The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-11
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
About the War


Austrians, is expected to follow the
fall of Rovereto.
Two Mexican bandits were shot to
death near Kathryn, Tex. They had
been arrested by a posse and were
trying to escape.
The Russian fortress of Lutsk has
been captured by Teutonic forces, 1t
was officially announced by the Aus
trian war office.
Fighting continues in the Kane
runs, the German colony in Western
Africa which the British and French
have been attempting since the early
part of the war to wrest from the
Germans.
The army of Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg has captured Grodno, the last
of the strong Russian fortresses to
hold out, making twelve within
month, beginning with Warsaw on Au-
gust 5.
kilograms from Sofia, says the
Overseas News Agency, state that Off
the entrance to the Dardanelles
British transport struck a mine and
sank with $50 officers, l.25O soldiers
and 300 members of the crew. all of
whom were drowned. Six hundred
bodies were recovered.
Twenty-four carloads of troops, in
cluding infantry, cavalry and artillery
men, and twenty carloads carrying
tools of war passed through New
Orleans on the way to the Mexican
border from the East, the majority
of the troops being from Alabama.
Georgia, Florida. Arkansas, North and
South Carolina and eastern posts and
forts.
Six second cabin passengers, six
third passengers and thirteen of the
crew of the steamer Hesperian tor
pedoed $50 miles off Queenstown were
unaccounted for Monday night, accord
ing to the revised official figures is
sued by the Allan line. This brings
the probable death list, including Miss
Carberry OF ST. Johns, N. F., whose
body is at Queenstown up to twenty
six.
The major portion of the state of
Tobasco has revolted against the Car
rama government. Street fighting in
San Juan Bautista, the capital of the
state. and in Frontera, town on the
coast, resulted in the killing of Gen.
Colorado, the Carranza governor, the
chief of police and the secretary of
state. Many women and children were
killed on the streets. The Carranza Of
ficials remaining. seized boat at
Frontera and escaped to Vera Cruz.
Western
Equal suffrage was defeated in Ala
bama when the Senate rejected bill
81 to 10.
Fire destroyed the st. Francis Girls
directory, a Catholic orphanage, at
San Francisco. with the loss of at least
five lives.
A law passed by the last California
Legislature requiring the labelling of
imported eggs was declared unconsti-
tutional in the Superior Court at San
Francisco.
A. N. Barnett of Douglas, Ariz., and
Clarence Sullivan of Denver arrested
as spies while looking over the Car
rama defences at Aqua Prieta were
released. 1t was announced that here
after foreigners must have passports
II tney cross the DOrder.
Washington
To date 1000 horses and mules
have been shipped out of the United
States for the European belligerents.
Secretary McAdoo has appointed a
committee of treasury officials to in
vestigate and make recommendations
to place the department on more
efficient, economical and business
basis"
President Wilson went to a theater
party last week for the first time for
more than year He was persuaded
to go as the relaxation from the work
he has been doing recently on foreign
problems.
Germany, Austria and Turkey are
willing to discuss peace. Their atti-
tude was officially transmitted to
President Wilson in the message from
Pope Benedict that was handed to
him by Cardinal Gibbons. But Presi-
dent Wilson will take no action until
Great Britain and her allies have sent
him similar word.
More than 500 American boys under
is years old have been discharged so
far from the British army upon re-
quests from the State Department.
Most of these boy went to Canada and
misrepresented their ages to recruit
ing officers.
a report by Commissioner Tallman
of the general land office shows pub
lie domain open to entry as follows:
South Dakota, 2,SSO,S2S acres sur
veyed and 55,7S1 acres unsurveyed;
Arizona, 36,S10,327 acres; Colorado,
J7,236,114 acres; Idaho, 16,212,27S:
Wyoming, 30,929,969.