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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY,      AUGUST 29,1915.
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COSTLY BLAZE FOLLOWS FILM EXPLOSION
WASHINGTON HOPES FOR ANGLO-GERMAN  PEACE  PLAN
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PEACE IS NEAR INGREAl WAR
Government Officials Think Seriously of Plan That Would Bring Germany and England to Agreement Upon Most Vital Issue and So Pave Way for Others
STRONG     HOPE     IN    THE SUGGESTIONS     RECEIVED
Washington. Aug. 28.—The govern¬ ments of the L'nited States and Ger¬ many are now engaged in diplomatic ncgiitiations, which because of the tre¬ mendous issues involved, may properly be resrnrded as the most momentojs fif their kind in  lhe history of the world.
The K"»l !'t which they are aiming, and towards which they are now pre¬ paring to make the preliminary ad¬ vances. Is nothing less th.'in the ter¬ mination of the greatest war the world has   ever   seen.
The steps by which this situ.ition has dev»doped, are as follows:
1—The l'nited States made demands on 'lerm.iny for satisfaction for cer¬ tain acts reparation fcu* the loss of .\meri<;in l:veK and assurances that in the future tlcrmiiny should conduct her submarine warfare, so far as il affect¬ ed American.s, in strict accordance with i the recofinized rules of international law.
2—(iermany's reply to this was an nltt-mpt to justify her course of con¬ duct, but reservinK her final statement •if position in answer to this Kovern- r.iei-.fs siiecificic demands. She took pain.s however, to recall to the atten¬ tion of the I'nited Slates that she had noted with .•J.itisfaction thi.'^ country's propo.sals, made early in the war, with a view to pavinc the way for a modus Vivendi between tlerm.iny atid tJreat Britain for the conduct of the maritime war.
3—The United States then repeated its original demands for the protection of American lives and apparently tak- ini; the hint contained in the Ge-- nian communication suggested in such a form that it might reasonably be ac¬ cepted as an indication that she woTird
be glad lo act as go-between for (ier¬ many and Great Britain to obtnin an understanding by which the character and conditions of the war upon the sea   might   be   changed.
Freedom of Seas.
4—The form iu which this sugegstion was made not )>elng sufficiently deti- iiite and unsatisfactory, and suggested .again that it would be glad lo .avail ilself of the good offices of the I'resl¬ dent of the rnlted Suites "in the direc¬ tion of the lofty ideal of the freedom of  the   seas."
6—This brought about the result vvhich Germany desire<l. The l'nited States re-iterated its e.'uiy demands and coupled with them a dellnite ott'er to act as the common friend, "who may be privileged to suggest a way" to tl.e belligerents, by which the freedom of Ihe seas might be otitained. This gave (¦iermany the opportunity to concede all the suggestion of mediation on the freedom of the seas. This was of su¬ preme importance to Germany. The form in which the ote was phrased was such that (iermany could accept the ofl'er of niediation without appearing to attach conditions to her concessions.
It can be staled authoritatively in this connection that when Germany makes her final reply in the pending controversy there will be no suggestion of a condition that the I'nited States shall in return for her assurances pro¬ ceed to mediate between the two belli- Serents. (iermany will slmpb accept all the t>roposals made by this giK^ern- ment In Its last note, which Include, of course, the suggestion of mediation. Hope For The End.
It  is  in  the  proposed  medialioii  over the freedom of the .-^eas that Washing- (Continned On Faare Two.)
Report That Redfield Will Quit Also Hints Garrison Is Con¬ sidering Move
WASHINGTON     IN     DOUBT
Washington. Aug. 28.~Keporls from apparently authoritative sources that I'residenl Wilson is soon to lose two ol" his cabinet members are being given credence in certain quarters.
Secretary Garrison, it is .said, intends to resign to run tor governor of Xew \orU. and Secretary Redfield will gee i.ut of the cabinet, because of the great amount of criticism he receivetl as a result of the investigation of the Kast- l.iid disaster  at  t^hicago.
