Taiban Valley news., 1918-10-18
CONDENSED RECORD OF TIL z
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
GAYlNGs, DoIN G 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTS, SUFFERlNGS, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.

The French have captured Berry
Au-Bac, the Paris war office an
nounces.
The Germans are evacuating the
Chemin Des Danes under the con-
verging attacks south and west of 1t.
The German lines behind Laon, be-
tween the rivers Serre and Sissonne,
have been turned, making the German
situation in the Laon area most diff
cult
On the River Meuse, northwest of
Ver1un, the Americans have cleared
out little pocket in the direction OF
Sivry which has held them up long
time.
American troops, operating with the
British on the front southeast of Cam
brai, completed the capture Of Vaux-
Andigny and st. Souplet, Field Mar
shall Haig announced in his official
statement.
In the Champagne the French and
Americans, joining hands north of the
Argonne in the Grand Pre- gap, have
occupied the Grand Pre- station, while
patrols are said to have entered that
town itself.
LIE Cateau, the important junction
point twelve miles southeast OF Cam
brai, represented Thursday night the
point of deepest penetration by the al
lied troops. The British were the
masters of it.
American forces struck the German
lines just east of the Argonne forest.
They captured the villages of Som
merance, Chevieres and Marco. The
er hard fighting. More than 1000 pris-
oners were taken. These include one
colonel and two battalion staffs.
In Macedonia the Italians and Serbs
are still forcing the enemy troops to
retire in Albania and Serbia, while in
Palestine the British have driven the
Turks more than thirty miles north
of Damascus. Reports are to the ef-
feet that the Turkish cabinet has re-
signed and that the Turks have sent
delegates to Greece to talk peace.
On the wings of necessity the Ger
mans are flying eastward from their
old battle positions from Douai to La
Fere and northward from La Fere to
the Meuse river Their flight is to-
ward some haven of safety from the
talons of the allitd hawks which ev-
erywhere are menacing them. Mean
while there have been sent broadcast
further reports that Austria-Hungary
and Turkev, seeing that the trend of
events spells ultimate defeat. have in.
formed Germany that they will accept
President Wilson's peace terms.
WESTERN
Unconditional surrender" Is the an
swer of the American press to the ap-
Germany.
Railroad employees of the central
Western region are responding splen-
didly to Uncle Sans offer of Liberty
Bonds for cash. OF 205,37S, report
just issued shows that 63 per cent
have subscribed to $18,370,34O worth
of bonds up to Oct. 7. This averages
$89 for each subscriber.
All trains will lose one hour when
the clocks are set back one hour on
Oct. 28, according to an announcement
from railroad men,
Advices to the University of Colo
rado at Boulder are that two former
students have been killed in action.
One is Miles Jain OF Claypool, Wyo.,
who joined the marines at Mare Island
in 1917, killed in action Sept. 10, and
the other is Lieut. Edwin V. Evans of
Des Moines, one of the college ath-
letes of his time.
WASHINGTON
Indefinite continuation OF the day.
light saving" plan is proposed in a
bill introduced by Senator Calder Of
New York
Increasing war demands caused the
war industries board to announce fur
ther curtailment of industries to con.
serve labor, fuel and transportation.
Regulations under which officers
and men of the army stationed in
home camps may vote in primary or
general elections of their states were
announced by Acting Secretary Crow
ell.
American troops sent overseas have
passed the 100000 mark, General
March announced, coupling his state.
ment with an urgent appeal to the
country to support the Fourth Liberty
Loan.
At least 372 American soldiers are
believed to have been lost as the re.
suit OF the sinking Of the transport
Otranto in the north channel between
the Scottish and Irish coasts in col.
lsion with the steamer Kashmir. The
Otranto after the collision was dashed
o pieces on the rocks off the
Ecottish coast.