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HUNDRED BOMDS DROPPED IN
ENGLAND DURING ZEPPE-
LIN RAID.
ONE AIRSHIP NEAR LONDON
Raider Driven From Seaport Town by
Antiaircraft Guns Derlln Assert
That City and Batteries Were
Bombarded at Night
London. Auk. 28. Eight persons
wore killed mill :t liijuri'il In tin- Zep
IM'lln mill on Thursday night. It wiin
announced ofllclnlly. One hundred
bombs were dropped. Ono Kcppclln
reached the outskirts of I.onilon,
Two or tlireo raiders came In over
the eastern eoiintluH mid dropped over
HO bombs without causing uny casual
ties or damage. Another raider at
tempted to upproneh n Henixirl town,
helm: heavily tired on by antiaircraft
guns, was driven off to the eastward
after dropping 11) honilm In the sea
without reaching their objective.
Another raider succeeded In reach
ing the outskirts of London, where
explosive and Incendiary bombs wen
dropped and disunities occurred unions;
tliu civilian population as follow:
Killed, three men. three women, and
two children; Injured seriously, three
men mid four women; Injured slight
ly, four men, seven women and three
children.- In addition, one soldier was
seriously and fourteen were slightly In
jured by broken glass.
Derlln, vln London, Auk. 28. The
city nnd southwestern district of Lon
don were bombarded on Thursday
night by German airships, an ofllclnl
statement Issued by the war ofllec snys.
Batteries ut Harwich nnd Folkestone
were also attacked, says the state
ment, which adds that "everywhere
very Rood effects were observed."
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING DIZS
Head of Peoria See, Succumbs After
Long Sickness Weakened by
Hot Wave.
Peoria. III., Aug. "8. Archbishop
John Lancaster Spalding, noted pre
late of the Unman Catholic church In
Illinois and a resident of IVorla con
tinuously since 1877, when be was
chosen, for the position of bishop of
the newly created l'eorla diocese, died
at his residence here on Friday, lie
had been III for a number of years,
having suffered a paralytic stroke In
11)00. Physicians In attendance re
port that the recent heat wave left
the aged prelate In u weakened con
dition, and his decline was rapid.
Itlshop SpahlliiK was elevated to the
position of archbishop of Keyphopholls
in 11)01). He was consecrated bishop
of the Koiiian Catholic diocese of
l'eorla. III., on May 1. 1877. One
project of iniignlllcent scope orig
inated by Archbishop Spalding was
the Catholic university ut Washing
ton. Archbishop Spalding wits horn
in Lebanon, Ky., June '-', 1810.
WOMAN KILLS GUARD OFFICER
Capt. E. J. Spratllng lo Shot and Killed
In a Militia Camp by Mrs.
H. C. Adams.
Macon. Ga.. Aug. 28. Capt. E. .1.
Spratllng. F company, Fifth Infantry,
National Guard of Georgia, was 'hot
mid killed In front of his tent at the
state uuihlllxntlnu camp near here on
Friday. Mrs. II. C. Adams or Atlanta
was arrested on the statements of sev
eral ollicers and men that she shoi the
militia ottW'cr. She declined to make
uny Mntciucut. Mrs. Adams was
turned over to civil authorities, who
placed her In the county Jail.
She gave her Atlanta address and
said she was married and had three
children.
II. C Adams, husband of the wom
an, said that his wife had been trou
bled with nervousness and bad been
treated by Captain Spratllng, who was
a physician In private life. Mis.
Adams told her husband, lie said, that
she had objected to remarks she suld
the physician made to her.
ALLIED NAVAL LOSS 72 SHIPS
Berlin Asserts They Total 490,050
Tons 25 Teuton Craft of 62,607
Tons Sunk.
'Berlin, Aug. -Ti. The German admi
ralty Issued u statement asserting that
the losses of tho British mid French
navies In llue-oMiattle ships tun) cruis
ers to August 1 comprised 7'- vessels
with a total displacement of -lUO.O.'O
tons.
The Gcrmnn loses "in the same
classes during the name period were
25 warships with n total of J'.l!ll7
tons.
It was stated that the list or Brit
ish and French warships Included only
thoso losses which hail been estab
lished definitely.
Typhus In Mexico.
