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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
-FOUR NEW ROADS
BEEN SURVEYED
Total of 1896 Miles Surveyed During
September for New System
of Highways.

Mr.. Eli Abbott, County Highway
Engineer, reported to the Board Of
Supervisors yesterday afternoon that
he had surveyed four additional new
roads and spur during the month Of
September, presenting notes and fig
ures upon these new surveys with
his report. The new routes were ap-
proved By the Supervisors. Another
road has been surveyed but tho notes
have not been worked Up and q map
made for il yet, so it was not reported
with the others. =
The roads reported surveyed and
their mileage are as follows:
From Itta Bena, south, through
Quito, Shell Bluff, Morgan, Peteet and
Swiftown to the Sunflower county
line, 31.15.
From Quito to Roebuck Lake
Bridge, 3.74.
From Sidon to the Shell Bluff
Bridge on southeast side of the
river, 500. "
From Sidon. in a southeastern di-
rection to the Carroll county line, 5.15.
And spur to the Holmes county
line from the above, 2.23.
The total mileage of the four roads
and spur is 4s.36. This makes
grand total Of 93.O1 miles surveyed
for the new road system, the remain
der beside the 1896 miles surveyed in
September being surveyed prior to the
meeting Of the Board of Supervisors
on the first Monday in September and
reported and accepted by them at that
meeting.
The other road that has been SER
veyed but map and notes not yet made
for is from Greenwood in northernly
direction to the Carroll county line
at DR.. Bright's place.
The Board will receive sealed bids
up to 12 o'clock noon on the first
Monday in November for reshaping
and recrowning, and for surfacing the
Humphreys Highway"
The Board. adjourned at noon today
after allowing about the usual num-
ber Of accounts. The Board will meet
again on October 18, which is the third
Monday in this month. At that time
they will receive and open certain bids
advertised for, which have to do with
road in the western part of the
county.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
Notice To Contractors.

The Board of Supervisors Of Le-
fore County, State Of Mississippi, will
receive sealed proposals up to IL
o'clock noon on the 1st Monday Of
November, 1916, for re-shaping and
re-crowning and for surfacing the
HUMPHREYS HIGHWAY" a Tish-
omingo Gravel Road that radiates
from. the City Of Greenwood for dis
tance Of approximately twenty-one
miles, according to plans and speciA-
cations On file with the Clerk Of the
said Board.
The Board reserves the right to Sc
lect from the bids 80 made the one
which in their Judgment. shall b the
best for their purpose, and also re-
serves the right to reject any and
IN bids, .s
4, h INV, clsyL
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
NEW YORK REALTY INTEREST
MEETS.

4. g. .
Long Beach, Oct. 5.--(Union Asso-
ciated Press. )-This fashionable re-
sort is the scene today Of the most
important gathering of real estate in
terests that has ever taken place in
the State of New York. It was Sc
lected for the meeting because Of its
exclusiveness and because it is near
many of the greatest land develop
ment enterprises in the State. The
realty developments on Long Island.
as whole, are more numerous, ex-
elusive and startling than anywhere
else in the world.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
SIXTEEN BALES
BRING $2,0Sl.56
Mr.. r. L. F0y Sells Cotton Here Yes.
terday at 26 Cents-Improved
Variety.

Mr.. G. P. Elliott sold sixteen bales
of cotton for Mr.. R. L. Foy here yes
terday to Mr.. C. J. Jones, represent
ing cotton firm of w. M. Drake, for
26 cents pound, which brought in a
total of $2,O8l.56. The cotton was the
Foy Improved Variety, and pulled one
and five-sixteenths inches.
Mr.. Foy raised the cotton on the
Valley Farm, four miles east Of Sidon,
in Carroll county. He has been i'm
proving this variety of cotton for over
four years, and has made quite sue
cess of it. The cotton gets its name
from him.
The Foy Improved cotton makes
fine turnout" much better than the
average staple cotton. One of the
bales sold yesterday weighed 1910
pounds in the seed and turned out q
bale weighing bl6 pounds after GIN
ming.
Mr.. Foy has the seed of this cot
ton for sale which he offers for $500
per bushel. The returns from the six
teen bales sold Yesterday is pretty good
advertising for the Foy Improved Va
riety Of cotton. It is being used now
very extensively by the planters
through this section, it being recog-
nized as one of the very best varie-
ties of staple cotton to be had.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
(By Associated Press.)

