The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1918-07-05
coMUeMseD RECORD or THE
PRooRgss or EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
eAvINos. DING .. ACHIEVE.
MEMrs. sUFFERINcs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Weatsfh NsWspapSf Union NeWs SsfvIes.
ABOUT THE WAR

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British casualties for the week end.
ing June 26 total 9S5 officers and u.s.
SIS men.
American troops now are holding
sectors Of varying lengths in at least
six places on the battle line.
Italian forces made further gains on
the lower Pave. taking 600 prisoners,
II was semi-officially announced.
DR.. Won Kuehlmann offered his resig-
nation as German foreign secretary on
the 26th. says Zurich dispatch to the
Paris Journal.
The city of Irkutsk. Siberia, has
been captured by Czecho- Slovak troops
under General Alexieff. according to
Berlin advices.
A boatload Of sailors from an Amer
lean vessel sunk by submarine off
the Atlantic coast was landed by q
fishing vessel at Shelburne, N. 8.
Eleven persons were killed and four
teen others injured through the explo-
sion Of bombs dropped by German air
men in Thursday nights raid over the
Paris district.
The British troops in Flanders and
the French forces further south ap-
parently have anticipated the proposed
German drive toward the English
channel ports or Paris. and struck
first.
French troops in Picardy and Brit
ish in north both hurl Huns back q
mile in drive. Petain captured 1900
on Aisne. a. Haig cut foes line in
Nieppe. cleaned woods and captured
cities.
All the positions held by the Aus
TRANS on the lower Piave. constitut.
ing the Capo Sile bridgehead. have
now been taken by the Italians. and
the entire western bank Of the Piave
10 clear Of the enemy.
Thirty-six German machines were
brought down Or forced to land In q
dAMkEed condition June rs by Franco
British .airmen. while Berlin claims
The destruction Of twelve allied aero
aplanss the same day.
A regiment Of troops in General
sPeTshing's expeditionary forces has
been ordered to Italy, probably ~ an
advance guard OF additional forces to
be sent later to complete the unity on
that front Of Italian, British, French
and American troops.
Synchronously with the defeat Of
the Austrians In Italy and the spirit
Of unrest prevalent in the dual mon
archy, comes Foreign Secretary Won
Kuehlmann's acknowledgement from
Germany that that country 10 desir-
Gus OF peace.
WESTERN
l Cheers and shouts of enthusiasm
greeted the announcement made in
the Chamber Of Deputies ut Paris that
the Fourth Of July would be regarded
~ . legal French holiday.
O. p. Dittman. who recently re-
signed his position In the Lowell. Wyo,
offices OF the Great Western Sugar
Company to enter the service Of his
country, 10 the fifth son of A. H. Dit
man Of Denver to enter the army. The
Dittman family consisted Of five boys,
and all are DOW soldiers.
A new process Of distilling oil from
oily shale that has been discovered by
A. o. Crane, promises to become a
great industry for western Wyoming.
according to John A. shellenbarger of
Salt Lake City. Utah.
WASHINGTON
Germany's entire offensive program
may have been upset, in the opinion
Of officers by the crushing defeat of
the Austrians along the Piave river.
President Wilson sent to the Senate
the names Of eight new major gener-
ais and forty.three brigadier generals
of the national army to I'LL vacancies
now existing in the military service.
Bowling to the wish of the War De-
partment. the Senate, by . vote Of ~
to Is, rejected the Fall amendment
making the draft age limits 20 to 40
years in lieu OF the present limits Of
q and 81 years.
National thrift day was observed
throughout the country by the gather.
ing of millions of pledges for system
attic purchase during the remainder of
the year of War Savings and Thrift
Stamps. aided In many localities BY
Suspension Of business and public dem.
oastra4i0ns.
Gefmany's latest declaration Of war
aims. n enunciated In the Berlin