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European War News I Important News Events of the World Summarized I I 1 I Successful fighting above the snow line by the Russian troops in Turkish Armenia is reported by the Petrograd war office. Official advices received from Salo Qiki say that cannonading is in prog ress along the entire Saloniki front. Belgian troops operating in German East Africa have reached the shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza and in a seven-hour engagement fought July 7 they dispersed the Germans opposing their advance, taking the German commandant prisoner and inflicting a number of losses on the Germans, ac cording to an official statement issued by the Belgian war office. Austrian advanced posts in the re gion of Zabie and Tatarow, south of Kolomea in the Carpathian region, have been pressed back by a Russian attack, says the Vienna war office statement. Reports from Rome say that the re tirement of the Teutonic allies on the Lipa has caused a panic in Galicia, where towns are being evacuated. The complete repulse of Russian at tacks in the region west and south west of Lutsk was announced by the Berlin war office. Another contingent of Russian sol diers has landed at Brest to re-enforce the allied army on the western front, says a Paris dispatch. A London dispatch says another mile of German second line trenches has been stormed and captured by the British on the Picardy front northwest of Bazentine-le-Petit. The last of the German defenders have been driven from their ruined positions in Ovillers and La Boisselle. The Hungarian town of Kirlibaba, in the Carpathian mountains on the fron tier of Transylvania, has been cap tured by the Russians, the Petrograd war office reported. The official state ment reports the capture of German trenches near Riga (at the extreme northern end of the front) and the cap ture of more msn and guns. According to the Berliner Tageblat, the kaiser has decided to pension seven Prussian generals. Five of the gen erals, namely, Von Bredow, Von Wiest kowsfcy, Glokke, Cramer and Von Beuer, will leave the army, while Gen erals Von Kleist and Krahmer will be given garrison commands. No reasons for the dismissals of the generals have been made public. A Hull (England) dispatch says the steamers Bute and Ben Aden, each dis placing 176 tons, have been sunk by German submarines.. The crews were saved. The Danish trawler Elvira, while north-west of Fanoe, was fouled by a sunken submarine near the locality of the last phase of the Jutland battle, says a Copenhagen dispatch. It is reported at Copenhagen that Germany has raised the military age limit above forty-five. Domestic Infantile paralysis showed a sudden and marked increase in figures issued by the Now York health department, proving unfounded the hope that the crisis ot the epidemic had been passed. One hundred and twentj-one new cases and 26 deaths were an nounced, as compared with 93 cases and 14 deaths the previous day. An automobile carrying four resi dents of Jefferson, S. D., bound for Sioux City to attend a circus, dashed tb rough the railing of a bridge over the Sioux river at Sioux City and three occupants of the car were drowned. The victims were: George Fountain, thirty years old Florence Wakefield, seventeen, and Evelyn Wakefield, fif teen. The formal opening of the Repub lican national campaign in Illinois, with Charles Evans Hughes, the Re publican standard bearer, delivering his own message, will take place in Chicago on the night of August 8. Mr. Hughes, on the first swing across the continent, will stop at Detroit August 7, to make his first stump speech on the coast to coast trip. Five persons were killed and one In ternally injured when the automobile In which they were riding was struck by a west-bound Wabash passenger train one mile west of Jackson\ille*. HL It became kpown at Pittsburgh, Pa., from official reports of the Pennsylva aJar railroad that four passengers on the Chicago-New York Broadway lim ited has been wounded by shots fired at the train near Bucyrus, O. Six persons are dead and three wounded as the result of a pitched battle between 150 policemen and a negro maniac and his wife, barricaded in a house on Irving avenue, Chicago. The battle was ended only when the police dynamited the flat building in which the negroes were quartered, after hundreds of shots had been fired. The jury in the Orpet case at Wau kegan, 111., reached a verdict of acquit tal after four hours and thirty-nine minutes' deliberation and three bal lots. The verdict means the young col lege student was not responsible, in the eyes of the law, at least, for the death of Marian Lambert, his one-time sweetheart, February 9. The campaign tour plans for Charles Evans Hughes were turned over to the new campaign committee in New York which will make definite arrangements for the western trip. A cobbler in a dingy shoe-repairing shop by the name of H. A. Merrill re ceived news at Charlotte, Mich., of a legacy of $100,000 he is to receive from the Hetty Green estate. Mexican