Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-06

The German claim that the British
Isles had been raided for military
purposes, is ridiculed
The summarizing activity has been
renewed.
Four ships have been Summarized
within the last day.
Twenty lives have been lost.
Four persisted when the Holt liner
Achilles was summarized.
BERLIN, April 3.-Zeppelins raid
cd the east coast of England Satur-
day night, bombarding the blast fur
masses and iron works, and other in
dustrial establishments in Middle
brough and Sunderland.
Fires followed the explosions and
the success of the bombardmen was
noticeable.
Despite the sheling by the air guns
the Zeppclins were unchanged.
LONDON. April 3,-Ten were kill
ed and eleven injured in the Zen
pelin raid last night on the Scottish
coast. A number of women and child
ren were included in the dead.
Six Zeppelins invaded that part of
the country, and dropped so bombs.
A lone Zeppelin dropped 100 bombs
on the east coast of England. No
casualties are reported from this
source.
PARIS, April In a counter at
tack the French have made substan
tial gains in the Cailette woods south
ecTt Of Fort Douamount.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April l.
The Turks Tuesday summarized q
Russian transport and another vessel
of $1,000 tons.
TOXIC, April s. Seventy-six pas
sengers and 20 of the crew of a small
coast steamer are missing and are be-
lieved to have persisted when the shin
struck a hidden rock near Nagasaki
and sank in few minutes.
LONDON, April l. Chancellor of
the exchequer McKenna in introduc
ing new budget in the house said
he had assumed that the war would
last ut least until March 81, 1917
and estimated that England's expen-
.ditures are now S25,000,000 daily. He
also stated that England had aided
the other allies to the extent of
billion and a half dollars last year.
The British Indebtedness is now ten
billion, seven hundred million, and
the budget totalled one billion, five
hundred million dollars.
England's national debt has trip
led since the war began.
LONDON, April 1.-Two hundred
persons were killed and injured in a
fire in a powder factory in the coun-
ty of Kent.
The fire happened last week, but
was officially withheld until today.
The explosions were heard in Lon
don.
( The German reports state that the
raids OF Friday night started fires in
several munition factories near Lon
don.
BERLIN, April 4.-The Zeppelins
again raided the southeast coast of
England last night, and dropped ex-
plosives on the great Notifications
at Yarmouth.
The aircraft returned safely, altho
they were sheled by the British.
LONDON, April 4.-Under Sccre-
,tary Tenant has told the house of
commons that several Zeppelin raids
have been beaten off with the public
gaining any knowledge of them.
He said the new arrangements for
Londan's air defense were satisfac-
tory.
LONDON, April 4.-The Germans
are now on three sides of Bethin-
court and it is expected they will be
der or evacuate.
The French position on the west
bank Of the Mouse is reported to be
serious.
The gains of the French in the
VauX region can not offset the Ger
man gains on a two mile front north
west of Verdun.
The Germans, fearing drive by
the British are concentrating troops
along the entire British front.
The Germans hurled thousands of
shells northwest of Verdun last night.
The French entertainments replied
with vigor.
1t is believed that the Germans
are preparing to storm Bethincourt.
Berlin has denied the report that the
French had succeeded in gaining a
foothold in the village of Vaux.
BERLIN, April 4.-Greece has re-
quested the allies to withdraw all
military establishments from Saloni
ka, according to dispatches received