Tombstone epitaph., 1918-06-02
FOREIGN

Prospects for the coming harvest iA France are better than any year sinos 1898.
 The conscription question in Ire land may be settled by the formation of an Irish army.
 It is reported at Valparaiso. Chile. that there was loss of life in the earthquake at La Serena.
 The military agreement between Japan and China has caused increased attention to be given the question of intervention in Siberia.
 The address delivered by . French general at the grave of Major Luf- bery. the American ace, who was brought down on the Toul sector by . German airman, vas an unusual trib- ute from one soldier to another.
 Zurich.-The Zuricher Zeitung says the German military authorities have demanded of Poland to supply Ger many with 100000 head of cattle. and 30, 900 pigs. The amount demanded represents one-fifth of Poland's live stock.
 Under the white guard and German regime in Finland l.752 persons were executed up to May 1. according to . Finnish socialist who escaped to Swe- den and whose interview with :he Folkets Dagblad is transmitted from Copenhagen.
 The Prince of Wales arrived in Rome May 24 from the Italian front to participate in the patriotic celebration Of Italy's entrance into the war. He was given a magnificent welcome by thousands of school boys. who cheered and waved flags.
 The admiralty official statement gives the losses to British. allied and neutral merchant tonnage due to enc. my action and marine risk in April as follows: British. 220.7os tons; al. lied and neutral, s4 .3S3: total. 305. .lo2. Clearances in and out Of ports. 7,040,. 309 gross tons
 For the Germans. as well as for us, the next few weeks will be a race be tween Hindenburg and President Will son. said Mir Lloyd George in an ad- dress at Edinburgh The Germans are strsining every muscle to reach the goal first, on the eve Of American help becoming available for the al lies"
 One million Of the 3.l00, ,000 Russian war prisoners held in Germany anj Austria Hungary are total inval- ids. In Germany there are l. s00.00o and in Austria l.200.- 900. Half of the invalids are iuber- cular. most of them in the last stages Of that plague. Many Of the remain der are suffering from other serious contagious diseases.
 The American dead. sleeping in the soil Of France, will receive the homage of the American army on Memorial day Many of those who have given their lives for their country a-e bur jed in graves over which shells and bullets are flying close to where they fell. But wherever they are resting. their comrades will bear them in mind and pay tribute to their memory. SPORT
 Twilight baseball vas given a trial in the American Association. begin ming at Minneapolis. President Hick- ey announced. The game was started at 6:45 o'clock.
 The first game of professional base ball ever played in Boston on Sunday was held in Fenway park between the Chicago American champions and the Boston Red Sox.
 Tommy Gibbons. mj1dleweight box. CT. announced at St. Paul. Minn., that he has accepted an offer from the di. rector general of army recreation and is awaiting assignment as a boxing in. structor.
 GENERAL
 Secretary of War Baker announced in an address in New York May 24. in celebration of Italy day, that American infantry. machine gun units and artil- lery would soon be fighting shoulder to shoulder with the Italians on their front.
 The condition of Charles W. Fair banks. who is i'll at his home in In dianapolis. Ind. was considered zEors satisfactory May g by the attending physicians.
 American troops are now taking "a magnificent part in the great battle on the western front" Prince Arthur oi Connaught declared upon his arrival at an Atlantic port en route to Japan. Shadow Lawn, former summer home of President Wilson at Sea 0irt, Y. ]. has been sold for nearly Sl.000. 900 to Hubert T. Parson, treasurer and gen eral manager of the F. W. Woolworth company, 1t was learned in New York The storm of Mackensen." Ger
 nany's third and perhaps final great drive on the western front. will b< launched about June 1, according to the prediction of Gen. W. 4. Bridges chief of the British military mission ct Washington.
 More than 1.000, 900 articles made by the Red Cross in Colorado. Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming. were shipped direct to France for General Persh ing's boys from the Mountain division warehouse in Denver . few days ago The goods filled six cars.