The Ordway new era., 1917-06-01
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE
Western Ssrsrapsr Union views -
ABOUT THE WAR


Our troops successfully raided the
enemies trenches east Of Vermeiies-
says the war office statement from
London.
The first American conbstant
corps went 20 the front under CaPi-
E. !. Tinkhsm and Lieutenant ScuLly
Of Princeton
The British steamship Tela. YES
sci Of about 1000 tons, was toTPsdosd
and sunk By a German submarine MAy
md off the English coast
A Swedish ship engaged in the work
of the Belgian relief commission Has
sunk May 18th. Notwithstanding
held German permit 10 sail
From scissors eastward intense 81
tiIlery duel is in progress between
French and Germans Since May lst.
French have taken $500 prisoners.
The British transport Pennsylvania
was to-pedoed on May iJh with the
loss Of AS persons The TTaRsylvan.S
was torpedoed in the Mediterranean
Germans launched offensive OF
Russians at Mitau but were stopped
by heavy guufIre Russians also drive
hack Teuton attacks east OF koy-Ikz
II Rumania-
With the fan Of BullecoUTt. the cap
ture Of the chemical works. the OccU-
patton of RoeUx and the general even
ing up OF the British line the fLrst
phase In the new British offensive IN
France is over.
At Paris It was officially announced
that the French liner Soatay, : vessel
OF 1874 tons. bound for Ma-Ssillss
from Salonfka with S+i passenger
was torpsdosd On APrI IsIh with :
les. OF fo-ty-tive lives. Captain Nsgss
vent down with the ship
A regiment OF veteran United States
marines equipped as regular infantry
Will go to France IS part Of MAJ. Gs--
John J. Pershiog's command There
will be approximately 2,6o5 men in
the regiment. probably the largest
numerically that xiii Be engaged o.
the western front
Italians Friday continued big drive
along Isolzo river. having gained :
depth Of two miles On sight-lile front
il forty-Gght hours fighting Aus
TRANS driven from fortified hills near
Jsmisno. Dstsasss OF Trieste z-s
threatened In effort 70 check ID
vance Aus-ians eouzts--attzck near
Gorilla hut are repulset
WESTERN
A strike OF 2,5o1 uniOa miners Il tie
United Verde zoze a. jerome. Ari.-
called THURSDAY.
Twelve persons were killed and
twenty or more Others we're wounded
il s riot in Monterey.
Union leaders announced at jerome,
Ariz-, that l-51V miners obzysc TIE
strike order issae5 by the jerome %
cal ulio1
-Four men were arrested a. Cripple
Greek, Colo on request O. The Unit
ed States officers IN connection -irh
the highgradiaE case al Chsysu1s.
wyo.
Thirty persons are known 70 have
been killed, more than fifty received
injuries from which it is said several
VII die, and propsr1y worth thou-
sands OF dollars vas destroyed Friday
when a tornado swept Up through
Sedgwick and Harvey counties IN the
scuth-ceatral part OF Kansas.
The Treasury Department al
no1nced the AIIotnsnts Of Liberty
bonds and the following Western
states are counted upon for the fol
lowing amounts: Wyoming $500
600; Arizona, sS,eo0. 600. Colorado.
s1i.060, ,06o; New Mexico, $500 coo;
Montana se.50o.0o0, and South Dsko-
Ia. 50, 800, ,0eo.
WASHINGTON
Literscy test raised to allow Mex
leans to work on farms.
Crop conditions in United States are
reported much improved.
The House passed the war revenue
bin raising si.seo.ooe. zoe.
The Treasury Departments latest
offer of 5000. .oea, eco of certificates of
Indebtedness due July S0th, has been
oversuSscnbed approximately So per
cent.
The British war mission left Ameri.
can soil and crossed into Canada after
six weeks OF conferences which have
reached into every phase of American
lite and are expected vitality to affect
tie future Of this country, If not Of
the world
wytA the worlds stock Of SUGAR be
- rapidly depleted the Departmen,
2 = Agriculture appealed to manufac.
tlHsss and fsrReFs to increase n
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