Il has not been possible to .get any .statement from .Secretary Garrison as lo his inleiitioiis. Once before when similar statements were circulated the secretary said lu- would serv^oul his full term. *
In well-informed circles it is said tt.at the resignation of .Secretary Gar- lisou is less of a probability than that of Secretary Redfield. The .secretary I.f war, it is well known, is well pleased wilh his position and work, and be¬ sides is extremely p<ipular among the iliililary experts under him.
Furthermore, on .iccount of his vig¬ or, hi.*! Iremendous capacity f<ir work and his ability he has attained an en¬ viable position of prominence in the cabinet.
I .lust at this time also he is engaged on the most important piece of work Ithat his departm-nt has undertaken j since he became the'.secretary of war— the preparation of an adetpiate mili- i tary policy for 'he L'nited States. This j policy will be completed very soon and I will then be in condition for siibmis- ! sion lo Cougre.ss for the purixise of j having his propositions enacted into I law.
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ASSAULT
-After having closed his butcher shop al a96 Xew Grove street for the night and while on his way lo hla home a !» .lones streei, .loseph Cro.ss, aged about f.O, wns waylaid and robbed, wilhln 100 yards of his place of busi¬ ness shortly after ten o'clock last night. $100 in bills thai .Mr. Cross had placed securely in his inside vesi pocket was taken from him by the highwayman who .after beating him into uncfins- ciousness left him dying in the street.
The cries for helii and the noise of a pistol shot rajig through the air when (he robber started his getaway, nttracl- ed several people to the spot. The police were notified and the man rushed
FALL BREAKS NECK
Joseph Liddick, of Amherst Avenue, Victim of Accident. Found by His Wife
WILL INVESTIGATE
.loseph hiddick, aged 29, of 84 .\m- lierst avenue, was instantly killed last nighl, when he received a Ijroken nei-k as the result of falling down the steps leading to the rear of his home. Hi.s lifeless body was found at ^10:30 o'clock by his wife who was returning from a shopping trip In the central section of the  city.
.Mr. and -VIrs. Liddick went shoppinT di:iing the early part of the evening. .¦\'joul 'J «rclock, .Mrs. Liddick still h.HV- ing It few places to visit before re¬ luming home, her hiisbaiul declared that he would repair to th<> hotise and i\wait her. l'pon returning home Mrs. Liddick was horrified to find the dead body of her husband, l.\ ing in the ! .;cl; yard at the foot oi the stairs.
She summoned neighbors who called physicians. -\ hurried examination showed thai the mati had broken his neck. Twelve steps lead to the kitchen of the home from the rear of the house and it is believed Ihat -\Ir. Liddick had r   nearly   reached   the   porch
$20,000 BLAZE IN MOVIE FILMS
Explosion That Startled Central City Resulted In Destruction of Costly Picture Sets and Caused Gutting of South Washington Street Building Believed to Be Fireproof
MAN     KNOCKED     TO     STREET   BY   THE    PRESSURE
t.i  the  -Merc.v   Hospital.     Kor a  time  il
was believed thai he had received fatal j reached
in.iuries but early this morning il was | when  he  stumbled   and   toppled   back
reported  that  he would  recover.
That .Mr. Cross had been carefully watched by the robber who planned to make him his victim is i-videiiced from the way in which Ihe highw.ayman worked Xearly tice dollars in change that  the butcher carried  in  bis oulside
\esl   pocket   and   his   watch   were   left
wards down the stefis to his death.
The police and Coroner .lames Mar¬ ley were notified of the accident and conducted an investigation. Xo one .saw or heard Ihe man upon his return so that nothing definite regarding the circumstances of his untimely end could be learned.
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untouched, while the large roll Ihal he! MULDERIG CONFIDENT HE h.ad secreted inside his vest was hur¬ riedly extracted from him. When at- 'tacking Mr. Cross the highwayman used a blackjack first. It failed to fell the butcher, who immediately gave fight, but the thief used his black¬ jack to such good advantage that Mr. Cross collapsed from the^ loss of_ ^*V*A which gushed forth from' wotihds m Ills head.    When h" fell the robber took
Ills roll, fired a shot over his prostrate form and  hurried  away.
