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RUSSIANS SWEEP WESTWARD
Petroerad Reports a Total OF 10000
Prisoners Captured In 10 Days
Fightlng-Much Booty Taken.

LOndOn.-The great drive OF the
Russian armies against the Austriaus
apparently Is continuing with undi'
minished successes. From the Pripet
Marshes southwark to Czernowitz
Gen. Bruslloff's forces are throwing
back cOunter.attacks and are advance
ing steadily, according to official Pet
rograd statements. In IL days up to
June 16 the Russians have taken al
most 10000 prisoners and immense
stores Of war booty.
Battle southeast OF Lutsk, between
Kozin and Tarn0vka and northwest OF
Bucacz have brought further victories
to the Slav arms. In an action on the
Bluichevka River, southeast Of Lutsk,
more than 5000 men were captured
after the attacking Russians had ford
cd the river. The fighting continues
northwest Of Buczacz, where the Ger
mans are cooperating with the Aus
tro-Hungarians, but the Russians re-
port the capture here thus far Of g.
900 men.
Attempts Of the Austrians and Ger
mans to take the offensive on many
sectors Of the long front were repu!5-
ed. according to P%etrograd. The Rus
sian wal office also chronicles the 70.
pulse of attacks in the region OF So
kul, southeast Of Kovel, M Of the OBJ
jectives OF the present Russian drive.
Berlin reports the capture OF 400 Rus
SLAMS during an attack on a German
position north Of Przewloka.
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VOLUNTEER CALL
BEING CONSIDERED
ADMINISTRATION HAS PLAN FOR
PUTTING 100000 EXTRA MEN
IN FIELD.
RUSH GUARD TO BORDER
Militia Of Five States VIII Be Dis
patched To Scene Of Trouble at
once--others May Follow
soon,


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President and Vice President
Unanimous Choice Of St.
Louis Convention.
NAMED AFTER SERIES
OF DEMONSTRATIONS
william Jennings Bryan Addresses
Delegates, Praising Chief Execu-
tye--Ticket Named at Night
e sesslon-story Of the Big
Political Gathering.

St Louls.--In the presence Of a
cheering, song singing crowd Of 1900
that packed the Coliseum to its capac-
lily and left a surglng, tumultuous
mob Of disappointed ticketholders out
tide, Woodrow Wilson was renomlnat-
ed for president Of the United States
BY acclamatlon at II 80 o'clock, Thurs
day night.
At ll:55 o'clock Vice President
Thomas Riley Marshall was renomi-
mated BY reclamation.
Thus, by five minutes, did the Demo-
Gratis escape the dreaded hoodoo Of a
ticket named on Friday.
There followed some speeches. Then
Of 2:3l q. m. the convention I'D
]ourned until eleven o'clock Friday
morning for action on the platform.
Give Display Of Unity.
II was after a series of demonstra-
ions OF enthusiasm and party amity
lasting nearly three hours and EN-
phaslzed by the appearance of William
Jennings Bryan on the stand as q
speaker, that Senator Hughes Of New
Jersey, i~nterrupting the speeches Sec
oadlng the nomination Of President
"iison' moved that the selection Of
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BRYAN PLEDGES SUPPORT
Commoner Says Convention Is .
Love Feast and Party Ia United.
Spoke Upon invitation.

