Gilpin observer., 1916-10-05
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About the War

Niuily VI DioONd
Rumanian troops crossed the Dan
ube and invaded Bulgaria in the re-
gion directly south of Bucharest.
Fresh attacks by Rumanians along
the entire front in Dobrudja results
In repulses for, the central powers.
Teutonic allies gain successes in
the fighting in Galicia around Lem
berg, while southeast of that city the
Russians report gains.
Russians launch great new drive
against Lemberg, Berlin reports, add
ing that seven successive attacks were
repulsed with heavy losses.
Small changes are reported in the
fighting on both sides of the Somme,
though the British claim the capture
of position near Eaucourt lAbbaye.
More than 5000 prisoners and a
vast amount of munitions taken by
Van Falkenhayn as result of great
German victory in the Hermanstadt
region.
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
declares German defenses on Somme
have been made impregnable and that
he is convinced allies never can break
through.
Combles, pivotal point in the Ger
man line guarding the approach to
Bapaume, now is entirely in the hands
of the allies as the result of COM
bined attack.
The Central powers crushed the
Rumanians in threeday battle in
Pennsylvania. Rumania admits de-
feat, announcing that troops fought
way Through encircling lines of Ger
mans and Austrians.
Gen. Carlos Ozuna arrived in Chi
huahua City with 1,50O infantry and
cavalry from Saltillo by way of Tor
reon to take the field in Western
Chihuahua against the bandits, led by
Villa and Jose Ynez Salazar.
One person was killed and one in
1ured and slight material damage re-
suits in the latest Zeppelin raid over
London. One dirigible was brought
down. the crew perishing in the
flames.
Western
Fire in the Morris & Co. packing
plant at Omaha entirely gutted that
structure. entailing loss estimated
at s750,000.
Thousands of visitors at Indianapo
lis witnessed the first days program
celebrating the one hundredth ami
versary Of Indiana's entrance into the
Union.
A Mason City dispatch says North.
ern Iowa corn is so tall that it is
possible to hide an automobile In a
corn field and leave it there six weeks
before discovery.
Brig. Gen. ]. J.. Pershing, at San An.
tonic, Texas, received official notifi-
cation of his promotion to major gen
eral, filling the vacancy made by the
death of Maj. Gen. Albert Mills.
Theodore Fain, the aged man under
arrest In San Francisco, charged with
the murder of John A. Hunt, promi.
nent coast oil dealer and clubman.
is a former Denver mining man.
Violators of the prohibition law of
Arizona are soon to be put to work on
state highways, according to j. C.
Ryan. county engineer, supervising the
building of highway from Bisbee
to Tombstone.
II was announced at military head.
quarters at El Paso. Texas, that Bat.
terry b of Denver and Battery C of
Colorado Springs, a part of the Colo
rado National Guard would go into
camp at Deming. N NJ, upon their
arrival at the border.
Washington
United States Senator James p.
Clarke, president pro tempore of the
United States Senate, died at his home
in Little Rock. Ark.
United States Senator James p.
Clarke, president pro tempore of the
United States Senate, died at his home
at Little Rock, Ark.
American Consul Horst. at BARGE.
Iona, Spain, reporting to the state de.
,partment the sinking of the Italian
steamer Benpark, and the Italian
steamer Nitnolo, said that no Ameri-
cans were aboard either ship.
Ginning of the cotton crop is break.
ing all records. Announcement by the
census bureau that 4.062,991 bales had
been ginned, from this years crop pri.
or to Sept. 25, disclosed that all for.
mer totals for ginning to that date
had been exceeded.
complete report on the manufac.
ture and price OF gasoline will be
made public by the federal trade com.
mission within the next few weeks
The total exports in explosives from
the United States in August amounted
to $74.777,977, or more than three
times what they were in August, 1915.