WILL   WIN    IN    FIFTH.
M<»rtiii Mulderig. candidate lor.M- derman in the Fifth ward, is confident that he will be rturned a winner in the fight that is being waged for Ihat of¬ fice. .Mr. Miilderig's pleasing personal¬ ity Coupled with the fact thai his ex '*! Jn
^*or'"t1ie p<isltTon Td^Alderman Is making him a strong candidate, according to a statement made by a Fifth ward voter lasl  night.
i^pontaneous combustion among films stored in the Davis FMlm Co. place at 76 South Washington street, caused the most damaging and spect.acular flre that Wilkes-Barre has had in many years al Ci'.O o'clock last night, .¦\bout $20,000 damage was done, according to Ihr estimate th.at could be made lusl nighr. Several people narrowly es- capeil with their lives .and Ihe entire city flre department was qalled out to save the large new building in which the explosion that resulted in the fire occurred together wilh the adjoining houses Several      thousand      people
blocked South Washington street for blocks as  Ihe  firemen worked.
The buildint: which was badly gut¬ ted und wilh its contents otherwise badly injured by water, is the prop¬ erty <if Ihe Ksterline estate and but a few .venrs old. It was supposedly fire proof. The two store dooms on the ground floor are occupied by the Davis Film Co., at 7» South Washington street and Kd. Kariikowsky. ice cream dealer, al 77 .*<outh Washin.gton streei. The two upper stories were renteil as apartments. Several thou.sands dollars Worth of films were stored in the Davis Place, it was declared lasl nighl. all of which were totally destroyed. The bonding and the majority of its con¬ tents were insured.
For a time rumors were spread throughout the central eection of the city that five i)eopIe had lost thoir Uvea in the fir-. A few people were .¦;oen in lhe stire rooms Just befo:<? -.4^>ok place. Xone were caught, howeve--. and an investigation by the firemen and police failed to reve.il anyone in the stores <ir apart¬ ments.
tiuiet prevailed on that section of South Washington street and pedes- trians in the central section of the city were scurrying about seeking shelter from the rain when a sudden explosion .sent flames sk.vward that could b« seen for miles around. Trie flames al¬ so shot across South Washington street as far as the buildings opposite the Ksterline. John Xlenlus. of 487 Xew Grant street, who was going b> at Ihe time, was knocked down by the force of the explosion. People rush toward the building from all sections a general alarm was turned in and wilhin a short time several flre com¬ panies were on the scene. Flames were shooting up inside of the building and the roof was soon ablaze.
It was eighteen minutes before the first stream of water was on the build¬ ing, so that the fire had gained con¬ siderable headway before the firemer had started the work of saving the building and those adjoining it. The twelve-inch wall partition between the two sides of the Ksterline building did eflective work in keeping the flre con¬ fined to a greater extent to the side of the building in which the explosion •¦ccurred. Firemen chopped in the roof ot the building to get at the flames on Ihe third floor, where they .seemed to be gaining the most headway. The oc- cupanLs of the apartments were able to move much of their furniture and es¬ cape them.selves vjithout any material personal  Injuries.
The apartments in the building are occupied l>y Kdward Bartikowsk' and his family. Dr. -M. R. Dinkelsplel : family and Mr. and .Mrs. Cyrus Se. One apartment was vacant. Mr. Mrs. Semm were visiting relativ (Continued  Oa Pag*  Two.)
