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:' '&;U OKHtmSs Village of Vaux and 500 Prisoners and MsttUf s Guns. v: 2M V„ !'V 1̂ 019,11511. S. MEN IN FRANCE ftbjOQO Americans Are Now at the < Front--Secretary Baker Make* Flg- | n lire* Public in Letter to Presjk;;-.* •; •A t tfent Wilson--Speed in War; „ ..Preparation* Ha* Far i " -^Exceeded Program-- . '"5 4,000,000 Will Be IK f *' A Uniform, by Jan* m*'Vl*i* f$ :i With the American Forces on the liarne Front, July 3.--A counter-at­ tack made by the Germans against the new positions won by the Ameri­ can forces to the west of Chatteau Thierry was completely broken up. The Americans did not give up a foot of ground which they had captured. There was hot fighting ail day in front of Hill 204, which is in the hands of the Germans. At five o'clock in the evening the American artillery was engaged in heavily shelling the posi­ tion. Hun Regiment Wiped Out. An entire German regiment has been virtually annihilated in the flght- teg west of Hill 204, according to offi­ cial information. ^ The total number of German* cap­ tured by the Americans is now esti­ mated to number about 500, includ­ ing seven officers. Many machine, fpns were taken. ; In a brilliant operation after hard lighting the American troops on this front captured the village of Vaux, together with a large slice of the Par- la highway west of Chateau Thierry and two patches of wooded land. Yank* Help Take Town. pLondon, July 5.--Detachments of Jftnerican infantry assisted the Aus­ tralians in capturing Hamel. This an­ nouncement was made officially. 'Attacking on a front of nearly four Writes, between Villers-Bretonneaux Shd the Somme, the British advanced Ml average depth of nearly a mile and a half. capturing the village of Hamel, lleld Marshal Haid reported on Thurs- ' *The British also have captured •aire wood, it was learned authorita- | Taire wood is located about one r south of Hamel. > Tanks Used in Battle. ; iThe allied attack was supported by a nnmher o" tanks. The British cap- tired more than 1,500 prisoners in tfceir attack on Hamel. *As a tribute to America the Austra- lans had designated their drive a ftourth of July attack, and Thursday Was set as the time for the operation because It was the American anniver- Recapture Yank* From Foe. ' PWlth the British Army in Fraaea, toiy 9.--In the German counter-attack fltainst the new positions gained by tjtie Australians and Americans around Hamel two Americans and five Aus­ tralians were captured by the enemy. Volunteers were called for and an jpmerican party brought back the cap­ tured men and a German officer, while g Australians brought the number prisoners to SO. The story of this incident as told •y an American officer who took part It the fighting follows: The Boches did not bother us un- 1 Jjpl Thursday night, when they made their counter-attack, which was re­ vised. They did succeed in the first k-'V- v t tWh, however, in getting hold of two ... Americans and five Australians, whom **' f^ey carried back. f , l "We immediately Called for volun- *' -< leers to go out after these captured sf,v' |adB and all our men at once began Wi fjumd Powell was first up and he was Ifvs. - felling for the chance. Corporal Ray- pven a squad of men for the work. ^ 0 "The guns had put down a heavy ' larrage but the corporal led his chaps * wraiffht throurt this fierce flre and! fharged hot foot after the retreat- fg enemy. The Germans retired to strong point, but the corporal with {$ie other Yankees went In after them. ' "Our two boys were retaken along #ith the five Australians and the cor­ ral and his party also captured a che officer. In the meantime t2 Aus. Hans had circled around and joined ie American party with the result t 50 German prisoners were broitf$t French Gain Ground, r i -;, Paris, July 5.--The French delivered ' ^ strong thrust near Moulin-Sous- X 'Yopvent northwest of Soissons, on „'s'f .Jfce so-called Marne front, which threw " business men aid wounded f'V ^Thousand Londoner*, Organized a* iffellt Transport Column, Meet All Ambulance Train*. London, July 9.--Shortly before the • 4 (trrlval of a train of wounded at any ? of the London railway stations, morn- ^ ^ "ling, afternoon or night--a small group r |pf men in navy blue uniform may be ; ^>een passing through the gates onto ikt fthe platform. They are members of " 4 : tr M;.. W K 5 feisjv" iheGermaas balit'%a|>eiM' tMfUjQRffit yards- The French captured 1.06S prisoners, including 18 uSfcers. French Take 347 Prisoner*. Paris, July 9.