranged.
Swiss dispatches to the Overseas
News Agency report that the French
have removed the civil population
from towns and 'villages behind the
front in the districts of Nancy, Lune-
ville. Baccarat and Saint Die.
Roumania is thought about ready to
join the allies, as the situation be
i tween that country and Germany is re
ported serious. ; r ' ? ,
Eight persons were killed and 16 ln
I jured when three boilers in the Harlan
' Morris Stave Manufacturing Co., at
I Jackson, Tenn., exploded.
. A masked robber held upandre
: lieved W. H. Estabrook, manager of
? the Boston-Idaho Gold Dredge Mining
" company, of gold dust and nuggets
valued at $2180 near Boise City in the
Boise basin. The desperado made good
bis
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AiAHmn'bviiennl KmiJ muu
Berlin, Aug. 28, via Indoiw-Rou-mania
declared war on Austria-Hun-gatia
on Sunday evening, it is an
nounced officially 'here. ' -
Paris, Aug. 28 Reumanla declared
war against Austria-Hungary last
night, says a Haves dispatch from
Berne, Swltserland, which declares
that the Wolff agency at Berlin made
the announcement
Roumanians decision to enter the
war was reached at a meeting of the
Crown council held at Bucharest yes
terday rooming, says a Havas dispatch
from Geneva,
The Wolff agency announces that the
German federal council was convoked
immediately after the decision became
known.
Will Investigate New President of
A report has reached Washington
that Ramon Valdes has been instru
mental in getting a large land conces
sion for the Japanese government near
the Panama canal. Secretary Lansing
has ordered an investigation to ascer
tain whether Valdez has made the con
cession of land to a Sapniard named
Fernandez, who is the Havana agent
for Japanese silk firms. The land, ap
proximately 80,000 acres, is said to be
on the Atlantic seaboard, directly op
posite the Bay of San Miguel. It
might be very valuable to the Japan
ese government for the establishment
of a naval base there.
List dance to Avert Strike Appeals
In lie a Adia of Congress
Washington, D. C President Wil
son's negotiations for averting the
threatened nation-wide railroad strike
are in the last stage with a break or a
settlement apparently not far off.
With the railway executives standing
firm against conceding he eight-hour
day and the brotherhood leaders still
standing out against arbitrating it,
the hope of preventing a tie-up of the
country's transportation systems
seemed to lie with congress.
Just exactly what can be done, none
of the congressional leaders themsel
ves seem to know. Conferences
among them and with President Wil-1
son, which began Sunday night, were
continued Monday.
The situation was viewed on all
sides as the most perilous since the ne
gotiations began two weeks ago. The
hope of the President and administra
tion leaders was in the possibility of
getting the brotherhood men to give
more time to continue1 the negotia
tions.
It is reliably reported that the strike
order which the chairmen carried in
sealed envelopes when they left Wash
ington Monday, is to enter into effect
on September 4, unless an agreement
should be reached prior to that date,
The four brotherhood heads issued a
statement replying to President Rea,
of the Pennsylvania, who made an an
nouncement that rather than give up
to arbitration the roads preferred to
face a strike. The statement charged
the Pennsylvania with inconsistency in
that two years ago it fought the ef
forts of its shopmen to organise and
arbitrate. It also declared that as the
controlling interest in five small roads
it has refused them representation on
the managers conference committee,
and that if arbitration were agreed up
on it would apply to these roads.
Mexicans Beg for Help.
El Paso, Texas An appeal of the
people of Aguas Calientes and Zacate-
cas to authorities of the def acto gov
ernment in Mexico City to send physi
cians, medicineB and food to alleviate
disease and famine rampant in the
two states has been fruitless, accord
ing to private advices here. The re
port said there wss not more than
enough food in the Federal district to
provide for the people there, and that
if there were any physicias available
they could do nothing, for there were
no terms to combat the epidemics.
Seize Counterfeiting PlantJ "
Oakland Operatives of the United
States secret service seized here Mon
day a complete counterfeiting plant,
which included molds, dies and bogus
coins made in imitation of silver dol
lars and gold 16 and S10 pieces. The
seizure was made following the arrest
of Charles G. Bush and Louis Miller,
the former of whom, according to
Barry M. Moflitt, head of the secret
service bureau at San Francisco, hss
served a sentence for counterfeiting. ,
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foal Aa Apist fcar todt of
Prtssjre oy IDs.
una mst iiksed
Both Countries Have Been Drifting
Steadily Toward Break Troops
Now Available Anywhere.