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WIIH POLISH UNI ON SEPIHIBEIl 28
ROOSEVELT BLAMES U. S. FOR GERMAN ATTACKS
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WAR ZONE SITUATION  i™«i IS VERY BADLY MIXED
World's Greatest Pianist Will j Failure to Properly Reprimand Mexico Brought Nation Into Conduct Tag Day and Deliv-'       Contempt, He Says, and Loss of American Lives   Must
er Two Addresses
Therefore Be Due to Administration Blunders
THOUSANDS      TO      COME MUCH    CONVERSATION   AN D    TOO     LITTLE    ACTION
Garvin, of the Gazette and Ob¬ server, Calls for Early Brit¬ ish Reinforcements
TURKEY
THE
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Xew   York,   Aug.   :8.-
"olonel   Theo-
.Xureement to postpone the twenty- fifth anniversar> celebration of the I'olish l'nion of .\mericM has made pos¬ itive the appearance here on September I  l"'"*' f'""sevelt issued the following :;> of the world's greatest pianist. Kg- | statement from his home in Oyster Bay tiacy Paderewiski. This fad was made j'""'*'¦'" ^ "^^^- Carrison now wishes to known   last   night   when   the  ndlowint-:'•'*"'">'-^"<'''»'<* himself from the admin-
lelegram was received from Faderewskl b\ the local committeee in charge of the great festival:
San Francisco. August. 28. I'olish I-nfon. Wilkes-Barre. < nly today, Fnfortunatel\ September o, only tadoy, I'nforliin.itely September 6, is impossible for me but if you post¬ pone celebration until September I'S or .':* I shall gladly appear and tleliver an .•o.dress to my dear brothers of Wil- lifs-Barro. Kindly answer, to i'alace Hotel. San Francisco, Cordial greetings. Kgnacy  I'udercwski  . .
istr.atioii. He is the servant of th-^ I'resldent Just as is -Mr. Daniels. Kach .says and does what the President auth¬ orizes him lo do or say.
"If Mr. Garrison docs not object to lhe plea I made for jireparedness in the Plattshurgh speerh then 1 can only gather that he does object to m.v pro¬ test of hyphenated Americanism.
"Let Mr. Garrison be concrete. H-j says that he will go as far as I will for preparedness. I assume therefore that he heartily backs up my proposals for universal   military   service.       If    so     1
Iiumedialely   upon     receipt     of     the I lienrlilv   congratulate   him   and   a.ssure r^e.-sagc the iocal committee forwarded I hint hi"» position is projier. .1 return telegram, setting September 28 |     Mr. Garrison  in  his concluding sen- Instead of labor Dav as lhe time for the, lence   says   that   my   idea   is   that   'our anmversiiry event. ' (present state of unpreparedness makes
The great  artist   Padcrewcki  is par-1''  desirable that   we should go to war n.ulHrv    interested    in    the    tag    day.'«'>th  four or five different  nation.s. events to c.rrlod out as a feature of the i     "-^^ f"'' 4rfvocatlng war with four or
strpiigth which It ought to be if there is any serious purpose to use il.
"Six monlhs liave gone by since the administration of which Mr. Garrison is part, sent to Germany a note which was ine.xciisable unless it was meant as an ultimatum. The note slated that we would hold Germany to a "a strict accountability" if It did the thing which il has ever since done steadily to our ships and to our citizens travel¬ ling on lawful business on passenger ships-
"In this ultimatum it was stated that if (Jermany did any of these things we would hfild it strictly accountable. As a m.'itlpr of fact Ihe "strict account¬ ability" has taken the shape of a num¬ ber of notes c<iuched in good Knglish and admirable as exercises in rheterlc. But meanwhile between one and two killed and a number of our ships have been sunk and we are still only In the conversational stage on the cubject.   (
GERMAN GIRLS WARNED.
celebration.     Mis  particular  purposi-  iti
five different nations.    If weh ad acted
Vmeric.n at this time is to rti.se funds! I'^-'Pcrly in  Mexico, there would in all
human ^probability never have been an American ship sunk or a single man woman or child murdered on the high soas by Germany.
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li r the stra\ing and persecuted peoide of his home country a counlr>- more ruvsRoi Viy the war ihan even Belgium.
One of    the    addresses    Ihe    pianist will make will have special nearlng on the   suffi'rlng.s   of   his   brothers   In   the far off countr>  and he will urge a gen¬ erous response fr.im all who go t«i hear h'ni.    This siieech will be made hi th ;.rmor.\   meeting first     arrangeii st.iled  last  night.
