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ABOUT THE WAR


Entente warships continue their
search for the German raider in the
Atlantic.
Rome reports battle OF Italians in
Tripoli with rebels in which the lat
ter lost 1000 men.
On the western front there have
been several small patrol engagements
along the British portion Of the line.
Near Zborow, in Galicia, an Austro-
German raid. was frustrated by the
Russians, who drove the invaders out
after they had entered some trenches.
A Russian squadron is reported to
have raided the Anatollan coast of the
Black Sea and sunk forty Turkish sail
ing vessels carrying food to CONSTANT
nople.
Austro-G German guns pounded at
Ocna, a railroad town in the Trotus
valley, according to Petrograd. In the
Suchitza valley, farther southwark,
Russian attacks, Berlin says, failed
with heavy losses.
After defeating Gen. Hernandez and
his Carranza command Of 1900 in the
vicinity Of Satevo, or the wagon road
to Parral, villa drove the defacto col
umn to La Jolla, eighteen miles north
OF SateYO, where another defeat was
administered and the column was
forced to retreat to Santa Ysabel and
then to Palomas.
The British troops in France have
hit the German line hard at two
places for good gains. Northeast OF
Cite Calonne, the Canadians carried
out a brilliant raid of German
trenches on a front of 700 yards. At
Beaucourt Sur Ancre another drive
by the British gave them German
positions over a front Of coo yards.
Fierce fighting along the lower Ser
eth line resulted in the capture by
Turkish troops Of the Rumanian town
OF Mihalea, northwest of Braila, and
400 men Of its garrison. Others Of
the defending force, attempting to es-
cape. were drowned in the Sereth.
The Bulgarians have taken a monas-
terry near the confluence Of the Buzeu
and Sereth rivers.
WESTERN
Flat owners and rental agents
donned overalls at Chicago and stocked
the furnaces deserted by striking
janitors.
Ebert w. Blancett, charged with
the murder OF Clyde d. Armour. is in
the hospital OF the New Mexico peni-
Tertiary at Santa F6.
The wholesale liquor dealers and
the brewers OF San Francisco have
taken a hand in the control and reg
ulation of the saloons.
James e. WetE, egg king" has quit
and announced that he will withdraw
from the Chicago butter and egg board
and go South with his family for the
winter.
Her accompaniment played on a
th~ree-legged piano propped up with
bricks. Mary Garden sang to 1000
wanderers at the Hoboes' College in
Chicago.
Oscar De Priest, a negro alderman,
who with a police captain and nine
teen others was indicted in Chicago
on charges of conspiracy in connection
with graft. surrendered and prepared
TO give bonds OF $4,000.
WASHINGTON
The House passed omnibus public
buildings bill. carrying $4,000, 900.
The right TO borrow under the farm
loan act is limited to farmers and
prospective farmers.
Germany has Withdrawn her charges
OF unneutral conduct against Minister
Vopicka, accredited to Rumania, Ser
bia and Bulgaria. 1t was announced at
the State Department.
Test cases regarded as decisive OF
about 800 railroad claims against the
government for approximately $685..
OO0. goo additional compensation for
carrying the mails from 1907 to 1911
were decided by the Supreme Court
against the railroads.
Increases OF pay for government
clerks. approved by the House, were
stricken from the appropriation bill by
the Senate committee. It also recon-
raended reducing the salaries Of the
members OF the farm loan board from
$4,000 a yea to $500 a year and
cutting the secretary's pay from &c..
900 to $4,000.
More than 1000 Americans have pc
titioned Ambassador Elkus at Con
stantinople to get them out Of Syria
and Palestine,
The Senate confirmed William Den
man. Bernard N. Baker. James b
White n Theodore Brent as mem.
bers OF Shipping Board. but held up
confirmation Of John A. Mcdonald.
Nine Americans we're among the
crew OF the British steamers ST. Theo
dore and Minieh. taken by the Ger
man raider and landed with other sur
Vivors at Pernambueo on the Japanese
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