The Ordway new era., 1918-12-20
The WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
"A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
eioN couNTRiEs.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
po,sos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
w..,.r. Newspaper Union New. Service.
ABOUT THE WAR


wsster. Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR
Order has been re-established in
Cologne as the result of the arrival Of
an advance guard of British troops.
French and American troops Off
cially entered Aix-la-C Chapelle and took
over the occupation OF that German
city from the BelEians.
Zwickau, a town in Bohemia. south
cupied by Czecho-Slovak troops.
Dresden. the Saxon capital. is forty
miles northwest of Zwickau.
The British transport orca. with l.
s32 American troops aboard. arrived
st New York from Liverpool. She is
the fourth transport to bring return
ing soldiers.
Great Britain will demand E8.000.-
100000 $4,000. 1000. .o0o) sterling for
Great Britain and her dominions as
rsparation for the war. according to
the London Daily Nail.
The British admiralty has notified
Brasil that there il no further need
Of -Brazilian warships for patrolling
European waters. The vessels. there
fore, have been ordered home.
British troops are in possession of
all the great bridges across the Rhine
At Cologne. as q result Of the sudden
and unexpected withdrawal OF Ger.
man sentrtek from the eastern end OF
the crossings.
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaie-
witch, former commnnder-in-chief OF
the Russian army. is now In command
OF a force of Cossacks in southern
Russia, according to a Russian wire
less message recsived in London.
The military side of rehabilitation
of Canada's army overseas has been
completed and Is ready to be put into
operation Immediately peace is de-
clared and the higher command of the
allies consents to the withdrawal of
troops.
The three bridgeheads to, be occu.
pied under the terms Of the armistice
are now in the hands Of the allies.
French troops entered Mayence
tMainx). Previously the Americans
had reached Coblens. and the British
Cologne.
/ Twenty-six hundred American pris-
oners Of war interned at Camp Ras-
TAFT left there for Switzerland. Two
hundred other Americans who have
been scattered In camps in Germany
are leaving by way of Holland and
. l. h.k Il.
of the Americans will be out OF Ger
man camps soon.
Marshal Foch has refused the re-
quest OF the German armistice dele
gates that they be permitted to com
municats with the provinces west of
the Rhine now being occupied by the
allies. The commander-in-chief de.
clared that 1t was necessary to main
tain the blockade of Germany a. pro-
vided by the armistice.
WESTERN
Stunning advances in the price OF
corn resulted Dec. ~ from the gov
ernment crop report showing that the
yield for 1918 lis the smallest in five
years. Values ran up as much as 7
cents a bushel over Wednesdays
finish.
William n. Bartlett. for many years
head of the Board OF Trade firm Of
Bartlett. Frazier Il Co.. suddenly died
at his ranch at Vermejo Park, N NJ
Bartlett retired some years ago, and
had made his home on his ranch
Reports received at Sacramento by
the California State Board OF Health.
showed 2,12S new cases of influenza
developed in the state Dec. IL. or
this number Los Angeles reported
1913.
c. l.. Landry, u private detective Of
Denver. is in jail in Torrington.- Wyo..
charged with manslaughter as re.
suit of his killing Miss Sylvia Kelley
of Torrington. near Henry, Neb., nine
miles ease of Torrington.
John Lee. probably one OF the best
known cowmen in the Southwest and
hero of Zane Greys famous novel.
The Rider of the Purple Sage" was
found dead in his cabin at Red Lake.
San Juan county. Utah, apout $50
miles south OF Salt Lake.
WASHINGTON
Abandonment OF nineteen construc.
tion projects including number of
nitrate and other chemical plants was
announced by the War Department
Government supervision over the
steel industry and steel price fixing
will end Dec. 81. the War Industries
Board announced
Extension OF the period OF govern.
ment control of railroads for five
years. until Jan. I. 1924. was recon.
mended to Congress by Director Gen.
eral McAdoo.