The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1914-10-23

federal warrant charged with con-
spiracy.
For the eighth year in succession
Ty Cobb of Detroit and Georgia has
won the batting championship OF the
American league. Figures-final al
though un~oficial-give Cobb a per-
centage for the season just closed Of
1868.
Mayor Harrison Of Chicago in his
proclamation Of the forty-third an
niversary Of the great Chicago fire,
urged ~Chicagoans to contribute liber-
ally to the Red Cross fund, pointing
out that European nations now at wal
gave $3.50, 900 to relieve suffering here
after the disastrous fire.
Praise for President Wilson for his
neutral attitude in the war was voic-
ed by Former President Taft and An.
drew Carnegie at a luncheon at the
Chamber of Commerce at Providence,
r. l. president Wilson has taken
the exact stand" Mr.. Taft said. "and
has expressed 1t with admirable &C.
curacy."
Judge Mayer in the New York fed
eral district court denied the applica-
ton OF bondholders to intervene in the
foreclosure suit brought by the Central
Trust company against the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railroad COM
pany. Judge Mayer asserted he was
satisfied that the trustee was not
guilty Of fraud.
FOREIGN.
Russia has abandoned the siege OF
Przemysl.
Austria has temporarily lifted the
customs duties on corn, -four and veg
etables.
Lyck, East Prussia, is again in
possession Of the Germans, according
to q Berlin statement.
The Berlin official statement an.
that 10000 Belgians are still
in Antwerp as prisoners.
Germany has had some guns built
Of tremendous calibre, capable of car
rying twenty-five miles.
Private citizens of the United
States can sell whatever they please
to the belligerents of Europe.
Recruiting in England is again
being actively pushed. The require
ments for service in the infantry have
been lowered.
Germany plans to mount her newest
and greatest guns along the Belgian
seacoast to force the British fleet to
stay off her shore.
Cardinal Pietro Gasparri has been
selected by the pope to fill the posi-
ton of secretary of state, made va
cant by the death Of Cardinal Farrata.
The Russian armored cruiser Pal
lada has been sunk in the Baltic Sea
by q German submarine, with all of
its crew, consisting of nearly 600 off,
GERS and men.
Announcement from Bordeaux says
that quarters have been provided for
the Belgian government officials at
Havre, France, where the Belgian
capital will be established.
Open rebellion has been encoun-
tered in South Africa, and a force OF
anti British Beers, armed with Ger
man guns and aided by German
troops, is o in that territory.
The enormous number Of Russian
soldiers crowding military hospitals
at Petrograd and at concentration
bases nearer the front has necessi.
tated = public appeal for supplies.
An old man of "a, visiting military
hospitals in Vienna, and speaking in
ldkyAI 1Ldlld1ly I0O1ICAll0A, 0ldN dlu
other tongues to the wounded soldiers,
brings cheer to the men. He Is EN-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria.
The death OF King Charles Of
Roumania, which occurred at his
country seat at Sinai in Walachia.
brings prominently to the front the
question OF the attitude which Rou-
mania is now likely to assume with
regard to participation in the war.
The British cruiser Hawke, used
for scouting purposes OFF the German
naval base in the North sea, was tor
pedoed and sunk by a German subma-
rine, with a loss of 1872 lives. OF the
crew Of 544 officers and men three Of
ficers and f~orty-nine men were saved.
With the fall Of Antwerp It has be-
come known through official British
announcement of the British admiral