The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-11-10
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STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
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ABOUT THE WAR


On the Somme front Tuesday the
British made an attack near Eaucourt
LAbbaye but were Immediately beat
en- back, the war office announced at
Berlin.
Near Rothenthurm pass the Aus
trians and Germans advanced and took
more than 1000 prisoners. Near Vul-
can pass further ground was gained,
according to Berlin.
The capture of a Russian bridge
head on the Stokhod is reported by
the war office. On the northern part
of the front, between Dvinsk and Lake
Narocz, Russian artillery is displaying
marked activity.
The Bucharest war office announces
that Rumanian forces in Dobrudja
have compelled the retirement OF Teu-
tonic forces, which in their retreat set
fire to several villages. The villages
burned We're Daeni, Garlici, Rosman
and Gaidar.
Berlin announces officially that the
central powers have agreed to grant
independence and constitutional
monarchial government to Poland at
the conclusion of the war and that
plans for stabilizing the government
will be placed in effect at once.
After Il ore than week of doubt
concerning operations in the Dobrudja
region of Rumania, where the leu
tonic allies had been marching almost
unimpeded northward from the Black
sea to the Danube, comes the report
that the Rumanians have taken the
offensive. probably aided by Russians,
and compelled the enemy to retreat at
several points. On the Transylyania
front, however the Rumanians in the
jul valley, who for some time had
been holding the upper hand over the
Austro Germans, forcing them to give
ground, have now been stopped, the
Teutons having brought up reinforce
ments.
WASHINGTON
The department of justice appealed
to the Supreme Court from the deci-
sion in the antitrust suit against the
American Can Company, which Fed
eral Judge Rose of Maryland declined
to dissolve.
Freight tariffs proposing increased
rates ranging from 5 to cents per 100
pounds in the iron and steel traffic
between Chicago, Peoria. St Louis and
Kansas City, and Des Moines, St Paul,
Duluth and other points in the West
ern trunk line territory, were suspend
ed by the interstate commerce COM
mission from Nov. 10 until March 10,
pending investigation.
State Department officials said that
the American government cannot Off
cially recognize the newly proclaimed
kingdom of Poland. Regardless of the
action of the central powers of Europe
in declaring the independence of Po-
land, the area involved still occupies
the status of captured territory" con-
seQuently the future position of Po-
land must be settled in the peace ne
gotiations.
In statement announcing virtual
completion of it's investigation of news
print paper prices. the federal traue
commission declares that during the
first half of this year, when prices
already were soaring to unprecedent-
ed figures, the average cost of produ'
ing news print paper in domestic mills
was less than $1.65 hundred pounds,
or below the average cost in the last
three years.
Precedents established in the case
of the American ship Frye, wheat
laden and bound for England, sank
in mid-Atlantic by the German aux
Hilary cruiser Prinz Eitel Frederick In
1915, are expected to lead the German
government voluntarily to offer to pay
for the steamer Lanao sunk by Ger
man submarine off the coast of Portu-
gal, Oct. 2S, II it is established that
the vessel was sailing legally under
the American flag and registry.
WESTERN
Edzl Ford, only son OF Henry Ford,
Detroit manufacturer, was married to
Miss Elenore Clay, niece of the late
Joseph Hudson, millionaire dry goods
merchant.
E. B. Taylor, charged with killing
+, S. Burleson, relative of Postmas-
ter General A. S. Burleson, is under
sentence of five years in the peniten-
tiary after trial at San Antonio,
Tex, on a change of venue.
Fort D. A. Russell, near Cheyenne,
Wyo., has been designated by the war
department as the rehabilitation cen
ter for the National Guards of Wyo-
ming and Colorado, when they are re-
turned home from service on the Mex
lean border.
A Mexican refugee from Chihuahua
City, who arrived at Ell Paso, brought
the report that Villa bandits had
soaked the hair of two Mexican wom-
on in oil and had burned them at Santa