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The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14
FoRE(oN.

The third earl OF Camperdown (Rob-
ert Adam Philips Haldane-Duncaa)
died At his residence At 6hiDston-ou'
Stour. He Was born in l84l.
Ansered by the news Of the sinking
Of tho Porto Rico liner Carolina By
German submarine. an anti-0erman
demonstration broke out In Ponce.
The Dutch hospital ship Koningen
ReEentes was sunk BY mine in the
North sea while bound from IN Eng.
lish to . Dutch port. Four firemen
were killed.
Gen. Robert e. l.. Niche Of the
American army died In . railroad
train near Rouen. France. His death
was sudden and unexpected. ~ he had
not been III.
That battles can be won In the end
only by the army which takes the Of.
fensive Is the significant declaration
made by General Foch. COMMANDERS.
chief of the allies.
A sudden cold wave struck central
Europe. including Germany. Holland
and Scandinavia. There have been To-
cal snowfalls. hail storms and severe
night frosts. Widespread damage to
the grain. fruit and potato crops 10 ~
ported.
The spirit and morale Of the Amer
lean soldiers wounded In the Cantigny
battle. 80 per cent Of whom will r.
cover, 10 wonderful The first question
they ask the surgeon 10: DOC. when
will be able to 90 back after the Ger.
man who fixed me?''
The plight Of the Germans At the
Belgian submarine base Of Zeebrugge.
in consequence of the measures taken
by the British navy to blockade the
port. 10 even more serious than has
been believed heretofore Photographs
just taken from airplanes show that
the entrance to the harbor 10 rapidly
sitting up.
The Belgian legation made public 1t
Washington the authentic story Of the
kidnapping OF . Belgian boy l3 years Of
age by the Germans. tagged prisoner
Of war" and compelled. with other
captives his own age. to perform farm
labor. The story was dictated BY the
boy himself. who finally escaped over
the frontier into Holland.
The bishop OF Scissors. In Paris. de-
scribed the havoc wrought In the bish-
opric Of Scissors during the recent Of.
fensive Of the Germans. He said 100
churches had been raxed to the ground
by the Germans. and that 1t least 100
theirs had been pillaged and partly do
molished. The famous cathedral In
Scissors suffered severely.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14
Old PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

Have you ever stopped 70 reason Why
4 i that % many products that are ex.
tsaGvely advertised, al at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten! The
soasoo u plain-ths article did not fulfil
tie promises Of The manufacture. This
appl3es noee particularly 70 medicine.
A medicinal prspaSation that has real
curative value almost sells itself. - like
- s.d's:s sh;ia r.: ;Es..n +. =: rem s:n'd !.
benefited, 70 those who ars in need Of It.
A prominent druegist says, Take toe
example d.. Kilmsr's Swamp. Root, .
preparation I have sold for many yea1s
and never hesitate 70 recommend. for IN
almost every case Il shows excellent Re-
suits, - many Of my customer testify.
No other kidney remedy that know Of
has - large . ale"
According 70 sworn statemsnts and
verified testimony Of Thousands who have
used The preparation. the success Of d..
Kilmsss' ewamp-Root 10 due 70 the fact
that, % many people claim. Il fulfils a.
liver and bladder ailments. coFEects ur-
mary troubles and nsutralises the uric
acid which causes Rheumatism.
You may receive . sample bottle Of
0wamp.Root BY Parcel Post. Address
D.. Kilmer L Co., Binghamton, MY, and
enclose ten cents; also mention this paper.
Large and medium size bottles for sale
q Ill drug storos.-Adv.
Some men can't even hope to have
brain fever.
enils q wash day. That's whfe yos ~
3ed Csees Bag Bloc. C3otAeo whittier than
0noW. An arooeeo. ADV.
Do right, come what may.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14
STORY OF the week
SHOWING THE PRooReSo o.
GvEiiT0 IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LAN0o.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
ABOUT THE WAR.


