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CITY
EDITION
AiiBUQUEJ
IQUE MORNING
JOUR
!NAL.
CITY
EDITION
TH1RTY-IWXTH YKAIl.
VOL CLVIII. Xo, 57.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Monday, August 26, 1918.
Dally by Carrier or Mall, 70c m Mouth
Single Oopiea, to
owners are not
responsible fob "
damage done ifj
lusitania case
Steamship Company Can Not
Be Held Accountable fo;
. Loss of Life and Property,
Is Court's Decision,
NEGLIGENCE CHARGE
DISMISSED BY JUDGE
Cause of the Disaster Was
the Illegal Act of the Im
perial German Government;
Vessel Was Not Armed,
lav moru.no journal brroal .( wiaa,
New York, Aug. 25. The. Cunaro
Steamship company cannot be held
liable for loss of life and property ir.
the torpedoing of the Lusitanla by a
German submarine, according to a de
cision handed down In the admiraltj
branch of the United States district
court by Judge Julius M. Mayer and
made public today.
"The cause of the sinking of the Lu-
sitania was the illegal act of the Ger
man . imperial government, acting
through its instrument, the submarine
commander," declared Judge Mayer,
who held "the fault, therefore, must
be laid upon those who are responsi
ble for the sinking of the vessel in the
legal na well as the moral sense."
In dismissing suits against the Cu-
nard line aggregating $4,000,000
brought by heirs of persons who per
ished with the Lusitanla on May 7
1915, Judge Mayer asserted that "it is
not 1o be doubted that the United
Stales of America and her allies will
remember the rights of those affected
by the sinking of the Lusitanla, and
when tiie time shall come will see to
it that reparation shall be made forj
one of the most Indefensible acts of
modern times."
' Onuird Unci Not Negligent, i
Judge Mayer dismissed the claim
that the Cunard line was negligent
vnU .Urn. cJhicIuhIoiV that the captain
anw members of the crew took every
-precaution Justified , by the then
known facts, both before and after
the vessel was torpedoed."
"It Is, of course, easy now," he said,
"in the light of many later events ad-
ded to the preceding acts, to look
back and say that the Cunard line and
Its Vaptaln should have known that
the German government would au
thorize or permit so shocking a . breach
of International law and so foul an
offense, not only against an enemy but
as vwcll against peaceful citizens of
then a friendly nation. But the unex
pected character of the act was bes".
evidenced by the horror which it ex
cited In the minds and hearts of the
American people."
Judge'Mayer declared that proof
brought out in this investigation,
which covered a year, is conclusive
that the Lusitanla was not and never
had been armed and that on the voy
age upon which she was sunk did not
carry explosives.
Discussing the warning advertise
ments published by the German em
bassy in New York newspapers on
ENEM
Y GAPT
DEPRESSED
S
ANA
OUTCOME
German Officers Say Father
land Entered the War With
Enthusiasm but This Has
Long Since Disappeared,
ADMIT CONDITIONS IN
EMPIRE ARE HOPELESS
Agree That Annexations Thus
Far Made Are a Mistake
and Admit That America Is
a Big Factor in the War,
CBY MORNINft JOURNAL IMCU1. LtARBO WIRBI
British Army Headquarters, Aug. 25,
The demeanor of hundreds of Ger
man officers taken, prisoner recently
is in striking contrast with the at
titude of officers captured during the
British retreat last spring. Then Ger
man officer prisoners were arrogant
and meant to crush the British to
earth, but now they are depressed
and very anxious. They appear 'very
willing to talk and the tenor of their
conversation may be summed up as
follows:
They say Germany entered the war
with enthusiasm, but this has lonr
since disappeared and the struggle
has become an economic one with
Great Britain. '
Situation Is Critical.
They admit that Germany is In
practically a hopeless condition, both
economically and from the man-power
point of view and ask whether
Great Britain can not now consider
Germany sufficiently reduced to be
no longer a dangerous trade rival or
whether the allies Intend to crush her
altogether. In the latter case, they
asy, Germany will be ford to fight
to the last, but they make no effort
to conceal their lmpret-slon of wha'
this means for the fatherland. They
say they believe there- Is every dis
position to evacuate , Belgium and
northern JTranw and, even negotiate
the Alsace-Lorraine question, " ":
They are generally unanimous In
agreeing that annexation thus far
made and the Brest-Litove k pence
treaty were a great mistake, but think
thoy can not withdraw from Hussla
in the present condition of affairs
there
Silent About Hub War.
