Gilpin observer., 1918-08-22
Foreign

The Swedish vice consul at Moscow
has requested the Swedish govern
ment to send ship to Petrograd to
take a party of 200 out Of Russia.
Members of the naval committee OF
the United States Congress visiting
allied countries arrived in Rome. They
were welcomed by Admiral Resio.
German newspapers comment Bit
terly upon the manifesto issued by
Great Britain in recognition of the
Czecho-Slovak nation, declaring it
Hypocrisy"
Maj. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., was
cordially received by Premier Clemen-
ceau in Paris. Maj. Roosevelt's
wounds still were unhealed and he II
using crutches.
The government of northern Rus
STA" has been formed with M. Tchai-
kowsky as president and minister of
foreign affairs, according to British
wireless service.
Archduke Joseph has replaced Field
Marshal Won Hoetzendorff as COM
mander of the Austrian mountain
army group on the Italian front, &C.
cording to a Budapest dispatch
The old French cruiser Dupetit
Thouars has been sunk by German
submarine, 1t is officially announced
in Paris. Thirteen of the crew are
missing. American destroyers res
cued the remainder.
The German press is attempting to
"a, IL hnt rn-
treat is necessary on the western
front to allow General Ludendorff
room to maneuver and to assume the
initiative on a vast scale, the newspa-
pers report
The Japan food disturbances are in
ing demonstration telephone wires
were cut and several tramways were
forced to suspend service after pas
sengers had been wounded. Troops
were called out and twenty-five po-
licemen and many rioters were hurt.
Five hundred persons were arrested.
In outlying towns the people attacked
the police with bamboo spears. The
disturbances at Kobe resulted in the
burning of great rice warehouse and
several factories and houses and a
large number of rice stores.
Sporting News
Coach Tommy Fitzpatrick of the
University of Utah and Coach Henry
Richardson of the West High School
of Salt Lake City, are both attending
the officers training camp at the Pre-
sidio, California
s. H. Sharman of Salt Lake City
made a good score at the special
shoot held at the Denver Trap Club
grounds in his honor. Out Of 125
shots he broke 100. G. A. Adams got
the high score with 81 out of pos
sible 100.
The return to the mound of the old
master, Christy Mathewson, will be
one of the features of the closing of
baseball at the Cincinnati National
League park Sept. 1 and 2. There
also will be double-headers both days
with ST. Louis, aeroplane flights and
plenty of patriotic speeches and mu-
sic.
General
Births in Germany in 1916 fell off
40 per cent from the births of 1918,
the year before the war.
All male persons who have reached
their twenty-first birthday since June
s. 1918. and on or before Aug. "a, 1918,
must register on Aug. "a, 1918.
1t was reported at Baltimore, Md.
the condition of Senator Ollie James
Of Kentucky, who has been seriously
i'll for several weeks. has taken a
turn for the worse. Senator James is
said to be in a critical condition.
Spain has notified Germany of her
intention to compensate herself for
future outrages against Spanish ship
ping by confiscating a corresponding
amount Of tonnage from German ship
ping that has found refuge in Spanish
ports.
United States Senator Jacob H.
,Gallinger Of New Hampshire died at
hospital at Franklin, N. II.
Plans for the sterilization of Pc
troleum prices. recommended by the
National Petroleum War Service Com
mittee in New York, were accepted
by the Fuel Administration, which an
nounced its belief that the agreement
will prevent any radical change In
consumers prices of gasoline in other
oil products.
War profiteers in 1917 were most
numerous in business devoted to food
production and distribution, cotton
and wooden manufacturing and deal
ing. coal mining. iron, copper, alumni
mum and other metal production and
oil production and distribution. ac-
cording to treasury analysis Of in
come tax returns.
Casualties in the United States over
seas forces. announced by the War
and Navy departments during the