Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-02-03
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European War News
Austro-H Hungarian troops have cap
tured the Albanian town of Alessio
and are nearing Durazzo. according
to word received by the Italian gov
eminent at Roma. With the occupa-
tion Of Durazzo the Teuton forces will
be in control of all of northern Alba
mia.
According to statement made by
M Longust, a French Socialist deputy,
at the British trade union conference
at Bristol, England. the French losses
in the war have been 100000 killed, L.
100000 wounded and 100000 captured.
An Official communication made pub
lie at Petrograd says: 1T has been
learned that the Turkish Goeben tSul-
tan Selim) suffered severe damage in
an engagement January s. Its casual
ties included 80 men killed and so
wounded.
The Cologne Volks Zeitung says the
British In southern Arabia are In a
dangerous position as result of fierce
attacks by Turks. British casualties
up to December 30 amounted to $4,000
killed and 10000 wounded.
r.
vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty. com.
mander of the first British battle
cruiser squadron, whose ships defeat
ed the Germans in the North sea. made
a stirring appeal at Liverpool for u
great religious revival in England as
necessary step to victory in the war.
Representatives of the Montenegro
government signed articles in which
the Montenegro army agrees to lay
down its arms, according to official
announcement to Vienna from field
headquarters.
In the attack of Nancy by two Ger
man air scuadrons, Lieutenant Boehme
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announced at Berlin. Lieutenant
Boehme had been decorated by order
of the kaiser
Thirty-nine persons we're killed. one
transport was sunk and several rail-
road cars loaded with provisions were
destroyed when German airmen raid
ed Dover, according to the Hamburg
Fremdenblatt.
Hereafter French warships will as
sist British vessels in blockade duties
in both the English channel and the
North sea, participating in examina-
ton of mails and cargoes. the an
nouncement was made at Loncon.
According to a Turkish official re-
port. the British left 5000 dead on
the field in battle near Kut, in which
they lost ground.
Domestic
The five men who held up and
robbed the Washington Park National
bank at Chicago of s15,616 are under
arrest. The money was recovered.
The robbery, bold as 1t was. becomes
minor part of gigantic plot of POI
lice graft and criminal political prac-
tees. according to the confession of
one of the bandit gang
Seven workmen were burned, three
seriously. in four fires that occurred
at the Carneys Point, N. j.. plant of
the DUPONT Powder company.
Five persons were killed and wide
stretch of country devastated when
two dams on the San Diego water sys.
tenn broke in the Otay valley south OF
San Diego, Cal. The dams were weak
ened by storm.
The United Mine Workers of Amer
lea adopted at Indianapolis the report
of the scale committee, which asked
for raise of ten per cent for the
bituminous miners ard workers about
the mines and 20 per cent for the an
thracite workers. The demands will
be brought before the bituminous OPP
orators at Mobile February and be-
fore the anthracite operators at New
York February 81,
National officers of the United Hat
tiers of North America estimated at
Vav-lx hot he fail n
for the relief of the defendants in the
Danbury hatters' case would be at
least $350.000. The contributions are
sufficient to save the hatters' homes
Six persons were killed in fire that
Quilted the Talbot Walker building at
Seattle. Wash.
Seven persons persisted In Montana
in the cold wave. the worst ever ex-
perienced in the state.
Albert II. Scherzer, president of the
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge company,
consulting engineer and member of
many clubs. committed suicide by
jumping l6 floors in the Monadnock
block at Chicago.
While policemen were hunting all
over New York city for Nathan Pull
man of Chicago, who murdered his
wife and daughter, the fugitive. appar-
emily stricken with remorse. jumped
out of third-story window of hotel.
He died is minutes later
One citizen of Wisconsin is willing
to give 100000 for establishment of