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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
COMPARTMENTS
ON The DANUBE
RUkiANiA'S INVASION OF AUS
TRiA-HUNGARlAh TERRITORY
CONTINUES.
TURKEY DECLARES WAR
ZEPPELIN AND HOSTILE AERO
PLANE DROP BOMBS ON RU-
MANlAN CAPITAL.

wsstern Newspaper Union News Service
London, Aug 3l.-Rumania's inya-
sion of Austria Hungarian territory
continues in the mountainous region
from Petrozseny, eighty miles north
Of Kronstadt.
On the Danube, from the Iron Gate
to Giurgevo, opposite Rustchuk, Bull
garia, there have been reciprocal bonn
bardments at several points by Aus
tro Hungarian warcraft and Rumanian
shore batteries A Zeppelin and a
hostile aeroplane have dropped bombs
on the Rumanian capital.
Vienna admits that the Rumanians
are engaged with the Austrians in the
Gyergyo mountains, which shows that
off the northwestern front of Rumania
hostile forces have invaded Transyl-
vania some twenty-five miles. The
Rumanians also are near Koedzi-Vas-
arhely, about forty miles northeast OF
kronstadt.
While Bulgaria has not entered into
hostilities against Rumania news
agency dispatch says Rumania has de-
cided to send an ultimatum to Bull
garia demanding the evacuation OF
Serbia, A dispatch from CONSTANT.
nople indicates that Turkey has de-
elared war on Rumania.
In the Macedonian theater violent
fighting continues between the en-
tente allies and the Austro- Germans
and Bulgarians. On the Struma front,
% 10 nniron haftaripc NJ tho q n.
tente allies have violently shelled
Bulgarian positions.
Drama, in the northeast of Greece.
has been seized by the Bulgarians
after fight with Greek troops, &C.
cording to unofficial advices.
An Albanian detachment under Els
sad Pasha, has arrived at Saloniki to
aid the entente forces.
Berlin.-Turkish troops are advanc-
ing step by step in the Caucasus. and
have broken the resistance of the Rus
SLAMS, who occupied dominating
heights, it was announced by tho
Turkish war department One Turk
ish detachment, it is said, found 1000
Russian dead on the battlefield.
Vienna.-The Austrian official COM
Iaunication admits that except north
east of Orsovo, on the Danube, near
the Iron Gates, where repeated Ruma-
MAN attacks were repulsed, the Aus
tro-Hungarian forces have been with
drawn step by step from the frontier
IN accordance with prearranged plans.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
More National Guards Go to Border

Washington. - Twenty-eight compa-
MES of coast artillery troops, approx
mately 5000 men, now on border
duty as provisional infantry units at
tached to the mobile army, were or
dered back to their posts in the East
ern and Western Departments More
than 10000 additional National
Guardsmen ordered to the border
recently will take the place of the ar
tillery troops.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
State Must o. K. Insurance Rates.

Attorney General Farrar in "a
opinion given to the state industtAy
commission, has ruled that where
employers are "self-insurers" under
tie provisions of the state industrial
insurance law, they must carry their
insurance in companies the rates q
which have been approved by the
commission as adequate.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01

Canon City.-Elmer White, fire
man of Canon City, was seriously in
jured two locomotives badly smashed,
two freight cars loaded with ore
ditched and broken, and over 200 feet
of track torn up, were the results of
a head-on collision in the Denver &
Rio Grande yards here in front of
the station.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
Heat Pool for Winter Swimming

Colorado Springs-The Penrose
swimming pool in Monument Valley
park. gift to the city from Mr.. and
Mrs. Spencer Penrcse. IS to be heated
for winter bathing, according to NJ.
Penrose, who has just returned from
California.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
National Guardsman Banning Buried

Colorado Springs.-The funeral Of
William M. Banning, who died sud
denly from heart failure, brought on
as a direct result of overexertion at
the state mobilization camp at Col
den. where he was a member of Bat
terry C, was held from Masonic temple,
the Rev. Samuel Garvin officiating.
The interment at Evergreen cemetery
was in charge of Ell Paso lodge No.
IL, A. F. and A. M.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
Odd Fellows Drill for Contest.

