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Yuan Shi Kai, president of the Chi
nese republic, has accepted the throne
Of China, rendered to him by the coun-
Gil of state.
Austrian aeroplanes flew over An
coma, Italy, and dropped bombs. Two
people were killed and several in
jured.
q. e. Sitter tax collector OF the Dor
ough of Tamaqua, Pa, was arrested,
charged with being short from $4,000
to $4,000 in his accounts.
The business Of the canary breed
ers of the Hartz mountains, Germany,
has been almost destroyed by the
war The war has stopped exports
and the domestic trade is almost at a
standstill.
The Du Pont workman arrested the
day before the big fire at Hopewell,
Va, on suspicion that he was plotting
to blow up the plant, has been fined
$50 and placed under bonds to keep
the peace.
The health department announced
that New York City is facing seri-
GUS milk shortage as a result of the
enormous purchases OF condensed
milk by the allies for the soldiers in
the trenches.
The name of Henry Ford, Detroit
manufacturer. was filed as candi-
date for the presidential nomination
in the Nebraska Republican primaries
to be held next April.
Opening to settlement of 1000, 900
acres Of nonirrigable land in Penning-
ton, Custer and Fall River counties,
South Dakota. is announced. The land
will be available for entry Jan. 10.
Reports from Austria say the sup
ply of coal In Vienna is so small that
the question of lighting the city has
become acute.
Secretary Houston and bureau heads
of the department of agriculture con-
ferred on the advisability of having
the government charter ship and
send 1t to Chile for nitrate to be sold
to American farmers.
Fifty women of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage are In the
capital urging congressman to support
the Susan B. Anthony federal suffrage
amendment.
Great Britain has recognized the
Carranza government in Mexico.
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One man was shot and killed and
two others badly wounded in an at
tack by five unidentified men in Gin
cinnati on q squad of nonunion paint
ers.
With a Bible gripped tightly at his
breast, Henry Bookman. Oklahoma's
first victim of electrocution, walked
to his death in the state penitentiary
at McAlester.
DR.. Bernhard Dernburg has arrived
at Vienna on political mission.
| The Ford Motor Car company has
purchased IA acres OF land north of
its present plant, in Detroit, at price
said to be sl,4OO,OOO.
Exports from the port of New York
during November exceeded $1S0,000,-
600, the largest amount in the history
Of the port.
Col. B. Permanently, a representa-
tive of the Russian government in
this country to look after the con-
tracts for munitions, has killed him.
self at Wilmington. Del.
! Continuation classes to meet the re-
quirements OF the child labor law
which becomes effective Jan. will
be organized in Philadelphia by sew
eral department stores.
Bills for an s11.O0O.OOO government
armor plate factory were introduced
in both houses OF congress.
Two hundred Belgian women and
children arrived in Chicago to rejoin
members of their families from whom
they have been separated since the
war began.
The American oil steamer Commu-
nipaw, reported to have been sunk off
the coast Of Tripoli by a submarine.
has sailed from Alexandria, Egypt.
for New York.
r. P. Arnold OF Denver shot and
dangerously wounded Mrs. C. G. cren-
shaw OF Jackson. Tenn. and then
killed himself at Salt Lake rooming
house.
The California grand lodge Of the
Ancient Order OF United Workmen
filed petition IN bankruptcy. The
! liabilities we're given as t327.s27,4s,
and the assets ss.4sses. 80.