--In an attack Monday northwest of Longpont French troops advanced about two-thirds of a mile along a front of nearly two miles, oc­ cupying important positions and cap­ turing 347 prisoners, according to the war office announcement. Australian* Make Gain*. With the British Army in Franca, July 9.--In the course of the night Australians attacked and carried their line forward astride the Somme river to a depth of 000 yards on a front of 3,000 yards. The operation moved the defenses on the river1 ahead to correspond with the push made by the Australians and the Americans on the Fourth of July south of the river. Two U. S, Flyers Ola In France. Paris, July 6.--Two American avia­ tors were killed when their machine, flying at a low altitude, fell in flames. They were Lieut. William D. Robbens and Second Lieut John WllfordL The bodies wera burned to a cri«|». U. S. Flyers Win Battle*. With the American Forces on the Marne Front, July 6.--The American aviators on this front are reported to have brought down two German air­ planes aflame, In a small patrol encounter at night two Germans were captured and an­ other of the enemy was killed by an American detachment With the American Arniy in Francey July 6v--Four American aviators, Lieuts. Carlisle Rhodes of Terre Haute, Ind.; S. P. Thompson, Honeoye Falls, N. Y,; Waldo N. Heinrlches of Gran­ ville, O., and John Mitchell of Man* Chester, Mass;, engaged In a thrilling air battle northwest of Chateau Thierry. One German machine was shot down during the combat, and it is believed Lieutenant Heinrichs was the Ameri­ can who sent the enemy airplane to earth. 1,019,115 Troop* in Franca. Washington, July a--More than 1,000,000 American soldiers have gone to France. The exact number--1,019,115--was disclosed in correspondence between President Wilson and Secretary of War Baker, dated July 1, and made public late Tuesday. Of this number, approximately 700,- 000 are fighting troops. Shortly before the announcement the house appropriations committee made public testimony before that body in connection with the army budget. In it Gen. H. B. Wofy*, acting quar^ termaster general of the army, dis­ closed that by January 1 the United States will have in uniform an army of 4,000.000 men. Said the president, issuing the state­ ment: 'I have today received the following letter from the secretary of war, which seems to me to contain Information which will be so satisfactory to the country that its publication will be welcomed, and will give additional zest to our national celebration of the Fourth of July: : •"Washington, July 1, 1918. *"My Dear Mr. President: " 'More than a million American sol­ diers have sailed from the ports in this count-.y to participate in the war in France. In reporting this fact to you I feel you will be interested In data showing the progress of our over­ sea* military effort. " The first ship carrying military personnel sailed May 8, 1917, having on board base hospital No. 4 and mem­ bers of the reserve nurses' corps. " 'General Pershing and his staff sailed on May 30, 1917. The embarka­ tions in the month of May, 1917, to and including Jane, 1918, are as fol­ lows: 1917. May 1,718 September ..82,523 Junf.,.t, .12^261 October 38,259 J u l y . . . 1 2 , 9 8 8 N o v e m b e r . . . 2 8 , 0 1 6 August .. .18*823 December .. .48£40 1918. .48,776 April ......117 212 .48,027 May 244,345 .83,811 June 276,372 14,540 Population of Mumian Geast Breaks With Bofehevikl-- > ti. S. Sends Aid. • •'* •. BW!" , n i , •; , HtMENyOYftfliED BY40MB mm-E. PmkW. Vegetable Conapomci Ml For Ohio Woman. • ' 'X b-5* ~>f 4 A. Troopship Covington Spnl to Bot* tern by U-Boat WIHIe m SIX Of CREW ARE Navy Dejartment 8ay» Hunt «f the Officer* and Men Landed Are Seri­ ously Injured--Craft Wna mer German liner. Premier In Message to Verll# Hegsett Aaaassination of German Amba# aador at Moscow--Was Slain Unknown Copenhagen, July 9.--The «tlre population of the Murman coast has broken with Russia and joined the en­ tente, according to a dispatch from Vardoe, Norway, to the Chrlstlania Tidens Tegn. ~ A supply of provisions from the United States has arrived at Mur­ mansk, the dispatch adds. American and allied naval forces are guarding war1 supplies at Kola, term­ inal of the Trans-Siberian railroad on the Arctic. w v ' Recent dispatches says the Bolshe­ vik! there were offering no resistance to the Finnish-Germaa efforts to cut the railroad to Archangel and Kola and seize the military stores at those places and the whole Murman coast as well. Basel, July 9.