Gilpin observer., 1916-02-17
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS. D IN q 8. ACHIEVE
MENTS, SUFFERINGS. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
w..,.r. Newspaper Union Row. s.rv,o..
About the War

Six persons killed in air raid on
Milan, Italy.
Russians capture one of Turkish
forts at Erzerum
French repulse an infantry attack
north of Scissors.
Austrians reach Arzen river in ad-
vance into Albania.
Hungarians routed at Zale Sczsyky
and retire four miles.
Austrians take Entertainments from
italians In Isonzo region.
British cruiser Arethusa wrecked by
mine and ten men killed.
Austro- -Hungarians occupy Tirana in
Albania. near port OF Durazzo.
The British steamer Areo has been
sunk. One member of the crew was
lost.
Seventeen battles fought in air Sun
day between Germans and British in
Flanders.
Whole western front scene Of fierce
fighting. Germans capture half mile
OF trenches near Tahure.
Sinking of French cruiser Admiral
Charner by submarine confirmed.
Four hundred men killed.
An Athens dispatch asserts Bull
garia has made overtures for sepa.
rate peace to the entente powers.
Ten days battle in France and Bel
GUM has resulted, it is estimated, in
total casualties Of at least 100000.
Berlin officials pessimistic ON re-
ceipt of Bernstorff's latest communi-
cation on settlement of Lusitania
case.
Germany and Austria announce that
beginning March l all armed merch.
antmen will be treated as warships, to
be attacked without warning.
Western
Twelve hours after he was found
hanging from cell in the county Jail
at Tulsa, Okla, and pronounced dead,
Thomas Murphy revived in an under
takers shop.
Another American has been added
to the list of victims of Mexican ban
dts. Guy Johnson, ranchman, was
found dead in the mountains between
Minaca and Ocampo. His body was
riddled with bullets.
The name of A. l. Sutton, an
Omaha attorney and former Judge of
the District Court, was filed with the
Secretary of State as candidate for
a nf ~ .,g
raska
startling charge that the sour
served at the banquet to Archbishop
Mundlein was ''maliciously poisoned"
was made in statement issued by
IL. J. Doherty, manager of the Univer-
sity Club at Chicago
At Sallisaw, Okla, viii, Henry, Alec
and Marvin Shandlen brothers OF
George Shandlen, farmer living near
Muldro, are held, with seven other
men. on the charge of being implicated
in an attack by night riders on Shand-
len.
Three men and three women. al.
legged to have blown open the vault
OF the United States collector at st.
Paul. Jan. 6, and to have ESCAPED
with $4,000 in money and revenue
stamps valued at $577,357, were ar.
rested at Chicago.
AT Waukegan. H., William II. Or.
pet. University of Wisconsin junior.
who confessed that he was the man
of mystery" in the woods with pretty
Marian Lambert, Highland Park high
school girl. before she killed herself.
reenacted for Lake county officials
and newspaper men the tryst of
death which led to the suicide,
Washington
The first train in four years over
tho Southern Pacific from Nogales
Arizona, to Mazatlan, Mexico, was rur
on January 80, and State Department,
reports express hope of keeping the
line open.
The State Department decided the
Germans aboard the Appam who
were British prisoners when the
liner was captured by German
raider, may be released. Collector
Hamilton at Norfolk was instructed to
allow them to land.
Census Bureau experts estimated
that the population of tho United
States January was 101 ,20S,3i5. and
that by July / 1t would be O2,017 1902.
Cotton consumed during Januar,
total 542.055 bales. according to re
port OF the Census Bureau or thi.
29S.1l5 bales were consumed in cotton
growing states.
Six amendments to the Federal Re
serve Act were recommended to Con
gress in the report of the Federal Re
serve Board for the fist full year O
operation In the new banking sys
tenn.