Taiban Valley news., 1918-04-12
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
oAYINGs, DoIN c 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, suFFERlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

American forces now are occupy
ing a 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 at Hango, on the
southern coast of Finland, southeast
of Helsingfors.
The recent British aerial raids on
Cologne caused 24S deaths, half Of
whom were soldiers, according to re-
ports received at Basle.
In the week ending 5Iarch 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
counter attack
Just to the southwest of Albert, the
British have withdrawn short dis
tance 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, an important commercial and in
dustrial center on the Dnieper river,
250 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 Nouvelles state
that on the occasion of the last en-
tente allied air raid on Coblenz twen-
ty-six persons we're killed and 100
wounded. Great damage was done,
the railroad station being demolished.
In the last raid on Treves, sixty per-
sons were killed and hundreds were
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 38 per cent in Okla
homa and AZ per cent in Kansas.
Transfer OF the Hammond distil-
lery, one of the largest in the Sixth
internal revenue district, into a 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
to Charles Wolhlschlegel, secretary of
the Miami branch of the l. W. W., who
Is now in jail, were made public by
the federal authorities at Globe, Ariz.
Wolhlschelgel was arrested in a raid
On the l. w. w. hall in Miami
The average loss by fire in Colorado |
'or 1917 was only $1.03 per person,
according to insurance figures for the
year. Colorado is the third lowest,
he two lowest being Utah with 95
,ents and New Mexico with "a cents.
WASHINGTON
Orders have been issued to increase
ize Of ships being built.
Secretary Bakers tour of inspection
n Europe is about at an end.
Another Germanic peace" offensive
cen in Count Czernin's address.
President Wilson will answer Count
'zernins peace talk with assurances
hat America will fight to finish"
Official announcement was made by
he State Department that the Japan
Sc government has landed armed
orces in Vladivostok.
King George sent greetings to Pres
lent Wilson on the occasion of the
rst anniversary of the entry of the
-nited States into the war.
Formulation of national war labor
olicy based on the recent recon- ]
lendations of the war labor confer. ]
ace board was recommended to Pres |
lent Wilson by Secretary of Labor l
Tilson.
News reached Washington that Italy
rs sent large force to Join General 7
och's reserve army. G
War expenses have averaged about d
100000 a day since the first of
ly, the Treasury Department an 6
unced. O
rhe great war thus far has cost over
100000, 100000, Representative Hull, b
,nnessee, financial authority in Con-
ess, estimated d
The first anniversary of the entry N
the United States into the war P
md General Pershing's veterans n
newhere in the battle zone. k