The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, December 13, 1917, Image 6
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IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, NA.
TION AND THE WORLD
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ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
A Condensed Record Of Happenings
Of Interest From All Points
Of The World
Washington.
Large numbers of American ariny
engineers working on the British rail
ways in the region of Gouzeaucourt,
caught in the German turning move
ment, escaped by lying in shell holes
and prone on the ground while the
British fired over them. There they
remained until the British were near
enough to enable the Americans to join
the ra nks, when they fought valiantly
and played an important part in re
plying to the enemy. ''he Brilish
commanders refer to their gallant be
havior with the greatest enthusiasm.
Confronted by a' war budget stag
gering the imagination, an accumula
tion of problems directly and indirect
ly related to the war surpassing in
volume and importance any legisla
tive program in American parliamen
tary annals, the Sixty-fifth Congress
began its regular session i)ecember 3.
It is feared that much of the non
partisan team work which character
ized the last session of congress will
entirely disappear from the present
session.
hlere are some of the important mat
ters to be settled by congress at the
session just begun: Expulsion pro
ceedings against Senator I ,afollette of
Wisconsin; now war tax; bond issues
probably exceeding $25,000.000,000;
peace debates; new draft legislation; i
Webb export bill; the administration
civil rights bill; nation-wide prohibi- I
(ion; woman's suffrage.
Preparations for greater govern- I
mental aid in adjusting labor supply t
to war needs have been put under c
way by the council of national de- 1
tense. C
President Wilson will not act has- r
thy in condemn lg the new regime
in control of affairs in Russia. I
National Guardsmien froni every s
Ptate in the Union are now in l"raice, I
it is announced by (he war depart- s
met. y
'The French are enthusiastic in rec- it
ognit ion of the troops liat have aniv
ed on their soil from the nilted States. n
The war depart ment announces for it
the information of relatives and fatal- it
lies of National Uanrtlsmlen sailing for it
France that every one who sailed from w
the United States has arrived safely
in France.
So-called ''slacker'' commissions, by II
which mnca of draft age are seeking to U
escape service in the ranks and get of
ficers places in non-con ha tant branch- (1
es of the army, have struck a snag in ti
two general policies indit down by See
retary Ilaker. These are, first, (halt
no man of draft age can be comnmis
sioned unless it is shown clearly that
they are better fitted for the special
work than for army service; sectontd, 1
that no function of (lie army that can
he carr-led on efficeiently with civilians l
shall be plauced tin a military foting a
by commiiiissioinJg (te meii nieededl to
supervise (lie work.v
IEvery police official In the country a
will become par-t of the great maclilac I
organized for 1)u1ilig (lie natlinal
armiy iund~er wvar deil'artmen ct lplans an
nouniedl by Provost Mlarshiat Crowder. i
Postal authoritiles will plan an active
part ini hieluing ((1 carry (oulit thenw
rcgtulationus of thie wvar dcpar-t meal, and
the provost miarshiai general believes t
lpostnl athorities the local exemption
boar ds will lie greatly assisted't in reg
istering in and get ing Ithiem to (t'
Genieual l't'ish ing relport(s live deatha
amoung (lie trioo-s tof (lie U niteid Stat es
opterating in Fruauitce.
S ecretary oif War- llaker is (on a tourt'
of inspect ion tf the uarmy traindig
eamips, (lint wvill take him toiIi .1lckson
ville, Fla.
A 'Ttooto tdispatchl- anlnotunces that
Canatda has oversubscribetd its $300,
000,0100 Victoi-y loanu by aluiost six anld
a half mIllion dtllars.
Domestic.
In a flgght at Buena Vistat, Texas, be
tween United States cavalurymen uin
deri Lieuit. Leonard F". Matlock atnd
Mexican cattle thIeves, one soldier
was killed and another wounded. 'The
foreman of an Amuerican ranch, acting
as scouit for the soldiers, was killed
Maclilac guns were tusedl by the cav
alry to du'ive the Mexcansm from the
houses of Bunens. Vista in which they
had taken refuge. The bandits num
bered 200, of whom 35 wvere killed and
many wounded.
The last of the escaped men from
Fort McPherson, Ga., has been cap
tured. HeI was Carl Sabel, and lie
was appirehiended in New York CIty.
TI-i latest issue of treasury certifl
cates of indebtedness, dueo next June
25, and receivable In payment of in
2 come and excess profit taxes, wvas
closed when the issue hiad reached
about $690,000,000, which is more than
any previous issue.