Coliseum. st, Louis,-All doubt as to
the attitude OF William ]. Bryan in the
coming presidential campaign was dis
PEELED when the commoner, on the in
citation of the Democratic national
convention, addressed that body ami
pledged undivided loyalty to the party
and its nominees. He stressed TIM
peace issue Of the campaign In a a.
minute talk, and said that he stood
squarely behind the president III his
efforts to preserve peace with h"noT.
Mr.. Bryan opened by expressing his
Appreciation OF the honor conferred by
the invitation to speak TO the CONVEX.
ton.
Every Democratic convention Is a
love feast to NE" he said at gives
me an opportunity to meet and renew
acquaintance with NOR with whom, |
have been associated in politics for
more than - years.
He paid his respects in compliments
airy manner IN 4 number OF DomO
cratic officers and leaders of the con
vention. Reviewing tha struggles q!
the Democratic party. Mr.. bryan said;
"Aftor sixteen years 0r waiting oGf
party entered the White House, and
fortunately We won the Senate and
House at tho same time. Our party
became ~rrsuOuAIhlU fNr national Hf.
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tied number exist and have been in
stigated for the purpose OF advancing
the interests OF foreign countries to
the prejudice and detriment of
w country" ~
Through preparedness on land and
sea against unexpected invasion and
the Joining of the United States with
othre nations to assist the world In
securing settled peace and justice"
also were urged In other planks adopt.
ed.
A suffrage plank similar to that
adopted by the Republican convention.
lndorslng the Issue but leaving its
adoption or rejection to the individual
states, was adopted.
1--WE recommend" the plank reads,
'the extension Of the franchise to the
women Of the country by the states
upon the same terms as men,"
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the center aisle. "For Woodrow vii.
son-Peace, Prosperity and Prepared
CESS" Il reads.
With about 5000 seats In the hall
there are surely 1900 people In the
building.
Cheer, Cheer. the Gangs All Here"
starts a new gale Of singing. Now 1t
Is Maryland" the clear voices of won.
en- leading the chorus. A pretty young
woman carries the banner of Cali
fornia. Senator Hughes Of New Jer-
sey mounts the speakers stand, and,
waving a cane, proposes three cheers
Tor Wilson. They are lost In the gen.
eral uproar. The demonstration has
been under way for 20 minutes.
Stir Over Suffrage coiors.
At IL 20 p. m, 80 minutes after the
demonstration had started, a yellow
suffrage umbrella was hoisted over the
head of Congressman Heflin of Ala
oama who was still holding the gavel
temporarily. This served to rouse
the enthusiasm.
Two Nebraska delegates leaped into
the middle of the New York delegation,
sitting tight In its chairs, and urged
Murphy and the Tammany braves to
get happy. Former Governor Glynn
and a few others got on their chairs.
Murphy didn't move a muscle.
A handsome woman In full evening
dress waved the South Carolina flag
from the speakers stand, while the
band played Dixie"
The band quit playing at II 80. Two
minutes afterward it starts all over
again and then Chairman James be-
gins to pound for order. The demon
stration has lasted As minutes.
After a couple Of brief s~ecoadlng
speeches, the nomination Of Mr.. Will
son was rushed through.
GIynn Is the keynoter.
In a hall gay with flags and bunting
and with pictures Of party leaders,
past and present. looking down upo
them from medallions around the bal
cony, the delegates to the Democratic
national convention assembled on
scheduled time Wednesday. The pro-
ceedings were formally started when
William F. McCombs, chairman of the
national committee, assembled the plat
form and raped for order. He melted
the first burst of enthusiasm Of the
convention when, In d short address In
PRODUCING the temporary chairman, he
predicted victory for the party In the
fall,
The keynote speech was delivered
BY former Gov. Martin II. Glynn Of
New York, the temporary chairman.
He was frequently interrupted by APP
plause when some point In his speech
stirred the enthusiasm of the dele
gates. His eulogy Of President Wilson
started the biggest demonstration of
the day. Following Governor Glynn's
speech, committees on credentials, per-
manent organization, rules, and resolu-
lions were announced, and that days
work was done.
James Permanent Chairman.
The delegates were a little slow In
assembling for Thursdays session, and
1t was almost moor when Temporary
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MEXICAN coNsc RiPTlON.
Penalty viii Be Death for Failure to
Volunteer, Carranza Rules.

