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ABOUT THE WAR

ABOUT THE WAR
A British fleet arrived a. The port O.
Libau. in Coufland on the Balttc, says
a Wolff bureau dispatch from Berlin
Eight more German submarines sur
rendered Dec. !, making total Of liz
which have been taken over BY the III
lies
Marshal Foch has sent new ulti'
matum to the German artnistiee dele
gates. demanding that Germany give
up the rest OF the locomotives agreed
to
An au-Russian government has been
established in Russia, under protac-
tion of the entente and supported by
a voluntary all-Russian army. it is re
ported from Petrograd
1t is announced that approximately
200 German submarines were de-
stroyed during the war. The total
number OF all types built by the Ger
mans is estimated to have been 800,
Twenty-three hundred American
prisoners OF war at Camp Rastatt
Germany. were reported well organ
ized. well clothed and morale excel
lent" in a cablegram to the American
Red Cross at Washington.
All Americans wounded in England
with the exception OF about 500 OF the
most serious cases. will b. back in the
United States by Christmas. according
to present plans Efforts nov are be
ing made to move the Americans
quickly.
After their second nights sleep in
Germany. the American troops OF the
army of occupation resumed their
march toward the Rhine. In advanc-
ing toward Coblenz. the American
forces are moving ahead astride the
Moselle. travelling in a northeasterly
direction
Three million German troops. a mil
lion horses and great quantities of
baggage, withdrawing toward the ris-
er Rhine from Belgium and northern
France. are conducting the movement
in an orderly manner. according 10 a
telegram from Dusseldorf. Rhenish
Prussia.
King Albert and the Belgian royal
family made their official entry into
Liege Nov. 80 at the head of the troops
who conducted the heroic defense OF
that town in 1914. says a Belgian Off
cial statement Almost at the same
time. the statement adds, a Belgian
cavalry brigade entered Aix-la- Cha
peile, Germany. at the request OF Ger
man authorities
WESTERN
Colorado women affiliated with the
National Woman's party are assisting
the leaders to raise fund of $50, 600
to meet the expenses OF the final fight
before the United States Senate when
the Susan B. Anthony suffrage
amendment comes up for reconsider
alton
Mrs Catherine Callan Hayden.
daughter OF Patrick Callan. who lost
his life when the Lusitania was sunk
by German submarine off the coast
OF Ireland, appeared al the United
States district attorneys office in Chi
cago and asked that a warrant be is
sued for William Hohenzollern. charg-
ing him with murder
Lieut. E C Holbern of Brooklyn. n
field, Mass. were instantly killed in
an airplane accident al Call field. at
Wichita Falls. Tex
Antoine Charmer. breeding red
polled junior yearling entered by ].
W. Larabee, Earlville. Ill, was award
ed the title of grand champion bull
any age, at the International Livestock
Exposition at Chicago.
WASHINGTON
Repeal of the increased postage rate
was approved Friday by the Senate fl
nance committee
Fuel Administrator Harry A Gar
field has resigned and President Viii
son accepted his resignation.
President Wilson left Washington
Tuesday evening for New York. from
which port he and the other American
representatives to the peace confer
ence sailed on the liner George Wash
ington for Europe.
Senator sherman OF Illinois, Repub
lican introduced a resolution propos-
ing that the office OF President be de
clared vacant upon President Wilson's
departure for Europe and that the
vice president assume the executives
duties
Cancellation of war contracts since
the armistice was signed were esti-
mated by Secretary Baker TO aggre
gate $4,000, ,ooo 900.
Plans under which all wounded men
returning from France will go 10 hos
pitals within 500 miles OF the homes
of their nearest relatives, were an
nounced by the War Department
Representative James R Mann.
House Republican leader. came out
f1atly against the resolution to install