The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
NEWS TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR
Paris and London record severe
fighting in the air.
Roisel, seven miles east of Peronne.
occupied by British.
Rome claims repulse of Austrian at
tempts to advance on the Trentino.
Seventeen allied airplanes shot
down in days fighting, says Berlin.
A German gunboat in the harbor of
Tsin Tau, China, was blown up and
sunk.
West bank of the Disc from La Fere
to Vendeuil, a distance of four miles,
occupied by the French.
Important German success against
Russians admitted by Petrograd but
statement says some lost ground was
recovered.
Grand Duke Nicholas ousted from
chief command of the Russian armies
because of his connection with the
Romanoff dynasty.
Villistas under the command of
Gen. Salazar captured the town OF
MADEIRA, on the Mexican Northwest
ern railroad, according to arrivals at
JuareZ.
Heavy German forces concentrated
on northern Russian frontier prepara-
tory to an attack with the capture of
Petrograd as it's objective. Russian
people warned of impending danger.
A British communication says that
for the week ending March Is, sixteen
British ships, each of tonnage OF
more than 1000, were sunk and eight
of tonnage under 1000 tons. Twenty
one fishing vessels also were sunk.
The French cruiser (battleship)
Danton was torpedoed in the Mediter-
anean sea on March 19, it was an
nounced officially by the admiralty at
Paris. Two hundred and ninety-six
men were lost and 806 were saved by
the destroyer Massue and patrol
boats.
Paris reports capture of two forts
at La Fere and the puncturing of the
so-called "Hindenburg Line" Desper-
ate fighting between French and Ger
mans reported on the Somme and
Aisne rivers. French make more
progress toward st. Quentin. Berlin
admits further retirement but claims
serious damage has been inflicted on
the enemy.
Paris reports the total amount of
French territory liberated from the
German invaders by the Somme often
sive up to March 21st is 853 square
of Pas-de-Calais, Disc, Aisne and
Somme. 1t includes 366 towns and vii
lagos, the homes of 181,935 French
men. The Germans are still in posses
sion of 7,126 square miles of France.
WESTERN
Western roads ask privilege of rails
ing freight rates.
Thirty-seven are dead and 100 in
jured in Indiana tornado.
Forty-six private radio plants have
been Gismantled in Dallas, Texas, and
vicinity.
The death of John Ward, 70, Of
Evanston, Wyo., removes another OF
the fighting sheriffs" who became
famous during the early days when
Wyoming was infested with outlaws.
The addition of United States post
masters as recruiting officers for the
army and the removing of certain
strict restrictions for applicants, has
increased the number of recruits in
Colorado and Wyoming almost 35 per
cent. since November, according to
Maj. c. N. Barney, United States army
officer in charge of the two states.
WASHINGTON
The navy department has awarded
contract for "a destroyers.
President Wilson has called 10000
militiamen to service and issued ap-
peal for 27,0O0 to join the navy.
Brand Whitlock, the American min
lister, and the American relief work
ers in Belgium, have been withdrawn.
President Wilson and all govern
ment officials are concentrating on
the grim business of preparing the
nation for war.
Officials of the War Department
said they hoped all national guards
men desiring aid from the special fund
voted by Congress last year to take
care of their dependent relatives
would apply for it Immediately.
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of
the telephone, was awarded in New
York the civic forum gold medal for
distinguished public service.
A shortage of approximately one
billion tin cans confronts the canning
industry of the country, according to
estimates made by canning inerests
and Department of Commerce officials.
The forest service announced the