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NEWS TO DATE IN PARAGRAPHS CAUGHT FROM THI NETWORK OF WIRES ROUNO ABOUT THE WORLD. OURING THE PAST WEEK RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENT# CONDENSED FOR BUSY PEOPLE. Mtcri S*wapap'r i'nl jB N**l Vr» 1«a ABOUT THE WAR Russians givf battle to advancing Austro Germans Leader of retreating Russian army is ordered shot Germans and Turks planning at t< nipt to recapture Bagdad. Kerensky will save Russia is belief of Russian political leaders Premier Kerensky has completed th** formation of his new Russian Cabinet. Liberia, the negro republic on the coast of Africa, has declared war on Germany Canada's war expenditures are now about $850,000 a day, the total to July 20 being $623,000,000. Northeast of Vpres, after intense bombardment, the British re-estab iishecJ themselves In tbe town of St. Julien The Berlin papers stiff* look upon the Cabinet changes with lukewarm enthusiasm, and say the shakeup will bring no real relief. Having driven the Russians out of most of Galicia and Bukowina, the Austro'Germans have begun an as sault in Moldavia, hoping to gain Bes sarabia The German crown prince failed again to win territory from Gen. Re tain'* forces on th* southern front in France. In the Champagne the French have penetrated tha German lines at three points In an offensive near Baian. east of Czemowitx, the Russians were win ners and captured 500 prisoners and thre machine guns In Bukowina the Russians are still fleeing, and the en emy has taken several towns. The Liberal press of Germany says there Is no hope for reforms because of the shakeup in the cabinet. Dr. von Kuehlemann, the new foreign secretary, is said to oppose ruthless submarine warfare. Canadian outposts around Lens have eMtablished new lines In a group of houses within a few yards of the enemy’s front line Advances were made through the German curtain fire by the daring Canadians. WESTERN J. W. Lambert of St. Loui* com mitted suicide. Under President Wilson’s order, the Oklahoma National Guard automatic ally became units of the federal forces. An investigation into the cost of flour was begun at Minneapolis under supervision of the Federal Trade Com mission. The condition of former President William H Taft, who became ill at Clay Center, Kan . was announced by his physicians as improving. The I royalty League of America was organixed In Phoenix, Arlz. The avowed purpose of it, as Bet forth in the constitution, is “to exterminate the I. W. W." Three hundred Slavonians, many of whom are American citizens, voted to return to work, at a meeting held at Miami, Arlz. in response to a call is sued by J D. Pavich. a leader of the Slavonian colony Pavich is also a miner. With the arrest of more than fifty draft resisters, including two chief agitators of the Working Class Union, officers in Hughes, Seminole and Pontotoc counties, Okla., settled down to a tireless combing of the hills for stragglers who, starved out, slowly sre giving up WASHINGTON Friendly aliens may Join U. S. army declares Gen. Crowder Crews of seven sunken vessels brought to American port. Tims is not yet ripe for discussions of peace, declares President Wilson. The Senate war revenue measure as drawn will raise a total of $2,- 006,970,000. Speaker Champ Clark says that America needs, among other things, a real national anthem with a punch. Provision to protect harvesting from shortage of hands due to the mobilisation of the national army has been made by the government in reg ulations to district exemption boards. With the national prohibition prom ised or threatened, mem here of Con* gress who hunt sources of revenue have been looking into America’s soft drink bill and they have discov ered that the people of this country pay $174,000,000 annually for lea cream, soda water and other soft drinks Resources of the national banks at the last coll, June 30, reached the highest figures ever recorded. Comp troller Williams announced, totaling $1f,111.000,000, or $3,334,000,000 mere then June SO, 1.915. FOREIGN Today the American dollar is worth sl.lO silver la Chinees coin. Former president of China refuses to accept position again. Argentine government sends final note to Germany demanding satisfac tion Sir Richard Mcßride, former pre m:er of British Columbia, died la l»n don Cardinal Gasparli is expected to re sign bis poet as papal secretary of state Secretary Zlmm*- raiann and nine other members of the German Cabi net