The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-27
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, o o I N G 8. ACHIEVE
MENTS, SuFFERiNGS. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union r'ews serv'c
About the War

Cairo. Egypt, killing two persons ana
wounding several.
French clear German trench in
Champagne by surprise attack. cap
turing or killing all occupants.
A force of Russian cavalry broke
through Turkish lines and joined the
British on Tigris river in Mesopo-
tarnia
Thirteen troopers of the Seventh
cavalry were fired upon Saturday
near the town of Temosachic and one
was wounded.
An Austrian assault of eXtraordi-
aary violence on the Isonzo front re-
suited in the capture of $500 men
and many guns.
The fourth vessel sunk in the new
submarine campaign against German
shipping was the steamer Trave. The
crew was landed.
Austrians compel Italians to evacu-
ate the Col Santo. southeast of Ro-
yerto More than $4,000 Italians have
been taken prisoners since Austrian
drive began.
United States soldiers have rescued
j. Deemer. American storekeeper cap
tured by Mexican raiders on Glenn
Springs and Boauillas. Tex. and. ac-
coyding. to ~ the report of al. army
truck driver. have killed six and cap
oured sevcnty-five of the bandits. A
negro who was prisoner with
Deemer also was rescued.
Fighting OF desperate nature was
reported from the three principal the
aters of war Monday-Vcrdun, the
italian front. and the British line In
france. In Italy the Austrians are
hammering at southern Tyrol with
artillery OF immense caiiber and Il
powerful army. Vienna reports gains
though the Italians are resisting he
coicaily. Paris recorded the capture
of German trenches along a front OF
more than ono mile on the Meuse
with the capture of many prisoners
and the occupation of portion of
wort Do,aumont. Tho British were
forced to evacuate trenches on
front OF two kllometers near Geven-
chy-en-Gohelle.
Western
Mrs. Mar tina Newkirk. rs years old,
nourishment. died at Worcester.
Ohio.
George u. Cox. former political
ruler and one of the Republican
leaders OF Ohio, died at his home in
Cincinnati.
reports from Newton. Mo. said
one man was killed and six injurel
III cyclonic wind that destroyed
three homes.
John c. Bowen pleaded guilty to "a
charge of arson, was sentenced to
prison for twenty years and disfran
chised for three years at Logansport.
Ind His wife was acquitted. He
wanted insurance to pay for trip to
Colorado to aid his wife's health.
Six persons were injured. one o.
whom may die. nearly score o
buildings in the business section
were wrecked or badly damaged.
many homes partly destroyed and
more than 100000 damage was done
by cyclone that swept Yuma, Colo.
Saturday.
Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis and heI
sister. Miss Beatrice Nelms of At.
,anta. Ga. after whose mysterious dis
appearance two years ago. Mr.. AM
Mrs Victor Il. Innes of Eugene. Ore,
were tried in San Antonio. Tex, were
living In Seattle and Snohomish
thirty miles north of Seattle, until
August. 1915. according to Information
gathered by j. Il. Bylling. chief OF po-
lice of Snohomish.
.. Washington
Unsettled conditions in the Domini
can republic have forced indefinite
postponement of election of sue
cessor 10 former President Jiminez
according to report from Rear Ad
miral Caperton to the Navy Depart
ment.
The Munich Neueste Nachrichten
publishes wireless dispatch from
Madrid which says that negotiations
are in progress there. among Kins
Alfonso, the Pope and President VIII
son for the purpose of arranging an
rmist!ce among the belligerent ma
tions with the object of discussing
peace terms"
Secretary Lansing appointed VIII
liam Bowie of the geodetic survey the
American member of the permanent
commission of the International Goe.
dotic Association succeeding the late
O. IL. Tittman. once chief of the sur
vey
President Wilson nominated John
Z. Golden of O'Neill, Neb.. as register
OF the land office at O'Neill.
The pinch of war has caused Italy
to put an embargo on the export OF
macaroni one of her chief food prod.