They are aware that the American
army now has assumed very formi
dable proportions and there is a gen
eral admission of the seriousness Of
this factor.
The submarine campaign they can
not refer to without gestures of Im
patience. Captured non-commissioned officers
attribute recent German defeats to
the inefficiency of their air service
and more especially to the Inexperi
ence and iHck of stamina of the latest
recruits who are most Inadequately
drilled and trained and who are physi
cally Incapable of sustaining the heavy
strain of defensive warfare. The mere
presence of these new recruits, they1
say, produces in a company a demor
altelng effect upon the older men be
Women Keep The Home Fires Burning In Munition Plants
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CO
ENEMY MTS
LENDS ZEST TO
H
NAVAL
HUNS ARE HURLED
ERIHERE
BAG
BY STRONG B
L
OF FOCH
S TROOPS
These women not only wear a man's overalls but
cuttings to ro Into munitions. I
Hum's hiit ami a nuin's shirti, They are tlciiiiius brasH
Germans Discard Helmets
and Other Equipment
Walk Toward British
E
Maps at American Seaplane' Haig's Men in the North Cap
tations Nus Hourly Re- ture Many Towns, While the
ports of Subs' ActKitics
Make Captures Possible.
EX-COLLEGE MEN MAKE
SPECTACULAR MANEUVER
'
Schieffclin of Yale and Cutler
of Harvard Soar Over Sub
mersible, Drop Bomb Which
Hits Target Squarely,
French Reach Territory
North of Soissons,
FOE PRESSED BACK TO '
OLD HINDENBURG LINE
ARA BS POUR
Mny 1, the day the Lusitania sailed,) cause it indicates to what straits Ger.
Judge Mayer said: ; many must be reduced to employ such
IJulll.... T.. 1 1 f i ...1 I M,n,.nl
' It is perfectly plain that the mas
ter was fully justified In sailing on
the appointed day from a neutra,
port with many- neutral and non-combatant
passengers, unless he and his
company were willing to yield to an
attempt of the German government to
terrify British shipping.
'Tew at that time would be likely
to construe the warning advertise
ment as calling attention to more
than the perils to be expected from
quick 'disembarkation and the possi
ble rigors of the sea after the proper
safeguarding of the lives of passe n
gers by at least full opportunity to
take to. the bofttts."
Teutons,. After Fighting Bitter
ly for Hours, Apparently Are
Glad to Surrender to Their
Attackers, .
ALSATIANS ARE ELATED
WHEN TAKEN BY FRENCH
Fall On and Embrace Their
Captors and Give Thanks
for Their-Liberation From
Service in Enemy Ranks,
STEAM YACHT PLACED
UNDER ARMED GUARD
tav MORNtNtt JOURNAL BCIM. LtAMQ W,aal
. An Atlantic Port, Aug. 25. Naval
authorities late todafr brought the
steam yacht Zega into port and placed
her under an' armed guard pending
an Investigation of the status of sev
eral foreigners among rfier crew. Ac
tivities of enemy , submarines along
the Atlantic coast a naval official
said, have caused a strict examination
of all craft with persons o f foreign
birth on board. t
The Zega, It is understood, wa
hound from New London, Conn., for
East port, Me, '
THE WEATHER
FORECAST. .
Denver Colo., Aug. 25. New Mex
lco: Monday and probably Tuesday
fair; not much change in tempera
ture. "
-: LOCAL BEPORT. . :
A summary of local weather con
ditions for the twenty-four hours end
ed at 6 p. m. yesterday follows: Maxi
mum temperature, 93. degrees; mini
mum, 64; range, 39 degrees; tempera
ture at 6 p, m.( 86; south flnd; clear
STREAM OF SHEL
L
INTO RUNS
RANK
S
rtr WOKMINO JOURNAL MfeiAL LIAIID Wiall'
London, Aug. 25 (via Montreal.)
A week of continuous allied success
closed gloriously Saturday when the
British stormed ho fewer than fifteen
Important strongholds. '" A semi-offi
cial statement from Paris empha-
sixes that the whole interest Saturday
centered on the British front, where
gains of ground of the most Impor
tunt tactical value had been achieved
especially In the direction of Ba-
paume, which now virtually is at the
mer'oy of the British, owing to their
capture of the Ancre valley railway.
The significant part of the success
Is that the Americans west of Fisme
and south of the Vesle have been late
ly assigned to the task of hammerlr.u
the German communications withbi
the north t)f the Alsne district. They
have been steadily reinforced all the
time, and if their present movement
develops It is likely to have serious
oonsequenees for the Germans, whom
Generals ' Mangin and Humbert are
outflanking. While Ludendorff deems
It prduent to retire from this region,
his decision to withdraw to the 1917
line may be hastened by the Americans.
