THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEQRA8KA.
F
RKCRUITINQ SQUAD HAVE RE
TURNED TO NEBRA8KA.
DATES FOR THECOUNTY FAIRS
Items of General Intercut Gathered
i
From Reliable Sources Around
r the State House.
WesUrn Newspaper Union Nws Service.
8Ixtoen ofllcors and prlvntcs of, tho
Nebraska national guard, recently with
tho troops on tho border, havo returned
to Nebraska for recruiting service at
different points In tho state. Four of
them reporting at tho adjutant gen
eral' ofllce were: Capt. II. N. Mc
Allister, Company M, Fifth regiment;
COUNTY FAIRS
on
Datos and places for county fairs of Nobraska, tho majority of which will
bt hold in Soptomber, together with tho names of tho secretary and president,
havo boon announced by Stnto Auditor W. H. Smith, secretary of tho Nobraska
Association of Fair Managers, as follows: .
County
State Fnlr
Inncaster
Hherltlun
Morrill
Frontier
Antelope
Clay
Custor
Dawas
Dawson
Dixon
Franklin
7reeley
Hall
Platte
Boyd
Dodge
Fillmore
Merrick
Scott Bluff
Cheyenne
Douglas
noons
Box Butte
Butler
Buffalo
Dodge
Hirlan
Johmon
Nuckolls
JSeward
Sherman
Chase
Dundy
Holt
Holt
Hitchcock
Oae
Frontier
Furnas
Lincoln
Madison
Pierce
Hayes
York
Howard
Keith
Pawnea
Bed Willow
Thurston
Jefferson
Town
Lincoln
Lincoln
Gordon
Bridgeport
Mnywood
Nellfili
Clay Center
Mroken Bow
Ch.idron
Lexington
Dixon
Franklin
Greeley
Grand Island
Columbus
Butte
Hcrlbncr
Geneva
Clarks
Mitchell
Sidney
Omaha
Albion
Alliance
David City
Kearney
Hooper
Alma
Tecumseh
NelSon
Reward
Loup City
Imperial
Benkleman
Chambers
O'Neill
Culbortson
Beatrice
Htockvllls
Beaver City
North Platte
Madison
Pierce,
Hayes Center
York
St. Paul
Oeallala
Pawneo City
Inillunola
Waltlilll
Fnlrbury
Date
Hep. 4-
Hep. 4-8
Hep. G-8
H-p, 7-0
Hep. 11.16
Hep. 12-15
Hep. 1216
Hep. 12-15
Hop. 12-15
Hep. 12-16
Sep. 12-14
Sep. 12-15
Hep. 12-15
Hop. 12-15
Hep, 12-15
Hep, 13-15
Hep. 13-15
Hep. 18-15
Sep. 13-15
Hep. 13-15
Hep. 14 -lfl
Hep, 19-22
Hep. 19-22
Sep. 19-21
Hep. 19-22
Hep. 10-22
Sep. 19-22
Hep, 19-22
Hep. 19-22
Hep. 19-22
Hep. 19.22
Sep. 20-22
Sep. 20-22
Sep, 20-22
Hep. 20-22
HCP. 20-22
Hep. 21-23
Hep. 25-30
Sep. 211-29
Hep. 26-29
Hep. 2.-29
Hep. 26-29
Sep, 26-29
Sep. 2S-30
Oct. 2-fi
Oct. 3-5
Ost. 3-5
Oct. 3-6
Oct. 3-6
Oct. 4-7
Oct. 11-14
Lieut. O. L. Keating, Company B,
Fourth; Liout. W. H. Orris, Company
O, Fourth; Lieut. W. D. Hall, First bat
tallon, Fifth.
Tho other ofllcors and mon who havo
boon sent homo to recruit for tho regi
mental organization arot
Servant a. F. Ball, Company K,
Fourth.
Sttrgeant F. C. Voss, Company M,
Fourth.
Sergeant H. P, Clemnts, Company I,
Fifth.
Corporal Al. N. Tromaluos, Company
E, Fourth,
Corporal J. Byorloy, Company C,
Fourth.
