, 1918-04-18


tured Merville.
Attacks on Wytschaete and the Mes
sines ridge failed, the Germans losing
heavily in their attack.
A German aerial raid was made on
the east coast of England Friday even
ing. Thirty-five German airplanes,
twenty-one of which were destroyed,
were brought down by British aviators
on Thursday. The official statement
o. aerial activities reports the drop
ping of bombs on military targets be-
hind the battle front and on a railway
station at Metz. Eleven persons were
killed and fifty injured in Friday
nights air raid on Paris, according to
official information.
Official reports OF casualties in Gen
eral Pershing's expeditionary force,
giving the anne of los dead and 622
wounded in the seven days, were &C.
cepted by officials as proof that Amer
lean forces nov are heavily engaged
In the operations on the western front.
Wednesdays casualty list contained
the names of 28S men, 255 of whom
were wounded, eight dead in action or
by wounds and two missing. This is the
heaviest loss reported on a single day
since American troops were sent to
the front.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, in
a special order of the day addressed to
Cali Ranks of the British Army in
France and Flanders" says: Three
weeks ago the enemy began his ter
rifle attacks against us on a fifty-mile
front. His objects are to separate us
from the French, to TAX the channel
ports and to destroy the British army.
In spite of throwing already LOG divi-
sions into the battle and enduring the
mo reckless sacrifice of human life
he has yet made little progress toward
his goals. Every position must be
held to the last nan There must be
no retirement. With our backs to the
wall and believing in the justice of our
cause, each one of us must fight to the
end. The safety of cur homes and
the freedom of mankind depends
alike upon the conduct of each one
of us at this critical moment.
WESTERN
Fire in the business section of Sui
phur, Okla, did s350.O0O damage.
The Biennial of the General FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs will meet in
Hot Springs, Ark, the Both of April.
War work will be the keynote of the
convention.
Ten thousand dollars, the first in
stallment of money raised In San Fran
cisco for the benefit of the Irish Ma
tionalist party by T. P. O'Connor, a
member Of the British parliament, was
sent by him to John Dillon, leader of
the party.
Persons other than Mexicans desir-
ing to enter Mexico must hereafter
file application for passports twenty
days before the permit to cross the
line will be issued, according to in
structions received at Douglas, Ariz..
by ives G. Lelevier, local Mexican con-
sui, from C. Aguilar. Mexican foreign
minister.
Maj. C. 8. Manchester, head of the
British recruiting mission on the Pa
oific coast, has been ordered to
France.
WASHINGTON
A lighthouse bill carrying close to
100000 was favorably reported to
the House.
The appointment of Thomas Riggs,
Jr., formerly with the Alaskan rail-
road commission, to be governor of
Alaska, was confirmed by the Senate.
Liberty loan subscriptions reported
10 Federal Reserve Banks up to the
close OF business Friday night, repre-
senting results of five days
Ing, were $451, 744, 900.
Revised priority regulations, de-
signed to assure fuel and ~transporta-
ton to industries necessary to the war
and essential to the public welfare,
were issued by the war Industries
board.
A general policy of stimulating oil
production is being initiated by the
government to offset the tremendous
ly increased demand for war purposes,
which is not being equaled by the
growth in output.
German pressure on the Netherlands
and Spain for the purpose of injuring
the United States II not Of forcing one
or both of these neutrals into the war
on the Prussian side. is being watched
with increasing anxiety in Washing
ton.
The Senate passed a Wal Depart
ment bill providing for reimbursement
to citizens of France and other coun-
tries for damage done in American
military operations. The bill was