The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-07-08
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SAYINGS, s o o
MENTS, SUFFE
AND FEARS {
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Champagne by ST.
turing or killing al.
A force of Russi;. Jr-~.
through Turkish llnes aud joined the
British on Tigris river in Mesopo-
Lamia.
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
i. Deemer. American storekeeper cap
tured by Mexican raiders on Glenn
Springs and Bouuillas, Tex, and ac-
cording to the report OF an army
truck driver. have killed six and cap
cured 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
sters OF war Monday-Verdun, the
Italian front. and the British line in
France. In Italy the Austrians are
hammerng at southern Tyrol with
artillery OF immense caliber and
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 n portion OF
Fort Douaumont. The British were
forced to evacuate trenches on a
front of two kilometers near Gevon-
chyen-Gohelle.
Western
Mrs. Martha Newkirk. rs years old.
after existing forty days with no
pourishment, died at Worcester,
Ohio.
George d. 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 injure-.
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
chised for three years at Logansport
Ind. His wife was acquitted. He
wanted insurance to pay for a trip tG
Colorado TO aid his wife's health.
Six persons were injured. one o.
whom may die, nearly a score o.
buildings in the business section
were wrecked or badly damaged,
many homes partly destroyed anu
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
ianta. Ca. after whose mysterious dis
appearance two years ago. Mr.. ami
Mrs. Victor E. Innes of Eugene. Ore,
were tried in San Antonio, Tex. were
living in Seattle and Snohomish
thirty miles north of Seattle. unit
August, 1915. according to informa lion
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 a 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 a wireless dispatch from
Madrid which says thai negotiations
are in progress there. among Kins
Alfonso, the Pope and President VII
son for the purpose of arranging an
srmistice among the belligerent ma.
lions 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
detic Association succeeding the late
o. II. Tittman. once chief of the sur
yey.
President Wilson nominated John
z. Golden of O'Neiil. 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