The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-10-25
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK %
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD or IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR ousv
PEOP :.
N..,een N-r.p.p.r rnien New. s.ry,e.
ABOUT THE WAR


week ended Oct. 20 numbered 37.l5o,
compared with 35.71o for the previous
week.
During the last fifteen days OF their
occupation OF Lille the Germans took
away into captivity $4,000 OF the in
habitants OF the city.
The American troops have occupied
bank OF the Aire river. north OF the
Argonne forest
Hollain and Bruyelles on the Scheldt
south OF Journal are now in the hands
of the British. and north of Tournai
the village OF Froyenne has been
cleared of the enemy.
1t seems that the Hunding line has
been outflanked in Belgium. where the
Scheldt river has been crossed and
east OF LIE Cateau. the British and
Americans have fought their way
through all Instructions
The British forces figb.ik.g 1urth of
lie Cateau hive -sltuted Amerval. ac-
cording to the official report from
Field Marshal Haig's headquarters in
France. The British are now two
miles from Valenciennes.
Bolshevik troops advancing toward
Ekater.abu have been severely de
feated by Czecho- Slovak and Siberian
forces. Che Bolsheviki lost 1000 men
killed. as well as three armored trains.
eleven locomotives and sixty machine
guns.
French troops have captured Cha
landry and Grandlup. north of Laon.
according to the Paris war office an
nouncement. The CZecho Sloyak
troops fighting with the French re-
captured the village OF Terrcn. which
had temporarily fallen into the hands
or the enemy.
Germany has lost the whole of the
Belgian coast, which for four years
has been the base of submarine and
aerial attacks against England and
English shipping. Ostaid las been
taken. Lille has been occupied and
the allies.
Three German airplanes were
brought down Oct. Is by Lieut.. Cleve
land McDermott of Syracuse. N Y
This increases to eighteen the number
of German machines destroyed on Fri
day by Lieut.. McDermott and other
American aviators. After bringing
down his first opponent the lieuten
ant was attacked by five Fokkers.
British troops have entered the
western suburbs of Valenciennes
Field Marshal Haig reports from head
quarters. Valenciennes had been In
uninterrupted French possession from
1877 until the onrush of the Germans
early in the present war led them
many miles into France. 1t Is now
about to be added to the rapidly grow
ing list of towns, the redemption oi
which has brought rejoicing to the
French people.
WESTERN
Following the deaths from Spanish
influenza OF two men in the students
auxiliary training corps. classes at the
State University at Tucson, Ariz
have been suspended and rigid quar-
antine established
Spread Of Spanish influenza in Ne
braska continued Tuesday, according
to the State Board of Health Approx
imately 5000 new cases were reported
The machine gun officers training
school at Camp Hancock. Ca, has
awarded second lieutenancies to SO:
men, among whom are several Denver
and Colorado boys.
Every person in the United States
will have to save at least $50 pounds
OF food for the coming year. This
means that each person must do with
out $50 pounds of food this year. ir
addition to last years curtailment
WASHINGTON
The prevailing belief in Washington
Tuesday night was that any actor
President Wilson may take as a re
suit of the new German note viii
await and largely be guided by de
cision of the Supreme War Council il
France.
Cablegrams received by Herber
Hoover. chairman of the Belgian re
lief commission. indicate that the pop
ulation of reoccupied territory II
northern France Is more than 1900
900. and that OF reoccupied Belgian
about 100000
Three militants of the Woman
party were arrested when they under
took to stage a demonstration in from
Of the capitol.
The Mountain division of the Amer
ican Red Cross collected during tn
recent drive more chan 1870 tons o
clothing for Belgian relief
Congress has been asked by tn
Navy Department to authorize sec
ond three-year naval building program
tn provide ten additional supefdread
noughts, six battle cruisers and IA
smaller vessels At q cost Of 100000
mn