The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-07-10
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ABOUT THE WAR

reported by Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton.
Servian forces have invaded Aus
tria, capturing the village of Mich
arskaada, forty miles west of Bel
grade, the war office announced. The
serbs took 1856 prisoners.
The first great naval battle of the
war in the Baltic sea has been fought
and meager reports received from
Copenhagen indicate that the German
fleet has been defeated by the Rus
slams.
The official communication issued
by the Russian war office says that
on Friday Russian submarine blew
up a German warship of the Deutsch-
lander class, which was steaming at
the head of German squadron at the
entrance of Danzig bay.
In the Black sea, Gen. Sir. Ian Ham
ilton reported from the Dardanelles
that the French troops have advanced
until the Anglo-French line is almost
straight Constantinople, however,
claims that the British were forced
back into their original positions.
Five Swedish vessels were seized
Swinemunde." says the Copenhagen
correspondent of the London Morning
Post. "They are the steamers Ligu-
arda, Waermeland and Henrik Wi
candra and the sailing vessels Orvar
and Hoppet."
The official statement given out by
the German army headquarters an
nounces that the Germans have
gained possession of the lowlands of
the Labunka river in Russian Poland.
province OF Lublin The statement
also admits the Germans have lost the
gains made by them against the
French on Hilgenfirst in the Vosges
mountains.
German U boats made their biggest
haul Friday since the torpedoing OF
the Lusitania. They sent to the bot
tom the big steamer Caucasian, the
liner Inglemoor whose tonnage ex-
ceeded that OF the Leyland liner Ar
menian. the steamer Welbury, the
schooner l.. C. Tower and a bark, all
British vessels. The Inglemoor was
the largest and one of the newest YES
sells OF the Moor line of twenty eight
WESTERN
A tornado that swept parts of OF
| tawa county, northeastern Oklahoma,
was reported to have killed five
| persons.
Fred Poynter. young farmer shot
and killed four persons of one family,
near Vienna, Mo-, as the result OF a
| quarrel over the harvesting of wheat
J crop.
Eight persons were killed and III
| injured as a result of Fourth of July
celebrations throughout the nation,
according to figures compiled by the
Chicago Tribune.
Maxine Edmondson, 6 years old,
died as the result of burns received
when pin wheel set her dress afire.
| This was the only Fourth of July acci-
dent at Albuquerque, N. NJ.
In the last ten days the estimated
yield of the 1915 wheat crop in Kan
sas has declined nearly 10000, 900
bushels, according to the annual crop
| reporter of the Kansas Grain Dealers
Association.
Frank Holt OF Dallas, who now is
believed by his wife and her family to
be the man held in Glen Cove, L. l.,
| for shooting j. p Morgan, was de.
| scribed by his father-in-law, o. F. Sen
sabaugh, as man who had Thought
| deeply on the European war" and
who was opposed to all war and all
strife"
WASHINGTON
A tremendous explosion, believed
to have been caused by some kind of
bomb or Internal machine, wrecked
the public reception room on the east
side of the Capitol building shortly
before midnight Friday night.
Archbishop Edward j. Hanna of San
Francisco, in a statement made pub
lie at Los Angeles, said that peace at
any price 10 not policy the American
people will accept, and to maintain
peace with honor the nation must be
prepared for defense"
The condition of Franklin D. Roose-
welt, assistant secretary of the navy,
operated on for appendicitis, con-
tinued favorable
Through the arrest at Los Angeles
of Fred Lavorin. United States Off
cials said they had discovered a
scheme to ship liquor into prohibition
Arizona as baggage.
Official advices to the State Depart
ment established the fact that the
British liner Armenian attempted to
escape the German submarine which
sunk her in consequence of her efforts
to evade capture.