FROM MANY POINTS EVENTS OF THE DAY HELD TO A FEW LINES. LATE EVENTS BOILED DOWN Personal, Political, Foreign and Other Intelligence Interesting to the General Readers. WAR NEWS. Six Americans were killed in the sinking of the British steamer Marina by a German submarine, according to a report of American Consul Frost at Queenstown. * * * A Reuter dispatch from Amster dam says: "According to the Berliner Tageblatt there is no longer any miik in greater Berlin or other large towns except for invalids.” * • * October losses of 107,033, bring the total British casualties for the four months of the Somme offensive to 414,202. The daily average loss for October is 3,452. • * * Fort Vaux, one of the most impor tant fortifications captured by the German crown prince in his, pro longed drive at Verdun, has been evacuated by the Germans. • • * Conscription was defeated in Aus tralia, the first dependency of the British empire to put the draft rule to a vote. It is probably the first time in history women have voted on the question of sending sons and sweet hearts to war. * * * Activities of German submarines against Norwegian ships in Arctic waters has increased to such an ex tent since the German-Norwegian submarine dispute that shipping firms canceled all sailings through the White sea. • • * /• Pope Benedict’s appeal to bishops throughout the world to help in the relief of Poland has brought to the Vatican the sunt of $800,000, which will be sent to the Polish committee in Switzerland for the relief of suf fering. » * * At least eleven outpost steamers and two or three torpedo boat de stroyers or torpedo boats were sunk by a German torpedo boat squadron in the English channel between Folk stone and Bolougne, according to an official communication issued at Ber lin. * • • Twenty-four thousand, two hundred bags of mail from Germany and 16,280 bags destined for Germany were con fiscated By the British hnd French authorities from December, 1915, to the end of September, 1916, says the Berlin Overseas News Agency. • » • The British government is propos ing to take over control of the coal industry of Great Britain in the near future, the purpose being to give a certain power of control over the neu tral shipping which coals at British ports.. GENERAL. Divorces are on the increase in Chi cago. In 1914 divorces numbered 3,614; in 1915 there were 4,116, according to a report. * * * The town of Mazatlan, Mex., claims as resident the oldest man in the world—Jose Juan Venasquez, an In dian, who, according to all records, is 122 years old. Virginia has been added to the dry column, making the eighteenth stale to abolish saloons. The f new state wide prohibition law went into effect at midnight October 31st. ♦ * * A vein of coal five feet in thickness ha£ been discovered near Shenan doah, Iowa. The vein is 250 feet be low the surface and was found acci dentally while borong a well. • • • A Thanksgiving appeal for funds to relieve sufferihg among the widows and orphans in Germany was issued by the American relief committee, backed by James W. Gerard, United States ambassador to Germany, who expressed the belief that a liberal contribution would tend to make for a more friendly feeling between Ger many and the United States. * * • What was said to be the largest charitablk project ever undertaken was started when it was announced at New York City that a campaign to raise $10,000,000 in 1917 far Jewish war sufferers in Europe had begun. • * * John Copeland, charged with the killing of Wm. Black, an anti-Catholic lecturer, was found not guilty by a jury in the district court at Galveston, Texas, after deliberating 84 hours. Black was killed at Marshall, Tex., February 31, 1915. • * • New Y'ork City faces a serious coal shortage, dealers say, and unless a limitation is placed on deliveries to one ton to a consumer a famine can not be averted. Domestic coal is sell $12.50 a ton. • • • Full reconsideration of the ques tion of the advisability of construct ing a tunnel under the English chan nel to connect England and France was promised by Premier Asquith in receiving a deputation in favter of the project • • • The new Trolpastta canal In Swe den has been opened by King Gustave. The canal