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Capturc Fortress Town and
Press Toward kOvnO in
March on wilma.
CARS ARMY SAFE,
EXPERTS BELIEVE
Failure of Effort to Cut Off
Russian Main Guard
Predicted.
s,.ei,, ram, D,spatch TO THE SuS.


I.oSpox, Aug. l0.--The German forces
have taken the strong fortress town OF
lomza. They are likely to take kovno
.ithin another forty-eieht hours. and the
Russians believe they viii take wilma
according TO dispatches received from
Pe,rograd to-day.
This would give them the warsaw
re,roerad railway at point to the rear
Of the Russian armies. according 10 the
latest official statement from the Rus
alan capital, but the railroad has been
open for twenty-four hours since then
and the main bodies OF troops fight
ing 10 the south, at Lomza. Ostrow, Us
,,olenka and Ossowiec will have had
time to escape.
Military observers here admit that the
Germans are at last succeeding in their
drives to intercept the two great rail-
ways from warsaw to Petrogrsd and
Moscow respectively, but they are Just
as strongly of the opinion that the mag
niacent defensive actions Of the Russian
rear guard all along the line have caused
the enemy to fail in the great objec-
tive, cutting off the Russian main guard
II is more than likely that they will
20, AT least 100. 900 prisoners out Of the
fortfesses which have been cut or In
this defensive fighting. but this num-
Der vii! he only a drop in the bucket.
These prisoners may be sacrificed to
save more than thirty times their num-
ter OF seasoned troops who have been
beaten by superior artillery alone
Germans Tell of Gnfns.
The fflctal Ge, man statement issued
h Relln to-day is as follows
on the front in the district of kovno
an attack was pushed forward,
wish continuous lighting. nearer the
l!ue Of fo~s, During these engage
n'cnts We took about 100 more Rus
elan prisoners and four cannon.
The tro ps of the army OF Gen
Falckr broke through the line OF for s
q Lomza yesterday afternoon and
look fort No. by sto:m. At day.
break to-day the fortified town was
occupied. South of Lomza the high
road to Ostrow was crossed. Ostrow
Is still being held by the enemy
our troops nave reached the Bug
from Bojany. west OF Mrok. TO thc
mouth OF the river. Since August ,
twenty-three officers and l0.1OO men
have been taken prisoners in this
resion
East OF Warsaw the army OF Prince
Leopold of Bavaria has advanced to \
pon, near the Stanislavof Novo Minsk
road.
The army of Gen. Won Woyrsch.
pursuing the enemy. has reached the
district north and northeast of Gelc-
chow. This army Joined the left wing
o. the group of armies OF Field Mar
snal Won Mackensen, who is advancing
fum the south.
ON the front from Ostrow to the
Bus the rear guards of the enemy
were driven back toward their main
forces
BY this II is seen that Gen. Won
Fa.cke who is operating with Gen. Won
Blclow, has occupied one of the encir-
clin- forts of lomza, which means the
wedge which ultimately will rend the
city dsunder. II is said also in Petro-
edd that the municipal and historical
treasures in Lomza have already beer
removed and half of its population has
started to leave The other half will
remain.
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Day. british Casualties OOa.

Spsciai Gable Despdfch 10 THE suS,
LONDON. Aug 10.-The days casualty
list for all fronts gives 80 officers. OF
whom 10 were killed, and 50 men, OF
whom ITS were killed.
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May send More ships.

~ the anti-American feeling continues
IN grow further additions will he made
To the American naval forces In MeXl-
can waters, ,--,,
II is likely that two more hattleships
will be sent down to give Admiral Me-
Lean n complete division and It has
been suggested that possibly the battle
ship Connecticut, now al Port au Prince,
Hayti. or the cruiser Tennessee, en- route
there, might be diverted To Vera cruz,
The fear is entertained here fhat
should the Pan American conference on
Mexico announce Tomorrow. following
it's meeting In New York, a programme
distinctly unfavorable to Carranza. fur
ther hostile demonstrations In Vera Cruz
might result. The presence OF Ameri-
can warships in the Mexican harbor
would he a good guarantee against any
violence toward Americans or foreisners
generally
1t became known to-day tina, the Ad-
ministration Is delighted with the prog
ress made thus Ear in lts plan for work
ing out the salvation of Mexico in con-
sultation with the representatives OF six
Latin American Governments. Secretary
Of State Lansing went to New York to-
night for the conference tomorrow
Onicials are hopeful that one meeting
will suffice to place the final approval
Of the conference on the first move OF
the plan worked out. 1t is likely that
definite announcement will be made In
New York tomorrow evening regarding
the appeal which the United States and
six other Governments are to send 10
the Mexican people, urging them, for
the last time, to get together Of their
own accord and estat lish a single gov
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Joseph di Giorsio. president OF the At
lantlc Fruit Company, is In San Fran
cisco. Other officers of the company
and officials OF the Hamburg-American
Line could not he reached last night.
The Prince August Wilhelm. 1915
tons. liz at Santa Marta. Colombia. and
the Prince Joachim. 2,9sl tons. Is In
the New York harbor, Both have been
tied up since the beginning of the war,
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BUYS TWO GERMAN LINERS.
Atlantic Fruit Co. to Use Them In
West Indian Trade.

