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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY DAYThe The first Aniericinbuilt battle planes are en route to France nearly five months ahead of the original schedule In making this announcement Secretary Baker said the first shipment although in itself not large marks the final overcoming of many difficulties met in building up this new and intricate industry These planes Mr Baker said are equipped with the first Liberty motors from machine production One of them in a recent test surpassed all records for speed and climbing for pfanes of that type typeAssassination Assassination of King Alfonso was part of a plot against Spain financed by German diplomats at Madrid Documents proving that Dr von Stohrer second secretary of the German embassy sent money to anarchist agitators are being published by El Sol Spain was to be thrown into Russian disorder Madrid tonight is excited and the German embassy is under guard says a dispatch from Paris ParisPresident President Wilson Tind leaders of both parties in the Senate have virtually reached an informal agreement for prompt action on the legislation to give the president greater freedom in coordi ¬ nating and reorganizing government departments and agencies in prosecuting the war warFuture Future issues of treasury certificates of indebted ¬ ness planned in preparation for the third Liberty Loan will bear an interest rate of four and one half per cent or onehalf per cent more than the last issue according to an announcement made by Secretary McAdoo yesterday yesterdayThe The latest block of 500000000 certificates of in ¬ debtedness the largest definite amount ever offered was entirely subscribed Secretary McAdoo has an ¬ nounced The number of banks which subscribed was so large that it has been impossible to com ¬ plete the tabulation of returns returnsAmerican American Ambassador Francis and the allied en ¬ voys are preparing for a quick departure from Petro grad They were overwhelmed by the sudden news of Lenine and Trotzkys willingness to sign the German dictated peace according to word reaching this country yesterday yesterdayThe The British during the last year captured 108 heavy howitzers 08 heavy guns 437 field guns IO trench mortars and 2814 machine guns a total of 4545 pieces James Ian MacPherson parliamen ¬ tary under secretary for war said in the house of commons yesterday yesterdayAccording According to three royal northwest mounted police officers who arrived at Vancouver from the Yukon territory the north country is suffering the coldest winter in years At one time last month the ther ¬ mometer was 80 below at the junction of the Polly and Yukon rivers riversAccording According to an American officer at the front control of the air in the American sector at the present time belongs to the enemy Virtually every officer at the front is urging a speedy appearance of large numbers of American airplanes With American pilots pilotsThe The British government has instructed its agent at Kiev the Ukrainian capital to make the declar ¬ ation that Great Britain will not recognize any peace in the east which involves Poland without a previous consultation with Poland
