The Ordway new era., 1918-11-29
IN ALL LANDS
CONCISE REVIEW
OF WEEKS NEWS
War News.

the Americans took and held firmly
the wooded heights south of Beau
mont, the last German stronghold
west of the Meuse. The advance car
ried the lines forward for an average
gain of five kilometers (.hree miles).
The historic city of Sedan is under
fire of American guns.
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Breaking deeply in the enemy posi-
tions on a 30-mile front north of Va
lenciennes, the British have captured
more than 10000 prisoners and 200
guns, Field Marshal Haig reports.
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The Argonne region has been clear
ed of the enemy by the French and
American forces, the war office an
nounces. Numerous villages and i'm
portant positions were captured in re-
cent fighting.
|. American aviators have reported
that the Germans to the east of the
Meuse appeared to be in full retreat.
The aviators' messages said that all
roads running northward were packed
with troops, artillery. and trucks.
Rout of the Austrian armies on the
Italian front contiIsues, said an offic-
ial dispatch from Rome. The number
of prisoners is increasing rapidly and
continuously, while more than 700
captured guns have been counted.
The booty captured already is OF
enormous quantity.
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smashed forward for material gains
along the Entente front. In CON
junction with the French army on its
left the Americans resumed in force
the operations began on September 26.
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Turkey has surrendered uncondi-
tionally. An armistice has been CON
eluded by the Ottoman government
with British representatives at Salon
Xxi, according to authoritative infor-
nation received in London, but the
terms were not made public.
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An Austrian deputation has been
permitted to cross the fighting line
for preliminary pour parlers with the
Italian commander, looking to an
armistice, according to an official an
nouncement from Vienna.
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Washington.
Terms of armistice under which the
land and sea forces of what once was
the Austro- Hungarian empire have
laid down their arms were announced
simultaneously in Washington and the
Allied capitals. They accomplish
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and Hungarian territory for American
and Allied operations against Ger
many.
The bureau of war insurance now
mails $4,000 checks monthly, mainly
to dependents of soldiers or sailors
for allottments and allowances. This
work requires maintenance of the
largest corps of employees of any gov
ernment department, the $1,000 clerks
working in shifts night and day.
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The Fourth Liberty Loan was over
subscribed by more than $3.50. .0O0, 900.
Final reports announced by the treas
ury show subscriptions of $6.S66, 49,
800. All federal reserve districts
oversubscribed, the Boston district
reaching 1876 per cent of it's quota.
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Prosecution of the three army Of.
ficers held by Charles e. Hughes in
his report on the aircraft investiga
tion to be guilty of dealing with cor
porations in which they were finan-
cially interested, is to be started with
out delay, it was said at the depart
ment of justice.
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Terms upon which Germany may
obtain an immediate armistice and
end the war have been completed and
signed in Paris. Secretary Lansing
announced the fact in brief state
ment, adding only that complete diplo-
matte harmony had been achieved by
the Allied and American conferees at
versailles.
The truth about the failures and de-
lays of the War Department in pro-
ducing American airplanes is unspar-
ingly revealed in former Supreme
Court Justice Hughes report. just
made public. 1t is story of ineffi-
cheney and confusion of purposes in
high places and of violation of Grim
inal statutes by q few officers.
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Domestic.
BY mining 6,63S tons of coal in the
Isl possible working days from Janu-
ary / to October 23, inclusive, or more
than twenty-five tons a day. H. L.
Witt of Hatfield, w Va, has estab-
lished record which the Fuel Ad-