have res:gned their portfolios. The women's war relief co-ps in France has been organixed under the authority of the American Red Cross The date of the international Social ist conferemw to be held in Stock holm ha* been definitely fixed for Sept. 9. Count Adam Tarnowski von Tar ncw. former Austro-Hungarian am bassador to the United States, has been appointed minister to Sweden. According to the Weser Zeitung of Bremen, the German system of food distribution is about to be entirely re organised under Herr von Waldow. Acting President Feng Kwo-Chang has approved the unanimous decision reached at a special meeting of tbe Chinese Cabinet to declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. To mark the beginning of the fourth year of the war. an impressive inter cessional service was held in London in Westminster Abbey. King George attended, accompanied by numerous members of his household Neutrals desiring to leave Germany are advised to file applications four weeks in advance, as police permits cannot be Issued until the military au thorities have acted. Three thousand such applications are on file in Berlin. King Alexander took the oath of office amid great pomp and cere mony at Athens Preceded by a troop of soldiers, the king in a carriage drawn by four horses, proceeded from the palace to the hall of the chamber of deputies through streeta lined with cheering cltisens On the third anniversary of Great Britain's entrance into the war. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, comman der of the British armies on the west ern front, issued a special order of tbs day, filled with the spirit of confF dence in ultimate victory and com plete faith In the people of the em pire and in its forces which have In the battle in Flanders added another link to their steadily growing chain of successes over the Germans. SPORTING NEWS Stawdla* of Uralrra League Clwba. CLUBS. Won. Lost. Pet ! Wichita 12 4 .751 1 Hutchinson 10 C .4U . <Jmaha '* 7 .566 ] Joplin 9 7 .56$ i Sioux City 7 9 .427 , Lincoln 7 9 .417] Denver 6 10 J7» | Dee Moines 4 12 .21$ | California is experiencing the moat ' successful trotting and pacing season 1 in Its history. This is the unqualified statement of Joseph Waddell, seer* j tsry of the California Fair and Racing ! circuit. Annette Meyer defeated Adelaide Pivan in the finals of the junior wom en's singles, thereby winning the championship at the city patriotic tennis tournament at City park in Denver The scores were 6-3 and 6-1. Every effort will be made to have every institution in the Rocky Moun tain conference represented on the football field this fall, according to g statement made at Denver by C. H- Wingender, secretary of the confer ence. GENERAL The earnings of 187 principal rail road lines for May were $92,079,580. as against $90,931,759 for the asm* month in 1916. Gold from Canada for British ac count to the amount of $6,400,000 wax received and deposited at the Phil adelphia mint. Hans von Teubinger, commanded the U-boat that killed his own fian cee, Minna Larsen, according to Lars Larsen, Swedish akipper, in New York. The $1,000,000 fund being raised by the Knights of Columbus for the re lief and recreation of Catholic soldlerf and sailors has been greatly over- ' subscribed. Ten thousand blue Jackets stationed at the Orest Lakes naval training at* tlon weigh an aggregate of seventy five tons more than they did one month ago. Confidence that the United States “will not cause any unnecessary hard ship to neutrals" In lta food restric tion policy was expressed by Herman Lagercrantz, head of the Swedish commission. Kingdon Gould of Lakewood, N. J railroad official and eldest son of George Jay Gould, capitalist, has filed at Toms River, N. J., a claim of ex emption from enforced military duty on tha plea of dependents for support. Mrs. John Pope, wife of a business man of Bell county, Ky., killed Mias Roxle Brock, 20. member of a wealthy family, at Miss Brock’s home at Pine vtlle because, she alleged. Pope, hus band of the woman, paid Miss Brock undue attention. United States District Attorney W. P. McGinnis announced at Muskogee. Okie., that the man err sated on chargee of resisting the draft In con noctloo with the Oklahoma uprising will he tried for treason and that the death penalty will be asked hy tha THE IDAHO SPRINGS SIFTINGS-NEWS. COLORADO STATE NEWS Wwurn .V««rapap*r Union Nt«i Sarvte*. COMI NO BVBNTt. Aug 11-1*. —Trap Shoot at Oak Crnak Aug IS—Pteklo Day at Plattevllla. Aug. 2t-B«pt. I.