Gilpin observer., 1918-01-17
FROM TELEeRAPHIc REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST IMP o RI ANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
western Newspaper linton news service.
About the War

Further extension of the submarine
barred zone is announced in a wire
Tess statement sent out by the Ger
man government
Paris reports that the period OF
Jan. l to 10 French pilots brought
down fifteen German airplanes and
one captive balloon.
Warming of the possibility of a final
breach in the RussoGerman negotia-
tions is the outstanding feature of the
current news from Petrograd.
For the first time in many months
British aviators have carried out an
air raid on Karlsruhe, capital of Ba-
den The raid was made in the day
time.
From 100000 to 100000 troops must
be raised at once in England, Sir
Auckland Geddes, minister of nation
al service, told the House of Com
mons in London
Yielding to German insistence, Rus
sia has withdrawn her demand for the
transfer of the negotiations with the
central powers to Stockholm and is
proceeding with separate peace dis
cussion at Brest-Litovsk.
Cold weather and SHOWS are still
retarding the infantry activities on
the battle front. where no fighting of
moment is taking place, except in the
nature of small patrol engagements
and artillery duels Notwithstanding
the fact that similar conditions pre-
vailed last week, the British casual
hn
day were 24,979. as compared with
1898 the previous week and 9,951
the week before.
The London Daily News correspond
ent at Petrograd sends the following:
"The final rupture of negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk may be expected at any
moment, if, as seems probable, the
German militarists continue to impose
their policy on their delegates" The
correspondent says a dispatch from
Kuban reports that the Turks have
broken the armistice by landing 20,-
900 troops between Trebizond and
Lie and that submarine has sunk
Russian transport
Western
Three men-Sherman A. Howell,
colored; Ray Gullich, alias O'Neill,
and Frank Fisher-were hanged in
the jailyard Of Silver Bow county
Monday for murder.
Sixteen persons, all white, were
killed and twelve injured as the result
of the derailment of the northbound
Houston & Texas Central passenger
train which left Houston for Dallas,
Texas.
The response to the address of well
come which opened the twenty-first
annual convention of the American
Livestock Association at Salt Lake
City was made by John w. Springer
of Denver, former president of the
body.
Search for the canvas sack con-
tanning the money Capt Lewis r.,
Whistler is supposed to have obtained
when he robbed the Army Bank at
Camp Funston and killed four men
with an ak and seriously wounded n
fifth, and then committed suicide,
continued Monday.
Washington
Many of the American soldiers in
France will pay an income tax this
year, although drawing only $50
month salary.
Supplemental appropriations of
slS5,OO0,OOO, of which s150,000 900 are
for barracks, and quarters. were sub
mitted to Congress.
Adjournment of the Senate and half
masting of capitol flags were honors
paid to Senator Brady of Idaho, who
died of heart trouble
Conviction of Emma Goldman and
Alexander Berkman on charges of
conspiring to prevent the operation of
the selective service act by urging
men of draft age not to register was
sustained by the Supreme Court.
A quantity OF army supplies includ-
ing S1,000.000 worth OF food was des-
troyed. the quartermaster warehouse
ruined and several other buildings
damaged by fire at the Washington
barracks occupied by engineer troops.
Approximately $4,000 food retailers
have signed the food Administrations
pledge to give their customers fair
and moderate prices.
The American Red Cross has appro-
priated $4.771,99o for military and
civilian relief in Italy for the seven
months period beginning last Nov. l..
By proclamation of President Will
son, the Food Administrations licens-
ing system was extended to include
Gamers, manufacturers of wheat and
rye products. dealers in feed and malt,
and professional salt water fisher
men.