establishes communication between Wener lake .and the North m aad its construction took seven Barely 3,000 Americans remain in the republic of Mexico, as compared with the lOP.OOO or more which lived in that country prior to the Madero revolution in 1911. * * * Chicago’s revenue will drop $75,000 next year by the lapse of seventy five saloon licenses for the year be ginning November 1. There remain, however, 7,100 saloons in operation. • • • It is now believed that between 40 and 50 persons lost their lives instead of 19 reported in the burning of St. Elizabeth’s hospital at Farnham, Quebec, Canada. • * * Debts of the seven largest nations ■ in the war are in excess of $75,000, 000,000, as compared with $27,000,000, 000 at the war’s beginning, according to statistics compiled by a New York bank. • * * Seventy-five per cent of the corn crop of Oklahoma still is in the hands of the farmers, who apparently hope to profit by further price advances, according to a report issued by the Oklahoma Board of Agriculture. • * • The German under sea merchant- j man Deutschland, commanded by Captain Koenig and a crew of twenty, five men, has arrived safely at New London, Conn., completing its second trip across the Atlantic. The Deutsch land was twenty-one days making the voyage and carried a cargo valued at $19,000,000. • • • Drastic and immediate action will be taken in the federal investigation of the soaring prices of j^d products, Charles F. Clyne, Uniteu States dis trict attorney at Chicago, announced. He said that lie had information that the jobbers in several large cities hold daily conversations over long distance telephones and fix the prices of foodstuffs. * * • Alderman Pretzel of Chicago has has issued a statement declaring that packing firms in the city have more than 37,500,000 eggs in cold storage and that the price of 45 cents a dozen for this commodity is due to that cause. He claims that eight men controlled the entire supply and that the eggs were bought tor speculative purposes last summer at an average cf 22 cents a dozen. MEXICAN TROUBLE. The Mexican-American joint com mission. rejected the proposition to transfer the coneferences from Atlan tic City to Washington. * * * Dr. G. K. Servin, a naturalized American, was arrested at Tucson, Ariz., charged with conspiracy to ex port arms to revolutionists in Mexi co. Warrants also were issued for a number of other persons. * * * Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, is re ported to have fallen into the hands of Villa bandits. This town was given as Villa’s objective when the bandit moved south from Santa Ysa bel. * * • Mexican bandits held up a passen ger train near Juarez killed twenty nine Carranza guards, robbed the passengers, stripped all the women on board of their clothing and carried off everything of value in wagons. * * • The four Villa bandits who were captured at the Babicora ranch, sev enty-five miles southeast of Casas Grandes, following a fight between the bandits and the Carranza forces stationed at the Babicora ranch, have been summarily executed. * • * Jose- Diaz, said to be a naturalized American citizen, was executed at Par ral on October 3, at the order of Gen eral Luis Herrera, the Carranza com mandant, according to the statement by Mrs. Margarita Diaz, his wife, at El Paso. • * * An army of 175,000 loyal men, well equipped, provisioned and clothed, is now under command of General Car ranza, according to Andres G. Garcia, inspector genral of consulates for the de facto government of Mexico, who arrived in New York from El Paso. * * * Charges by Luis. Cabrera of the Mexican peace commission, that am munition and supplies are being smug gled across the border to Villa under the eyes of United States officials were discredited by customs and other United States department officials at El Paso. WASHINGTON. Obligations of foreign governments, bankers and merchants now held in the United States were estimated by the federal reserve board at $1,931, I 000,000. They are distributed as fol I lows: Europe, $1,627,000,000; British America, $212,000,000; Latin Amer icas, $88,000,000; China, $-1,000,000. • * * Great Britain's note in reply to American representatives against the