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the commander of thejGerman submar
ine weo directed the sinking of the
V American steamer Sliemung, which was
torpedoed this week in the Mediterrane
an, cmplied with the rules, as recently
agreed upon by both governments,
FRIDAY
NE’.V YORK Exchange on Germany
reached the lowest figure on Monday
that has been recorded here since the
commencement ot the war. 'Ihe Ger
man mark, normally valued at 34 cents,
dropped to a little less than 17 Is cents.
WASHiX GTON There is in prospect
another controversy between the United
States and the Entente allies in conse
quence ot the retusal of the British gov
ernment to grant safe conduct to Count
Tarnowski, the new Austrian ambassa
dor. Officials of the state department
refuse to discuss the situation.
BERLIN GeneralsMackensenand von
Falkenhayn have brought their forces
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together in a junction less Ilian fifty 1
miles houi Bucbafcst. They are now
closing in on the Rumanian Iowa of Al
exandra.
WASniXGTGM- The flitted Staste
treasurer reports that the gold holdings
of the treasury total Si,303,495,933, life
total in circulation in the United Stales
is given as £4,02-f.000,000.
NEW YORK Charles E. Hue lies, un
successful Candida.e lor the presidency,
lias announced that he will resume the
practice of law as a member oi the firm
with which he was associated at the
time he entered the gubernato. ial race
1.1 tnis state. Ills soil wiii become a
member of the same film,
SEATTLE Two barrels of whiskey
ami a quanti y of bottled goods, which
were siezed some time ago by the city
authorities, could not be iouud when or
ilcicd brought into court this week. The
Warehouse in which tiie liquor had been
' stored was broken into and the entire
si.zure stolen.
NEW YORK Adolph J. Loeflier, a
£25-a-wtek grocerv clerk, has confessed
to the tl’.eti of “’125,U)0 two years ago.
I He declares, however, that all the money
| has been spent.
JUNEAU John W. Troy, editor and
■ manager of the Juneau Empire, and Mrs.
i Ethel Crocker Fergy, of New York, were
j married here this week and are now on
their way to San Erancjsco on their
honeymoon. Mrs. Troy was formerly
j superintendent of schools in Seward.
CHICAGO Tex Rickant, the fight
promoter, is here trying to arrange anotii
j er match for Jess Willard. The chain
| pion is holding out for £50,000.
HALIFAX The French steamer Patria
! is aground a short distance off the coast
and is calling for assistance. Several
i boats have responded.
SEATTLE The steamer Neilson, on
her maiden voyage across the Pacific to
i Vladivostok, is in distress two hundred
miles off Cape Flatterv according to v.ire
j less messages received here. The steam
| ship South Dakota is rushiug to the aid
i of the disabled vessel.
EL PASO Reinforcements under Gen
eral Murgia are moving toward Chihua
hua for the purpose of relieving the Car
ranza forces, which are hard pressed by
Villa. The Murgia command is said to
consist of 16,000 men.
; NEW HAVEN Yale deleated Har
! vard with a score of 6 to 3. This is the
first victory for Yale since 1909. The
game was plaved under very unfavorable
weather conditions, a forty-mile wind
interfering seriously with the play dur
ing both halves. The game was witnes
sed by the largest and most enthusiastic
audience which ever attended a football
game, there being SO,000 present. After
the game the Yale rooters indulged in a
riotous demonstration.
SEATTLE— The Seattle Construction
& Dry Dock company, of this city, has
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been awarded a contract by the navy de
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knot light cruiser, of 7,100 tons displace
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55f feet anil the contract price 51,974,00
CHICAGO The clergymen of this
city are planning to make New Year’s
eve, which falls on Sunday, the greatest
church-going night in the history of the
city. 1 hey wiil urge the closing of all
saloons and cates in order that there
m.iv be n > couir.er-attractiens, and all
t'n -churches will keep open house and
serve refreshments.
KL PASO Advices whim'll have reach
eii luis city from the south state that
Gen. Trevino has evacuated Chihuahua
City following more than a week of fight
ing with the Villa forces, which are now
in control of the city. The Carranza
commander and his troops are retreating
to the south where they will await Gen
eral Gonzales, with his force of 2500 men.
Together they will return t > Chihuahua
and endeavor to drive Villa from the
city. One report states that the bandit
commander has ordered all Americans
and other foreigners to leave Chihuahua
at once and it is expected that they will
be transported north on a special train.
A second Villa army is said to be advanc
ing on Juarez.
MINNEAPOLIS Ail of the local flour
mills have been compelled to reduce
their output owing to the shortage of
cars. Unless the situation is relieved
very soon there is a probability that the
mills will be forced to close down alto
gether.
