The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
FOREIGN

port.
Several German ammunition
dumps north of Vesle river were
blown up by high explosives from the
American guns.
The German empress, who has been
i'll for several days. has taken turn
for the worse, according to a message
received In Amsterdam.
The tanker Lake Manitoba was
burned at Montreal with her cargo OF
500 tons of crude oil The loss was
estimated at s1,5O0.OO0
British casualties reported in the
week ended Aug. 2S total 14,4S4, com
pared with an aggregate OF S,4ll re-
ported in the previous week.
Members of the German Socialist
minority are now forced to submit
copies OF all speeches they intend 10
deliver to the military authorities.
German and Russian plenipoten-
tiaries, according to an official tele-
gram from Berlin, signed three
treaties supplementary to the Brest-
Litovsk treaty.
An army of 10000 peasants is fight
ing against combined force of Ger
mans and Ukrainians near Skvira, ac-
cording to the Stockholm newspaper
Pravda The railway strike in
Ukraine continues.
Germany has accepted all conditions
contained in the Spanish note regard
ing the submarine situation. it was an
nounced at Santander, Spain. German
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be voluntarily turned over to Spain TO
replace any future losses from U-boats.
The capture of 100 Germans is the
exploit attributed to Pierre Cellier,
aged 20. corporal in the French tank
corps. Two field pieces also were
taken. Cellier has been awarded the
Cross of the Legion of Honor. re-
ward rarely given to anyone but
commissioned officer.
The British have brought down 4G2
German airplanes during the last fort
night, the London war office an
nounced. During the same period 59i
tons of bombs were dropped on vari-
Gus German targets. Seventeen Ger
man machines and four balloons were
brought down Friday. The British
lost four planes.
General Semenoff, the anti-Bolshe-
vik leader, has crossed the Siberian
frontier and retaken Matsievski sta
ton, west of Manchuli, capturing pris-
oners. The Japanese troops are en-
gagged with the Bolsheviki near
Dauria II is reported the allies have
taken over the operation OF the rail
ways. 1t is probable the railways
will be operated by the American en-
gineers under John F. Stevens.
SPORT
At Readville, Mass, Directum ].
won the honors at the second day s
meeting OF the grand circuit by lead
ing field OF fast PAGERS home in each
OF three heats in the 2:06 pace for a
$4,000 purse. The Murphy entry went
in 2:O31a, 2:03N and 2:03%.
The qualifying round In the wom-
ems state golf tournament took place
at Lakewood, in Denver. Some ex-
cellent scores were recorded, the best
being those of Mrs F. w. Maxwell.
the only Country club entrant, who
made the round in 100 strokes; Mrs
l. Van Bradt, with 105. and Mrs. NJ. A.
Mclaughlin with log
August Hermann, chairman OF tha
national baseball commission, re
ceived the official permission OF Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder for the
pennant winners of the National and
American leagues 10 engage in a
world series. The period of extension
will be until Sept. Is, the telegram
declared. This removes the last OBJ
stacle to holding the worlds series
which will start in Chicago on Sept l.
GENERAL
Senator Ollie NJ. James of Kentucky
died at Johns Hopkins hospital in Bal
timore, Aug. 2S of an acute affection
of the kidneys.
Five days after he was granted di-
vorce in Tonopah, New. Jesse X.
Grant. son of former President Grant,
obtained license In New York to wed
Mrs. Lillian Burns Wilkins, a widow.
He gave his age as 60 and that of his
fiancee at Al.
A nationwide plan for educating the
public by means of motion pictures to
the need of conserving fuel during the
coming winter has been developed by
Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield
and the National Association of the
Moving Picture Industry.
Because he wiped out a machine
gun nest near Virezy, aided by only
one man, and captured two German of
ficers and sixteen privates Lieut..
Harry w. Caygill was made cheva-
lier of the Legion of Honor at the dec
Grafton ceremony in France.
Wage increases to all workers now
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