A ten-inch bomb with an unlighted
fuse was found on the window ledge
at the Detroit police station.
Branded on her breast and back,
apparently with acid, and (lazed as if
from drugs, Mrs. Ida Browning, .24,
of Somonauk, Ill., was found semi
conscious in the Union statIon at Chi
cago at night.
Twelve indictme:i's charging murder
in the first degree were returned by
the grand jury in New York as the re
suit of confessions of Ralph Daniello
relative to the existence of a so-call
ed "murder syndicate," controlling
gambling and graft in the Italian colo
nies of Greater New York.
A bureau of complaints where re
ports of overcharging by food retailers
can be made by the public, will be es
tablished in New York City.
A circle of anarchists haVe been en
gaged in sending out fake reports in
the United States anent the food sup
ply. The effort was directed to ut
dermining the work of the food ad
inhist ration. 'T'he circle is being
broken up.
European.
The attempts of Bavarian Crown
Prince Rupprecht by an enie -i;ng
movement to nullify the brillIan t ati
vance of British General Ilyng towai
Cambrai has resulted apparently in
complete failure.
The Vienna Niue Freie Presse' in
vites iEngland to consider wheth lw it
is not possible to open peace proposals.
It considers that such an invitation
should properly come from Austr ia
because the dissensions between Eng
land and Germany do not directly af
feet Austria.
News by way of lndon says that
ilolsheviki, while they will treat with
the 'Teutonic powers for an arlistice,
will be thoroughly 011 their guardt for
any kind of trickery.
The Gornans in a violent offensive
over the entire front w1er1 the Iliit
ish1 made their notable gains have
Pushed back General 13yngs 11(101 at
Ve1'aI p1onts, iEspecially severe was
the attack between the liourlon wood
11nd M~otuvres, wvhere the ltritish linr,
uinder its iipetus w'as driven limek to
the Vicinity of lth' ltapaune-t'lilrai
road north of Graincourt ---ia d i- taic'
>f about two miles..
'i'he viliage' of 1,avnieueiie hias t1
'ecaptured from the liitisI by ithe (1.
nans. Th1e 1Iritish, however, clai ilt
aye re0nltur i''d this village, htow ever.
On the Italian front tht' li're 'n
agenpc-nts by infantry, in which the'
non often came into hand to hand en
ou1ntel's, have turned into du(l4'l with
he big guns in I the hilly region rth t
f the tenetian plain aitnd along Ihe
fiddle and lower Iat ve river.
In Palestine on the line e'xtendlin~g
rOm the northeast of Jerusalemu (o !1h1
ea the Turkish forces facing 1114'
coops unttder General Allenby are
lowing consideraei' aelivity, but as
et have matde no manuver in tIh na
tre of a genelaI a at (tk.
The president of th' G'rmnan foot
gulation1 bureaui told the' Prussjin
wer house tiat there need be no anx
ty about the Germaiin food suiply;
i're is plenty, he says, and tere
iII ('Ont1tiue to be pi'lity.
Bread and potatoes form the basm$.
the food supply of Germany, but
115 was true before the war, say tho
('rml)an authorities. t
The German chancellor an1oiunCes
tat h is ready to enter into ntegotia
ms with Itussia just as soon as thel
Iussian government sends representa-l 1
res having full powers to Berlin.
The strongest 11m11)01 us to a renewal
the heal 0(1 liscussions of the rival
hools on the war policy of the ai
's was provoked fr'om a miost utnex
eclod qutate r by the Ipublication1 of
long letter fromit the Marqutis of
intsdowne, sItrongiy pleaidintg for a r'e
sion of th~e allies' war aimts andl~ atn
emltit t) securet peacee btefore "1the
lilt of the civilized wortld."' The ilet
r' is espe4ciatliy sigiilcant becaiuse of
e opening of the inter-allied confer'
ice att Paris.
Lord Latnsdown cotendats that a im
('1se' sI ttiuls wouhtli be4 given to thte
'ate party iln Gemiatny if it were' tun.
