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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1916.

THE

LATEST

WAR.

TELEGRAM S.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

P. & 0. "ARABIA' SUNK.

THE WESTERN FRONT.

TORPEDOED WITHOUT

WARNING.

ALL PASSENGERS. BAYED,

A

HEAVY LOSS OF MAILS.

LONDE, Nov. 8.

The Admiralty has received in-

formation that the P. &.0. liner

Mrzblown torpedoed and sunk without warning in the Mediter:

ranean at noon on the 6th inst

All the passengers were saved. TATER

*The Arabia's passengers numbered 457, of whom 160 were wochen and children.

They were picked up by various Teasels diverted to the gene of the disaster

Two Engineers are missing and.

are Bolieged to have been killed by the explosion. The rest of the crew were saved.

PAYING THE WAY FOR BIGGER OPERATIONA.

"PARIS, Nov. '§.

THE CHINA MAIL.

THE AMERICAN ELECTION. ELIGIBLES IN THE INDIA OFFICE.

RESULT STILL" DOUBTFUL.

LONDON, Nov. 8."

THE AMERICAN ELECTION.

MR. HUGHES ELECTED PRESIDENT.

In the House of Commons Mr. NEW YORK, NOT. 8; 11 p.m.

Chamberlain stated that there are

NEW YORK, Nov. 8.

2.03 am The Republicans claim a victory 500 employees in the India Office for Hughes based on his success in at present. They included 142 man througout the country. This, combined Clear, crisp weather is prevailing New Tork and Illinois. They also of military age. Seventy-five men with several million new women voters claim to have carried Connecticutt, bad enlisted since the beginning of in a dozen Western States, has resulted New Jersey, Indiana, Wisconsin, and the war, and twelve others would in a record vots. Michigan by a majority of 150,000. shortly be following. The staff was It is claimed by Mfr. Hughes that reviewed periodically with a view to the New York returns indiente a further men being released.

turn-over of 330,000 votes.since 1912. - Mr. Ford has exerted his great influence' in Michigan in favour of President Wilson.

THE EGYPTIAN COTTON CROP,

CAIRO, NOT. 8.

The condition of the cotton crop is: Lower Egypt 88 per cent., Upper

55pt 88 per cent.

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230 am,

The Democrat concede, that Mr. Hughes has carried New York, which is regarded as a vital state.

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The Republican National Committee claims that Mr. Hughes has been slected. Tho New Fork Times, which supports Mr. Wilson, admits that the election of Mr. Hughes is probable.

1.30. &..

states that the victory is greater than The Republican National Committee

they hoped, and shows that American people can be trusted to settle the issues of the campaign. The present outlook. indicates a clean sweep, which means. that Mr. Hughes will be looted Pre- sident, and that both houses of the

6.25 2.

The Inst shot in the campaign was fired by Mr. Roosevelt in a spoech at Oyster Bay. He accused Presi A semi-official statement says"

dant Wilson of spinelessness and of Despite the desperation of the driving the country to war. He said fighting in the Somme region its real be had used American warships to significance should not be raison-rescue the victims of 53 in order strud It was not meant, as the to help Germany to avoid breaking THE POLES AND INDEPENDENCE Congress will be. Republican Germans allege, to be a formidable her promises. blow of a front of twenty kilometres

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PETROGRAD, Nov. 8. Prominent Poles here say they look

The betting in the election is un- with great forces and the whola precedented. It is estimated that power of the French artillery. Our 62,000,000 sterling will change to Russia, not Germany, for indspen- objective was more modest. It con- bands.

dence. The odds are that the

advare the settlement of the Polish Question by bringing it into the international sphor.

sisted of capturing, or threatening Mr. Hughes voted at a laundry in German proclamation will greatly more closely, certain strong points New York, and Fresident Wilson at whose conquest was indispensable fire station at Princetown. before starting bigger operations, as

-NEW-YORK-Nov-8- the various positions were really: While the returns from the Eastern' fortresses, and it was necessary to Statist night and the claims of the. approach them carefully. Hence the Republicans to the Middle West marie THE DESTRUCTION OF MERCHANT dificulty and momentary slowness of the election of Mr. Flughes seem certain, the present progress.

THE

THE NEW FRENCH POSITIONS.

PARIS, Nov. 8.

A communiqué states:" The enemy merely bombarded our new positions in the Ablaincourt sugar refinery sector.

Ten enemy

aven-to the pro-Wilson Fress, reports from the Far Eastern and other States now make the result appear doubtful.

President Wilson now has 232 electoral votes, and Mr. Hughes 218.

Both leaders are still claiming the victory.

