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ABOUT THE WAR
Peru handed German minister his
passports.
American destroyer sinks German
submarine.
A German submarine tnterned at
Cadis escaped.
The government has declared .
state Of war In Turkestan.
Twenty thousand ifplanes for
America are under construction.
The Austrians are bringing up new
forces in expectation of a new Italian
drive on the Bainsizxa plateau.
Along the Aisne and Champagne
front and ON the left bank of the
Aeuse intense artillery duels are still
in progress.
There Is still considerable artillery
and infantry activity between the Rus
SLAMS and Germans around Riga.
Neither side made any attempt to ad-
vance Tuesday.
Official dispatches report Austrian
troops gathering in great force on the
southern boundary In anticipation of
the renewal of the Italian drive over
the Bainsizza plateau.
An American patrol boat has fired
upon an Italian submarine, which
failed to respond to signals. and killed
one officer and an enlisted man. Sec
Rotary Daniels has expressed the re-
grets Of the U. g. to Italy.
With Uruguay's relations with Ger
many broken there are now $4,000, 900
Latin Americans lined up on the side
Of the United States. Other South
Americans are expected to fall in line
In the next few months.
British forces captured the town of
P0elcapelle and advanced two miles
through the German lines at this Sec
ton Of the front In Flanders. French
troops, who burst into the fighting
Tuesday morning. captured the Flan-
ders villages of st. Jean de M -gelare
and veldhoek and pushed thety line
forward for a gain of one and a quar-
ter miles. At many other points along
the west front the British kept up
their deadly assault against the stag
gered Germans and went through their
defenses for important gains.
WESTERN
At Minneapolis, Mimi, flour prices
declined. fancy patents so cents bar
rel and first clears Is cents.
Brigadier General Hiram M. Chit
tenden, U. 8. A., retired, former mem
Der Of the Seattle Port Commission,
died following a brief illness. He was
50 years old.
Peter Alarid. son of Police Chief
Alarid Of Santa Fe. N. NJ, was placed
in the county jail in Denver. pending
a hearing on an information charging
him with bootlegging.
The highest price paid for cotton
seed since the Civil war was obtained
at Shreveport. La, when sixty car
loads, averaging twenty-five tons to
the car. were sold for SIT per ton.
A plan to dismiss all Nebraska
schools. including the State Univer-
sity, for period of three weeks dur
ing corn-husking time, was discussed
In Lincoln at a meeting called by W.
H. Gustafson. president of the Nebras
ka Farmers Union.
WASHINGTON
Gen. Crowder is preparing for a sec.
ond draft.
The fuel administration is prepar-
ing to modify the embargo on coal
shipments to Canada
The United States made a loan of
100000 to Great Britain 1t was an
nounced at the Treasury Department.
Giant Caproni airplanes rained
bombs upon the great Austrian naval
base at Cattaro, starting fires among
the buildings In the navy yard and
causing damage to Austrian ships in
the harbor.
With reports on bread prices all
over the country showing the widest
divergence, the food administration
and the Federal Trade Commission are
moving toward . proclamation fixing
bread prices as they fixed coal prices.
The Post Office Department author
ICES the following: It is essential that
Christmas packages for American sol
diers In France be mailed not later
than November 18th in order to In
sure their delivery on Christmas morn
ing.
Berlin's reported new peace man
euver was regarded by officials in
Washington just as all her previous
acknowledged to save her present
holdings before the crash comes and
to discourage Americas war prepare
lions.