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APPEAL OF ALLIES
TOfJEXICAH CHIEFS
BEGINS J GO OUT
Plea of Pan-American Powers Sit
patched in English to Various
Legations in Republic's
Capital.
OFT TO THE LEADERS TODAY
Feeling Grows that Carranza's Min
ions May Agree to the
Peace Plan.
VILLA WON'T STAND IN WAY
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. The
Pan-American appeal to all elements
in Mexico to cease fighting and Join
In a movement to restore constitu
tional "grovernment began to go for
ward from the State department to
night. First the document was dis
patched in English to Mexico City,
directed to the various Latin-American
legations, whose attaches will
fanslate It Into Spanish and deliver,
it to the military, leader in that vl
clnity.clnlty. Tormh-row .the appeal In origin! Span
ish will be ' forwarded directly ' tv Gen
erals Villa and Carrama, governors of
etates and many other chiefs In different
parts of the 'country. The' text will bo
made public here within a few days,
f'arransa A Mm May Yield.
With the appeal dispatched, the United
States government, will Institute a
friendly ' and persistent effort ' to Induce
Mexican leaders who thus far have shown
a disposition to oppose the movement to
sacrifice their personal views In the
common Mexican Interest. It Is expected
that General Carrania will maintain the
defiance he had Indicated in recent com
munications to his agency here, but It is
regarded as prdbable that many of hs
generals and other adherents can be In
duced to join in a peace convention. -
It Is believed here that if a few Car
rAnxa generals participate in a conven
tion of the factions it will not be long
tefore organised opposition to a new gov
ernment could be effectively checked.'
In this connection, it baa been reported
that General Hugh I Scott, chief of
staff of the army, who Is remaining at
the border at the request of the state
department. Is expected to ' perform Im
portant missionary work. General cott
knows many ef the Mexican military
leaders personally, and It la believed he
msy exert a powerful Influence.
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Absolutely no resistance to the plan Is
Kp&tetl 'frent any sourca .other, than
from General Carranxa, and In some
quarters here fht feeling Is growing that
even Carranta. himself may respond' fa
Vorably to the appeal after he has stud
ied Its friendly tone carefully. General
Villa and his adherents made It clear to
day in a statement, issued by Diss Lom
bardo, foreign minister at Chihuahua
City, that tbey are ready to eliminate
themselves for the common welfare, pro
vided there is no recognition of the old
Clentiflco group end that a constitutional
government Is restored.
Bomulo & Naon, the Argentina ambas
sador, hurried to' Washington today to
confer with Secretary Lansing concern
ing reports circulated that there has been
difference of opinion between the state
department and the Argentine govern
ment regarding the Mexican Peace pro
posals. These reports said denial had
been made here of a statement Issued by
the ArgentlW minuter of foreign affairs,
that tha 'Pan-American conference was
based on the assurance that any thought
of armed Intervention would be elimi
nated from tha plans. After his confer
ence with the ambassador today Secre
tary ' Lansing declared that there bad
been no misunderstanding and that he
bad assured the ambassador there was
no warrant for , published statements
which had aroused him.
HALF MILLION-DOLLAR
: FIRE AT SAN SALVADOR
'SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11-Flre that
auoui ouu,wv in mn Daivaoor, capital 01
Salvador, was reported today by J. Hill,
representative of Buruch A Co., controls?
slon merchants, who received a cable
gram Informing htm that his firm's
property waa destroyed, along with that
of Fapual Bros, and Imberton Co.
The Weather
Forecast until T p. m. Saturday:
Kor Omaha. Council Ulufle and Vicinity
Showers; not much change In tempera
ture. Teaaperatare sit Ouaka Yesterday.
Hour.
IX If.
6 a. ni 6
6 a. ni 4
T a. m 6o
8 a. in 71
a. m 73
10 a. in 75
11 p. m, 78'
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2 p. m Ht I
3 p. m M !
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4 p. m 71
p. m 75
p. m 7
7 p. in 74
t p. in t:
Caiaratlve lrfteal Ucewr4.
. litli I'JH 111 1S12.