War News An El Paso dispatch says "Pansho" Villa's advance guard is riding on a raid north of Chihuahua City and less than 150 NQiles from the American bor der. Gen. Jacinto Trevino, comman der of the Carranza army of the north, admitted that the Villistas had broken through and that he seemed power less to stop them. Carranza troops engaged a detach* ment of the Ninth Massachusetts in fantry in a sharp skirmish fight on the border near El Paso. More than 100 shots were fired. One Mexican is believed killed. No casualties on the American side. Several scattered groups of Villistas have eluded the cordon of government troops which surrounded them in the Rio Florido bottoms, and have reas sembled at Tinajas and Las Escobas, on the road to Ojinaga, and are mak ing their way north with the object of making another raid on the American border, according to confidential ad vices to Gen. Jacinto Trevino at Chi huahua City. According to announcement by Gen eral Gonzales in Juarez, Villa is in the vicinity of Las Nievas, Durango, and is being hunted by three separate col umns of Carranza troops under Generals Arrieta, Ramos and Herrera. All lines of communication from Chi3 huahua City southward have been cut by Villa. Intense excitement prevails there. The bandit is believed on his way to take the city. A train which started for Mexico City returned with the report that the railroad track north of Jiminez had been torn up for miles. Telegraph and telephone wires also have been cut. General Carranza in an interview at Mexico City, said that the status of the negotiations with Washington was satisfactory as the result of the good will shown to each other by Mexico and the United States. The Second and Third Wisconsin infantry reached San Antonio, Tex., and got one of the least-favored spots in camp. Foreign A wireless dispatch to Paris from Athens says the summer palace of King Constantine was destroyed by fire. The king, says the dispatch, es caped in an automobile from a dan gerous position. Chagrined by the nonarrival of pris oners who were recently released, after undergoing imprisonment since the Dublin rebellion, and who were expect ed at Cork, Ireland, 1,000 Sinn Fcin ors wrecked the recruiting office. Washington President Wilson sent the nomina tion of Ahram I. Elku of New York to succeed Henry Morgenthau as am bassador to Turkey to the senate at Washington. The belief that a hitch has developed in negotiations between the United States and Mexico for settlement of the border troubles grew when no steps were taken at Washington to carry out the plan for the appointment of a com mission. Figures complied by the department of commerce at Washington show that on July 1 there were building in Amer ican ship yards steel merchantmen to taling 1,240,000 tons, declared to be a world record in shipbuilding. The senate at Washington confirmed President Wilson's nomination of Rep resentative James Hay of Virginia as a justice of the court of claims. Mr. Hay will resign from congress at the end of the present session to accept. An advisory report on the status of the German merchant-submarine Deutschland submitted to Acting Sec retary Polk at Washington by the gov ernment neutrality board is understood to hold that the vessel is a peaceful craft, and entitled to all privileges as such. President Wilson Is to go to Wisconsin's lake country for at least two weeks of fishing and to hide away from the cares of office preliminary to his fall presidential campaign, accord ing to a Khinelander, Wis., dispatch. LAST Ml 3ECOND REGIMENT LEAVE8 FORT SNELLING FOR THE INTER NATIONAL, BOUNDARY. THREE TRAINS BEAR GUARDS Companies From New Ulm, Faribault, Winona, Northfield, Fairmont, Worthington, Austin, Mankato, Owatonna and St. Peter. Minnopota has sent the last of its in fantry regiments to the international boundary. The first of three trains bearing men of the Second infantry lett Fort Snell ing shortly after 10 a. m., Saturday. It carried the First battalion and the regi mental staff. The departure of the regiment was delayed by shortage of wagons to move supplies. The Second regiment is comprised of companies from New Ulm, Fari bault, Winona, Northfield, Fairmont, Worthin&fon, Austin, Munkato, Owa tonna, St. Peter, Redwood Falls and Madison. With the departure of the Second, Camp Bobleter is a deserted village. No troops are left except the artillery, encamped more than a mile from the grounds occupied by the infantry. Colonel W. T. MoIIison of the Sec ond has complained that his men were equipped with hats that had been condemned by officers of the First and that a few were without blankets or shelter tents. He said, however, that the hats were better than the ones the men were wearing. State Troops Need Aid. Urging immediate contributions to the Minnesota Guard fund, Governor Burnquist has sent out an appeal to the people of the state. The gover nor spoke especially of the need of aiding families of men who art on their way or preparing for departure for the border. "It has been urged that if any mem