The Parma herald., 1914-11-12
news OF THE WEEK
General Resume Of Important Events
Throughout the World

Every county in the state of Oregon
has voted dry"
Woman suffrage is believed to have
won in Montana and Nevada
There is technical point raised
against prohibition in Arizona
Emperor Nicholas has arrived at
army headquarters at the front.
London is again promised raid by
German Zeppelins some time this
month.
Admiral Cradock's ship is believed
sunk in the engagement with the Ger
mans off the coast of Chile.
The Russian army marches 80 hours
in deep snow in mountains, and it is
claimed its front is 100 miles long.
A Marconi wireless dispatch from
Berlin says that in Egypt the English
have abandoned the Arabian frontier
and withdrawn across the Suez canal
A dispatch to the Amsterdam Tele-
graaf says Prince Joachim Albrecht
of Prussia, son of the late regent Of
Brunswick, has been wounded il
France.
According to the London Daily
Mails Rotterdam correspondent thu
inhabitants of Ostend have been or
dered to take to their cellars with fiv'
days provisions.
Fog was responsible for the loss o
the German cruiser Yorck, whicl
struck mine in Jade bay, an inlet o
the North sea, November 4. Thi
statement is made by Berlin papers.
Lieutenant Murray lost his life in a
aeroplane accident at the English avi
alton school at Avon. 1t is believed h
miscalculated the distance while land
ing, after making flight over Rushal
Down.
The British mine sweeper Mary wa
sunk by mine in the North sea. 81
of the crew of IA were rescued. Th
survivors, who were landed at Loves
toft, reported heavy gun firing off tn
Yorkshire coast.
Two German officers and two men c
the crew of the German cruiser Geiel
now at Honolulu, who have been hel
for some time at San Francisco, wi
be paroled, but must remain in tn
United States until the end of tn
war.
Wireless dispatches from Berlin sa
that Shanghai newspapers report tt
German artillery fire is systematicall
destroying the entrenched positions o.
cupied by the Japanese around Tsir
Tau. The Japanese have postpone
indefinitely their attacks. The waite
around Using Tau are sown with mine
A wireless dispatch from Berlin
Vienna officially reports that in Ru
sian Poland the Austrians captur'
over 1000 prisoners, including 20 of
; GERS. On the Galician front 500 Ru
slams surrendered. During the oper
tions against Servia II officers and 81
men were taken at Roumania, as We
as much war material.
London - The Alexandria, EgyI
correspondent of the Exchange Tel
, graph company sends the followil
dispatch: "a German officer nam
Mors was arrested by the Egyptian p
lice on his return from Turkey wi
plans for dynamiting the Suez can,
He was sentenced by courtmartial
Imprisonment for life"
a A Berlin report says British cruise
sunk Greek torpedo boat. mistaki
. her for Turkish vessel.
Emperor Nicholas, has gone to
!. front again, accompanied by Genel
Soukhomlinoff, minister of war.
The president of France bestows t
q cross of an officer of the Legion
:. Honor upon nineteen British officers.
e The Rome correspondent of the f
change Telegraph company says Ser,
has severed diplomatic relations W
J. Turkey.
It A Rome dispatch to the London s.
T. states that a royal decree prohib
!, the expectation of rice, rye and po
= toes to Germany and Austria
The London Star publishes
g patch from its Petrograd correspol
e ent dated Nov. in which he says Il
the Russians are now securely est
lished inside the East Prussian fir
I. tier.
The imperial government of E.
land has consented to assist Austrs
o with loan of $40, 900, 900 (s100. .0C
II 000). This sum will be advanced
u two installments of $40, 200, 900 ca
= repayable in five years.
Norway has formally asked
United States to take the Norweg
consulate at Batoum, Russia, on
al Black sea. The Norwegian consul
K. placed the archives in the hands of