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go; calves. ss.76@14oo; Gamers
$5.50@7.25.
sheep-Receipts. 10000; market
steady to 10c lower. Native, $3.50
1915; western, $7.S5@11.00; native
lambs. s1O.O0@15.5O; western, $10.25
@15.60.
Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS CITY, July 25.-Cattle re-
ceipts 10000: market steady. Steers,
$7O0@13.90; cows and heifers, $500
600; stockers and feeders, $4,000
1850; calves, $7.00@12.75.
Hog receipts 1000; market steady.
Bulk, $15.O0@15.70; heavy. $15.60@
1855; medium. s15.20@15.75; light,
$146O@15.3O.,
Sheep receipts 5000: market
steady, 15c lower. Lambs, $14.50@
1885; ewes, s7.50@9.25s wethers.
$6.O0@15.00.
st. Louis Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS, July 25.-Cattle-Re-
ceiptS. 5000; market, steady. Texas
receipts, 1000; native beef steers,
steers, $7.50@13.50; yearling steers
and heifers, $S.5O@13.5O; cows. $500
@10.O0; stockers and feeders, $4,000
$50; calves. $6.00@13.5O; Texas
steers. s5.50@9.5O; cows and heifers,
$4.25@s.O0.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900; market.
steady with yesterdays best. Mixed
and butchers, s15.25@15.90; good to
heavy, $15.85@15.95; rough, $14.35@
1850; light, $15.2O@15.80; pigs, $1O.25
@15.0O; bulk, s15.35@15.S5.
Sheep 1000; market,
steady. Ewes. $s.oo@s.5o; lambs,
$10.50@15.25; Gamers, $4.00@4.50;
packers. S6.O0@6.50.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, July 25.-Cattle receipts
3,400; market steady. lower. Steers.
$1O.0O@1385; cows and heifers. $500
@1O50; stockers and feeders, $6.75@
$50; calves, $9.00@13.5o; bulls and
stays, $5.50@9.50.
Hog receipts 10000; market mostly
10c lower. Bulk, $14.40@1470: top.
1855.
Sheep receipts 5000; market slow,
lower. Yearlings, $9.5O@10.50: weth-
ers, $9.00@10.25; lambs, $14.75@
1926; ewes, S8.50@9.30.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, July Butter-Ex-
tras, 381sc; firsts, 38c; dairy extras,
'37@37hc; dairy firsts, 35@361sc.
Eggs-Ordinary firsts, 29@30c;
firsts, 31k@33c.
Cheese Twins. 21@21Ac; Young
Americas, 22h@23c.
Potatoes-Receipts 20 cars. Vir-
ginia barrels, s3.25@460.
Live poultry Fowls, 17@19c;
ducks, 17@19c; geese, 12@14c:
spring chickens, 22@27c; turkeys,
18c.
New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK, July 25.-F7our, quiet
and firm.
Pork, steady; mess, $43.00@43-5o.
Lard, dull; middle west spot, $3.50
@19.90.
Sugar, raw, firmer; centrifugal test.
$6.52@6.64; muscavado SO test, $3.50
@564 Refined, firm; cut loaf. 1925;
crushed, $500; powdered, $1,000
Coffee Rio No. on spot, 9Ac.
Tallow, easy; city, 14Ac; country,
14k@1 special, 151ac.
Hay, steady: No. /, $100@1.10;
No. 8. 75@S5c; clover, 50@95c.
Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys, is
@32c; chickens, f9@36c: fowls, 800
25c; ducks. 2o@22c. Live poultry.
quiet; geese. 15c;. ducks, 1920;
fowls, 20@22c; turkeys, Ice ROSTERS,
15c; chickens, broilers, 24@2Sc.
Cheese, unsettled to easier; state
milk common to special, 1S@26c;
skins common to specials, 3@1S1ac.
Butter, steady; receipts, 1885;
creamery extras, 391ac; dairy tubs, "a
@391a; imitation creamery first, 351s
@36c.
Eggs, unsettled; receipts, 1906;
nearby white fancy. 43@44c; nearby
mixed fancy, 35@39c; fresh, 33139c.
ST. Louis Horse and Mule Market.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, July 24.-Horses-
Prices on army horses have not been
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with the Panama canal building.
Artillery Duel

