The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D DIN G 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
ABOUT THE WAR


now is almost cleared of defenders.
French forces made counter attacks
on the new position captured by the
Germans on Dead Man Hill northwest
Of Verdun.
Germany is ready to grant greatly
modified terms, according to informa-
ton obtained in official circles at
Washington.
In Mesopotamia the British forces
are still in quest of Kut-el-Amara, in
which sector they have made further
advances on the right bank of the tt
girls.
South of Brody in Galicia the Ger
mans have brought their howitzers in
to play against Russian positions and
at various points have damaged their
trenches.
Pressing in upUn southern Moldavia
from three sides, apparently with all
their vigor, the forces of the central
powers are making progress, against
stiff resistance.
West of the Meuse in the Verdun
region, the forces of the German
Crown Prince repulsed attacks by
French troops against the new Ger
man positions on LIE Mort Homme.
The battle of the Somme is pictured
as a sweeping triumph for the entente
allied arms, in a detailed report by
Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, which covers
operations from July 1 to Nov 18.
On the Transylvanian Moldavian
frontier, in the region north of Rim
nik-Sarat, and in the Dobrudja oppo-
site Braila, Berlin reports the Austro-
German and Bulgarian troops are ad-
vancing.
Villa partisans at Ell Paso, Texas,
announced Friday that forces operat.
ing under the banner of Villa had oc-
cupied Saltillo, the capital Of the state
of Coahuila, located between Torreon
and Monterey. The report was denied
by Carranza officials,
Berlin records fresh advances for
the Teutonic allies against the Rus
slams in Wallachit. Three thousand
more prisoners and twenty-five ma
chine guns have been captured by the
invaders, bringing the number of men
taken in the Rimnik-Sarat maneuver
UP to 1920.
The Teutonic allies have captured
Rimnik-Sarat, thirty miles southwest
Of Braila, Rumania's oil , and grain
center on the Danube. The guns of
the Dobrudja army are hammering on
the bridgehead of Matchin, on the
east bank of the Danube opposite
nik-Sarat the Teutonic allies defeated
the Russians on a front of ten and
half miles southwest of the town.
WESTERN
A fire caused a loss of approximate
ly $4,000 worth of property at Win
nemucca, New.
The Southern Pacific railroad has
resorted to old ties for fuel in the alb
sence of coal.
Five robbers blew open the safe of
the Hagerman State Bank at Hager-
man, Tex, and escaped in an automo-
bile with $4,000.
Two Colorado guardsmen and
member of the Montana troops were
shot by Colorado sentry at Douglas,
Ariz., when the Montana guardsman
attempted to escape from the guard
house, according to dispatch re-
ceived at Denver.
David Caplan, last of the alleged dy-
namiters brought to trial for the de-
struction of the Los Angeles Times
building in 1910, when twenty men
were killed, was sentenced at Los An,
geles to ten years in San Quentin
penitentiary on a charge of man
slaughter.
WASHINGTON
American exports to Italy in the
first eight months of 1916 were double
those of the corresponding period in
1915, figures made public by the Bu-
reau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce show That country's purchases
amounted to $30O,000,000.
Every able-bodied male citizen of
the United States between the ages of
18 and As years is held liable for serv-
vice in the National Guard in war
time without further act of Congress,
by War Department regulations for
the government of the guard issued
under the national defense act.
President Wilson has tentatively
agreed with administration leaders in
Congress on bond issue to meet part
Df the treasury deficit which confronts
the government for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1918, estimated at
about $180,000,000.
The worlds wheat production of
the past season was approximately rs
per cent of that of last year, accord
ing to estimates received at Washing
ton by the Department of Agriculture