The Ordway new era., 1917-08-24
coNpENsGp RECORD or THE
PnooREss OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM all SOURCES
SAVINGS. ooiM q ., ACHIEVE.
MENrs, suFFGRlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARs OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News service.
ABOUT THE WAR

peace.
British lost 21,722 men in two weeks
in August.
British merchant losses fall off dur
ing past week.
Canadian troops capture hill 10, key
to city Of Lens.
on Rumanian front
Lone English aviator wins fight
with three enemy planes.
Address of Lloyd-Georse indicates
nature of entente reply to pope's
peace proposals.
The American bark Christiane was
sunk off the Azores by German
submarine. The crew was landed.
Nine hundred and thirty-three Scan
dinavian ships have been destroyed by
torpedoes or mines since the begin
ming of the war.
Two army divisions instead of one,
comprising total of at least $4,000
men, probably will make up the first
contingent of the National Guard to
so to France.
In clearing station during the bat
can surgeons in the operating rooms
were found hard at work. They were
assisted by business-like American
nurses.
Five Americans and fourteen others
were killed when the British steamer
City of Athens struck q mine near
Cape Town, South Africa. Four OF
the Americans lost were missionaries.
Arthur Duckworth, his wife and six
children Of Denver were among the
victims.
Counter attacks failing with severe
losses, the Germans in the Ypres area,
western front, Friday did not resume
attempts to recapture the ground lost
to the Anglo-French troops Thursday.
The French, after repulsing heavy
counter attacks, made further gains
near the Steenbeke river.
In addition to their capture of more
than 800 prisoners near Lens, the al
He'd forces took twenty-four guns from
the Teutons. While admitting an al
lied gain along the User canal and
near Bixchoote, Berlin claims official
ly most British attacks repulsed and
Langemarck still in German hands.
This is officially denied in London,
which says that the British hold not
only Langemarck, but also ground be-
yond the village.
WESTERN
Washington governor appeals for
eighthour day.
!. T. U. pledges unions support to
President Wilson.
Striking miners in Illinois are or
dered back to work.
designations from exemption boards
will not be accepted.
A total net profit of $14,371 1853 is
shown for the second quarter by the
Chino and Utah Copper companies.
Whisky may be expected to advance
sharply in price Sept. 8. when distill.
ere must cease making spirits for bev-
erage purposes.
At St. Louis hog prices continued
soaring Aug. 16, advancing to $1S.45,
another new high record, and sold at
1875 at Chicago on the 18th.
Among those appointed food COM
missioners were T. A. Riordan, Ari-
zona: Prof. A. Atkinson, Montana;
Ralph C. Ely, New Mexico, and Theo.
G. Diers, Wyoming.
Maj. Gen. F. S. Strong will COM
mand the Fortieth army division, OF
which the Colorado National Guard
will form part. The division will
also include the guardsmen from Cal
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New Mexico.
WASHINGTON
New major generals assigned to
2 their commands.
McAdoo asks Congress to provide
$4,000, 100000 war fund
United States government may sup
press all I.W.W. activities.
Resolution in Senate asks for more
4 definite war and peace terms.
Fifty banners were destroyed in raid
on suffrage pickets at White House.
Formal notice of China's entrance
( into the war has been given the Unit
s ~ etates by Dr.. Wellington Koo,
chtnese minister.
Creation OF food administration
41H corporation with $50,000,000 cap
n ~ n conduct government wheat pur-
and sales was officially an
~ I 300 900 to italy and S.
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