ber of the guard must leave those dependent upon him without means of support his community devise means to care for them until future govern mental action," Governor Burnquist said. "Since the issuance of the proclama tion the War department has issued or ders that enlisted men with depend ents, may under certain conditions, be discharged but only a few applications for discharge have been forwarded and none of these has yet been acted up on. A large number of men, there fore, who have left for the border, or are ready to go, are leaving depend ents who are in need of aid. "Even if there will not be war, the funds will be needed, for those depend ent must under any circumstances he looked after. And the members of the guard who go into a climate different from our own will suffer many hard ships and will continually be in danger of disease. It is apparent that the money contributed to this fund may be the means of preventing much ill ness and the saving of many lives." Camp at Llano Grande. Arriving at Llano Grande the First Minnesota immediately went into camp, pitching its tents near those of the Third regiment, which arrived July IB, the indicated point of con centration of the guard at this point, with plans for an encampment of 10,000 men and a like number at Mer cedes, three miles east. This is only a few miles from the Rio Grande and all men who swim there must be accompanied by armed guards. Brigadier General E. M. Lewis, U. S. A., is in command of the camp which is made up of a full brigade of Indiana troops, the Fourth and Fifth Nebraska, two field hospitals, signal corps, and a battalion of artillery. The North and South Dakota and Iowa troops are expected to be sent to this I'ace. Mail should be addressed to the nrst Minnesota, Llano Grande, Hidal go county, Texas, the company of the men being included. Artillery To Go To Border. Minnesota artillerymen will not be sent to a training camp, but will go direct to the border. This statement, made positively by officers of the First field artillery, Is believed to be based on orders already received from Wash ington. Sending the artillery regiment to the border means a large portion of the enlisted men will be confronted with actual firing for the first time in active service, having had no previous experience with actual fire. It is believed, however, a concen tration point on the border will he selected which will give some oppor tunity for target practice. Would Pay Guardsmen. Salaries of members of the Univer sity of Minnesota faculty who join the national guard will be continued if the attorney general decides the board of regents has the power to do so. This announcement was made by the regents, nine of whom visited six sub stations of the department of agricul ture, la connection with the trip a business meeting waa held. A Fed eral law, recently passed, authorizes the Secretary of War to issue uni forms lrt to cadvts in land grant col lege* THE TOMAHAWK WHITE EARTH, MINN. Minnesota Soys Cai'.ip at*3crder. With all its tents up *nd tho camp site ditched against the rain the Third regiment spent its first night under canvas on the Mexican border near Mercedes. The Minnesotans unloaded their baggage in the hot sun and a few of the men have been paid up by the heat wave which followed a rainy spell. The mesquite trees afford some shel ter and Colonel Frederick Rescbe, commander of the regiment, says the site is 100 per cent better than that of M'nnc?ota troops at Chickamauga. Water is being hauled from an irri ration canal a quarter of a mile away, but the camp will be piped at once Meet Former Minnesotan. The Minnesotans were surprised to find the post quartermaster at the Llano Grande camp to be Captain W. A. Carleton, formerly of Minneapolis, captain of company, Thirteenth Minnesota, in the Spanish war and Philippine insurrection. He has been in the regular army since 1901 and was detailed from the Thirtieth infantry last March to the quartermaster's department. He was sent to Llano Grande and will have charge of all supplies for this camp. Supply Depot at Mercedes. Captain Carleton welcomed the First Minnesota regiment, which was for merly the old Thirteenth. He said the camp was not piepared to handle so manv troops at once, but will soon be in shape. At present the supply iupot is at Mercedes, but large warehouses are being erected at Llano Grande, three miles from here. Motor trucks will haul supplies from Mercedes until the Llano Grande warehouses are ready. The Third regiment camp is 300 yards south of the railway station at Llano Grande. Guards Kill Reptiles. The mesquite trees remind one of a New England orchard, but there is no fruit. In making camp the men had to cut down cactus and other veg etation and tight rattlers, tarantulas and scorpions. Some of the men were stung by scorpions, but none seriously. While stacking guns along the rail way a number of company men routed a rattlesnake and killed it. Because of the situation cots are to be issued to all men and mosquito bars are to be provided to prevent attacks by