Gilpin observer., 1918-10-24
Foreign


Sir Edward Fry, former lord justice
Of appeal, died at Failand House, near
Bristol. England.
The Irish steamer Dundalk was tor
pedoed In the Irish sea. or the crew
of more than thirty, only thirteen were
rescued.
Subscriptions in Peru to the Fourth
American Liberty Loan have reached
$4,000, more than twice the amount
expected.
Greek troops completed the reoccu-
patton of the regions of Greek Mace
donia which have been held by the
Bulgarians and Turks.
The men, women and children of
Ostend were so overjoyed when the
king and queen of Belgium landed
there that many of them heartily
kissed the rulers of the liberated
town.
Before leaving Ostend the Germans
scuttled large mail boat alongside
the old British warship Vindictive,
which was sunk in the channel there
last May. They thus made doubly sure
that the channel will be blocked for a
long time.
Denmark, according to news agen.
cies kilograms to the Dutch press, has
sent a note to Germany suggesting
that certain terms of the treaties ex-
cuted between the two countries ex-
the period from 1860 to 1870 should be
carried out.
Thousands of caribou have been re-
ported in the hills near Dawson City.
Y. T., bound for their ranging grounds
near Forty Mile, a Yukon river point
west of Dawson. Every year the carl
bou move in large numbers. Reports
said this years run was very large.
The German reply to President Will
sons note, the text of which was re-
ceived in London Monday by wireless,
says Germany hopes the United States
will approve no demand which would
be irreconcilable with the honor of the
German people and with the opening
OF the way to a peace of justice.
In literal transport of joy the 5000
inhabitants remaining in Laon rushed
to the gates of the city to greet Gen.
Mangin. who made his entry into the
city. Men, women and children, with
the tears running down their cheeks
and waving the Tricolor, cried: Long
live Gen. Mangin! Long live the army!
Long live our liberators!"
Roubaix and Turcoing Sunday cele-
brated their deliverance from the en-
emy. The people of the two cities
were wild with emotional joy. There
were kisses, hugs and handshakes for
every British soldier. The swash-
buckling Germans have gone, leaving
in their wake as much ruin as they
could do. Nearly every home in the
city has been sacked and things that
could not be carried away were de-
stroyed.
Sporting News
A boxing contest for the champion.
ship of the allied fleets and the kings
trophy, to be held in London, Dec. II
and IL. will be participated in by
picked team from the Great Lakes Ma
val Training station. it was announced
in Chicago
A check for $16,03432 was forwarded
to Secretary Of War Baker by the ma
tional baseball commission and with
$2.315.27 already given by the Boston
American league club players repre-
sents 10 per cent of the revenue re-
ceived by all interested parties in the
recent world series to be donated to
war charities. The total amount is
$1S,349.59. but the Boston players con-
tributed $2,316.27 shortly after the 80.
ries ended. Secretary Baker Is asked
TO distribute the amount.
General
Maxwell McNutt, counsel of record
of Thomas J. Mooney, announced in
San Francisco that he will 20 to
Washington tC etition for a writ of
certiorari from ne United States Su-
preme Court to secure a new trial for
Mooney.
State and government officials are
conducting separate investigations OF
suspicious incidents connected with
the recent fires which swept. Mime.
sofa, it was learned at the state cap.
itol in st. Paul.
The abdication of Emperor William
and the crown prince is the only
means Of solving the terrible crisis"
according to opinions expressed by the
Munich Post, the .Swaebische Tag.
wacht and Frankische Morgenpost.
Reports that Germany. in her reply,
had accepted the armistice conditions
orders nave been sent to all troops to
refrain from damaging private proper
ty found officials frankly skeptical at
Washington.
or more than 100 Americans orig.
inally in the reconquered Lille and Os-