The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-06-01


country north OF Gorilla. the italians
have made additional and important
gains. Gen. Cadornas troops also cap
tured more than 1900 prisoners and
eleven guns. In an assault between
Jamiano and the coast the Italian
troops crossed the railroad between
Dunno and AIcnfalcone. northeast OF
San Giovanni. and carried a strongly
fortified hill southwest OF Medeazza.
More than $50 persons have been
killed, a thousand or more injured and
millions OF dollars worth OF property
destroyed by tornadoes In Illinois. In
diana, Kentucky. Tennessee, Arkansas,
Alabama and Kansas Mattoon. Ill.
was the heaviest sufferer. Fifty-four
persons are known TO be dead there, o
score missing, 500 injured and the prop
erty loss being estimated at 81, 900. 600
Thirty eight are dead at Charleston,
Ill. Seven have been killed Ia Indiana.
six in Tennessee and three In Ken
lucky. The number OF dead in other
States has not been definitely ascer-
tained. The Kentucky town hit by the
tornado was Dublin, in Graves county
City Assessor John Buechel. OF Lou
isville, will be made expert adviser Of
the Kentucky Tax Commission. which
will be composed OF State Auditor Rob
ert l.. Greene, Attorney General NJ NJ.
Logan, both OF whom viii resign their
present positions. and j. A. Scott. OF
pikeville. Ben Marshall Collector OF
Internal Revenue. has been selected
secretary. Assistant Attorney General |
Charles II. Morris will succeed Mr. Lo- |
gan.
Two more Spanish steamers have
been sunk with the loss OF probably |
one hundred lives. The largest YES
sci was the mail steamer c. de Eliza
guirre. OF 1890 tons, and an Official
statement reports only twenty-five OF
her forty passengers and crew OF six
~ landed. The other steamer lost was
the Begona, OF $500 tons The manner
in which the steamers were sunk has
not been made public.
A measure recommending the ces-
sation OF neutrality has been drafted
by the Committee on Foreign Relations
in the Brazilian Congress. message
from President Braz in which it is stat
ed that the sinking OF the Brazilian
by German submarines
obliges the Government to take meas
ures of defense against the U-boats.
Regulations for the guidance OF the
press in carrying out the voluntary
which has been inaugural
ed were issued last night by the Com
mittee on Public Information. Most of
the matter specified as dangerous and
liable to be of value to the enemy al
ready has been eliminated from the
news columns.
Members of the Senate Finance Com
mittee will endeavor this week to whip
the War Revenue Bill into shape. The
members 50 far have cut S317750 from
the measure, and by changes from the
House bill have added $l65.OOO, 900.
Secretary McAdoo. who returned
yesterday from tour Of the Middle
West and Central States, declared that
the people are behind the Adminlstra-
ton programme to raise $500, 600, 900
by taxation for war purposes.
The Louisville Tobacco Warehouse
Company sustained a $4,000 fire loss,
and various local and foreign tobacco
brokers lost well over 100000 worth OF
stored tobacco, In a Main st. blaze
early Sunday morning.
Members of the Italian war mission
visited Mt. Vernon yesterday after
noon and placed bronze wreath on
the tomb Of Washington. Addresses
were made by the Prince OF Udlne and
Gugllelmo Marconi
Berlin has denied that any German
naval expedition has been sent to
American waters.