Germans In less than three weeks. up
to June 2. Of which 2S3 were totally
destroyed.
The Italian army Is improving both
in morale anc material. according to
Maj. Gen. Eben Swift. head of the
American military mission to italy.
German airplanes during recent
raids on Paris have made use Of an
illuminating device which 10 . combin.
alton of a rocket and a clock move
ment.
Torpedoing Of the Harpathian
brought the German sinking record
on the Atlantic coast to fourteen-six
steamers and eight schooners.' with \
loss of thirty lives.
British casualties reported during
the week ending June we're: Officers
killed or died of wounds. 2OS: men.
+.25S: officers wounded or missing.
1853: men. 27.425.
Between the Disc and the Marne and
south Of the Ourcq the French made
gains. capturing two woods. driving
out Germans. who had penetrated
their lines and taking 200 prisoners.
A German attack west OF Rheims
failed.
The fighting Thursday night north
west OF Chateau Thierry ragged with
great fierceness for five hours. The
Americans captured Bouresches and
entered Torcy. Twenty-Five Americans
in Torcy engaged and drove out 200
Germans and then withdrew to the
main line on the outskirts Of the
town.
Attacks by the Germans in the
Marne sector have again been re-
pulsed by the Americans. who inflict-
ed heavy losses on the enemy. The
French repulsed two attacks against
Hin 2O4. west OF Chateau Thierry. tho
first at 10 o'clock Saturday night. and
the second at o'clock Sunday morn.
ing. French troops captured q wood
south Of Buxziares.
The American steamer Pinar del Rio
WAS sunk by a German submarine sew
enty miles off the coast Of Maryland
Saturday morning. One Of her boats.
with the captain and seventeen mem.
bers of the crew. Is missing: another.
with Chief Mate Orkes and fifteen
men. landed at the Manteo life sta.
ton on the North Carolina coast.
about fifty.five miles below Norfolk.
Va.
In new thrust. directed At the sec.
tor between Montdidier and Noyon.
the Germans have succeeded in gain
ing ground along a twenty.mile front
to . depth Of about two and a half
miles at certain points. according to
the war office announcement At Paris
Sunday night. The fighting was heavy
and the French offered . powerful re.
sistance to the multiplied efforts Of
the enemy. and finally succeeded In
checking the advance, particularly on
the two wings.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14
GENERAL.

Continuation of the work Of the Alas
kan railway was virtually assured
when q subcommittee Of the House
appropriations committee recommend
ID additional funds.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14
WE ST r NJ.

Governor Keith Neville Of Nebraska,
Democrat. announced that he would
enter the August primaries for renom.
ination.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14

Give q woman q chance to show OF
and she viii make good.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14

Nashville. Tenn. reports 100 new in
dustries started In the last II months.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14

Give the average man IN opportuni-
t. and ho win make q chump Of him
self.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14

enils % yash day. That;s whee ~. ~
! 81 ca n 3: s.. se' a. 2:tA'' "A''f sA''
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14

Do right. come what may.
The Keota news. (Keota, Weld County, Colo.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-14

Some men can't even hope to have
brain fever.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
AVIAToRS CONTINUE THEIR
RAIDS IN ENEMY TERRITORY

Washington-The German govern
ment notified the United States that
since October / It's air forces have
been under orders to make bomb at
tacl<s solely against important hostile
military objects within the immedi-
ate operations of war, on the assump-
ton that allied and American air
forces were to receive similar in
structions.
The note, delivered through the
Swiss legation, protests that air raids
have been carried out recently against
seven German towns with loss OF life
among civilian population and that
unless such raids cease Germany can
not refrain from aerial attacks on
allied territory outside OF the zone OF
operations.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14

The terms provide for the abandon
ment by Germany of the treaties of
Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk.
The naval terms provide for the sur
render of one hundred sixty subma-
rines, fifty destroyers, six battle cruis.
ers, ten battleships, eightlig cruisers
and other miscellaneous ships. -
The military terms include the sur
render of 5000 guns. half field and hall
light artillery; 10000 machine guns,
8, 600 flame throwers and 1000 airpanes.
The surrender of 5000 locomotives,
so. 900 wagons, 10000 motor lorries, the
railways of Alsace. Lorraine for use by
the allies and stores of coal and iron
also are included
The immediate repatriation of all
allied and America prisoners without
reciprocal action by the allies also is
included.
In connection with the abandoning of
the left bank of the Rhine it is pro-
vlded that the allies shall hold the cross
ings of the river at Coblenz, Cologne
and Mayence, together with bridgeheads
and thirty kilometer radius.
The right bank of the Rhineland, that
occupid by the allies, is to become a
neutral zone and the bank held by the
Germans is to be evacuated in nineteen
days. The armistice is for thirty DAYS,
but the president spoke of the war as
coming to an end
German troops are to retire at once
from any territory held by Russia, Ru.
mania and Turkey before the war.
All allied vessels in German hands
are to be surrendered and Germany il
is to notify neutrala that they are free
to trade at once on the seas with the
allied countries.
Among the financial terms included
are restitution for damage done by the
German armies; restitution for the cash
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
GERMANY'S OIL AND GASOLINE
ARE CUT OUT BY ARMISTiCE