Colorado Springs.-The local can
ton of Patriarchs Militant is prepar-
ing for the annual competition at the
grand lodge of Odd Fellows in Denver,
when it will participate in the various
drill contests.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
Assert Trains Not Operated on Time

Assert Trains Not Operated on Time.
Formal investigation is to be made
by the state public utilities commits.
sion of complaints directed against
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad in
respect to the operation of passenger
trains Nos. Is and 16, the through
trains. one leaving at 7:30 D. m. and
the other arriving in Denver at a.
ri. The hearing is set for September
rs at 10 o'clock. Complaints nave
been made to the commission that the
rains are not operated on scheduls
time. to the discomfort Of passengers
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
Eisht-Hour Bill viii Pre- .ent Strike

Washington, Aug 81. = Railroad
brotherhood heads were obviously
pleased after a careful study of the
proposed bill to fix an eight-hour
workday for trainmen in interstate
commerce at present wages and for
an investigation of results by a COM
mission. w. G. Lee, head of the train
mems brotherhood. made the unequiv-
ocal statement that enactment of such
law by midnight Saturday would
avert the strike.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
NEWS


The Chicago Nationals purchased
Outfielder Earl Smith from the Oma-
ha Western League Club.
Saturday is the day and Lakeside in
Denver is the place where the first
motor boat races ever held in the
Rocky mountain region will be CON
Quoted.
Lieut.. Loyel Iarwick Barlow. son
of Mrs r. II Barlow of Philadelphia,
the widely known golf player, was
killed Aug. IA while fighting with the
British army in France
J. II. l.. Cover, the l9-year-old mar
vel of the City Park Golf club of
Denver. retained the championship OF
the City Park Golf club when he de-
feated Willard White 3 up and to
play.
Nothing that has taken place in
Kansas City in years has created the
intense interest as the Roundup,
which will be staged at Federal
League Park, the first four days in
September, ending on Labor Day.
Announcement was made at Colo
RADIO Springs by the anagement OF
the Colorado Springs Athletic Club
that the Wells White championship
hight, scheduled for Labor Day in that
city, will be held regardless of rall.
road conditions.
by f. G. Bohanahn of Lincoln, Neb
won the free-for-all pace. the feature
OF the Great Western circuit races at
the Iowa State Fair at Des Moines. in
straight heats, beating Broden Direct,
owned by John Ellspass of Denver.
Sayde Densmore was third The
purse was $1,000. Best time, 2:o7L.
GENERAL
Mrs. James Dunn, 30 years old. of
brooklyn, n. Y, was stabbed through
the heart and her husband is under
arrest, charged with homicide.
Search was being conducted at De-
troit for lone automobile bandit who
is said to have held up and robbed
Harold lsbell, a collector of approx
mately $4,000.
Accused of the murder of two DO
hcemen and the wounding of two 9TH
ers, Antonio Federico fought five of.
hcers desperately before they arrest
ed him in Newburgh, n Y.
Chicago, the greatest railway cen
ter in the world, fought in the face
OF local difficulties Aug. 292 to trans-
fer thousands of cars of freight IN
time for the cars to reach their des-
tination before Sept ., the date de-
clared by many western railroads for
an embargo on perishable freight.
John S. Patterson, state BANKING
commissioner, shot down after post
ing closing notice on the door of the
Farmers and Mechanics State Rank
at league. Kan, told Sheriff Burleson
T. r. Watson, president of the inst.
tuition, did the shooting.
The crew of the Denver e. Inter.
urban car which hit an automobile al
the Boulevard F crossing in Denver
killing Mrs. J. NJ. Ellis and Mrs ".
T. Bonnell of Tulsa, Okla, has been
ordered to appear before the state
public utilities commission.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
Big Sum in NickeIs and Pennies.

The most enormous demand for
nickels and pennies ever known 10
now deluging the United States treas
ury Department, and the mint in Dem
yer is breaking all records for activity
in manufacturing those coins. Tho
mint is working day and night and
Sundays. There is every indication
that the rush will continue three
months. At present the Denver mint
is making only nickels and pennies.
Each day it turns out $4,000 in
nickels and $4,000 in pennies. These
toins are shipped east at intervals
40 one but the officials in charge of
the mint know when. If the present
activity is continued three months
as Superintendent Thomas Annear
says undoubtedly it will-the Denver
mint will have coined 100000 in
nickels and $4,000 in pennies, a to-
tai of $1.oS0,00O of these small coins
This would amount to 100000 in
dividual coins.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01

Hiram johnson Wins California Race.
San Francisco.-On the face of re-
turns from about half the precincts IT
the state, Gov. Hiram w. Johnson won
Republican nomination for senator.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
Lady Moon Injured by Vicious Horse

Greeley.-Lady Moon. a horsewom-
an from Fort Morgan. who had a
string of racing horses at Island Gro
yer park for the race meet. was badly
injured when one of her thorough
breds kicked her in the face with
both hind feet.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
ElGN CoUNTRIEo.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
oOiNGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR


