Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1918-03-31
the WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A oRieF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS m THIS AND FOR.
eicN coUNTRiEs.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
polNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR


w~stsrn Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR
American artillery fires gas shells
against Germans.
attack on French.
The S.000-ton steamer Stolt-Nielsen
was sunk in European waters.
The admiralty reports the loss by
mine or submarine of seventeen Brit
ish merchantmen last week.
The crew Of the Norwegian steam
ship Wegadesk. 4.271 tons gross. has
been rescued from lifeboats.
French forces penetrated the enemy
lines in the Rheims region to the depth
Of 1000 yards and brought back pris-
oners. the French war office stated.
The workmen's and Soldiers Asso-
citation has been making efforts to
form q separate Siberian republic. ac-
cording to q special dispatch from irk-
utsk.
War Minister Trotzky, addressing
the Moscow Soviet. received the wild
est applause when he pleaded for inn
mediate creation OF q large Russian
army.
Raids attempted by the enemy in
the neighborhood Of Fauquissart were
successfully repulsed by Portuguese
troops" says Rome official commun-
ication-
Berlin reports: Great losses were
caused among the population of Menin
and Halluin tsoutheast Of Ypres) sit
uated behind our front, by the enemy's
fire and dropping Of bombs"
Intense. unceasing German bonn
bardments along the northeast and
southeast sectors Of the French front.
and in the Champagne region. were re-
ported by the French war office.
The verdun offensive OF the Ger
mans, in which they failed utterly to
break the French line. has been esti-
mated in conservative quarters as hav-
ing cost them something like 100000
men.
The Germans Thursday launched a
uc1Ny 8lthSA oh "toC ihoht onA
near the Cambria sector. This assault
bears the earmarks Of being the be-
ginning OF the enemy's great often
sive.
Attacks by German storm troops in
the regions of Newport, Dixmude and
Merckem gained a footing at some
points, but all were expelled by coun-
ter attacks, says the Belgian official
statement.
Field Marshal Haig's report from
British headquarters in France de-
scribes the German offensive as com
prising an intense bombardment by
the artillery and Q powerful infantry
attack on q front Of fifty miles. Some
Of the British positions were pene-
trated, but the German losses are said
to have been exceptionally heavy and
British lines held.
WESTERN
Fire damaged the roundhouse and
shops of the Colorado 4 Southern rail
road to the extent Of $l2s.000 at Chey-
erne. Wyo
The lower house OF the South Da.
kota Legislature ratified the federal
prohibition constitutional amendment
making South Dakota the tenth state
to accept the amendment
More than 1000 members Of the
United Garment Workers employed by
fifty Chicago firms went on q strike
~ Azw..~A
cent increase in wages was refused.
Granted gophers were served al
Fresno, Cal. at . luncheon in connec
ton with . convention Of the Califor
mia Association Of County Horticultur
al commissioners who have been con
sidering plans for the determination
of ground squirrels and gophers.
WASHINGTON
One American officer and three men
were killed aboard an American de
stroyer March 10. when the vessel
coIlided with . British warship, the
Navy Department announced.
Representative Hilliard OF Colorado
introduced Q bill in the House to EN-
power the government to acquire By
eminent domain in the form Of leases
the telephone and telegraph facilities
Of the country.
Touched BY q picture Of the un
marked graves Of the Tuscania vic
tins buried ON the Scottish coast
President Wilson cabled Ambassador
Page ut London to buy for him suit
able floral tribute and have II placed
on the resting place Of the soldiers.
Germany 3 charged e oss:c:s: S:s
PATCHES from France with having at
tempted to force Sweden to become {
participant in the Brest-ivotsk con
Terraces for . settlement Of question:
affecting the Baltic. Failing with hel
dipsonacy, the dispatch says, Ger
many resorted 10 force In occupying
the A;and Islands, landing her troop'
under Tie psetext of acting on a-re
asest fFuo he Binss.
Secretary Il War Baker viii % Il
Ehs1and sftsr eeacIuding his visit d
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