San Antonio, Texas.-ln Laredo 1t
is reported from sources in Nuevo Ia
redo regarded as reliable that Carran-
"a has issued a decree calling upon
all males between the ages OF Is and
80 years to volunteer for army sery'
ice. Failure to volunteer, the decree
states, will subject the individual to
CONSUMPTION, with death the penalty
of effort to evade conscription.
1t Is stated also that Carrapza has
instructed de la Cara, commanding
at Nuevo Laredo, to make every ef-
tort TO prevent bandits from crossing
into the United States.
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THOMAS RILEY MARSHALL

Chairman Glynn called the convention
to order. Permanent Chairman Ollie
James was escorted to the chair and
introduced. He Immediately launched
into his address. He lauded the presi-
dent and defended his policies, partic-
ularly in, regard to the controversy
with Germany over the submarine
warfare and our relations with
Mexico. An enthusiastic d%emonstra-
ton greeted his praise Of President
Wilson, which lasted more than twenty
minutes. At the close Of Chairman
James speech the convention took a
recess until nine o'clock In the eve
ming.
Before the nominating speeches be-
gan at the evening session the Demo-
Gratis INDUCED In a love feast in which
the advent Of harmony In their ranks
was celebrated. The leader Of this
demonstration Of good will was VII.
liam Jennings Bryan.
Wilson Praised by Bryan.
Mr. Bryan was cheered enthusi-
astieally as he entered the press Sec
nine o'clock. A few minutes later,
ton with Mrs. Bryan shortly after
upon the motion Of Senator Thompson
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with a dog under the wagon. But this
time he has to rest content lust being
a figure Of Interest.
At other conventions the committee
has provided the colonel with a little
platform all his own, with a little CAV
81 and block bearing his lame. for him
to hammer on. Also a brief clothes
line w~hereupon he might pull some of
his laugh-getters.
Just by way Of diversion between
conventions, the colonel practices law
in st. Louis, but his real business In
life Il being sergeant-at-arns for Dem
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American Murdered,

Brownsville, Texas.-The body Of
william Browne, a brother Of Mayor
Albert Browne of this city, has been
found in the Rio Grande on the Mex
lean side, 10 miles south of Mata-
moros. He ia believed to have been
murdered and the body thrown into
the river.
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FIRE Loss $50, 900.
Whisky Warehouse Burns With 1900
Barrels Of Merchandise.

Paducah, Ky.-F1re completely de.
stroyed the warehouse Of Old Terrell
Dtstillery Company outside Of the city
limits, together with 1900 barrels OF
whisky. The estimated loss a $780,
900.
The company carried $4,000 insur-
ance. The origin Of the. fire Is I'M
known. The distillery proper was con-
sumed by fire two or three years ago,
and 1t never had been rebuilt. The
company has suffered three disastrous
fires since the beginning OF manufac'
ture Of whisky several years ago.
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Was Ship Torpedoed?

London.-The officers and crew Of
the American steamer Seaconnet,
which went ashore on the Scroby
sands, following an exterior explosion,
have reported at the American con
sulate. They reaffirmed that the
steamer sustained her damage as the
result of an explosion from without,
but were unable TO say whether a
mine or a submarine was responsible,
although marine authorities at Var
mouth had expressed the belief from
an examination that a torpedo did the
damage.
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Outbreaks.

Naco, Ariz.-Violent anti-American
demonstrations ragged all day on June
Is in Naco, Tex. Soldiers and civil
ians paraded along the international
boundary daring the American sol.
diers to fight them. There were say.
age outbursts OF loose shooting all
over the Mexican town.
From Cananea, so miles south Of
Naco, came reports Of a wild, all
night anti-American demonstration.
The streets echoed with yells Of kill
the Gringoes."
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OF Kansas, the convention suspended
the rules amid tumultuous good feeling
and invited Mr.. Bryan to the roStrum.
A committee conducted Mr.. Bryan
amid wild cheering to the side OF
Chairman James.
Mr.. Bryan launched into a speech
lauding the administration Of the pres
ident.
Following Mr.. Bryan's address the
convention got down to the real busi-
ness for which 1t had been convened
and the denomination Of President
Wilson and Vice President Marshall
was quickly put through as related
above. The convention took a recess
until eleven o'clock Friday morning,
when the report Of the committee on
resolutions was presented and the
platform was adopted with little dis
cusslon and practically no opposition.
Adopt AmerIcanlsm Plank.
Condemnation Of the activities Of all
persons, groups and organizations In
the United States that conspire to adj
the interests Of a foreign power
are contained in the A~mericanIsm
plank Of the Democratic platform
adopted.
1--WE charge" the plank declares,
that such c%onspiracies among a lim-
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Bread Riots In Greece.