Rumanian King, at mead OF army
Is leading drive TO OBTAIN toothoiu III
hungary,
Bulgarans now are in possession OIL
all the tofts delehdlhg NAVAL" WIN
one exception.
Minor fighting reported in France
and Belgium. German attack at
Fleury fails.
New Balkan beligerents are fight
ing alongside Russians, and Vienna
admits reverses.
Rumania declares war on Austria
and troops OF the TWO nations clash
In frontier mountain passes.
,ur,rtor rosi,io,s in .tb. CarnTc
Alps captured by Italians, according
to the official statement from Rolue
p,rig rerorts gains he Serbs near
ve,renika pu1gara occunv nosf,ions
oho,do,ad ,, crael,s ,rast os KavaIa
800 nun. ..,,.r
nDo' .p' - - a,la,,
y"'N' u
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01

State Survey Committee to Report.
After two months of work the first
report of the State Survey Commit
tee VIII be made by Chairman Philip
B. Stewart Of Colorado Springs,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
WESTERN


Robbers in a double bank robbery
at Homer, Ill, got $4,000.
Bishop L. h. Brewer OF the Montana
diocese OF the Protestant Episcopal
church died at Helena, aged Il.
The Texas board of health has de
clared a quarantine against the wol Il
to arrest the spread OF infantile par
alysis
Five railroads operating in CoIora-
do, anticipating a general railway
strike on Labor Day, issued embar-
goes upon shipments OF perishable
freight
Prosperity is evidenced in the fields
and on the ranges in every section OF
Colorado and Wyoming, according TO
the August bulletin OF agricultural
and Industrial conditions, issued by a
Denver bank
William G. Snyder, 10. died from d
broken neck sustained when he was
struck in the jaw by Peter Shaw
during fist fight at Dallas Texas
Shaw surrendered TO officers and was
placed in Jail.
Deeds conveying property valued al
more than s2,000,O0O to James Il
Ward, attorney for Edward w. MORT
son, We're ordered impounded by Fed
eral Judge Lands at Chicago. when
the into tho aorar+rio
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
WASHINGTON

James J. O'keane OF Vancouve.,
Wash. was nominated for receiver
of public moneys at Vancouver.
Tobacco growers protested to south.
ern senators and representatives,
against British tobacco embargo.
President Wilson laid the railway
strike situation before Congress Aug
20 in an address to both Houses as
sembled in joint session.
The Senate committee on public
lands reported without amendment the
bill to enlarge the Rocky Mountain
National Park bill which already has
passed the House.
Mem bers of Congress expressed the
opinion Wednesday that the passage
of the eight-hour law recommended
by President Wilson would prevent
walkout on Labor Day by railroad
brotherhood men.
President Wilson nominated John
c Rooms, now chief postal inspec.
tor, as first assistant postmaster-gen-
eral to succeed Daniel C. Roper, who
resigned recently to assist in the
Democratic campaign.
President Wilson signed the army,
navy, Philippine and bill of ladiny
bills. The ceremony was featured by
the presence of nearly 100 persons, in
Guiding Secretary of War Baker,
members Of the committees who han
died the different bills in the HOUSE
and Senate, prominent Filpinos ard
others.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-01
COLORADO
STATE NEWS
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.

Sept 1l-Meeting Midland Trail Assn
in Denver
Sept Is -l6-Harvest Festival at Num-.
Sept ls-23-State Fair at Pueblo.
Sept 20-23-Cheyenne County Fair al
Cheyenne Wells.
Sept 2i22-Agricultural and Live
stock Show at Holyoks.
Sept. 21-z9-State Convention b. p. O. K
at Trinidad.
Sept. 2s30-Third Annual Pine River
Valley and Southern Ute Indian Fair
at Ignacio.
Jan. 2027-Annual Wsstern stock
Show at Denver.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-30
Title TO Vanderbilt
STANDING OF SOUTHERN
ELEVEN Is UNlMPAlRED
Saturday Results lndfcnte vnndy VIII
Win TITLE In This SectiOn--SRhRt
Various Players Did.

