The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-26
FOREIGN
Changes made In British cabinet
while Hungarian ministry resigns.

former Austrian Premier is dead at
his home in Vienna.
Duke Frederick H.. ruler of the Ger
man duchy OF Anhalt. is dead at Bal
lenstedt castle. He was 6l years old
An American named Love has been
captured by Chinese bandits in the
province Of Shangtung. according to
Reuter- dispatch from Peking.
The cross of the legion Of honor has
been conferred upon Capt. Charles
Carroll OF Maryland. In recognition OF
his work with the American relief
clearing house in Paris.
British and French troops have been
landed at Mourmansk on the northeast
coast of Kola peninsula in the Arctic
ocean, to reinforce a British marine
detachment sent ashore several weeks
ago
The military authorities have taken
over control of the principal Irish rail
way. the postoffice and telephone ex
changes, according to the correspond
ent at Cork OF the London Daily
| Chronicle.
| On the anniversary Of the enlist
| ment of the American ambulance
corps in the French army, Lieut. Al
bert Smith and Private Edward Bick
| ell, both graduates OF Seattle (Wash)
| University, We're decorated with the
| croix de guerre at Paris.
The long range bombardment of
| Paris was resumed Sunday There
We're no casualties. Analysis of the
German long range gun bombardment
| of Paris shows that shells have fallen
| on seventeen days since March 23,
and that, with the figures for two
days missing. l1s were killed and 230
| injured
| A Reuter- dispatch, dated April %,
| from The Hague says: Nothing Is
known in competent quarters OF the
rumored German ultimatum threaten
less certain demands are yielded" ="
| The German ultimatum to Holland is
said to demand right OF transit for civ
| ilian and war supplies on canals and
railways through Holland.
The streams OF wounded Germans
from France and Flanders. says the
frontier correspondent OF the Ans
| terdam Telegram, continue so great
that all the hospitals. monasteries.
converts and schools, not only in
Brussels but in many towns. are filled
to overflowing. The Germans have
even requisitioned private houses for
hospitals. Forty ambulance trains en-
tered Brussels daily last week
SPORT
Jack Blackburn OF Philadelphia out
| pointed Willie Langford OF Buffalo in
every round Of twelve-round bout at
Toledo, Ohio.
Walter Camp. commissioner of ath-
letics for the navy. has announced the
appointment OF E. c. Henderson of
Seattle. Wash. to be athletic director
| there.
May 13 is the date set for the
worlds championship bout of the well
terweight division between Ted Lewis
and Johnny Tillman, to be held at the
Stockyards stadium in Denver.
| After two mediocre starts in the
Lakeside ring at Denver. Arlos Fan
ming Of Bartlesville, Okla, found him
self and in winning a decision over
Otto Wallace OF Milwaukee in fifteen
rounds showed championship form
A purse of $4,000 has been guar
anteed by Spencer Penrose on behalf
of the Broadmoor Golf club for the
Red Cross exhibition golf match to
be staged on the new Broadmoor
course at Colorado Springs. July 4.
with four of the greatest golfers in
America participating.
GENERAL
Submarine sinks American steam
ship and ~ men lose lives.
Minister Mendez declared Guate-
mala In making war desired to show
her full sympathy for the United
| States
| Wallace Guion Of Napoleonville, La +.
was named by Governor Pleasant to
| fill the unexpired term of the late Sen
ator Broussard.
Berry Noyes, the negro who shot
and killed Sheriff W. E. Mcbride near
| Lexington, Tenn. was hanged In the
| court house yard by mob.
The State Council OF Defense OF
Montana made a rule requiring all
men able to labor to do five days
work a week upon pain OF prosecu
tion under the board powers given the
council
General Foch has the following to
say on the American soldier: Il am
not given to compliments. but the
American soldier now in France 10 the
equal to any fighting man In the
world
The executive board of the Arizona