Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-15
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EIGN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
boINes AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
Western Newspaper Union views service.
ABOUT THE WAR


Hungary.
Bulgarians now are In possession OF
all the forts defending Kavala with
one exception.
Minor fighting reported in France
and Belgium. German attack at
Fleury fails.
New Balkan beligerents are fight
ing alongside Russians, and Vienna
admits reverses.
Rumania declares war on Austria
and troops of the two nations clash
In frontier mountain passes.
Austrian positions in the Carnic
Alps captured by Italians. according
10 the official statement from Rome.
Paris reports gains by Serbs near
yetrenika. Bulgars occupy positions
abandoned by Greeks west of Kavala,
London reports capture of several
hundred yards of a German trench
north of Bazentin lie Petit and gains
near Ginchy.
Impressive ceremonies attended the
burial at Peoria, ILL.,, OF John Ian
caster Spaulding. archbishop, noted
educator and author.
Rumania's invasion of Austria-Hun-
garian territory continues in the
mountainous region from Petrozseny,
slightly miles north of Kronstadt.
Reports were received at Berlin
that the Rumanians have been defeat
ed in their first efforts to force a
way through three mountain passes
into Hungary.
A Gordon of government troops ufi-
der Gen. Elizondo has surrounded Sa.
,eyo, fifty miles south of chihuahua
City, occupied by Villas bandits Gen.
Jacinto Trevino announced.
Italy has declared war on Germany.
transmitting word TO Berlin through
the Swiss foreign office. This deve!-
cpment, long expected, is believed to
have an important bearing on the fu
ture conduct of the campaign in the
Balkans.
The Twenty-second battalion. Son
ora infantry, was practically annihil
ated after IL 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.
While Bulgaria has not entered into
hostilities against Rumania. a news
agency dispatch says Run&nia has de
eided to send an ultimatum to Bu;-
garia demanding the evacuation a.
Serbia. 4 dispatch from Constant
nopie indicates that Turkey has de
clared war on Rumania.
On the Danube, from the Iron Gate
to GiurgeYo. opposite Rustchuk, Bu!-
garia. there have been reciprocal bonn
bardments at several points by Aus
tro.Hungarian warcraft and Ruman-
ian shore batteries. A Zeppelin and
hostile aeroplane have dropped bombs
on the Rumanian capital.
WESTERN
William C. Snyder. 40, died from
broken neck sustained when he was
struck in the jaw by Peter Shaw,
during a fist fight at Dallas, Texas.
Shaw surrendered to officers and was
placed in jail.
Deeds conveying property valued at
more than s2.OOO,0OO TO James II.
Ward. attorney for Edward w. Morri-
son, were ordered impounded by Fed
AraI Judge Lands at Chicago, when
the inquiry into the eccentric mil
lionaire's lost millions was resumed.
a bandit who gave his name %
Jack Evans of Chicago, held up
a., ~ Il
at San Francisco, securing $4,000. He
fled in a Communicated automobile
pursued by Emil Sutter, bank teller,
and the chauffeur drove him into the
park police station five miles away,
where he was captured with the
money
The prohibition ticket will be print
ed on the official ballot in Nevada,
Utah, and New Mexico this fall for
the first time in the history of the
party.
Slow returns indicated Senator Cui-
bertson's majority in the run OF,
Texas primary over former Governor
Colquitt, will be about $4,000.
Bishop L. r. Brewer of the Montana
diocese of the Protestant Episcopal
church died at Helena, aged IT.
WASHINGTON
President Wilson signed the army.
navy, Philippine and bill of ladins
bills. The ceremony was featured by
the presence of nearly 100 persons, in
cluding Secretary of War Baker,
members of the committees who han
died the different bills in the Houuse
and Senate. prominent Filipinos ard
others.