The Raymer enterprise., 1918-09-05
FOREIGN

Parisien declared.
A number Of Italian young womes
and girls have petitioned the militar,
authorities at Rome to establish
schools where they can take trainini
In aviation.
Describing the house-to-house al:
raid over Mannheim, the night Of Aug
rs. an officer Of the Royal Indepsnd
ent air forces in London, declared II
an extraordinary and unparalleled
feat OF the war"
Twenty.four men comprising thu
crew Of the fishing schooner Gloam
Ing OF Lunenburg. N. g., were picked
up In dories near st. Pierre, Miquelon
and reported that their vessel had
been sunk by German submarine.
Premier David Lloyd George at
luncheon given in London by the gov
eminent In honor OF Samuel Gompers,
president OF the American Federation
Of Labor. proposed q toast to the
health Of the labor leader, who ID Wis
iting England. Il do this for two rea
sons," he said One OF these il the
country from which our guest comes
"A country Graded and nurtured In
freedom. In the second place, we vel
come Mr.. Gompers and his friends for
their own sake"
II is estimated by experts in London
that the German losses In killed alone
nom reach total Of more than 1000.
600. and probably approach 100000
The total entente allied captures on
the western front since July IS now
approach 10000 prisoners and 1000
guns. The British captured more
than 2l,0oo prisoners between Aug.
2l and Aug 2s. while the British to-
tai losses in the same period. includ-
Ing all killed. wounded and missing.
were only slightly in excess Of that
figure.
SPORT
Sherman Fisher was high amateur
and c. W. Phellis was high profession.
al in the weekly trap shoot at the
Lakewood Country Club in Denver.
The former broke 45 out OF 30, while
Phellis broke 40 out OF so.
Jack Dempsey, the heavyweight
pugilist, joined the army OF shlpbulld.
ers In the Philadelphia district. Demp-
sey signed contract as labor agent
and his task will be to secure ship
workers from all sections OF the coun,
try.
Il seems TO be the rule that golf Il.
ties should no longer remain in the
time-honored hands, and SO In won.
ems golf, as well as in mems. new
champion has appeared on the hori-
zon. The new woman champion for
Colorado is Miss Frances Moffatt, sis.
ter to the ex-champion. Mrs. NJ. A. Nc.
Langhlin, whom she defeated in the
finals OF the state woman's tonrna.
ment held at the Lakewood Country
Club in Denver.
GENERAL
Thirteen captains OF the navy were
nominated for the temporary grade OF
rear admiral.
Completing its task of framing the
$s.000,000,000 war revenue bill the
House ways and means committee re.
ported the measure to the House.
The nation is scheduled to 20 bone
dry" July /, 1919. the Senate having
adopted the Sheppard substitute for
the Jones prohibition amendment to
the agricultural extension bill
Favorable report on the bill intro.
duced by Senator Henderson Of Ne
vada, providing for government pro
ductlon and distribution OF minerals
needed in the war, was ordered by the
Senate mines committee.
With 100000 votes reported out OF
possible $4,000 cast in the South
Carolina primary election, Nat G.
Dial was nominated for the United
States Senate over Cole L. Blease
and J, F. Rice by a majority that will
probably approach 10000 votes. Dial's
lead over Blease is more than $4,000.
Equal suffrage was indorsed at
Philadelphia by the National Frater.
nal Congress OF America at the final
session OF its convention.
During the week ending Aug. %,
i23 sick and wounded soldiers from
the American Expedltionary Forces
were landed in the United States and
sent to army hospitals. For the pre-
cedlng week the number was 1888.
Complete failure OF the attempt OF
General Horyath. the anti-BolshevSs
leader, TO establish a dictatorship in
Siberia is reported in adyices from
Vladiyostok Representatives of the
allies at Vladivostok intervened to up.
hold the authority of the new govern.
ment there
Comparison of food prices prevail.
Ing now with those OF five years ago
by the Department OF Labor shows
that the purchasing power of a dollar
bill has shrunk to 81 cents in Wash
ington and Baltimore, rs cents In
Philadelphia, SO cents in New York
and Chicago, and 63 cents in San