El Paso. Tex.. Aug. 28. An epi
demic of typhus has broken out In
Agiiuscallentes, Mexico. A letter re
ceived from there says that carloads
of corpses are being carried out for
burial dally.
Germans Blacklist Dutch.
Amsterdam. Aug. 28. Germany Iiiih
Issued n blacklist of certain Dutch
lirms which are denied German goods,
mid Dutch merchants who supply
tin blacklisted Unas nro threatened
with a similar boycott.
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5,000 RUSSIANS SLAIN
SLAV8 SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES IN
FOUR-DAY BATTLE.
Berlin Statement Saya Enemy Has
Been Halted in Volhynla, Gallcla
and Carpathians.
Berlin (by wireless to Sayvllle, L.
I.), Aug. 25. Despite their determined
attacks In many sections of the front
In Volhynla, Gnllcln nnd the Carpa
thian regions the Russians have been
unable to gain any ground from (he
Teutonic forces, uccordlng to the Aus
trian ollielal statement of August 22.
The Russian losses In the lighting
along the lower Stokhod, northeast of
Kovel, were particularly heavy, says
the statement.
A correspondent of the Cologne Ga
zette on the Itiisslnn front says that
In the fighting near Ilorodeiiku, In
eastern Gallcla, from August M to 17
the Russians Inst ft.OOO killed, while
the total of German casualties was SO.
Gains for the Teutonic forces In the
Carpathians north of Capul, where po
sitions recently taken by the Hussions
were stormed and recaptured, are an
nounced by the war olllce.
I'etrogrntl (vln London). Aug. 2..
The Germans resumed the offensive
south of Itrody, where the Russians
are attempting to approach Lemberg
from the northeast. The war olllce
statement of today says the Germans
were repulsed. The Russians captured
two heights on the Hungarian front.
DEUTSCHLAND ARRIVES HOME
German Merchant Submarine Arrives
at the Mouth of Wcscr All
on Board Welt.
Berlin, Aug. 25 (by wireless to Sny
vllle, N. Y.). The merchant subma
rine Deiitschhind arrived at the
mouth of the Weser on Wednesday, ac
cording to the Overseas News ngency.
All on hoard are well. The Deutsch
laud started on Its return trip from
lMiltlmore on August -. It escaped
the cordon of allied ships which were
watching for It.
APPOINTS U. S.-MEXIC0 BODY
Secertary Lane, Justice Gray of Dela
ware and Dr. John R. Mott of
New York Will Serve.
Washington. Aug. 21. Secretary
Landing announced on Tuesday the
appointment of American members of
the commission to treat with Mexico.
They are: Secretary of the Interior
Franklin II. Lane of San Francisco.
Justice Gray of Delaware. Or. John
R. Mott of New York. All three have
accepted the appointment.
ARMY BILL PASSES SENATE
Appropriation Bill, Minus Provision
Which Caused Veto, Is Approved
by Upper House.
Washington, Aug. 25. The senate
passed the army appropriations bill
with an amendment replacing the arti
cles of war In It, but minus the pro
vision which caused the president to
veto It lust week.
Plague Deaths Decrease.
New York. Aug. 2(1. A substantial
decrease In the number of Infantile
paralysis deaths and new case is re
ported. During 'he 21 hours ending
at 10 a. in., .'10 clilldreu died and loo
were stricken.
Hermit Yachtsman Ends Life.
New Yorlc, Aug. 20. Stephen M
Van Allen, the hermit yachtsman
committed suicide In the cabin of his
costly motor lion t Hunter on the North
river by discharging the loads of a
double-barreled shotgun Into his breast.
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YIELD EIGHT-HOUR DAY;
RAILROAD8 IN8IST ON GUARAN
TY AGAINST LOSS.
Ask Legislation Which Will Prevent
the Recurrence of a Similar
Situation.
Washington, Aug. 'J I. The mihcotn
mlttce of the railway executives up
pointed as a board of strategy to framii
ii reply to President Wilson's demand
for concessions to the men that will
prevent a general strike have made n
report.
It Is understood they have recom
mended the granting of the eight-hour
day, but with a string tied to It.
The purpose of the string, it is said,
Is to make possible u withdrawal of
the concession If the president does
not give satisfactory guaranties of
much desired new legislation.
The announcement of the prelimin
ary report of the committee of eight
members followed within a few hours
after ii cabinet meeting on Tuesday ut
which President Wilson's attitude on
the controversy was given unanimous
approval by his ollielal family.
