The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-05-13
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. o o IN C s. ACHIEVE
MENTs. suFFERiNas, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
About the Wal
Western Newarnrer Union News Service

of Denmark.
Mexican raiders killed boy mute
and three U. s. soldiers at Glenn
Springs. Tex
Italian aircraft raid Durazzo. AL
bania. and Austrian airmen raid Av-
Iona and Brindisi.
Germans launch offensive against
Russians south of Illukst, but meet
with no success.
Russians make further advances in
Galicia and repulse Turkish attacks
IN Black sea region.
ConstaRtinople reports big uprising
of natives in Sudan against British.
who are retreating to Nile.
Germans capture entire system of
trenches On hill 304 at Verdun and
inflict heavy losses on French.
Berlin reports sinking of transport
in Mediterranean and death of nearly
Coo Russian soldiers aboard.
Russians in Asia Minor compel
Turks to withdraw from entire front
line trenches in region of Erzingan.
Germans report twenty-six allied
aeroplanes destroyed in April and ad-
init loss of twenty-five machines.
Petrograd reports Turkish cru ser
Breslau bombarded Euratoria, an ua-
fortified health station in the Crimea.
Turks beaten back by Russians in
attack near Baiburt. Asia Minor.
Turkish trenches captured near Err
ingan.
lt.,nr ip 10
by submarine. London reports one
other British ship and one French
vessel sunk.
Fire from warships OF allied fleet
brings down Zeppelin in Salonik har'
boz Another Zeppelin destroyed off
coast of Schleswig.
A full squadron of 230 men of the
Eleventh cavalry surprised ana
routed 3. much larger force of VII
Hstas at Ojo-Azules. seventeen miles
south OF Cusihuiriachic. killing forty
two Mexicans and taking many prls-
oners.
Western
The Arizona Republican delegates
to the Chicago convention go unin
struoted.
The Wyoming Democratic State
Convention at Camper. unanimously
elected John e Osborne nationa.
committeeman and named Gov. j. b
kendrick. George T. johnson, ], Il
Carpenter, Peter Kinney, J. J. Cash
and p J. O'Connor delegates to the
national convention at St Louis.
Six d legates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention were elected at the
Wyoming State Convention at Chey-
enne. They are: d. e. Hollistar
Cody; Ralph Denio. Sheridan; Pat
rick Sulii, an, cusper; John Hay
Rock Springs; c. L. Hinkle. Chey
enne and Thomas -Sneddon. Diamond
Vile
How American states can help
meet the commercial and economic
conditions after sthe world war is tn
big question to- bc. discussed at ths
ninth ami al meeting of the COVE
nors' conference which opens in sat
Lake. Tuesday, June 81 Executive
from most Of the forty-eight states
are ,eNpectet to be present at tn
time. -cF-
Washington
.A-standing ARMY of 25O.OOO men
provided for In the Senate amend
ment to the army bill. was rejecte-
by the House. 22l to 1i2.
Monsipnor Bonzano. papai delegate
In Wash ngton; sent a long comment
cation 20 President Wilson from
to use every effort to keep out of war
with Germany.
The Tn ted States government &C
cepted Gerrany's conce IS ons in the
submarine Is sue. but declined to ac
cede to the German suggestion for
linking the German situation with
Br.tish-American controversies.
Represents tions. have been made
to the British government by the
s ate Department, protesting against
seizure on the West Mexican coas
by the British cruiser Rainbow
the American power schooner Ore
gon.
Party lines disappeared old scores
were forgotten by the House when.
during the first hour of its regular
session, It Joined in paying tribute
to Representative Cannon of Illinois,
the former speaker. who is so years
old. Never before in the history o.
the House had an hour of the work.
Ing session hesn set aside to honor
q living member.
The winter wheat crop will be
about 499.2SO.oOO bushels. according
to forecast announced in the May
crop rerort of the Department Of Ag-
ricL.;ure.