The Ordway new era., 1919-01-10
AN EPITOME or
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD or rHE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAVINGS. oosW = ACHIEVE
MENTs. suFFERiNos, HoPEs
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
ABOUT THE WAR

Western Newspaper Union New ssrvsos.
ABOUT THE WAR
The Lithuanian government, because
of the Bolshevik successes iu western
Russia, has been removed from Viiaa
10 Kovno.
Bolshevik forces captured Ufa. cap
ital Of the White Guards, . wireless
dispatch from Moscow reported They
also captured stilitan-
Marshal Foch. according to the
Matin. has given permission for the
Germans In the occupied Rhine prov
inces to participate in the German
slsctions-
Several German army oorps have
been concentrated on the border be-
tween Posen and Prussia. according
to the Nachrichten OF Frankfort.
Germany. 1t is added. has decided to
defend her rights to the province of
Posen.
Cxecho-Slovak troops are moving
toward Vienna and have cut c0mmu-
nication between the Austrian and
Hungarian capitals- They have en-
tered Pressburg. only thirty miles
from Vienna, according 70 inferma-
tion received at Geneva
Two thousand French soldiers have
entered Budapest. the Hungarian cap
ital, according to telegram from Eur
ioh to the Temps. One detachment
occupied the castle of Count Karolyi.
-
of the German army rs interned.
The Russian wireless service re-
ports number of successes for the
Red Guards. They have taken Nov
ogrodek in the province of Minsk.
while the Ukrainian Reds have cap
tured Homel- The offensive move
ment of the Bolsheviki continues in
the Reval and Riga sectors.
Posen is completely In the hands
of the Poles. according to advices
from Berlin. The official buildings
are guarded by soldiers wearing
German uniforms. but with their
cockades replaced by the white eagle
of Roland. The Poles have taken
complete charge. even in the Ger.
1A0n LAAttof ANU tnO OGt AtA-
fional monuments have been over
turned. after violent lnghting.
WESTERN
Not for twenty-five years has
Texas faced brighter crop prospects
at the beginning OF the new year
than At the present time. AZ result
of rains and SHOWS of the past two
weeks.
A new minimum wage scale of
IS = day, n fiat increase of 81 u day
for approximately $4,000 employees
throughout the country, was an
nounced by the Ford Motor Com
pany at Detroit.
Victory and peace we're the key
notes OF the Thirtieth Annual Rose
Toe,rnament held In Pasadena. CAL.
New Years day. the yearly demon
sfration that southern California is
n winter playground.
A freight rate reduction OF s15 a
ton for cargo trade from the Pacific
coast % Japan wns announced by Il.
d. Lowman. assiAtant director of op-
erations in the Seattle district for
the United States Shipping Board.
The new rate win be ,&a0 = ton.
WASHINGTON
France has warned Germany that.
II the radicals seize power. the allies
will consider the preliminary peace
Affairs ended.
The governments loss in operating
the railroads in 1918 ia calculated by
railroad administration officials at
less than siso.000.ooo
Railroad telegraphers and station
agents were given further wage
increase by Director General Nc
Adoo. retroactive to October 1.
President Wilson had his frat pay
day outside of the limits OF the United
States and the treasury warrant for
$3.50 drawn to his credit probably
was the first presidential pay check
ever endorsed by anyone other thsa
the chief executive.
Gold production in the United
States in 1918 fell to 3.313.o00 fine
ounces. worth $6s.493.O00. the low
est In twenty years. and silver pro-
duction dropped to 67.s79.o .oOo hne
ounces. worth t67.s7s.00O at the
standard government price OF 81 an
ounce. the smallest record since
1918.
Preliminary estimates of the Geo.
logical Survey Indicate that the quan.
THY of petroleum marketed from oil
wells and field storage tanks in the
United States this year, according 10
more than sl5.5oo.Oo0 barrels. an ap-
parent gain of , per cent over the rec.
ord output of S3s.315.soh barrels, in
1917.
The departure from France OF
four transports with 2.000 troops