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TELEGRAPH BRIEFS Washington. Navy department may ask further appropriations from congress for construction of battle ships 43 and 44, according to figures submitted by manufacturers on 31, 000 tons of structural steel. Rhinelander, Wis. Three Kentucky bandits who shot two deputy sheriffs Wednesday escaped from marsh in which they were hiding after running fight with deputy sheriffs. London. Dec. 9 set as date for dis cussion of peace terms in German reichstag in accordance with Social ist demands. Pittsburgh. Samuel Keener in jail for thirty days for threatening to kill President Wilson if he did not main tain strict neutrality and to blow up Westinghouse plant at East Pitts burch, according to Keener's board ing housekeepers. Forest City, Ark. 100 masked men took William Patrick, negro, irom the local jail and lynched him. Was held for murder of Bert Nicholas, a mer chant. Key West, Fla. Coast guard cut ter Miami and steamer Buenor Aires speeding to relief of Spanish freighter Reina Marie Cristiana, aground on Florida reef. South Norwalk, Conn. Sidney Bell, near-sighted autoist, drove his car through house and broke up Ralph Comstock's dinner party. Washington. After official inves tigation of garbage cans in many cities, agriculture department find Washington housewives are most wasteful in country. Springfield, Mass. Enterprising burglar last night entered Chestnut street fire station, robbed 15 sleeping firemen, slid down the "greased pole" and escaped. New York. From $8-a-week mes senger to member of Stock Ex change was rise of Wm. F. Stafford in ten years. Paid $72,000 for ex change seat today. Qleyejand, Jhough Chin Wash, Chinese, and Mary Vasakabine, Hun garian, could talk to each other only through interpreters, they made love and got married, Justice Zoul offic iating. o o MONITORS SHELL GERMANS ITALY PRESSES GREECE Berlin, via Wireless to Sayville, L. I. Two hostile monitors shelled Ger man position at Westende on Belgian coast without effect French outposts near Limbartzyde were surprised and several prisoners taken. West of Rouen a French bi-plane was brought down. Berlin, via Wireless to Sayville. Victorious engagements against iso lated Serbian detachments southwest of Mitrovitza occurred yesterday. . Paris. Pressure by Italian minister at Athens has been added to that of British, French and Russian repre sentatives to secure from Greece defi nite pledge of non-interference with allies Balkan campaign. London. Fresh dispatches from ' Salonika repeated report Russian troops have crossed into Roumania, but there was no confirmation from Petrograd. Vienna. Italian assaults on Go ritz are in progress more violently than ever today. Italians apparently were reorgan izing their forces during lull Thurs day and resumed assault. With mist so thick that opposing troops could see each other only at short range, Austrians are declare dto have beat en back all attacks on bridgehead. ' Repulse is reported also of three assaults on Austrian line in Oslavia district and of offensives at Tolmino and Marzlivrh. Salonika. Austro-German troops entered Monastir Thursday after-' noon, according to dispatches from Greek town of Fiorina, near Serbian frontier. London. Destruction of British steamship Langton Hall by sumba-1 rine announced by admiralty. Paj$ of crew !and.e4t ft rtuubutmtuf&i&am