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mation. SITUATION IS MUCH RELIEVED
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. Presi
dent Wilson has been Informed un
officially from source close to
Count von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, that the next communi
cation from Berlin on the sinking of
the Arabic would be of a character
satisfactory to the United States.
Coming closa on the telegram, which
the ambassador forwarded to the Bute
apartment yesterday by direction of
his government, declaring It was not the
Intention of Germany that any American
Uvea ahould be sacrificed In the sink
ing of the hlp. this development was
regarded as Indicating that Germany
would make some proposal satisfactory
to the United States, respecting sub
marina attack on vessels purely of
passenger carrying nature.
Officials are at a loss to conjecture
what the German government will pro
pone, but the assurances that there Is
every desire In Berlin to avoid a break
with the United States, has relieved the
situation very much.
Heretofore, Germany haa contended
that neutral lives could not Insure a bel
ligerent ship against attack, especially
those carrying munitions. In Its reply
to the first Lusltanla note. Germany
proposed to designate certain ships,
which would not have to be guarded
against submarines. The aim of Presi
dent Wilson and all administration of
ficials to avoid a rupture with Germany
but to do so without any surrender of
the neutral rights for which the United
States haa been contending in the name
of international law, and In humanity,
was reflected by officials informally
while discussing this latest phase of the
situation. They were hopeful that a dis
avowal of the submarine commander's
act In sinking the Arabic without warn
ing would be forthcoming, but the ad
ministration la ready to listen to Ber
lin's next word.
Sixty-Pour Alleged ;
Night Riders on Trial
HARTFORD. Ky., Aug. 28. Selection of
a Jury' to try the first of a number of
cases In which sixty-four persons are
charged with participation in night riding
outrages In Ohio county began in the cir
cuit court here today. Home of the most
Drnminent men In tha rountv ara named
in the Indictments. The charges range
from maltreatment to murder.' It is al
leged that a number of men and women,
Including whites and negroes, recently
have been taken from their homes and
flogged. The regulators advanced as a
reason for their action in one case that
the victims lacked industry and thrift.
The murder case is connected with the
killing of a negro.
NEWPORT, ARK., STREETS
STILL UNDER WATER
UTTLB ROCK. Ark., Aug. 25. Pood
and money have been sent from Uttle
Rook to aid the flood refugees at New
port, who still are living on the second
floors of their homes as tha result of
recent rise la White river. A carload of
canned goods and bread was due to arrive
in Newport this morning.
Reports from Newport early today In
dicated that conditions there virtually
ware unchanged. The streets of New
pert still were covered with water vary
ing In depth from three to twelve feet.
The sewerage system of the town haa
been destroyed, the water and electric
light and gas plants were out of com
mission, and railroad communication
with the outside world was cut off.
The Weather
Forecast till T p. m. Thursday:
For Omaha. Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Showers.
Tempera tare at
Omaha,
T.alerd.r.
Hour.
6 a. m..
Tern.
M
cwvifrr'P C
a. in 64
7 a. m K
S a. m 62
a. w 64
10 a. m 6)
11 a. m 71
U m 75
, 1 p. m 74
2 p. m..
3 p. in..
4 p. m..
& p. in..
6 p. m..
7 . in..
p. in. .
Comparative
Local Iteeord.
IS S3. 114. 11(13. 1912.
76 71 M SW
Highest yesterday.
14weat yesterday. .
lean temperature.
'Precipitation 1
64 61
64 9
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6S
83
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M
Temperature and preclMtation
urea ruin the normal 1
Normal temperature
lefleieiiey for the day
Total deficiency allure March I..,
Normal precipitation
depart-
71
4U
12 Inch
Deficiency fur the day
12 Inch
iTectpltailon hlue- March I. .21 wi Ini tios
Kxeeas ainre March 1 Jlnrh
Tteflcloncy for cor. period, 1!14. t.-v'i inches
Ieft!em-y for cor. period, 1913. S.&S inches
Reports from Stations at T P. at.
Station and State Temp High-Haln-
of Weather. 1 n
est.
fall.
