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THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, July 10: Silver is quoted at 39 15/16. There a shortage of supplies and little general demand The market is steady..
Wishisms, July ". The Government has announ that an arrangement is negotiation which is designed to lis give America and Gent Britain a firingusp of all allied gid neutral shipping by the strictest control of
on and fuel supplies.
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
RUSSIAN SUCCESSES.
BIG CAPTURES. WEST OF STANISLAU.
Losos, July 9.
by wireless, states in the succesfal A Kussian official report, iransmitted offensive westward of Stanislau, Genera Korniloff captured, on Sunday, overal villages, 131 officers, 7,000 men, 48 guns, including 1 heavy guns, and abo many machine guns.
General Korniloft attacked and. on "the" world's trade wolites, which pierced the enemy's foremost and moat. ean be done by the control of end!portant position westward of Stan-
islau, and advanced and captured ii. wd, fuel.
battle the Williges Jesupol Ciczov, Pavelche, Ryhno, and Sturylysiec
Our cavalry immediately purmat the THE AFFAIRS OF GREECE.euemy, rearling the Likva River."
We bombed the railway stating Pinsk, causing a confiagration.
* THE COUNTRY'S FINANCES.
TURKISH PRESSURE.
We evacuated Pendjvin, Kbamikia, Kwinthirsen under Turkish
pressure."
Atices, July 9, Before leaving for Sulonika, Mand Jonbart announced that he would devote his efforts in London and Paris to strengthening the finances of Greece. He referred in a Blättering manner to the uniform moderateness of Venizelos' attituda.
THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE INTENSE ARTILLERY DUEL IN
"THE SMORGEN REGION.
PETROGRAD, July 97
A telegram frou Mirvik describes; the beginning of military activity on several parts of the front, including a prolonger nud intense artillery duel in the Krevo-Smorgen.region
PETROGRAD, July 9,
A battalion of the Reitai garrison, composed of 400 men and seven woman, were warmly welcomed on their arrival at Petrograd, en route for the front..
THE COTTON TRADE.
OPERATIVES DEMAND FURTHER
INCREASE IN WAGES.Y
LONDON, July 11.
AUSTRIAN REPORT.
An Austrian communiqué states —– The enetay attempted a decisive blow with superior forcon against the road from Stanislan to Kolosz, these penetrating advanced trenches, but they were ejected by our counterattack
Strong enemy forces were also re in the Strzyca Valley, neer
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IMPORTANT FRENCH
GAINS.
ENEMY'S "CRUEL LOSSES.”
LONDON, July 9. A French communique states --We brilliantly repulsed strong attack against the Pantheon
We counter-attacked against the trenches the enemy occupied yesterday between Le Heauvettes and the Chevarigny spur..
After a very lively fight we broke up the enemy's energetic resistance, driving, him out of our first line elements on a front at 1500 matrea, thus regaining the greater part of the gains the encry won yesterday between the Pantbeo and the Froidmont Farm.
LATE
The Cardroom Workers' Amalgama According to fresh information che tires, most of whom are woman, have three divisions reinforced by peel tion, representing half a million opernendy's attack here yesterday wa
elements belonging to
Pesenfalapplied for a twenty-five per cent, assaulting troops, pioneers, and deta b Telegraph add Peaceful
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The Cardroom worker wages bare Our troops, whose gallant defence was praiseworthy, inflicted cruel losser been advanced twenty per cent, since s fact that in confirmed by prisoners, the war begin.
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LONDON, July 11, The Cotton Control Board states that the expression Cotton abroad" applies to cotton unbipped prior to June 29.)
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chires, all flying at 70 miles an hour. an average height of 15,000 fetts raiders were big "Gotha" twin-en machines, which st 13,000 feat.look ours at 5,000 feet. The statement maintains that one gunners hot hot bal hard luck, against; a dib In the House of Commons, replying target. The defonders were to Mr. Lynch, bir. Boder Law said that unready. The airmen if the House desired, as he thought proeneury were well equ
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