The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-11-19
NEWS
SEVEN DAYS AT A
GLANCE
War News.


essage received there from Buchar-
t states that the Russians have as
nded the Danube river and landed
small force of men and guns near
.Silistria. Silistria is on the southern
bank of the Danube in Rumanian ter
ritory, some thirty miles east OF where
the river reaches Bulgarian soil
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According to information received
from Greek frontier station, fighting
on a large scale has been proceeding
between Gradiko and Veles. The Bull
garians asked for q suspension Of hos
tilities for FIVE hours for the purpose
of burying the dead and collecting the
wounded, but only two hours was
granted.
Although the advance Of the Ger
mans and the Bulgarians apparently
Is irresistible, reports are arriving thal
the Servians have prepared for des'
perate stand in the mountains south
and west of the Morava river. This
may lead to a decisive battle, far over
shadowing the events OF the last Few
weeks. Such a course, If the Germans
win. would leave the railroad in shape
for speedy repairs and the resumption
of operations on the through route TO
Constantinople.
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Twenty-three men were killed and
fifty injured in an attack by gunflre
from submarine on the British trans
port Mercian in the Mediterranean.
The Mercian escaped and. reached
port. Announcement of the attack
was made by the British war office.
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The Greek government IS reported
to have appealed to the allies for tur'
Their financial assistance. A dispatch
from Athens says that the govern
ment desires to obtain an additional
advance of 4O,OOOOOO francs and that
this reques, is being considered sym
pathetically.
Newspapers of Berlin, as quoted by
the correspon lent at Copenhagen oil
the Exchange Telegraph Company
say that the Allies already have land
ed 100000 men at Saloniki.
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Capture by Germans of the main
Serbian positions south of kralieVo
has been announced by the German
army headquarters.
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The Austro-Germans have succeeded
in crossing the Morava river In SerVia
and General Won Gallwitz has occu'
pied Kruseyac, one of Servia's largest
towns. about thirty miles due north
west of Nish. The fall of kruseyac
means that the branch railway line TO
Ushitze, near the Bosnian frontier has
been broken by the invaders close to
the point where it leaves the main Bel
grade Saloniki line. A large number
of prisoners, ten guns and a lot OF
war mate. lal fell into German hands
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Washington.
With three almost simultaneous
fires in war munitions plants in this
country recently, at Bethlehem, Eddy
stone and Trenton, it became known
In Washington that the federal gov
eminent has an army Of investigators
on the trail of band of hyphenateC
plotters who are under suspicion,
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The American consul at JuareZ Il
warning Americans to leave the STATE
of chihuahua before there is a suspen
sion of railroad communication, whicl
is threatened. Most of the Americana
I'm the Juarez district are Mormons.
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The American steamer Zealandl
was forcibly searched by party from
British cruiser recently while lynn
in the port of Progresso, Mexico. TIL
American consul there reports tn
cruiser now is lying outside, presun
ably waiting to seize the ship.
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Earl Kitchener's ultimate missio
during his mysterious absence fror
the British war office is said by conf
Dental information received in Wasl
ington to be India. According to tn
same information British rule is col
fronted with more serious state {
unrest in India than has general
been known outside of British officij
circles.
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The Nations corn crop this year
the most valuable ever grown. Base
on prices paid farmers November 1,
is worth nearly two billion dollars.
size, 1t is second only to the recol
crop of 1912. The production WI
3,O90,5O9,O00 bushels, or "a million LEI
tLan the country's previous bigge
corn crop, and AIS million bushe
more than last year.
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Domestic.
About twenty-seven Americans a
believed to have been lost with t
torpedoed Italian liner Ancona, accol
ing to a cable to the State DEPARTING
from Ambassador Thomas Nels