The Ordway new era., 1918-03-29

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planes.
The British have crossed the River
Jordan.
French gain victory over Germans
In Lorraine.
Canadians smother foe about Lens
with poison gas.
Greatest battle of war extends
along 50-mile front.
The s,OOO-ton steamer Stolt-Nielsen
was sunk in European waters.
A long-range mystery gun shells
Paris at distance of seventy-four
miles.
The admiralty reports the loss by
mine or submarine of seventeen Brit
ish merchantmen last week.
The crew of the Norwegian steam
ship Wegadesk. 4.271 tons gross, has
been rescued from lifeboats.
The Germans have occupied the
city Of Ochakoy. on the Dnieper es-
tuary, forty-one miles northeast OF
Odessa.
The withdrawal OF Haig's forces to
prepared positions at the opening OF
tnt kACdt 10 oCNiaiCa " NC AhS
ter strategy.
London-Enemy first and second
line positions on part of the sector
east of Luneville have been destroyed
by American artillery fire.
War Minister Trotzky. addressing
the Moscow Soviet, received the Wild
est applause when he pleaded for i'm
INC taf nf RnSafun
army.
Friday dispatches emphasized the
heavy cost to the Germans of the first
days struggle, and depict the ground
from which the British have with
drawn as being Uttered with German
dead.
The first infantry fighting reported
in the inception of the great German
offensive took place along curved
line extending from Lagnicourt to
Gauche wood, just south of Gouzeau-
court.
Powerful enemy attacks delivered
with great weight of infantry and ar
tillery, have broken through the Brit
ish defensive system west Of st. Quen-
tin. the war office reported Saturday
morning.
Exactly twenty-five months after
the Germans began the historic bat
tie Of verdun, the thunder of their
guns deepened into tempest of fire
along the British front in northern
France and they began what may be
the greatest battle of the war,
struggle which may lead to results
which will shape the destinies of mil
lions of people over coming centuries.
WESTERN
The woman's primary suffrage bill
was passed In the Texas senate. The
vote was II to 4, with five pairs.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucretia
R. Garfield. widow of the late Presi-
dent, James A. Garfield, were held at
Cleveland, Ohio.
Snow fell for twelve hours at Peri
CO. in Dallam county. according to
word received at Fort Worth, Tex. 1t
melted about as rapidly as it hit the
earth.
The last step in the enactment OF n
statewide prohibition law for Texas
was taken when Gov. w. p. Hobby at
tached his signature to the statutory
prohibition bill.
E. A. Bourne. minister at Joplin,
Mo-, received message from Doug
las. Ariz., stating that his brother.
Benjamin w. Bourne. wealthy stock
man, is held prisoner by Mexican
bandits across the border from Doug
las.
WASHINGTON
Wilson restricts railroads capital
expenditures.
Zone system for soft coal distribu-
tion completed.
The Senate passed bill fixing 1918
price of wheat at $3.50.
Germany threatened Holland when
United States seized ships.
Sinking of the Spanish vessels, the
steamer Arpillao and the ship Begona.
by German submarines was reported
In official dispatches from Barcelona.
The Begona was attacked while on its
way to Piraeus. The Arpillao was
sunk off the Canary islands.
Germany has threatened to impose
still heavier terms of peace upon Ru.
mania unless that country agrees to
those already proposed; the State De.
partment was informed in delayed
telegram from Ambassador Francis.
Field Marshal Mackensen of the Ger
man army informed the Rumanians OF
the alternative.
According to reports from Petro-
grad, rumor is current at Moscow
that Germany has offered important
concessions to the allies conditioned
upon the recognition of the Brest.
Litoysk treaty Of peace.