—Pro wars County Fair at lamar. Aug. 2»-to.—Annual Convention K P Grand Lodge, Including Uniform Rank. Pythian Sinters and Knights of Khoraasan, at Colorado Springs Sept 4-7. Frontier Days' celebration at Fort Morgan. Sept. *-7.—Arkansas Valley Fair at Rocky Ford. ••at <-•. Sedgwick County Fair *t Julesburg Sept. 6 B—Firemen's State Convention at Colorado Springe Sept 11-14.—Logan County Fair at , Sterling. Fapt i; - 22 —Colorado State Fair at Pu ehl— Sept 20-22—Phillips County Fair, Hol yoke. Denver Elks won the drill team prize of S4OO at Boston. The Denver “peach week" idea Is to be spread throughout the state. Thousands witness flag presents tions at Camp Gunter at Pueblo. Dr Bertha S Park. 39. of Denver ended her life in a Chicago hotel. Pueblo ia given two tracts of land ir forest reserve for municipal parks. The dates for the Sedgwick county fair have been set for Sept. 6-7-8 at Jules berg Jay Warren Edgar, 32 years old. committed suicide at his home In Den ver by shooting. The remains of Mrs Susan Bren nan, 106, were laid to rest in the Walden cemetery. Governor Gunter addressed the first day's session of State Federation of Labor at Boulder. The annual flower day for the bon eflt of the Craig colony in Denver has been set for Wednesday, Aug. 15. At a mass meeting of the women of Rio Grande county, held in Monte Vista, a Woman's advisory council to the governor was organized. Arrangements for moving 800 cars of cattle and sheep, which are fattA ing on the grass of North Park, to market have been completed. Tbe Second regiment of the Colo rado National Guard, of which Col Jesse G. Northcutt is commander, was mustered into federal service at Pu eblo. Because he permitted his head to be used as a rest for the barrel of a small rifle which another boy was at tempting to fire, Joe Tezak was killed at Pueblo. Joseph T. Byrne has been granted a captain's commission in the quarter master section, officers' reserve corps of tbe United States army, it was an nounced in Denver. In a special train of seven coaches tbe Denver members of the officers’ training camp at Fort Riley will start for home Aug. 16, arriving in Denver the following morning. The anneal meeting of the Supreme Council of the Fraternal AM Union, ar organisation having 100,000 mem bers and a gain in assets of $1,150,000 in 1917, was held in Denver. Dr. W. H. Sharpley, manager of health in Denver, issued his death r* port for July, showing the total num ber of deaths for the month at 228, compared with 224 for July of last year. “Fruit outlook good; local damage to peaches by hall and to alfalfa and oats by grasshoppers," say* the na tional weather and crop bulletin for the week ending July 31 in the sec tion devoted to Colorado. Adjutant General Baldwin has started to work on the details of forming the Third regiment of the Colorado National Guard, which will take the place of the troops on guard service throughout the state. There promises now to be an abund ance of wild fruits and berrlee in the mountains this year. Reports indicate that huckleberries, raspberries, bison currants and cherries are more plenti ful than in any year for a decade. John C. Teller, 67. builder of the $350,000 Teller reservoir, owner of the famou* Teller ranch near Pueblo, and one of the most widely known ' business men in Pueblo and Colorado, died at his home in Denver after a paralytic stroke. Jamestown is enjoying a boom such as has not been experienced since the early days of the camp, according to County Commissioner Greenwood, who visited the district. There is not a vacant house in the town, and It is difficult to secure accommodations of any kind. Working in a quiet but effective way. a group of Pueblo investors has been securing title to a large deposit of alunite from which it is believed that potash can be commercially ex tracted and is preparing for extensive operation should the teats now being made prove satisfactory. Tripping on her high heeled shoes, while climbing above the snow line at Mt. Plnchot, Miss Beulah Frost, aged 19 years, of Sterling plunged a half mile down the mountain side to her death. Homer Thomson, son of O. H. Thomson, superintendent of the Bates Park fish hatchery, fell with her to the bottom of rail River cafion, but escaped without permanent in juries, although terribly bruised and cut. Man attested at Cafion city ter treasonable remarks. HOGLE INSPECTS GUARD SECOND REGIMENT ACCEPTED FOR WAR SERVICE. Strength of