The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-11-01

Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
European War" News

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European, W0," News
A Reuters dispatch to London from
Athens says: THE situation apears
to be dangerous. There have been
royalist demonstrations in the streets.
Vice Admiral du Fournet, commander
Of the allied fleet, was Missed and
French sailors were attacked by a
hostile crowd. Four thousand malcon-
tents protested to the American lega-
ton against the landing Of foreign
marines and demanded the protection
of the minister. who was absent.
Vice Admiral du Fournet Of France
has handed the Greek government at
Athens u new note Of an extremely
grave character, says a dispatch to
London from Athens. Ri0ting in the
streets followed the presentation of
the latest entente demands upon
Greece.
A crushing defeat of the Russian
armies attacking the Lemberg defense
lines was announced by the war office
at Berlin. The Teutons took Russian
trenches on front of mile and a
half, taking 1880 prisoners. Ten ma
chine guns were captured.
The Roumanian armies In Transyl-
vania have checked the furious on
slaught of the Austro- German division
and are holding their positions west
Of the frontier, according to an official
report issued at Bucharest.
Roumanian troops have occupied
the villages of Stana, Gligoman, Cio-
cadobro- Gugli, and -Tului
in their new counter-offensive against
the Teutons in the ALI valley region,
It was officially announced at Buchar-
est.
A British and an Italian warship,
in consequence Of fog, collided in
the Messina channel (between the
mainland of Italy and the island of
Sicily, Amsterdam reports, says an
item given out by the Overseas News
agency at Berlin. 1.-THE ships shelled
each other and one was damaged heav-
tly."
Heavy forces of Teutonic troops
have assumed the offensive south of
Dorna Watra in the southern Carpa-
thians, the war Office announced in
the official statement at Petrograd,
which also reported the repulse of at
tacks in the region of Kormoze and
Kirlibaba, northwest of the Dorna
Watra region. The Russians took
nearly 1900 prisoners.
1.-THE Roumanian Second army In its
retreat in Pennsylvania lost approx:
mately two divisions" says the Over
seas News agency at Berlin. ''The
First army and the larger
part Of the Second army have been
virtually annihilated.
At Kirlibaba in the Carpathians five
officers and 1907 men and five ma
chine guns were captured by Austro-
Germans, says Vienna, and on the
Smotrec three officers and 381 men.
In both sectors Russian counter-at-
tacks failed.
An official admiralty statement is
sued at Petrograd announces that the
Russian submarine Tulen captured the
Turkish 6,000-ton armored war trans
port Riditsto. The transport, which
was commanded by German officers,
was taken to Sebastopol.
It was announced at Christiania that
King Haakon has approved an ordi-
nance forbidding submarines of bel
ligerent powers from traversing Nor
degian waters except in cases of emer-
gency, when they must remain upon
the surface and fly the national flag.
The success Of British attacks on
the Somme front north of Thiepval
and the winning of firm foothold in
the Stuff and Schwaben redoubts by
the allies is admitted by the German
war Office in a statement issued ut
Berlin. The French obtained foot
hold in the valley and sugar factory
of GenermOnt.
Domestic.
1t was reported in the New York