The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-08
FOREIGN


present offensive
Much damage was done by violent
explosion in plant in which war ma
terials were being manufactured at
Baussens, in southern France.
Premier Clemenceau, after address
ing the Chamber of Deputies in Paris,
received a vote of confidence in the
government OF 377 against 10.
Capt. Archie Roosevelt, who was
wounded in action in March, is max
ing excellent progress His arm has
been removed from the sling and he
walks several miles daily.
Between the Aisne and Ourcq rivers
the Germans have captured Pernant,
and to the south of that village the
French have ceded a little terraine.
The discovery in Moscow and Petro-
grad of a large counter revolutionary
plot which stretches throughout the
whole of Russia, is announced in
Russian wireless message received in
London.
The Germans in Their reprisals
Paris on June / succeeded in passing
over populous districts of the city and
twenty-four persons were wounded by
their bombs, the Havas agency says.
Some damage was done to buildings.
Marcel de Mongoet, major in the
French army, was killed in action
near Scissors on May 27. He was
son of Madame Alexandra Ribot and
stepson of the ex-prenier. Madame
Ribot was formerly Miss Mary Butch
of Chicago.
The Germans in theirreprisals
against peasant disorders in the
Ukraine drenched several villages
near Kiev with gas, according to
| Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Elk.
press. Thus, adds the message, whole
communities were asphyXiated.
Four persons were killed, six seri-
ously wounded and many slightly in
| jured when ten British machines at
tackled the open town of Karlsruhe,
according to the Wesen Zeitung OF
Bremen. Two of the British airmen
were shot down, it is declared.
Twenty-eight aerial victories are
now credited to Lieut. Georges Mad
on, the French aviator who early in
the war landed by mistake on Swiss
territory and was interned, but made
his escape. The lieutenant recently
recovered from long illness and, re
| turning to the front, began to wreak
havoc among the German aeroplanes
SPORT
Ralph De Palma was the winner of
| the 100-mile Hardness handicap auto
mobile race at Sheepshead Bay speed
way, New York.
]. L. K. Ross Cudgel, ridden by
Lyke, won the sixth running of the
Kentucky handicap at Douglas park al
Louisville by length. The time was
2:03. The race was worth $4,000 to
the winner. The distance was one and
one-fourth miles.
Miss Fannie Durack, holder of many
worlds swimming records, and Miss
Nina Wylie, also a noted Australian
from the antipodes, accompanied by
Miss Mary Durack, sister of the cham
pion. The swimmers expressed sur
prise at news that an attempt had
been made since they left Australia
to prevent their competing in amateur
events in their scheduled tour of the
United States, and exhibited creden
| tials signed by officials of the Anna
teurs' Swimming Union of Australia.
GENERAL
The police department issued an or
der that all display lights in New York
at night are forbidden until further
notice.
Thirty years ago at Lamar Texas
yearling steers were quoted at So a
head and 2-year-olds could be bought
for $3.50.
! Farmers throughout the southwest
are planting up to the limit of their
ability to cultivate the ground and
take care of the crops after they are
in the ground"
DR.. Francis ]. Fluno of Oakland,
Cal, was installed as president of the
First Church of Christ, Scientist, at
the annual meeting of the mother
church in Boston.
A two-hour work day, with a mini.
mum wage Of Sc day was the ulti'
mate aim of the l. w. w. in the West
ern mining centers. This was dis.
closed by government witnesses who
testified at the trial of the l. w. w.
leaders before Federal Judge Lands
in Chicago.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has declined to submit to the
| Jurisdiction of the national war la
Dor board which sought to adjust the
differences between the company and
those of its employees who are. men,
bers of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union of America.
The report of the Belgian official