Cheyenne, cloudy in
lavenport dear w 70
Ienver cloudy at
! Moines, iloudy l
I nidge City cloudy 74
Omaha, cloudy 71
lHapid City, cloudy 5
Hhcrtdan. cloudy w
-rUoux City H
Valentine, rain a
rt
74
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75
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74
74
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traee of Precipitation.
WrO-H. Local Forecaster.
GERMAN SEARCHLIGHT CORPS ON FRENCH FRONT German scientists have devel
oped these machines to a point of efficiency unsurpassed. This photograph shows a de
tachment of soldiers accompanying a searchlight division on its way to a point of expected
attack.
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REAYIS FINDS OUT
WHAT RED TAPE IS
Congressman from First Nebraska
District Has Roundup with
Fostoffice Officials.
FART OF HIS MISSION CARRIES
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25. (Spe
clnal Telegram.) Cngressman C. F.
Reavis of the First Nebraska district,
who has been In Washington for sev
eral days, has demonstrated that he
has fighting qualities, to say the
least. Mr. Reavis cam to the capital
for the ostensible purpose of seeking
an annulment of a proposed change
in mail deliveries in Lincoln and
vicinity.
Naturally his first call was upon
the fourth assistant postmaster gen
eral, ames M. Blackslee, who has
(targe of the rural malls. Mr. Reavis,
new to the official life of the na
tional capital, presumed that a log
ical presentation of reasons why
certain reports made by inspectors
reducing; the-nomber of daily deliv
eries of malls to homes In the vicinity
of . th epenltentiary should . be
amended, if not wholly abrogated
today found out that the fourth as
sistant's office was honeycombed
with red tapa.
Ha found the fourth assistant post
master general unresponsive to his ap
peals for an amelioration of conditions.
Argument would not move Mr. Rlackslee.
Facts had no Interest to him. He only
jknew that the Inspectors stated a saving
would he made if the mail deliveries
were reduced and the democratlo party
must make savings.
trronsllihn On Heanlt.
Thoroughly put out over his treatment
at the hands of the fourth assistant, Mr.
Reavis had a conference with Postmaster
General Burleson, with the result that
the report of the inspectors with rela
tion to Station A, city of Uncoln, is
disapproved and the station will be con
tinued. A reinvestigation of the change from
city carrier to rural delivery In north
west Uncoln and Belmont, haa bean
promised.
The report of inspectors with reference
to rural . deliveries in Laancaster oounty
haa been diaoipproved In certain minor
particulars and changes will be made to
conform thereto.
Notwithstanding a most vigorous pro
test on the part of, Mr. Reavis, made to
Fourth Assistant Postmastsr General
Blackslee and presented to Postmaster
General Burleson, no change will be mad
In the report of Inspectors, regarding a
change on rural routes from two to one
delivery a day.
Mural Service tut.
"The deparffnent takes the position,"
said Mr. Reavis todsy. that two deliver
ies shouid prevail only in city carrier
service and is not in harmony with the
principle of rural service. Two deliveries
a day on rural routes have been discon
tinued nationwide.
"The service as modified, will go Into
effect September 1. The postmaster gen-
j era! has promised to i
i ijncoln September IS,
send an Inspector to
to hear objections
to the service after it lias ben tried."
Representative Reavis and his son.
Jack, who have been In Washington
since Monday, will leave tomorrow for
Fslls City.
Department Orders.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. (Special Tele
gram.) Claude A. Pierce was appointed
74 rural lel'er rarrter at Inn vale. Neb., 4itd
T4 I Wsl.er H. Clunaen at Klkton, B. D. Tne
74 I comptroller of the currenev haa received
73 I the application of the following persons
72 I to orxauUt the Flml Nailonal bank of
71 I Good in, 8. D.. Capital ll.OuO: J. P. An
70 I tony, J. A. Thornaon, fcainurl Iewiaon,
j Joseph llobal. II. E. Kohweder and T. W.
I Anion. 10 aucrteu ine muita uun ui
Goodwin.
New Treatment for Tuberculosis
is Discovered by French Scientist
PAR18. Aug. 25 Dr. Louis Renon, a
lhylc:an connected with th Necker
hospital and a member of the medical
faculty of the University of Paris, ha
announred to the theraputle society that
as the result of long research ho li ablu
to prove that tuberculosis, contrary to
the generally accepted theory. mu.U be
treated by chemical means and not by
serums. His paper has caused consider
able alir in medical circles where It Is
held that be has opened a new path In
the cure of th whit plague.
