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LATEST NEWS EPITOMIZED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS THAY COVER THE WEESK'S BVENTS. — KEEPING THE READER POSTED ON MOSTY IMPORTANT : CURRENT TOPICS. Westers Nowspaper Union Neows SBerviea. ABOUT THE WAR. French destroyer sunk by subma rine in Adriatic. British defeat attacks by Turks on outpost near Aden. Austrians capture Italian positions morth of Tolmino bridgehead. Dutch steamer Palembang torps doed off Galloper light in Thames es tuary. Russians capture Mamakhuatan, Turkish town sixty miles west of Er serum. Berlin reports an allied submarine torpedoed the Austrian hospital ship Elektra, Germans suffered heavy losses in attempt to capture “Dead Man's hill” at Verdun, Villa bandits burned a bridge on the Northwestern railroad near San Po dro, Chihuahua. " Important German ammunition de pots north of Verdun were blown up by French guns. German seaplanes raid east coast of England, killing nine persons and wounding thirty-one. , Liberal party in reichstag demands submarines be not hampered by agreements with neutrals. Following repulse of German attack in Vaux-Damloup front Saturday, the offensive at Verdun slackened. Dutch passenger ship Tubantia sunk by submarine of mine, with 387 aboard. United States will investi gate. French aviators dropped showers of shells on railway stations at Conplans and Metz, causing numerous explo sions and fires. Around Riga terrific artillery duels are raging. In Galicia southeast of Kolki and along the middle of the Stripa river the Russians have made small gains. Russians begin big offensive move ment against Germans on eastern frcnt. Berlin reports the Russians were repulsed, leaving 9,270 dead in Lake Narocz region. A message from Berne says that Naby Bey, former Turkish am bassador at Rome, is reported to bz endeavoring to negotiate a separate peace fer Turkey with the allies. WESTERN. The Prattleship Kentucky sailed for Vera Cruz from New Orleans. Mrs. Annie Asenath Adams Kiskad den, mother of Maude Adams, died at Salt Lake. The price of sugar is advancing steadily with no prospect for any immediate reduction. It is stated that Tom Taggart will be named U. 8. Senator for Indiana to succeed B. F. Shively, deceased. New orders were issued at Colum: bus N. M, holding every correspond ent accountable for his dispatches un der the national defense act. Pancho Villa and a big force of his bandits dashed toward Namiquipa te save & large cache of ammunition hidden near there several months ago. In a letter to Secretary of State Pool, George W. Berg of Lincoln, cau ~didate for the Democratic nomination for governor of Nebraska, asked the withdrawal of his name. The funeral of the late United States Senator Benjamin F. Shively was held at South Bend, Ind.,, fro.n the family residence, the services, which were private, being of a very simple nature. WASHINGTON. Brig. Gen. John Cameron Muhlen berg, retired, former paymaster geu eral of the army, died at his home in Washington. One cispatch from Gen.Funston says Gen. Pershing had reported finding « supply of corn, alfalfa and beef at an unnamed point in Mexico. The income tax will place in the United States treasury this year ap proximately $100,000,000, or $15,000,- 000 more than was estimated last fall, according to preliminary estimates compiled by the Internal Revenue Bureau. President Wilson celebrated St. Pat rick’s Day by wearing a green neck tie and a sprig of shamrock sent him by John Redmond, the Irish Nation alist leader in the British Parlia ment. The diplomatic and consular ap propriation bill for 1917, carrying $5,426,283 or $1,421,966 more than was appropriated for 1916, was reported t» the House by the forcign affairs com mittee. : The Senate passed bill to appropri ate $2,506,000 for equipping luget Sound navy yard to build battleships. FOREIGN. Airmen are aiding the U. 8. troo)s im hunting Villa in Mexico. Cardinal Jerome Mary Gottl, pre fect of the propaganda, died at Rome. Pope Benedict at Rome gave a private audience to M. P. Pachitch, the Serbian premier. The interests of Austria in Portu gal have been confided to the Spanisn minister at Lisbon. At Guatemala City the national as sembly unanimously ratified the re election of Manuel Estrada Cabrera president. All direct telegraphic communica tion between Greece and Germany, Austro-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey has been cut. Three British airmen, Lieutenan's Johnstone, Beaumont and Laidlaw, were killed at Londom in accidents while on experimental flights. Imports into France for the first two months of the present year showv an increase of 53 per