Gilpin observer., 1915-06-03
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About the War


British steamer Morwenna and Dan
ish steamer Betty sunk by submarines
In North Sea.
The British battleship Triumph was
sunk in the Dardanelles, according to
official announcement at London.
A peace treaty between Argentina,
Brazil and Chile was signed in Buenos
Aires by the foreign ministers of the
three states concerned.
Captain Greene of the American
vessel Nebraskan injured by an explo-
sion off Ireland says he is certain a
torpedo struck his ship.
British mine-laying ship Princess
Irene destroyed by explosion at dock
near London with the loss of 327
sailors and dock-workers.
Italian gunners brought down an
Austrian aeroplane in the first contest
of the Italian campaign between fly
ing machines and anti-aircraft guns.
A Turkish gunboat of the Aidin Refs
type was sunk in the Sea of Marmora
within sight of Constantinople by a
British submarine, according to an
Athens dispatch to the Paris Journal
The capture of 5000 more prisoners
Is announced by the German war Of
flee which represents the situation in
the east an favorable to Germany, with
the exception of the retreat from the
San near Sieniawa.
The British steamer Tullochmoor,
tn, all 4 L..
German submarine. The crew escaped
and was landed at Barry, Wales. The
Tullochmoor was in ballast from
Genoa for South Shields.
French torpedo boats have brought
into port at Brest, France, the crews
of the British steamer Glenlee and the
Portuguese steamer Cysne, which were
torpedoed by German submarine be-
tween the Scilly islands and Cape Fin
isterre. The crews were picked up at
sea by the French schooner Dixi,
which transferred them to the torpedo
boats.
Western
The Mccormick bill, limiting the
work day of women to nine hours was
defeated in the lower House of the
Illinois Legislature.
A total Of eighteen deaths have oc.
CURED from the floods, high winds
and electrical disturbances of the last
few days in Kansas, western Missouri
and Oklahoma
The Kaskaskia river broke through
two places near Vandalia, ILL.,, and
inundated 10000 acres of farm lands.
1t is estimated the damage to crops
alone will exceed 100000.
Fifteen tons of dynamite, stored on
a scow anchored in the harbor at
Seattle, WASH, said to have been
awaiting shipment to Russia, exploded,
completely wrecking the scow. Dam
age estimated at $4,000 was done to
plate glass windows in Seattle.
Testimony tending to show cruelty
and that his wife. Alma, formerly of
Denver, had chased him with butch.
er knife. won an uncontested divorce
for Arthur Little, Detroit druggist,
from the wife whose efforts to prove
herself not of negro descent have in
terested the nation.
After every legal recourse had
failed, the mercy plea of William ].
Bryan. secretary OF state, which had
been rejected by the State Legisla-
ture. proved potent to save the lives
OF the five Mexicans who were to have
been hanged at the penitentiary at
Florence, Ariz. At the last moment
the State Board OF Pardons and Pa.
roles, taking cognizance of Mr..
Bryan's request for delay. ordered re.
prieves OF six weeks for all of the con.
demned men and recommended that
they be executed separately and not
together.
Washington
The Maine memorial monument was
unveiled at Washington.
Secretary Bryan would have the
United States government assist
South and Central American republics
in financing as a step toward their
development
Application for Supreme Court re.
view of the conviction of F. Drew
Caminetti in the California Federal
white slave law was filed by former
Senator Bailey.
President Wilson sent some fifteen
Memorial Day wreaths to soldiers
graves throughout the country.
President Wilson, as head of the
American Red Cross, issued an appeal
to the American Deople to contribute q
money and supplies of food for the re-
lief Of starving Mexicans
The American gunboat Scorpion on
duty off Constantinople narrowly es.
capped damage by a British torpedo, nc.
cording to a report received by the
State Department from Ambassador
Morgenthau.