The Colorado statesman., 1917-10-27
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ABOUT THE WAR
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


The British merchant cruiser Or
anna has been torpedoed and sunk.
Seventy lives lost when U. S. trans
port Antilles was torpedoed and sunk.
Nineteen German aeroplanes were
put out of commission by the British
Saturday and Sunday.
Italian troops repulsed a strong at
tack by Austrian and German forces
In the Cadore region at Monte Piana.
Gen. Haig's report says a series OF
successes were attained Monday along
the Ypres road and that all objectives
were taken.
The Germans have made an at
tempt at a second landing on the
Estheonian coast, but were driven
away by the Russians.
The Germans have followed up
their gains on Dago and Oesel islands
and report that 10000 Russians have
been captured in the campaign.
Germany lost one-half of her total
effectual fleet of super-zeppelins as a
result of her air raid Of Oct. 20 over
England, according to cable dis
patches received at Washington.
The London war office announces
that $50 persons, in addition to the
1876 lost on the two British destroyers,
were killed when two German raiders
sank eleven ships in the North sea-
Four zeppelins, possibly five, were
brought down in France Friday dur
ing an attempted raid on London. One
airship succeeded in reaching the city
and bomb cast into the capital killed
twenty-seven and wounded fifty-three
persons.
dashing blows of the war, the French
troops smashed through the German
lines north of the Aisne to depth of
more than two miles at one point, in
flicting heavy losses on the enemy
and captured more than $500 pris-
oners and twenty-five heavy guns and
field guns. Several important vii
lagos also fell into the hands of the
French. according to the war office
announcement.
Two German dreadnoughts, one
cruiser, twelve torpedo boats and one
transport were put out of action by
the Russians in the fighting around
the islands in the Gulf of Riga last
week, but their ultimate fate is un-
known, says an official statement is
sued by the Russian admiralty. 1t
has been established that at least six
German torpedo boats were sunk in
the fighting. The Russians lost the
hattleship Slava and large torpedo
boat
WESTERN
For the first time in the history of
the United States, a government rep
resentative at Chicago has fixed the
fair" price for sugar, potatoes and
flour.
Eight hundred Yaqui Indians work
ing northward presumably to seize re-
Gently harvested bean and corn crops
were engaged in battle Sunday and
Monday by Mexican troops in the La
Colorado district, according to No
gales, Ariz., dispatches.
Testimony that during the race
riots at East St Louis, ILL.,, the night
of July 2 mob threw a negro child
into burning house was given at the
congressional inquiry into the riots
by Edwin Popkess, reporter for a
St. Louis (Mo.) newspaper.
James Fisher, rs, a farmer residing
in the vicinity of Seven-Mile Lake
and pioneer resident of Carbon
county, Wyo., was instantly killed
when an auto in which he was riding
with David West of Elk Mountain
turned over at Grenville, near Raw
lins.
Six thousand drafted men now In
training at Camp Funston, Ft Riley
Kan, will be moved to Camp Kearney
the National Guard camp at Linda
Vista, Cal. Many of them will be
Colorado boys. probably the members
of the first quota sent from this
state.
WASHINGTON
A third officers training camp will
open on Jan. and continue until
April 8.
Christmas presents and other gifts
from home for American soldiers in
France must be restricted to parcels
of not more than seven pounds each.
The Red Cross war council appro-
priated $4,000 for ten portable ice
making plants for use in connection
with the Red Cross base hospitals in
France.
President Wilson's special labor in
vestigating commission reported set
tlement of the strike of more than 81
900 copper miners in the Globe-Miami
district of Arizona on a basis which
promises to set precedent for com
posing labor disputes elsewhere.