Gilpin observer., 1916-11-02
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT The WAR

Russian attack in Volhynia repealed.
Only artillery activity reported
from the Austro-Italian front.
Another Russian attack east of Szel-
zov was repulsed by the Germans.
Quarry near Fort Douaumont occu-
pied by Germans taken by storm in
French attack.
A system of German trenches north
west of Sailly-Saillisel, on the Somme
front, was captured by the French.
Little activity reported from east
ern front; Russians repulse German
attack; Russians forced to retire near
Goldovitchi
Conflicting reports continued to ar
rive at Ell Paso, Tex, regarding the
rumored capture of Santa Rosalia by
Villas troops.
German submarine warfare upon
Norwegian merchantmen carrying
merchandise continues, two more YES
sells being sunk.
The capture of several strongly de-
Tended positions near the Hungarian
Rumanian frontier was announced at
Berlin by the war office.
The torpedoing of the Greek steam
or Angheliki near Piraeus, with many
Greeks aboard, was carried out with
out warning. it is stated at Athens.
The Rumanian advance in the jul
valley. in the region of Vulcan pass,
in Wallachia, continues successfully,
says the official statement issued by
the Rumanian war office.
Bucharest reports continued success
in throwing back the Austro German
invasion in Pennsylvania and in
checking Won Mackensen's offensive
in Dobrudja; Teutonic losses heavy,
report declares.
South of the Somme French posi-
lions from La Maisonette farm to
Biaches were stormed by German
troops after successful artillery prep
aration. The farm itself was taken
by the Germans in the attack, during
which 412 prisoners. including fifteen
officers, were captured.
WESTERN
Thomas Metzler. a Waterman, was
taken from st. Louis to Chester, ILL.,,
to answer charge of numbering a
family of five.
William j. Bryan, former secretary
OF state, denied at Omaha that there
was any truth in the story that post.
script had been written to the Lusi-
tania note.
Savings of immigrants to the
amount of s5O,oOO,0OO month have
been sent from the United States to
Europe ever since the European war
began, according to Lajos Steiner, of
Chicago, for many years student of
the immigration question in its bear
ing on the settlement of Western farm
lands.
The nineteenth annual convention
or the American Mining Congress will
open at the Hotel La Sale in Chicago
on Nov. Is with meetings open to the
public and section meetings of espe.
cial interest to mining men. In con
junction with the convention the pub
lie lands conference will be held TO
winch many of the most representa-
tive men of the West will be dele
gates.
WASHINGTON
The interstate commerce commits
sion instituted nationwide inyesti.
CATION into the car shortage situation.
issuing call to all carriers to furnish
complete information as to conditions
upon their lines.
Treasury officials are considering
whether the initials of designer of the
new dime just put in circulation shall
be eliminated and coinage suspended
temporarily as was done in the case
of tho nrininnl incnlr, 1 nn.,I ni.--