NEW YORK The federal investiga
tion to ascertain the cause of the rapid
rise in food prices has resulted in the in
dictment of a number of middlemen who
are accused of entering into a “gentle
men’s agreement” to boost prices.
EL PASO Advices received from the
city ot Chihuahua state that the battle
which has been in progress there during
the past two days has resulted in the
complete rout ot the followers of Villa.
The engagement is described as one of
the bloodiest of the year, hundreds of the
bandits having been mowed down by
machine guns in the hands of the Carran
za troops. The bandits are retreating
toward the northeast and are believ ed to
have been cut off from the other Villa
forces which were moving on Chihuahua.
SEATTLE The football strike which
was declared last week by the members
of the University ot Washington football
squad because of the suspension of one
ot the members ot the team on the charge
that he cheated during examinations,
was called off on Sundav and the boys
are enroute to California. President
Suzzale convinced the members of the
team that they must preserve the honor
of the university by complete fulfillment
of the agreement to meet the Native Sons
on Thanksgiving. The suspended stu
dent accompanied the team but was not
permitted to share the car reserved for
the athletes.
WASHINGTON Rear Admiral Mc
Gowan has informed the house naval
board that the high wages ashore and the
increased cost of living have made it prac
tically impossible to stimulate recruiting
for the navy. Many of those now in the
navv, he declares, are unable to send suf
ficient funds home to provide properly
for those dependent upon them.
ATLANTIC CITY The Mexican mem -
i bers of the commission w hich is trying to
adjust the differences between Carranza
. and the United States have requested a
i recess of two weeks in order that they
may lay before the Mexican executive the
: proposals formulated by the Americans.
j CHIHUAHUA CITY One general,
I two colonels and one hundred men of
: the Carranza forces which delended the
city against the Yillistas last week, were
J killed during the battle. Four hundred
of Villa’s command are known to have
been killed and it is believed that twice
that number fell during the engagement
OAKLAND The body of Jack London
has been cremated and the funeral cere
mony was held on Sunday. The ashes
of the dead author were buried on his
ranch at Glenn Ellen in compliance with
a wish expressed just before he died.
NEW YORK The treasurer of the Re
publican National committee announces
that the campaign fund collected by the
committee was insufficient to cover all of
the expense incurred. He reports a de
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fieit of $21,154. The total amount of
money raised is reported to have been
$2,420,421, collected front 54,205 contrib
utors.
SANTA TE, N. M. The official re
! turns show that President Wilson carried
! this state by plurality of 2500.
SEATTLE Preparations are being
made here for the final hearing in the
Alaska freight and passenger rale inves
tigation which ts being conducted by the
interstate commerce commission.
SAN FRANCISCO A launch belong
ind to the United States supply ship Gla
cier, with thirty passengers aboard, was
cut in two by the freighter Apache. Three
of the passengers were kiiled and a num
b r of others injured. That more were
not lost was due to the prompt assistance
rendered by rescue launches.
CHICAGO Officials of this city began
a fight on Saturday to break up an alleg
ed corner in food products. About liltv
investigators are at work on the case anr,
it is expected that a number of charges
will be preferred. The cold storage
plants were invaded and all goods believ
ed to be held in violation of the city ord
inances were tagged.
WASHINGTON President Wilson is
compelled to remain indoors on account
of a severe cold. He was to have attend
ed the army and navy football game but
Ills physician has advised him against ex
posing himself lest his condition become
serious.
NEW YORK John Archbold, presi
dent of the Standard Oil company of
New Jersey, was operated on for appen
dicitis last week and is recovering as rap
idly as could be expected in the case of a
man of his age. He is 70 years old.
SAN* FRANCISCO Through Secre
tary Tumulty President Wilson has in
formed Frank Connolly, leader of the
movement for an embargo on the expor
tat’.on of foodstuffs, that the embargo
question is now receiving the serious con
sideration of the administration. It is
believed that the heavy shipment of food
stuffs from the United States lias helped
considerably to boost prices.
WASHINGTON Robert I’earv has
recieved a letter from Fxplorer Stefans
son, who has been in the Far North
during the past three years tit the head
of the Canadian Arctic expedition. The
letter was written during December, 191
while the explorer was at Victoria Island,
and expressed the belief that success
would reward the members of the expe
dition for their long stay in the Arctic.
Pearv is of the opinion that Stefaiisscn
has carried out his program and is now
at his winter base. It is Stefansson's in
tention to return to civilization in 1918.
NEW YORK-- Moran and Fulton
have been matched for a ten round bout,
to take place in St. Paul on December 22
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