Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-02
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The commander in chief of the land
and sea forces in Holland has provi-
sionally stopped all leaves of absence.
The British-French raid on the o..
boat base of Zeebrugge was a com.
plete success, it has been learned
from high naval sources at London.
Nebraska's quota for the second
national Red Cross drive for war
funds, which starts May 20 and ends
May q, is $1,3OO,OOO.
The use of any language other than
English for elementary instruction in
public or private schools in Connecti-
cut viii be barred after July L.
American aviators in France. had
downed 339 enemy planes from the
time the United States entered the
war up to March s, according to re-
ports from France.
Income and excess profits taxes,
due June 10, will produce about So
0O0,OO0000, or $5OO,OOO,O 600 more than
had been estimated, Secretary Nc
Adoo has announced.
Analysis of the German long-range
gun bOmbardment of Paris shows that
between March % and April % over
120 persons were killed and more
than 23O injured.
Citizens of Ludington, Mich. are
circulating a petition as protest
against w. j. Bryan appearing as
speaker at the Epworth Assembly in
that city in August.
Following Hollands action to bring
into force certain military measures
German papers warned the little ma
ton against becoming second Bel.
GUM, "a place from which England
may attack Germany"
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Word has reached the Navy de,
partment that the American steam.
ship Florence I'll. was blown up in a
French port by an internal explosion
and that but thirty -four out of the
crew of seyenty-five We're rescued.
Nebraska has bought one-tenth of
all the war savings and thrift stamps
sold since the campaign opened nearly
i've months ago, according to report
issued by the national war savings
committee at Washington.
The American line steamship st.
Paul, famous passenger liner, over
turned and sank at her pier at an
Atlantic port, while being warped
into a pier preparatory to loading for
a trip to Europe. The cause of the
accident is unknown.
Washington officials are perturbed
over the Dutch embargo on exporta-
ton from the Dutch East Indies of
tin, tin ore, chinchona bark, quinine,
quinine salts and kapok, all of which
are needed by the United States for
war supplies.
The German losses thus far in the
war have, been 100000 men, accord
ing to statement credited by the
Frankfurter Zeitung as having been
made by General Schulze before the
main commission of the German
reichstag.
After one of the bloodiest battles
In history KENNEL hill, height
which has been looked upon as the
key to the Ypres salient and one of
the most important strategic positions
of the northern battle front in France,
was taken by the Germans Friday at
ter suffering enormous losses.
America naval officers characterize
the British-French raids on Zeebrugge
and Ostend as the most daring oper-
alton attempted by allied sea forces
during the war. 1t is believed that a
vigorous naval offensive against the
U-boat has begun, which is expected
to greatly curtail its frightfulness.
Ram Chandra, Hindu publicist and
revolutionist, was shot dead in the
United States district court at San
Francisco, by former Hindu EN-.
ploye. His assailant was shot and
Killed by federal officer Both Hin.
dus were defendants in the trial of
~ persons, charged with conspiring
to foment revolution against British
rule in India.
Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the
British admiralty, declared in the
House of Commons that the British
French raid on Germany's U-boat
bases at Zebrugge and Ostend. was
most successful. Two blockadfng