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GENERAL NEWS.

"Sammies or "

*Cousins."

An Iowa pirl writes from Iows City, Iowa, to the Daily Maz

OF

I notice in the Press deepalobes ; that our cfficers and soldiers ; sbrand object very strongly to being called" Sammies," Cer tainly their wishes should be given consideration. As a girl, I lived in France, and I know that many people in Earopo rafer to "our American cousins,” If I thought it would meet with the approval of our soldiers I would like to suggest that they be called “Cousius" instead of *8smmies.” “Cousins” would seem a dignified and expressive title to apply to the American soldiers now visitors in France, and on a very cousinly visit too. Wild Scenes on New York Stock “Exchange. Prices the New York) Stock Exchange crumbled sad, faded away on November 8 actil the lowest figures of the Jear were reached. The occasion was the disheartening news from: Bassia. There was a scene of wild excitement on the floor of the exchange from the opening of the market until the olove, and messenger boys and barebeaded brokers rushed wildly back and forth between offices and the exchange in the burry of deliver- ing and filling the great volume of selling ordere. Oat on the. curb where Russian bande are traded in there were similar wild Bones and the Bassisa securities sold at the lowest price recorded for of them in their history since issuance.

any

French

France's Womanhood in The War. Sevenly thousand women are now serving in Rad Cross ambulances and hospitals with French armies in France, Algeria, Morocco and the Orient. Ten thousand additional women of variona foreign national- alities STA siding "them. The eighty thousand

ara beyond all dreams of woman'a part in the war which any army chief cr feminist entertained back in 1914. There were jast eighty permanent French women nurses before the war. Such a tremend- ɔus growth as this. illustraten aptly the part in the

war

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Anxiety of British Linen

...Maoufacturers.

bich France's womanhood is bearing. Io recognition of the The linsa mapafacturers of deration of these women France England, Scotland and Ireland has just created Beries are somewhat anxious about their of medals in gold, silver and applies owing to the capture of bro + which will indicate service Riza by the Germans, Rigs was from one to three years. Scorescf their chief source and now the nurees and hospital workers have enemy is in possession they are received the highest military de-experimenting with nettles, the corations which France his to fibre of which is to be used for bestow. Their deeds of heroism the making if varn and cotton. have paralled those of her men.

Old Fishlog Clubs. Six thousand French anrees, it is Which is the oldest sogling estimated, serve constantly in the elab in London? The Piscatorial fire zone, where they are subject dates back to 1836 (ays a writer to constant risk of death sad in the Sportsman), but for pis wounds from shells.

catorial longevity the Walton and Cotton A.A., which has its head

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German Plotters.

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Bat for the bomba aboard shine "bound for terrible war, the club would have Allied countries in 1915 and 1918. fittingly celebrated its centenary Ilsen's story indicates that bomo be this year, but this intereating os-

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were placed on board the Lasits-casion has been postponed until HONGKONG GOVERNMENT nia, timed to go off near the happier times prevail. I believe Irish coast, The bombs were there are only two older fishing unexploded when ibe abip clubs in the worldae some was torpedoed. Carl Sabimmel, where in Lardhshire and the other who bad a law office here in in America. The Walton and 1915 and 1918, and is thought to Cotton A.A. in still carrying op, Bonds. Scrip Certificates should be now to be now in Germany, despite its inevitable lose ip be handed in at the Honkong is believed to have superinteded membership.. the efforts to bomb the Lusitania. Southern Commander's Attitude. Shanghai Banking Corporation Office of the Hongkong and Schimmel's 88scoiates, are be Saya the Peking Daily News:ard Bords of the same denomina In reply to the telegram of the tions will be issued in exchange. Extraordinary Parliament' * of

lieved to be Capt. von Rintales,

now in the Tombe Prison, await

E. D. C. WOLFE,

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ing trial; Otto Saloport, auparin- Canton consulting his opinion on tendent of the Atlas Line Pier, the peace conference, General now interned; Captain Sternberg, Ten Chien, Commander in Hongkong, 10th December, 1917.

now believed to be the commander Chief of the Kwangei troops, aaya, of a German cruiser; Walter The chief osuse for us to raise Scheele, a Brooklyn chemist, now or standard of revolation is to in Mexico; Earene, a naturalized maintain and protect the Provi. German restaurateur; Joseph sional Constitution. Tasa Chi- Z:&ert "A printer in New jai is but one of the number York; al Walter Uhde, who have trampled under foot German subject living in Brook-the law and Constitution of lyo. Ilsen said be was in the country, and surely we can- Sobimmel's office when the not suspend military operations Lusitania was torpedoed, and simply because he has fallen. For Schimmel angrily shouted." The the past six years the country has foo!! Be bas ruined my work. I been affl oted with war and had nine oigar, enda planted on misery, because the Kuomintang the Lusitania, and they would has exercised unsparingly 80- have deatroyed her before she called compromise. Unless we resobed Liverpool." The officials root out the evil once for all, we stairying to establish whether will soon get into trouble agaio. Bernstorff knew the bomba were In order to avoid farther distar-s abosid, the. Lusitania when he bence we must now arrive at a rablished the warning. Keister, fondamental solution of the Zeff-zt, and Ubde are prisoners., situation.”

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