The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-05-03

GvaNTo o. Th9 WEEK HELD 70
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BOILED FOR QUICK PfRUsAL
Personal pslttlesl, Fersion and Other
lntsllIsenes Interesting - No
oeNeral Aaades1.

The British French raid on the U.
boat base OF Z~eebrugge was a com.
plete success, it has been learned
from high naval sources at London.
The loss Of three lives and prop.
erty damage Of q half million dollars
resulted from IN earthquake shock In
southern California May Fl.
Governor Capper OF Kansas, In m
address ut Marysville, served notice
that disloyal Americans and slackers
will be Invited to move from Kansas.
Nebraska's quota for the second
national Red Cross drive for war
funds, which starts May 20 and ends
May ~, is 81, 100000.
Analysis OF the German long-rangc
gun bOmbardment of Paris shows that
between March % and April % over
40 persons were killed and more
than 23O injured.
Citizens Of Ludington, Mich, are
circulating a petition as a protest
against w. J.. Bryan appearing MS a
speaker at the Epworth Assembly In
that city in August.
Word has reached the Navy de,
pcn &fNx,A @ a. M = 49,. A-n...
ship Florence III. was blown up in a
French port by an internal explosion
md that but thirty-four out Of tho
/. crew Of seyenty-five were rescued.
Framed to develop the largest sub.
marine destroyer force in the world,
the $1,50O,O0O,O0O naval appropriation
bill was passed unanimously by the
house In the record time Of nine
hours.
Food shipments from the United
States to the allied countries have
been suspended for ten days to move
8,O00,OOO bushels OF grain to the Bel
guns, who IRE declared to be In des-
perate straits.
Condition OF Kansas wheat was
TIC per cen OF normal April ID. nc
cording to the first monthly crop re-
Fort Of the season, issued by the state
board Of agriculture at Topeka.
tails about 100000 acres.
Nebraska has bought one-tenth Of
MI the war savings and thrift stamps
sold since the campaign opened nearly
five months agO, according to a report
issued by the national war savings
committee at Washington.
The American line steamship st.
Paul, famous passenger liner. over
turned and sank ut her pier at an
Atlantic port, while being warped
into q pier preparatory to loading for
q trip to Europe. The. cause Of tho
accident Is unknown.
America naval officers characterize
the British French raids on Zeebrugge
and Ostend as the most daring oper-
alton attempted ~ allied sea forces
during the war. II q believed TINT q
vigorous naval offensive, against the
U.bont has begun. which h expected
ITO greatly curtaii Its frightfulness.
The shipping board has decided on
q substantial increase In It's building
program for 1910 over the tonnage
planned Tor this year. The exact
sire Of the future building program
was not made public, but It has been
estimated TINT the construction ia
1919 win exceed 100000 tons.
Ram Chandra, Hindu publicist and
revolutionist. WINS shot dead Ia the
United States district court ut San
Francisc0, b. ! former Hindu en-
plOye. His nssallant was shot and
killed ~ i federal oficer. Both Hin.
dus were DEFENDANTS IN the trial OF
81 peFs0ns, charged with consplrlng
70 foment revolution against British
rnle n india.
I mir Erie Geddes, 6rst lord Of the
British admiralty. declared n the
House Of Comnons thaf the British.
French fald ~ 0eImany's U-boat
hases ~ xe6rtGee ami Osfend. vas
most s1ce6mf1l. Two hockadinr
ships wers sunk at the entrance IL
the Brug<s cauna Nhith was declared
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