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GEN’L HUGHES WILL
GO ON ACTIVE LIST
A. P. A. S«rvic*.
TORONTO, Nov. 11.—At a recruit
ing meeting held here last night, Gen
eral Hughes, Canadian minister of mil
tia, announced that he proposes to take
an active part in the military opera
tions at the front within the near fu
ture and that when the big drive for
Germany starts he will lead the Cana
dian forces on their march for Berlin.
Hughes asserted that the sudden
suspension of the allied activites along
the west front was not due to in
ability to drive the Germans back as
it had been demonstrated that It was
not only possible but certain when the
allies were finally prepared. The re
cent slam at the German front was
inaugurated for no other reason than
to test the strength of the Germans,
the speaker declared, and the conclusion
of the next offensive inaugurated by
the allies would find the Germans back
on their own soil. The allies, said
Hughes, are at present waitng the
completion of certain final prepartlons
before launching their greatest blow
which it has been already determined
will drive the Teutons beyond their
own boundaries. Hughes said that the
march on Berlin would start sooner than
was at present deamed of.
ADMIRAL
WATSON
RAISED
A. P. A. Service.
SEATTLE, Nov. 11.—The steamer
Admiral Watson of the admiralty line
which was sunk at her dock by the
steamer Partaso some days ago has
been brought to the surface and is now |
receiving repairs at the Seattle dry j
dock. The Watson was but little j
damaged by her experience and will be I
placed on her former run within a
short time. Divers and wreckers have
been at work on the vessel for the past ]
two weeks, but despite every effort j
the vessel was not brought to the sur- j
face until this morning.
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USURPS CLEARS
EIGHT MILLIONS
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A. P. A. Service.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10.—The board
of directors of the great Krupp gun
works at Essen, ermanpy, today an
nounced a dividend of twenty-six per
cent The directors report states that
thi big plant cleared over eight and'
ort-quarter millions during the present
y.-ar.
WILSON CALLS CABINET MEETING
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—After a
period of several weeks during which
he president and his advisers have
seldom met except on social occasions,
It has been decided that a cabinet
meeting will be held either on Friday
or Tuesday on both of which dates the
president is apparently free.
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LATER
MALTA SURVIVORS
SAY WARNING GIVEN
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A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Nov. 11.—Ancona sur- j
vivors lauded at Malta say that the j
Ancona had ample warning before be- ]
ing sunk but was given little time 1
after halting for the passengers to !
escape.
GERMAN EVACUATE
RIGA DISTRICT
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A. P. A. Service.
BERWN, Nov. 11.—German troops
evacuated the forest district south
west of Sholk and west of Riga be
cause of the heavy rains, according
to official reports to war office today, j
LANSING SAYS MORE FACTS.
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— Lansing
announced today that more facts must ]
be obtained before action In the An
cona sinking is taken.
WAR COMMITTEE APPOINTED
IN ABSENCE KITCHENER
A. P. A. arvice.
LONDO i, Nov. 11.—It 1b announced
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that a special war committee has been
appointed to serve during the absence
of Kitchet, r.
KAISER DECORATES
AMERICAN WOMAN
A. P. A. Service.
BERLIN, Nov. 11.—Mrs. Gerard,
wife of the American ambassador to
Germany has been decorated by the
kaiser with the Red Cross.
YOSHITO CROWNED
THIS MORNING
A. P. A. Service.
KIOTO, Nov. 11.—Amid a scene of
the utmost magnlficance, Yoshito was
crowned emperor of Japan this morn
ing.
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JAP EMPEROR GRANTS
CLEMENCY TO OFFENDERS
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A. A. Service.
KIOTO, Nov. 10.—Desiring that the
mire Japanese nation shall share his
happiness on the occasion of his cor
onation, the newly crowned emperor
today issued ,a manifesto granting im
•rial clemency to all offenders against
the government throughout the empire
and in addition made provision for lay
ing aside the sum of two million yen
to be expended in charity during the
year.
Under the terms of the manifesto all
prisoners who have been sentenced to
death have had their punishment re
duced to*,sentences of life Imprison
ment. while all life prisoners have been
granted a commutation sentence of
servitude for a period of twenty years.
The terms of all other convicts have
also been reduced by half. The great
elebration over the accession of the
ruler continues throughout the nation j
and Is being conducted on a scale of
grandeur never before attempted.
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A. P. A. Service.
KANSA CITY, Nov. 11.—Two per
sons were killed and a total of thirty
six were Injured In a tornado which
swept over Great Bend last night al
rru st wiping the town out of exist- |
tr ee and causing danr: ges estimated to
he at least half a million. *
The storm came up with little or no
warning and was accompanied with a
Ite'T'flc rainfall which swept over the
country in a deluge of water swelling
the creeks and streams to torrential
l roportions withir. a few minutes and
also causing much damage. So ter
•. itlr was the forc<- of the gale that
dozens of houses were swept out of
existence in the twinkling of an eye
and a number of people were lifted
and thrown hundreds of feet. Today
the town Is little more than a mass
of broken wreckage and several hun
dreds are homeless.
HEAVY FIRING
INDICATES BIG
NAVAIJATTI.E
A *» A. Service.
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 11.—A cannon
ade of terrific Intensity was heard in
the neighborhood of Fehmarn belt in
the Baltic sea south of Haaland and
about twenty-five miles from the en
trance of Kiel bay and the great Ger
man ship canal. The firing continued
with terrific Intensity for some time
and is believed to indicate an engage
ment between some of the British
underwater vessels and ships of the
German fleet which were being at
tacked. It is known that the German
war squadron has been maneuvering in
that vicinity for several days.
