Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-03
DOTS AND DASHES
WIRE NEWS OF
THE WEEK
Var News.


Asiago Plateau under the Austro-Ger-
man attack, according to the Italian
war office statement. Some guns and
numerous machine guns were recap
tured.
The city of Mannheim, in Germany,
on the Rhine, was bombarded by
British air squadron early on Monday,
says an official statement. A ton of
bombs was dropped and several fires
were started. All but one of the Brit
ish machines returned.
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Unexpectedly baked in their march
toward the plain by the loss of the
Monte Asolone positions within TWEEN
ty-four hours after they had captured
them, the Austro-German forces are
concentrating heavily, according to all
available reports, north and northeast
of this important approach to domi-
mating Monte Grappa.
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The capture of Bethlehem is an
nounced in a dispatch from Reuters
correspondent in Palestine. The occu-
patton was brought about by the same
British strategy that had as it's object
the protection of the holy places from
the destruction and defilement of war.
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The Italians on the northern line in
Italy between the Brenta and Piave
rivers have ceased, for the time being
at least, their defensive warfare
against the attacks of the Austro-Ger-
mans and assumed the offensive with
signal successes on several sectors.
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The British war office communica-
ton says: This morning raid was
attempted by the enemy northeast of
Messines. 1t was repulsed by our rifle
and machine gun fire. We captured
a few prisoners in patrol encounters
on different parts of the front"
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Complete repulse of the recent at
tack by the Austro-German forces.
which was delivered on the Tasson-
Col Del Orso front, between the Brenta
and the Piave, was announced by the
war office The enemy suffered heavy
losses. New attempts by the enemy to
cross the Piave Vecchia were frus-
trated.
A heavy bombardment in Lorraine
and a strong German attack against
the French trenches north of Reillons,
which was repulsed, have been an
nounced by the French war office.
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Washington.
Evidence has been uncovered by
government agents indicating that
American Industrial Workers of the
World, Russian Bolsheviki, Irish agi-
tators and revolutionists in various
countries at war with Germany may
be seeking to lay the foundation of an
elaborate worldwide plan to over
throw existing social order.
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Every household in the land, from
the White House to the most humble
cottage, is to have it's coal shovel
tagged with war time economy hints
Wednesday, January 80. The Fuel Ad-
ministration announced that the SER
vices of the % million odd school chill
dren were being enlisted for the task.
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Distribution for Christmas time of
government allowances and soldiers
allctments to dependents of enlisted
men has been started by the war risk
bureau. BY Christmas day thousands
of wives, widowed mothers and other
dependents of soldiers had their first
payments. representing the amount
due for November.
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The federal farm loan board an
nounced recently ii advocates amend
ment to the Farm Loan Act under
which many private farm mortgage
bankers may enter the government
system as joint stock land banks.
Senator Francis G. NewlandS of Ne
vada is dead at his home in Washing
ton of heart disease. Senator New
lands died after an illness of a few
hours. He was stricken while at work
in his office at the Senate office
building.
Direct assurances of the confidence
of both British and French comman-
ders in General Pershing's ability and
their satisfaction with the breadth and
soundness of his preparations to make
American arms effective on the west
ern front have reached Washington.
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Domestic
Cadet a. Ross Harrison of the royal
flying corps was instantly killed Sun
day morning at o'clock at Everman
Tex, when his machine crashed to the
ground, a distance of four hundred
feet
Through long series of telegram