The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1918-08-16


10000 prisoners and LOCO guns.
The BRUSH nave captured the west
ern edge OF the town of Bray, on the
SOmIHe-t
The first American field army has
been organized with five corps under
the command OF General Pershin2.
After an extremely bitter contest,
the British and Americans have
gained foothold IN the important lit
tie town OF Bray.sur Somme, on the
northern bank OF the Somne.
The French on Tuesday continued
their vigorous assaults on the Thies-
court plateau, taking TWO more i'm
portant positions which are keys to
the plateau-the EcuyiiIen and st.
Claude farms.
Chauines the important railway
town in the heart OF the Somme bat.
tie front and the key to the southern
line of the German salient, has been
captured by the allies. The capture
was effected by Australian and Can
adian troops.
The French have driven the Ger
mans before them for an important
gain east of Montdidier, in Picardy.
That city, which was the apex OF the
German salient that has now been
wiped out. fell to the French first army
at midday Saturday.
The French resumed the offensive
Tuesday between the Matz and Disc
rivers, making progress to the north
and east Of Curry and thereby increas-
ing the menace to the Germans at
Lassigny according to the Paris war
office statement Strong enemy re
sistance was unavailing to stop the
attackers
In the French sector the dominant
factor is the desperate energy with
which the enemy is clinging to the
western and southern edges OF Thies
court and the hills filling the space
between Lassigny and the Disc, which
constitute the pillar OF General Won
Hutier's right wing. On these edges
the French hold Curry, Mareuil. La
Motto and Cannysur-Matz A short
distance north OF Canny is the Bots
des Loges. Along this line the enemy
has established himself in his 1914
trenches and is fighting his hardest
WESTERN
Riots occurred in every section OF
Detroit. Mich, as a result OF the ef-
forts of the Detroit United Railways
Company to collect a 6-cent fare.
In an attempt by more than thirty
prisoners in the county jail at Phoe-
nix, Ariz., to escape, Deputy Sheriff
]. E. O'Neil was stabbed in the back
and seriously injured
Announcement that Col Epes Ran
dolph would retire as the operating
head OF the Arizona Eastern railroad
under federal management was made
at the offices OF the company at Tue
son. Ariz
The Shoshone Indians have adopt
ed" Mrs William G. McAdoo, daugh-
ter of President Wilson, and have
given her the name "Sacajawea"
This was the name of the Indian
maiden who acted as a guide for the
Lewis and Clark expedition.
On a large farm near Wichita wom-
en- wheat shockers set up the larger
part OF seventy acres of wheat,
WASHINGTON
Contracts for eighteen wooden car
20 vessels and sixteen wooden barges
were let last week.
The steamer Henry s. Kellogg has
been torpedoed by a German subma-
rine off the New Jersey coast. accord
ttfaI ha
Department
Another demonstration by the
woman's party in protest against what
the organization terms the Senate's
delay" in acting on the federal suf-
frage amendment, was broken up by
the police.
Receipts from national forests dur
ing the year ended June 80 were 49,
$4,000. the forest service announced.
This was an increase of 1920, 900 over
the year before. It cost about $4,000
600 to maintain the forests
Nearly $4,000 acres of land are elm
mated from the Lincoln national for
est, New Mexico, by an executive proc
lamation announced to simplify bound
airy lines and make available for farm
ing purposes certain tracts found to be
valuable
Declaring a serious situation exists
because Of 1.-The effect of the excess
profits taxes on the production of GER
tain minerals essential for carrying
on the war" Secretary Lane. in a let
ter. urged Chairman Kitchin of the
House ways and means committee in
framing the coming revenue bill to
use care in assessing taxes which
might injure these industries.
Sale of liquor in railroad stations or
on railroad trains was forbidden by d.
rector General McAdoo in an order ef-
fective Immediately and applying to
all lines under government control