Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1918-02-07
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THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST iMPo RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
w..,.rn Newspaper linton New. service.
About the War

ing the week enueu reD. totdAou
1884.
Drastic measures have been taken
at Berlin to suppress the peace strike,
and port cities were placed under mar
tial law.
Nine large British ships were sunk
by U-boats in last weeks raids Six
smaller vessels were lost. An Argen-
tine steamer has been sunk in the
Mediterranean.
From the meager accounts of the
economic situation in Germany reach
Ing neutral countries-and they are
meager to degree-the general
strike that prevailed throughout the
empire last week has virtually ended.
The British armed boarding steam
er Louvain, Lieut.. CON- M. G. Easton
commanding, was torpedoed and sunk
by German submarine in the east
ern Mediterranean on Jan. 81. Seven
officers and 217 men were lost.
Taking advantage of the fine wealth
err members of the Lafayette esca-
drille continued their brilliant exploits
over the French front during the last
few days, bringing down three Ger
man machines and losing none them
selves
EARLY Sunday night party of our
troops raided the enemy's trenches
east of Hargicourt,' says the London
official announcement. 1.-THE hostile
artillery was active during the night
in the neighborhood of Lens and north
east of Gavrelle."
Official kilograms dispatched from
Jassy Saturday say that the greater
part of the Rumanian army now is en-
gagged in fighting Russian troops, who
are overruning Moldavia and Bes
sarabia, while Bolshevik troops are
concentrating in Bukowina.
Venice and number of towns on
the Venetian plain have been bombed
by enemy airmen. according to the
Italian official communication. While
no damage and no casualties resulted
from the attack on Venice, consider
able destruction was wrought in the
towns of Padua, Treviso and Mestre,
where a number of civilians were
killed or wounded
American officers are elated over
the results of the first artillery duel
between American and German gun
ners, which followed a preliminary
Smelling by the Germans Saturday
evening. In official reports the infan-
try commanders paid tribute to the
promptness with which the artillery
responded to the call for a barrage
and to the effectiveness of the artil-
lery fire. Aerial "Reminiscences
showed that the American gun fire
had had very destructive effect
Western
Morris & Co., packers, in their fl
nancial report for the year ending
Nov. 80, 1917. record the largest earn
ings in the history of the firm. The
net earnings for this period were So
401,071.47 upon a capital investment
of s3S,000,00O or lax per cent
The Quindaro State bank, Kansas
City, Kan, was robbed of about $4,000
by three men.
Governor Alexander announced that
he will not call special session of
the Idaho Legislature to act on war
measures.
Children were put on milk rations
in Chicago to make the 20 per cent Of
normal supply received, due to the
farmers boycott. go round
Two-cent railroad fares on journeys
within Illinois became effective under
the Supreme Court decision unfolding
the 2-cent law passed by the State
Legislature.
Washington
Far reaching priority regulations
were put into effect by the war indus
tries board to expedite the production
of war supplies.
Belgium was granted another cred.
it of s3.500.000 by the treasury. max.
ing her total loans from the United
States $50, 100000
Provost Marshal General Crowder
announced that the movements of the
men selected in the first draft will be.
gin on Feb 90, and continue for pc
riod of five days. This will complete
the operation of the first draft. as all
states will have furnished their full
quotas.
Wool stocks In the United States
were about 562,OOO,OOO pounds on Dec.
81 last. the Department of Agriculture
announced in its third quarterly re.
port.
Government control Of industry was
extended to oil In a proclamation by
President Wilson putting under H.
cense the manufacture and distribu.
ton Of all fuel oils.
A 80 per cent reduction In the
volume of imports is one Of the meas.
ures under consideration by the i'd.
ministration to make available ships
for TRANSPORTING troops to Frnnce