Gilpin observer., 1917-09-06
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIG
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT.
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS oF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
About the War.


east of Riga.
German airplanes dropped bombs in
raid over British coast. In the raid
107 are reported killed and sc
wounded.
The British have repulsed raid of
the Germans near Lens. London also
reports an advance of British troops
in Palestine.
Word has been received indicating
that the British 7,OOO-ton steamship
Verdi has been sunk with the loss of
six Of her crew.
The headquarters of Maj. Gen. Per
shing, American commander, have
been moved from Paris to point near
the training camps.
Gen. Haigs forces are pouring in
cessant fire into the German lines in
Flanders and the French are keeping
up violent artillery assault at Yer
dun.
Four German mine sweepers were
destroyed off the coast of Jutland by
British light forces. according to an
announcement issued in London by the
admiralty.
The Italian army is continuing it's
steady advance in the Triest cam
paign. winning important positions in
the Brestovizza valley and on the Car
SO plateau.
The American schooner Laura C.
Anderson, was sunk by bombs from
submarine. All the members of the
crew were picked up and landed at an
English port.
Austrian losses in the fighting on
the road to Trieste are 125,000 men
and $500 officers. according to dis
patches received at the Italian embas-
sy in Washington.
The total of British casualties on all
fronts as reported in August were 59-
S11, divided as follows: Killed or died
of wounds, officers 1,27S, men 0,942;
wounded or missing, officers 4,122,
men 43,469.
Riga. the great Baltic seaport, has
been captured by the Germans, open
ing the way to Petrograd. if the Teu-
tons can spare enough men to attempt
this 350-mile drive. Reports of the ad-
vance of the German forces across the
Dvina and the remaining fifteen miles
to Riga show the Russians voluntarily
left their posts and fled north, making
the gains easy for the kaisers forces.
Western
Illinois troops ordered to Chicago to
stop peace meeting.
Four Minnesota counties were
rocked Sept. in the first earthquake
in the states history.
Indians of the Cheyenne River res
ervation have begun extensive sheep
raising and are receiving as high as
SO cents pound for wool
The United States assay office in
Seattle received during the fiscal year
ending June 80 gold bullion from Alas.
da and Canada valued at $1l,193, 900.
The national food administration
will not fix prices for beans unless
boarding or speculation make this nee.
essary, said Fl. Clay Miller, president
OF the California Bean Dealers Asso-
citation
Fire in the Mexican and Austrian
quarters of jerome, Ariz. destroyed
thirty buildings including several
rooming houses. 1t was estimated by
city authorities that 700 people had
been made homeless.
Washington
Substantial gains are recorded for
organized labor during the past year.
Cotton production prospects inn
proved to the extent of $50, 900 bales
during August and brought the esti.
mate of final outturn to 1890
equivalent 500-pound bales.
President Wilson, having spoken de-
cisiyely to the pope rejecting his pro.
posals of peace, Washington now
awaits with keen anticipation reports
from Berlin and Rome which may In.
dicate the next move in the direction
of peace.
That Kaiser Wilhelm and Count
Tisza were the "moral authors" of the
assassination of Crown Prince Ferdi-
nand of Austria, is charged by DIR. Vas.
lie Lucaciu, head of the RuInanian ma.
tional mission in the United States, In
an address to Rumanians of America.
An international aspect was given
the draft parade in Washington on La.
Dor day when President Wilson, head.
ing the procession in honor OF Amer.
tca's conscript army, passed the re-
viewing stand, filled with ambassadors
from allied nations, including the spe-
cial Japanese mission now in this
country.
Food Administrator Hoover has en-
listed the aid Of the federal reserve
board in a campaign to conserve the
meat supply Of the country.
President Wilson sanctions meeting
Of labor leaders in letter to 0ompers.