--Nikolai Lenine, bol­ shevik premier, has sent the following message to M. Joffe, Russian minister at Berlin, regarding the assassination of Count von Mirbach, the German am­ bassador at Moscow; 'Two unknown men entered the Ger­ man embassy at two o'clock this (Sat­ urday) afternoon, having documents from a special committee. They threw bomb in Count Mirbach's office,. wounding him so severely that he die^. "The government is raking every measure to discover the murderers and bring them before a special revolu­ tionary tribunal. "The government requests you to ex­ press to the German government the Russian government's indignation and convey its sympathy to Ute family of the late count." YANKS SEE 3 "SUBS" SUNK The Barl of Stanhope, who has been with the English forces at the front. Is the man who made the statement before the house of lords, in sub­ stance * "The French • hold their trenches by their wonderful 75-mm. gunfire. Hie French system Is expen­ sive in ammunition; ours Is expensive in lives." Never before has the truth been told 9Q tersely. • 8 ORDER IS EXPLAINED CROWDER RULING HIT8 MEN OF DRAFT AGE ONLY. 8ev*ral Communities Apparently Art ConfuMd Regarding the , - o' Fight" Decree. _ H>< British Transport Runs Into Neat Of U-Boatc Off the Irish ;; Coast. ^ An Atlantic Pert, July 6,-^A British transport, carrying 7,400 American soldiers, ran Into a nest of German submarines off the Irish coast and with the aid, of a destroyer sauk three of the U-boats. An official of the British govern­ ment en route to Washington, and oth­ er passengers reaching here told of the battle. The transport sunk one of the submarines by .ramming , it and is now in dry dock in England. A large hole was torn in the side of the troopship by the collision. The American soldiers lined the rail of the transport while the light was in progress and as each of the sub­ marines was sunk they threw thqir hat.s Into the air and cheered the British gun crew. When the battle was over they hoisted the British gunners on their shoulders and pa­ raded the deck. Washington, July 5.- on the new work or fight regulations which are In effect. Provost Marshal General Crowder emphasized that the order does not affect men outside of draft ages. Several communities ap­ parently have confused It with anti- loafer laws in some states. General Crowder explained that the work cr fight order is purely a military step and that regulations regarding employment or military service for un­ registered men are not embraced in his functions. The only effect the or­ der has upon persons not subje<*t to draft Is that it offers them more op­ portunities of employment. Places vacated by men liable to dyaft neces­ sity are left open for men outsjude Oi the*'draft, he explained. HALTS REVOLT IN MITCHEL FALLS FROM PLANE January . February March .. iiriric# • . . » . .« ».»»*.«••«» Aggregating .,,,.. .........1,010,115 "'The total number of troops re­ turned from abroad, lost at sea and casualties is 8,165, and of these, by reason of the superbly efficient protec­ tion which the navy has given our transport system, only 201 have been lost at sea. '"The supplies and equipment in France for all troops sent Is by our last report adequate, and the output of our war industries in this country is showing marked Improvement in practically all lines of necessary equip­ ment and supply. " 'Respectfully yours, " 'NEWTON D. BAKES/ Italians Strengthen Line. Rome, July 8.--The Italian troops on the southern end of the Piave Use, having driven the Austrians across the new Piave, are establishing them­ selves In the extensive region between the new and the old river beds, which the Austrians were compelled to evac­ uate, the war office statement shows. Red Cross, and they have unloaded every train of wounded that has reached London since the war began. Their duties consist of the transfer of the wounded men from the trains to the stretchers and thence to the am­ bulances which take them to the vari­ ous London and suburban hospitals. The London Transport column was organized In August, 1917, by volun­ teers from the staffs of the big Lon­ don Insurance companies. The column i numbers about 1,000 men, ail of them Former Mayor of New York Killed . He Plunges 600 Feet FroflU * ' Michlne In Louisiana ̂ Lake Cliarles, La., July 9.--JIaj. John Purroy Mltchel, former mayor of New York and an officer In the avi­ ation section of the signal corps, was killed instantly on Saturday at Gerst- ner field when he MA from a single- seated scout plane at a height of about 600 feet. The accident occurred at 7:80 a. m. after the aviator had been in the air about thirty minutes. Major Mitchel became a flyer for the army after having been defeated last fall for re-election as mayor of New York. He had served one term as the chief executive of the country's biggest city, the youngest mayor ever elected to that office. On July 19 next he would have been thirty-uine years • •- - • VOTES FtfR $2.40 "WHEAT Prompt Action by British Troop* Pre­ vent* Los* of Life, Say* Botha--> Blame* Hun Agent*. Pretoria, South Africa, July 8.