Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-08-30
WORLD NEWS
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War News.

War News.
The Teutonic battle lines are yield
ing gradually at. three points before
the continuous hammering of the
Allies. The Canadians at Lens, the
French at Verdun and the Italians on
the Isonzo front are making steady
progress and holding all their gains
against counter attacks.
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Austro-German forces are making
vigorous attacks on the southern Ru-
manian front The Russian war Of
flee announcement says that stubborn
resistance is being offered by the Rus
SLAMS and Rumanians, who, however,
were forced back at several points.
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The French have captured the enemy
defenses on both sides of the Mouse
over a front of more than eleven
miles, penetrating the German line at
divers points to depth of mile and
q quarter. More than four thousand
unwounded German prisoners have
been taken.
A dispatch from Copenhagen says
that, according to reports from Aus
tria, the battle on the Isonzo front in
the Italian-Austrian theater is char
acterized as the most violent ever
fought there.
The Italians have begun another big
offensive against the Austrians in the
1sonZo region Of the Austro-Italian
theater, where fighting is in progress
over 37-mile front running from the
region of Tolmino to near the head of
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teau.
By a successful minor operation in
the neighborhood of the Ypres-Poel-
capelle Road, the British line ad-
vanced to a depth of about five hun
dred yards on a mile front and all of
the detectives, including a series of
strongly fortified farms, were cap
tured.
The German crown prince is not yet
sure that the French positions along
the Aisne front are invulnerable and
his latest attacks there have failed as
did all his previous ones. One Ger
man effort was on a front of more
than a mile in the region of the Cali
fornie plateau. 1t was stopped by the
French artillery.
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AustrO-German attacks in South
western Moldavia, especially in the
region of Fokshani, have been re-
pulsed by the Russians and Ruman
ians. In the region of Coma the Aus
tro-Germans have made no gain, adds
an official report issued by the Rus
sian war office.
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washington.
Bituminous coal prices have been
fixed by President Wilson for every
mine in the United States. The next
step in coal control, a White House
announcement said, will be to fix the
price to be charged by middlemen and
retailers. The prices are set on cost
of production, estimates furnished by
the federal trade commission after
months of exhaustive investigation.
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immediate expansion of building ia
cilities of the United States to double
or treble the output of destroyers the
next eighteen months was the object
of conference recently between Sec
rotary Daniels and representatives of
twenty-five or more ship and engine
builders.
All vessels sailing for the war zone
and carrying war risk insurance will
be required hereafter to arm in &C
cordance with navy regulations, or pay
an additional 1 per cent premium for
each voyage. Evidence that such ar
mament is not available will be the
only excuse accepted.
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A decrease of lis million in the
worlds meat producing animals is
shown in a comparison of present
with pre-war conditions, issued by the
United States food administration.
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North Americas 1917 wheat crop
won't come within 400 million bushels
of supplying the shortage of our Eu-
ropean allies and neutraIs, Herbert
Hoover announced the other night.
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All connection between the navy
and the Navy League has been sew
cred by order of Secretary Daniels as
q result of the recent action of the
league headquarters in charging that
Investigation of the recent fatal explo-
sion at Mare Island navy yard was be-
ing blocked by influence of labor in
terestS.