Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-30
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About the War

About the War
Mexico has severed diplomatic rela-
tons with Cuba.
Serious fighting in Kiev, capital of
Ukrainia, is reported.
The German long-range lombard
ment of Paris was resumed May n.
More than 100000 American SOL
May.
On the Locre-Voormezeele front the
French troops repulsed the enemy
with great loss.
The attempts by the Germans to dis
arm the Polish troops In the Ukraine
and Minsk governments are meeting
with fierce resistance.
A German submarine of the cruiser
type was sunk May II in the latitude
of Cape St. Vincent by British At
lantic escort submarine.
The Cork steamer Inniscarra, bound
from Fishguard to Cork, has been tor
pedoed and sunk. Thirty-seven mem
bers of the crew were missing.
The Germans have succeeded in
shifting the concrete laden cruiser
Vindictive, sunk in the harbor of Os-
tend on May 10 by British raiding
forces.
The declaration of war by Costa
Rica on the Central powers brings the
total number of nations aligned
against Germany up to total of TWEEN
ty-one.
The Italians have launched an i'm
portant attack, capturing several
mountain positions, the Rome war Of
flee announces. They have taken 300
prisoners.
Launching heavy offensive at
dawn May 81 against the French in
the Locre-Voormezeele sector, the
Germans failed of their detectives at
virtually all points.
American troops on the way to the
battlefields of France to the number
of fifty-siX have been lost in the tor
pedoing of the British steamship Mol
davia by a German submarine in the
English channel.
In the aerial activity the American
airmen are taking an increasing part.
and 1t now develops that in the Toul
sector held by the American army an
exclusively American pursuit squad
ron is operating with marked success.
Strong German attacks developed
early Monday morning against the
British and French positions between
Rheims and Scissors, the London war
office announces. The attacks were
preceded by heavy bombardment.
The Germans also attacked Monday
morning in Flanders between Locre
and Voormezeele, on the northern side
of the salient.
Western
Ten hours will constitute a days
work IN the Kansas wheat fields and
the standard wage scale will be 45
cents an hour.
The new passenger rates promul.
gated by Director General McAdoo
will not affect fares which already
exceed cents q mile, and hence there
will be no change in the tariffs of
the mountain lines which, in some
cases, amount to Az cents mile.
The harvesting of the 1918 Texas
wheat crop has begun in parts Of Den
ton, Cooke and Wise counties.
The Red Cross campaign secured
$144,000,000. of which Arizona gave
$49,527; Colorado, s1,35S,433 New
Mexico, $l26,399; Wyoming, s199,S14;
Montana, $3S3,0O0.
Washington
President Wilson signed the prohi-
bition Hawaiian bill.
No army ever before assembled in
history has had more painstaking
thought given to the protection and
stimulation of its mental, moral and
physical manhood than the new Am
erican army. President Wilson de-
clared In statement made public by
the commission on training camp ac-
tivities.
The wage increase granted to rail
road employees by Director General
McAdoo In general order No. "a, will
amount to about $300,0OO,OOO per year.
The order applies to 1874 railroads
named and In addition to such roads
"all terminals. union station and
switching companies. all or a majority
OF whose stock is owned by the rail-
roads named
A naval patrol of the Alaskan coast
has been established to forestall All.
tation by leaders OF the Industrial
Workers OF the World
Director General McAdoo announced
that soldiers would be CARED on the
American railroads for the duration NJ
the far at the rate of cent mile.
President Wilson fixed the price of
zinc for period until next September