Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-12-08
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, o o N G 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERlNGs. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
ABOUT THE WAR

in Turkish Armenia.
Germany's famous "man-power" bill
introduced in the Reichstag.
Teutons claim to have taken $500
prisoners and many cannon and other
booty in their advance on Bucharest.
Russian troops have reached Buch-
Arrest to aid the Rumanians in their
desperate attempt to save their coun-
try and its capital.
British repulsed in attack on two
mile front at Ypres. Berlin and Sofia
record repulse of heavy allied attacks
in Monastir sector.
Entente allies have met with a se-
we're check north of Monastr. Berlin
reports. Attack over a front of sew
enteen miles repulsed.
The Rumanian government and dip
lomatic authorities have left Bucharest
and gone to Jassy. according to a
Havas dispatch from Bucharest.
Important railroad junction of Pete
chit. sixty-five miles northwest of Bu-
charest, captured by Won Falkenhayn's
army and Rumanians are reported to
be retreating in disorder.
Troops from the entente fleet in the
Mediterranean are reported to have
landed at Piraeus, the port of Athens,
to enforce Admiral du Fournet's de-
mands that Greece shall turn over its
arms and ammunition to the allies.
Russians and Rumanians have taken
the offensive in Dobrudja, north OF
the Tchernavoda- Constanza railway.
Tho Rumanians advance on the
whole front and occupied five towns
fifteen miles north of the railway.
London believes that Great Britain
will reconsider its refusal of the re-
quest of Washington for a safe con
duct to Count Tarnowski Won Tar
now. recently appointed Austro- Hun
garian ambassador to the United
States.
WESTERN
Prohibition carried in Montana by
q majority of 2S.sS6 votes, it was Of
ficially announced.
A statewide referendum on the
liquor question is to be demanded at
the 1918 election in Wisconsin.
the author, were buried on hillside
of his Glen Ellen ranch at Santa Rosa,
Calf.
Nearly 5000 pies and $500 cakes
were baked by the housewives of San
Antonio for the $1,000 soldiers at Fort
Sam Houston and Camp Wilson for
Thanksgiving.
Major Bosse announced that he will
take steps at once to open wholesale
municipal markets at Evansville, Ind,
where food products will be sold to
the consumers at cost.
T. r. Watson, bank president. was
found guilty of murder and sentenced
to ninety-nine years Imprisonment by
a jury in the District Court at Waco,
Tex Watson was charged with
shooting and killing John S. Patterson,
state banking commissioner.
United States Attorney General
Gregory, who was at Austin. Tex, to
arrange for changing his legal resi-
dence from Austin to Houston. in
formed close personal friends that he
expected 10 retire from the Cabinet
the latter part of December or early
in January.
villa will take Juarez within the
week and his capture of the city will
be the signal for war between the
United States and the conqueror of
northern Mexico, according TO Mai.
A. II. Williams of the department of
the adjutant general of Colorado. who
returned from the border to Denver,
Thanksgiving.
WASHINGTON
Secretary Daniels awarded con
tracts for more than s65,O0O.OOO worth
of new fighting ships for the navy, in.
cluding four battleships at s11 ,0O0, 900
each. two fleet submarines at approx
mately s1.190,00O each, and twenty
seven coast submarines at from $685.
900 to $69S,ooO each.
The case of the Missouri, Oklahoma
constitutionality of the Adamson law,
was placed on the Supreme Court
docket, the last step in perfection by
the government of its appeal from
Federal Judge Hooks decision hold
ing the law unconstitutional.
A carefully guarded wireless mes
sage received by Ambassador Won
Bernstorff from the German foreign
office was reported TO contain infor
nation that German submarine sank
the British steamer Marina Oct 2S.
with the loss of five Americans, in vic
laLion of the submarine warfare
pledges given to the United States.
In a formal statement to the press.
William ]. Bryan has announced that
he will make his future home at Ashc-
vile, n c. Mr.. Bryan said Lincoln.
Neb.. was too far away from the CAPT