'trsttotd, fir'st, that t' aniilationi of
ermtany as a great powert is not de
red; secondt, tha1 t' te do ot st'tk to
iiio)8t uipton theo Germtant 1eople a
irmh 0f goveranment aigatinst thleir
Itoi cc; tirdf, thaI, e'xceplt as a log itl
mn t' wvar meoasure, wt' tdt not detsire
SdtenyV( t'rmaitny htetr itce amonttig
heo greoat commer114'cial coulnntis;
mth, that we are prep~iarced aiftter the
'ar I, in ctoncert withI 1 the other power's,
II e'xamnhai th iltrat itnai pr'ob)ltms
eas; fifth, that we ait- trepatredl to 411
or inito ant inltersIltl ial paict undter
ttodedI fort the se'ttlemen01t (If interna
.lonal dlisputes by pealct'fut me1ans1."
'PTte wr- cretit of fifteeni billion
nark-is asked fotr by Chauncellor von
tiertling ptassed its first reaidings in
he reichstag after brief remarks by
Deputies Schelodemann and Hlaaz. In
the debatc followIng the chancellor's
spleechl, H err Trimborn, on behtalf of
the Centrum, condened( both a peace
of aiggr-ession antd it pb'acc of renutncl
rThe Autstro-Hlungar'ian gover-nmcnt
has sent an official reply accept ing thte
Russian goIvernmtlent's wireless pro
1)osal to eniter ito negotiations for an
armiiist ice and a gencral ipeatce treaty,
Thte e'nd of the. East African cam
paign is predictedl by a correspondent
at Nadara,
The feeling on the bourse, says an
Amustrdam1 dispatch, Itat the Russo
German ntegot iationst lportendt a short
enitng of the war- has cautscd a rush of
buyinig orders, although thtere are
warnings that a peace with Rlussia
(d0es not miean peace in Europe.
A secret treaty between Gr-eat Brit
aln, Firatnce, Russia and Italy has been
given out by tihe B3olsheviki govern
ment. Great Britaini, France andI Ruts
sla, accortding to tihe text, agreed to
Italy annexing the Trentino, the south
Tryrol, Istria, D~almat ia, certain islands
in the Grecian archipelago and ter'
tory in Ania Minor na Africa.
1-Scnet a :.d o q
(le. r t C . . P p
1nterane War Civonereneaduin
Paris Opens With Russia
the Big Topic.
LENINE DEALS WITH BOCHES
Germans Accept Bolsheviks Proposal
of Armistice-Signs of Collapse of
R adical "Government" - Ital
ian Crisis Considered Over
-Supreme War Coun
cil for United States.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
The great interallied1 war conference
)1 ened1 in Paris on Tlhursdlay and( thie
vorbl is justified in expecting wmien
olis restults from it, though they may
eot he immuedilately evid1ent.
Aside from the question of unified
fontrol of the war, one of the most
mplortan lt nilatters considlered by the
onference, of course, was the Russian
ituation. This was rapidly muoving
o a elimax, for dluring the week the
epresentatives of the bolshevi'-i gov
rnnment crossed over to the German
(1d1 and made their proposition of an
armistice on all fronts of the belliger
nt countries. Since this i hin coin
Ides with Geramany's dlesires and
loubtless was inspired by her, the
eran nut horities accepted the sug
estion and set Decembher 2 for acon
erence 01n the subject. Meanw'hile
nemnbers o f the Germiaan general staff
vere in Petrograd advising Lenine and
t'rot zky .
The ,,...oferenc n Par t under
to-uo ee ansarvaivisiongaleofa
Lor Robert Ci. 0.i Ilmeasnt
leraliad Wusari Coe rencbe tn
barisog Oe s Wneith Russiealle
nan.The aBasgaorifc heal
Giermns1 Aoft Bnitevi Proosawer
adof ArmitiSins fth Collapse of
hRusia "Gontrtuent asly,
w iek Crisis Coieredt Overe o
-Supra te tme War Coutng.
