The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-08-26
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About the War
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British force of four cavalry squad
rons annihilated by Turks near Qua
TIA
British battleship Russell strikes
mine and sinks; T02 saved, l2i miss
ing
Germans repulsed in three night
attacks on French in Vosges, south
Of LarEizen.
Germans report capture of Russian
positions and $500 prisoners south OF
Lake Narocz.
Russian official statement an
nounces repulse of Turkish troops on
Caucasus front and near Bagdad.
Four more British ships have been
sent to the bottom by mines or sub
marines. according to London reports
Gems. Scott and Funston deadlock
with Obregon over withdrawal of u.
s. troops from Mexico in first con
ference.
Crisis near in British parliament
over conscription. Irish rebellion and
surrender of Townshend's army ut
Kut-el-Amara.
man infantry attacks at Verdun and
subsequent furious bombardments by
heavy German artillery.
The Turks. commenting on the fall
of Kut-el-Amara. declare victory over
British will create profound impress
sion in the Orient
French capture trenches north OF
4,
micres in Verdun fighting. Berlin
says French attacks were repulsed.
British force besieged 143 days
in kut-el-Amara surrenders. London
says there were about 10000 men in
the army. Constantinople puts the
number of prisoners at 1890.
Villas scattered adherents are
gradually being pushed to the wall.
according to unofficial reports at
Columbus, N. NJ, as more men are be-
ing sent over. the border to block
coup by the Mexicans.
The Irish revolt has been crushed.
Ii was officially announced in London
that all of the rioters leaders had
surrendered. Two hundred casualties
have occurred and property damage
estimated ut sl0,00O.00O has been
done.
Western
Mississippi Republicans at Jackson.
elected two negro de,egates-at-large
10 the Chicago convention.
All saloons in Lincoln, Neb.. were
closed for an indefinite period as n
result OF n blanket remonstrance file
at the instance of prohibition leaders.
A new factor is believed to have
been injected into the conference of
American troop dispositions by the re.
ceipt of fresh reports at FL Paso,
Tex. that Francisco villa is dead.
Surrounded by the bodies of his
wife and five children. John 'Wycho-
pen was found in his home near Tenn
pie. Tex, suffering from a bullet
wound through his head which physi-
clans said probably will prove fatal.
While pursuing two horse thieves
into Colorado, Sheriff Frank B. Roach
OF Laramie county, Wyo., and Nels
Nelson, n ranchman residing near
Cheyenne, were shot dead on Box
Elder creek. thirty-five miles north
west of Fort Collins. Two men who
confessed the rustling and the double
murder, are held by the Laramie
county. Colo, authorities
The shearing of 100000 head of
Wyoming sheep has begun, the first
pens having opened in the Rock
Springs district and the Shoshoni dis
fr,a hn to-,
system of grading wool is being used
at many shearing pens. The earlier
shearing-pen returns indicates that
Wyoming's wool crop this year will
reach 35,O00.O0O pounds.
Washington
A regular army of 10000 ut peace
strength has practically been agreed
upon by the Senate and House con.
ferees on the army bill.
The tenth annual meeting of the
American Society of International
Law adjourned after a business ses-
sion at which Elihu Root was re-
elected president
Conferees on the Indian appropria-
ton bill concluded their WORK In the
final draft the bill appropriated
s5O.0OO for Colorado Navajos and $50.
coo for Colorado Southern Utes. the
money to be used for farming imple-
ments and stock The bill also gives
$4,000 for construction of a road
from Mesa Verde to Gallup.
The House adopted an amendment
to the agricultural bill appropriating
S65.00O for the purchase of live stock
for government experiment stations
Part of the money will be spent at
Akron, Colo.