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winter supplies have been stored at
the base in the vicinity of Aix La
Chapelle.
There is a dearth of news from
Alsace Lorraine, where the French
were reported to be acting on the of
fensive. The repots available are
conflicting, one declaring that the
French are moving from AltMrch and
Thann toward lower Alsace, while
another declares that the French
have entrenched around Belfort and
are waiting an attack from large Ger
man forces moving against that
stronghold.
London. News agency advices
from Tokio say that the British am
bassador there has been informed
that the German cruiser Emden, fly
ing the Japanese flag, slipped into the
port of Penang in the Straits settle
ment and torpedoed the Russian
cruiser Jemtchug and a French de
stroyer that were in the harbor. Both
are reported to have been sunk with
considerable loss of life.
London. A dispatch to the Press
Association from Fleetwood, Eng.,
says that another steamer has been
lost off Malin Head, on the north
coast of Ireland by striking a German
mine. Lloyds is as yet without any
details of such an accident and it is
believed that the vessel was probably
a small coaster, as no big liners were
known to be in that vicinity.
London. A news agency dispatch
from.Petrograd, which is unconfirm
ed from any other source, says that a
German officer who was taken pris
oner declares that the three German
generals responsible for the disaster
to the German arms at Augustoff
were courtmartialed and shot. The
officer, according to this story, show
ed a copy of a general order by the
emperor expressing the most intense
indignation over the surrender of
Augustoff and ordering the recapture I
of the position unaer a penalty of
death.
Loop cafes getting ready to resume
dancing.
ILL JUDGE CHOKES LITTLE
CHILDREN TO DEATH
Shreveport, La., Oct. 29. Judge
Roland Williamson, 35, a prominent
attorney, in a fit of insanity early to
day choked Virginia Lee, aged 8, and
a year-qld infant to death.
Judge Williamson has been ill p. r
year. He was captured after being '
chased through the streets in his
nightshirt.
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FIGHTS THE MINIMUM WAGE
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 29. On com
plaint of E. W. Williams of the Wil
liams Shoe Company, Winona, Minn.,
Judge F. M. Catlii; issued order
against the Minnesota minimum
wage commission to show cause Nov.
7 why a temporary injunction should
not be granted restraining the com
mission from putting into effect its
sttte minimum wage scale for wo
men. W. F. Houck, heading the cohi
mission, says he will continue mail
ing employers notices.
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CLARENCE WHITE INDICTED
Clarence" White, well-known West
Side police character, was indicted
by a grand jury on a charge of mur
dering Joseph Barry, St. Louis rag
picker, found dead Sept. 26 in rear
of 120 Sheldon st.
Sam Ketcham,. accused of hauling
the body to the place where it was
found, was indicted as an accessory.
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BURNS SUES PRINTING CO.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 29. Detective
William J. Burns filed suit against A.
J. Blethen of the Times Printing Co.,
for $250,000 damages for alleged de-
f amatory statements in connection J
with convictions obtained by Burns
in the Oregon land fraud cases.
THE MEXICAN SITUATION
Washington, Oct 29. Confirma
tion of published reports that Car-
ranza 1b willing to step down from his
position in Mexico, providing Villa
and Zapata do likewise, was given
yesterday in official dispatches, from
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