commercial blacklist has been re ceived at the state department. It is understood to reiterate the conten tion for the right to blacklist, but of fers methods, of relief to Americans in certain circumstances. * • • While shipments of all classes of freight are piling up in most of the important producing centers of the country, and shippers frantically call ing for relief the interstate commerce commission has beun an inquiry. * * * The postoffice department is pre pared to accept a proposal submitted by Count von Bernstorff, that mails between this country and Germany be transported in merchant submarines. Announcement to this effect was made by the second assistant post master general. • • * More than 10,000 men, mostly ne groes, are said to have gone from Flo rida alone to northern points, particu larly Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, to take employment offered them daring the mat. two or time months. --- --.... OATES FOR COMING EVENTS. Nov. 21-23 — Farmers’ Co-operative State Grain and Live Stock Ship ping ass’n vonvention at Omaha. November 25—State Federation of Musical Clubs conference at Lincoln. Nov. 27 to Dec. 2—Annual Poultry Show at Omaha. Dec. 4 to 9—Annual Poultry and Pet Live Stock Show at Beatrice. Dec. 6-7-8—State Irrigation associa tion annual convention at Bridge port. Dec. 12 to 14.—State Convention of County Commissioners and Clerks at Alliance. Dec. 12-14—Nebraska Farmers Con gress at Omaha. December 20-21—National Farmers' Equity Convention at Omaha. January 1 to 6—State Poultry Show at Kearney. January 15-20—State Improved Live Stock association meeting at Lin coln. January 16-17-18—Annual convention of Nebraska Volunteer Firemen at Auburn. January 16-19—Winter Apple, Floral and Potato Show at Lincoln. A dramatic club known as the Lyric Players, has been organized at Shu bert. The purpose of the club is to study and at different time produce the works of different playwrights. Milk prices have been raised two cents a quart at Fremont as the re sult of an agreement of dealers and creameries. Milk now sells at 9 cents a quart, instead of 7 cents. Walter Miesbaeh. of Teeumseh, is suffering with two broken ribs, the re sult of having a chair playfully pulled from under him while enjoying a party with a company of young folks at a neighbor's home. Jitney busses and taxicabs are idle at Norfolk as a result of orders to the police by the city council to stop drivers of all cars who were unable to produce licenses under the new jitney and taxicab ordinance. Dakota county had 3.0S3 acres in winter wheat this year, yielding an av erage crop of 20 bushels per acre, or over 60,000 bushels, worth in the neighborhood of $90,000. The Grace Lutheran congregation of Hooper dedicated their new church building last Sunday, with pastors and laymen from adjoining towns in attendance. The Burlington railroad has found it necessary to make a considerable addition to its freight facilities at Al liance as the result of the steady bus iness increase. The first report on corn yield 'in Phelps county, made by A. M. Banner, near Holdrege, shows about twenty eight bushels to the acre, based on a twenty-five acre field. Seventy-five converts were register ed at a five weeks’ evangelistic cam paign conducted by Rev. G. H. Gftiy and W. H. Cpllins, at Springfield. There is a possibility that the cider and vinegar factory at Stella will not resume operation this year, as the re sult of apple crop shortage. The Methodist congregation of Ran dolph will erect a new church build ing at once to take the place of the one destroyed by fire. Farm Demonstrator Liebers of Gage county has purchased a carload of Shropshire sheep for a number of far mers in the county. Benson Presbyterians have purchas ed a church site and plan to build a new, modern edifice in the very near future. The big drainage ditch of the Nema ha valley drainage district, running from Syracuse to Talmage, is nearing completion. Avoca schools have adoptfd the hot lunch system and it is meeting with favor by both parents and patrons. The big Farmers’ Co-operative ele vator, containing thousands of bush els of grain, at Osceola, was com pletely destroyed by fire. The loss Is estimated at $75,000. Alpha