Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1918 — Happenings of the World Tersely Told [ARTICLE]

Happenings of the World Tersely Told

(/. S. —Teutonic War News The first Americanized Enfield rifle turned out at the Winchester plant for American troops abroad was presented to President Wilson at Washington, to be preserved as a personal souvenir. The president was told the rifles are being-"made at the rate of 2,000 a day. u ♦ —* * Warning of the atrocities, “horrible, brutal, beastly and consistently official,” that American soldiers will soon be suffering at the hands of Germany’s Inhuman army was voiced in an address at New York by Maj. Grayson M. P. Murphy, formerly in charge of the American IteU Cross work in France, who returned to tins country. * * * General Pershing reported to Washington, three American Infantrymen killed in action on January 21. lie gave no details of the engagement. The dead are: Private Albert Cook, West Almond, N. Y.; Private Harry V. Garman, Catawba, Va.; Private Lee E. Radi, Cleveland, O. * * * “There never lias been a similar body of men to lead ns clean lives as the American soldiers in France,” General Pershing said In a cablegram to Secretary Baker In reply to inquiries as to the truth of reports of immoderate drinking among the men. General Pershing’s message was made public at Washington by Mr. Baker in a letter to Governor Capper of Kansas. * * * Two commissioned officers and a private In Pershing’s force were killed from aerial collision In France. Official report of this was received at the war department at Washington from General Pershing. Those killed were: First Lieut. Oliver P. Sherwood, Brooklyn, N. Y.; First Lieut. William EL Cheney, East Hill, Peterborough, N. H.; Private George A. Beach; next of kin, Thomas Bench, Fort Collins, Colo. * • t 1 Germany will win the war this year, unless building of ships Is speeded up, IWllllam Denman, former chairman of the shipping board, predicted before the senate commerce committee at Washington. • * * Domestic A universal seven-hour day for the period of the war, instead of present spasmodic suspension of industries by the fuel administration to conserve coal and relieve railroad congestion, Were suggested by Sampel Gompers, (president of the American Federation of Labor, in a speech to the convention of United Mine Workers at Indianapolis, Ind. }* * * TwO men were killed and four Injured in an accident on the United States cargo vessel Camden, the navy department at Washington announced. The dead are: W. F. Allen, fireman, (Port Huron, Mich.; James E. Davis, Iflreman, Daggette, Mich. j* * * i Twenty-six acts of heroism were recognized by the Carnegie Hero Fund commission in its fourteenth annual meeting at Pittsburgh, Pa. In eight cases silver medals Were awarded; In Eighteen cases bronze medals. * * * Only 71 ships remain to be coaled of the 200 or more in the New York harbor which had empty bunkers a week ago, according to J. E. Parsons, director of fueling of vessels at New York representing the United States shipping board. • * * John F. Nugent of Boise, Idaho, was appointed United States senator by Governor Alexander, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Brady. The appointment will hold until a successor is named in November. * * • A general embargo upon three railroads against shipments of all freight except food and fuel and certain war munitions and supplies was requested by Fuel Administrator Harry A. Garfield at Washington.. The request was contained in a memorandum sent by him to Director General of Railroads McAdoo. • * The estate of the late Senator Newlands bt Nevada, according to petition for probate of his will filed at Washington, is valued at $528,500, consisting of stocks, bonds and other securities. • * * Packing house employees In Washington agreed to arbitrate all questions agreed upon for arbitration last month. * • • Frederick L. Woodward, a private In the army quartermaster corps, confessed that he started the fire which threatened the quartermaster storehouse at Washington last week and destroyed $50,000 worth of food and other supplies. <• • • Cadet Frank L. Serry was killed and Cadet V. C. Dunham suffered injuries I ■from which he died at the base hoa-1 pita] fort Tex., in a {Collision of airplanes at Kelly field.

Foreign

The British liibor party In convention at Nottingham, England, declared its position us regards the war and peace. By a majority of übout twothirds, In a viva voce vote, the delegates supported the war alms program recently promulgated by their execu-, tive committee, which corresponds generally with the recent utterances of President Wilson and David LloydGeorge, the British premier. * * *

The Berlin Vorwaerts, which recently contained interesting news and leading articles on the situation in | Austria, has been suppressed for i three days, according to a dispatch to London from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph company. Vorwaerts depicted Austria as walking on the edge of a precipice. * * * Seventy-nine men perished in an explosion in the Allan shaft of the Acadia Coal company’s collieries at Stellarton, Nova Scotia. * * • The American gunboat Monacacy was fired upon by the Chinese 50 miles above Yocliow, on the Yang-Tse-Klang, says a dispatch from Peking. A sailor named O’Brien was killed and two other sailors were wounded. The firing lasted half an hour. It is presumed that the assailants were a detachment of the southern revolutionary forces. * • * Some news of a reliable nature has begun to trickle across the Swiss frontier, says, a dispatch from Geneva, which seemingly proves that Austria and Hungary are in the throes of the greatest economic crisis since the war began. It is estimated that more than 1,000,000 workmen and Women have struck. * * • Sir Edward Carson, minister without portfolio in the British war cabinet, has resigned. This announcement was made officially at London. Sir Edward’s resignation was on the Irish question and had nothing to do with the conduct of the war. * * * European War News The Belgian government’s terms of peace, so far as they concern Belgium herself, set forth in her reply to Pope Benedict’s peace note made public at Havre, are in substance, absolute political, economic and territorial independence. * * • The sinking of two steamers by the enemy in the Mediterranean about December 21 caused a loss of 708 lives, the financial secretary of the admiralty, Thomas McNamara, announced in the house of commons in London. Mr. McNamara also announced that a ship was sunk in the mouth of the Mersey with a loss of 40 of those on board. * * • Again the sinkings of British merchantmen by mine or submarine have been held at a I<jw point. Only six vessels of 1,600 tons or more and two of less tonnage were destroyed in the last week, according to the. admiralty report Issued at London. * * * Three German nirplnnes were shot down and the pilots killed by Belgiun aviators, according to a dispatch received at tlie ministry in Washington. • * * One hundred and sixty thousand Turkish troops—more than 50 per cent of General Falkenhayn’s reorganized Turkish army—deserted during the recent journey from Constantinople to Palestine, official dispatches to Washington stated. • * * One hundred and seventy-two members of the crew of the Turkish cruiser Midullu, formerly the German Breslau, were rescued after the action between British and Turkish forces at the entrance to the Dardanelles, in which the Midullu was sunk, it was officially announced at Loudon. The British lost 178 men. * » • Washington The 30 German ships seized by Brazil when it entered the war have been chartered by the French government for war purposes, says a dispatch from Washington. The vessels represent an aggregate of about 120,000 gross tons. . * * * With renewed appeal to American housewives for food conservation, the food administration at Washington will issue a new food Card asking for one meatless day, two workless days and two wheatless, days each week. * * * On recommendation of the war industries bpard at Washington President Wilson extended until next June 1 the price of 23Ms cents a pound for copper fixed September 21. • • * President Wilson In a statement issued at Washington said: “Senator Chamberlain’s statement as to the present inaction and ineffectiveness of the government Is an astonishing and absolutely unjustifiable distortion of the truth. As a matter of fact, the war department has performed a task of unparalled magnitude and difficulty with extraordinary promptness and efficiency.” -♦ ' * • Men of draft age married since May 18, 1917, will not be exempted from selective service, Provost Marshal General Crowder announced at Washington. • • • A warning to be on guard against spies was issued by the flfc justice at Washington. __ *