It was admitted the principal hope
now Is to commit the president and
the government to definite assurances
providing two things:
1. Legislation which will prevent n
recurrence of a similar occurrence be
fore nil the processes of n Judicial in
vestigation have been exhausted.
'. Practical guaranty that the rail
roads will be compensated for tl.o
money loss they claim they will sus
tain by granting mi eight-hour day.
ADMITS WARSHIP WAS HIT
Berlin Says That the German Battle
ship Was Damaged by prltlsh
Torpedo.
London, Aug. 25. The Germnn bat
tleship Westfalen wns hit and slightly
damaged on Saturday by n British tor
pedo. It was admitted In a semlolllcial
telegram from Berlin on Wednesday,
according to Renter's Amsterdam cor
respondent. The Westfalen, however.
It Is declared, continued capable of
maneuvering ami will shortly be re
paired. Gasoline Shortage in London.
London, Aug. 2(5. Of the 7.000 taxi
cabs plying In the Loudon metropoll
tan urea, 2,000 will be withdrawn ut
six o'clock each evening owing to tho
shortage of gasoline.
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES
Erie, Pa., Aug. 25. Two heavy
cranes, said to have bepn overloaded,
broke at the National foundry, killing
at least four workmen and Injuring
six or seven others.
London, Aug. 21. There Is no foun
dation for the Berlin report that n r
man Augell, the pacifist, has been -en-
tenced to prison for refusal to perform
military service. Mr. Augell Is be
yond the age limit of liability for such
service.
$500,000,000 'Teuton Relief.
Berlin, Aug. 2S. The amount raised
by German municipalities for relief of
families of soldiers has reached about
s.'OO.OOO.OOO. The federal treasury
will turn over to the municipalities
about S125.000.tHH).
Plague Closes All Schools,
llnrrisburg. Pa.. Aug. 2.S. Samuel O.
DKou, stale coinmlssiouer of health,
decided that all schools public, pri
vate and parochial must remain
closed until September 18, because of
Infantile paralysis.
REPORTED FOR DUTY
RECRUITING SQUAD HAVE
TURNED TO NEBRA8KA.
RE.
LOOKING FORJEW RECRUITS
Items of General Interest Gathered
From Reliable Sources Around
the State House.
Western Newrpnprr Union News .Service.
Sixteen ollicers mid privates of the
Nebraska national guard, recently with
the troops on the border, have, returned
to Nebraska for recruiting Hervlco at
j different points in the statu. Four of
i them reporting at tho adjutant gen-
' prill's olllco wore: Cnpt. It. N. Mo-
Alllstnr, Company M. Fifth regiment;
Lieut. O, L. Keating, Company II,
Fourth; Limit. V. II. Orris. Company
0, Fourth; Lieut. W. 11. Hull, First bat
talion, Fifth
Tho other ollicers nnd men who have
ecu sent homo to recruit for the regl-
ien.nl organization are:
uicnt
Sergeant O. F. Ball, Company K,
Fourth.
Sergeant F. C
Voss, Company M.
Fourth.
Sergeant E. P. Clemnts, Company I,
Fifth.
Corporal Al. N. Tremalnes, Company
E, Fourth.
Corporal J. Dyorley, Company C,
Fourth.
Corporal J,
Fifth.
Corporal B,
McMInn, Company G,
Mlltonbergor, Company
E, Fifth.
Prlvato R. M.
Fourth.
Prlvato R. S,
Fourth.
Private P. P.
Gibson, Company D,
Hill, Company H,
Stoffrogcn, Company
K, Fifth.
Prlvato II. Clow, Company A, Fifth.
Sergeant E. U. DcWolf, Company D,
Fifth.
Went Beyond His Legal Powers
When a district court Judge nt
Qninil Island committed Herbert Crlss
lo tho stntc Industrial school at Kear
ney for a term of six months, ho wont
beyond his legal powers anil infringed
unon authority which rightfully be
! longs to tho state board of control. So I
aeclnres Attorney lioncrni need in an j merco commission in nn orner uireci
ollielal opinion just given to the hoard , Ing tho Burlington to correct existing
of control. Tho attorney general rules latea which arc hold to discriminate
that the hoard Is the only authority i against Torriugton. Wyo.. In favor of
vested by law with the power to say i Henry, Neb.
how long a boy shall remain In the I
Industrial school, when ho Is sent j New Federal Game Laws,
there. He therefore advises that the Chief Game Warden Hutenbeck hns
part of the Judge's order specifying
Mx months as the tlmo during which
Crlss shnll bo held in custody Is In
valid, and that tho board is at liberty
to use its own Judgment ns to whether
tho youth shall be held there a longer
tlmo, or until ho is tweuly-ono year?
of nge.
