The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1915-09-23
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Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
European, War" News
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The credit of 1,250,000,00O asked
for by Premier AsQuith to carry on
the war to the middle of November
was formally voted by the house of
commons in London.
General Won Hindenburg's drive
against the Vilna-Petrograd railway
has been checked, according to Rus
sian official statements received at
London. The German cavalry force
that reached the railway line has been
driven back.
British losses in the war to date
total 381,982 killed, wounded, missing.
These figures are contained in an off.
cial statement made public at London
The total includes 16,43S officers. OF
the total, 1865 officers and 70,998 men
were killed.
The German government, in a note
to Ambassador Gerard, made a quail
fed disclaimer of responsibility for
the sinking Of the steamship Hes.
perian. On the face of the evidence
thus far at hand, the government is
satisfied that the Hesperian was not
sunk by a German submarine
Petrograd announced an official es-
innate of the Austro- German losses in
the last two months at $4,000 men.
The cars forces have captured II ore
than 10000 men in tho last three
weeks. The greater part of these
were taken in eastern Galicia.
General Won Hindenburg's success
full advance upon the Vilna-Petrosard
railroad, cutting the line between Viii
ma and Dvinsk, has been followed by
continuation of the German drive on
wide front between Dvinsk and tt.a
Villa river, with the capture If $500
prisoners. This official announcement
was received in London from Berlin.
Official admission that the British
cabinet is seriously debating the sub
ject Of CONSUMPTION was made public
for the first time in the house of com.
mons.
The London Star says the casualties
from the six airship raids during the
last seven days total 1856
A German submarine operating
along the Norwegian coast seized the
timber steamer Randulf Hansen frcrl
Arendal, Norway, for England, AID
took it to Germany as prize. The
same submarine set fire to the schoor-
er Nansbeck.
a French torpedoboat patrol has
sunk a German submarine in tn =.
Mediterranean sea between Mityle1>
and Tenedos, it is stated in a wire
less dispatch received at Athens.
The Turkish city of Phocaea on tt,
coast of Asia Minor, is burning as the
result Of bombardment by alice.
Warships, says dispatch received at
Athens. Phocaea is Is miles north.
west Of Smyrna
Domestic
Newman Erb, multimillionaire rail-
road magnate, is critically i'll at his
summer home at Deal, N. j., as the re-
suit of poison tablet which he swal-
lowed by mistake for headache medi-
cine
Returning from a funeral, Father w,
J. Mccarthy, a well-known Catholic
priest, and John Duggan, wealthy re-
tired farmer, were instantly killed by
Ill.
A lone bandit held up an express
messenger, robbed a train of $4,000
and several packages of jewelry and
escaped, near Arcadia, Ind.
Oakland county, Michigan, must re-
main dry for another two years. The
state supreme court denied a petition
Of Oakland county saloon interests
to cverrule the decision of the Oak
land supervisors in declaring the coun-
ty dry.
At a mass meeting of Republicans
Of the Sixth congressional district Of
Indiana at Rushville, Ind, former Con-
gresham James E. Watson announced
his candidacy for United States sena-
tor from Indiana.
AN appeal to the American people
to prevent the Anglo-French $1,000
100000 'oan was telegraphed through
out the United States from Philadel-
phia by DR.. Charles Hexamer. presi-
dent of the National German-Ameri-
can alliance.
United States Senator Lawrence Y
Sherman of Illinois suffered a deep cut
under the left eye when a stone was
thrown through the window of a car
in a. train near East St. Louis on
which the senator was coming to St