The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-15

broken her traditional friendship with
Austria in order to support France,
but, nevertheless, she will not find
Austria unprepared.'
Washington, Aug. 15.-Colville Bar
clay, charge de'affaires Of the Brit
ish embassy, yesterday presented a
memorandum regarding the mining Of
the North sea to Secretary Bryan with
the assurance that the British admir-
atty would do all in it's power to as
sist the shipping of friendly nations
to avoid the explosives reported to
have been laid there by the Germans.
The cablegram of the British gov
ernment follows: German action and
the measures it may entail are a
source of grave danger to shipping.
British admiralty will, however, from
time to time be subject to naval ex-
~igiencies to- indicate certain rules and
channels for trade to pass to the
Scheldt and they do not wish in any
way to keep trade away from the Eng
lish channel.
Difficulties in the way Of a guar
antee for the Rhine, which is near to
the center of war, are at present in
superable." .v
Rome, via Paris, Aug. 15.-Advices
received here from C~onstantinople are
10 the SlLeCI IIdJ the OulCeTS and crew
of the German cruisers Goeben and
Breslau disembarked apparently with
the object of returning home, but that
in reality only the unessential men
were replaced by Turks. All the skill
ed German officers, engineers, me-
chanics and sailors, it is said, remain
aboard the two cruisers to train the
Turks.
San Francisco, Aug. 15.-Thc Ger
man consul here has received the fol-
lowing telegram from the German am
bassador at Washington:
POLAND has been evacuated by the
Russian troops, which are now mass
ing their forces farther back. The
German north army, after having tax
en- possession of the greater Fart of
Liege, advanced its outposts cs far as
Tirlemont and Namur, where a deci-
sive battel is expected. 1t is only a
question Of a short time before the
forts will fall. The outer forts of
Longwy are silenced. n "
The French army corps at Belfort.
which pressed our advance guards,
was thrown back to the Vosges noun
tains with heavy losses by the Four
teenth Baden corps, whose left wing,
| assisted by the Fourteenth Austrian
Tyrol corps has taken up the often
sive."
Caimanera, Cuba; Aug. 15.-The
United States transport Hancock with
the Fifth regiment on board sailed for
San Domingo this morning
!. Boston, Aug. 15.--Federal ard state
authorities Joined forces yesterday in
investigating the AUS for the ad-
vance. in prices of staple food prod
ucts. Acting under orders from wash
ington, Federal District Attorney
French assigned agents of the depart
ment of justice to asst agents of the
!, departments Of agriculture and of
, commerce in determining If there nave
! been any. violations of the law, pro-
hibiting combinations in restraint of
trade.
- San Francisco, Aug. 15.-A special
session of the federal grand jury was
called last evening for next Monday
by John w. Preston, United States at
3 torney for the northern district. Of
: California, to inquire into the risn OF
the cost of fo~odstuffs.
Representatives of the American
Beet Sugar Co., the Western Sugar
: Refining Co., the California Hawaiian
o sugar Refining Co, and a number OF
. the largest jobbing houses which deal
{ in foodstuffs have been subpoenaed to
q appear.
Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 15.-WholO.
salers have here announced that ama
: other so cents per 100 pounds had been
$ added to the price of sugar and imme.
: diately afterward Neal p. Olson, seq
o rotary OF the Southern California Re-
: tail Grocers' association, issued A
( statement to the women of the city
suggesting that they, as housewives
boycott sugar and carry on a similar
campaign against all other articles Of
Q food on which prices may be arbitrari-
: ly advanced.
e The federal grand jury has begun an
investigation of the rise in prices Of
e foodstuffs. It will be assisted by John
t M. Bowen and other. agents of the
0 United States departments of Justice
e and commerce. Retail grocers through
their organizations announcer thew
would assist the government in suits.
st. Louis, Aug. 15.-On instructions
from Attorney General McReynoIdg.
Charles a.. Houts, United States dis.
d trict attorney here. has begun an in
e vestigation into the SHARP, advance of
prices on foodstuffs since +ha E,,rc-