Looking for New Recruits.
In a short tlmo the two Nebraska
regiments the Fourth nnd the Fifth
will bo cut down to "solid rock" and
tho work of building up will commenco
with renewed vim and vigor. Tho
men who have applied for discharges,
under the dependency provision, will
Save started northward many of them
will havo resumed their plnces In civil
life and tho college boys will hnvo
rtnrted north to resume study in col
leges and universities. Unless tho
Mexican situation ogain assumes war
like nnd threatening proportions, tho
college men will bo discharged Septem
ber 1. Efforts nro now being made
to securo new recruits for tho two
regiments. Recruiting stations have
been established throughout Nebraska
and recruiting ollicers appointed.
Athletic Contests at Camp
Every effort Is being mado to krev
the National guardsmen along tho len
der In good spirits. This, of courso
Is highly essential to tho welfare of
tho organizations. Tho men find plen
ty to do. They drill nnd work and
work and drill, and between times
"knock" off a few minutes for mess.
Usually In tho heat of tho day they
rest; that is, they remain under tent,
but there nro lesfons to be learned,
nnd this takes much studying. To
break the monotony of nil this, Gen
eral Funston has ordered ath'otlc con
tests In nil reglmonts. Tho plnn Is to
havo two contests n month. Later tho
best men In nil events will bo select
ed from uie vnrious regiments tor u
general Hold event.
Rhodes Scholarship Examinations.
Examinations for tho Cecil Rhode?
scholarships at Oxford university, Ox
ford, England, will bo held October .1
and 4, nccordlng to a notification sent
Chancellor Avery by II. T. Goirans
secretary of local examinations. Last
year there wore but few candidates for
tho scholarships, end nono of those
who took tho examinations pnssed
Tho appointment was mado from an
alternate of tho previous year. Tho
shancollor has so far received no ap
illcatlon for the examinations this fall.
To Test Seed Free of Charge.
At tho request of Governor Moro
i,nn.i nonntv Puro Food Comnilsslono!
"l"'M .- (--.-,, -
llarnian has reserved booth spiico In
Agriculture Hull for the purpose of
testing seed freo of clmrgo for nil
farmers bringing samples to tho State
Fair September 4 to 8. Bring tho seed
with you and tho party In chnrso will
give you full Information as to Its
purity. This Is a splendid opportunity
to securo oxport advice leading tc
pure soed.
f.'erJ Ro.-J Legislation
Stato Engineer Gcorg.! E. Johnson
lins returned from Wafihiiigton, wheio
ho attended n conference of state high
way commissioners called by tho fed
eral government to consider rules gov
erning tho use of $75,000,000 of fed.
oral funds appropriated for n period ol
tho years to nld In building rural post
Mr. Johnson represented the No-1
braska board of Irrigation, highways
end drainage. As a result of the con-
ference Mr. Johnson and Governor
Morehead, chairman of tho state high-
wny commission, nro of the opinion
that the stato should not attempt this
Into In tho year to uso the llrst np-
portlonmont of $100,000 made by tuo
government to Nebraska, until after
tho legislature meotB In January. Soma
legislation may be neceffary to obtain i
uso of tho nionoy furnlshe.l by the gov
ern tnrtit.
Next year Nebraska will recclvo
double the first apportionment, or
SlM'-'.OOO. nnd this amount will bo dou
bled every year until tho expiration
of tlve years.
; Want Permission to Reduce Time.
I App'l-atlon has been made jointly
to the stale railway commission bv nil
the railroads of Nebraska for porm.s- '
rlon to reduce the free time allowed
i ,
for loading and unloading cars of 00.-
000 pounds or greater capacity, from
nlxty hours t3 forty-eight hours. Un
der the Dunning demurrage law of Ne
braska, tho roads are required to givo
nlxty hours for this purpose, for cam
of tho capacity stated. For smaller
cars, the free time Is forty-eight hours.