Roma Italy Sunday dacltrad war on
Germany.
Italy and Germany have been drift
ing iteadlly toward war. The declara
tion became Inevitable When Italy re-,
eently Bent troops to Salonikl to co
operate In the campaign of the entente
allies on the Macedonian front, as Ger-:
many is directing the opposing forces
and has troops on this battle line. 1
Italy's position in regard to Ger
many has been an anomalous one since
Italy withdrew from the Triple AUW
ance May 28 of last year and declared
war on Austria, Althoogh by this act;
she arrayed herself against her former
allies, Germany and Austria, she re
mained officially at peace with Ger
many until Sunday.
Before Italy took this step Germany
exerted every effort to induce her to
remain neutral, sending to Rome as an
ambassador Prince von Buelow. The
prince for some time averted war be
tween Austria and Italy, and when be
saw a rupture was inevitable took
steps toward preservation of an official
peace between Germany and Italy.
lie negotiated a special agreement un
der which, in case of war between
Austria and Italy, Germany and Italy
pledged themselves to respect 'the
properties and Uvea ox their respective
subjects in one another's domains. 1
According to unomcial reports from
Europe, Italy's allies were dissatisfied
and at the Paris council of entente
powers in February last asked the Ital
ian representatives why their nation
was not at war with Germany. Italy
already had agreed not to conclude a
separate peace and at the Paris con
ference sanctioned the plan for a per
manent high council of the entente
powers for future conduct of the war.
The increasing co-operation among
the entente allies and tha necessity
for bringing into service Italy's sur
plus of troops gradually brought Italy
into such a position that it became
evident a declaration of hostilities
sgainst Germany was certain.
The first overt act in this direction
occurred shortly after the Paris confer
ence, February 29, when Italy requi-
stioned 84 of the 87 German steam
ships interned in Italian ports to help
meet the pressing need of the allies
for shipping facilities. Other indica
tions of approaching war have been
observed in recent weeks.
S. Red "henry"
lands Amy on long Istasd
Washington, D. C The greatest
war game ever undertaken by the
American navy ended Sunday with a
victory for Admiral Mayo's "Red"
fleet, which, theoretically, wiped out
the defending "Blue" fleet and landed
an invading army at Far Rockaway
Beach. Long Island.
Rear-Admiral Knight, acting"as um
pire, announced the result in this re
port to the navy department:
"Maneuver completed. Red and
Blue bodies engaged 9:30 to 10:80, 10
miles south of Ambrose Llghthip. Blue
decisivley defeated. Red gaming com
mand of sea. Red effects landing at
Fort Rockaway and secures base."
The final report followed one an
nouncing that Rear-Admiral Helm's
Blue" defending fleet virtually had
been annihilated .in a dramatic fight
off Scotland Lightship at the entrance
to the New York harbor. With the
exception of a few light craft, the en
tire "Blue" fleet was "sunk." The
full extent of the "Red" losses was
not known, although early reports
showed that they included the super-
dreadnaughts Nevada and Texas and
two destroyers.
American Flag on Pacific Again.
San Francisco The American flag
was restored Monday to the trans
pacific service when the Pacific Mall
liner Ecuador left for the Far East
with more than 6000 tons of freight
and a full complement of passengers.
The significance of the occasion was
recognized by the government, and the
battleship Oregon and the United
States quarantine steamer Argonaut
accompanied the liner as far as the
lightship. This was the first time in
the history of the port that a commer
cial liner haa bad a navy escort to sea.
' Word "Cilk" Held Deceit.
New York The Federal Trade Com
mission has issued an order directing
the Circle Cilk company, of Philadel
phia, to diecontinue using the word
"cilk" in reference to any of its prod
ucts other than real silk in connection
with sales, trademarks and advertising
matter. The commission held that the
use of the word "ellk" for products
msde of mercerised sea island cotton
thread waa deceptive. The decision Is
on as a preoedent
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Increase Would Prostrate Lurriber
Industry of Washington, Idaho
and Oregon, is Declared.