cent over the corresponding period of 1915, Dispatches from Geueva say Sergt. Pilot George Guynemer, the French aviator, who was wounded recently was shot down by a German airman. At Liverpool, the Irist Nationalists, celebrating the eve of St. Patrick’s day under the chairmanchip of T. P. O’Counor, pledged alicgiance to the allies, An official dispatch from Constan tinople says that Enver Pasha, the Turkish war minister, has returned there from a trip of inspection to Syria, Palestine and Arabia. The financial situation in Greece appears to be of the gravest naturs. The families of mobilized soldiers in many cases are in dire want and the men themselves will be shortly ra quired in the fields If tne crops are not to be neglected. With the object of securing arms and ammunition, a force of rebels re ceutly raided Shuntak in Kwangtung province, twenty mi'es south of Can ton, China. They secured a quantity of these munitions and escaped after a fight with government forces in which the casualties on each side were estimated at 300. A popular demonstration was held at Vera Cruz to celebrate the agree ments reached between the United States and Mexico regarding mutual concessions for the prosecution of outlaws- ‘An imposing street parade was held and speeches were delivered, during which the mention of the names of President Wilson and Pro visional President Carranza was loudly cheered. SPORT. Jack Dillon of Indianapolis knockad out Whitey Allen, in the fourth round of a 10-round match in Erocklyn, N. Y. Mike Gibbons, St. Paul middle weight, outpuinted and outfought Jeff Smith of Bayonne, N. J., in a tame 10- round bout at St. Paul, Minn. Fankie Murphy, the East Side light weight, outpointed Jack Gillis, the Frisco battler, in 15 rounds at the National Athletic Club in Denver. Perry Williams, last season with the Idaho Springs club and former Colorado University hurler, has signed with the Rocky Ford Club of the Arkansas League. 5 At Madison Square Garden, whera the Willard-Moran bout is to take place on the 25th it was stated that the advance sale of tickets for the contest now amounts to more than SIOO,OOO. y Bill Clarke, once a well known prize fighter, died at St. Louis, age 88. In his youth he was noted in England‘ us a bantamweight. To ring foliow ers he was known as ‘“Belfast Chickea.” 1 GENERAL. / Robert E. Rigby, assistant cashier of the Wabash Railroad at St. Lou:s, confessed to a shortage of SIB,OOO. He was arrested. The estate of Henry Gassaway Davis, of West Virginia, is estimated at $10,000,000 and the bulk goes to three children. The funeral of Henry Gassaway Davis, former United States senator, who died at his home in Washington, was held at Elkins, W. Va, The body of a Mexican found near the border at Columbus. N. M., was identified as J. Pereyra, personal representative of the Mexican consu late in El Paso. A woman balloon expert of El Paso, Mrs. Charles Doll, offered her serv ices to the American troops in taking captive Dballoon observations. No plans for using captive balloons have been announced at El Paso. Protests against the removal of the United States troops from Camp Stephen Little at Nogales, Ariz., were sent to the two United States sea ators from Arizona and to Gen. Fua ston by the Nogales Chamber of Coin merce. Laden with sufficient food and other supplies to last 250 men for three months, the transport Hancock sailed from the Philadelphia navy vard for Pensacola, Fla. It was learned at Columbus, N. M., that the shot which killed Colonel Lopez, Villa’'s first chief during the raid, was fired by an American trooper at 1,200 yards. Lopez fell at the first shot. Exports from the port of New York for the week ended March 18, were $04,022,640, according to figures compiled at the customs house, YHE JULESBURG GRIT-ADVOCATR. COLORADO STATE NEWS ‘Western Newspaper Union News Service. DATES FOR CONING BVENTS. March 20-April 3.—Colorade Itetall Merchants’ Assoclation's Food aad Industrial Exposition at Denver. April 13—Democratic State Conventioa at Pueblo. May I.—First Congressional Distriet Republican Conveniion at Coloradoe Springs. April 26 —Annual Convention \Western (‘lulurado 1. O. O. F. at Grand Junc "llyu.;.—l(.pub"(‘ln State and Third and Fourth Congressional District Convention at Pueblo. ‘ May 18—Democratic State Convention at Colorado Springs. 