ted at
distances
starting
from
18
to 30
“miles from the capital.
The right wing
@ymmand;
the valley of the Upper Bug.
Both
on
the
right
and
on the left it
is
the Poles
who- have
taken
the initiative
in
the operations.
The
Bolshevik
for
ces
which
had crossed
the
Bug between
Hrubeszow
and
Wlodawa,
have
been
thrown back
on the right
bank.
On
the
lef
wing the
Poles
starting from Mod-
“lin, have
mad~
a successful
attack in the
direction
of
Mlawa.
Thanks
to
this
operation,
the positions
the Poles
occupy
in the fork of the Narew
and Bug
rivers
which
.constitute
the
key defences
of
Warsaw,
are
now better
protected
from
4 flank atrack,
threatened
by
the Bolshe-
viki forces
on
the
north-west.
L.ondon,
Aug.
156th.—Mr. Lloyd George
replying
to
a
‘question
in “the
House
of
(Commons
today concerning
labours
ulti-
matum
against
war
on Russia,
deciared
that
any attempt
to
dictate the
p licy of
the Govt.
or Parliament
by industrial
ac-
tion struek
at
the root of
the democratic
constitution
of the country,
would be
re-
sisted by all the
*orces at.the
Govt’s.
dis-
posal.
Loud
cheers
greeted;
the
Pre-
mier’s reply.
Mr. Lloyd George
asserted
that
the Govt’s. policy, concerning
Rus-
sia and Poland, differed in
no
way
from
the Labour Policy, and said,
‘‘This swing
of
the
sledge-hammer
at
the open
door
by labour
was intended
unly for display.
London.
Aug.
16th.
—The Soviet forces
are
centering
their
attack
upon
Warsaw
in the region northeust
of Novogeorgievsk
the powerful Polish
fortress
on
the
Vis-
tula to the northwest
of
the capital,
and
along the line south-easterly,
it is said in
the
official statement
?.'om
Moscow
re-
ceived
today.
The
cfmmumication
re-
flects
the recent Polish withdrawal
on the
southern
front, and
announces
the
ocecu-
pation by the Russiansof Brody and
So-
kal,
northeast
of Lemberg.
Warsaw,
Aug. 17th.—The
Russian
So-
viet hold upon the
gates of Warsaw
has
been
roken, according
ta Allied officers
here.
The
Pnlish
counter-attack
is
de-
clared
to
be
in
full
swing
at
various
points,
with
the
Soviet
forces
falling
back
in eonfusion.
Cork, August
17th.-
The
LorZ
Mayor
was deported
to England
this
morning
aboard
a
destroyer
jafter
having
been
found guiit
= of sedition
by a court
mar-
tial yesterday.
London,
Aug. 17th,—Mr. Lloyd George
t#d the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
that
the
Govt.
was
prepared
to
give
every
assistance
to
the mother of Arch-
bishop Mannix to
visit
him in England,
but that the Govt. would
not
permit the
Archbishop
to visit Ireland.
Antwerp,
Aug.
17th.—In
the
second
day of the Olympiad performances
netted
them 43 points out of the possible
66 for
the day.
Finiand
by
the
19 points
wvon
in the javelin
throw, and
the
10 in
the
Penthalon,
has
29, and
is second
to
the
United
States
team.
Franece
has
six
points,
Great
Britain
four, Esthonia
two
ST R&
A VIS
and
Norway
one.
In
the
classic
Pen-
thalon the Finnish star, Lethtonen,
proved
to be the
best
all round
athlete.
Brad-
18y (University
of Kansas)
was
secomd,
Charles Paddock
(L.os
Angeles)
won
the
final of the 100
metre
event
with Kirk-
sey
(San
Francisco)
second,
Edward
(England) third, Likhan of France fourth,
Scholz
(University
of*Missouri)
fifth
and Murchison
(New York
A. C.) sixth,
time 10 4-5 seconds.
United
States
fen-
cers
yesterday
defeated
France
9
to 7,
France
thus
winning
seeond
place.
In
the
Grecoroman
wrestling
preliminaries
yesterday,
Wigart
of
the
U.
S.
Navy
threw Rangiers
(Italian)
with
a
double-
arm after
three
minutes
of
wrestling.
Landon
of
the
New
York A. C won the
final
in
the
high jump
of the 'Ol'ympic
games
today, and in
so
doing, establish-
ed
a
new
Olympic
record.
Landon’s
jump
was
1.94
metres.
The
former
Olympie
record
was
1.93
metres.
The
second qualifying heat
in the 10,000
me-
tre
wglk
resuited
as
follows:
Sehir
(England),
McMaster
(South Africa) sec-
ond,
Maloney
(United
States)
third,
William
Plant
(United
States)
fourth,
Malendez
(Spain) fifth, Doyr
(Belgium)
sixth.
The winners
time was
51 minutes
343
seconds.
The
heat
qualifying
for
the final of the
broad
jump.
