The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-01-21
Happenings
Of the World
Tersely Told
Europear, War News


SLAMS, according to an official state
ment of the Turkish war office. Re-
pulse of all attacks are claimed by
Constantinople Check of the Russian
forces on the East Galician and Bessa-
rabian fronts also reported by Vienna.
Reports reaching Ottawa, Ont, in
dictate that Canadian troops have been
in an important engagement, presum-
ably on the west front, and have sui
fered severely. The losses are OFF,
cially stated to have been $50 killed
and wounded.
Hope for the rescue of the 10000
beleaguered British troops at Kut-e!-
Amara, Mesopotamia, was revealed
in an official announcement at Lon
don that the relief expedition routed
the Turks opposing the advance 10
miles south of the besieged city.
The Overseas News agency at Ber-
lin says: Reports from Vienna say
that the Stefani agency announced
that the French submarine Foucault
sank an Austro- Hungarian cruiser.
Since no Austro-H Hungarian shi3 is
missing, the Foucault must HAYS sunk
a ship of the entente powers bJ Gsis-
take"
Italian trench near Tolmino and cap
tured 9S3 men, according to an "a
cial statement issued at Berlin.
A Constantinople dispatch to Am
steCdam says that the governor gen.
eral of Lucristan, Samsan-Es-S ultanch,
has taken over the national forces and
declared war on Great Britain and
Russia and opened hostilities.
II is officially announced at Rome
that the French submarine Foucault,
attached to the Italian fleet, torpedoed
and sank in the Adriatic sea an Aus
TRAN scout cruiser of the Novara
type. The cruiser was sunk near Cat
taro. the Austrian naval base.
The Montenegro government mas
evacuated Cetinje. Last reports from
the Montenegro front, coming through
German sources, were that the Aus
TRANS were within six miles of the
Montenegro capital. The entire Aus
trian feet, including three dread
naughts, has been concentrated in the
Gulf of Cattaro. This is grave
menace to Italy's activity in the
Adriatic.
Together with our king and en-
peror we march toward the turning OF
the road sure of victory declared
Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg in
his address opening the 1916 session
of the Prussian diet at Berlin.
The shooting down of four British
aeroplanes, the repulse of British at
tack near Armentieres and the de-
struction of German trenches near
Lille are the stirring war events chron-
icled in official reports from Berlin.
Domestic
In a pitched battle between 30
state troopers and a mob of 500 in
furated men and women in front OF
the Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish
Roman Catholic church at Du Pont,
near Pittston. Pa, one Of the troopers
was killed and many of the rioters
were hurt.
Several thousand barrels of naptha
and gasoline were burned in a fire
that did $150,O00 damage to the rolling
stock, buildings and equipment of the
Electric Short Uuce) line at Mime
apolis. MINI.
Fire caused loss of approximately
s250,0oO to two buildings and stock
of Kuhles & Stock company. cigar
manufacturers. in st. Paul.
Progressive leaders selected for
their convention hall the Auditorium
theater at Chicago.
Mathew A. Schmidt. convicted of
murder TWO weeks ago in connection
with the dynamiting of the Times
building five years ago, was sentenced
TO life Imprisonment in San Quentin
prison.
William Smith hall, the main build
ing of Washington college at Chester
town, Nd, was wrecked by fire. All
the archives. including many historic
documents, some of them in the hand
writing of George Washington. were
burned
Three persons were probably fatally
hurt when Chicag6bound Chicago
4 Northwestern passenger train
crashed into the rear of Madison
train at Allis. a suburban station O.
Milwaukee, Wis. More than a dozer
other persons were seriously injured
The Illinois Central Daylight Spe
cial struck the parlor car of an Iii
nois Traction system train at Spring
field, ILL.,. throwing it from the tract
and injuring ten persons. two seri
ousiy.
The third fire in two weeks dan
aged the Aetna Explosive company
plant, ten miles east of Huntington
Pa, causing a loss of $4,000. TIL
fires were due to the carelessness {
ineXpert workmen.