The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-08

60 OF corn, was sunk by German
submarine sixty miles west of the
Scilly Islands.
The town of Halicz in Galicia on the
Dniester river has been occupied by
German troops. according to the an
nouncement given out by German mill
tary headquarters.
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.
An unconfirmed report from Athens
says the allies have taken the Turk
tsh stronghold of Krithia. on the
Gallipoli peninsula, to the western
edge of which Gen. Ian Hamilton's
report carried his forces.
A German torpedo boat was sunk
in the Baltic off Windau, Petrograd
announced. A German squadron OF
one battleship. four light cruisers and
several torpedo boats was put to
flight after shelling Windau.
To add to the eiation in London at
tory. the news came that a British
submarine on June 26 sunk Turkish
transport No. AZ, with a shipload of
troops in the Sea of Marmora.
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 bark, all
British vessels. The Inglemoor was
the largest and one of the newest ves-
sells Of the Moor line of twenty-eight
Twenty-nine persons were lost. at
least twenty of whom were Ameri-
cans, and many others injured when
the Dominion liner Armenian, which
sailed from Newport News for Avon
mouth on June II. was torpedoded by
the German submarine U-3S. The at
tack on the Armenian was made twen-
ty miles northwest of Trevor Head,
Cornwall. England This information
was reported by American Consul
Armstrong at Bristol. England.
Western
The "drys" made gains in the Utah
local option elections.
Billy Kersands, once widely
known negro minstrel performer, died
at Artesia, N. NJ, aged % years.
A tornado that swept parts of OF
tawa county, northeastern Oklahoma,
was reported to have killed five
persons.
Charles Goodnight of Armstrong
county. Tex, has or his ranch las
buffalo and 35 catalo the latter
cross between the wild buffalo and the
domestic Poll-Angus.
disastrous storm of hail and wind
devastated parts of the four counties
Of Adams, Clay, Fillmore and Thayer
in Nebraska, sweeping in Zigzag
course over q stretch of more than
sixty miles.
The effect of an injury sustained in
an automobile accident four years ago
in which she nearly lost her life is
believed to have caused the death of
Mrs. Guilford Wood, social leader and
ph!lanthropist, who passed away in
her winter home in Pasadena, Cal.
Wyoming withdrew from the Colo
RADIO Industrial School for Boys the
twelve boys from that state who have
been cared for at the institution. An
fndustria! school and reformatory has
been completed at Worland, and the
boys will he2ceforth be instructed
there.
Washington
The condition of Franklin d. Roose-
welt. assistant secretary of the navy,
operated on for appendicitis, con-
tinued favorable.
n 'iShSiiuOuS eAplOSlOE, DelleteO
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.
Conditions in Mexico City are grow
Ing constantly worse, Consul Canada
notified the State Department from
Vera Cruz. Serious hunger rioting
was reported in progress in Mexico
City. with Zapata and Carranza troops
fighting In the outskirst.
The United States is seriously con.
sidering taking over the wireless sta.
tion at Sayville. L. l., one Of the two
great plants by which direct communi.
cation between the United States and
Germany Is maintained. The other
station at Tuckerton, N. j., already is
under government control.