The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1915-06-02

The British battleship Triumph
vas torpedoed of the Dardenelles
oy a Turkish submarine last week
9ith loss of over 400 lives.
Austrian offensive against Italy
las SO far confined itself to air raids
IN coast cities and towns of the
idriatic with slight damage re-
ported.
The AustTo-German army is max
ing a desperate effort to recapture
Przemysl in Ga,icia and have al
ready drawn close enough to throw
shells into the fortress.
1t Is probable that this years
wheat crop will break the record for
the third time in succession. In
1913 the yield was 6S4, 1870, 600
bushels. In 1914 IL was SSi ,O0O,-
900. This year it may pass the 90o,-
100000 mark.
The White Star liner "Megantic, 4"
outward bound from Liverpool, was
chased by a German submarine Sun
day off the coast of Ireland, but
managed to elude her pursuer. The
ship was heavily loaded with pas
sengers bound for Montreal.
The French line steamer Cham
oagne." carrying 900 passengers,
ran ashore on the coast of France
last Friday, and broke in two. The
passengers were removed. A report
tLat the steamer was the victim of
d German torpedo is denied.
Villa lost 5000 men in a failure
TO take The Obregon positions by
assault below Leon last week. Over
1000 wounded have been taken TO
chihuahua and more than that num-
ber of dead have been left before
the trenches, threatening an cpl
demie If left unburied.
The American steamer "Nebrask-
an" was torpedoed by a submarine
off the coast of England. She man
aged to make port, owing to the
fact that her bulkheads held There
was no loss of life. The NE
braskan" had the distinction of be-
ing the first ship to negotiate the
fdnAHld CANAL
The second conviction of expo
! ice Lieutenant Becker for instigat-
ng the murder of Rosenthal, the
Vow York gambler, has been upheld
by the court of appeals. Becker
must now die unless he can obtain
llemency from Governor Whitman,
Who. as District attorney prosecuted
him, or obtain a reversal by the U.
). Supreme court.
Mt. Isassan celebrated its first an
niversary as an active volcano by
bursting into violent eruption Sun
day afternoon. Another flow OF
boiling mud Is reported flowing down
the mountain following the path OF
the overflow of May %. 1t was just
year ago, May 80, 1914, that Las
sens awakening from supposedly
extinct volcano was reported by q
forest ranger who noticed steam is
suing from an old crater. In all 99
eruptions have occurred.
1t is announced in Washington
that President Wilson would demand
ctttithhOht Vi ttit 4htAithh PiOb
lem by the warning factions them
selves shortly, and failing that
adopt some means, not defined al
yet, to bring about peace. 1t is mo-
denied among officials that thi!
probably means Intervention mad,
necessary by the starving peopl,
helpless in the hands of rowing mil
| itary bands, who are nothing NOR,
nor less than bandits, masqueradinf
as an army.
The will of Alfred G. Vanderbilt
who perished when the Lusitanii
went down, has been filed for pro
bate. The will disposes OF an es
tate estimated at more than $50,
100000. The widow who was form
erly Mrs. Margaret McKim, is lef
| $2,000.0 900, in accordance with al
ante-nuptial agreement, an additiona
sum of s1.00O,000 and the income
of a trust fund Of $5.000,000. Tn,
bulk of the estate. after providint
for number of bequests to rela
tives Is left to his two babies. AL