Although commending President
Woodrow Wilson for his purpose of
averting the threatened railroad strike.
the West Coast Lumbermen's associa
tion, after meeting at Bridal Veil,
Oregon, telegraphed the committee of
railroad presidents In Washington, D.
C, urging that they adhere strictly to
the principles of arbitration tn dealing
with the trainmen' wage dispute
crisis. Politics, it is said, did not fig
ure in the action of the lumbermen's
association.
It is a business proposition with the
lumbermen, as they express it, and
their action wss unanimous. The sug
gested advance in freight rates to ab
sorb Increased operating costs in the
event of an eight-hour day eompromiee
in the railway wage controversy, Is
garded by West Coast lumbermen
likely to disturb the commercial and
industrial fabric of the nation. The
lumbermen. maintain that while some
lines of business enterprise could read
ily adjust to the new order of freight
rates, lumbering in the states of
Wuhington, Oregon, California and
Idaho practically would be prostrated.
At Saturday's meeting it was said
that depression In lumber eo keenly
felt in all lines of Pacific Northwest
business enterprise was due to the fact
that long freight hauls to leading con
suming markets prevented West Coast
forest products from successfully com
peting with similar products reaching
tbose markets on a snorter Haul and
more favorable freight rates. It was
argued that market for West Coast
woods could not be extended under
these conditions without sightly low
ered freight rates. It was cited that
carload of common fir dimension
lumber loaded In Portland for Chicago'
was worth $260 at the mill and $680;
delivered in Chicago, the freight being
1380, or B0 mors than the value of
the lumber. Common lumber was said
to be from 66 to 76 per cent of the
log. In toe Dig cnicago market West
Coast lumber meets competition from
similar sawmill products from Louis
iana and Mississippi, which reach Chi
cago on a freight differential of 81
cents under fir.
The resolution adopted was largely:
sunplementary of a telegram sent di
rect to President Wilson the previous
day by J. H. Bloedel, of Seattle, pres
ident of the West Coast Lumbermen 'a.
association.
6ernaB Airships Drop 100
Bombs Englasi; Ggtt tUIed
London Six German airships raided!
England early Saturday morning, drop-)
ping 100 bombs, killing at least eight
persons, seriously wounding .seven and,
slightly wounding 14 civilians and 16
soldiers. Preceding this raid by 24.
hours a single Zeppelin visited the1
East coast, but the report given out by
the admiralty says the damaged caused
was inconsequential and there were no
casualties.
The official report of the Berlin war
office, as received in London, says;
that the city of London was "abun
dantly bombarded," that naval vantage
points and vessels at the wharves
were attacked, and that "everywhere
good effects were observed." The
British account, however, differs from
this in essential particulars.
The admiralty statement indicates
that the visitors met with stern re
sistance. It is said that several air
craft went up in pursuit and that one
British aeroplane succeeded in firing
at a raider at close range, but the lat
ter succeeded in eluding her pursuer. :
"runner reports show that five or
six enemy airships raided the East and
southeast coasts of England. In all
iuu rjomos are known to have bean
dropped." . . .
Infantile Paralysis aa Old as World.
Paris Infantile paralysis, whose ap
pearance in France seemed to be
feared, ia said by Prof. Arnold Netter.
a member of the Academy of Medicine
and an authority on the disease, to be
a malady as old as the world and one
long known in the form of sporadic
epidemics, "snorting adults as well as
children. He says: "It exists now in
England and France. Thousands of
persons were affected by the disease in
Sweden in 1906 end France suffered in
its turn in 1909 and 1910, and even aa
late as 1914."
Deutschland to Return.
Berlin (By wireless to Savville. N.
Y.) Preparations for another vovave
ot cm submarine lieutachland to the
United States an wall under wav.
Freight is now beinz received for this
trip.. .. , , ,
Tne amount of carao now readv ia
larger than bad been expected, the
Overseas News Agency says. All
the members of the crew have ex-
pr
Bid readiness to sian for toe neat
voyage.
Vnwl AC wl 3 f ..J"
London Tha battle for Serbia grows
iatnry. Wttttethe allM f onca an
breaking a way slowly up the Vardar,
along tha railway to Nlsh, tha Bulgars
are pressing hard en both ftsnks, in an
effort to prevent this movement from
the canter. The struggle continues
along the whole front north of Sa
lonikl. General Ssrvsll's troops gained on
both sides of the Vardar Wednesday.