Sofia, Oct. 5.-The Bulgarian troops
have halted the attempted advances of
the Entente forces in several sectors
of the Macedonian front, the war Office
announced today.
Bulgarians from the Fortresses Of
Rustchuk and Turtukai have defeated
sixteen battalions of Rumanians who
recently invaded Bulgarians territory
near Rahovo. On the main battle line
at Dobrudja attempts Of the Russians
and Rumarians to advance have been
frustrated.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
TWO ARE MISSING
IN COLLEGE FIRE
May Building at Christian Brothers
College at st. Louis, Mo-, Is
Destroyed.
(By Associated Press.)

st. Louis, Oct. 5.-Fire today de-
stroyed the May Building of the
Christian Brothers College here.
Brother Cormac, ninety-three, and
Brother Clement, seventy-one, are
missing. The remainder of the fac
ulty and students are accounted for.
Lewis Mclean, nurse, jumped from
a fifth-story window in the infirmary,
and is seriously injured.
In collapse of a floor in the col
lege at noon today 20 firemen were
plunged into the basement, three were
badly hurt.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
PRISONERS RAISE $4,000 PEA.
NUT CROP.

Houston, Tex, Oct. 5.-(Union AS
sociated Press. 1.-The city of Hous-
ton expects to net $4,000 from crop
Of peanuts raised by prisoners at the
municipal farm. Mayor Campbell has
refused an offer of $4,000 for the crop
and expects to rake from rs cents to
81 on each Of the $500 bushels now
being raised. In two or three years
the farm will completely have paid
for itself by the returns on its crops
the mayor thinks.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
ALL READY FOR
OPENING GAME
Close Students Of Game Predict Car
rigan and Leonard for Batter.
les for Boston.
(By Associated Press.)

Boston. Oct. 5.-Everything is in
readiness here today for the first
game of the Worlds Series to be play.
ed Saturday. Close followers of the
the game predict that Carrigan will
catch the opening game with Leonard
pitching.
The allotment Of $4,000 reserved
seats was completed today with more
than a thousand applications unan-
swered.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
EQUALLZING TAXES.

City Council Held Session Last Night
Several Present-Again Tonight.
The City Council met last night at
seven-thirty o'clock in the first meet
ing of series for the equalization of
taxes in the city. Several of the larg-
er property holders Of the city were
present desiring to adjust their stand
ing with the city. The meeting lasted
from 1880 to 10 o'clock.
The Council will meet again tonight
at the same hour for the same pur-
pose and those who wish to take up
the matter of taxes with the Council
are urged to come forward.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
WOMAN SHOOTS
MAN AND SELF
Former Probably Fatally Wounded
Woman Is Dead-Tragedy
at Cincinnati.
(By Associated Press)

Cincinnati, October 5-Mrs. Helen
Houch, thirty, shot and probably fat
ally wounded Alphonso Wetterer, for
ty nine, vice president and secretary
of the Wetterer Brewing Co., Of this
city, and then shot herself, dying al
most Instantly, at her home early to-
day. =
Mrs. Houch i, in note said that
Wetterer had wronged her. She was
divorced from her husband two years
ago.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
ROBINSON Is NOT
AFRAID OF RESULT
Manager of Brooklyn National League
Team Is Confident of the
3
Outcome.
(By Associated Press.)

New York, Oct. 5.--W. Robinson,
manager Of the Brooklyn National
League Club, said today that his team
measures up to the Red sox and his
men playing good ball there y no
reason Why he cannot win W. works.
series. r y. /.
"Marquard, Coombs, Pfeffer and
Smith will show some pitching and
we are not worrying" he said.
The first big bet was annouAced
acre today when it was stated that
E. E. Smathers had placed $4,000 to
$4,000 that the Boston Americans
would win. A number of smaller bets
at odds of ten to six have been re-
ported.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
HOLD DRAWINGS FOR AUTO
SPACE.

New York, Oct. 5.--(Union Associ-
ated Press. THE drawing for space
in the automobile sections of the Ma
tional Auto show which will be held
at Grand Central Palace in January,
1917, took place today at the Offices
Of the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce. As usual, there will
be two sections, one for automobiles
of all kinds and another for motor
accessories.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
BRIDGE NOT DESTROYED.
(By Associated Press


London, Oct. 5-A Rome dispatch
from Bucharest denies the destruction
Of the pontoon bridge across the
Danube over which the Rumanians in
vaded Bulgaria. It is said that the
passage of troops continues.
The Battle at Dobrudja is increas-
ing in violence and the Germans and
Bulgarians are suffering enormous
losses.
While the dispatch inferentially
contradicts the German and Bulga-
rian reportssof the complete defeat Of
the Rumanians it is possible the dis
patch was sent before the Bulgarians
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
EXPRESS RAN.RASHE INTO
FREIGHT, two DEAD, MANY HURT
Mercantile Express on Pennsylvania Railroad
Runs Into Stock Train Between Pittsburg
and New York, at Altoona, Pa.

the Pennsylvania railroad btween
Pittsburg and New York crashed into
the rear end Of a stock train in the
Lewiston yards.
Train service was blocked for more
than four hours.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
SNEAK THIEF IN NORTH GREEN.
WOOD.

