Encouraging Progress by Force Occupants of Damascus Suburbs Dispersed 'Six hundred men are' making encouraging progress in fighting the forest fire at the Sequoia National] Forest.
The flames jumped the Kaweah River and burned the edge of the Muir redwood grove, most of which, however, was saved—Reuter.
Paris, Aug. 16.
A message from Beirut states that 5,000 rebels, occupying the suburbs of Damascus, have been completely dispersed.
It is considered that the rebellion has been thoroughly quelled, Conditions in Lebanon are gradally returning to normal—Havas.
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