Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-08-18
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING The PAST WEEK
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EvENTs
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union vows service
ABOUT THE WAR

A6OOl he VAN
Berlin admits retirement of Austro-
Germans behind Ottynia line. under
Russian pressure.
The Italians have occupied the en-
tire Doberdo plateau, the Paris war
office announced.
The total number of prisoners TAX
en- by the Russians in the battles on
the Streth river on Aug. and was
166 officers and 8.415 men.
Officials at London confirm news
dispatches to the effect that Gorilla
is entirely in the hands of the Italians.
who captured 10000 Austrians.
Italian army under Gen. Cadorna,
following up its decisive victory over
the Austrians at Goritzia. have ad-
vanced farther and now are in pos
sessian of Boschini.
German troops recaptured the
strongly fortified Thiaumont work
northeast of Verdun in a most power
fuI assault was officially announced
at the Paris war office.
On the Caucasus front the Turks
have advanced farther beyond Bitlis
and Mush and report the Russians in
full retreat Petrograd admits a re-
tirement before a superior Turkish
force.
I'VE have evacuated Stanislau with
out fighting" says the official state
ment from Vienna. The statement
also admits the withdrawal of Aus
trian troops to new positions in the
Stanislau and Monasterzyska regions
owing to the Russian pressure
Eighty thousand Carranza troops
are now patrolling the northern bor-
der states. rounding up and extermi-
mating bandits as rapidly as possible.
War Minister Obregon said at Mexi-
co City. He described conditions
along the border as satisfactory"
The troops of Gen. Letchitzky cap
tured Stanislau, says Petrograd re-
port, and pursued the Austrians, who
retreated in the direction of Halich.
The Russians also nave scored i'm
portant successes in the Sereth Ie-
gion. They compelled the AustroGer-
mans to retire from the fortified posi-
tions of Gliadka and Voroblevsk, and
have occupied the town of Monaster-
zyska.
WESTERN
Wilmer Palmer was hanged at the
state penitentiary at Rawlins. Wyo.,
for the murder of his wife.
John NJ. Thurston, former senator
trom Nebraska and nationally promi-
nent Republican, died in Omaha.
As a result of a request from the
men, train dispatchers on the North
ern Pacific railway have been given
wage increase of $40 month.
Launching of United States subma-
rines Lr6 and LIZ was set tentatively
for Aug. 81 by the California Ship
building Company of Long Beach.
Cal
Guy o'Brien, "a years old, who shot
his 23-year-old sweetheart, Miss Ida
Torkelson, near Lisbon, ILL.,, is be-
Iieved to be hiding in corn field near
Lee, Ill
Sixty.six persons lost their lives in
the flood which swept three West
Virginia mountain streams. rendering
10000 persons homeless and causing
a property loss estimated at s5,000,-
900.
WASHINGTON
Congress is expected to adjourn by
Sept /.
According to the United States cen
sus bureau one person out of every
forty-four in the United States owns
an automobile.
President Wilson practically has de-
cided to make a speaking trip across
the continent. No details of the tour
have been arranged, but it is under
stood that his itinerary will be
worked out within the next few weeks.
The federal public health service
asked state health authorities through
out the country to send representa-
tives to a conference at Washington
Aug. IT, to discuss means for prevent
ing a further spread Of infantile
paralysis.
John ]. Phillips, master of the navy
tug Pentucket, and the nine men of
his crew were commended by Secre-
tary Daniels for their excellent work
and unhesitating exposure to danger
following the great explosion at New
York" July 80.
A bill to create a bureau of labor
safety in the Department of Labor
was reported favorably by the Senate
committee on education and labor.
Eleven bills designed to strengthen
the neutrality laws of the United
States were introduced by Chairman
Flood of the House foreign affairs
committee.
William B. Hopkins, formerly a
clerk In the Department of Agricul-