Graf, a fanner living north east of Beatrice, reports that his corn is yielding fifty-two bushels to the acre. This is the best yield reported this season in Gage county. A whooping crane, which measures eiglity-four inches from tip of one wing to the other, was shot on the Platte river by L. R. Killian of Morse Bluff. Wilber Gettys, 16-vear-old son of Rev. Gettys, Methodist pastor at Ar nold, was almost instantly killed in a football game at Ansley. He received a dislocation of his neck and death resulted almost immediately. Catholics of York dedicated their reconstructed and enlarged church building last Sunday, with Bishop Tiben of Lincoln conducting the cere mony. The Burlington is building a new five-stall engine house at Oxford to take the place of the building destroy ed by tornado in August Auburn 'is to have twenty-five Mu nicipal Christmas trees this year. The main one is to be in the center of the town and the remainder to be set six to the block on adjoining streets. Each child will receive candy, nuts, fruit and a toy. Work is progressing very favorably on the Platte river bridge under con struction by the Burlington on the Chalco-Yutan cut-off near Yutan. Fifty-five citizens of Lincoln county, all over 70 years old, attended the second annual Sunset social at North Platte. The highest price ever paid for lambs in October was recorded on the Omaha /Live Stock market, when George M. Reed of Laurel, ’sold a shipment weighing a little under sev enty-four pounds straight, at $11. The Aurora Young Men’s Christian association is planning on a free lec ture course this winter. The organi-. zation is becoming a community cen ter of considerable proportions. A bunch of corn-fed cattle sold for $11.10 a hundredweight at South Omaha the other day, a record price October was the banner month for live stock receipts at the South Omaha market. On the 16th the largest number of cattle were received for a single day—1,015 cars; the week ending October 21, 55,987 head of cat. tie were shipped in, breaking all rec ords for a week's receipts, the great est number of cattle received in one month—225,000 head—were registered. Besides all of this, 12,015 cars of stock of all kinds were shipped to the market, which smashes all monthly records. Kearney grain dealers and elevator men declare they face a serious prob lem as the result of the freight car shortage. Wheat is selling around $1.70 a bushel in Buffalo county, the highest price in all history. Elevators are filled to overflowing and unless relief comes soon, buying may cease, dealers say. Butter, eggs and poultry are selling from 15 to 25 per cent higher than at this time last year, according to Omaha commission men. The ad vance Is due chiefly to shortage, they say. Government reports show that storage houses contain 20 per cent less butter than they did last year and 26 per cent less eggs. The Cuming County Fanners' Edu cational and Co-Operative Union was j formed at West Point last week. The rural credits problem; telephone question, and the adoption of the county Torrens land title scheme will he taken up at the next meeting, scheduled for January 2, 1917. At a Duroc Jersey sale near Syra cuse, thirty-one head were sold at an average of $30 per head. The top mark was a fall boar which went for $51. Eleven head of gilts sold at an j average o' $33.50 per head. Most of the animals went to breeders outside i of the county Slow seepage through the underly- j ing quicksand caused a $3,500 to1 $5,000 loss to the Central Power Co.’s j water power plant at Grand Island. The flumes caved in and put the tur bine engines out of commission. About 100 feet of the runway collapsed completely. built at a cost of $12,500, is now open for use of the public. It is a beauti ful structure and a credit to the city. An automobile belonging to Mrs. Esselbatte of Seward, was taken out of her garage by a gang of boys Hal lowe’en night and set afire. Stock receipts so far this year at the South Omaha market are: Cattle, 1,129,910 head; hogs, 2,232,233, and sheep. 