The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-13
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvENTs
g. CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
ABOUT THE WAR

AbOOI Id6 WAN
A Turkish official communication
records the capture by the Turks OF
Van, in Turkish Armenia.
Tuesday there was no indication OF
the near approach Of the expected pig
battle on the Italian front, although
the artillery engagements at various
points were increasing in intensity.
A dispatch to the London Daily
Mail from The Hague states that Ger
many Is combing out every available
man, even from the muniton 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 a 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-Chateau the French made 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 1t null.
AS had been anticipated the Ger
mans Tuesday switched the center oil
their main operations from the Am
lens sector and hammered the British
and Portuguese hard over a 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, Fauquissart
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 Winkle-
man, was shot and killed by a Mexi-
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 loan of $44,-
100000 from the United States as
soon as the Greek Parliament has
passed the necessary authorizing leg
islation.
Telephone connections between
American and Mexican border towns
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
nv alien women as well as men, was
passed by the Senate without debate
or a roll call.
Brig. Gen. C. C. Williams, ordnance
officer of the American exped1tionary
forces, was ordered to Washington
to relieve Brig. Gen. Charles B. Wheel
er. acting chief of ordnance, who will
90 to France as ordnance officer with
General Pershing.
Positive charges that individual
members of the German-American al
lance supported propaganda to mold
the policy of the United States in the
event of war with Germany were
made by Prof. E. q. 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-
uons which he charged were part Oh
the Pan-German league.
Melting into bullion Of not more
than 250,000,000 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.
Salary increases of $120 annually
for virtually all government employees
In the civil establishment are pro-