The Ordway new era., 1918-06-28
FOREIGN

Russian Black sea fleet.
Strikes following the recent bread
riots are spreading throughout the W.
emma district, according to dispatches
received by way Of Zurich.
SiRnor Baracca, considered ltaly's
premier aviator. is missing. His ma
chine fell inside the hostile lines AFT
Or 1t had caught fire during fight.
Philip Edward Morrell. Liberal. rep
resenting a small pacifist group In the
House Of Commons, started debate
on the question of peace by agree
ment.
Austria's grave food situation, cou-
pied with the apparent failure Of the
new offensive against Italy, is excit-
ing pessimistic comment in the Vienna
press.
The execution at military headquar-
ters at Tientsin of Gen. Hu Chen
Chang because of monarchist propa-
ganda among his troops, Is confirmed
by a presidential mandate issued at
Peking.
Four residents of Berlin attempted
to escape from Germany in two aero
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Denmark, but the other was brought
down in the Baltic sea by German
guardships.
In many provinces OF Hungary there
| is only one-third or One-quarter the
food necessary to maintain the popula-
| tion in health, former Premier riszA
declared in speech to the Hungarian
Parliament.
The transport Santana, proceed
ing from Bizerta for Malta, was tor
pedoed and sunk on the night of May
1O-I1, according to the Havas agency.
There were on board 2,150 soldiers
and native workmen, Of whom 1,512
were saved.
More than 100000 persons have
gone on strike in the Volcan arsenal
and the Warschalowski airplane works
In Vienna, according to a dispatch
from Zurich to the Exchange Tele-
graph. The dispatch adds that riots
have occurred at Favoriten. Margere-
then, Ottaking and Brigittenay, sub
urbs of Vienna.
The food situation and the war
weariness of the people within the
dual monarchy again are making trou-
BILE for the authorities. Troublous
times also seemingly are in store for
the German government owing to the
lack of bread. In Vienna mobs are re-
ported to have raided bakeries and
stoned the residence of the premier
and even to have attacked one of the
wings of the imperial palace. Troops
had to be called out to restore order.
SPORT
Hubert (Dutch) Leonard, pitcher
for the Boston American league base
ball team, was placed in class one by
the Fresno, Cal, city board.
Marty o'Toole and Billy Kelly. the
battery for whom Barney Dreyfuss
paid $2s.00O several years ago. are now
members Of the Omaha team.
New regulations issued to draft
boards by Provost Marshal General
Crowder to govern application Of the
work or fight order do not rule specifi-
cally upon the status Of professional
baseball players or other classes
which may be affected, but emphasize
the section of the order placing games
and sports among the occupations
classed as nonuseful.
GENERAL
According to reports made to the
emergency fleet corporation at least
sixty-three ships will be launched on
the Fourth Of July.
Deliveries of steel ships to the ship
ping board in the first two weeks Of
June numbered sixteen, with total
dead-weight tonnage of S9,162.
Confidential information received
! by the Navy Department in the Brit
| ish admiraltys pink book" shows
that such progress is being made by
! the allied navies in combating the u
boat as to score practically a Hubma-
| out of German shipyards.
The sundry civil bill, carrying ST.
61.701 900 for the ship building pro-
gram; $50,000,000 for the Presidents
emergency war fund, and $1.250,000
for the committee on public informa-
tion, was passed by the House.
Tentative plans for the fourth Lib
erty Loan as indicated by the treasury
are: Amount at least $6,000.000, 900.
Interest rate AZ per cent. Campaign
to open early in October. Denon.ina-
ton of bonds same as the third loan.
Postal inspectors arrested number
Of travelling agents Of the Western
Union Telegraph Company on trains
between Boston, New York, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Washington and
seized suitcases they were carrying
filled with messages filed for trans
mission by telegraph.
| A woman known at Trinidad as
Mrs. Frank ]. Vanders. and who, with
| man giving the name of Frank