The Ordway new era., 1918-11-29

| ing of a score or more who attempted
to hold a service in the Ninth Church
of Christ, Scientist, at Los Angeles,
| were placed under arrest and charged
with violating a health ordinance.
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Former President Taft in an ad-
dress to members of the Students
Army Training Corps at New Hamp-
shire College predicted that Germany
would surrender unconditionally in
from one to six months.
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Demobilization of the American
forces in France will require a period
of two years after peace is declared,
according to statement made at
New York by General T. Coleman Du-
pont. who has just returned from
two months visit to the western
front.
Contracts have been placed with the
British government for the manufac-
ture of 100000 pairs of trousers and
400 900 coats for the American Expe-
dictionary Forces, Acting Quartermas-
ter General Wood says.
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Southwest.
w. S. Mantooth, 22 years old, a
young farmer residing northeast of
Lawton, Okla, was instantly killed
when a milk can which several small
boys were using as a boiler to run an
improvised steam engine. exploded.
The milk can hit Mantooth in the
head.
Macmillan Won Hogan, wanted at
New Haven, Conn. on charge of
treason, is in the BeXar county jail,
having been arrested when he at
tempted to escape into Mexico at La
redo, Tex. He gave his name at the
time of his arrest as Professor Miner,
saying that he was native of Hol-
land and had been teaching school at
| Caruthersville, Mo.
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Mexican federal troops were de-
feated by a superior force of Villa
followers forty miles south of the
border recently according to report
brought to Ojinaga by runner sent
out by the federal commander. The
federal force numbered 500 and the
Villa band 500.
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Major Frederick o. Wage of the
base hospital medical staff at Fort
Bliss, Tex, dropped dead recently.
Since the influenza epidemic Major
Wage has been on duty constantly.
His home was in Red Hill, Pa. Major
Wage was an officer of the PennsyE
vania national guard.
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The foreign officers who have as
sisted in training the 10th Division
left Camp Funston recently, They are
bound for their homes in England and
France, where they will have a short
rest period.
Foreign.
News of the occupation of Trieste
caused great joy and enthusiasm
throughout. Italy Vast cheering
throngs were everywhere in the
streets, cheering the king, the army
and the navy. In Rome the bells of
Monte Cittorio and all the capital
were rung.
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Emperor Karl of Austria has in
formed the members of his cabinet
and party leaders that he. intends to
abdicate and reside in Switzerland,
saws Vienna dispatch to the Berlin
Tageblatt.
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Party leaders of the German Reich
/
cided there was no necessity for the
abdication of Emperor William, the
Lokal Anzinger of Berlin says.
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Dozens of trucks bearing the royal
Hohenzollern monogram have been
arriving in the past week at the lux
urious chateau named Buncnas, on the
Lake of Zug. The chateau, which is
flying the German flag. is the prop
erty of Baron Won Kleist, German.
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Official announcement of the sign
| ing of the Austrian armistice reached
the premiers while they were in ses-
sion in the apartmc 1t of Colonel
House. President Wilson's personal
representative in Paris. and gave the
greatest satisfaction.
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Count Karolyi, after obtaining re-
lease from his oath of fealty to the
emperor, proclaimed a republic in
Hungary, according to a dispatch to
the Berne Bund from Vienna, quoting
the Viennese newspaper Die Zeit.
f. T. f.
Belgian men between the ages of
| IL and 60 recently deported to Ger