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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-27
KILLED WITH FOUNTAIN PEN
Driven Into Brooklyn Mans Eye So
Deeply None Of Barrel Was
Visible. Is,

New York. Oct. 27.-One of the most
remarkable murders In the history OF
New York occurred when fountain
pen was used to inflict a mortal wound
upon Daniel Mclaughlin of Brooklyn.
The pen had been driven into Nc,
Loughlin's left eye so. deeply that none
OF the barrel was visible.
It was not known how Mclaughlin
met his death until an autopsy was
performed. .+s3
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$Octooenarfan Kills Self.

ID Clear Lake.-Edward Knarr, pio-.
neer. aged 81, placed a double barrel.
ed shotgun in to his mouth and pulled
both triggers. His head was blown to
bits and scattered about the room. No
cause for the act has been found.
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n .. ~ ~ VI Ad.-T ~ y
Build New Lodae Hall.

Gilman.--The Odd Fellows lodge Of
Gilman, is preparing to build q fine
new lodge home, to take the place Of
the one burned a few weeks ago.
Ground has been bought for a more
convenient site than the old building
occupied. The insurance on the old
building. $3.50, will be the nucleus
for the building fund. n an
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HViolin5VajrnisAh,.,.

Dissolve Twelve parts Of sandarac
six parts Of shellac, six parts of mastic
three parts of elemi gum in one hun,
dred and fifty parts Of alcohol; warm
when dissolved and add six parts o.
Venice turpentine. Color to match tht
old :varnish with Brazil wood and
dragons blood gum.
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y -. > rs =
Daily Thouoht

Mankind is always happier for hav.
ing been happy. So that il you make
men happy now you make them happy
20 years hence by the memory Of it
Sydney Smith. -;
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...M,l,.a,uId Never. %.

why do you censor the Vaudeville
bill every Monday morning before the
show starts for the week: Have
to do it. Some of these interruptions
performers occasionally try to ring in
some new jokes"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-27
a small shack on the island for five
weeks, forcing her to dress as a boy.
Pyfer is in the Lee county Jail.
: Airmen Raid Trieste:

Amsterdam. Oct. 27.--ltalian avia-
tors bombarded Trieste Sunday. kill
ing two inhabitants and wounding
twelve, it was admitted in an official
statement received here from Vienna.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-27
Aluminium In Surgery.

Aluminium shapes to fit all parts OF
the human body, pierced with chan
nels for hot or cold water circulation,
have BEEN invented by a Viennese sur
geon for use as surgical congresses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-27
ROB TEXAS BANK; GET AWAY
Two Armed Men Loot Marble Falls
Institution-Wounded Man
s.gA Near Death.

Austin. Tex, Oct. 27.-Two armed
men robbed bank at Marble Falls,
Burnet county, Texas, mcrtally
woundtd one of the banks officers,
and escaped, according to report
received here.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-27

