The Ordway new era., 1915-05-14
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, o DIN Q ., ACHIEVE
MEhTs, suFFERlNos, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union rews Service
ABOUT THE WAR

SeTIldu bohA eAhNS 49,
wegian ships-the Baldwin. I.alla ana
American-in the North Sea. 'f
The Ger ian official report claims
victories poth over the Russians In
western Galicia and over the British
to the east OF Ypres In Flanders.
The Turks. considerably reinforced.
attacked the allies camp at krithia,
but were repulsed. leaving 1850 dead.
according to advices from Mitylene
received from Athens. E.
A battle OF the most desperate char
acter has been won by the Austrian
troops in the Carpathian mountains
and $4,000 Russian prisoners are In
the hands OF Francis Joseph's troops,
according to an official announcement
by the war office at Vienna.
The Lusitania is the twenty.ninth
vessel to be sunk or damaged during
the first week of May in the German
war zone about the British isles. I'm
der the terms of the German decree
OF. Feb defining the war zone, the
Lusitania was In that zone when
sunk. tts
Inc SuudTu lulcI k<ublthht8t WilSh
sailed out of New York May 1. with
1888 persons aboard. lies at the bot
tom Of the ocean off the Irish coast
and It is feared that more than 1000
have perished. The ship was sunk by
q German submarine. which sent two
torpedoes crashing into her side. OF
the 1858 passengers aboard. $50 were
I'm the first cabin, 602 in the second
and 3G1 in the steerage.
WESTERN
DRY" legislation got the ak In the
Senate at Springfield, ILL.,. in the same
effective manner in which It was
slaughtered in the House.
Fifteen persons were killed and
more than two score injured by q
tornado which passed through the
western part Of Acadia parish, in
southern LouaiAna.
Forty-one persons were killed or
drowned In recent storms and floods
IN Texas, according to q recount OF the
disaster. The property damage, It is
believed. will reach $500, 900.
Governor Rye. at Nashville. Tenn.
vetoed q bill abolishing the death
penalty. expressing the belief that II
would tend to increase mob violence.
The governor also vetoed an anti
tipping bill.
The will of John Cudahy. filed for
probate in Chicago, leaves the entire
estate to the widow and four children.
The instrument does not mention the
,,cv,a h,,x ro,u.al for Tho atutnr oo
timated 1t at $1,500.000.
Appropriations totalling $500. 900
have been made by the general con-
ference commission on finance Of the
Methodist Episcopal church to carry
ION the work Of the church throughout
the world. It was announced at Chi
, cago.
DR.. Amos w. Barber Of Cheyenne.
former governor OF Wyoming, who
was operated upon for stomach trou-
BILE In hospital in Rochester. Mfnn.
two months ago, has suffered re-
lapse and fears are entertained for
his recovery.
While the Carranxa garrison Of g.
500 men was parading at Aqua Prieta.
celebrating the Mexican fifth of May
holiday, detachment Of Villa troops,
who said they were part Of an ad-
vance guard, came In under flag of
truce and surrendered. They said
more Villa troops would desert Jose
Maytorena.
WASHINGTON
Seismographs at Georgetown Uni
Cd oh -
crate intensity, estimated to have
been about 1900 miles from Washing.
ton.
Destruction of the British liner Lusi-
tania with the loss of many lives
shocked officials OF the United States
government and spread profound grief
in the national capital
President Wilson declined to pro.
vide the federal Industrial relations
commission with copies OF correspond.
ence between himself and Governor
Ammons OF Colorado, which had been
requested by Basin NJ. Manley, repre-
senting the commission. ito complete
its record" OF investigation into the
Colorado coal strike.
Relative to recent reference to As
psociate Justice Hughes Of the Su-
preme Court, as candidate for the
Presidency, an authoritative state
mont says In part: Justice Hughes is
mot . candidate in any sense. and
cannot permit his name to be used"
New complications in the Tampico
oil fields. from which the British
navy draws much OF its fuel appeared
In dispatches. saying that Villa forces
now control practically all the pro
ducing points, while Carranza forces
continued to hold the outlets at lamp
leo and Tuxpam.