Gilpin observer., 1918-02-14
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About the War

AOOuU O11O wal
Paris reports increased activity, es-
pectally on the Aisne and Verdun
fronts. Patrol encounters, favorable
to the French, occurred in upper AL
SAGE.
Official announcement was made
that the Spanish steamship Sebastian,
of $500 tons, has been torpedoed while
on a voyage to New York. The crew
was saved.
Arab forces. under command of the
sheik of Mecca, have completely de-
feated the Turkish army operating
southeast of the Dead Sea, official dis
patches state.
President Wilson Monday ad-
dressed Congress, declaring German
militarists alone prevented the end of
the war. He said he saw some hope
in the stand taken by Austria.
Five American soldiers are believed
to have been killed. four are missing
and one was wounded when an Amer
lean patrol was ambushed in No
Mans Land by superior force OF Ger
mans.
British casualties reported for the
week ending Feb. II were 7,O77 d.
vided as follows: Killed or died of
wounds-Officers, 70; men, 1860;
Wounded or missing 1856;
men. 5.4S9.
Russia has declared peace, but has
refused to sign any treaty with the
Central powers. The Ukraine-Teuton
peace pact, ceding territory to the
Germans, has been announced in full.
1t is called a complete surrender by
Trotzky.
General Pershing reported that ten
United States engineers, missing since
the raid of Nov. 80, had been located
in German prison camp. He also
reported the death of Col. Frank A.
Wilcox from pneumonia and a number
OF other deaths.
Increased artillery activity is re-
ported all along the British and
French fronts in Belgium and France,
and on the northern Italian front
Some experts believe the activity in.
dicates strong German offensive in
the west is near at hand.
Germans report capture of some
Americans north of Xivray, ten miles
east of st. Mihiel. American patrols
approached close to enemy trenches
at night, but were prevented from
making raid by the barking of SEN
try dogs which alarmed the Germans.
Western
Robert Phillips and jefferson II.
Miller were held at Silver City, N. NJ,
charged with the robbery of the post
office at Mule Creek, N. NJ They will
be given preliminary hearing on Feb.
%, before United States commits
sioner.
rush to locate lands near the Col
umbine well in Wild Horse park,
fifteen miles northwest of Pu-
eblo, Colo, resulted in every inch of
land in that vicinity being filed upon.
The owners OF the Columbine well de-
cline to make any further statements
regarding their discovery. The dis
trict is fifteen miles from Pueblo and
about thirty-five miles from the Flor
ence oil field. which has been produc
Ing Tor thirty years or more.
Patriotic demonstrations in more
than 100 cities of the United States
were held Monday to inaugurate ma
tionGl labor loyalty week, campaign
of the American Alliance for Labor
and Democracy. ito unity the working
people OF the country in support OF the
war"
Washington
An attempt to enlist at least a quar-
ter of a million skilled workmen in it.
shipyard volunteer reserve will b,
made this week by the emergenc,
fleet corporation through state coun
ellis Of defense. The week has beef
designated as registration week" 1,
tat.