The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-05-12

mexican raiders killed hoy mute
and three U. 8. soldiers at Glenn
Springs. Tex.
German infantry attack launched
at Hill No 304 stopped by French
curtain Of fire.
Italian aircraft raid Durazzo, AL
bania, and Austrian airmen raid Az
iona and Brindisi
Constantinople reports big uprising
Of natives in Sudan against British.
Who are retreating to Nile.
Berlin reports sinking of transport
in Mediterranean and death Of nearly
500 Russian soldiers aboard.
Germans continue Smelling of Rus
SLAMS at Ikskull bridgehead, which
has been in progress many days.
Germans and French at verdun
deadlocked in desperate fighting,
neither side being able to advance.
Germans report twenty-six allied
aeroplanes destroyed in April and ad-
init loss OF twenty-five machines.
Petrograd reports Turkish cruiser
Breslau bombard"i Eupatoria. an UNI
iDflllltI uedllU Sldlibu III tHt tTillltd
White Star liner Cymric torpedoed
BY submarine. London reports one
other British ship and one French
vessel sunk.
Dispatches received in Paris from
Saloniki are to the effect that there
has been vigorous activity on the
Macedonian front.
Russians drive Turks from noun
tain chain in Armenia. in region OF
Husk, and also drive Turks before
them in move toward Bagdad
A full squadron of $50 men of the
Eleventh cavalry surprised and
routed . much larger force of VII
tistas at Ojo-Azules. seventeen miles
south of Cusihuiriachic, killing forty
two Mexicans and taking many pris-
oners
With 5000 additional troops under
orders for the Mexican border, in
Guiding 1000 national guardsmen
rom Arizona, New Mexico and Texas,
Washington officials felt that neces-
aary steps had been taken to prevent
further raiding of American border
towns by bandits.
WESTERN
The Arizona Republican delegates
I'd the Chicago convention go unin-
structed.
r. W. Kramer, of Tucson, was
chosen State Deputy of the Knights
Of Columbus of Arizona
The strike of $1,000 electrical work
ers and shell-makers of the Westing
house Electric and Manufacturing Co,
at East Pittsburg, Pa, ended in a
mad rush Of the strikers to regain
their old places under the old work
ing conditions and salaries.
Yhe Wyoming Democratic State
Convention at Casper, unanimously
elected John f. Osborne national
committeeman and named Gov. j. B.
kendrick, George T. Johnson, j. r.
Carpenter, Peter Kinney, j. j. Cash
and p j. OConnor delegates to the
national convention at ST. Louis
Six delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention were elected at the
Wyoming State Convention at Chey-
enue. They are: D. e. HOLSTER
Cody; Ralph DEMO, Sheridan; Pat
rick Sullivan, Casper: John Hay.
Rock Springs; G. L. Einkle. Chey.
enne and Thomas sheldon Diamond
vile
The peace strength of the Arizona
National Guard, included in orders
by Secretary Baker sending more
men to the border for patrol duty, is
$50 men, according to Adjt. Gen
Charles w Harris. The militia could
be recruited to its full war strength
Of 1900 men within five days if neces-
sary, he said. Equipment for the full
strength of the force is on hand
WASHINGTON
The Senate passed without rec
ord vote the Bankhead good roads
bill to spend sS5,00O,00O in construe-
ton of post roads, contingent on an
squal expenditure by the states. APP
preparation for $4,000, 900 for roads
in national forests is included.
William NJ Ingraham of Portland,
Maine, took up his duties as assistant
secretary OF war, succeeding Henry
Breckenridge, resigned.
In announcing his determination to
retire from the Senate next March,
Senator O'Gorman of New York
would add nothing to formal state
ment he had prepared.
Supplies forwarded by the Ameri
can Red Cross for war relief in
Europe reached a total value of more
than s1.000,000 during the first nine
teen months of hostilities