Highest yesterday fc4 M 114 H
)Aeat yoalerday. ...... M 1 71 ti
Mean temperature 74 7 M 74
re-'tptttin u T .OU .UO
Tcuipcrjuure and precipitation Uepar
turea from the normul:
Normal temperature fi
deficiency for the day , 1
Tola! deficiency alma March 1 XJ
Normal precipiuitiun 12 Inch
J'eflciency for the day 1:' Inch
Total rainfall lnce March L.l'i.to Inches
1-Js.ceaa a. me ilar h 1 Oulmh
Irt'iency for cor. period. lM. 4 5o Inches
lJeflclBiicy for cur. period, l'.13. 4.21 inihca
Keporte fraa ktaltoaa mi T P. M.
Sutlon and Htate Temp.HJsh-Raln-
of . .mh.r 7 at ... i.. 11
cjojrviinci. rain b2
lJuvtnport. clear 7S
Lvnver. rain tJt
Lv lduiix-a. 1 loudy 7S
Onutha, cloudy.. 74
hl4j City. lir 7H
hiiamian, cloudy 7
S oui City, clear 71)
Valentine, ilinr Ti
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L. A. WiOBii. Local iortcater.
CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK General Galliot of the
French army decorating his ovn sou Sergeant Galliot,
with the Eew French war cress for valor on the field.
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BULGARIA STANDS V
FOR NATIONALITY
Minister Rizow Resents Imputation
that His Country is Trying to .
. Drire Hard; Bargain. .
IDEALS LIKE. THOSE OF ALLIES
..ROUEAue. 12. (Via Paris, Aug.
J 3.) The ' Bulgarian minister to
Italy,' D. Klzow, discussing in the
Tribuna th'e negotiations between the
Balkan states and the quadruple en
tente, characterizes as unjust, state
ments that Bulgaria considers iself
indispensable to tho allies and is bar
gaining on fhat'basls. .
Bulgaria, the minister asserts, has
not changed its program. It was
deceived in signing the treaty of
Bucharest of 1 9 1 3. under the terms
of which it ceded to Roumanla nearly
",000 square miles of territory. What
Bulgaria now v.lshedrbe continued,
was reparation based upon the prin
ciple of nationality for which the
the quadruple entente la contending.
The Mir, a newspaper of Sofia, Bulgaria,
in Its Issue of July 13, published the. fol
lowing editorial article on the status of
the' negotiations between' Bulgaria and
Great Britain, France and Russia: '
"There la today no -Indication that an
understanding can be reached between
Bulgaria and the, entente powers. The
reasons for T.his are numerous. ' Had
these negotiations begun earlier In the
war they would have progressed more
rapidly. It Is .also true that If there ex
isted greater confidence between the two
partlea an understanding would not have
been delayed. NevertheL'a the principal
reason for delay la to be found elsewhere.
"The triple entente calls for. the help
of neutral nations In the name of Justice
and of liberty, as well as in, the name of
the unity of the peoples concerned n a
durable peace. With this end In view the
entente powers are In boring hard to ap
pease, the reciprocal hatreds among the
Balkan states and to substitute amicable
relations for the hostile feelings at pres
ent existing among Bulgarians, Serbians,
Oreeks and Roumanians. The entente
powers In the pourparlers with these
states persist in this idea.
"This being so, the mission of the en
tente powers la complicated, not to cay
impossible. The difficulty arises from the
lntransigeant asjitudo of the Balkan
states toward each other."
Maxfield Found .;
Guilty of Robbing
Oklahoma Banks
CHANILER. Okl., Aug. 13.-"Bud" Max
field waa sentenced last night by a
Jury to serve seven years In the state
penitentiary for alleged participation In
the robbing of two banks at Stroud,
Okl., last March. Tha jury was out frorn
7 o'clock until ll:4i p. m., when It re
turned its vet diet.
Five men, Henry Starr, Lewis Eates,
CUude Sawyer, Charles Johnson and
"Bud" Maxfield. were placed la the Lin
coln county Jail charged with the robbery
soon after the raid of the banks at
Stroud. All were alleged to be members
of the band of robbers led by Henry
Starr.
