, 1917-11-22
FOREIGN

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Lord Northcliffe has declined a prof
fer of the administration OF the new
air ministry made to hin by Premier
Lloyd George.
The American congressional delega-
ton which is visiting France was re-
ceived by President Poincare in the
palace OF the Elysecs at Paris.
The members of the American mis-
sion to the interallied conference were
invited to Buckingham palace for
luncheon with the King and Queen.
A supplementary estimate .increas-
ing the extraordinary war credit for
1917 by leo. 600, 900 florins has been
submitted to the second chamber of
the Dutch parliament.
1t was announced at Honolulu that
the value of the estate left by the lats
Queen "Liliuokalani would not exceed
5000, 600. Her jewels, including her
crown, valued at Sl,750. are appraised
at about $4,000.
Premier Lloyd.George explained to
the House of Commons that the inter
allied council. the establishment of
which WAS arranged at the recent con-
ference of British, French and Italian
representatives,, would have no cxpcu-
tive power.
Seven thousand military cadets and
5000 troops are besieged in the Krem-
lin at Moscow by $4,000 BOlsheviki.
who are battering the ancient walls
and buildings with heavy artillery. ac-
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received at Petrograd.
Austro-Hungary and Germany are
taking steps to organize a business bu-
rea for the occupied regions of Italy.
The intention is to lose no time in ar
ranging for the planting of early vege
tables on a large scale to meet the ex-
pected spring food crisis.
A monster meeting of Social Demo-
Gratis in Vienna adopted resolutions
urging the central powers immediate
ly to propose an armistice to Russia
and invite all belligerents to begin
peace negotiations according to dis
patches received at Copenhagen.
The Independent Socialist group ill
the German Reichstag has requested
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ate session of the Reichstag to discuss
the peace offer of Nikolai Lenine,
leader of the Russian Bolsheviki. the
Amsterdam correspondent of the Cen
trail News cables. The Independent
Socialists also ask that the Reichstag
take up consideration of the new state
of affairs as regards Courland. Lithu-
ania and Poland.
SPORTING NEWS
Mike O'Dowd of st. Paul won the
middleweight championship of the
world in Brooklyn when he knocked
out AL Mccoy of Brooklyn i'll the sixth
round of "A ten-round- bout.
Roscoe Battan, a Hastings high
school boy, was killed at Hastings,
Neb., in Il football game. In inter
cepting an opponent he received a
blow which produced paralysis of the
heart, and he died within a short
time.
Driving an automobile equipped
with a Liberty motor, Ralph de Palma
established a worlds record for six
hours at the Sheepshead Bay speed
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The best previous mark was 566 miles
made at Brooklands, England, Oct. l,
1913, by Dario Resta, Jean Chassagne
and Lee X. Guinness, driving alter
nately.
GENERAL
More than sixty prisoners in the
Mineola, l.. l., jail, most of them wom-
m, will be the guests of Mrs. Blanca
De Saulles at a big Thanksgiving day
dinner.
Ten Chicago physicians examined
Baby Pau Hodzima, 21a years old, TO
whom DR.. Harry j. H%aiselden is ad-
ministering a drug which will relieve
the pain, though it may shorten the
baby's life.
81 was only doing my duty. After
his liaison with my wife, | felt that |
was protecting other women" This
was the explanation offered by Peter
]. Pearson, Fargo, n. D., for killing
William j. Collins.
Missouri railroads were granted an
increase in passenger rates. Single
tickets are to be increased from . Ia
21a cents a mile, round-trip tickets
from > to "a cents a mile, and mile
age books from . to "a cents.
Second Lieut.. l.. r. Johnson, Can.
adian royal flying corps, mi Sergeant
Malloy. United States aviation sec.
ton, were killed when an airplane in
which they were making a practice
flight fell about seven miles from Fort
Worth. Tex.
A party of Americans, including Il
number of Ell Paso city firemen, was
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