The Benson signal., 1917-09-08
CONDENSED RECORD or tn z
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D o IN q 9, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERiNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News service.
ABOUT THE WAR

1IOLL uS0U6u 10 save nuSS1d.
High water mark of war is reached
is indicated in Wilson's reply to Pope.
Official reports indicate that Ameri-
can destroyers have accounted for sew
eral U-boats with their weapons.
East Of Cerny the French claim
minor successes, and also a renewal
of artillery activity on both banks Of
the Meuse.
The central powers have decided to
put Polish troops in the field against
the entente, according to a dispatch
from Vienna.
The British have repulsed a raid of
the Germans near Lens. London also
reports an advance of British troops
in Palestine.
Word has been received indicating
that the British 7,O0O-ton steamship
Verdi has been sunk with the loss of
six Of her crew.
The headquarters of Maj. Gen. Per
shing, American commander, have
been moved from Paris to point near
the training camps.
The American schooner Laura c..
Anderson, was sunk by bombs from
submarine. All the members of the
crew were picked up and landed at an
English port
The Italians have made new gains
on the Bainsizza and Carso plateaus
and against the great stronghold of
Monte San Gabrielle. The line is grad
ually getting closer to Triest.
The total of British casualties on all
fronts as reported in August were 59,-
S11, divided as follows: Killed or died
Of wounds, officers 1878, men 10,942;
wounded or missing, officers 4,122,
men 43,469.
The assault on the Russian war
ships by German airplanes in the gulf
OF Riga indicates that Germany is pre-
pairing campaign by land and sea
for the great Baltic naval base. Ninety
bombs were dropped on the Russian
ships in the harbor and on the har-
Dor works. German destroyers and
lrawlers have been sighted in the gulf
of Riga and the big battle is expected
to open at an early date.
WESTERN
Charles F. Merrill, secretary of the
Chicago board of trade, died Of angina
pectoris.
Fifty soldiers were sent from La
Grande, Ore, to fight brush fire that
was threatening that city's water sup
ply.
Government control of bakeries was
predicted in Chicago as a possible ul-
innate result of the fixing of 1920
bushel for the 1917 wheat crop, should
there be any attempt to increase the
price of bread above it's present stand
ard.
The National Nonpartisan League
issued an invitation to representatives
of wheat growing states to meet in
st. Paul, Mimi, within two weeks to
discuss the government-fixed price of
1920 for wheat. The league wants a
higher price.
Mrs. Catharine Levering, aged 21,
of Sioux City, was shot and killed by
Ed Naistetter, of Aurelia, Iowa. Mai
stetter then shot himself, but was not
seriously wounded. When arrested he
asserted Mrs. Levering had broken up
his home and induced him to part with
all his savings.
WASHINGTON
Locomotives and freight cars in sub
stantial numbers already are proceed
ing to Russia.
Mrs. Thomas ]. Walsh, wife of the
senator from Montana, died in hos
pital in Baltimore.
Any German attempt to increase
submarine frightfulness against the
United States because of President
Wilson's reply to the pope will meet
new and vigorous measures from this
country.
Germany's women are likely to have
much to do in remolding Teuton peace
opinion. Suffering from short ratiOns,
torn with sorrow over their losses,
they are beginning to sulk at continu-
ance of the war.
Secretary Daniels went to Charles
ton, w. Va, to attend ceremonies in
connection with the breaking of
ground for the $2,000,OOO navy projec-
tile plant which is to be ready for
operation next April.
Americans returning from Canada
may bring free of duty $1OO worth of
canned goods and other food stuffs
under a ruling announced by the
Treasury Department.
Cotton production prospects inn
proved to the extent of $4,000 bales
during August and brought the esti-
mate of final outturn to 12,499,0O0
equivalent 500-pound bales.
The price of 1920 a bushel was
fixed for the 1917 crop of wheat by
President Wilson on the recommends
a.