, 1918-09-05
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, o o q 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union news servios.
ABOUT THE WAR

Fresnoy-les-Roye to the north and
st. Mard to the south of Roye. both
have been captured by the French.
British forces fighting east of Arras
have reached the outskirts of Hau-
court, Remy and Boiry Notre Dame.
Australian forces have made sub
stantial progress toward Dompiere,
south Of the Somme. N east of SUI
zanne, north of the river.
South OF the Somme the British
have taken Foucaucourt. while north
of the Somme they have attacked and
taken the greater part of Trones
wood
On the Ussuri front, north of Vlad-
ivostok, the Bolsheviki have retired
six miles before a general advance
by all the allied forces, according to
reports received in Shanghai.
With the fall of Chaulnes the
French forces routed the enemy over
a front of about nineteen miles and
penetrated the region to a depth at
some points of nearly seven miles.
French troops are at the gates of
Ham, according to dispatches from
the front. The Germans lost three
complete munition trains at Breuil,
five miles west OF Ham, in their pre-
cipitate retreat.
From 10000 to $4,000 German pris-
oners constitute Americas portion of
the great allied haul Of 10000 cap
tives since July 1. On the whole
thou a.. 49, ;no1frott1, 81 loltoya chat
the German casualties, including pris-
oners. run 100000 or more since
July 1.
Official reports assert hat the Brit,
ish have captured the important town
Of Bapaume, where for days there has
been bitter fighting, the Germans ex-
erting their utmost strength to keep
Haig's men from gaining control of
the railways and the high road lead
ing to Cambria.
Northwest of Scissors, where the
Americans are in the line with the
French in the general movement of
clearing Picardy of the enemy, there
has been severe fighting but with the
allied troops having the advantage.
1ne AlutTlCdh StClOE Is uctWCCh SLo
vigny and Juvigny and the enemy fac
ing them includes the Prussian Sew
enth infantry.
Since the caving in of the German
line by the fall of Chaulnes and Roye,
the French literally have overrun tho
southern portion of Picardy, having
reached the western bank of the Canal
H., Mad low to- a-ttr~ lapoth and
captured the town of Noyon which,
surrounded by hills, has stood defiant
ly for days under a rain of shells.
East and southeast of Noyon other
important positions have been taken
inc between the Disc and the Aisne
the French have overcome the heavy
resistance Of the enemy and crossed
the Ailette river.
WESTERN
Governor William D. Stephens has
won the Republican nomination for
Governor of California.
In the Michigan primaries. Henry
Ford was nominated by the Democrats
and Commander Youman H. Newberry
by the Republicans. for U. s. Senator.
What is said to be a new American
record, IL not a world record, for the
sale price of an individual ram, has
been established at the National Ram
Show and sale at Salt Lake under the
auspices of the National Wool Grow
ers' Association. A 3-year-old Ram
bouillet ram was sold for $4,000.
Calumet and Hecla Copper Com
pany declared its regular quarterly
dividend of SIS a share. payable Sept.
20 to stock Of record Sept. 5. The
same dividend was paid three months
ago. Other dividends announced in
clude Kennecott Copper. 81 a share;
Magma Copper, so cents a share;
Quincy Mining Company, So a share.
WASHINGTON
Higher wages for railroad track
laborers and for certain classes of
clerks were recommended to Director
General McAdoo by the board of rail-
road wages and working conditions.
Both houses Of Congress adjourned
Immediately upon announcement of
the death in Baltimore OF Senator
James of Kentucky. who had given
long service in House and Senate and
was universally popular.
Nominations of nearly 1000 post
masters for cities, towns and villages
in all parts of the country were sent
to the Senate by President Wilson.
Most OF the nominees are present
postmasters continued in office for
another term. The nominations in
clude postmasters for Cheyenne, Col
orado Springs. Fort Collins, Grand
Junction, Bisbee, Globe, Prescott,
Tucson, Albuquerque and East Las
VaRag