Gilpin observer., 1918-04-11
Foreign

Emperor Yoshihito of Japan. in a
message to President Poincare,
praised the valor and spirit Of solidar-
ity which the French army has shown
in the battle In Picardy.
The official announcement at Paris
that no casualties resulted from Sun
days bombardment of Paris by the
Germans says the Petit ParisIen was
not in strict accordance with the facts.
1t affirms that there were victims
eight chickens.
General Diaz, the Italian command
er-in-chief, has issued an order of the
day to the Italian army greeting the
entry of the American troops to the
western fighting front and referring to
the receAt visit of Secretary of War
Baker as another evidence of the sol
idarity among the allied nations.
Commenting on the anniversary Of
the entry of the United States into
the war, Lord Robert Cecil, minister Of
blockade, said In London: "The entry
Of the United States into this war was
the greatest event In the history of
the world for a century and longer.
perhaps. Much already has resulted
from 1t and far more is expected in the
future"
Extracts from German newspapers
giving circumstantial narratives of 4
panic in Paris and riots after the re-
ceipt OF official statements from the
front, reached Paris at the moment
when the confidence Of the French
was never SO high, and were greeted
with characteristic French railery.A At
no time since the victory of the Marns
have the French people looked for
ward to the issue of the conflict with
greater faith and sincerity.
The accounts of carnage in the Ger.
man ranks which has been wrought by
the fire of the allies, as given in the
official communications and by cor
respondents at the front, are more
than confirmed by stories of the
wounded in French hospitals. I'VE
cut down the Germans as a harvester
cuts down wheat" said wounded
lieutenant back from Lassigny. I'VE
went on cutting them down until we
emptied our cartridge boxes. Then
our dragons on their mounts came
right up to the firing line and brought
up more cartridges"
A brilliant asseblage, including
French officials and diplomats and
Americans at Paris, celebrated the an
niversary of Americas entry into the
war in the magnificent festival hall Of
the Hotel de Vile. Ambassador Page
spoke on the efforts America had made,
saying the United States had built a
vast military structure on broad bas-
is. The reading by the ambassador Of
General Pershing's words to General
Foch when the American commander
placed the American troops in France
at the disposal of the entente allied
commander, evoked a great round Of
applause as did his reference to Presi-
dent Wilson's resolve ito see the
struggle through to the end"
Sporting News
An offer of $4,000 for the Willard
Fulton fight scheduled for July was
made by W. H. Dunn and Otto Meek
two Ogden, Utah, stockmen.
The Chicago Cubs were on the road
to Houston after finishing their small
town schedule by beating a Camp
Cody team at Deming, N. NJ. to o.
Charley Cunning Of Longmont car.
ried off the honors at the second reg.
istered shoot of the season in Colora.
do when he led field of strong marks.
men at Pueblo, getting 1874 out of q
possible 200. William Bowman Of
Denver, 1873 (2OO), was high profes.
sional
General
Forty-two French soldiers, members
of shock battalion which has seen
three years continuous service in the
trenches. reached San Francisco en-
route to their home, Tahiti, Society
Islands, where they will spend a
months vacation at the expense OF
the French government.
A night school for Eskimos, believed
to be the first of its kind, is being
conducted at Shismaref. native vii
lage In far northeastern Alaska.
Jess Willard began his gymnasium
grind for the July Fulton battle. He
surprised habitues of the Arcade gym
nasium at Chicago by going five short
rounds without difficulty. Tony Mel
choir and Carl Miller traded wallopa
with the champion.
Orders have been given to all 81.
berian councils of soldiers and work.
mems delegates to resist an armed in
vasion of Russia Admiral Kato, Jap.
anese minister OF marine. has issued a
proclamation at Vladivostok dealing
with the landing there Of entente al
lied forces.
Grim-faced cattlemen and ranchers
of the Big Bend district voted at Van
Horn, Tex, unanimously to create a
cowboy constabulary to patrol the
Mexican border, to act as scouts fol-