2,Cl 1,343, an increase over last year in the first ten months of 157,040 \ head of cattle; 255,708 head of hogs and a decrease of 104,575 head of sheep. Musical cltlbs from all over Ne- , braska will gather in Lincoln Satur day, November 25, for ati inter-com munity conference under the auspices of the State Federation of Musical clubs. A call has been issued by the execu tive officers of the Nebraska State Ir rigation association, for the seventh annual convention of the organization to be held at Bridgeport, December 6, 7 and 8. • Phelps county farmers purchased two hundred and twenty head of calves at a public sale at Holdrege a few days ago. They expect to rough them through the winter and sell them as grass-feds next summer. The Nebraska Improveed Live Stock association will hold its annual con ! vention in Lincoln during the third | week in January. Charles Graff of Bancroft is president of the organiza- 1 tion. The 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs I William Koenecke of Beatrice, had both legs cut off in the Burlingtor yards while playing between some cars on a sidetrack when an engine hooked on to the cars. Three thousand people attended a big barbecue at Wymore last week. The Nebraska Potato company, wit! headquarters at Chadron. has placed 50,000 bushels of potatoes in storage j this year. Mitchell Harbaugh, a 17-year-olc boy of Broken Bow, had his right arm torn off, his shoulder crushed and a badly lacerated back, as the result oi falling head-first in a corn shredder He became wedged in the machine sc tight that it took a half hour to gel him out. Doctors say he may recover. ; Seizing a loaded gun which had al : ways been kept on a pantry shelf foi i the purpose of shooting a squirrel he had seen in the yard, Clarence Fish bume of Grand Island, was instantly killed when the weapon was acci dentally discharged. A gain of almost $1,500,000 a day was the record set up by Omaha bank clearings for the week ending Oct. 28 The total clearings for the week were $30,163,591.23, as against $20,820,283.14 for the corresponding week a year ago Regina, 16-months-old daughter of Otto Muller, of Norfolk, died from burns received playing about a stove in the home while the mother was emptying ashes in the backyard. Beatrice bakeries have raised the ; price of bread—5-cent loaves selling at 6 cents and the 10-cent loaf at 12 i cents. Burlington railroad officials have ordered removed a blockade of two boxcars placed in such a way as to prevent the Union Pacific from dou ble-tracking across the former’s right-, of-way in Hastings.’ The blockade was placed in August, 1912. The highest price for a car of any corn was reached on the Omaha grain exchange when a car of No. 2 yellow sold for $1 a bushel. The com was shipped from Brunswick. Cattle receipts at the South Omaha stock market last month broke all previous October records. Seven hundred and sixty horses, purchased by agents of the allied pow. ers, are being held up from shipment 1 at Grand Island by a quarantine order. Grand Island is assuming the aspect of one of the nation’s largest horse markets. Infantile paralysis caused the death of the eleven months’ old daughter of Isaac Goodwin, a farmer near May wood. Ten thousand dollars alimony was allowed Mrs. Mary Bohlman, who se cured a divorce from her husband at GREATER THAN EVER NATIONAL BANK RESOURCES OVER FOURTEEN BILLIONS. ESCORT FOR DEUTSCHLAND Armored Submarine Expected to Con voy Freighter On Its Return Voyage to Germany. Washington.—Reports of national banks, condition on September 12, the United States treasury department announces, shows total resources of $14,411,000,000, or $216,000,000 greater than ever before in the nation's history. This was an increase of $485,000,000 over June 30, last, and $2,144,000,000 over September 2, 1915. The previous high water mark was on May 1, last. Total deposits amounted to $11, 362,000,000, or $227,000,000 greater than ever before. The increase was $185,000,000 over June 30 and $2,133, 000,000 over September 2, 1915. Deposits in central reserve bank cities from May 1, last, to September 12 showed a reduction of $218,000,000, while in other reserve cities there was an increase of $151,000,000, and in country banks an increase of $294, 000,000. “This,” says the comptrol ler, “is indicative of the healthy, pro gressive effect of the federal reserve act in decentralizing and distributing the money of the country.” Loans and discounts were $7,859, 000,000, the largest amount ever re ported. Convoy for Deutschland. New London, Conn.