Tombstone epitaph., 1918-05-26
AN EPITOME or
LATE 1--we news
CONDENSED RECORD OF tn 9
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND AsRoAo.
FROM ALL SOURCES
eAviNcS, D o n q ., ACHIEVE.
MENTs. sUFFGRiNes, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
ABOUT THE WAR

Adult Jd6 WAX
Ten passengers, one European and
nine Arabs, we're killed when the
French steamer Atlantique was torpe-
doed in the Mediterranean.
Italy, In an informal way. has made
known TO the United States that the
presence OF American troops on the
Italian front is greatly desired.
American gunners have been at
work in the general bombardment that
has been going on and have again set
buildings in Montdidier in flames.
German aviation has proven a signal
failure in the great offensive on the
western front, according 10 an officer
correspondent OF the London Post.
A daring raid on the Austrian naval
base at Pola has been made by Italian
units. and an Austrian battleship OF
the 2o.0e0-ton type has been destroy ed
Serbia received another credit OF
her total Indebtedness 10 the United
States 100000 and the total OF all
the allies s5.766. $4,000.
In intense aerial fighting on the
western front May Is. thirty seven
German airplanes were accounted for
by British aviators, while eleven Brit
ish machines were reported missing.
Along the front from the Stelvio
pass to Lake Garda enemy patrols
have been repulsed by the Italians.
Between Lake Garda and the Brenta
and on the Asiago plateau the art'l-
lery fire has increased.
II seems that there will be renew
al OF the German thrust in the Elan
ders area shortly. either as a separat q
operation or in conjunction with a re
opening OF the offensive on a great
scale all along the battle line.
The German troops adopted forcible
tactics in disbanding the ukrainian
rada which had failed TO serve Ger.
manys purposes. A witness OF the
seizure of the Ukrainian government
by the Germans arrived in Moscow
and related the details.
Martial law has been proclaimed al
Odessa by the Austrian commandant
at the request of the Germans. accold'
ing to advices from Amsterdam. Stree:
fighting in Odessa is reported A.
View. Austrian patrols are in the
streets day and night and thousands OF
persons are fleeing from the city.
Four thousand Germans and mem.
bers of the Finnish White Guard were
killed in q battle near sIsh.is. sixty
miles northeast OF Helsingfors. 1t was
reported al Moscow. The German
bombardment killed many civilians
After the occupation of Tammerfors
eighty-five miles northeast OF .Abo. BY
White Guards. 500 Russian Officers
and soldiers were shot They were
executed in groups OF forty or fifty by
machine guns.
WESTERN
A temporary 10 per cent wage in
crease was granted by the national la
Dor board TO ST. Louis street car eni
ployes.
Enormous product OF wool In Ari
IONA. Estimate Of 145 carloads TO De
sent from Phoenix. Five million
pounds awaiting shipment.
Included in the list OF names OF men
who have qualified at the third Off
GERS training camp. Ninety-first divi
sion, Camp Lewis. Washington. are
two Colorado boys and two from
Wyoming.
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison. wife
of the governors general of the Philip
pine islands, was granted an interlocu
tory decree of divorce in the Superior
Court at San Diego. Cal. on a charge
OF desertion.
WASHINGTON
Prohibition for Hawaii il provided
for in a bill passed by the Senate with
out a roll call
President tells senators he is op
posed to genesal investigation OF the
conduct Of the war.
Fhe last obstacle in the way Of reg
istration of men q years old on JUNE
8 was removed when the House
adopted the conference report on the
ZlNe3r-Otu Oii
The lowest death rate in army
: camps and environments in this coun
try since last November was report ID
by Surgeon General Goethals for the
week. ending May IL.
Representative Edward T. Taylor
wants the United States to have q M
tional flower and knows Of no prettieI
one than the columbine open to adop
ton. To have the state flower OF
Colorado 30 honored Is the purpose Of
a-bIH he introduced in the lover house
of Congress.
The War Department has fixed Q
goal OF 1.s00. 900 fighting men and 2,
900 men of all branches Of the ser
vice IN Prnsce before the end Of 1918.
President Wilson invited Charles z
Hughes % assist In aircraft investiga
tios. md request accsDtsd.