oei foUntedateRss. a
Thrae groi inteaielirctonsereace
wen the f'rthand Tsme ofi ther
entui hostiedvi n reoluting ilRussia
havie flon tway qtin orfnifredou
tonists of tast war, en e mst
youkorenY, wo coure, bras the xpsi
;itu asl wlls as idas, ill comeito
othe iurface fagalingten wee cotroe
thal(~t aytivef ther iOsracted gou
ryien rosted taous tof the Perussan
rnsThe begnnalnt of the ho eie
was ~ll repte to hav'ethi 11 comeo ein-y
when,~'t accordinto (lpaes froman
Peiitrogr ahs cabliluetl was suertee
by altion metDcinitry2 for advan-e
elaltse on other ajctionwthte
iilhevik o'n te meinority.-a saf
epite he at thd atsn thei en and
met,"Lniead rtkyhv
'hown ( noiehe sinhtes toevkdenero
thiseiio(liey tolruieRuofa, rand
wtei teernt frthey geidnowengny
agentsli of Gemnthe ir action the
ros reIft tharsie lihey ask for
were' folwedt by-ate incd ece
totey avthe, Rssawoud lagige ofe
o Goeran asil aTrie feans ortmrc
Igless xlitato tnd ethera Grmans
wuld an ut inftey more tabl toe
llpossibeir wulldn loe cnetern Eill
The h((opiefl anes f the alnlie
ieaion ofa the ie Sotester
sidon heaitieng fore ebraing ohe
Doli trritory moistiofLeittl Rsse i,
eltower fog rgion and Tuellstn
Thesek theg tre grein-growenrt o
ret,' amt tes tae obeing.knt d
oe unotheastrnRusinart
ofll' S abein alig th11mtois teritry rgh
lyt hspeki Generl Kaleines et
an lov ~' the orckisinl ontoland
h1e, tin13's. t hrn, is aisttilted yolader
x.y
4 2
ters of the British during one of the big
ench candle brigade making candles of
I couimaander of the British forces sent t
who have not yielded to the dictation
of Lenine and his bolshevikists. More
over, the immense gold reserve of the
Russian empire, which was removed
from Petrograd to the Kremlin in 1913,
has been taken still further into the
interior and is out of the reach of the
naximalists. Whether Kaledines and
the Cossacks will chose to support the
social democrats or will aid in a res
toration of the monarchy is not clear.
But sane friends of order, democracy
and freedom feel that anything would
be better than the reign of anarchy
and civil war that threatens Russia
now. *
'The soldiers who remain at the
front are wailing bitterly because of
the shortage of food, and there is a
fine prospect of hundreds of thousands
of these fighting men turning back In
to their country half-starved and
ready to pillage and ravage it without
restraint.
Italy's Danger Lessened.
The heroic Italian troops having
demonstrated their ability to hold back
about four times as many Teutons
along the Plave front, the fears of a
more extended invasion of Italy and
of the capture of Venice are lessening.
During the week great numbers of re
enforcements arrived from the British
and French armies on the west front,
many of them having marched eight
days through the mountains. They
brought with them ample artillery and
supplies. Italian reserves in great
Imasses, young, well-equipped and full
of spirit, also moved north to relieve
those who have been combating the
invaders, and in some places the Ital
ians took the offensive. The fighting,
especially between the Piave and the
Brenta, continued fierce and unabated
throughout the week, and the losses
on both sides were heavy, but the Aus
tro-Germans made no further gains.
Down towarl the Adriatic they made
repeated attempts to cross the river
and the flooded lands in pontoons, but
were completely routed by the Italian
artillery. As the wecek closed the situ
ation in Italy was still serious, but im
proving each day.
Gen. F". B. Maurice, chief director
of military operations in the .British
war oflce, was especially well satis
fled with the week's dlevelopmnents in
Italy. F"romi the fact that Germany
had not brought up vast re-enforce
meats to follow up the initial success
w'ith a decisive blowv, lhe concludled
thamt Germany was unable to send
them. It is now time, he declared,
to eny definitely that the crisis in
Itail' mmas ipassed, this heing due en
tir(e.y to the efforts of the Italiman
alrmiy. "Anglo-Frenchi troop~s am-e now
avaliable ini suflilient (quatities to
saitisfy us thant the situation is se
cre,"' lie conludmed.
Hard Fighting Around Cambral.
Thie war* hats seen no mforeC desiierate
fIght ing than has followed on the heels
of Geeraml Byng's senisatilonni thrust
to~ward1 Cabral. Crown I'rinace Rp
lrechit seemed deteraiined nt to let
that city fall into thle handios of thle
itritish, or at least to imake it a costly
prize, and lis constantly re-em'rorced
tmroops were sent aganst the Britishm
in ihourloni wood again and again amid
in the vylimige of Fontaine, which
chanimgedl hands several timies. By'ng's
men'i hieldl on tenaciously amid usually
had1( the best of it in the hand-to-hmandl
fightinig as wvell as in the artillery com
hmts, andl the tainks continuedl to play
their part. Thir.e monsters often
clearedl the way for the infantry, and
in at Ms ''one instance, wheni they
were themselves held up by superior
forces, the British airmen, flying dar
ingh-y low, routed the enemy wvith ma
chinae guni fIre and1( permitted lie tanks
to go oni. Altogether, it has, been the
mhost spectacubir hattie of the wvar, andl
It lie cost thme Germans a great many
of their best mecn.
