Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-10-20
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
ABOUT THE WAR
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uiAodo battiS III Ahoa
front, at an end. Three thousand Rus
slams captured.
Bulgarian attacks in Macedonia re-
pulsed. Serbs resist assaults on Kali
makcalan plateau.
Gen. Brussiloff reports total num-
Der of Austro- Germans captured in
present offensive to be 100000 Off
GERS and men.
Storming Of trenches in the Canal
du Nord region gives French import
ant advantage in their advance to-
ward Peronne.
Thiepval has fallen into British
hands. as has also the fortified town
Of Gaudecourt, according to the Brit
lsh official statement.
Speech of Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg, imperial chancellor, pro-
duced profound impression but fails
TO rouse enthusiasm in Germany.
Greek government in agreement
with King Constantine, is reported
having decided on military co-opera-
ton with the entente powers.
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
have been made impregnable and that
he is convinced allies never can break
through.
Combles, pivotal point in the Ger
man line guarding the approach to
Bapaume, now is entirely in the hands
Of the allies as the result of a CON-
bined attack.
British attacks north of the Somme
resulted in the capture of 1000 yards
o. German trenches north of Flers and
. strong redoubt 1000 yards north
east of Thiepval.
German official statement admits
Conquest" of villages necessary to
capture of Combles, but gives great
praise to troops who defended these
important possessions.
Additional details OF the battle of
Cusihuiriachic between the Carranza
forces under Gen. Matias Ramos and
the Villistas have been received at
chihuahua City, Mex, from Gen. Ra-
mos in the form of an official report
of the fight, stating that eighty vii
listas were killed.
WESTERN
President Wilson will speak in Chi
eago on Oct. 10.
John T. McCutcheon. cartoonist, has
purchased an island in the South At
lantic near the Bahama group.
Moxie Shuler, a 20-year-old negro.
arrested on the charge of attempting
ts assault 14-year-old white girl, was
taken from Sheriff Martin near Balm
bridge, Ca, hanged to a tree and shot
to death.
Armed bandits looted the mail car
attached to the New York-Chicago ex-
press of the Michigan Central rail
road. two miles east of Deerborn.
Mich. and escaped with two sacks OF
registered mail.
Lieut.. Col. w. G. Porterfield of the
First infantry, New Mexico National
Guard. was placed on trial before a
court-martial at Ell Paso, Tex, on a
charge of illegal enlistment of men
alleged to have been former Jail pris-
oners.
Department of justice officials at Ell
Paso, Tex, are watching incoming
trains from San Antonio for Mrs. Luz
Corral de Villa, who claims to be the
wife of Francisco Villa. Mrs. Villa is
expected at Ell Paso with Villas
brother, Hipolito Villa, and his family,
who have been in Havana.
WASHINGTON
The War Department ordered 5000
National guard troops to the Mexican
border and directed Gen. Funston to
send home 10000 state troops to be
mustered out.
The State Department was notified
that the Carranza government has or
dered the deportation of Burton Will
son, president of the American Club
of Mexico City.
Secretary Lansing announced offici-
ally that James w. Gerard, American
ambassador to Germany. was en- route
home for belated vacation, probably
TO stay about two months. ..
American shippers exported $685.
lu1, ,tS1 worth of breadstuffs during the
eight months ending Aug. 81, accord
ing to an analysis of August trade is
sued by the Department of Commerce.
Information reaching Washington
thru diplomatic channels indicates
that the plan of Venustiano Carranza
for rehabilitating the finances of Mex
leo contemplates great government
banking institution and the elimina-
ton of smaller banks.
Responsibility for any statement
that after the European war Japan
would renew negotiations with the
United States over emigration and
alien land legislation was disclaimed
by the Japanese embassy in state