Contingent to Bo Brought to Standard at Once end Va cancies Filled. W*at*rn N»vspap«r Union Nows Sottloo Denver. —Official notification was received from the War Department by Adjutant General Baldwin that the Second regiment, C. N. G., had been accepted for the federal service aad » reported shortness of war strength would be immediately brought up to standard. In reference to the rejection of rapt. Ivan W’. Rockhill and First Lieut Augustus T. Ungfed of Com pany K of Antonito on account of be ing under 21 years of age. Gen Bald win said that the vacancies would be filled by regular promotions Col Hogle. who it wa* reported would head the state constabulary, ha* been a*slgned to make a tour of tbe state to make an inspection of the various home guard units to the end that they may ail work co-ordmately along the same tides. The home guard is to do duty only in the respective counties a* a per manent posse under the direction of the sheriff and when necessary will receive aid from tbe National Guard. In reference to the appointment of s superintendent of the Department o' State Safety, Governor Gunter said that it was a most important position to fill, that no one had been decided upon for the appointment and that the matter would be taken up upon the governor's return from the southern part of the state. Several names have been mentioned in connection with the appointment of superintendent of the State Depart ment of Safety, among which are Chief of Police Hamilton Armstrong, former Sheriff George C. Birdsall of El Paso county; former Adjt. Gen. Sherman Bell and others. It is agreed in official circles at the capltol that several have been eliminated in the consideration of the appointment and that a man accep table to the labor interests of the state as well as the industrial inter est* will receive the Job. Two Die at Same Spot. Sterling.—At the spot where D. A. ( addy fell dead, a victim of lightning stroke, a few day* ago, H. W. Eaton, father-in-law of Caddy, died at almost the same hour. Death was due to apo plexy. F.aton. aged 79. was in the yard with his daughter, the widow of caddy. The daughter turned toward the house to go about her household duties when she heard a cry from her father, and, turning, saw him fall. Champion Women Rider Killed. Denver. —Yielding to the request of her husband, after being urged on by the plaudits of a large crowd in the grandstand at Union park to partlci pate In the women's broncho busting contest, after she bad refused to take part, Mrs. Margaret Wright, 23 years old. champion woman broncho rider of the world, received a fractured skull and Internal injuries from which she died at the County hospital. Be If-Inflicted Wound Proves Fetal. Pueblo. —Charles Grund died at a local hospital from a self-inflicted bullet wound. Grund came from Dead wood, 8- D. to effect a reconciliation with his wife, from whom he was sep arated. Mrs. Grund refused to return to her husband, and he shot her and then himself. Mrs. Grund is still in the hospital but will recover. Girl Crushed as Rock Slides. Loveland. —Miss Eula Frost, 19, daughter of F. K Frost, of Sterling, was Instantly killed and Homer Thompson, her companion, wan bedlf injured by a rock slide In the FaM River cafton. fifteen miles northwest of Estes Park. Two Boys Shot at Longmont. Longmont.—They did not know the revolver wan loaded, and as a result Harry Wilmore, 12. and Tazwell Turn er, 13. are in the hospital, suffering from gunshot wounds with probably fatal results for the latter. Gilbert Wesson's Burned Body Found. Meeker.—The body of Gilbert Wee son. pioneer of the county, with hands and feet burned off. was found in the ruins of his cabin about fifteen mi lea northeast of Meeker. Boy Killed by Lightning. Fort Morgan.—George Lohner, IS, was struck hy lightning southwest of Fort Morgan and killed. Four com panions were stunned by the same bolt. Fort Morgan Beet Worker Killed. Fort Morgan.—Gollfried Schick, a beet worker, was killed when he fell off a stack of hay on which he was working on a farm south of town. Work in Harvest Fields. Greeley.—Business men of Greeley have pledged themselves to release aa many of their employes as poeslbl* for work in tbe orchards during the fruit season so that the entire crop of peaches and pears can be har veated. Boy Killed by Playmate. pueblo.—Joe Prevoc, 4-year-old Aus trian. was killed by the accidental dis charge of a .23-callber rifle with which a companion was plaving. SENATE PASSES FOOD ACT,66 TO 7 BILL TO ASSURE EQUAL OISTRI BUTION OF FOOD, FUEL AND HOME NECESSITIES. 