-General Byng last week seemuedl to
lie endeavoring to br'eak throumgh to the
north of Camabral, a movement that
probambly wouldl compel the enemiy to
fail hack on a w~idle front. Camb~rai it
self seemis dlomied to destruction.
General i'ershing last week sent
over his second casualty list. It gave
the mimes of two privates who were
killed ini the trenches by German ar
tillery fire and of five severely
U. S. Supreme War Council.
While urgenttly adv'ising upon our
allies more unifledl action in the prose
-cution of thme wvar, the administration
is not overlookinmg the need for sinilar
co-ordlinatedl effort at homie. On Tumes
dnay a great 8(tep toward centralized
fJfltrol of all the country's resources
battles on the west front. 2-Mem
rolled paper boiled In paraffin. 8
o aid the Italians.
was taken in the appointment of a su
perlor war council through which all
the wvar activities of the government
will be enabled to work together. This
council is made up of the members of
the conncl of national def'ense--Secre
taries Baker, Daniels, Lane, Houston,
Rledfld and Wilson-Secretary Mc
Adoo, Chairman Hurley of the ship
ping board, F'ood Administrator Hoov
er, le Administrator Garfld and
Chairman Willard of the war indus
tries board. Director Glitord of the
council of national defense will sit
with this superior council, and [Presi
(lent Wilson will meet with it when
ever lhe thinks it advisable.
The government is making a deter
mined effort to settle the troubles of
the railways and its own problems in
the matter of transportation, and just
now the plan of a railroad pool for all
lines east of Chicago is being tried out.
If this is not successful, it is predict
ed, the government may take over the
operation of all American railways.
President Willson proclaimed a new
embargo on the importation of many
articles that are essentials of muni
tions of war, without the express per
mission of the government. This wvill
operate to conserve American tonnage
for war purposes and to facilitate the
importation of raw materials and oth
er supplies necessary In the manufac
ture of munitions. This assumption
of control over imports, provided for
in the embargo act, gives the govern
ment a powerful weapon for the eo
niomic war on Germany andl can be
directed also against neutral traders
suspected of supplying the central
powvers with American goods,
President Wilson on Monday ap
proved a recommendlation of -'Mr.
Hoover reducing the alcoholic content
of beer to 8 per cent andl reducing the
amount of graIn used by brewers to
about 70 per cent of the volume hither
to consulmedl. Prohibition of' all brew
ing, the administration believes, would
(divert tipplers from the comparatively
harmless beer to the consumption of
whisky, brandy and gin, of wvhichi there
is in the country enough to last seve
eral years.
No War on Austria Yet.
Vigorous enforcement of the orders
restricting enemy aliens made things
rather lively last week for German
residlents, especially of the large cities.
But the hope that the adlministration
would make easier the checking of es
pionage by havIng congress declare
war on Auistria went glimnierng. iFor
reasons which could not be muade pub
lic, l'resldent Wilson and his cainiIet
agreedl that no declaratiion against the
dual monarchy should be0 made unless
it commits some further especially
hostile a(cts. Tihe president Pointed out
the fact tha t the enemy' alien law could
he amendedlp~ to include the subjects of
countries allied0( with Giermnany, as was
done. in thle tradilng with the enemy
act, and Attorney (General Gregory at
once lbegan the preparation of such an
Vatican ReplIes to CrItIcs.
Unmusually hold critiism of the
course of thie Vatican by a number of
papers, and assertIons that the pope
had been fostering thme cause of Aus
tria, had been far from neutral anad
should be called on to make his posi
tion clear, brought forth indIgnant dhe
nial from Cardinal (Oasparri, papal
secretary of state. Said lie: "To say
that his holiness favors, or has fa
volred, or wIll favor an unjust, un
Christian, and unendurable peace is
not onily false butt also absurd. Any
propaganda for such a peace, alleged
to be confluctedl at the Vatican's hi
spi ration, especially in certain nations,
is the product of pure maliciousness."
