Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1915 — TABLOID REPORTS OF LATE HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

TABLOID REPORTS OF LATE HAPPENINGS

Important Events Briefed For Read- - ers Who Do Not Care For the Details of Occurrences.

Germany has apologized to the Danish government for the torpedoing of the Danish vessel Betty in the North Sea on May 26th. It is willing to pay for the loss of the steamer. In explanation it is stated that the commander of the submarine could not see the marking on the ship and from the course it was taking presumed it to be a British vessel. The United States will probably redraft its note to England relating to interference with neutral shipping to embrace a protest against the action of England and France in making cotton contraband of war.

The keel of the new battleship California will be,laid in New York navy yard on Sept. 10. It will be the first figting craft in any navy to be equipped with electrical engines for its own propulsion. The steel for the construction of the battleship has been accumulating in the navy yard, for some time and there are now 12,000,000 pounds Teady for use. The ship will in most respects be like the Arizona, 'but the tonnage will be 32,000 or a 5 thousand more than the Arizona.

The London press, which was having much trouble in dispelling the gloom over the many reverses to the allies is now making the most of the German naval defeat and claiming that it will have a great effect in halting the German advance in Russia, as the Germans had counted on the use of the naval base in supplying _ts army in Russia. It is also argued that the moral effect of the naval victory will inspire the retreating Russians to greater efforts to repel their pursuers. An editorial paragraph states that so long as the Russians were suffering reverses it was a Russian defeat, but when there is a Russian success it is a great victory for the allies. The American school peace league in session at Oakland, Cal., awarded its annual medal’ as the greatest peace missionary to President Wilson. And to think that Bryan resigned from the cabinet because the president wais too warlike for him. A late report from London indicates that the reported naval victory of the allies was perhaps not so extensive as at first reported, and in fact there seems some question as to whether the battleship Moltke was one of the damaged ships. The actual fighting is said to have lasted four days. The Russians admit the loss of the Sivutch, a small but well armed vessel.

David Lloyd George, minister of munitions in England, has been conducting a campaign for recruits for the making of munitions and has secured 90,000 men. More men-are still needed. A Mexican vessel containing rifles and ammunition was siezed by U. S. officials near Pensacola, Fla., Monday. It was consigned to one of the factions, a dispatch says. Just why the U. S. tries to differentiate between factions we are unable to state. The free shipment across the border continues. A Zapata officer has robbed the Mexican treasury of $480,000. The entire city council was arrested by the Zapatistas.. The food situation in interior Mexico is desperate. In Boston Monday -fishing boats landed 3,500,000 pounds of fish, a new high mark for a single day's catch. Over a million pounds of haddock, a half million pounds of cod, about 50,000 mackerel and 48 sword fish. Larger crops of small grain than last year are reported from the world’s principal producing centers. In rye, oats, barley and wheat an increase of from 17 to 20 per cent is reported. Abraham Reuf, the California politician who was sentenced to 14 years in the -penitentiary at San Quentin for bribery, was released on parole Monday after having served four years of his sentence. He wdfi a" former political boss of San Francisco. The condition of his parole was that he shall not go to San Francisco for three months and that' he shall not re-enter active politics. He served three years in jail before his trial was held.

1 The big political event of the early fall wilt be the “burgoo feast” to be held at the State fair grounds on Sept. 22nd. It is being planned by the Columbia Club and will be in celebration of the club’s membership campaign, which resulted in securing some 2,000 new members. Many of these will attend the big event. The political pot will be boiling about right by that time.

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