Starr and Estee pleaded guilty when
arraigned. Starr waa sentenced to serve
twenty-five years. Kates has not been
sentenced and was used as a state's wit
ness Id the trials of Sawyer, Johnson
and Maxfield.
lawyer as sentenced to serve five
years. Johnuon waa acquitted. 1
TWO ZEPPELINS
Y1SITJNGLAND
Six Persons Killed and Twenty
Three Injured During Raid on
the East Coast.'
FOURTEEN 'HpilSES DAMAGED
' LONDON, Aug. 1J.-. Official an-
nouncement was made today of an
j airship raid last night on the east
coast of England. The official an
nouncement says that six persons
were killed, twenty-three injured and
fourteen houses were damaged seri
ously by bombs.
The text of the announcement follows:
"Two Zeppelins visited the esst coast
last' night .between :30 and il:4S p. nv,
dropping Incendiary and explosive bombs
In various places, resulting in the follow
ing casualtiea:
"Killed: Four men, two women. In
jured: Three men. eleven women, nine
children; all civilians. Fourteen houses
were seriously damaged.
"The SOeppelins were engaged at some
points, but sucseetled'. In getting away
from our aircraft patrols. One of the
Zeppelins was probably damaged by tho
mobile anti-aircraft section."
Opium Worth Twenty
Thousand Dollars is
' Seized at 'Frisco
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. Opium val
u. u. vi nnn 1 ...... 1 . . u -
' State, Board of Pharmacy today aa -the
result of a raid on San Francisco's China
town late last night by officers of the
! board.
The selxure, which comprised M0 flve
' ta'el tins. Is said to be the largest single
! seizure since the Importation of smoking
opium was prohibited.
Fatal Quarrel'Over
Killing of Cub'Bear
KEMMEREH, Wyo., Aug. n.-(8peclal.)
A quarrel over a dead bear cub led to
the killing of Albert Pftlffer, a camp
mover,' by John Kitchen, a aheepherder,
at a remote camp In the mountains north
west of here. Kitchen, who Is In Jail
here, claims that he acted In self-defense.
According to Kitchen's story, he killed
a mother bear and one of her two cubs.
Pfeiffer captured the other cub alive
and chided Kitchen for killing Its twin,
accusing biro of cowardice in that be
feared to take the animal alive. The
quarrel continued for several days, grow
ing In bitternens meanwhile, and Kitchen
threatened to give up his Job and leave
the camp. - Pfeiffer, he charges, then
threatened, to kill him If he undertook
to leave, and pointed a gun at him.
Later Kitchen reiterated his Intention of
leaving, whereupon Pfeiffer started for
his gun. Kitchen commanded lilm to
halt and when he did not do so, opened
flie. Kttchen does not remember how
many shots be fired, but two bullets
struck Pfeiffer. causing Instant death.
Kitchen fled from ths camp, leaving
the body where it fell, and twenty-four
hours later gave himself up.
VOfNO man of rood habits.
huatlrr, some executive and ls
ability, with l:000 ah to take In
terest In small Jobbing1 busmen
with aplendM future. Itrf.-r-iices
rio,uire1. liank and other refer
ences given. Give age, experience,
references, etc
rot farther lofmnetloa aVoat
this opportunity, eae the Want Ad
Keotloa ef today's Bee.
OWNER OF EUDEN
RACING CAR KILLED
IN SPIR1TLAKE RUN
R. F. Donaldson. Whose Machine
Won Money in Omaha and
Place at Indianapolis, Meets
Instant Death.
' -
I AIDE T ROB ABLY FATALLY HURT
Two Sons Capture First and Second
Ignorant of Their Father's
Fate.
ONE OF TIIEM PILOT HERE
SPIRIT LAKR. la.. Aut. 13. It.
E. Donaldson of Mllford, la., owner
of the racinjr car Emdcn, which won
a place at Indianapolis and $1,000
at Omaha, was inatantly killed while
driving that car In the automobile
race here this afternoon. Mechani
cian Wilcox probably was fatally in
jured. Two of Donaldson's soni won
first and second place in the race
after tho death of their father, not
knowing he had been killed.
j It ws Grant Donildon, one ef the sons
j of It. Don 1 liti, who :lrove the Em
(ien cur in the Omaha race. Willie
jllaUpt rlloted the machine In the In-
rlianapuM nice.