A sneak thief early last night cut
his way through the screens at the
home Of Mr.. Bonner Richardson, in
North Greenwood, popular cotton
classer with The Humphrey Cotton
Co., and ransacked the house. The
culprit was evidently frightened away
as he left things badly tumbled ~,
but y far - can bs learned, took
very Attls.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
TO INVESTIGATE
EIGHT-H0UR LAW
Wilson Appoints General Goethals and
Commissioner Clark Invasti-
eating Board.
(By Associated Press. }

Omaha, Oct. 5.-President Wilson
today announced the appointment Of
General Goethals and Commissioner
Clark of the Interstate Commerce
Commission as members of the board
to investigate the eight-hour law and
its effect upon the railroads and
workmen.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
NOW
50 YEARS OLD
Commemoration Of Birthday Brought
Climax With Visit of Presi-
ident Wilson.
(By Associated Press. J

Omaha, Oct. 5.-Nebraska's COM
memoration of the fifty years in
statehood was brought to climax to-
day with the visit of President Will
son.
The Presidents program included
brief address at the luncheon of the
Commercial Club and a more elab-
crate address in the evening at the
Municipal Auditorium.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
RUSSIANS PROGRESSING.

(By Assoclated Press.
Petrograd, Oct. s.. Progress Of the
Russians in attacks upon the Austro-
German forces from volhynia to
Dniester in Galicia is reported by the
war Office today. Hostile positions at
various points have been captured.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
EXPRESS TRAIN HITS A FREIGHT ON PENNSYLVANIA
THE COTTON And
GRAIN MARKETS
New Orleans and New York Markets
Down at Close-Spots at New
York Up.

Both the New York and New Or
leans markets were off at the close
this afternoon. New York showed a
decline during the day Of from four
to eleven points and New Orleans
from four to six points down. New
York spots fifteenrpoints up, New Or
leans unchanged, sales 4,20O bales.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05

The Daily Commonwealth will re-
ceive the returns from the worlds
Series baseball games play-by-play q
the end Of each inning and will port
them on = bulletin board m front *
the Office free Of charge, Ths fans cf
Greenwood and surrcunding tsssltSty
are invited to rscsivs ~ ssturas wig4
m. # I'll II i.g 8ss gsss
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
WEATHER

DISTURBANCE DECREASES.
The South Atlantic disturbance has
moved inland to the south Of Georgia
with decreased intensity and storm
warnings have been lowered.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
Big EXPLOSION
GIANT POWDER
Three Cars of Dynamite Explodes
Killing Three Men and Injuring
Several Others.
(By Associated Press.

(By Associated Press
Grofton, ILL.,, Oct. 5.-Three men
were killed and several injured when
three cars of dynamite exploded at
the mill of the Illinois Powder Co. to-
day.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
MAJOR WARNER OF
!: KANSAS IS ! 5 DEAD D! J!
Former United States senstor From
Missouri Passed Away at Late !.
Hour Yesterday.
(Bv Associated Press, }

(By Associated Press.)
Kansas City, Oct. 5.-Major Will
liam Warner, former United States
Senator from Missouri, died here late
yesterday.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
(By Associated Press. }

Altoona, Pa, Oct. 5.-Two men
were probably killed, the enginemen
seriously scalded and a dozen mail
clerks and passengers were injured to-
day when the Mercantile Express on
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
Chancery Summons.
The State Of Mississippi.
To Ora Rorie Orr, Defendant:

To Ora Rorie Orr, Defendant:
You are commanded TO appear be-
fore the Chancery Court Of the Coun-
ty Of LeAore, in said State on the Sec
ond Monday Of October, A. r., 1915,
TO defend the suit in said court Of q.
P. Orr, wherein you are defendant.
! This 9th day of September, A, D.,
ial& 4. d Dew, Clerk
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
TURKS ARE DEFEATED.