Dr. Renon says that his endeavors
bar been directed towards finding a u-
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GRAFT INYOLYES
HIGHjCANADIANS
Former Fremier and Cabinet Mem
bers Mixed Up in Building
Scandal at Winnipeg.
CONTRACTORS GET A RAKEOFF
WINNIPEG, Man., Aug. 2 5.
Charges that enormous overpay
merits were made to the contractors
who erected tha new Parliament
buildings of the province oof Man
itoba; that these overpayments In
part, at least, were designed to pro
vide a campaign fund for the recent
Roblln goovernment, and that some
members of that government were
cognizant of what was going on, were
sustained today in the report of the
royal commission which Inquired Into
the charges.
The three members of the commission,
Chief Justice Mathers, Justice MacPon
b Id and Sir Hugh John MacDonald,
Winnipeg city police magistrate, are
unanimous in their findings, which were
published today.'
Who Cootro-etore Are. . , ..
Thomas Kelly jujd Sons are the con
tractors named in the report, as hav-
log received the enormous overpayments,
Th Minrt ta.eM thut tha commission -
hampereU by the absence of ! chew ef men to the scene and testored On the eastern bank of the Bug. north
rftnessea and the reluctance cf .the broken service. I' of, Vlsdova parts of the army of
testify, and charges that 125.030 The lights at the Brandels theater were general on Unslngen ara advancing to
ll, keeping one witness away, tout for a while, but .were turned on In ward, the north, fighting all the way."
ers were
material witnesses
others to test
was spent
r. . a 1 . 1. . . I I-....
the financial agent, who rals-d U.e elc-;the
tlon funds out of parliament building
mission, having left for military serv
ice In France.
Four ex-cabtnet ministere, Includ'ng
Messrs. Hnwden, Cold well an 1 Armstrong,
were crltidied for their reluctance In
testifying and Sir Redmond Roblln, ex
premier, the report said, "made common
cause with the contractors to resist .he
Inquiry and took an active part in se-
curing for the contractors able counsel i
for that puiroae." The report charges j
that Howden "made many false state
ments" In his evldenco and that the com- .
miaeioners were further handicapped by j
lh destruction and mutllatkm of records, f
the refusal of contractors to produce ,
their books and their withdraw- to a,
foroigm country to prevent th r being 1
compelled to do so.
SaJt tho Wltooaa.
William Salt was the witness alleged
by the commission to have boon bribed
to keep out of Canada during the In
vestigation. The report finds that Messrs.
Coldwell and Howden, the ex-cablnet
ministers; Thomas Kelly, the contractor;
V. W. Horwood. ex-provlnclal architect;
Dr. Simpson, the conservative organiser;
W. A. Elliott, an employ of the public
works department; M. G. Hook, another .
employe, who was sent after Salt with ;
$10,000 and claims he was robbed in I
Omaha, and Harry Whltla, K. C, all In- ;
tereated themselvea in keeping Salt out 1
of tha country and that Mr. Coldwell
inspired the alteration of Salt s books.
Dr. Simpson dictated the amount to be
paid for the election fund before the
amount of "extras" was settled, accord
ing to the report which claims such
amounts were pall him by the contractor
when received from the government.
Two Men Killed by
Explosion of Shell
ALIvENTOWN. Pa., Aug. S.-Two man i
were killed ond several prosably fatally j
Injured today when a shell, supposed to j
have contained a composition oil powder !
and nilru glycerin, exp'oded "ahllu be-;
lng carried to the proving giomxhi of th
Bethlehem ."teel plant at Indian Head,
Reedington, Pa.
stance whleh will 1:111 bacilli In an an n.'
organization without Ir.jjrli.g the e'e
menU of that ortanir.atl ,11. As u l.:
ginning he eatablixlied a Hut of an'lse, -tics
wMch arrest the development of
b.u 1111 In cultures. He also found suh
ttunce without which bacilli cannot de
velop. Them, he says, ara potassium,
sulphur, phosphates, Iron and magne
sium. Thus, he claims, therapeutic action can
be obtained by adding certain substances
to an animal organisation and also by
withdrawing by means of dletry other
u balance necessary to the growth of
bacilli.