Artillery Duel.
[By William Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, July 25.-German artil-
lery poured great quantities of gas
and high explosive shells on British
positions in the sea sector last night.
British batteries roared back a stout
reply. The interchange continued
until dawn.
AS this is cabled, the fire has
Quieted down.
Early today air planes were ex-
ceedingly active on both sides, de-
spite heavy thunderstorms and rain.
Kaiser Watched Battle.
BERLIN, (via London) July Is
With Kaiser Wilhelm watching them,
German troops beat back Russian
attack on ground rising from the
Sereth river plain between Tarnopol
and Tremboula, today's official state
ment recounted. Tried German divi-
sions" stood the brunt Of the assault.
East of this sector on the eastern
bank Of the Sereth, German troops
occupied the heights.
Submarine War Figures.
RERLIN, (via London) July 25.-
Democratic Germany's answer to
Lloyd Georges declaration that the
submarine war is a failure, is
100000 tons sunk since February L."
declared the Vossische Zeitung today.
Today's War Map.
NEW YORK, July 25.-Russia's
armies around Tarnopol and Stanislau
were still in retreat today with the
Teutonic forces installed at both
these cities and about to capture the
intermediate town of Buczacz, accord
ing to official war statements.
Further to the south, however, the
Russian forces were exhibiting none
of the wavering in the Tanopol sec
tor. Berlin reported on attack strong
in the Sasita valley and that the Rus
slams held firm south OF Tartar pass,
indicating Kerensky's soldiers in these
parts Of the line were not only loyal
but capable Of strong offensive.
Field Marshal Haig's report from
the British front, merely detailed raid
ing operations. From the French
front, Paris reported repulse of fur
euCk poWCiLul uLlcuElS Wy tuG NSlmdu
crown prince to take French posts on
the Chemin Des Danes. This is the
sixth successive day OF the battle for
these heights. The French war Office
today reported that not only had the
Germans been elected from all gains
by yesterdays counter attacks, but
that last night the French advances
were enlarged.
German Official Report.
BERLIN, (via London) July 25.-
Occupation Of Stanislau, Tarnopol and
Nadworna, In Galfcia, taken from the
Russians, was announced in today's Of
fetal statement Enemy rear guards
were driven of.
In the Sasita valley (wooded Car
pathians) the statement said Russians
had penetrated the Teutonic lines,
but were Immediately brought to
standstfll west of that point. The
Russians still held positions to the
south Of Tartar pass.
Blockade Of Greece Abandoned.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-Greece
has agreed to Serbia's request for es-
Enlistment Of temporary Serbian
capital at Salonika, it was officially
announced today.
The allies have abandoned their
blockade against Greece. This is the
last step In full cooperation between
Greece and the allies. 1t frees a con-
siderable British force for action else
xxh
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Above quotations are extreme higl
and low range, and top prices refet
only to extra choice selected mules
carefully sorted and sold out of deal
ers' hands.
St. Louis Hay and Straw.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, July 24.-Hay-O,
the 102 cars inspected, 70 were tim
othy, Is clover mixed, / prairie,
clover and 2 alfalfa. The timoth
and clover MIXED market ruled slug
gish and weaker with prices gene.
ally lower to sell in order to maxi
trades and not much wanted erel
then; increased arrivals, most D
which was new hay, caused the bu!
Light sales OF old reported at bare
ly to SOC per ton lower prices, Will
a little was done In new at SOC to )
reduction. The market remaina
strong and buoyont for prairie, Glow
er and alfalfa, the scant arrivals o.
which are not supplying most urgen ,
local needs.
Mixed. old, $17@1s. Timothy, old
t$17.50@20; new, $16@1750. Clover
s19@22; alfalfa, $2o@27.
Straw-Wheat and oats salable q
$3.50 track.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. July 25.-Money %
call, 21a percent.
Six months, 5A percent.
Mercantile paper, percent.
Bar silver New York, 1880.
Demand sterling, s476 7-16.
Stock Market Notes.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, July 25.-Securitei
opened weak today, as result OF Seq
rotary McAdoo's request for addition
al war money, coming on top OF ing
prevailing uncertainty due to anxiety
over price liking and taxation. WIZ
the exception Of Marine preferred, al
stocks listed In tho opening were OF
from fractions to point and nan
u. S. Steel showed a loss over nlsay
of "a selling at 120A. Bethlehem
was OF at 124 and other steels wer9
off fractionally. -,
Atlantic Gulf was off IL at lo4
Studebaker q at 537s, Maxwell MOI
tors 1 at 42A. BEADING @ ct 50 anp
Mexican Petroleum 70 at 94A.
Forenoon trading was entirely pr
fessional a1d Of bearfsh character
Price fluctuations were narrow. SteeI
sold to low OF 1879. while oil shares
were weak, particularly Mexican ~
troleum, which sold at 93h, as a re
suit Of reports Of the Tampico striA01
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Meantime demands for added trans
portation facilities with which to ship
troops abroad was accumulated by re-
ports Of American army officers from
France and the semi-oficial statement
that with present ships the United
States cannot send more than six hun
dred thousand sammies to the front
within a year.
All departments were at work pre-
pairing estimates for the next fiscal
year. Senator Smoot announced in
the senate that Americas war bill for
the first year would amount to ST.
00O,0O0O0O, including another $4,000
100000 loan to the allies.
That all of these funds may be prop
erly spent, an Industrial purchasing
board will be named by the president
to take over the responsibilities now
vested in large groups OF committees
in the council of national defense. The
board will consist Of five or six mem
bers.
The food control bill, as amended
by the senate, was agreed to by the
house and sent to conference after a
short fight.
The senate military committee be-
gan consideration of bill to permit
drafting aliens into the war.
Americas War Bill.
WASHINGTON. July 25.-About
seventeen billion dollars will be
Americas war bill this year.
Revised estimates announced by
Senator Smoot today, based on infor-
nation he told the senate he received
after predicting $20,000,OO0,000 war
expenditures, included:
A two billion dollar additional loan
to the allies.
Five billion dollar war budget to
be submitted by Secretary McAdoo
this week.
Appropriations to date $9,226,000.-
900.
s5oo,ooo,ooo additional for shipping
board.
Brent Resigns.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-Theodore
Brent, vice chairman OF the United
States shipping board and strong sup
porter Of William Denman during the
late DenmanGoethals row, rendered
his resignation to President Wilson
today.
He explained he could not continue
to serve, because he was in full &C
cord with Denman in all matters re-
Gently In controversy On the board.
Food Bill Sent Out
WASHINGTON, July 25.-Republi-
can house opposition to President
Wilson's request that the congress
sional war committee amendment be
stricken from the food bill, failed to
block the measure further today. It
1853 to 101. Republicans opposed the
action,
Representative Garrett, Tenn, said
"The country is disguised with the
delay in this bill. This is no time
for petty poltcs."
A lively fight now threatens with
the bill in conference. The house
rejected every amendment passed by
the senate and little sympathy Is
felt for any Of the senate provisions
except the republican sanction Of a
war committee.
The senate devoted itself to attacks
on the $27,000,0O0 rivers and harbors
bill. Senator Kenyon, Iowa, who
favors a budget system for govern
ment expenditures, protested against
the wasteful projects in the bill"
He said:
at may take the last dollar to win
this war, yet you argue that $27, 000,-
600 is such small sum we ought to
pass the bill Immediately. But con-
gress does not and will not consider
appropriation soberly at this time"
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TEUTONS ARE
AGAIN REPULSED
the Berlin Lokal Anzeige..
ICON tinued from page ~