10y HSsUClaCed FTeSS.J
Petrograd, Oct. 5.-The Russians
in Turkish Armenia, west Of Trebi-
zend, with the cooperation Of the fleet,
nave inflicted severe defeat upon the
Turks, the war Office announced to-
day. The Turks suffered great losses.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

The New York Cotton Exchange
will be closed October 18th, on account
Of state holiday.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05

(By Associated Pressl
Paris, Oct. 5-Allies troops on the
western end Of the Macedonian front
continue to press back the Bulgarians
before Monaster, the war Office an
nounced today. Buf, twelve miles
south Of Monaster has been occupied.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
EXPORTS AND STOCKS.

Stocks at New Orleans, 10000;
Galveston, 2s3,ola; Savannah, 1867
458; New York, n, 933.
Exports today, 35,344, including
5,498 coastwise.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05

Closed 4 to 6 down.
New York Spots 16.95-15 up.
New Orleans Spots 1913.
! Sales 4,200.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
FRENCH MAKE GAINS.
(By Associated Press

Paris, Oct. 5.-The French made
progress on the Somme front in the
Morval region last night, the war Of
fee announced. Nine three-and-s-
half inch guns were captured.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Spots 9.95-20 uq. s,a
Sales 1000. ' : \
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
!BULGARIANS AND ALLIES BOTH
CLAIMING VICTORY IN THE EAST
Paris Reports Bulgarians Driven Back While Bull
garian War Office Declares Invading Ru-
manians Defeated French Repulsed.
BULGARIANs PRESSED BACK.

begun to attack the invaders.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-05
NEW YORK MARKET.
. NEW ORLEANS MARKET.

Closed 4 to II down.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
COLORADO CROP REPORT
OUTLOOK IN CENTENNIAL STATE
BETTER THAN USUAL.
Federal Report Shows Conditions
Generally Promise Results Above
the Average.


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver-Colorado is further ad-
vanced with spring plowing this year
than last and is way ahead of the
ten-year average, according to the
monthly report OF the federal bureau
of crop estimates. The same condi.
tion obtains in reference to spring
planting.
Meadow and pasture conditions are
equal to that Of last year and even
with the ten-year average. The farm
ers have made good progress in mar
keting hay and have less on hand
than this time lass year. Wheat is
bringing the same money as on May
/, 1915.
The following summary of the May
crop report for the state of Colorado
is compiled by the federal bureau OF
crop estimates:
Winter Wheat.-May forecast, z.
100000 bushels; production last year
(final estimate). 8,O60,OO0; two years
ago. 6,25O,OOb: 19O9-13 average, 3.762.-
900 bushels
Rye.-May forecast, 100000 BUSH
els; production last year (final esti-
mate). $4,000; two years ago, $685.
600 bushels.
Meadows.-May / condition, "a;
compared with the ten-Xear average
of "a.
Pasture.-May condition, 80;
compared with the ten-year average
of 81.
Spring Plowing.-Per cent done to
May 1, 1916, estimated, IA: compared
with 50 May last year, and sc. the
ten-year average.
Spring Planting-Per cent done to
May 1, 1916, estimated, 65; compared
with 81 May l. last year, and So, the
ten-year average.
Hay.-Old crop on farms May 1, es-
timated, 213,00O tons; compared with
800, 900 a year ago, and 219,000 two
years ago.
Prices.-The first price given below
is the average on May 1 this year,
and the second the average on May
last year.
Wheat, 92c and $1.22 per bushel;
corn, CSC and 66c; oats, 52c and 55c;
potatoes, $101 and TIC; hay, 1910
and $3.50 per ton; eggs, 19c and 19c
per dozen.
United States-Wheat $1.O2 and
$1.39 per bushel corn, 1913 and TIT;
oats, 42.6 and 5S.4; potatoes, 94.s and
sos; hay, 1920 and $11.S2 per ton:
eggs, 1871 and III per dozen.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18