KINGSTON, Jamaica. Aug. lO.--It Is re-
ported here that the Atlantic Fruit Com
pany has acquired the German steam
ships Prinz Joachim and Prinz August
Wilhelm for use in the West Indian
trade.
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o'clock and both ships passed out the
bay In half an hour.
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fall Of Huerta have the lives Of
Americans been so endangered.
Advices are that Americans have
prepared to remain as close to-
gether as possible in an endeavor
to ward off an attack which they
expect from Mexicans tonight.
The dispatches declare that Gen.
Carranza has done nothing toward
quellng the demonstration, which
was said TO be against whatever
action the Pam American peace
conference may take tomorrow.
Carranza vas acquainted with the
disturbances this afternoon and
asked to prevent further outbreaks.
II is doubted that he will take any
action in the matter.
1.-THE last despatch received yes
terday by THE SUN from its corre-
spondent in Vera Cruz said that
the residents of the city were
friendly to the Americans there.
The cable message had probably
been censored.
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Louisiana and New Hamp-
shire Get Hurried
Orders.
NAVY REFUSES TO
TELL OF DESTINATION
Appeal for Warships Sent
to the President for
Decision.

aLti-American demonstrations AT
Vera Cruz the battleships Louisiana
and New Hampshire sailed tonight
from Newport. Il. l.. presumably for
the Mexican port, which is the seat Of
the Carranza government.
Commander Luke McNamee. senior
officer in charge OF the gunboat squad
ron on the east coast of Mexico. re-
ported to the Navy Department to-day
that anti-foreign sentiment was rapidly
increasing and directed particularly
against the United States.
He advised that two or more battle
ships be sent to Vera Cruz at once to
impress the Mexicans with the pur-
pose Of the Washington Government
to afford due protection to the life and
property OF its citizens and foreigners
generally at the Mexican port
The Navy Department promptly or
dered the New Hampshire and Louis
lana to hold themselves in readiness
to leave for Vera Cruz. but. owing to
"a reluctance on the part of the State
Department TO make any show OF
force I'm Mexican waters at this time.
sailing orders were withheld until late
to-day.
Wilson Orders sailing.
The matter was eventually referred
to President Wilson. and II is upon
his direction, IL is believed. that the
vessels have started south. Despite all
that was publicly known regarding the
plan to send the battleships Ia Vera
Cruz Rear Admiral Benson, acting
Secretary. tonight refused to discuss
their destination.
The necessity of sending two large
ships TO Vera Cruz just at this time is
regarded by the State Department as
peculiarly unfortunate. The incident
comes on the very eve Of the reas-
sembling OF the Pan-American con-
cert In New York tomorrow. at which
it is expected that final approval will
! be given to the first move proposed in
the Administrations plan for regcn-
/ Grating Mexico.
APPREHENSION is felt lest the despatch
OF the two battleships be misunderstood
by the Latin Americans and interpreted
as ming that the United States in
terds to use force toward Mexico. with
.l.ttl
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,Continued on Third Page.
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JAPAN MAY CHANGE POLICY.

