The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-02-17
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A total of 1,429,17l military prison
ers are held by Germany, according to
the Overseas News agency at Berlin.
In addition, 1900 cannon, 5000 ma
chine guns and 100000 rifles fit for
use.
The announcement in London that
Earl Kitchener had been superseded
AS chief strategist for the British
army by Sir William Robertson, now
chief of staff, was followed by re-
ports that the hero of Khartum is to
leave the war office. Sir Robertson
will remain in absolute charge OF the
direction of the expeditionary forces.
Prince Oscar of Prussia, fifth son of
Emperor William, has been wounded
slightly in the head and on the upper
part of the thigh by shell splinters
during the fighting in the eastern war
theater, according to a Berlin official
report received at Amsterdam.
M. RadOvich, the Montenegrin min
lister at Rome, has requested the
American Red Cross society to under
take the feeding of the people desti-
tute in Montenegro. There arc 10000
persons in the country, he says, with
out food.
Four hundred and fifty Germans, at
lacking Dvinsk across the frozen DWi-
ma, were drowned when the ice was
smashed by heavy Russian fire, accord
ing to a dispatch received at Anlster-
dam.
A dispatch to Lloyd's at London
states that the British steamship
Balgownie, Of 1,0G1 tons. owned by
the General Steamship Navigation
company, has been sunk. The report
adds that the crew with the exception
of the second officer was saved
The first infantry clash between the
forces of the central powers and the
allies since the latter concentrated i'll
,EalOniki occurred on the Dorian from
tier, according to a dispatch to Een-
tiers Telegram company at London
from Saloniki. The casualties were
slight.
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The foreign Office at London made
public the correspondence exchanged
relative to a proposed scheme of re-
Lief for Poland. Sir Edward Grey
fears it will be impossible to enter
into any arrangemo nt with regard TO
any scheme of relief until the German
and Austrian governments shall have
guaranteed that the native stocks will
not be drawn upon to maintain the
armies of occupation.
An official communication from Ber-
lin admits Zeppelin Lilo has not re-
turned from a. accommodating flight
and that inquiries concerning the air.
ship have been fruitless. Reports from
Amsterdam confirm the fear that the
airship has been lost at sea.
Avlona and DurazZo, the two chief
cities of Albania, were bombarded
from tho air by Austro-Hungarian n.y.
droplancs, the Vienna war office an
nounced- One of the hydroplanes
that attacked Avlona was destroyed,
but its two occupants were rescued.
Domestic
Two trainmen were killed when the
engine and tender of a Big Four pas
~, nj, inf n
river. The dead are Engineer Frank
Lancaster and Fireman Oliver Hazel
ton, both of Mount Carmel. III.
Six women were burned to death
when fire destroyed tho house at 243
Hancock street, Brooklyn The house
was the home Of Mrs. Casimir Tag.
widow of Casimir Tag, who was presi-
dent of the German Savings bank.
When Armina Conte, Italian consul,
banker for the local Italian colony and
employment agent opened his door
In the Wayland apartment at Milwau-
kee it fired bomb set for him and
he barely escaped with his life.
Edward Holler, Alexander Aczell,
Charles Houghton. Joseph O'Mara and
George Severn, former city officials Of
Terre Haute, Ind, convicted in the
election conspiracy case, were re-
leased from the Leavenworth (kan.)
penitentiary.
A roadhouse in Burnham, ILL.,, was
burned to the ground. Rose Staley,
an inmate, was burned to death, and
another woman and four men were
injured. The roadhouse is located on
the Illinois side of the Illinois-Indiana
state line.
Charles Strony, a musical director
OF the Chicago Grand Opera company,
was arrested on the Canadian border
as suspect in the alleged bomb plot