Gilpin observer., 1915-07-01

ADOuG Lue war
German aeroplane dropped two
bombs on st. Die. A woman was
killed.
Not since the war began has the
English public been SO convinced that
it will be long one.
A German submarine sunk the
schooner Edith of Barrow off Yong
hal, Ireland. The crew was saved.
The Turkish ambassador to Italy,
Mehmed Naby Bey, visited the foreign
office in Rome and demanded his pass.
ports.
A report given out in London said
that since June 12 10000 Russian
soldiers and nine Russian guns have
been captured.
The town of Halicz in Galicia on the
Dniester river has been occupied by
German troops, according to the an
nouncement given out by German mill
tary headquarters.
The British steamships Indrani of
3,640 tons gross, was sunk by Ger
man submarine at a point southwest
of Tuskar Ireland The crew of the
Indrani was saved.
The supplementary naval estimate,
issued in London, provides for the ad-
dition of $4,000 officers and men to
the navy This would bring the total
personnel for this year to 100000 Of
ficers and men. The last vote of
250.00O men was made in February.
The Russians again are retreating
In Galicia, both to the north and
south of Lemberg, and in Poland the
Germans have launched another at
tack against Warsaw in the form of
a drive from the north through
Przansysz The new blow at the
Polish capital has been preceded by
terrific artillery action.
The announcement that Italy had
determined to join the allied forces in
a redoubled attack on the Dardanelles
is regarded In London as marking an
other plan of campaign due to the Rus,
slams defeat in Galicia. The capture
of Constantinople and the smashing
Of the Turks power is now believed
to be the next effort of the allies.
Western
Mrs. Irene Murphy. found to have
killtd her husband. was sentenced at
Los Angeles to two years imprison-
ment for manslaughter.
At San Francisco the American hos
pital Association. which concluded
its convention, selected Philadelphia
for its 1916 meeting place
At Redondo Beach, Cal, Mrs. Fran
els Curtis of Trinidad, Colo, was
saved from drowning for the second
time by George Sleeth, city life
guard.
A general shutdown Of Chicago's
building industry, which it was said
will throw out of employment more
than 100000 workers, went into effect
Monday.
Taking as guide prices now being
paid for food supplies at state institu-
tions, officials said at Sacramento
that the cost of living in California
was decreasing.
William Jennings Bryan. former sec
retary OF state, has accepted an invita-
tion to deliver an address at mass
meeting to be arranged by the Amer
ican independence Union for July
It was announced at San Francisco
Storms which swept central Kansas
and northern and eastern Oklahoma
caused widespread damage to crops
and property. Some points reported
winds of violence almost equalinf
tornado, accompanied by rain, which
sent many streams out of their banks
Wilson Day." designated by {
mayors proclamation, was observed
at Seattle, WASH, with parade NOR
than two miles long and mass meet
ing at which addresses were made eX
pressing confidence in the President
conduct of international affairs.
Washington
President Wilson has issued an or
der authorizing the use of small
island lying about three miles south
Of Lake Mile Laos, Minnesota as a
federal game preserve and breeding
ground for native birds.
Pressure of formal and organized
character was exerted on the United
States government to secure from
Great Britain modification of the EN-.
barge on all commercial intercourse
between Germany and neutral coun.
tries.
Two men, obsessed of the thought
that they had been sent to the Presi
dent with messages bearing on tht
European war, were arrested at tho
White House on charges of insanit,
and sent to the Washington asylum
hospital for mental observation.
Favorable reply from Germany to
the last note of the United States con
cerning submarine warfare and the
sinking of the Lusitania was predict
ed In an official dispatch from Ambas
sador Gerard received at the State De
partment IL was transmitted 10 Pre-