.\ monster parade will precede the ;trmory meeting. There yill be loOO uniformed Falcons In line and thous- Hnd.s of other church and civil organ¬ izations members. Supreme Court .ludge Moschiszker will occupy a prom¬ inent place in the line and will also make an address at tne meeting. Many olher prt>minent men will lend their services In the evening there will be a dinner in Hotel Sterling with ad¬ dresses by Paderewski and others of the guests. Here many Invited citizens of the valley will be given an opportunity to meet the artist. Dr. Joseph J. Koeyan of Plains and Jacob 8. Dembitz of Miners Mills have taken active charge of many of the arrange- liients and general headquarters are maintained at 47 Simon Long Building, j est possible strength'.'    If so we cannot
t,orney Thomas Biukiewicz is chair-| be   ignorant   of  the   fact   that  each   of the exercises committee. lour   regiments   i.-   less   fhan   half   the
"Weaknetss and intimidlty Inspire contempt, and contempt is of all sen¬ sations the most undesirable in an op¬ ponent.
"If   thirteen   months   ago   steps   had ech will  be made lu  th^ j ^^^ ,^^^^ ^^^ ^^j^^ „,,^ ^,^„y ^^^ „3,.j.
C. There will be l.iOO I ^_^ ^^^ highest point of efficiency and . So tr.e committee l .^ ^,^ ^^^ ^^^^^ promptly and effective¬ ly to prevent outrages upon our cili¬ zens in -Mexico, neither the Falaba nor the Guifllght would have been atl.ick- ed. nor would our men. women or chil¬ dren have been murdered on the Lusi¬ tania .Tnd Arabic.
"At limes wilhin the lasl two years the administration has sent to Mexico as well as to Germany what any man, accustomed to make good, would re¬ gard as ultimatums. In the case of this administration the ultimatum has usually heen followed by a pen ulti¬ matum and then by ante-pen ultima¬ tum and so on in diminishing progres¬ sion.
"Does Dr. Garrison realize that If our notifications to Mexico are to be taken at the irface value, we should bring our regular arm>   up to its full-
Berlin, .\iig. 28.—via wireless to Say¬ vllle—Berlin newspapers today contain warnings ti young girls not to follow the .\merican Mormon mlssionaires who are about to return to Utah.
ER FROM NANTICOKE SOX
The Glen Lyon Colts won the second game of the series with the Xanticoke White Sox, at Alden yesterday after¬ noon, by the score of 14 to 4, and there¬ by won the series for $100 a side and the championship c' that section. Buster and Raven comprised the Glen Lyon battery while F'etroskl, Zeshiski jand Piock comprised the Xanticoke battery. Parks officiated as umpire. -\ large crowd witnessed the contest which decided the series. Glen Loyn hit hte hall hard and the result was not in doubt after the flrst few innings of play.
FURNISHED  ROOMS
For Rent—Two or three furnished rooms for light housekeeping at 54 Xnrth Main street.
"       By   J.   L.   Garvin,
Kditor of the Pall Gazette and London
Observer.
London.     -Aug.     28.—Great     Britain
must  feel  more and  more  the  weight
<f the war until recovery of Russia Is
complete.     We  shall   say.  at  once.   In
I lain   idiot),   that   for   all   purposes   of
the next few months, the western allies
are  in  for  it  and- no  mistake.    There
I can be no limited liability for any bel-
I ligerenl ::i this war.    The accomplish-
I ed fact now Is that the Germans have ! conquered nearly all the frontier de¬ fences of northern Russia and that our allies are exposed to the full flood of a deeper invasion. On the other hand, the severity nf the Germans defeat is proved by their complete withdrawal from the Gulf of Riga. The Germans will doubtless try to return, but it is not likely they will Ond their task any less  dangerous  than  before. »
Meanwhile, according to custom, af¬ ter a check, the Germans are redou- Vdlng their military efforts by throwing heavy reinforcements into the Baltic provinces between Riga and Vilna. If they can capture the former city as well as the latter, the next attempt up¬ on the gulf would have belter pros¬ pects.
This is one of the biggest i.ssues con¬ tested in the whole war, and the stakes are tremendous. The enemy's main object Is still lo break down. In one way or another, the Grand Duke's flghting power, prevent the recovery of his offensive strength and knock Rus¬ sia out of Ihe war. As to what may happen If the Vilna base Is once seized, a glance at the map will show Vilna, Petrograd and Moscow form a sort of strategical triangle roughly measur¬ ing about 400 miles each way.
