, 1918-06-06
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, D o G 8, ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERINes, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

berlln claims the capture VI u
war material, including a number oil
the larger French guns.
The fifth successive counter attack
against Cantigny was repulsed by the
Americans with losses for the enemy.
Two of Germany's newest and larg-
were sunk May II and is, near Gil
braltar.
The Germans in their Champagne
offensive in France have reached the
right bank of the River Marine on a
ten-mile front.
The Germans have seized and taken
into Swinemunde the Dutch steamship
Jantje and sailing vessels Maria, ia
CODA and Gerzine.
American aviators shot down an
other German ~airplane Friday on the
front northwest of Toul. 1t fell with
in the American lines.
The transport ship Leasowe Castle
has been sunk by an enemy submarine
the British admiralty announced. One
hundred n one persons were
drowned.
In their violent attacks on the thir-
ty-mile battle front running from Sois-
tons eastward to the region northwest
of Rheims, the German armies forced
back the French and British.
After desperate resistance and fight
ing in the streets, lasting several
hours, the French evacuated scissors,
which the Germans occupied, accord
ing to the official announcement from
the Paris war office.
The aerial activity over the terri
tory of the German advance is most
intense and French airmen have
dropped many tons of bombs on en-
envy targets in addition to bringing
down nineteen German machines.
In the vicinity of Scissors further
combats of extreme violence Friday
ended in favor of the allies. In this
region the resistance of the French
divisions was the absolute acme of
heroism, fighting as they were
against odds immensely superior.
The Germans big attack began May
81, with about thirty divisions on a
front of t~hirty-fiye miles from Bermer-
icourt to Leuilly. This front was held
by seven allied divisions. of which
three British were on the right and
four French on the left.
Italian operations against the Aus
trians have been successfully carried
out on the lower Piave, as well as in
the Tonale sector, reaching the OBJ
1ectives set at Capo Sile on a front of
600 meters and causing the Austrians
heavy losses, besides 500 prisoners
and a large amount OF material, dis
patches from Rome to the Italian en-
bassy state. News reaching Rome
from Berne says the Austrian losses
in the Tonale sector reached 5000
men killed, wounded and missing.
WESTERN
Progress is being made in the Ari-
iona Legislature with a bill creating
a State Council of Defense.
A nation united paid solemn tribute
on Memorial day to its heroes of the
past and its heroes of the present.
Denver has obtained a concession
upon the rates to the Rocky Mountain
National park, through which tourists
pay pVsoO W lhohS NhS ZIP v 49,
route, either all auto or part railroad.
Police at Los Angeles discredited
the alleged confession of Paul Sokal
that he and two others had %conspired
to dynamite the mansion of Gov. w.
d. Stephens at Sacramento three
weeks Ago..
WASHINGTON
The United States transport Presi-
dent Lincoln, homeward bound, was
torpedoed and sunk.
Official announcement was made
that 100000 men will be called to the
colors during June. They will be or
dered to report June "a.
Mrs. Alfred Gwyn Vanderbilt and
Ray T. Baker, director of the mint,
will be married at Mrs. Vanderbilt's
country place at Lenox, Mass, early in
June.
News of the Smelling Of the Spanish
steamer Maria Pia, which caused the
death of her captain and several pas
sengers, reached Washington in diplo-
matte dispatches. The vessel reached
u Spanish port after her encounter.
Government war
loans to the allies, run above $780,
100000 for May, and set a new high
RECORD for any belllgerent nation.
To meet the drain that the duel of
death imposes on her, Germany is
mobiliLing youths born during the first
malt OF 1900. barely II years old, said
entente official reports.
The largest annual army a%ppropria-
tion bill in history, carrying S12,911,-