The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-04-21
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PRooREoo o.
EVENTS IN our OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDo.
ABOUT THE WAR


Tigris river in effort to relieve kut
ElAmara
French redoube airship activity
Smelling many German positions from
aeroplanes
Germans reported driven back with
loss OF large quantity of war mater
ials in Galicia by Russians
Austrian troops storm Italian posi-
lion at Mrzliyrh but are forced tc
svacuate position south of Sperone.
Italians destroy Austrian position
on top OF the Col di Lana, while Aus
TRANS rout foe from advanced posts
m the Sugana valley.
Russians capture Trebizond, most
important port on the Black sea, after
long campaign, and push drive to iso-
late Turkish forces in Mesopotamia.
The German losses since the begin.
ming of the war are placed at $780,.
SIG. according to figures which are
taken from lists prepared by several
london newspapers.
The French have captured the
submarine which torpedoed the Sus-
sex and have made prisoners the cap
tain and crew." says the London
Daily Mail.
Operations at Verdun impeded by
the weather, but both Paris and Ber-
iin report heavy bonbardments, while
Germans claim capture of ! $40 men
and 4G officers in infantry attack.
Gen. Funston is sending to Gen.
Pershing more than 1000 additional
troops and there is reason to believe
that even more will be placed at his
disposal If the campaign against Villa
Is continued
The sinking OF neutral ship and
British steamship was reported by
Lloyds. The Norwegian ship Glen.
doom was sunk by gunfire The lost
British steamship was the 1arrovian
which was unarmed
Francisco Villa is dead and his
body disinterred some days after his
burial, is in possession of Carranzista
troops. according to a series of tele-
graphic messages received at Juarez
Sunday by Mexican officials
WESTERN
George W. Peck, former governor
Of Wisconsin and author of Peck S
Bad Boy" died In Milwaukee.
Gen. Bell. reporting from Ell Paso
to Gen. Funston gave it as his opin.
ion after as thorough an Investigation
as he could make that the report OF
Villas death had been manufactured
in Juarez.
According to announcement made
at Grand Rapids, Mich, typhus germs
have been found in the blood of Mrs
Arthur Warren Waite, wife OF the
dentist awaiting trial in New York
for the murder of his fatherin-law
John e Peck of Grand Rapids Mrs
Waite has gone to sanitarium foi
treatment. Her condition is not con
sidered serious.
1t is expected that three governors
will be present at the festivities at
tendant upon the official opening OF
the new Wolf Creek highway from the
San Luis valley to Pagosa Springs
and Durango some time early il
July. Governor Carlson has promise,
to attend the celebration, and Gov
srnor Mcdonald of New Mexico ant
Governor Hunt of Arizona have beer
invited, and it is believed they vii
attend
WASHINGTON
President Wilson, speaking befor,
the Daughters of the American Revo
luton declared that the only excus,
for the United States ever to figh
would be in the cause of humanity.
The German embassy demanded o
the State Department the immediate
return of papers and document.
seized by agents Of the department
of justice In New York from the OF
flee formerly occupied by Capt. Fran
Won Papen, the recalled military at
tache of the embassy At the sam,
time the embassy requested the re
lease of Wolf Won Igel, Won Papen'
former secretary, arrested by the au
thorities in New York on an indict
ment charging conspiracy to blow VI
the Welland canal.
An army reorganization bill tina
will produce regular army and reserve
military forces in the United States
aggregating million men was passet
by the Senate without record vote
1t is a substitute for the Hay bill
passed by the House, and the differ
euces will be worked out in confer
ence
The administration is waiting OF
further reports from American Off
GERS in Mexico before deciding
whether the expedition seeking Viii;
shall be withdraw or reinforced TO
further operations.