Attitude toward China needs radical revi.
sion. says Prof. jerks in an inter.
esting article in next
Sundays SUN.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-31

/ las casas va cortadas medidas Saa lew,
Gle clavo y martillo, incluyendo p1ertas
y perslanas. Pero para que nos ioro
bemos mas, Sc introdujo una fabrica o,o
sta en- la Marina, donde en- 10 oue 60
SEGA una saliva = lie cepillan un mont6n
Gle taIblas con su correspondence chan
fan escopleaduras. Una docena de
casas, las hacen en- una semana donde
resulta que tambien el carpintero esta
como cantaba ell loro.
Espana, aquella Espafla que nos en-
senaba el Carreno (hoy desconocido en-
nuestras escuelas) y nos hac1a conocer
a Dios y balbucear su Santo nombre.
Jamas mandaba cargamento de duIces
(excepcion hecha del membrillo, del tn,
IRON de Alicante, de frutas cristaliza-
das y otros que no hac1an competencia
a los del pals), mientras que hoy nos
tlenen apestados de bombones, chuin,
sorpresas, miles classes de dulces que, so.
10 ell Diablo sabe como Sc llaman, cada
Ola aparece un nuevo aparato donde
por una ranurita echa usted un centavo
y sale una pastillita de chocolate Il otra
chucherla Y como los humanitarios
Sc den cuenta de nuestras "sopas bora
chas' y otros dulces confecclonados
a4r1, no es de dudar que nos metan un
cal algamento de ellos, porque. +. 5d6nde
lbamos a Greer que esos "b1enos ami,
gos" atestaran las neveras con perniles
de buey, de carnero y no sabemos que
otra classes de carnes de animales que
no conocemos? Las gallinas vienen en-
cajones embaladas como las sardinas,
todas babosas, a veces con gusanos Y
lo muchor que a los humanitarios" le
gustav
De modo que esta industria, tambien
esta por el suelo, porque ning1n dulce-
70. hace, por ,un centavo, un dulce con
sorpresa, con banderita americana,
con un paraglita japones.
Miguel STROGOFF.
(Continuara).
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-31
ACTUALIDADES
LA ,SITUACION.
(Vease la edici6n del 26.

/ \ Y COcC Id OG1 70.
Los juegos de azar estaban q la or.
den del d1a; Sc jugaba a los bolos, q
las chapas, a la mosca y Sc rifaba cual-
quler obJeto y Sc hac1an grandes tira-
GAS en- los talleres tipografcos de mi
llares ole papeletas que Eustaquio Bras
vo hacla imprimir con ell nombre del
Gallo Pava" y muchas seforitas DO
bres bordaban y callahan bonitos pafiue
los y sabanas, veces toallas con pre-
closos tejidos y elias mismas sacaban un
par de pesos con que ayudar 4 sus an
clanos padres y comprarle zapatos q sus
hermanitos para que asistieran a la es-
cuela de don Ramon Martinez, de don
Fernando Sarraga 8 q la nocturna de
don Jose Dfaz.
Eustaquio Bravo armada un revul1
ell dla del juego de la rifa el agraciado
tenla que traer una carretilla para lie
var las mercanc1as que le tocaban ell
producto de la rifa, serv1a para dar ex,
plendor a la fiesta de la Virgen del Car
men, quemandose la noche de la salve,
vistosos fuegos artifciales y la congre-
gaci6n repart1a mrlchas limosnas.
Vayan ustedes ahora a rifar un reloj
para que vean al polic1a dispuesto a
" rifarlo" con direction a la nevera.
Nuestras esposas ten1an en- que entire
tenerse porque Espana no enviaba sus
cargados con ropa hecha
para la tropa, sino que aqu1, aqul en- la
capital ten1a su taller don Antonio Ca
banas y repart1a proporcionalmente los
millares de pantalones y blusas de raya-
dillo; pantalones y chaquetilla de gala
para la artiller1a; una senorita pre-
parando y hacienda ojales y otra pasan-
do por la maquina y rematando, al en-
tregar ell sabado, sal1an con cinco, seis
Y siete pesos contantes y sonantes que Sc
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-03-31

