The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-09-07
FOREIGN


twenty German planes during the first
two weeks of August, and probably
accounted for eleven others, the Petit
Parisien declared
A number of Italian young women
and girls have petitioned the military
authorities at Rome to establish
schools where they can take training
in aviation
Describing the house-to-house air
raid over Mannheim, the night of Aug.
rs, an officer of the Royal Independ-
ent air forces in London, declared it
an extraordinary and unparalleled
feat of the war"
Twenty-four men comprising the
crew of the fishing schooner Gloam-
ing of Lunenburg, N. S., were picked
up in dories near st. Pierre, Miquelon,
and reported that their vessel had
been sunk by German submarine.
Premier David Lloyd George at
luncheon given in London by the gov
eminent in honor of Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, proposed a toast to the
health of the labor leader, who is Wis
iting England Il do this for two rea-
sons,'' he said. "One OF these is the
country from which our guest comes
"a country Graded and nurtured in
freedom. In the second place, we well
come Mr.. Gompers and his friends for
their own sake
1t is estimated by experts in London
that the German losses in killed alone
nom reach total of more than. 2,000,-
900, and probably approach 5000, 900.
The total entente allied captures on
the western front since July 10 now
approach 100000 prisoners and 1000
guns. The British captured more
than $1,000 prisoners between Aug.
FL and Aug 26, while the British to-
tai losses in the same period, includ
ing all killed, wounded and missing,
were only slightly in excess of that
figure.
SPORT
Sherman Fisher was high amateur
and c. w. Phellis was high profession
al in the weekly trap shoot at the
Lakewood Country Club in Denver
The former broke 46 out of SO, while
Phellis broke 40 out of so.
Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight
pugilist, joined the army of shipbuild-
ers in the Philadelphia district. Demp-
sey signed contract as labor agent
and his task will be to secure ship
workers from all sections of the coun-
try.
1t seems to be the rule that golf IT,
ties should no longer remain in the
time-honored hands, and so in wom-
ems golf, as we'll as in mems, new
champion has appeared on the hori-
zon. The new woman champion for
Colorado is Miss Frances Moffatt, sis
ter to the ex-champion, Mrs. M. A. Nc
Laughlin, whom she defeated in the
finals of the state woman's tourna-
ment held at the Lakewood Country
Club in Denver
GENERAL
Thirteen captains of the navy were
nominated for the temporary grade of
rear admiral.
Completing it's task of framing the
$8,000,000,000 war revenue bill the
House ways and means committee re-
ported the measure to the House.
Tho So H,,1a tn
dry" July 1, 1919, the Senate having
adopted the Sheppard substitute for
the Jones prohibition amendment to
the agricultural extension bill
Favorable report on the bilf intro
duced by Senator Henderson of Ne
vada, providing for government pro-
duction and distribution of minerals
needed in the war, was ordered by the
Senate mines committee.
With 100000 votes reported out of
a possible $4,000 cast in the South
Carolina primary election, Nat G.
Dial was nominated for the United
and j. F. Rice by a majority that will
probably approach 10000 votes. Dial's
lead over Blease is more than $4,000.
Equal suffrage was Endorsed at
Philadelphia by the National Frater-
nal Congress of America at the final
session of it's convention.
During the week ending Aug. %,
423 sick and wounded soldiers from
the American ExpeditionarS Forces
were landed in the United States and
sent to army hospitals. For the pre-
ceding week the number was 1888.
Complete failure of the attempt of
General Horvath, the anti-Bolshevik
leader, to establish a dictatorship in
Siberia is reported in advices from
Vladivostok. Representatives of the
allies at Vladivostok interviewed to up
hold the authority of the new govern
ment there.
Comparison of food prices prevail
ing now with those of five years ago
by the Department of Labor shows
that the purchasing power of dollar
bill has shrunk to "a cents in Wash