--Pre­ mier Botha of the Union of South Af­ rica Issued a statement on Friday, showing that serious unrest exists in South Africa. Strong. police and mili­ tary measures were taken to cope with the situation. Continuing, Premier Botha In his statement says: * ' 'There is good reason for suspect­ ing that enemy agencies are at work in this country and that they are In­ triguing to stir up strife not only among Europeans but also among the natives, anjl no means or matters are deemed too despicable as lobg as they can attain their object." the "London Transport column" of the [ business men in good positions. CALLS YANK "ALMOST' GOOD "We Kill or Are Killed,1* Is American*' i Characteristic utterance, Saya . t- 'v.-4 • German Report. • .-- v -; 4* With the American Arnpy in France, July 9.--An indication of what the Ger- **Jtl"* man army thinks of the fighting ability y of the Americans is given by a copy of ^ «n intelligence report of the (de- ijioj) German army, which has Just been obtained. The report, describing • tfe* ^ IT - House in Effort to Break Deadlock Over Increase of Mini- ' mum Price. Washington, July s9.--In an effort Jto break the deadlock over the senate pro­ posal to increase the government's minimum guaranteed wheat price of $2.50 the house on Saturday adopted, by a vote of 150 to 106, a resolution by Representative McLaughlin of Mich­ igan to make the price $2.40. ' v,.\ Many Outbreak* In Lisbon. ^ Paris, July 9.--Several persons are dead or wounded as a result of an out hreak in Lisbon, fcttowlng a meeting of the democratic and revolutionist parties, according to information from that city. CZECH0-SLAVS DEFEAT FOES Lanlna Troops Lo*e Irkutsk--^Finland May Enter War Against *" -.as: ANtei- Londoo, July &--C«echo-81®?ak forces have inflicted a severe defeat upon the bolshevik troops, according to a telegram received here from Irk­ utsk, Siberia. The bolshevlkl are said to have been completely defeated west of Irkutsk and to have been driven iut of the region to the east of Lake Bai­ kal., There was a battle at Nerkhnie Ud- insk, and it resulted in the Russian government troops being driven out of . the place. ., Stockholm, July 8.--At editorial of­ fices here a declaration of war by Fin* land against the entente nations la ex­ pected at any hour. Washington, July 8*--The American army transport Covington, homeward bound after landing several thousand soldiers in France, was torpedoed and sunk in the w*f zone last Monday night. * - Six members of the crew are miss­ ing, but all the other men, -with the ship's officers, have been landed at a French port. • No army personnel or I&asengers were aboard. ' v The Covington formerly was the Hamburg-American , liner Cincinnati, which was laid up at Boston and taken over when the United States entered the war. She was 608 feet long and 16,330 gross tonnage. / The men missing are: • Ernest Anderson, fireman, Lynn, Joseph B. Bowden, seaman. Moun­ tain Lake, N. J. Ambrose C. Ford, flreB&ai>» Somer- ville, Mass. William Henry Lynch, Jr., fireman, Manchester, N. H. Albert S. Payne, seaman, West New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. ! Lloyd H. Silvernal, seaman, Bain- bridge, N. Y. The navy deparment's announce­ ment of the torpedoing of the Coving­ ton said none of the officers and men landed was "seriously injured." The Covington was struck at 9:17 o'clock Monday night, while proceed­ ing with a fleet of other transports convoyed by destroyers. The subma­ rine was not sighted. The transport remained afloat until Tuesday, when efforts w*-"* made b, another vessel and two tugs to to her to port, but she was too badly dan- aged to keep afloat v -X0" % SULTAN OF TURKEY IS Coaftantinople Dispatch 8ay* ft*)* Died on Wednesday Night. Amsterdam, July 0.--Mohammed V, sultan of Turkey, died at seven o'clock Wednesday night,' says a Con­ stantinople dispatch received here by way of Vienna. Mohammed V, thirty-fifth sovereign of Turkey , in direct descent of thd house of Osman, founder of the em­ pire, came to^ the throne by a coup d'etat on April 27, 1909, after having been held for 83 years a prisoner by his brother. Sultan Abdul n, In the royal palace and gardens in Constanti­ nople. Mohammed V was born in Con­ stantinople November 3,1845. In 1914, at the outbreak of the present war, Mohammed Issued a proclamation blaming the triple entente with thrust­ ing war on Turkey. The next heir to the throne, Yusseff Izzedune, is the son of the late Sultan Abdul Azzlzi. POWDER BUST KILLS 65 Two Explosion* Wreck Big Factory Near Syracuse, N. Y.