Corporal J. McMInn, Company Q,
Fifth.
Corporal B. Mlltonbergor, Company
B, Fifth.
Private n. M, Gibson, Company D,
Fourth,
Prlvato II. Sj Hill, Company II,
Fourth.
Private F. P. Btoffrcgon, Company
K, Fifth.
Prlvato R. Clow, Company A, Fifth.
Sergeant E, B. DoWolf, Company D,
Fifth.
To Test Seed Free of Charge.
At tho request of Govornor More
head, Deputy Puro Food Commissioner
Harman has reserved booth spaco In
Agriculture Hall for tho purpose of
testing seed froo of chargo for all
farmers bringing samples to tho Statu
Fair. Septombor 4 to 8. Bring tho seed
with you and the party in chargo will
give you full Information us to Its
purity. This Is a splendid opportunity
to secure expert advice loading to-
pure socd.
Aside from tho Inconvonlcnco atif
tered, Nobraska troops at Camp Llano
got through tho storm that visited the
border without serious damage and no
fatalities.
Rhodes Scholarship Examinations,
Examinations for tho Coclt Rhodoa
scholarships at Oxford university. Ox
ford, England, will be held Octobor 3
and 4, according to a notification sent
Chancellor Avery by H. T. Gorrantt,
secretary of local examinations. Last
year there wero but few candidates tor
ttia scholarships, and none of those
who took the examinations passed.
The appointment was mado from an
alternate of the provlous year. Tho
chancellor has sofar received no ap
plication for tho examinations this fall
W, E, Dunning, until recently was a
merchant at Ord, Nebraska. He sold
out recently and In checking up his
accounts found some unpaid accounts
of members of Company I, Fifth regl
ment. All the bills wero as good as
gold bonds and Dunning could have
collected on ovory ono. Ho sont tht
bills, but on each (and they ranged
from $10 to $35), ho marked "paid In
full." Not overyono can go to war.
Members of Company I, demonstrated
that they are patriotic whon they en
listed and came south. Mr, Dunning
waived accounts totaling about $500.
REDUCES TAX LEVY.
Cut .7 of a Mill From the General
Fund.
By cutting off another soven-tcntha
of a mill from tho annual tax levy for
the state general fund, tho stato board
of assessment, composed of Governor
Morohoad, Auditor Smith, Socretary of
Htato Pool, Treasurer Hall, and Frod
Rcckman, has made good tho claim of
moro than a million dollars saved di
rectly to tho Nebraska taxpayers dur
ing the 1015-1916 blcnnlum.
A year ago the samo board voted to
lower the total lovy by 1 mill, thus cut
ting down tho stato taxos by $403,000.
Not content with duplicating that rec
ord, tho board this year found is possl
blo to cut soven-tenths of a mill undor
tho 1915 assessment, which means that
tho state taxos for the ensuing annum
will bo $212,000 loss thnn last year,
notwithstanding a $20,000,000 Increase
In tho assessed valuation of property.
Tho lovy as adopted by tho board
for this tax year Is as follows:
IN NEBRASKA.
