Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18
TOLD BRIEFLY
THE NEWS OF SEVEN
DAYS I'M ALL LANDS
War News.


Goritz region, where General Cador-
mas troops have been endeavoring to
reach their greatest goaITriest- The
Rome official report says that the
Austrians nave brought up heavy re-
endorsements to oppose the Italians
and have made a number of attacks
on the newly won Italian positions.
All were repulsed, however, according
to Rome.
While the Rumanians, who have re
sumed the offensive in Dobrudja, have
gained some ground against Won
Mackensen, they still are falling back
before Won Falkenhayn's forces on the
Transylyanian front, especially in the
region of Predeal.
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The French troops in the Somme
region of France and northeast of
Verdun have again smashed the Ger
man line hard North of the Somme
between Les Boeufs and Sailly-Sailli-
sci to the east of the latter place and
on the ST. Pierre Vast wood sector.
important gains were made in violent
fighting, which proceeded throughout
the day, according to the French Of
fetal communication.
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Violent fighting continues to mark
the operations in the region south of
Gorilla, where the Italians are en-
deavoring to break the Austrian lines
and advance on Triest. Fresh gains
have been made.
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Violent fighting continues to mark
the Austro-German attempts to pene-
trate the plains of Rumania south of
Kronstadt and Hermannstadt, and to-
ward Bucharest. The stiff defense of
the Rumanians is yielding slowly to
the blows of Austro-German artillery
and infantry about Predeal, and Ber-
lin announces further progress south
of the border for them.
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In the zone from Gorilla to the Adri-
attic sea the Italians have captured adj
ditional points of vantage from the
Austrians and taken 3,948 more pris
oners and guns machine guns and
quantities of arms and ammunition,
according to an official communica-
ton issued at Rome.
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Delivering a smash along a 12-mi1e
front in the Goritz region, the Italians
have resumed their drive for Triest.
Powerful defenses on the heights east
of Goritz and a strong new line on the
Carso Plateau, east of Vallone, were
wrested from the Austrians by Cen
eral Cadorna's men, who swept for
ward after the artillery had smothered
the Teuton positions with shells for
several hours. Nearly 5000 prisoners,
including thirty-two officers, six 105-
millimeter guns, many machine guns
and other materials were captured by
the Italians.
Fort Vaux on the Verdun front in
France has been evacuated by the Ger
mans according to an official report
issued in Berlin. Paris as yet has
made no mention of re-occupying this
important strategic point.
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Washington.
Five branches OF the United States
government are now at work investi-
eating "the recent abnormal and sus-
pieious increases" in the cost of coal.
ALI of the federal agencies are CO.
operating in their individual probes
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The Federal Reserve Boards month
ly business summary announced that
general conditions in all the twelve
federal reserve districts of the coun-
try were satisfactory with extraordi-
nary activity in nearly all lines.
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The question of the recognition by
the United States of any new govern
ment that may be established in Po-
land Will not arise till after the war
1t was stated authoritatively at Wash
ington that any changes in admins
tration made now will be viewed by
this government purely as a war meas
ure subject to recognition only at the
end of hostiiities-
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Obligations of foreign governments,
bankers and merchants, now held in
the United States, were estimated by
the Federal Reserve Board recently at
1881 100000. They are distributed in
geographical groups as follows: Eu-
rope s1.627. 100000; British America,
S212. 000. 900: Latin America, SIS, 0o0,-
600; China. 100000.
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Domestic.
The rising cost of living is being in
vestigated by the government to as
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