, 1917-12-20
FOREIGN

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Petrograd.
1t is reported from Tobolsk, 81
IBERIA, that Olga. eldest daughter of
former Emperor Nicholas, is seriously
i'll.
In the. week ending Dec. s only n
French steamship of more than 1000
tons was sunk by German subma-
rines.
Solemn celebration throughout the
world owe the taking of Jerusalem
by Christian forces vas ordered by
the pope.
Felix Calender, vice presidcHt of
the republic and head of the depart
ment of the interior was elected pres
ident of Switzerland for 1918.
In boxes carried as luggage F. w.
Draper, an American engineer,
brought from Petrograd the 21,O00
ounces of platinum whose safe ar
rival at a Pacific port was announced
in Washington.
The Brazilian National Bar Associ-
alton unanimously passed a resolution
pledging all members to donate to the
iA'u NlOHS al law Gle l'tS ititlNtt
from German subjects in Brazil while
the wal lasts.
A temporary armistice has been
signed by Russian, Rumanian, Ger
man, Austrian, Bulgarian and Turk
ish plenipotentiaries, pending a de-
cision for peace or war by the consti-
tutional assembly.
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the holy city vas received in London
the bell of the Roman Catholic West
minister cathedral was rung for the
first time in three years and a solemn
TIE Deum was sung.
Gen. Skalon of the Russian staff
committed suicide under sensational
circumstances just prior to the as
sembling of the Russian-German
armistice c%onferees, according to a
dispatch from Brest Litovsk.
The toll of death resulting from the
explosion of the munitions ship Mont
Blanc in Halifax harbor was officially
fixed at 1926. including identified and
unidentified bodies and the missing.
Major Fitzgerald of the American
army presented to the relief commit
tee $1,000 which had been subscribed
by men under his command,
That steady progress towards the
desired goal is being made by the al
lies, despite some untoward occur
rences, is the firm conviction of
Premier Lloyd George, he declared in
a speech in London. 1t is because OF
this fact, the premier said, that he
would regard peace overtures to Prus-
STA at the moment when her military
spirit was drunk with ~boastfulness as
a betrayal of the trust of himself and
his colleagues.
SPORTING NEWS
Alfred Goullet, who, with Jake Ma
gin, won the siX-day bicycle race in
New York, enlisted in the navy.
Ray Fisher. veteran pitcher of the
New York Americans, notified his
club that he has enlisted in the army
and is now stationed at Fort Slocum.
The Camp Custer-Camp Grant foot
ball game at Chicago Dec. / netted
1874, 334.05. This will be divided
equally between the two cantonments
for their athletic funds if the govern
ment cancels its lei per cent. wal
tax on the sale of tickets.
Harry Frazee, president of the Bos-
ton Americans, purchased Outfielder
Amos Strunk, Pitcher Joe Bush and
Catcher Schang from the Philadelphia
Americans for 100000. In addition to
tho nriRn pnnuiInrntipn ErnUnn W.
Pitcher Vean Gregg, Catcher Thomas
and Outfielder Kopf for the players.
GENERAL
A Serbian war mission arrived in
New York to recruit compatriots in
this country for service in their army.
A Observation-Disclosures gale
along the coast of New Jersey Fri
day made the sleet and snow storm
which ragged one of the worst in
years.
Most of the country was in the grip
OF storms and cold weather Dec. IA
and under v of snow throughout
its northern parts almost from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific. Rail and wire
traffic were much impeded.
Ending her story of her relations
with George II. Reyes, a Boston real
estate operator, Miss Harriet a. Var
ney, a nurse, te%stifying in her own de
Tense at Dedham, Mass, on the
charge of murder, denied dramatical-
ly that she had killed his bride of
eight months. Pauline A. Reyes. She
told of being drugged by Reyes when
dining with him on the second night
after they had been introduced by
her fiancG, a Providence actor.
Besides other activities, the Noun
tain division of the American Red