Taiban Valley news., 1917-10-12
CONDENSED RECORD or tn E
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DoIN q Q, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, suFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Servi'
ABOUT THE WAR

up munitions making.
The government has declared a
state of war In Turkestan.
Bulgarian and Teutonic troops be-
gin offensives in Roumania.
German strength weakening but is
not broken, declares Baker.
Twenty thousand airplanes for
America are under construction.
Gen. Haig takes valuable German
positions in new offensive in Flanders.
American army officers believe Ger.
man attacks covered gigantic retreat.
Berlin reports the capture of Sec
tion of French trenches on northern
slope Of Hill 344.
American artillery is successfully
passing the severest test of all gun
nery-the barrage.
The Peruvian congress has decided
by an almost unanimous vote to sever
diplomatic relations with Germany.
French repulse two surprise attacks
in Champagne and artillery fire scat
ters German troops on banks of the
Meuse.
British hold ground won In great
drive east of Ypres and repulse coun-
ter attacks. Total of prisoners taken
in Thursdays battle is 4,446.
In the Mesopotamia campaign the
British have captured 1000 men, and
report that hundreds Of Turks have
been slain and new positions taken.
The steamer Tolo and tug Magic col
lided in dense fog, the Tolo being
sunk. The steamer H. B. Kennedy
picked up the Tolo's passengers and
crew.
The German cities of Frankfort-on-
the-Main, Stuttgart, Treves and Cob
lenz, were bombarded by French av.
iators in retaliation for German aerial
attacks on French cities.
Ten killed and thirty-nine injured
was the toll Of dead and manned left
behind by German air raiders in the
sixth raid in eight days, the official
announcement stated. The list brings
the total victims of the German air
men since Sept. "a up to fifty-one
killed and 249 injured.
WESTERN
H. U. Nudge quits presidency Of the
Denver & Rio Grande.
Criticism of La Toilette spreads
throughout United States.
The federal grand jury at st. Louis
voted indictments against 100 slack.
ers.
The third day of the Liberty Loan
campaign in Chicago netted approx
mately $9,000,0O0
What is believed the first snowfall
in the Central West occurred at Mar
quette, Mich, Oct. 9Th.
Seven thousand drafted men from
Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas,
New Mexico and South Dakota report
ed at Camp Funston.
The main smelter plant of the EN-
pire Smelling and Refining Company
was destroyed by fire at Deming, N.
M, with an estimated loss of $4,000.
Fifty men we're taken from pacifist
meeting at South Pasadena, Cal, by
members of city home guard, placed
in automobiles, driven to city limits
with request not to return.
WASHINGTON
Suffragettes cause a near riot in
workhouse.
Proof that Bernstorff used German
money is found.
Agreement is reached on wages to
be paid in navy yards.
Money to pay German spy passed
through several American banks.
Capitalization of appropriation au-
thority in a single House Committee
has been indorsed by President Will
son.
Corn millers met at Washington and
promised to work on reasonable mar
gin of profit and eliminate specula-
ton.
Senator Lewis, Democratic whip of
the Senate, assailed Col. Roosevelt's
statement that the United States has
"broomstick preparedness" Lewis
said we have "broomstick prepared
ness to sweep the earth clean of the
foes of democracy"
The Senate adopted by viva voce
vote an administration measure to
make Major General Pershing and
Bliss generals and create a number
of lieutenant generals.
Oil and gasoline refiners meeting
with the Federal Trade Commission
were told that the government will in
sist that the public share in the war
prices which are to be fixed
Senator Kings bill which would pre-
vent men absent on account of mill
tary service from having their entries
in public lands fc rfeited while away
was passed by the Senate.