Briton Wants to
Buy Million Head
of Cattle in U. S,
HELENA. Mont., Aug. C. O. Robin
son, representing a large parting com
pany of Chicago, made public here today
la copy of a cablegram Jrom Liverpool
jirent to the Chicago office, asking that
an estimate be furnished of the cost of
1.000.000 head of American beef cattle, de
livered at Liverpool. The order, If filled.
enli rtnlilnanti. tvmiM rfmilr a liavmrnt
of a Wiit tioo.000,000, and would make
Jvnnt Inronils on the available cattle In
tho United States.
CHICAGO. Aug. lS-Clsy, Robinson &
Co., live stock commission dealers, ad
mitted todsy that they had received a
request from a London hroker severel
wo ks ago for an estimate on furnishing
1,000,000 American beef cattle, delivered
at Liverpool. The firm said Jhsy were
led to believe that the broker making the
Inquiry represented either the Engllah or
the French government, and lhat'the .cat
lie c'ro wanted for the army. .
Clay, KoMnson tk Co., do not do an ex
port business and for that reason declined
to make an catimate. Several other deal
ers were asked to bid, but so far as could
be leaned they all declined.
The large packing companies denied all
knowledge of the aubjeet, further than to
say that they had fceea making small
fhipmctits of live cattle to France for
several months, presumably for the army.
Mrs.Holroyd Fatally
Hurt by Taxicab
BAN FRANCISCt Aug. 13. Mrs.
Frances Holroyd, an exposition visitor,
said to be the widow of a Cincinnati
millionaire, was lying probably fatally
Injured early today at a San Francisco
hospital. Mrs. Holroyd was struck by
a taxi ab late last night. . Physicians said
her skull had been fractured.
CINCINNATI. O.. Aug. 13-Inqulry
here failed to Identify Mrs. Holroyd as a
local resident.
Workman in Crusher
Has His Arm Torn Off
llnry W Baughman, an employe of
1 the C. P. Woodworth atone crusher at
; Cedar Creek. ra brought to the Lord
,' Lister hospital yesterday with his arm
, torn, off (it the elbow. His clothing
, caught In a chain belt and ho was found
i in a state of ceflapse by workmen a short
timn later. It is not certain yet that he
will recover.
The Day '3 War News
LATEST REPORTS from the war ef.
fires ef the belllarereata rise
ta the belief la the capitals of tha
entente allies that the aafe with,
granal of the mala uarts of the
Russian forees froui tha Warsaw
salient le aasored throagh tho
atuat resistance whlrh la belaa; ef
fered by tha wlaga of Grand UaUe
Mrholas' army,
ITALIA !IHADU'AKTLRS reports
' the repalae by Alplae troops of sl
malt.'.ueona attacks by the Aim
trlaus throagb two snonntala
passea 10,000 feet or more high la
the Furvave valley aoae. No moves
of Importance elsewhere are men
tioned. I
RECENT STATEMENT from Aostrla
reports the repalae of Italian at
tacks oa the lioberdo plateaa and
ear Kagora.
SIXKIXO OK BRITISH steamer
Jaeona, a a.OOO-tou vessel, (Wo
other British craft, tho steamers
Osprey and Surumrrf leld, and the
Norwegian steamer A Bra, presum
ably through attacks by German
sabaiarlaes, ts aaaoaaeed. Three
persons, lerladlair oae womaa,
tv ere drowned.
GERM A Si ATTACKS have been re.
named la the A r gonna between
Blaarvllle and Vie aas-Le-l'hateaa
ad tha vavlao of La llealette.
They were repalsed after spirited
flghtlas. the French war office re
ports. FI HTHCU Slf'tEnSEM by fereea of
the eatrate allies la the KAmrrua,
bermaa eoloay, la weetrra Equa
torial Africa, are reported from
Parts.
