Gilpin observer., 1918-06-13
FOREIGN

ert Adam Philips Haldane-Duncan)
died at his residence at Shipston-on-
Stour. He was born In 1841.
Gen. Robert E. L. Niche of the
American army died in railroad
train near Rouen, France. His death
was sudden and unexpected, as he had
not been i'll.
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, commander-in-
chief of the allies.
A serious revolt has broken out
among the Austrian troops concen-
trated on the east front. according to
an undated dispatch from Kieff, re-
ceived through Moscow
A Belfast steamship torpedoed by a
German submarine while bound from
ly damaged. Three of the crew were
killed by the explosion of the torpedo.
The discovery of a plot to free the
former emperor of Russia while he
was confined at Tobolsk, to take him
to Sweden and thence to America, Is
reported in German newspapers re-
ceived at Amsterdam.
The declaration of martial law in
Moscow was the result, according to
the order issued by Premier Lenine
and War Minister Trotsky of the So
cial revolutionists having organized a
movement throughout the country.
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 is re-
ported.
President Wilson, Cardinal Mercier,
primate of Belgium, and Antonio Sa-
landra. the Italian premier, have been
proposed by the secretary of the
Academy of Moral and Political Sci
ences at Paris to fill the vacancies at
present existing in the institution.
How the captors Of three American
soldiers on the sector northwest Of
unwittingly led them
back into the allied lines owing to the
tangled conditions of the fighting
front there, is told by the correspond
ent of the London Times with the
American army in France. Corporal
Sidney W. Rogers and Privates Ray
mond Howard and Frank P. Ridgway
were captured at Hill 204. Two Ger
mans started with them to the rear,
but became confused and walked
straight into the French lines and
themselves were taken prisoner
Sporting News
]. B. Joel, London race horse own
for his horse Black Jester, which won
the ST. Leger in 1914.
Frances Cowells of San Francisco,
swimming a mile in % minutes SIS 3-5
seconds, in open tidal water at Ala
media, Cal, broke the record of 81
minutes 10 3-5 seconds made at New
York on Sept. 2, 1916, by Claire Cali
gan.
ID. w. King did the best shooting at
the weekly meet of the Denver trap
Club at Aurora. He hung up two 23s
in twenty-five-bird events. August
Sarcander OF Fort Collins participated
getting one 2S, as did Keyse, McGill
and Gamble.
A record high price for golf balls
was set at Chicago when checks were
cashed for four at the rate of $4,000
per dozen. Chicago golfers, through
the purchase of balls used in a match
by Chick Evans, Robert Macdonald,
James Barnes and Jock Hutchinson,
gave the Red Cross a total of 1000.
General
One thousand city employees of the
District of Columbia who went on
strike and then returned to work after
half days absence, struck again, de-
manding immediate consideration of
their request for increased pay.
Reports that two American de-
stroyers had been seen with an un.
identified craft in tow, believed to be
a submarine, and that aviators patrol.
ing the coast sighted two submer-
sibles off the Virginia and Maryland
coasts were brought to Norfolk Va,
by officers of merchant craft.
Champion Sylvia Johanna, G
months old Holstein bull calf, sold
for 100000 at the State Fair park at
Milwaukee, Wis. The previous rec.
ord price was $4,000, paid for the
calf's mother, May Echo Sylvia, year
ago. The mother holds the worlds
record with 41.01 pounds of butter and
1.005.S0 pounds OF milk for a seven
day period.
Capt. ]. Mackenzie and sixteen mem
bers of the crew of the American
steamship Pinar Del Rio, who have
been missing since the vessel was
nj hxy IA, II. 4.