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ABOUT THE WAR


ABOUT THE WAR
The British steamer Areo has been
sunk One member of the crew was
lost
London reports indicate that Earl
Kitchener will take command Of the
British army in Egypt.
Four hundred and seventy Bulgars
killed and 900 wounded by French
aeroplanes in recent attacks on camp.
French and British artillery demol-
ish portions OF German trenches on
west front British advance repulsed
aear Neuville.
Furious artillery duels are in prog
ress along the Franco Belgian front
The Italians and Austrians are hay
ing similar engagements
About 1890 German troops from
West African colony crossed the
border into Spanish territory and
were disarmed and interned.
Apparently authoritative reports In
Washington are that the United
State will accept Germanys latest
suggestion for settlement OF the Lusi
tania case.
Austrian troops are sweeping
through Albania while the Monteno
grin troops and the Serbs have ef
fected junction at Durazzo. the chief
Albanian seaport
Earl Kitchener probably will quit
the British Cabinet to take active com
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coed him as secretary of state, but the
gar part OF his office will be filled By
an officer
Germany plan of shifting troops
from one point to another was frus.
trated by united attack by the al
lies on all fronts. Some ground was
gained by the allies, bu. according to
Berlin the Germans recaptured most
of it.
WESTERN
Nineteen die and twenty towns
swept by Arkansas fljods
Mrs. Pauline Randle was divorced
At San Francisco from her husband,
Jules. who, she swore. has been drunk
for thirteen years
Two persons were killed and
third injured in a snow and mud slide
which wrecked two cottages at Mag
nolia Bluff in the extreme northwest
ern part of Seattle, Wash
Despite a contrary ruling by Attor-
ney General Lucey, the Cook county,
ILL.,, election board accepted the deci-
sion Of their counsel that women may
be allowed to vote for delegates and
alternates to the national conventions.
The Metropolitan Street Railway
Company under a settlement reached
in the Circuit Court at Kansas City,
agreed to ray Miss Evelyn Whiting.
ton, 1G years old, $500 for a kiss ad-
ministergd by one of the company
conductors.
The federation of state medical
boards elected the following officers
at Chicago President DR.. David A.
Stickler, Denver; vice president, DR..
Walter p, Bowers, Boston; secretary
and treasurer, DR.. Walter L. Bierring,
Des Moines, Iowa.
c. w keggale. aged 40, promineu,
was shot and probably fatally
wounded by Mrs. Finest Faust. who
lives near Denison The woman fired
five shots. When arrested few
minutes later she said the minister
had insulted her.
WASHINGTON
Public lands committee heard west
ern men on 6i0-acre grazing home.
stead bill.
The House passed the bill to pro
vide for coinage of 100000 Mckinley
souvenir dollars.
Big gunsites wanted by the United
States at the approaches of the Pana-
ma canal probably will be ceded to
this country by Panama.
The House adopted resolution MAX
ing Immediately availa BILE $500. 900 for
the Mare Island navy yard and $780,
600 for the New York navy yard for
hattleship construction equipment.
The annual Indian appropriation
bill. including provision for paving
Choctaw and Chickasaw tribesmen
$7.5o0.0o0 in accrued profits on their
lands, was passed in the House. 1t
carries appropriations aggregating
about s10,705,0O0.
Speaker Clark and Republican Leaf
or Mann fought side by side in the
House for adequate national defense.
With party lines obliterated most CT
the members followed their leaders
and two navy measures passed with
out dissenting vote
Great Britain promised the United
States to permit the prompt trans.
portation from Rotterdam of a large
quantity Of sugar beet seed bought in
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