Taiban Valley news., 1917-10-19
FOREIGN

the rank of general.
The London Daily Telegraph says 1t
learns that the Sultan Of Egypt ID
dead.
Sir Wallace Graham, chief justice OF
Nova Scotia, died at Halifax at the
age Of so.
Armed Mexicans crossed border and
seized two American soldiers who
were out hunting ducks, who later en-
capped.
Dec. LIST has been fixed for calling
the first increment of men to the col
ors, under the Canadian selective con-
scription act.
A cold wave Is moving over east
ern France. Snow has made its first
appearance Of the season on the from
tier heights of the Vosges.
The Kaiser has issued proclama-
tion to the German fleet, warning sail
ors of dire penalties in case Of any
further mutinous outbreaks. It states
that the leaders will be "summarily
dealt with"
Austro-German troops are renewing
their attempts to fraternize with the
Russians, but SO far every effort has
met with failure, according to state
ment issued by the Russian war Of
flee, based on reports from the front.
Nicholas Romanoff, the former en-
peror of Russia, and his family, have
been transferred from Tobolsk, ST.
IBERIA, to the Abolak monastery, four
teen miles from Tobolsk The trans
fer was made at the request of the
former emperor.
The suggestion that President Will
son visit Europe is made by the Paris
Information in a leading editorial. It
says the allies need the Presidents
counsel, that his influence would be
| powerful in establishing unity in re-
| gard to democratic ideals and that
such visit would be of advantage al
so to America.
A revolutionary outbreak on German
warships at Wilhelmshaven about six
weeks ago is reported in Central
News dispatch from Copenhagen. The
uprising is said to have had all the
elements of a widespread revolt and
to have been suppressed only with the
greatest difficulty. Several mutinous
outbreaks also are reported to have oc-
CURED among soldiers at the front.
SPORTING NEWS
Nearly $4,000 soldiers at Camp Funs
ton are baseball fans.
Jack Wolfe, bantam, won from Mick
ey Byrne in the first scrap Of the
fight season at Cleveland, Ohio
Mickey was disqualified In round three
by Referee Dunn for butting.
The Giants defeated the White Soz
s to 0, in the fourth game of the cham
pionship series. They won the third
game, 2 to 0, after the White Sox had
taken the two games in Chicago, to
and Z to 2.
Lexington's Grand Circuit meeting
came to a close with card of -four
purse races, three of which were won
In straight heats. Measles, the win.
ner of the 2:20 trot, became the first
and only triple winner of the Ken.
lucky meeting.
GENERAL
A total Of $4,000 has been sub.
scribed in st. Louis for the Knights OF
Columbus army fund.
i
Two military organizations at Fort
Bliss subscribed a combined total of
100000 to the second Liberty loan.
Henry Jerolaman, who received the
title of strawberry king" from Queen
Victoria of England, died at his home
at Hilton, N. j., at the age of 50 years.
Documents having an important
bearing on German plots to influence
China's sympathies toward the Teu-
tonic empires in the worlds war are
on their way to Washington, federal
officials admitted.
Unless pilots, marine engineers,
mates, cooks, deck hands and every
sort of ship employees are granted an
increase in wages and at least sixty
six days off each year there may be
a strike in New York. Nov. 1st.
The National Council of Congrega-
tional Churches in session at Colum-
bus, Ohio, adopted by large major
ity, resolution favoring woman suf.
frage. The suffrage question was un-
looked for and developed hot debate.
Don M. Dickinson, postmaster gener-
al under President Cleveland, is seri-
ously Ill at his home in Trenton, Mich,
and his physicians hold out little hope
for his recovery. Mr.. Dickinson has
been confined to his bed for two years.
Herbert Wood and Leo Keane were
found guilty at Belleville, ILL.,, of the
murder of Scott Clark, negro, who
died as the result Of injuries received
in the recent race riots in East st.
Louis, and the penalty was fixed at
fourteen years imprisonment.
Capt. Franz Won Papen, former at
tache of the German embassy in Wash
ington, who is now in Europe, and sew
enteen other men were indicted by a
federal grand jury in New York. They