The Colorado statesman., 1916-10-28


Russians repulse Teuton attack near
the Narayuvka on the Galician front.
The Rumanian fort of Constanza
has been captured by the Germans, the
war office at Berlin announced.
Emperor William reported to be at
Bapaume supervising preparations for
gigantic new German counter often
sive in the Somme region.
The Bucharest war office announced
that the Rumanian forces in Dobrudja
had made a further retirement before
the army of Field Marshal Won Mack
ensen.
Teutonic successes continue in the
Dobrudja region. Russo-Rumanian
army still is in retreat, although its
resistance at some points is described
as stubborn.
Lloyd's announces that the Norwe-
gian steamer Ull 1,13S tons; the Dan
ish steamer Helga, 1882 tons; the
Greek steamer Aris and the Norwe-
gian steamer Drain have been sunk.
Felix Diaz completed the conquest
of the state of Mexico when he en-
tered Toluca, the capital, according
TO a message received at Douglas,
Ariz., by a Mexican identified with
the Felicista movement
More than 1000 yards of German
trenches in the region of Gueudecourt
and Les Boeufs were taken by the
British in fighting north of the Somme
river in France, according to the Of
fcial communication issued at London.
French troops, apparently in an eff
fort to counter German successes in
Rumania, have attacked in force at
Verdun, capturing Douaumont village
and the Thiaumont work, together
with more than two miles of German
positions.
Four tons of projectiles were
dropped by French air squadron of
twenty-four machines on blast fur
naces north of Metz and on the Metz
and Thionville stations, the Paris war
office announced in it's report of avi-
alton activities.
Rumanian resistance in the Rothen-
threm pass has been broken and Pre-
deal, north of Kronstadt, is in Teu-
tonic hands. Bucharest, however,
claims the capture of several hundred
prisoners in an attack covering the
entire Oituz region.
WESTERN
John Henry He'll, ousted principal
OF the Morgan Park high school, has
left Chicago.
Five white men and one negro were
killed at gravel pit one mile from
Barton, Ala, when several tons of
sand caved in and crushed them to
death.
Two trainmen of Cheyenne were
killed and several passengers slightly
injured when Union Pacific limited
No. 7, westbound, collided with a
freight train near Bushnell, Neb.
Mrs. Maria Simpson Clingman, LOG
years old, died at Ceaarville, Ill. She
would have been 107 on Dec ~. Mrs.
Clingman leaves four children, the old
est "A and the youngest Go. She came
from Ohio in 1895.
Major r. r. Motion, president of Tus-
kegee institute, in an address at Mont
gomery, Ala, declared that the negro
should remain in the South and study
his own shortcomings with a desire
and aim to overcome them.
WASHINGTON
Charges that General Carranza is
preparing to leave Mexico are being
freely made by his political opponents
in Mexico City.
The state department was informed
that the Petroleum Products Company
of San Francisco had been removed
from the British trade blacklist
The department of justice asked the
Supreme Court temporarily to post
pone reargument of the dissolution
suit against the International Harves-
ter corporation. The motion was
granted, but no time for reargument
was set
The National Association of Attor-
neys General, composed of the law Of
ficers of the various states, in which
Colorado is represented, filed an in
teresting brief with the United States
Supreme Court in the Ohio blue sky"
case.
S AZ haihSo' Sou6reSS, united
States, Alliance and Ranger, probably
will appear again in American navy
lists with the christening OF the four
giant battle cruisers, bids for which
will be opened at the navy department
in December.
1t was announced that Senator War
ren of Wyoming has been placed on the
special roll of honor that entities him
to special pension "for heroism per-
formed in actual conflict with the en-
emy beyond the call of duty" The
pension is $1n q month.