The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25
FOREIGN

/ Minister or Foreign AIIalrS EtCHOH
will in the Chamber of Deputies out
line Frances war aims.
At Santiago, Chile, the Mercurio ex-
presses the opinion that President
Wilson's speech may open the door to
peace.
The Bolshevik government, a Reut-
er's dispatch from Petrograd says, mas
issued a decree suspending all pay
ments of dividends by private COM
panies
The German government has of
fered to pay the family Of Enrique
Granados, the Spanish composer, &c.,,
900 pesetas as indemnity for the loss
of their father
Notwithstanding the pledge given
in September the Germans have sunk
another hospital ship, it is announced
in London. All the wounded and 9th
ers on board, $50, were saved.
Four children lost their lives in
fire which destroyed the east wing OF
the Catholic general hospital in Water
street at Ottawa, Ont, with property
| damage amounting to 100000.
Children of the public schools of
Paris have sent circulars to the school
children throughout France asking
them to subscribe cent each for the
adoption of American war orphans.
President Wilson's statement of
peace terms has been received in the
allied countries with singular enthusi
asm, although a flat refusal to con-
slider the offer is expected from Ger
many.
Germany was never in such danger
of collapse from internal and external
difficulties as at present says the cor
respondent in Germany of the Amster-
day Tijd, in an analysis of the exist
ing situation.
The Chamber of Deputies resumed
it's sessions at Paris after the holiday
recess. 1t was called to order by
! Jules Siegfried, a native Alsatian, who,
in the absence of Baron Ale ID. Mack
au, was the eldest member present.
A British torpedo boat destroyer has
been torpedoed and sunk in the Medi-
! terranean sea, according to an Ad-
| miralty announcement issued in Lon
! don. All the officers of the destroyer
| were saved, but ten members of the
crew were lost
Earl Reading, Lord Chief Justice,
has been appointed British high COM
missioner in the United States. Be
sides taking over the work of the
British Embassy in Washington, he
will have charge of the work of the
British War Mission and it's establish
ments in New York and Washington
"The additional strength which the
enemy can obtain from the events in
Russia and Italy already have beel.
largely discounted and the ultimate
destruction of the enemys field forces
has been brought appreciably nearer"
! is the confident summing up by Field
Marshal Haig, the British commander
| in-chief in France and Belgium, of
last years work by the British army
on the Western front.
SPORT
In fast ten-round bout at Milwau-
kee, Wis, Joe Eagan of Boston shad-
ed Bryan Downey of Columbus, Ohio.
Plans now are being made for big
Camp Funston-Camp Dodge athletic
carnival in Convention hall at Kansas
City.
Fred Fulton of Rochester, Mimi,
knocked out Harry (Texas) Tate of
Nowata, Okla, in the second round of
a scheduled twelve-round bout at Jop-
lin, Mo-
Roy Wood, former first baseman
for the Cleveland Americans, was ap-
pointed by Governor Brough a cap
tain in the Fourth Arkansas regiment
that now is being organized.
owen Moran, former featherweight
boxer, is a sergeant in the British
army, according to advices received
at San Francisco from Australia. He
enlisted under the name of Owen Nor
gan.
Backers of a Sunday baseball bill,
already introduced in the New York
Legislature, are convinced it will
| pass. The bill would allow profess
sional as well as amateur games on
Sunday after 80 p. m.
GENERAL
Floods in Siam worst since 1881,
are devastating the country.
The selective service act was held
constitutional by the Supreme Court
Ellis H. Roberts, ex-treasurer of the
| United States, born in 1927 and for
many years editor of the Utica Her
aid, died at his home in Utica, N. Y.
Every phase of the War Depart
ments preparations for battle against
Germany was outlined and defended
by Secretary Baker before the Senate
Military Committee.
Indiana women may gossip over the