. Oomfntratp Training.
Washington, Aug. 25. Concentra
tlon of all ground school training of
army aviators at four universities hat
been determined upon by the division
of military aeronautics. The schools
at Princeton university and at the Uni
versities, of California, Illinois and
Texas are to be retained, :
IBV MOHNINa JOURNAL IPCCIAL LEAKED WIRCj
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 25 (by Ute Associated Press.)
The British continue smashing' the
Germans toward the old ilindenblirg
line, which almost lias been reached
In the northern battle zone. The de
fenses of Daiipaume huvo cither al
ready been captured or are in process
of being captured. Hpaume itself
must fall shortly.
Meanwhile Homo of the heaviest
fighting of the war Is going on in
this section of the battle front for
the Germans are loath to part with
the town which has grout strategic
Value
Warlencoiirt- an Important position
Just south of Bapaume on the road
to Albert, which has been widely
crossed, was taken by the British
after a bitter struggle in which the
Germans suffered very severe losses.
Great numbers of the enemy wen
captured during the day, among them
a large party from the third German
naval division,
British Advaii'-e Itapidlv.
So fast was the British advance Inst
night and today that It Is Impossible
to be certain where the front line
will be located from one hour to the
next.
The Germans exhibit signs of crack
ing at some places but are offering
desperate resistance. Many more guns,
some of large caliber, have been tak
en. One British corps alone has count
ed eighty guns.
There is evidence of confusion in
the enemy rear. I'nits of the same di
visions hurled In the battle have been
taken at points separated by many
miles. Quantities of material are fall
ing into British hands because the
bocha has not troubled to apply the
torch or explosives. '
Fozieres, to the north of Albert fell
this morning. British patrols .were
seen entering Martinpuich, where ap
parently the boche made good his es
cape.' , ; t
High wood, a strong position near
Longueval (northwest of Combles)
is reported captured, while Eaucourt
L'Abhaye, Contalmaison and Couec
lette have been occupied by the Brit
ish. '
Saplegnies Is completely in British
hands after hard fighting. At last re
ports a local battle within the big
battle was being fought at Mory and
its environs, where the lines run
through the town.
British Pass St. Irrer. ;
St. Leger was captured and left fir
behind. After having once been re
ported In Crosilles, the British with
drew to the outskirts. The Germans'
counter attacked heavily 'and the
British retired to the edge of the tow
and poured Bhclls Into the place, whil
pressing forward on the sides.
This practice of withdrawing from
any place whcre heavy counter at
tacks are being delivered, then shell
ing the area and driving past to the
north and south, eventually getting
into a position somewhere near the
rear, has given wonderful results, not
only in saving British troops, but, '.
netting large numbers cf prisoners o;'
killing Germans.
Af NeuviHe-Vltasse and almost up
to the Starpc, the line at last reports
received ut headquarters run through
the outskirts of the village ami se
vere fighting was in progress there.
Armored Cars Kfrwttvc.
The liiwiaume-Pcroniio road was
attacked by British armored cars,
which, during the past 2t lururs, have
been performing wonderful service,
scouting far; ahead of the Infantry
Some of them have dashed through
the country, overtaking retreating en
emy transport columns and inflietins'
terrible, damage upon them nnd bodies
of troops with their machine guns.
Oo-opeiatifig with the armored can
the tanks again have been in uctiun,
some roiling.- ir.? towns in advance o'
the infaut.ry,' sweeping over debris
and finishing off enemy strong pointf
in the face of a perfect delude o:'
flro.
Many tanks returned to their Hih
With ull, paint shot off their steel sides
by machine gun bullets. At some
points the Germans approached tlte
tanks as soon us they saw them, with
hands high above their heads, fear
fully shouting "kamarad!"
(icriiimiH Am IMiiclicd,
When Thicpval ridge fell Into Brit
Ish hands yesterday troops pressed
forward at both sides and large num
bers of Germans were pinched. They
promptly threw away their helmet'
and other eiuininent and, without ev
en guards walked toward the Brltls'i
rear. In the neighborhood of Thicp
val a British detachment during the
early part of Hie advance managed
to reach I'ys, but found Itself sui
rounded on ull sides by the enemy.
An airplane snw the detachment's
plight and dropped a iessage
"stick it." snd soon aftef heavy Brit
ish formations attacked at this point
and drove off the Germans, relieving
their hard-pressed comrades.