Washington.-One effect of the elm.
1nation Of Austria from the war, the
fuel administration announced, will
be the cutting off of Germany's sup.
plies Of fuel oil and gasoline.
Germany ~: been obtaining fuel
oil and gasoline from Galatia and
Rumania and was planning to import
extensively from the Caucasus, the an
nouncement said, but under the terms
of the Austrian armistice, all traffic
between Germany and her former ally
must stop.
Within the German borders there
are no supplies Of fuel oil, and infor.
nation possessed by the fuel admin.
istration is that Germany has been
using benzol-a derivative of coal tar
for lubricating OIL This latter
source, 1t was said will not supply
German needs
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
THREE TONS OF BOMBS WE'RE
DROPPED BY 1870 BOMBING
AND PURSUIT PLANES.
FOURTEEN F0KKERS TAKEN
Lieutenant RorIson Of Wilminaton.
North Carolina, Disposes of
Three Planes.

With the American Army Northwest
OF Verdun.-More than three tons of
bombs were dropped on Mouzon and
Rancourt as enemy troops passed
through the villages, bound north.
More than 100 bombing and pursuit
planes participated in the attack. FOX.
kers attacked the Americans in
groups Of Is to 20.
Fourteen Nokkers we're brought
down and three American fliers are
missing. The bombs caused fires in
warehouses and barracks and con.
sternation among the retreating Ger.
mans.
Aerial photographs show Sc shell
and bomb holes in the railway yards
at Condans. The main line through
Condans was put out Of commission,
at least temporarily.
In a series Of aerial combats with
Fokkers, Lieut.. Harmon Rorison. of
Wilmington, N. c., brought down three
enemy planes. Lieutenant Rorison's
machine was struck by At bullets, but
the American managed to land within
his own lines.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
NATIONAL PROHIBITION MAY
COME AS ELECTION RESULT

Washington.-A statement issued at
the headquarters Of the Anti-Saloon
League Of America, said the results in
Tuesdays election insured ratification
by the states Of the national prohibi-
t1on amendment to the federal consti-
tuition.
"Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Wyoming
and Minnesota" said the statemen
"haye voted dry and elected ratifica-
tion legislatures. These states, added
to the fourteen that have ratified the
amendment and the nineteen states
now dry that are sure to rastify the
amendment, make 38, or two more
than the required 36 states.
These additional wet states have
elected legislatures that will ratify: :
Vermont, Missouri, Illinois, California
and Pennsylvania"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
FALSE REPORT ARoUsEs MUCH
EXCITEMENT IN MANY CITIES

New York. False reports that
Germany had accepted the terms of
the armistice and that fighting had
ended, threw the country into a de.
l1r1um and turned out to be the great.
est tS2ax Of recent years.
,.eial assurances that the report
was false failed to check the almost
riotous demonstrations which swept
over many American cities and mil.
lions OF Americans did not know how
they. were fooled until they read the
morning papers
After cabling to France and re-
ceiving an official reply, Secretary
Lansing from the state department in
Washington issued this statement:
THE report that the armistice with
Germany has been signed is not ture
When it reached the department OF
state an inquiry was at once dispatch
ed to Paris. At 2:O4 o'clock a tele-
eSam, in reply to that of the depart,
ment was received from Paris. 1t
stated that the armistice had not been
signed.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14

ssis; sss2 Eat CAPTURE OF SUPPLIES
pore Than 250 Cannon, rs rrenoh
$Mortars, 1000 Machine Guns and
y 5000 Rifles Taken.

