Tombstone epitaph., 1918-04-14
AN EPITOmE OF
LATE LIVE news
CONDEMNED RECORD OF TINS
PRocREss OF EVENTS At
NOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
oAvihos. ooiN q Q, ACHIEVE.
MENrs, suFFGRiNos. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
western Nsvspapsr Union Nsws Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

Wsstsrn Nsvspapsr Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR
The British have recaptured Ayetts.
south Of Arras.
American forces now are occupy
ing . sector on the Meuse heights
south Of verdun.
Fierce fighting has broken out in
the districts OF Batoum, Kars and Ard
ahm. In the Caucasus.
Thirty German transports with
troops have arrived ~ Hanso. on the
southern coast Of Finland. southeast
Of Helsingfors.
The recent British aerial raids on
Cologne caused PAS deaths. half of
whom were soldiers, according to re-
ports received At Basic.
In the week ending March 80 Teu.
tonic submarines sank three Italian
steamships of more than 1900 tons
and destroyed one sailing vessel.
At Dernancourt and southwest OF
Albert the Germans succeeded In get,
ting a footing in allied defenses. The
situation at Albert was restored by a
counter attack.
Just to the southwest Of Albert, the
British have withdrawn a short dis
lance and the French have given up
the village of Castle. west Of Moreuil,
says Fridays report.
In southern Russia the Germans
have captured the town Of Ekaterin.
slav, en- important commercial and in
dustrial center on the Dnieper river,
$50 miles southeast OF Odessa
A German attack north Of Moreuil
WAS repulsed by the French fire. and
the enemy was unable to gain foot.
ing In any part OF the French posi-,
tions, the war office announces, ex,
cept at one point.
Friday. the German official state.
ment claimed successes both north
and south Of the Somme and that the
number of prisoners taken since the
beginning of the drive has increased
to 10000 and the guns captured now
total 1900. The French estimate
places German losses at 100000.
Dispatches to Les Nouvelies state
that on the occasion Of the last en-
tente allied air raid on Coblenz TWEEN,
ty-six persons were killed and 100
wounded. Great damage was done,
the railroad station being demolished.
In the last raid on Treves. sixty per
hnnAVeda
wounded, the railroad station was
damaged and streets in the neighbor-
hood were heaped with ruins.
WESTERN
During the last two months oil pro-
duction increased IS per cent in Okla
homa and AZ per cent in Kansas.
Transfer OF the Hammond distil-
lsry. one Of the largest in the Sixth
internal revenue district, into q feed
mill, was begun at Hammond. Ind.
Copies Of two personal letters writ
ten upon official stationery Of the ex.
ecutive office by Gov. G. W. P. Hunt
10 Charles woihischiesei. secretary OF
the Miami branch of the l. w. W., who
IL now In Jail, were made public By
the federal authorities At Globe, AriI.
Wolhlschelgel was arrested in = raid
on the /. W. w. hall in Miami.
The average loss by fire in Colorado
for 1917 was only S1.03 per person,
according to insurance figures for the
year. Colorado IL the third lowest,
ths two lowest being Utah With IS
cents and New Mexico with 81 cents.
WARRINGTON
Orders have been issued to increase
size Of ships being built.
Secretary Bakers tour Of inspection
in Europe ID about at an end.
Another Gsrmanic peace" offensive
seen in Count Cssrnin's address.
President Wilson viii answer Count
Csernin's peace talk with assurances
that America will fight to finish"
Official announcement was made by
the State Department that the Japan
ese government has landed armed
forces In vladivostok.
Kfng George sent greetings to Pres
idsnt Wilson on the occasion Of the
first anniversary Of the entry Of the
United States into the war.
Formulation Of q national war labor
policy based on the recent recon-
mendations Of the war labor confer.
ence board was recommended to Pres
ident Wilson by Secretary Of Labor
Wilson.
News reached Washington that Italy
has ssnt large force to Join General
Foeh's reserve army.
War expenses have avenged about
tl1yO00. 900 . day since the first 81
July, the Treasury Department an
noanced
The great var thus far has cost ovel
S10o, oo0. 00o. 900, Representative Hull
Tennessee, finaneiaI authority IN Con
Grees, estimated.
The firyt snniversasy Of the eatry
oe u Un1te1 States into TIE Wal
euund 0Dssal PeFshinGs veterans
ssoewhsrs b the hattie sose.