The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-27
TOLD BRIEFLY
THE NEWS OF SEVEN
DAYS IN ALL LANDS
War News.

pedoed and sent to the bottom near
Fastnet on the south coast of Ireland
forty miles from the point at which
the Lusitania was sunk by German
submarine. About twenty lives were
lost
The most important French victory
in the fighting north OF Arras in sew
eral weeks has been announced by the
French war office. The French have
captured the crossroads east of Notre
Dame de Lorette, through which the
Arras-Bethune and the Angres-Ablain
highways run.
The sinking of British cruiser and
a destroyer by German torpedo boats
is reported in an official statement by
the German admiralty, whose an
nouncement indicated a real naval
battle on the west coast of Jutland.
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French gunners in Alsace lombard
ed and destroyed two heavy German
batteries that had been Smelling the
French works on Lingekopf and blew
up several German munition depots
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The eastern outskirts of London
were raided recently by zeppelins.
Ten persons were killed and thirty
six we're injured The damage to prop
erty is not important. One Zeppelin
is believed to have been hit.
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One of the outlying forts of Kovno,
between the Niemen river and Gesia,
to the south of the main fertilization,
has been stormed and captured by the
Germans, it is announced by German
army headquarters. More than 2l0
cannon and 1850 prisoners were cap
tured at Kovno.
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The British transport Royal Edward
has been topedoed and sunk by Ger
man submarine. Announcement to this
effect was made officially Six hun
bred men were saved out of 1850
troops and 22O other persons on board
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Massing of Austro-German troops
along the Servian frontier and the
bombardment of Belgrade, coming at
a critical time in the Balkan negotia-
tions, may throw the balance in favor
of the Allies and bring Bulgaria, Ru-
mania and Greece into the war.
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Washington.
American fashions for American
beauties This is the watchword
which will be sounded from coast to
coast by the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution. Congress will be
asked at its next session to appropri-
ate money to establish a fashion CEN
ter, with a suitable building in Wash.
ington.
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President Wilson has appointed
Samuel Alschuler to be circuit judge
for the federal circuit of Chicago. The
President also appointed w. w. Rus
sell to be minister of Santo Domingo,
succeeding former Minister James NJ.
Sullivan of New York, and William l..
Whitney to\be federal circuit judge
in Hawaii.
The War Department completely
arranged and sent food, bedding and
tents to storm sufferers at and around
Galveston, Tex. The supplies went
from Fort Sill and Fort Leavenworth.
Army officers co.operated with the
Red Cross in relief work after the
great storm there recently.
j. + T.
That there are eight million able
bodied men in the United States who
owe allegiance to European nations is
disclosed in labor department Stats
tics.
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In the face of a devastating war,
which is engaging most of Europe,
and the influence of which is neces.
sarily reflected in every neutral coun-
try, the United States, according to
reliable reports to the government, is
facing an unprecedented era of pros
perity.
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Secretary Daniels has announced
that the navy had taken additional
censorship precautions at the Sayvile
wireless station, following the recent
conference between the secretary and
John RathOm, editor of the Providence
Journal.
l. T. T.
General Carranza, through his agen-
cy in Washington, has authorized the
publication of scathing arraignment
of the Latin-American conference, the
White House and financial interests
on both sides of the border, written by
Gen. Heriberto lara, Constituencies.
T. + +
Details of a plan whereby Great
Britain and France contemplate heal
ing all commercial differences with
the United States over the blockade
of neutral European ports have been
given here in semi-official quarter