—The German armored submarine U-57, sister ship of the 17-53, which recently sank five vessels off the New England coast, is expected to act as a convoy for the undersea freighter Deutschland on its return trip to Germany, according to a statement by Captain Paul Koenig. “I would not be surprised if the ar mored submarine appeared off the coast while I am in port. You can’t tell what the government will do.” In answer to questions Captain Koenig said he probably would make his homeward dash within the next ten days. He denied a report that he would go through the Cape Cod canal, saying nothing was to be gained by this route. Finsh Print Paper Probe. Washington.—In a statement an nouncing virtually completion of its investigation of news print paper prices, the federal trade commission declares that during the first half of this year when prices already were soaring to unprecedented figures, the average cost of producing news print paper in domestic mills was less than $1.65 per hundred pounds, or below the average cost in the past three years. The investigation shows that con tract prices rose this year from less than $2 per hundred !o $3 and $3.50. and on current niarke\ purchases the publishers have paid 17 or more for paper bought in the name way prio,r to January 1 for between $2 and $3. A complete report will be issued in the near future. Allies Loss Placed at 600,000. Berlin.—Estimates of the Franco British losses during the four months’ offensive on the Somme front emanat ing from the German general head quarters in the west gives the losses in round numbers as 600,000. The survey places the British losses at 400,000 and those of the French at 180,000. The estimates, the survey says, are regarded as moderate in view of the fact that the British casualty lists admit, losses of 372,000 to the end of September. The writer claims that each square mile of terri tory recovered cost the allies more than 5,000. Virginia in Dry Column. Richmond, Va.—Virginia, the eigli. teenth state to ban the sale of intoxi cating beverages, closed all saloons at midnight. October 31, completing a dry area in the south reaching from Washington to Jacksonville to the east and from Washington to New Orleans to the west. Although a large part of the old dominion pre viously had been voted dry by local option elections, the new state law closed more than 800 saloons. Supply Will Soon Be Exhausted. Stockholm.—Great Britain’s export prohibition on whisky has moved Swedish dealers to take account of their stocks. With the result that they have but six^ months’ supply. -j—--— No Haul Coal Famine. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.—P. M. Chase, vice president and general manager of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., and C. F Huber, vice president of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co., declared that there is no danger of an anthra cite coal famine. Will Pay for Delay. Santiago, Chile.—England will turn sver to Chile five submarines as com pensation on account of the delay in ielivery of dreadnaughts which were contracted for in England by Chile. Bread 12 Cents a Loaf. Redding, Cal.—Bread has advanced here to 12 cents for twenty-four ounce loaf with the bakers making no small er size loaves. The leading hotels have raised their boarding rates $5 a month while restaurants have ad ranced prices in concert. Building Largest Generator. New York.—German electrical ex perts are building the largest genar itor and transformer in the world, ac cording to advices received by those Interested in the industry. X>tefe ^Ibteilung tft fur bte 5amiliengHeber, nvld?e am liebftcit £>eutfd? lefen. 1 _ ■■ «... ^ f ■ — ^ -~ ^—- - ~~— —^^ V • 1 ■ i" ■ I' - ■ 2?ont Sflimiplalic S© cnro)iiiiifd)C« $ijlfcrfric8t3 Selbft bent gclcgeutlidjen 3ci huigslefer mug e» attfgcfaflen fciit, baS Sottbon unb i'ariS bebeutenb rnbiger getoorben finb, fo» bag man bcinabc 311 ber ?lnfid)t font men fbnnte, bie Somme - Sdjladjt fei sum flbfdjhiB gebradjt toorben. 