President Writes to
Sailor Killed
WASHINGTON. Aug. It-President
Wilson has written to Mrs. Bonhla Oom
rers of Brooklyn, N. T., mother of Wll
Ham Oompers, the sailor killed by a
Haltlen sniper during the American oc
cupation of Port au Prince. Haiti. The
president's letter wss In reply to one
from Mrs. Oompers, In which she said
she wss proud that her son had died In
the service of hta nmmtrv. hut . .
jhe had been her sole support, she hoped
lovrmmtni could nelp ner In some
WSJ'.
The president's letter, given .out today
at the White House, follows:
"My Pear Madame: I have read your
letter of August S with the deepest ym-
PRICES OF WHEAT
DROP AT OPENING
Rumors of Cancelation of Large
Contracts by Allies Makes the
Traders Nervous.
PARTIAL RECOVERY FOLLOWS
CHICAGO. Aug. 13. Unconfirmed
reports which J. Pierpont Morgan
wss quoted as denying, that the al
lies were cancelling orders, for
wheat, was reflected tn the Board of
Trado at the opening today In prices
1H cents to 8H cents under yester
day's close.
September wheat, the option most
afftcted. closed yesterday at f 1.11 U.
It sold in different parts of the pit at
the opening today at $1.10 to
11.07 Vs. Immediately thereafter
there was a sale at !1.0S. December
contracts showed a maxjmum open
ing decline of 34 cents at 1.06.
Traders generally were skeptical as to
the Importance of the cancellation, but
the tone of the market was nervous.
Despite a rally that ensued after the
sharp declines at the start, the market
later suffered from renewed weakness
and closed nervous and 1V4C to SStfVsO
net lower for the day, with September
at H.07S and December at $i.07'4.
Patten Discusses Beport
James A. Patten, a former btard of
trade operator, discussing the cancella
tions, said:
"If peace were in sight. Europe would
still need wheat and It would have the
credit to get It. The cancellation of oiders
therefore would seem to Indicate one of
two things either Europe has found a
source of new supply, which means Rus
slon; or Europe finds that it cannot pay,"
Xt was-ssld 'that two tf the largest
firms WB Idh cancelled Contracts the
Armour Grain company and the J. Rosen
be urn Grain company.
George C. Marcy, president of the Ar
mour Grain company, said:
"I am unable to understand what has
happened abroad. It must be something
Important, or they would not have can
celed purchases that show such jJroflta.
Possibly It is that the Dardanelles are
to be opened. But we have no informa
tion. England want to hold Its gold, and
hy buying wheat In Canada and Australia
it can use Its credits and keep Its gold
with which to buy munitions. If Europe
does not buy our wheat freely It will
mean much to us and make a great' deal
of differences In prices."
Emanuel F. Rosen baum of the J.
Rosenbaum company said:
"Our own cancellations were' not very
heavy.' It was about three days ago
that the buying stopped.. The European
buyers started to beg out of their pur
chases, accepting a loss of from S to 10
cents a bushel, I should say."
Cancellation yeaterdsy by the allies of
contracts aggregating nearly 1 000,000
bushels of wheat, bought for September
shipment to Europe, was puxxllng to the
grain trade early today.
Not enly were cancellations reported
by Chicago concerns, but some seaboard
exporters claimed to have closed out
open contracts. Canadian exporters also
reported some cancellations.
Korean Office aileat.
NEW YORK. Aug. 13-Nobody n
authority at the offices of J. P. Morgan
s Co., It waa said today, knew anything
about the cancellation of orders for
1.000,000 bushels of wheat by represents
tlves of the allies.
Germans Release
American Ship Wico
WASHINGTON, Aug. ll-The Amer
lean oil steamer Wico, taken by German
warships to eYwtnemuende, has been re
leased and facilities have been given for
repairs to damage whsn the vessel waa
being brought Into port by the German
prise crew. Its cargo also was released.
Ambassador Gerard, oa Instructions
of the State department, made repre
sentations which secured the release of
the Wico. He had previously obtained
the release of the Llama, also bound for
Stockholm. Their cargoes were for
neutral consumption and were not In
terfered with.
The only American ship now held by
the Germans is the Dunsyre, detained
until the question of ownership Is settled.
j German authorities contend its Changs
from Urltlsh to American register waa to
avoid capture.
