The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-03-31
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ABOUT THE WAR

lost $4,000 men in drive.
German destroyer rammed and
sunk by British cruiser in battle.
The ears troops are still chasing
the Turks out OF the Black sea coast
region.
Fighting between British and Ger
mans at st. Eloi is intense. British
hold ground
Villa is fleeing south, where it Is
believed he is trying to mass a large
army and fight Americans.
British capture small Turkish fort
in Mesopotamia by surprise attack
Turks lombard Kut-elAmara.
Germans made another determined
effort to break through French lines
al yerdun Tuesday, but we're repulsed
with heavy losses.
Water and gasoline stations are be-
ing established between Columbus.
n. NJ. and the fartherest outpoint. be-
heved to be about $50 miles,
The Germans are making stubborn
resistance to the Russians between
Dvinsk and Wilma, but have lost two
tines of trenches near Postavy.
The Germans, after period Of
comparative quiet, have again begun
sheliing Bethincourt, lie Mort
Homme and Cumieres, west OF the
Aeuse.
The British expeditionary force
campaigning against German East
Africa is making further progress ia
it's aggressive operations, according
TO an official statement at London.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph Company from Copenhagen
says the German armed trawlers sunk
by the British outside Sylt harbor
were named Braunschweig and Otto
Rudolf.
The British have blown up about
100 yards OF German trench in the
region of St. Eloi. They have also
captured coo yards of first and sec
ond line German trenches in a bayo-
net charge.
WESTERN
Progressives in Kansas will hold
their state convention at Topeka on
May %.
Delegates to the Texas Cattle Rang
crs' Association appropriated 100000
to aid the country wide campaign for
bctterment of livestock marketing
conditions.
Five men, four of whom are Off
GERS or members of the Butte, Mont
BARRIERS union, were arrested in con
nection with the dynamiting of a
cut-rate barber shop.
Mrs. Olivia Scobey Harmon. wife OF
Judson Harmon. former governor %
Ohio and former attorney general of
the United States. died at her home
in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The commercial club of Thermopo-
lis Wyo., sent an invitation to the
Denver Civic and Commercial Asso-
citation inviting the Denver people 20
attend the annual convention of the
Wyoming Stockgrowers' Association
in that city on April IS and "A.
Returning American refugees and
catuemen at Ell Paso. who know the
country where Villa has taken refuge,
are unanimous in their expression
that villa will never be taken. The
nature of the country and the fat t
that villa is among his own people,
who idolize him, make the bandits
capture unlikely, they declare.
WASHINGTON
A total of 1885 recruits have been
added to the army in the last ten
days. the War Department announced.
passed the army deficiency BILL car
rying ss.G90.0o0 to cover the cost of
the Mexican expedition.
Plans are under consideration in
tho War Department for a civilian
training camp at Fort Crockett, Gal
weston. Tex, from May to rs.
Senator Pittman of Nevada was
elected to the vacancy on the foreign
relations committee caused by the
death OF Senator Shively of Indiana
The literacy test was kept in the
immigration bill by the House work
ing in committee of the whole by 4
vote OF 225 to So. which defeated a
motion by Representative Sabbath OF
Illinois to strike it out.
By vote of 10 to 9 the House judi
ciary committee voted to postpone in
definitely consideration of all suffrage
and prohibition proposals now before
IL
The United States has inquired OF
Germany, through Ambassador Ge-
rard. whether any of its submarines
torpedoed the British channel steamer
Sussex.
Thomas j. Pence, secretary of the
Democratic national committee, who
has been i'll for several months as
Q result of pneumonia, died at his