Leading aspirants for the southern
intercollegiate football championship
oams through Saturdays games with
their standing unfmpaired. and tho 90
too Victory Of Vanderbilt over Virginia
Is taken by muny to indicate that the
Nashville eleven has an excellent
chance 10 win the title.
Georgia Tech avoided defeat by tying
to 7, with Washington and Lee. the
strong Auburn team had u narrow cs-
cape from defeat at the hands of Mis-
sisslppi Agricultural and Mechanical.
and Georgia. though 1t has not lost to
wonk showing against the Navy. losing
81 TO g. Louisiana State was climi-
nate from the race by Sewanee.
During the next four weeks the un-
defeated elevens In the Southern sec
ton Will be engaged for the most part
In games among themselves. The
schedule is virtually divided Into two
sections. with the Alabama -Sewanec
game at Birmingham next week aud
the Auburn-Vanderbilt contest In Biz
mngham November Is, as the connect
ing links. Vanderbilt, TcnnesHee and
Sewance comprise the northern part
with Georgia, Auburn and Georgia Tech
in the southern section.
The good condition of players was
shown on Saturday by the. compare
and the total absence OF reports Of Sc
riOuS injury. The stellar individual
performances Of the day were cred
tied to Curry. Floyd and Cody OF Van
derbilt: Green. Of Alabama; -. Hatch
cr. of Tennessee: Strupper. of Georgia
Tech. and Young, of Washington and
Lee.
Curry's brilliant runs, coupled with
several long runs by Floyd. and Cody's
Two field goals. contributed lnrgcly to
Vanderhilti victory over Virginia
while to Green went much of the credit
If Alabama's 27-to-0 score against
Mississippi.
Hatcher's punting in the Tennessee
Florida battle probably was the most
notable performance of its kind in the
South, his kicks frequently going for
~ much as eighty yards. Strupper
and Young had much to do with scor-
ing the two tOuchdowns in the Wash
inEton and Lee-Georgia Tech game.
Aside from the work of Young and
Strupper in the contest at Atlanta. the
work of He'll at right end for Tech:
!.arkin. ut left end for Washington and
Lee. and OF Right Tackle Carpenter,
of Tech. was marked Bells smother
ing of the Generals play OF defense
and his picking out of mass OF Wash
/ ington and Lee players the forward
pass which resulted in the tying touch :
down. indicated that the yellow Jack
cts have found a worthy successor for
Scnter. whose place He'll took. Iarkin
was notably effective in stopping Tech
attempts at end runs
Gcorgias performance against the
! Navy was unexpectedly weak. Coach
Cunningham had several regulars out
of the line. and many believe took no
chances of injuries to men who might
prove valuable later in the Southern
championship race.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-30
ALL KINDS OF FOOTBALL
WEEKEND CONTESTS BRING
OUT REMARKABLE FEATURES
Oid-Styic Attack Thrown to Discard Ia
Modern buttics--Sevcrnl BIg Elcvens
Badly or Form.

Football of every variety, from ,nedi-
OGRE to superlativc. marked the week :
end contests of Eastern teams, and not
III many years has II single day devcl-
oped such Il remarkable serics of spec
tncular features. In u general way II
was evident that two or three weeks
more will be necessary before the
elevens rench their top form for the
more crucial contests
one development of Saturdays play
WAS the demonstration that no team,
however big or powerful. cnn hope to
win from n rival Of reasonable strength
with an attack based entirely on tho
old school methods OF advancing the
ball An broad view of SATURDAYS
! contests IL will be seen that almost
without exception the team which
showed an attack equally divided be-
tween line plungnE and skirting,
coupled with n perfected overhead Of
Tense, was the one which emerged tho
victor
In several cases competing clcvcns
failed to play up Ia the form expected
particularly Cornell. which went down
before Harvard by Il surprisingly one
sided score. With one OF the biggest
and most powerful teams that has en-
tered tire Cambridge stadium in many
seasons, and with the waging G To 4
in their favor. the Ithaca players failed
completely to 1--WE UP to the oXpecta-
tons CT III cir supporters.
Outclasscd both in individual and ma :
chine play. Cornell never seriously
| threatened Harvard, the Cambria dye
I, iIrHt and second StrinC men working
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-30