Authenticated riots are reported at
Patras, Angina, Malias and Agrinion.
The Greek general staff has been I'M
able to demobilize three army corps
In Macedonia, owing to the holding up
OF the ships which had been requisi.
toned for their passage home by the
blackade.
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s''AAsE THINGS FOR MARTIN
'epesual serseant.at.Arm. o. Demo.
'e Convention 10 Showed to
the Rear.

eratia naughty, hard-hearted Demo
CoI national committee has taken
fsO,n s 1. Martins playthlngs away
ro,a aam at this convention.
nons,, Martin, who has been unani-
- elected sergeant-at-arms Of ev-
d ~ elnocratic national convention
sears, usually u I whole show
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IN CAREER OF
e PRESIDENT WILSON

, Born December %, 1856, staun-
, ton, Va.
, Went to school Columbia, S, :
, c., 1870.
, Entered Davidson IN, c.) col. /
> Iege, 1873.
!, Entered Princeton, 1875.
, Graduated A. g., 1879.
, Entered law school University {
, Of Virginia, 1879.
; Began law practice In Atlanta,
> 1882.
. Spoke before tariff commission
. ~favorins free trade. 1882.
!, Entered Johns Hopkins uni.
; versity. 1888.
, On 6ryn Mawr faculty, 1885.
, Received Phi. D., 1885, from
, Johns Hopkins.
. Professor history and political
. science, Wesleyan university,
. 1883.
> chair Of Jurisprudence,
> Princeton, 1890.
, L.. o. from Lake Forest uni.
> versity In 1887; Tulane unIver-
, sIty. 1898; Johns Hopkins, 1901;
. Yale, 1901.
|. Elected president Of Prince
D ton, 1902.
> Nominated governor Of New
. Jersey, November, 1910.
. Elected governor Of New Jer-
. sey, November, 1910.
. Nominated for president Of
. tho United States July 2, 1912.
. Elected November. 1912.
. lnaugurated March 4, 1918.
. Renomlnated, St. Louis, June
. IS, 1915.
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Italians RepuIse Austrlans.

Rome.--Austro- Hungarian troops es.
timated to number $4,000 attacked In
dense formation the Italian positions
on the Asiago plateau June Is, but
were repulsed, leaving piles Of corpses
before the Italian trenches, says an
official statement.
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Many Doomed.

There should be a national hoii.
day called Junk day, when every
house, barn, shed, garage, etc, should
be relieved Of all Its junk"
That's right, old man but do you
realize how little there would Be left
Of many d happy home1"-Nsw York
Times.
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The Only Difference.

First Landlady--I manage to keep
my boarders longer than you do.
Second Landlady-O, / don't know.
You keep them so thin that they look
longer than they really are.-Path.
finder.
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ocratIc national gatherings.

An exceedingly large, wide man,
built in ample curves and fat wrinkles,
the colonel was wont to bang his gayel
and block to a pulp, working so hard
at the Job that he had to mop himself
up With d9zens Of handkerchiefs
which, with his collection Of collars
and cuffs, he would wiring out and
hang on his little clothesline to dry.
This time. though, the colonel has
a back seat on the platform among
the others Of the committee, and Yhen
he feels the need u q little savel
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-06-23

Augusta, Me.--United States Sena'
tor Edwin c. Burleigh died at his resi-.
dence here. #
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Aliens Not Wanted.