The capture of Mo.scow, if it could be achieved, would be for many reasons •a far more serious matter. It would plant the enemy in the heart of the Russian railway system and would in¬ volve a lateral movement depriving our allies  of their chief  arsenals.
Such an attempt would be darin;< and hazardous, but we must by no means regard it as impossible in view of llie German command of moder.n transport and supplies.
AV.? judge that at best it will be veven or eight months before Ru.-^.iia can turn to offer decisive battle "r act with her full weight on the de¬ fensive.
While Russians Continue to Fal! Back Turks Are Apparently Facing Revolution and Balkans Appear Ready to Join Battle In Favor of the Allies' Cause
GERMANS     TO    TAKE    VILNA    WITHOUT    A    FIGHT
FIRSTAID^KONIESTS
No. 9 Colliery Produces Win¬ ners of Annual Event Held at Valley View Park—A Few Thousand Turn Out
London. Aug. 28. —Wilh the onward rush of the Austro-Germany army the invasion of Poland is still uncheckeu. the forces of the Kaistr are aiming blows at bolh of the extreme wings of the Russian line in the hope of destroy¬ ing for all time the effectiveness of the Grand Duke's legions as a mobile army.
While the Germ.ans in the Baltic pro¬ vinces wilh heavily r-enforced columns are  attempting  to  drive  the  Russians back      lo      Dvina,    Austro-Hungarian [forces,  aided  by  further German   con- llingents, again have taken the aggres- jsive in southeastern    Galicia    and    as slated in  N'ienna and    Berlin    reports, have broken through the Russian lines north   and   south   of  Erzezany   on   the Zloto Lipa river.
Activity has been almost nil on this front since the Austro Germans in May and June hurled the Russians back fiom the Dniester, the Zloto Lipa and the Gnella Lipa.
The Austrian report tonight says that the Russian positions between Gorony and Preba were precipitated over a front o'f 30 kilometers wilh a loss of over 6.000 captured. Russian counter atiacks were un.'jucce.ssful and the Russians began .1 retreat along the whole front this morning .says Vienna
Kast of \'ladimir. after a terriflc battle the army of Gen. von Pfuallo hurled the Russians back and is press¬ ing them hard.
The main effort of the grand duke ;s to balk the German plan to destroy the mobile effect of his arm\. This, the Russians are hindering with sur¬ prising  cleverness.
As   yel   there   is   no   indication   that Russians   will   make   a   stand,   as   the topgrahpical advantages are not yet in the favor.    Sharp lands, the most dif¬ ficult terrain which an army in flight can   traverse  and   successfully   protect | its rear, still lie in the path of the Rus- ] sian  eastward   retirement.    Until   iheyj reach high ground about 40 miles east ; of   the   abandoned   Brest   Litovsk   line i there   can   be   little   show   of   aggres- \ sion againsi  the Germans. i
Vilna   Must   Fall. I
I'etrograd.   Aug.     28.—It     is   hardly | likely   any   attempt   will   be   made   toj hold   Vilna,   which  apparently   will   be the next bog town fall into the (Jerman mans' hands.    The Russians would be at  a  great  disadvantage,  if they  were] to give battle with  an  unfortified  city of 200,000 inhabitants in the Immediate I
I rear.
I In connection with the activity of the I German left wing the possibility of the invaders reaching Petrograd is now [ examined In the press. The conclu- ! sion is arrived at that unle.ss the Ger¬ mans succeed in obtaining possession o'" the Gulf of Riga Ihey are not likely to hazard an attempt to reach I'etro¬ grad, especialh' as autumn Is now ap¬ proaching when Ihe country lying be¬ tween the Dvina and the Xarew pre¬ sents almost insuperable obstacles. It is said the German war machine <)n this front comprises 2000 guns and con¬ sumes more than fifty tralnloads of shells every 24 hours.
