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1 GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY Buy a Liberty Bond today — keep on buying until it hurts. Invest everv cent you can spare from your living in LIBERTY LOAN BONDS. The Government is the safest borrower in the world. Incle Sams promise to repay you is backed up with wealth by the hundred billions. The Government will pay you 4U !*■ °cnt interest, too. Inder the terms of the ]ience treaty with Germany. Russia has lost 780,000 square kilometers of territory, with 56.000.000 inhabitants, or 32 per cent of the entire population of the country. Russia has also sustained the following losses: One-third of her total mileage of railways, amounting to 21.530 kilometers 13.350 miles; 73 per cent of the total iron production; 89 per cent of the total coal production. Two hundred and sixty-eight sugar refineries. 918 textile factories. 574 breweries. 133 tobacco factories. 1,685 distilleries. 244 chemical factories. 615 paper mills and 1. r73 machine factories. The territories which now become German formerly brought in annual revenue amounting to 845.238 rubles, and had 1,800 saving banks. Bolo Pasha, condemned to death for treason, but granted a reprieve of indefinite duration on his plea that he had important revelations to make to the military judicial authorities, entertains no doubt, as to what his ultimate fate will he. according to the Petit Journal of Paris, yesterday. It quotes him as saying to his keeper on Monday: "I will go to Vincennes. hut others will surely follow." It is at Vincennes that French military executions take place. The famous Jewish preacher. Dr. Emil G. Hirsch. has been accused of pro-Germanism hy members of his congregation and a petition has lieen circulated asking him to resign. Rabbi Hirsch defended his loyalty and expressed the belief that his jieople would not see him ousted from his pulpit after thirty-seven years of service. Liberty Loan subscriptions officially reported yesterday from eight of the twelve federal reserve districts for the first three days of the campaign amounted to 12,005,250. The New York district contributed 57,200,000. Districts not reporting were Dallas, Minneapolis, Richmond and Philadelphia. France yesterday got another credit from the Inited States treasury of 25,000,000. making Frances total ,565,000,000. and the total credits to all the allies ,285,600,000. For the protection of the Atlantic trade routes to southern Europe the Cnited States, with the consent of Portugal, has established a naval base on the Azores Islands. Cattle raisers in Texas have been hard hit by lack of rain in the last two years, hundreds of thousands of cattle perishing last summer. British forces have withdrawn from Armentieres on the nortuern battle front, the English war office announces. Chief Schuettler. it is said, has resigned as hend of the Chicago police force. Ill-health is given as the cause. Chicago subscriptions to the third Liberty Loan were 4,032,000 up to Wednesday night.
