The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-30
WAR SUMMARY.

| Cold weather and snow upon the
| fighting zone have reduced military ac
| tivities to minimum in most sectors
| Only in northern italy has there beer
any movement of importance In the last
| forty Eight hours. Even there. an in
fantry operation is reported from only
one point on the battle line. The Ital
ians took the initiative, delivering :,
blow at the Austro-Germsn line near
Monte Tomba on the mountain front
just to the west Of the Piave. The
German war office reports this engage.
ment, declaring that the Italian attack
was broken up by the defensive fire.
The principal aerial activity also Is
reported from the Italian front. Aus.
trian airmen recently beaten OFF from
Treviso. with the loss of eleven air
planes. carried out a bombing raid Fri.
day night in which the city of Padua,
rich in art treasures, was attacked.
None off the city's noted monuments
was harmed. but eight bombs dropped
i'm the most densely populated part of
the town killed thirteen persons and
injured sixty others. Bombs dropped
ON Treviso and two other towns closer
70 the fighting lines than Padua. which
is some thrty-iive miles from the front,
causeI 10 damage or casualties.
In naval warfare. three torpedoes or
mines scored against British torpedo
boats operating off the Dutch coast.
Three of these craft were sunk on the
night Of December 20, during foggy
weather. with the loss Of 1913 officers
and men
The displacing of Admiral Sir John
X. .Iellicoe by Vice-Admiral Sir Rossly
Wemvss as first sea lord is partly at.
,sgf, ,.l In, ,,.-Ia nd 10 l,n nf
destrDyers with many of their personnel.
King Ferdinand of Roumania has alb
Gicated the throne in favor of Crown
Prince Charles. according to an un-
confirmed rumor in Petrograd This fol
lows previous reports of, a revolution
ary plot against Ferdinand and other
or a political crisis in the
Kingdom. as described in dispatches re-
ceived ut the bolshevik headquarters in
Petrograd last Monday.
Petrograd special dispatches do not
indicate clearly what the reception has
been i'm Russia of the central powers
reply to the Russian peace proposals.
One view taken is that northern Russia
il disposed TO accept peace on almost
any terms. while the attitude of the
Of the nation is uncertain.
8 mother correspondent considers the boil
ShtNiki dishcartened AT the German de
clination to accept the principle that
rstionalities hitherto without political
be allowed 20 decide their
own future. this refusal being consid-
cred stumbling block for further ne.
gotiations.
Meanwhile. Germans who have ar
rived in Petrograd are being permitted
to spread their propaganda, and Ger
man newspapers are circulating freely.
Postal service with entente countries.
on the other hand. is lacking and al
led residents of Petrograd. as well as
he Russians as a whole. remain in
complete ignorance OF what has gone
IN in allied countries for the past six
weeks.
In addition to the aerial activity re-
ported from the italian front. British
,irmen have been active in France over
ONE OF the territory occupied by the
Germans. The British headquarters re-
port SATURDAY. said that thirteen hostile
Iirplanes had been accounted for. eleven !
u which were shot down and the two |
,;hers driven down out of control.
The British lost three machines in 4
hese aerial combats. and OF the German |
Iirplanes destroyed. the British land |
runs brought down four.