Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-05-09
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About the War

German forces have occupied Sebas-
topol, the great Russian fortress In
the Crimea.
Heavy fighting along the whole
Italians front between the Adriatic
and the Giudicaria valley in the north
Is reported
The Canadians have appeared In the
Arras sector. further south than they
have been since the battles in this re-
gion began March FL.
There are unmistakable signs of a
resumption of the German effort to
force the allied positions on the hill
chain west of KENNEL.
The American artillery fired 10000
shells into the German trenches be-
fore recent attack. completely blot
ting them out, 1t was announced at
Paris.
British casualty lists published dur
ing April showed 1853 officers killed,
4,841 wounded and 2,459 missing;
S,1S9 men killed; 35,SO4 wounded and
S14 missing.
high English authority" is quoted
by the London Graphic as estimating
the German losses in killed. wounded
and captured since March 81 as at
least 100000.
North Of the Somme, the Austral
ians advanced 700 yards on 1900
yard front Sunday, and early Monday
they added another 500 yards on g.
00O-yard front.
The allies have kept up a heavy ar
tillery fire in sectors where the Ger
mans have been assembling, or have
been at work In bringing up guns for
the battle which is virtually certain to
come.
Capt. Ting CHA Chen, military
counsellor to the President of China,
and also to the Chinese minister of
war, said that China now is sending
10000 troops to France to fight for the
allies.
During the last three days, says a
May report, the American artillery
In the Luneville sector has complete
ly chased the Germans from their
front positions and have wiped GER
tain sections of the targets in the
enemy rear area off the map.
The British have withdrawn their
troops from Es-Salt, east of the Jor-
dan in Palestine, the London war Of
flee announces. Nearly 1000 Germans
and Turks and twenty-nine machine
guns have been captured in the last
few days.
A wounded British airman back
from France reports that the squadron
operating in an important sector on
the Amiens front has probably estab-
lished record by bringing down log
enemy machines in six weeks, includ-
ing twenty-one in one day.
Western
Wesley Kirk, alias Roy Davis, a fugi-
tive from justice for the past three
years and noted Oklahoma bad man.
was shot and killed near Holbrook,
Ariz, by Sheriff r. L. Newman, after
an all night and day chase over the
desert.
Mrs. Stella Johnson. 20 years old,
was killed at Champaign, presumably
by being thrown from a speeding au-
tomobile, her neck being broken.
Although they would not subscribe
to Liberty bonds, Mennonites near
Yankton, S. D., did not resist loan Of
ficers who drove 1000 head of cattle
from the Mennonite settlement. The
cattle will be sold for $35 900, which
Will be invested In bonds for this
peace-loving sect.
Two men are known to have been
drowned and eleven others are miss
ing as the result of being overwhelmed
In a strong rip tide in the surf at
Ocean Beach, n seaside resort twelve
miles from San Diego, Cal. The known
dead are Hugh Il. Burr. private of
Company b, 144th machine gun bat.
TALON. and Charles Humphrey, a pri.
vate OF bakery company. both of
Camp Kearny. Burr's home was at
Deming, N. M.
Washington
America is now shipping small ar
mics to France in response to the al.
lied appeal for reserves.
A $1.000.000,000 appropriation for
aircraft production was asked of Con.
gress by the War Department.
Frank w. Polk, counsellor of the
State Department, is quite seriously
III as a result OF breakdown from
overwork
Unofficial reports at the close OF the
third Liberty Loan drive indicated
that the $4,000 900 900 allotment had
been oversubscribed at least one bill.
lion dollars.
Incomplete reports received by Sur.
geon General BREASTED. chief Of the
navy medical corps. indicated that the
death rate for the week ending April
81 was the lowest in the history of