The Colorado statesman., 1916-05-13
STORY OF THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EvENTs IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

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of Denmark
Mexican raiders killed boy mute
and three U. S. soldiers at Glenn
Springs, Tex
German infantry attack launched
at Hill No. 304 stopped by French
curtain of fire.
Italian aircraft raid Durazzo, AL
bania, and Austrian airmen raid Av-
Iona and Brindisi.
Constantinople reports big uprising
of natives in Sudan against British,
who are retreating to Nile.
Berlin reports sinking of transport
in Mediterranean and death of nearly
600 Russian soldiers aboard.
Germans continue shelling of Rus
SLAMS at Ikskull bridgehead, which
has been in progress many days.
Germans and French at Verdun
deadlocked in desperate fighting,
neither side being able to advance.
Germans report twenty-six allied
aeroplanes destroyed in April and ad-
NIT loss of twenty-five machines.
Petrograd reports Turkish cruiser
Breslau bombarded Eupatoria, an un-
fortified health station in the Crimea.
White Star liner Cymric torpedoed
by submarine. London reports one
other British ship and one French
vessel sunk.
Dispatches received in Paris from
Saloniki are to the effect that there
has been vigorous activity on the
Macedonian front.
Russians drive Turks from noun
tain chain in Armenia, in region of
Husk, and also drive Turks before
them in move toward Bagdad.
A full squadron of 23O men of the
Eleventh cavalry surprised and
routed much larger force of Viii
listas at Ojo-Azules, seventeen miles
south of Cusihuiriachic, killing forty
two Mexicans and taking many pris-
oners.
With 5000 additional troops under
orders for the Mexican border, in
cluding 1000 national guardsmen
from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas,
Washington officials felt that neces-
sary steps had been taken to prevent
further raiding of American border
towns by bandits.
WESTERN
The Arizona Republican delegates
to the Chicago convention go unin-
structed.
II. w. Kramer, of Tucson, was
chosen State Deputy of the knights
of Columbus of Arizona.
The strike of $4,000 electrical work
ers and shell-makers of the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing Co.,
at East Pittsburg, Pa, ended in a
mad rush of the strikers to regain
their old places under the old work
ing conditions and salaries.
The Wyoming Democratic State
Convention at Casper, unanimously
elected John L. Osborne national
committeeman and named Gov. ]. B.
Kendrick, George T. Johnson, j. r.
Carpenter, Peter Kinney, j. ]. Cash
and p j. OConnor delegates to the
national convention at st. Louis.
Six legates to the Republican Ma.
tional Convention we're elected at the
Wyoming State Convention at Chey-
enne. They are: d. e. Hollister
Cody; Ralph DEMO, Sheridan; Pat.
rick Sullivan, Casper; John Hay.
Rock Springs; C. l.. Hinkle, Chey.
enne and Thomas sheldon, Diamond
vile.
The peace strength of the Arizona
National Guard, included in orders
by Secretary Baker sending more
h,
SEQ men, according to Adjt Gen.
Charles w Harris. The militia could
be recruited to its full war strength
of 800 men within five days if neces
sary, he said. Equipment for the full
strength OF the force is on hand.
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The Senate passed without a rec,
ord vote the Bankhead good roads
bill to spend $S5,0OO,O0O in construc.
tion of post roads. contingent on an
eq al expenditure by the states Ap
preparation for $10,OOO,OO0 for road
in national forests is included.
Williau NJ. Ingraham OF Portland,
Maine, took up his dut es as assistant
secrotarv of war, succeeding Henry
breckenridge, resigned
In announcing he determination t.
retire fr,'m 'lu Senate next March,
Senator J'Gorman OF New York
would add nothing to a formal state.
ment he had prepared.
Supplies forwarded by the Ameri.
can Red Cross for war relief in
Europe reached a total value of more
than $1,000,000 during the first nine
teen months of hostiI'ties