The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-08-07
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About the War
A total of 5000 iron crosses have
been conferred since the beginning of
the war upon Alsatian soldiers.
The British steamer Benvorlich,
which left Manila May 1st for London
by way of Marseilles, has been sunk.
The anniversary of the outbreak of
the war was passed without the Ger
mans occupying Warsaw, which was
understood to be part of their pro-
gram.
The British steamer Clintonia, Of
3,s5S tons, was shelled and sunk by
German submarine. Eleven men were
killed on the vessel and fifteen were
injured.
American travellers arriving at Zu-
rich, Switzerland. from Berlin, report
that there were serious anti-American
disturbances in the German capital
last week.
The Leland liner Iberian was sunk
by German submarine. Six men,
bers of the crew were killed. two
died aboard a rescue boat and sixty
one were landed safely.
Mitau. the capital of the Russian
province of Courland, twenty-five
miles southeast of Riga, has been oc-
cupied by German troops, according
to the official statement issued by the
German army headquarters staff.
A dispatch from Constantinople to
the Overseas News Agency reports
ha ciy l. yir,e nj ga n q a
of large Russian torpedo boat de-
stroyer off the island of Kerkin, to
the east of Chilea, in the Black sea.
London reports eight more Lowe
stoft trawlers sunk by a German sub
marine. The crews were saved. The
fishermen sent to the bottom were the
Quest, the Strive, the Achieve, the
Athena, the Coriander and the Fitz-
gerald
Western
Harry X. Thaw, with a small party.
left Pittsburg in touring car for the
Panama-Pacific exposition.
A disastrous storm swept several
central and eastern Wyoming coun-
ties late Saturday night and Sunday
morning.
The Blackhawk Inn at the Watch
tower, historic pleasure resort about
three miles from Rock Island, H., was
destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
While investigation of the capsizing
Of the steamer Eastland rested over
Sunday in Chicago, divers recovered
three more bodies from the wreck,
making the total known dead S39.
From the pulpit of the Trinity Meth
odist Episcopal church in Berkeley.
Cal, Judge Alton b. Parker. Demo-
cratic candidate in 1904 for president.
made plea for stronger coast de-
fenses.
Henry Starr, Colorado bandit whose
exploits for years have terrorized
Oklahoma, pleaded guilty at Chandler.
Okla, to the charge of holding up the
Stroud National bank few months
ago. He took his sentence of twenty
five years in the McAlester peniten-
tiary calmly.
In the morgue of the Eastland dead
at Chicago there still lies the body of
mo. 1885," an S-year-old boy, un-
claimed and unidentified. Except for
a hole in the knee of his trousers
there is no distinguishing mark about
his apparel and none of thousands OF
searchers for the missing could place
him, so the public has claimed him for
its kin.
Washington
w. ]. Boardman, father of Miss
Mabel Boardman, executive board
head of the American Red Cross, died
suddenly.
In it's controversy with the United
States concerning the English order
in council. the London foreign office
stands pat"
Definite steps toward restoration of
peace in Mexico will be taken immedi-
ately upon President Wilson's return
to Washington.
Word was received that Gen. Venu-
stiano Carranza is preparing to make
a strong bid for recognition by the
United States within few days.
Three notes from Great Britain
and one from Germany, all dealing
with the commercial rights OF neutral
nations in war time were before Sec
retary Lansing Monday.
Demanding in the name of humanity
that food be permitted to reach the
starving people of Mexico city, urgent
representations were sent by the State
Department to Generals Carranza,
Villa and Zapata. The notes declare
avenues of transportation to Mexico