Washington.-American troops en-.
onaFred the historic French city of Sc.
3*dan, General Pershing reported in his
? oom49unique. All that portion of the
CITY west Of the River Mouse was
occupied.
me famous Rainbow division and
the First (regular) division seized the
heights south and southeast Of Sedan
ana the suburbs of that city west of
the Meuse, the statement said. 1t
ADDED that the entire region between
the Mouse and the Bar rivers has
now been liberated by the first army
In close cooperation with the French
fourth army.
The guns Of all calibers captured by
the American first army since Noyem.
per l, now exceed ESQ, while a pas-
t4al count of captured munitions and
materials shows more than 1000 ma.
chine guns. over 5000 rifles rs trench
mortarst md many anti-tank guns.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
FALSE RUMORs REGARDING
CONTRACT CANCELLATIONS

Washington.-The committee or
cotton distribution has been LOOKING
into false rumors which have been
circulated to the effect that extensive
cancellations Of contracts for cotton
goods for use OF the armies is being
made. The matter has been discussed
with the purchase, traffic and storage
division Of the war department., and
with the cotton goods section OF the
war Industries board
They state that the reports OF can
collation. are unfounded and that only
such cancellations have been made az
have taaen place normally from time
to time during the progress Of the
war by mutual consent by reason oi
necessary changes In fabrics, needed
requirements, variations ia quality OF
other desired changes.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
LEADERS DECIDE AGAINST
THE kAISER'S ABDICATION

Amsterdam. Party leaders OF tho
German reichstag in their recent dis
cuss;cns decided there was no neccs.
sity for the abdication Of Emperor vii.
liam, The Lokal Anzctger, OF Berlin,
says.
Germania. the organ OF the centrIst
party, already has announced that the
centrist party demands his retention
OF the throne. Tha national liberals
are reported to have taken the stand
thaf the emperor and the Hohcnzol.
iern dynsty must remain an a symbol
OF German unity. A majority OF the
progressive party also is said to sun.
port the empel Or and the Christian
sociai workers are championing his
cause.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
WAR WITH AUSTRIA
COMES TO ITS END
GREAT ARMIES OF LAST AND
MOST POWERFUL ALLY OF
GERMANY sURRENDERs.
AMERICAN E|v|S|0N IS THERE
100000 Prisneros and 5000 Guns
Were Captured Before Armlstice
Went Into Effect.

Washington -Austria-Hungary, the
last and most powerful ally Of Ger
many, passed out of the world war un-
der terms Of abject surrender
Not only have the armed forces
OF the once powerful AustroHunga-
rian empire laid dwon their arms to
await the end Of the war and peace
terms dictated by the allies and Unit
ed States, but AustroH Hungarian terri
tory is open for operations against
former ally are to be used against the
kaiser's armies If refusal to accept
conditions now being prepared for them
make prolonged fighting necessary.
Three hundred thousand Austrian
soldiers and not less than 5000 guns
had been captured by the victorious
Italian armies before the armistice
went into effect, said an official dis
patch from Rome. This included all
captures since the offensive began
October "a.
The soldiers Of the once powerful
Austrian army, the dispatch said, con
tinued to flee in disorder. Since the
offensive started, 63 Austro- hungarian
divisions were put out OF combat by
81 Italian divisions, three 'ritish and
two French divisions. h Czecho
Slovale units, and an American reg
ment
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
Gov. Manning Gets
Handsome New Suit

Governor Manning has been denying
himself all luxuries and many comforts
during the war, as he has invested 40
heavily in Liberty Bonds. However,
he is to have new suit of clothes
Yesterday among the packages de-
livcred at his office were ei~ht Yards Of
home woven woolen jeans 10th from
which he will have suit Of the warm
est quality tailored at once. The cloth
was sent bv Lient. Col O. II. DOYLE of
Calhoun, member of the governors
staff
This cloth is made from native grown
wool. hand spun and hand woven in the
country in the northwestern portion Of
the state. In his letter Col. DOYLE en-
phnslzcd that he had been attempting
to procure the cloth two years.
History was repeating itself, Gov
ermor Manning observed when the pack
age was unwrapped. A grandfather of
the governors, also named Richard !.
Manning, was governor Of the state in
1923 and stories are yet related of his
strong preference for tailored jeans.
Gov. Manning also received a sub
stantial leather havcrsack from Col. O.
K LaRouquc in France
Col. Doyle is one Of the leading mil
tary men Of the state and is an old vet
eran.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
ALL WAR EXPENDITURES
EXPECTED TO BE CURTAiLED

Washington--Sen Martin, of
Virginia, Democratic leader in the
senate, said that congress will call on
the executive departments Of the
government to curtail war expenses
Immediately upon the signing OF an
armistice by Germany. He also said
that the war department will be ask
ed to stop calling men into the mill
tary service as soon as the war ends.
Senator Martin declared that ap-
preparations for war puposes in the
last two years have aggregated $751;
OO0,0O0,000 and that he is deeply con-
cerned over the effect the expendi-
lures are having upon the country.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
AMERICANS TAKE AND HOLD
LAST GERMAN STRONGHOLD

