The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-10-02
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western New.paper Union News Service.
About the War

teeOeu vice auInlral bacnmann as
head of the naval general staff.
The Overseas News agency says
the allies will support the attack on
the Dardanelles with an additional
10000 men.
Greece has summond two-thirds of
her reservists to the colors in antici-
patton of complications with the Bull
gars as the allies of Serbia.
The allies are reported to be pre-
pairing to call upon Japan to send
troops to help block the threatened
Austro-German drive to the relief of
Constantinople.
Berlin reports by wireless that the
British offensive movements south
west OF Lille has been brought to a
complete standstill by German coun-
ter-attacks.
The British treasury has received
697 claims for personal injuries in the
German east coast aerial raids previ-
Gus TO June /. and 1O,297 claims for
property damages.
The British and French inaugur-
ateG their offensive movement
against the Germans on the west
front by a terrific bombardment, one
Of the most important actions having
taken place at Champagne.
1t is reported at Budapest that
the Austrian government will not
await the return of DR.. Dumba, am
bassador to the United States, and
requested to be recalled by the Wash
ington government, before his sue
cessor is appointed.
Germany's latest note on the sink
ing of the William p. Frye has been
made public and the assurance Is
given that no more American ships
carrying conditional coutraband will
be destroyed. Germany accepts the
proposal to fix damages by commits
sion.
Great Britain is reported to be
maintaining the largest aeronautical
school in the world at Toronto, and
1t is said that within a few weeks
there will be turned out thirty avi-
ators every week. All available in
structors in the United States have
been engaged
Western
Bishop-elect Anthony ]. Schuler, s.
j.. will be consecrated at Denver Oc-
tober 2sth.
Three hop houses were burned near
Eugene. Ore, supposed TO have been
set by incendiaries. #H
Rt. Rev. Thomas j. Conaty. bishop
Of Los Angeles and Monterey, was
buried at Los Angeles Friday.
Harry Mimic. Warden of the Oregon
state penitentiary was shot and killed
by Otto Hooker, an escaped convict.
BY the explosion of tank car of
gasoline at Ardmore, Okla. SO were
killed, 200 injured and two city blocks
burned over.
Denver Lolita OF Elks leads the
whole country in the matter of its
charitable activities. having disbnrsed
during the last year s9,677, which is
more than any other Blks lodge did.
In case of the big war loan being
successful Denver manufacturing
firms are expected to secure con-
tracts for s25.00o.0O0 worth of war
materials.
Eighteen California and Oregon
lawyers have been arrested. charged
with fraudulently inducing persons to
file on alternate sections of land along
the line OF the Southern Pacific rail-
road from the southern state line of
Oregon to Eugene.
Washington
President Wilson is seriously con-
sidering the advisability of retaining
the present tariff on sugar
Washingtonians are guessing that
Col E NJ. House is to be sent to
Europe as an emissary of the Presi.
dent.
Veterans are gathering in Washing
ton for the forty-ninth annual encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public.
The Federal Reserve Board has an
nounced that national banks desiring
to sell their two per cent bonds will
not have an opportunity to do so un-
til after March 81, 1916, though ap-
piications may be filed in the mean
time.
A woman's committee to ascertain
the defenses of this country has been
appointed by the woman's section of
the Navy League.
Senator Overmap of North Carolina
called upon the President and sug-
yeStpd thp calling of an extra session
of the Senate in November instead of
October.
Ambassador Morgenthau at Con-
stantinople has been instructed to as
certain If any of the reported victims
of the Turkish outrages against Ar
menians by the Turks are American
citizens by birth or naturalization.