9iidjt§ toiire falfdjer alS cine foldje Sfuitaljmc. Sic Somme . Sdjladjt toirb mit berfclbcn 93ut, berfclbcn Scrfdjtoetibung Don foftbaren SJfen fdjenleben uttb bemfelben oft finnlo feu XranfloSpfeffera ber 2(rtiHerie fcrtgefefet; aber baS Start bat fid) ge* toanbt. 3toar befinben biL> Xeut fdjen fid) uodj uidjt bcftcinbig in ber Cffenfine unb nod) ift bie Slraft ber ?lUiicrtcn uidbt erlabmt, aber bie j Xeutfdjen babeit erbebiicbe Serftdr fungen erljaltcn unb namcittlid) bie ?triiHcrie ift bebeutenb Derbidjtet toorben. &ur3 uadj ber Ginbringung ber Grnte trat biefe ?lenbermtg 311 Sage. 3ucrft nutate ber groge Sieg 311 £aitfc errungen merben, ber Sieg iiber bie englifdjctt SluStjungerungS pldtte, bie Grnte nuifjte unter Xadj unb gad) gebradjt uttb ber SBintcr* oefer beftcilt toerben. ?l(3 ba§ gc fdjeben, toarf ber bcutfdje Saner ben S'flu g unb bie Settfe in bie Gcfc uttb griff toieberum gum SdjiCBpriigcl, nid)t um, tote itt friiljerctt, fdjdnen Xagett, auf bte gagb 3U gcbcit, fan bertt, tint feitt S'aterlanb gegett ben Dor ben Xorcn tobettben geiub 3u fdjii^en. GS fdjeint einc gefunbe, urfraftige Sippfcbaft getoefett 311 feitt, bie Don j bett beutfdjen gelbent in bic Sdjiit jengrdben ftieg, bettn feitbem fie bef ! finb, babeit Sriten uttb granjofeu, SRuffett unb 9fimiiinen 311 fiegen auf gebbrt. 21 m utciften Ijutten bie Sri= ten unter biefeu fiir Xeutfdjlaitb giinftigen Umftanben 311 Icibett. Sic finb, bariiber beftebt fein 3meifel, ber gefaljrlicbfte geittb, roaS 3abl uttb Sdljigfeit aubetrifft, uttb bie Gnttoicf lung beS Somme - Sdjladjt butte eS gefiigt, bag gerabe itjre grant, bie britifdie, bent bcutfd)en ©egenftoB am ftdrfften pretSgegcben toar. SiS Gambles unb ettoaS bariiber Fiittaue batte tnatt bie Slfliierten Dorftofeett laffen, bantt tottrbe bent S^orftofj eitt ftablerner, aitfdjcittenb utt3crbrecbli d)er 3iiegel porgefd)oben. Xic briti fdje grant nad) Corbett Ijin toar in etoifcbcii 22 kilometer (pon Sbiepoai bis Gambles) long getoorben, cine fdjone i'lngriffSfladje fiir biL' auf ber Sinic fitbtocitlid) Don Sapaumc ftarf : Derfdjaustcn Xeutfcben. gu ben brei : into cnujaib i'iottatcn, oic cc- ‘onten ! unb graugcfen nabm, bi-3 Gamble? ■ bor3ubringcn, batten bie Teutfdjeit mcbr at? geniigenbc geit gefunbcit, fid) auf ber norblidjen glanfe ber ; Sfriten einsunifteit. Tic nadjfolgen j ben Greigniffe baben ba§ betbiefen. ©bgleid) fie immer tnicber ttcue SRenfdjcnmaffen unb neue Sdjiffsla bungen ooniWunition gegen bie beut fdjen Siteiben fdjleubertcti, fie fdjmauf ten unb tnidben nidit. gn uncrmefjli* j dben Stromen flof) britifdje» Slut, | nabe.w 4,000 3ft ann tnnrbcu alle | jtnblf Stunben au» iljreu SReifjeit au?gefd)icbcn. ' 53ei Saitli) bradicu bie 2?riten fcdjsmal nor, aber attc biefc 2?orftbf>e bradjen unter ben fd)lnerften blutigcit SBerlufteit sufammeit. Tie beutfdje Snfanterie fam au?, ifjrcn ltnterftau* ben unb au§ ben Wranattrid)tern, in ! trcldjcit fie ben Slnfturm abgcmartct | batte, rif; ba§ ©etnebr an bie Sdjul ier unb mabte ben ftiirmenben ©eg - ner in aufredjter SteHung im A>ia fdjincu. unb ©etneljrfeuer nicber. Cffenbar batte fid) ber ©egner ber §offnuitg biagegebeit, ban feine enor me artifleriftifdje Tdtigfeit feincr Ignfantcrie ben &?eg 311 einem Icid) ten Siege bffitelt miirbe, unb ba-3 er fliirt and), luarum bie gnfantertb in gefdjloffeiten itt'affen norging, mobei fed)? bi§ sebit SturmmeUen aufeiit aitber folgtcn. Winter biefen Sturnimelleii tuaren SRcfcrnen aufgeftellt, meldje non Offi siercu 311 fjJferbe gefiibrt murbeit, toaS gar uidjt 3U erfliireu miire, menu ber geinb uidjt abfolnt iiberseugt ge mefen mare, bafj bie bcntjdje §nfau terie unter bent getoaltigeu gcuer bcrnidjtet morbcit fei. Unter $urra rufeu unb ©cfdjrei mii^ten fid) biefc dftaffeu einem, mie fie glaubten, ftd)c ren unb Icidjten Sicg entgegen. mirb ntebr unb mcbr mabr fdbcinlid), baf) fid) ber geinb au bie fer uncrfd)iitterlid)eit grout ebenfo berbluteit mirb, mie cs mit ben diuf fen bercitS an ber gali3ifd)eit grout ber gad mar. 9?eun3ig Cuabratntcilcii non bett 10,000, bie fie nebnten niiiffen, uni bie Teutfdjen au§ granfreid) 3U ber treiben, baben bie StEliierten in ben bier 2Ronatcn ibrer bcrluftrci d)en Offenfibc genotnmen. 