The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-04-12
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK o.
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEoP. Z.
ABOUT THE WAR

Van. in Turkish Armenia
Tuesday there was no indication Oh
the near approach OF the expected Dig
battle on the Italian front. although
the artillery engagements at various
points we're increasing in intensity.
A dispatch to the London Daily
Mail from The Hague states that Gef'
many is combing out every aValiapie
man. even from the munition facto
ries, and drafting them into the fight
ing ranks.
Nikolai Lenine. the Bolshevik pre-
mier, in a speech at Moscow. said that
possibly Russia would have to de-
clare war on Japan in connection
with the landing OF japanese troops
at Vladivostok
American outposts in the Lorraine
sector attacked German patrol
Tuesday and killed one OF the enemy
party The Americans dragged the
body across No Mans land into their
own trenches for Identification. There
were no American casualties.
Near the Coucy forest and Coucy-
le-Chatsau the French made q slight
retirement Tuesday TO positions pre-
viously prepared-the maneuver ap-
parently being in the nature OF line
Strengthening. So well was the oper-
alton covered by the French guns that
the Germans suffered extremely
heavy casualties in endeavoring to
make It null.
BE- ant intp ah
mans Tuesday switched the center OF
their main operations from the Am
lens sector and hammered the British
and Portuguese hard over front OF
about eleven miles running from Civ
enchy and La Bassee to the vicinity
OF Armentieres. The attack was pre-
ceded by a terrific bombardment all
along the line and the countryside for
miles around trembled under the con-
cussion of the big guns. At some
points the enemy was able to pene-
trate advanced elements OF the Brit
ish line, especially In the neighbor-
hood OF Neuve Chapelle. Tauquissart
and the Cardonnerie farm.
WESTERN
Cadet John Insinger Of Greeley,
Colo, was instantly killed at Love
field, an American aviation camp at
Dallas. Tex, when two machines
crashed together about 500 feet In
the air
Old Polk. of Indian uprising fame.
has gone to the happy hunting
grounds. His death on the Indian res
ervation in San Juan county, Utah,
has just been announced. infirmities
from old age being the cause.
John Franks, sheriff deputy,
stationed at Christmas and Wrinkle
can grocery clerk, A. Sanchez, accord
ing to reports reaching the sheriffs
office at Globe, Ariz., from Christmas.
Sanchez is reported to have escaped.
WASHINGTON
Greece will receive a loan of $44,-
100000 from the United States as
soon as the Greek Parliament has
passed the necessary authorizing leg
islation.
Telephone connections between
on the Mexican border are being sus-
pended for the period of the war.
A House bill amending the espion-
age law to make it applicable to enc
my alien women as well as men, was
passed by the Senate without debate
or roll call.
Brig Gen. C. c. Williams. ordnance
officer OF the American expeditionary
forces, was ordered to Washington
to relieve Brig Gen. Charles B. Wheel
or. acting chief Of ordnance, who will
70 to France as ordnance officer with
General Pershing.
Positive charges that individual
members OF the German al
lance supported propaganda to mold
the policy Of the United States in the
event Of war with Germany were
made by Prof E. E. Sperry Of Syra-
cuse university before the Senate
committee considering the bill to re-
woke the organizations charter Mem
bers, he said. backed the American
embargo conference. the American
Neutrality league and other organiza-
tions which he charged were part of
the Pan-German league.
Melting into bullion Of not more
than $50 100000 silver dollars, now in
the treasury, for sale and export to
pay trade balances and repurchase OF
silver at 81 an ounce, is proposed In
an administration bill introduced by
Senator Pittman as an emergency war
measure.
for virtually all government employees
in the civil establishment are pro-
posed in an amendment attached by
the Senate appropriations committee
to the legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriatfon bills