, 1918-05-09

the Crimea.
British casualty lists published dur
ing April showed 1888 officers killed,
4,s41 wounded INT 2,459 missing;
$3.50 men killed; 35,3O4 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 900. 900.
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 to 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 1O9
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-
manfan origin who were captured by
the Italians while fighting under the
Austrian flag have asked permission
to 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 80, north of Castel,
q height which afforded good observa-
tton of allied communication lines.
The Germans took 1000 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 Of the monarchy, but the
Young Firms demand a continuation
Of the republic.
WESTERN
The postoffice at Benson, Ariz., was
destroyed by fire.
Under the new draft call for $685. 900
men, Colorado will send 2,079 men to
Camp Cody, N. M; Arizona, 1874 t.
Camp Cody; Nebraska, 1873 to Camp
Dodge, Iowa; Kansas, 1871 to Camp
Funston, Kan; New Mexico, 9S5 to
Camp Cody; Wyoming, 1877 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
sA"t VI thS AouIb NoIIldub
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 west
Of the Mississippi. Six million dollars
was willed him by his uncle, Louis
Celia, racing magnate and theatrical
man, who left an estate of s12, OOO, 900.
Louis widow died a 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 n of the 5000 officers on
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 hat pre-
vailing April "a, this year. By thus
stabilizing the raw material market,
officials think a reduction in the cost
Of shoes will be effected.
Every ton Of steel and pig iron in
the country virtually has been COM
Wandered by the government for war
purposes.
A call for 6,207 skilled men for the
National Army was sent out by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder. 1t d.
reefs the movement of the men on
May II.
Railroads under the four months of
government operation just closed re.
ceiyed from the government SOC, GA.
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