Vv
CAYE-IN BREAKS
ALLEY CONDUITS
I
Contaot '
Electric Light Comes in
with Pipe, Breaks, and Sparks
Set Fire to Flow of Gas.
FART OF CITY IN
DARKNESS
A section of the alley overlooking
theexcavatlon of the Rose Realty
building at Sixteenth and Farnam
streets gave way at 6 o'clock last
main and carried with it an electric
light and power conduit.
One of the charged wires ignited
the gas whlrto flowed from the
broken main, and electrlo lights in a
downtown area were out for several
hours.
A few minutes before the bacte
wall of th eexcavatlon gave way a
foreman observed pieces of earth
crumbling and he warned twelve con
crete workmen in tlma to get out of
da nffpr.
The bresk at Its deepest point went
back mlswir of the alley, stotplnf at
a retaining wall of the basement of the
building arroas the alley.
Plow of Go soot ".
The alley hod been braced, but the
explanation U offered that reaucnt rains
caused unusual seepage beneath the Bur
face of the alley.
Workmen from the Omaha Gas com
pany dug. down, to the -main heyong the
point of breanage and shut off tha flow
of gas. Many thousands of feet ef gas
i wre burned.
1 The electric light company sent
'.. .... .AHMMn.AnAA V. .. ff.tm flt I.. IT 1
wires of the theater with ait ejner-
1 gencv circuit.
fenaaper Man Dies.
ri.KBt'RN. Tex.. Aug. 25. Colonel F.
Hnllllo. pioneer Texaa newspaper man
and former president of the National
Prrrs association, died here today aged 07.
The Dav 's War News
Kl RT1I ICR 4DVS('EI by the forces
of the entente alllea In the Daras.
nelles ore reported by the French
wor deportment, the British left
vtlng moving oecopled HOO yards
of Turkish trenchao. A lorsjo
Turkish transport was sank by o
French aviator oa Aoaost SO, tho
official report soya.
nfCRMAIV TROOPS hsvs brokoo
throosrh tho Roeeloo aSvaaeaS -altlona
sooth west of tha fortreaa
of Brest-MtoTak, aoordlagr to to
day's German official statement.
AMBASSADOR GERARD, la Berlin,
rolled on the German foreign ml n-
later ond learned that tho Oormoo
j aovernment hod no official new.
on the alnklnar of tho liner Arable. I
RI S8IA.N AKROPI.ANE eaaadroo, !
bombarded the Aalatle sobnrba of
Constantinople Monday, forty-one'
persons being killed or Injnrod, I
nerorrtln; to a newa agency dlo. !
patch from Athena.
BOM BK WKStF) DHOPPBD loot ntsrht j
hy a hoatllo aviator oa tho Ger-
maa town of Offenbnra-, ontsldo
th war' aaos, lajarlnw twelve
civilians, Berlin relore. I
SINKING OF ANOTIinR British
trailer In (he coarse of Germany'
anbmarln operations I recorded,
FRK.Nf'll AVI 4 TOR dropped bom ha
on the railroad station at Loraeh.
war . offle soys. OaJy minor
fighting; front.
NO t.l RHi lIRKtDWAI OHTI or
artlua la th rUalf of Bla-a, ft . I
aeml-off Icliillr atated In Berlin, '
aiellkrr did tho Gerttioon m . 1
, . .
to loud troops near i'ernan, It Is
declared
.
THEGATECITYOFTHfrVVtST
Next on the program is our
Merchants' Fall Market
Week next week when
Omaha wholesalers and
manufacturers will provide
special cntertaiment for re
tailers from adjacent terri
tory here to inspect foods
for the season's trade.
GERMANS BREAK
THE LINES SOOTH
OF BREST L1T0YSK
Advance Foiitiom of Slavs Btfort
Great Fortress Fail to Hold
Back the Victorious
Teutons.
STATEMENT IS FROM BERLIN
Von Hindenburg Reported to Hare
Captured Seven Hundred
and Fifty Men.