the Berlin Lokal Arzeige..
"Some of the Russians violently re-
sisted the Austro-German advance"
the newspaper declared. South Of
'Dvinsk the enemy is assuming a
strong offensive over wide front,
indicating no lack of munitions.
Fighting is developing in the direc-
ton of Vlna."
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At Pershng's Camp.

PERMANENT CAMP OF THE
AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE,
July 25-Staff officers made one
more change in the sammies school
for battle today. The day was re-
arranged so that in the mornings
the American soldiers will drill by
themselves in tactics already ac-
quired and in the afternoons will
join the French poilus in learning
new stunts in trench fighting.
An intensive telephone system con-
Meeting all the camps was completed
today.
Headquarters entertained at
luncheon an army officer formerly
in an important capacity
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FARMERS PLEDGE
TO PLANT MORE
Continued on page 81

not worrying wholesalers, who de-
clare that the market is being kept
clear by canning, and they do not
look for an early decline in prices.
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President To Commanders
All Coal of the Country

distribution is adding to the costs in
many parts of the country.
Operators and miners who oppose
government price fixing in the fear
that prices win be pushed down too
low level. put their case before
the president through Francis E.
Peabody, chairman of the coal pro-
duction commission of the council
of national defense, and John P.
White, president of the United Mine
Workers of America. Their idea
of a solution of the situation, as ex-
pressed to the president, is that a
voluntary arrangement be made be
tween operators, miners and the
government and that no move be
made towards enforcement of the
drastic provisions of the food bill
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PFRSHING FORECASTS
A LONG, HARD WAR