1 Aug. §—Democratic State Assembly at Denver. ‘ There are 7,400 automobiles in Den- | ver. | Boulder miners are busy and pros perous. ‘ Strawberries are on the Denver market. | A grape juice plant {8 planned w‘ be running in Denver by Aug. 20. | In the recent reports, (‘oloradoi banks show large increases in depos its. | R. W. Speer has announced hlm-‘ self a candidate for mayor of Den ver. | There is excitement four miies south of Salida on account of a tungs ten strike. Mrs. M. E. Crowley, 81, of Lead ville, claims to be the original pioncer woman of the west. The summer home of Clifford Davis of Berthoud, at Estes Park, was de stroyed by fire. It is stated that many farmers are being “stung” in the purchase of see’ for spring planting. ’ Over 200 Puebloans are ready ¢ form a company and serve the U. 3. in its hunt for Villa. The Georgetown tunnel has now reached a ‘depth of some 800 feet, and is being steadily driven ahead. Observance of St. Patrick’s Day in cluded one of the most elaborate pro grams ever planned by Irishmen of Denver. Only three arrests for drunkenness were made in Colorado Springs dur ing February, according to Chief of Police Howard Stark’s report. Despite the general advance in prices of articles used in comstruction there is increased interest in new building in Denver this spring. John Boler, 71, was killed eight miles east of Fort Collins when his automobile failed to turn and plunged into the Eaton ditch. Five months in the county jail was the sentence imposed in the West Side court in Denver upon H. M. Roberts, convicted of “‘bootlegging.” Dr. Edward F. Eldredge, formerly of Denver and Grand Junction, died in San Diego, Cal, where he had been living for the last two years. He was 60 years old. Several business men of Denver and Sterling have co-operated to pro vide capital for the erection of a four story modern, fireproof hotel in Sterl ing, to cost SIOO,OOO. The Colarado Retail Clothiers’ As sociation closed its first annual meet ing in Denver, after three days ‘passed in discussing matters of in terest to the trade in the state. Sioux Indians from the Pine Ridge‘ agoncy, South Dakota, arrived in Den-‘ ver to go on the “War Path” at the Fure Food Show at the Auditoriu:n vhich opens in Denver Monday. The state of Colorado during the vear ending Januacy, 1916, reduced its outstanding bonded indebtedness approximately $400,000, according to Deputy State Treasurer J. S. Temple. Four big Denver bond houses may take, individually or collectively, be tween $10,000,000 and $15,000,000 of $75,000,000 5 per cent bonds just is sued by the Dominion of Canada. A jury in the County Court in Den ver awarded Dr. William H. Heisen & verdict for $2,750 against the estate of Alonzo Thompson, octogenariau spiritualist, for medical fees. Dr. Helsen asked $4,000. An inheritance tax of $9,032.70 was paid State Inheritance Tax Ap praiser Hubbard on the estate of the late William H. Dickens, the Long mont banker, who was assassinatel in his home the night of Nov. 30 last. George B. Dodge, for many years a widely known railroad official in Colorado, died at the family residencs, in Denver after an illness of three weeks. He was 54 years old and a son of Col. D. C. Dodge, a Colorado pioneer railway builder, A committee of fifteen, represent ing members from each of the patri: otic societies in the city, met in Dea ver to make plans for a commemor -ation of the fiftieth anniversary of th» founding of the Grand Army of the Republic April 6. It the United States becomes in volved in a war with Mexico the United British societies of Denver will assist by contributing to the Denver branch of the National Rei Cross Society, the exocutive commit tee of the societies decided. Paris is a city of horrors where faceless men walk' the streets and every fourth person is dressed in deepest mourning, according to Mrs Cassius A. Fisher, who with her hus band returned to Denver from the wa: zone, after visiting in France and England. LARGE MINING OUTPUT BOULDER BOOM INCREASING AS $900,C00 MARK 18 REACHED. New Long Distance Telephone Lines and Five Railroads Are Added Within Twelve oMnths. Western Newspaper U'nion News Service, Boulder, Colo.—The value of tunga ten produced in Boulder county dur ing the past thirty days has reached. the unprecedented total of $900,000, ’uwordiug to the statement of Secre tary James Cowie of the Boulder County Metal Mining Association. The output is increasing daily under the stimulus of the rising price level and Mr. Cowie predicts that the mil lion mark will be easily passed during the coming month. By far the larz est proportion of this output comes from Nederland, the growth of which bhas continued at a surprising pace all winter. Since the first of the year the telephone company has been |oblixed to install three new long dis |unce telephone lines to the town. Bix months ago a bank was estah lished n Nederland. Quarters were taken in a small store and one man was placed in charge. Recently, the