This stroke, which halted altar the
Dolran station bad been won mora
than a weak ago, was resumed with
some success. Bast of tha river tha
allied infantry won the southern spurs
of tha Vales mountains, while to the
west a line of heights near Ljumnica
was taken. . - . '
Heavy Bulger assaults failed to re
win the positions.
An indication of the scops of the al
lied plan In the Balkans is given in tha
announcement that since August
Russian troops have been landing at
Salonikl. The censor until now haa
not disclosed their presence in the
Balkan army. Reports from the Greek
line estimate , their number at more
than 80,000. s
Thus, with the exception of -the
Jspanasa, the Belgians and tha Portu
guese, all the allies are now represent
ed In General SarraU'a army. The
Balkan force is beginning to compare
favorably In else even with the huge
armies gathered on the eastern and
western fronts. ,
The presence of the Italians at 8a
loniki shows that real unity finally ex
ists among the allies. Although Italy
is not actually at -war with Germany,
nor one of the powers .protecting
Greece, nevertheless she has consented
to send an expeditionary force to aid
the Serbs. '.-.: -.
Because of the heavy drain on al
lied shipping and unwillingness among
the higher commands to scatter their
forces in an unhealthy climate, It la ho
secret that the Salonikl expedition was
not always looked on with favor in all
quarters. But the latest developments
indicate that the advocates of a big
campaign in the Balkans finally have
won the day.
Rsrfroad ftesidarts M to Solve
ProWoi f Averticg B Strike
Washington, D. C Eight presidents
of important railway systems who
have been designated to draft the rail
roads' reply to President Wilson's ap
peal that they accept his plan for
averting a Nation-wide strike were In
: continuous session Tuesday
without solving their problem.
Late Tuesday night three of the
committeemen, Hale .Holden, of the
Burlington; R. 8. Lovett, of the
Union Pacific, and Daniel Willard, of
the Baltimore 4 Ohio, dicusssed the
situation with President Wilson.
They were at the White House for
more than an hour and on leaving de
clined to talk about their visit further
than to say they had "asked for the
conference to discuss the general situ
ation" and expected to see tha Presi
dent again, .
Although some of the 60 or more
presidents are showing a disposition to
prolong the negotiations in the hope
that the sentiment of business men of
the country will be shown to be op
posed to the idea of an eight-hour day,
there was a general feeling that a defi
nite answer to President Wilson's de
mand cannot be much longer post
poned. liviaf 25 Per Cent Itigfaer Tbaa 1915
Chicago The high coat of living
this year equals the coat of high living
last year. Higher prices and smaller
portions at restaurants are the baro
meter of food conditions. Food prices
have advanced 26 per cent over last
year. , The soaring cost of meats, flour
and vegetables limits their use by
many people and the cheaper foods.
rice and molasses, are coming into
tneir own. . 4 . , '
The wholesale price of the beat
grade of flour per barrel is (8.90 and
last year it was 16.60. Beef is now
selling at from 11 to 20 cents per
pound wholesale, an increase of 26 per
cent. The greatest rise occurs in im
ported canned goods, which have ad
vanced 100 per cent.
Live hogs sold at $11.80 a hundred
pounds at the stockyards Wedneeday,
the highest price since the Civil war,
when they went to 112.76 a hundred, '
Preacher Repays Theft.
Washington, D. C With a $4 con
tribution to the treasury's conscience
fund Wednesday came the following
ir eigneo oy a Texas preacher: .
" Vnil wilt And lnnlA.aJ .1 LIU-
Tha nannn th.t 1. iin. .1, .u '
got to God, and doing hi. best to got I
wnesven. :inis is what be beat the
government out of several years ago,
so please make some disposition of
them, as the one sending them doesn't
warn, inem." (i J - J i
l Candy Barred From Camp.
' Lake Geneva, Wis.Candy has been'
barred from the National Service
School camp, where 160 women are re
ceiving military instruction, in an offi
cial ruling. More than 100 pound has
been returned to its senders. ,
The women hare asked for a camp
manicurist and hairdresser.