Peterson
(Sweden)
first,
distance
6.94
metres.
Abrahamson
(Sweden)
second,
distance
6.86
metres,
Johnson
United
(States)
third,
distance
©.32
inetres.
Rankson
(Sweden)
fourth,
distance
6.73
metres.
Templetor
(United
States)
fifth
dis-
tance 6.67 metres.
New York, Aug. 17*h:—Rdy Chapman,
star
shortstop
of the
Cleveland
Ameri-
can League Baseball
Team,
died in
a
hos-
pital here
early today
as
the
resuit
of a
fractured
skuii received
in the gaine
here
yesterday
when
he
was
hit by
a
ball
thrown by Pitcher
Carl Mays of the New
York Americans.
'Toronto, Aug.
17th.—Edward
Ray and
Harry Vardon, the two Golfers who
com-
peted
in
the
United
States
Open
Golf
Championship
last week, defeated George
Cumming,
the Tcronto
Professional
and
Albert Murray of Montreal
at the
Scar-
borough
Club yesterday.
The Britishers
covered
the 36
holes
in 291, while
their
opponents
required
306.
Dublin, Aug
17th.—Distriet
Inspector
Wilson
was
shot dead at Templemore
last
night while walking
from
the police bar-
racks
to his home,
according
toa
mes-
sage
from
Thurles.
Belfast,
Aug. 17th -The
town of Tem-
plemore,
County
Tipper ry,
underwent
a grim
ordeal of reprisal
last
night
fol-
lowing the murder
of District
Inspector
Wilson,
according
to
a
Press
despatch
received
here
today.
The
police
and
military turned
out
to revenge
Wilson’s
death,
and with hombs
and bullets speed-
ilycleared
the
streets.
The
Town
Hall
and
several
shops
were
wrecked.
The
disorders
lasted several
hours.
Jamaica,
Aug.
18th:—In
view of cer-
tain
recommendatiors
of
the
Central
Board
of
Health
ir connectiion
with an
epidemic of chicken
pnx in the island,
the
Committees
appointed
by His
Excellency
the
Governor
to
formulate
a
program-
me in connection
with the visit of 11. R.
11.
The
Prince
of Wales
are
seriously
con-
sidering the necessity
of recommending
a postponement
of the
Prince’s
visit at
the present
time.
It is
not
so much
fear
that
H.
R.-H.
might
be
inoculated
as
that if the men
were granted shore
leave,
the possibility
of the
whole ship’s
crew
being inoculsted
with the disease.
At pre-
sent
there
are
120 cases
of the
disease
iso-
lated
at
a point outside
of Kingston.
NEw
YORrRK,
Aug.
16th
1920
Klour, Blended Clears St. Lawrence
lirand
pr.
brl.
$12.50
Meal, Kilndried per
100 bs
$3.90
New
Season’s
Pork
per brl. $39.00
Heavy Mess Pork
per bbl.
$33.00
Sugar---Crystals
maximum
per
100
ibs
$13.00.
$13.04.
Molasses
Sugar
89°
test,
no
quotation.
Cotton,
Middling Upland,
at
Liverpoo!
per
Ib. 26 82-1004.
Exchange,
New
York
and
London,
60
days’ sight $3.59%
Exchange
New York
and
London,
sight
$3.63%
LONDON,
Aug. 16th
1920.
Sugar, Demerara Crystals,
Govt. controll-
ed and free
oi control quite norminal.
Sugar-Mosco;fado
Govt. co
‘trolled
and
vwoo anntval
~vnita naminal
Moscovado
free
of
Govt.
control
duty
paid nominal.
German
Beet 88°/. f.o.b.
no
sales.
White
Java
sugar
cif United
Kingdom
nominal
118s.
od.
RESEARCH'
WORK
ON
SPONGE
IN
TOE BRITISH
WEST
INDIES.
On
the
recommendation
of
the
Colo
nial Research
Committee,
Viscount
Mil-
ner,
Secretary
of State
for the
Colonies
appointed
in
September
last year
Mr.
L.
R.
Crawshay
as
a Research
Officer for
the investigation of sponge
in the British
West
Indies,
and particularly
in
the
Ba-
hamas.
In the Secretary
of State’s
despatch
to
the Imrerial
Commission
of Agriculture
for the
West
Indies,
informing
him
of
this appointment,
it
is
stated
that Mr.
Crawshay
has
been
instructed
to keep
in touch
with him.
After having first paid
a visit to Flori-
da,
in order to cbserve
the
sponge
farms
on that
coast.
Mr. Crawshay
proceeded
to Nassau,
which
will be
his
headquar-
ters.
He intends
however,
later
to pay
a
visit,
if possible,
to
some
of the Lee-
ward and Windward
Islands.
Research
work
on
the possibilities
of
extending
the
sponge
industry
in these
islands,
and
of methods
of cultivating
‘varieties of sponge
of commercial
value,
is certain
t 0 be
important,
seientifically
as
well
as
economically.—Agricultural
News