The railway commission is empowered
to by tho demurrage law to cut down
Iho time allowance If It should see
fit. It has sent notices to n num
ber of shippers requesting their views
on the matter. In case there Is any
pronounced opposition, n hearing will
bo set and tho railroads will hn given
an opportunity to show why tho rulo
should be changed.
Refuse to Approve Increase.
Railway Commissioners Clarke, Tay
lor nnd Hall, assisted by U. G. Powell,
rate expert, are preparing an order re
fuslnc In imnrnvn the nrnniinnil rntos
of the Burlington road from Henry. I
Neb., near the Wyoming lino, to sta- 1 1he members of tho brotherhood com
tlons In Nebraska. Tho commission I nilttop of C40, tired of their long wait,
will givo Its reasons for refusing to departed for homo after delegating
npprovo a proposed Inereaso ot rates Upr rowers to effect n settlement or
on llv e Btock and will rlnt out many i rnl1 n "Tike to a committee of twenty-
errors made by the interstate com- I
received a dispatch from Washington
regarding the open season established
by the government for this state. Tho
messago to Mr. Rutenhcck Is signed
by C. II. Henshaw, chief of the bureau
of biological survey. It says: "Open
reason Nebraska waterfowl, coots, gal
llnulos, Jacksnlpe, September 10 to
December 31; blackbreastcd and gol
den plover and greater and lesser
yellow legs, September 1 to December
15; woodcock, October 1 to Novcinbor
10. All other shore birds closed until
September, 1918."
Although tho United States govern
ment has allotted ?10C,000 for tliln
ycer to aid in the construction of good
mails In Nebraska, It. is probablo that
none of this money will bo spent be
fore the spring of 1917. Statu Eng
ineer Johnson, who has just returned
from a good roads conference nt
Washington, has advised Governor
Moreheiul that additional stato legis
lation will bo necessary beforo tho
terms of tho federal appropriation can
'jo mot.
Tho Humphrey Building, Loan and
Savings association has received a
charter from tho stato banking board.
Nebraska Ranks Well With Others
State Auditor W. H. Smith has com
piled a report of tho receipts and ex
penditures of twenty-five states for a
period of one yenr. Tho compilation
shows that for tho year 1915 Nebras
ka expended ?5,3G0,1S9.C0. Tho state's
Income from taxes and other sources
in that period was $5,eo.",124.74, or
$r44,9:i5.0S moro than tho stato ex
pended. Tho expenditures of the stato for
expenses, Including stato olllces, stato
Institutions, Judiciary, hoard, .etc., was
$2,741,262.72. In addition it spent $2,
155,5(57.10 for educntlonal purposes, In
cluding tho stato university and nor
mal schools.
Tho rovenuo derived from taxation
during tho year was $3,905,311.75. An
additional rovenuo amounting to $1
999.C12.99 was derived from foes and
other sources, mnklng a total of $5,
905,124.74 received.
On a basis of 1,200,000 population
tho per capita expenditure of tho stato
government vas $4.40.
Tho Fifth Nebraska reglmont on
tho hordor has obtained now tentago
for all Its men and oftlcors. Tho tents
nro all of tho now issue, pyrlmldal,
providing more inside epaco than tho
old ones.
Tho last legislature passed a law
requiring proporty owners to trim
i tholr hedges nnd trees at crossroads
! and rnl'rond crossings, so that thero
would be less dancer of accidents nt
t.fln1i itlnpng ITnili-na mnut tin fi-ltiimn.l
( t0 wl,ln f()lir fcot of ,ho Krmm(, (U1(,
trees trimmed four t-.ot higher, for
j a ronsonnhlo d'stnnco back from tho
1 corner, so that tho view Is unobstruct
ed.
If property owners do not do this,
tho work may bo dono by tho road
overseer and the oxpense nsscssed
against the proporty and collected tho
eamo ob other taxes.
WAR WITH i ALLY
ITALY FORMALLY DECLARES WAR
ON GERMANY.
PROUD 0FTHE DEUTSCHLAND
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Submarine Tendered a Monster Receu-
tlon at Bremon May Ask
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Congress to Aid in
Settlement
Wcstrtii Npwempe! Union News Service.
