The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-06-24

vas torpedoed and sunk off Suffolk.
The Kaiser is reported to have
stated that he can secure peace at any
time he desires.
Allied airmen dropped bombs on the
German balloon sheds At Brussels.
causing slight damage.
The small Italian merchant steamer
Maria Grecia was sunk by an Austrian
torpedo boat in the Adriatic.
A Reuter- dispatch from Athens says
1t 10 reported there that the Serbians
have occupied Durazzo, Albania.
Lieut.. Reginald A. J. Warneford.
who gained fame recently by blowing
to pieces a Zeppelin over Belgium,
was killed by the fall of an aeroplane
at Buc. France.
The town of Tarnogrod, just inside
Russian territory to the north of sien-
lava, and the heights Of Krezow to
the northeast Of Tarnogrod. are occu-
pied by the troops of the Teutonic al
lies.
The strongly-fortified Galician town
ee Grodek, where 1t was predicted
the Russians would make q stubborn
stand. has fallen before the Austro-
German assault. according to an Aus
trian official statement.
British losses ut Avi Burnu thus far
are estimated at from 10000 to $4,000
Tho Turkish losses are somewhat
lower although the Turks now are
constantly ON the offensive and they
make bayonet attacks almost every
1ight.
Red Cross figures say the total
killed in the European conflict up to
March Of this year was 2,146,OOO;
seriously wounded. 1,150,OO0: slightly
wounded, 3.s71.O00; prisoners, 1,764,.
900. making total Of $780, 900 put
out OF combat.
How severely the naval and mill
tary Losses Of the war have already af-
fected some communities in Great
Britain Il shown by the announce
ment that at Chatham, a naval base
on the lower Thames. there are 1s0
war widows on one street.
After seven weeks battering across
Galicia, during which the Russians
have been thrown back more than
$50 miles, the Austro- Germans are
- close to Lemberg as were the
Germans to Paris after their first
dash across France last fall.
The prisoners taken by the German
and Austro- Hungarian armies up to
June II, totalled 100000, according
to the Bavarian Stats Zeitung. The
newspaper says this is divided as fol-
lows: Russians, 1,24O,OOO; French,
2b5.0oO; English. $4,000; Belgian. A.
900; Serbian, $4,000.
WESTERN
A mild earth trsmor was felt at Los
Angeles, Friday
The petition for the appointment of
receivers for the Knights of Honor, a
fraternal insurance order, was denied
in the Federal Court at st. Louis
Reports from storm swept sections
of the Southwest continued to reach
Kansas City. bringing news of nine
teen deaths and further property
damage that will reach $250.0OO.
Oidonycosis. a disease somewhat
like tuberculosis, but more fatal, was
described at San Francisco at the Pan.
American Medical Congress by DR.. E.
C. Dickson of the Leland Stanford, Jr..
medical school.
The Nebraska Supreme Court de-
clared that in the absence of specific
legislative action the state railway
commission is without authority either
to advance or lower passenger rates
on Nebraska railroads.
Three special trains of newspaper.
men, members Of the National News.
paper Association, will arrive in Den.
YER June 25 from the East en- route
to the thirtieth annual convention in
Los Angeles, which will be held from
June 29 to July 2.
WASHINGTON
All religious education will he
barred within ten years from schools
IN Korea giving "a general education"
- SANNA pio"u'6dlcu ny Heu. leFau-
chi, japanese territorial governor of
Korea, the text of which was made
public by the Japanese embassy.
The dreadnought Arizona was
christened with both wine and water
when she glided from the ways at the
New York navy yard Saturday.
Special safety measures to be oh
served by ships navigating Swedish
waters have been proclaimed at Stock.
holm, according to advices to the
State Department.
Plans for the leasing of oil lands of
the Usage Indians in Oklahoma, worth
millions Of dollars, were agreed upon
by the tribal council Of the Usage ma.
ton and approved by Secretary Lane
of the Interior Department