Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-12-20
WORLD NEWS
SEVEN DAYS AT A
GLANCE
War News.

Along the entire western front from
the north to the Adriatic Sea artillery
duels of great magnitude are being
fought, which doubtless are the fore
runners of the expected great often
sive the Teutonic Allies have in view
before the American troops can reach
the battle fronts in great numbers
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With barred heads and measured
tread, the main forces of British,
French and Italian troops marched
down the historic Jerico Road into
Jerusalem. Leading the Allied troops
on foot were the British general, Sir
Edmund Allenby. the commanders of
the French and Italian forces
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The fate of the Turkish army when
the allied forces under General Allen
by occupied Jerusalem has not been
fully established. The official dis
patches received have not cleared up
the situation, but intimate $4,000
Turkish soldiers were captured or ex-
terminated as result of the taking
of the Holy City.
Rome dispatches, confirming earlier
reports of a lull after the fierce fight
ing in which the Teutons failed to
break through the Italian lines, say
the Austro-German commander sacri-
feed hundreds of thousands of his
best men without improving his posi-
ton.
A German thrust in the direction
of Bezonvaux, in the Verdun region,
was met in its early stages by the
French who repulsed the enemy after
brisk fighting. On the Cambria front
there have been encounters between
British outposts and small parties of
Germans. West of Graincourt the hos
tile artillery was active at many
points,
The battle of Asiago is virtually sus-
pended with the enemy checked if not
defeated in his main design of break
ing through to the Brenta Valley and
the plains few miles below, although
he succeeded in advancing his lines a
short distance when the Italians fell
back to new positions.
That the Italians are being hard
pressed by the enemy in greatly SUI
perior numbers and gun power is indi-
Gated by the latest official communi-
cation. Additional gains have been
made by the invaders in the Asiago
plateau region but again heavy price
in men killed or wounded was paid by
the attacking forces.
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General E. H H. A1lenby reports
that he has occupied the town of Heb
ron, in Palestine, the British war Of
flee announces in an official report
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Washington.
Food Administrator Hoover charges
that some dishonest wholesale and re-
tail merchants and food brokers have
been criminally responsible for food
shortage and rising prices. An inves-
tigation has been started by the fed
eral trade commission
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The general understanding among
House leaders is that the suffrage
resolution will not be called up in the
House until after the holiday recess,
although an effort may be made to
call it up Immediately after DISPOSE
ton of the prohibition amendment.
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Coal dealers who refuse to cooper
ate with the Fuel Administration in
its efforts to obtain a proper distribu.
ton of fuel will be put out of business
This was made clear in a recent state
ment by Fuel Administrator Garfield.
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Decisions defining in general terms
the rights of both organized labor and
the employer were rendered recently
by the supreme court. While the right
of workmen to organize for lawful
purposes was reaffirmed, the court
held that employers legally may oper-
ate their plants as open shops" and
prevent conspiracies to bring their
non-union employees into labor organi-
cations.
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Congress with one dissenting vote in
the House has adopted and President
Wilson approved a resolution declar-
ing existence of a state of war be-
tween the Imperial and Royal Austro-
Hungarian government and the gov
eminent and people of the United
States" authorizing the President to
employ the nations armed forces and
piedgfng its resources to victory
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Domestic.
Nat Wills, widely known comedian,