Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-06-06
Nebraska nearly doubled her quota
Of $1,3OOOOO in the recent Red Cross
war fund campaign:

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war fund campaign.
The British casualties reported for
the week ending May % were 1904,
as against 36,677 the previous week.
Five persons were killed and twenty
injured when an Illinois Central pas
senger train was wrecked near Apling-
ton, Iowa.
The army general staff has ordered.
on General Pershing's recommends
ton that all regimental bands be in.
creased from twenty.eight to fifty
pieces.
The epidemic which is sweeping
over Spain, disease which some
what resembles grippe, is increasing
In severity. There are more than 15O,-
600 cases in Madrid.
More than 600 men have been taken
into custody by posse acting under
the direction of United States Marshal
Dillon, in rounding up alleged draft
evaders in Phoenix, Ariz.
The British public received the
news of the resumption of the Ger
man offensive with less manifestation
OF anxiety than was observable during
the critical days last March.
Lightweight Of the persons, who
were killed when the British air
squadron raided Cologne on May 10
were buried in the same grave, accord.
ing to Les Nouevelles Of The Hague.
One thousand persons, Jewish re-
fugees from Batum, were drowned
when the steamship Oriole, carrying
passenger list of 1900, recently was
sunk in the Caspian sea.
An official proclamation issued by
Governor Harding of Iowa forbids the
use Of any but the English language
in schools, churches, on trains, in
public gathering places and over the
telephone during the war.
Germany has resumed her drive for
decision on the western front after
lapse of nearly four weeks, striking
In the south between Rheims and
SCISSORS and in Flanders on the
northerly side Of the Lys salient.
An American destroyer In the Eng
fish channel sank German subma-
rine which short time before had
torpedoed and sunk the armed British
merchant cruiser Moldavia, resulting
in the death Of fifty-three American
soldiers.
The fuel administration "does not
make any concealment of the prospect
that there will be coal shortage dur.
ing the present coal year." said a
statement, in which the public again
was urged to order it's coal for next
winter during the summer.
Greater food conservation so that
the allied people and armies may be
fed is urged upon the American ma
ton in statement by the American
Labor mission, appointed by President
Wilson to make comprehensive study
of conditions in England and France.
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Examination of Director General
McAdoo's order raising freight rates
on a basis of % per cent and passen.
ger fares to 3 cents mile and abol.
fishing all lower intrastate freight and
passenger rates, indicated that the
average increase will be higher than
% per cent.
Secretary of War Baker announced
in an address at New York in celebra.
ton Of Italy day that American infan.
try, American machine gun units, and
American artillery soon would be
fighting shoulder to shoulder with the
Italians on their front.
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Unstinted praise has been shower
ed upon the American forces In Plcar
dy by military officers for the dash
and daring they showed when they
drove Germans from Cantigny early
last week and captured over 200 pris
oners.
| French soldiers put up desperate
battle in the streets of scissors be
fore the fortified city was finally cap
tured by the enemy. scissors is {
town Of about $4,000 inhabitants ant
is on direct line to Paris and Com
piegne.
Nineteen persons were killed IL
Iowa, nine in Wisconsin and one II
Illinois in storm that swept over thes,
three states. Damage to property ant
crops in Iowa is estimated far in ex
cess Of 100000, while in Wisconsi,