.Since then Pys has. been left well
behind. Posieres, southeast of Thiep
va 1, fell this morning and later Ma
mclz wns occupied, us well ns Martin
pulch. Thero was no signs of th.
Hocbe around Martlnpuloh, althougl
Just to the south bitter fighting con
tlnues.
Bixbc I'hi's sIh-II Craters.
Everywhere the boche 1b taking ad
vantage of shell craters, and( thcs
ready-made strongholds have in many
cases caused considerable trouble be
fore being silenced. The craters west
of La Boisselle were especially trou
blesome.( one largo one there, after
holding out for several hous. fell dur
ing the nlKht, while other smaller
holes were silenced at daybreak.
The worst of this shell crater coun
try now is being passed at many
points, however, and there is a pros
pect that the ground may be more fa
vorable to the British, v
It seems certain that the. Germans
have brought up fresh troops, but I
is believed they are still gome distance
In the rear. It is problematical wheth
er the German high command Intends
to throw them Into battle now or to
use them to hold the tine to which the
enemy Is now being driven.
Prisoners Aro Happy, .
Among the prisoners taken in to
day's and last night's fighting, which
progressed under a brilliant moon
are many Saxons. The officers among
them. In comparison with the Prus
sians, who apparently care not for
such things, as soon as they got to
the cages, stripped themselves and
asked for water with which, to bathe
from their upturned helmets. Alsa
tluns also appeared in the prisoners'
cages. Happier than these it would
be 'hard to find anywhere. They fell
on their captors, embraced them and
snoke In French of being "lebated."
They pulled pictures of their fath
ers, dressed in the French uniform ot
1870, from hidden pockets and exhib
ited them proudly. Thew-sald thai
all tho Alsations had been placed In
German regiments.'
Ih-wcrtora Punished,
"It goes hard with us if , we are
caught deserting," said one youth.
"If It is ever found out that anybody
deserts, his family Is punished, and
a X-taNIN JOUANAL (VEOIAI. I EASEO
London, Aug. 25. "lOnsIgn T. II.
.Murphy, ' says a statement given ou:
today by the committee on public in
formation, "sits day and night in an
office In a little, shack at a Cniled
States naval air station poring over
raised maps with colored strings
stretched on them and little red head
ed pins stuck in them. Mis Job is to
keep tab on every German submarine
out of its base. He knows when they
needed air and how badly each depth
charge damages them. Ho knows ev
en when they must come to the snr
fuee foi tho skipper to smoke a cigar,
for there is no smoking insido a sub
marine. "Ensign Murphy's knowledge decid
ed the success or failure of many
young reserve ensigns of the naval
flying force at tho station. Tuke. for
currying food to an advanced post 1 Instance, Ensign K. J. Hchleffolin of
when the British, appeared. lie cried New, York City, a member of the 191ft
"we surrender" anil he, with tho men j class ut Yale university, who is a di
in the post, gave themselves up. reet descendant of John Jay of rev
iTi.soners taKcn when M iramont ! o utionarv fame
Simike Proves I'lidolng,
Le Barque, 2 1-2 Miles Soutiv
west of Bapaume,' Taken by
British; Fall of Latter Town
Expected Soon,
ear
even his female relatives are sent to
dig in the front line and other
trenches."
ne of the prisoners said he was
fell, after a bravo resistance by Its
garrison, said, they had been fighting
for three days without food.
Knslgn Schieffelin was in Mur
phy's office early one morning when
The high ground east, northeast of j that expert stuck a pin In the middle
Bray has been captured and the Aus
tralians here are pushing forward.
Ono force is now Hearing Longueval,
und more Germans may ho penneu
up. High wood, . strong position In
thin, gnrral localhy, which was liniyl
with machine guns, was reported cap
tured, probably by a flanking move
ment, und a largo number of machine
guns have fallen Into British hands
here, n h well as many at other places,
jyiny pjiousaiuls of machine guns
have been taken away from the Ger
mans (luring Hi,! past two clays.
ORDERED TO KEEP
IN CONTACT WITH
YANKS: THEY DID
IBV MOAN(N JOURNAL SRRCAL t-AED WtRi:
Willi the American Forces on the
Vcile. Aug. 2i by tho Associated
Press.) Prisoners taken near Cha
teau itt Pkible, west of Flsmes, said
(hey had been ordered to keep in con
stant contact with, th3 Americans
along the Vesle. The Gormun retreat
north of the Martio was orderly, they
said, und German soldiers believe it
w;s a tactical maeuver to eliminate
an awkward suilent.