No official notice of the detention of
the Standard Oil tank steamer Farolyte
by the lirltish at Kirkwall has yet
reached the department
Building the
Billy Sunday
Tabernacle
Full page illustrated
tory with explana
tion of the plan.
In Next Sunday's Dee
Mother of
at Port aa Prince
pathy. I feel like congratulating you en
having had a son whose dignity It was
to die In the service of his country, but
my heart goes out to you none the less
In profound sympathy.
"I am sure that It would be the desire
ef everyone connected with the pulblo
service to see that you did not suffer need
because of your son's death. I am send
ing your letter to the secretary of the
navy to Inquire whether there Is any
possibility under the law aa It stands
of assisting you. I fear that there la not,
but I am sure the secretary of the navy
will wish to consider the matter very
fully. Cordially and sincerely yours,
"WOODROW WILSON."
TRACTOR SHOW IS
BROUGHTJO CLOSE
Fifteen Thoaan4 People Present to
Watch the Plowing Machines and
Participate in Earbecne.
0MAKA IS WELL REPRESENTED
With 15,000 .people n the
grounds, th-j National Farm Tractor
demonstration at Fremont closed
yesterday afternoon with a hurrah,
some eighty tractors being on the
field, plowing hundreds of acres in a
short space of time.
The crowds for the week attending
the tractor show totalled between
45.000 and 50,000.
It was Omaha and Ak-Sar-Ben day at
the tractor show yesterday. Hundreda ef
Omaha people were at Fremont, having
gone In automobiles and by rail. The
Union Stock Yards company made good
on Ita threat tp roast oxen for a barbe
cue, roasting two. one downtown and
one out In the traotor field.
The watermelons, of which there were
several carloads, furnished by tha Com
mercial club of Fremont, held out nloely,
and the way the crowd devoured roast
ex, sandwiches and watermelon waa
nothing short of a sight for clear eyes.
Tractors Move Oat,
By S o'clock the traotor companies be
gan to pull up stakes ta get ready to load
the machinery and accessories and leave
town. It waa a happy bunch ef traotor
men who finished the day, for, although
rain had been predicted, no rain over
took them on tha last day. Thua It was
another splendid day for traotor sales.
The way sales were made on every
hand It wss a source of extreme gratifi
cation to the traotor manufacturers, aa
well aa fhe management of the show.
The tractor men were effusive In their
congratulations of the Twentieth Century
Farmer for having conducted so success
ful a shew, and at the same time they
were grateful for the opportunity of hav
ing exhibited their output at a show that
brought them such splendid results in the
w ay of sales,
Many galea A re Mado.
Some of the compsnles kept a large
scoreboard up at their headquarters,
where every sale was registered so that
people might see how many were sold
during the week. Thus the International
by 4 o'clock In the afternoon of Friday
had registered eighty-nine and waa con
fidently predicting It would be raised to
100 before sundown.
The simple recorded an even 100 tractors
sold to one man who will represent them
In Kansaa.
The Jollet Oil Tractor company re.
corded forty ssles by the afternoon of
the last day of tha show.
These are but a few of the representa
tive sales of the week. All the forty,
eight oompanle that exhibited had a fine
run of sales for the week and the agents
are going home well pleased. .
The moving picture men are still on the
ground to get aome of the scenes that,
on account of the press of business at
the demonstration, could not be arranged
with the proper settings during the week.
The Wallis Cub tractor la to be taken
for the movie this . morning, It being
represented as Just pulling into Fremont
from Its 1,000-mlle durability run which
it made from Cleveland to Fremont In
thirty-one days preceding the opening of
the show.
The Walte tractor wilt be shown taking
a party of Commercial club representa
tives out to meet the Wallis Cub and bid
It welcome.
Big Crowd from Omaha.
Besides the Omaha people who went to
Fremont on the trains, automobiles com
menced going early In the morning and
continuing up to noon. Up to 11:80
o'clock twenty-five cars had checked out
from Ak-Sar-Ben headquarters, receiving
the colors for decorations.