1-MAN FOOD DIRECTOR MEASURE TO PREVENT HOARD INQ. MONOPOLIZATION AND IN JURIOUS SPECULATION. Western Nesspiper Union News Service. Washington.—By the overwhelming vote of 66 to 7 the Senate Aug. I adopted the conference report of ths food control bill. This is the flnA legislative action on the measure, ths 'most sweeping bill ever enacted b> Congress, which has been pending more than two months. When th€ President has affixed his signature tc the bill it will become a law. The con ference report on the food bill has been before the Senate since Aug. 4 and the bill itself since June 18. Th€ House passed the measure June 23 363 to s—after5 —after a week’s debate. Th€ Senate's action virtually concludes th€ work of Congress on the administra non food legislative program initiated last May. Herbert C. Hoover has completed the last detail of work preparatory tc putting the law - into effect. Scores of agents are scattered throughout the country ready to co-operate with the food control department at Washing ton. This is what the food bill does in its final form: Creates a one-man food director. Gives the government control mt food, feeds and fuels. Provides drastic penalties against boarding and speculation. Establishes licensing system, giving President Wilson complete control over dealers in necessities. Gives the President enormous requi sitioning power for army and navy. Authorizes the President to close ex changes and boards of trade If nec essary to stop speculation in neces sities. Authorises the President to close exchanges who do not sell wheat, flour, meal, beans and potatoes at reasonable prices. Guarantees a minimum price of $2 a bushel for No. 1 Northern whaat until May 1, 1919. Prohibits use of foods in whisky i making and authorizes the President if he sees fit. to Impose similar pro j hibition on beer and wine making, i Directs President to commandeer j spirits fn bond or stock for war pur poses. Appropriates $10,000,000 to enable the President to buy and sell fertiliser to farmers. Appropriates $152,500,000 to canT out the purposes of the bill. RUSSIANS VICTORS IN GALICIA. Artillery Fighting Resumed in Alllos' Offensive in Flanders. London. Aug. 9. —lnfantry fighting has been resumed in Flanders, but only on a small scale. Near the coast the British have been successful in a raid near Lombaertxyde. Berlin re ports this loss was regained through hand-to-hand fighting. The Teutons also claim the repulse of British at tacks in the Bixachoote region be tween Dixmude and Ypres. Russian troops are on the offensive in the Chotln region on the Russo-Ga llcian frontier and have withstood Teuton assaults in the region of Brody. Two villages have been cap tured. The Austro-Germans lost 300 men and four machine guns. Twenty-one British vessels of more than 1,600 tons and two vessels of leas than 1.600 tons were sunk last week. NEED MEN AND SUPPLIED. American Mission See Hope in U. S. Entrance in War. Washington.—America must sot her self for a tremendous struggle if Ger many is to he overwhelmed. Hundreds of thousands of troops must he sent to France. Railroad engineers and supplies must be hurried to Russia. Fuel must be supplied to Italy. Other wise hope of crushing the great Tea ton military machine will dwindle month by month and the war will be Indefinitely prolodfced. This was the message brought the government here by members of the American commission to Russia, re turning from their long and historic trip. Russia, they report, la safe. She will survive her present difficulties — and today is doing more in a military way to win the war than America. “The situation very hopeful,** Mr. Root said, “America's entrance into the war has had a good effect.” Must Protect Law-Abiding Citizens. Phoenix. Arts. —Governor Thomas ■. Campbell telegraphed Attorney Gen eral Wiley E. Jones at Bisbee inquir ing whether he had started civil ac tion against members of the Citlsena’ Loyalty League of that city who re fused to allow five investigators of the Arisons State Federation of La bor to enter the city. If action la not begun at once, the governor stat ed. a request would he made Imme diately for federal troops to protect law-ebtdtaf etttseue of the state. STATE CAPITOL NEWS W«BUn Mmwmpmpor Umlon Ntwi SarvlM. VOTE (2.500,000 IN WAR BON DO. Legislature Pimm Equipment Mea» ur* Ai Guardi March la Colo rado Day Parada. Don.tr —On. of the three chief lo an t. of Got. J. C. Gunter'a proposed war legislation was carried to fulfill ment on Colorado Day by the special Legislature when the Senate passed the Crowley bill authorising n 22.500.