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German casualties since the out
break of the war have been 2,667,372,
il was officially announced by the gov
eminent press bureau at London. The
German casualties in February were
put at 35.1S5.
The British destroyer Coquette and
torpedo boat No. IL have been sunk
by mines, the British admiralty an
nounced at London. Four officers and
Al men are missing. and it is believed
they persisted.
Germany has declared war on Portu-
gal and handed his passports to the
Portuguese minister. The German dec
laration emphasized the fact that this
step was made necessary by the recent
illegal seizures of German ships in
Portuguese ports.
German naval and military prisoners
in the United Kingdom total 1881
and all of them receive the same pay
as British soldiers, according to
statement made in the house OF COM
mons at London by Harold ]. Tenant.
The French official statement, is
sued at Paris, announces that the
French succeeded in driving the Ger
mans from the greater part Of the Cor
beaux wood. The report admits, how
ever, that the Germans have reoccu-
pied the Hardamount redoubt The
capture OF So French officers and 1921
men and 10 cannon were reported at
Berlin.
The Russians found only 16 Ar
menians alive in ErZerum out of the
usual Armenian population of 10000.
according to information received in
Petrograd.
The German fleet, composed of at
least fifty big war craft, which was re-
ported out in the North sea, returned
to its base at Kiel, says Reuters
Ymuiden correspondent.
Russian troops have captured the
town of Ria (Rizeh) on the Black
sea, 35 miles east of Trebizond, ac-
cording to an official report from
Petrograd. The Russians also have
occupied the town of Selma.
Domestic
Four soldiers of the Fourteenth
United States infantry were burned
to death in the fire that destroyed the
barracks at Fort Osborn, Alaska.
Local option won over prohibition
in Vermont by a margin Of 1856
votes. The state voted for direct pri-
mary elections by a majority of $500.
D Nine more victims of disinfection
bath explosion, which burned forty
four prisoners in the Jail at Ell Paso.
Tex, are dead. These deaths bring
the list of fatalities up to eighteen.
''s
ture passed the woman suffrage bill,
is to 8.
Indictments were returned by the
Mahoning county grand jury at
Youngstown, o., against the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube company, the
Republic Steel company, the Brier
Hill steel company, the Youngstown
Steel company, the Carnegie Steel
company, the United States Steel CON-
pany and e. H. Gary. The defendants
are charged with having formed
trust to fix the wages of common Ia
Dor in violation of the laws of Ohio.
Congressman John A. M. Adair.
Democrat. of Portland, and James p.
Goodrich, Republican, of Winchester.
were selected in the Indiana state
wide preferential primary to run for
governor next fall. Opponents of
Goodrich and Adair concede their
nomination. Goodrich's majority is
1888. Adair's race was an easy one.
With 2,794 OF the 3,177 precincts or
the state in and with Harry S. New
leading by s,202 votes, word was re-
ceived at indianapolis, Ind, from
James e. Watson that he admitted he
had been defeated on the first choice
votes in the primary for the Republic
an nomination for United States sena-
tor.
The National Housewives Co-Opera-
tive league, at a meeting in Cincinnati,
declared a boycott" on sugar. The
league claims housewives use 80 per
cent of the sugar consumed in the
United States and object to the high
price that they now have to pay.
Ebert H. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors of the United
States Stel corporation, said a new
tube plant. to cost s25.000,000. is TO