Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-03-10
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
ABOUT THE WAR

fTcnCn Lahc lEeHCieS III LSS'
Russians capture town of Btlis in
Turkish Armenia.
Heavy artillery duel in progress in
AIsace, region of Seppois.
Fronch regain part Of ground near
Douaumont which Germans captured.
Germany's U-boat campaign de-
stroyed but one small vessel March
first
German troops assembling behind
lines before Verdun vigorously shelled
by French.
Berlin reports that l6,755 men and
,28 officers have been captured so
TAR in the Verdun fighting.
More than 5000 men drowned when
French auxiliary cruiser Provence II
was sunk in Mediterranean.
The German losses during the first
four days of the battle around Yer
dun are estimated at 100000.
Fighting to north of Verdun proceed
ing with unabated fury, neither side
gaining important advantage.
The British report victory over
desert tribesmen in which the broth
or of the Turkish minister of war
was killed.
British casualties in all the war
area, as published during the month
Of February, showed a total of 739
officers and 17,S47 men.
British claim they are holding the
trenches recaptured from Germans
near Ypres, but Berlin asserts they
we're Immediately driven out of most
OF the positions.
The kaiser has now 10000 men in
The division that is driving on Yer
dun Reports Indicate that Ger
mans are constantly making small
gains, but at Il terrific cost in lives.
Revised figures shows that 122 per-
sons, including fifty-riyc passengers,
are missing and probably lost in the
sinking OF the Peninsular and Oriental
liner Maloja. The bodies OF forty
seven have been landed at Dover.
WESTERN
Cheyenne's twentieth annual cele.
bration of Frontier Days will be held
July 2G-29
James William Lee. cousin ol
Gen. Robert f. Lee. died at Dallas
Tex, aged II.
The Sioux City backing house
strike has been settled and the men
are returning to work.
Many of the Leadville. Colo. strik
srs have returned to work, and -four
Of the five furnaces are in operation
Detectives are investigating the
tnoft at Chicago OF Jewels valued al
hetwcen $4,000 and sInOG0 from a
!ewclry shop.
The complete Disappearance OF a
small fortune which hc is said to have
possessed surrounds with mystery
the death of Henry Huber. 50 years
old of Denver. which occurred at
Green River, WyO.. Dec. ..
The Standard Oil Company of In
diana. in 1915. earned 5@.32 per cen
on its outstanding 5000 OOO.OOu stock
At compared with 2lgG per cent IL
i9Ii This was revealed ut the stock
holders meeting at Whiting. Ind
WASHINGTON
by a vote of GS to II the Senat,
carried out President Wilson's wisl
and killed Senator Cores resolution
10 warn Americans off armed belliger
sut ships.
Orders approved by President VII
son restore to entry ll@.%iS acres OF
public land In western Wyoming
tSS,35S acres in eastern Utah, and
iO.9sS acres in west central Mon
lana
President Wilson at conference
aiLh Congress leaders Thursday said
hat following out the notes Of the
United States government diplomatic
relations might he broken off with
= nation causing the death of III
american in disregard OF intcrna
tIonal law, and that he had been in
formed breaking off of diplomatic re
iHtions might precipitHte war. Thc
President declared it was said that tC
warn Americans to keep off armed
4hips of belligerent nations would b.
u effect acknowledging justification
Of Germany's proposal to sink these
ships without warning.
paul f. Mueller OF Chicago. presi
dent of the National Association o
,.crman Publishers and Editors o
thc Chicago Abendpost told Prcsiden
wilson he believed most German
'mcricans were loyal to the Unite,
States The President told Mr. Muel
'cr he felt confident that the German
Americans in common with othe
Americans of foreign birth werD
lpHaI
rhr War Department asked Con