Gunnison news-champion., 1917-01-05

Washington.
In the Austro-I'alian theater the
~eather has cleared and the artillery
fuels have been renewed with vigor.
especially on the CArso front
In MesopotAmia the British forces
are stIll In quest OF kut-el-Amara. in
which sector they have made further
advances on the right bank OF the II
Gris
South OF Brody in GalIcia the Ger
mans have brought their howitzers in
70 play against Russian positions and
AZ various points have damaged their
Trenches
Mexican Consul Beltran at san An
tonic, Tex, announced that he had re
csived a personal message from Gen.
sral CarranZa saying that General Muir
Euia had retaken Torreon.
A message confirming the report OF
the capture OF Torreon BY villa forces
was received at San Antonio. Tex.
by Gen Funston from Brig Gen.
George Bell. commanding American
forces at Il Psso.
ARTILLERY duels. sappins operations
and attacks by small patrol parties
continue 10 feature the fighting on
the front in France The usual bonn
berdment Is in progress in the Austro-
italian war thenter In Macedonia
comparative quiet prevails.
Berlin records fresh advances for
the Teutonic allies against the Rus
SLAMS in Wallachit Three thousand
more prisoners and twsnty.two ma
chine guns have been captured by the
Invaders. bringing the number OF men
taken in the Rimnik -Sarat maneuver
up to 1920.
Considerable fighting has again
taken place on the verdun sector
around lie Mort Homme and on the
eastern slopes OF hill 3o4. where the
Germans made an attack but were re-
pulsed. Elsewhere along the French
front there have ben reciprocal bonn.
bardments and attacks by small patrol
parties. interspersed with fights in the
air
The Teutonic allies have captured
Rimnik- -Sarat. thirty miles southwest
OF Brailn, Rumanias oil and grain
center on the Danube The guns Of
tho Dobrudja army are hammering on
the bridgehead OF Matchin. on the
east bank Of the Danube opposite
Braila. Previous to the fall OF Rim
mix -Sarat tho Teutonic allies defeated
the Russians on q front OF ten and q
half miles southwest OF the town.
WESTERN
Illinois will have a woman as assist
ant attorney general when Attorney
asneral-elect f. J. BrundaEe takes Of
flee. Miss Jeannette Bates OF Ard
morn. Ill. has been selected BY Brun-
aage a. one OF his aides.
Private Frank Shea OF the Seven.
ts0tA Unitsd States infantry died at
Tie base hospital at Columbus. N. NJ.
trum . gunshot wound received at Va
do Fusiles. Mexico. on the American
communication line south OF the Dor.
der.
At Omaha the Jury In the case OF
eleven men charged with use Of the
mails to defraud In sales OF phantom
Wild horses in Coconino county. AriI..
returned . verdict OF guilty against
nine defendants and found one not
guilty. One defendant was dismissed
BY the Judge.
Seventeen cigar bombs" that were
mailed on . train in California to ad.
dresses In Iowa, Nebraska and other
Middle Western states and along the
Pacific coast. have yet to be accounted
for. according to postoffice inspectors
At Los Angeles. The bombs" were
mailed Dec. 20.
WASHINGTON
Argentina's grain harvest this year
win be one Of the poorest the country
svsr has had. due to injury by drouth
aad iocusts.
President Wilson told callers that he
would veto the 32s, ,ooo,O 900 public build.
lngs bill II It comes to him in the form
u which It 10 now pending in the
House.
The British government has con.
uected Tor tho entire exportAble sup
Dly Of New Zealand meat until at least
three months after the close Of the
European war.
Argentina's military system is serv.
hs a. . model for the universal serv.
lee bill now being drafted by a com.
nittee Of the army general staff.
President Wilson. 50 years old Dec
-. was the recipient Of many congrat
slatory messages from all parts Of the
country and abroad.
The worlds wheat production OF
Ne past season was approximately rs
per cent of that Of last year, accord
lAg TO estimates received at Washing
lsn By The Department Of Agriculture
hem the International Institute Of AZ.
s1eulture At Roma