Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-04

Aug. 2s.-Austrians fed from Monte San
Aug. So.-U. s. wheat committee fixed
basic price for 1917 crop at 800.
Germans made air raid on port OF
Riga.
northwest of Hurtebise.
September. !.
Sept. british destroyers destroyed
four German armed trawlers off Jutland.
Sept. 3.-Russians abandoned Riga.
German airplanes raided Chatham, Eng
Sept. 4.-ftaiians captured Monte San
Gabrielle.
German submarine shelled Scarborough
and airplanes bombed London.
Sept. 5.-American National army began
movement to cantonments.
Federal agents raided I. w. w. quar-
tiers throughout country.
Organized labor met in Minneapolis to
form loyal organization.
American merchantmen under conv
attacked by U-boats; two steamships and
one submarine sunk.
Sept. 6.-House passed wal credits bill
authorizing $11, 53S. 945, AGO in bonds and GER
tificates.
Sept. 7.-Atlantic transport lines Mime
haha ~torpedoed; so dead.
German aviators bombed American hos
pital camp, killing five.
Sept. S.-Secretary Lansing. exposed vio-
lations of neutrality by Swedish officials in
German cablegrams advising sinking OF
Argentine vessels.
French cabinet resigned.
Sept. 9.-Korniloff, commander in chief
of Russian armies, headed military coun-
ter revolution and was dismissed by Ker-
ensky.
Sept. 1o-senate passed war revenue bill
totaling. s. Ali, $40, 900.
Paul Painleve became French premier.
Sept. u.-Austrians failed in desperate
attacks on Monte San Gabrielle.
Sept. Luxburg, German min
lister to Argentina, given his passports;
anti-German riots in Buenos Aires.
Russian armies.
Trading with the enemy bill passed, with
amendment forbidding publication OF war
m In German without English
Council of three given supreme author
ity in Poland by Germany and Austria
Sept. 13.-Korniloff's revolt collapsed.
Secretary Lansing exposed unneutral
City.
Russian army advanced toward Riga.
Sept. 14.-ltGlians drove Austrians- from
Monte San Gabrielle summit.
Sept. l~6.-Senate passed bill for $685.
966. AGO bond issues.
British naval aircraft destroyed one Ger
man destroyer and some trawlers near Os-
tend.
Sept. 16.-Premier Kerensky proclaimed
Russia a republic.
Sept. 1I-Costa RIGA broke Off relations
with
Germany apologized to Argentina for
Luxburg's actions, but Argentina demand
ed full formal explanation.
Rouman1ans took German positions near
Varnitza.
Sept. 18.-Russia began reorganization of
army, suppressing soldiers Committees.
supply bill.
Sept. p-Argentine senate voted for
Sept. 2o.-British began great offensive
east of Ypres.
President Wilson named board to adjust
Sept. 21.-Secretary Lansing published
message of Won Bernstorff to Berlin ask
ing leave to spend $50.OO0 ito influence con-
gress."
Costa Rica severed diplomatic relations
Germany and Austria replied favorably
to pope's peace proposal.
General Bliss succeeded General Scott as
chief of staff, u. S. A..
Germans broke through Russian line at
Sept. 22.-Secretary Lansing revealed de-
tails of Bernstorff's plotting before u. s.
entered the war.
Fierce fighting continued in Flanders.
British bombarded Ostend.
Sept. 23.-Secretary Lansing disclosed
German abuse of u. S. protection by con-
and disease germs after U. s. had taken
1t over.
Russians took German positions near
Pskoff.
Sept. Alderman airplanes raided Eng
land, killing 20
War industries board and producers cut
steel prices in half.
Germans lost heavily in attacks near
Verdun.
Sept. 25.-Germans made two more air
raids on England.
Argentine hambe of deputies voted to
sever relations with
U. s. senate passed $4,000, 000, 600 war de-
| hciency bill.
Sept. 26.-British took strong positions
from Germans east and northeast of
Ypres.
Germany offered to evacuate Belgium
under certain conditions.
Peru presented ultimatum to Germany
concerning sinking of bark Lorton.
Strike of iron workers at San Francisco
ended.
Gen. Soukhomlinoff, former war minis
ter of Russia, sentenced for life for high
treason.
Sept. N.-DemOcratic congress met In Pc
trograd.
Sept. 2S.-Many 1. w. w. leaders indicted
for seditious conspiracy.
Sept. 29.-BritiSh captured Ramadie, Me
sopotamia, and it's large garrison.
German airplanes, raided London.
British airplanes bombed Z~eebrugge.
Sept. so.-Two more air raids made on
Fuel Administrators Garfield set limits
for retail prices of coal.
Italians made big gains on Balnsizzo
plateau.
Great mass meeting for peace held in
Frankfort.
Revolt in Russian Turkestan.
October.
Oct. 1.-Heavy attacks of erman re-
pulsed by French and British, and of Aus
TRANS by Italians.
Four groups of German airplanes raid
ed London and coast towns.
Second Liberty loan campaign started.
French airmen made reprisal raids on
Frankfort, Stuttgart, Treves and Cob
LEM, and British bombed Zeebrugge locks.
Oct. british repulsed six desperate
German attacks in Flanders.
British cruiser Drake torpedoed; Is
killed.
Oct. 3.-President Wilson signed the war
tax bill.
Russian democratic congress voted
against a coalition government.
Oct. 4.-British won great battle east OF
Ypres.
Oct. 5.-French repulsed violent attack
on Hill 344.
Oct. 6.-Peru broke off relations with
Germany.
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