Gilpin observer., 1918-10-31
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signed.
New note from Berlin claims the
people rule, and asserts they have tax
en- control Of the army.
"A new Ukrainian ministry has been
formed with M. Lisogub. as premier,
says a dispatch frbm Kiev.
A dispatch from the Dominion tele
graphs department at Juneau said that
the bodies of $50 victims of the, steam
ship Princess Sophia disaster had
been recovered.
Three American mining men are be
ing held for $4,000 ransom by Epi
fanio Holguin. Villa leader, near
Villa Ahuamada, chihuahua, 1t was
announced at Juarez, Mex.
The Prussian upper House has
passed en- bloc the three electoral
bills as amended by special commit
tee. according to Berlin dispatch.
The reactionaries did not vote
Before the war a dozen boxes OF
safety matches sold in England for
the equivalent of American cents
Today Londoners are lucky IL they
have the chance to buy dozen boxes
for SO cents.
Peace riots took place outside of the
Russian legation in Berlin Sunday in
connection with five electioneering
meetings of Independent Socialists. it
was learned from that city Monday
The Socialists demand the removal OF
the Kaiser and the proclamation Of
German republic. r,
General Ludendorff, who with Field
Marshal Hindenburg was credited
with dividing high command of the
German army has resigned, accord
ing to Copenhagen dispatch Ger
man newspapers predict that General
Won SecSt will succeed Ludendorff IS
head oe the German armies.
Austria. in her reply to President
Wilson, accepts all the views ex-
pressed by the President in his note
of October 10. Austria says she is
willing and ready. without awaiting
the result of other negotiations, to
negotiate peace and an immediate
armistice on all Austro- Hungarian
fronts.
Bolshevist detachments which re.
manned in the region of Blagovest-
schensk and Pochikalso, on the Amur'
river. have been shattered by the jap
anese troops and are no longer con-
sidered menace, the war office an
nounced. The Japanese troops cap
tured forty rifles and 10000 rounds of
ammunition without a casualty.
Sporting News
Chicago newspapers have nominated
Charles w. Murphy, former owner Of
the Cubs. for president of the Ma
tional league when the war is over.
The price of golf balls is to be ad.
vanced soon, and the output for the
coming year is to be limited by the
government to 40 per cent of the pro-
duction in 1918, according to agents
at Chicago.
Standing with golf and tennis as a
sport that may be indulged in to the
hearts content during the period of
the ban on public gatherings both in
door and outdoor, handball is finding
more favor in Denver now than In
ears.
General
The New York metal market"
which exchanges war savings stamps
for metal of all kinds. received q
bronze statue of Bismarck. 1t will be
melted down for use in the manufac-
ture of cannon.
dispatch from Washington to
New York quotes Fuel Administrator
Garfield as saying that production of
coal in record-breaking quantities yir.
tually has eliminated the possibility
OF coal famine this winter
Upward revision of wages in all
shipyards of the country to provide
uniform national rates for practically
all the shipyard trades, effective i'm.
mediately, was announced by the ship.
building labor adjustment board.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt was 60
years old on Sunday. .
The death of Gen. Edouard Fernand
lamont was announced in Paris.
Executions are the most merciful
part of the red terror practiced in
Moscow and Petrograd, according to
several neutral observers who have ar.
rived In Sweden. These men have
watched Bolshevik activities in the
two great Russian cities for many
weeks. They had no personal inter.
ests involved and no personal friends
affected by the reign of slaughter and
torture. which probably is unparalleled
in the worlds history.
reports received at an Atlantic
port from life-saving station by tele.
phone say the crews from two steam.
ships reported to have been sunk Of
The American coast by submarines