Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-10
BRIEF DISPATCHES


British forces have occupied Basrah,
on the Persian gulf
The great battle which win decide
the fate of East Prussia is rapidly der
veloping
The minimum wage law passed by
the 1918 Minnesota legislature has
been adjudged unconstitutional.
A. N. Bonynge. i New York, insur-
ance broker, was killed by fall from
the window of his apartment in no
tel
A telegram from Irkutsk, Siberia
announces that trains filled with Ger
man ami Austrian prisoners are now
passing Eastward to the settlements OF
the trans Baikal territory.
Maurice Maeterlinck, the author,
has appealed to the United States and
/ Italy to intervene and stop the war in
order to prevent the destruction OF the
( treasures and monuments of Belgium
/ The Paris Figaro joyfully announces
that the supply of beer in Germany Is
endangered owing to the scarcity OF
barley.
/ The death OF the German general
Stenger is announced He was famous
for his order to his troops to kin all
wounded.
Jack Johnson has sailed from
France for Buenos Ayres, where he
will train for his coming match with
Jess willard
/ It is said that Italy will not tolerate
the closing of the Suez canal, and will
hold Turkey responsible If such sit
nation should result, resorting to force
! II necessary.
An extraordinary appropriation OF
$40, 100000 for the navy has been APP
proved by the italian cabinet council,
and it will shortly be sanctioned by
royal decree.
Among the trophies taken by the
Russians at Czenstochowa was Emper-
[ or Williams carriage which contained
one Of the emperors coats.
London newspapers assert that the
destruction of the German submarine
and Zeppelin base at Zebrugge has
removed the present danager Of Ger
man invasion Of England
Secretary Of War Garrison has sent
to General Funston letter OF apprc-
citation of the services OF the general
and Of the officers and men under his
command during the occupation of
Vera Cruz.
The department OF agriculture has
issued statement setting forth that
"as the result of war in Europe
world wide tendency exists to increase
the acreage CT wheat for the 1915 har-
vest
Great Britain and France have de-
cided to enforce and protect the neu-
trality of Colombia and Ecuador, fol-
lowing the statement of the Chilean
government that another government
has violated neutrality.
Nine hundred and one persons have
been convicted under the Mann white
slave act since its passage.
The equerry Of the king of Saxony
has been taken prisoner by the Rus
SLAMS in the fighting in Poland.
The aggregate shortage of wheat
this year as compared with last, Is
over 86,000,D00 bushels, that in Eu-
rope alone amounting to 323,000,000.
Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, has formally launched
with the state department the protest
| by his government against the alleged
violation by the allied powers OF the
| Declarations OF London.
Baron Won Der Goltz has been re-
heved from his position as military
governor of the portions of Belgium
under German control and attached for
the remainder of the war to the army
of the sultan of Turkey.
Ambassador Morgenthau reports to
the United States government that the
reason the Turkish fort at Vula fired
in the direction of launch Of the
| Tennessee was because the helmsman
disregarded blank shots warning the
launch from a mine field.
| A Petrograd newspaper asserts that
the mikado of Japan spurned an offer
of the kaiser to make peace If Japan
| would fight against Russia.
Thirteen tons of cigarettes and
thirty-four meters CT wooiens for the
French troops have been received In
Paris from the French colony in Mex
leo.
I Bulgaria has notified the allies that
she will remain neutral, and the Bui-
garian premier asks the allies to de-
fine the limits Of Bulge rian expecta-
lions in territory.
1t is said that all valuable furniture
and art objects taken by the Germans
in north France are being shipped to
Berlin to be sold at auction for the
benefit of the state.
Zekki Pasha, former commander Of
the Turkish troops, has been attached
to the suite of Emperor William as all
expression of the present relations OF