The Ordway new era., 1916-10-13
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ABOUT THE WAR

AoOO L LIE WAR
Cunard liner Franconia, used as a
transport, sent to the bottom in the
Mediterranean by Teutonic sub
marine
Rumanians defeated along fifty
mile front in Pennsylvania by com
bined forces of German and Austro-
Hungarians.
Tribesmen in Ispahan, Persia, have
arisen in revolt and driven the Rus
slams from the city, says CONSTANT
nople report.
British troops, having crossed the
Struma in Macedonia, capture the
town, of Nevolyen. Artillery duelling
continues the feature of the fighting
on the Somme and around Verdun.
Attempted Rumanian offensive into
Bulgaria completely frustrated, ac-
cording to claims of Berlin war office
and admission of Bucharest. The en-
tire Rumanian army has retreated
across the Danube.
Russia has lost 100000 men dur
ing the first two years of the war,
and at least 1,250,O0O in this years
offensive, according to estimates from
Danish sources, given out by the semi
official news agency at Berlin.
The Greek situation continues to
develop. King Constantine, according
to an Athens dispatch, has in his
hands the designations of the mem
bers of the Cabinet except those of
the premier and the foreign minister.
Russians and Rumanians gaining in
heavy fighting in the Dubrudja region.
Gen. Brussiloff's army of Russians
continues its drive against the Teu-
tonic lines in Nolhynia toward Lem
berg. Berlin claims the repuIse of
those attacks and the capture of / 200
Russians
Charles Call. a member of the am
bulance corps, national guard of Cali
fornia, while on border patrol duty
recently, strayed on the other side
of the International line and was
caught and hanged by MeXicans, ac-
cording to a letter received at Wood
lands, Cal.
WESTERN
The State Bank at Rutland was
blown up by yeggmen and robbed OF
$4,000.
Two dollars for wheat was pre-
dicted by Chicago grain men before
the first of January.
Major William Warner, former
United Senator from Missouri, died at
his home in Kansas City.
Manuel Esquerdo, 70 bandit, who
held up and robbed the Miami, Ari
zona, branch of the Gila Valley bank,
was shot and killed by Deputy Sher
iff Williams.
Nine men are known to have per-
ished as the result OF fire that de-
struyed the central portion of the main
building of Christian Brothers college
at st. Louis.
A band of foreigners shot and killed
Henry Rider of Howell, Mich, and
wounded Mrs. Elsie Smathers, James
Rigby and A. j. Rider of Hammon-
ton, N. j., in an attempt to rob the
party of $4,000, representing the pay
roll of cranberry pickers employed by
A. J. Rider.
James Couzens, Detroits multimil-
lionaire police commissioner, an
nounced the establishment of bonus
system for members of the Detroit
police force. The bonus, provided per
sonally by Mr.. Couzens, will amount
to about $4,000 annually. 1t is be-
lieved to be the first of it's kind ever
established in the United States.
WASHINGTON
The limit Of weight of parcel post
packages carried between the United
States and Panama will be increased
from eleven to twenty pounds on Oct.
Is. Postmaster General Burleson an
nounced.
On condition that he go to Japan
and agree never to return to Ameri-
can territory, Shun Shimada, a Japan
ese serving life sentence for murder
in Alaska, will be liberated by fed
eral authorities.
Bids for the four giant battle crui-
sers to be laid down next year will
be opened at the navy department
Dec. 6, virtually completing the work
of getting the huge building program
authorized by congress under con
tract.
Foul play is suspected In the death
of Mrs. Mary F. Swartz of Chicago,
whose body, found floating in the Po-
tomac river near Mount Vernon was
identified by John e. Swartz of Chi
cago. brother-in-law of the dead
woman.
The department of justice threat
ened to prosecute sugar refiners for
improperly boosting the price of su