The Ordway new era., 1916-03-10
eAuossy SnoM The NETWORK o.
wsRRs ROUND ASoUT
ThG woRLp.
DURNG THE PAST WEEK
RECORD or IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
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ABOUT THE WAR

Russians capture town of Bitlis in
Turkish Armenia.
Heavy artillery duel in progress in
Alsace. region of Seppois.
French regain part Of ground near
Douaumont which Germans captured.
Germany,s U-boat campaign de-
stroyed but one small vessel March
first.
German troops assembling behind
lines before Verdun vigorously shelled
by French.
Berlin reports that 16,755 men and
e2S officers have been captured SO
far in the Verdun fighting.
More than 1900 men drowned when
French auxiliary cruiser Provence ii
was sunk in Mediterranean.
The German losses during the first
four days OF the battle around Yer
dun are estimated at 100000.
Fighting to north OF Verdun proceed
ing with unabated fury, neither side
gaining important advantage.
The British report a victory over
er Of the Turkish minister of war
was killed
British casualties in all the war
area, as published during the month
of February, showed total of i39
officers and 17,s47 men.
British claim they are holding the
trenches recaptured from Germans
near Ypres. but Berlin asserts they
were Immediately driven out OF most
Of the positions.
The kaiser has now 75O.O00 men in
the division that is driving on Yer
dun Reports indicate that Ger
mans are constantly making small
gains. but at terrific cost in lives.
Revised figures shows that 122 per-
SONS. including fifty-five passengers,
are missing and probably lost in the
sinking of the Peninsular and Oriental
liner Maloja- The bodies of forty
seven have been landed at Dover.
WESTERN
Cheyennes twentieth annual cele-
bration Of Frontier Days will be held
July 1929.
James William Lee, cousin OF
Gen. Robert E. Lee. died at Dallas,
Tex. aged II.
The Sioux City packing house
strike has been settled, and the men
are returning to work
Many Of the Leadville, Colo, strik
ers have returned to work, and four
: OF the five furnaces are in operation.
Detectives are investigating the
theft at Chicago of jewels valued at
between $25,0OO and $4,000 from a
jewelry shop.
The complete disappearance of a
small fortune which he is said to have
possessed surrounds with mystery
the death of Henry Huber, so years
old, OF Denver. which occurred at
Green River, Wyo.. Dec. 8.
The Standard Oil Company of In.
diana, in 1915, earned 1892 per cent
on its outstanding $3O0,0OO,000 stock,
as compared with 21a5 per cent in
1914. This was revealed at the stock
holders meeting at Whiting, Ind.
WASHINGTON
By q vote Of 6S to Ii the Senate
carried out President Wilson's wish
and killed Senator Cores resolution
to warn Americans Off armed belliger-
emit ships.
Orders approved by President Will
son restore to entry 1928 acres of
public land in western wyoming.
1888 acres in eastern Utah, and
10,988 acres in west central Mon
taua.
President Wilson at conferences
with Congress leaders Thursday said
that following out the notes of the
United States government diplomatic
relations might be broken off with
nation causing the death of an
American in disregard of interna-
4 tional law, and that he had been in
formed breaking off of diplomatic re-
lations might precipitate war. The
President declared 1t was said that to
warn Americans to keep off armed
ships OF bellfgerent nations would be
n effect acknowledging justification
RI Germzny's proposal to sink these
shtps without warning.
1Paul r Mueller Of Chicago. presi
- o1 the National Association of
sesman Publishers and Editors of
~ Ehic.eo Abendpost told Presiden,
y ~ believed most German
X 4sre byal to the Uniteu
y X 1eaf told NJ. MueisI
sit thst thss German