INVADERS CROSS NAREW RIVER
RERUN. Aug. 25. The Russian
advanced positions to the southwest
of the fortress of Rrest-l.ltovsk were
broken through yesterday by the
Germans, according to an official an
nouncement given out today by the
army headquarters staff.
j The text of the statement follows:
j "Western theater: In the Champagne
! wa successfully exploded arxeral mines.
"In the V osirr!i, an attack mil hv the
""m'' 011 I'l'sl'mannele a repelled
wim nano Kteu.ities, nnti hOMinrnsi or
SondernaohthMt part of the trench sec
tions which we lost on August 17 was re
captured. "A Herman battle aviator shot down a
French biplane, near Newport.
"Eastern theater: Army of Kit Id Mr
ahat on f llndenhurg. north of the Nle.
men river 7.V) KiihKiiiti were taken rl
oners during sueeemiful engagements In
the neighborhood of Illrshl.
"The army of General Yon Klehh .ru la
advancing victoriously towards the east,
fighting all tha way. This army cap
tured 1.VO Russians and took aerral ma
chine guns.
"The army of (eneral Yon Seholx
reached Herecowka, raptured Knysr-vn
and crossed the Narew river to the south
of Tl kocln.
"Tho army of Onnul Yon (Jallwlti
captured the Narew river crodn on the
".okoly-Blalyatok high mad. It light
wing haa reached OrlnnKa after Imvlng
driven hack the enemy. This army took
more than 4.7'K) prlaojier ineliiding
eighteen offlreta and iilue machine Kuna.
"Army of Prince I.eooll of Hnvr.rl.i
Yesterday the enemy attempted tn vain
!to
bring our pursuit tn a standstill. He
was attacked and thtoivn hnek into tha
Blolowleska forest. South of this forest
our troops resched the region east of
Wlarschowloie. Wa captured more than
1.700 prisoners.
"Army of Field Marshal Von Varken
sen: Pursuing the defeated enemy, this
army group is approaching the hills on
the western bsnk of the Hosma, north of
Brett-Utovsk. ..On the southwestern
front of Brest-Lltovak at tiobbynka, 'the
Austro-Hungarlan and German troop
broke through the advanced positions of
the fortress yesterday.
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Drops to New Low
Point at New York
NEW TORK, Aug. 25. French money
today was worth less than yesterday
In foreign exchangs markets, notwith
standing the establishment here of a
120,000.000 credit loan to the French gov
ernment, announced after the close of
the market yesterday. Two factors, It Is
said, made this so; tha establishment of
the loan had already been discounted,
having been In negotiation for two
months; and tha sum loaned was too
small a fraction of the total amount due
for American supplies to tha warring na.
ttona of Europe, to bring about any
thing approaohlng an equilibrium of rates,
Tha rata on francs was quoted at KM.
Yesterday a dollar purchased I.S2 francs.
Sterling exchange was heading downward
today at $4.66; 11 roe were up a cent, at
MM, and German relchsmarka, which
have remained stationary at or around
81o during tha recent slump, mads a new
k"r record. They dropped to HO-io. Thes
iigures, ii was aasenaa, represented lIUlo
more than quotations, as hardly any
dealing were recorded.
INCREASE IN IN THE
MEAT RATES REFUSED
WASHINOTON, Aug. 2i.-Th Inter
state Commerce commission today die
approved Increases in th freight rates
and change in th rules governing ship
ment of parking house products, fresh
meats and other articles in so-called neH-
j ,jter cars. In south western territory,
I A peddler car Is an Iced car. loaded by
j the packer, which stops at several un-
I loading points for removal of portions of
! eontents, on Its way to final destination
1
Plan to Require Voters to Be Able
To Read English Causes Big Row
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 28 A proposed
i amendment to tha state constitution pro-
; ... . ,, . ., . . .
vldlng that ail votara be able to read and
I writ E-ngllsh was advanced to th order
I of final paasttge by the constitutional
. convention toduy by a vote of 70 to 61.
Advancement of the measure waa pre
ceded by the atormlest tension of the
convention, during which race feeling ran
high and frequent referen'-c-s were made
to the war and lis .oaalble effect on this
country.