tBy Associated rresaD
y PARIS, Aug. 18.-Pershing .
. told the Associated Press to- =
= day that the war can only be =
. won by hard, forceful blows; =
= ty well trained American =
. army in conjunction with the =
. allied armies. =
. Pershing was very emphatic. =
. He deplored the luke warm .
. ness of the American people .
. with regard to the war. "The =
= war will not be won by talk =
. or subscribing to the Red =
. Cross" he said. 1--WE must =
. come to a full realization Of =
. what this war means" .
= Every man, woman and =
. child should support the admin .
. istration in it's determination =
. to arm and equip an Ameri- =
. can army and keep up it's =
. morale and that of the allies. =
. The war can only be won by .
. striking hard, forceful blows .
. and not otherwise" =
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tuS Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Prest'
dent Wilson conferred today with
Herbert M. Hoover at the food ad'
ministration office and later went
to the federal trade commission 1t
is believed he discussed the coal
situation and the extent to which
he would assume powers to control
distribution vested in him by the
food bill. Under thel aw the pres
ldent may fix the price of coal,
operate mines and commander
stocks to sell to the public.
Government control of the coal
industry appeared imminent yester-
day when President Wilson turned
his personal attention to the SUD
iect and heard the mine operators
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GORE
OPPOSES TAX
WOULD PREVENT SENDING
AMERICAN DRAFTED SOL
DlERs TO FRANCE


WASHINGTON, Aug, Ex-senator
Gore introduced an amendment to
the war tax bill today to prevent
expending any money raised from
the bill in Transporting men to Eu-
rope who have not volunteered for
such service. He said the object
was to conserve American man pow
er. He declared the total number
Of men OF draft age in all the al.
lied countries was nearly equal the
total population of Germany and
there was no dearth OF man power
among the European countries war
ring on central powers. What we
need is not men but munitions
arms. weapons, supplies" he said
The amendment was laid over with
out action.
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and miners presentation of the
situation. The interests of the pub.
lie now will be presented by the
federal trade commission, which has
just completed its investigation OF
coal production costs.
Provisions of the food control bill,
giving the president power to fix
coal prices from the mine to the
consumer and investing in him
authority to requisition all coal pro-
duced and sell it to the public are
expected to be put into operation
almost Immediately.
The trade commissioners report
It is learned, will say that at pres
ent prices coal operators, jobbers
and retailers are reaping exorbi
tant profits, and that inequitable
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and efficiently the governments de-
mands will be met.
In the anthracite coal fields,
where recognition of the union was
gained in 1916 and the eight hour
day was substituted for the nine,
with a shortage Of upward of 10000
miners who have gone to the muni-
tion plants. to subway work in New
York and others called to the
oolors. coal production increased
6 900. 900 tons for the seven months
OF the year In the organizaed hi-
luminous coal regions and in all
other we'll organized industries
where employer and employe are
possessed Of Each etAsF's eoafi
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FORERUNNER OF
A SILVER BOON

The effect of silver remaining
around the present quotation for
the better part of week was re-
flected in the market this morning
when Tonopah stocks went kiting
on the strength of eastern buying.
The question has been asked why
silver stocks had not shown any
improvement on the advance in sill.
yer and the new strength injected
into the market today is taken as a
forerunner of what is coming. The
gains are shown in the following
table comparing quotations of last
Saturday with the bid prices today
Aug IL Aug. Ii
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MINI WORKERS LEADER URGES
DIVERS TO Be PATRIOTIC

dence, like increases Of production
have resulted.
"This efficient result is a com
plete answer to those who woul'
destroy without reason the ideal
conditions and working agreements
Of labor. England's wrecked toll.
ers is a warning that should be
needed by those who would shackle
the producers Of the land to 9
never-eeasing grind.
"The produ boast of every trade
unionist should be unstinted loyal
" to the United States Of America
Observance Of contracts should b
the aim Of every member as vel
(ContiRus6 oa pags sear)
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POLICE WARN WOMEN
pICkETING MUSTSTOp

man personally delivered his warn
ing at the womans party headquart
ers. He said the women themselves
or somebody else certainly would
get hurt II the near-riot scenes
enacted during the past few days
continued; that the only way to
stop the disorder was to remove its
cause and that he proposed to do
that.
The women arrested we're Misses
Katherine NJ. Flanagan, Hartford,
Conn; Natalia H. Grey, Colorado
Springs, Colo; Lavinia L. Dock
Harrisburg, Pa; Lucy II. Ewing,
Chicago, and Edna Dixon, Wash
ington, and Mrs Madeline Watson,
Chicago,
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. Is
A call to laboring men to play
their part in the war manfully
with "unstinted loyalty to the Unit
ed States" was issued here last
night in statement on LABOR
Day. 1917" by John P. White, In
ternational president of the United
Mine Workers of America.
"The government Is demanding co
operation organized effort between
employer and employe to meet the
country's war requirements" Mr.
White said. "The eyes Of the world
are focused TO sec how quickly
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WILSON WATCHING
WESTERN |. ". v
PRESIDENT GIVING HIS PER-
soNAL ATTENTION TO IN
DusTRIAL OUTLAWS