Idlstrlbulan para la comida de la sema
Ina; y los domingos velamos aquellas
lchlquillas vivarachas, acompa1adas de
sus mamas comprando las cangrejeras
lei sabroso pud1n, la riquisinna. empa-
NADIA de jueyes, casuela, y de paso Sc
llevaban su pollito 8 gallinita muchas
lse corr1an con una sarta de pescado.
Hoy, en- la epoca del progreso como
declmos, tenemos que yer q nuestras hi
Jas y esposas bostezando, sin saber que
lhacer, volviendosele los sesos aqua, por.
que va no hay aquello de la costura de
Cabanas. Con las libertades & y y
adelanto, vemOs nuestras familias mo,
rlr Gle hambre, rebajando sus carnes por
lei sufrlmiento, por la desesperacion,
cambiando de color, an6micas, enclen,
ques, desfiguradas, teniendo que recu-
rrir los postizos y coloretes para arti-
ficlalmente darse un "trasunto" de 10
que fueron.
Espa1a, esa generosa Espana de la
que tanto hablamos, nunca. utiliz6 las
bodegas de sus barcos para traer carga
mentos de zapatos para la tropa. Pudo
haberlo hecho como nuestros "humani
tarios " 10 hacen hoy no 10 hizo; sino
que aqui, aqu1 en- el pals Sc calzaba des-
de ell goberiador hasta ell cuartelero. Las
esposas de los ofciales, con rarfsimas
excepciones, compraban calzado en- los
dep6sitos.
Ahora, en- tempo de la decantada
prosperidad, nos meten cada vapor car
gado de zapatos y de cuanto Dios cre6,
que nos hace temblar resultando que
los infelices zapateros nativos no hacen
nj una media suela al d1a.
Existfan entonces varios talleres de
carpinter1a como ell de don Rafael Pc
rez y otros: Los carpinteros no tenian
necesldad de montar talleres porque no
descansaban de trabajar en- Obras Pd,
'blicas, en- Maestranza, en- trabajos par.
tleulares, en- fabricas constantemente.
iCuanto dinero sc CANADA
Ahora los humanitarios nos .envlan
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tM0rgantown Post CHRONICLES


There has been in many cities and
towns during recent years a \ general
extension Of our popalars education.
pecially in the higher grades Y Many
OF these innovations have been mani.
testify wise and calchlateds to further
strengthen and pcpnlarize our public
school system, as. for example, the
establishment OF high schools for boys
where mechanical arts and Spractfcas
commercla1 education may be acqIir-
ed, so that on leaving the school the
boys viii be fitted TO enter success
fully the broadening fields OF mechan.
zeal and business activity. So also
we have In some of our cities nigh
schools of practical arts for girls,
where, in addition to thorough
course in domestic economy, compre-
hensive courses In millinery. iress-
mailing and art designing offer OPP
portuniAes for young women to pre-
pare themselves for successful main.
tenance in yocations that afford ex-
celient opportunities for skilled
workers. In some of the grammar
schools, courses in shorthand, book.
keeping and mechanical industries,
such as typesetting, have been ac-
sceptably introduced for the benefit
Of those who are unable to continue
through the high school.
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VIVA 4 rs.
DIS SIP A I'll ON !?

4
In the February American Magazine
David Grayson, writing HIS new serial
novel, -Hempfe ED, = presents more OF
the philosophy Of life which has made
mis- other hooks famous SUCH, for ex-
ample, as adventures in Content-
inentr and .The Friendly Road. In
his current story, ..Hempfeid, !" slie
comments as follows ON dissipation:
II think sometimes that our COM
mon definition of dissipation is far
too narrow. We conine it to- crude
excuses In mo use Of Intoxicating
liquor or the crude qualification, OF
the passions; but often these are only
the outward SYMBOLS Of % more subtle
inward disorder. The things Of the
world thousand clamoring inter-
ests desires, possessions -taye got
the better Of US. Men become drunk
en- with the inordinate, desire for
owning things. and dissolute with am
bition for political Office. knew; a
man once. a farmer, who debauched
himself upon land; fed his appetite
upon the happiness Of HIS home, cheat
ed his children Of education. and him
self went shabby, bookless, Joyless
comfortless, that he might buy more
land i call that dissipation, too!n Z
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) Cure for rlehead'

Noting that it is complaint found In many neigh
and that the victim is practically worthless for comun
purposes, Herbert Quick editor Of Farm and Preside adj
several practical remedies for sorehead in that
publication at the request of correspondent While the alt
mildly contagious sometimes bad will spread
rapidly and it passes from to IN conf
saon business dealings school meetings and otherwise yeti
Mr. Quick declares the is writes lori
farmer his wholesome advice applicable to- all casse
Says he: srS
If the victim will neighbor and do him good
always helps. If the favor be done in wholeheared
another victim of sorehead and especially to who
feeling soreheadednes toward the doer Of the good
neghbory deed much bettero will be bene
fitted instead of one "A ia 49,
Thebest remedy take systematic of helping to
make the better place in which to i've
something eshy desired like special favors from the road dis
the strip Of land along the line fence or ones
building repairing the same, good in alayng
the irritation of the Uranium.
man who will put himself in the place of his hired man and
follow the Golden Rule is almost always benefited Putting
water system for the wife has been knownto the worst
and washing machine ishwasher often helps One
bad which constantly rrated by friction between the
head of the familythe head which completely
giving each of the boys start live stock and making
partners in the farm operations small scale.
Another resored health by attendance at meetings
in the and serving two
tees Of accomplishing public good "A bad
sorehead often from defective brooing solitude
brooding the victims grievances Association
with fellows and brooding ways
TO make life better for is the sovereign remedy
Golden Rule as the manuel and gudebook of life
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Public Docun, eats and Words.

