Gilpin observer., 1918-10-03
Foreign


nent.
Subscriptions to the new French
loan will open on Oct 20 and close
on Nov. "a.
The American bombardment of the
fortress Of Metz is getting on the
nerves of the German people.
A panic prevailed on the Berlin
stock exchange as the result OF events
In Bulgaria. according to a dispatch
from The Hague.
Secretary of War Baker while in
London Monday participated in an i'm
portant military conference with
American military leaders.
Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik war min.
lister. is reported to have been shot
In the shoulder recently at Briansk.
His wound is not serious. The assail-
ant was arrested.
Declaring that the hour has now ar
rived to speak plainly, Vorwaerts says
the question no longer is one of con-
quest. but Of attaining peace in an or
derly way and without unbearable
burdens.
Vice Admiral Won Mann has been
designated to succeed Vice Admiral
Won Capelle as secretary of the navy,
according to the Cologne Volks Zeit-
ung. Won Mann now is at the head of
the U-boat section.
Anti-German peace demonstrations
in Sofia assumed a serious character
the past week, disturbances having
taken place even opposite the royal
palace, according to information
reaching Zurich.
The Americans have broken through
the subsidiary defenses behind the
Hindenburg line on the ten-mile front
between Dannevoux and Eclisfontaine,
northwest of Verdun, according to bat
tlefront dispatches received in Lon
don.
An armistice has been concluded
between the allies and Bulgaria on
the allies own terms. The announce
ment was made officially Monday.
Bulgaria is definitely out of the war
and Turkey, virtually cut off from
communication with her allies and her
armies in Palestine almost annihilat-
ed, likely soon will be forced to sue
for a cessation Of hostilities against
her.
Sporting News
Il am perfectly willing to 60 over
seas as member of an international
boxing tournament If the government
will sanction such an enterprise" de-
clared Jess Willard in Denver
The last echo of the world series of
1918 sounded in New York for the
Giants. The echo long awaited by the
McGraw men spelled, if one listened
closely, and they all listened just that
way, $S31.50 as each mans share of
the worlds series money.
Lee Magee,. the Cincinnati infielder,
has been accepted by the Y. M. C. A.
for overseas service and soon will
leave for France. Magee will assist
Johnny Evers in the proposition to or
ganize two ball clubs over there for a
tour of the convalescent camps.
General
AT least $4,000 persons are i'll from
Spanish influenza in Massachusetts
and the death list is growing.
Friedrich Won Payer German imper-
ial vice chancellor. has resigned, ac-
cording to an Amsterdam dispatch.
Chancellor Won Hertling and For
eign Secretary Won Hintze have ten
dered their designations to the EN-.
peror.
That Turkey has demanded money
from Germany, threatening to break
relations II 1t is not forthcoming was
reported at Geneva.
With three great major offensives
driving forward simultaneously be-
tween Verdun and the North sea and
the German military framework in
Bulgaria tottering toward complete
collapse. stood out sharply to military
observers at Washington as one of the
most dramatic of the whole war.
The Bulgarian delegates who are to
discuss armistice and probable peace
arrangements with the allied govern
ments arrived at Saloniki Saturday.
The victory of the American army
in France has evoked tributes, not
only from the British and French cor
respondents. with the American army
but from all the English papers.
Womens' food clubs are being Gre
ated throughout Alaska under the su-
pervision of Mrs. Agnes Swineford
Shattuck, director of the home eco
Monies division. Sitka, Fairbanks and
Juneau now have clubs.
Approximately 1000 pickers will be
required this year to harvest the cram
berry crop of Pacific county, Wash,
which growers estimate will yield
100000 net for the 500 acres of bogs