The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-08
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

ABOUT THE WAR
Russian official reports announce
big victory over the Turks in the
khoriDilman region OF the Caucasus,
in which $500 Moslems were killed.
German and Austrian reports on
their victory In West Galicia state
that some 10000 Russians were cap
tured and that large number Of guns
were taken.
German submarines sunk the Brit
ish steamer Edale off the Sicily Is
lands, and the Russian steamer
Syorono, which was attacked off the
Basket Islands. In both cases the
crews were saved
Renewal OF advances. by the use OF
asphyXiating gases projected by the
Germans, has alarmed the allies as to
the possibility of holding their line
in Flanders and preventing the kais-
er's forces reaching the coast at i'm
portant points.
The sinking of three Norwegian
vessels and one Swedish and two
British trawlers in the North sea BY
herman SuDlildi iHto " d5 itpol ltu III
London. The attacks on the Nor
wegian vessels aroused great indigna-
ton in Norway, and vigorous repre-
sensations that might lead to an open
rupture are expected. The British
public is awaiting with great interest
the action OF the United States with
reference to the torpedoing OF the
American steamer Gulflight by a Ger
man submarine in the English chan
mel
WESTERN
Hail stones as large as baseballs
were hurled upon scattered sections
OF Missouri in a storm which was re
ferred to as the worst in generation
in reports from the damaged towns.
A tornado sweeping over Bartles-
vile. Okla, caused "A heavy property
loss, especially at Ochelata, ten miles
from there, where a large number of
buildings we're destroyed.
With what is said to be the largest
list OF passengers aboard that ever
crossed the Pacific ocean on passen-
gen ship, and with cargo valued at
Sf,vUU,VUU, Tie EdGlllC uldll lllltl Mail
churia reached San Francisco from
the Orient
Early returns on Tuesdays munich
pal election in Lincoln, Nebr., indicate
the return of three of the present five
commissioners - Dayton, Schroeder
and Hensley, Charles w. Bryan
brother of w. J. Bryan, is far in the
Of
probably will be Lincoln's next mayor
The fifth commissioner is in doubt
John r. Lawson. international
board member of the United Mine
Workers OF America, was found guilty
OF first degree murder in the District
Court at Trinidad, Colo, and was sen
fenced to the state penitentiary for
life. Lawson was Immediately turned
over to the custody of his attorneys.
and later was released on $50 00o
bonds until motion for a new trial can
be filed
Missing actual election by narrow
margin, Charles E. Sebastian, sus
pended chief of police of Los Angeles,
was chosen by the people of that city
in the primary for first place on the
mayoralty ticket which will go before
the electorate in the general election
next month. Sebastian received APP
proximately two-fifths of vote which
will probably not exceed $4,000 of the
city's total registration of 100000.
WASHINGTON
A review of the Colorado coal strike
,nJ Gro ,ttapdapt rrobIarne al ba 20
sumed by the industrial commission
beginning May II. John d, Rockefel-
Ter, Jr., will be asked to testify
J. p Morgan has been subpoenaed
by the Supreme Court to answer the
state of Nirginia's suit to recover the
will of Martha Washington taken
from the Fairfax county courthouse
during the Civil war and now in the
collection of manuscripts of the finan.
cier
Plymouth. Eng. dispatch says the
steamer Lyonnesse brought from the
Scilly islands to Penzance thirty
three members of the crew and the
body of Capt. Alfred Gunther of the
American steamer Outright, which
was torpedoed off the Scilly islands.
The chief officer and chief engineer
remain with the vessel. which is an
chored in Crow sound. to look after
the interests of the steamers owners
The British embassy issued a state
ment for the Information of American
shipping interests, designed to facili
tate trade of the United States with
neutral countries by pointing out a
way to guard against interference by