KING'S POTATO PATCH
TO HAVE BIG YIELD
BY MORN, NO JOURNAL RRIOIAL LCAatO W,R
London, Aug. 25. The 1918 potato!,
crop in victoria gardens In front of
Buckingham palace promises to be a
great success. The porftocs ure ' In
beds whic h until 1917 " were devoted
to flowers on both sides of the Mail
where it reaches the Palace grounds
entrance. . . ,
King George and Queen Wary both
have taken much interest In them.
The epieen recently Uispected the "po
tato patch" with John Iot;rt Clyncs,
parliamentary secretary of the minis
try of food, who had been a guest at
the palac e. . " "
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
LOSS A? CANTON, OHIO
far MORNIN JOURNAL RREOtAL LRABIO WR!
Canton, ()., Aug. 26. Fire . which
started shortly before 6 o'clock to
night In Klein and Heffelman con,
pany's store, destroyed the block sur
rounded -by Tuscarawas,, East Second
street, Walnut and Piedmont streets
causing a loss eslimated at $1,000,000.
At X:30 the fire still was burning
and had spread to the block sputh off
Second street lito tho Dlne-Deweeso
company building. , :
of his North sea map und exclaimed
'They'll be needing a smoke rlgh
about there. They have been under
so many ' hours, on such and such a
Pourse. In three hours they'll emerge
und the reason will he tobacco.
"'Search this area, pointing to the
map with his finger, nnd you'll find
a submarine.' ,
"Ensign Kchleffeliu was the first
pilot, Lieutenant Roger W, Cutler,
stroke and captain of the Harvard
'varsity crew of 1917. and Bernstcir,
a machinists' mate, and Taggart, elec
trician and champion hundred yard
sprintcr,"made up the crew of the big
seaplane.
"Three hours after the seaplane
had left Its station hoth officers made
the same exclamation as the seaman
called to his mate: 'Larso Hun going
north. Ono gun.'
Knemy Is I)omagl.
"Tho seaplane got Itself between the
submarine and the sun and for (wo
minutes bore down on the U-boat.
Half a minute Inter the vessel started
to submerge with a 'crash' diva.
"Lieutenant Cutler tripped his bomb
release at the instant the big sea
plane was directly over the enemy's
coning tower, which was exactly
awash. Ensign Hchleffelln put the
'machine into a vertical bank to ob
serve tho effect of the explosion and
a white geyser spouted fifteen feet on
the enemy's port beam. When tho
splash clonred the stern of the sub
marine, it was tipped up and her pro
pellers were out of the water.
Destroyer Mulshes Job.
"The lr pilots knew then that sh;
iwas damaged, that she could not sub
'merge and was a prey to any of the
ipatrol boats. Tho scuplano being
short of fuel, then signalled to u drift
er; 'Damaged submurlno five miles
northwest of you.' But the drifter,
"knowing that a submarine on the sur
face would start to run like a scared
'cat, and that it could not catch her,
relayed the news to torpedo destroy
ers. "The destroyers did tho rest. They
hurried up and rammed the U-bo,;t.
There were only six survivors. Tho de
stroyers put her down but she was the
prize of Bchleffelin of Yalo, and Cut
ler of Harvard. Cutler, Incidentals
rwas on' his first flight as a pilot or,
Iwar patrol and the bombs which dam
aged the submarino were the first
Uhat he had dropped In action."
DANCERS' COSTUMES
BRING HIGH PRICE
(BY MORNING JOURNAL BRCCIAL LtACO WIRtl
Tokio, Aug. 25. A new record for
curious auction sales In Japan has
been established in the three-day sale
ot the famous heirlooms of Prince Ko
noyo, which brought a total of about
J6li(i,000.
The feature of the gale was the pur
chase of the costumes of ancient danc
ers for $50,000 by T. Yomamoto, one
of the new ship millionaires, ., ( ,
HIBERNIANS RESIST
SINN FEIN ATTACKS
CRT MORNINa JOURNAL aRECIAL LIAHO WIR
Dublin, Aug. 25. The Sinn Foiners
In Ireland are most actively opposed
by tho Ancient Order of Hibernians,
and the conflict has sometimes led to
serious Incidents. At the Donegal as
sizes, tho Judge granted ft 00 com
pensation for the malicious burning of
the Lettermore A. O. If. hall.
