The Ordway new era., 1916-04-07
1 WORLD IN
PARAGRAP his
i shieF RECORD OF PASSING
EvENTs IN THIS AND FOR
EieN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
poINes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Onion News service
ABOUT THE WAR


wss..rn Newspaper Onion News service
ABOUT THE WAR
Austrians and Italians engage in
heavy battle at Gorizia.
Berlin reports assert Russians have
lost $4,000 men in drive.
Russians make gains from Germans
near Lake Narocz and on oginski
canal.
Five more ships attacked by Ger
man U-boats and United States plans
decisive action.
Five Zeppelin airships raided the
eastern counties of England, accord
ing to an official announcement at
London.
The Germans are making stubborn
resistance to the Russians between
Dvinsk and Wilma, but have lost two
lines Of trenches near Postavy.
The British have blown up about
100 yards of German trench in the
region of st. Eloi They have also
captured GOO yards of first and Sec
ond line German trenches in a bayo-
net charge.
The hospital ship Portugal has been
sunk in the Black sea by a German
torpedo boat or submarine with a
large number of wounded aboard, ac-
cording to an announcement of the
Paris official press bureau. 1t is said
that the Portugal had Red Cross signs
conspicuously displayed.
Villas force, estimated at 500. was
severely defeated in five-hour battle
at Guerrero on March 20 by Col Dodd,
according to report from Gen. Per
shing to Gen. Funston, sent from the
San Geronimo ranch. Thirty Mexicans
were killed and number of Mexicans
and four Americans wounded.
Having captured the village of Ma
lancourt, the Germans shifted their
offensive eastward to the sector
around the famous LIE Mort Homme,
With heavy forces the Teutons at
tackled the French line between hill
295 and LIE Mort Homme and sue
ceeded in entering French first line
trenches. A vigorous counter-attacL
by the French. however. almost i'm
mediately expelled the invaders. and
another attack by the Teutons, deliv.
cred little later. is declared by Paris
to have been put down completely.
WESTERN
Fifty persons were injured in two
street car. head-on collisions in Chi
cago.
Three men were killed and twenty
injured by an explosion in the mine
of the King Coal and Coke Company
at Kimball, W. Va.
Senator L. Y. Sherman of Illinois
has Withdrawn his name from the
preferential ballot in Montana as g
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for President
The Arizona Supreme Court deniet
writs of habeas corpus to Francisco
Rodriguez, N. B. Chavez, Miguel Per
sela and Edwardo Perez, Mexicans un
der sentence of death for murder
A man named Herman Blankenburg
!. and two other foreigners were mur-
dered at Minaca, Chihuahua, by Fran
cisco Villa and his followers, accord
ing to private, but authentic, sources
at FL Paso. Tex.
A cablegram from Hong Kong re
ceiyed at San Francisco by a local
Chinese newspaper, said the governor
OF Canton province had been assassi-
mated by his troops and that the prov
fnce had declared its independence OF
the central government.
Branding the prosecution by the
government as a disgrace and an aid
to blackmailing scheme, Federal
Judge Anderson at Chicago ordere1
. verdict Of not guilty in the famous
case against William Rufus Edwards,
millionaire st. Paul lumberman. Ed
wards was accused OF transporting
Miss Ada Cox. stenographer. to st.
Paul from Chicago for immoral pur-
poses.
WASHINGTON
News Of the punishment inflicted
upon Villas men was received with
manifestations Of delight at Gen.
Funston's headquarters in San An
tonic. TEX. and an echo of the man.
mar In the form Of message Of con.
eratulafion to Gen. Funston from
eecsetafy Baker. The message said
.seecretazy Of war desires you to con
ifey r. Gen. Pershins and Col. Dodd
- eommsnd biz hearty congratula.
3sans ~ sxploit."
4 fun Investigation. Of the circum.
1lnets ~ the raid on Columbus, N.
wis - hts bandits has been
~ ~ War Department. Gen.
- bseA directed to take the
NJ ~ sppn - Col. Slocum,
~ Eki1tsenth cavalry.
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