The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-06-12
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.
About the War
Western Newspaper Union rew. ,.rv,e.

marine.
The French mine-layer Casa abianca
was blown up by a mine at the en-
trance to a bay on the .Egean Sea.
After siege of three weeks the
fortress of Przemysl in Galicia has
fallen to the Austricns. The Russians
were in possession a little over 20
days
Three German submarines recently
were trapped and captured in the
Firth of Tay near Glasgow, according
to persons arriving at New York on
the steamer Cameronia from Glasgow
and Liverpool
British airmeu destroyed a Zeppelin
in spectacular cloud battle over
Belgium. Two other British aviators
bombarded a German airship shed at
Evere. north or Brussels. and de-
stroyed 1t by fire.
Three German transports, the Rus
sian second-class cruiser Amur.
naval auxiliary vessel, British bark
and steamer and French mine-layer,
have been sunk. according 10 official
announcement made in London.
Several American residents of Lon
don informed Robert p. Skinner. the
American consul general. that they re-
ceived anonymous telephone calls
warning them TO get out of London
with their families at once. after Fri
day nights air raid.
Five more trawlers have been sunk
by German submarines. The attacks
occurred off Peterhead and the Dog
berry of Hull. Persimmon of Grimsby
and Gazehound and Curlew of Sun
derand were the victims. The Hull
trawler Bardolph has also been sunk
by submarine. The crews of all the
trawlers were saved
Austro-Cerman forces continue their
advance against Russians, and men
ace Lemberg. stronghold in Galicia.
Italian armies cross the Isonzo river,
meeting with desperate resistance.
Allied troops on Gallipoli peninsula
driven back with heavy losses. accord
ing to report from Constantinople,
Serbian trobps keep up march on
Scuta-i
Western
The most exciting week ever ex-
perienced in the Joplin. Mo-. lead and
zinc district, from an ore market
standpoint. closed with zinc ore hav-
ing reached basic price of SIP per
ton.
Lorenx Won Arnim, alias Kurt Paul
Lorenz. under which name he reg
istered at the University of Colorado
and was later known to the Denver
police. has confessed to the Salt Lake
officials that he is German spy.
Seven deaths by drowning was the
toll in Chicago the first Sunday of the
present heat wave. according to the
reports to the police. Thousands OF
persons sought relief from the heat
by swimming and boating. The maxi
mum temperature was SS.
Members of the appropriations com
mittee of the national House of Rep
resentatives arrived in Phoenix. Ariz.,
to visit the Arizona irrigation pro-
jects. The party left Immediately for
Roosevelt dam. which was illumin-
ated. and then returned to Yuma.
Fifty Indians from the Omaha In
dian reservation. all riding in their
own automobiles. were in Omaha
few nights ago and attended ban
uuet at the new Fontenelle hotel,
named in honor of the famous chief.
Logan Fontenelle. of the Omahas.
Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa
announced at Tacoma. Wash, that he
has prepared and will introduce in the
next Congress 4 bill aimed to create
and train force of reserves who
would be ready to defend the United
States in case of unforeseen emerg-
ency.
Washington
Frederick b Lynch of Minnesota
was elected chairman of the finance
committee of the national Democratic
committee.
Sherman T. Mcpherson, district at
torney for southern Ohio. resigned
and President Wilson selected Stuart
r. Bolin of Columbus to succeed him
The Federal Reserve Board granted
trustee powers to the First National
Bank of Trinidad, First National of
Eagle. Colo. and First National of
Cheyenne, Wyo.
President Wilson let it be known
that the note which the United States
is to send to Germany with respect to
submarine warfare hau peeh prepareo
with the utmost expedition and had
not been subject to an hours unneces-
sary delay since 1t was first drafted.
Informal efforts are being made by
Mexicans identified with the Villa
Zapata movement in Mexico to bring
about reconciliation with the Car
rama faction with the view of estab-
lishing a government that could claim
recognition at the hands OF the United
States.