--Destin*. '• tlvo Blast Follow*. ; (i/, Syracuse, N. Y„ July 4.--At least 65 persons were killed and 200 In­ jured at the huge plant of the Semet- Solvay company, at Split Rock, near here, virtually wrecked by two expl<j» sions of trinltrotuluol at 9:80 o'clock Tuesday night. Terrific concussions rocked business buildings. In the cen­ ter of the city, smashing plate glass windows, and caused a panic In the residential districts. The explosion followed, a flre that had got beyond control and spread to the "T. N. T." vats. Two of these ex­ ploded, j tbe (deleted) American division as a very good one, "almost an attack­ ing division," and adds that the nerves of the Americans have not yet been shaken. The German, flre, the report says, had been unable to affect the morale of the Americans, who only lacked the necessary instructions. Prisoners taken by tho Germatis, the report states, were physically well built and were aged from eighteen to twenty-eight years. Their character- istic utterance 1* quoted as "We kill To Observe Baatile DM*. ' New York, July 9.--At least 18 American cities will conduct Bastlle day exercises July 14, commemorat­ ing the anniversary of the first blow for freedom struck by the French peo- P 1 ® - v , Muse Rankin for Senat ̂' " Washington, July 8.--Miss Jeanette Rankin, representative from Montana, announced she will be a candidate for the Republican nomination to the sen­ ate to succeed Senator Walsh, in No­ vember. i'. *%>•• SENATE 0. K.'S BOND BILL House Meaaure ProvTdlng for $8,000 ̂ QQQJQOO of Liberty Bond* Approved -Without Roil Call. ' i&f-l -- •••-.fj * Washington. July 8.--The house Mil providing for $8,000,000,000 of Liberty bonds was passed by the senate with­ out roll call on Friday. ; ^ ' K. of 6. Lays CornerstoM. * London. July 9.--The cornerstone of the first clubhouse the Knights of Columbus will erect in England was laid Sunday in the church yard of Westminister cathedral. Cardinal Bourne blessed the stone. :f ; Protests Many Rejections. St. Paul, Minn., July 9.--Adjt. Gen. W. EL Rhlnow sent a telegram of pro­ test to Provost Gen. W. H. Crowder on Saturday against the "wholesale re­ jection" of June draft tnen sent ta Camp Grant ^ Speed Boat Pilot I* Dead. *1 Detroit, Mich., July 8.--John Milot, well-known a* an automobile racer and more recently a* a pilot In speed boat races, died here. In 1915 he piloted Miss Detroit I over the Detroit river course, winning the event. v * •§ drOp Welnaberg Casfc St. Louis, July 8.--The case against Dr. Charles H. Weinsberg, charged with violation of the espionage act, was dismissed by Judge Page Marris In the United States district court on Illinois Aviator Saf«& With the American Army in France, July 8.--Lieut. William H. Brotherton of Guthrie, 111., an American aviator who was reported missing on June"£5, has safely landed .within the allied Unea In JfflpNtV'- H'FW* VOTES TO SEIZE WIRE LINES HOUB* Pa*se* Resolution Giving II. S. Power to Take Telegraph and Telephone 8y*tem*. Washington, July 8.--With the Western Union elegraphers scheduled to strike next week for recognition of the telegraphers' union, the house of representatives, acting under strong administration pressure, adopted on Friday the resolution authorizing the president to take possession of the tel. egraph and telephone systems of the country for the remainder of the war. The vote on the resolution was 221 In (avor to four against. The measure *as sent to the senate. J? JIT To Raise Express • WagsA-, Chicago, July 8.--Wage raises for the federalized express companies' em­ ployees are tltfe first steps planned un der government control, it was an­ nounced by George C. Taylor, presi­ dent Of the Railway Express company, , U. S. Flyer I* Prisoner. Washington, July 8.--Ensign George Roe of Sdtuate, Mass., an aviation pilot In the American navy, has been captured and Is Imprisoned at Camp Lattdachut, Germany, the navy was ad- Wtaed by Vice Admiral Sims. ' Qermans Help Bolshevlkl, " ' Amsterdam, July 6.--Admission that Austro-Hu n g n ri a n and German war prisoners are fighting on die side of tjhe bolshevlkl against the Csecho-Slo- vaks In Russia is made by the Koe- alacfce Zeitung. - pootor Roberta Sentence ̂ Milwaukee, July 6.