The Colorado statesman., 1915-12-11

| Deen sunk.
The allies have landed 100000 ad
ditional troops at Saloniki.
Bulgarians overtake and defeat re-
treating Serbs at Albanian border.
A British submarine sank Turkish
destroyer and five supply ships in the
Sea of Marmara.
Italian war chief meets with British
and French representatives at war
council in Paris
British force in Mesopotamia over
whelmed by Turks and march on Bag
dad turned into rout.
United States asks Germany to re-
call Captain Boy-Ed and Captain Won
Papen because of improper activities.
Francisco Villa, retreating toward
Chihuahua, by way of Sahuaripa, So
nora, is being closely pursued by Car
rama cavalry.
A man on an American oil steamer
was injured by the fire of an Aus
trian submarine. Another American
oil steamer has been sunk.
At Shanghai, China, three outbreaks
by small bands of rebels have been
put down by the authorities who now
apparently have the situation well in
hand
The allies are doomed to defeat in
Serbia, according to King Constantine
of Greece. The king assoI is they have
not sufficient men on hand to hold
their own.
King Constantine has announced
that he will keep Greece out of the
war at any cost. He also asserts he
will protect the retreat of the allies
through Greek territory on condition
they quit Greece.
| Destruction of large ammunition
factory at Halle, Prussian Saxony, by
an explosion, with the loss of several
hundred lives, is reported in a mes
sage from Holding. Denmark, to Co
penhagen.
October was an especially, sRScess-
full month for the Russians, who cap
tured 674 German officers, 49,200
cannon, LIS machine guns and
cannonb, LIS machine guns and
three searchlights.
Important battles are impending on
all the fronts. Germany is preparing
for a new drive in France, the Bull
gars are attacking the Anglo-French
forces in Serbia, the Turks are chas-
ing the defeated British below Bag
dad and tie allies are renewing their
drive on Gallipoli.
WESTERN
The San Diego Exposition will be
continued next year.
The Democratic National Conven-
tion will be held at ST Louis June IA,
1916.
A second grand jury investigation
was begun at Chicago into alleged la
Dor intimidation, extortion and van
dalism.
Jonesboro, Ark. Memphis, Tenn,
and Cairo, ILL.,, report earthquake
shocks on Tuesday No damage was
reported.
Gov. James b. McCreary of Ken
| lucky, who retired from office, during
his four-year term as chief executive
commuted to life Imprisonment five
death sentences and issued pardons
in 5l1 cases, ranging from pistol car
rying to manslaughter. His record
fell forty-nine under that of his pre-
decessor.
Two Avon husbands asked Chicago
police to look for their wives and
two men, who, the husbands say, ac-
companied the women on a trip to
Chicago. Luther Bull declared his
wife had gone with his brother,
Lawrence Bull, leaving two small
children at home. John Wilson said
his wife, Violet, had fled with Roy
Bull, another brother of Luther.
WASHINGTON
Senator Thomas of Colorado in
troduced three drastic bills providing
for the naturalization of defense ia
cilities.
Ambassador Page at London ad-
vised the state department that he
had filed vigorous protest with the
British foreign office against reruisi-
tioning vessels of the American
Transatlantic Company without the
formality of prize court procedure.
The state department received
message from Consul Mason at
Tunis giving the substance of an af-
fidavit made by Giuseppe Torrisso.
an Ancona survivor to the effect that
the Ancona was attacked stimuli
taneously by two submarines, one on
each side. the one on the port side
shelling her.
President Wilson in his annual ad-
| dress to Congress laid down the ad-
ministration plans for national de-
| fense and told his hearers it was
necessary to hare a new and broader
doctrine for pan-America.