The Republicans have not yetovercome the Democrats' leal in the House of Representatives or the Senate, in both of which narrow Democrat majorities

Lani nebeape. Chairman of the

ueroplanes were) are possible. PD-Go interviewed, mid the fought down in air-ights. Eight

The following cables which have Ambir's passengers

bring of our acroplanes dropped a ton of are

bombs on an aerodrome at Frascaty be received, via Janila, by the Brought to Malta and Marseille.

and the military railway station at United States Consulate in Hong- From other sources it: is" leamt

kong, have been. kindly communi- Chamblay respectively,

cated to us:- that the maila represent a very hig

IMG 650 PRISONERS » Joia.

The Arabia Teft Port Said ön | m Saturday:

PARIS, NOV.

An official announcement states: North of the Somme enemy gatherings An important P. & O. official tated that the rescue of theat of Sailly Saillessel were dispersed

South of the Somme there has been a

SHIPPING. 2

LONDON, Nov. 8. The British steamer Seatonis and three trawlers have been sunk.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

BRILLIANT FRENCH ATTACKS.

IMPORTANT GAINS.

PARIS. NOV. & A communiqué states :--- North of the. Somme wa

It was sadounced at midnight that Mr. Hughes had been elected

OYSTER BAY, Nov. 9.

6.25 1.m.

PETA

M. Roserait said that the result of the election was a vindication of national honour. He denied that it was his ur- teation to advise Mr. Hughes regarding his policy.

TUTRAKAI HORRORS.

BULGAR.GERMAN. ATROCITTES.

LONDON, Oct. 1.

The Chronicle's Bukharest corres pendent. telagaraphs-It is more than probabld thas when all the horrors per- petrated by the Bulgarians and Germans at Tutrakai are officially confirmed

of they will rival anything yes recorded Balkan warfare.

There was competition between two allies which could

tortore Tha usual, did things systematically, up Rumanian prisoners in batclics, 400 shooting theth in the market places and squares. A regular massacre of the was or

the

most

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Ruinuman civil popdiery, aided

ganised the Bulgaria

by the Bulgarian inhabitants going from street to street, killing, maiming torturing. Some who escaped narrate hava that among the Bulgarian participators progressed between Les Boeufs and in the mussacres were well-dressed Sally Saillisel.

women and young men in light suits. The women were inciting children to South of the Somme we made share in the revel; knives and hatchets dashing attack, notwithstanding the were employed, while some women even violent rain, which resulted in important used their tooth. Ree. 8.82 a.m.

gains and our capturing of positions on

There is in a Bukharest hospital Reports after rolünight, Election front of four kilometres between to-day a raving lunatic, a lady of good Day, strongly favour Wilson Chaulnes Wood and, south-east of Rumanian family, the wife of a judge. Ablaincourt refinery. The infantry caring that the Rumanians were being Election still doubtful. New York brilliantly carried the villages, of massacred, she rushed to the tribunal

her husband. to saro Tribuna conceding Wil

Ablaincourt-and-Pressoir, and also in time to see a harchet descend saut She arrived just fortified cemetery cast of Ablaincourt.

We pushed our positions to the 'Washington, 4 pan.. Presidency outskirts of Gomiecourt.

Rec. 0.54on.tr.

passengers was a tribute to the way violen: reciprocal bombardment in which,

which the Stediterranean is we caught enemy troops marching enst still in doubt: Wilson has 235 sure

being guarded.

(The Arabia was a vessel of 7,533 tóns #TO, built in 1898.]

of Chaulnes.

Yesterday's prisoners numbered 659- On the right of the Meuse, there has been a particularly lively artillery

The local office of the P.450. Company has not officially received engagement in the region of Damloup any intimation of the sinking of the and Domumont. -Arabia. The s.8. Sardinia, Which

aarried tho China. mail, went straight through to London, but it is pro bable if that vessel was in Columbo at the same time as the Arabia that the China mail would have been transferred, as the Arabic was the faster boat. It is almost certain that no Hongkong passengers were on boerd.

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

BOOTY ON THE CARSO BATTLEFIELD.

LONDON, Nov. B. An Italian official announcement

#tates:

We have evicunted the Observati

bean bory position, "which bas destroyed by the enemy, on the slopes of Cima Bocche.

We found among the abandoned | booty on the Carso battlefield o battery of four mountain guns,

THE ITALIANS AND TRIESTE

ROME, Nov. 8. Another great attack in the direc Mon of Triesta is unlikely before the Spring, though much depends on weather.

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the

- THE BRITISH FRONT,

LONDON, Nov... 8. General Sir Douglas Haig reports: The enemy heavily shelled weet of Beaumont Hamel, and unsuccess- fully attempted to raid our trenches..

The weather is stormy.

LATER. Sir Douglas Haig reports that hostile artillery is active along the whole of the front south of the Ancre.

