, 1918-06-27
FOREIGN

riots are spreading throughout the VI
emma district, according to dispatches
received by way of Zurich.
Signor Baracca, considered Italy's
premier aviator, is missing. His ma
chine fell inside the hostile lines aft
er it had caught fire during a fight.
Philip Edward Morrell, Liberal. rep
%resenting a small pacifist group In the
House of Commons, started a debate
on the question of peace by agree
ment.
Austria's grave God situation, cou-
pied with the apparent failure of the
new offensive against Italy, is excit-
ing pessimistic comment in the Vienna
press.
The execution at military headquar-
tiers at Tientsin of Gen.. HUI Chen
Chang because of monarchist propa-
ganda among his troops, is confirmed
by a presidential mandate issued at
Picking.
-Four residents of Berlin attempted
to escape from Germany in two aero
planes. One succeeded in landing in
Denmark, out the other was brought
down in the Baltic sea by German
%guardships.
In many provinces of Hungary there
is only one-third or one-quarter the
food necessary to maintain the popula-
tion in hearth former premier riaza
declared in a sneech IN the HUNGARIAN
Parliament
rho r,,o c..
ing from Bizerta for Malta, was tor
pedoed and sunk on the night of May
lO-ll, according to the Havas agency.
There were on board 2,150 soldiers
and native workmen, of whom 1872
were saved.
More than 100000 persons have
gone on strike in the Volcan arsenal
and the Warschalowski airplane works
IN vienna according to a dispatch
from lur1ch to the Exchange Tele-
graph' me dispatch adds that riots
nave occurred at Favoriten, Margere-
then, ottaking and Brigittenay, sub
urbs of Vienna.
The food situation and the war
WEAKNESS of the people within the
dual monarchy again are making trou-
BILE for the authorities. Troublous
times also seemingly are in store for
the herman government owing to the
lack or bread. In vienna mobs are re-
ported to have raided bakeries and
stoned the residence or the premier
u e'en - nave attacheo ohe vi the
winss Oh the lmperiai paiace. troops
nau 10 De called out TO restore order.
SPORT
Hubert nntcb, I.eon.rd nitcbar
for the Boston American Ieaeue base
ball team. was nIaced In class one nv
the Fresno Cal. CITY hoard
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New regulations issued IN draft
boards nv Provost Marsha, General
Crowder to govern an@nlication of The
work or fight order do NOT rule snecifi.
caIlv mon the stains NJ nrofessional
baseba MIA vers or other ola aaae
which may be affected, but emphasize
the section of the order placing games
and sports among the occupations
classed as nonuseful.
GENERAL,
A-ccording r. ranorts mode 70 tho
emergency fleet corporation at least
s%ixty-three ships will be launched on
the Fourth of July.
Deliveries of steel sbips to the chin.
ming board in the first two weeks of
June numbered sixteen. with a total
lightweight tonnage of 89,162.
Confidential information received
by the Navy Department in the Brit
ish admiralty's pink book" shows
that such progress is being made by
the allied navies in combating the u
boat as to score practically a subma-
rine sunk for every new one turned