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Hundreds of. persons were killed ant
wounded In d battle between Lettisf
guards and rioters during disorders In
Petrograd, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to London.
An imperia' ordinance issued al
Tokyo authorizes the government ia
requisiton all stocks OF rice. Tho rice
Will be put on the market. A state
ment issued by Minister Of the In
te-ior says that the governors have
assured the ministry that the disor-
ders are abating steadily.
Petrograd's reign OF terror is report
ed as raging unchecked. according to
official dispatches 10. Washington from
Stockholm. The bolshcvik chiefs are
on board the warship Aurorn In the
roadstead of Kronstadt, prepared to
snil for Germany In case OF n success
full uprising against them.
A dispatch TO the Exchange Teie-
graph at London from Amsterdam,
quoting report received from Berlin.
says Dr. Richard Won Kuehlmann. for
mer German foreign secretary. has re-
ported TO the military authorities. The
dispatch adds that II is expected they
will give him command In the west.
Amsterdam dispatches TO London an
nounce the arrival In Munich from the
front of Crown Prince Rupp-echt OF
Bavaria. The prince. the announce
ment states. Is enjoying "a brief vaca-
ton" The vacation" IN regarded rs
merely n polite term for his removal
from command.
A Spanish note to Germany on the
sinking Of Spanish vessels by subma-
rincs constitutes nm ultimatum. since
the Spanish government announces
TINT German vessel interned In any
Spanish port will be seized for every
Spanish ship torpedoed. according TO
Havns dispatch to Paris from Ma
drid.
There hns been serious rioting In
Tokyo as n result of the high prices OF
food. especially rice. Mobs attacked
and damaged property In the business
and theater districts. Two hundred
stores. restaurants and rice depots
were ralded. Troops fred ON the riot
ers.
W0SHin0t0n
President Wilson put In busy day
after returning TO Washington from
Manchester. Mnss.. where he spent
brief vacation near the summer home
Of Col. y. NJ. House.
The house military AFFAIRS commit
tee decided boys Of eighteen and nine
teen should he spared from the draft
until all In older classes have been
called. The committee adopted, o TO
z. an amendment TO the man-power
bill prohibiting the war department
from calling any reglstrants under
twenty years Of age until every avail
able man above that age has been
taken.
No general exemption OF married
men simply because Of their married
status IL contemplated by the war de-
parment In preparing for the proposed
extension Of the draft age, Secretary
Baker declared. lie also said married
men who do not support their families
md who are not engaged In useful oc-
rupations will continue TO be called.
Tribute 10 the late Senator CALM
ger. minority leader. was paid In the
senate. Both the senate and house nd
iourned after appointing committees
10 attend Senator Gallinger's funeral.
European War News
A 4O0lfoot enemy submarine was
sunk OF the Atlantic coast by the gun
rev of n british TINKER according To