THE RUMANIAN FRONT

RUSSIAN PROGRESS.

PETHOGIAD, Nov. 8.

A communiqué states: Enemy attacks 25 Cetrovolos, in the region of the Stokhod, were repulsed.

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Up to the present 500 prisoners have

There has been an teannómadia-in-Veriun.

intermittent | Corpsey and ̈··

SEVERE WEATHER ON ITALIAN

'FRONT.

electoral votes, including South been counted Maryland Kentucky, Missouri. Oklahoma, Arizona, Nebraska, Montann, Nevada, Utah, North "Dukota, Ohio, Colorado, Wyoming. Following doubtful: » Delaware, Idaho, New Mexico, Kansas,

ROME, Nov. 8 Washington, California, Minnes Rain, snow, ice and fog alternate on sota, New Hampshire, Oregon, the Italian front. Some of the camps

are flooded: West Virginia, Senate Democra~| tic; both parties claim House..

BULGARIAN ATTACKS REPULSED BY SERBIANS.

PARIS, Nov. 8.

A French official report from Salonika states::

Three Bulgarian, attacks on the Serbians in the loop of the Cerna have been repulsed with heavy loss.

Our aeroplanes bombed military camps north of Monastir.

GREAT DAMAGE AT CONSTANZA.

AMSTERDAM, Nov., 8.

FRANCO-BRITISH BELT IN AFRICA.

cleave his head and body nearly in halves. Sorae Ramanian officers found hor and brought her to Bukharest. During the previous fighting Bulgarian women and children'

children followed the lines,

torturing

ring the wounded. were found with 29 or

30 ept Dozens of Rumanian soldiers in

buenital were tortured similarly after being wounded on the battlefield. More than one was abot in the back. They narrate that

omen many

were armed with rifles."

A strict inquiry into the allegations is. proceeding, and an official report will be addressed to the Allies and Noutrals.

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LONDON, Nov. 8,

A supplement to Messrs. Rickinson A talagram from Dakar aaye that the and Son's "The World's Rabber Posi

The results of the racing at Shanghal Franco-British belt is now uninterrupted tion," gives soms interesting figures yesterday were as follow- across Africa.

bearing on the future of the rubber The French in the Tehad region are market. Messrs. Rickinson and Son THE FLYAWAY PLATE-Seven furlongs. planning a regular communication be point out

Mr Henry Morris Homefield

(Mr Stewart) tween Egypt, the Red Ses, the Came│*. (1) That an additional" 214,000 acres roons and Nigeria, ..

under plantation rubber come into bear Mesars Toeg and Speelman's Bir Lamerock...(Mr Watts). ing this year, which is the largest : Mr Lamerton's Bornite...(Mr Rows) a increase there will be for many years; a Time: 1min. 59 2-3cecs:""

(2) That the enormous increase of consumption in the US. since the THE GRAND STAND STAKES.—One mile. Messrs Toeg and "Speelman's Zuider commencement of the war has been to s

Zee...(Mr Watts) 1 Mr John Liddell's Malcolm Freat extent for home consumption;

(3) That, taking the USA. con

To" (Mr Dalgleish) sumption for this year at 133,000 tocs, Mr Sky's Harry (Mr Stewart) and assuming that the increase will be Time: Zmiy. 23 3-secs.

SWEDEN'S SHIPPING LOSSES.

F

STOCKHOLM, Nov. & Sweden has lost 66 vessels, and 222 lives during the war, apart from ten lost in the recent German raids, on the Finnish coast:

BRITAIN'S WAR SAYINGS CERTIFICATES.

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at the rate of only ten per cent per THE PARI MUTUEL CUT-One mile and annum up to 1920, about 201,000 tons!

· a half." A Bulgarian communiqué states

will be retired for that year. For the Mr Henry Morriss' Wakefield an

(Mr Stewart) past two or three years the U.S.A. have that great damage was done at

LONDON, Nov. 8.

consumed about half the world's rubber Messrs. Winsome and Hasty's The Capercailzie...(Mr Hill) Constanza in "The bombardment by

In the House of Commons, Mr. Aproduction the Russian Fleet on the 2nd and Beck, Under Secretary of State fct (4) That the high price for rubber in Mr Fay's Wynona (Mr. Beard)

Time: 3mm. 41.1-6secs. 4th inst

War, announced that £44,500,000 of 1910 was justified to a great extent. The war savings certificater had been sold.world's increase of production was very The Savings Bank deposits bad in small from 1906 to 1910, and it will od creased by £5,500,000 during the year remembered that during the last two years of this period the motor industry was booming

We again progressed south of

THE ALLIES AND' GREECE. Dornavatra in the region west and south of Mount Lamuntēlu and

LONDON, Nov. 8. teached the valley of Bistritze from

In the House of Commons Mr. Lynch suggested that in view of the dangeri Belbor as

s,far as Hollo.

of delay, the Allies should recognise M. Enemy attacks in the direction of Venezalos immediately..

