The Ordway new era., 1918-05-31

Mexico has severed diplomatic reiar
lions with Cubs.
The Cork steamer Inniscarra. bound
from Fishsuard to Cork, has been tor
psdoed and sunk. Thirty seven mem
bers Of the crew were missing
Fifty-six American troops on the
British steamship Moldavia have been
unaccounted for. says an official
statement by the British admiralty.
Tho declaration OF war by Costa
Rica on the Central powers brings the
Total number of nations aligned
against Germany up to a total Of TWEEN
ty-one.
The fortress of Metz, In Lorraine.
and the city of Coblenz. on the Rhine,
have been bombed by British aviators.
Thionville, Namur and Carieroi also
were attacked.
Lively fighting continues In the
mountains of northern Italy with the
Italian and British troops on the Of
fensfve. Along the Pisve the artil-
Iery firing has increased.
Martial law has been proclaimed in
Bohemia, and IT, consequence of pop
ular excesses" many persons have
been Imprisoned, says a dispatch to
the London Daily Mail from Berne,
quoting the Slovenskl Parod.
An enemy destroyer has been sunk
in the neighborhood of zeebrugge by
o direct hit from an aeroplane. The
mole and seaplane base at Zeebrugge
also were badly damaged by bombs
which British naval avistors dropped.
More than 100000 wounded and
sick men have been returned TO the
fighting front and 900 soldiers
have been discharged from the Ger
man army as unfit for further serv-
Ice, according to a report Of the state
ment in the Reichstas by Surgeon
General Schu1ze as contained in the
Beriiner Tageblatt OF April "a. copy
OF which has been received in New
York.
A London official statement on
aerial operations says: Since the
beginning OF the German offensive,
two months ago, 1000 German aero
planes have been brought down or
driven out OF control, and more than
1000 tons OF bombs have been dropped
over the enemy's lines. During the
night Of Mey 20 aerodromes In the
nsighborhood OF Ghent, Journal and
6t. Quentin used by the enemy's night
bombing machines we're heavily at
tackled. Thirteen tons OF bombs were
dropped on these and four and half
tons were dropped on the railway sta
tion at Thionville, Metz and Coblenz"
WESTERN
ktn NJ doN IN frr n
nomination to the United States Sen
ate from Nevada, has resigned as
chairman Of the National Woman's
party in order to devote herself to her
campaign.
The lower house OF the Arizona
Legislature passed the joint resolution
ratifying the prohibition amendment
TO the constitution by vote of 20 to
3, Speaker Johns and Representatives
Foster and Mccormick voting In the
negative. The resolution passed the
Senate unanimously. making the
twelfth state to act favorably.
Howard II. Deweese. who was shot
at Salt Lake City, Utah. for the muir
der of his wife. Fanny Fisher De
Weese. left grim legacy for his
wifes former husband. 1t is a silk
handkerchief and the bullets which
passed through the heart OF DeWeese
first passed through the bit OF silk,
which he had pinned over his chest.
WASHINGTON
From Teheren, Persia, where the
people are starving. stricken with ty-
phus and typhoid, n cablegram asking
Tor aid has come to Secretary Ian
sing.
Sinking OF the British armed mer
chant cruiser Moldavla. with a proba
BILE loss of fifty-six American soldiers
was announced In cablegram from
the British admiralty to the War De
partment.
The Senate military committee
unanimously went on record in favor
Of large expansion OF the American
army. II ordered a favorable repor
on a resolution by Senator Reed o.
Missouri declaring for an increase o
100000 men.
Another move toward full utiliza
tion OF the country's manpower wa
made when Secretary Baker sent t.
Congress the draft of n bill proposing
10 raise the maximum age. for volun
tary enlistment In the army from 4
to b5 years. All men more than 40 81
enlisted would be assigned to noncon
blatant service.
Native Americans were called upo
by, President Wilson to Join with tn
foreign.bo OF the United States Il
celebrating on the Fourth of July thi
year the birth Of new and create