FLoUR-spring wheat. patent. Mime
apolis. wood or cotton. 500 TO retail
trade; Minnesota and Dakota patents,
S. 1905. 80; ,jute. straight s4.s0G5. 90: first
$50; low grade. jute. s2soGs 10; soft wheat
patents. s5.2o@5s5; rye -four. white. pat
ents, s5,so@5.50; dark. s. 0g4 TO-
HAY-Market steady: choice new TIM
Q17.5o: No. timothy sls.oO@l5.oo: light
clover mixed, $13.0oGl5.00; heavy clover
mixed, $s.00@10. 90: No 3 red top and gras-
sy mixed timothy. 10000 LOO: threshed
timothy, s.. 00Q8.0O; clover. $7.0099.OO: heat
ed and damaged. $3.oo@6.00 alfalfa. choice.
SIS O0@16.0o: alfalfa. No. I. 3130o914.00: al
falfa. No. /. 50. COOL. 90 X; n
= # Chicago, Oct. rs. I
BUTTER-Creamery extras, 27M@27hc;
extra, firsts. 26@26Mc: 9frsts. 24Q25hc: Sec
onds. 22h@231ac: daaries,I extra. 26c; frsts,
20c; ladies', 21@21hc. .5s*
EGGs-Firsts. 26k@27c: ordinary nrsts.
25@25hc; miscellaneous lots. cases lnclud-
ed, 2O626c; cases returned. 19H@25kc: ex-
ira, 32@33c: checks, 14017c; dirtiess 16G19c:
refrigerator Aprils. 23c. .
LIVE POULTRY-Tprkeys 14c per ID;
spring turkeys. Zoe: chickens. fowls, 100
12kc; springs. 1870; ROSTERS 100: ducks.
12014c; geese 13h@14c.
ICED POUI.TRY-Fow1s, 12@13c: spring
chickens. 13013hc: roosters. 11Ec; ducks.
12@1sc: turkeys. 14@15c geese. 10@12c.
3POTATOES-Minn white. 4S05sc
per bu.: Wisconsin white. 4o95oc.
IN New York. Oct. &c.
sWHEAT-Firmer.,f fairly active inquiry;
No northern. $1:12A:. No. red. nominal;
No hard. nominal; December, N.o7A.f Z
4 CORN-Easy. dealings Inactive; No 2
yellow. 74A@75Mc. ~: +.
N
white, nominal: No. white. 411sg42hc:
No. white. 40@41c. ~,
Live Stock.
ID Chicago. Oct. Is
CATTLE-Steers. good to choice. $3.50
10. 50: yearlings. good to choice. $7.7501040:
inferior heifers. s475Q540: good to choice
heifers. $5.75a5.4o: good to choice cows >:
s4.75@6. 40: cutters. g. $500 20: gamers; $500
"a S. butcher bulls. s5,5o@7.00: bologna
bulls. $475@5. so: good to prime veal calves
50. 00010,75: heavy calvesl H.5oGs. co.
HOGS-Prime light butchers. ToG97 rs:
fair to fancy light. s7.40a7.s5: prime me-
dunn weight butchers. 24oG27o lbs, 1909
$50: prime heavy butchers, 27O@31o lbs
s.. 25G7.7 Is: heavy mixed pa clSing. s70H07. 40;
rough heavy packing. ,ts.eaG7 90: pigs. fair
to good. 5000. LIS; stays, 6.s59S.so. !;
East Bunalty n. =. Oct. &c. B
CATTLE-Market steady and active:
prime steers. s9.25@9. 5Qa butcher grades.
Sc. 5eGS50. II +! ~ +2=s.t i
CALvEs-Market active and steady:
Gull to choice. 81. 50G12. 90.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market active;
choice lambs, $s.00G9.3 IS: Gull to fair. $1,000
s75; yearlings, $6.Oc@7.75; sheep, ss.00@eD
HOGS-Market active and steady; York.
ers, $76o@7. 80; pigs. $7.25@z60: mixed. $7S5
@S0O; heavy. $S.00@s. 10; roughs. s6.25@7.o0:
stays. &.75@6 Is.
Omaha, Oct. 26.
HoGs-Market strong; heavy S.20@7.4 70:
light, 81. so@7.45: pigs. ,6.5007.4o: bulk Of
sales. N.25G7.40. s*5eat, zs.es ~
&c. 100000; cows and heifers. $5.5097. 90:
western steers. s6oo@s.b0: Texas steers.
S. SO@72O: stockers and feeders $55e9s.S
SHEEEP-Market stronger: yearlings.
A.Oc@675; wethers. $55OG6. Is: lambs. $s.N0
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To Remove Brown Stains.
From earthenware dishes and plates
caused by putting them in the oven.
soak in strong borax and hot water.
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East Buffalty NJ T.. Oct

HOGS-Market strong; heavy, $7.D@7.4O:
light, H.3o@745: pigs. &6.5oD7.4o: bulk Of
sales, $7.2@7.40 rg=s ~
y CATTI.E-Market slow: native steers.
s6.5o01O0O: cows and heifers. S5.5097. 90:
western steers, $6.0o@8.50: Texas steers.
8. SO@7.2 20; stockers and feeders. $55e9s.2
SHEEEP-Market stronger: yearlings.
A0c@675: wethers. $S.5OQ6S: lambs. 3. no
sK IS & r-1-ta.E, g. '-r
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the MARkETS
Grain, ,Provisio ns, Etc.

Chicago. Oct. Is.
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ssWHEAT-Firmer. fairly active inquiry;
No. 1 northern. $1:12A:. No. 2 red nominal:
No. hard. nominal: December, $1.o7A.
+ CORN-Easy. dealings inactive; No.
yellow, 74A@75.1c. ~. III (.
&OATS-Firm, moderate trade: No.
white. nominal: No. 3 white. 411sG42hc;
No. 4 white, 40@41c.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25
Notice Of chattel Mortgage sale.

