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(By Associated Press)
DATELESS—The British
, troops captured the high
ground in Bourlon wood and
now dominate the region
around Cambrai. The German
traffic from Cambrai is heavy
and probably the civil popula
tion is being removed. Appar
ently the British intend to be
siege Cambrai inside of a few
days. By the broken Hinden
burg line the Britfsh have tak
en scores of villages and secur
ed domination of the position
west of Cambrai. The overrun
territory is equal in area to
that gained in the first month’s
drive on the Ypres salient.
Nearly 10,000 prisoners have
"been taken.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2C.—
A national committee of pa
triotic societies suggests the
formation of a war Ananias
elub, composed of men and wo
. ten who circulate false rum
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>rs to hamper the prosecution
of war. They would also pub
lish the mjmes of all of the
members.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2f>.
Rctumiug congressmen expect
this session will rival the last
in importance. War appropri
ations, tin* proposition of wo
men suffrage and tin* declara
tion of war against Turkey,
Austria and Bulgaria will he
considered. The senate eom
i mittee is today probing Sena
I tor Lafollete’s St. Paul speech.
WASHINGTt )N., Nov. 2(5.—
Chairman Stone, of the Senate
foreign relations committee,
declared that a declaration of
war against Austria, Turkey
hid Bulgaria sems exceeding
1 lv adviseable to simplify the
I situation which is now anomal
- ous. H(> said we are in fact
I warring with Germany’s eno
i mies.
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MONTANA PUTS BAN
ON ABLE BODIED LOAFERS
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('Bv Associated Press)
t LIVINGSTON, Mont. Nov.
| Declaring that when the farm
•« ers can’t hire men to dig po
tatoes and dozens of able bod
| led “loafers” sit and play
cards all day, jt is time some
1 action was taken, Sheriff A. S.
Robertson has ordered all card
, I tables removed from saloons,
| clubs and pool halls in this
| country. He said he did it as
la war measure. '
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FORCES TO I
ITALIAN HEADQUART
ERS, Nov. 26.—Solid ranks of j
Franco-British infantry, with,
artillery supply trains, were!
seen by a correspondent with j
in sound of battle on the I tal-,
ian northern line. They had j
been on an eight day inarch.
* VICTORIA; Nov. 26.—The’
salvage tug Salivator, which1
sailed for the scene of the;
wrecked Mariposa was unable
to land its crew on account of
a southeastern gale. Unless
the wind veers there will be|
no chance of saving the ship
with its $‘)2.">,000,worth of cop-:
per ore.
VICTORIA, Nov 26 Heavy
seas and southwest gales have
hindered the British Colnm- i
bin Salvage company from!
landing a crew to save ‘lie car
go of the steamer Mariposa.
The vessel and cargo must be
a bandoliertrs less tW •orrnthT'r ■■
improves'.
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TONS OF GIFTS
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NEW YORK, Nov. 2b.—
Througli the Amorican Red
Cross every soldier in the ser
vice will receive a Christmas
gift. Over a hundred tons of
presents have already been
jshipped'abroad and will be de
livered on Christmas.
FUEL FOODSTUFFS ARE
SCARCE IN GERMANY
(Bv Associated Press)
MISSOULA, Mont., Nov. 2b
—Mountains of potatoes will
not save Kaiserism if butter
and oils are lacking. The great
est corn crop in the world!
would do the Germans no good
if they have no milk and meat.
These statements are made
in a recent lecture here by Dr.
Bateman, Assistant professor
of physiological chemistry at
the University of Montana.
“Fuel foods are absolutely
essential to the human sys
*•
tem”, Dr. Bateman declared.
“These foods are proteins,
fats and carbohydrates such j
as starch and sugar. Fats,'
including vegetable oils are
getting extremely scarce in
Germany.’?
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Canartan and United States offic
ials have developed a plan to increase
the fish food products on the Paci
fic coast. Greater coordination will
be effected along international lines.
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Advertise in the Times.
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WRECK Of Tfii
CHARGED fO
I. WJ.’S
(By Associated Press)
HRNR YIATTA, Ok la., Nov. I
26.—Two trainmen were killed
on a St. Louis and San Fran
cisco passenger train which
was derailed by an bbstrue-1
tion (in the track. Tin engin
eer saved the passengei V lives
by standing at his post until
the locomotive rolled down ani
embankment. One trainman
and tlire pasengers were hurt
in the wreck, which is believ
ed to have been the work of.
Industrial Workers of the
World, who are active in this
vicinity. A posse of a hundred
sheriffs with blodliounds an*
searching for them.
BOLDIEHS SHARE;
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TACOMA, Wn., Nov. 2(1.
The government is going to
save considerable money in the;
distribution of its Thanksgiv-1
ing cheer in tliis city. A big
campaign is progressing to.
Iiaxy idj >1”.il.ie uhIi_sfcd '$■!>'.>■*••
taken into private homes in the,
city on Thanksgiving day and
entertained there. —
The organizations directing
the campaign are receiving in
formation as to how many men
each home will entertain,
whether they will be taken on
a little auto spin before dr aft
er dinner, whether they will lx*
entertained in the evening and
so forth. It is planned to make
Thanksgiving a great, big
home day for tip* boys who are
going to the front.
TERRITORIAL FOOD CONSERVA
TION COMMITTEE APPOINTED1
At the request of the Territorial
Food Conservation Committee the
following local committed has
been named to .handle the local af
fairs of this branch of the govern
ment organization: Alvah Eames, R.
\V. Hillery, C. M. Roswogg, Mrs. Chas.
