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sRacoRD or IMPORTANT EVENTS
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PEOPLE.
western Newspaper Union News Service
ABOUT THE WAR


Six British vessels, one Spanish and
oEe Norwegian sunk by mines or tor
pedoes.
British drive back Turks from one
and q half to three miles in Meso-
potamia.
French evacuate Bethincourt salient
at verdun into which Germans had
driven wedge
Turks around Erzerum repulsed
with heavy losses by Russians and
tall back in great disorder.
Turks claim 5000 British were
killed at Sannyant in effort of Eng
lish to penetrate to relief of Kut-el,
Amara.
send note to Germany on Sussex and
other ships believed to have been
attacked by submarines.
British official communication says
Canadians in gallant fighting during
the past week inflicted heavy losses
ON the Germans near st. Eloi.
Both German and French offensive
movements before verdun break
down before heavy artillery fire.
Neither side claims important gains.
German war office issues state
mont denying French figures on Ger
man losses at Verdun and making
claim that 10000 French have fallen
in fifty-day battle.
Germans repelled in three success
sive attacks on British trenches on
PftKelm-Ypres road, while Canadian
troops successfully raid German
trenches near Richebourg. L'Avoue.
German attack Russian line be-
tween Lakes Sventen and nzen but
are repulsed with hea!y losses. Ger
mans also repulsed in Galacia, south
east Of Boutchache. Russians claim
capture Of position in Stripa re-
Hion.
The American soldiers on whom
the Mexicans at Pa-rai fired were
unarmed. according to an uncon.
lirn1ed version Of the incident current
IN chihuahua and transmitted to
Cen. Funston. According to this
story forty of the troopers entered
sF1rral, presumably to purchase sup
plies. and were fired upon; two were
killed and the remainder retreated to
the main body Of troops, encamped
outside the city. The attacking force
pursued them and were met by fire
from the Americans, who were using
i machine gun, killing forty Mexi-
cans
WESTERN
Six inches of snow fell at Santa
Fe, N. M. Friday.
Several Americans have been killed
or wounded in bandit raids in the vi
cinfty Of Guaymas. Sonora, says a
naval radio message received at San
Diego. Cal.
Water pouring through a 2OO.foot
break In the Drury Township levee
near Muscatine, Ia, threatens the in
undation OF 5000 acres of cultivated
farm land In Illinois.
Senator John F. Shafroth intro
duced in Congress his bill providing
further development of the lands in
non-irrigated sections of the west. 1t
provides that settler may take uo
by desert land entry 800 acres OF
land. and prove up in three years.
A large band Of Villistas, number
ing possibly 1000 sacked Sierra Mo
jada. five miles across the Coahuila
line and eighty miles east OF Jiminez,
destroying many thousands. of dollars
OF American property and looting the
town Of everything Of value.
The body OF Bob Burman, the noted
automobile driver who, with his
mechanician, Eric Schroeder, and a
track guard met death as the result
* the upset Of Burman's car in the
EofcnA race track were sent from
Lcs angeles to Emlay City. Mich,
ynsSdAy for burial.
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