WHEREAS, One T. L. Tracy, mort
gagor, made, executed and delivered to
First State Bank of Lone Tree, mortga-
gee, his certain chatte1 mortgage dated
November 30. 1914. wherein and whereby
said mortgagor mortgaged to said mort
gage the. following described personal
property, to-wit: IS head Of hogs, Du-
weight 1850 pounds, named Lucy; one
black mare years old, weight HOO
pounds, named Snort, and increase, to
secure the payment of the sum of One
Hundred Dollars and interest, which said
mortgage was duly filed in the Office of
the Register of Deeds of Ward County,
North Dakota, on the, 5th day of Deem
Der, 1914;
And, Whereas default has been made
in the terms Of said mortgage by. reason
of the non-payment Of the sum the, pay;
the amount claimed, to be due thereon
at this date is the sum Of One Hundred
! Twelve and 70-100 Dollars;
! Now, Therefore, notice is hereby giver
that by virtue Of said mortgage and the
power of sale therein, contained and by
order of said MORTGAGE, will sell the
above described chattels at the front
door of the postoffce In the Village OF
Lone Tree in the County Of Ward and
iState of North Dakota, at the hour OF
two O'clock in the afternoon ct Saturday
the amount due upon said mortgage and
the costs Of foreclosure of the same.
HENRY o. sETHRE.
Agent Of First State Bank
| Of Lone Tree. Mortgages
! Attorney for Mortgage,
Minot. North Dakota. 1i-26-t1
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Notice of xortsag. ror.olo.ur. Sale.
B WHEREAS, Default has been made by
the failure to pay interest, principal and

WHEREAS. Default has been made by
the failure to pay interest, principal and
taxes: "a
Notice is hereby given that that GER
tain mortgage, executed and delivered by
B. F. Warren. mortgagor, to G: T. Nolan.
mortgage. dated on the 18th day of
July, 1908, and filed in the office of the
Register of Deeds Of the County of
Ward and State of North Dakota, on the
18th day Of August 1908. and recorded
in Book. III Of mortgages at page 4S6,
will be ,foreclosed by a, sale of the prem
Uses in such mortgage. and hereinafter
described, at the front door Of the Court
House in the County Of Ward and State
of North Dakota at the hour of two
o'clock in the afternoon on the 3rd day
of January, 1916, to satisfy the amount
due upon such mortgage on the day Of
sale. The premises described in such
mortgage and which will be sold to sat
1sfy the same, are described as follows:
Lot II of Block / of Subdivision Of
! Block a Of North Minot, according to
the plat thereof.
There will be due on such mortgage at
the date of sale the sum of FiftY-eight
dollars and fifty-three cents ($5S.53),
and in addition thereto the costs of this
foreclosure.
Dated this 22nd day of November, 1915.
g. T. NOLAN, Mortgage.
attorney for Mortgagee
Minot, N. D. 11-25-t6
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fresh, most of them will be fresh in
December and January. These cows
range in weight from 1000 to 140C
pounds.
IL spring calves, 4 yearlings, 2
year-olds.
good work horses.
Farm machinery, $50 chickens, and
8 full blood Poland China sows.
Also other articles too numerous to
mention.
Usual terms.
w. A. PITT and C. A. JORGENSON,
Owners
M. T. ROACH, Auctioneer
c H. CHRISTIANSON, Clerk
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KEW 2EC1ETA1Y.
Continued from page 1, End Sec.)

and interest of our city at heart.
Minot at this time is. on the verge
of great prosperity and advancement
along commercial lines and the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Holbein is very op-
perfume as he is man of broad views
and with unbounded enthusiasm and
supreme confidence in the future
growth of our city and state.
D. S. Hollenga resigns the secre-
taryship of the local association to
assume a similar position at Fulton
N. Y. For some time past he has had
the matter of change under consider
alton, as he desired entering larger
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field. In his work here he has-been