Naval Battle Faked. Berlin, via. wireless lo Sayvllle, Aug. 2S.—Referring to the n .val battle In Riga Gulf, in which the Russians claimed to have sunk the batlte cruLser Moltke and ten other German warships, a report which the German Admiralty denies. Admiral Kalau von Hof. writing in the \'ossische Zeitung. calls atten¬ tion to Ihe fact that a Russian naval victory in Ihe Balkan war in 1878 was celebrated by the Czar who ordered his portrait by an eminent artisl placed in the navy museum at Petrograd. Later ¦it was disclosed that the report was a fake. "The victory in the Gulf of Riga is evidently the same kind."
Paris. Aug. 28.—Midnight official- - "Very heavy and particularly effective bomb.'irdment of the German trenches in the region of Xieuport and Hetzas is reported by our artillery.
"Xorth of Arras *nd east of the road to Lille there has been fighting with b«imbs and mortars.
"In the sector of (Jueeiievderes artil¬ lery actions have occurred.
In the -Argonne our batteries stopped the ens-my's attempted bombardment at I.«i Fille Niorte, Maria Therese, St. Hubert an'  Four de Paris.
There has been cannonading at Le otte and Launols
"The commander of one of our aero squadrons at  the front  chased .a Ger¬ man machine for 600 metr?s and shot it di'wrvvnorth  of  Senlis.   where  the  ma- I hlne was found destroyed by flre and the  pilot  burned  to death. Italian Progress. Rome.   Aug.    2*—I Official i—Vester¬ day  Ihe Au.-trians continued  nombaid- ing  Borga. but  the damage wa«( slight. Austrian   attacks   again.st   our   p">i- ilon  at   Seiki-fel  and   Zellunkofel   wen- (CoBtlnncd Ob ?age Tiro.)
REMARKABLE      AVERAGES
Two flrst aid teams from th« No. 9 colliery. Xorth Pittston district, tied for the Capl. W. A. May cup al the tenth annual flrst aid to the injured contest of the Pennsylvania and Hill¬ side Coal and Iron Co.. held at Valley View Park yesterday. A few thousand people gathered to witness the various events of the day despite the unfavor¬ able weather.
The teams which tied for flrst place in the main event of the day were the Xo 9 breaker team, captained by Thos. K. Ross, and Ihe Xo. 8 shaft team, captained by J. .A. Hopkins. The gen¬ eral average of the two teams waa 98 1-3 per cent. The Clark slope team of the Old Forge colliery finished third, with a general average of 98 per cent. A remarkable thing about the contest was Ihal all of the eighteen teams that competed flnlshed with averages above 91 per cent.
The event and general averages in the cup contesi follow:
1st    2nd    3rd    Gen.
Xo. 8 shaft. No.
Xo. 9 breaker  .
Clark   slope,   O.
-No.  2  shaft,  O.
-N'o.   2  shaft,   F.
Checker V-, No.
.\*.  2 shaft,  Xo
Xo.  5 shaft,  Xo
Central breaker
X'o. 6 shaft.  Xo
Xo.   1  shaft.  O.
Underwood Col.
Co'rtr'ht  S.  Xo.
Gray   slope,    F.
Xo.  5 shaft.  No
Xo.   1   shaft   Xo.
9
F.
F.
C.
14
1
5
6
F.
14
C.
6
9
100
95
100
100
100
98
100
95
95
96
93
95
93
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Farreil   Is  Winner.
The contest consisting of a series of tests in the treatment of amputations, involving one man. attratced much in¬ terest. An oral test given by tho judges counted equally with 'he demonstrotars. Clement Farreil of the Mayfleld district, finished first with a  perfect mark.    The results follow.
First — Clement Farreil. Mayfleld district. 100 per cent., prize, gold watch. ' Second — William Creedon, Avoca dis¬ trict. 96 1-3 per cent., prize, gold w.ttcii ihain and charm.
Third - Alex. Tatt, 'North Plttst.jn district. 92 per cent., prize, gold cutt inks.
Fourth—Ham O. Jone.-). Forest ( Uy (Coa'.i--.; ed Oa P»ri Ttr?*.)
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