board of directors voted to employ an assistant cashier and to erect a new building for the bank. Aged Hunter Bags Monster Lion. Palmer Lake—One of the largest mountain lions ever killed in this sec tion was slain by former Mayor Rob ert Owens of Palmer Lake. Mr. ‘Owens who i 8 70 years old while on & snowshoe trip five miles back in the mountains to his summer cabin, encountered the big cat, and two shots from the former mayor's .30-30 rifle finished the animal. It {s sup posed that the heavy snows had driven the lion down from the higher mountains to the foothills in search of food. ,The lion was in excellent condition. He weighed 245 pounds and measured 7 feet and 5 inches from nose tip to tail tip. His height from shoulder to the ground was 35 inches, and thé forearm measured 16 inches around. Oid Silver Mines Reopened. Idaho Springs.—The transfer of the Colorads Central-Allunde group of mines on Leavenworth mountain, above Georgetown, to the Onondaga Mines Company is without doubt the most important mining transaction of the upper Clear Creek district in the past ten years. The new company is now in possession of the premises. The Colorado Central mine has a cred ited production of $10,000,000, the maps showing thirty miles of under ground workings. The money was ex tracted from a depth of 1,000 feet, yet the ore veins were proven to be per sistent far beyond the 1,000-foot level. | Held for Slaying Night Miners. ~ Walsenburg—J. 8. Curtiss and Frank Kroupa were bound over to ‘the Huerfano County District Court by Magistrate Hunt to stand trial for the murder two weeks ago of Jose Ramoa and Abel Espinosa, night miners employed in the Jackson mine near here. The heads of both murdered miners were so shot to pleces that the coronmer at first thought they were killed with a spade which was lying near the bodies. The autopsy brought forth a dozen .45- caliber bullets from the disfigured heads. Record for Speedy Justice Broken. Golden.—The Colorado record for speedy administration of justice was broken in the case of John Johnson and Clarence Milner, ex-convicts. Thir teen hours after they entered tho pasture of J. 8. Calkins, near West minster, and stole sixteen head of cat tle, they were sentenced to from six to seven years in the penitentiary and were ready to start upon their trip to Cafion City. P e— . Reichert Declared Not Guilty. Golden—The jury in the case of George Reichert the Fort Collins farmer and stockgrower, charged witn assaulting Louise Mansfield, a Denver woman of the underworld, in a Petersburg road house several months ago, returned a verdict of not guilty. Tungsten Ciaim Sold for SIOO,OOO. Boulder—One hundred thousand dollars is the price which the Mojab:: Mining Company of New York has paid for the tungsten properties of Chris Bracken situated at Boulde: Falls, The Bracken property consists of the April Fool and Good Friday mines situated on North Boulder. Morley Elected on School Board. Denver.—Ben C. Hilliard, member of Congress and of the Denver school board, was removed from the latter office by Vote of Ben B. Jones and Dr. C. N. Guyer. Stephen Knight was not present. In place of Hilliard, Clarcnce J. Morley was eclected. Davidson Again Found Guilty. - Colorado Springs.—J. Lofton David son. Denver undertaker, was found guilty in the District -Court on a charge of conspiracy to defraud an in surance company through a fake death. Silverton Girl Swallows Poison. Silverton.—Miss May McMillan, the 18-year-old duufihter of Mrs. Joseph Jacobs, is in a critical condition as the' result of poison she swallowed with suicidal intent, JOINTS OF RHEUMATIC RUST $- Why rheumatism and lumbago sufferers should drink phosphated " hot water each moming before breakfast 4 IS RUSY or ) . . IRON é{j N £ i S\ Ry [y S § S i . . el muUST OF N XTIl Resumanse % p HEH Just as coal, when it burns, leaves | ach, liver, kidneys and bowels the pre behind a certain amount of incombus- | vious day’s accumulation of toxins and tible material in the form of ashes, so | poisons; thus, cleansing, sweetening, the food and drink taken day after day |and freshening the entire alimentary leaves in the alimentary canal a cer-|canal, each morning, before putting tain amount of indigestible material, | more food into the stomach. which if not completely ellmlnnted‘ A quarter pound of limestone phos each day, becomes food for the mil- Iplmm costs very little at the drug ¢ lions of bacteria which infest the bow- | store but is sufficient to make any els. From this mass of left-over waste | rieumatic or lumbago sufferer an en material, toxins and ptomaine-like poi- |thusiast on the morning inside bath. sons, called