The Colorado statesman., 1918-05-11
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union news service.
ABOUT THE WAR

The Nicaraguan Congress declared
war on Germany and her allies.
British casualties reported during
the week ending May reached to-
tai OF 3S,691.
Tuesday, May Z, was the third ami
versary of the sinking of the Lusitania
by a German submarine with loss of
1875 lives.
Germans are credited, in reports re-
ceived at Paris, with injecting asphyx-
iating gas into letters sent home by
prisoners in their camps.
The American artillery fired 10000
shells into the German trenches be-
fore recent attack, completely blot
ting them out, it was announced at
Paris.
North of the Somme the Austral-
Ians advanced 700 yards on 1900
yard front Sunday, and early Monday
they added another 500 yards on a p
000-yard front.
With three we'll placed shots the
American steamer Tidewater disposed
of an enemy submarine shortly before
midnight, March II, the Navy Depart
lItul dHllOuuCtu utbudy.
The Berlin report says: Between
the Ancre and the Somme the enemy
employed Australians for night at
, tack On both sides of the Corbie
Bray road they succeeded in reaching
our foremost line"
A wounded British airman back
from France reports that the squadron
the Amiens front has probably estab-
lished a record by bringing down log
enemy machines in six weeks, includ-
ing twenty-one in one day.
That the recent British attack on
the German submarine base at Zee
brugge was successful is admitted by
the Franlsfurter Zeitung in comment
ing upon the affair The newspaper
urges that the German navy take
measures to deal with an antagonist
of remarkable boldness."
The British made a successful raid
near Neuville-Vitasse, southwest of
Arras, the war office reports. Three
machine guns were captured. The
French in the Amiens sector were sue
cessful in a similar maneuver In ad-
dition they repulsed an attempted Ger
man attack. The Italians dispersed
hostile patrols on various parts of the
front.
There was terrific bombardment
of two hours duration Monday night
in connection with two raids. One was
carried out by the enemy and was I'M
successful. The other was by the Can
adams, near Neuville-Vitasse, south
west of Arras. The Canadian raiders
reported that many Germans were
killed or wounded in hand-to-hand
fighting and great destruction was
wrought in the enemy's defense
works.
WESTERN
Airedales are superior to the Ger
man police dogs for war work, in the
opinion of signal corps. experts. Lieut.
William T. Butler, stationed at Chi
cago, appealed for thirty females of
the breed between the ages of 10 and
1S months.
After having served twelve years as
mayor of Omaha, James G. Dahlman,
known as the cowboy mayor. was de-
feated for reelection. according to in
complete returns.
A fire of unknown origin at Ogden,
Utah, completely destroyed the power
station and car barns of the Bamber-
ger Electric railroad, causing loss es-
timated at S750,000
WASHINGTON
America is now shipping small ar
mics to France in response to the al
lied appeal for reserves.
A s1,0OO000,00o appropriation for
aircraft production was asked of Con-
gress by the War Department
Five hundred machine guns of all
kinds are being ground out of Amer
ica's factories per day for the army
over there.
Ten steel ships of 57,695 tons, and
six wooden ships of 21,500 tons were
launched by American yards in the
week ending May 8.
An agreement on the bill extending
the selective draft law to youths 81
years Of age since June 5, 1917, was
reached by the Senate and House con-
ferees
Springtime struck the Senate Mon
day. Senator Thomas of Colorado ap-
peared without his toupee, and Sena-
tor Trammell of Florida in a Palm
Beach suit.
In a telegram to the New Jersey
State Council of Defense, President
Wilson reiterated confidence that
Americas ideals Of justice and human
ity will prevail.
A bill authorizing the Postoffice
Department to charge not in excess of