Taiban Valley news., 1918-04-05
CONDENSED RECORD OF TIL
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DOM G 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
ABOUT THE WAR

'front.'
Resumption of fighting in Ukraine
between the Germans and the Bolshe'
Wiki is reported in Reuter- dispatch
from Petrograd.
The French soldiery of the class OF
1919 are to be called to the colors at
an early date, which is to be fixed by
the Ministry Of War
The Kaiser, elated by the advance
of the German army, is once more
putting himself in the foreground Of
the dramatic battlefield scenes.
American engineers have again
been in the throes of fierce conflict
on the west front. They have done
excellent work In transportation.
The entire Turkish force in the Hit
area in Mesopotamia has been cap
tured or destroyed by the British, the
London war office announces. Three
thousand prisoners were taken.
The continuance of fierce air fight
ing in the battle area is shown by the
London report of aerial operations,
ty-four German machines were
brought down.
German attacks before Arras failed,
says a Reuters telegram from the
British headquarters from the front on
Friday. The enemy succeeded in ad-
vancing his line south of the Scarpe
to the ruins of the old reserve trench
system from which the British eject
ed him year ago.
From Arleux, north of Arras, to AL
bert, on the Somme, the British lines
have been holding stubbornly, and
have thrust back the Germans at
number of points. From Albert south
to Montdidier there has been a slow
movement to the west, but the hills
west of Montdidier are still being held
by the French.
Submarines and mines have in
creased their weekly toll of British
shipping. The admiraltys report
shows that in the week ending March
2S, twenty-eight merchantmen were
sunk, sixteen of the vessels being l.
600 tons or over and twelve under that
tonnage. The French lost six ships
and the Italians three steamers and
two sailing vessels.
After eight days, during which it
has swept forward over the rolling
hills Of Picardy, at times like tidal
wave, the German offensive Friday
slowed down. Instead of a sweeping
advance, its progress has been
checked at all but one sector of the
front, and there 1t has been merely
creeping for two days-this fact even
admitted by the German war office,
which usually comedies nothing.
A report from the French army in
France, Thursday, says the great Ger
man effort appears to have exhausted
itself. At many places along the front
of attacks the enemy is being driven
back, and at others the French and
British are offering firm resistance.
Infantry fighting has begun to give
place to artillery battles. In guns the
British and French have the advan.
tage, inasmuch as the Germans have
been unable to drag much artillery
with them
WESTERN
The "drys" at Chicago admitted
their defeat in the fight to get the
saloon question on the ballots for the
city election April 2.
A posse of twenty-five city and
county officers from Globe, Ariz., raid.
ed hall in Red Springs canon in Mi
ami, dispersed dance being given by
the l. w. W., and arrested two of the
leaders who were held incommuni-
cado at the county jail.
Riots that for time threatened to
assume grave proportions broke out
when efforts were made to resume
street car service, paralyzed by the
general strike in progress at Kansas
City. National guard troops and police
finally put down the disorders, but not
until after many Of the rioters had re-
ceived severe injuries at the hands OF
the police. Numerous arrests were
made.
WASHINGTON
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has passed
his physical examination for active
service at the front and will be re-
turned to command his division at
Camp Funston, Kansas.
The proposal to establish universal
military training Of American youths
from 10 to 21 years of age, inclusive,
was defeated in the Senate by vote
of 36 to 26. The resolution providing
for the registration and selective draft
for immediate military service of men
who have become 21 since June last
then was passed without a roll call.
Suspension OF the meatless day reg
ulations for thirty days beginning
March 30 was ordered by the Food Ad
ministration in instructions tele-
graphed to all state food administrat-
ors