public documents are vouinous and seldom does
breviy as one of their virtues They need editing
Of them undergo the marks of the blue pencil and be
forcibl expression and certainly in
teligent They should be written that they compr
ended by the average reader Several ago Telegram
suggested that bills offered in the legislature should given
scrutiny as to their wording in other words carefully
edited that they would what and also that
others besides lawyers could understand them Telegrams
to have struck the Ohio State Journal just about right
as it says: n
Every public document should be edited by who
how to preserve the meat and discard the fat Of them
Most OF the public documents be materially reduced at the
time all the value long public document
The way It binders public duty tmakes
has done very little long statistical document
usually the exhibition Of vanity it medium Of
a public document reduced 100 to 10 pages
rs greatly improved thereby. ssg
1T is almost next to graft for get along
verbose document that few look
man who has knack in that line all the documents
the statehouse and reduce them to- magnitude
and preserve all the value there is in them mater the
They save the state thousands dollars keep
4 ing pubic documents within sensible bounds ssas
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Fairmont Normal Scl,,ooI.
(Fairniont West Yirginian.

-. NrairliOnts w EST N1fg1nian.)
President o. l. Woodley OF the Nor
NAL school, deserves great praise for
MS untiring efforts to obtain new
and modern school for Fairmonts and
as the board OF control is advertising
for bids for the construction of. the
main building, the early summer will
no doubt see the new school under
construction. .s--i ,'.,'i'' 1890
! II is to be hoped that President
Woodley VIII be equally successful In
obtaining the OTHER necessary build
ings and equipment from time to- time
as the school may require them.
The Fairmont normal school has at
tanned 9 high place among the edu-
cationals Institutions OF the state and
much credit for this high standard il
due to- the unusual executive ability
OF Mr.. Wood1ey. " SIS Esf',
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The Mine Foreman. ~

IF every mine foreman given Carnegie medal for
act of heros performed they would keep factory busy
turning the medals out statement recently made
nent coal man.
The coal industry has been for the development Of
this splendid type man. and great extent the mine foreman
has been responsible for the Of the industry In
instances atans this position is unfit its Duties but
he does not keep long, for he
ents Of standard and be leader He must listen
able control his their confidence keeping
them danger must be the first he
and study his work at night best interests Of
employer of whom he must have the complete confidence
depends to large extent the failure
coal West the kind Of who
the who brave kind diplomatic
only the thousands of dollars worth of
the safety of lives He is unhonored and
sung by public but he is the type that all
honor for he is doing his duty and doing it well.
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Proposed Tariff ReDisio J, IN Spain

Commercial Attache G. w. A. Vedtz the department
commerce cabed from Madrid January that the Spanish
has appointed Juna de Arancels Vaoraciones
ar for the next revision ef the tariff
regular qunauenna revision tariff laws
SPAIN and rates will be made effective January
d, 1917. ~ Isl ass
It is suggested that if any
about any Of the pres
determinations against trade they should make full
the Of state Such state
ens should be confined to matters of Through official
channels these matters brought the attention of
Spanish While it is thought probable that the
proposed revision is become effective January 1917
the advsabiy the American
The earlier considerations
Of this nature are the commission chance
thew leading
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Oh lie Creat White WAY
syo. o.MoInhvs, spsaaIcarss pondsnt otths IssaEam


press agent squad gnasheG ~ teeth
In 4 Jealous rage when the members
learned from the lips Of young Jonn
D. Rockefeller that IVY Lee was SIS
fathers press agent and gathered 70
81, 600 q month. 4
Most Of the. press agents pardon
publicity disseminators-in New York
are eraduate newspaper men. Ttey
are 0idcked from the editorial chairs
as a rule by the theatrical managers
and nv the indiyiduaiS. In fact there
are very few Individuals IN New York
;of any prominence who haven't q press
hireling or are in touch with one
when the aIspicious moment arrives
20 Dust INTO print ~ -,
clarence ttyde ZOE hlew anq ~
AN e So, zen Atwell ZOE ,ne snupeTts,
I pruce awales lcr ihi.In ~ ss