UNITED STATES.
/ SCARCITY OF GOLD. A 81-METALLISM PROPOSED. Received Dee. 13, 1 a.m. Washington, Dec. 12. A correspondent states that owing to the scarcity of gold, the Allies, America rind, neutrals are considering a proposal to introduce bi-metallism, based on the silver value of a dollar per ounce. NEGRO SOLDIERS PUNISHED. Received Dec. 13, 12.6 a.m. New York, Dec. 12. At San Antonia, Texas, thirteen negro soldiers were hanged and forty-one sentenced to life imprisonment for participation in a riot at Houston, on August 8, wherein 17 were killed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1917, Page 5
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