Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-12
AN EP|TOME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM all SOURCES
SAVINGS. D I'm G ., ACHIEVE.
MENTs, suFFERiNes. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
ABOUT THE WAR

Western Newspaper Union news service.
ABOUT THE WAR
German forces have occupied Sebas-
topol. the great Russian fortress in
the Crimea.
British casualty lists published dur
ing April showed 1858 officers killed.
4,s4l wounded and 2.45S missing;
S.lSs men killed: 35.304 wounded and
S14 missing.
A high English authority is quoted
BY the London Graphic as estimating
the German losses in killed. wounded
and captured since March 81 as at
least s0o. 1000
Articles appearing in German news
papers would seem TO indicate efforts
TO prepare the German people for an
nouncement that there will be no i'm
mediate attempt 10 take Ypres.
Capt. Ting CHA Chen, military
counsellor TO the President OF China,
and also TO the Chinese minister of
war, said that China now is sending
10000 troops to France to fight for the
allies.
In their campaign in Italy TO date
British aviators have destroyed 1913
enemy machines while losing thirteen
themselves. according TO an official
statement from the London war office
on the campaign on the Italian front.
Eighteen thousand soldiers of Ru-
manian origin who were captured by
the Italians while fighting under the
Austrian flag have asked permission
10 go to the front against Austria.
The request has been granted and or
CARNATIONS of these troops Is under
way
Except for Mont KENNEL and a
small strip to the east, including the
Messines ridge, the Germans are on
much lower ground than the French
and British, and must either fight on
or be compelled eventually TO with
draw before the smothering fire OF
the allied artillery
While waiting for the Germans to
make the next move, the allies have
not been idle. All along the line their
patrols have been active. and at Han
gard and Villers- Bretonneux. before
Amiens, they have taken tactical posi-.
lions from the Teutons. One of these
positions was Hill 50, north Of Castel,
a height which afforded good observa.
ton Of allied communication lines.
The Germans took 1l,00O prisoners
in Helsingfors. according to dispatches
from the Finnish capital. and 5000
more in Viborg, including the Red
guard premier. Viborg was bonn
barded for eleven hours. and partially
destroyed. The Finnish civil and par.
liamentary bodies have agreed to a
restoration o. the monarchy, but the
Young Firms demand a continuation
Of the republic.
WESTERN
The postoffice At Benson, Ariz., was
destroyed by fire.
men, Colorado will send 2,079 men TO
Camp Cody, N. NJ; Arizona, 1884 to
Camp Cody; Nebraska, 1873 to Camp
Dodge. Iowa: Kansas, 1871 to Camp
Funston. Kan: New Mexico, ss5 to
Camp Cody; Wyoming. ls7 to Camp
Lewis, Wash, and Utah, sos to Camp
Lewis
Mrs. Myron Jones of Denver has
just been made chairman OF the
finance committee for the West Cen
trail division of tie Young Woman's
Christian Association and will have
charge of the states of Wyoming
Utah. Colorado and Kansas
John Celia, 8 years old, of st. Louis
is probably the wealthiest boy ives,
Of the Mississippi. Six million dollars
was willed him by his uncle. Louis
Celia, racing magnate and theatrical
Louis widow died few days ago, and
her half OF the estate goes to the boy
WASHINGTON
The House committee on postoffices
turned down a proposition to make the
District Of Columbia bone dry"
Every one Of the 5000 officers or
duty In the War Departments ord
nance bureau has applied for foreign
service.
The price fixing committee Of the
War Industries Board set the maxi
mum price of the present stocks oil
packed and country hides At that pre-
vailing April "a, this year. By thus
stabilixing the raw material market
officials think q reduction in the cost
of shoes will be effected.
Every ton of steel AID pig iron in
the country virtually has been com
Wandered BY the government for wal
purposes.
A call for 6.207 skilled men for the
National Army was sent out by Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder. II di
reefs the movement of the men on
Nay II.
Railroads under the four months oil
government operation just closed re
ceived from the government $50, 614,
900 - loans or advance payments on
government compensation. Director
General McAdoo announced