. ' Barbers Are on Strike.
New York Two thousand barbers
in (00 shoos went cm at-lk. WnH.
day. Before the end of the week, the
majority of the 20,000 barbers in the
greater city will join the strike.
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OLTSL.
rVhy Berlin remitted ftt&siiai Is
Kystery-BVMI ttor O
Not Be Much Irutoewed.
Washington, D. C. Gland Admiral
von Tirpits, sothot of the policy of on.
reeWHted tubmarme warfare enon
merchant craft, has issued a'msaHeeto
demanding war with the United
Btaaev, ; ,.-wP- U '
Information to V V"ttaitM
received by the Btase darwent eni
has caused wnaiderable eonvaea e tas
officials.
Von Tlrplts insists In his statement
that Germany hannirapned In the
prosecution of her life-awl death at lag
gle by the limitations Imposed upon
submarine operations by ths German
government, at the instance of the
United States. . ' ... i v. ,
He argues that this country, in any
ease, is hostile to Germany and that
the time haa gone by to consider its
wishes. He believes should ths United
States enter the war on the side of the
allies it would do no more harm to the
Greman causa than it has already
done. - -
The text of the Von Tirpltt memor
andum was published by the Berlin
newspapers, The t oreign sosraeaorjoV
ents were not permitted to transmit it
to their papers. As a eonesquenee,
only the neutral diplomats have been
able to forward it by cipher messsgea
and in their official mall pouches.
It is not believed by the authorities
that the German Kaiser will -permit
himself and his government to be in
fluenced into the adoption of .hostile
policy toward the United States. Nov
ertheless, It is considered highly sig
nificant that the papers were permit
ted to publish the Von Tirpltt mank
1 erto and that at the aame . thne the
German authorities gave to ths prase
the fact that the American govern
ment has .mad. conqdenta inquiries
in regaru to sue suBmenne ick on
tha American steamer Owefco. )
According to the information ia
possession of the- authorities here, a
German rabmarine diacbargad 10 shots
at the Owego when she was In the
vicinity) of the English Channel.
These shots were not fired as a warn
ing and the Owego was making no at
tempt to escape. None of the shots
took effect end the Owego oaMenuent
ly suffered no damage.
cEUTsaras'Jt
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Berlin (By wireless to Bayville, N.
Y. ) The merchant submarine Deutach
land arrived at the mouth of the W.O
er August 2S, according to the Over
seas News Agency. :
The agency says that the Deutsch
land arrived on tha afternoon of Au
gust 28 and anchored off the mouth of
the river. All on board were well.
Han Dedsies Wl Be Castlr tt -
IbtrCi. if Ssid
Yonkers, N. Y. A fine, of 1100 la-
posed on Swift & Co., meat packers,
by City Court Judge Joseph H. Beait,
carried with it a decision, which will
cost the company's meat packers 41,
000,000 a year,.. .it approved by the
higher courts. . aocording to the it at
torneys..' , . 4.'. f
Judge Beau found the Packers ralltv
of having violated the law by charging
for meat containers at the same late
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m iut tip. moat uiey contain, u mm
charged that the company hadioM
ham weighing 11 pounds ail ounces, In
container weighing six ounces and
charged for 11, pound, 12 ounces of
meat. .. -, : - , - . -
Carman Liner la to Sail,
Boston . The North German Lloyd
liner Willehad, whichhas been Interned
here since the beginning of tlx war,
secured clearance papers and ia expeet-
ad to sail for New London. Conn. It
JFT",
hothlng to do with the expected trrival
at tne uonnectlcut port of the mer
chant submarine Bremen, but that the
change waa decided upon because of
more favorable docking facilities. The
liner is expected to pasa through the
Caps Cod canal and to heap well
within the jtoae-mile limit. ,
Ruling Affects tlapaneaa,
Washington. D. .Unar an nrflW
issued Thnrsdav hv th. mbaii!
Labor, Jarjar laborers Intending te
nuer ine united autee'to find emptoy
ment must land at American ports and
travel inland nvar"Aiarta'lhvava.
The department, at the instance of the
Washington delegation, Ksdodod Ha
formw.regulation permitting Japanese
to enter the United States from Canada
after landing at Veneomvr d baval
ing East over tha Canstuah llc