Speakers for the proposal included Wll
liajii Barnes. They contended that the
; ability to read and writ English would
I tend to cement the American people mora
closely together. Speaker argued that
: an educational qualification waa unneces
. rary and would tend to restrict Immigra
tion, Illegal Frank Marin Injected tho war
letmoaphere into the debate. II referred
1 particularly to an argument that "th
, American people were confronted with.
I possibilities of wsr with a power, many
j of whose people are In Mile land, and at
this time those people , who bave not
AIR CRAFT SHELL
CONSTANTINOPLE
Forty-One Persons Killed and la
jured by Bombs Dropped by
Russians Into Suburb.
EIGHT GREEKS AMONG VICTIMS
IjONDON, Aug. 25. Dombard
mcnt of the outskirts of Constanti
nople by a Russian aeroplane squad
ron, resulting In the death or Injury
for forty-one persons, ts announced
In a dispatch from Athens to the
Central News.
According to these advices, the at
tack was made on Monday on the
Asiatic suburbs of Constantinople.
A number of bombs were dropped,
throwing the people Into a panic.
Thirty Turks, eight Greeks and threa
Armenians wera killed or wounded.
Homh Dropped Or f feohorsj.
HKRI.1N. Aug. 2.-(Yla Wireless to
London ) An official statement eaa
that a hoMIln avlntor laat night dropped
hnmba on the town of Offenburg, which
la situated outside tha sons of warlike
operations. The material damage was
InaiKiilflennt. Twel- civilians were In
lured, several seriously.
Offenburg Is a manufacturing town ef
about M.Ortl poi-ulatlon In Baden, situated
I on the Mull river, seventeen miles
south of Karlsruhe.
TnrkUh Treaekea apt n reel.
r ".IS, Aug. 2S.-A French official re
tort on Hunting In the Dardanelles be
tween August 20 and the morning of
August 2 relataa that the British left
wing has made progress acalnat the ooru
panta of dm) yards of Turkish trenches
In the northern tnn of the fighting, and
that a French aviator on August 0 was
successful In sending to the bottom a
large Turkish transport.
The statement n given out by tha
Frenrli war office this morning follows:
"The period of five days since tha
Issuing of the laat communication on the
Dardanelles haa been marked In the
northern sone by further progress on the
part of the British left wing. These
British troops have occupied MW yards of
enemy trenches.
"During the night of August 23-24 a
French cnivpnny wss successful In a sur
prise uttark on a Turkish position used
by the enemy for listening purposes. In
the morning of August !t a detachment of I "' nunenwm Irnm ,mg
Turkish soldiers endeavored to reoccupy I ourtr will 1 confronted by the barrier
this position, but they were repulsed. ! orn, the 1r,'t rlvcr th -
"On August 30 our squadron bombarded mrhM
with success a point of debarkment at L. , Herman press, recognising this
Acbaehlllman. on the European aide of
the strait, to the north ef Nanara. In
spite of tha violent fire of numerous hos-
tile batteries, one of our aviators was
successful In sinking at Its anuliorag a
large Turkish transport,"
War Prevents Normal
Action of Democratic
Tariff, Says Mr, Taft
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2S. -William
Howard Taft. rormrr president of thThe English public, stirred by th large
Cnlted States, who arrived here yester
day from Portland, Ore., expressed th
opinion that the European war haa sn
important effect upon the American
political conditions.
"The chances of republican success at
the coming presidential election," b
said, "were excellent until th war In
tervened to upset the normal trend of
events. Under th present conditions
no man may prophesy th outcome. This
war has prevented th normal effect of
the democratic tariff and haa giver a
protection which that tariff would not
have secured to American Industries.
"I believe that th republican purty
haa returned to It own. Throughout
the United States, I eh served every evi
dence that the progressives are return
ing to th republican party. The pro
gressiva party ts oslng out. Field mar
shals and colonels are taking counsel,
on with another, but the forces, th
prlvatee. hav disappeared."
Mr. Taft Is her to attend th Uni
tarian eonerenoe, of which he la presi
dent. Sixteen Mexicans
Slain by Yaquis
OUATMAS, Sonera, Aug. J5. (By Radio
to San Diego, Cal l Sixteen Mexicans,
three of them respected residents of
Ouaymaa, wera killed and their bod lea
mutilated, after defending thomselves
against attacks by Yaqul Indian for two
days In a house on th El Paso ranch,
twanty-flv miles north of here, It waa
atated today In reports from th raided
district. Th Indians finally destroyed
the houoa with bombs.
