Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-08
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union news Service.
ABOUT THE WAR

The Deutschland has reached her
home port.
Weather hampers efforts CT Italians
in the Dolomites.
Dispatches from Geneva, Switzer-
land, say the appearance of English
Zeppelins is causing much anxiety in
Germany.
The sinking of the Italian steamer
Erik. of Ss5 tons gross. and the Italian
sailing vessel Dea of 167 tons gross,
is announced.
Passage of Wami river. an import
ant strategic feat. reported by Gen.
Smuts from the British front in Ger
man East Africa.
Two British light cruisers sunk by
German submarines in an encounter
In the North sea. London admitting
the loss. but claiming that at least
one submarine was sent down also.
The Turkish attempt to encircle the
left flank of the Russian Caucasian
army appears to have received a
crushing blow from the troops OF
Grand Duke Nicholas in the region OF
Lake Van.
The Twenty-second battalion, Son
ora infantry, was practically annihil-
ated after 1t had been ambushed by
Yaquis near Batamonte. in the Ala
mos district, according to reports
brought to Douglas. Ariz., by arrivals
from Sahuaripa, $50 miles south OF
the frontier.
The British and French, striking
simultaneously, have made substan-
tial advances on the Somme front.
The British report 300-yard advance
south of Thiepval and the capture OF
many prisoners, while Maurepas has
fallen to the French. who have pushed
forward more than 200 yards beyond
the town on a front of a mile and a
quarter.
The Serbians Friday made appreci.
able progress on the left wing of the
Saloniki front and have taken several
hundred prisoners. according to the
official statement issued by Paris war
office. German assaults at st. Mihiel,
on the Somme front. repulsed Maure-
pas captured by French, British
lines advance several hundred yards
on the Somme front.
WESTERN
A committee of women who voted
in 1872 participated in the reception
to Charles E. Hughes at Laramie,
Wyo.
Twelve persons were injured. one
perhaps fatally, when a large oil tank
belonging to the Standard Oil Com
pany exploded at Charles City la.
New Mexico Republicans nominated
II. o. Bursum for governor and Frank
A. Hubbel for U. S. Senator Con
gresham b. C. Hernandez was re-
nominated.
Capt Edgar j. Spratlins of Com
pany F, Fifth regiment, National
Guard of Georgia. was shot and killed
in his tent at the state mobilization
camp near Macon. Ga, by Mrs. II. c.
Adams of Atlanta.
Archbishop John Lancaster Spald-
ing, noted prelate of the Catholic
church in Illinois and a resident of
Peoria continuously since 1877, when
he was elected bishop of the newly
PIanks for the submission of pro.
posed amendments to the constitution
providing for statewide prohibition
and votes for women, part of the Re-
publican platform, were adopted at
Santa Fe. N. M, by the party's state
convention.
WASHINGTON
Senator Hitchcock proposed a tax
on news print paper sold for more
than s45 a ton.
Since the establishment nearly two
years ago. the bureau of war risk in
surance has brought a net profit to
the Treasury Department Of s2,237,.
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The House passed bills permitting
use of special stamp cancelling dies
postoffices to commemorate local cele-
brations.
Secretary Lansing will attend the
first meeting of the American Mexican
commission to adjust border difficult
ties which will be held in New York
on Sept. 4.
President Wilson appointed DR..
Francis Hector Mcknight of Denver,
and Carey Robert Pollock of Colora-
do to be first lieutenants of the medi-
cal reserve corps.
The Senate foreign relations com.
mittee reported migratory bird pro.
lection treaty with Great Britain but
failed to act on treaty for purchase
of Danish West Indies.
Congress is getting ready TO adjourn
on Sept l. If possible, ignoring all