field. In his work here he has-hee
instrumental in accomplishing much
toward the advancement of the civic
and commercial interests of the city.
Mr.. Holbein is still at San Francisco,
where he is experimenting the final
disposition of the exhibits from North
Dakota and closing up the affairs of
the North Dakota Commission, after
which Mr.. and Mrs. Holbein will visit
relatives in the east, returning in time
to move their household effects and
get settled in their new home here be-
fore Mr.. Holbein is installed as Sec
rotary on January LIST.
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Notice Of Mortgage Yoreclosure Sale.
WHEREAS, Default has been made by
the failure to pay interest principal and
taxes: 8%
Notice is hereby given that that GER
B. r. Warren, mortgagor,, to e; T. No.
Ian, MORTGAGE, dated on the 18th day. OF
July, 1908, and filed in the office of the
Register of Deeds of the County Of
Ward and State of North Dakota on the
18th day of August 1908, and recorded
in Book, Ill Of mortgages at page 4S6,
will be foreclosed by sale of the prem
ises in such mortgage and hereinafter
described, at the front door of the Court
i House in the County Of Ward and State
of North Dakota. at the hour OF, two
! Of January, 1916, totsatisfy the amount
due upon such mortgage on the day of
sale. The premises described in such
mortgage and which will be. sold to sat
isfy the same, are described as follows:
Lot Four (4) of Block Two ca Of Sub
division Of Block IA of North Minot, &C
cording to the plat thereof.
\ There will be due on such mortgage at
the date of sale the sum Of Seyenty-one
dollars and Forty-one cents ($71.41) and
in addition thereto the costs Of this
Dated this 22nd day Of November. 1915.
NJ g. T. NOLAN. Mortgages.
w. F. Doherty.
II. Attorney for Mortgages,
Minot, N D. 11-1b-ts
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Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.
WHEREAS, Default has been made in
due on the mortgage hereinafter men
toned;
Notice is hereby given, that that GER
tain mortgage executed and delivered by
gors, to HenSry e: II. Siege, mortgagee
dated on the 7th day of April, 1906, and
filed for record in the office Of the Reg
lister of Deeds Of the County of Ward
day Of April. 1905, and recorded in in book
"a of Mortgages on page 1876, and as
signed by said mortgage to Henry
Schulze, which assignment was filed for
record record in the he o sht Of said Register Of
1915, and recorded in Book 1870 of Mort
cages on page 1T, will be foreclosed by
a sale of the. premises in such mortgage,
and hereinafter DESCRIBED. at the front
door of the Court House in the City of
Minot, in the County of Ward and State
of North Dakota, at the hour Of o'clock
in the afternoon on the Bird day of jan
uary, 1916, to satisfy the amount due
The premises described in such mortgage
and which will be sold to satisfy the
same, are situated in the said County Of
west Quarter and the East half Of the
Southwest Quarter and Lots three and
four all in section Nineteen (19l, Town
ship One Hundred Fifty-six I56l North
of Range Eighty-three (S3) West of the
Fifth Principal Meridian.
There will be due on such mortgage
at the date of sale the sum of $3,15S.27
and in addition thereto the costs of this
Dated this cath day Of November, A.
d. 1915.
| Assignee of said Mortgage
JOHN J. NEDRELOE,
Sheriff
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HEARD FROM SISTER AFTER
THIRTY-THREE YEARS

George Hoover, custodian of the
Masonic Temple, received letter
from his sister whom he has not seen
for thirty-three years. This was the
first letter he had ever received from
that sister during his whole life. Mr..
Hoover had not known for many years
where she lived. She has resided in
Buffalo, N. Y, for the past ten years,
where herself and husband are en-
ployed by the Western Union.
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Deputy u. S. Marshal Is Dead.

Chas. Young, deputy U. S. Mar.
shall, who was in Minot last week dur.
ing the term of federal court, became
ill here from black diphtheria and re,
turning to his home at Fargo, died
Mr.. Young was veteran of the Civil
war, and he was commander of the
G. A. R. post at Fargo. When Mr.
Young first became i'll it was believ-
ed he was suffering only from tonsil
tits and he was treated for such. He
was ID years old.
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FOR sALE-One high grade Gaern-
sey and two-year-old heifer, both in
good shape and will be fresh soon.
One pure-bred Yorkshire boar, one
year old. One Shropshire ram
years old. One Holstein bull calf
6 weeks old. Would exchange these
pure breds for the same kind and
quality. E. G.. McIlroy, Glenburn,
N. D. 1860
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woodruff submits to Difficult Opera.

J. C. Woodruff, well known archi-
tect, has returned from Chicago, after
an absence of several weeks, where he
submitted to an operation on his
spine. One of the vertebrate had slip
ped by another, making the operation
exceedingly difficult. Mr.. Woodruff's
many friends are pleased to learn that
he has fully recovered.
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Merchants Close Stores Thanksgiving.
With the exception of grocery
stores, which opened for a few hours
in the morning as an accommodation
to their customers, every store in the
city closed today in order that their
employees might properly observe
Thanksgiving day.
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WANTED-To rent at least half
section of good farming land. There
must be suitable buildings on the
place as wish to move on at once.
Address A. B., care of Independent.
.--. 11-25-t2*
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FOR SALE-Three Duroc-Jersey male
hogs, eligible to registry, right
price. Lawrence Harmon, Foxholm,
N. D. -. ~ ~ 11-25-t to-
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FOR SALE-Full blooded O. I. G..
boar, fine big-boned animal. Right
price if taken at once. F. s. Wood
iwiss, Norwich, N. D. 11-25-t2+
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Raised 5000 at Church Fair.