But, besides, there were many who went
without colors. There were tnose present
who had not taken notice of the an
nouncement that penanta would be fur.
nlshed and so started without them.
There were many others who started
long before the Ak-Sar-Ben office was
opened in the morning.
Governors' Cars
All the governors of Ak-Sar-Ben, whj
were In the city made the trip. The
two cars for the governors were manned
as follows: In the first car, Gould Diets.
Everett Buckingham, Frank W. Judson,
Charles D. Beaton and Victor Rosewater.
in the second car, Randall K. Brown.
D. J. O'Brien, Charles Black and J. D.
Weaver.
The Union Stock Tarda company was
well representeoMn the autoa that went,
as the company waa to roast the oxea
for a big barbecue In the afternoon.
Mayor Dehlinan. Corporation Counsel
Lambert. Gas Commissioner Butler and
Tom Flynn. retiring city clerk, made up
a party of city officials who motored
to Fremont to visit the tractor show.
Friday, the thirteenth, had no terrors
for them. .
Ismser Tarda Barn.
SACRAMENTO, Cel.. Aug. U.-Flre.
presumably of Incendiary origin, de
stroyed today the lumber yards of two
companies at Portola, Plumes county, at
a loss estimated at between llJO.OOtt and
n, 000.000.
RUSSIANS HOLD
GEfOfl BALTIC
FLANK IN CHECK
Successful Counter Attacks Made on
Teuton Armiea Try-- to Cut
te Warsaw-Petrofrad
Railroad.
ATTACK TOWARD RIGA FAILS
Railway Junction at Drinak is 0b
jectlTe Point of General Von
Hindenberg-'a Forces.
GRAND DUKE MAY SAVE ARM'S
B IT Iit 1ST t He
BERLIN, Aug. 13. (Via London.)
The Polish city of Slodlce, fifty
five miles southeast of Warsaw, baa
been captured by the Germans, An
nouncement to this effect waa made
today at army headquarters.
LONDON, Aug. 13. The Russians
for the time feeing are holding in
check the Baltic flank of tha German
armies, which are struggling; to cut
tha Warsaw-Petrograd railway and
are battling toward the Dvina, be
yond which lie the roads to the Rus
sian capital. This hag been accom
plished with the aid of reinforce
ments and by virtue of one counter
attack after another.
The fortress of Kovno still holds
out. German attacks toward Riga
have been repulsed and the railway
Junction at Dvlnsk remains in Rus
sian hands. From Ostrolenka. north
of Warsaw, to Chelm, in the south,
the Teutons claim to have made
further progress, but between the
Vieprs and the Bug they apparently
have been thrown back with heavy
loss.
It may be that Field Marshal Vni lTin.
donburg has not exerted fully his power
in the north, but Is awaiting events In
the south before hammering hla hardest
toward tha Dvtna, near the banks of
which hla cavalry has been for aome
lime.
The faot that the Germs na am hl
advance with comparative rapidity due
east from Warsaw, while being checked
on the right and left flanks, has given
rise to the Impression In England an-l
In Russia that the stout resistance of
fered by the Russian wings will Insure
the safe withdraws! or the main twuiv i-.t
troops from the Warsaw salient. Con-
trary to many reports, the main line of
communication between the Polish capi
tal, and Petrograd lias not been cut
thOUtrh. It WOUld be CUt If tha fluraum
wer to take Dvlnsk.
The approaching meetlne-a nf imth ih.
Greek and Serbian Parliaments slve
promise of bringing the Balkan situation
to a head, though for the
and Serbia remain obdurato In their ro-
tusai to concede territory.
French Official Report.
PARIS, Aug. lt-Tbe French war office
this afternoon aava our n Mirt n
progress of hostilities, which reads:
in tns Artols district, a German attach
laat night to the north of the Chateau
at Carleul was easily checked.
"In the Argonne the aermana late yes.
terday afternoon renewed their attacks
in the sector between tha MBit Til..-
arvllle to Vlenne-Le-Chateau and the ra
vine or La Houlette. They were repulsed
after a spirited flaht In which Kami
ades and bombs were used
"There is nothing to report from the
remainder of the front"
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