The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1915-09-18

Inc late oil Riga hangs on the pat
tie raging along the Dvina river.
Carranza forces have defeated band
It's in three battles in three days be-
tween Orizaba and Vera Cruz.
According to information received
at Athens, the position of the Turkish
forces defending the Dardanelles is
precarious.
A semi-official statement, issued in
Berlin, says it has virtually been es-
tablished that the steamship Hes
perian was not sunk by a German
submarine.
Official announcement was made in
The House of Commons that the total
Of British war casualties up to Aug.
p was 3S1,9S3 officers and men killed,
wounded or missing.
An official Villa report states that
Gen. +. Elias Gales, commanding
CarranZa forces of 700, was defeated
by Maytorena-Villa force of 800 near
Masuarenes station, Sonora, near No
gales.
Advices from Mytilene received at
Athens are to the effect that large
bodies of Franco-British troops are
disembarking on the Gallipoli PENN
sula. Steady progress by the allies
is reported to be causing consterna-
ton in Constantinople
Two million shells have been hurled
across the Franco-Flanders battle
front in the greatest artillery battle
the world has ever known, according
to statements made at Paris. The
rain of shells continues without any
indication of cessation after fifteen
days of fighting.
The removal of the Grand Duke
Nicholas from command of the armies
in Russia to the Turkish war front
now appears to be part of a plan to
hasten the capture of the Dardanelles
The Russians are increasing their
activities in the Caucasus and it is
believed that the arrival of Grand
Duke Nicholas will be the signal for
more important operations in the way
of a drive against the Turkish armies
which will lessen the burden of the
allies who are trying to force the Oar
danelles, who are trying to force the
Dardanelles by diverting a large por-
tion of the Turkish forces.
Western
Oregon's apple crop this year will
be one-third as large as that of last
season.
California has adopted a convict
road bill similar, although not so
comprehensive as some in effect in
other states, notably in Colorado.
Several thousand suffragists from
the various states opened at San
Francisco big convention under the
auspices of the Womens Congress
sional Union.
Maj. Gen. George w. Cocktails,
builder of the Panama canal, made
two addresses at a celebration in his
honor at the Panama California expo
sition at San Diego.
The heat caused three deaths in
Philadelphia and two in New York
Tuesday Chicago temperature was
80, while SHOWS were reported in
Kansas and Nebraska.
Irrigation projects in actual oper-
alton occupied the attention of dele
Congress which opened its twenty
second convention in Stockton, Cal
Five cents a barrel was added to
the price of the principal grades of
crude oil at Pittsburg, Pa.
Wholesale discharge of Japanese
cooks and walters from restaurants
operated by Chinese in Chicago was
explained as being part of a boycott
proclaimed some time ago by Chinese
of Japanese labor and products
throughout the United States.
Foreign
William Sprague, famous war gov
ernor" of Rhode Island, and twice
United States senator from that state
died at his residence in Paris, aged
81.
The Daily Sketch, a picture paper
with an enormous circulation, under
the caption, Don't Blame the Presi-
dent" prints an editorial protest
against attacks upon the United
States. The Sketch says: 1T is
time we stopped jeering at America.
1t is poor policy, bad patriotism, and
the taste is at least questionable"
The German aviator, Xlubel, invent
or of the invisible aeroplane, was
killed at Muenster while testing a
new machine. He was so years old
Gen. Count Sakuma, one of the
greatest of Japanese soldiers, died at
Sendal Japan, from apoplexy.
The town of Phocaea, Asia Minor.
twenty-five miles northwest of
Smyrna, is reported in flames. accord
ing to a Reuter- dispatch from Athens.
which says it is inferred that the
Turks are destroying coast towns and
retiring into the interior in expecta-
tion of the fan of the Dardanelles.