Home. Italy, which has been Btead-
I lly drifting apart from her old time
nlly. Germany, for aimo tlmo, has at
1 last declared war. Tho declaration
became Inevitable when Italy recently
r.ent troops to Salonlkl to co-operato
In the campaign of the ontento allies
on tho Macedonian front, ns Germany
is directing the opposing forcos and
has troopj on this battle I'tie.
Italy's position in regard to Oor-
ma"y h"B. T" "" n,n,"80BS ,no Blm?.
,,a,y -thc f,"0m U, V" ? i i"
.Ji KlJ
wnr on Austria. Attliougn by tuts act
rlie frayed herself against her for
mer allies, Germany and Austria, she
remained officially at peaco with Ger
many until last week. IJoforo Italy
took this step Germany exerted every
effort to Inilace hir to remain neutral
May Ask Aid of Congress.
Washington. Tentative plana for a
joint session of the senate, and houso
to hear President Wilson ask for legis
lation to prevent the threatened nn-tion-wldo
rallrond strike wero dis
cussed by the president with Senator
Kern, tho democratic loador, when It
seemed virtually certain that a break
between the railroads and their em
ployes must follow final conference
at the White houso.
Tho belief thnt negotiations between
the railroad executives and represent
atives of the men would end without
un agreement has been growing.
This feeling was strengthened when
fo,,r. Instructed under no clrcum
stanres to agreo to arbitral'on of tho
ilenvnil for an eight hour day nt tho
present rate of pay for ten hours.
PROUD OF THE DEUTSCHLAND.
Monster Demonstration at Bremen for
Submarine.
Berlin. The Gormnn submarino
merchantman Dcutsehland. which
roached the Weser Wednesday from
the 1'nited States, arrived at Bremen,
hrr home port, tho next day. A wild
demonstration greeted tho vessel and
her crew. Many visitors and govern
ment officials aro at Bremen for tho
reception to be tendorod Captain Koe
nig ; ml hli crew. The trip up tho
Wes -t was marked by tho e.hocring of
crowds on the shores end by the
rounding of whistles of boflaggcd river
cr.ift.
Prepart'o'is for nnoMier voyage to
the United States pro we'l under way.
Freight is being received for this trip.
The- atwunt of cnr?o now ready Is
larger than had beon nxpoclod, tho
overseas news agency says. All tho
members of tho crow havo expressed
readiness to s.r.n for tho next voyage.
Woman lo Executed As Spy
Paris. Tho execution of a woman
as a spv is Is reported in a Havns dis
patch from Mnrsolllcs. According to
this information Follca. Pfaal was put
to death at the LighthoiiBo shooting
range, having been convlotod ot es
pionage by the council of war of th
fifteenth region.
Carrier Plrjeon3 for the Army.
Columbus, O. Carrier pigeons nro
Iho latest recruits to the Unltod States
army on tho border. Fifty tilers do-
li'it'Ml by tho American Carrlor I'l'jpon a,
association to the United S'atcs signal ".
corps branch at Columbus arc en route.
II Is Eald the lecrulta nro all racing
LlrdJ.
C?ld Rcsrsrvo Has Inercnced.
VPbhlngtrn. Gold reserves of tho
fede-al reserve lianas Increased about
rc.orooCO during tho past week, ac
rorll ig to a statement of the banks
comllMon August 18. "sauod by tho
federal rcservo board.
Cends Warning to Farmers
Washington. Secretary Flanagan ot
tho federal farm loan board has Is
sued a warning to farmers thnt solici
tors aro busy in nivcral states without
nn'liorltv of tho hoard, attempting to
coi'ect money for tho organization of
national farm loan associations.
Bavarian King Stricken.
Paris. Klnr Ludwiit III. of Bavaria,
hns been stricken with npoploxy and
hlo condition Is grevo, nccordlng to n
renort from Swltzer'nnd sayssn nomo
dispatch to the ePtlt Parlsion.
Chicago. Results of tho campaign
that hns been waged for yearn for n
snno Fourth of July nrn shown In fig
ures mado public by tho American
medical associat'on which for four
teen yenrs has tnken a poll of every
state and city In tho country of lm
portanco as to Fourth of July casual
ties. Not ono ensn of tetanus wns ro-
ported In the entire conntrv In 191C,
nnd not ono person wail blinded 'y.
gunnowiier, nn-oruing 10 ine nssonay.
t'on's ftatcment. Only thirty deatlis
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