The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1915-08-26

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Germany reports destroying Z sma
British cruiser and destroyer by tol
psdoing In . naval engagement.
Italy, according to reports fror
Rome, 10 making slow but steady prog
res against Austrisns on al fronts.
German submarines sunk the Whit
Star liner Arabic. an English ahip
with loss Of 10 lives, two Of whom
are Americans.
Three British and one Norweeis,
steamer we're sunk by German sub
marines, 10 addition 10 the big line
Arabic, Thursday.
Ths chief signal officer 1t the ISLAM
Of Btromboli. on the Italian coast. 70
ports the eruption Of large quantit,
Of lava from Htromboll volcano. Thu
lava 10 forming lake Of fire betwssr
the orators and the sss.
Companies operating mining proper.
ties In the Cosur d'AIsnss. especially
those producing zinc. which l. In de-
msnd for war munitions, are said to
b employing detectives to guard their
vorkings, according to Spokane re-
ports.
An evangelist speaking In Portland
declares the prophecies In the Gath
chapter Of Matthew have bssn accur-
stsly fulfilled up to the present time.
and that the present generation will
witness IL complete fulhllment and
the return Of the Lord to the world.
Edward Brown, ex-convict. SEN
tsncod to four years In San Quentin for
burglary. explained on the witness
stand that certain kind Of whisky IL
made regularly within the walls Of
Folsom and San Quentin prisonn. The
juice Of potatoes and fruits IL used In
preparing the concoction. he said.
Compilations just completed BY the
auditing department OF the O.-W. r.
q N. company show that during the
calendar year 1914 the company spent
Tor wages, taxes, construction and
other purposes incident to the conduct
OF It's business In Oregon. Washington
and Idaho, an aggregate Of Sl5.b73.-
s66.s2, the equivalent Of $50, se2. 80
for each working day Of the year.
Because Of tho delay In shipping.
caused by the war. Baker county. Ore
gon. rsnchers barely escaped a disas-
trous grain sack shortage Just xs the
thrcshinR season was on. Nearly 3O.-
900 sacks had been ordered early from
Calcutta. Farmers were preparing to
construct temporary bins and wheat
was filling every available receptacle
when 5000 sacks arrived. Nearly 49,
600 are expected within few days.
The Lausanne Gazette. of Geneva.
says that the English government has
recently placed large orders for am
munition, especially shells, with Swiss
factories, supplying tho raw material
to the Swiss through France. and that
Swiss watehmskers by thousands are
engaged In making tho more delicate
parts Of projectilss. Germany. the
Gazette Gays, likewise has placed or
dsrs for munitions with Swiss manu-
faeturcrs.
Carrsnzs Is said TO DO preparing a
reply refusing peace proposals.
Yuan shi Ksi 10 considering the sd-
visibility Of proclsiming himself en-
psror Of China.
Application has been made for the
appointment Of q receiver for the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad.
A Georgia mob took Leo M. Frank.
serving life sentence for the murder
Of Mary Phsgsn. from jail and hanged
him.
The executive committee Of the Ger
man National Liberal party declares
permanent peace can only be had by
wide extension Of German frontier In
III directions. Il
A csblegrsm from Paris announces
he death Of Jacques Neyvstte. a mem
Der Of the French aviation corps. Ney-
'stts was formerly = newspaper man
ZIP hoenix.A riz. He was licensed by
he Aero Club OF France In 1908. and
appeared In aerial exhibitions In this
country. He served in the Boer war
70 bslloonist.
A terrific Gulf storm wrecked many ,
'essels and did much other damage
long the Gulf coast. and particularly
It Galveston
A German submarine torpedoed the
British transport Royal Edward in the
Aegean sea. off the Turkish coast, and
bout 1000 lives were lost.
Nancy Hanks. 1904, champion trot-
er from 1892 to 1894, died at Ham (
'urg Place, the estate Of j. Z. Mad
len, who purchased the horse several
7ears ago to pension her until her
Ieath- Nancy Hanks was foaled in
1856.
British agents in San Francisco
'harged with recruiting in violation of
neutrality laws, raised technical points
Ind gained much time by the delay.
French fn6 on German prisoners
'opies of military order saying I'VE
hall take, we must take, Verdun. !
Then the war will be finished by De-
'ember at the latest"
A German submarine shelled three
owns on the Cumberland coast of Eng
and Several fires were started BY
HEELS from the underwater boat and ,
he railroad WAS damaged, but there /
we're no casualties. ,