Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-12-27
WORLD NEWS
SEVEN DAYS AT A
GLANCE
War News.

endorsements have been sent south
from Petrograd. A Kiev dispatch re-
ports that during the disarming OF the
Maximalist units there the Ukran1an
troops seized seventy-two cannon, $50
machine guns and million cartridges
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A hostile raiding party was repulsed
south of Fontaine Les Croisilles. The
hostile artillery was active at midday
east of Bullecourt, and has also shown
increased activity at different points
between Lens and Armentieres. and
east and north of Ypres.
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One British and five neutral mer-
chantmen, a British destroyer and four
mine sweepers have been sunk in the
North Sea by German naval forces.
The losses were the result of an at
tack on a convoy bound from Scotland
to Norway, Sir Eric Geddes, first lord
of the admiralty, announced. The to-
tai tonnage of the lost merchantmen
was 5000.
Information received in Washington
among neutral diplomats agrees with
intimations from abroad that Germany
is considering another offer of peace.
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German forces attacked the French
positions north of the Chemin Des
Danes on the Aisne front, and east
of Cornillet in the Champagne. The
French war office, in it's statement, re-
ports that both attacks were repulsed.
On the right bank of the Mouse, in the
verdun region, there was an increase
in the artillery fire.
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After heavy sacrifice of men and
five days of continuous fighting the
Austro-Germans succeeded in making
another slight advance in Italy, bring
ing their position up to Caprille hill,
just east of the Brenta river.
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The Germans succeeded in entering
British first line trench on front
of about three hundred yards at one
point on the Ypres front in Flanders,
says the British official statement.
The enemy's infantry attacks were re-
pulsed elsewhere on that sector. On
the Cambria front the hostile artillery
developed great activity east of Bulle-
court.
The Austro-German drive in Italy
has cost the combined Teuton forces
loss of 100000 men, it was estimated
at the Italian headquarters. The Teu-
tons have concentrated $500 guns
within space of ten miles between
the Brenta and Piave rivers, a gun
every seven yards.
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Washington.
Vote in the House on the woman
suffrage constitutional amendment on
dow Ion
when the rules committee agreed on
that date.
Nationwide prohibition won in the
House and only the adjustment of a
slight difference in resolutions be-
tween the House and Senate now
stands in the way of submitting to
state legislatures an amendment to
the federal constitution forbidding the
manufacture, sale or importation of
Intoxicating liquor for beverage pur-
poses in the United States or its ter
ritories.
Distillation Of i LIQUOR for non.bev.
erage purposes was limited in regula-
tons issued recently by Secretary
McAdoo, to use of inferior corn or
matted barley and rye required for
conversion of starch. The corn, it is
specified, must be inferior to the
quality of federal grade No. 6 corn"
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insufficient clothing, overcrowding
and bad sanitary conditions are held
largely responsible for disease cpl
denies at Camp Bowie. Tex; Camp
Funston. Kan; Camp Doniphan, Ok,
and Camp Sewer, S. c., by Surgeon
General Gorgas in reports to Secretary
Baker made public as the result of
his personal inspection of the camps.
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CASTOR B. Means, acquitted of the
murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, faces
Indictment in New York for forgery
and embezzlement, District Attorney
Swami announced recently.
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Domestic.
General Pershing has advised the
War Department that First Lieut.. H
C. Boyle, medical officer. reserve
corps, attached to the British forces
was severely wounded in action De
cember z. Boyle is from Luzerne, Pa
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Encouragement of some of the high
commands in the War Department was
indicated by the detachment of Off