, 1917-09-27
FOREIGN

liberty Adolphe Max, the burgomaster
OF Brussels.
Francisco Villa believes the United
States and Mexico will have a war
soon, and he has warned Gen. Fran
cisco Murgia against pursuing him.
Montreal is organizing a battalion Of
women to form the nucleus of a Can
adian army OF women who will fight
In the trenches of France II they are
needed.
Explosion of a bomb in sack of nj
trate being loaded on the Japanese
passenger and freight steamer Seiyo
Maru. at Iquique. Chile, killed two per
sons and injured ten.
In the event of Premier Borden's re-
turn to power, it is his intention to
confer the franchise upon women gen
orally and to make important amend,
ments TO the naturalization act.
In reply to the peace proposals OF
Pope Benedict, the German and Aus.
tro-Hungarian governments express
the hope that the pontiff's efforts may
bring about a cessation of hostilities.
The Frankfurter zeitung says that
the Swedish embassy, which has taken
over the affairs of the American en-
bassy at Constantinople, has been or
dered to cease the transmission of CT
pher messages to America.
Announcement was made in govern
ment circles at Picking that the Chi
nese cabinet, provided the entente
powers approved, was willing to send
100000 soldiers to France, in compli-
ance with the French request.
Emperor William passed through
Budapest, Hungary, on his way to So
fla, the Bulgarian capital. 1t is be-
lieved to be the emperor's intention to
try to smooth over difficulties which
have arisen between Bulgaria anil
Germany.
With a view to promoting temper
ance permanently the Russian provis-
ional government has ordered that all
supplies of alcohol at distilleries and
on licensed premises shall be used for
the manufacture of vinegar and min
eral waters.
The American steamer Platuria was
torpedoed by a German submarine
Sept. 10. Forty-five survivors have
beer landed by the Italian steamer
Andrea. The master of the Platuria
and eight of the crew were drowned.
New York dispatches state that H.
barrow, boatswain, of Denver was a
member of the PlatuFia's crew.
Alhart TthamniDn a Era,,I .zta.--
who on his third attempt escaped
from Germany, brings the information.
according to the Paris edition of the
New York Herald, hat 3,7OO French
and British soldiers and 1900 Rus.
slams have died of typhus at the Ger
nan concentration camp at Cassel,
ninety miles northwest of Frank:
fort-on-the-Main.
SPORTING NEWS
Hutchinson won the Western League
pennant for the last half of the season
by defeating Joplin in the third
straight game of the play-off series In
a shut-out, 2 to O..
Lieut.. Edwin v. Evans of Sheridan,
Wyo., is II of the five University of
students who have just ar
rived for service in France, according
to word received at Boulder, Colo.
The Chicago Americans put an end
10 Boston's last forlorn hope as a PEN
nant contender by winning Fridays
game. 2 to l. The victory clinches the
League championship for
Chicago.
GENERAL
The second Liberty Loan campaign
will last four weeks. opening Oct, 1
and closing Oct. 27.
Wheat is being fed to livestock as a
substitute for corn in many counties
OF northeastern Oklahoma.
The price of silver made another &c
advance Sept. 81, going to $1.OSh an
ounce, a gain of SC in a week, making
the high mark since 1890.
News that the Argentine Senate had
voted Overwhelmingly to sever iiplo-
matte relations with Germany was re-
in Washington with gratifica-
ton and no little surprise.
Six children, seyenty.five grand.
children, forty-one great-grandchildren
and twenty Observation-Disclosures
helped Mrs. Fredericka Minnie Hook
celebrate her h%undredth birthday at
Chicago.
Roast beef, steaks. filet mignon-
in fact, all cuts or dishes made from
beef-will be missing from the Tues
day menus of dining ears on railway
trains beginning Oct. 2, 1t was an
nounced in New York.
Members of the Farmers Union of
Texas will inaugurate a statewide
campaign to induce farmers to hold
their cotton for a better price, II was
announced at Dallas at a meeting OF