Secretary
W. It. Mellor
A. II. Hmlth
Hay O. Lyon
A. T. Seybolt
J. T. Twlss
C. J. Best
K. A. Byrklt
Kmery F. Hush
J. F, Lawrenco
JC. C. Van Horn
L. Q. Nelson
Jesse H, Niirten
B. A. Kennedy
A. M. Connors
Jerry Carrlir
H. II. Story
Henry Boll
B. 15. Ualston
John I. Long
J. T. Whitehead
V. W, Vath
K. H. Grist
A. J. ttuddy
W. K. Hpencer
W. II, McGamn
O, 13. Haase
J. II. Hrlno
C. 13. Alter
G. Buorstetta
Ocorno Jackson
T. C. Heck
C. J. Tracy
W. C. Hill
D. L. OurIi
C. 13. Fnrrler
P, C. Donohue
J. A. Kirk'
H. V. Hlosen
Ii. H. Cheney
V. C. F. Lutnley
J. 13. Sebastian
H C. Blackman
O. 13. CaRle
L. 13. Musll
B. F. Getty
O. 13, Leftwlch
T. I. Dutch
C. A. Hcbiippel
William Plourd
Harry L. Keero
O. SollonberKer
President
J. A. Ollls
F. W. Hudson
Frank I. Lotson
F. H. Putnam
Chas. A. Llston
J. G. Crlnklaw
H. L. McKolvlo
J. K. Wilson
W, H. Donahue
L. K. White
John Mills
J. II. Harms
Lawrence Leary
It. MnLaURhlln
Carl Hohdo
H. Kelnhelmer
Hans T. Boll
Jacob Wels
H. M. Kokjer
I3d. H. Held
Ous Wellnsr
W. O. Miner
W. II. Kennedy
A. D. Bodgers
Chas; Lemley
F. F. Roby
M. A. Uehflns
H. T. Moore
J. M. Weber
Chas. Malsbury
J. C. Potrl
H. J. Johansen
Frank MoLaln
O. M. KellOKK
II. J. Porter
J. M. Hunter
C. G. Crows
Dr. C. I'. Fall
13. O. Blloy
B. F. Moore
F. C. Plolsticker
II. Hunderman
William Prahl
M. L. Tcnnant
Con McCarthy
G. J. Welsh
C. A. Elker
W. T. Parkinson
C. S. Thompson
J. P Thlessen
General fund, 3.4 mills; university
maintenance, (fixed by legislature), 1
mill; university building (fixed by leg
islature), .75 mill; normal schools
(fixed by legislature), .85 mill; stato
aid bridge fund, 1 mill.
Thls-makes a total stato lovy of 0.1
mills, as comparod with C. 8 . mills a
year ago and 7.8 mills for each of tho
two years prior to that. The 1015
reduction was accomplished by cutting
tho gonornl fund lovy from 5 mlllB to
.1 nulls and tho otato aid bridgo lovy
from .2 mill to .1 mill. Tho present
reduction Is all in tho general fund,
which is cut from 4.1 to 3.4 mills.
Horo Is tho ostimntod amount oi
stato taxos which tho 1910 lovy will
produco, and tho estimated lncroaso
or decroaso as compared with last
yoar;
General fund, $1,704,010; docreaso,
287,328.
Unlvorslty maintenance, $501,170;
increase, $20,3G5,
Unlvorslty building, $375,885; in-
orenso, $15,274.
Normal schools, $42G,003; Incvoaso,
$117,311.
Stato aid brido, $50,118; increase,
$2,037,
Total, $3,057,195; decroaso, $212,342.
Nebraska Ranks Well With Others
Stato Auditor W. H. Smith haa com'
piled n roport of tho rocolpts and xx-
pondlturos of twenty-flvo states for a
period of ono, year. Tho compilation
BhpwB that for the year 1915 Nobras
ka expended $5,3C0,189.66. Tho state's
lncomp from taxes and othor sources
In that period was $5,305,124.74, vor
$544,935.08 moro than tho stnto ox
ponded. Tho expenditures of tho state for
expenses, Including state ofilces, stnto
Institutions, Judiciary, board, etc., was
$2,711,262.72. In addition It spent $2,
155.5G7.10 for educational purposes, In
cluding tho Btuto unlvorslty and nor
mal schools,
Tho rovonue derived from taxation
during tho year was $3,905,311.75. An
additional rovenuo amounting to $1,
999,612.99 was derived from foos and
othor sourcos, making a total of $5,-
905.124.74 received.
On a basis of 1,200,000 population
tho per capita expenditure of the state
government was $4.40.
Tho Fifth Nobraska regiment on
tho border has obtalnod now tentago
for all Us mon and ofllcors. Tho tents
aro all of tho now Issuo, pyrimldal,
providing moro inside spaco than tho
old ones. '
Saya Service Not Satisfactory.
During an official conference with
tho board of control Commandant
Walsh of tho Grand Island soldiers' ;
homo reported that tho trial Borvico
which that Institution Is now recolv. 1
Ins from tho prlvato oloctrlc light and
power plant at Grand Island has not
1 i 1 . . . m.