uric acid, is formed and Millions of people keep their joints 9 then sucked into the blood where it |free from these rheumatic acids by continues to circulate, collecting grain |bracticing this daily internal sanita- @ by grain in the joints of the body [tion. A glass of hot water with a tea much like rust collects on the hinge | spoonful of limestone phosphate, drank as shown above, ‘betore breakfast, is wonderfully invig- Men and women who suffer from |orating; besides, it is an excellent lumbago, rheumatism or sore, stiff, ’henlth measure because it cleanses the aching joints should begin drinking |alimentary organs of all the waste, phosphated hot water, not as a means { gases and sour fermentations, uaking to magic relief from pain, but to pre- /one look and feel clean, sweet and vent more uric acid forming in the |fresh all day. system. DBefore eating breakfast each| Those who try this for one week morning, drink a glass of real hot ! may find themselves free from sick water with a teaspoonful of limestone |headaches, constipation, bilious at phosphate in it. This will first neu- |tacks, sallowness, nasty breath and tralize and then wash out of the stom- lstomnch acidity. Ever the man who is tired of this world is seldom in a hurry to move on to the next. MOTHER! LOOK AT CHILD'S TONGUE If oross, feverish, constipated, give “California Syrup of Figs.” A laxative today saves a sick child tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels, which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach sour. . | Look at the tongue, mother! If coat ed, or your child is listless, cross, fev erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throat or any other children’s ailment, givea teaspoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” then don’t worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and in a few hours all this constipation poison, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. A thor ough “inside cleansing’’ is ofttimes all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sickness. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask at the stcre for a 50-cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv. Close B. Palmer has been leader of a church choir at Maple Grove, Tenn,, for the past 58 years. To Build Up _ After Grippe, Colds Bad Blood Take a blood cleanser and alterative that starts the liver and stomach into vigorous action, called Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery because of one of its principal ingredients—the Golden Seal plant. It assists the body to manufacture rich red blood which feeds the heart—nerves—brain and organs of the body. The organs work smoothly like machinery running in oil. You feel clean, strong and stren uous. Buy “Medical Discovery” to day and in a few days you will know that the bad blood is passing out, and new, rich, pure blood is filling your veins and arteries. One of the C oco. “8o Kitty said I had a thick head of hair.” “Oh, she didn’t mention the hair.” -_ . 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It ain’t ‘arf a go, it ain't, wiv me goin’ 'ome on leave tomorrer, and a dangerous trouble like that in the ‘ouse.—London Opinion. . 2 % Her—ldea. “Do you think Cholly Primrose ever thinks?” “If he does, he takes pains to hide it.” £ — W —=\\ DN = \ 7 (R ma D G==2D A Rider Agent Waated in Each Town for the Henderson “4" and the v Pope Motorcycles As our Rider Agent, you may have one of these highest type Motorcyeles on special low terms. Turn your spare time into profit and Jet us belp you do so. Write today for ournew, umwsual offer and free explanatory booklets. Rocky Mountain Metorcycle Company 1616 Breadway Denver, Cole. f—— | — B . | FRES wAiR SALS | N Asiomninsiene RN For Restoriag Color | RS BACKACHE, LUMBAGO Uric acid causes backache, pains here and there, Theumatism, gout, gravel, neuralgia and sciatica. It was Dr. Pierce who discovered a new agent, called “Anuric,” which will throw out and completely eradicate this uric acid from the system. “An uric” is 87 times more potent tham lithia, and consequently you need no longer fear muscular or articular rheu matism or gout, or many other dis eases which are dependent on uric acid within the body. It you feel that tired, worn-out feeling, backache, neuralgia, or if your sleep is disturbed by too frequent uri nation, go to your best drug store and ask for Doctor Pierce’s Anuric Tab lets, full treatment 50c, or send 10 cents for a trial package of “Anuric” Tablets to Dr. Plerce, Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. The Reason. bt D S g e s “Why do they call a baseball the sphere?” “Because it is whirled.”