The Parker post., 1915-09-25

CONDENSATION OF
CURRENT events
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HEhISPHERES
Dispatches PiGtuhg Developments From tle Out
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented In Brief
DISCUSS Doun1a Reforms
LONDON, Sept. 2O.-A dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Petrograd says
that Premier Goremykin has gone to
the headquarters of Emperor Nicholas
to confer with the monarch regarding
the reforms proposed by the douma.
To Place Big War Orders
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Negotia-
tions for the purchase by the Russian
government from the Canadian Car
and Foundry company of 100000
shrapnel and high-explosive shells, at
a cost of $53,OO0,OOO, have virtually
been completed.
Many Ships Exempt From Bin
WASHINGTON, Sept. PA large
proportion of foreign ships in the
American trade and all foreign built
ships now under the American flag
are exempt from important provisions
of the new seamen's bill by legal opin-
ions made public today by the depart
ment of commerce. ~
Giant Air Dreagnaught Accepted
DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 21-Equipped
to carry ten bombs weighing 200
pounds each, the giant aeroplane
Canada" built in the United States,
has been accepted by the Canadian
government after a trial trip. The
air dreadnaught carries two rapid-fire
guns and has an automatic control.
Activity Near Swiss Frontier
BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 90
French and German armies near the
Swiss frontier are showing uncommon
military activity. Heavy reinforce
ments are arriving, and artillery duels
are becoming fiercer daily.
On both the French and German
frontiers between the towns of Dele
and Basel, civilians are being moved
from the border villages and towns.
Cause Of "A Disaster Determined
HONOLULU, Sept. 2O.-An unoffi-.
cial but trustworthy report says cleo
tricians making a. preliminary exam
ination of the submarine F-4, lost out
side Honolulu harbor March 25, but
now in drydock, discovered that the
fuses on all four batteries had been
blown out, indicating that this was the
cause of the disaster which resulted in
the death of the crew of twenty-five
men.
Scientist Descends Into Vesuvius
NAPLES, Sept. 20.-Professor Otto
before, accompanied by four guides
wearing gas masks, descended into the
crater of Mount Vesuvius After his
return Professor before said the re-
cent explosions were due to the sud-
den appearance of mineral and CASE
ous substances. The crater bed now
consists of a lake of boiling lava.
While he was taking measurements a
sudden upheaval destroyed the instru-
ments
Seven Years Prosperity for v. S.
WEST ORANGE, N. j., Sept. 21.-
Thomas A. Edison has declared that
he United States is entering on a
,even-year period of extreme prosper
ty if the manufacturers do not overdo
themselves. "The manufacturers must
lot try to overdo it, or there will be
recurrence of hard times" said the
great inventor. ignoring the question
If war industries, the United States
has embarked on a seven-year cruise
or prosperity, and healthy CONNER
,ial enterprises will continue to grow
J. S. IMPORTS FOR 1915
DECREASE $21o, zoe, 900
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Relative
value of leading articles in the import
rade of the United States in the fiscal
7ear 1915 is shown in table compiled
~ the department of commerce.
The years import trade totaled
i ,674 100000, decrease of $219,700,-
100 compared with 1914. Manufactures
,ther than food products account for
most of the reduction, their total i'm
oorts in 1915 being 1914 100000, or
;194. 900. 900 less than in the fiscal year