The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
CONDENSATION
OF FRESH NEWS
THE 1 EST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EvE.ITs oUn OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Ss~sp.p.r mon csvs service
ABOUT THE WAR


says the Berlin war Office.
British and Serbians report gains
In the Macedonian zone against the
Bulgars and Teutonic allies.
British cross the river StruIna al
three places and take JenmIta, dri'-
ing the Bulgars before them.
Allied transport laden with troops
sunk by submarine in the Mediter-
ranean, says Berlin admiralty report
Storming OF trenches in the Canal
DIV Nord region gives French import
ant advantage in their advance to-
ward Peronne.
Situation in Greece still tense, in
surrection headed by former Premier
Venizelos threatening to break forth
At any moment.
Thiepyal has fallen into British
hands, as has also the fortified town
of Gaudecourt, according to the Brit
ish official statement.
German Zeppelins in night air raid
on London kill thirty persons and IN
jure ll6, eleven women and children
being among the slain.
Allied war offices report continued
successes in the Macedonian cam
paign. Serbian troops cross frontier
and carry on fighting in their own
country.
Combles, pivotal point in the Ger
man line guarding the approach to
Bapaume, now is entirely in the hands
OF the allies as the result OF COM
bined attack.
German pilots shoot down twenty
four entente aeroplanes and allied
eviators bring down twenty-six Teu-
ton planes in the aerial encounters on
various war fronts.
German official statement admits
conquest" of villages necessary to
capture OF Combles. but gives great
praise to troops who defended these
important possessions.
Two British subjects and thirty-six
out OF thirty y-eight Carranza soldiers
were killed when Villistas raided an
oil camp near TuXpam Sept. 1G. ac-
cording to officers OF the tank steam
er Topila, which arrived at Calves.
ton, Tex.
WESTERN
President Wilson will speak in Chi
cago on Oct. 19.
An order issued at Washington di-
recting Troop A, Kansas cavalry. to
proceed to the border. was received
at post headquarters at Fort Riley,
Kan
According to the official advices,
tungsten and molybdenite have been
added to the list OF goods that are pro
hibited to be exported from Japan
without special permit.
Three Of the mail pouches stolen
from a Santa Re train near Syracuse.
Kan, several weeks ago. have been re
covered by postoffice inspectors from
the Denver and Kansas City offices.
The most severe frost since 1855
visited Wisconsin on three successive
mornings, caught the tobacco crop
still standing and is destined to cause
financial loss to growers of close to
$1.500,0o0.
A report that the family of E. o. Or
pet, father OF William Orpet, recently
acquitted of the charge of Staying Ma
rion bert. was about to remove
to California was denied both by Or
pet and by Cyrus Mccormick at Chi
cago
Within the week the proposed in
crease in the cost of bread will be put
into force in Chicago. Bakers in
other big cities are expected to fol-
low in another week, and within
month the jump will be declared uni
versal.
WASHINGTON
The State Department was official
" advised that Burton Wilson, a
prominent American and president OF
the American Club of Mexico City.
has been thrown into Jail by Car
rama.
A most curious land case turned UP
a few days ago, when 1t was learned
that an Indian tribe was trying to Sc
cure the return OF 900 acres OF
choice South Carolina land which 1t
leased to that state ninety-nine years
ago.
Health reports from the border for
the week ending Sept. % shows the
per cent sick of the National Guard
was 23S, with six deaths, as against
213 and five deaths for the preceding
week. The sick percentage Of regu
lars was 2.53, with seven deaths, three
from disease and four from injury, as
compared with 2:63 and two deaths
for the previous week.
Reports that water is being added
to shipments of oats to increase their
weight have caused the department of
agriculture to instruct inspectors to