Raised 5000 at Church Fair.
The Catholic fair held in this city
last week resulted in raising fund Of
100000, with some expenses to be
paid. The fair was an unqualified sue
cess and the amount will be applied on
the church debt.
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GOOD LANDS in Ward, Burke and
Mountrail Counties for sale cheap.
Apply J. w. Smith, Fargo, IN: D.
. 11-257t4cg
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WANT ADS.
For Rent, For Sale. Lost,
Found, Taken up

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. Three adults in family. Mrs.
C. Aurland, 120 Fourth Ave. S. E.
1862
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FOR SALE-Twelve Shropshire rams.
Address W. Glib, Brookbank, N. D.
Il 11-25t-4
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TAKEN UP-At my home north of
Minot, one red COW, about five years
old, no horns, no brands. Came to
my place about Nov. I. John
Pfeiffer, Minot, N. D., R. D. 1. #''9
11-25-t3cg
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WANTED bushels of potatoes
will pay the highest market price.
Eastwood Park Grocery, Phone 500.
11-25-t1
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CONSOLIDATED
FARM SALE

We, the undersigned, will offer for
sale at the old Pitts postoffice, on Sec.
7-153-84, beginning at 10 o'clock a.
M, Tuesday, Nov. 80, 1915, abe fol-
lowing property:
! % head of first class mich cows; 8
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W. +. Doherty, Attorney for
Assignee, Minot, N. D. 11-25-t6
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Notice Of Mortgage Yoreclosure Sale.
WHEREAS, Default has been made by
! the failure to pay interest," principal and
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Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.
WHEREAS, Default has been made in
failure to pay the interest and principal
1ue on the mortgage hereinafter men,
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-19

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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-19

GEO. HARkRIDER DIES AT JUNEAU
 THIS MORNING

George Hmlrider, who has been a resident of Juneau and vlcinty for the last quarter of century died this morning at two o'clock at s. Ann's hospital Of cancer Of tue stomach He was about 20 years of age.
 The deceased was born in Ohio and migrated to the West where he led the fife of ? cowboy for a number Of years finally entering the mining game in Nevada. In the cassiar country of British Columbia he ac- quired a considerable fortune. He at one time owned valuable property in the Silver Bow basin which he lost through litigation and at the time of his death was part owner of a coal claim on Admiralty island; Che sec. ond coal claim in Alaska to be patent- ed by the government.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-19
WASHINGTON NOTIFIED OF THE SHORTAGE OF
 SUBMARINE E WARFARE

WASHINGTON May 1s-omeial in- formation was received today that the German reply to the American note will not be completed for week or ten days. In the meantime. it is un- derss0od that the German submarine warfare will stop on an unarmed Seiligerent ohlps.
 While she President had not been informed shia morning az 90 she ees. sasion of the submarine warfare, pend ing tae reply Of Germany to the Am eriean note. it was stated this after noon as the State oeparsmeat that such was the Animation thas was slv- er when the Department was Inform ed of the further postponement Of the German reply
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-19
AMERICANS MEET
 DEMAND FOR AMMUNITION

WASHINGTON, May 19- Ordnance men declare that the most striking feature of the effect of the war in Europe has been the development of American machinery works to turn out war material On August first, 1t was declared the output capacity in military rifles did not exceed 700 day. By the end of June, 1t is stated the United States will have daily output capacity of 10000. According to the best informed sources orders for a total of 6.OOO,OOO rifles are now pending. The Bethlehem works, 1t is learned. are turning out forgings for the heaviest guns in use abroad and even furnishing forgings for 15- inch guns for British service. The steel works at Bethlehem can turn out equipment, 1t is estimated, at rate equal to almost any plant in the United Kingdom or France, and sec ond to Krupps works.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-19
LONDON DEsPoNDENT
 OVER DEFEAT.

LONDON, May fe.-A feeling of in- tense pesslmism preyalIs here over 4he result of the Rusoian and Austro- German battles in west ealicia. No longer io there any effort made to dls- count the importance of the RussIan defeat in that section, or to disguise the circumstance that the Russlans seem unable to place a sufficient nun, Der of men In the field to check the advance of the enemy. Tho Russian defeat in West Galicia has also com pelled a general withdrawal of the Russians backward In Poland.
 Since the beginning of tho offensive German and Austrian movement In eaiicia when the RussIans were at tackled west Of the DonaIec river the Russians have been forced back to the San river, 80 miles east of the Donlaec. Vienna claims to have cap tured 175,o0o troops and many guns in that time.
 RUSSIAN VICTORIES PARTLY
 COMPENSATE.
 The defeat of the Russians In West eallcia has been in part, at least com pensated for by their vlctorles In East Galicla and sukowlna, where the Aus trians have been completely routed.
 RUSSIANS LOSE GENERAL.
 The Russian General Kornitief was captured yesterday with other troops by the Austrians and eermans.