The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR.
EIoN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union news service.
ABOUT THE WAR

morning by the troops OF General
Humbert.
The Germans endeavored to ford
the Vesle south OF Bazoches but were
held by the Americans.
Thirty villages have been captured
by the French in the advance which
was started early Tuesday.
Fresnoy-les-Ro TO the north and
St Mard to the south of Roye, both
have been captured by the French.
British forces fighting east of Arras
have reached the outskirts of Hau-
court, Remy and Boiry Notre Dame.
Caulnes has been occupied by
French troops, according to the Off
cial statement issued by the Paris war
office.
In Albania the Italians have been
driven from Fieri and Berat, the most
important towns captured in the July
offensive.
The allies have won back more
than two-thirds OF the ground lost
since the beginning OF the German Of
fensive in March
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battle area has been advanced on
front of four miles astride the Neuf
Berquin- -Estaires road.
Australian forces have made sub
stantial progress toward Dompiere,
south OF the Somme. and east of Su-
zanne, north of the river.
South of the Somme the British
have taken Foucducourt, while north
OF the Somme they have attacked and
taken the greater part OF Trones
wood
British aviators again have bombed
Mannheim and Frankfort with success,
while American bombing machines
have attacked Conflans. between Metz
aud Verdun.
On the Ussuri front, north OF Vlad-
ivostok. the Bolsheviki have retired
six miles before general advance
by all the allied forces, according to
reports received in Shanghai.
With the fall of Chaulnes the
French forces routed the enemy over
penetrated the region to a depth at
some points OF nearly seven miles.
The important towns of Bray, Thiep-
val and Grandcourt, together with sew
eral smaller places have been cap
tured by the allies, and more than
1000 prisoners have been taken.
South and southeast of Noyon gains
were made and Noyon and the entire
region between Nesle and scissors
now are in a great pocket and with
the French pincers working hard to
close upon it.
Near Arras the old Hindenburg line
now is we'll outflanked; from the
scarpe to the Somme the hostile line
gradually is falling back, while from
south of the Somme to Soissons the
enemy front has literally been
smashed and the German posts appar-
emily are caught in two distinct traps.
WESTERN
In the Michigan primaries. Henry
Ford was nominated by the Democrats
and Commander Youman II. Newberry
by the Republicans, for u. S. Senator.
Preliminary reports of bituminous
coal production for the week ended
Aug. IL record an output of less than
1900 900 tons for the first time since
June %.
Withdrawal of all American and
Mexican troops from the actual boun-
Diary line and the establishment of a
neutral zone on the border was agreed
upon at a peace parley at Nogaies,
Ariz.
With 246 completed precincts re-
porting at Helena, Mont, out of to-
tai of 1,403, Dr. o. NJ. Lanstrum of
Helena was leading for the Republi-
can senatorial nomination with 1,271
votes over his nearest opponent, Miss
Jeanette NJ. Rankin, representative in
Congress.
WASHINGTON
immigration to the United States
during the year ending June 80, placed
at 110.G1S by bulletin of the immi-
grafton service, was less than in any
year since the Civil war
Nationwide "bone-dry" prohibition,
effective July /, 1919. and continuing
during the war at least, loomed as a
strong probability through compro-
mise negotiations in Congress.
Two new greenbacks-the first of
the nations wartime currency-are
In circulation. They are the 81 and
So federal reserve banknotes, planned
especially to replace the silver GER
tificates withdrawn from circulation
as the treasury's silver reserve is
melted into bullion for export to the
allies,
The number of prisoners taken by
the allies since July has passed the
10000 mark, General March said
Aug. 28 ard the allies have taken