PRUSSIAN LOSSES ARE
OVER TWO MILLION
A. P. A. Service.
HOTTERDAM, Nov. 11.—The Ger
man losses from October 10 to Novem
ber 2 in dead, wounded and missing are
73.376 according to figures published
today In the Courrant. The figures are
considered In every way reliable hav
ing been compiled from a total of over
thirty casualty lists published by the
German war office in that period.
Owing to the great lessening of the
fighting along the eastern front, the
Courrant presumes that the bulk of
the huge loss was sustained In the re
cent fighting In Champagne where the
losses have admittedly been very great.
The toal Prussian losses since the
beginning of the war .have been, the
paper states, 2,027,454. This total does
not include the losses contained In a
total of 230 Bavarian, 293 Wurten
berg, 280 Saxon and 50 navy lists and
lists of officers and non-commissipned
officers who have been lost while fight
ing with the Turkish forces, none of
which are available. As the Bavarians
have been among the best of the Oer
tnnn fighting men and are known to
have borne the brunt of many of the
heav'est engagements of the war It Is
presumed that their losses have been
great as are undoubtedly those of the
Wurtembergers and Saxons both of
whom have shared in practically every
large battle. The German system of
issuing the lists relating to the losses
sustained by the divisions from those
districts effectually precludes any at
tempt to gain an accurate estimate of
their losses.
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COMMANDER DECLARES
ANCONA UNWARNED
A. P. A. Service.
LONDON, Nov. 11.—A Staffani News
Agency report from Tunis says that the
commander of the Itallan-American
liner Ancona who was landed at that
point declares that the submarine gave j
iiis vessel no signal to stop of any
character whatever and the first sign
oi ti- presence of the submarine was
■iheil fired from a distance of five
n ilea which grazed the steamship
which stopped as soon as possible
thereafter.
The submarine continued to fire
continuously until within a short dis
tance of the liuer when the firing
was stopped and the torpedoes were
fired which sent the vessel to the bot
tom within a few minutes. The cap
tain asserts that the people were given
no chance to escape and the Austrian
secmd determined to send the ship to
t he bottom as speedily as possible.
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AMERICANS ON ANCONA
A. P. A. Service.
WASHINGTON, Nov. ll.—Ambassa
dor Page at Rome cabled to the state
department today that his Investiga
tions of the Ancona attack reveals that
there were about twenty-seven Ameri
cans on board the vessel when she was
torpedoed of which all are missing
with the exception of Mrs. Cecil R
Grlel who was brought ashore at Bl
zerta.
A cablegram from American con
sul White at Nagles last r.lght par
tially confirms the stories as to the
number of those lost being around the
[hundred mark. White states that the
Societa Italia, which has taken charge
of the survivors, issued a bulletin to
day In which it is stated that three
hundred and forty-seven of the pas
sengers and crew of the Ancona are
ived out of a total of four hundred
and ninety-seven carried at the time
the vessel left Naples. The officials
of the steamship company believe, how
ever, that an even greater number
have been saved but have not yet been
reported.
TWENTY SEVEN ANCONA
SURVIVORS REACH TUNIS
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A. P. A. Service.
NAPLES, Nov. 1.—Dispatches from I
Tunis this morning state that a boat |
i containing twenty-seven survivors of
the Ancona has reached Cape Bon on
the Tunisian coast after a hard eperi
ence on the open sea. All are reported
suffering from the effects of exposure
during a high wind and heavy seas en
countered after the sinking of the liner.
According to information received here
today, among the missing passengers
is Pasquaie I.aurine, an American citi
zen. No authentic details as to the
exact number of Americans surviving
have been obtained up to the present.
ANCONA ATTACK
ENTIRELY UNWARNED
A. P. A. 8ervice.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—Reports
from Italy relative to the sinking of the
Ancona that that the survivors are
unanimous in stating that the vessel
received no warning from the Austrian
submarine which opened fire immedl
atelly on taking up the pursuit. The
passengers declare that there wns ab
solutely no sign of a signal of any
nature from the submarine.
What action will be taken by the
state department has not developed
but it is generally agreed that nothing
will be done until the report of Ambas
sador rage Is received and It Is fully
determined as to whether or not Am
ericans were on board the vessel.
Amldt the Innumerable reports ar
riving in the United States It Is in
dicated that the accounts of the losses
have been considerably exaggerated.
T.etters and telegrams are pouring Into
ihe state department from all parts of
'he country from anxious relatives of
people who are In Italy and who may
have sailed on the unfortunate vessel.
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ASQUITH ASKS
FOR MORE MONEY
A. P. A Servioe.
LONDON, Nov. 10.—With little or
no explanation of the reason beyond
the brief statement that the conduct of
the war demanded additional expendi
tures not previously covered In the
estimates. Premier Asquith today ask
ed the house of commons for a further
credit of two billions. During the
course of an address in which the war
situation was briefly outlined, the prime
minister, stated that the end of the
conflict was apparently as remote as
on the day of its beginning and the
government was making . preparation
for every possibility of its continuance
for several years.
OIL STEAMER BURNS
OFF SABINE 6*0
A. P. A. Service.
GALVESTON. Nov. 10.—The Italian
oil steamer Llvietta loaded with oil
for Port Arthur was burned at sea off
East Sabine bar last night. The crew
w ere rescued by passing vessels and
have been landed here. The crew state
that the vessel was burned to the
water. The cause of the Are has not
been ascertained.