The Ordway new era., 1918-03-01
FOREIGN


brought to light. according to the Par
is Maiin-
The Portuguese cabinet has decided
to hold an election for president of the
republic of Portugal soon. a Havas
dispatch from Lisbon says. Voting will
be by direct suffrage
An important center of German
| espionage has been discovered. the
Paris Figaro reports. at St Etienne.
capital of the department of Loire. in
the heart of the industrial district OF
France.
The British government has in
structed its agent al Kiev to make the
recognize any peace in the east which
involves Poland. without previous
consultation with Poland.
The London Daily Mails Petrogrsd
correspondent says the latest develop
ments there have made impossible
measures of assistance which the al
lies were preparing to give Russia in
her fight against the enemy.
Russia is now forced to sign peace
upon the conditions proposed by Ger
many. says an official Russian state
ment received in London. The official
statement was signed by Premier LIE
nine ard Leon Trotzky. the foreign
minister
British merchantmen sunk by mine
or submarines in the week ending
Feb. 20 numbered fifteen. according to
the admiralty statement issued at Lon
don. OF these. twelve were OF 1900
tons or over and three were under
that tonnage. One fishing craft was
also sunk
A Russian courier with the peace
proposals OF the Russian government
arrived in Berlin, according to advices
received at Amsterdam The Nord-
deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. the Ger
man semi-official organ. says the re
opening OF the negotiations with the
Russians cannot be expected for some
time
Viscount Miner. member of the War
Cabinet. speaking at Plymouth. Eng
land. deprecated too much talk about
war aims Until peace negotiations
are reached he said. we are fight
ing for our lives and the very eNis-
tence of the free nations of western
Europe. As a result OF the collapse Of
Russia. the military party of Germany
is again firmly in the saddle
SPORT
The fifth annual winter sports car
nival opened at Steamboat Springs
with fully 1000 visitors
Beginning Tuesday, the Estes Park
Outdoor Club of snow shoe and ski
runners will conduct a three-day
series of winter sports
The third annual Rocky Mountain
National park winter sports carnival
at Fern lake. in Estes park. was
launched on washington's birthday.
Billy" Madden. sporting man and
manager of the late John L. Sullivan
when he won the heavyweight pugi-
listic championship. died suddenly in
White Plains, y. Y, hospital from
acute indigestion He was 65 years
old
The news that Ogden Werner and
Bob Burlingame. the only two letter
men left on the baseball team, would
spell the downfall of all baseball ac-
tivity at the Colorado Springs College
during the coming season.
GENERAL
Urging n permanent policy of uni
versal military training and definite
financial program for this war. Gov.
Frank o. Lowden of Illinois opened
the Congress of National Service at
Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury McAdco
has enlisted the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea in thrift stamp and savings GER
tificate drive throughout the country
by means OF which it is believed at
least 100000 of the stamps and Ger
tificates will be sold
Gov. ]. c. Gunter of Colorado or
dsred an investigation of the sanity
of Clyde B. Pearson. the youth who
killed Sheriff Frank B. Roach of Wyo-
ming in Larimer county, May l, 1916.
With farmers holding their wheat
for a hoped-for increase in the govern
ment price. government reQuisition OF
one-thi-d of their output and an un-
limited demand. Minneapolis millers
are expectant of a marked scarcity of
white flour in the near future.
Don Van Dusen, formerly a hotel
owner of oatman, Ariz-. turned upon
his 20-yearold wife in the shopping
district in Los Angeles, Cal. fired
five shots into her body and killed
himself when cornered by crowd OF
men after chase of three blocks.
An alleged countrywide plot, in.
volving illegal profiteering in army
cloths at the expense OF the govern
ment. was disclosed in New York with
the indictment by the federal grand