Taiban Valley news., 1917-11-16
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ABOUT THE WAR

Aland in Baltic sea.
Entire Turkish army is in flight be-
fore British in Palestine.
The British have captured GAIA in
Palestine following a nine-mile gain.
Only eight British vessels over 1000
tons were sunk the past week, and
four under that tonnage.
The Canadians have won another
notable victory in Belgium, capturing
the town of Passchendaele.
The American infantry still is strug-
Cling with mud and water, despite the
activity of the engineers in clearing
the trenches.
Italians continue retreat to river
Piave. Rear guards inflict heavy
losses on Austro- Germans. British
and French troops marching to Ital-
ian front.
Seventeen thousand more Italians
have been captured and Cadorna
forces have fled across the Levinza
river. Berlin claims 250,000 have been
taken during the two weeks drive.
The congress of soldiers and work
mems delegates at Petrograd appealed
to the Russian army to stand firm and
to protect the revolution against i'm
perialistic attempts until the new gov
ernment had obtained a democratic
peace.
Gen. Cadorna relieved of high COM
mand and made member of allied
military committee that will direct
operations. Gen. Diaz has been ap-
pointed first in command, with Gen.
Badoglio second and Gen. Grandma
third. Gen. Foch, chief of staff of the
French war ministry and Gen. Will
son, subchief of the British general
staff, will serve on the interallied
committee with Gen. Cadorna.
The Maximalists are in complete
control of Petrograd. Kerensky has
fled to the front, and it is believed
he will direct his operations from
Moscow, and from there will endeavor
to unite the Moderates against the
Maximalists, and also to rally to his
support Cossacks and such other
troops who have not already gone
over to the Extremists. The rebels,
under leadership of Nicholai Lenine, .
arrested many of the premier's lieu
tenants, issued orders for his arrest
and began forming their new govern
ment. A peace delegation has been
named.
WESTERN
Presidential suffrage was defeated
in Ohio.
The vote on prohibition in Ohio was
close, with incomplete returns show
ing the vets slightly in the lead.
Reports received at Ell Paso stated
that large force of Villa troops were
moving toward Ojinaga opposite Pre-
sidio, Tex.
With no returns received from six
counties on Nov. s, statewide prohi-
bition amendment in New Mexico had
favorable majority of 1854 votes,
based on semi-official returns from
the other twenty-five counties.
The new developments in Russia
are evoking the sympathy of the Jap
anese government and the Japanese
people for the Russian provisional
government, according to Baron Tan
etaro Megata, head of the special
Japanese financial commission to Am
erica in Chicago.
Maj Benedict Crowell of Cleveland,
Ohio, an engineer officer now in
charge of the Washington office of |
the Panama canal, was appointed as
sistant secretary of war to succeed |
William M. Ingraham. Mr. Ingraham |
was made surveyor of the port of |
Portland, Me.
w. e. Munroe, Cuban banker, was
in Denver consulting with railroad |
men regarding the transportation
across this country about the first of
December of $4,000 Chinese laborers
The Orientals are on a three-year con-
tract to work in the sugar industry in
Cuba and it has been necessary to
pass new alien labor law in Cuba
to make possible the importation of
the foreigners.
WASHINGTON
Seven hundred and fifty thousand
cars will be needed to move the ma
tion's bumper potato crop of $4,000,
900 bushels.
The food administration has come
within less than 100000 of it's TO-
100000 goal for food pledge cards. The
total pledges signed by American
housewives up to Nov. was 9,119,417
In connection with the forthcoming
draft it became known that congress
is to be asked shortly after it con
venes to include in "the class of
1917" the men who have become 21
years of age since June 5, in the next
list Of eligibles.
More than so per cent oversub-
scribed, the second Liberty loan was
even q greater success than the first.