The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-03
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ABOUT THE WAR


French gunners put two long dis
tance German guns out OF comInls-
sion
KENNEL hill strewn with bodies OF
Germans sacrificed trying TO gain want
age point.
We have occupied the fortress OF
kars and captured $50 guns" says
Turkish report from Constantinople.
The entente allied line has been ad-
yanced between La Clytte and KEN
mel The Franco British forces also
have made progress south OF that
region
British casualty lists published dur
ing April showed 1853 officers killed.
4siI wounded and 2.459 missing
S.lS9 men killed; 35.304 wounded and
sl4 missing.
Five countries are reported in the
throes Of revolt or threatened with
epoch-making uprising5. They are
Russia. Austria. Germany. Siberia and
Finland.
Losses OF German submarines dur
ing the past six weeks have been more
than double the rate In January and
February, according to advices from
Zurich
Capt. Ting CHA Chen. military
counsellor to the President OF China,
and also to the Chinese minister OF
war said that China now is sending
10000 troops to France to fight for the
allies
Again on April 80 there was a pause
In the battle OF Flanders, where the
ground everywhere was covered with
gray clad bodies OF German dead. and
the British and French were holding
securely to all their positions.
German cavalry has been observed
at Esschen. according to reports re-
ceived from Rozendaal Esschen is a
Belgian customs town on the Holland
Belgium border eighteen miles direct
ly north of Antwerp. Rozendaal is
five miles directly north Of Esschen.
The White Guards. or Finnish gov
ernment forces, have captured Viborg
seventy five miles northwest of Petro-
grad, after killing nearly the entire
force of 5000 Red Guards, according
to an official announcement. The reb-
els made last desperate attempt to
break through in the direction OF
Frederiksham.
WESTERN
Yuma. Ariz., felt an earthquake
shock which lasted for few seconds
at 8: SO O'Clock Tuesday night.
Cal. in the Imperial valley at 9:35
p. m. Tuesday night lasted forty sec
onds. The severity of the shock was
not indicated.
Mrs. Harriet Isabel Fisk, wealthy
widow. was shot dead at her home in
Hollywood. suburb of Los Angeles,
Cal. by her brother. Henry Charles
Fisk. Jr., who then killed himself
When your lover kneels to propose,
step behind him and look at his shoes
If they are half-soled take him."
was the advice Secretary OF the Treas
ury McAdoo left with Michigan maids
as he swung eastward from Grand
Rapids in finishing his Liberty loan
speaking trip.
The sales at the annual April fur
auction at St Louis totaled s4,6SO. 900
for the six days. beating the record
by 25 per cent
WASHINGTON
The Austrian situation as viewed in
Rome indicates that the monarchy is
losing authority.
Bills were introduced in the Senate
providing for large increases in the
American army
A bill designed to crush out the |.
w. W. has been approved by Senate
judiciary subcommittee.
Liberty loan subscriptions April 80
totaled $174,443.O0O, the record for any
single day in the campaign.
Czechs and Slovaks to the number
Of 10, 900 took solemn oath at Prague
on April 13 to fight to the end for the
independence of Austria. according to
diplomatic advices received in Wash
ington.
A total output of 240,0 900 tons Of new
shipping for the month Of April was
reported to the Shipping Board by
Commissioner OF Navigation Cham
berlain. Twothirds OF the tonnage
was constructed in the last half Of the
month.
The House passed the administra-
tion bill authorizing government con-
troll over the production Of ores essen
tial in the manufacture of war ma
terials.
Two American transports which
were in collision at sea several days
ago have returned safely to an At
lantic port. the Navy Department an
nounced
Contracts for 1.026 freight and pas
senger locomotives. the largest single