Gilpin observer., 1916-05-25
CONDENSED RECORD OF TIL E
PROGRESS, OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. D o N q 3. ACHIEVE
MENTs, sUFFERINGS, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
About the War

About the war
German aeroplanes drop bombs or
Cairo, Egypt, killing two persons and
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
tamia
Thirteen troopers of the Seventh
cavalry were fired upon Saturday
near the town of Temosachic and one
was wounded.
An Austrian assault of extraordi-
nary 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
verto. 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
cording to the report of an army
truck driver, have killed six and cap
tured seventy-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-Verdun, the
Italian front, and the British line in
France. In Italy the Austrians are
hammering at southern Tyrol with
artillery of immense caliber and n
powerful army. Vienna reports gains
though the Italians are resisting he
roically. Paris recorded the capture
of German trenches along front of
more than one mile on the Meuse
with the capture of many prisoners
and the occupation of a portion of
Fort Douaumont. The British were
forced to evacuate trenches on n
front OF two hlometers near Geven-
chy-en-G -Gohelle.
Western
Mrs. Martha Newkirk, 10 years old,
after existing forty days with no
nourishment, died at Worcester.
Ohio.
George B. 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 injured
in 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
ehised for three years at Logansport,
Ind. His wife was acquitted. He
wanted insurance to pay for a trip to
Colorado to aid his wife's health.
Six persons were injured. one OF
whom may die, nearly a score of
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 her
sister. Miss Beatrice Nelms of At
lanta, Ca, after whose mysterious dis.
appearance two years ago, Mr.. and
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. e. Bylling. chief of po-
lice of Snohomish.
Washington
Unsettled conditions in the Domini-
can republic have forced indefinite
postponement Of election of sue.
cessor to former President Jiminez.
according to n report from Rear Ad.
miral Caperton to the Navy Depart.
ment
The Munich Neueste Nachrichten
publishes wireless dispatch from
mauriu wnlch says that negotiations
are In progress there, among King
Alfonso, the Pope and President vii.
son for the purpose Of arranging an
armistice among the belligerent ma.
lions with the object OF discussing
peace terms"
Secretary Lansing appointed vii.
liam Bowie Of the geodetic survey the
American member Of the permanent
commission Of the International Goe.
detic Association succeeding the late
o. II. Tittman. once chief OF the sur.
vey.
President Wilson nominated John
p. 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