Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-09-23
LATEST WAR NEWS

Lord Mayor and st. James palace OIL
oep.en. Der eth, IN rad oy Zepplins.
Passengers arrived aboard the Rot
terdam with The first uncensored
stories.
Though it is officially announced
announced chat ~ were killed, an
eye witness reported there were not
less than fifty and at least million
uoiIars with OF damage.
Bombs pierced the roof of an ON
mus near trafalgar square ana
killed IA outright.
An entire block on Wood street,
the wholesale dry goods district wa
destroyed by fire and the crowds
watched calmly and applauded the
shots OF the aircraft.
BERLIN, Sept, 21.-The Germans
have cut the Russian line in three
parts around Dvinsk.
The Russians have been cut off
from the Wilma forces who were cut
OFF from the Gal.cians.
The Slavs are fighting desperately
in rear actions, southwest of Novo
erode.
General Won Hindenburg has cut
the Wilma Barabovitshi railroad. Ii
he also cuts the Wilma Molodechno
line, the Russian retreat from Wilma
by railway is absolutely cut off.
The three hundred thousand Rus
r,,ne than finht THAR
over the highways and through the
fields.
BERLIN, Sept, 21.-The Bulgar.
ians are concentrating on the Serbian
border.
Serbia has declared that the Bull.
garian border is closed war zone
and is preparing to meet the expecte1
Bulgarian invasion.
ROME, Sept, 2l.-Bulgaria, Ru-
mania and Greece may plunge int
the war before the snow falls.
Bucharest, Rumania is excited ovel
the rumors that large German forces
are concentrating in striking distance
OF Serbia and Roumania.
There is great military activity al
Sofia, Bulgaria, and Athens, Greece.
Troops are passing through Sofia
daily.
Pro-Germans are stirring up Bull
garian Teutons.
THE HAGUE, Holland, Sept, 81.
Queen Wilhelm.na and siX-year-old
Princess Louise narrowly escaped
death or serious injury when theii
automobile struck another head on.
Both cars were wrecked.
The Queen remained in her seat
and was showered with broken glass
The little princess jumped and was
slightly bruised.
Two occupants of the other car
were seriously injured and taken to
hospital.
The Queen had just addresses the
opening of parliament.
LONDON Sept, 21.-Forty per
cent increase in income tax, 81 and
one-third per cent in customs duty
on imported luxuries and other dras-
tic levies to meet the greatest deficit
Great Britain ever faced, is proposed
in the governments budget that
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nc
Kenna has introduced.
"At the end of the year we Will
face a debt estimated at over ten
billion dollars. 1t won't cripple our
resources, but every section oil the
nation must contribute and make the
greatest sacrifices"
The navy is costing nine hundred
million dollars annually and the army
nearly four billion.
External advances" are over two
billion.
Land telegram rates have been
doubled.
For an example showing how
heavy the taxes will be, man with
an annual income of $4,000 must pay
tax of $12,645.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept, IL
Germany has suggested that Amefi-
can ship owners paint their national
cOlOfS larger, vi VIC :, a, .
ships, because it is now SO small tna'
it is not distinguishable at a dis-
lance.
Representatives of the packers
have orally complained to Acting
Secretary Folk, that Great Britain IS
Gripping American commerce ana the
legal aspect of the prize courts con
fiscation of our shipments was DIS
cussed.
There will be another conference oil
importers and shippers later wher
definite steps will be taken as a OASIS
for future diplomatic protests.
There is an unconf,rmed rumol
THAT the hitch in the half billion aoi
lar loan at New York was due u