London.-The chamber Of commerce
has passed ~a-resolution requesting all
members Of German or Austrian birth,
even II naturalized, to resign.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-06-23

banging and other collar-melttns con.
tortions he has to bunt the chairman
aside and use the regular convention
weapons.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-06-23

London.-The Italian steamer Mo-
tia Of 500 tons gross has been sunk,
Jloyd's announces. .
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sanoldate be made by reclamation.
,r,' senator Hughes moves that the
A.. oe suspended and the nomina.
M. maoe by acclamation," bawled
n. James above the tnmult.
sA.s was about to put the motion
VA : man rushed down the aisle
ths apraised monitory forefnger and
.Rohh p.i'ed voice of protest. 1t was
ll,na,s Burke Of Chicago, elected
E,sas delegate at large as an anti
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09

There's q strong chance that Injuns
will drift by and take all our supplies"
Bagsby pointed out.
Chances are slim in only a day or
so. You must admit that argued
Johnny. Lets risk it. We can scratch
along if they do take our stuff"
"And the gold"
That nonplused us for a moment.
"Why not bury it," I suggested.
Bagsby and Pine snorted.
amy Injun would find it in a min
ute," said Pine.
And they know COLDS worth some
thing, too," put in Yank.
"IhlS is a scout. not Il house moving
expedition said Bagsby decidedly,
"and somebody's got to keep camp
I'll stay fer one" offered old man
Pine, his eyes twinkling from beneath
his fierce brows. I've fit enough In
juns in my Tine
After some further wrangling we
came to drawing lots. A number Of
small white pebbles and one darker
were shaken up in a hat. l drew in
the fourth turn and got the black!
Hard luck. son." murmured old man
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09

afeSua!uin- of our gold. 1t had now
reached Il very considerable sum
somewhere e Il $50, 900, as l remem-
Der it. Hagsby was very uneasy ut it's
presence in camp.
Buck Barry brought up strongly the
a~dviSahility of sending our treasure
out to Il safe place. His argument was
given point by the arrival in camp one
evening OF three evil looking aleXlcans,
shabbily clothed, but we'll armed, and
mounted on beautiful horses. We fed
them well, but saw to the caps Of our
reviewers and tho security of our cor
raj before turning in for the night. In
the morning they departed before we
were stirring. without so much as ii
word of thanks, These mysterious
visitors had given us no taintest ink
ling of their business or destination.
Don Gaspar stated fatty that they had
come to spy us out, having heard of
our presence in the valley from the
Indians.
And told them" said he triumph
antly. that esSo0n We would be sen
out for the food"
He went on to argue that thus he
had prepared their minds for the fact
that pack horses would soon be going
out. BY distributing the gold its pres
ence would be unSuSpectcd.
l suggested Il strong guard, but both
Bagsby and Don Gaspar opposed mo.
"Thcrc's enough of these we're rob
bers to cit us anyhow. oven il we all
went" said Bagsby. and that's why
| wan to send the stuff out now. The
place they'll tackle will be right we're.
if they tackle anything at ALL
| will not weary you With the pros
and cons. At the time l thought, and
l still think. the whole arrangement
most i'll advised; but against me was
the united opinion of nearly the whole
camp, including the most level headed
members of my own party. 1t was
finally agreed that Yank. Buck Barry
and Don Gaspar should take out the
gold.
They started very early in the morn
ing, carrying the treasure in saddle
bags and across the horns of the sad
die. | argued that Yank rode much
the lightcst and had the strongest
horse. and managed to get the others
to contide to him Il full half of the
metal. At the last moment we had
modified the original plan to suit cv-
crybody. The horscmen encountered
by pack animals We're to push on as
rapidly as possible in order to reach
by nightfall the settlement where
dWelt the Italian friend. Once there
they could feel themselves reasonably
safe. Johnny, Missouri Jones and |
would ride with them until noon as a
sort of escort for the un%inhabited por-
ton of the journey. BY that hour
we figured we should have reached the
outskirts of the regular diggings,
where, u experience told us, our com
panionS would be safe.
Accordingly we pushed our mounts
hard. U~nhampered by pack animals
and aided by knowledge OF the route,
we made great progress. BY noon We
had passed the meadow of our nights
camp. After Il hasty lunch We accom-
panied u men a few miles farther
then said farewell and godspeed and
hurried back in order t. reach home
before sunset.