A pooao of rsnohors pursued th In- 1
diana, who drov off SuO head of cattle.
Th Indiana outnumbered th relief party 1
and hold off It mombors, who abandoned
tho pursuit.
Warned th Snglloh language and who
ara reading pajwrs in sympathy with thla
foreign country, ate a monace."
"I ara a proud descendant of the Ger
man race," Usui said, "and I never hav
been so proud of It a during th last
year In observing th achievements of the
iislion of my ancestera. Th only reason
Germans in America read German news
paper Is because they are the only
source of truth Germans get about the
war In Europe."
In supporting th proposal, Mr. Barnes
declared that giving th franchise only
to those who could read and writ Eng
lish Is most vital.
"A nation that speak different
language never can be entirely a urtited
nation," ha said. "W are oatabtlahlng
what really would be a state language
for the purpose of unifyir.g our people.
Our ballot is written in English and In
order for the voter to vote properly and
intelligently lie should be abl to read
hat Is on the ballot."
BALKAN STATES
WILL ANNOUNCE
POSITION SOOii
Little Kingdoms Much Nearer De
termination of Their Attitude
Toward the Warring
Powers.
TEUTON ADVANCE IS SLOWER
Invaders in Russia Have Reached
Dreaded Swamp Region Adja
cent to River Pripet.
RAINS HAMPER THEIR MOVES
LONDON, Aug. 25. The Balkan
states are unquestionably nearer de
termination of their future relations
with the warring powers, but eo far
1 as has been announced officially, no
definite step has been taken in the
direction of revival of the Balkan
league and Its adhesion to the causa
of the entente allies. There was no
confirmation today of various rumors
which excited London, chief of which
were reports that Bulgaria had de
clared war tigalnst Turkey and
would assist in the attempt to force
the Dardanelles.
The situation brought about by the
sinking of the Arabic atlll Is eltcltlnr
comment from the Kngllsh press, which
characterises unofficial German ex
planations as Inadequate, but Interprets
efforts to explain the disaster aa evi
dence of Germany's realisation that Its
relations with tho I'nlted States have
reached a serious phase.
The furious efforts of tho Austro-Gr-man
armies along the eastern front In
the last twenty-four hour have not bean
as fruitful as usual In reaped of the
amount of ground gained, which la taken
to mean that thev have now reached tha
dreaded swamp regions. . German and
Austrian reports state that further ad
vances have been aohleved both north
and south of Brest-Utovsk, and that the
Pulva river line haa been passed. Aus
trlat cavalry has entered Kovel, and Is
said to be advancing to the north, but
"'"."'' po,m" oul lnal rm,es 01
central powers face a serious obstacle
In the Immense and rondlese Prlplt
swamps, while the leading Hungarian
newspapers deorlbe the tactical position
ef the Russians In the region a cx
tremely favorable. " ' ' ; " ,v
Another explanation of the pause in
the A ust re-German advance against
Brest-Mtovsk I that tha Invaders ere
being held up by rontlnual rnln and mint,
whleh har.'.pers reconnalsances and artil
lery fire.
From the other fronts there have been
.reported no actions visibly changing the
respective positions of the combatants
los of life st th Dardanelles and Turk
ish reports of the desperate fighting,
awaits with keen interest ofriclal details
of th operations there.
Bnlararla WIM Not Attack Greece.
UO WHINE, Germany, Aug. 25, (Via
London). A dispatch to the Cologne
nacelle from Sofia says:
"Bulgaria has assured the Athens gov.
ernment that no hostile Intentions against
Greece are planned In Bulgaria.
"Evidence l at hand that Romania has
not yet abandoned Its efforts to Induce
Bulgaria to Join In united action against
Turkey In aid of the quadruple entente
powers.
"Tha conclusion of the Turro-Bulga,-rlan
agreement Is regarded as a great
rucceas for Bulgarian diplomacy."
French Official Report.
PARIS, Aug. n. Th French war office
thla afternoon gv out a statement en
th progress of hostilities resdlng as fol
lows: "In Artols last night throughout th
entire sector to th north of Arras, th
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