The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1918-05-10
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK o.
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvENTo
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOP :.
ABOUT THE WAR

British casualties reported during
the week ending May reached to-
tai OF 1854.
Tuesday, May I. was the third ami
yersary OF the sinking OF the Lusitania
by German submarine with loss OF
l.275 lives.
Germans are credited, in reports re-
ceived at Paris, with injecting asphyx
Eating 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 100 yards on a 1900
yard front Sunday, and early Monday
they added another 500 yards on a q
o00-yard front.
With three well placed shots the
American steamer Tidewater disposed
of an enemy submarine shortly before
midnight, March II, the Navy Depart
ment announced Tuesday
The Berlin report says: Between
the Ancre and the Somme the enemy
employed Australians for a 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
operating In an important sector on
the Ainiens 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 Frankfurter Zeitung in comment
ing upon the affair The newspaper
urges that the German navy take
measures to deal with an antagonist
OF remarkable holiness"
The British made successful raid
near Neuvile-Vitasse, southwest of
Arras. the war office reports Three
machine guns We're captured. The
French in the Amiens sector we're sue
dition they repulsed an attempted Ger
man attack. The Italians dispersed
hostile patrols on various parts of the
front.
There was a terrific bonn ba rdment
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-tohand
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
Is months.
After having served twelve years as
mayor OF Omaha, James C. 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 a loss es-
timated at $750,000.
WASHINGTON
America is now shipping small ar
mics to France In response to the al
lied appeal for reserves.
A $1,000. 100000 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 $685. tons. and
six wooden ships of 21,50O tons were
launched by American yards in the
week ending May 5
An agreement on the bill extending
the selective draft law to youths 81
years Of age since June S, 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 Palm
Beach suit
In 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
"a cents an ounce or fraction thereof
for the transportation OF mail by air
plane. was adopted by the Senate.