Gilpin observer., 1917-03-22


The French cabinet, headed by Pre-
mier BRAND. has resigned.
The capture by the Russians of the
Persian town of Kermanshah is re-
ported.
Further British and Russian sue
cesses reported from Mesopotamian
front. Austrian attempt to advance
checked by Italians.
At the end of June, France will
have spent in the war in round fig
ures SS,OOO.0OO.OOO francs (about &c.,
6OO.0O0.OOO).
Beach Thomas, in dispatch to the
London Daily Mail, describing the
German retreat in France says at
least 300 villages have been burned to
cinders.
One British destroyer sunk and an
other damaged and merchant ship
torpedoed by German naval forces
which penetrated the mouth of the
Thames.
General Murguia lost approximately
1900 men in killed, wounded and miss
ing at the battle of Rosario, accord
ing to foreign refugee who arrived
at Ell Paso, Texas, from chihuahua
City.
British and French forces pressing
Germans closely in Somme sector,
former capturing forty villages and
the French twenty. French penetrate
village of Ham, twelve miles beyond
st. Quentin. German front between
st. Quentin and Laon threatened by
this development. Germans devastat-
ing country through which they are
retreating, burning villages and de-
stroying farm land. Thousands of in
habitants left destitute
British forces in their latest push
on the western front have retaken ap-
proximately 450 square miles of
French territory occupied by the Ger
mans since the beginning of the war.
The following are the more import
ant of about eighty towns and vii
lagos reoccupied by the British: Ba-
paume, Chaulnes, Peronne, Greviliere,
Fresnes, Horgny, Villers Carbonelle,
Barleaux, Eterpigny, lie Dranslov, La
Maisonnette, Biefvillers, Bihucourt,
Achiet-L Le-Grand. Achiet-Le-Petit, Abb
lamseville, Bucuoy. Esserts. The
French, in cooperation with their
British allies in this new thrust, have
retaken and are in possession of
about 525 square miles of territory
formerly held by the Teutons. The
following are the more important
towns reported as occupied by the
French: Noyon, Crouy, Carlepont,
Morsam, Nouvroningre, Roye and Las
signyH
Western
The Commercial Club of Albuquer-
que, N. NJ, has decided to send a COM
mittee to Denver to study the meth
ods used by the Civic and CONNER
cial Association, with the idea of i'm
proving and expanding the Albuquer-
que Club.
More money was placed on deposit
In the postal savings banks of the
United States during February, the
shortest month in the year, than at
any time in their history, according to
figures made public by the Postoffice
Department. Over s5.OO0,o0O was
placed in the banks by the 700 900 de-
positors.
Following the receipt In Washing
ton. of information concerning the
sinking of American ships, the War
Department issued orders suspending
m 70 nj nnt of oil
National Guard now in. the federal
service. The orders provide that all
troops still on the Mexican border will
be held there. while those that have
left the border will be held at their
rehabilitation camps.
Washington
Plans for nationwide celebration
this year OF baby week are already
under way in at least thirty-four
states.
The farm loan board announced
that the interest rate on all loans
made to farmers throughout the coun.
try by the federal land banks would
be 5 per cent.
~
Utah hydroelectric power companies
from federal forest reservations the
Supreme Court upheld federal and linn
tied state sovereignty in developing
resources in Western public land"
states.
Administration officials were highly
elated over the announcement that the
threatened railroad strike had been
called off.
Several members of Congress have
been advised by White House Off.
cials that there will be no session of
Congress before April 10th. the date
originally fixed.
Immediate naturalization Of rail-
road control was urged by Robert s.
Loyett. chairman of the board of the
Isnion pacific In faafifvfnty ty haforo tho