these pests. Division Camp at Llano Grande. Camp sites we been laid oat for the Second Minnesota regiment. It will adjoin the First and Third in tho South. With the Minnesota regiment to come here and One Hundred and Sixty-fourth en route, a division camp will be established at Llano Grande. In addition to the regiments named It will include One Hundred and Sixty second and One Hundred and Sixty third Indiana artillery battalion and Signal corps from Indiana Fourth and 'Fifth, Nebiaska infantry and a field, hospital and ambulance company from Nebraska. It is possible the Minne sota artillery will be brought here also. Brigadier General E. H, Lewis of Indiana is in command of the Llano Grande camp. He has his headquar ters in a ranch house near Third Min nesota camp. He formerly was major in the regular army and recently was made a brigadier general. 50,000 Under Parker. The border line from Fort Ringgold to Brownsville, which includes Mer cedes and Llano Grande camps is un der the supervision of Brigadier Gen eral James Parker, who expects to have 50,000 men under his command within the next few weeks. General Tasker A. Bliss, assistant chfef of the general staff, was expect ed at Mercedes and Llano Grande to inspect the guard camp. Some of the guard units coming here are not as well equipped as were the Minneso tans *n as a result will have to wait until the supply depot is organized. Regulars at Mercedes. At Mercedes the Third regular cav alry and a battalion of the Second Texas infantry are camped. Patiols of the Third cavalry are scattered along the Rio Grande river six miles south of here. It was reported here that bandits had attacked Texas guards at Donna, eighteen miles west of Mercedes, but fled after an exchange of shots. Thers were no casualties. Soldier8 Guard Swimmers. Theodore Cosgrove, company, An oka, developed pneumonia on the train and was removed to base hospital to day. Major Prudden, surgeon, said his case is not serious. John Kingsley, company. Fourth Nebrasl.a infantry, was drowned while swimming in Llano Grande lake, less than two miles south of the Minnesota camp. To Protect Franchises. Senator William A. Campbell of Min neapolis has proposed to Governor J. A. A. Burnquist that he call an extra session to enact an absent voters' law to permit members of the Minnesota national guard to take part in election this fall, wherever they may be. That such a law will be constitutional, Sen ator Campbell says, he has been ad vised by the attorney general's office. Mercedes Westher Pleasant. Minnesota troops stationed at Mr cedes, Texas, will live in a dimats much less oppressive than summei weather in Minnesota, says W. A. Harding, for four years a resident oi Raymondville, Texas, who has com* to the Twin Cities for a short vacation. Hardin? formerly Uved at Winnebago, Minn., and was a member of the stats Legislature in 1912-13 from Faribanll county. His home is in Texas. "TM troops are extremely luckj to be as signed to t'la Rio Grands rsJJey," said. What's Doing in Minnesota Morns, MinnMorris wras host tor a day to the University of Minnesota Board ol Rerents and members of the staff of the Minnesota Experiment sta tion, who are making a close study of farm problems of the state. Winona. Minnesotans should be given an oppoitunity to investigate and ascertain the logic ot any plan ap proved the Economy and Eihciency Comnrbsion, in the opinion ot Senator James A. Carley of Plainview. St. Paul As a part of a campaign to insure pure milk for Minnesota ba bies, the state dairy and food commis sion has issued a bulletin telling dairy men how to handle milk and cream to minimize chances of its contamination by filth and germs. St. Paul. Developments in con nection with alleged state timber ir regularities included an order for re measurements following discrepancies in official reports on live timber con tracts and certification of timber on a tract sold as agricultural land St. Cloud. A telegram to the local police says that the St. Cloud man ot mystery who lost his identity and has been here more than a week unable to tell his name or where he came from may be a Mr. Martinson ot* White Bear, who disappeared recently. The son of the latter was to come here to identity him. St. Paul.Slate banks now chartered in Minnesota number 1,001 and witk 281 national banks make a total of 1,282 banking institutions in the state. This announcement was made by A. 11. Turnttin, sl-ite superintendent of banks, alter he signed the charter that took the number ot existing state banks past the 1,000 mark. Minneapolis. Minnesota is likelv 10 havo an average corn crop, In the opinion of Dean Woods of the Univer sity college of agriculture. "I ha\e been around the state a good deal late- ly," he said, 'and everywhere tho corn Is looking good. It promises to yield E 0 per eent better in both quantity and quality than last year." Virginia.A recrudescence ot pick eting at Nash auk, resulting in the ar rest of 20 strikers, was the only event on the Minnesota irorr range that dis turbed the general