, 1918-10-24
FOREIGN

ment Will meet Oct. %.
The Czecho- Slovaks in Bohemia,
Austria, proclaimed a republic.
Baron Burien, the Austrian premier,
has resigned, according to Vienna
newspapers.
President Wilson's reply to Germany
completely agrees with Italian views.
it was officially announced in Rome.
Croatia has decided to declare her
independence and proclaim a separa-
ton from Hungary, said a Budapest
dispatch.
The Frankfort Zeitung states that
among the reforms the German en-
peror intends to is the right
to declare war.
1t is estimated officially that the
1918 wool clip in Uruguay will total
5000, 900 kilograms. This is an in
crease of 10,00O,O0O Kilograms over
1917.
The Amsterdam Handelsblad pub
fishes with reserve an unconfirmed
report that all German submarines
have been ordered to return to their
bases.
~ " "a Slc Sop
tured by Field Marshal Haig's forces
In their offensive in the Bohain-Le
Cateau region, the British war office
announced.
The Czechs are masters in Prague
according to a Berlin dispatch to the
Berlingske Tidende. Czech money is
in circulation and the Czech flag
waves over Hradschin castle.
A mass meeting of Jews was held at
Vienna, Oct. IA, and a resolution was
passed asking that the Jewish people
be admitted into the league of nations,
according to advices received in Paris.
The plenipotentiaries of Rahnil Bey,
governor of Smyrna, have arrived in
Athens for the purpose of negotiating
for the surrender of that Turkish prov
ince, according to a dispatch from Ath-
ems.
British casualties reported for the
week ended Oct. Is numbered 37,710,
divided as follows: Killed or died of
wounds-Officers, 552; men, 6,937.
Wounded or missingAOfficers, 1,741;
men, 26,4S0.
w. A. Holman, premier and treas
urer of New South Wales, has relin-
pushed the treasury portfolio so as to
devote all of his time to the premier
ship. Assistant Treasurer Fitzpatrick
becomes treasurer.
Juneau patriots, both men and wom-
en-, have formed what is believed to
be the first Unconditional Surrender"
Club in Alaska. The club was
launched by the labor element n it
is hoped to be the forerunner of a
similar movement throughout the ter
ritory.
w want a chance to lick Germany
to a finish. We don't want an armis-
tice the minute we've got 'em running.
We wont want to listen to them yell
ing Enough the minute they realize
a w%alloping is due Them These were
h replies of many American soldiers
and sailors from all parts of the Unit
ed States when they were interviewed
on the Strand, at the American Y. M.
c. A. eagle hut.
SPORT
Willie Young, well known in Denver
sport circles as a clever bantamweight
boxer. died from double pneumonia,
superinduced by Spanish influenza.
Utah's football eleven-the Agricul-
tural College squad-probably will be
seen on a Colorado diamond within a
month, in spite of the fact that most
trips of any proportions had been
called off by colleges, due to the re-
q%uirements of the military training de-
partment.
GENERAL
The gift of $4,000 by the knights of
Columbus to Nine. Foch, wife of the
marshal, for the fund for widows and
orphans of French soldiers, was n.
nounced in New York by James A.
Flaherty, supreme knight of the organ-
ization.
Members of the Chicago Medical So
ciety were discussing claims advanced
by DR.. Louis ]. Pint that diphtheria
antitoxin is an absolute specific for
so-called influenza.
Nebraska women will not vote at
the coming election Nov. 8 under the
suffrage law granting them partial
voting rights. according to an order
entered in District Court at Lincoln.
With more than 100 persons dead
and thousands without shelter, food
or clothing as a result of the earth
quake which shook the entire island,
the government of Porto Rico ap-
pealed to Congress and to the Ameri-
can Red Cross for assistance, in a
cable message received in New York
and forwarded to Washington.
A Kansas City police detective was
involved in the robbery of an express
train at Koch Siding. Kan, July 10,
'91S. according to a confession made
to Denver police by Frank Lewis. lead