--Dr. David Rob­ erts was sentenced to one year In the Milwaukee house of correction after pleading guilty to Statutory charges while in the company of Grace Lusk at Dr. Margaret Cobb Is 0$e of the two women psychologists who hate been appointed to the army medical department in Washington. LAUNCH MANY SHIPS FEAT OF LOYAL WORKERS . RE­ CEIVES RECOGNITION. General Pershing Declare* That With Buoh Backing the Allle* Canit Fail to Win. Washington, July 6.--America's mer­ chant fleet, grown to 10,040,659 gross tons by the construction of 1,622 new ships of 1,430,793 tons in the fiscal year ended June 80, was augmented on the Fourth of July by the unprecedent­ ed launching of nearly 100 ships. The day's feat of the loyal army of workmen received recognition from the,highest officials directing the na­ tion's war activities. "We are all comrades In a great cause," declared President Wilson In a message read as, part of the launch­ ing ceremonies in 76 yards. From General Pershing came the thanks of America's fighting mot for the support of which the launchlnga are substantial evidence. "With such backing we cannot fall to win," asserted the commander. Chairman Hurley of the shipping board said m a telegram to the yard managements: Tour employees Witt douse the kaiser." . ' UNION DELAYS Secretary Wilson and Gompers Grant- ad More Time by Haad of v, Telegraphers. Washington, July 9.--Indefinite post­ ponement of the strike of telegraphers employed by the Western Lnion Tele­ graph company, called to begin Mon­ day, was announced Sunday night by Secretary of Labor Wilson after he had conferred over the long-distance telephone with S. J. Konenkamp, pres­ ident of the Commercial Telegraphers' union. Chicago, July •*--'The New York telegraphers Sunday voted to defer the strike. ^ Chicago telegrapher* say they believe sufficient time should be given congress to authorise the president to take over the telegraphs and tele­ phones. They also believe the bill wffl, pass and the country saved the dangers growing out of a strike that would tie up 850,000 miles of telegraph, i needed for war orders. SHOWS HUGE FOOD PROFITS Figures on Enormous War Profits to Senate In Responee to Reso­ lution by. Borah. Washington, July 8.--Some flgqrea on war profits were sent, to the mats on Friday by the treasury to respPBS* to a resolution by Senator Borah ox' Idaho calling for Information regard­ ing profiteering. The dairy interests listed showed profit increases from zero to 180 per cent, banks up to 80 per cent; contractors as high as 596 per cent und flour mills as high as 487 per cent. The maximum increased profit listed, 2,188 per cent, waa of a food dealer with $1,000 capital. An­ other food concern, with $825,000 made 34.7* £>pr exc««a- In clothlgg trades a concern with $400,000 capital increased its profits 15 per cent. ALLIES READY FOR HUN BLOW Gen. March, Chief of Staff, Tell* N paper cirt^epondenta af'^rspp^ ratlona. 1 Washington, July 8.--Preparations are now being made by the allies the western front to meet another heavy German assault. General March. chief of staff, told newspaper oQrre- apondents at his weekly confonp^^. Movie Actors Are Exempt. - Washington, July 9.--Moving picture players are classed a» "!eg!4lBSts ^ atrtcal performer*" In an order an­ nounced by Crowder, and draft boards are directed to consider such playen as engaged if> productive employment- u. S. Patrol Reecuee 7W. Boston, July 9.--The reecue by an American patrol boat c# TOO troope from the Canadian troopship City oi Vienna, wrecked off the Atlantic coast, was reported here. The ship went 6«wn after all hands were off. More German Troop* Lan4> r. Stockholm, July S.--«f*rma^" last week landed large military forces at Hangoe, on the Finnish coast west e£ Helslngfors, according to Infonaatfoa received here from reliable aourcea. yghe troops had full winter equipnent Bays Royal" Family Wled4< 1 Copenhagen, July «.-Several Wtt- hers of the RUSBlaa wyal family took passage on a steamer which recently •ailed from the Murman coast, on the White sea, according to a dispatch A nlthH tow* Compovnd :'waa recommended *0 BM. I tool lt idithasMo^ft my health. It fs morfldne for womaa'o ailment* I ever saw. "-Mr*. SARA SHAW, E. Na 1. PortRnouth, Ohio. Mrs. Shaw proved the merit of thla medichw and wrote this letter in order that other suffering women may finjj relief as she did. Women who are suffering t* f&e waa herbrOTSdT,Ey<ti.E. PUklm'.Vq^ table Ccanpound, a trial. For spedal Mass. The result of its forty yean experience is fet your *ervice. 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