.He asserted that the dlisruptive
propaganda that began to affect the
morale of the Italian army could .not
be laid at the doors of the Vatican,
and that "(lhe shoulders on which
rests the responsIbilIty for the re
verses are well-known, a responsIbIlity
which certainly does not touch Cath
olics, the clergy and least of all the
august person of the sovereign pon
tiff."
-Ills eminence made no reference to
thie Sian Fein rebellion in Ireland,
One of the first matters takeni up by
tihe inter-allied conference An Paris was
the need of speedy diohntic action
In regard to Switzer-land, where Ger
man intrigue is imperiling thie neu
trality of the country and gaining ec.
nomical domination through control of
the Swiss railways, Tihe Swiss federal
council is becoming anxious over Gee
man military movements on the fron
tier,
CONGRESS ADOPTS
WAR RESOLUTION
DECLARES STATE OF WAR EXISTS
BETWEEN UNITED STATES -
AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
ONLY ONE DISSENTING VOTE
Socialist Votes Against Resolution
Debate Was Brief in Both Houses.
Resolution Immediately Signed by
President Effective at Once.
Washinigton.--Var- between the
United Stdtes and AustriaJHunga1y
has been formally declared.
Congress, with one dissenting vote
in the house, adopted and President
Wilson approved a resolution declar
ing existence of a state of war be
tween the "imperial and royal Aus
tro-Hungarianu government and the
government and people of the United
States" authorizing the President to
employ the nation's armed forces aq
pledging its resources to victory.
Text of Resolution.
The resolution follows:
"Joint resolution.
"Declariing that a state of war ex
ists between the imperial and royal
Austro-Hungarian government and
people of the United States and mall
ing provision to prosecute the same.
"Whereas the imperial and royal /
Austro-Hungarian government has
committed repeated acts of war
against the government and the peo
ple of the United States of America:
Therefore be it
"Resolved by the senate and house . 4.
of representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled;
that a state of war is hereby declared
to exist between the United States of
America and the imperial and royal
Austro-Hungarian government; and
that the President be, and he is hefe
by, authorized and directed to employ
the entire naval and military forces of
the United States and the resources of
the government to carry on war
against the imperial and royal Austro
Hungarian government; and to bring
the conflict to a successful termination
all the resources of the country are
hereby pledged by the Congress of the.
United States.
(Signed) "CHAMP CLARK, }
"Speaker House of Representatives.
"THOMAS R. MARSHALL,
"Vice-President of the United States
and President of the Senate.
"Approved 7th December, 1917.
"WOODROW WILSON."
PRESIDENT WILSON SENDS
MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY '
Washington--President, Wilson sent
to the governor general of Canada an
expression of sympathy of the peoite'
of the United States because of the
disaster at Halifax.
His telegram follows:
"In presence of the awvful disaster
at Halifax the people of the United 4
States offer to their noble brethren
of the dominion their heartfelt sympa
thy and grief, as is litting at this time
when to the ties of kindship) and corn
munity of speech and of material in
terests are added the strong bonds of
union in -the common cause of dlevotion -
to the supreme duties of national ox
i~stence."
STRICKEN HALIFAX SWEPT
BY RAGING BLIZZARD
Halifax, N. S.-Stricken Halifax was
swept by a raging blizzard. So fierce
was the storm that rescue workers
were forced to suspenfd their opera
tions in the devastated sectioni. It is '
believed certain that all thle injured
tlmder the ruzins of shattered buildings
have p~erisljedl of cold and hunger.
Battered by a biting wind and blind
ing snow, 'the plight of the survivors
of the holocaust is little short of dles
perate.
TWO AMERICAN AIRMEN
WOUNDED IN FRANCE
Washington. -- American airmen
fighting the German planes on the,
western front have sufferedl their first
'casualties. Two men, a corporal and
a private were rep~orted wounded.
No report of the engagement was 4,
fordwarded. The men are:
Corporal Walter A. Warren, Dublin,
Ga.
Private Edwardl F. Ebsen, Buffalo,
Mo.
BAND OF VILLISTAS
AMBUSHED BY FEDERALS
Juarez, Mexico.-Comnbined columns
of federal cavalry, in command of Gen
oral Francisco Murguia and ~General
Pedro Eavela, ambushed a large band
of Villa follow'-s. in Santa Clara can
yen, 75 miles northwest of Chihuahua
City according to an official statement
given out at military headquarters. A
total of 400 were killed and wounded
on both sides. The Villa forces suffer
ed the heaviest losses