, uaen Biiusinciury bo lar. 'ine company
has been furnishing this service only
about n month, and in that period tho
curront wob shut off four dlfforent
times, bo that tho Institution had to
Start up Its own plant. Tho trial s to
continue tor threo months.
8 DIE III i mid
HUNDRED BOMBS DROPPED IN
ENGLAND DURING ZEPPE
LIN RAID.
ONE AIRSHIP NEAR LONDON
.. .
':
Haider uriven hrom seaport town oy
Antiaircraft Guns Berlin Asserts i
That .City and Batteries Were
Bombarded at Night. v,
London, Aug. 28. Right persons
were killed imd 80 Injured in the Zep
pelin raid on Thursday night. It was
announced officially. One hundred
bombs were dropped. One Zeppelin
reached tho outskirts of London.
Two or three raiders emtio in over
the 1'iistcrn counties mid dropped over
HO bombs without canning any casual
ties or damage' Another miller at
tempted to upprouch n seaport town,
being heavily fired on by antiaircraft
guns, wus driven off to the eamwnrd
after dropping 10 bombs in tho sea
without reaching their objective.
Another raider succeeded In reach
ing tho outskirts of London) where
cxploMve and Incendiary bombs were
dropped and casualties occurred among
the civilian population as follows:
Killed, three men, three women, und
two children; Injured seriously, three
men and four women ; Injured slight
ly, four men, seven women and three
children. In nddltlon, ono soldier was
seriously mul fourteen were slightly In
jured by broken glass.
Berlin, via London, Aug. 28. Tho
city and southwestern district of Lon
don vero bombnrded on Thursday
night by German nirships, an official
Btntcment Issued by the war office says.
Batteries nt Harwich nnd Folkestone
wero also uttacked, says tho state
ment, which udds that "everywhere
very good effects wero observed."
ARCHBISHOP SPALDING DIZS
Head of Peoria See, Succumbs After
Long Sickness Weakened by
Hot Wave.
Peoria, 111., Aug. 28. Archbishop
John Lnncaster Spalding, noted pre
lato of tho Roman Catholic church In
Illinois nnd n resident of Pcorln con
tinuously slnco 1877, when ho was
chosen for the position of bishop of
tho nowly created Peoria diocese, died
at his residence hero on Friday. He
had been ill for ii nutubof of ycurs,
hnvfng suffered n paralytic stroke in
1000. Physicians In attendance re
port that tho recent heat wave left
tho nged prelate .in a weakened con
dition, and his, dccllno was rupld.
Bishop Spalding was elevated to the
position of archbishop of Seyphopholls
In 1001). IIo wns consecrated bishop
of the Roman Catholic diocese of
Pcorln, 111., on May 1, 1877. Ono
project of magnificent scope orig
inated by Archbishop Spalding wns
tho Catholic university nt Washing
ton, Archbishop Spalding wns born
In Lebanon, Ky., June 2, 18-10.
WOMAN KILLS GUARD OFFICER
Capt. E. J. Spratllng Is Shot and Killed
In a Militia Camp by Mrs.
1 ' H. C. Adams.
Macon, Gil, Aug. 2$. Capt. E. J.
Spratllng, F company, Fifth Infantry,
Nntlonnl Guard of Georgia, was nhot
and killed In frout of his tent ut Uie
stnto mobilization camp near here on
Friday. Mrs. II. O. Adams of Atlanta
!wus nrrested on tho statements of sev
eral officers and men that sho shot tho
mllltln officer. She declined to ruajce
any statement. Mrs. Adams wns
turned over to civil authorities, who
placed her In tho county Jail.
Sho gave her Atlanta address and
l said sho was married nnd had three
children.
II. O. Adams, husband of tho worn-'
an, said that his wlfo hud been trou
j bled with nervousness and hud been
treated by Captain Spratllng, who wns
a paysicimi in private lire. airs.
Adams told her husband, ho said, that
sho had objected to remarks she said
tho physician mado to hnr.
