The Lovington leader., 1916-10-27
THE WORLD N
PARAGRAPHS
A SRigF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN TINS AND FoA
ZION couNrRieA
IN late DISPATCHES
ooiNos AND HAPPENINGS rHAv
MARK the PRooaess
OF the ACE.
ABOUT THE War

Western Nsvspspss Union N.vs Service
ABOUT THE War
Provisional government Of Greece
formed By veniselos recognized for.
mslly By the entente allies.
German military critic estimates al.
Ned losses on all fronts since June
At more than 100000 men
Vienna comedies the capture OF No
vovas BY the Italians. but claims the
capture Of 3.7oo prisoners.
Situation on Macedonian front un.
changed: Italians and Austrians fight
artillery duel In the Trentino.
Stubborn Galician campaign contin.
ues without advantage to any Of the
combatants. Berlin and Petrograd
claim repulse Of attacks.
Russian advances In the Carpathi.
ans thrown back BY Austrians. says
Vienna official statement. Successes
reported In region Of Kronstadt.
Rumanians report they have driven
the Teutonic allies across the from
tier into Transylvan.a, capturing
many men and much war material.
Yaqui Indians. the terrors Of the
state Of Sonora. are to be sent
against villa and his bandits In west.
ern chihuahua. a report from Sonora
brought to FL Paso. Tex. stated.
French score important new ad-
vance In campaign for Peronne. push.
ing forward on a front a mile wide
between Biaches and La Maisonette.
Germans repulsed In violent counter
attack near ailly-Saillisel
Athens reports situation In Greece
still critical: allied repressive meas
ures against the king have taken on
Q more threatening aspect; royalists
submit formal appeal to the United
States to intervene In behalf Of the
government against the entente.
The entente allies have taken over
the Greek battleship Kilkis former
ly the United States battleship IjahO)
the Lemnos formerly the MississippD
and the Aver0ff On Oct. II the allies
took over the entire Greek fleet ex.
cept the Kilkis. Lemnos and Averoff.
Supplemental assurances from Gen
Carranza that he is beginning a new
and vigorous campaign against villa
were received at Atlantic City by his
representatives on the Mexican.Ame
ican Joint commission. The head OF
the de facto Mexican government as
serted all available troops would be
Used in the pursuit Of the bandit.
WESTERN
Directors Of the Illinois Central
Railroad at q meeting in Chicago de
cided to increase the dividend rate
from TO 6 per cent per annum.
Among the vice-presidents elected
at the International Irrigation Con
grees at it's meeting at FL Paso, Tex.
WCIC NUT oOuuWolup VI DCufcis ouU
Lafayette Clapp. Of Hatch, N. M.
A wage increase Of cents an houl
and a demand for the eight.hour da,
throughout the six allied crafts o.
railroad shopmen Of seventeen West
ern railroads was agreed upon at {
conference Of the shOpmen at Kansas
City. The crafts prepared an ultima
tum outlining their demands, which
will be presented Immediately to thu
railroads.
The Elephant Butte dam, completed
recently at . cost of $l5.000.OOO ant
intended to impound the largest arti
ficislly retained body Of water In th'
world. was dedicated at Elephan
Butte. N. NJ. by A. A. Jones OF New
Mexico. personal representative o
President Wilson. Three hundred ant
fifty delegates to the International Ii
rigation congress and Internationa
Farm congress witnessed the dedica
ton.
WARRINGTON
Increasing business 10 being don,
Ia Portugal BY American concerns. &C
cording to consular advices.
LOSS OF the German submarin
nerchantman Bremen virtually wa
conceded by tho ranking Teutonic dir
lomatS.
The Tri-StAte Bar Association wa
formed at Ell Paso. Tex. by lawyer
from Arizona. New Mexico and ives,
ern Texas. with . charter membership
Of 60.
According 70 Commissioner OF Ir
ternal Revenue Osborn. the sum Q
$2:.609.576 In taxes fraudulent
evaded has been collected during tn
last three years.
President Wilson announced tha
bis efforts to bring about an agree
ment among belligerent nations to q
low relief supplies to be sent to Pr
land had failed.
Lieut.. Col. George o. Squier, chic
Of the aviation section Of the arm!
announced that the war department
has placed orders for 120 modern aert
planes OF the high.powered variety.
The body Of Norman Prince. tn
Amehcan aviator who was fatally II
1 ,ared while operating an aeroplane 4
rrench cir raid on Oberndorf. vii
se brought to this country for burial.