Gilpin observer., 1915-10-07

says no outside aid is needed at ARD
more.
Petrograd reports indicate that the
German thrust against the Slavs has
been checked.
1t seems to be generally accepted
conclusion that Bulgaria will enter the
war Oct. Is.
The German war office announces
in an official bulletin that the allies
have taken hill No. 191.
British forces now in France, num-
bering about a round million, will be
augmented by half a million more.
The Germans claim to have taken
$4,000 men and sixty-one machine
guns in the battles on the west front.
London reports tell of gains at the
Dardanelles and claim a sweeping VIC
tory for British arms in Mesopotamia.
General Kuropatkin, the Russian
commander in the Japanese war, will
take the field with the Russian army
as chief of the grenadier corps.
Paris claims considerable gains in
the Champagne region. which enable
"a
on the German lines of communica-
tion.
The Prussian casualty lists covering
the period from September 18th to
2Sth give the name of 6S,46S men
killed, wounded and missing, accord
ing to a Rotterdam paper.
Berlin claims the allies lost 100000
Iii l@.l
first week Of the new offensive, of this
number 10000 being French and co.
900 British.
Field Marshal Won MackenZen, with
250,O00 troops withdrawn from the
Russian front, has arrived at the Ser
bian frontier and will direct the Aus
tro-German march on Constantinople,
according to the newspaper Epocha Of
Bucharest.
A Petrograd dispatch to Reuters
Telegram Company says that the Rus
sian Red Cross society has published
list of forty-six Sisters of Mercy
who perished in the bombardment of
a hospital by the Austrians and Ger
mans.
Western
slight earthquake shock was felt
by several cities on the coast. No
damage.
Sacramento, San Jose, Reno, Boise
and Salt Lake City reported slight
earthquake shocks Saturday night.
It is reported that it is possible that
the 400 indictments against former
strikers and labor leaders in Colora-
do may be Quashed.
A letter from President Wilson was
read at the International Dry Farm
Congress in Denver commencing the
organization for its work.
The sweepstakes prize of 5000 for
the best bushel Of wheat displayed at
the Soil Products Exposition was
taken by Saegler Wheeler of Rosthern,
Sask.
The estate of A. G. Spalding, who
died at Point Iona, Cal, it is learned
after partial appraisement, will
amount to over $1,0O0,OOO and may
reach twice that.
Cecil II. Shields, private stationed
at Fort Logan. died in the hospital
on the reservation from injuries sus,
mobile driven by the wife OF Lieut. A.
NJ. Graham. Young Shields was rid
ing bicycle.
Reopening an old family feud, Mrs.
Joseph Kirkpatrick, aged 6S, shot and
killed DR.. A. c. Saylor in front of the
grandstand at the Hillsboro, Texas,
fair grounds, where William j. Bryan
had just finished delivering a peace
lecture.
The Colorado Supreme Court an.
nounced it would take original juris.
diction in the suit brought by state
officers to test the validity of the
wet" amendment to the Denver city
charter. The high court issued writ
OF certiorari calling upon the city and
state to submit the law in the case.
Washington
President Wilson will attend the sec.
ond game of the worlds series at Phil.
adelphia.
1t has been decided to hold General
Huerta until a substantial government
has been established in Mexico
The Navy Department is consider.
ing bids just received for sixteen new
submarines, five sea-going cruisers
and eleven of the coast defense type.
A cable from the Canal Zone SAYS
that further slides will delay the
opening of the canal several days yet
selected Kansas City as the place for
the 1916 encampment
Secretary Lansing has announced
his intention of receiving and hearing
the arguments of representatives OF
all the factions originally a part of
the revolution that overthrew Huertn
In Mexico.