ALLIED NAVAL LOSS 72 SHIPS
Berlin Asserts They Total 496,050
Tons 25 Teuton Craft of 62,667
Tons Sunk.
Berlin, Aug. 25. Tho German udml
rnlty Issued a statement asserting Hint
tho losses of tho British and French
navies In llnc-nf-battlo ships and cruls
era to August 1 comprised 72 vessels
with a total displacement of 400,050
tons.
xno ucrmnn losses lu the Bamo
classes during tho sumo period wero
'25 warships with n totul of 02,007
tons.
It wns stated that tho list of Brit
ish nnd French warships Included only
tnoso losses which had been cstttb
lulled definitely.
Typhus In Mexico.
El Pnso, Tex., Aug. 28. An epi
demic or typhus has broken out In
Agunscallentes; Mexico. A letter re
ceived from there says thnt carloads
of corpses are being carried out for
burial dully.
Germans Blacklist Dutch.
Amsterdam, Aug. 23. Germany tins
issued n niacKiist of certain Dutch
.firms which nro denied German cooiIh
nnd Dutch merchants who supply
tno blacklisted firms aro threatened
with a dlmllnr boycott
THE FOUNDLING
,
'i,ff
5,000 RUSSIANS SLAIN
SLAVS SUFFER HEAVY LOSSES IN
FOUR-DAY BATTLE.
Berlin Statement Says Enemy Has
Been Halted In Volhynla, Qallcla
and Carpathians.
Berlin (by wireless to Snyville, L.
I.), Aug. 25. Despite their determined
attacks in many sections of tho front
In Volhynla, Gnllcin and thu Carpa
thian regions tho Russians have been
unable to gain any ground from tho
Teutonic forces, according to the Aub-
trian official statement of August 22.
The Russian losses In the fighting
niong uie lower stounou, nortneast or
Kovel, were particularly heavy, says
tho statement.
A correspondent of tho Cologne Ga
zette on the Russian front says that
In tho fighting near norndenkn, In
eastern Gnllcin, from August 14 to 17
the Russians lost 5.000 killed, while
tho total of German casualties was 80.
Gains for the Teutonic forces In the
Carpnthlans north of Capul, where po
sitions recently taken by tho Russians
wero stormed and recaptured, nro an
nounced by the war office.
Petrograd (via London), Aug. 25.
Tho Germans resumed thew offensive
Bouth of Brody, whore tho Russlnns
nro attempting to approach Lemberg
from tho northeast. The war office
stntcment of today says the Germans
wero repulsed. Tho Russians captured
two heights on the Hungarian front.
DEUTSCHLAND ARRIVES HOME
German Merchant Submarine Arrives
at the Mouth of Weser All
on Board Well.
Berlin, Aug. 25 (by wireless to Sny
ville, N. Y.). Tho merchant subma
rlne Deutschlnnd arrived nt the
mouth of tho Weser on Wednesdny, ac
cording to tho Ovcrsens News agency.
All on bonrd aro well. Tho Dcutsch
lnnd stnrted on Its return trip from
Baltimore on August 2. It escaped
tho cordon of allied ships which wero
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. 24. Secretary
Lansing announced on Tuesday tho
appointment of American members of
the commission to treat with Mexico.
They nrc: Secretary of the Interior
Franklin II. Lano of San Francisco,
Justice Gray of Delaware, Dr. John
R. Mott of Now York. All threo havo
accepted the appointment.
ARMY BILL PASSES SENATE
Appropriation Bill, Minus Provision
wnicn causea veto, is Approved
by Upper House.
Washington, Aug. 25. Tho senate
passed tho army appropriations bill
with an amendment replacing the art!
cles of war In It, but minus tho pro
vision which caused the president to
veto It last week,
Plague Deaths Decrease.
New York. Aug. 20. A substantial
decrease In tho number of Infantile
paralysis deaths nnd now cases Is re
ported. During tho 24 hours ending
nt 10 a. in., 80 children died and 100
wero stricken.
