The Raymer enterprise., 1918-11-07
FOR The BUSY MAN
NEWS EPtToME THAT CAN SOON
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MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Nome and Foreign intelligence Cen.
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Total subscription In the army TO
the fourth Liberty loan was sT5.5l0,-
$50, the War department announced.
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The German rechstag has adopted
q bin placing the military command
under control Of the civil government.
Friends Of President Wilson believe
he will attend the great peace confer
ence, whenever and wherever II is
held.
Americas war costs 10 date are
S2O.543, ,Til 600 October expenditures
were sl.847, $1,000, an increase OF
ss4.O0O,ooO.
Club sandwiches and dishes con
tanning more than one kind Of meat
are barred under the ruling by the
food administration.
Germany, deserted by her last ally,
Austria, must now carry on the war
with the allied nations fighting for
world freedom alone.
The armistlce accepted by Turkey
contains twenty-five drastic provisions
and Is tantamount to complete and un-
conditional surrender.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
announced that draft calls In Novein-
Der will induct more than 100000
men into general military service.
Five million dollars worth OF dam
age has been done by the Industrial
Workers Of the World In Southern
California since the war began.
A total OF ninety.nine Pennsyiya-
mia coal mines have been closed by
the fuel administration for failure to
comply with the "clean coal" program.
The United States shipping board
has Cancelled It's contract with the
Bethlehem steel corporation for u
100000 .00 ship-bulldng plant at Ala
media, Cal.
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An estimated damage of s4.050,000
was done TO farms In st. Louis county,
Minnesota, by the recent disastrous
forest fires. Duluth's loss was esti-
mated at s2.000,00O.
In October British forces in France
captured $1,000 prisoners and 925
guns. In three months they took 1T2,-
$50 prisoners and 23Ts guns, Field
Marshal Halg has announced.
So far as is known not one Of the
343 persons aboard the steamship
Princess Sophia escaped death when
the vessel foundered In the Lynn ca
nal north Of Jpnau, Alaska. over
20 of the bodies have been recovered
Orders for 3,nOO00,OOO cigarettes.
enough to provide two smokes for
every person In the world, have been
placed by the War department TO sup
ply American soldiers for the balance
Of the year.
Steady improvement In health con
ditious ri army camps and canton
ments for the week ending October %,
IS noted in the health report made
public at the office Of the surgeon
general at Washington.
Proof that pence .rumors are In no
way slowing up Americas war pro.
gram was furnished when call for
more than $4,000 men for general
military service in November was is,
sued by Provost Marshal General
Crowder.
The German.Austrian state council
has issued a proclamation. accord
ing 10 Vienna dispatch. announcing
that Il has assumed the government
Of Gerlnnn-AustriL and that ii will
conclude peace in accord with the
German empire.
More than 100 persons were killed
and scores injured when fiye.cnr
trolley train jumped the track and
caught fire In New York subway.
The tragedy was due. II Is said. TO an
effort to break strike with unex-
perienced workmen Of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company's motormen.
who quit work because the Arm re.
fused to relnstate 70 discharged mem,
bers Of the Brotherhood OF Loeomo.
tive Engineers. as ordered by the na.
tional war labor board
American longrange guns on the
verdun front have inflicted heavy cas-.
ualties on the enemy during the past
week. The monsters hurl a proiectile
weighing approximately 1890 pounds
Z distance Of 25 miles.