The Colorado statesman., 1918-09-07

III ihlhtAn AAAf DllAloil lOlNtS nav
captured the town OF Wulverghem,
two miles southeast of KENNEL
British troops have captured Com
bles, between Bapaume and the Rivet
Somme it was officially announced
In their first fighting in Belgium
the Americans captured Noormezeele
and several strong German positions
in that immediate vicinity.
Mont St Quentin has been taken by
the Australians, together with Feuil
laucourt In this surprise attack more
tlan l,500 prisoners were taken.
gain of great importance in the
Lr5 sector has been made by the Brit
ish, who are now in possession of that
much-foughtoyer ground, KENNEL hill.
The British captured in the month
OF August 57,31S prisoners, 657 guns,
more than $3.50 machine guns and L.
0G0 trench mortars. said a British Of
flcial statement Sunday
On the scissors sector the French
and Americans now are in control of
the entire plateau dominating the
Alsne the Chemin des Danes and the
roads TO Laon and lie Fere.
tons, bound from Bordeaux to Mont
real was torpedoed on the night of
Aug. 16 when about 500 miles off the
French coast.
The French and Americans, under
orders by General Mangin. advanced
on the plateau north of Soissons to
the western edge of Crouy taking
Cuffies and Chavigny after hard fight
ing. Further north between the Ali
ette and the road from Coucy to
Chaupny the struggle was equally Sc
we're The French occupied Champs,
the Daast wood. Praast and Villette.
on "a front of virtually fifty miles,
from just below Ypres, to point near
Peronne. on the Somme. the German
armies are in retreat. In their pass
beyond the Drocourt Queant line the
British have advanced to joint just
TO the west of Buissy, two and one
half miles northeast of Queant, and
occupied Prouyille, n TVe and a half
southeast of Queant. More than 10000
prisoners were taken by the British
Monday. Additional prisoners were
taken Tuesday. The British also hold
Doignies, Velu and Bertincourt and
Rocquigny. representing an advance
TO a maximum depth of four miles on
a twenty-mile front effected Tuesday.
WESTERN
Although thousands of stenograph-
ers and typists are now serving the
government in the conduct of its war
work, thousands more are needed in
Washington and throughout the
country.
A barbed wire fence, sufficiently
high and strong to prevent smuggling,
was proposed to be built between the
two towns of Nogales by Gen. de
Rosey Cabell to Gen. Plutarco Elias
Gales during a final conference held
on the international boundary at No
gales, Ariz,, prior to the departure of
the two commanders for their head
quarters.
Customs Officer Fred Tate was shot
and instantly killed by alleged Mex
lean smugglers on the main road two
miles north of Brownsville, Tex. Tate
was the second officer killed by
smugglers in this section within a
fortnight Ranger Joe Shaw was shot
and killed on Aug. %.
WASHINGTON
Tributes were paid to the memory
OF Senator Francis G.. Newlands of
Nevada. who died Dec. "a last, in the
Senate.
Employees of the Bullard Engineer
ing Works, Bridgeport, Conn, cele-
brated Labor Day by giving without
compensation five hours of their time
to constructing 155-millimeter guns
for the American army overseas.
They sent cablegram to General
Pershing telling of their donation.
An amendment to the emergency
agricultural appropriation bill, now
pending in the Senate with its ma
tional prohibition rider, was intro
duced by Senator Gore of Oklahoma,
proposing appropriation of S15O,OOO.-
600 to be used for the temporary re-
lief of farmers in drought-stricken
sections of the country.
Under orders, all changes in tele-
phone rates must be submitted to
Postmaster General Burleson for ap-
proval before becoming effective and
the companies are required to make
q charge cor installing new telephones
or changing the location of old ones.
Organized labor at celebrations
Throughout the country on Labor Day
answered President Wilson's appeal
~ speed up war work by pledging
loyal support to the government in
turning out materials needed to bring
the war to a quick and victorious con-