, 1918-07-18

L Jill III u 6OhCAo Va
has decreed July IA, Frances national
holiday. as a day of celebration for
the American expeditionary forces.
A new provisional government for
Siberia. which has the unanimous sup
port of the population and which will
continue to fight the central powers,
has been established at Vladivostok.
The fall of Foreign Secretary Won
Kuehlmann is regarded in Germany as
the Introduction of an open Pan-Ger-
man regime under the control of the
military leaders, special dispatches
from Holland say.
Evidence secured from Austrian pris-
oners indicates that the Austro-Hun-
garian losses during the recent often
sive were in the neighborhood of ESQ.,
900. Other reports made by captives
lend to confirm accounts of poor
wheat and potato crops in Austria.
Italians from the Trentino, drafted
into the Austrian army and made to
fight under Adrian banners under
duress, have su..ered maltreatment at
the hands of their Austrian command
ers, according to the story of an Ital-
ian captain made public at London.
Praise of President Wilson's leader
ship in the war and his advocacy of a
league of nations after the wal was
given by Herbert H. Asquith, former
premier. in an address at the National
Liberal Club in London. The occasion
was a hospitality dinner to American
officers"
There is the closest union between
the political leaders of Germany and
German army headquarters regarding
their readiness to receive peace pro-
posals from the allies if they are of
fered in a spirit of sincerity. This
statement was made in the Reichstag
by Chancellor Won Hertling.
Major General Biddle, commander of
the American forces in England, an
nounced that American troops were
stationed at from seventy to eighty diff
ferent points in England and Scotland,
In recognition of the valiant services
of the American troops when they
stopped the German rush on Paris in
the second battle of the Marine, cap
turing Bots de Belleau, routing the
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fishing themselves in commanding po-
sitions on the Marine sector. the
French authorities have officially
changed the name of Bots de Belleau
to Bots de la Brigade de Marine, and
have ordered all maps changed &C.
cordingly.
SPORT
HDtl1rfy AIs1Irz 80 G. d.,
Gunboat Smith of New York in all but
the fifth round of a 10-round bout at
Jersey City, N. ].
Tony Zill, Youngstown, Ohio, light
weight boxer, has been appointed box
ing instructor at Camp Sherman, to
succeed Johnny Kilbane.
Harry P. Way, Denver sportsman,
who has been making great progress
in the trap shooting game of late, won
the presidents trophy at the three
day shoot In Indianapolis.
Three favorites and one second
choice won at the closing days meet
ing of the grand circuit at North Ran
dali at Cleveland, Ohio. Close finishes
and fast time featured the racing. Miss
Harris M. won the free-for-all pace in
sensational time.
GENERAL
The bodies of William lille, his Sis
ter, Edna, and Ernest Fence were
found at the Hille farm, near Wauke-
sha, Wis. Evidence of poisoning was
found in Miss Hille's body. Several
horses were found to have been shot.
After saving the lives Of more tina
600 cannery employees, including twen-
ty-one men marooned on an iceberg
for three weeks, and towing three big
vessels to safety, the United States
fisheries steamer Roosevelt, Capt. H.
Bierd, returned to port at Seattle,
| Wash, from Alaskan waters.
Worth Bagley Daniels, son of the
secretary of the navy, entered the An
napolis Naval Academy as a midship-
man.
DR.. David Roberts, veterinarian of
| Waukesha, Wis, in the District Court
was sentenced to me year in the Mil
waukee house of correction after
pleading guilty to statutory charges
while in company of Grace Lusk at a
Milwaukee hotel on April 4 and 81,
1917.
Lieutenant General Horvath, vice
president and general manager of the
Chinese Eastern railway, having de-
clared himself premier of a temporary
Siberian government, has been pro
claimed provisional ruler of Siberia,
according to a dispatch to the London
Mail from Hardin.
Patrick J.. Connolly, the first Slim
Fem "objector" tried before an Amer
lean c~ourt-martial, has been sentenced
by the general court-martial board at
Camp Dix, at Wrightstown, N. Y, to
a term of fifteen years at hard labor