tranquility. With more men returning to work at many of the properties each day, the general opinion on the range seems to bo that danger of turther serious disorders has passed. Hibbiug. A resolution appioving the entranchlsement of women was voted dovwi by the annual convention ,of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor. Election of officers was the other business of the session. E. G. Hall, president, and George W. Law son, secretary treasurer, were unop posed for re-election. The 1917 meeting likely will be given to Faribault. Washington. Secretary of Agri culture Houston has requested the Min nesota Highway Commission to fur nish him with information regarding road conditions thioiighout the state, having in mind the Bankhead bill, which appropriates 176,000,000 to be spent on post road improvements and to be expended under his direction. He has also asked for copies of Minne-, sota road laws. St. Paul.Minnesota crop prospects are the best In years, according to re ports from experts in fourteen scat tered counties, just made public by Fred D. Sherman, state commissioner of immigration. Indications point to a banner small grain crop, according to the summary. There are big stands of wheat, oats and barley and yields will be heavy. First crop alfalfa is cut and the second is nearly ready. Bar ley is being cut in some dislmts. Washington, I). C. A total of $1,- 970,000 is provided for public buildings In Minnesota under tho provisions of the public buildings bill reported to the House Of this the largest single appropriation is tor Duluth, which re ceives $:{00,000. Minneapolis is next with $100,000 for remodeling the old Federal building. Other appropria tions for Minnesota buildings include $-0,00 for Albert Lea. $:i:,00( lor Litchfield. $:1,00 lor Northfield, $."f, 000 lor Thief River Falls and $3."),000 for Wadena. St. Paul.The contest between rival routes for the Northern Minnesota sec tion of the Jefferson highway, an auto mobile tourist route to extend from Winnipeg to New Orleans has been de cided by the State Highway Commis fion in its adoption of a compromise route recommended officially to the Jefferson Highway association. I). C'larkson. at the head of the Jefferson Highway association, has een awaiting this action, and upon eceiyt of the recommendation was xpected to name the Minnesota route. The route recommended by the high way commission at its meeting runs Trom Albert Lea at the southern state boundary north along the Minnesota river valley through Albert Lea, Owa tonna, Faribault, Northfield and Farm ington to the Twin Cities. DtiluthThe 191C annual meeting of the Minnesota Bar association will be held in Duluth, August 8, 9 and 10. Arrangements have been made for a special train to leave St. Paul on the evening of Monday, August 7, to ar commodate members of the bar asso ciation from St. Paul and Minneapolis. Duluth.One of the resolutions adopted by the national convention of the Sons of Norway, which was hold, was a recommendation that the consti tution be FO amended as to admit women to membership of subordinate lodges and localities where no Daugh ters of Norway lodges eiist. Summer-Luncheon* IB* in a jiffy "III I Let Libby's splendid chef*ftEeveyou I of hot-weather cooking. Stock the pantry ang shelf With Sliced Dried Beef and the other good summer meats including Libby's Vienna Sausageyou'll find mem fresh and appetizing. Libby, McNeill & libbyy Chicago Hill Inference. Mr. Flathush Where in the world did you get this bread? Mrs. FlutbushI made it, of course. Why? "Oh, I don't know. I road today that ants have been found in Ihtlnmtia that actually make bread by chewing seeds into pulp, forming it in loaves, baking them in the sun and then storing them away for luture use." One trial convincesHanford's Bal sam. Adv. Clock for Crown Prince. Attesting their lojnlty to the land of their nativity and as an expression of good will towards the royal fam ily, Japanese residents of Washing ton, Montana, and Alaska have had made bronze and on.\x clock as a gilt for the crown prince of Japan. P.efore the gift can bo officially ten dered, however, permission must be obtained from the royal household. The clock is feet high and 14 by 11 inches at the base. Surmount ing the entire clock is a globe with a bronze and silver meridian ring encircling the earth at the equator. On a separate limb is a highly polished broir/o ball representing the sun in its relation to the earth at the various times of day. "Thirty-nine Going on Fifty. "How old are you?" Charles Pettijolm, a lawyer, was questioning a woman client, seemingly fifty or more. "Thirty-nine." "Speak right up," urged Peltljohn as the woman answered in a low tone, "You need not be ashamed of the questions." "Thirty-nine," reiterated the woman, in the saune tone. "What did you say?" "Thirty-nine, going on fifty."In- dianapolis Star. Sound Reasoning. The Credit ManOne glance nt that woman's face told nw that her credit Is good. The Hill ClerkHonest couriU* nance? 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