- 000 bond issue to meat exigencies arising out of the war with Germany. The House passed the measure as eral days before. It was presented to Governor Onnter for his signature Senators chose an opportune time to peas the bond issue, part of which will be need to properly equip Colo rado’s soldiers to tight tor the free dom of the nation against over shadowing militarism. Outside of the cspltol those same soldier hoys formed part of a procession mark tag the forty-first anniversary of the es trones of Colorado Into the union of States. Senators considered this tact of sufficient significance to offset nay possible argument why the governor should not bn given nil the funds necessary to protect the common wealth against alien enemies, of which reference was made. Thera wm not n dissenting votes when ths vote was recorded. Another important war Mas like wise was acted upon when the Mayer constabulary bill, Introduced h the House, passed the Senate by n veto of >i to IS. State’s Forty-First Birthday. The Sons of Colorado staged Aug. 1 probably the greatest of all Colorado Day celebrations. Haver before in ell the pest celebrations bee there been such n demonstration of the state’s military power. More then 1,000 guardsmen from Camp Baldwin, with 500 others from Golden and the Rifle Range, including ell the various unite, were in the parade, and, also, there were 1,500 men from Fort Logan, be ing the regulars, and all stepped along with a spring step, head erect, eyes straight ahead, and all moved with that precision that always thrills an American crowd. Never before have so many thousands of people lined the streets of Denver to cheer a parade. There was a vast number in all the ooncourse that had friends and rela tives In the parade of the ranks of the guardsmen, and there were in the crowd, too, the mothers, wives, sla ters and sweethearts of the men. BruM Eaton or Exemption Beard. Bruce Raton of Greeley, son of ter mer governor Benjamin Eaton, baa been named by the President to suc ceed former senator W. A. Drake on exemption appeal board No. 2, and wan preeent at the meeting of ths two state boards In the governor’s office Both boards met in Joint session and listened to Instructions issued from Washington given out by Provost Marshal John Rvana and Judge Advo cate Prank West. Promotions in National Guard. Adjt. Gan. Prank D. Baldwin no nouncod the promotion in the National Guard of Second Lieutenant Georgs A. Proctor, A company. First Regtmaat Infantry, to first lieutenant. The fal lowing sergeants were promoted to second liautennnctes: William B. Mer chant of E company, First regiment; Albert B. Thomaa, Cola C. Combs and Regimental Supply Sergeant Edward Williams. Throe Denverltee Hurt In Wreak. Nunn. —Benjamin Hooper and Md wife of 4442 Olenarm street, and Mm. W. Goff of 1130 Arapahoe street, Dam ver, were seriously injured one mile north of here when the car in which they were riding overturned as they rounded n curve. One of Hooper's legs was broken. Mrs. Hooper suffered a broken arm and It la believed Mrs. Goff’s back is broken AU are thought to have received Internal injuries. JapansM Will Enlist After Harvest. It ia expected that there will boa Urge number of Japanese of Colorado that will enllat to tight ths kaiser hut It will not be until the bumper orope have been harvested as there are ap proxlmately 2,000 of them employed In the beet fields at good wages, accord ing to a statement made by Dr. A. Is Bennett, former JapansM consul te Denver. Denver Btookyards Strike Ended. Denver. —The strike at approxi mately 200 packing bonne workers at two plants at ths Denver stockyards, and the sympathetic strike of about the asms a amber of balldiag trades workers at the stockyards was andnd by agreement of employers and em ployes, mutual concessions bavins been mads. Hama Guardsman Mustered In. Fifty-nine home guardsmen worn mustered into ths stats sendee at Military Club hall in Denver. The man mastered into A Company, third regiment, Colorado National Guard, by Major Davidson ware tor the most part man wall op la ths 4d'a and id's They have answered the call at tha homo guard nod resolved toB igrip meet at arms and Bathing. Reward Maßss was iltstti drat tuetianl nod Qaargi ■ a nr tout second liootenr