The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-08-02
FROM TELEGRAPHIc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST MP o r T ANT
CURRENT TOPlCR.
ABOUT THE. WAR

British casualties reported in the
week ended July 27 total 1883 com
pared with 16.9Sl reported in the pre-
yious week.
In the Nesles forest the Germans
Tuesday held strong positions from
which they shelled ineffectively, the
menacing allied line before them.
Prussian guards and Bavarians Were
in the thick Of the fighting through
out Tuesday, but again they were out
maneuvered and oughtfought by the
Americans and again suffered heavy
casualties.
Further gains have been made BY
the allies only after the bitterest fight
Ing Standing firmly and giving
ground only under absolute necessity
the allied troops everywhere have ex-
acted a huge toll.
While the bitter fighting was in
progress between the Americans and
Germans. the French on both sides OF
the fighting front also moved forward
for goodly gains northeast OF Fere-en-
Tardenois and east OF Sergy.
Since the fighting began the Ger
mans are reported to have used be
tween sixty and seventy divisions
Estimates from headquarters place the
German losses in that period at 200.-
900 In killed, wounded and prisoners
The Rome report says: "On the
whole OF the front there has been re
ciprocal artillery fighting. In the Giu-
dicaria and Val Arsa hostile parties
were repulsed Along the Piave our
reconnoitering patrols brought back
enemy arms and material Thirteen
hostile aircraft have been brought
down.
The Americans met Germany's fin
est regiments IN battle south of Sergy,
where the enemy threw in the whole
Fourth division OF Prussian guards in
desperate counter attack Advices
reaching London show that the Amer
leans stood like a stone wall, brought
the Germans to a clean stop and in
flicted the heaviest losses upon them
American troops fighting north of
the Ourcq river on the Soissons
Rheims salient have enlarged their
brilliant victory of Monday at Sergy.
where they cut to pieces divisions OF
Germany's picked troops and took and
held the village against counter at
tacks, BeugneuX. lying on the west
side of the pocket northwest OF Fere-
en-Tardenois, was taken by the Ger
mans, but later the French and Amer
leans recaptured 1t, and, with Grand
Rozsy in their possession, hold want
age points for a small turning move
ment toward Fere.
WESTERN
Recent estimates Of the 1918-19l9
American beet sugar crop show that
an increase in the crop is hardly pos
sibIe, and that unless favorable con
ditions prevail from now on to the
end Of the season the outrun will be
short OF normal Total sowings are
expected to amount to 667 900 acres,
against GS4o00 acres last year. The
greatest acreage was sown in Colo
rado. with Michigan second, California
third and Utah fourth
Four hundred and sixty-two alien
soldiers, representing twenty-one ma
tionalities. were naturalized at Camp
Kearny, California, in special session
of the Superior Court for San Diego
county.
John Mohr, a wholesale grocer of
Douglas. Ariz., and Luis Alvarez a
Mexican customs officer, were arrested
by United States customs inspectors
on charges of conspiring to smuggle
I,t,,
the war boards trade regulations
Each was held In $4,000 bail
WASHINGTON
Czecho-Slovak troops have pene-
trated to the Black sea in southeast
ern Russia and have seized two Rus
sian cruisers In the harbor of Novor-
ostok, according to authoritative ad.
vices reaching Washington.
The reported break between Ger.
many and Turkey does not come as a
great surprise to Washington officials
Neither did the correlated news that
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria had left
his country for an extended trip "for
his health"
Officers, enlisted men and ciivans
attached to the army are prohibited
In a War Department order from tax
ing gold with them when leaving for
foreign service. Attention was called
to the fact that this is violation OF
the embargo against gold exports.
War profits are to be heavily taxed
in the new revenue bill. In addition to
the excess profits taxes, which the
ways and means committee already
has decided upon. there will be a
schedule Of heavy imposts upon prof
its directly resulting from war trade.