The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-22
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvENTo
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
ABOUT THE WAR

spfTited artillery uuelS.
Lloyd's announces the sinking of the
Danish steamer Michail Ontchoukofi
and the British schooner Constance
Mary
seemingly are at a point where they
either must make a stand or cross the
Danube into southwest Bessarabia OF
into Moldayia.
Gen. Joffre handed over the com.
mand of the French armies of the
north and northeast to Gen. Robert
George Neville. recently appointed
commander-in-chief
French forces have taken total
OF 1887 German prisoners on the
Serdun front since Dec, Is, according
- the announcement made by the
French war office.
Buzeu. an important railroad cen
ter northeast OF Bucharest, has been
captured by the Austro Germans. The
retreating Russians and Rumanians
are reported to be burning villages be
bind them.
Berlin says that in Dubrudja the
Russians have retreated although the
Teutonic allies are advancing toward
the lower Danube. Berlin also an
nounces the capture of more than a
thousand Russians and Rumanians
and quantities of provisions. In the
Carpathians the Russians and Teutons
continue fighting, but with no great
victories falling to either side
Telegraphing from Copenhagen, the
correspondent OF the Exchange Tcle
graph Company quotes the Frank
furter Zeitung as saying: Germany
does not want a cessation of fighting
but merely a conference at which all
the belligerents shall openly state
their peace proposals. A conference
will be held at The Hague about Jan.
IS. While the conference is in ses-
sion all the belligerents will be al
lowed to continue military opera
tions"
According to London reports sew
cnteen Americans were killed in the
sinking OF the British horse transport
Russian, Dec. IA. Berlin estimates
-
900 for the British and $500. 900 for
the French and states that the Somme
drive alone cost the allies 100000
men Germany claims successes for
the Teutonic forces in northern Dob
rudja. Petrograd declares the often.
siye OF the central powers in Rumania
has been checked.
WESTERN
The Argentine Republic is to be
represented in western America for
the first time by consul general,
who in the person of Horacio Bossi
San Francisco.
Mrs. Ruth Connor of Elgin, Iowa.
killed one of her two-months-old
twin babies by hitting the child over
the back of the head, attempted to
burn the other child to death in
cook stove and then cut her own
throat.
In Padua, Italy, the Princess
Chimay is dead. She was the beauti-
full Clara Ward, daughter of Eber B.
Ward, millionaire shipbuilder of De
troit. She was born in mystery. For
two decades she was the flame of
Europe, friend of king and clown.
Judge Kimbrough Stone OF Kansas
City. son of William j. Stone, United
States Senator from Missouri, has
been selected by President Wilson as
United States Circuit Judge in the
EiDhth rirctit 10 wi fol, ha
made vacant by the death of Judge
Elmer B. Adams
WASHINGTON
The House voted itself Christmas
recess from adjournment on Friday.
Dec. 20, to noon Jan. 2
Count Won Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, said after hearing the
first portion of Lloyd Georges speech,
That sounds as If they would not
refuse to talk about peace. anyway"
Americas plea to Russia, repeated
about ten days ago by Ambassador
Francis at Petrograd, for prompt for
warding Of large relief supplies held
at Tien-Tsin, China, for German and
Austrian prisoners in Siberia. has
brought results
President Wilson made it plain to
callers that a revenue measure must
be enacted to provide for the deficit
IN the treasury predicted by Secretary
McAdoo and Representative Fitzger-
aid for the fiscal year 1917-191S,
which begins July /, next year
national menorial sorvirA will ho
held in Statuary hall at the capitol on
Christmas day in honor of Inez Mil
holland Boissevain of New York,
whose death in Los Angeles a few
weeks ago brought to tragic close
her tour through the West in the in
torOst of nation wide woman suffrage.