The Ordway new era., 1916-02-04
IS 70 DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
eAuoHr FROM THE NETWORK OF
WiRss ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.

PEOPLE.
western Newspaper Union News Services.
ABOUT THE WAR
Italians reoccupy heights to the
west OF Gorilla.
Montenegrin generals surrender
forces to Austrians.
Russians claim further successes
over Turks at Caucasus.
Monastir and Gievgeli have been
again raided by allied airmen.
Artillery bombardments occurred
Friday all along Russian line from
Riga to Bukowina.
Berlin reports that Arabs and Turks
have killed $4,000 British and wound
ed 20, 900 to date in southern Arabia
Convention representing more than
100000 British workingmen decides
to support the military compulsion
bill.
The United States sent note to all
belligerents proposing new rules to
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sells.
A new agreement, that probably
will be satisfactory to the United
States, has been offered by Germany
in the Lusitania case
Germany is continuing her efforts
10 conclude a separate peace with
Serbia, according to the Athens cor
respondent of the London Daily Mail
British forces attempting to relieve
he town of Kut-el-Amara were re-
pulsed by the Turks in six-hour bat
lie. They lost 5000 killed and
wounded.
England has announced that the
policy of blocking all shipments to
Germany will be continued by the
combined French and British navies.
Sir Edward Grey said neutrals would
suffer but that they must bow to the
needs of war.
WESTERN
George Quinn, slayer of William
Hebertson, was hanged in the state
penitentiary at Canon City, Colo.
One man was drowned Friday in
Hoods again menacing millions OF
acres in Arkansas and Arizona.
: Near the Dalles. Wash. freight
train ran into a work train in blind
ing snowstorm and killed six men.
Three daughters of E. R. vallandig-
ham, editor of the Deming Headlight,
were killed in an auto accident near
Deming. N NJ.
The third annual convention of the
Pixies Peak k-Ocean-to-Ocean Highway
Association will be held at st. Joseph
Mo-. on Feb. ..
Cheyenne, Wyo-, was unanimously
selected as the convention city for
1917 of the American National Live
stock Association at the Ell Paso meet
ing.
Five hundred families at and near
Watson, Desha county, Arkansas, were
driven from their homes by floods, ac-
cording to a message received by Gov
George w. Hays at Little Rock.
Alarming reports from Phoenix,
Ariz, Friday regarding another rise
in the Salt and ella rivers in that sec
tion has thrown Yuma into excitement
almost equaling that when the levee
broke and flooded the city.
Raymond Dodds, the mulatto chauf-
feur who eloped from San Diego, Cal.
with Mrs. Van Lee Hood, was dis
charged from custody by the police
at Salt Lake after the federal author.
tiles announced that they did not de-
sire to prosecute him.
WASHINGTON
Senator Hitchcock proposed an
amendment to Philippine bill granting
independence In from two to four
years.
President Wilson left Washington
Friday night for speaking tour in
the Middle West in advocacy of his
preparedness program.
Secretary Garrison urged the House
interstate commerce committee to re-
wise the general dam act in the inter.
est Of water power development
Petitions bearing 100000 names,
protesting against war munitions
shipments were presented in the Sem
1te and resulted in vigorous debate
Congressman Timberlake has intro
dtaced bill to convert into forest re-
serves COX. 900 to 100000 acres of land
IN Boulder and Larimer counties in
Z poiorx6c for the protection of water
! 1bsds
Louh d. Brxndeis of Boston was
1nsninated by President Wilson for
fthe Dlaee ON the Supreme Court bench
$ nnats vacant BY the death Of Associ-