The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-08-23

tHt diIlta SINCE lile Iolu anu -'Nh ~
twneen the Disc and the Aisne Is
more than 10000.
In Lorraine, where the Americans
captured the village OF F'rapelle, near
St Die. Saturday morning. they have
pressed on and gained more ground
Notwithstanding a heavy lombard
ment
The American navy's air campaign
against German submarine bases In
Flanders began Aug. is with the
bombing of Ostend. While details are
lacking It Is said the operations were
successful
The Lys salient again has been mar
rowed down by the operations of the
British. who. north OF Merville. have
taken the villages OF Nierboek and La
let OF l. Epinette
Along the Scarpe. east OF Arras,
Field Marshal Haig's forces have kept
up their harassing tactics against the
enemy. who has been compelled to
fall back eastward along the Scarpe
river. The Germans resisted vigorous
ly. but all to no purpose. and the Brit
ish advanced their lines to the east
of the village OF Faupoux.
Some severe air conflicts occurred
on Aug in the sector between AL
bert and the Amiens- -Roye road The
air fighting resulted in the destruc-
tion of forty eight enemy machines,
while seventeen others were driven
down out OF control Fifty British ma
chimes did not return. During the six
succeeding days 1856 enemy aeroplanes
were destroyed and eighty nine
driven down out of control. making a
total OF 339 German machines for the
week. compared with 1913 British aero
planes missing
Northwest OF scissors from the
Aisne TO the Disc, north of the Disc
to the region around Roye; in the Ar
ras sector and northward on the IA
nous Lys salient the Germans every
where have been compelled to fall
back under pressure of the French
and British troops. In new often
sive launched by the French general
Mangin. over a front OF approximately
fifteen and half miles. from Bailly
on the Disc to the Aisne near Sois-
sons. the French in bitter fighting
have carried forward their line to an
average depth of two and half miles.
and in the first phases OF the battle
had turned to French possession num-
erous enemy-held villages and farms
In addition. more than 5000 Germans
had been herded behind the line. pris
oaers.
WESTERN
Early returns from the Wyoming
primary election held Aug 90. indi-
Gated that the race for the Democratic
nomination for governor between
Frank l.. HouN, incumbent, and VII
liam b Ross, would be close. Houx
appears to have a slight lead. The
race for United States senator also
appears close. with John Z. Osborne
leading On the Republican ticket,
Robert D. Carey had comfortable
lead for governor.
One dollar for a haircut and so
cents for shave will be the standard
prices II BARRIERS accept the sugges-
tion OF the Barber Supply Dealers AS
sociation. national organization
which held its annual meeting at Chi
cago
WASHINGTON
A second transport carrying Amer
ican troops arrived at Vladivostok.
Sinking OF the Norwegian bark
Nordhav. Off Cape Henry. was report
ed by the Navy Department
Congress came back TO work after
a five weeks vacation to tackle the
biggest revenue and army bills in his
tory.
Deceptive arguments. used in the
past by the German junkers to mislead
the people, are summarized by the
Hamburg Echo in its issue Of Aug. Il.
with the comment the German people
are now paying for all this
After serving five days in the dis
trict Jail on charges of disturbing the
peace. in connection with their dem
oustration before the White House.
twenty-three members of the Nation
al Woman's party were released from
custody
President Wilson returned to Wash
ington Tuesday after his brief vaca-
tion on the Massachusetts coast as the
guest of Col E NJ. House
A force of $4,000 women necessary
to care for all sick and wounded
American soldiers. must be raised by
July 1. next. Surgeon General Gorgas
announced
Railroad employees were specially
ordered by Director General McAdoo
to show courtesy in dealing with the
public, and to cease excusing train de-
lays with the plea that Uncle Sam II
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