The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1918-09-07
CONDENSATION
OF FRESH NEWS
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
& CRISP PARAGRAPHS. -
STORY OF The WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union news service.
ABOUT THE WAR


ABOUT THE WAR
A Russian volunteer army has cap
tured the Black sea port of Novoros-
sysk, according to a dispatch from
Kiev.
Between Hendecourt and the Arras-
Cambria road the Canadians attacked
the German line and made favorable
progress.
Australian forces have made sub
stantial progress toward D0mpiere,
south of the Somme. and east of SUI
zanne, north of the river.
French troops are at the gates of
Ham, according to dispatches from
the front. The Germans lost three
complete munition trains at Breuil,
five miles west OF Ham. in their pre-
cipitate retreat.
East of the Sensee the forces Of
Field Marshal Haig made progress,
capturing BullecOurt and Hendecourt
les-CagnicOurt. The British also cap
tured Clery-sur-Sommeo ON the Somme
L
British troops have captured Com
bles, between Bapaume and the River
Somme, it was officially announced
Friday by the British war office. Adj
vanced British troops have crossed
the Somme river south and west of
Peronne.
From 10000 to $4,000 German pris-
Oners constitute Americas portion of
tives since July /. On the whole
there is an inclination to believe that
the German casualties, including pris-
oners, run 100000 or more since
July /.
Official reports assert that the Brit
ish have captured the important town
of Bapaume, where for days there has
been bitter fighting, the Germans ex-
erting their utmost strength to keep
Haig's men from gaining control Of
the railways and the high road lead
ing to Cambria.
The fighting British armies again
smashed their way forward Friday all
along the line There was heavy
fighting almost everywhere between
the Somme and Scarpe rivers, and un-
der the force of repeated blows, de-
livered with machine-like precision,
the foe has been forced to abandon
many more town positions and large
strips of ground.
The French and Americans, under
orders by General Mangin, advanced
on the plateau north of scissors to
the western edge of Crouy, taking
Cuffies and Chavigny after hard fight
ing. Further north between the ALL
cite and the road from Coucy to
Chaupny the struggle was equally Sc
we're. The French occupied Champs,
the Daast wood, Praast and Villette..
WESTERN
Gov James P. Goodrich was serious
ly injured in collision between his
automobile and street car at Indian
apolis, Ind.
One Denver man, one Wyoming man
and one Cortez, Colo, man are re-
ported killed in action in the casualty
lists made public Friday by the War
Department They are Richard C.
Hughes, Denver; Ralph A. Judson,
Cody, and Jesus M. Cordova, Cortez.
William D. Haywood, "uncrowned
king" of the I. W. W., and fourteen of
his chief aides in the conspiracy to
overturn the American war program,
were sentenced to twenty years in the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kan, by Federal Judge K. M. Lands
at Chicago. One hundred and one, in
GLIDING three from Colorado, were
given sentences of from one day to
twenty years, and fines ranging from
$4,000 to $4,000.
WASHINGTON
More than $4,000 unskilled workers
have been recruited in nineteen states
and placed in war plants during the
last two weeks, the Labor Department
announced.
In the capture of Combles the Brit
ish took a battery complete, in addi-
ton to some 260 prisoners, and at
Maurepas one 15-centimeter howitzer
and four field guns fell into their
hands.
No new school house may be built
during the war, the war industries
board announced in Washington, ex-
cept for replacement The board made
this ruling when approval was asked
of a plan to expend 100000 for
schools in New York.
Under orders, all changes in tele-
phone rates must be submitted to
Postmaster General Burleson for ap-
prevail before becoming effective and
the companies are required to make
a charge COR installing new telephones
or changing the location of old ones.
The government Aug 20 paid out
$156,000,0OO for ordinary war expenses,
making the largest single days ex-
penditures for these purposes in the
retions history. This was in addition
20 dicburcipo con O0O 000 on fOreipn