l'rinccton Bingham. Yale: lIubhclI
Colgate; Gerrish. Tlsielschcr, Dart
mouth: Ingram. Navy: Nuss. w. Il j.,
and Carlson, Minnesota
Turning TO quarter backs. one is
confronted instantly with Long. of
Minnesota. If any pivot man has per-
formed I'm more remarkable way this
year than Long his name is unknown
Just now. He is n NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
faS'' courageous grand kicker and
an uncanny runner Next to Pete
russell. he probably was the greatest
Quarter in the West Il year ago. Now
i'c'c is gone and Long is the best in
the Wcst--if not in the country
Qunrtcrs Scarce In East.
star quarter backs are rather scarce
IN the East. Shiverick. of Cornell
looks Hike ono. with Anderson of Col
gate, close up. purdy, Brown; Nee
nan. Syracuse, Morrow, pittsburgh
Robinson and Murray, Harvard: Eddy.
Princeton. and Stobbs. Washington
and Jefferson. all are good men: but
none has flashed his full power so far
t"b Peck, captain of Pittsburgh.
was the all-.tmcrican center selection
by Walter Camp and about 90 per. cent
OF the other critics last year The
PANTHER leaders, work to date makes
II look like recollection for him. Hnus-
on oil minnesota, sizes up as the best
iiah so lar uncovered In the West.
White and Schlachter the $50 and
24A-pound Syracuse guards looked like
peerless pair until that Pitt game.
iSnt the way they were forced to give
ground before the crashing attack Of
the Panther backs has lowered their
stock Dadum. Harvard: Petty. Hi
nois: Hancock, Wisconsin,: Nourse
| Princeton: Gait. Yale: Nicely. Dart
i mouth: Anderson, Cornell: Wimberly,
| WASHINGTON and jefferson; Barton, Col
| gate: Sutherland. Pittsburgh; HogE,
Princeton. and Black, of Yale, all have
! played far beyond the average Each
must he considered when the picking
day arrives.
An ciEhtcen-ycar- old youth named
| Henry is one OF the leaders i'm the
| fight for tackle chores lie is the 225-
pound Washington and jefferson lines
man Henry has been smashing lines
| to ribbons this year. and despite his
| buck. has been under most of the punts
| lie lis fast. powerful and fearless
| among the other tackles who are
notchcd high are Wheeler, of Harvard
! Ih"rnhiil, OF Pittsburgh Ward and
| farnum. of Brown: forming, of Col
| Kate: Cotton. Of Dartmouth: Jewctt. of
! Cornell; Ward, Of Navy: Mathews. of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-30
ALL-sTAR PROSPECTS
CRITICS FIND MATERIAL
Is PLENTIFUL THIS YEAR
Nearly All Of the Larger Elcvcns
Have Men Who Arc MILKING
strong hid for Plnccs.

The piBskin meadows now are be-
coming pcopled with youths who are
doing stunts that merit them consid-
Grafton for jobs on the mythical ALL
American elevens.
The achievements Of Harry I.eGorc.
Of Yale, far have given him rank
persons on the gridron. There isn't
anything that LeCore cannot do-and
do exceptionally well
Andy Hastings. star Pittsburgh back
field man. has shown with especial
brilliance so far. lie was ranked by
some as an All-Amcrican man in 1915
This season he has PLAYED far beyond
! anything ever shown before. Unless
| he slips back during the games 10
! come--a possibility remote to an cx-
/ trcmc-ilasiings will take unto him
/ self II tirst-class job on the ail-star
( team.
! Casey, the Harvard back-ncld find
/ is ranked as "a second Nathan" But
| how WIFI Casey show when he is put
! 10 the Yale and Princeton tests? Hor-
| wcen. another Crimsoni,c. is being
touted strongly UP in Cambridge for
! his fine work. Then there is Berry,
the great Pcnnsy half. back, who al
mos, unnidtd, beat the powerful Penn
, state crew.
"NN'e'Hh'' VI NaShlhEton ana JEFF
1tfson,- never fashy player, has been
exhibiting in way this year that
stamps him as one Of the really great
! Mcl-arcn. of Pittsburgh Is another
! star: plunGing half back that re-
awakens memories Of Wee Willie
Heston Oliphant. picked by many
lhsi season, is performing in the same
dazzling manner for the Army this
season. Tihbott, OF Princeton, also has
earned plenty or applause.
Among the other half backs and
tull backs whose great work merits
them much thought are: Mueller, Cor.
nell; Maulbe'ch, Michigan: Macombc
illinois; Watkins, Colgate: Pollard
BROWN DcHart. Pittsbnrh: briggs
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-30
HUNTSMEN MAKE READY
cartridges Reported Plentiful Around
Lynchburg-t'Ounty Clerks Ixyue
Mnny Licenses to ResIdentk
ISDecial TO Tile ,ri,nes-r.i.nn;ch !

Especial to The Times Eispntch.l
lfNCHBUIsG. VA. october pa
iiuntsmen in this section are making
ready for the opening OF the game sea-
son on Wedn esday, excepting i'm the
counties where the seasons have been
abridged by local authorities under the
state law. Reports generally Indicate
cartridges to be moderately plentiful.
the young birds having had good
start in the spring before the unusual
ly hard rains set in during the sum
mer.
In the counties contiguous to this
section in which the State laws will
open the season Wednesday are Camp
bell, Amherst. Appomattox. Prince Ed
ward Charlotte. Craig and Halifax.
The reports secured here from clerks
Of courts of fourteen counties show
unexpected interest in securing the
hunting licenses required by the new
game law. for these counties report
1855 licenses Issued to residents. None
OF them reports a license yet issued 10
a Nonresident