Sir Roger Easement was placed c'l
trial Monday in London on . charge
of treason.
ence reveals determination Of Un.
ionists to snub Irish Nationalists.
Revived disorders on the Greek
Island of Samos, off the west coast OF
Asia Minor, have assumed serious
aspect.
Sarah Bernhardt returned to Paris
from the front where she gave six
performances in three days to the
soldiers.
The announcement is expected
shortly at Vienna of the betrothal Of
an Austrian archduchess and Prince
Boris, heir to the throne o. Bulgaria.
Premier Asquith's sudden resolve to
go to Dublin, which was hailed by his
supporters as stroke of genius. has
had the effect of assuaging political
passions
The Spanish foreign office has re
ceived note from the German gov
ernment, acknowledging that the
steamer Sussex was torpedoed by a
German submarine, the explanation
being given that the commander hon
estly believed it to be warsNp.
Eighty-five cases of smallpox. forty
seven of them in San Juan, Porto
Rico, have been reported on the Is
land, being the first cases of the dis
ease since 1911. The department of
sanitation plans to vaccinate the l.
100000 inhabitants of the islands.
The notorious bandit leader, Pedro
Cedillo, who has for long time in
tested the northern part of the state
of Vera Cruz, two officers and fifty
of his men have been killed in an Ell
gagement with government forces un-
der Gen. Eugenio Lopez at Ciudad
del Maiz. Fifty of the outlaws sur
rendered.
Maj. Gen. Charles Townshend,
commander OF the British, forces
which surrendered at Kut- El-Amara,
who as cousin of the Marquis Towns
hend. was heir-presumptive to the
marquisate, lost his claim to the title.
A son and heir was born to the mar
quis, and the Marchioness Towns
hend, who hitherto have had no chill.
dren.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
Nine Killed in CATS Collapse.

Akron, Ohio. = While the tables
were crowded with diners the build.
ing occupied by the Crystal restau.
rant here collapsed and slid bodily
into an adjoining excavation for a
new building. Nine persons were
killed and twenty-eight injured, two
probably fatally. Two men pulled
from the ruins have become insane.
A blast in the excavation for the new
building brought down the old struc-
ture in a mass Of wreckage that
buried the diners IN the restaurant.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
RUSSIANS TAKE
$500 PRISONERS
OPERATIONS ON ITALIAN FRONT
RESULT IN CAPTURE OF
MUCH ARTILLERY.
OTTOMAN ARMYIN TRAP
GERMANS ATTACK AND OCCUPY
RUSSIAN TRENCHES BUT
ARE EXPELLED.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Petrograd. May 17.-With the ad-
vance of the Russian forces south
ward from the Urumiah region
toward Mosul. in Assyria, on the tt
girls, which resulted recently in the
occupation of Rivandouza. the Rus
slams are now bringing fresh pres
sure of the most powerful sort upon
the rear of the Turkish armies in
Mesopotamia. The development of
this line of attack has greatly en-
HANGED the chances of success of tho
Russian campaign, which holds forth
the hope of bringing not only Bagdad
but the entire country between the
Tigris and the Euphrates under Rus
sian dominion.
Or the two groups of Russian arm
les now threatening Mesopotamia
overland, the one already mentioned
has crossed the Mesopotamian border
and is marching rapidly toward Mo-
sui. The only serious obstacle be-
tween it and this goal is the ancient
fortified city of Jezireh- Ibn-Omar, on
an island in the Tigris, 130 miles
southeast of Diarbekr 1t is believed
fenses, will not long delay the Rus
sian advance The progress of these
forces already has broken the back
bone of the Turkish communications
between Diarbekr and Mosul and
the Turkish armies covering these
two points are now separated except
for a circuitous road too far in the
rear to be of much service.
Some 200 miles southwark the 9TH
er group of Russian forces drawn up
on the Persian-Turkish border before
Khanikin is prepared to strike
through to Bagdad. The combined
pressure from these two directions
upon the Turkish rear has placed the
entire Turkish army in Mesopotamia,
estimated at between six and seven
divisions, or about 250,OOO men, in the
greatest jeopardy. Germany has hur.
riedly dispatched forces, 1t is be-
lieved, to the Turkish center at Err
zingan, to try to stem the Russian
advance, but apparently these efforts
have come too late.
London.-Italian first line positions
in several sectors have been captured
by the Austrians after concentrated
artillery preparation, it was an
nounced in Austro-Hungarian head
quarters reports issued in Vienna.
The Austrians took more than $500
prisoners, seven cannon and eleven
machine guns in these operations.
French curtain of fire checks Ger
man infantry attacks before Verdun
though Berlin reports French losses
as sanguinary.
Germans attack and occupy Rus
sian trenches in the lake region near
Dvinsk, but later are expelled.
News is awaited with anxiety Of the
powerful German fleet which is re-
ported to have departed for Riga. on
the Baltic sea.
Gilpin observer., 1916-05-18
Man. Body Found In Camp Fire.

Castle Rock.-The charred body o.
Thomas Sawyer, a farmer near Mid
way. one and onehalf miles from the
Girls Industrial School in jefferson
county. was found on the ranch oi
Lafe l.. Briggs, eleven miles southeast
of Castle Rock. Sawyer wandered
away from his home while demented
April 30. He is believed to have
started the fire to keep warm and
probably in his weakened condition
fell into It and was burned to death.