The Lovington leader., 1916-09-15
4 A s"'s' RECORD o. PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
zion couNrRIGa
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNos AND HAPPeNlNos THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THG AGE.
ABOUT THE WAR

." 'h' Notuuu oVe'oi'
Russians bombaried towns close to
Lemberg. setting Halicz. sixty miles
distant, afire.
Russians continue TO drive Turks .
from strong mountain positions near /
Ognott, in Armenia.
Russians advance In sector west .
and southwest OF Lutsk and north oil
Zborow, In Galicia.
Germans surrender to British the
city of Dar. .Es Salaam. chief seaport
Of German East Africa
French offensive south OF Somme
results In capture OF portions OF
Berry and Vermandoyillers.
British and French. In Somme re-.
gion. capture four towns from Ger.
mans and take more than 5000 pris'
oners.
Rumanians, after lorty.eight.h hour
battle with Austrians. force enemy TO
abandon important Hungarian city OF
Orsova.
The Albanian front reports further
advances by the Italian troops. al
though Berlin claims the recapture OF
recently lost positions.
Russians push back center OF the
Austrian army commanded by Arch
duke Charles in Galicia and have cap
tured $500 prisoners. Berlin admits
the reverse.
The French captured some more
German trenches on the Somme front
east OF Deniecourt. Germans unable
to make counter attacks because OF
the intensity of the French artillery
fire.
That another Zeppelin airship was
badi, damaged In the raid on the Eng
lish southeastern counties In addition
to the one destroyed was indicated in
an official statement given out at Lon.
don BY the government press bureau,
Lloyds shipping agency reported
that the following British steamships
had been sunk: Quart. 3,loS tons, un
armed: Strathallan. i,404 tons. un
armed: Kelvinia, 3.l40 tons, unarmed
crew and passengers saved; Mas
cote, 1897 tons. Of Leith.
German and Bulgarian troops have
captured the Rumanian stronghold o
Turtakai, with 10000 prisoners ant
100 guns. Both armies lost heavil,
in the battle for possession of thu
fortress. Vienna admits retiremen
on both the Russian and RumanaI
fronts under pressure.
WESTERN
Richard c. Kerens of ST. Louis, for
mer ambassador to Austria. died a
the home OF his daughter in Philade
phia.
Primary election returns indicat
United States Senator LaFollette ha
been nominated for United States Ser
ator in Wisconsin over NJ, G. Jeffris.
Funeral services for the late job
P, St. John, former governor of Kal
sas and nationally known as an adv
cate Of prohibition, were held at OF;
the. Kan.
Formal negotiations have been r
sumed between the Southwestern raj
roads and the representatives Of 2;
900 shop employees for increased wage
aud tho aiOht hour day
The bulk of the fortune Of PatriG
4. Valentine. former vice president
Armour & Co. who died at his SUI
mer home in Oconomowoc on Aug
was left to his only son. Patrick
Valentine.
Edward Lyndon, one OF the builde
of the Baby Marold. which burn'
after making a new world record
the hydroplane speed boat race, W
drowned at Detroit. Mich. after a 6
explosion in the wreck Of the boat.
The Rev. Charles F. Aked, who |
signed the pastorate OF the First &c
gregational church at San Francis
to accept an appointment as delega
with the Ford peace party, was
fused reinstatement by his form
congregation.
WASHINGTON
The President has nominated ii.
Given to be postmaster al Gillet
WyO.
The $4,000 guardsmen returned FRI
the border by the recent order of
War Department were ordered out
the federal service. The guardsm
remaining on the border stay tn,
4 for the present
Sweeping and drastic demands
revealed in the secret terms be
pressed on China by Japan. Priv
dispatches reveal that Japan seeks
IDENTITIES. an apology and politi
concessions.
To the proposal Of the entente all
that neutrals accept the principle t
all submarines are vessels Of war
4 United States has dispatched a re
which, It Is understood, holds to
principle that the characteristics
each individual submersible must {
ern the case.