I RICE TEN CEJ S
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(Bv Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—
Senator Stove says congress
should declare war against
Germany’s allies, if President
Wilson wants it. lie believes
the Austrians are positively
now fighting Americans on
the western front.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Miss
Tatiana Nicholaevna Roman
off, second daughter of the
former emperor of Russia, es
caped from Tobolsk to Siber
ia, the present home, of the
former czar. Through a ficti
tious marriage to a son of a
former chamberlain to the czar,
she is now enroute to San
Francisco from Japan to en
gage in Russian civilian work.
She expects to arrive here in
December to urge Americans
not to desert Russia. The girl
is 20 years of age.
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LONDON, Nov. 27.—The
Russian army on the northern
front has had no bread for sev
eral days according to reports
received in Petrograd, and
large numbers of the troops
being removed were stopped
by the tearing up of sections
of the railroad tracks to pre
vent their reaching Petrograd.
PlCTlLUI
MS TUI
OF ALBANIA
^ ROTTERDAM, Netherlands,
Nov. 27.—Prince William zu
Wied, the former Prince of Al
bania, has by no means given
up hopes of regaining the
realm which he ruled over for
so short and troubled a period
immediately prior to the great
European conflagration. His
latest step has been to send a
memorial to the German feder
al prince^, wherein he deals at
length with the development
of Albanian affairs and pro
tests against the protectorate
of Albania proclaimed by It
aly. He argues that an inde
pendent Albania offers the se
curest basis for a lasting peace
in the Balkans, and that it is
therefore in the interests of
Germany and Austria. Furth
er, Prince William asserts his
own rights to the throne of Al
bania.
FOR BIG fi
SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—Carl
Raymond, of Susitna, Alaska,
was arrested yesterday as he
stepped from tue steamer Rav
alli, which removed him from
the Mariposa. He is to he in
vestigated for pro-Germanism.
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TOLEDO, Ohio, Nov. 27.—
Five bandits attacked the
Huldvol Brewery company
paymaster and got away with
$35,000.
LONDON, Nov, 27.—It is
reported that a number of Ger
man staff officers have arriv
ed at Petrograd and are act
ing in an advisory capacity to
Mikolai Lenine, the Bolsheviki
premier.
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Nov. 27.—The
severest penalty yet given for
violation of the farm cultiva
tion acts has just been admin
istered to Alfred White, a
farmer of Maidstone. He was
ordered by the authorities to
cut down his acreage of hops
by one-lialf. He paid no atten
tion to the order, declaring that
he would make a profit of $50,
000 out of the hops, and so
could well afford to pay a sub
stantial fine. The court fined
him only $1,000, but ordered
the forfeiture of the entire
crop of hops and added a sen
tence of two months in prison.
GREAT INCREASE
JAPAN'S RICE
CROP
(Bv Associated Press)
TOKIO, Nov. 27.—The department
of agriculture and commerce forecast
the rice crop at 55,000,000 bales (ko
ku), showing an increase of 1,000,000
bales over last year, or 6,000,000 over
the average years.
In Korea the crop is estimated at
12,333, 163 bales, showing a falling off
of 207,856 bales due to the drought
of last winter and spring.
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(Bv Associated Press)
DATELESS — German at
tempts to drive the British
from Bourlon wood and other
: high places, the domination of
, the Cambrai region which is
; filled with British troops, were
j repulsed, especially the attacks
in the northeast corner of the
| wood.
There was severe fighting
on Monday around Moeuvxes.
The situation _ in Russia
shows little improvement and
it is reported the country is in
a civil war.
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FRENCH il
(By Associated Press)
! AMERICAN ARMY IN
j FRANCE, Nov. 27.—Fifteen
j American officers and men
1 with the first German raid
j were decorated with the
| French war cross by a
French general. The entire
company was cited. The Am
ericans cannot wear the medals
until congress authorizes them
: to do So.
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SEPOIflL HONORS
FOR BRITISH
SOLDIERS
LONDON, Nov. 27.—British so1
diers who have served in the great
war will henceforth bear a distinctive
mark of their service on their uni
form. The war office announces that
a chevron stripe’ will be immediately
issued to every soldier who serves
overseas in a theatre of war. Sol
diers whose service dates back to
1914 will be given a red chevron, and
those whose service began after that
year will get a blue stripe An addi
tional blue stripe will be awarded for
each aggregate of twelve months’ ser
vice. The new stripes will be worn
by officers as well as privates.
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PARIS, Nov. 27.—Club rooms for
American nurses and other American
women engaged in war relief and re
creation work in France will be open
ed soon by the Women’s War Relief
corps. An option has been obtained
on a suite of rooms in a hotel cen
trally located on the Grand boulevard
Tea and reading rooms will be open- |
ed first and later, if the demand war
rants, meals will be served. The
increasing influx of American women
in France has emphasized the need of
suitable recreation facilities and the j
Relief corps lost no time in providing !
them.
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(By Associated Press)
ROME, Nov. 27.—The entire
Teuton division attacked yes
terday in the Blaine valley in
an effort to break through the
Italian northern front. Tin
Teutons attacked in a mass
formation and were driven
back.
