The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-31

huahua City.
Marine corps ordered recruited up
to full war strength.
Raider Moewe adds long list of
ships to her victims.
National Guard regiments sum
moned beginning to mobilize.
Russian attacks in Volhynia re-
pulsed with heavy losses.
Rome claims repulse of Austrian at
tempts to advance on the Trentino.
Three British destroyers sunk; two
by submarines and one in collision.
Total of thirty-two National Guard
regiments called into federal service.
Seventeen allied airplanes shot
down in days fighting. says Berlin.
An Amsterdam dispItch says sep
arate peace offer has been made to
Russia.
Violent artillery engagements re-
ported at Verdun and near Dixmude
in Belgium.
West bank of the Oise from La Fere
to Vendeuil, distance of four miles,
occupied by the French.
Fighting renewed in Rumania, Rus
slams being driven back in attempted
offensive in Trotus valley.
French capture 400 yards of Ger
man trenches in Macedonia. Bulgari-
ans repulsed at Cerna Bend.
Russian artillery checks attempted
German offensive east of Baranovit-
chi War Minister Guckhoff arrives
in Riga.
Austrians attack in force on Italian
front and capture trenches. on hill No
126, according to official statement is
sued in Rome.
French drive Germans out of lower
forest of Coucy in progress of advance
south of La Fere. Germans admit cap
ture of Roisel by British.
Allies report important gains from
Arras to scissors. French and Brit
ish capture three villages each, latter
nearing st. Quentin-Cambrai road.
The sinking of twenty-five more
steamships, fourteen sailing vessels
and thirty-seven trawlers, with an ag-
gregate gross tonnage of $4,000, in the
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admiralty at Berlin.
The French cruiser (battleship)
Danton was torpedoed in the Mediter
anean sea on March 10, it was an
nounced officially by the admiralty at
Paris. Two hundred and ninety-six
men were lost and SOC were saved by
the destroyer Massue and patrol
boats.
WESTERN
The main business block of Green
River, Wyo., was almost entirely
wiped out by fire.
AT least eleven lives were lost in
storm which destroyed many houses
in central Alabama.
Three men were burned to death
when fire destroyed the Stephen hotel
at Creston, West Va.
Two men were killed and a third
was wounded in "a pistol battle in the
street at Cleveland, Ohio.
troops.
John G. Johnson was probably ia
tally shot by officers who arrested
him for the murder of his wife near
Newport, Iowa.
Workmen found seven sticks of
dynamite on Santa Fe train No. 10 at
Albuquerque, N. M, placed behind a
steel frame on the front of baggage
car.
General Barry. central division, U.
s. A., issued sealed orders as to the
disposition of thirtynine militia guard
units under arms in his division. A
strict censorship has been imposed
and no announcement will be made
concerning the assignment OF the
WASHINGTON
Germany's clear violations" of the
treaties of 1929 and 1928 and her dis
regard of the canons of international
courtesy" were assigned by the United
States as reasons for refusal to reaf-
firm or extend these. agreements.
The farmers of America were ap-
pealed to by Secretary Houston to join
in agricultural preparedness meas
ures, so that the country may not be
handicapped by food shortage in its eff
forts to meet the international crisis.
The United States marine corps
needs more than 1000 men to fill up
its ranks to war strength of 17,4OO.
Precautionary measures of the most
elaborate kind will be taken to pro
tect President Wilson from any harm
when he delivers his war message to
Congress.
The Federal Reserve Board has or
dered all federal reserve banks to cash
all United States army quartermaster
vouchers held by government cred
itors, pending additional appropria-
tious by Congress-.