The Colorado statesman., 1918-06-22
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK oP
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 number of prisoners taken by
the Austro-Hungarians in their new
drive on the northern Italian front has
been increased to 10000.
Several attempts by the Germans to
penetrate the American lines in the
Marne sector have been smashed by
the American machine gun fire.
The prisoners taken by the Italians
Monday at one point amounted to l.
$50, which would bring their total and
those Of the allies well in the neigh
borhood of 5000.
In their attacks between Zenson and
Fossalta, along the Piave, the Aus
trians have been stopped everywhere,
says an official statement issued by
the Italian war office.
approximately 100000 Austrians
have been hurled against the Italian
front Losses which are described as
frightful have been inflicted upon the
Austrians in the areas where the prin-
cipal fighting has taken place.
Unofficial advices are to the effect
that the Austrians have thrown four
teen bridges across the Piave along
front of about fourteen and a half
miles, between the Zenson loop and
the Conegliano railway bridge, but that
the Italians are heavily engaging the
enemy at all points and have the pom
toons under their gunfire.
Eighty thousand Germans were
killed, wounded or made prisoner dur
ing the offensive between Montdidier
and Noyon. Capt. Andrew Tardieu, who
accompanied Premier Clemenceau to
the front on Sunday, told Marcel HUI
tin, editor of the Echo de Paris, upon
his return to Paris. This is figure
which should make even Ludendorff
reflect" he said.
Between the southern edge Of the
. Villers-C Cotterets forest and Chateau
Thierry American troops celebrated
the anniversary of the arrival of
American troops in France by repuls-
ing violent enemy attempts to drive
them from their recently won positions
at Belleu wood and Bouresches. The
enemy attacked after a heavy bonn
bardment, but was driven back with
severe losses by the defensive fire Of
the Americans, who took prisoners and
machine guns.
On the front in France the fighting
activity has been limited to local Ger
man attacks at isolated points.
Against the French along the Matz
river the enemy failed. The same re-
suit attended a strong effort to pene-
trate the American lines at Xivray,
east of st. Mihiel. The American ar
tillery fire broke up the enemy attack
with heavy losses and only a snail
force reached Xivray, where 1t was
wiped out by the Americans. An at
tempt to raid the new American sec
tor in Alsace Sunday was broken up
by machine gun and rifle fire.
WESTERN
Twenty-Five persons were slightly in
jured when the Denver & Rio Grande
combination train which left Santa Fe
was derailed by broken rail near Vol
cano, nineteen miles south of Antonito,
Colo.
Light rains have relieved the forest
fire situation in western Montana, ac-
cording to reports received at Mis-
soula.
Nacho Kay, C. A. 2, Indian wanted
for murder of two squaws near Rock
house. was captured by Indian police
at Fort Apache, 100 miles east of
Globe, Ariz.
Oliver Graves, 81 years old, of Kan
sas City, Mo-, accidentally shot him
self through the leg on a ranch near
Laramie, Wyo., and bled to death be-
fore help could reach him. He was
hunting rabbits with an old pistol
WASHINGTON
American troop aid for Italy will be
forthcoming soon.
Attorney General Gregory has re-
fused to approve the form of contract
between the railroad administration
and the new consolidated express COM
pany without some provision for re-
storation of competition after the war.
The trail of the governments pur-
suit of illegal profiteers on war con-
tracts led to the arrest in New York
of Lieut.. James c. Staley, a reserve
army officer, on charge of accepting
money for contract which he prom
ised to procure.
Congress as whole is strongly in
favor of changing the draft ages, thus
removing the danger that deferred
classes will be drawn upon next year.
A dispatch reaching the State De-
partment from Stockholm quotes re-
port from Petrograd saying the whole
of the Ukraine is ON the eve of re-
volt against Germany.
Major General Morrison was as
signed to the command of the West
ern department, with headquarters in
San Francisco, to relieve General