The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1918-11-01
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Wsst.rn Newspaper Z MON News Service
ABOUT THE WAR


more than 1850 prisoners.
Allied troops maintain their prog
ress east OF the Piaye and have taken
more than $1,000 prisoners.
British casualties ior the week
ended october y mum Dered 32.24s
compared with 37.l5O for the previous
week
Eighteen enemy airplanes were shot
down Tuesday by American aviators.
Five American machines were lost III
carrying out important reconnaissance
missions.
The British have captured Maing,
southeast OF Nalenciennes. and Nende-
gies-sur Ecaillon. on the front below
Valenciennes A German counter at
rack was repulsed.
The British advancing in Me-opo-
tafnia have cut the road from Sherg
het to Mosul, one OF the principa
Turkish lines of communication. This
probably will force the Turks to fall
back on Mosul.
General Debeney's army has won
signal victory. The German forces
holding the Serre-Oise front are in re,
treat and the whole German line be
tween Chateau Porcien and the Ar
come is in danger of being turned.
Between Sept II when the St Mi
hiel drive began. and Oct. 10. United
States filters brought down 261 Ger
man planes which represented one
seventh OF the total flying strength o!
the enemy from the Swiss border to
the sea.
In the Italian theater, over q front
OF nearly forty miles from the Bretna
to the middle reaches of the Piave
river, the British. French and Italian
armies are developing with success
An offensive against the Austro-Hun-
sarians and are swiftly driving them
from the mountain passes toward the
Austrian frontier across the plains
east OF the Piave in northern Italy.
American reserves are behind the
lines prepared to aid the allies when
the opportune time arrives.
In all the battle zones the allies are
meeting with marked success. says
man battle line Is slowly disintegrat
ing under the violence of the allied of
fensive. in northern Italy the Austro-
Hungarians are being forced back by
the British. French and Italians with
heavy losses in men killed. wounded
or made prisoner. near the shores of
the Adriatic in Albania the Italians
are driving the Austrians toward the
Montenegro frontier. while in Asiatic
Turkey. both in Syria and Mesopo-
tamia the British are fast clearing the
Turks from their former strongholds
More than 5000 Austrians were taken
prisoner in the operations on the
Italian front.
WESTERN
The Canadian casualty list Monday
night gave the name of p. D. Barnett,
Denver. among the wounded
Thomas ], Foley of Omaha, we'll
known sportsman and a bosom com.
panion of Buffalo Bill" Cody, died OF
general breakdown
Police raided a hotel In the business
district of FL Paso, Tex, and seized
$4,000 worth of liquor stored there
William Mccoy proprietor OF the
hotel. was arrested.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 men EN-
ployed in Los Angeles shipyards soon
will have an average wage increase OF
10 per cent with basic rate of 81
cents an hour for most of the skilled
trades.
.
The mountain division OF the Red
Cross has issued an urgent call for
volunteers, both men and women, who
Will so to the towns in the division
whore influenza Is still raging, and as.
sist the doctors and nurses in check
ing the disease.
w WASHINGTON
New cases OF influenza and pneu
monia continued Tuesday to show a
slight increase in army camps over
the country. particularly In camps
where new increments are arriving
Reports received October 30 show new
cases OF influenza numbered $3.50.
against 1881 for the previous day,
while there was a marked increase in
new pneumonia cases. GIG being re
ported. against 431 for Monday. Deaths
totaled 1913 against 1888 the day before
The surgeon general of the army an
nounced that vaccination against
pneumonia is available now for every
officer. enlisted man and civilian en-
ploye Of the army The vaccine IS
said to have been proved to prevent
pneumonia following Influenza
Continued aviation activity on the
front OF the First American army in
spite OF poor weather was reported by
General Pershing in a second COM
munique for Monday. Three enemy
aeroplanes and an observation balloon
were shot down. and all the American
machines returned