The Ordway new era., 1918-05-10
FOREIGN

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The long range bombardment OF the
Paris, district was begun again May j.
Three women were injured slightly.
One hundred followers of Luis Ca
baJlero were killed and fifty-one made
prisoners at La Cruz, Tamaulipas, ac-
cording to an official message received
at Juarez.
Mothers Day-a day on which every
soldier of the American forces, young
and old, high and low, is expected to
write home to motlIer-has been fixed
for May IL.
The hanging of eight Mexicans who
were caught working a mine belonging
to villa on the Fresno ranch, west OF
chihuahua City, was confirmed by ar
rivals from the Chihuahua state capi-
tal
The Victoria cross has been awarded
to Lieut.. Allen Gerard and Alan Ar
net Mcleod of the Royal Air force
for deeds which stand out even among
the exploits in this branch of the serv-
ice.
The strike in the Dombrowa coal
fields, the largest in western Russia,
according to a Cracow dispatch to the
Zurich Neue Zuricher Zeitung, is the
biggest and most serious of any out
breaks since the Austrian occupation
of Poland.
Austria is seething with revolt. and
the only thing that prevents the com
mon people from rising and striking
the death blow to autocracy is the
lack of a leader and the insufficiency
of funds. This was the statement OF
man just arrived from Vienna, and
who recently has been in various parts
of the empire. THE people are lit
orally starving and are ON bread cards,
allowing them a few grams a day.
The British admiralty has found
that the channel at Zeebrugge in
which old British cruisers recently
were sunk during the naval raid on
the German submarine bases on the
Belgian coast, is still blocked and will
probably remain SO for considerable
time. in spite of the efforts of the
Teutons to drsdge new channel
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wrecks of the warships.
Gavrio Prinzip. the assassin Of
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir ap-
parent to the Austro-Hungarian
throne, and his wife at Sarajeyo, Bos.
mia. died in fortress near Prague OF
tuberculosis, telegraphs the CORE
spondent at The Hague of the Lon
don Exchange Telegraph Company.
Prinzip shot to death the Austrian
archduke and his wife while they were
on a visit to the Bosnian capital on
June 2S, 1914. and out of this double
murder the European war developed.
SPORT
Robert Fitzsimmons. son of the
former heavyweight champion of the
world, is at Camp Dix. Wrightstown,
N. j., learning to be a soldier.
Billy Miske and Jack Dempsey
fought a tame ten-rouId bout at ST.
Paul, MINI. Neither gained a COM
manding lead and a draw was the gen.
eral verdict
Mayor Thomas W. Fairweather,
owner of the Des Moines Western
League baseball club, announced that
the team will be. transferred to Peoria.
ILL.,. unless attendance at games in Des
Peoria interests have guaranteed TO-
900 admissions for this season. Fair
weather will not relinquish ownership
II the transfer is made.
GENERAL
A call for $685. additional draft men
was issued by the provost marshal
general.
The government will allow dealers
In raw wool commission OF per
cent for ungraded and 31z per cent
for graded WOOL
One million American soldiers in
France by July is the goal which the
administration is striving to attain.
Holders of the second issue of Lib
erty Bonds were asked by Secretary
of the Treasury William G. McAdoo
to invest the first dividend. due May
Is. in war savings stamps and certifi-
Gates.
The National Association of Moth
which Mrs. John r. Macarthur, New
York city, is president, issued an ap-
peal for international victory prayer
on May 12 for the mothers of soldiers
and sailors.
Two soldiers were burned to death
and eighteen men burned seriously
when captive observation balloon
exploded at Florence field. the army
balloon school at Fort Omaha, near
Omaha, according to statement by
Col. II. B. Hersey post commander.
Public feeling approaching jubila-
tion has resulted in Christiania from
the announcement in the newspapers
that Dr. Fritjoff Nansen, head of the
Norwegian food mission in the Init ed