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, GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. A London dispatch of late Saturday night savs: German gunners poured a steady stream of shells over tin- corpse -strewn stream Baaaanaont plateau ell day Saturday, but there was a complet-- cessation of infantry action 011 the entire French front The night official statement of the French war office reported not only a lull in the infautrv fighting around Verdun, but at all other points The crown prince, however, directed an intense ;1r-tilb-ry fire against French position- west of Don. 111-moiit and around Vaux village and fort, which have b.en the scenes of heavy fighting in the last twenty -four hours. The Herman cannonade al-o ; was extremely lively in the Rlieims section, fifty miles west of Verdun, where the Germans broke out in a sadden stroke that took a large section of . French trcinhi s. according to the German war . office. English correspondent; at Amsterdam reported I Saturday niht that riots have occurred in Berlin 1 because of the peoples disappointment over the • crown princes failure to capture Verdun. A train 1 from Holland was detained at Spandau ten hours • Thursday, said one report. The passengers were • told that the train was held up because of daily riots wliieh have occurred in Bertha, due to the ■ failure of lie Verdun offensive, and the German 1 authorities did not want outsiders to witness the seems. The kai-er is expected to return to Berlin 1 the middle of next week. Trains bringing approximately l.tlOO infantry anal I cavalry of the do facto forces have arrived at t Naco. Sonera. These commands will start overland I early for Agua Frieta. from where they will be distributed at various points nhaag the Sonora and I Chihuahua borders in an effort to assist the American forces in their task of rounding up Villas force-, according to Mexican officials. William Roberts, eighty-six years old, believed to be the last of the survivors of the Twelfth Royal [ Laacers, the heroes of Tennysons poem. "Charge of the Light Brigade," died at Joliet Saturday of old age. He was one of the "noble six hundred." but I missed tie- gallant charge at the brittle of Ralak-lava when sent as a special courier to another division. General Fun-ton wired the war department Saturday night a request for four additional regiments 1 of cavalry for patrol duty on the border. In response to Fun-tons request. General Scott ordered I the First cavalry, from Monterey. Cal.: the Seventh, from Oglethorpe, On., and the Twelfth, from Robin on. Neb., to leave for the border. The war department has recommended to General I Fun-Ion that tie- squadron of eight aeroplanes at San Antonio. Tex., be immediately put into active service in the campaign for observation work. The department considers this an excellent opportunity for the development and training of an aerial ser-v lee in the army. This years income tax collections probably will I reach 00,000,000, an increase of 0,000,000 over last year, according to treasury information.