Hermit Yachtsman Ends Life,
Now York, Aug. 20. Stephen M
Vnn Allen, tho hermit yachtsman,
committed suicide In tho cabin of his
costly motor boat Hunter on tho North
river by discharging tho loads of a
double-barreled shotgun Into his breast
' . mzz&m v :
NO BODY
Loves me
PON'T B'LONCt
TO NO ONE'
YIELD EIGHT-HOUR DAY
RAILROAD8 INSIST ON GUARAN
TY AGAINST LOSS.
Ask Legislation Which Will Prevent
the Recurrence of a Similar
Situation.
Washington, Aug. 24. Tho subcom
mittee of the railway executives ap
pointed ns a board of strategy to frnmo
a reply to President Wilson's demand
for concessions to the men that will
prevent n general strike have made a
report.
It Is understood they have recom
mended the granting of the eight-hour
day, but with a string tied to It.
Tho purpose of the string, It Is said,
Is to make posslblo a withdrawal of
tho concession if the president docs
not glvo satisfactory guaranties of
much desired new legislation.
The announcement of the prelimin
ary report of tho committee of eight
members followed within n few hours
after u cabinet meeting on Tuesday nt
which President Wilson's nttltude on
the controversy wns given unanimous
approval by his official family.
It wns admitted tho principal hopo
now Is to commit tho president nnd
tho government to definite assurances
providing two tilings:
1. Legislation which will prevent a
recurrence of a slmllnr occurrence be
fore all the processes of n Judicial In
vestigation havo been exhausted.
2. Practical guarnnty thnt tho rail
roads will be compensated for tho
money loss they claim they will sus
tain by granting an eight-hour dny.
ADMITS- WARSHIP WAS HIT
Berlin Says That the German Battle,
ship Was Damaged by British
Torpedo.
London, Aug. 25. The German bat
tleship Westfalen was hit nnd slightly
damaged on Saturday by )a British tor
pedo. It wns admitted In n semiofficial
telegram from Berlin on Wednesdny,
according to Reuter's Amsterdam cor
respondent Tho Westfalen, howovcr,
It Is declared, continued capable of
maneuvering nnd will shortly bo re
paired.
Gasoline Shortage In London.
London, Aug. 20. Of Uie 7,000 tnxl-
cabs plying In tho London metronolt
tan nren, 2,000 will bo withdrawn nt
six o'clock each evening owing to tho
shortage of gasoline.
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES
Erie, Pa., Aug. 25. Two heavy
cranes, said to havo been overloaded,
broke at tho Nntlonnl foundry, killing
at leaBt four workmen and Injuring
six or seven others.
London, Aug. 24. There Is no foun
dation for the Berlin, report that Nor-
mnn Angcll, tho pacifist, has been sen
fenced to prison for refusal to perform
military service. Mr. Angell Is be
yond the age HniR of liability, for such
service.
$500,000,000 Teuton Relief.
Berlin. Aug. 28. The amount raised
by German municipalities for relief of
lamiucs or soldiers lias reached about
$500,000,000. Tho federal treasury
will turn over to tho municipalities
about 5125,000,000.
Plague Closes All Schools.
Hurrlsburg, Pa., Aug. 28. Samuel G.
Dixon, stnto commissioner of health,
decided thnt all schools public, prl
vato nnd parochial must remain
closed until September 18, becauso of
Infnntllo paralysis,
BANS
FOR
BULGAHS
TEUTONIC ALLIES 8MASH FOE'S
POSITIONS ON THE SALON
IKI LINE.
FRENCH AND SERBS LOSE
Russians Defeat Turks In Big Battle
at Rachta in Armenian Campaign
Slavs Recapture Much 'From Otto
man Army.
Sofia, Aug. 20. Definite galna
against the French and Serbian forces
operating on the Salonlkl line, tho
nnnlhlllntlon of n French regiment
southwest of Lake Dolran aud n re
treat by the" Serbs southward from
Kastorla are reported In tho official""
Bulgar war olllco statement issued.
