Cheyenne record., 1915-06-24
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ABOUT THE WAR
The 2,000-ton British steamer Dulcie
was torpedoed and sunk off Suffolk.
The Kaiser is reported to have
stated that he can secure peace at any
time he desires.
Allied airmen dropped bombs on the
German balloon sheds at Brussels,
causing slight damage.
The small Italian merchant steamer
Maria Grecia was sunk by an Austrian
torpedo boat in the Adriatic.
A Reuter- dispatch from Athens says
1t is reported there that the Serbians
have occupied Durazzo, Albania.
Lieut.. Reginald A. ]. Warneford,
who gained fame recently by blowing
to pieces a Zeppelin over Belgium,
was killed by the fall of an aeroplane
at Buc, France.
The town of Tarnogrod, Just inside
Russian territory to the north of Sien-
lava. and the heights Of Krezow to
the northeast Of Tarnogrod, are occu-
pied by the troops of the Teutonic al
lies.
The strongly-fortified Galician town
of Grodek, where it was predicted
the Russians would make a stubborn
stand, has fallen before the Austro-
German assault, according to an Aus
trian official statement.
British losses at Avi Burnu thus far
are estimated at from 10000 to $4,000.
The Turkish losses are somewhat
lower although the Turks now are
constantly on the offensive and they
make bayonet attacks almost every
night.
Red Cross figures say the total
killed in the European conflict up to
March / of this year was 2,146,000;
seriously wounded, 1,150,000; slightly
wounded, 3.s71,oOo; prisoners, 1.764,-
600, making a total of 8,S31,000 put
out of combat.
How severely the naval and mill
tary losses Of the war have already af-
fected some communities in Great
Britain Is shown by the announce
ment, that at Chatham, naval base
on the lower Thames, there are 180
war widows on one street.
After seven weeks battering across
Galicia, during which the Russians
have been thrown back more than
$50 miles, the Austro-G ermans are
as close to Lemberg as were the
Germans to Paris after their first
dash across France last fall.
The prisoners taken by the German
and Austro-Hungarian armies up to
June IA, totalled 100000, according
to the Bavarian Stats Zeitung. The
newspaper says this is divided as fol
lows: Russians, 1,240,00O; French,
255.000; English, $4,000; Belgian, A.
900; Serbian. $4,000.
WESTERN
A mild earth tremor was felt at Los
Angeles, Friday.
The petition for the appointment of
receivers for the Knights of Honor, a
fraternal insurance order, was denied
in the Federal Court at st. Louis.
Reports from storm swept sections
of the Southwest continued to reach
kansas City, bringing news Of nine
teen deaths and further property
damage that will reach $250,0O0.
Oidonycosis. a disease somewhat
like tuberculosis, but more fatal, was
described at San Francisco at the Pan
American Medical Congress by DR.. e.
g. Dickson of the Leland Stanford, Jr..
medical school.
(, The Nebraska Supreme Court de-
clared that in the absence Of specific
legislative action the state railway
commission is without authority either
to advance or lower passenger rates
on Nebraska railroads.
Three special trains of newspaper
men, members of the National News
paper Association, will arrive in Den
yer June 25 from the East en- route
to the thirtieth annual convention in
Los Angeles. which will be held from
June 20. to July 3.
WASHINGTON
j All religious education will be
barred within ten years from schools
in Korea giving "a general education"
by order promulgated by Gen. Terau-