Rodgers, Mrs. Link Wain, Mrs.!
Sprague, Mrs. Chas*. Scheffler.
The committee is requested to meet
at my office at 4 o’clock Tuesday
for the purpose of organizing and
taking over the supplies which have
already been received.
W. H. CHASE. Mayor.
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EVERYBODY GOING TO THE
JITNEY DANCE AND BAZAAR
On W’ednesday evening there will
he a jitney dance and bazaar given
at Eagle hall, and as the proceeds
are to go to U14 Red Cross fund it
promises to be largely attended. For
weeks past the ladies have been in
dustriously engaged in making all
sorts of pretty things for the holi
days and these are to be disposed of
at the wheel of fortune and po&sibly
a few of them auctioned off. They are
all useful as well as ornamental and
the fortunate ones will get good val
ue The affair is 1)eing conducted
by a committee of ladies which is
sufficient guarantee that it will be
the success it deserves.
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SEATTLE, Nov. 26.—'I he
telephone workers have vote d
to reject the federal arbitra
tion board proposal and want
a local hearing. Secretary \\ il
son and commission arrive and
may hold hearings.
TA( '< O! A, Nov. 26 —The
telephone employes her" ac
cept the above proposed.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.
Butnper crops of corn, oats,
potatoes, idee, sugar beets and
tobacco are reported by the In
ternational Institute of Agri
culture at Rome. Wheat, rye,
barley and flaxseed fell below
the average. . — ^
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SEATTLE, Nov. 26.—Will
iam I). (hitler, of Victoria, who
was killed in action in Franco
is th<‘ first University of
Washington man to give his
lift* on the battlefields. He was
a member of the British royal
flying corps. He enlisted last
May and had .just entered ac
tive service. Cutler was an
athlete who won distinction in
track meets.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—
Baron Sternburg, second secre
tary of the Russian embassay,
with three embassy officials,
have resigned because Bols
heviki is in control. Ambas
sador Bakhmateff will remain
until his successor is recogniz
ed by the United States gov
ernment.
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(Bv Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.
—A shipment of firearms by
mail from this city to the
Philippines has been prohibit
ed by the authorities, but no
reason is given for the action
taken.
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^ SEATTLE, Xov. 26.—Harry
Fleiuberg, district secretary of
tlie Industrial Workers of tjie
World, was arrested in a raid
last night on the organization
headquarters at the American
hotel, where a truckload of lit
erature was seized.
POOLING PLAN TO
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WASIIIXCTOX, Xov. 26.—
A committee of vice presidents
of Eastern railways have gath
ered here to perfect plans to
put the pooling arrangements
into effect, the government
operation of railways being
considered if the pooling plan
is unsuccessful.
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BALTIMORE, Xov. AG
“This is a woman’s war man
made in Gerfnany,” Hr. Anna
Howard Sliaw fold t mass
meeting of Maryland mothers
‘Hat the children know they
live in a land where men .are
willing to die and women are
willing to give their all for the
country.” A greeting will be
sent to every unit at Christ
mas, pledging devotion and
sacrifice and saying tile women
of America an* with them in
spirit and service.
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FRENCH PORT, Nob. 2(>.—I
A French patrol boat on Sat
urday night pie] 'd up three
naval. America !' who were
suffering from cold, . exhaus
tion and hunger, having been
lost at sea sixC1 hours.
The three men left the French
i base oh Thursday t last in a
huge hydroairplane in search
ot four enemy submarines re
ported operating off the coast.
A party of Whitehorse young men
recenty left for the head of the famous
lakh Lebarge, where Sam Magee from
Tennessee was immortalized bv Bob
Service, with the intention of getting
a few days huntng. After getting !
to the grounds they selected, hard
luck camped on their trail and was
their companion untl they returned
home. The engine balked, they had
no time to cook or eat meals, and
they finally ran onto*a sandbar and
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knocked off their propeller and had
to mush into town. Never again,
quoth the captain.
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I A )X 1X )N, Nov. 26.—Mos
cow is under complete control
of the Bolsheviki military;
committee, according to Pet
rograd reports. M. Moraloff, a
private soldier, lias been ap»
pointed commander of the
Moscow military district. The
streets are filled with sight
seers, the shops are open but
doing very litle business and
everybody is talking to the
police in control.
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ARRESTED I
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 26.—
Twenty-five suspects have
been arrested, in connection
with the bomb explosion, in
cluding (Juissepps Matduimi,
who carried the bomb from the
church to the police. Xo more
deaths are reported.
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PARIS, Nov. 26.—The Am
erican commission visited tliA
grave of LaFayette in Piclius
cemetery and placed a wreath
on 11is grave. There were no
speeches. Col. House, Presi
dent \\ ilson’s close friend, and
Clemenau had a long confer
ence.
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IDAHO FALLS. Nov. 20.—
Farm interests of the state of
Idaho will he centered here
January 14th to 19th, when all
of flu* agricultural live stock,
engineering amj irrigation so
cieties of the state will held
their annual conventions lure.
Xo less than In different or
ganizations will he represented
and it is expected that the at
tendance will reach 2,0t;0.
Speakers from the depart
ment of agricuulture at Wash
ington, D. C. of national fame
will talk about road building;
sewer on the farm; federal
farm loans; special uses of po
tatoes; transportation; rural
institutions;business efficiency
and better farms.
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WAR SUMMARY.
(By Associated Press)
(tenoral Haig takes Bourlon
and woods dominating Cam
bra i. The Crown Prince makes
two violent attacks northwest
of Rheims and is repylsed.
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