Gilpin observer., 1918-09-05
FOREIGN

has been torpedoed, according to a
news agency from Christiania
American troops entered the battle
against the Bolsheviki along the U.s.
surf front Tuesday, Aug. 81, 1t was an
nounced at Vladivostok.
The motive for the murder at Vic
toria. B. c., of Tang Hui Lung. minis
ter OF education for China, by Nah
Chew, a Chinese barber, is thought to
have been political. The barber COM
mitted suicide.
Describing the house-to-house air
raid over Mannheim, the night of Aug.
20. an officer of the Royal Independ-
ent air forces in London, declared 1t
an extraordinary and unparalleled
feat of the war"
The allied forces on the western
front have taken q total of 1873
prisoners since July Is. 1t was an
Paris. In the same period 2.OG9 guns.
1.734 mine throwers and 1878 ma
chine guns were captured. On the
French front $1,000 prisoners and 700
guns had been captured by the French
since July 49,
Rumors that Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg has committed suicide, that
the whole German army has gone over
to the Anglo-French forces and, that
the British fleet has attacked and de-
stroyed Helgoland have become so
| widespread in the Essen district that
the commandment of that town has is
sued proclamation advising the peo-
pie not to believe "extravagant ru-
mors."
1--WE have underestimated the rapid
arrival of an enormous American
army. which has given General Foch
the necessary men and reserves for
continuous offensive" declares the
Frankfurt Gazette. I'VE should pre-
pare to compromise for an honorable
peace. We do not believe that I'M
perial Chancellor Won Hertling be-
lieves that peace can be obtained by
a German victory"
Premier David Lloyd George at a
luncheon given in London by the gov
eminent in honor of Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation
Of Labor. proposed toast to the
health Of the labor leader, who is Wis.,
iting England. II do this for two rea-
sons" he said. Zone of these is the
country from which our guest comes
"a country Graded and nurtured in
freedom. In the second place, we well
come Mr.. Gompers and his friends for
their own sake"
Sporting News
Polo has been resurrected from the
discard and is now added to the list of
athletics played at Camp Wheeler, Ma
con, Ga.
The National War Work Council of
the Y. M C. A. has placed an order
for 100000 baseballs for the soldiers
in France.
The major leagues baseball season
closed with the Labor day games. with
the Chicago Nationals and Boston
Americans winners of the champion
| ship of their respective leagues.
Harry Frazee, owner of the Boston
Reds, has honored the wish of his
manager, Ed Barrow. and says that.
as reward for winning the American
league flag Barrow can take his men
to Paris and play them in exhibition
games there for the benefit of our SOL
| dlers in France John ]. McGraw has
promised to take the New York Giants
to Paris to meet the Boston Reds, and
this means that the trip will be
winner.
General
British casualties reported during
the month of August totaled 4S,379.
New York turned back to the horse
drawn age in its observance of the
first Sunday ban on gasoline.
The Germans have used 400 divi-
sions (4.S0O.OOO mem on the western
front this year, and their total loss
since the spring campaign opened is
estimated at 100000, 1t was esti.
mated in Paris.
The nation is scheduled to go bone
dry" July /. 1919. the Senate having
adopted the Sheppard substitute for
the Jones prohibition amendment to
the agricultural extension bill.
Favorable report on the bill intro
duced by Senator Henderson of Ne
vada. providing for government pro-
duction and distribution of minerals
needed In the war, was ordered by the
Senate mines committee.
The Spanish government Saturday
night decided to take over all the Ger
man steamships interned In Spanish
ports, in accordance with SPANS re-
cent note to Berlin, because OF the
torpedoing of Spanish vessels by Ger
man submarines.
Comparison Of food prices prevail
ing now with those OF five years ago
by the Department OF Labor shows