The Ordway new era., 1918-06-14
FOREIGN

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don.
The third earl OF Camperdown (Rob-
ert Adam Philips Haldane- Duncan)
died at his residence at Shipston-on-
Stour. He was born in 1841.
Angered by the news of the sinking
OF the Porto Rico liner Carolina by a
German submarine, an anttGerman
demonstration broke out in Ponce.
The Dutch hospital ship Koningen
Regentes was sunk by mine In the
North sea while bound from an Eng
lish to a Dutch port. Four firemen
were killed.
Gen. Robert e. L. Niche of the
American army died in railroad
train near Rouen, France. His death
was sudden and unexpected, as he had
not been Ill.
The supreme war council, which has
had under advisement the entire war
situation, has expressed in an off,
cial statement made public in London
full confidence in the outcome OF the
war. with the aid of the American
forces.
A sudden cold wave struck central
Europe, including Germany, Holland
and Scandinavia. There have been To-
cal snowfalls. hail storms and severe
night frosts. Widespread damage to
the grain, fruit and potato crops is re-
ported.
The spirit and morale of the Amer
lean soldiers wounded In the Cantigny
battle, 80 per cent Of whom will re-
cover, is wonderful The first question
they ask the surgeon is: Doc, when
| will / be able to go back after the Ger.
man who fixed me?"
The part played by American ma
chine gunners in the defense of the
Chateau Thierry bridges is classed by
Reuters correspondent at French
headquarters as worthy to stand with
the achievements OF the American in
fantry recently at Cantigny.
Lieut. Victor Hugo III, great grand
son of the famous French author, is
attached to the American army as an
instructor and distinguished himself
In the capture of Cantigny recently.
ell is clean-cut young fellow of 22
and was student in Paris when he
entered the army as a member of a
famous chasseur regiment.
Russian reserves are concentrating
for the defense of Kars, which was
captured from the combined German
and Turkish forces in a big battle May
"a. The Germans and Turks are re-
firing along the Ardagan road. massa-
cring the population. Soviet forces
have retaken several towns in
Ukraine, repulsing enemy counter at
tacks.
SPORT
There were forty-one starters in the
Modified Mountain Marathon race run
over the Littleton-toDenver course.
Lieut. F. l.. Fleer of the marine fly
ing school at Miami, Fla, made 109
successive loops. His feat is said to
establish new military aviation rec
ord
Sergt Earl Caddock. champion
heavyweight wrestler of the world,
and Ed (Strangler) Lewis of Lexing-
ton, KY, were matched for a bout in
Des Moines, Ia, on June 2l Caddock
is In the national army at Camp
Dodge.
GENERAL
The police department issued an or
der that all display lights in New York
at night are forbidden until further
notice.
More than a million and half RI
files have been produced for the United
States army since this country en-
tered the war.
Americas second largest wheat crop
is in prospect this year. The Depart
ment of Agriculture forecast 931, ,O00.-
| 600 bushels, only 69,000000 less than
the billion-bushel crop the government
had hoped for.
According to statistics published in
| the Vienna Zeitung, 10000 persons in
| Budapest are barefoot, owing to the
| scarcity of shoes.
A supplemental appropriation of
| $4,000 for the defense Of the Pana-
ma canal was asked of Congress by
the War Department.
For ten hours in the night Miss
Edith Donate Virola. an 1S-year-old
Porto Rico girl, coming to this coun-
try to marry, floated on the body of
her drowned fiance before she was
dragged out of the water to safety,
after the steamship Carolina was tor
pedoed by German submarine.
George d. Kimball of Denver was
| chosen district representative OF the
federal fuel administration in Colo
RADIO and ]. Van Houten OF Ration WAS
selected for a similar office in New
| Mexico when ninety-five coal oper-
ators Of Colorado and New Mexico met