With the American Army on the
Sedan Front.-In the face OF stubborn
opposition, the Americans took and
held firmly the wooded heights south
OF Beaumont, the last German strong
hold west Of the Meuse. The advance
carried the line forward for an aver
age gain OF five kilometers.
The forces on the heights are now
only about 7h miles from Carigna'
on the HeZeires- Metz railroad and
about nine miles from Sedan bringing
both places within range of the allied
shell fire.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14

taken from the National Bank of Bel
gum and return of gold taken from
Russia and Rumania.
The allied forces are to have access
to the evacuated territory either
through Dantzig or by the river Wis.
tula. The unconditional capitulation OF
all German forces in East Africa with
IN one month is provided.
German troops which have not lef
the invaded territories which specificall,
includes Alsace-Lorraine within Id days
become prisoners of war.
The repatriation of the thousands of
civilians deported from France and Bel
GUM, within Id days also is required
Freedom of the seas to the Baltic.
with power to occupy German forts in
the kattegatt is another provision.
The Germans also mustreveal mines.
poisoned wells and like agencies of
destruction and the allied blockade is
to remain unchanged during the period
of armistice.
All ports on the Black sea occupied
by the Germans are to be surrendered
and the Russian war vessels recently
taken are to be surrendered to the al
lies
Beside the surrender of one hundred
and sixty submarines, it is required
that all others shall have their crews
paid Off, put out of commission and
placed under the supervision Of the nj
lied and American naval forces.
These are the high spots" of the
terms az the president read them to
congress. Germany's acceptance of
them, he said, signalizcd the end of the
war, because it made her powcrless TO
renew it.
The president made it plain that the
nations which have ovcrthrown the
military masters of Germany will now
attempt to guide the German people
safely to the family of nations of dem
ocracy.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
AMERICANS AND ALLIES ARE
PLANNING TO FEED ENEMIES

Washington.-Ame and the allies
are planning to cooperate in making
available as far as possible food and
other supplies necessary for the lives
OF the demoralized civilian populations
In once enemy countries.
This became known through the
publication Of a message from Col
e. M. House at Paris to President
Wilson saying thu supreme war coun
Gil at Versailles had adopted a reso
luton announcing its desire to CO.
operate with Austria. Bulgaria and
Turkey in furnishing the necessities
OF life for the suffering peoples OF
those nations.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
Let the Campaign Go Through

The war being over must not stop or
interfere in any way with the Y. M. c..
A. campaign this week. Let every
body do their best to 20 over the ton.
Our boys, three million Of them. are
over there and will stay for not less
than year longer, and possibly two or
three, and they must be cared for.
They are there because they were
made to 90 and VIC q; hone must stand
behind them. Men, women and chill
drcn, do your duty this week
G. &. Robinson,
County Chairman.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
GERMANS ARE RETREATiNG
ALONG FRONT OF rs MILES

London.-The Germans are retreat.
ing on a 75-mile front from the River
Scheldt to the River Aienc.
In the face Of the German retrea
the situation changes so rapidly hou,
by hour that it is impossible to give
q definite idea of the allied advance.
Roughly, the allies have crosse,
tho FrancoBelglan frontier betwee,
Valenciennes and Bavay, which II
eight miles west OF the fortress O
Maubaugc.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
FRAhcO.AMERicAN SUCCESSES
OPENS WAY TO OTHER EIFIDs

With the French Army in France =
me splendid success OF the Franco.
American operations in the Argonnc
opens the way to another field OF bat
ties which will cover the last line of
retreat the Germans hold or French
territory.
me Americans apparently have
stenay within their grasp and when
that place falls thc position Of the
German armies wili be greatly ell
dangered
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-11-14
PEOPLE OF VIENNA ALMOST
DELIRIOUS IN THEIR .,ov

Geneva.-Vienna was delirious with
Joy when 1t was learned that an, az.
mistlce had been declared. The
streets were soon crowded with men
and women and children, crying and
embracing each other.
The general opinion is that food
will follow peace.
The report that Emperor Charles
has abdscated aroused little interest.
The Austrian press is attempting to
calm the population.