The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-18

Tie raging dioH6 the DNiIii iiNei-
Another Zeppelin raid was made
over the coast of England. There
were no casualties.
According to information received
at Athens, the position of the Turkish
forces defending the Dardanelles is
precarious.
A British official statement says:
"The ships lost for the week ending
Sept. s number ten, of gross ton
mage of 37,s26; fishing vessels four.
tonnage 1874"
Another Mexican was killed in Tex
as, this time by Mexcans near Ly-
ford, just north of Brownsville. This
was the second killing of Mexicans
about Lyford in two days.
An official Villa report states that
| Gen. F. Elias Gales, commanding
Carranza forces of 700. was defeated
| by Maytorena-Villa force of 800 near
Masuarenes station, Sonora, near No
gales.
A battle between Italian and Aus
trian naval forces, the former assisted
by French submarine, was fought in
the Adriatic sea. The ministry of ma
rine announced that one Austrian tor
pedo boat had been damaged Sc
| riously.
Two million shells have been hurled
| across the Flanders battle
front in the greatest artillery battle
the world has ever known. according
to statements made at Paris. The
rain of shells continues without any
indication of cessation after fifteen
days Of fighting.
In the narrow strip OF Galicia be-
tween the Sereth river and the Bes-
sarabian frontier the Russians have
been strongly reinforced and are ap-
parently well supplied with guns and
ammunition. They report their third
victory over the Austro-German
forces. bringing their total of prison
ers captured during the week up to
| $4,000, without mentioning the loss of
men or guns
The removal OF the Grand Duke
Nicholas from command of the armies
in Russia to the Turkish war front
now appears to be part OF plan to
| hasten the capture of the Dardanelles.
| The Russians are increasing their
| activities in the Caucasus and 1t is
| believed that the arrival of Grand
Duke Nicholas will be the signal for
more important operations in the way
of drive against the Turkish armies
which will lessen the burden of the
allies who are trying to force the Dar-
danelles, who are trying to force the
Dardanelles by diverting large por-
tion of the Turkish forces.
Western
Oregon's apple crop this year will
| be one-third as large as that of last
| season.
Five cents a barrel was added to
the price of the principal grades of
crude oil at Pittsburg, Pa
Four men and woman were ar
| rested in Chicago In connection with
the burglary at the home of Mrs. ].
| Ogden Armour, wife of the millionaire
Chicago packer.
Two white men and two negroes are
dead and a third white man is dan
gerously wounded as a result of a
murder and subsequent action by a
posse near Carlisle, Ark.
Five thousand miners employed by
eAAS NSeiOAs SopPSi company dI AhO-
renci. Ariz.. and the Shannon Copper
Company at Clifton. struck They de-
mand the Bisbee wage scale of $40
for muckers and $4.35 for miners.
The use of a cleverly constructed
dummy, which he placed in his cell
before he, with the other prisoners,
went from the cell house for the
days work. enabled Walter Comstock
to escape from the state penitentiary
at Rawlins. Wyo
Edward Brashear, a Denver youth
who was one of those injured in an
explosion on board the United States
destroyer Decatur, at the Cavite navy
yards, Philippine Islands, is the son of
Beverly Brashear, teamster. for
merly of Denver, now living in Wood
land, Colo.
Foreign
The German aviator, Hlubel. invent
or of the invisible aeroplane, was
killed at 'Muenster while testing a
new machine. He was so years old.
Gen. Count Sakuma, ore of the
greatest of Japanese soldiers, died at
Sendal, Japan, from apoplexy.
William Sprague, famous war gov
ernor" of Rhode Island. and twice
United States senator from that state.
died at his residence in Paris, aged
S4.
Frederick r. Allen of New York, on
behalf of the committee of mercy, has
given 81 900 francs ($4,2OO) to Adrien
Mithouard, president of the municipal
council of Paris, to assist in the
equipment of trains for the Transports
finn of wounded soldiers