The Ordway new era., 1915-08-27
THE LATEST IMPORTANT Dis
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS or
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News ssrv'es.
ABOUT THE WAR

NeneTal I<llSHlhhu Ahu A0O'
The forts on the southwest front OF
Kovno. capturing $500 prisoners and
24O guns. fuI 'F7lH
One thousand were drowned when
the British transport Royal Edward
was torpedoed and sunk by German
submarine.
The Norwegian steamer Albis, l,3Sl
tons gross, and owned In Chrtstianfa,
has been sunk by a submarine. Her
crew was saved.
The Norwegian steamers Sverres-
borg, 674 tons, and the Brae. 1851
tons. as well as the Spanish steamer
Peria Castillo, 1920 tons. were sunk.
The Russian war office in an Off
cial communication admits the evacu-
alton Of the towns Of Sokolow. siedlce
and Lukow. to the east OF Warsaw.
The Russians are beginning to eyac-
cate the fortified railway center Of
Bielostok, one OF the vital points on
the Kovno oBrest-Litovsk line, before
the onward rush OF Won Hindenburss
armies.
The Norwegian steamer Maxda. the
sixth victim Of German submarine at
iacks on Thursday, had been sunk, &C.
cordins to dispatches received in Lon
don. Her captain and fifteen Of her
crow were saved.
The White Star liner Arabic, car
rying 1s1 passengers and crew OF 242
and bound for New York. was torpe-
doed and sunk by German subma-
rine. off the southwest coast OF Ire.
land, near Fastnet Thirty-two persons
are reported missing.
Underwater craft torpedoed Fri.
day: The British, steamers Restor.
mel. 2.l1s tons; Baron Erskine, 5,585
tons: City of New York. 2,19O tons:
Samara. 3.172 tons: Gladiator, 1883
tons: Bittern. 1877 tons. and the Ben
Brachie, 3.s0S tons: total Of s2.729
tons.
Fourteen steamers. with a total
gross tonnage Of 47.6Ss were sunk in
forty.eight hours by German subma.
Tines. This toll, which establishes q
record for so short period. was
more than twice as heavy as that lev
led by underwater craft In the pre-.
ceding week.
Official announcement was received
I'm London from Berlin OF the capture
OF the important Russian fortress Of
Novogeorsievsk and more than 10000
men. As the Austrians and Germans
press on to the last of tho outlying
fortresses standing between the Rus.
sian capital andSth inyaders. Petro-
grad 10 discussing the advisability Of
removing the gdvernment to its an.
Client seat At MOSCOW, always consid.
cred the heart OF the nation Kovno
IL now definitely In the hands of the
Germans.
WESTERN
An appeal for aid for Texas storm
victims has been sent out from Gal.
weston. h
st. Louis was submerged under a
heavy rainfall: from 700 to 1000 made
homeless.
EIihu Root Of New York was unani.
mously elected president Of the Ameri-
can Bar Association at the Salt Lake
meeting.
Watchmen are guarding the big oak
tree two miles from Marietta, Ca, ON
which the lifeless body of Leo NJ.
Frank. convicted of the murder OF
Mary Phagan, was found dangling, to
prevent souyenir.hunters or others
from molesting 1t.
Direct word from the storm.swept
communities OF the southeast Texas
coast brought details OF the tropical
hurricane which put Galveston, Hons.
ton. Texas City and score OF other
cities and towns in dire peril. With
large sections Of the district yet un.
heard from. the death list was more
than 225 and the property damage
may exceed s15.OoO,OOO. with Calves.
ton sustaining loss of half that
amount. A revised list of the dead
includes the following: Dredge Sam
Houston, sc: dredge San Bernard, 27:
Virginia Point. 90: Texas City, 90;
Surfside. 10: Galveston, Is; La Porte,
z; Houston, 4; Lynchburg, 3; Hitch.
cock, g; Port Arthur, 3; San Leon, 81;
Jennings Island, 3; Sour Lake. l.;
Freeport, l.
WASHINGTON
President Wilson appointed william
l.. Whitney OF Hawaii a Judge in tn.
First Circuit Court OF Hawaii. VIII
lam W. Russell was appointed Amer
ican minister to the Dominican re
public.
News OF the torpedoing OF the Brit
fish steamer Arabic Of the White Star
line with Americans on board. came
as a shock to officials of the United
States government.
Agitation for national strike in
munftion, plants. sas proposed by j. j.
keppler. vice president OF the Interna.
tional Association OF achinists. was re-
pudiated at a meeting by the execu.
live board of the association ssIf@O