Tho stntcment In part rends:
"Bulgarian troops, In advancing
south of Fiorina, occupied on 'August
23 Kosotour nnd Kastorla. The de
feated Serbians aro retreating south
ward. Tho Bulgarians operating In
the direction of Lerlna, Banicn nnd
Corntchero captured on August 21 a
strongly fortified position on the crest
of Mount Mulku Nicze.
"On tho following day they nttacked
tho Serbians on tho Vardnr in their
new positions nt St. Splddon, Hill 207
nnd Tcheganaki plnnina.
"We captured seven officers and 200
men nnd also a number of quick-firers
and machine guns and other material.
Tho fighting continues.
"Additional Information shows that
the One Hundred and Seventy-sixth
French regiment, which participated
in the fighting on tho 21st, lost GO per
cent of its effectiveness. Wo found on
tho field 250 bodies.
"On our left wing In the Struma
valley we cleared the left bank of tho
river of the enemy. Wo buried 500 of
the enemy."
Salonlkl, Aug. 20. In their efforts
to throw a line of strong dt-fenslvo
works all tho way across eastern
Greece, from Lake Tahlnos to the Bul
garian frontier, tho Bulgars have pre
clpltoted a general engagement with
Greek troops which is still In progress
near the Struma valley.
Petrograd, Aug. 20. Russian troops
havo defeated four Turkish divisions
(80,000 men) In a great battle at Rach
ta near Mosul, capturing two cntlro
Turkish regiments, It wns announced
officially. Mnny cannon and much
other booty were taken.
Petrograd, Aug. 20, vln London.
Russian forces operating In southern
Turkish Armenia havo reoccuplcd
Mush, captured by tho Turks on Au
gust 8, says nn official communication
Issued by tho war department Tho
statement adds the Russians captured
O ?lfWl nrlcnnnffl
TURKISH ARMY FLEES BITLIS
Quits Southern Armenian City Fol
lowing Defeat at Rachta Russ
Repulse Teutons.
Petrograd, by wireless to London,
Aug. 20. It Is announced thnt tho
Russians luivo resumed their advance
along the entire Asiatic front The
Turks have evacuated Bitlis, in south
ern Turkish Armenln near Lako Van'.
Tho flight followed tho Russian reoc
cupatlon of Mush and the defeat of
tho Ottoman forces at Rachta.
Austro-German forces before Kovel,
In Volhynla, attempted to take the of
fensive In tho region of the village of
Vellck, but, tho war office reports?
were repulsed.
WILL OPPOSE BREAD "BOOST"
Federal Trade Commission Decides to
Look Into Baking and Milling
Situation If Asked To.
Washington, Aug. 25. The federal
trade commission, according to ono of
Its high officials, will tako steps on Its
own Initiative to prevent any Increase
In tho price of bread If tho present agi
tation among bakers for an increnso
continues.
The commission also will Investigate
tho entire baking and milling sltuutlon
in tho country if a formal request Is
received from some responsible com
plainant, even If thero is not nn In
crease in tho price of bread.
BRITISH SEIZE U . S. BOATS
American Fishing Schooners Captured
Off Iceland by Patrol Vessels and
Takes to Shetland Islands.
London, Aug. 25. The American
fishing schooners Mnxine Elliott of
Gloucester, Mass., and Llzzio Griffin of
Bangor, Me., seised off Iceland by Brit
ish patrol boats, havo been taken to
Lerwick, Shetland Islands. Tho Amer
ican schooner Luclnda J. Lowell, on
tho way from Gloucester to Norway,
also was taken Into Lerwick, bnt was
released after her cargo of dried her
ring wns unloaded.
Ready for Another Voyage.
Berlin, Aug. 28. All of tho mem-
bcrs of Uie returned merchant sub-
murine, Deutschland, Including Cnpt
Paul Kocnlg, hnvo declnred their
readiness to undcrtnko another voyage
to the United States.
New Golf Champion.
Grand Rnplds, Mich., Aug. 28. Mrs.
F. C. LettsJr., of Cincinnati, on Frl
day afternoon won tho woman's west
ern golf championship by defeating
Miss Lnurlo Kaiser of Chicago, three
up and ono to go.
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