Gilpin observer., 1916-08-24
AN EPITOME OF
LATE LIVE NEWS
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
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SAYINGS. o I'm q 8. ACHIEVE.
MENTs, SUFFERINGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
About the War
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About the War
New Russian offensive menaces
German military base at Kovel.
Paris reports recapture of the en-
tire village of Fleury in the Verdun
sector.
German trenches set afire by Brit
ish artillery near Thiepval, destroy
ing battery.
British troops operating in the
Somme region advance from 200 to
900 yards along a front two miles
wide.
Powerful German attacks on the
Somme and at Fleury fail, according
to British and French official state
ments.
Passage of Wami river, an import
ant strategic feat, reported by Gen.
SHUTS from the British front in Ger
man East Africa.
Italian troops have landed in Sa-
loniki to join in the offensive, giving
rise to renewed reports that dec
laration of war between Italy and
Germany may not be far distant.
Two British light cruisers sunk by
German submarines in an encounter
in the North sea, London admitting
the loss, but claiming that at least
one submarine was sent down also.
Between June 4th, when the Rus
sian offensive was inaugurated, and
August 18th, Gen. Brussiloff's forces
captured more than 35S,000 men, the
war office at Petrograd announced.
In the general allied drive in the
Balkans the Serbians have captured
Bulgarian first line trenches on the
road to Monastir. Violent artillery
actions are reported from the French
and British fronts.
Gen. P. Elias Gales assumed Off
cial command of the Yaqui Indian
campaign, relieving Rem. Rafael Es-
trada, who left for Guadalajara, where
he will be stationed, according to ar
rivals at Douglas, Ariz., from Her.
mosillo.
Western
temperature of 1O4 degrees was
registered by the government ther-
mometer at Wheeling, w. Va, Mon
day.
The National Retail Credit Mems
Association opened three-day ses-
sion in Omaha with about 500 dele
gates present.
The embargo on dried and canned
fruit shipments eastbound from San
Francisco via gulf ports has been
lifted by the Southern Pacific.
The first organized movement of
the new revolutionary party, the
Legalistas, was reported to Gen.
George Bell, Jr., at FL Paso. Tex.
Three deaths. several prostrations
and further suffering among the poor
were caused by the new heat wave
that made itself felt in Chicago on
the 18th.
The Long Beach, Cal, police made
public letter said to have been re.
ceived by the secretary of Charles
b. Hughes, in which the life of the
Republican candidate for the presi.
dency is threatened.
p. A. Valentine, SO, prominently
identified with the Armour Packing
interests as New York manager, died
at his summer home at Oconomowoc.
Wis. of Brights disease. Valentine
married the widow of p. ID. Ar.
mour, Jr.
Washington
BY vote of 81 to "a. the Senate
determined to take up the immigra-
tion bill
Scientific Washington is aroused
over the discovery of noiseless mos
Quitoes. They do not differ in other
restects from the common variety,
bu. their buzzlessness renders their
execution more deadly.
According to a high official, the
American troops will not be with.
drawn from Mexico until the joint
Mexico-American commission has met
and such action has been recon.
mended by the American members.
Investigation of reports from Pan.
ama that 60,000acre land conces.
sion al the Atlantic end of the canal
is teing sought by q Spaniard named
Fernandez, presumably fer Japanese
interests, was ordered by Secretary
Lansing.
Approximately 172,000,O0O,OeO post.
age stamps have been issued by the
United States since they were first
placed on sale at New York, July /.
1S47.
The federal farm loan board. with
full membership present, ineludiar
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