WASHINGTON. Aug. 19--The
president is making personal
study of the labor situation In the
northwest especially in Washington,
Oregon, Montana and Idaho.
The president is keeping in touch
with the situation through Chief
Justice Covington, his personal in.
vestigator now in the west. Depart.
ment of justice conciliators report.
ed the situation changed slightly
for better although still grave. Of
ficia mediation has made some
gains.
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ihy Associated Preas.I
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Formal
notice was served by the police to-
day upon leaders of the womans
party that so-called picketing of the
White House would be tolerated no
longer and that in future banner
bearers would be arrested as fast
as they appeared.
Several hours we're allowed for
the warning to take effect Then
six women posted at the executive
mansion gates we're carried off in
a patrol wagon, much to the delight
Of a watching crowd. All the pris-
Oners gave bond for appearance to.
morrow TO answer charges Of OBJ
Slructlng traffic.
Superintendent OF Police Bull
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Overhedted Machinery
Alleged TO Be Cause
No List Losses Given

. "a tH pd al Of &
= RaMd,o Quebec is uev %
eempud The plant
: thai bh At
= the ant pbd by
left for Rud
= Thers inormain % thu Of
: been fire
. ties sh
: OF Dragon Is II
. Nc deal II tn
. phdonw due t
. =
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tHS Associated Press.D
LONDON, Aug. 1S.-The Pope's
proposals and general political sit
uation will be discussed by a com
mlttee of the German reiehstag
when at convention August 21st,
according to a Berlin dispatch to
the Cologne Gazette, says 1t is the
duty of all governments to sup
port any effort at honorable med
iation. 1t is evident that Austro
Hungary will thrown its full weight
in favor Of an affirmative answer
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BARS Of HOTEL
HAD TO CLOSE
N, Associated Press,

Wy Associated Presal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.--The
war department has modified the
order prohibiting saloons and bars
within half mile of a military
camp, so as not to be effective
where purely temporary camp is
concerned In Kansas City the
leading hotel bars were closed be
cause troops mobilized in Conyen
'lon hall. This was the cause OF
the order
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ny Associated Preaa.l
LONDON, August 1S,-German
troops in Flanders were again com
pletely repulsed by the British after
sharp fighting.
The admiralty announces that a
hostile fleet was destroyed and two
mine sweepers damaged severely
by British naval forces Thursday.
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PROPOSAL OF POPE
WEIGHED BY THREE
CENTRAL POWERS

to the proposal. Just as Bulgaria
will vehemently oppose acceptance
of return of the occupied areas.
Most of the papers are skeptical
over the possibility of an early
peace.
Try Associated Presa.I
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-Tha
United states reply to the Pope
will be sent independently and not
in connection with any answer from
other belligerents. according to
Secretary Lansing.
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LANGFMARKCK HELD
BY ALLIED FORCES

The British warships were not dam
aged.
iUy Associated Press.l
PARIS, Aug. 1S.-The French pro-
gressed further in Belgium north of
the railroad between Bixschoote and
Landmarck and captured a strong
point of support east of the Steen-
beke river.
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Socialist National Secretary
Arrested For DislOyalty

inv PTesal 49,, ,o .,.aua, oano.ou. - A
40 socist party yesterday charge OF ha =
N, violated espionage law by making public speech =
against conscripton.
His rearrest said the result Of consideration of
hs case by Wilson General Gregory =
T address complained delivered y
meeting August g.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-18
BOMB RAID
BY BRITISH
IN BELGIUM
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE
TO RAILWAY LEADING TO
BASE

LONDON Aug. 1S-The admiralty
announces that another bombing
raid was carried out Thursday at
midnight at the railway station
junction at Thourout, west of Fland
ers. eleven miles southwest OF
Bruges. Fire was caused. An am
munition dump is believed to have
been hit and the railroad damaged.
The airplane returned safely