The Judge ordered the compensation
to be levied off a district 1 nwhich
the Sinn Fein residents predominated,
and the Sinn Fein ratepayers have
now notified the county council that
they will not pay the rate.
(I nclatccl War incl, by the Ax-latc.1
Prps)
Notwithstanding strong German
relnforcenionts on hoth wings of tlte
battle front, tho British and French
forces everywhere have beaten off the
enemy and continued their victorious
progress.
Many additional towns have been
captured by Field Marshal Haig's jnen
m the north, while the French havt
reached territory north of Roissons,
which adds further to the danger Of
the Germans In the Noyon sector and
to the line running eastward from
Soissons to Ithelms. -.
From Arras to tho Somme, the Ger
mans are being driven back to the old
Hindenhurg line by the British, Along
the Somme the enemy Is being .ha
rassed well to the east of Bray, while
further north counterattacks . iave
been repulsed and Mnmetz, the Ma
melr. wood, Martinpuich, Le Surs.and
Le Barciue have been taken. ,
Hard l ighting Around llapnun.
Around Bapaume the Germans are
keeping up their strongest efforts.
The taking of Le Sam and Le Barque
appears to bo a. forerunner of , the
capture of Bapaume. Le Barque".
only two and one-half miles west' fc
Bapaume. 'r ' . ' ;'
Everywhere, except directly squth
of Bapaume, the British are well
across, tho Bapaumc--Albert road and
north of the town they are first prey
ing forward toward the old Hirtdon
burg line. tTnof flolal ' reports ; have
placed the British In the outskirts' of
ISiillocourt, which Is Just west of 'the,
old line! 1
Since lust Wednesday, the British
have taken more tilting 17,000 prison
ers. Iirge numbers of guns and greet
quantities of supplies have fallen into
their hands. Some of the prisoners
taken have been Identified ns CottihM
from Austro-HUngarlan units. .
Mangin Tlurcavtcns Foo.
Tho German's are launching strop
counter-attacks against the French
between the Oise and Ailetto rlvers.n
an endeavor to hold ) back General
Mangin's army, which is threatening
the .entire German front in this fe
glon. Here also the Germans have
been reinforced by troops from th '
dun! monarchy. North of Soissons,
In the region of Bugneux, the French
have progressed and are abreast- ol
the railroad line running from Sols
sons to Lann. A considerable numset
of additional prisoners have fallen
Into French hands. i t
As yet there has been no move
ment by the Germans along the Vesle
river to Indicate that a retirement .to
ward the Alsne is In proBpect. - The
Americans and French In this regipn
continue to heavily shell the enemy's
hack areas. i . j
Yankees Bomb (Vnflaii!l. u
Further cast In the Vosges region!,
tho Americans are keeping up their
patrol activity against the enemy.
The Americans have bombed German
points behind the line. Thlrty-eigh
bombs were dropped from airplanes
on Confians Saturday and ten direct'
hlls were scored. One American air
man apparently has disposed of to
German Fokkers and two other Amer
icans each have sent down one ene
my plane. . , .
AMERICAN CONSUL , .l
JOURNEYS UP CONGO
far ttoRNma journal araeiAL lrarro wtaai
London, .Aug. 25. A three weeks'
trip to the Conge river hy a steamer
Is in store for Harry A. McBrlde, pt
Detroit, United States consul in Lon
don, who left here recently on a 'gov
ernment mission which will 'take him
to Central Africa. Mr. McBrlde. who
was formerly United States consul In
Belgian Congo, expects to spend four
or five months in central Africa on
business for the United States govern
ment. ' : i
Before departing for tho Belgian
Congo, Mr. McBrlde Is to go to Mon
rovia, the capital of Liberia, having
lately been appointed temporary re
ceiver general and financial adviser ol
tho Liberlan government. v -
Gold Lace Forbidden.
London, Aug. 25. Hereafter no golc
lace, gold embroidery, or gold thread
can be worn by aoy civilian. This Is
by order of the Board of Trade which
announces that such gold embellish
ments can only be worn on tho uni
form of his majesty's- services or on
the dress of an officer in the mer
cantile marine
SWEDEN'S POPULATION-;
MAKES GREAT GAIN
lav mornin journal rntuAianl man
Stockholm, Aug. 26. Sweden's
populutlon at the end of 1917 was
5.800,847, according to figures Ju
made public. The increase over lHji
was 43.2S1, which is greater than to
any year since 1900. Prettmlnauy
figures indicate the highest maxriatc
rate since 1907. but the birthrate--20.84
and the death rate- 13.35-
were the lowest ever recorded l
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