·FIFTH "AUSTRIAN WAH LOIN.

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 8.

The fifth Austrian war loan will consist off per cent. bonds, redeemable exchequer bills repayable in De years.

Tuki

THE JOCKEY Cure-One mile. Mesra Toeg and Speelman's Tuki (Mr. Grayrigge)

(Mr. Schoch - Uton Clonmel Mr Fontin's Bille Mr Tonkin)

Time: min. 2908cs ** (5) That it should be borne in mind THE CONSOLATION CUE-One mile and

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· (Mr Dupree

(Flewac Stres

THE NO DESFERANDUM

furlongs Mr Henry Morriss Cranfield

(Mr Stewart) 1. Mr Lamerton's Oniria..." (Mr Rowa) · Mr Ellis Endoorie's Pingwa Chick. --.. (Mr Watta) Time: Emb. 0 3-5secs,"

TOOTHBRUSH MOUSTACHE,

MILITARY FASHION THAT GROWE ON CIVILIANS,

Acorrespondent writes to a honr paper The "toctabrush mous was invented by our gallant army legitimate although ferrible weap counter: Han frightfulness. With knowledge, the wives and sweethearto✨ed military woarers of*** toothbrusha". moustaches have endured this waizd facial decoration ja brave and patrioție. silence.

Buf !! toothbrush"

moustache"

essentially a weapon" of frightfulness,

duration of the war,**

to be retained, let us hope, only for the

Civilians moro right to wear it that they to carry hand grenades and gas 3 But just as in our gra

civilians imitated the boards, and a fopal vegetation of the Crimean

so to day civilians slightly over. aga

w swaggering about with! brunk moskachco

Meanwhile Austrian. reinforce Predeal and the Alt. continue. Mr. Asquith replied that the Allies in forty years; and De per cent. be mada upon known supples Mr Seth's Adventure... (Mr H. Seth) Men who were formerly plent shaved

mente from Galicia and Trentino are pouring in between Tricate and Comia.

HUGE UNDERGROUND BARRACKS.

The enemy, reinforced, has are fully alive to the dangers and are assumed the offensive cast of Juil constantly consulting each other on the Valley

So Greek situation," but public statements could only be made in agreement with the Allies

TH SKITTLE-ALLEYS AND

GERMAN COMMUNIQUE

KITCHEN GARDENS,

ROME, Nov. 8.

attacks

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 8 Berlin official announcement The Italians found the Austrian states that British defences near Castagneritzta had between La Sara and Gredecourt Been brought to an extraordinary failed.

state of perfection. There were

The French gained ground of huge underground barracks, holding Ablaincourt and occupied Pressoir

thousands protected by The enem rained smal advan-

and armed with machine- tages at Tölgyes sector

conlained skittlëshoi Tha Gerinda recaptured some fost zhen gardens, beds and ground at Bodca, Fass and took more

DEKORUTE. EH

·FRANCO-ERITISH CONTROL OF

DYES.

(6) That the price of rubber can be forecasted for a few months ahead

(7) That the majority of big specula tors only exaggerate natural tendencias and

(8) That the prevailing opinion is PARIS, NOT 8. generally wrong

Time 3min. 2. 4-5seca...

and a quarter.

ass growing them and the spectacia I often appaling. Men who formerly hand

waires moustacheef spiked monstaab weeping moustaches, and 1ófétaches have pruned them

toothbrush **/

paste harubbery, under each nowad root of the upper lip shaven

Intended

THE SUB-GETTING HANDWR-mile Mr Tign Toan Kopgane's Ampat

SAMEJ 1 Ezra) My Tigs Than

Dan Kongsee's

(Mr L. Eera) Lord Robert Cecil declined to answer A French National Dyestuffs

Me Ellis Kadooris's Dalny Chief Mr. Lynch's question as to whether Syndicate is being formed, with a capital

elektrit Heard) Tat another increase of 60 centimes Time: 3min 3 1-6secs King Constantine concurred in the of £1,600,000, to co-operate with British (sd) per tou in the Buez Canal dues, Greek Government's invitation to the dyes, and the French aluminium pro announced to take effect ca festa Japonry THE CHAMPION SWEEPSTAKE-One mile Allies to land at Salonika

dacers are combining to develop and I next, raskes the rate for loaded ships and a quarter control aluminium:

GERMANS CLAIM A GREAT KERIAL AUCCESSU

ANHTERDAM, NOT B A Bariin official communiqué claims great acris, puccess in a nig Cariny... 6sátra of the Frendam

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