Gilpin observer., 1918-04-04
Foreign
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| Three persons were wounded Sun
day night in battle between troops
and mob of 10000 anti-conscription.
lists.
1t is estimated officially that the
supply of cereals in Holland is suffi.
cient to supply the demand for about
five months longer.
A British destroyer struck a mine
Wednesday and sank, it is officially
announced in London One officer and
forty men were lost.
An American patrol which captured
four German prisoners has been cited
in French orders of the day and will
receive the French war cross.
Juneau High school authorities have
decided to discontinue the study OF
German in Alaska schools because stu
dents refused to enter the class.
| AS result OF charges brought by
the public prosecutor at Athens, a
court martial has ordered the crimin
al prosecution of former King Con
stantine.
Denial that the Bolsheviki have re-
taken the Black sea port of Odessa is
made officially in Vienna. 1t is saio
the city is still occupied by the Aus.
tro-Germans.
THE enemy will not conquer our re
sistance." said Premier Clemenceau
when surrounded by deputies at the
Paris from the front.
Great masses of enemy troops con
| tinue to concentrate In the region OF
Albert, according to the Reuter- cor
respondent at British headquarters
Fighting is in progress toward Villers
Bretonneux, to the north of Hangard
The seizure of Dutch merchantmen
in American ports is characterized by
the Dutch government, in a statement
in the Official Gazette, as an act of vi.
olence which it will oppose with all
the energy OF it's conviction and ita
wounded national feeling"
Il am delighted at General Perish.
ing's prompt and effective action In
placing all the American troops and
facilities at the disposal of the allies
In the present situation" said Secre.
tary of War Baker, in statement
given out at headquarters in France
1T will meet with hearty approval in
the United States. where the people
desire their expeditionary forces to be
of the utmost service in the common
cause" the secretary added
"The French government has decid.
ed to accede to the desire expressed
by General Pershing in the name OF
the United States government" says
an official note issued in Paris dealing
with the operation of the American
troops with the French and British.
THE American troops will fight side
by side with the British and French
troops, and the Star Spangled Banner
will float beside the French and Eng.
lish flags on the plains of Pcardy."
Sporting News
The two leading theaters in Jerusa-
lem have been taken over by the Brit.
ish military authorities, and are now
producing "home talent" shows for
the diversion and entertainment of the
soldiers.
After walloping the Fort Worth PAN
thers to l, the Cardinal regulars left
Fort Worth, Tex, to join the yanni-
gan squad at Parsons, Kan. The Cards
will play Kansas City four games at
Parsons and then leave for st. Louis.
The speeding up of Uncle Sans war
machinery, which is promised as a re-
suit of the great spring drives in
wi 0hoh ;,f
league club owners to cling to recruit
players as long as possible, according
to baseball men in New York.
General
Seven hours before the district at
torney's office was to have been in
formed by Harry Cohen, also known
as Harry, the Yot," of the name of
the man higher up" in the prosecut-
or's anti-gambling crusade Cohen was
shot and killed, at New York
The steamship Celtic. one of the big
White Star liners, was attacked and
torpedoed by German submarine, ac-
cording to information received in ma
rine circles in New York, during Q
voyage from England to America. Ell
forts are being made to save the ves-
sell
President Wilson has not changed
his attitude concerning a negotiated
peace with the central powers, as ex-
pressed in his Flag day address, his
reply to Pope Benedict and his mos
sage to Congress on the declaration OF
war with Austria, according to let
ter he has written to Bishop Theodore
S. Henderson OF the Methodist Epis-
copal church, made public In New
York by the National War Council OF
the Church.
After having ridden 200 miles over
the toughest country on the Mexican
border, fought an engagement with