(Bv Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.
—Germany has admitted the
loss of a hundred and fifteen
submarines through the effec
j tiveness of the American nav
al patrol, according to a let
ter Supervisor Power received
from his brother Thomas, who
is chief carpenter’s mate
aboard an American destroyei
in the patrol service. Power
thinks the actual number of
submarines sunk is greater.
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MARiPRSA SIS
im feet
(By Associated Press)
WRANGELL, Nov. 27.
jCaptain Clias. O’Brien, mastei
| of tht1 Mariposa, lias arrivec
j here from the scene of tin
wreck, where lie and severa
i members of the crew have been
beached. He reports that a
j gale broke the Mariposa in twc
! midship and the stern sunk in
1 forty feet of water.
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PARIS, Nov. 27.—Bread cards have
been issued to the housewives of
Paris, though the regime has not yet
been instituted. The ration which
was fixed at a pound per day per
head by the preceding minister of
provisions, will probably not exceed
a half pound per head. Bulgaria,
whose principal resources are agri
cultural allows a pound a day. Bread
rations to civilians in belligerent and
neutral countries to date are as fal
lows:
Bulgaria, 16 ounces, Denmark, 10
ounces, Germany, 9 ounces; Austria.
9 ounces; Sweden, 8 1-2 ounces; Hol
land, 8 ounces; Switzerland, 8 ounces;
Italy, 8 ounces; England (families) 8
ounces; England (restaurants) 7
1-2 ounces; Turkey, 5 ounces. Bread
is made in Germany of flour contain
ing 94 percent””of wheat, in Austria
the flour is 90 percent., while S5 per
cent. is used in Franca
'RUSSIANS CAUSE
TROUBLE III
CIA
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PEKING, Nov. 2!).—Law
lessness is increasing in Harbu
where foreigners have been at
tacked and robbed. Consular
representatives intimated to
the Russians that unless guar
antees for safety are forthcom
ing they will endeavor to bring
British, American and Japan
ese troops to keep the peace.
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N1ALIST GAN
PUBUSHE
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 27
Maximalist Harden has been
permitted to republish his
newspaper, Die Zukunff, ac
cording to Tageblatt, and
is also allowed to continue his
lectures.
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SALONIKI, Nov. 21.—There are
70,000 fire sufferers camping out in
tents in and around Saloniki, with
the British and French military au
thorities. and the American Red Cross
taking care of them. A tour of these
relief camps gave an opportunity to
see the extent of misery and want of
these poor people, and the efficient
relief work being done, chiefly by the
British, as they have the largest stack
of available supplies, with the Amer
icans and French also doing their
share.
The Dubular camps where 2,500 peo
ple are being cared for by the British
and the American Red Cross, was the
first one visited. It Is two miles back
of the city, on rising hills, which the
Bulgars thought to take when they
made their first rush on the city.
WASHTN ~ ”, Nov. 27.—
President Wilson today ap
pointed D. C. Sargent, of Cor
dova, who lias been mining in
the White river country for
several years, as an inspector
to enforce the federal explos
ives law, under the supervision
ofthe Bureau of Mines.
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Britain Must Reconstruct
15,000 Miles Road After War
LONDON, Nov. 27.—It will
require approximately $150,-!
000,000 to reconstruct or j
strengthen 15,000 miles of
roads in Great Britain after;
the war, in order to enable
them to carry the growing mo
tor traffic, says an official es- 1
tiniate. «
LABOR TROUBLES
Advertise in the Times.
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 27.—■
Secretary of Labor Wilson, a
member of the mediation com
mission, who is investigating
labor conditions, arrived to
confer with the governor. He
will also go to Portland for an
investigation of the conditions
of the lumber industry.
JAIL
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—
Twenty-two members of the
Woman’s Party of Militants
who were jailed in the District
of Columbia were suddenly
released long before the expir
ation of their terms. Alice
Paul, chairman of the party,
and Lucy Burns, vice chair
man, were among the number
The Woman’s-party headquar
ters exultantly announced that
the jail offenders of the Amer
ican hunger strike had been
freed. The militants of taxi
cabs were taken to headquar
ters in a triumphant proces
sion, but many showed signs of
hunger. „ 7
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58 ITALIANS ARE
ARRESTEJ IN
(By Associated Press)
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 27.—
Fifty Italians have been ar
rested for investigation in con
nection with the explosion of a
bomb at the police station last
Saturday night, which killed
nine people. The police claim
they have a partial confession
from one of the men. The
bomb was originally found in
the Italian church and carried
to the police station for inves
tigation where it exploded.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Nov. 27.—The
Petrograd correspondent of
the Post says the Russian rev
olution made a ghastly failure
of the attempts at administra
tion, and General Kaledins,
•hief of the Cossacks, is in pos
session of the grain growing
sections, while the nations gold
•eserve was removed to the in
erior.
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Don’t put off your Thanksgiving
hopping too late, as we .vill be clos
ed Thursday, Kinkelstein & Sapiro.