9hir 9,910 meitere Suabratmcilen finb ju nebnten iibrig. Unb bod) gibt e§ nod) 2eutc, bie an ben Sieg ber SlUiiertcn glauben. ?fn ber oftlidjert grout baben bie fRuffen ibre Slngriffe nidjt tnicber cr neuert Tiefe SCatlofigfeit auf ruf ftfdf)er Seitc ift cin ftummcr SetteU fiir bie furdjtbare fRidjtigfett br beutfdjcn SRelbuug, in ber bic 23-r lufte ber SRuffen auf cine URiUicr fIRenfdjen gefdjdfjt tuerbeu. Sludj Ijdr man, in ber Geftalt bon Xeme.ub mieberum bon ruffifdjen Sepatat friebenl - UBiinfdjen. Cb bicfleidj) bod) etma? taaljrea barau ift? 2>oi einiger 3eit Fjicb cS, fRujflanb fei in Jlugufi sumSeparatfvieben bcreit r,e tbcfen, Ijabe aber mieber $offmuig>:n gefdjbpft, ala iRumanien in ben ficief cintrat. petite fcfjon, uadj fauir Stecimonatlidjer firiegfiifjrung, ififRu mdnicn feine .§ilfe rnefjr, fonbern ei ne 2?iirbe, > bic anf fRufelanba fdjoa fdjmer belafteten SdjuLtern rufjt. 'Miicrle beftefjcn auf ifjr 91 cdjt bie fpoft 3U ranbcn. a^affjtugton. Xtc "Introorf granfreicfja unb Grogbritanniens auf bie amerifattifdjejt gorbcrungei betreffa Ginmifdjung feiiens ber gc itannten Sanber in ben '^oftpcrfeb ci:f IjoLjer See unb ber gefefctuibrt gen 2>erfdjlcppung Pott 'JSoftbampfera ;ndj britifdjen £dfen, ift cine turner fdjlcierte Slbroeifung alter '-Ifeljaup hmgen unb gorbenmgen bec-Staats bepartements. Xie fRote giebt im '-prtnsip bie ilnoerlcfjlidjCeit ber 2>ofi, nie im intcrnationalcn ©cfc§ niebergelegt, git, fpridjt itjr biefeibc aber in bet Jffrariv ab. ISitglaub tnie Jranfrcid: befjaupteu cin tRedjt 311 Ijabcu ameri fatiifdjc i'oft in iufpisieren, trdljrenb fie uadj Sonterbanb fudjen. 2ie 3mci oerbiiubeteu tRegicntngcn beanfprudjen bag ftiedjt neutrale'l'oft fdjiffe non iljrem Slurs nad) attiicr ten .'pdfen 311 bringett sunt 3®cdc btc 'ffoftfadjeit 311 unterfudjen, senficren ober 311 fonfisjiereit. Xiefcr ?ln fprndj teurbe micberljolt bon ben 2?er Staaten abgemiefen, nidjt aUein be treffs bon fpoft fonbern audj bor Siargoa. Xac- ciujigc 3ngeftdubni§, tncldjcs bic betben fRegicrungen madjen, ift in folgenbcm f^affus ber SRote euttjal ten: „93etreff§ Xcrfenbung bon Xofu menten unb Storrcfpoubenscn, toeldjt auf neutralen Sdjiffen unb felbft in §afen berMiicrten gefnnbcn merocn unb in feincm 3uiammer.(jang mil bent Siriegc fteben, Ijaben bie attiicr ten fRegienmgen bie 23eborben ange triefen, foldjc Sdjriftftiicfe nidjt auf suljalteu, fonbern biefeibc reoindglttf ofjne fSersug tneiter3ubcfdrbcm." Sdjliefflidj erfldrett bic- aSiietter fRegicrungen in einem mcitcrcu ttfaf fug fid) bcreit, fiir Sdjaben, tbcldjct bttrdj ^nfpefiion bon 'fSoftfadjen aus i'crfeljen entftanben, fpater Giif3u< fommen. Uicittrnlitats • 2>crlctuing. ?Iad) ben gefiftcllungcn be§ Tla rinebepartemeniS |iub con ber Sat tcn>Station be3 9iero;J)orfer ^cralb in ber SlScrflcibung Ijarmlofci 3Jad)rid)tcn, SBarnung an §an bel-3 unb firieg§fd)iffen ber VII liiertcn auSgegaugen, al» ba* bent fd)e siriegi-taudbboot U-.53 in ber 9Ja be be-3 9fanturfct • ScucrfdjtffcS feint ilernidjtungSarbeit begonncu batte 2iefe iEelegranunc tourbe con bet 9Rarineftation im Sfrooflpncr ©d)ift§ baubof aitfgcfangcit ltnb nad) SBajb ington gemelbet, bas fieutnant SBel bon con ber „2Irfanfa§" fofort alt 3enfor einfcbte unb burdh Sfommaw ber 2obb ben Seitcr be* 9inbiobieit fte§ unferer i>iarinc cine rigoroft Untcrfudiung einleitcn licg. 2er „3ieto 2)orf §eralb" nnterbab an ber Sfattcrp cin ©djiffsbnreai unb in SBcrbinbitng bamit cine fleiw gunfenfprud)anlage, bie in grieben§' jciten jum Sluffangen con 2epefdber attfornnienber 2ampfer unb 3ur 3?c nadjridjtigung con ©d’iffen auf l)t> ber ©cc, and) jur llebermittelung ei ne§ brabtlofen 9iad)rid)tenbienfte$ fiir foldbe ©djiffe bcnu&i tourbe. 9Jcitc§ 9Jiefrnf)PtcI. 2ie Stabt 9ieto2)orf toirb in nabei 3ufunft ba& gro&te £otcI ber SBeit, bog neuc «^otd Gonunoitircalif), pc fitjcn. 2ie SJiefenfaratoanferei toirb ein CoUftanbigeS ©traf;engeciert ein nebincn, 23 ©todtocrfc bod) fein, 2500 3inuncr bciitjcu unb $lu,000,' 000 foften. Ter 2»au erfolgt nad) fooperaticcm Pan, inbctti 150,000 i'erfonen ant- alien £eilcn bcr 93er ciuigtcn ©taaten jc $100 inPefiieren, unb niemanb fann mebr al3 cine 21F tie au $iOO ertoerben. ©§ toirb ba rauf geredpiet, bag ba§ ncue $otel jum grofjen 2eil bon feinen Sefifeern, ben2lftieninbabent, frequeniiert toirb. $orto 9!ito3 3“